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Wei Zheng pondered for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "How about we take down the Qingyuan first? As long as we are able to occupy the Qingyuan City before Feng Army arrives, using the city's defenses as a base and adding the grain and materials stored in the city, it would not be a problem for our army to defend against Feng Army for two to three months. "

Zhangsun Yuanhong gave a light laugh, and asked back, "And then?"

"And then? And then, of course, when the King sends her troops. "

"Impossible!" Zhangsun Yuanhong waved his hand, and said: "Right now, there are no more soldiers available in the capital, if not, the King would not have brought me back so quickly. Without any reinforcements, we can only fight on our own. Even if we manage to take over Qingyuan before Feng Army arrives, we will be surrounded by Feng Army and trapped inside the city, and the ones who will suffer will not only be us, but the hundreds of thousands of citizens in the city as well. Also, Qingyuan is a Provincial Capital, so maybe we have accumulated a large amount of grain and materials in the past. What if it was an empty city? Without food, would our army be able to hold on for two to three months? "

Being asked by Zhangsun Yuanhong, Wei Zheng was speechless, he secretly nodded his head, Zhangsun Yuanhong's worries were not unreasonable, seizing Qingyuan was a dangerous task, if he was not careful, it would affect the entire army and the commoners in the city, this was his plan! Thinking of this, he asked, "Could it be that my army really has no other way out?"

Zhangsun Yuanhong said: "Like I said, retreat and defend the river, die and invade from the west. After we calm down the Dookie people in the north, we will gather our forces, launch a counterattack and recover our lost territory!"

Wei Zheng said in surprise: "Isn't it true that Feng Country is what we want? They will continue to head west? "

Zhangsun Yuanhong shook his head and laughed, "A human's heart is not worth swallowing an elephant! Furthermore, Tang Yin is not someone who will be easily satisfied. "

Wei Zheng took a deep breath, rolled his eyes and nodded as if he had thought of something.

In Zhangsun Yuanhong's opinion, Ning Army had not stayed outside of Qingyuan City for long. The entire army cleaned up the camp, leaving only a small but soft area, taking away all the complicated supplies. Retreating in the west at night, this time, more than a hundred thousand Ning Country, led by Zhangsun Yuanhong and Wei Zheng, had all retreated into the Zhang River, and the entire army garrisoned between Yongzhou and Shunchang on the west side of Zhang River. They set up a large battalion, and transferred over three hundred ships and twenty thousand water troops from Yongzhou and Shuncheng.

The battle between Ning Country and Western Army ended with the active withdrawal of Western Army. It seemed like Western Army had lost, but the casualties on both sides were roughly equal, with Ning Country s having a total of fifty thousand casualties, and Feng Army s having a total of fifty thousand casualties. The four hundred thousand Feng Army elites who had entered the Hedong back then had already been reduced by more than half, leaving behind a little over two hundred thousand people.

Since the battle had reached this extent, Feng Country were naturally acceptable. Exchanging two hundred thousand casualties for the entire Hedong Region, no matter how one looked at it, it was worth it. The heavy atmosphere within the country was also suddenly replaced by joy. It was unexpected that such a strong and prosperous Ning Country would actually be defeated by the new ruler of his own country, Tang Yin. If it was a great Hedong Region, then it would actually be completely retracted by Tang Yin, and at this time, the nation of Feng Country would no longer be able to hear the voices of those who opposed Tang Yin, and the attitudes of the people towards Tang Yin had already changed from that of a spectator to one of blind admiration. Almost all of the people of Feng believed that Tang Yin was the monarch who led the Feng Country to become more and more prosperous, and was the great king who could allow them to live a good life.

The facts proved that Tang Yin made his Feng Country grow stronger quickly, and the lives of the commoners became richer and richer. However, at the same time, he also brought endless wars to the Feng Country, making it the center of the chaotic battle.

It had already been over a hundred years since the last loss on the local battlefield, and in the eyes of the Ning people, the northern part of the Ning Country Empire and even the entire Empire was the strongest dukedom of the Empire. The army of the Ning Army was the undefeatable and undefeatable master, yet in this battle, they had completely shattered the confidence of the Ning people. Everyone was like that. The more confident one was, the higher one's position would be, and then, people would become weak. The more vulnerable they would be, the more difficult it would be for them to withstand a blow.

In the hall of Liangzhou, there was no longer a minister who dared to take the lead in battle. What people were most worried about was, if Feng Army continued to advance westward, what would happen if they directly attacked Liangzhou? If the city had no soldiers now and if they did not have a general, how would they defend against Feng Army then? All the ministers had the same thoughts, and reached an agreement with the Feng Country.

In the past two days, Yan Chu had also not been able to sleep soundly. He truly could not understand, Feng Army was clearly a foreign battle, it was clear that their nation's power was empty, and it was just four hundred thousand people, how could a mere four hundred thousand people defeat their own million strong army? Even Zhangsun Yuanhong was not a match for the Feng Army.

