Zong Ai ignored the official's suggestion, he thought about it for two days, and still issued an edict in the name of the emperor to appoint Mulan to an official position.

said that Hua Mulan waited for two days and still didn't see any movement in the imperial court about her appointment to an official position, so she asked Li Bao, Fan Daniu and others to pack their luggage and prepare to return to Youzhou.

Before the luggage was packed, the eunuch who read the decree came with the edict and brought it to the post house.

"General Hua, His Majesty the Emperor has appointed the general as a senior official in the foreign capital! The people who hold this position are generally the kings of the clan, the ministers of foreign relatives or the ministers of the Hu and Han dynasties, His Majesty the Emperor is a special favor to the general, the general will take the order! The eunuch smiled and handed the edict to Mulan.

Hua Mulan is not happy at all, although this foreign capital official is powerful, but not a prestigious court minister can not sit firmly at all, just because this position has to hear the criminal prison and civil lawsuits of the Xianbei people with foreign surnames, and the lawsuits that can generally make trouble in front of the foreign capital officials are not small lawsuits, if they are not handled well, they are likely to offend a family of Xianbei people.

After sending away the eunuch who announced the decree, Hua Mulan walked to the desk with a bitter face and picked up a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Zhao Junsheng, in which she said the recent situation and the appointment of a senior official in the foreign capital, let her lead the troops to fight She can do a good job, but let her try the case, she really can't do it.

Hua Mulan wrote all her troubles in a letter, and asked people to send them back to Youzhou as quickly as possible through secret channels.

Only six days later, Mulan received a reply from Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng first recounted his heartfelt feelings in his reply, and then introduced that after Mulan left, the imperial court sent Jia Zhou as a prison guard, so that he could prepare to attack Yan Guo, and finally he suggested that if Mulan didn't understand the matter of torture and trial, he would ask his subordinates more, those people have been officials for many years, and they must be experienced, he felt that it was best for Mulan to adopt the strategy of doing nothing, and try not to offend people, because she was weak in the court, and once she was impeached, she didn't even have a plea, and it was easy to attract a group of people to attack. So she just needs to hear the case clearly, and as for how to decide, it will be played to the emperor and ruled by the emperor.

After reading Zhao Junsheng's reply, Mulan thought for a long time, and still felt that Zhao Junsheng was reasonable, and since she came to the capital this time, she found that Zong Ai was wantonly eradicating dissidents, which was even more ferocious than before.

The yamen of the large and small government offices in the capital often received instructions from Zong Ai to fabricate charges against certain officials and ministers, and then arrested people, raided their homes and exterminated their clans.

The ministers of the court have also changed batch after batch, once someone falls, Zong Ai will immediately replace him, until now, half of the ministers of the court have been placed by Zong Ai, this situation makes Mulan only feel frightened.

In this case, Hua Mulan thinks that Zhao Junsheng's suggestion is right, she either doesn't go out for three days and sits in the big official yamen, or she leaves soon as she goes, and only leaves all the official affairs to the subordinate officials to deal with.

Some cases really couldn't be delayed any longer, so Mulan asked her subordinate officials to figure things out, and then wrote a chapter to play the emperor and ask the emperor to adjudicate, but Zong Ai was very happy about this, because in this way he was equivalent to getting judicial power.

Not to mention the panicked situation of the Pingcheng court, Zhao Junsheng was nervously preparing for the expedition in Youzhou, and after about twenty days, all the preparations were ready, and he no longer delayed, since he decided to fight, he had to fight hard, and strive to take Yan Guo this time.

On 16 March, 5,000 soldiers and horses transferred from Fanyang arrived in Jixian County.

In the spring of 434 AD, on March 20, Zhao Junsheng led an army of 15,000 people from Jixian County, and marched east together with 5,000 soldiers and horses drawn from Yuyang County after converging in Lu County.

