Chapter 738: Hold your ground

Among the soldiers of the Yan Army, there were not many who could swim, so they were all driven by the survival instinct, and they all grabbed the side chords of the boat and tried their best to climb upwards.

"Let go, let it all go." Seeing that many soldiers still did not let go and tried their best to climb up, the soldiers on the boat shouted loudly again, and easily cut down several soldiers who were about to climb onto the boat.

"General, get on board." Several generals urged Murong Ba to get on the ship.

Seeing the soldiers under his command being cut down and falling into the water, Murong Ba felt a little unbearable, but at this critical moment, saving his life was the most important thing.

At the urging of the generals, Murong Ba jumped into the boat from the horseback, and several generals also entered the boat one after another, and after all the main generals boarded the boat, seven or eight small boats began to row towards the opposite shore.

More than 10,000 soldiers of the Yan army, who were forced into the shore of Zhangshui by the main force of the Jin army, had lost the strength to resist, and the soldiers had to take off their armor and swim to the opposite shore in order to save their lives.

"Shoot the arrow, release the arrow with all your might." Seeing that the soldiers of the Yan army tried to swim north and return, the soldiers of the Jin army ordered to release arrows.

......After the rain of arrows, most of the Yan soldiers who took off their armor were shot, and more soldiers died by drowning, and less than thirty percent of them successfully escaped Zhangshui.

Seeing that the forward soldiers under his command were almost completely annihilated by the Jin army, Murong Ke closed his eyes slightly, and the generals beside him all expressed extreme anger.

"Fourth brother, it seems that the Jin army has known about our army's plan for a long time." Murong Ba fled to the north shore, quickly ran to Murong Ke's side, and said loudly.

Murong Ke nodded lightly. Zhengse said: "The so-called extreme must be opposed, the more true some lies are, the easier it is to reveal flaws, I am too light on the enemy, underestimate him." ”

"Fourth brother, now, not only has our army not broken through Yecheng, but also lost more than 10,000 troops, I really don't know how to explain to the second brother!" Murong Ba said helplessly.

When the generals of the Yan Army beside him heard this, they all bowed their heads and were silent. Apparently. After such a big defeat, they all have a certain responsibility.

Murong Ke stared at the south bank of Zhangshui and said softly: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and our army must use a huge victory. to respond to the shame of today. After saying that, he clenched his fists.

"Yes. The Jin army must be made to pay a heavy price. to avenge today's arrows. Murong Ba echoed loudly.

"Well, we must make the Jin army pay for this." The generals of the Yan Army all spoke loudly.

On the south bank of Zhangshui. Hua'an and the main army under his command won a huge victory of destroying more than 10,000 enemies, and the soldiers were extremely happy and cheered loudly.

"Your Majesty, our army has won a complete victory, and more than 10,000 enemies have been annihilated." Wang San reported loudly.

Hua An nodded with a smile, and said: "The Yan army has lost more than 10,000 soldiers, and it must hate this king to death, next, Murong Ke will definitely not be willing to give up, our army must be vigilant, and don't let the Yan army have a chance." ”

"Rest assured, Your Majesty! Our army scouts will closely watch every move of the main force of the Yan army, and Murong Ke will not be able to play any new tricks. Wang San said loudly.

Seeing that Wang San had a feeling of underestimating the enemy because of the victory in a battle, Hua An shook his head slightly, he believed that Murong Ke was definitely not as easy to deal with as he imagined, in this operation, if it weren't for Murong Ke underestimating the enemy and completely transferring the army in the middle lane, thus putting on a posture that was too obvious to force the two wings, he might really be in the middle of the plan.

In the next confrontation, Hua An doesn't know what kind of strategy Murong Ke will adopt, but in the face of Murong Ke, a terrible opponent, he must not underestimate the enemy.

Murong Ke, who was standing on the north bank of Zhangshui, could clearly hear the cheers of the Jin army soldiers on the south bank of Zhangshui, and this excited cheer was sarcastic to him in Murong Ke's ears.

"Give the order to go down and retreat five miles back and camp." Murong Ke ordered softly.

"Yes, General." When the general heard the order, he immediately went to give the order.

Soon, the main force of the Yan army left the north bank of Zhangshui and went to the open space in the rear, but Murong Ke and his subordinate generals had been standing on the shore of the north bank, he wanted to stay for a while and completely remember the shame of tonight.

"Fourth brother, the soldiers have all left." Murong Ba said softly.

Murong Ke looked sideways to the east and found that the sky had begun to slowly brighten, and the main force of the Jin army on the north bank had also left the shore, so he said softly: "Go back to the camp." After speaking, he stepped on his war horse, turned around and ran in the direction of the camp.

The generals of the Yan Army followed behind Murong Ke and ran in the direction of the camp that had just been built.

After returning to the camp, Murong Ke was not sleepy, he sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, and began to think about how to defeat the main force of the Jin army.

What made Murong Ke most depressed was that the Zhangshui in front of him blocked the conditions for the main army under his command to give full play to the advantages, if it wasn't for Zhangshui to block, the 200,000 main cavalry under his command would have been able to defeat the Jin and Wei coalition forces with less than 100,000 cavalry, so as to gain the initiative of the warship, but where Zhangshui lay crossed, changing the situation of the battlefield.

