When Murong Ke passed through a street, he saw a hanging human head, surrounded by ordinary people, and dozens of soldiers were in charge of maintaining order nearby.

Curious, Murong Ke rode his horse and ran over, and was shocked to find that the hanging head was actually an important minister of the Great Yan Kingdom, and he was also a loyal minister who was loyal to the Great Yan Kingdom.

Murong Ke was very surprised how the loyal ministers could be beheaded, and their heads were still hanging on the street, and asked his own soldiers to go and ask the guards about them.

Soon the soldiers rushed back, and clasped their fists and said: "General Qiyu, in the main hall, this person tried his best to persuade the king to surrender to the Great Jin, and warned the king that if he did not surrender to the Great Jin, the country would be destroyed, and the king was angry and beheaded him, so as to warn everyone not to mention surrender again, otherwise this is the end." ”

Murong Ke was shocked when he heard this, obviously this minister's anti-ear advice completely angered Murong Jun, so he suffered the disaster of killing, if he went to persuade Murong Jun to surrender at this time, although he might not be beheaded, but it would also cause Murong Jun's disgust, so his heart suddenly hesitated.

However, as the general and royal family of the Great Yan Kingdom, he had the responsibility to correct Murong Jun's erroneous ideas, even if he suffered the scourge of killing.

After hesitating for a moment, Murong Ke rode his horse and continued to run in the direction of the Yan Palace, thinking about how to persuade Murong Jun along the way to avoid the strength of the Great Yan Kingdom being exhausted.

"Your Majesty, I ask to see you outside the Great General's Palace." A waiter whispered.

Murong Jun was stunned when he heard this, Murong Ke should have stayed in the Chinese army at this time, why did he come to the palace in person, but since Murong Ke came. There must be something important to report, so he nodded and motioned for Xuan Murong Ke to come to him.

"Second brother, my brother is here to ask for sin." Murong Ke gave Murong Jun a big salute.

"Fourth brother. What the hell is going on here, why aren't you in the Chinese army camp. Murong Jun frowned and asked.

Murong Ke hugged his fists and said: "Second brother, the Jin army of 200,000 elites raided the left flank of our army, and now the left flank of our army has completely collapsed, and the king of Fuyu and all of them led the troops back to the country, and the fifth brother only led more than 10,000 remnants of the army to return to Jicheng." The situation is even more unfavorable for our army. ”

"What, the left flank of our army has already been defeated, how can it be so fast." Murong Jun couldn't believe it, and asked tremblingly, "What, will our army be defeated in the end?" Is there a possibility of repelling the Jin army? ”

Murong Ke shook his head slightly. Said affirmatively: "The strength of the Great Jin Dynasty is strong, and it has been fighting hard all these years, especially strengthening the training of cavalry, and now, the combat power of the cavalry of the Jin army has surpassed that of our army, even in the grassland field battle, with the same strength, our army will be in a weak position." In addition, it is becoming more and more difficult for our army to supply, and the baggage of the Jin army is constantly being transported. If the confrontation continues for a long time, our army will still be unable to bear it. ”

"According to your meaning, my Dayan Kingdom can only surrender." Murong Jun said dissatisfiedly.

Murong Ke was silent for a moment, and then said, "Second brother, the Jin army has made up its mind to recover Youzhou and Pingzhou, and has transferred most of the elite soldiers to Hebei. There is a momentum of destroying Yan in a war, and the younger brother thinks that it is better to fight to the death. It's better to choose to back down, as the saying goes, thirty-six plans are the best plan. We can go back to where our ancestors lived, avoid the Jin army, and start slowly moving northward again, building a vast Great Yan Empire in the north. ”

"Build a vast Great Yan Empire in the north?" When Murong Jun heard this, his heart moved slightly, the ancestors of the Great Yan Kingdom all set their eyes on the rich and warm south, but none of them set their eyes on the north, it is no wonder that the south is rich and warm, while the north is an extremely cold and bitter cold land, even if there is more territory, it is not of much value, so the heroes have always taken the competition for the rich Central Plains as their primary goal, thus ignoring the more vast land in the north.

