Chapter 807: Xie Ai's Secret Letter
Hua An and his subordinates were immersed in recalling the thoughts of the ancients Jing Ke, and a henchman captain ran up to the high platform, and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Yan sent an envoy to Jiankang City, with unknown intentions. ”
"Your Majesty, at such a time, if the Yan Kingdom sends an envoy to Jiankang City, will it be an assassination of the emperor!" Deng Qiang said worriedly.
"Your Majesty, do you want to search the envoy of the Yan Kingdom?" Zhuge Xiong said loudly.
Hua An smiled and said softly: "You all regard the envoy of Yan Kingdom as Jing Ke, don't worry!" Murong Jun will definitely not be as stupid as Prince Dan, besides, even if the emperor encounters an accident, will this affect our army to launch an attack on the north bank of Yishui? After speaking, he looked at his subordinates.
When all the generals heard this, they all returned to reality from the thoughts of recalling Jing Ke, and thought that their worries were superfluous, the current Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty was incapable, and there was no way to compare with the eloquent Qin Shi Huang, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, would never stupidly send a messenger to assassinate the incompetent Emperor Sima Dan of the Jin State, besides, the power of the Jin State was in the hands of the scholars and the generals of the various armies, and the emperor was just an empty shelf, even if he died unexpectedly, the ministers of the Shi clan would immediately re-establish a person, And there will be no major civil strife within the Great Jin Dynasty because of the change of emperors, after all, the emperors of the Great Jin Dynasty do not have much appeal.
"Your Majesty, what will be the purpose of Yan Guo suddenly sending an envoy to Jiankang City? Is it for peace talks? The king guessed softly.
Hua An nodded and said softly, "Maybe!" Today, our army has an absolute advantage. Yan sent an envoy to Jiankang City, and the chances of peace talks were the greatest. After speaking, he was a little worried.
After all, this is a good opportunity to recover Youzhou and Pingzhou, if it is stirred up by the imperial court, it will be wasted, and Hua An is very worried about this.
"Your Majesty, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom must not have gone far yet, do you want to stop them." Deng Qiang said loudly, obviously. He does not want to see the outcome of the peace talks.
Hua An waved his hand. He said softly: "By all means, Yan Guo sent an envoy to Jiankang City, we have no right to intercept it, just let them go!" ”
After all. The state of Yan had the right to send envoys to Jiankang City. Hua'an if intercepted. It's rude, and it's unreasonable.
"Your Majesty, the situation is favorable to our army at this time. If the imperial court and the Yan State reach an agreement to let our army withdraw, what should we do, just give up? Wang San said softly.
Hua An smiled and replied softly: "The envoy of the Yan State went to Jiankang City, and it will take at least half a month, or even more than a month, to the withdrawal order that the imperial court may issue, and our army can launch an attack in advance. After speaking, he looked at his subordinates.
When all the generals heard this, they all showed expressions of approval, and no one thought that what Hua An said was arrogant, and it can be said that they fully supported Hua An's decision.
Seeing that the subordinates all supported him, and didn't seem to care about the intention of the Great Jin court, Hua Anxin was overjoyed, so it can be shown that these subordinates will sincerely follow him, even if they do not obey the will of the imperial court, they will not raise objections.
"Your Majesty, General Xie's secret letter." A confidant lieutenant immediately rushed to the high platform and handed Xie Ai's handwritten letter to Hua An.
Seeing that it was a secret letter sent by Xie Ai, Hua An didn't dare to delay, and immediately opened it to watch, and after reading it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Your Majesty, what did General Xie say?" Wang San asked softly.
Hua An said softly: "General Xie has basically calmed down the chaos in the northern part of Bingzhou, and led 60,000 horses to march from Saiwai Avenue to Jicheng in Yan Kingdom, it is estimated that he will arrive in Youzhou within half a month, and write a special letter to let this king know." After speaking, I couldn't suppress the excitement in my heart.
Now, on both sides of Yishui, the Jin army has 250,000 main troops and horses, and has occupied an absolute advantage in strength, if Xie Ai leads 60,000 horses to raid Jicheng, the advantage will be even more obvious, the Yan army will be unable to resist the two-way attack of the Jin army, besides, there is also the Pu Jian army that has been attached to Hua'an.
"Your Majesty, our army has such an advantage, we will definitely be able to recover Youzhou and Pingzhou in one fell swoop, and drive the Xianbei people back to the bitter cold land north of Liaodong." Deng Qiang said loudly.
"Your Majesty, if it is a qiēshun lì, next month, we should stand in the palace of Jicheng." Zhuge Xiong said excitedly.
Seeing that the morale of the soldiers under his command was high, Hua An said loudly: "The whole army immediately conducted pre-battle training and prepared to respond to General Xie's surprise attack on Jicheng. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." All the tribes will receive the command together.
Subsequently, Hua An and his generals analyzed the arrangement of the Yan army on the north bank of Yishui on the high platform, and then the generals returned to their respective camps and began to make various preparations before the war.
