The news of Murong Chui's march to Yangcheng County was soon sent to Zhao Ji and Chen Kang by the spies of the Ministry Division. "I didn't expect that Yangcheng County has really become the key to the battle between our two sides. It's a pity, if it's not good, I'm afraid it's also the place where we will lose! After getting the report, Chen Kang couldn't help but say.

When the two discussed before, Zhao Ji intended to force Huangfu Zhen to go to Yangcheng County to return to Luoyang. And he was ambushed nearby, and when the county seat could not support it, he took the county seat before the Yan army.

In this way, the road for the Yan army to return to Henan County can be completely blocked. If the two roads between Hugao Pass and Yangcheng County were not connected, they could only go south and go straight from the west of Xuchang City.

But in this way, they will inevitably have to capture Guangchengguan and Liangxian on the road. In the plan, these two places have already fallen into their own hands first, and it is impossible to let each other pass smoothly.

If everything goes according to plan, the Tang army is now leisurely sweeping the remnants of the Yan army in Henan County. It's a pity that God didn't help him, so the whole plan was abandoned halfway.

Now, Yangcheng County is targeted by Murong Chui, this place is important to the Tang Army, and even more important to the Yan Army, it is simply a chess piece to revitalize the overall situation. Once they are really taken down by Murong Chui, needless to say, both of them know what the consequences will be.

"We can't afford to fail! Otherwise, the two of us will have to apologize with death! After all, this is the first time in a long time that we have officially led the troops into a big battle, and if we lose this first battle, how will we have the face to see Your Highness and colleagues again in the future!? Zhao Ji said in a deep voice.

"Not bad! In that case, then we must win this battle! Or, let's take Yangcheng County first, and block Murong Chui in the east. Or, let's quickly fight a decisive battle, defeat Huangfu Zhen's army first, and then deal with Murong Chui's army! When Chen Kang heard this, he immediately nodded and said.

"If you take Yangcheng County first, it seems that it will be difficult! After all, we are not close to that side, especially the big valley and the second pass of Yuyuan on the north side of Songyue are still under the control of the enemy. These two passes are also to the west of Yangcheng County, if we send troops to take Yangcheng County, the enemy army attacks Yangcheng County from the east and west at the same time, I am afraid it will not be able to stop. Zhao Ji thought about it for a moment and shook his head.

"Hmmm! Huangfu should really be about to get the news of Murong Chui's attack on Yangcheng County. In this way, it will inevitably avoid the battle and delay time, so as to wait until Murong Trai arrives, and then work together to defeat us! Wouldn't either of these methods work? He analyzed his own problems, but in the end he found that there was no way to achieve them, and Chen Kang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"It's a pity that the Jin army is incompetent, otherwise, why wouldn't it be like this! If they send some soldiers and horses to reinforce Yangcheng County at this time, and block Murong Chui for us, things will be much easier! Zhao Ji said lightly.

"Hmph, wouldn't it be a joke to expect them to help us! I see, Jiang Zuo's group of people can't wait for us to fight to the death with Yan Jun, and in the end, a good fisherman will benefit! Hearing this, Chen Kang couldn't help but sneer.

"In that case, then we'll have to rely on ourselves! There are too many variables to go to Duoyang City and County, and it takes too long, I think it's better for us to take the initiative to fight! Even if the emperor is really bent on avoiding the war, but this place is between two waters, where can their 30,000 army go! After the two were silent for a while, Zhao Ji proposed.

Just as Chen Kang wanted to say something, the guards outside the tent ran in and reported: "Two generals, Your Highness's messenger has arrived!" ”

"Oh? Come on in! Hearing this, Zhao Ji and Chen Kang glanced at each other and hurriedly said.

Not long after, several soldiers walked in from outside, and after seeing the two of them, they bowed and saluted: "I have seen two generals, and the little one has sent a letter on the order of His Royal Highness, asking the two generals to take a look!" ”

With that, he took out a letter from his body and handed it to Zhao Ji. After finishing speaking, these people did not stop at all, turned around and left directly.

Zhao Ji hurriedly opened it and took a look, and soon a hint of joy flashed on his face, and he handed the letter to Chen Kang next to him. After Chen Kang saw it, he also had the same expression.

"It seems that our worries are no longer a problem. Now that His Highness has a military order, let's act immediately! Zhao Ji said to Chen Kang.

Chen Kang nodded and did not speak, and then the two began to discuss.

The weather in June is always extremely hot, but fortunately, staying between these two rivers has made it a lot cooler for both armies. This is especially true at night.

