The main army under Murong Ke soon arrived in Rongshui, but instead of attacking in the direction of Lukou City, they made a detour through Zhongshan County, preparing to pass from Zhongshan County to Guò, thus entering Julu County, and finally attacking Xiangguo and Yecheng, and then taking the whole of Hebei.

On the north bank of Lunshui, the main army under Murong Ke set up camp, where they were to rest for a day and wait for news from the direction of Lukou City.

At this time, the henchmen sent by Murong Jun had already entered Lukou City and started secret negotiations with Pu Jian, the defender of Lukou City.

Pu Jian naturally didn't want to conflict with Yan Guo, and Murong Ke had more than 300,000 soldiers and horses going south this time, and with the 50,000 troops under his command, he couldn't resist it no matter what, for this reason, Pu Jian was very willing to accept Yan Guo's conditions, but after all, he had already taken refuge in Hua'an, and now, Hua'an's power was still very huge, and he couldn't make an accurate prediction about whether Yan Guo could defeat Xie Ai's Hebei Army, so he was still quite worried.

"Third brother, Murong Ke personally led the main army of 300,000 to the south, and the strength is extremely strong, and our army will definitely not be able to resist the army of Yan State, so we must agree to Yan Guo's request and not make enemies with them." Pu Xiong said softly.

Pu Jian nodded, and said: "You are right, with the strength of our army, it is impossible to resist Murong Ke's main army, but there are more than 300,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the Northern King, and it is not certain who will die in the end?" If our army is indifferent to the southward movement of the Yan army, once the Yan State is finally defeated and the Northern King is held accountable, we will be in trouble. After speaking, his expression was quite worried.

"Third brother. The king of the north deployed our army in Lukou City, in order to let our army serve as a pawn to resist the southward movement of the Yan army, if we confront the Yan army, we will soon be in trouble, or even the whole army will be annihilated, so. Regardless of what happens in the future, we must now agree to the terms of the Yan Kingdom. Pu Xiong said calmly.

Pu Jian thought for a moment, and said: "You're right, we have no choice, but we must be ready to evacuate Lukou City at any time." ”

"The third brother plans to evacuate Lukou City? So where is the right place to retreat? Pu Xiong asked softly.

Pu Jian said softly: "We are sandwiched between big countries, life is really difficult, instead of living in fear all day long, it is better to choose a time to leave here." Returning to our hometown in the Western Regions, although it is not as rich as here, life must be better than here, at least there is no need to be caught between the Jin Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom. ”

Obviously, with the gradual strengthening of the Great Jin and Yan Kingdoms, Pu Jian has lost the idea of dominating the world in the Central Plains, and he feels that if he leaves the Central Plains. Go to the Western Regions, maybe there will be better development. After all, the Western Regions is vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many powerful enemies, which is very conducive to his development.

"What the third brother said is that if we really can't stay any longer, we will have to leave Lukou City. I went to the Western Regions, so there was no need to worry about the punishment of the Northern King. Pu Xiong said softly.

Pu Jian nodded, and officially issued an order to send his henchmen to Murong Ke's camp. Sued Murong Ke that he was willing to stick to Lukou City and not move his troops, so as not to interfere with the southward movement of the main army of Yan State.

The henchmen sent by Pu Jian quickly spread the news to Murong Ke's camp and reported to Murong Ke in person.

Knowing that Pu Jian was very knowledgeable about the times and agreed to the request of the Great Yan Kingdom, Murong Ke was very happy, so that the first line of defense to attack Hebei would not be broken, and then, he only needed to go all out to attack the Xie Ai Army.

"Fourth brother, I really didn't expect Pu Jian to agree to our army's request so happily, it seems that there is no need to fight this battle in Lukou City." Murong Ba said happily.

Obviously, Murong Ba was very happy to be able to solve the first major military place in the north of Jizhou so smoothly, as long as the problem of Lukou City was solved, the entire northern part of Jizhou would be completely unimpeded, and the army of Yan State could be said to have captured half of Jizhou's land without bloodshed.

"With the strength of my Great Yan Kingdom's 300,000 troops, does Pu Jian dare not surrender?" A general of the Yan Kingdom said confidently.

"General, since Pu Jian has promised not to be an enemy of our Great Yan Kingdom, then the main force of our army can calmly attack in the direction of Yecheng." Another general of the Yan Kingdom said loudly.

Murong Ke looked at the generals under his command and said loudly: "Although Pu Jian promised not to be an enemy of our Great Yan Kingdom, if he repents, wouldn't there be a risk of our army's back road being cut off, have you thought about this?" ”

"General, what should I do then? Do you want to continue to send troops to attack Lukou City? A Yan general said loudly.

