The Great Jin Dynasty can be said to be completely controlled by the power of the Shi clan, and the internal corrupt forces are intertwined, Ran Min naturally knows that if he belongs to the Great Jin Court, there will be no good future, besides, he is Shi Hu's adopted grandson, this identity will undoubtedly be despised and rejected by the Shi clan, and calling himself the emperor without authorization will make the Great Jin Court quite jealous, so that he does not trust him from the bottom of his heart.

But after more than a year of bloody battles, the Great Wei State has now declined in national strength, and it has reached the point of exhaustion, and the food reserves are decreasing, and some of the people who are fed up with the war have begun to try their best to escape from the surroundings of Yecheng and flee in the direction of no war, and the people are all in order to survive, and the Great Wei Empire cannot prohibit the escape of the people, and the gradual decrease in population has made the Great Wei State face the dilemma of insufficient soldiers.

At this moment, in the face of the powerful Yanzhao coalition army, although Ran Min is brave and wins the world, his heart is somewhat empty, he is not afraid of fighting on the battlefield, on the battlefield, no one is his opponent, but when it comes to governing the country, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country and the people are safe, he is completely a layman.

Under his leadership, the Great Wei Empire fought countless victories and annihilated countless Zhonghu coalition armies, which can be described as incomparably brilliant, but the national strength of the Great Wei Empire was not enhanced because of these victories, but due to endless wars, the national strength was greatly attritional, so that it reached the point of exhaustion.

However, this qiē may not be Ran Min's fault, after all, in the Hebei area, after decades of rule by Shi Le and Shi Hu, the population of the Hu people has grown on a large scale, and more than half of the total population. Moreover, the Hu people are naturally tough, most of the troops of the Zhao State are Hu soldiers, such a strong strength, naturally not Ran Min's personal bravery can be balanced, no matter how strong Ran Min's combat power is, he will kill hundreds of people at most in each battle, no matter how heroic the beggar army is, it is impossible to defeat a hundred with one enemy.

Facing the Hebei area. Such a strong Zhonghu coalition army. Ran Min had to organize as many people as possible to enlist in the army in order to fight against it, but in this way, the number of people engaged in agriculture was greatly reduced. Naturally, agricultural production has suffered enormous damage. This in turn leads to the decline of national strength.

Of course. In the direction of Xiangguo, which had no moon and no war with the Great Wei State, faced the same problem, the Zhao State centered on the Xiangguo. In terms of agricultural production, they also suffered huge losses, and the problem of grain and grass was also more prominent, but after all, they had a thick foundation, and the land controlled was larger, and the grain and grass near Xiangguo were insufficient, which could be transferred from the direction of Bingzhou and Jizhou, and every inch of land occupied by the Great Wei State was unstable, so there was no area with a surplus of grain at all, and Zhao State occupied an absolute advantage in this regard.

What worries Ran Min the most is naturally the Yan regime that arose in Liaodong, this Yan State was originally only a small country in the direction of Liaodong, but through the efforts of Murong Hao and Murong Jun, today's strength is not what it used to be, its country has a population of more than one million, and there are 200,000 elite soldiers in just one dispatch, such a strong national strength is enough to match the Great Wei State.

And when Yan and Zhao are united, their strength is even more not to be underestimated, in order to increase their chances of victory, Ran Min needs the support of foreign aid.

"Your Majesty, we can borrow troops from Jiangdong." A minister said with his fists clenched.

Ran Min shook his head and said softly, "How could the Jin Dynasty lend us soldiers and horses?" I don't have to! ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't see it, the so-called lips and teeth are cold, since the founding of my Great Wei, I have been fighting with the Zhonghu coalition army for no month, which has greatly consumed the soldiers and horses of the Zhonghu coalition army, so the Jiangdong court can be safe, and once my Great Wei dies, the Yanzhao coalition army is bound to go south to Jiangdong, if so, the Jiangdong court should be in danger of being tired, and for its own interests, the Jiangdong court may send troops to help." The minister said with his fists clenched.

"Yes! Your Majesty, since the Yan State and the Zhao State can join forces, why can't I, the Great Wei and the Jin Dynasty, join forces to defend against the enemy? Another minister said.

When Ran Min heard this, he felt that there was some truth, so Zhengse said: "Since this is the case, then, I will inform the Jin Dynasty and ask it to send troops to resist Yan Zhao and Hu together with my Great Wei." ”

Subsequently, Ran Min sent envoys to Jiankang City, wanting the Great Jin to send troops to support them.

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After being defeated by Ran Min, Yao Xiang led a large army to Fangtou to join his father Yao Gezhong, who was beaten with a hundred sticks by Yao Gezhong because he failed to defeat and kill Ran Min.

After Zhang Hedu withdrew, he led his army back to Shidu, while Shi Kun, Zhang Ju, Wang Lang and Murong Ba all retreated in the direction of Xiangguo.

At this moment, outside Xiangguo City, the 20,000 army led by Murong Ke was waiting for Murong Ba's return twenty miles outside the north gate, while Shi Kun, Wang Lang and Zhang Ju immediately returned to Xiangguo City to report the battle situation to Shi Yuan.

Twenty miles north of Xiangguo, Murong Ke stood outside the camp, anxiously looking into the distance, since he learned that Murong Ba's 30,000 troops were defeated by Ran Min, he was a little uneasy, so he hurriedly led the army to support, and when he arrived in Xiangguo, he learned that Murong Ba had returned from Yecheng, so he camped and waited.