In order to be able to break through the Yan army arranged along Yishui, Hua An let the army under his command train hard and set up a water village on the south bank of Yishui, so that the soldiers under his command could immediately build large and small warships, so as to confront the Yan warships on the north bank of Yishui.
In order to build a sufficient number of pontoon bridges in a short time, Huaan asked his soldiers to prepare a large number of planks, and for these soldiers responsible for building pontoon bridges, targeted pontoon bridge training, in order to improve their speed of building pontoon bridges.
A series of targeted military activities carried out by the main force of the Jin army on the south bank of Yishui were naturally discovered by the Yan State scouts on the north bank of Yishui, and they immediately reported to Murong Ke, the commander of the Yan army.
Seeing that all the preparations of the Jin army were to launch a river-crossing attack, Murong Ke, the main general of the Yan army, had a heavy heart in his heart, and in the case of weak strength, he was very worried that the main force under his command would not be able to hold the Yishui defense line, so that the main force of the Jin army would drive straight into Jicheng and take Jicheng directly, however, it was useless to worry, in the face of such a severe situation, he had to find a way to resolve it.
"Fourth brother, the Jin army has been training day and night, and has established a water village, it seems that it will not be long before a full-scale attack will be launched, and our army must be fully prepared for response." Murong Ba said softly.
Murong Ke nodded and said, "Yes!" The training of the Jin army is becoming more and more frequent, it seems that the two sides of Yishui will soon usher in a big battle, although our army is at a disadvantage, but Yishui must be defended, our army can not lose the Yishui defense line no matter what, otherwise, after the Jin army crosses Yishui, it will drive straight into the city of Jicheng, and when the time comes, the capital of my Great Yan Kingdom will be dangerous. After speaking, he frowned.
"Fourth brother, as long as the officers and men of our army are united, the Jin army may not be able to succeed in launching a strong attack across Yishui." Murong Ba said confidently.
Murong Ke nodded and said, "I hope so!" However, the Jin army's Moon Formation is indeed very powerful, and our army must be prepared to meet the Jin Army's Moon Formation. ”
"Fourth brother, with the impact of our army's iron cavalry, can we defeat the Jin army's Qiyue array." Murong Ba said loudly.
Murong Ke thought for a moment, shook his head, and said: "The Jin army's Qiyue array uses chariots as the outer barrier, and the inside is spear shields and crossbowmen, if our army's iron chain cavalry launches an impact, it must first be killed and injured by the crossbowmen inside the Qiyue array, and then, it will directly impact the huge chariot of the Jin army, and the spear and shield soldiers surrounding the chariot, although the impact of our army's iron cavalry is huge, but the heavy chariot of the Jin army may not be able to take advantage, it is better to find another way." ”
"Fourth brother, since the Jin army can form a chariot unit, our army can also build chariots and use them specifically to impact the chariots of the Jin army, so that the Jin army's chariot array will definitely be broken." Murong Ba said confidently.
Murong Ke thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's right, since the Jin army can build heavy chariots, why can't our army?" However, in order to break through the Jin army's defenses, our army will build a conical chariot and operate it with a number of soldiers. ”
When Murong Ba heard this, he nodded and said, "Fourth brother, without further ado, our army should immediately build a chariot in case the Jin army suddenly attacks." ”
Murong Ke nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, and then, I will draw the pattern of the chariot on paper, and you can let the craftsmen build it according to the drawings." ”
"Yes, Fourth Brother." Murong Ba replied loudly.
"Report, general, the king transferred 50,000 soldiers and horses from Jicheng to reinforce our army, and now, 50,000 new soldiers have arrived outside the east gate of Fanyang City, waiting for the general's instructions at any time." At this moment, a henchman captain rushed into the big tent and reported loudly.
Murong Ke and Murong Ba were overjoyed when they heard this, at such a critical moment, Murong Jun transferred 50,000 recruits from Jicheng to reinforce the north bank of Yishui, for Murong Ke, it was a relief in the snow, with these 50,000 recruits, Murong Ke's confidence in holding Yishui was suddenly much greater.
"Immediately send an order, let the 50,000 recruits transferred by Wang Shang immediately enter the camp of our army on the north bank of Yishui, quickly." Murong Ke ordered loudly.
"Yes, General." The henchman lieutenant clenched his fists to receive the order, and then turned forward to deliver the order.
"Fourth brother, in a decisive battle on the south bank of Yishui, our army lost 20,000 troops, and now, the second brother has reinforced us with 50,000 horses, and our army has as many as 180,000 soldiers and horses defending the north bank of Yishui, although it is less than the Jin army in terms of troops, but with the Yishui moat as a support, it should be able to hold the Yishui defense line." Murong Ba analyzed softly.
Murong Ke nodded and said, "Yes!" With these 50,000 recruits, I feel much more at ease. ”
"Report, general, the king has just sent a decree to let General Fubi return to Jicheng immediately, and all his troops and horses will be commanded by the general." A confidant lieutenant entered the big tent and reported the news that Murong Ping had been transferred back to Yecheng. (To be continued......)