Yuancheng County was originally the county of Yangping County, but Yan Guo previously split Yangping County into two counties, Yangping County in the north and Guixiang County in the south. And now, this Yuancheng County is the seat of Guixiang County. However, the maps on Li Xin's side are basically called according to the names of the Western Jin Dynasty. Therefore, Yangping County is not divided into two parts on the map, it is still one county. After all, Calais is only seven counties, so there is really no need to divide them.

Yuancheng County is located east of the Qinghe River, but it is not just on the bank, but more than 30 miles away from the bank of the river. To the northwest of it is Tao County, the county seat of today's Yangping County, which is on the bank of the Qing River.

More than forty miles north of Guantao County is Qingquan County, and now the 20,000 troops led by Peng Lin are confronting the Yan army in that place. Therefore, in terms of the distance from the battlefield, Li Xin's group and Peng Lin are about 100 miles away from each other from north to south.

Less than 20 miles east from Yuancheng County is the Yellow River, which may be closer to the Yellow River than to the Qing River. From here, if you go east, you will be the boundary of Jibei County.

To the southwest, along the direction of the Yellow River, about two hundred miles is where Qishuiguan and Liyangjin are located, which is the place where Lü Guang and Pang Hui fought with the Yan army.

And if you cross the river from Liyangjin, you will already enter the territory of Chenliu County, that is, the place where Zhao Ji and Chen Kang fought with the Yan army.

About two hundred miles west of Yuancheng County, is the place where the capital of Ye is located, and now the important ministers of the court of the Yan State are preparing to move the capital there. Further west, it is the Fukou Pass and other places that Liu Xiaohai stormed.

Basically, Li Xin's current position, except for the east direction, can basically rush to the battlefield in other directions.

"Now that the enemy has not reacted, we can take advantage of the situation. Qiu Xian, you immediately lead five thousand flying dragons to the south, and help Lu Guang to open up the battle at Qishui Pass first. When the war over there is settled, return to this place immediately! After arriving in Yuancheng County, Li Xin considered the changes in the overall situation, and finally decided to divide some troops and horses to support the south.

Although he does not have a lot of soldiers and horses, because he occupies a favorable opportunity to a certain extent, he can send some soldiers and horses to support other battlefields.

More importantly, if Lü Guang's side could defeat the enemy army and go north to join him, it would mean that there was little hope for Yan to retreat.

After all, the two places that must be passed through on the way to retreat, Yangping County has its own here, and if Dunqiu County is also occupied by Lu Guang, then the other party's road will basically be blocked!

"Your Highness, if you divide your troops at this time, are your troops here too weak?" Qiu Xian hesitated.

After all, after removing 5,000 people, there are only 15,000 people left!

"Don't worry, the Unbroken Army and the Flying Dragon Rider are not ordinary soldiers and horses, even if there are 100,000 people, what can I do? Moreover, as long as you act quickly, it basically won't affect the overall situation! Li Xin knew what he meant, and couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, the last general will definitely get this done as soon as possible!" Qiu Xian thought about it and felt that this was exactly the case, so he made a decision in his heart that he must rush back as soon as possible.

Soon, Li Xin's side divided his troops.

And after Qiu Xian left, Li Xin also began to act, the first one was to take the nearby county seat of Yuancheng County. Because he wanted a place where he could stand and allow the soldiers to temporarily replenish and recuperate, and prepare for the next big battle.

Because these places in Yuancheng County were in the rear before, they were not affected by the war. In addition, most of the troops of the entire Yan Kingdom have basically been transferred to the front line and Yecheng, so for the counties in the rear such as Yangping County, the defensive forces are very weak.

As a result, Li Xin's battle to take Yuancheng County went very smoothly, and it took less than an hour to knock on the city gate and enter the city.

Murong Ke in Yecheng has been preparing for the war for the past two days, and the army has been properly deployed, just waiting for him to lead the troops to set off. Thinking of the uncertain future and the difficult situation, Murong Ke couldn't help but sigh, picked up the helmet on the side and put it on his head, and was about to go out.

"Kaiyu Dazai-sama, there is an urgent military situation delivered!" Before he could go out, someone outside the door shouted and ran in.

Hearing this, Murong Ke couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and present it!" ”

Soon, the messenger handed him the official document. After Murong Ke opened it, he hurriedly glanced at it twice, and his face suddenly became ugly.

