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This is a city in the southern part of the Yan Kingdom.

Compared with Bozhou, the city of Yingzhou is not large, the length and width are only ten miles, after the officials led by King Yan fled here, the already small Yingzhou became more and more crowded.

"Father, now that Bozhou is occupied by the four princes, and only half of the city in Yan Kingdom is still in our hands, what should we do now?"

The officials in the temporary palace in the city looked at King Yan with blank eyes.

At this time, King Yan looked decadent, reclining on the chair and seemed very tired, and the bad news had been coming one after another in the past two days.

In the end, the Black Feather Army did not stop the Hao clan's troops, and now Bozhou has been completely occupied by the Four Princes, and at the same time, the royal states and counties once occupied by the Yan State have been continuously conquered by the army of the King of Qi, and all six cities have been lost.

Under such a betrayal of relatives, King Yan gradually lost his previous calmness, and his mood gradually became irritable.

King Yan didn't speak, but the officials underground became more and more anxious, if they continued to hold on, they would be unlucky.

An official took the opportunity to say; "Your Highness, Xiao Ming has ascended the throne as the emperor, all he wants is the rivers and mountains of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, if he is a vassal to Xiao Ming at this time, he will definitely be happy in his heart, maybe he will no longer care about this matter."

"Yes, Your Highness, King Qi's army is no longer unstoppable, and those who know the times are Junjie." Another official said in a loud voice.

"That's right, it's still too late to take allegiance."

“……”

After these two officials, other officials chimed in.

King Yan suddenly sneered a few times when he heard this, and his eyes looked at the officials, who naturally hoped that he would be loyal to Xiao Ming.

Because when the time comes, he will be cut by Xiao Ming with a thousand knives, but they are still officials, and Xiao Ming will still use them to manage Yandi.

So for him, everyone can surrender, but he can't.

"Needless to say, this king has made up his mind, and whoever mentions surrender again should be at the table." King Yan jerked out his sword and slashed it on the table in front of him.

Suddenly, the table was stood in two sections by a sharp sword, and the officials immediately shrank their necks when they saw this, and they did not dare to continue speaking.

With a snort, King Yan waved his hand to let the officials leave, leaving Cui Cheng and Cui Hao brothers.

At this time, King Yan said: "You are staring at these officials, if anyone wants to eat inside and outside like the Tian family and the Ji family, just ......"

Having said this, King Yan compared a neck-cutting action.

Cui Cheng and Cui Hao glanced at each other and nodded their heads, among which Cui Cheng said: "Father, the king of Huainan has sent 100,000 troops to attack Yingzhou, and there are only 70,000 soldiers and horses in the city. ”

King Yan groaned and said: "This king may not be Xiao Ming's opponent, but he is definitely not a person who is at the mercy of King Huainan, from now on he will immediately recruit troops in the remaining five states, but all men over the age of thirteen must join the army, Xiao Xiaoming wants to kill this king, and this king will have a fish with him." ”

"Thirteen." Cui Cheng looked surprised, but it seemed to him that it was too late.

The age of conscription in the Great Yu State is sixteen years old, and now the conscription from the age of thirteen is only because now they have no way out.

After a moment's hesitation, the two said in unison: "Follow my father's orders." ”

At the same time, the king of Huainan and his eldest son, Choi Sang-an, led an army of 100,000 troops to Gwangju yesterday.

Located in the southwest of Yingzhou, only 70 miles away from Yingzhou, this Guangzhou has always been a military town for the Huainan King to defend against the Yan King.

"Father, the child has sent someone to find out the situation in Yingzhou City, and now there are only 70,000 garrisons in Yingzhou City."

Standing on the city wall, letting the north roar by, the king of Huainan looked in the direction of Yingzhou City and said: "Seventy thousand people, this Yan King is really strong, and there are still so many troops after being defeated by the emperor." ”

Cui Shangxin was a little uneven: "King Yan is the king of one word, and his father is the king of two words, not only is his status lower than that of King Yan, but also the number of cities is not as much as King Yan, but in terms of loyalty to the royal family, who can compare to his father." ”

"Hahaha...... Da Lang's words are wrong, this vassal king is a matter set by Gaozu at the time, and the royal family does not dare to change the name of the vassal king easily, but even if it is a word king, it is not that he will be killed one by one. There was a sparkle of wisdom in the eyes of King Huainan.

"What my father said is that it is precisely because my father has never been ambitious that the emperor believes in his father so much, and he also let his sister enter the palace and become the imperial concubine." Cui Shangan said with a deep groan.

King Huainan sighed, "Your Royal Highness is not at ease with any vassal king, otherwise you would not have sent us to attack Yingzhou, which is a temptation in itself, and this time my father's personal expedition is also to make the emperor feel at ease, and my father does not want to follow in the footsteps of King Wei." ”

Compared to other feudal states, his feudal kingdom had only five states and a population of only 900,000, which was a weak among many feudal states.

In the past, they had been living in the cracks of many vassal kings, so they had no intention of betraying the royal family.

And after the destruction of King Wei, he keenly felt that his opportunity had come, and took advantage of this time to take refuge in Xiao Ming, and he would definitely be able to get a bright future in the future.

His choice this time would also be a kind of speculation, and from the current situation, it seems that he has made the right choice.

Cui Shangan was silent, and after a while he said: "But father, now that the attack on Yingzhou has exhausted the power of the vassal king, if 100,000 people finish fighting in Yingzhou City, it will not make the strength of the vassal country greatly damaged." ”

"Those who achieve great things are not informal." King Huainan said, "Fighting is my father's loyalty to the emperor, but if we can't beat it, our strength is not good, and we also tried our best." ”

Cui Shangan nodded when he heard this, "I hope the emperor can understand my father's loyalty and courage, and let my father become a one-word king from now on." ”

While the two were talking, suddenly a general came up to the city wall, and he said to the king of Huainan: "Your Highness, there are two merchant ships from Qingzhou outside the city, and the merchants on board say that they have been ordered by the emperor to send fifty cannons to His Highness. ”

"Artillery." King Huainan was overjoyed when he heard this, "Really? ”

"The last general did see the artillery on the ship, and the other ship had cannonballs and ammunition, and it was said that the difficulty in the siege of the city was the strength of the city walls, and it was enough to use the cannons to collapse the walls, and there would be people on the ship to train the soldiers in how to use the artillery." The general said.

When King Huainan heard this, he immediately burst out laughing, "The emperor is still worried about this king, and he has long heard about the benefits of artillery, and this time it can be said that having artillery is like a tiger with wings." ”

Cui Shangan's brows also relaxed, at first he always suspected that Xiao Ming was trying to make them lose both, but now it seems that he misunderstood.

After the excitement, the two immediately followed the general to the Gwangju dock to receive the artillery, and in five days they trained an artillery team of 50 guns.

After mastering the use of artillery, King Huainan and Cui Shangan personally led the army towards Yingzhou.