On the second day of the fourth month, less than six days after Li Xin took the county seat of Guangchang and personally led the army towards the second county of Guangning in Shanggu, Murong Ke finally gathered his troops and horses and was ready to set off. Perhaps because of the failure of Murong Ping before, the whole Yan Kingdom attached great importance to Tang Jun. Therefore, this time, Murong Ke not only personally led the troops, but also brought 100,000 troops to go.

Of course, the 100,000 army will eventually be divided into several routes, and not all of them will be led by him to the side of the army. A considerable part of the soldiers and horses will be placed near Changshan Pass and Wuruan Pass as the second line of defense against the southward movement of the Tang army.

Before Murong Ke left Yecheng, he received an urgent message from the Taishou of Guangning and Shanggu Prefecture, which said that Li Xin led his army to attack north. In this way, Murong Ke is even more anxious, after all, if Guangning Shanggu County is lost, it means that the military capital may also be lost.

At that time, Yan County and other places will be directly threatened, and it will be a major crisis for Yan State. Therefore, Murong Ke couldn't wait to go north with the army, so he first led 10,000 cavalry to the north.

At the same time, he also ordered the soldiers and horses of the two counties of Guangning and Shanggu, as well as the counties of Yan, Yuyang, and Liaodong to raise their guard, and first sent some soldiers and horses north to support the two counties to defend the city. After he arrives, he will arrange a counterattack.

However, Murong Ke didn't make it in the end! Because just when he was about to leave, a news suddenly began to circulate in Yecheng, it is said that Li Xin, the king of Tang, had quietly returned to Shangdang, and was ready to wait until Murong Ke left, and then sent a large army from Shangdang to Yecheng.

This news came inexplicably, no one knew where it came from, but almost in a blink of an eye, it spread all over the streets and alleys of Yecheng.

The place where Yedu is located is near Linzhang County in later generations. At this time, because the Yellow River has not been diverted on a large scale later, it is actually not too far from the Yellow River.

At the same time, dozens of miles to the west is the majestic Taihang Mountain, less than 200 miles away from the main road to Shangdang.

For a dynasty that controls the Central Plains, if it wants to further unify the world, there is no doubt that it needs to have a place that can control all parts of the world as the capital.

And Yecheng is obviously in line with this positioning, at least from the perspective of the general trend of the world at this time, in addition to being inferior to Luoyang's unique position in the world, it is much better than other places.

If the Yan Kingdom is extremely powerful, such an idea is naturally no problem. After all, to the south, you can directly cross the Yellow River to attack Jiangzuo, to the west you can cross Taihang to attack Shangdang Hedong and other places, and to the north you can get out of the fortress.

In short, if you start from Yecheng, it is more advantageous in either direction. The problem is that Yan Guo lost the first hand, and Shangdang and other places were successively taken by Li Xin. In this way, the Yan Kingdom was blocked out of the mountain.

If that's all there is, it's nothing, the key is that the Tang Army at this time seems to be more powerful than the Yan Army. The main roads of Gucheng are all in the hands of the Tang army, which means that if the Tang army wants to get out of the mountain, it is not very difficult.

It just so happened that Yecheng, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, was not far to the east of Fukou. Although in the past, the Yan State had already deployed heavy defenses in the west of the capital, but no one dared to guarantee that once the Tang army really killed from Shangdang and other places, it would be able to stop them.

Especially when the leader of the troops is still the famous Li Xin, everyone has no confidence in their hearts. In case Murong Ke had just arrived in Yan County by then, and Li Xin had already been killed here, I am afraid that it would be too late to rescue him.

And once Yecheng is breached, the blow to the entire Yan Kingdom can be imagined. At this moment, it is almost a danger of losing the country.

Therefore, as soon as they heard the news, the little emperor Murong Wei and the Empress Dowager Ke Zuhun panicked, and hurriedly summoned Murong Ke back, saying nothing and refusing to let him leave.

Even some of the Yan Kingdom clans who stayed in the capital asked Murong Ke to stay and guard the safety of the capital at this time.

There is no way, now everyone can only count on him, and it is really unreliable to rely on other people's words. Murong Ke had no choice, so he finally had to put back the bags he had just packed.

Although he didn't go north, it was impossible to ignore the war in the north! In this way, in the end, everyone was convened to discuss.

"If Li Xinzhen is in the party, his plan is not small! We have to guard against it! With Dazai-sama sitting in Yecheng, presumably he won't dare to attack it easily! Taiwei Fengyi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said.

"That being said, what about the Upper Valley of Quang Ninh? Especially now that we don't know where Li Xin is. If he is not in the party, but actually on the Quang Ninh side, I am afraid that ordinary generals will not be his opponents! Sikong Yanglu said helplessly.