Along the way, passing through the city of Wuzhong, Guzhu, etc., it took nine days to arrive at the Jieshi Mountain Walled City, this time there are nearly 10,000 infantry in the 20,000 army, the marching speed of the combination of foot and cavalry is not much different from the normal marching speed of the whole cavalry, the average daily marching speed is less than 80 miles, this road is still eaten dry food, saving a lot of time, if every time the fire is cooked, the marching speed will only be slower.

The Jieshi Mountain Pass has already been completed, majestic and magnificent, Zhao Junsheng ordered the army to rest here for two days, and the officers and men of the whole army can finally eat fresh and delicious hot meals and hot dishes, and there was thunder of joy for a while.

Standing on the pass city tower to look at the northeast direction, the left is the endless mountain, the right side is the vast sea in the distance, Zhao Junsheng said to the generals and the accompanying officials: "The name of Jieshi Mountain Pass is too cheesy, in the opinion of this general, the left is the mountain, the right is the sea, this pass is majestic and magnificent, it should be named Shanhaiguan!" ”

Dongfang Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he stroked his palms and laughed: "The name of Shanhaiguan is well deserved!" ”

The school officials all echoed the name one after another, but Jia Zhou had a gloomy face and disdain, but in his heart he was also impressed by the momentum displayed by this majestic pass.

After only two days of rest, the army continued to set off, Zhao Junsheng was worried that the rainy season would make the coastal road muddy, so he ordered the army to speed up the march, marching more than 100 miles a day, in order to make up for the physical losses caused by the soldiers to speed up the march, Zhao Junsheng let the soldiers eat three meals each time, one meal in the morning, noon and evening.

Although the military food is convenient to eat, it is always a taste, and after eating for a long time, I want to vomit when I see the military food, but I am hungry if I don't eat it, in order to replenish my strength, the soldiers can only pinch their noses and chew the dry food into their stomachs and swallow it, eat a mouthful of dry food and drink a sip of water.

Just when the Youzhou army crossed the Shanhaiguan Pass and entered the territory of Liaoxi County under the command of Zhao Junsheng, Feng Hong, who was in Longcheng, panicked after learning the news, he had actually received the news that the Wei army might attack Yanguo, but he was not sure yet, and now that the Wei army had passed the Shanhaiguan, he was really scared now, and convened the ministers again to discuss.

The main hall of the Dragon City Palace.

Feng Hong said to the ministers with an anxious face: "Only then did Liaoxi County send a messenger to report that the general of Wei Zhengdong, the governor of Youliao Zhujun, and the assassin of Youzhou Zhao Junsheng led an army of 20,000 to cross Jieshi Mountain and enter Liaoxi County, how is this good?" ”

Shang Shu ordered Guo Sheng to stand up and say: "Heavenly King, now that the emperor of Wei is young, the eunuchs are in charge, the government is corrupt, they themselves are panicked, and they even have the heart to send troops to attack our country, they are killing themselves, please send troops to meet the Wei army!" ”

Shangshu Guo Yuan stood up to object, and sneered: "Shangshu Ling has forgotten how he was defeated by Zhao Junsheng two years ago? ”

"You ······" Guo was so angry that his white beard stood up, and he was most annoyed by others when they mentioned this humiliating fiasco.

Guo Yuan ignored Guo Sheng, who was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, although both of them were surnamed Guo, they were not relatives, and they couldn't even fight with eight poles, he said to Feng Hong: "Heavenly King, this Zhao Junsheng is a god with soldiers, and now the total strength of my Yan Kingdom is less than 20,000, how can he be his opponent?" Among the ministers, it is better to send someone to the Wei State to ask for attachment, and marry the princess to the Emperor of the Wei State, this move can still keep the country! ”

Feng Hong was very angry when he heard this: "Guo Yuan, your brain is rusty, right?" The Emperor of Wei is only five years old, and the princess is sixteen years old, so you asked me to marry the princess to a five-year-old child? Now that the two countries have long been suspicious, surrendering to Cheng can only lead to self-destruction, it is better to stick to the city and wait for the situation to change! ”

