Fifty miles outside the capital of Kyoto is the first barrier of the Wei army's defense line. The sharply sharp-cut inverted piles extend densely. A barbed wooden stake is set up every ten miles. Behind the barbed wooden stake is a giant wooden fence made of thick wooden stakes. Behind the fence is the Yan army. The archers are guarding the front line, always on guard, and then there are spearmen.

There were three lines of defense, with a depth of thirty miles, while the elite cavalry of Wei were arranged at the last side and gathered at the city of Kyoto as the last line of defense.

It is undeniable that it is already amazing that the Wei people were able to build such fortifications in a short period of time, and it is impossible to break through such a defense line without paying a heavy price.

If Kyoto City is not destroyed, it will be difficult to say that Wei State will be defeated. As long as this ancient capital is held, many armies will appear in various parts of the Wei State, and these armies will be condensed with Kyoto City as the center.

As long as Kyoto City is defended for a longer period, the situation will become more and more beneficial to Wei.

The Wei general Xue Poye threw the water gate of Nanyang Guanting, and even lost his troops and generals, lost a large amount of supplies, food and supplies, and retreated in a hurry, which naturally aroused the anger of the Wei court officials.

Sima Qingtian suddenly disappeared on the battlefield, and many important officials of the Wei State already knew about this.

They naturally knew that the Battle of Nanyang Plain was commanded by Xue Poye, and Xue Poye was responsible for the loss of Nanyang Pass and Tingshui Pass.

Just like the other two countries, although the commanders of each army were missing, the upper classes of all countries were very clear about this matter, and even ordinary officials knew about it, but none of the three countries said it to the outside world.

At the same time, it maintains a tacit attitude.

Xue Poye's defeat caused the court officials of Wei to submit a memorial to impeach Xue Poye. Not only did he ask the Emperor of Wei to remove Xue Poye from his military power, but he also wanted to punish Xue Poye for his defeat and punish him, and give an explanation to the soldiers of Wei.

If it comes to mind, Xue Poye loses two passes and destroys the Wei trump cavalry and iron horses in one battle, that's enough to cut his head ten times.

As we all know, the saint general of Qingguo, Shang Zhongli, has a very high status and power in Qingguo. The Qingguo military is also powerful in its own country, but compared with Wei, the Qingguo military is obviously slightly inferior.

The emperor of Wei was a warlike king who was determined to unify the world. For this reason, this emperor supported the military represented by Sima Qingtian, and in Wei, it was far more powerful than the military of Qing.

The only one who could slightly restrict the military in the court was the old Prime Minister Yan. However, after even the last thorn was picked off two years ago, the military was very powerful, and the Western Wei country completely became a military empire.

The strength of the military naturally stood up by stepping on other factions of forces, especially the civil servants, who almost became servants of the military, and everything was serving the military's military orders.

These civil officials were afraid of the strength of the military and did not dare to fight against it on the surface, but they were naturally extremely dissatisfied and resentful in their hearts.

When everyone vaguely felt that Sima Qingtian might never come back, and saw Xue Poye, a new representative of the military, defeated and failed. Even though it was in crisis, it still did not miss the opportunity to suppress the military. Countless civil servants rose up, and the impeachment memorial flew to the desk of Emperor Wei like snowflakes.

However, although this emperor of Wei was tyrannical, he was not an incompetent king.

He knew very well that Wei State is facing a counterattack against the enemy country, and the situation is critical. At the moment of life and death, if it is followed by the impeachment memorial of civil servants, it would be very quick to cut Xue Poye's head, but after Xue Poye's death, who will take on the responsibility and command the troops to defend the enemy?

Over the past twenty years, Sima Qingtian, with the support and trust of the emperor, has held military power and has become the most dazzling general in the Wei State.

It is precisely because this star is too dazzling that the other generals of Wei State are extremely bleak.

Over the years, except for Sima Qingtian, who has been at the top of famous generals, although Wei State is known as the number one military power, there has never been a heavyweight general again.

The Wei State also had Sima Qingtian, a famous general, and never cared about whether there were new generals. Or, because of Sima Qingtian's power, some generals did not dare to fully reveal themselves even if they had talents. Once they slightly overshadowed Sima Qingtian's limelight, what awaited him might not be glory, but disaster.

A star shines, and countless mediocre generals gathered under it. All they have to do is obey military orders.

In comparison, Xue Poye was quite powerful among the Wei army. When he was young, he followed Sima Qingtian and occasionally showed certain military qualities. Because of this, Sima Qingtian valued him quite well and slowly promoted him, and finally became the deputy commander next to Sima Qingtian.

Emperor Wei knew in his heart that changing generals at the last stage was indeed a taboo in military strategists, but the most terrifying thing now is that there is no general to be replaced in Wei.

Once Xue Poye is really executed, he cannot find a suitable general to command the battle to defend Kyoto City.

Faced with the overwhelming shouting in the court, the Emperor of Wei suppressed everyone's mouth with the words "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, and the enemy is in front of him, so he should not kill the generals" and his arbitrary domineering aura. Then he comforted Xue Poye himself, and still placed the military power of Wei in Xue Poye's hands, and even ordered him to command the 100,000 Wei troops and organize the war of defense of Kyoto.

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Xue Poye was at the first barrier outside Kyoto City at this time, followed by several generals, looking into the sky, with his expression very serious.

