Xie Ai felt that the momentum of the Yan State was too strong, if he led the main army to the north to meet the enemy, he might not necessarily be able to defeat the Yan army, but if he adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into the depths, the main army of the Yan State that was about to go south was introduced to the vicinity of Yecheng, and then the main army was concentrated to attack it, it would definitely have a good effect.

After listening to Xie Ai's plan, Yang An also felt that it was very reasonable, and nodded approvingly.

Subsequently, Xie Ai and Yang An carefully inspected the various conditions of the heavy chariot troops, and told the soldiers of the sù chariot troops that the main army of the Yan State would soon move south, and asked them to immediately prepare psychologically and be ready to leave the Hulu Valley at any time to meet the main army of the Yan State.

After inspecting the gourd valley for two full hours, Xie Ai and Yang An slowly left, and led their own soldiers to escort them and ran in the direction of Yecheng.

After personally inspecting the combat effectiveness of the heavy chariot troops, Xie Ai and Yang An's hearts have settled down a lot, and they are confident that with this heavy chariot troops, they will definitely be able to finally thwart the attack of the main army of Yan State, and even, severely damage the main army of Yan State, so that the main army of Yan State will suffer heavy losses, so that they will no longer have the ability to take the initiative to attack Jizhou.

After returning to Yecheng, Xie Ai immediately dispatched Zhang Oyster to lead tens of thousands of cavalry to Zhongshan County to set up defenses, and symbolically resisted when the main army of Yan went south, and then retreated in defeat, luring the army of Yan to pursue, so as to introduce the main army of Yan into the vicinity of Yecheng, and finally defeated the main army of Yan.

Xie Ai deployed in this way, which was equivalent to giving up the entire Jizhou, so as to achieve the effect of luring the main army of Yan State into Yecheng, although it was very risky, but in order to achieve victory, he had no choice.

"General. If the army of Yan does not attack in the direction of Yecheng after occupying Jizhou, then what should we do, lose the responsibility of Jizhou, but it is not small! Yang An said worriedly.

Xie Ai thought for a moment, and said, "Don't worry." This will not happen, you must know that Murong Jun, the king of Yan, is a person with great ambitions, if the army of Yan occupies Jizhou very smoothly, he will definitely think that our army is vulnerable, and force the army of Yan to continue to move south and take the entire Hebei in one fell swoop. ”

"What the general said is that it seems that the general is overthinking." When Yang An heard this, he was immediately relieved.

In order to defeat the main army of the Yan State in one fell swoop. Xie Ai's approach can be said to have paid a great price and taken a lot of risks, but as long as he finally defeated the main army of the Yan State, this qiē was worth it.

In the direction of Jicheng, the main army of 300,000 of Yan State has all been assembled, and. These 300,000 main forces are all well-trained elite divisions, which can be described as a very powerful force. Among them, the 100,000 elites trained by Murong Ke himself were the most powerful, including 20,000 chariot troops and 80,000 iron rope cavalry.

Yan Guo has assembled such a strong team, and it is naturally determined to win the entire Hebei. What they need now is an opportunity, the best time to attack.

"Report, Wang, news has just been sent back from the direction of Qingzhou. The main army of General Yao Xiang has left Taishan County and is heading towards Yanzhou, and it is estimated that it has been fighting with the Yanzhou Army at this moment. A subordinate reported the latest situation in the direction of Qingzhou to Murong Jun.

When Murong Jun heard this, he thought that the time was ripe to attack Jizhou, so he immediately summoned Murong Ke and other confidants and asked for their opinions.

Soon, Murong Ke and other generals all arrived at the main hall of the Yan Palace, and discussed with Murong Jun about the southward movement of the army.

Murong Jun first said: "Generals, now, Yao Xiang's main army has launched an attack on Yanzhou, and the main army of the Southern King has also entered the north of Jingzhou, this is a God-given opportunity, our army should immediately send troops to take Jizhou, what do the generals think?" After speaking, he looked at the generals.

Murong Ke replied first: "Second brother, this is indeed the best time for my Great Yan Kingdom to attack Jizhou, and we should send troops immediately, so as not to miss such a good opportunity." ”

"Second brother, I am willing to be the vanguard of the army and immediately order the troops!" Murong Ba shouted for his life.

"Your Majesty, give the order to send troops! I'm willing to fight. "All the generals of the Yan Army expressed their willingness to launch an attack on Jizhou.

Seeing that all the generals under his command were planning to launch an attack on Jizhou, Murong Jun was naturally very happy, he nodded, and said: "Since all the generals support sending troops to Jizhou, then the king will officially order to launch an attack on Jizhou, fourth brother, you will be the main general, fifth brother, you will be the vanguard of the army, prepare for a day tomorrow, and early the day after tomorrow, the main army will launch an attack on Jizhou." ”

"Yes, yes." All the generals clenched their fists and accepted the order.

