After Zhang Can was killed, most of his subordinates chose to defect to Wang Meng, and Wang Meng gave them generous comfort and let them still hold their original positions.

Song Chao also fulfilled his previous promise and did his best to help Wang Meng control Liangzhou and let Liangzhou rejoin the Great Jin court.

Since Wang Meng recovered Liangzhou, he naturally could not watch Liangzhou decline, so he mobilized a large number of talents from the direction of Guanzhong to enter Liangzhou to help Liangzhou restore its productivity.

In addition, although Wang Meng, with the help of Song Chao and Li Yan, basically controlled most of Liangzhou, there were still some forces that opposed the annexation of the Great Jin Dynasty and became enemies with Wang Meng, and Wang Meng could not stay in Liangzhou all the time, so Wang Meng sent Song Chao and Li Yan to encircle and suppress these opposition forces on the one hand, and at the same time, decided to leave 30,000 horses to guard Guzang to reinforce Song Chao and Li Yan at any time.

Before returning to Chang'an City, Wang Meng summoned Song Chao and Song Cheng brothers, handed over all the important matters of Liangzhou to the two to take care of, and temporarily appointed Song Chao as the pastor of Liangzhou, Song Cheng as the general of Pingxi, and told the generals he left behind to control Liangzhou and report to himself immediately in case of an accident.

After arranging a qiē, Wang Meng led 50,000 cavalry, left Guzang City, marched in the direction of Chang'an City in Guanzhong, and immediately reported the annexation of Liangzhou to Hua'an, which was far away in Yecheng.

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In the direction of Yecheng, Hua'an is actively training the main army under his command, and occasionally receives news from Guanzhong and Liangzhou, the result of Wang Meng's disposition and the development of things. Hua An always felt very satisfied, and often sent his henchmen to instruct Wang Meng, so that he could move with his camera and do things boldly without too many worries.

And Wang Meng's actions have achieved unexpected results, which makes Huaan feel very satisfied, and he is more relieved to let Wang Meng decide how to deal with things by himself.

"Report, Your Majesty, news has come from Liangzhou. Zhang Can was killed by his men. General Wang's main force had already entered Guzang and forced the entire Liangzhou to surrender to the Great Jin. A junior colonel ran in front of Hua'an and reported loudly.

Hua An was overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't expect it at all. Wang Meng can take Liangzhou so quickly. And. A large number of Liangguo generals such as Song Mix and Li Yan were also attached.

"Wang, I didn't expect General Wang to take Liangzhou so quickly. Our army should not lag behind, and immediately march north, take Jizhou and Youzhou as soon as possible, and drive the Yan Dynasty back to the bitter cold land of Mobei. Wang San said loudly.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "Don't be so anxious for quick success, now, General Wang has just taken Liangzhou, and it will take a while to stabilize the shape of Liangzhou, besides, the strength of the two armies of the Yan Dynasty is strong, and it is not something that can be defeated lightly, it is better to be cautious, by the way, General Xie's side, how is the situation?" ”

"Your Majesty, since General Xie returned to Jinyang City, he has trained his soldiers and horses day and night, and now, more than 100,000 elite troops are ready to go, and they can launch an attack in the direction of Shengle City with just an order from the king." Wang San said loudly.

Hua An thought for a moment and said softly: "Don't worry, let's wait until the direction of Liangzhou is completely stabilized, and then prepare to deal with the Yan Dynasty coalition army!" ”

In fact, Hua'an has its own plans, now, the army under its command, compared with the Yan Dynasty coalition army does not have much advantage, although the newly formed charioteers, can effectively restrain the heavy cavalry and iron cavalry of the Yan Dynasty and the two countries, but it must be in a flat and open area to be effective, if the terrain is slightly more complicated, the combat ability of the charioteers will be greatly reduced, and even, will support the retreat of the main army, for this reason, Hua'an is waiting for the stability of the direction of Liangzhou, so as to transfer the 100,000 Guanzhong cavalry trained by Wang Meng into the vicinity of Yecheng, In this way, Hua'an has a 100% chance of victory when he fights against Murong Ke, after all, the 100,000 main cavalry is a powerful force that no one can ignore.

"Report, king, General Wang has sent good news, please take a look at it." Soon, a junior colonel handed over Wang Meng's handwritten letter to Hua'an.

Seeing that Wang Meng sent the good news, Hua'an naturally knew the content, so he hurriedly took it and watched it, and nodded with satisfaction after reading it.

"Your Majesty, what did General Wang say?" Wang San asked softly.

Hua An replied softly: "General Wang requests that the general of Liangguo, Song Ming, be canonized as the pastor of Liangzhou, Song Cheng as the general of Pingxi, Li Yan and many other generals, or promote or maintain the original position. ”

"Your Majesty, Song Chao and others have indeed made great contributions, I think I can agree to General Wang's request and canonize them." Wang San said softly.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "You're right, Song Chao and other generals have made great contributions, and in addition to canonization, they also need to be greatly rewarded to convince them that there will be nothing wrong with joining this king." ”

Hearing this, Wang San nodded approvingly.

