Seeing that Yao Xiang was a little hesitant, a general said loudly: "General, we have no choice, if we don't immediately launch an attack in the direction of Yanzhou, once the enemy soldiers and horses in the direction of Luoyang converge with the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou, our army will face the attack of more than 200,000 enemy forces, in this way, our army has almost no chance of winning, so we must make a decision immediately and immediately assemble troops and horses to attack in the direction of Yanzhou." ”

"Yes! Fifth brother, success or failure is here, if our army wants to gain a firm foothold in Qingzhou, it must immediately defeat the soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, and then it can deter the soldiers and horses in the direction of Luoyang City, so that the soldiers and horses in the direction of Luoyang do not dare to rashly attack our Qingzhou, which is the only choice for our army. Yao Chang said loudly.

Yao Xiang pondered carefully for a moment, and said: "Generals, even if our army immediately launches an attack in the direction of Yanzhou, with the strength of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, our army is only afraid that it will be difficult to achieve victory in a short time, and Yanzhou is not far from Luoyang City, if our army cannot win quickly, as soon as the enemy reinforcements from Luoyang City arrive, our army still has no chance of winning!" Therefore, the general felt that the strength of our army alone was not enough to confront the enemy, and it was necessary to use external forces appropriately! ”

"Does the fifth brother mean to ask King Yan and King Nan for help?" Yao Chang asked loudly.

Obviously, he guessed Yao Xiang's intentions, after all, in this situation, only King Nan and King Yan can be regarded as reliable foreign aid.

Yao Xiang nodded lightly, and said: "That's right, our army is at an absolute disadvantage in this battle, if there is no cooperation between King Nan and King Yan, our army is at risk of annihilation, and we must obtain the full support of the two of them, so that our army can block the main force of the enemy." And come back from defeat to victory. ”

"What the general said is that as long as King Yan and King Nan have a good hold of the enemy's main force, then the main army of Luoyang City will not be able to reinforce in the direction of Yanzhou. Otherwise, Luoyang City will be threatened to be broken by the King of the South, and as long as the reinforcements from Luoyang and Hebei cannot reinforce Yanzhou, then our army still has a good chance of winning, at least it can draw with the Yanzhou Army. One of the generals said loudly.

Yao Xiang nodded and ordered: "Immediately inform the King of Yan and the King of Nan, inform them of the situation of our army, and let them gather troops and horses to put pressure on the direction of Luoyang City." to reduce the pressure on our army. ”

"Yes, General." The general immediately received the order.

Subsequently, Yao Xiang asked his subordinates to immediately go to gather troops and prepare to launch an active attack in the direction of Yanzhou, as long as the direction of Jicheng and Xunyang City sent back favorable news, they could immediately move westward and launch a fierce attack on the Yanzhou army.

At the same time that the Yao Xiang Legion was actively preparing for war. The Wang Wu Army in Yanzhou is also making active preparations. Although at this moment, the Yao Xiang army in Qingzhou has not yet revealed the posture of waving its army to the west, Hua'an has reminded them very seriously, telling them that the Yao Xiang army may launch an attack on Yanzhou at any time, and strictly ordered all the armies in Yanzhou to immediately make intense preparations. In case of heavy losses under Yao Xiang's sudden blow.

Wang Wu and other generals of the Yanzhou Army naturally obeyed Hua'an's orders unconditionally, and immediately raised the level of combat readiness, and all the officers and men of the various armies canceled their vacations, and closely monitored the movements in the direction of Qingzhou. Always ready to move closer in the direction of Rencheng to resist the attack of Yao Xiang's army.

"General, Fenggaocheng's fine work has just sent back the news, and the armies of Qingzhou have begun to assemble in Taishan County, and it seems that they are going to attack our Yanzhou!" A subordinate walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported to Wang Wu.

When Wang Wu heard this, he was slightly surprised, and said softly: "It seems that Wang Shang guessed correctly, after Yao Xiang received assistance from the direction of Yan Kingdom, his wings were really stiff, and he actually planned to attack my Yanzhou again, this time, the general will definitely not be careless anymore, Yao Xiang does not want to defeat our army again." ”

"General, since Yao Xiang has gathered troops and horses in Taishan County, shouldn't the soldiers and horses scattered in various places of our army also gather in the direction of Rencheng." The general asked softly.

Wang Wu nodded, and said: "That's right, the men and horses of our army scattered in Yanzhou should also be reinforced in the direction of Rencheng, and immediately send an order to let all the soldiers and horses immediately pull out their camps and assemble in the direction of Rencheng." ”

"Yes, General." The subordinate general clenched his fists and immediately went to give the order.

After the generals left, Wang Wu looked at the topographic map in front of him alone, thinking about how to deal with the army under Yao Xiang's command, although he had heard that Hua'an would personally conquer Yao Xiang, but when Hua'an and his army would be able to arrive in Yanzhou, it was still unknown, before Hua'an's reinforcements arrived, he had to block the attack of Yao Xiang's army, of course, if he could defeat Yao Xiang, it would be better.

