Although it is necessary to rely on its own strength to break through the water control defense line, it is still necessary to contact and win over countries such as Goguryeo and Buyeo, after all, if these small countries are on the side of Yan, it will become tricky, and Hua'an must prevent this from happening, so immediately send his henchmen, Starry Night, to Goguryeo and Buyeo and other countries to win them over on favorable terms.

Just when Hua'an and his generals were discussing how to break through the defense line of water control and contact Goguryeo and other countries, in the palace of King Yan in Jicheng, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, was also thinking about how to deal with the main force of the Jin army on the south bank of the water, and exchanged views with Murong Ke and other henchmen.

According to the deployment and military strength of the Jin army, Murong Ke proposed many effective countermeasures to Murong Jun, and explained it to Guò himself, so that Murong Jun was full of confidence in the strength of the Yan army.

However, Murong Jun was worried about the eastern border at this time, after all, in the last confrontation with the main force of the Jin army, Goguryeo and other countries have gathered a large number of soldiers and horses to the border area, which has the meaning of deterring the border of Yan, and this time, the shape faced by Yan is even more critical, Murong Jun is very worried, Goguryeo and other countries will directly launch a fierce attack on the eastern region of Yan, after all, these areas are occupied by Yan during the previous crusade against these small countries, Goguryeo and other countries are likely to take this opportunity, Regain these lost lands.

"Fourth brother, what do you think of my brother's plan to return some cities in the east to Goguryeo and other countries?" Murong Jun whispered and asked Murong Ke's opinion.

Murong Ke was slightly surprised when he heard this. Immediately understood Murong Jun's worries, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "The fourth brother is worried that Goguryeo and other countries will take advantage of the situation and attack the main army of the Jin State back and forth, leaving our army in the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the abdomen." ”

Murong Jun nodded, and said with a straight face: "That's right, although Goguryeo and other countries have surrendered to my Great Yan, they don't want to recapture the land occupied by my Great Yan State all the time, and at this time, the Jin army is pressing the border, so. Can I, Dayan, give up a small amount of land in the east? In exchange for Goguryeo and other countries not to attack our Dayan. ”

Murong Ke hurriedly shook his head, clenched his fists and said, "Second brother, this is absolutely unacceptable, the land in the east is what the warriors of the Great Yan Kingdom have fought hard to beat. If you say a word, give up. The soldiers will not be able to figure it out. Moreover, in order to stabilize the defense line of water control, I Dayan cannot return the territory in the east. Because, once our Great Yan Kingdom returns the eastern territory to Goguryeo and other countries, then, these countries will think that our Great Yan Kingdom is already at the end of the strong crossbow, so that even if they don't want to attack our Great Yan Kingdom, they will immediately attack me because of the weakness of my Great Yan Kingdom, so no matter what, our Great Yan Kingdom must not show weakness, let alone return the eastern land. After speaking, he frowned and looked at Murong Jun.

When Murong Jun heard this, he felt that what Murong Ke said was very reasonable, if he took the initiative to return the land in the east, he would indeed be afraid of being weak-hearted, so that it would be easier for Goguryeo and other countries to attack Dayan, and once these small countries all attacked Dayan, with the current state of Dayan, they would definitely not be able to deal with it, and it was only a matter of time before they failed completely.

"If the land in the east is not returned, what strategy should I use to stabilize Goguryeo and other countries." Murong Jun asked softly.

Obviously, at such a critical juncture, we must not be indifferent to Goguryeo and other countries, and we must try to stabilize them, so as to avoid being attacked from both sides.

Murong Ke hugged his fists and said: "Second brother, now the strength of the Jin army is in full swing, just one king of the north is so powerful, if you add the king of the south and other forces, it will be even more incredible, the second brother can use the reason of death to persuade Goguryeo and other countries to stand on the same front as my Dayan country, I believe that Goguryeo and other countries will definitely not support the Jin army, and make a self-preservation strategy of not moving." ”

When Murong Jun heard this, he felt that it was very reasonable, so he immediately agreed to Murong Ke's Jianyì, and immediately sent his henchmen to Goguryeo and other countries to persuade the eastern countries not to help the Jin army, so as not to suffer the fate of the country.

In the direction of Xuzhou, Yin Hao, who sat in Guangling, was anxious all the time, and many successive crusades ended in failure, not only lost a large number of soldiers and horses, but also a large number of military supplies were captured by Yao Xiang and other rebel generals, which made him very angry and afraid, fortunately, the court believed in him and did not cure his sins, but the triumphant return of the Huan Wen army deeply stung him.

Compared with Huan Wen's complete victory, his repeated defeats are really a bit humiliating, and the news of Huan Wen's impeachment of him came back from the direction of Jiankang City, which made him even more frightened, after all, Huan Wen's impeachment hit his soft underbelly, and the continuous defeats were indeed all his responsibility.

In order to wash away the shame he had received, Yin Hao wanted to win a big battle immediately, after all, except for a big victory, there was no measure that could make him hold his head up, however, after many consecutive defeats, he was also a little self-aware, and thought that his strength was indeed not the opponent of Yao Xiang and other famous generals, and he was anxious about it.

