The distance of the Qiyi Water Valley is about fifty miles, which is not a short distance for the army. Although the cliffs on both sides of the river are not unclimbable, the relative height with the river bank is also about 100 meters. Such a place is only suitable for the accelerated passage of large armies and strict precautions, but not for staying here. Otherwise, other dangers are likely to occur.

After Li Xin led the army all the way out of this river valley, he settled down again in the place where Liao Chuan had camped before. The 20,000-strong army was encamped west of Qiyishui, on the south bank of Luoshui, as if they wanted to stay here and not leave.

After Murong Ping learned the news from the spies, he was not in a hurry to pursue for a while. On the third day, all the generals and officials of the Daijun counties were summoned to him and prepared to start the operation.

Among the generals of the Yan army who stayed in the local area, in addition to the Chinese general Murong Qian who died in the previous battle, they were the generals of Pingbei, Murong Ni of Wuqiang, the general of Zhenwei, Mu Yu He Xin, and the generals of Ningxi and Yunzhong Gonghe Lai, the first few people with the most status.

Murong Ping convened everyone to discuss the matter, but in fact, he mainly discussed with these people and discussed the plan of the battle.

"Now that everyone is here, this king will not be long-winded! The first emperor died, the whole country mourned, at this time of national disaster, the puppet king Li Xin dared to raise troops to invade my territory and kill my generals and soldiers! It's really a deception to me that there is no one in the court, and it's really hateful! Therefore, this king was edicted and personally raised the army to come, precisely to eliminate Li Xin and others, recover the county, and support Sheji! In the middle of the yamen, Murong Ping looked at the people below and said in a deep voice.

After everyone heard this, they hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "We are all willing to obey the king's orders, swear to serve the country to the death, and destroy Li Xin!" ”

"Good! Since you are so faithful to the affairs of the state, then the king will not say much. This time, Li Xin led an army of 20,000 troops to garrison the bank of Luoshui, and he saw our army kill and fled far away, which shows his fear of our army! We should take advantage of the Tang Army's fear to take advantage of the situation to forge ahead! Murong Ping couldn't help but be satisfied when he saw everyone's respectful appearance, and continued.

"Please also ask the king to give an order!"

"Hmmm! This time, the prince led an army of 50,000 to come, which was more than enough to deal with Li Xin's army. Therefore the decisive battle against him should be done by the king himself. However, when the king fights with him, there will be a void in his rear, and this is the perfect time to regain the counties. Especially if the troops are used properly, it is impossible to say that they can attack the Yanmen Pass in one fell swoop, and kill into Xinxing, Taiyuan and other places! I wonder who would like to lead the army alone? Murong Ping said slowly, first clarifying his task.

After hearing this, everyone understood what he was thinking. Basically, it was nothing more than that he himself led an army of 50,000 to chase Li Xin and them, while the other group of men and horses went to attack Laoxian and other places.

Logically speaking, this is no problem. But the problem is that the soldiers and horses that want to sneak attack the counties can only pass through the valley where the Qiyi River originates in the west. Especially if the 50,000 army was taken away by him, how many soldiers and horses did you let others bring?

What's more, even if it's a sneak attack, it's going to siege the city! This is not an easy task, and the siege is much more difficult than a head-on decisive battle.

If you are not careful, it is the best result.

Besides, with an army of 50,000 against Li Xin's only 20,000 people, no matter how you look at it, it is a steady victory!

If you join this battle, there is a good chance that you will be able to get a great success. If God blesses and allows you to catch or kill Li Xin, it will be wonderful.

Thinking of this situation, the generals present did not want to take on this task, so there was silence in the lobby. Everyone watched from the nose to the nose, and no one took the initiative to say that they were going to do this.

After Murong Ping saw this situation, his originally smiling face sank suddenly. After glancing at everyone below, he finally fixed his eyes on Ho Laitou's body.

said: "Yunzhong Gong lives in Daidi, in Pingshu City, and must be familiar with the surrounding terrain. Moreover, I heard that the Huns are all people who can recruit and fight well, dismount for the people, and get on the horse to be soldiers! Now that the court is in trouble, the emperor is not thin on Yunzhonggong, I don't know if Yunzhonggong can go this way? ”

He Laitou, who had made up his mind to follow the general stream and not get involved in the affairs between Yan Guo and Tang Jun, couldn't help but curse in his heart after hearing these words at this time.

After all, this court is the court of the Xianbei people, not the court of the Huns, so I can't do it for them!

But now the situation leaves him with no choice! After all, what Murong Ping said sounded like he was asking for his own opinion, but everyone understood that in fact, this was already an order.

If I don't know each other, if I really can't go on this trip, I'm afraid there will be no good fruit to eat.

