When Murong Ke ordered the evacuation, he naturally thought of the fact that the cavalry of the Jin army would follow and pursue, but at this moment, the main army of nearly 200,000 of the Jin army was gradually approaching, and the iron cavalry under his command was unable to quickly defeat Wang Meng's army because of their congenital disadvantage, and it was even difficult to get close to Wang Meng's army. Naturally, he did not want to see such a situation, and for this, he had to immediately order a retreat.

Seeing that the army under the command of Murong Ke was retreating north along the road outside the east gate of Gaoyang City, Wang Meng immediately ordered the main army under his command to immediately launch a pursuit, and used the long-range attack of the bow and crossbow to shoot the Yan cavalry at the back of the team, with the least loss, to obtain the greatest result.

Under the pursuit of tens of thousands of cavalry under Wang Meng, the Yan cavalry under Murong Ke, who was in charge of the palace, suffered a lot of losses, but the cavalry at the back of the Yan army was the light cavalry under Murong Ke, and they were also equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows like the cavalry of the Jin army, so they also caused a lot of losses to the pursuing Wang Meng's army, especially the pursuit along the road of the east wall of Gaoyang City. For this reason, they did not take any advantage, especially the Yan army crossbowmen on the eastern wall of Gaoyang City, the threat to Wang Meng's army was too great.

"General, the narrowest part of the road outside the east gate is only an arrow wide, and our army's pursuit of men and horses is completely within the range of the Yan army's crossbowmen on the city wall. If we continue to pursue like this, our army will suffer heavy losses! One of the generals frowned.

"General, our army should attack Gaoyang City first, and then calmly pursue the Yan army." Another general said loudly.

As the main general of the whole army, Wang Meng naturally did not want to let the main army under his command suffer heavy losses, so he immediately ordered to stop the pursuit of Murong Ke's cavalry corps, and let the army immediately gather men and horses outside the south gate of Gaoyang City. Take out the siege equipment that has been prepared. and stepped up the construction of more siege equipment, intending to break through Gaoyang City as quickly as possible, so as to continue to pursue Murong Ke's main army.

Wang Meng's army gave up the pursuit of Murong Ke's army and deployed a large army outside the south gate of Gaoyang City. He put on a posture of attacking Gaoyang City. This made Murong Ping, who was in charge of defending Gaoyang City, scared.

He originally thought. As long as Murong Ke's main army makes a move, it will definitely be able to defeat the cavalry of the Jin army, for this reason. He deliberately gathered an army of 40,000 troops, ready to take advantage of the collapse of the Jin cavalry, to go out of the city to pick up the merits, but Murong Ke's main cavalry not only did not defeat Wang Meng's army, but fell behind, and finally fled from the main road outside the east gate to the direction of the north gate, such a situation made Murong Ping very surprised, and anxious about it.

"General, the main force of our army has fled to the direction of the north gate, and now, the Jin army is preparing to attack the city, with the strength of our army, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold the city!" A general of the Yan Army said worriedly.

"General, the king once ordered that as long as the main force of our army is evacuated safely, our soldiers and horses do not have to defend Gaoyang City, and can withdraw directly to Fanyang City." A subordinate reminded softly.

When Murong Ping heard this, he nodded, and said softly: "As long as the main army is withdrawn, our army will no longer defend Gaoyang City, and the order will be sent down, so that all the soldiers and soldiers are ready to evacuate." ”

"Yes, General." The general answered, and immediately went to prepare.

Looking at the 60,000 Jin cavalry reinforcements from the south gate, Murong Ping had already made up his mind to give up Gaoyang City, after all, the soldiers and horses under his command could not resist the attack of the main force of the Jin army, besides, more Jin soldiers and horses were still behind, once all the Jin soldiers and horses arrived, they would be even more powerless to resist.

In the direction of the south gate of Gaoyang City, the 60,000 main cavalry led by Deng Qiang, Wang Wu, Wang San, and Zhuge Xiong soon arrived at the south gate of Gaoyang City, and converged with Wang Meng's army.

"General Wang, has Murong Ke's 100,000 army already entered the city?" Deng Qiang looked at Wang Meng and asked loudly.

Wang Meng said softly: "Murong Ke's main army has been evacuated along the main road outside the east gate of Gaoyang City, the east gate road is within the range of the Yan army's crossbowmen on the city wall, the main force of our army is not suitable to pursue, we should capture Gaoyang City first, and then continue to pursue the main force of the Yan army." ”

Deng Qiang and other generals all nodded, and agreed to Wang Meng's construction, preparing to do their best to attack Gaoyang City first, and then launch a further pursuit against the main force of the Yan army.

In the direction of the north gate of Gaoyang City, Murong Ke and the main army under his command gradually stopped in the large open space outside the north gate, at this time, the cavalry of the Jin army did not chase after them, so they could take a good breath.