After being silent for a long time, he said to the officials beside him: "Pass the order, and the army will set off immediately and rush to Yuancheng County!" Then send someone to inform Your Majesty of them, let them travel lightly, and set off immediately! ”

What the official document said was that Li Xin went south to Yuancheng County and divided his troops to the area of Qishui Pass. Murong Ke could see at a glance how much of a threat these two things would pose to him, so he couldn't afford to delay it any longer at this time.

Soon, Murong Ke rushed to the army, and the army officially marched in the direction of Yuancheng County. However, before leaving, Murong Ke specially explained to Feng Yi and several other important ministers, telling them to cross the river and enter Yanzhou as soon as possible when they were fighting with the Tang army.

At this point in the war, the situation is already very clear. And just after Murong Ke led an army of 100,000 to leave Yecheng, Murong Wei and other royal relatives, princes and ministers also dragged their families and rushed towards the edge of the Yellow River in a long queue.

However, they were moving much slower than the armies. Moreover, before the battle on Murong Ke's side came to an end, I am afraid that he would not dare to cross the Qinghe River easily. After all, after crossing the Qinghe River, it was already where Li Xin was, and it was too dangerous for everyone.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, the army led by Murong Ke reached the west bank of the Qing River, and across the river from Li Xin's army, which had received the news and rushed to the east bank. Here, the Tang King of the Tang Dynasty and the Taiyuan King of the Yan Kingdom, Dazai Murong Ke officially met.

In terms of the current situation of the Yan Kingdom, this is basically a contest between the two countries with the highest status, a real king against king. This is true both in terms of identity and personally.

Although there have been many back-and-forth battles between the two sides in the past, there has never been a time when it was so formal and as close as it is now.

In terms of troops, Li Xin's side is only about one-tenth of the opponent's, and on the west bank of the Qing River, the 100,000 Yan army is arrayed along the river, which is also very oppressive.

After Murong Ke and Li Xin looked at each other across the river for a while, they ordered the army to cross the river. He himself led a large army to attack on the front of Li Xin Daxu, while the rest of the troops and horses marched along the banks of the river. On the banks of the Qing River, which is dozens of miles long, they all began to rush to cross.

Li Xin's side has few troops, so it is naturally impossible to achieve a comprehensive defense against this kind of large-scale frontal attack. Of course, Li Xin would not think about dispersing his forces on the entire riverbank, and delusionally thought that all the Yan troops would be blocked on the other side of the river.

After all, this is not something that this person can do. What's more, the Unbroken Army and the Flying Dragon Cavalry under his command are not armies used for simple defense, these are two sharp arrows, which are used for attack!

Therefore, Li Xin's strategy is relatively simple, that is, there is no defense at all, and the other party can cross the river in a big way. As for himself, he was about ten miles away from the river bank, waiting for the arrival of the Yan army.

However, there is something special about his formation, which is a little further north, closer to the Naqing River. Of course, the difference in this point basically doesn't seem too strange on Murong Ke's side.

It's just that Li Xin let himself cross the river completely unguarded, which is something that surprised Murong Ke. After all, Song Xianggong seemed to have done such a thing back then, but in the end, he caused trouble for himself, not to mention, and became a laughing stock for the ages.

But with Li Xin's wisdom, Murong Ke felt that he shouldn't do stupid things, so he was extra careful about this war in his heart.

When the army had all crossed the river, he ordered the army to march in formation, and slowly surrounded it in a large semicircle from the south to Li Xin's side.

With the strength of 100,000 troops in his hands, it was a very easy thing to encircle the Tang army of more than 10,000 people. The art of war is cloudy, the double is attacked, and the ten are surrounded, Murong Ke's approach at this time seems to be exactly like this.

But in fact, this statement is not immutable, after all, the so-called multiple is attacked, and ten times is also a multiple! Naturally, you can go on the offensive! Moreover, taking the initiative to attack in the case of absolute superiority in troops should also have a lot of gains.

But because Murong Ke is particularly cautious, he will adopt such a conservative strategy. After all, his current focus is not to say that he must defeat Li Xin, but more importantly, to cover Murong Wei and them to cross the river.

Therefore, it may be the best way to surround Li Xin's troops and horses all the way, so that he cannot attack Murong Wei's side. After all, as long as Li Xin is surrounded, whether he takes the initiative to attack or passively defend, he has already occupied the active position.

However, Murong Ke didn't know that Li Xin valued him far more than Murong Wei. Otherwise, I'm afraid he wouldn't have such thoughts at this moment.

When the Yan army came to surround it in a big way, Li Xin was also in the middle of the formation.

The Unbroken Army was at the front, they were heavily armoured, but unlike the usual battles, this time they took a defensive position. Moreover, something was removed from the other horse, which was a block of shields.