It turned out that after the west gate of Yecheng was broken by Puxiong, the scattered soldiers immediately spread the news throughout the city, and Ran Zhi and the ministers in the palace saw that Yecheng had been breached, so they changed into civilian clothes and prepared to take advantage of the chaos to escape from Yecheng, looking for the main army of Jiang Gan and Wang Wu, but just escaped from Yecheng, they were surrounded by the swarming Puxiong army, and were immediately exposed and captured.

As soon as Pu Xiong led his troops to the Yecheng Palace, he captured Ran Zhi and other important figures of Wei alive, and he was naturally very proud, so he immediately rode his horse to the direction of the south gate, ready to ask his father for credit, but unexpectedly found that his father Pu Hong had been hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, and it seemed that he was seriously injured.

"Father, what's wrong with Father?" Pu Xiong jumped off his horse, walked up to Pu Hong, and asked anxiously.

Seeing his four sons returning triumphantly, Pu Hong smiled with difficulty, and explained the aftermath in front of his two sons and many subordinates, but the more core explanation was only known to his two sons.

After explaining his last words, Pu Hong's eyes closed and he lost his breath, and then, all the generals under Pu Hong's command jointly elected Pu Jian as the chief general of the whole army and was in charge of the whole army.

After Pu Jian led the main army into Yecheng, according to Pu Hong's last words, he did not kill any of the people of Yecheng, and imprisoned all important figures such as Ran Zhi and prepared to sacrifice to Murong Jun to reflect his determination to belong to the Yan State.

A day later, the tens of thousands of troops under Pu Jian's command were all dressed in linen and filial piety, and the walls of Yecheng were also full of white flags for mourning, because Yecheng had been occupied at this moment. In order to increase the momentum, there is no need to hide the fact that they belong to the Yan Kingdom, and for this reason, the walls of Yecheng are full of the banners of the Yan army to show everyone that they have joined the Great Yan Empire.

The news of the occupation of Yecheng by Puhong's army soon reached the camp of Jiang Gan's army, and at this moment, Jiang Gan and the main cavalry under his command were still on the way, and there were still more than 20 miles away from Yecheng, and I heard that Yecheng was breached. Jiang Gan was really taken aback. and immediately dispatched his henchmen to Yecheng to inquire about the news of Ran Zhi, the king of Wei.

When the main cavalry under Jiang Gan arrived on the north bank of Zhangshui and set up camp, the personal soldiers sent to Yecheng finally returned.

"Say it quickly. What happened to the king? "See the soldiers return. Jiang Gan asked anxiously.

The pro-soldier clasped his fists and replied: "Return to the general." The king has been captured by the Yan army, and many ministers of our dynasty have not been spared, and all of them have become prisoners of the Yan army. ”

"Yan Jun. Puhong's army, when did it become the Yan army. Jiang Gan asked in surprise.

"General, now, on the wall of Yecheng, it is indeed the banner of Yan Country that is flying, and your subordinates will not be mistaken." The pro-soldier clasped his fists and said affirmatively.

Jiang Gan was furious when he heard this, and said loudly: "Pu Hong, a thief, actually took refuge in Murong Jun, no wonder he had such courage to surrender to Yecheng." ”

"General, Pu Hong should be dead." The soldier said with his fists clenched.

"Oh, the thief is really dead." Jiang Gan asked.

The soldiers replied: "My subordinates went to Yecheng to investigate, and found that the whole army of the Yan army wore filial piety, except for the death of the main general, under other circumstances, the whole army would not wear filial piety." ”

"Haha! Okay, Pu Hong, a thief, sneaked up on Yecheng, and it really didn't end well. Jiang Gan said hatefully.

When a subordinate general heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "General, the enemy has dismantled all the pontoon bridges built by our army on the Zhangshui River, and now, the king has been captured by the enemy again, what should we do?" ”

When Jiang Gan heard this, he sighed and said: "Now, our army has no better way, only to immediately notify General Wang Wu in the direction of Xiangguo City, and ask him to immediately reinforce him, so that we can concentrate enough soldiers and horses to confront the soldiers and horses under Pu Jian's command, no matter how difficult it is, we must go all out to rescue the king and the ministers of our dynasty." ”

"General, we should have a better way to rescue the king." The general said softly.

"What's better, let's talk about it." Jiang Gan hurriedly asked.

The general immediately said: "Pu Jiansheng captured the king and the ministers, and he will definitely not be imprisoned in Yecheng all the time, since they have already attached themselves to Murong Jun, they will definitely send some men and horses to escort the king and the ministers to Jicheng, so that if our army sets up an ambush on the way, we will definitely be able to save the king and the ministers in one fell swoop." ”

"Okay, this plan is very good, immediately send a team of men and horses to closely investigate every move in the direction of Yecheng, and report back immediately as soon as there is news from the king." Jiang Gan ordered loudly.

The generals commanded. immediately went to prepare, and Jiang Gan blamed himself in the big tent, if he hadn't been so happy and wanted to raid Xiangguo City, Yecheng would not have been lost, and Ran Zhi, the king of Wei, would not have been captured by Pu Jiansheng, all the qiē was caused by his mistakes, and he had an unshirkable responsibility.

