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The loss of Youzhou made Murong regret it too late, and he paid a terrible price for his previous conceit and contempt for the enemy.

After that, he soon realized that the Northern Wei Dynasty no longer cared about Dayan.

If he didn't try to cut off the threat of Tuoba, Yan Guo would be bullied by him in the future.

Murong Chui was most worried that after his death, the crown prince Murong Bao would not be able to carry the burden of Dayan.

At present, the Yan State is under enemy on three sides, with the Jin State in the south, Hexi in the west, and the Wei State in the north.

To be honest, he wasn't worried about Jin Guo at all.

Because the Northern Expedition of the Jin Kingdom was always bluffing, there was often heavy thunder and small rain, and in the end it was over.

Only Hexi and the Northern Wei Dynasty are the greatest threat to Houyan!

Hexi is located in the northwest, and there is Taihang Tianwei in the middle, and it is not easy to cut down.

Moreover, Hexi's strength is strong, and Murong Chui is completely unsure that he will be able to decide the outcome of a war.

Unlike Tuoba Wei, all the ethnic groups in the north have been conquered by it, and their influence is all over the grassland desert.

After the Battle of Yishui, Tuoba Jue will never be satisfied with stopping at Youzhou, and will definitely seek an opportunity to go south to Hebei.

If the Wei army went south, Dayan would bear the brunt.

At present, Murong Chui regrets very much that he despised Tuoba Jue at the beginning, so that he is a problem to raise tigers today.

It's just that at that time, it was also forced by the situation, Xiyan Murong Yong had to be removed, and Ding Lingren had to begg.

Fortunately, it's still too late to regret it now, otherwise when he dies and returns to heaven, Murong Bao will definitely not be Tuoba's opponent.

In any case, even if he fought hard, Murong Chui must defeat Tuoba Jue and not let future generations worry about it anymore.

When the news of a large-scale outbreak of locusts in the eight counties of Hexi came, he immediately realized that the time had come to start a war against Wei.

This time, Murong Chui will not give Tuoba any more chance, and he will personally start the military transfer.

Murong Chui asked Murong Hui, the Duke of Qinghe, to stay in Zhongshan, assisted by ministers such as Ku Yan Guanwei, Fu Mo, and Gao Hu.

After arranging the rear, Murong issued an edict, ordering Murong Nong, the king of Liaoxi, and Murong Sheng, the prince of Changle, to lead the elite cavalry of Liaodong to gather and go south.

At the same time, Murong Chui personally led the main force of the army, and the crown prince Murong Bao, the king of Yangcheng Lan Khan, the king of Fanyang Murong De, the king of Gaoyang Murong Long, the king of Zhao Murong Lin and other clan generals, Chen soldiers on the west bank of Nanyi Water.

All of a sudden, there were clouds on both sides of the Nanyi River and between Wei Yan, and a big war was about to break out.

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In the entire southern part of Youyan, the Yishui basin is the most important.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, this area was originally a fur salt valley trading area for the Hu people and the Chinese ethnic group.

Because of its namelessness, it was called "Yidi" by the Yan Kingdom and the Ji Kingdom at that time.

In this area, there are two water streams in the north and south, which were called "easy water" by the Yan people and the Ji people at that time.

Later, the Yan Kingdom swallowed up the Ji Kingdom and called the two Yi Shui as North Yi Water and South Yi Water respectively.

Beiyi water flows from west to east, enters Laishui, and then enters the big river, which generally flows in an east-west direction.

Nanyishui is from north to south, enters the downstream of Laishui, and then enters the big river, and flows in a large oblique shape from northwest to southeast.

On the east bank of Nanyishui, there is the largest city in the south of Youzhou - Fanyang, which is the gateway of Youzhou.

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Tens of thousands of Yan troops set up a large camp on the west bank of Nanyishui, and from a distance, the banners in the camp were waving in the wind, and one of them was a huge black flag.

Murong Chui took Murong Bao, Murong De, Murong Lin and other clansmen, and they were standing on an unknown mountain at this moment.

Everyone raised their eyes, and because the field of vision was extremely broad, not only Fanyang City in the east was in sight, but even the Wei army camp on the opposite side was also in full view.

The sunlight pierced through the frost and fog, and the two easy waters sparkled, and the northwest Laishui was like a silver line far away in the sky, flickering into the field of vision.

Except for Murong Trai himself, Murong De and the others were confused, and they couldn't guess his true intentions at all.

I don't understand why Murong Chui stationed his army on the west bank of Yishui, but he didn't take the initiative to attack.

Murong Chui knew that Wei Yan's strength was very different, and Hou Yan had to win by surprise to have a chance to defeat the Northern Wei.

It didn't take long for the Yan army scouts to find out the truth and truth of the Wei army.

The Wei army, with a total of 20,000 foot cavalry, has successively crossed Laishui and Beiyishui, and is stationed on the east bank of Nanyishui, and is building a barrier.

The rest of the main force of the infantry army was stationed in Zhuoxian, Jicheng, Fanyang and other cities in batches, relying on the fortified city to achieve the purpose of consuming the Yan army.

After listening to the scout's report, Murong Chui glanced around and asked everyone: "How to break the enemy, please speak freely." ”

"With my father's presence here, our army will be able to gather and annihilate the Wei army."

