Tian Dan's voice was very low, and he had obviously been worried about it for a long time.

Afterwards, Tian Dan elaborated on the 'depressed morale' in detail, and in his words, he admired Le Yi, the commander of the Yan army outside the city.

After organizing several large-scale offensives against Jimo, the Yan people changed their strategy and never launched any attacks on Jimo. Even the scouts no longer tried to penetrate into the city... Le Yi began to adopt a firm "soft strategy".

If the Yan State had been sieging the city fiercely, then the Qi people would naturally unite.

However, the Yan people not only stopped attacking the city, but also comforted the Qi people - the Qi people in the city were unable to defend, resulting in the desolation of the land outside the city, and the Yan army even helped the Qi people to settle for free.

All of this was done under the noses of Jimo Qi people.

Yan's strategy of attacking the heart was obviously effective - Jimo's will to resist fell sharply, so that no one was willing to fight again.

If it weren't for the last tiger-skinned banner of "Qi King Tiandi" that was hanging in Jimo, and with Tian Dan, the chief general, who had eaten and lived with his soldiers, was strict with himself... I'm afraid the people of Jimo would have long surrendered.

Tian Dan took a deep breath and said sadly: "In short, our army's fighting spirit is depressed."

"Maintaining the status quo and continuing to defend, maybe you can still resist stubbornly... But if they were asked to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight against the Yan people who were strong and gentle, it would be difficult to do it."

"Le Yi's strategy of attacking the heart has worked - Jimo people have long since no longer want to fight!"

Xiong Wuliang nodded.

No wonder Tian Dan was so resistant to his own words, and even publicly stated that he could not beat it.

Just say that the city has a population of more than 30,000, and it has an army of 20,000. The quality of these 20,000 "Qi Army" can be imagined.

I believe that as long as anyone who can hold a sword and draw a bow, regardless of gender, age, is incorporated into the "militia" array by Tian Dan.

Such an "army" can barely match the number of individuals when defending the city - if you go out of the city to fight, you will definitely be defeated at once.

The quality of personnel was extremely low, but the fighting will was almost no... Why should I win? It is possible to ensure that Jimo City will not have a mutiny yet, which shows that Tian Dan's organizational ability and personal charm are quite a disadvantage.

Even Zhao Hua, who has always been cunning, frowned and was in trouble.

Tian Di, Zhao Hua, Tian Dan, and Shao Hu all looked at Xiong Wuliang... Tian Dan curled his lips and thought to himself, right? You should know how difficult it is?

As a result, Xiong Wuliang laughed and Zhizhu was holding it.

"I have my own way."

What method? Plagiarize according to Tian Dan’s strategy in real history... Ah! Just copy homework!

...

Yan State, Jicheng.

Jicheng is the capital of the Old Yan Kingdom and has a long history. Since a certain ancestor of Yan Kingdom conquered the "Ji Kingdom", he has moved the capital here.

Afterwards, the capital of Yan State changed several times due to war, civil strife, etc., and finally returned to Jicheng after a round trip.

In addition to the illusory reason of "destiny", it is also because [Jicheng] has a very superior geographical location - from the pre-Qin period to later generations, Jicheng has always been an important hub for economic, transportation and military in various dynasties.

The name of Jicheng has also been easier in thousands of years of Chinese history. It has been called "Jicheng", "Yandu", "Yanjing", "Dadu", "Beiping", "Shuntianfu", etc.

In later generations, the location of Gu Jicheng was probably from Xuanwumen to Hepingmen in the southwest of Beijing.

At this moment, Jicheng was in a bizarre commotion-

"I heard...that news?"

"Don't say too much, don't say too much! Be careful to cause trouble!"

"Jun Chang actually...no wonder the small Jimo City has been fought for two years..."

"Shhh... don't say anything again, be careful to bring harm to you and me!"

In the hidden streets and alleys, someone was watching everything in secret... Seeing that rumors were spreading like wildfire, he smiled unaware.

The spies of Qingyu Guard were spreading rumors.

There was already a riot in the palace of Jicheng - the prince Ji Lezi, who was in charge of the country, was panicked and caught several ministers in charge and asked, "What should I do?"

"What should I do?"

The ministers of Yan State looked at each other and didn't know what to say for a moment - there was news that the king of Chang State Le Yi took his troops to respect himself and intended to be king in Qi!

hiss……

It sounds outrageous, but it really hits the doubts and pain points of the ministers of Yan State. In fact, many ministers in Yan State are dissatisfied with Le Yi - now Qi State is only an isolated city, Jimo, and a 200,000 army has been surrounded for two years, but it cannot be defeated?

At that time, Yaqing Le Yi led 200,000 troops to sweep the entire territory of Qi, like destroying the dead... Now he is unable to defeat a small city for a long time?

Even if you use human life ants to attack the city, you should have taken it down long ago!

Le Yi’s official statement is to be gentle and win the hearts of the people… However, many ministers have complained about Le Yi.

Now a scary explanation is coming - the reason why Le Yi has not broken the city for a long time is that he wants to gain troops and be respectful! Hence he is king in Qi!

Blanch!

To be honest, this is not impossible... Le Yi was in charge of the coup in Yan State, and the 200,000 Yan troops under his command were all trained to form an army by this Yaqing. The feat of attacking and destroying Qi State made Le Yi extremely prestige in the 200,000 Yan troops.

He won the hearts of soldiers and had great achievements... but he was suspiciously surrounded the last small city under the control of Qi State without fighting.

Too scary!

...

Finally, a minister of Yan State spoke: "Since this matter has been reported, even if it is groundless, we have to guard against it."

"It's just that this is a great matter. In the opinion of the minister, we should send an envoy to the king and ask the king to make a decision in person!"

Prince Ji Lezi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes... The army is fighting outside, don't act rashly... Hurry up! Send an envoy to Yunmengze to ask the king for advice!"

Suddenly, another clever minister came out and bowed: "The prince's clarification - this matter is not coming sooner or later, but it happened when the king left the parliamentary alliance... Could it be that the king of Chang seized the opportunity and wanted to start a rebellion while the king left the country?"

As soon as he said this, Ji Lezi became even more confused!

The ministers in the court even took a deep breath - if this is the case, then it would be too late to send an envoy to Yunmengze to find the king for advice!

"For the present view, be sure to be prepared for any trouble - with the opinions of the minister, the king of Chang should be summoned back to Jicheng immediately to clarify his thoughts in person..."

"If the king of Chang is ordered to return to the country, the prince will be relieved; if he disobeys the order, he will have two hearts!" said the clever minister.

The prince, who had no experience in dealing with things, had already panicked and nodded repeatedly when he heard this.

"This is a great good...it is as you say..."

...

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(Yi Jian Note: The third update today. The prince of Yan State in this chapter is the later generations of "King Hui of Yan". Historical books do not record the name of this King Hui of Yan. Lao Yi searched through the information online and checked CNKI... I really couldn't find the real name of this guy. In desperation, I could only adopt the statement "Records of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" and was named "Ji Lezi")
Chapter completed!