The successive defeats made the general of Wei full of shame.

Now he needs to take this opportunity to get Yixue his own shame, and even more so he wants Yixue Wei Jun's shame.

Although facing Yanqing and two armies, they had to command the battles on both sides of the north and south of Kyoto City at the same time, and had to deal with them with weak forces, Xue Poye still showed the courage a general should have.

After the coalition forces took down Tingshui Pass, the Wei army quickly retreated. Later, they received the order of Emperor Wei and gathered heavily to the capital of the Wei army to protect the capital of the Wei State.

In addition to leaving limited troops to guard some dangerous passes in Suiding County, Xue Poye gathered almost all the Wei army forces to Wei County.

Although many people were talking in private that the Wei army retreated in this way and lost a large area of ​​land was a shame for the soldiers of the Wei State. The Emperor of Wei asked the Wei army to gather in Wei County, but it was just a greed for life and fear of death.

However, Xue Poye felt that defending Kyoto City might not be an enemy just for personal safety.

Kyoto City is the state of Wei. As long as the capital exists and the Emperor of Wei is alive, it means that this country still exists and there is still a flag floating above the state of Wei.

However, once the country is destroyed and the Emperor of Wei dies, the six counties of Wei will have no cohesion and be in a mess. The dispersed forces of Wei will soon be suppressed by the coalition forces that took down Kyoto City.

The coalition forces advanced all the way to Wei County, which proved that the coalition forces really wanted to take over the capital of Kyoto, first take over the capital of Wei, and tear the flag of Wei apart.

Therefore, Xue Poye felt that under the current situation, gathering heavy troops in Kyoto City and maintaining Kyoto City as the strategic purpose is also the best choice.

More than 200,000 Yanqing coalition forces advanced to the hinterland of Wei, and looked great and motivated. However, Xue Poye calmed down and calmed down, but he felt that the Yanqing coalition forces might not be as powerful as the surface.

In fact, in his opinion, the Yanqing coalition has great hidden dangers. If the Wei army can make good use of it, it may not be impossible to turn defeat into victory.

In this regard, he had a long talk with Emperor Wei one night and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of both the enemy and us.

Although he lost several consecutive games on the battlefield, he was not mediocre. He was still worthy of Sima Qingtian.

In his statement, although Wei State had disadvantages in military strength and morale, it also had an incomparable advantage of the coalition forces, at least with the right time and place. Moreover, during this national crisis, although there were indeed many local rebellious parties who took advantage of the chaos to raise troops, overall, the Wei people still showed common hatred for the coalition's counterattack, that is, at least seven parts of the people were in harmony.

Kyoto City is a fortress, easy to defend but difficult to attack. If manpower and material resources are mobilized to build several fortifications outside Kyoto City to form a solid barrier, then if the coalition forces want to take over Kyoto City, they must first break through several fortifications. To break through these fortifications, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses. The greater the losses of the coalition forces, the more impact it will have on the morale of the coalition forces.

After they broke through several obstacles, they had to face the final impact of the elite cavalry of Wei. When the real troops came to the city, they had already gone through several hard battles, and the losses they suffered must have been greatly reduced, and their morale was greatly reduced.

At that time, the Wei army had retreated to Kyoto City in full and defended this ancient and solid ancient city, and the coalition, which had greatly reduced its morale, would be even more difficult for the coalition to capture this city. As long as the coalition could not capture it for a long time and morale would be further hit, the Wei army could even launch a counterattack, and there was a possibility of turning defeat into victory.

When Emperor Wei heard Xue Poye's analysis, his heart, who was still a little uneasy, suddenly became excited. Then he heard Xue Poye talk about the huge hidden dangers of the coalition forces, and he became even more excited and his confidence increased greatly.

In Xue Poye's mouth, the coalition forces had huge hidden dangers. The first one was to penetrate deep into the hinterland of the enemy country, and the logistics supply line was extremely long. This would be a severe test for both the Qing army and the Yan army.

If there is a logistical error, the more troops there are in the front, the more serious the consequences will be.

Xue Poye even accurately analyzed that even if the Yan people could support it, the Qing people would definitely not be able to withstand long-term fighting. Once the attack was frustrated and could not be conquered for a long time, then the Qing people would have to choose to withdraw their troops at that time.

As long as the Qing people withdraw their troops and leave the Yan army, even if the Yan people are strong and brave, they may not be really the enemy of the Wei people.

The second hidden danger of the coalition forces is that their alliance is not indestructible, but a temporary combination driven by interests. In fact, conflicts within the coalition forces may erupt at any time. Moreover, once the war of defense of Kyoto officially begins, as time goes by, the fatal hidden danger of the coalition forces will become increasingly exposed, and Wei can completely exploit it.

Xue Poye talked about other hidden dangers, but these two points alone were enough to make Emperor Wei full of confidence.

However, the king and minister of Wei also knew that if these hidden dangers were to erupt, it would depend on whether the Wei State itself could support it. If the coalition forces had a fierce offensive and Kyoto City was quickly broken, then the so-called advantages and hidden dangers of the enemy would be just a piece of paper.

After the monarch and his ministers agreed, they made up their minds and defended Kyoto City at all costs.

Since that day, Xue Poye began to transfer a large number of manpower and material resources from various counties in Wei County, and built fortifications outside Kyoto day and night, further strengthening Kyoto City.
Chapter completed!