Morning Meeting, Ning Country Palace Main Hall.

Just as Yan Chu sat on the throne, Right Prime Minister Zhang Zhihong walked out of the group and cupped his hands: "Great King, this subject has something to do!"

Yan Chu took a deep breath, waved his hand, and said: "Speak!"

"Great King, General Zhangsun and the two hundred thousand strong army commanded by the General Wei have been defeated at the Hedong.

"Pah!"

Without waiting for Zhang Zhihong to finish speaking, Yan Chu slammed the table, causing a loud noise that resonated throughout the hall. Zhang Zhihong and the ministers on both sides trembled and kneeled down in unison. Yan Chu stood up, looked at the kneeling ministers and shouted: "I heard about this last night, don't you have anything else to say?"

"Your Majesty ?" Zhang Zhihong swallowed saliva, and said with a trembling voice: "The fact that Feng Army is participating this time, means that they are already prepared, and I'm afraid that what they are greedy for is not this place called Hedong, but the entire Ning Country. Right now, our army is under the control of the northern Dookie, and there are no longer any soldiers available in the capital. Once Feng Army continued to approach the west, perhaps he would ? They are heading straight for the capital! "

Yan Chu was so angry that his entire body was trembling, but he could not deny that Zhang Zhihong was indeed lying, and now that he was truly unarmed, he clenched his fist tightly, his fingernails digging into the flesh of his palms to force himself to calm down. He calmed himself down and asked: "Zhang My beloved deputy, then, how do you think we should defend against the enemy?"

"Peace!" "Hiding your strength to nourish the darkness, then making a move later on to suppress others!" Zhang Zhihong anxiously raised his head, and said sternly: "Great King, our Feng Country is poor, the reason why we sent out our troops, was simply for face, gold, silver and food, since they want these, we can give them that, the great king can give us Hedong first, and add gold and silver to stabilize the people of the Wind, after we have solved the worries of the north, we can focus on dealing with them, and at that time, our armies will be vast, and we won't have to worry about recovering our Hedong, and we won't have to worry about expelling them from Thief Feng ?"

Yan Chu's face first paled, then turned bright red, and said while gritting his teeth: "My beloved deputy Zhang, you want Gou Hanshi to admit defeat, then cut off the place to compensate you?"

Zhang Zhihong naturally understood that with Yan Chu's arrogant nature, making him admit defeat was already an extremely difficult thing to do. He sighed and said, "Your Majesty, this ? It was also a stopgap measure that could not be used! Now that the wind was strong and I was weak, if I did not make some concessions, the consequences would be unimaginable. But the King does not need to worry, when my army regains its strength, I will be able to recover the Hedong Region that we gave to the Feng Country and compensate the gold and silver back to the Feng Country.

If it was in the past, Yan Chu would think of it as a very funny thing to do. If anyone dared to say something like that, he could execute that person on the spot, but now, he really couldn't think of any other way to defend against Feng Army. As if he had received a heavy blow, Yan Chu's figure that stood up swayed, and he slowly sat down. He swept his gaze to his left and right, and asked softly: "Do the My beloved deputy also think that you should do this?"

Hearing his question, the people who were still kneeling on the ground all knelt down and kowtowed, and said together: "We will use the expedient method to stabilize the Windman, and ensure that we will not lose our foundation. We will hide our abilities, and then we will scheme again in the future. This is the best strategy, please enlighten us, Great King!"

"Haha ?" Yan Chu laughed, seeing the black mass of people kneeling on the floor of the, he could not resist the urge to laugh inside. In this moment of national crisis, all of the ministers were afraid of death, no one dared to step forward, so these were the ministers that he relied on!

The people did not understand why Yan Chu was laughing, but they could hear the ridicule in his voice. Everyone lowered their heads, looked at each other, and said at the same time, "To negotiate with the Feng Country, to ensure the peace of my River Mountain Society in Da Ning, and to protect the citizens of Da Ning from the suffering of our soldiers and soldiers for thousands of years, the King is wise, and we ask the King to make a decision!"0

Yan Chu snorted, he understood what the ministers in the court were thinking, these ministers were all traditional nobles of the Ning Country, their feudal fiefdom was not in the Hedong, so even if they gave away the Hedong to the Feng Country, it would not cause any loss to them, but if they lost the Hedong, the overall loss to the Ning Country would be incalculable.

But what could they do if they did not negotiate? Once his Feng Army broke through, what would happen if he went straight to the Liangzhou? Was he going to be forced to relocate to the capital? Thinking till this point, Yan Chu closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. He then stood up, swung his sleeves, and said while walking: "Since all the My beloved deputy are going to negotiate, then let's go along with your plan. As for the details, you guys can discuss it through consultation, and after everything is done, show it to me."

This sentence caused the hearts of all the ministers to drop to their knees. They all kowtowed and shouted, "Sire is wise!"

Yan Chu, who was already outside the hall, shook his head and laughed when he heard the shouts behind him.

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