Just after getting the news that Murong Chui was attacking Yangcheng County, Huangfu was suddenly relieved in his heart. At this time, in his opinion, the battle between Yiluo in the south of Luoyang is no longer much variable.

As long as he waits for two more days, after Murong Chui's army arrives, a big victory will be a sure victory.

Under the oil lamp, he looked at the map by the light, wanting to learn more about the surrounding terrain and prepare for the big battle that followed.

As he was watching, he suddenly heard a sound coming, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. When he listened intently again, his face couldn't help but change, because the sound was getting louder and louder, and it was clearly the sound of the army charging and shouting to kill.

"It's not good, it must have been the Tang Army who killed it!" Huangfu Zhen immediately understood what was going on, and walked out of the tent without saying a word.

Sure enough, I only heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves from the south at this time, mixed with the sound of shouting and whistling arrows. At this time, the front camp of his own side was already bright, and many soldiers were constantly running and panicking.

Although the attack of the Tang army made the Yan army a little flustered, because Huangfu Zhen had long thought that the Tang army might attack first, he had actually strengthened his precautions against the front camp in the past few days.

Therefore, when the Tang army came in one fell swoop, after a short period of chaos, the Yan army quickly stabilized.

Huangfu really knew that he had no cavalry, but the Tang army had thousands of cavalry in hand. Therefore, when arranging, more obstacles and other things were arranged in front of the formation to defend against cavalry charges, and at this time, it seemed that it really had an effect.

Although the cavalry of the Tang Army in the south slaughtered in a big way, and the sound was shocking, there were few who actually killed the camp.

"Order the whole army, strictly guard according to the walled city, do not attack without authorization, and wait until after dawn, and then come to the decisive battle!" Huangfu really looked at the surrounding situation, and his vision was unfavorable in the dark, so he ordered.

He knew very well what he was going to do now, that is, to delay time, wait until Murong Chui's army killed all the way from Yangcheng County to the Tang army, and then flank the Tang army with him and completely wiped out the ten thousand Tang army.

Therefore, at this time, he couldn't fight hard with the Tang army, as long as he blocked the Tang army's attack and stabilized his base camp.

Obviously, his strategy worked, and although the Tang army in the south seemed to be attacking very fiercely, it was never able to break through his own fortifications.

In the dark night, the sound of killing on the battlefield shook the sky, and in the large camp of the Tang Army, at this time, hundreds of people suddenly quietly left the rear camp and headed in the direction away from the battlefield. Soon after leaving the camp, the men split into two parts and spread out to the north and south.

A few miles behind the Tang army camp, there was the area of the famous Longmen Grottoes. However, at this time, the carving had not yet begun, and it was still a mountainous forest, and many trees were growing on it.

When they left the camp, they quietly came to the mountains and forests, and in a short time they dragged out of the woods a rough raft.

Without any hesitation, these Tang soldiers directly put the raft into Yishui and Luoshui, and then jumped on it.

Each of them carried dozens of arrows and longbows on their bodies. It didn't take long for these people to float downstream along Luoshui and Yishui respectively under the cover of night.

The two armies formed a camp and faced each other, which was basically a similar arrangement.

Huangfu Zhen's army is Yiluoshui in the north, Yishui in the south, and lives downstream in the north of the Tang army. To the north of its camp, it is Luoyang City.

The so-called Luoyang is taken from the north of Luoshui, and Luoyang is almost a moat with Luoshui. And Huangfu Zhen's army can pass through the bridge on the Luoshui River and form an echo with Murong Zhong and other defenders in Luoyang City.

Relatively speaking, Henan County is a lot farther away from Luoshui. Although it is located to the west of the Tang army's camp, the defenders in the city and Chen Kang can also form a horn situation, but because the distance is too far, it is not as easy as the Yan army.

Therefore, for the Tang army, if when they were attacking Huangfu Zhen's army, the defenders in Luoyang City divided a part of the army to kill Henan County, or killed the flank from Henan County, it would also be a very unfavorable thing.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a way to surprise the army, so that the Huangfu Zhen army is unable to take care of itself and cannot echo the defenders in Luoyang City. And this is the reason why Chen Kang and the others sent these hundreds of people down the river.

Huangfu Zhen is not weak, and during the two days of confrontation between the two sides, he built a large number of defensive measures on the front. Under such measures, it would definitely not be easy for the Tang army to break through its defense line head-on and kill its camp.

In fact, as Zhao Ji and the others expected, the battle encountered strong resistance from the beginning, and the attack launched by the army was slow in front of the opponent's first line of defense.

"It's almost there! Success or failure is up to you! Zhao Ji stood behind the army, his eyes crossed the army in front of him, and looked at the river on both sides of the battlefield in the distance.