At this moment, Murong Ke regretted the most that he did not equip all the soldiers of the Iron Rope Cavalry with bows and crossbows, if all the soldiers of the Iron Rope Cavalry had bows and crossbows, they would not fall behind in the face of the bow and arrow attacks of Wang Meng's army, and they could even use a denser formation to gain some kind of advantage.

"Fourth brother, now, the main force of the Jin army is gradually approaching, and our army should not stay for a long time, so we should immediately evacuate in the direction of Fanyang City." Murong Ba said loudly.

"General, the 50,000 troops of Gaoyang City must also be evacuated together." A Yan military general reminded.

Murong Ke nodded and said loudly: "Pass the order, the whole army and horses continue to march north, go to Fanyang City to station, and in addition, send someone to inform the army in the city to immediately abandon Gaoyang City and evacuate with the main army." ”

"Yes, General." The general shouted the order and immediately went to prepare.

"Fourth brother, as soon as our army retreats, the cavalry of the Jin army will inevitably pursue in the rear, should we leave a group of men and horses to resist the pursuit of the Jin army." Murong Ba said softly.

When Murong Ke heard this, he said softly: "Just let Uncle Ping leave two thousand men and horses to defend the south gate of Gaoyang City, I believe that with the strength of our army's two thousand men and horses, it will be no problem to resist for a few hours." ”

"The fourth brother is right, I'll arrange it." Murong Ba responded, and then sent his henchmen to deliver the order.

Under Murong Ke's order, the 100,000 main cavalry under his command marched towards Fanyang City at the fastest speed, and when it was timed, Murong Ke sent his henchmen to send an order for Murong Ke's 50,000 horses to immediately evacuate Gaoyang City, and leave 2,000 men and horses to defend the south gate wall of Gaoyang City, so as to delay the advance of the main force of the Jin army.

In Gaoyang City, all the soldiers under Murong Ping's command were ready to evacuate Gaoyang City, and they could set off immediately as long as Murong Ping gave an order.

"General, the main force of our army has withdrawn from the direction of the north gate, and an order has been sent to let our army leave two thousand men and horses to defend the south gate, and the rest of the men and horses will immediately withdraw from Gaoyang City and march in the direction of Fanyang City." A subordinate general hurriedly walked over and reported to Murong Ping.

When Murong Ping heard this, he frowned and said softly: "The main force of the Jin army is strong, no matter how many men and horses our army leaves, it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Jin army, why leave two thousand men and horses to die in vain?" Judging from the general, it is enough to leave 300 soldiers. ”

Obviously, Murong Ping is unwilling to leave two thousand men and horses, after all, the strength of the Jin army is very strong, no matter how many men and horses are left, they can't resist for long, and the army under Murong Ping has been scattered by more than 20,000 people, and he is not willing to lose another two thousand men and horses, so he is only willing to leave three hundred men and horses to continue to defend the city wall.

"General, only three hundred men and horses are left, this is disobedience!" A general said worriedly.

Murong Ping smiled and said softly: "Murong Ke is my nephew, don't get in the way, pass the order, leave three hundred men and horses to defend the south gate city wall, and the main army will immediately assemble in the direction of the north gate, ready to evacuate Gaoyang City with the main army." ”

"Yes, General." The general shouted the order and immediately went to prepare.

Subsequently, except for the three hundred Yan soldiers who defended the south gate of Gaoyang City, the rest of the men and horses all left from the north gate of Gaoyang City under the leadership of Murong Ping and headed towards Fanyang City in Youzhou.

Murong Ping didn't have to worry about violating Murong Ke's orders at all, of course, this was not because he was Murong Ke's uncle, but because Murong Jun, the king of Yan, believed in him more and regarded him as a confidant.

Soon, in the direction of the south gate of Gaoyang City, the main force of the 150,000 Jin army was ready to attack Gaoyang City, and hundreds of siege thunderbolt vehicles had entered the preparation stage before launching.

"General, the soldiers are fully prepared to continue and can launch an attack." A Jin army general said loudly.

Wang Meng nodded and ordered: "The whole army will attack immediately." ”

"Knock knock knock ......" As the order was given, hundreds of war drums emitted a deafening drum sound.

With the sound of war drums, hundreds of thunderbolt vehicles of the Jin army immediately fired the thunderbolts that had been prepared for a long time, and tens of thousands of forward soldiers immediately moved the ladder to attack in the direction of the south gate of Gaoyang City.

There were only 300 soldiers left in the Yan army defending Gaoyang City, and such weak soldiers and horses were naturally unable to resist the attack of the main force of the Jin army, but since they accepted the order to hold on, they must be determined to live and die with the city, and for this reason, they immediately launched a counterattack.

The counterattack ability of the three hundred Yan soldiers is really limited, and under the suppression of the Jin army's hundreds of siege thunderbolts, the counterattack ability is even more limited.

Seeing that the counterattack ability of the Yan army at the head of the city was so weak, Wang Meng and other generals of the Jin army seemed to have a premonition. (To be continued......)