Liu Xun, a regular attendant of the scattered cavalry, stood up and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the Wei State is powerful, my Yan State is weak, and there is a shortage of major generals, and now the Youzhou Army is coming to attack, how can my Yan State be stopped?" The minister also suggested sending someone to ask Wei to surrender to him, and he could send Prince Ren to Pingcheng, the capital of Wei, as a proton, so that the king of heaven could protect the throne, and Dayan could also protect the country! ”

Feng Hong was furious and immediately ordered: "Bastard! Even if our Yan army can't defeat the Wei army, the widow can ask Goguryeo to send someone to pick up the widow and take refuge for a while. Come on, drag this gibberish out and behead him! ”

The armor soldiers outside the hall rushed in and dragged Liu Xun away, and there would be a soldier carrying Liu Xun's head to pay the order.

"Those who persuade to surrender again, like this person, will end up and retreat!" Feng Hong left with a murderous shout, leaving only a group of trembling ministers.

Two days later, another messenger came to report that Feng Chong, the eldest son of Feng Hong, who was guarding Liaoxi County, and Feng Chong's younger brothers, Feng Lang and Feng Miao, led the army and the people to surrender to the Wei army.

When Feng Hong heard the news, he was so angry that he vomited blood, and he fainted to death, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to scold Feng Chong, Feng Lang and Feng Miao, the three brothers, for being livestock, and betraying their father to join the enemy country.

In fact, Feng Chong, Feng Lang, and Feng Miao were also forced to be helpless, on the one hand, the Wei army was strong, sharp, and unstoppable, and on the other hand, because of the persecution of their brothers by Feng Wangren, the prince of Yan, they had to choose to surrender to the Wei army in order to survive.

This time, Taichang Yangmin also persuaded Feng Hong to surrender, and the current situation of Yan State could not stop the attack of the Wei army at all, Feng Hong did not listen, and secretly sent someone to contact Gao Lian, the king of Goguryeo, asking for acceptance and sending troops to respond.

After seeing Feng Hong's envoy, the king of Goguryeo, Gao Lian, thought that this was a good opportunity to invade the territory of Northern Yan, so he sent the general Ge Lu to lead 3,000 troops to Northern Yan to meet Feng Hong.

Zhao Junsheng's attack was not fast, it seemed to be stable, although it took a long time, but he was not in a hurry for quick success, and digested a place after capturing it, on the one hand, he accepted the money and food in the city and surrendered troops, and on the other hand, he sent officials to deal with government affairs.

At the beginning of May, Zhao Junsheng led a large army to attack the Xihe River.

And at this moment, the three thousand soldiers and horses sent by the Goguryeo king Gao Lian came to Longcheng, and Feng Hong was overjoyed when he saw the arrival of Goguryeo's soldiers and horses, and immediately sent his ministers out of the city to greet them.

Goguryeo is a foreign barbarian, after Ge Lu led the troops into the Dragon City, he came directly to the armory, let the soldiers under his command take off the tattered coarse cloth clothes and leather armor, and put on the fine armor in the Yan State armory, Feng Hong not only did not blame Ge Lu after learning about it, but also exaggerated that the Goguryeo soldiers would be mighty and majestic after changing into fine armor, and Ge Lu was quite complacent about this.

On the second day of May, Feng Hong, the king of Yan, took his children, the inner palace, the clan, and the people of Longcheng to retreat from the capital Longcheng with the Goguryeo reinforcements, and burned his palace and city before leaving, and the fire was not extinguished for ten years.

After Zhao Junsheng received the report, he immediately led his army to cross the lower reaches of the Chongqing River to pursue, but in the end he was still a step late, and when he reached the border of the Great Liao River, the Goguryeo army had already escorted Feng Hong and his party across the Great Liao River and marched away.