He Laitou quietly glanced around, only to see that the people around him were gloating, and no one was willing to stand up and speak for himself, and he couldn't help but hate in his heart.

But there was no way, he had to stand up and say: "As a minister of Yan State, the lower officials should do their best for the country!" Since the king can trust the lower officials, he is willing to entrust this important task. Even if the lower officials are crushed, they must fulfill the king's entrustment! ”

"Good! Yun Zhonggong is really a person who knows the general situation and has courage! In this case, this king will order you to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses from the valley west of Pingshu City into Lao County, and take down all the counties outside Yanmen Pass one by one! When Murong Ping heard what he wanted to hear, he immediately nodded.

"Yes! The subordinate obeyed the order, and he would rush back to the clan to gather soldiers and horses later! He Lai Tou dared not speak angrily, so he had to bow down and receive the order.

The population of his tribe is only more than 30,000 people, but it is definitely not an easy task to gather an army of 20,000 at this time. Of course, he doesn't know if there are really so many people in this, anyway, many times, it is common sense to send troops with imaginary numbers.

The rest of the people, except for those who were left to guard the county town and the key points in various places, followed the army. In this battle, Li Xin must be eliminated in one fell swoop! If anyone dares to pull their hind legs, do not obey orders~ things, or fail to move forward, or even withdraw the army without authorization, no matter what official position, they will be engaged in military law! In the end, Murong Ping said in a stern tone. But when he said the last sentence, he also deliberately looked at He Laitou.

Horaitou's heart is bitter! He knew that a person like him who was obedient was not valued by the princes and ministers of the Yan Kingdom, and in their eyes, he was just a pawn that could be discarded at any time. When Murong Ping spoke like this, he was obviously beating himself!

After the discussion was completed in the morning, Murong Ping set off with the army in the afternoon.

Murong Ping, who was surrounded by an army of 50,000, only felt that he was majestic, and a sense of pride arose, as if he had never put Li Xin and the 20,000 Tang army in his eyes at all.

The speed of the army's movement was not very fast, and that night, Murong Ping rushed to Dangcheng County, and then set up camp there. At the same time, he also sent people to investigate the movements of the Tang army in the north.

That night, Li Xin was also not idle. After getting the news that Murong Ping led the army north, he gathered Liao Chuan and the others, and then let them go to work according to the previous plan.

Early the next morning, when Murong Ping was about to order the army to continue advancing, the scouts sent out hurried back to report.

"What do you say? Li Xin is pulling out the camp and wants to withdraw to Yanmen County? After hearing the latest news, Murong Ping couldn't help but be stunned.

"Exactly! When the small ones rushed back, the Tang army's camps were about to be emptied. After the army changed to the front army, they had already gone west along Luoshui first! The spy replied.

"Hmph, this is obviously because I heard that this king led a large army to kill, so Li Xin was scared. Kill my soldiers, take my county, and want to run back, how can it be so easy! The order was given, and the whole army immediately advanced, caught up with the Tang army as soon as possible, and wiped them out! Murong Ping turned his mind and felt that Li Xin knew that he was invincible to him, so he wanted to escape, so he naturally wouldn't let it go easily.

Once or twice, the Tang army led by Li Xin withdrew to avoid the battle when they heard of their arrival, which in Murong Ping's opinion was clearly a sign of weakness. The little scruples that were left before were completely forgotten by him at this time, and they were completely occupied by a competitive spirit.

Under his strict orders, the 50,000-strong army had to march all the way through this section of the valley along the Qiyi River. As soon as he came out of the valley, Murong Ping saw that on the flat land outside the valley, there were indeed only the remnants of the camp.

"King Qiyu, twenty miles ahead has found traces of the enemy, it seems that the Tang army is in charge of the soldiers and horses behind the palace! Let the king decide! While he was looking, the spies came to report again.

"Order the army to catch up, and never let them escape!" As soon as he heard this, Murong Ping couldn't look at it anymore, and hurriedly ordered.

So, without even taking a sip of water, the group chased after them to the west. Especially the cavalry accompanying the army, at this time, they were naturally sent out to bite the Tang army first, so that the brigade could catch up.

Finally, the brigade led by Murong Ping finally caught up with some of the Tang army about fifty miles west of the confluence of the two rivers, so the old city of Dong'anyang County was located.

When he arrived, he saw that the Tang army in front of him was about 5,000 people, forming a phalanx, blocking the way ahead. And the cavalry he sent before,At this time, they are constantly trying to attack the military formation.,Want to break this formation.。。

However, the formation of the Tang army was very tight. Therefore, just relying on the guerrilla of hundreds of cavalry, it is impossible to form much of a threat at all.

Fortunately, he didn't hope that these cavalry would be able to wipe out the Tang army, but now that he had achieved the goal of buying time for the large army, it was enough.