Thinking about it, Wang Wu still stared at the swimming water, this time, he still planned to use the swimming defense line, first rubbing the sharp spirit of the Yao Xiang Legion, and then find a way to defeat the Yao Xiang Legion, of course, because the strength of this time is already very strong, for this reason, Wang Wu can deploy a certain number of soldiers and horses in the upstream and downstream directions, so as to completely avoid the recurrence of the last time the Yao Xiang Legion was opportunistic.

After thinking of a strategy to deal with Yao Xiang, Wang Wu immediately mobilized the existing soldiers and horses in Rencheng and built a simple arrow tower on the west bank of the swimming water, so as to inflict a large number of casualties on Yao Xiang's army when Yao Xiang's army launched a forced crossing.

In the direction of Xunyang City, Huan Wen also heard that Hua'an was going to conquer Qingzhou in person, and this matter was officially ordered by the imperial court, which was justified, which made him very unhappy, after all, Qingzhou's Yao Xiang army is an important force to contain Hua'an, if Hua'an really led the troops to destroy Yao Xiang, in this way, Hua'an's strength will increase sharply, I am afraid that when the time comes, he and Murong Jun will join forces, and they are not Hua'an's opponents, and this kind of thing is about to happen, how can this not make him worry?

In order to deal with Hua'an's personal conquest of Yao Xiang's army, Huan Wen immediately summoned his henchmen and discussed with them the strategy of dealing with it.

Huan Wen looked at the generals and said: "Generals, I believe you have all heard that the court has recently officially issued an order to let the Northern King lead the army to recruit the rebels in Qingzhou, that is, the soldiers and horses under the command of Yao Xiang, this army is an important force to contain the Northern King, if the army under the command of Yao Xiang is annihilated, the power of the Northern King will become unprecedentedly strong, I am afraid that it will be far stronger than our army!" Therefore, in the past few days, this king is unpleasant, and he is thinking about how to deal with this matter every day. ”

"What is there to worry about, Your Majesty? As long as the king of the north leads the army to conquer Qingzhou, Luoyang City is bound to be empty, and our army only needs to wave its division to the north to take Luoyang City, so that the old nest of the king of the north is ended, even if you get Qingzhou, it is not a big deal. A general said lightly.

"Yes! As long as the main army of the Northern King leaves Luoyang City, our army can move north and easily take Luoyang City. Another general, said loudly.

Huan Wen naturally had this plan for a long time, but he felt that to send troops to Luoyang City, he must be famous, and if he launched an attack on Luoyang City for no reason, he would be ridiculed by the world.

"The king of the north led the army to crusade against Yao Xiang, it was at the behest of the imperial court to crusade against the rebellion, and the division was famous, and this king did not get the instructions of the imperial court, besides, the king of the north is not a rebellion, what reason should our army use to wave Luoyang?" Huan Wen looked at his subordinate generals and said.

A subordinate general immediately clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, there is no excuse for the so-called crime that you want to add, just find a reason." ”

"Yes! O king, how can a great husband have the kindness of a woman when he does things? Another general, said loudly.

When Huan Wen heard this, he felt that what his subordinates said made some sense, but he always felt that something was wrong, but under the repeated persuasion of his henchmen, he still decided to make a gesture of attacking Luoyang City, so as to relieve Yao Xiang of Qingzhou from a certain amount of pressure.

"This king decided to lead the main army, leave Xunyang City, and go to Xiangyang City in Jingzhou, in addition, most of the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, Jiangzhou, Jiaozhou, and Guangzhou were all transferred to the north of Jingzhou, ready to attack in the direction of Luoyang City at any time." Huan Wen looked at the generals and ordered loudly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The ministers will lead with a loud voice.

Subsequently, Huan Wen and his subordinate generals studied the specific plan for the transfer of troops, the soldiers and horses in the south of Jingzhou can be quickly transferred to the north of Jingzhou, and the main army of Xunyang City can also go to the north of Jingzhou very quickly, but the soldiers and horses of Jiaozhou and Guangzhou are still in Lingnan, and it will take a long time to transfer to the north of Jingzhou, however, they do not plan to attack Luoyang City immediately, and for this reason, they do not care about the speed of mobilizing troops and horses.

After some simple preparations, Huan Wen led his henchmen and more than 100,000 main forces to leave the direction of Xunyang City and march towards Xiangyang City in the north of Jingzhou, and the rest of the soldiers and horses in the direction of Jingzhou were also divided into some men and horses and transferred to the north of Jingzhou, so that the soldiers and horses in the north of Jingzhou could reach the scale of more than 200,000, so that they could form an absolute advantage over the soldiers and horses in the direction of Luoyang City.

It can be seen that in order to contain the main army under the command of Hua'an, Huan Wen left Xunyang City and took away more than 100,000 main troops in the direction of Xunyang City, which seems to indicate that Huan Wen has given up annexing the Yangzhou Legion, of course, the Yangzhou Legion has become more and more powerful under Xie An's care, which is not something that Huan Wen can annex lightly, Huan Wen's current choice is forced, and it is also the most reasonable choice, in addition, he has no better choice.

The main force of the Huanwen army was transferred to the north of Jingzhou, and such an action naturally caused a lot of pressure on Hua'an in the direction of Luoyang City, but the pressure on Hua'an not only came from the south, but also in the direction of Hebei, Murong Jun was also carrying out operations. (To be continued......)