"What does Dazai-sama think? The matter is urgent, and we can't afford to think about it anymore! Yue Wan looked at Murong Ke and asked.

"Alas, so far, does it still make sense for Li Xin to be where? After this news came out, this king knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to get out of Yecheng easily in the future! In fact, this king is eighty percent sure that Li Xin is in Guangning County, but the weight of Yecheng is so important that we can't gamble on it, so we can only listen and believe it. Otherwise, if King Yi really arrives in the party after he leaves, things will not be good! Murong Ke said worriedly.

As the saying goes, the soldiers are treacherous! The victory or defeat of a war is never a matter of brute force alone, wisdom is the thing that dominates everything.

Murong Ke had no choice, because Li Xin's trick was a trick, and what he did was a trick. Although this is the case, this is also a conspiracy, but it choked Yan Guo's weakness, so that he has no way to break the game.

"Alas, now I know that when Li Xin was still weak, he had the intention of taking down Shangdang and other places in one fell swoop. I'm afraid that he had expected today's events a long time ago, so he made the first move. If we had paid attention to him at the beginning and paid a certain price to take down the party and other places, we would not be so passive today! King Murong Zang sighed.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but fall silent.

They all understood the meaning of this, thinking that when the Tang Army was still the Huashan Army and Li Xin was only a general, he invested a lot of troops in Shangdang and other places, and took Shangdang and other places in one fell swoop.

If the Yan Imperial Court at that time attached importance to this opponent, I am afraid that it would not give up after fighting for a while and finding that there was no progress. After all, at that time, the Yan State was always taking Jiang Zuo as its opponent, and he did not pay attention to the Huashan Army, which was still weak on the side.

At that time, I just thought that when I had the opportunity in the future, I would get the party back. The left and right are just temporarily stored in the hands of the Huashan Army for a period of time, who would have thought that the small Huashan Army would grow into such a towering tree today.

The most hateful thing is probably that the Taihang Bashan, which leads to Shangdang and other places, has basically fallen into the hands of the Tang Army. This is the most deadly thing, otherwise, even if it is rumored that Li Xin is in the party today, Murong Ke does not have to worry.

As long as he defended the road, or directly sent troops over the Taihang Mountains to attack Shangdang, Taiyuan and other places, he would definitely be able to force Li Xin to return from Guangning and Shanggu.

"If you make a bad move, you will be passive step by step! It can only be said that Li Xin's calculations are far-reaching, and his vision far exceeds that of us! After a moment of silence, Feng Yi said.

"That being said, we can't surrender without a fight! Since this king wants to stay and sit here, then the matter of leading the troops in the north, I think it is better to hand it over to the general of the protector army, Pingxi! He led his troops north to rescue the two counties of Quang Ninh and Shanggu, and as for the defense of Wuruan Pass and Changshan Pass, it was handed over to King Fanyang to be responsible! After thinking about it for a while, Murong Ke finally proposed a new candidate.

"The general of the protector army has made great achievements, and when he went deep into the north of Cyprus to fight against Ele, he won a great victory, and the lower officer felt that it was feasible for him to lead the troops!" Yang Lu nodded in agreement.

When no one else had an opinion, the candidate was chosen. After selecting a group of generals to accompany him to the north, Murong Ke issued an edict in the name of the emperor, ordering the army to go north immediately.

And Murong Ke himself, while sitting in Yecheng, also ordered the counties around Yecheng to strengthen their defenses, especially in the direction of Taihang Mountain in the west. Once any changes in the Tang Army are discovered, they must report it immediately.

When the reinforcements of the Yan army began to move north, the news quickly reached Li Xin's hands. At this time, as Murong Ke expected, he was not in the party, but had always been in Guangning County.

After a few days, he finally led the army to the county seat of Xialuo County. More than 10,000 troops surrounded the city, but they did not rush to attack, but sent people to shoot books to persuade them to surrender.

"Your Highness, there are still two days left, and the army of Yan Kingdom will arrive in Yan County. If we can't take advantage of the fact that the general is in control before he arrives, the situation will probably not be in our favor at that time! After Tu Qi reported the latest information, he said with some concern.

"Don't worry, the person leading the troops is not Murong Ke, and the other party is in a hurry to go north to rescue, which is beneficial to us. The opponent's 100,000-strong army went north, and in the end, there were only about 50,000 or 60,000 people who took the road of the military capital, not to mention the 10,000 cavalry who went north in advance. The other party came in a hurry, intending to rescue Xia Luo and other counties, let's just take advantage of their mentality to fight an ambush! If it is done well, it is not only as simple as defeating the enemy reinforcements, but even other counties can be taken directly without fighting! In comparison, Li Xin was not too worried, glanced at him, and said lightly.