Even the old emperor knew the news about the northwest. How could Jing Yan, who had been staring at Qin Ji without letting go, not know?
However, the news about the northwest has been well concealed. With the joint efforts of Prince Pingxi and General Feng, the news about the northwest can be found out, but it may not be delivered.
The news in Jing Yan's hands did not come from the northwest, but from the capital, only a quarter of an hour before Qin Jiyan received the message from the capital.
"The war in the northwest is over!" Jing Yan put down the letter in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
Even God is helping Qin Jiyan to end the war in the northwest at this time.
"Master, the frontier fortress has not been taken back, how can it be settled?" Jing Yan's confidants also knew the news, and he was very happy when he saw the news.
If Feng Yao rebels and occupies the frontier fortress, Pingxi County Prince will have to continue fighting, and until the war between Da Qin and Xihu ends, they will not be able to send troops to Jiangnan. They may really be able to occupy Jiangnan, or take this opportunity to invade the capital.
"That city...can't be taken back. Feng Yao has 200,000 people in his hands. He occupies that city and has no intention of attacking Da Qin again. That old guy won't leave too many soldiers and horses there, and the West will be pacified soon."
The prince of the county will be transferred back to the capital." Jing Yan was not out of touch, but inferred based on the situation in the northwest, but...
"There is another possibility."
"What's possible?"
"Great Qin wants to swallow up Xihu! This is a good opportunity. As long as that old guy has the courage to capture Feng Yao, he can attack the Imperial City of Xihu in one fell swoop." Jing Yan would say this because he was standing in the position of the old emperor.
Consider the problem.
If he were the emperor of Qin, then he would never let go of this opportunity.
There is civil strife in Xihu, and Fengyao supports his troops to stand on his own. This is a great opportunity to attack.
"It's a pity that the old guy is old and suspicious. Qin Jiyan had led troops in the northwest before, and the soldiers and horses in the northwest must be heading towards Qin Jiyan. At this time, if we want to indulge these people to perform meritorious services, the old emperor is afraid that he will not be able to suppress him."
With the Feng family's soldiers and horses to restrain him, the old emperor might consider attacking Xihu, but now?
The old emperor just wanted to withdraw his military power.
Jing Yan's confidants were very puzzled after hearing this, "Master, the emperor will not give up such a good opportunity for personal gain, right?" The throne originally belongs to the emperor's grandson. If we can take the opportunity to expand the scope of the empire, whose credit is it?
, is this important?
"That's not entirely true. Prince Pingxi... can't defeat Fengyao. If he could really defeat Fengyao, the war in the northwest wouldn't have been stalemate for so long. In his old age, the old man cherishes his feathers and doesn't want to waste his military and financial resources. In the end, he ended up accomplishing nothing.
Infamy." Maybe it's not that Prince Pingxi can't defeat him, but that he doesn't want to fight.
Many famous generals would do this to raise the bandits.
There is no way, if there is no great enemy like Xihu and no strong rival like Feng Yao, how can Prince Pingxi gain a foothold? How can the crown prince of Prince Pingxi gain a foothold?
Military generals are no better than civil servants, there is no war, and there is no opponent who can match you, then it is useless no matter how strong you are, because you will not be used.
Pingxi County Prince, you can tell from his title that the Yan family was granted the title of Pingxi County Prince because of their meritorious service in attacking Xihu. If there were no Xihu and Feng Yao, a well-matched opponent, then Pingxi County Prince Yan Jia would soon be removed from the throne.
The court disappeared.
With Xihu here and an opponent like Feng Yao, Pingxi County Prince will be reused, Yan Qing will be reused, and even the generals in the northwest will be reused. Even if these people fall to Qin Jiyan, the old emperor will have to support him.
Hold them.
If we don’t support them, who can we rely on to fight the war?
As Jing Yan expected, when the old emperor learned about the news from the northwest, he immediately ordered the king of Pingxi County to bring an army of 100,000 back to the capital. He appointed General Cheng as the general and gave him the support of Yan Qing to take back the frontier fortress as soon as possible and counterattack the west.
Hu……
The 100,000 troops brought back by Prince Pingxi were exactly the people he brought to suppress the bandits that day. These people were drawn from various military camps. It was only normal for the old emperor to bring them back.
As for Prince Pingxi?
Yan Qing is in the northwest, and someone in the capital must be taken as a hostage, just like the general of the Cheng family is away with his troops, and the entire Cheng family, young and old, stays in the capital.
There is nothing wrong with the old emperor's decree, and because of General Feng's incident, the generals in the imperial court have been holding their tails between their legs recently. Although they feel that they should not send back troops from the northwest now, no one dares to say anything.
They were afraid that as soon as they asked for troops, the old emperor would think that they were going to rebel.
Things in the northwest were settled quickly, and the news soon reached the ears of General Feng. After hearing this, General Feng just nodded and smiled...
All the sons and daughters of the Feng family are capable.
Qin Jiyan knew about the old emperor's treatment of the northwest immediately, and he was not surprised at all.
He had long expected that the old emperor would do this. If not, he would not have let Feng Yao occupy a city in Da Qin. As long as Feng Yao occupied that city, the troops in the northwest would definitely remain above 200,000.
With 200,000 troops from the northwest, 300,000 troops from the Feng family, and 500,000 troops in hand, what else does Qin Jiyan have to fear?
Things are going according to Qin Jiyan's plan. The only thing that can give him a headache at this moment is the main city of Jiangnan!
He led people to fight for ten days, but there was still no sign of the city being breached.
The ballistas and chariots prepared by Jing Yan were really too powerful. Qin Jiyan didn't want to sacrifice too much, so he kept fighting conservatively. So after ten days, he still couldn't find a way to break the city.
Of course, the conservative style of play is not without its benefits. At least his casualties in the past ten days were less than a hundred, which is a great victory.
Tang Yong persuaded Qin Jiyan several times and asked Qin Jiyan to order a strong attack. He was confident that he would lead his men to break the city. However, Qin Jiyan did not agree, and did not even agree to attack during the day. He attacked at night for ten consecutive days.
Tang Yong really didn't understand what Qin Jiyan meant by doing this. But he didn't dare to ask, so he could only endure the beating.
Others didn't know Qin Jiyan's intention, but Jing Yan knew it.
The visibility was not good at night, so Qin Jiyan only attacked the city without fighting. As a result, he could not understand the Feng family's army's fighting style, nor could he study the Feng family's formation.
He retreats when he cannot break the city, he is not impatient or impetuous, he seems to be passive, but in fact the truly passive person is Jing Yan.
Jing Yan had already ordered people to transport a large amount of supplies away, and the food and grass left in the south of the Yangtze River was only enough to feed the army for three months. If Qin Jiyan was trapped in the city, they would have no supplies of food and grass, and they would have to evacuate as soon as possible.
In this way, Qin Jiyan didn't have to fight at all, he had to retreat voluntarily, and he... was busy for a long time, waited for Qin Jiyan for a long time, but in the end he still had no chance to fight head-on with the Feng Family Army, and could not find out what the Feng Family Army's intentions were.
With such strength, it is impossible to make an effective layout for the Feng Family Army.
"Qin Jiyan is really... a traitor inside. He clearly said that he wanted to have a good fight, but he just held it in like this?" Jing Yan was very irritated by Qin Jiyan recently, and there were bruises under his eyes...
There was nothing he could do, since Qin Jiyan led his troops to besiege the city, he hadn't had a good night's sleep.