Hua An was naturally full of confidence, he looked at Wang San and Deng Qiang, and said loudly: "The whole army will rest for the night, and set off immediately tomorrow morning, and before tomorrow evening, it must arrive in Dingtao City." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang San and Deng Qiang shouted the order.

Chen Liu was more than 100 miles away from Dingtao City, and Hua An issued such an order, apparently, in order to reach the direction of Rencheng as soon as possible, join the main force of the Yanzhou Army under Wang Wu, and quickly defeat the Yao Xiang Army.

And when Hua'an and the elite soldiers of the department arrived at Chenliu County, Yao Xiang had already led the main force of 80,000 troops to leave Taishan County, marched in the direction of Rencheng, and soon arrived at a clearing less than ten miles away from the water.

After setting up camp, Yao Xiang sent a large number of scouts to the other side of the river to further reconnoiter the enemy's situation, while he himself and several henchmen conducted a careful analysis of the enemy situation in the Chinese army's tent according to the information found by the scouts, and found out the strategy to defeat the Yanzhou army.

The reason why Yao Xiang dared to attack Yanzhou, in addition to the fact that the army under his command was elite enough, was also inseparable from the support of Huan Wen and Murong Jun, at this time, Yao Xiang had already learned that the army of Yan was preparing to go south, and the main force of the Jingzhou army was also moving to the north of Jingzhou, such a situation caused a lot of pressure to the Hebei Army and the Luoyang Army under the command of Hua'an, for this reason, Yao Xiang was basically sure that the army in the direction of Hebei and Luoyang did not dare to reinforce Yanzhou, and once the enemy army in the direction of Yanzhou had no reinforcements, Yao Xiang was not afraid at all, He was very confident that his Qingzhou Legion was more elite than Wang Wu's Yanzhou Legion, and thought that he would definitely be able to defeat Yanzhou's Wang Wu Legion with his soldiers and horses, and then occupy the entire Yanzhou.

With such a favorable opportunity, Yao Xiang naturally would not miss it. For this reason, he did not hesitate to lead the main army of 80,000 under his command to kill in the direction of Yanzhou.

And through the exploration some time ago, Yao Xiang basically figured out the deployment of the army under Wang Wu, and Yao Xiang felt a little headache about Wang Wu's deployment. Because according to Wang Wu's deployment, it was completely a rigid formation, and it was difficult to defeat the enemy in such a formation, but it was also difficult to be defeated by the enemy, which made Yao Xiang feel a little difficult to start.

"General, Wang Wu mobilized 140,000 soldiers and horses to defend the Lishui defense line, around the Shishui defense line, the Yanzhou Army was extremely tightly defended, and our army had no chance to launch an attack at all!" One of the generals looked at Yao Xiang. Said helplessly.

"Yes! General, the Yanzhou Army has 140,000 soldiers and horses, far more than our army, and relying on the water to defend so tightly, how can our army easily win? Another general said worriedly.

"Fifth brother, looking at Wang Wu's posture, it is clear that he wants to rely on the swimming defense line and hold on to our army for a long time. So as to wait for reinforcements from the direction of Luoyang City! Yao Chang analyzed softly.

After listening to the statements of several subordinates, Yao Xiang couldn't help frowning. Wang Wu's deployment did have the intention of deliberately delaying the decisive battle, but what made Yao Xiang feel strange was that Wang Wu had a lot more soldiers and horses than himself, was he so afraid of himself? That seems a bit out of the ordinary!

"Wang Wu is a famous general of the Wei State and fought bravely. Now, he has gathered 140,000 troops under his command, which is 60,000 more than our army, could he be afraid of our army, how can he be so cowardly. Could it be some conspiracy? Yao Xiang looked at the generals and said softly.

"General, in the opinion of the last general, it was the last time our army attacked Rencheng and took Rencheng in one day, which made Wang Wu afraid, so although there were many soldiers and horses under his command, he did not dare to confront our army head-on." A subordinate general analyzed softly.

"Yes! General, although our army has fewer soldiers and horses than the enemy, our army is more elite, if it is a frontal battle, the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Wang Wu must not be the opponent of our army. Another general said confidently.

Obviously, these Qingzhou generals attributed Wang Wu's cowardice to their own strong combat power, but they didn't expect that Wang Wu did it on purpose.

Yao Chang looked at Yao Xiang and said, "Fifth brother, do you think Wang Wu is so deploying soldiers and horses, is there any conspiracy?" ”

Yao Xiang pondered for a moment, and said: "I don't know this very well, but Wang Wu shouldn't be afraid of our army, after all, the last time we attacked Rencheng, our army had 60,000 people, and Wang Wu only had 20,000 or 30,000 horses under his command, and it was natural for our army to win, but this time, the situation was completely different, Wang Wu gathered 140,000 horses in Rencheng and the water defense line, and regardless of the combat power of these horses, these troops alone were scary enough, Wang Wu had such a strong strength, Why deploy a defensive stance? In this way, he will not lose the opportunity to defeat our army. ”

"What the fifth brother said is that Wang Wu has strong soldiers and horses, why do you want to make a defensive posture? Could it be that there is some ulterior conspiracy in this? Yao Chang also had skeptical thoughts.