In the direction of Xiangguo City, after two consecutive days and one night of continuous siege, Wei general Wang Wu took the strategy of attacking the east and the west, and attacked the south gate of Xiangguo City with all his might, but secretly ambushed a group of men and horses in the direction of the north gate.

The north gate of Xiangguo City has been breached, and the defenders of Yan State saw that the general trend had gone, so they immediately withdrew from Xiangguo City from the east and west gates, leaving this important city to the Wei army.

After entering Xiangguo City, Wang Wu ordered to immediately collect the army of Yan and leave a large amount of grain and grass in the city.

"General, Xiangguo City has been taken by our army, and next, the main force of our army should immediately reinforce Yecheng." A subordinate reminded softly.

Wang Wu nodded, and said with a straight face: "That's right, Yecheng is in danger, our army can't stay here for a long time, leaving 5,000 men and horses to defend Xiangguo City, and the main army will then assemble and prepare to reinforce Yecheng." ”

"Report, general, news has come from Yecheng that the 50,000 main force of the Yan army has broken the city and captured the king and the ministers alive." Just when Wang Wu was about to reinforce Yecheng, extremely unfavorable news came from the scouts.

Wang Wu was shocked when he heard this, and said loudly: "How can it be so fast, although Yecheng only has 10,000 defenders, it is enough to hold on for many days, and also, when did Puhong's main army become the Yan army." ”

The scout made a careful report to Wang Wu on what happened in Yecheng in 1510.

After listening to the scout's report, Wang Wu learned the fact that Pu Hong belonged to Yan Guo, which also made him understand why Pu Hong had the courage to attack Yecheng, it turned out that Yan Guo was behind him.

"Newspaper, General, General Chiang's letter." A personal soldier handed over Jiang Gan's handwritten letter to Wang Wu.

Wang Wu took the letter and read it carefully, the content of the letter was basically the same as the situation reported by the scout, and Jiang Gan asked him to immediately lead the army back to Yecheng.

After some preparations, the main army under Wang Wu left Xiangguo City and marched towards Yecheng.

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In Yecheng, Pu Jian and Pu Xiong all knelt beside Pu Hong's body wearing linen and filial piety, as sons of man, they naturally had to fulfill their filial piety, but as the commander and core of the whole army, Pu Jian and Pu Xiong still had to deal with various major affairs in the army.

"General, Ran Zhi and the others can't stay in Yecheng all the time, they must be sent to Jicheng as much as possible and dedicated to King Yan, otherwise, with King Yan's suspicious character, he will definitely doubt our intentions, and ask the general to make a decision." In the interval between Pu Jian's rest, a subordinate general hugged his fist and built a way.

When Pu Jian heard this, he said softly: "Of course the general knows that the sooner Ran Zhi and the others are sent to Jicheng, the more beneficial it will be to me, but at present, Jiang Gan, the general of the Wei State, is on the north bank of Zhangshui, if we escort Ran Zhi to Jicheng, it is difficult to guarantee that Jiang Gan will not be intercepted on the way, so it will not be a failure." ”

When the general heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "What the general said is, however, we have to find a way to send Ran Zhi to Jicheng as much as possible, and we can't leave them in Yecheng because of Jiang Gan, otherwise, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of King Yan." ”

"Third brother, let me lead an army of 20,000 to escort me personally, I don't think Jiang Gan will be helpless?" Pu Xiong said loudly.

When Pu Jian heard this, he looked at Pu Xiong, shook his head and said: "Escorting Ran Zhi and the others to Jicheng is a matter of great importance, and there must be no room for any mistakes, and it should be considered in the long run, so as not to make any mistakes." ”

"Does the third brother have a preliminary plan in mind?" Pu Xiong asked softly.

Pu Jian thought for a moment and said softly: "We must at least give the Wei army a hard time distinguishing between the real and the fake, so that they can't tell whether there is Ran Zhi in the team escorted by our army, so that they can disturb their sight and make Jiang Gan and the others have no way to start." ”

When Pu Xiong heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he said softly: "Third brother, then we will prepare immediately now." ”

Pu Jian nodded and whispered a call in Pu Xiong's ear, and after Pu Xiong listened, he immediately turned around and left the Chinese army's tent and went to the army to give orders.

A few hours later, 300 soldiers under Pu Jian's command, escorting dozens of prisoner carts full of prisoners, slowly drove out of the palace of Yecheng, and went straight to the east gate of Yecheng.

The 300 soldiers under Pu Jian's command escorted dozens of prisoner carts out of Yecheng, and such a conspicuous action naturally could not escape the eyes of Jiang Gan's scouts, who immediately returned to the north bank of Zhangshui and reported the news to Jiang Gan, who was sitting in the camp.

After learning of this situation, Jiang Gan thought that among the dozens of prisoner cars, they must be important figures of the Wei State, and as for whether Ran Zhi would be in the prisoner car, he could not know.

In order to find out the specific situation of the escort convoy, Jiang Gan sent more scouts to track and investigate every move of the prisoner car convoy, and at the same time, gathered 3,000 elite cavalry under his command to prepare for an immediate attack to intercept this prisoner car team. (To be continued......)