Seeing that Murong Jun was a little moved, Murong Ke continued: "Second brother, although the north is a bitter cold land, but the more bitter cold the environment, the more it can exercise the strong will of the people, didn't the second brother find that since the occupation of Youzhou, the warriors of my Dayan Kingdom are obviously not as brave as before, this is the situation caused by leaving the bitter cold land and being comfortable for too long, besides, today's Great Jin is in full swing, with more than one million soldiers and horses, as long as we are determined to recover Youzhou and Pingzhou, we will not be able to consume the Great Jin at all, I hope that the second brother will think twice. ”

When Murong Jun heard this, he felt that what Murong Ke said was very reasonable, rather than dying, it was better to retreat and establish a more vast Dayan Empire in the north, and then wait for the changes in the world.

"Fourth brother, what you said is very reasonable, in the bitter cold land of the north, it is indeed a good idea to establish a powerful Dayan Empire, in the past, the second brother turned all his attention to the Central Plains, but ignored the north, resulting in a lot of my Dayan's land in the north being occupied by Fuyu them, and now, it is time to recover these lands." Murong Jun said excitedly.

Obviously, at this moment, he finally saw the hope of the Great Yan Kingdom from the blueprint drawn by Murong Ke, and decided to get rid of the entanglement of the Great Jin Dynasty first and establish a more powerful empire in the north.

Murong Ke's plan succeeded, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he said: "This time, Buyeo and other countries sent to support my Dayan, but they withdrew to the country without even saying hello, so my Dayan just has an excuse to attack Buyeo and other countries, and occupy their land as a foundation, and then expand the territory to the north." ”

Murong Jun nodded and said: "That's right, I still have more than 200,000 elite soldiers and horses in the Great Yan Kingdom, and I have no ability to deal with the Jin army, but if I clean up Fuyu, Mao Qian and Lu Lou, it is more than enough, okay, that's it, I will convene all the ministers to discuss this matter and work out the itinerary for the northern retreat as soon as possible." ”

Murong Ke nodded, paused, and said, "Second brother, Gao Yushi is a loyal minister, let's put him in the ground!" ”

When Murong Jun heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said softly: "Okay, you can deal with it!" After speaking, there was remorse on his face, obviously, he also understood that the slain courtier was a loyal minister, and he was only angry at that time, in order to dispel the idea of surrender, he ordered the execution of this minister.

After walking out of the Yan Palace, Murong Ke sighed heavily, and he finally used his wisdom to successfully persuade Murong Jun to avoid the fate of destroying the country. However, at this moment, he expressed his sorrow for the loyal minister who had been executed, and immediately went to deal with the aftermath.

Murong Jun, the king of Yan, told the ministers in detail about the beautiful blueprint depicted by Murong Ke, and asked the ministers for their opinions, and the ministers had already learned the news of the defeat of the left wing. Naturally, most of them approved of this plan, and only a few ministers banged their heads against the pillars, saying that they would not leave Jicheng to the death, of course, these few small people can't change anything. A new national policy for the development of the north has been formulated and has entered the stage of planning and implementation.

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In the direction of Marudu City, the elite Jin army under Wang Meng's command and the several soldiers and horses that were subdued were all ready to face the battle, and they had to face the main army of 80,000 under the command of the Goguryeo general Gao Yuan. The pressure is still relatively high, however, with Wang Meng and the elite of the Jin army, everyone firmly believes that they can defeat Gao Yuan and achieve a complete victory.

"General, the enemy army has four times the number of our army, and besides, most of our army is a rabble. How to resist Gao Yuan's army of 80,000. A Jin army general frowned and said.

Wang Meng smiled slightly, and said, "Don't worry, Ben General has already sent his henchmen to Liaodong." Let General Han Yong lead the 50,000 troops of the headquarters to move closer to the direction of Marudu, and be ready to flank Gao Yuan's headquarters with our army at any time, rest assured! Gao Yuan is just a general, and our army will definitely achieve a complete victory in the end. ”

Hearing that there were 50,000 reinforcements eyeing Gao Yuan's back, the generals suddenly felt much more relieved and felt that victory was in sight.

In fact. The 20,000 vanguards under the command of Gao Yuan's generals have already arrived near Marudu, but. As soon as he arrived near Marudu, he learned that Marudu Castle had been breached by the Jin army. And he was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated thirty miles, otherwise, with Wang Meng's decisiveness, he would have attacked it long ago and annihilated it.

After hearing that Gao Zhao died in the chaos, he was even more terrified, and retreated twenty miles again to avoid being suddenly attacked by the Jin army, and at the same time, he also had to wait for the main force of Gao Yuan in the rear.