Murong Ke shook his head and said, "There is no need to attack Lukou City, but in order to ensure the smooth flow of our army's rear route, our army must leave 50,000 troops near Lukou City to ensure that Pujian's army cannot threaten our army's rear route." ”

"What the general said is extremely true, so that our army will have no worries about the future." One of the generals agreed.

When the rest of the generals heard this, they also nodded approvingly, agreeing with Murong Ke's suggestion.

Subsequently, Murong Ke officially ordered that the 50,000 troops under his command should stay near Lukou City, responsible for maintaining the smooth flow of grain routes, and closely monitoring the Pu Jian army in Lukou City to prevent its misdeeds.

After leaving 50,000 troops near Lukou City, Murong Ke led the remaining 250,000 troops in the direction of Zhongshan County, and arrived at Anxi City on the second day, and then continued in the direction of Weichang City due south.

At this time, in Weichang City, Zhang Hao, a subordinate general under Xie Ai, had already arrived near the city with 30,000 cavalry, and was preparing to fight with the Yan army here.

The news of the arrival of Zhang Oyster's army in Weichang City was naturally discovered by the scouts of the Yan State a long time ago, and they reported the news to Murong Ke.

Murong Ke saw that there were only 30,000 cavalry under Zhang Hao's command, and he was quite contemptuous in his heart, after all, with the strength of Zhang Hao's 30,000 cavalry, it was completely impossible to stop the 250,000 main army under his command.

"Fourth brother, Zhang Hao only has 30,000 cavalry under his command, and he is not the opponent of our army's main force at all, he is here to die." Seeing that Zhang Hao took the initiative to lead the army to Weichang City, Murong Ba said mockingly.

Murong Ke smiled and said, "Fifth brother, give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, you immediately lead 50,000 light cavalry to Weichang City, and you must defeat Zhang Oyster." ”

"Yes, fourth brother, you can rest assured!" Murong Ba received the order loudly, and immediately led 50,000 light horsemen to run in the direction of Weichang City.

At this time, the main army under the command of Murong Ke was not far from Weichang City, so Murong Ba and his 50,000 light cavalry soon arrived in Weichang City and fought against the 30,000 cavalry under Zhang Hao.

The 30,000 cavalry under Zhang Hao had arrived in Weichang City for half a day, and the soldiers had completely recovered, so they could fight to the death with the army under Murong Ba.

However, Zhang Hao received an order that he could only defeat but not win, for this reason, he would not fight to the death with the cavalry under Murong Ba at all, he wanted to fight with Murong Ba symbolically, and then lead the army under his command to retreat south, and defeat several times along the way, delay and weaken the offensive edge of the Yan army, and pave the way for the final victory of Xie Ai's main army.

Murong Ba led his 50,000 light cavalry to arrive near Weichang City, and saw that Zhang Hao and his 30,000 cavalry had already lined up outside the city, and couldn't help but be surprised.

"General, the enemy cavalry is in a sharp formation, and it looks like they are going to fight to the death with our army!" A subordinate general looked at Murong Ba and said loudly.

Murong Ba sneered and said loudly: "What is the decisive battle, in the eyes of this general, they are seeking their own death, and they are impatient." ”

"General, should we attack immediately?" The general asked loudly.

Murong Ba nodded, and said with a straight face: "Pass the order, and the whole army is ready to attack." ”

When the general heard the order, he immediately conveyed the order to prepare for the attack, and for a while, the flag fluttered among the Yan army, and the soldiers checked their weapons and prepared for the attack.

"General, the army of Yan seems to be preparing to attack." The subordinate next to Zhang Oyster looked at Zhang Oyster and reminded loudly.

Zhang Oyster naturally saw it a long time ago, he nodded, and said loudly: "Soldiers, prepare to meet the enemy." ”

"Prepare to meet the enemy, prepare to meet the enemy." The order was passed down the ladder and soon reached the ears of every soldier.

"Attack, kill ......" Murong Ba loudly conveyed the order and took the lead in killing forward

"Kill ......" the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom roared forward to kill.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom had launched an attack, Zhang Hao frowned and shouted: "Soldiers, attack, kill ......"

......Under the leadership of Zhang Hao, the 30,000 cavalry under his command launched an attack on the Yan cavalry.

30,000 against 50,000, the cavalry under Zhang Oyster obviously did not have any advantage, but because the difference in strength was not very obvious, and the cavalry under Zhang Oyster was waiting for work, for this reason, there was no defeat like a mountain, but a situation of equal strength.

In this case, the fighting between the two sides is particularly fierce, and the battlefield is full of blood-soaked scenes, and the sounds of fighting, neighing horses, and the crashing of swords are intertwined, making people feel the taste of hell.

However, after all, the soldiers and horses under Zhang Hao's command were in a weak position, so they soon became a little struggling, and the casualties on both sides gradually increased.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat." Just when the fighting between the two sides was heating up, Zhang Hao gave the order to retreat. (To be continued......)