In these days, Murong Ke has been studying Ran Min's tactics, and trying to crack Ran Min's tactics of rushing straight into the Chinese army, in order to crack Ran Min's tactics, Murong Ke has thought of many ways, such as increasing the number of personal soldiers in the Chinese army, and forming a multi-layer solid shield array, and also, using a large number of archers, hiding behind the shield array, and shooting Ran Min with a dense rain of arrows, but he still doesn't know how effective these methods are.

"Fourth prince, our soldiers and horses are back." Just when Murong Ke was thinking about it, Murong Ba led the remnants of his army to defeat and came in the direction of the camp.

Murong Ke nodded slightly, took a few steps forward, and greeted Murong Ba.

It didn't take long for the tens of thousands of troops led by Murong Ba to arrive at the gate of the camp.

"Fourth brother, I'm back." Murong Ba said hello weakly, and it could be seen that he was very unhappy.

Murong Ke knew that his fifth brother had lost the battle, and he was not happy, so he stepped forward and comforted: "Fifth brother, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and it is normal to lose a battle once in a while, so don't be angry." ”

Murong Ba sighed, and said with a straight face: "Fourth brother, you don't know how miserable our army was defeated, the entire army of 30,000 was defeated by Ran Min's 3,000 men and horses, and then, it was even more defeated by the 1,000 men and horses under his command, it is useless to blame me, I am not Ran Min's opponent, otherwise, I would not have lost so many men and horses." After saying that, he blamed himself slightly.

Seeing that Murong Ba was still a little worried, Murong Ke thought for a while and said softly: "Fifth brother, although our army has fought several defeats and lost thousands of men and horses, one day, we will recover this debt, Ran Min's tactics are all based on personal bravery, and there is nothing to be afraid of at all." After speaking, he showed a look of confidence.

Seeing Murong Ke's confident expression, Murong Ba hurriedly asked, "Fourth brother, have you come up with a way to deal with Ran Min, what way?" ”

Murong Ke said softly: "Fifth brother, Ran Min is the best in the world, he must take the lead in every battle, and go straight to the enemy's Chinese army, such a method of warfare has the effect of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, but as long as our army can block Ran Min from killing the Chinese army, we can easily break Ran Min's tactics, so as to encircle and annihilate the Wei army with superior forces." ”

"Fourth brother, I also understand what you said, the problem is that Ran Min is too brave, and thousands of cavalry can't stop it." Murong Ba hurriedly interrupted Murong Ke's words.

Murong Ke said with a smile: "Since the cavalry is powerless to stop, you can arrange a shield array in front of the Chinese army formation, and shoot Ran Min with a strong bow and crossbow, in this way, no matter how strong Ran Min's combat power is, he will not be able to break through." ”

When Murong Ba heard this, he shook his head, and said: "Don't hide it from the fourth brother, the second time I fought with Ran Min, our army used the shield array and strong archers to resist Ran Min, as a result, the arrows were blocked by him, the archers scattered and fled, and the shield array couldn't stop Ran Min's attack at all, many soldiers were beaten away by Ran Min with shields for days, the scene was extremely tragic!" After speaking, he looked at Murong Ke.

Murong Ke was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect that the shield array and crossbowmen would not be able to stop Ran Min's attack, so he still needed to continue to think of ways to restrain Ran Min's tactics.

However, soon, the news of the defeat of Murong Ba's army reached Jicheng, and Murong Jun was very unhappy when he learned of the defeat of Dayan's army, and was afraid of suffering losses again, so he immediately ordered Murong Ke and Murong Ba to lead the army back to Jicheng.

After Murong Ke and Murong Ba heard the order, they immediately led their army to leave Xiangguo and march in the direction of Jicheng.

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In the direction of Jiankang City, the envoy sent by Ran Min arrived here, and used the truth of the cold lips and teeth to lobby the Great Jin Imperial Court, asking the Great Jin Imperial Court to send some soldiers and horses to help them fight against the anti-Hu coalition army in the Central Plains.

Most of the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty disdained the request of the envoys of the Wei State, they had been in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and they did not care much about the things north of the Yellow River, besides, they thought that they had the Yangtze River moat, and the anti-Hu coalition army was not capable of crossing the Yangtze River at all, so they were not willing to support Ran Min, who had already proclaimed the emperor.

However, Ran Min sent an envoy to ask for reinforcements, after all, it was a big deal, and there was some truth in his lips and teeth. For this reason, several important ministers of the imperial court, the empress dowager Chu Garlic, and the little emperor Sima Dan, who was only a few years old, discussed the matter in the main hall.

Because the little emperor Sima Dan is still too young, the major affairs of the court are mainly the Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi and several important ministers of the court, and he, the emperor, is just a symbol.

Chu Lianzi looked at several ministers and said softly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Ran Min sent an envoy to ask for reinforcements, do I want to send troops to support the Great Jin?" ”

"Queen Mother, this is Ran Min's plan to kill people with a knife, and I must not send troops to support it." A minister said.

When Chu Lianzi heard this, he asked: "The so-called lips are dead and the teeth are cold, once Ran Min is defeated, shouldn't I face a strong enemy in Dajin, has this Aiqing thought about it?" (To be continued......)