On the battlefield of Nanyang County, things took a 180-degree turn. Kong Donglai surrendered to the State of Jin. As Wang Zhouzhi said, the State of Jin only asked Kong Donglai to surrender in name. After Kong Donglai publicly surrendered, the State of Jin agreed to send troops to rescue him.
To be exact, it was not a real military deployment. Although Jin State and Nanyang County were bordering each other, it was impossible to quickly deploy troops. Sending troops was not such a simple matter, and it required a lot of coordination; especially now that Jin State had just experienced a defeat and needed to repair.
But Jin State still has 250,000 captives in the hands of Nanyang County; as long as these people are released, it will be an army of 250,000!
The 250,000-man army was released, and under the leadership of Wang Zhouzhi, they marched directly north to attack Songzhou County. This was unexpected, and Songzhou County Governor Gao Bin finally had to return to defend. Songzhou County retreated, and Guangling County was unable to support itself and had to retreat step by step.
The Jin army did not pursue the victory, and the confrontation between Guangling County, Songzhou County and Nanyang County was restored.
In Nanyang County and Nanyang Prefecture, Kong Donglai was discussing matters with his advisor Guo Hongyan, the Minister of Literature of Nanyang County.
"Guo Hongyan, what do you think the Jin State is planning?"
Kong Donglai was really confused by Jin's actions - they only accepted Nanyang's nominal surrender, with almost no mandatory conditions, and did not pursue Nanyang's previous betrayal (Li Lisong). But this time, after resolving the crisis in Nanyang, the Jin army immediately withdrew instead of pursuing the victory.
There were too many problems here that made Kong Donglai frown.
Guo Hongyan looked through a lot of information and analyzed it bit by bit. "I think there are three problems. First, Jin has just suffered a defeat, and the country has suffered heavy losses and is tired of war. In addition, the captives are unstable and dare not fight for a long time. Second, Jin is now pretending to be timid and keeping a low profile. But secretly, Jin is absorbing the technology obtained from Anyang and developing it. Third, they let us kill each other so that they can reap the benefits. Jin did not formally accept us, but just used us as bait."
Kong Donglai nodded slightly. "After all, we have already announced our surrender to Jin. We are the first country in Daxia to surrender publicly. This gives the surrounding countries an excuse to attack us. In this way, we are a piece of fat meat that everyone can take a bite of, a rich bait. Once everyone attacks, civil war will inevitably break out. Now the fragile balance has been broken. Once the war breaks out again, it will probably be a fight to the death!"
"Not necessarily!" Guo Hongyan slowly uttered two words: "Anyang!"
"Anyang?!" Kong Donglai was stunned, then nodded again, his expression was much more serious, "Li Xian sells military ammunition everywhere. With Anyang here, things are changing! Pass the order, Nanyang County immediately expands its army and prepares for war. A bigger war may come soon!"
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In Kaiping County, Li Yulong was already wearing a dragon robe, and all officials were holding a meeting to discuss the current situation.
Yang Zhong slowly pointed out all the situations one by one, and finally concluded: "Xiao Liming was defeated, but he lost more than 20,000 elite soldiers and more than 100 Jindan stage masters, which can be said to be a serious injury. Anyang has sent someone to send a letter to the eldest prince Xia Xu. Your Majesty, Xiao Liming is an old fox. Should we take the opportunity to intercept Xiao Liming's army? Even if we cannot annihilate it completely, we must make most of Xiao Liming's remaining troops be destroyed."