The march speed of Gao Yuan's main army was slow, because he didn't want to rescue Gao Zhao at all, Gao Zhao was killed was a good thing for him, but when the news came from the direction of Marudu City that Gao Zhao had died in the chaos, Gao Yuan couldn't sit still, since Gao Zhao had died in the chaos, no one in Goguryeo could stop him from becoming king, he urgently needed to run to Marudu City immediately, and defeat the Jin army, recover Marudu, and then he could claim the throne in a grand manner.

Under the control of the king's ambition, Gao Yuan and the main army of 60,000 under his command accelerated the pace of the march, and within a few days they joined the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the vanguard, and then approached the capital of Maru.

Although Wang Meng's prestige of sweeping Sanhan and Wo Fu was shocking, Gao Yuan had an army of 80,000 as his backing, and he was not afraid of Wang Meng at all, and felt that Wang Meng's soldiers and horses were so weak that it was impossible to defeat him, and with the strength of 80,000 troops, he could completely defeat Wang Meng's coalition army and recover the capital of Maru.

"General, the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army are still following up fifty miles behind our army, with sinister intentions!" A confidant lieutenant said loudly.

"The intention of the Jin army is obvious, that is, to contain our army, so that our army cannot attack the capital city wholeheartedly." A ministry general said.

"General, our army can completely divide the troops into two routes, leaving 40,000 soldiers and horses to contain the 50,000 Jin troops behind them, and the other 40,000 horses to attack the enemy army in Marudu City, so that we can definitely win the battle and completely defeat Wang Meng." Another general said.

When Gao Yuan heard this, he frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "You are right, the Jin army wants to attack our army before and after, but there are 80,000 troops under the command of this general, how can he be afraid of the Jin army." ”

"General, the last general is willing to attack Marudu with the general, so let's send troops immediately!" A ministry general said.

"The last general is willing to stay behind and contain the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army." Another general holds his fists.

Gao Yuan nodded, and said: "Generals, Wang Meng, the general of the Jin army, teamed up with the kings of Sanhan Wofu to attack the capital of my Goguryeo and kill the king. ”

"Annihilate the enemy army and avenge the king."

"Annihilate the enemy army and avenge the king."

The generals shouted excitedly.

Looking at the high morale of his subordinates, Gao Yuan was very excited, as if he saw victory just around the corner.

"Report, general, there is a man dressed in the clothes of the common people outside the camp, claiming to be the king, and asking to see the general." At this moment, a henchman lieutenant hurriedly reported into the account and gave Gao Yuan a look.

Gao Yuan was shocked when he saw this, and looking at the nervous expression of his henchman lieutenant, he could judge that the person was indeed Gao Zhao, but news had already come from Marudu City that Gao Zhao died in the chaos on the day the city was broken, how could he still be alive, this is too strange.

"Hmph, the king has been killed by the Jin army, how can he appear in the camp, it must be the Jin army's meticulous fake, come and arrest the person who pretends to be the king and put him in the stable." Gao Yuan's heart was horizontal and ordered loudly.

"Yes, General." The confidant lieutenant immediately understood, and turned around and walked out of the Chinese army's tent.

"General, if the investigation is wrong, and the king did not die in the chaos on the day of the destruction of the city, what should I do if the person who comes is really the king, or bring it to the big tent, let us know the truth at a glance." A general who was not Gao Yuan's confidant frowned and said.

When Gao Yuan heard this, he was slightly angry in his heart, but he said calmly: "There will be no mistakes in the investigation of the meticulous work, this person must be a fake, at this moment, Ben will study the major matters of attacking the pill capital with the generals, so he doesn't have to pay attention to these small things, Ben will go to the horse shed to check later." ”

Seeing Gao Yuan's explanation, the generals couldn't say anything more, after all, the scouts under their command also got the information they had prepared, Gao Zhao did die in the chaos on the day the city was broken, and there should be nothing wrong with this.

Subsequently, Gao Yuan completed the deployment plan for attacking Marudu City in front of the map, and asked the generals of each army to follow the order.

After the generals left the big tent of the Chinese army, Gao Yuan led several henchmen and hurriedly walked towards the stable, looking extremely nervous.

"Do you see clearly? Is it really the king? Gao Yuan asked in a low voice.

"General, the villain has seen the king countless times, how can he admit his mistake, this person is indeed the king, and the ten companions around him are all palace guards, and the last general knows five of them." The henchman lieutenant whispered back.

Gao Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and said in surprise: "How is it possible? Didn't the news come back from the direction of Marudu Castle that the king had died in the chaos? After speaking, he frowned deeply. (To be continued)