After giving the order, Murong Jun looked at Murong Ke and said, "Fourth brother, our army will launch an attack on Jizhou the day after tomorrow, you can be sure of victory." ”

Murong Ke hugged his fists and said: "Second brother, rest assured, with the strength of our army's 300,000 soldiers and horses, we will definitely be able to defeat Hebei's Xie Ai Army, but in order to reduce the losses of the army, we still have to do our best to get in touch with Pu Jian who is stationed in Lukou, so that Pu Jian will not be the enemy of our army, so that the speed of our army's advance to the south will be greatly increased, and the entire Jizhou will be taken faster." ”

When Murong Jun heard this, he nodded, and said with a straight face: "Don't worry, I will immediately send someone to Lukou to persuade Pu Jian, however, in order to prevent Pu Jian from breaking his promise, our army still has to allocate a certain number of men and horses to deploy near Lukou to monitor Pu Jian's legion so that it cannot pose a threat to our army's back." ”

"Second brother, don't worry, I know how to do it." Murong Ke said with a straight face.

Murong Jun pointed to the map in the main hall, and asked: "Jizhou is a vast territory, if we can take Jizhou, the strength of my Great Yan Kingdom will be greatly enhanced, in this battle, our army must take Jizhou, and it is best to take part of Bingzhou and Sizhou by the way, so that the entire north of the Yellow River will be the world of my Great Yan Kingdom." After speaking, he looked at the generals in the main hall.

"Your Majesty, Jizhou has already been taken by our army, it is Hua'an, this kid, suddenly sent troops north, so that our army lost the land of Jizhou, this battle, our army is to recapture the lost land, and continue to forge ahead, take the entire Hebei." One of the generals said loudly.

"Second brother, now Hua'an has been attacked on three sides, and the main force of our army only needs to go all out to deal with Xie Ai's legion, in this battle, our army has a great chance of winning, and there will be no accidents." Murong Ba said confidently.

"Yes! Second brother, with the current strength of Xie Ai's legion, he is not the opponent of my Great Yan Guoxiong Division at all, as long as our army goes south, he will definitely not be able to resist, at least, he will definitely not be able to hold Jizhou. Murong Ke said confidently.

Obviously, none of the generals of the Yan Kingdom knew that Xie Ai had a powerful mysterious heavy chariot unit under his command, so they would make a specific judgment to despise Xie Ai.

When Murong Jun heard this, he was even more happy, he looked at the generals, and said: "The generals will go back to prepare immediately, and early the day after tomorrow, they will go south and take the entire Hebei in one fell swoop." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The tribes will receive the order with a loud voice and leave the main hall immediately.

After the generals left, Murong Jun carefully imagined the various situations that he might encounter in the south, and found out the countermeasures to solve them, until he was completely confirmed that it was foolproof, and then he left the main hall with confidence and returned to the dormitory to rest.

Early in the morning of the second day, the main army of Yan began to make active preparations, and all kinds of grain and grass materials have begun to be loaded.

Early in the morning of the third day, the main army of Yan State was completely ready, and it only needed an order to immediately march in the direction of Jizhou.

In order to boost the morale of the army, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, personally came to the south gate of Jicheng to see off the soldiers who were about to go on the expedition.

"Your Majesty, all the soldiers and horses are ready to set off at any time." A general of the Yan Army looked at Murong Jun and reported loudly.

Murong Jun nodded, looked at Murong Ke, and said, "Fourth brother, this battle is a crucial battle for my Great Yan Kingdom, and this battle depends on you, you must fight a big victory." ”

"Second brother, don't worry, I will definitely win this battle, and I will definitely not let you down." Murong Ke said confidently.

Listening to Murong Ke's confident statement, Murong Jun was very happy, he nodded, and ordered softly: "Okay, let's go immediately!" ”

Murong Ke heard the order and gave the order for the whole army to set off.

Soon, the main army of more than 300,000 people of Yan State, under the command of Murong Ke, left Jicheng in a mighty way and marched in the direction of Jizhou, preparing to take Jizhou in one fell swoop, and even, capture the entire land of Hebei.

The main army of 300,000 of the Yan State marched to the south in a mighty way, and such a large-scale military operation naturally could not escape the meticulous work sent by Xie Ai in Jicheng.

After learning the news that the main army of the Yan State had gone south, these meticulous works immediately transmitted the news back to Yecheng in the shortest possible time, so that Xie Ai could learn the news as soon as possible, so as to prepare for the battle.

Soon, in the direction of Yecheng, Xie Ai learned the exact news that the main army of Yan Guo had gone south, which made him very nervous, although this was already an expected situation, but when Xie Ai learned that the army of Yan Guo had really gone south, he was still inevitably frightened, after all, the strength of the army of Yan was very strong, which naturally caused Xie Ai to be nervous.

"General, the main army of 300,000 in the Yan Kingdom has already sent troops south, and I believe it won't be long before it will arrive in Yecheng." Yang An looked at Xie Ai and said.

Xie Ai nodded, and said with a straight face: "That's right, there are very few soldiers and horses deployed in Jizhou, and the general has already told General Zhang Hao that every time he fights with the Yan army, he is only allowed to lose but not win, so that the army of the Yan Kingdom will naturally progress rapidly, and at most half a month, it will arrive near Yecheng." (To be continued......)