Subsequently, Hua'an sent a henchman to send an order to officially canonize Song Chao and other generals in accordance with Wang Meng's Jianyì, and prepared a large amount of silver taels to reward these attached generals.

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Hua'an's subordinate general, Wang Meng, annexed the Liang Kingdom by Shun, which was a huge stimulus to Murong Jun, the king of Yan, and Tuoba Shiyijian, the acting king, who were stunned and very frightened when they heard the news.

After all, after Liangzhou was annexed, the strength of Hua'an's command increased a lot, and the most important thing is that Liangzhou connected the Western Regions, and if Liangzhou was controlled, it controlled the passage to the Western Regions, which not only allowed Hua'an to monopolize the trade between the East and the West, but also allowed a large number of good horses from the Western Regions, which was extremely important for improving the combat effectiveness of the cavalry under Hua'an.

In short, as long as Hua'an controls Liangzhou for a long time, the economic strength and military affairs under its command will increase greatly, so that it will become more and more powerful and more difficult to deal with.

In the face of Hua'an, whose strength was gradually expanding, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, was full of hidden worries, and the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian even had the idea of giving up dominating the Central Plains, but he was still a little unwilling.

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In the palace of Jicheng, Murong Jun, who was in an anxious mood, summoned his subordinates and royal cronies to come to the main hall to discuss countermeasures.

The topic they wanted to discuss was naturally about the annexation of Wang Meng to Liangzhou by the Ministry of Hua'an, and how to deal with Hua'an's strong rise.

Soon, Murong Ke, Murong Ba, Murong Ping, Yang Wu, Feng Yi and other important royal families and generals of the Yan Kingdom all gathered in the main hall of the palace, and Murong Jun, the king of Yan, also paced in the main hall early.

Seeing that all the henchmen and generals had arrived, Murong Jun looked at everyone and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you have already heard that Wang Meng, the general of the Hua'an Ministry, will take the entire Liang Kingdom under his command in less than three months, and the Liang Kingdom connects Guanzhong and the Western Regions, and the geographical location is extremely important. After speaking, he sighed secretly.

"Not only that, if Hua'an continues to advance north after it becomes stronger, my Dayan may lose Youzhou and Pingzhou, and even withdraw to the bitter cold land north of Liaodong." Minister Feng Yi responded.

Murong Jun nodded, and said with a straight face: "What Feng Aiqing said is not alarmist, Hua'an is bent on recovering the lost territory of the Great Jin, and Youzhou and Pingzhou were indeed the territories of the Great Jin Dynasty a few decades ago, if Hua'an wants to attack Youzhou, there are enough reasons to raise troops, and my Dayan Kingdom must be fully prepared to avoid the danger of losing the country!" After speaking, he frowned.

Seeing that everyone was a little discouraged, Murong Ba clenched his fists loudly and said: "Second brother, I still have more than 200,000 elite cavalry in the Great Yan Kingdom, if the second brother needs it, he can continue to recruit 200,000 soldiers, and the soldiers and horses of the Dai Country are about half of my Great Yan Kingdom, as long as the two countries of the Yan Dynasty form an alliance, they can completely fight against Hua'an's northward movement, so why do you need to sigh so long?" After speaking, he was unconvinced.

Seeing this, Murong Ke glared at Murong Ba and said softly: "Fifth brother can't be rude, what the second brother means is that after Hua'an occupies Liangzhou, its strength will definitely grow rapidly, and my Great Yan Kingdom has just experienced a drought, and there is a shortage of food in the country. ”

"In this case, why don't our army unite with the Daiguo army, take advantage of the fact that Liangzhou is not yet stable, gather all the troops and horses, and defeat the main army of Hua'an in one fell swoop, so as to completely cut off the worries in the future." Murong Ba said loudly.

Murong Ke smiled bitterly: "Fifth brother, now, my Dayan country is already short of grain and grass, how can I still organize an attack of hundreds of thousands, besides, according to careful investigation, Hua'an's main army in the direction of Yecheng has as many as 200,000 soldiers and horses, of which 150,000 are the main army, the strength cannot be underestimated, there is not enough certainty of victory, our army must not act rashly, so as not to suffer defeat." ”

"Do we just wait?" Murong Ba said loudly.

Murong Jun frowned, and said loudly: "Naturally, I can't wait, my Dayan must not sit still, fourth brother, at the beginning, our army successfully strangled Ran Min with the iron rope cavalry, and now, you continue to train the iron rope cavalry, you must make my Dayan's iron rope cavalry the most powerful force in the whole world, so as to resist the Jin army's northward advance." ”

"Second brother, rest assured, within a year, our army will be able to form 50,000 iron rope cavalry, which is enough to be proud of the world." Murong Ke assured loudly.

When Murong Jun heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, and said with a straight face: "Fourth brother, whether the iron cavalry of my Great Yan Kingdom can block the northward advance of the Jin army depends on you, you must not let Brother Wei down!" After speaking, he stared at Murong Ke.

Murong Ke also stared at Murong Jun, and hugged his fists and said: "Second brother can rest assured, as long as there are 50,000 iron rope cavalry as the backbone of the whole army, it is enough to resist the northward advance of the Jin army." (To be continued......)