"Yes, Your Majesty is here, and the enemy has long been terrified."

"The last general is willing to lead the troops on behalf of His Majesty, and he will capture General Wei alive and sacrifice it in front of His Majesty's seat."

With the impassioned declarations of the generals echoing in his ears, Murong looked at the vast Wei army camp in the east and did not speak for a long time.

To be honest, not only did he not feel relieved because of this, but he faintly regretted it.

Hou Yan has become accustomed to following him Murong Chui to fight, as long as he supervises the battle, everyone behaves like the famous generals of the ancients.

But once he is missing, Murong Chui, the abilities of others will plummet, and the performance will be like a disaster.

Murong Trai is nearly seventy years old this year, how long can he live? Maybe one day it will pass with a kick.

This time he made up his mind to pay attention, at the beginning he personally went out, and when the general situation was decided, he would hand over the power to the crown prince, and then let Murong De and others assist him.

In this way, it is not only convenient for the prince to rebuild his prestige, but also to exercise the ability of everyone to lead troops independently.

Leaving behind the complicated thoughts that had nothing to do with the war, Murong Chui focused his energy on the current situation.

The Wei army's intentions were actually obvious, and its infantry army went out of the south and built barriers, obviously to stop the Yan army from advancing eastward.

The tens of thousands of infantry troops stationed in various cities were guarding against a sneak attack by the Liaodong cavalry from behind.

The cavalry stationed outside Fanyang City is ready to rescue the Yishui battlefield at any time.

If Murong Chui hadn't presided over this battle, I'm afraid that the others would have led the army east to cross Yishui and fought a bloody battle with the Wei army at this time.

However, Murong Chui was cunning and cunning, and he was proficient in the art of war, and he knew that the current Houyan strength was weak, and he must not fall into a one-sided battle of attrition with the Wei army.

He must win by surprise in order to be expected to achieve his intention to destroy Wei, but where should the strange soldiers be?

Thinking of this, Murong Chui turned around and looked at the vast mountains and mountains behind him, his eyes shining.

"Order: Leave a few men and horses, plant flags all over the place, confuse the Wei army on the east bank of Yishui, and the main force of the army will immediately move westward."

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As the military commander of Youzhou, although Wei General Xi Jin didn't want to admit it, he was indeed frightened by Murong Chui's reputation.

And because the task given to him by the King of Wei Tuoba Jue was to delay the Yan army's northward march as much as possible and consume the Yan army's vital strength.

So much so that in the days of confrontation with Yan Jun, Xi Jin never thought that he had fallen for Murong Chui's calculations.

Now when I think back to what he said to his generals before the war, I can't help but feel red-faced.

"The Yishui defense line is the key to the Yan army's northward movement, and Murong Chui will definitely send heavy troops to attack."

"And we only need to take advantage of the local terrain to drag the Yan army to the shore of Yishui."

"When the Pingcheng cavalry blocks Houyan's retreat from behind, and attacks from front to back, they will definitely be able to defeat Murong Trai."

However, the fact is that Wei Jun was fooled, and he completely fell into the hands of Murong Chui.

For more than ten days, the Yan army on the west bank of Yishui never showed any signs of crossing the river and advancing eastward, and finally aroused Xi Jin's suspicions.

Soon the scout sent back an urgent report, saying that the main force of the Yan army in the camp on the opposite bank was nowhere to be found.

Hearing the news, Xi Jin was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to negotiate and plan with his subordinates, so he immediately issued a military order: wade into the water to fight!

At this moment, Xi Jin has only one purpose: to force the Yan army to fight a decisive battle!

Although this move was contrary to the pre-war plan, Xi Jin couldn't care so much at this time, and he had to find out the whereabouts of the Yan army as soon as possible.

At the beginning of the morning, the frost and fog were misty, the people on the east bank of Yishui shouted and neighed, and the Wei army spread out on the wide river.

When Xi Jin arrived on the other side, the whole person was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and there was no Yan army in the entire valley.

In the three mountain passes in the distance, faintly fluttering the various flags of the Yan Army, but no one could hear the sound of horses neighing.

"General Yu, the Yan army camp is empty, and there is no trace of the Yan army in the mountains and valleys."

"The flying horse scouts are spread for thirty miles, and then they will be explored and reported."

The scout probed the horse and flew away, and Xi Jin's face was gloomy and terrifying.

All indications indicate that the confrontation between Yi Shui is likely to be a scene carefully planned by Murong Chui.

Its purpose was to attract the attention of the Wei army, and then disguise the true intentions of the Yan army.

There is a conspiracy, either a sneak attack or an ambush, so what can you do otherwise?

If the Yan army wants to do a conspiracy battle, it only needs to do a "half-crossing attack" when the Wei army crosses the river, and the Wei army will definitely be defeated.

But now he didn't attack half-crossing, but let the Wei army calmly cross the river and lay out the formation.

And the Yan army is nowhere to be seen, which shows that its purpose is not a conspiracy war.

Xi Jin pondered and shook his head and smiled bitterly, completely unable to guess Murong Chui's intentions.

Gradually, his suspicions became heavier and heavier - could it be that Murong Chui abandoned the empty camp and went north to attack Daidi?