"No matter what kind of conspiracy Wang Wu has, our army must completely defeat the Yanzhou soldiers and horses under Wang Wu before the reinforcements from the Luoyang direction arrive in Yanzhou, otherwise, our army will be in danger." Yao Xiang Zhengse said.

"General, Wang Wu's army is so well defended, where should our army attack from?" A general asked suspiciously.

Obviously, in the face of the more than 100,000 well-defended army under Wang Wu, the generals under Yao Xiang could not find the direction of the attack at all.

Yao Xiang pondered carefully for a moment, and said: "Generals, no matter how tightly the enemy army is deployed, you can find flaws, and the defense near Rencheng is indeed very tight at the moment, but our army can give up attacking Rencheng and attack the cities around Rencheng instead, so that the swimming defense line that Wang Wu spent a lot of effort to build will lose its effect, and in order to defend Yanzhou, Wang Wu will definitely transfer troops from the direction of Rencheng to fight our army, so that our army will not have a chance to fight with the Yanzhou army?" ”

Listening to Yao Xiang's strategy, all the generals were very happy, and they all focused on Rencheng, thus forgetting that there are still many valuable cities in Yanzhou, as long as these cities are attacked, the main army of the Yanzhou Army deployed near Rencheng will definitely be immediately reinforced, so that the fortifications built near Rencheng will be in vain.

"General, it is better for the main force of our army to set off early tomorrow morning, first capture Gaoping City forty miles upstream, and then cross the swimming water near Gaoping City, capture Fang He and several other cities, and finally capture Kangfu City to the north, and then threaten Rencheng, and look for an opportunity to severely damage Wang Wu and his Yanzhou army." One of the generals proposed a plan to attack 40 miles upstream and cross the water.

This plan was naturally very feasible, because the defensive line deployed by Wang Wu near the swimming water only extended to a distance of thirty miles upstream and downstream at most, and a large number of scouts and a certain number of troops were deployed in these areas, while no soldiers and horses were deployed forty miles away.

However, even so, after Wang Wu and the main army under his command, after crossing the water, it is impossible to suddenly kill from behind the soldiers and horses under Wang Wu's command like the last attack on Rencheng, because this time Wang Wu's defense line is deployed more tightly, and the situation of Yao Xiang's army smuggling into the water from the upstream and downstream has long been considered.

Of course, Yao Xiang did not intend to rashly attack the well-fortified Rencheng after crossing the water, but attacked the rest of the cities in Yanzhou, thus forcing Wang Wu and the Yanzhou legions under his command to leave the tight defensive line in the direction of Rencheng and take the initiative to find them for a decisive battle, so that they could look for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Yanzhou legion under Wang Wu's command.

Yao Xiang was confident enough that he could defeat the 140,000 Yanzhou Army under Wang Wu with the 80,000 main army under his command, not only because the soldiers and horses under his command were very strong, but also because he was very sure of the strength of his army.

"Fifth brother, the so-called soldiers are fast, our army must set off as much as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Yao Chang urged loudly.

Yao Xiang nodded, and said with a straight face: "Okay, pass the order, let the soldiers rest for three hours, and set off immediately after nightfall to march in the direction of Gaoping City." After speaking, he waved his hand, and asked his subordinates to go back to prepare immediately.

"Yes, General." The generals will receive the order in a loud voice and turn to deliver the order.

Subsequently, Yao Xiang discussed the specific details of the operation with his subordinates, and in order to prevent Wang Wu's army on the other side of the river from discovering his intentions, Yao Xiang decided to leave a small number of soldiers and horses and empty tents, so as to create the illusion that the main army was still in place.

In the middle of the night, the main army under Yao Xiang all got up, and left the camp in turn in order, heading to Gaoping City, forty miles upstream of the water.

At the same time, the small number of soldiers and horses left by Yao Xiang's army were still patrolling back and forth in the camp, and the torches in the camp were not reduced in any way, so as to create the illusion that the main army was still in the camp.

Yao Xiang and the main army under his command rushed to the direction of Gaoping City at the fastest speed, in order to quickly take Gaoping City, Yao Xiang let Yao Chang personally lead 10,000 light cavalry first, and he led the main army to march later, and marched in the direction of Gaoping City.

A few hours later, Yao Chang and his 10,000 light horsemen arrived at Gaoping City, and took advantage of the night to quickly break through the defense of Gaoping City and occupy the city.

After Yao Chang occupied Gaoping City, he immediately asked his army to collect various materials in the city, and went to the shore of the swimming water to urgently build a pontoon bridge.

It didn't take long for the pontoon bridge to be erected, and at the same time, Yao Xiang and his main army also arrived on the outskirts of Gaoping City, and immediately passed the pontoon bridge to the west bank of the water. (To be continued......)