"If there is no Zhangshui to block it, the Jin and Wei coalition forces will not be the opponent of our army." Murong Ke said to himself.

However, soon, Murong Ke thought that if he adopted the tactic of luring the enemy and lured the main force of the Jin army to a flat position, he would definitely be able to completely defeat the main force of the Jin army by virtue of the advantage of the cavalry of the Yan army.

Of course, Murong Ke didn't think that Hua'an was so easy to deceive, and the general strategy of luring the enemy would not let Hua'an take the risk of attacking at all, after all, Hua'an was not a fool, he knew that his cavalry was not the opponent of the Yan army.

Murong Ke immediately took the map and began to study the terrain of the entire Hebei, and after thinking carefully for a long time, he suddenly thought of a plan that was enough to mobilize the main force of the Jin army.

It's just that this strategy also has certain weaknesses, which must be nodded by Murong Jun, the king of Yan, and Murong Ke can't make the decision alone.

After thinking about it carefully, Murong Ke immediately took out a pen and paper, reported the news of the defeat on the shore of Zhangshui, and the next countermeasures he was brewing to Murong Jun, and asked for Murong Jun's instructions.

After the letter was sent, Murong Ke breathed a sigh of relief, believing that as long as Murong Jun agreed to his proposal, he would definitely be able to defeat the main force of the Jin army.

Soon, Murong Ke's letter was sent to the Yan Palace, Jicheng, and handed over to Murong Jun.

Murong Jun opened the letter and saw that the army of Yan State was actually annihilated by the Jin army on the south bank of Zhangshui, and he couldn't help but be extremely angry, which seemed to him to be a great shame and an intolerable thing.

However, after reading Murong Ke's revenge plan, Murong Jun nodded with satisfaction, and decided to agree with Murong Ke's plan to lure the enemy into depth, and teach the Jin army a good lesson.

In fact, Murong Ke's plan is very simple, that is, to give up attacking Yecheng, march in the direction of Bingzhou with the strength of the whole army, make a gesture of joining the main army of Daiguo, and annihilate the Xie Ai Legion, so that Hua'an has to lead the main army to rescue, if Hua'an does not go to the rescue, then the Xie Ai Legion will bear the pressure of more than 300,000 troops, and there is no possibility of holding Jinyang City, and once the Xie Ai Legion is destroyed, Hua'an's two heavy punches will be removed, and the consequences are unimaginable, this is not what Hua'an can bear, If it launches an attack after it enters the flat area, with the cavalry advantage of the Yan army, it can completely break the Hua'an army, so as to avenge the revenge on the south bank of Zhangshui.

In the few days of waiting for Murong Jun's order, the Yan army did not make any move, and all the soldiers were huddled in the camp.

The behavior of the main force of the Yan army is a little abnormal, which makes Hua An's heart a little upset, he doesn't understand what Murong Ke is going to do, and naturally it is not easy to make the next move, for this reason, he can only adopt the strategy of not changing and fighting with the main army of Yan State.

"Your Majesty, the main army of the Yan Kingdom, has not moved for several days, what kind of medicine is being sold in Murong Ke's gourd." In the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang San was a little puzzled, so he asked casually.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "What kind of medicine is sold in Murong Ke's gourd, then you have to ask Murong Ke in person, this king is not a roundworm in Murong Ke's stomach, how can you know Murong Ke's thoughts." ”

"Your Majesty, if Murong Ke has been standing still, how should our army respond?" Wang San then asked.

Hua An shook his head and said: "No, Murong Ke will definitely not die with the main force of our army, and next, he will definitely make some moves." ”

Hearing this, Wang San looked at the map in the big tent, frowned and thought about it, and after a while, he spoke: "Your Majesty, Murong Ke will not move his troops, will he secretly collude with Pu Hong, who is entrenched in the southeast of Jizhou, and prepare to encircle our army." After speaking, he looked at Hua'an.

Hua An looked up at the map in front of him, nodded and said, "There is some truth in your analysis, there is indeed such a possibility, but this Pu Hong is ambitious, and he may not be willing to be used by Yan Guo." ”

"Your Majesty, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, in case Pu Hong really colludes with Murong Ke and launches an attack on the right flank of our army, it will be a great disadvantage to our army!" Wang San said nervously.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, and said: "What you are worried about is very reasonable, this Pu Hong, we have to guard against it, but at present, our army is insufficient, if we want to deal with Pu Hong, we must use the power of Yao Xiang, Zhang Yu, Wei Tong, Zhou Cheng, Le Hong and other generals, so that we can contain Pu Hong's elite army." ”

"Yao Xiang and the others, I'm afraid they may not obey the king's dispatch." Wang San said worriedly.

Hua An said helplessly: "Yao Xiang and the others will indeed not obey the orders of this king, but they all have a gap with Pu Hong, and have always believed that the jade seal of the country was obtained by Pu Hong, so as long as this king brings up this old matter again, let them cross the river to attack Pu Hong and recapture the jade seal, they may be able to listen." (To be continued......)