"Report, general, secret decree of the imperial court." Just when Yin Hao was anxious, a confidant sent the secret will of the imperial court.

Seeing that it was the secret decree of the imperial court, Yin Hao was suddenly a little frightened, he didn't understand what the content of the secret decree was, but at this time, the secret decree sent by the imperial court should not be anything good.

After reading the content of the secret decree, Yin Hao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that in order to exonerate him, the imperial court deliberately gave him a chance to crusade against the rebellion, and asked Yin Hao to win a battle, so that Huan Wen could not speak.

Seeing that the imperial court took care of himself so much, Yin Hao felt very moved, but the next question came again, although the imperial court intended to give him another chance, and was willing to provide supplies such as grain, grass, weapons and other materials, but his military talent was very good, how to be able to break the rebels, he really couldn't think of it.

"General, what is the will of the imperial court?" A confidant general asked, clenching his fists.

Yin Hao didn't hide it, and said: "The imperial court asked our army to attack immediately and fight a big victory, that's all." ”

When the general heard this, he clenched his fists and said: "General, our army has been defeated repeatedly, and it really needs a big victory to boost the morale of the whole army." ”

Yin Hao said helplessly: "This truth, how can the general not understand it, but Yao Xiang and his ilk are very cunning, if our army wants to win the battle, it is not so easy." After speaking, he shook his head helplessly.

"General, although Yao Xiang and his ilk are extremely cunning, our army is also full of talents, how can we be frightened by the little Yao Xiang, the last general believes that as long as our army mobilizes enough soldiers and horses, and attacks with several times the force, it will definitely be able to win a big victory." The general said loudly.

Yin Hao thought for a while, and said: "The total strength of the rebels from all walks of life is very large, our army should concentrate all the main forces and attack the weakest one, as long as the weakest soldiers and horses are defeated, it will be regarded as a great victory for our army." ”

Obviously, Yin Hao did not think that the army under his command could fully defeat the rebels, but if he concentrated all the main forces to attack one of them, then there was still a possibility of victory, and Yin Hao was even considering whether he should exterminate a group of bandits, in exchange for the merits of the bandits' heads, so as to create a momentum of returning with a great victory.

When the general heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "General, the former Wei general Li Ben and his 5,000 troops occupied Lanling City in Donghai County, and recruited troops and horses nearby, and there is a great attempt to cut off the land and stand on its own, our army can concentrate tens of thousands of main forces to annihilate Li Ben in Lanling City, as long as Li Ben is broken and annihilated by thousands of his men and horses, it is a big victory." ”

Obviously, Yin Hao's subordinates, like Yin Hao, did not dare to provoke Yao Xiang and others, who had tens of thousands of troops, but chose Li Ben's subordinates, who were relatively weak and went deep into the border of Yangzhou Legion to control zhì, so that it would be easier to achieve victory.

When Yin Hao heard this, he felt that it was very reasonable, although his military talent was very good, he was still very confident in concentrating tens of thousands of troops to attack Li Ben, who only had an army of 5,000.

"Immediately send an order, let General Wang Wu stationed in Pengcheng lead 10,000 troops, attack Lanling City from the west road, let General Wang Liu, who is stationed in Xiapi, lead 10,000 troops, attack Lanling City from the east, the battalion immediately points 30,000 troops, and early tomorrow morning, immediately march to Lanling City. Yin Hao said.

"Yes, General." The general shouted his fists and gave orders, and immediately went to give the order.

Subsequently, the heralds immediately rushed to Pengcheng and Xiapi, and in Yin Hao's camp, 30,000 soldiers had already begun to pack their bags in order to prepare for the early morning of the next day, marching in the direction of Lanling City.

After a night of preparation, the 30,000 troops under Yin Hao's command were ready, and they could immediately march towards Lanling City with just an order from Yin Hao.

"General, our army's 30,000 horses are ready to march towards Lanling City at any time." The general clenched his fists and reported to Yin Hao.

Yin Hao nodded with satisfaction, and said softly: "In this battle, our army will attack the 5,000 men and horses under Li Ben with 50,000 people, and we will never lose the battle again!" After saying that, he smiled slightly, obviously, he thought that it was impossible to lose the battle again.

The general hurriedly said loudly: "Don't worry, general, how can Li Ben's 5,000 men and horses resist the attack of our army's 50,000 troops, and our army will definitely win a complete victory in this battle." After speaking, his eyes were full of confidence.

Yin Hao nodded more satisfied, and said proudly: "In this battle, our army can finally be ashamed, in this way, we and other generals can have a suitable explanation to the imperial court, and the order will go down, and the whole army will immediately set off and march towards Lanling City." ”

"Yes, General." The subordinate general received the order loudly and immediately conveyed the order to march towards Lanling City.

Subsequently, under Yin Hao's order, the elite soldiers of the 30,000 Yangzhou Army left Guangling City and marched quickly towards Lanling City, which was 300 miles away. (To be continued......)