Hua'an didn't expect Yao Xiang and the others to cross the river to attack Pu Hong, but as long as they could give themselves a face, make a gesture to contain Pu Hong's army, and make Pu Hong dare not act rashly, it would be enough.

"What the king said is that then we will use the power of Yao Xiang and others to contain the Puhong army and protect the flank of our army." Wang San said softly.

Hua An nodded, picked up the brush, and wrote a letter to Yao Xiang and the others, expressing his dissatisfaction with Pu Hong's seizure of the jade seal of the country, and asking them to cross the river to attack Pu Hong in order to recapture the jade seal of the country.

After writing the letter, Hua'an immediately sent a number of personal soldiers to the Chinese army tent of Yao Xiang and others to express his views and promise to give them a large amount of benefits to lure them.

After the letter was sent, Huaan breathed a sigh of relief and waited for the development of the situation with peace of mind.

Soon, Hua'an's handwritten letter was sent to Yao Xiang and other generals, and after they read Hua'an's handwritten letter, they were all a little hesitant, after all, Pu Hong is not good at stubble, crossing the river to attack Pu Hong, it is not a joke, and it is not good to wipe out the whole army.

For the sake of safety, Zhang Yu, Zhou Cheng, Wei Tong, and Le Hong met in Xuchang City to discuss this matter.

In Zhang Yu's Chinese army's big tent, Zhou Cheng, Wei Tong, Le Hong and others arrived after taking the lead, and immediately began to discuss Hua'an's proposal.

"Generals, I believe that you have received the same letter as me, and the king of the north has asked us to join forces to cross the river to attack Puhong and seize the jade seal of the country." Zhang Yu said first.

Zhou Cheng replied: "The scouts of our department have just received the news that the king of the north and the main army under his command. was pinned down by the 200,000 army of Yan State in Yecheng and couldn't move, let me wait to cross the river to attack Pu Hong, I am afraid that I will borrow a knife to kill people, and borrow our hands to get rid of Pu Hong, a big trouble! ”

"That's right, we don't belong to the Northern King, why listen to him, besides, whether this heirloom jade seal is in Pu Hong's hands, or is it unknown?" Wei Tong said loudly.

"Yes! I also got the news that the jade seal of the country is already in the palace of Jiankang City. The jade seal that Pu Hong snatched. Maybe it's a fake. Le Hong said.

Obviously, the four generals Zhang Yu, Zhou Cheng, Wei Tong, and Le Hong were unwilling to be used by Hua'an, and they were not willing to cross the river to attack Puhong. to put yourself in danger.

See the remaining three generals. It's all the same as yourself. Unwilling to cross the river to attack Puhong, Zhang Yu smiled and said softly: "The thoughts of the generals. I know it all, however, the strength of the Northern King is strong, and it is not something we can offend, so it is better to sell personal favors and lead a group of men and horses to Linyi Ferry to hunt, and it doesn't hurt to make a show. ”

When Zhou Cheng, Wei Tong, and Le Hong heard this, they all thought so, and praised them again and again, expressing their willingness to go to Linyi Ferry to hunt together.

After careful deliberation, the four of them decided to lead 5,000 men and horses to hunt at the Linyi ferry early in the morning of the second day, and make a gesture of crossing the river to attack Puhong, so as to give Hua'an a face.

In the camp of Yao Xiangjun in Taishan County, Yao Xiang also received a handwritten letter from Hua'an, and due to the long distance, Yao Xiang was the last to receive the letter.

Seeing that Hua An asked him to lead the army to defeat Pu Hong, Yao Xiang sneered at the corner of his mouth, and threw the letter on the ground casually, seemingly indifferent to Hua An's request.

Yao Chang bent down to pick up the letter, read it carefully, and said softly: "The king of the north wants our army to cross the river to attack Puhong, and the fifth brother can know the intention of the king of the north." ”

"Hmph, it's just a matter of borrowing a knife to kill someone, you still need to think about it." Yao Xiang said casually.

Yao Chang naturally understood that this was Hua An's plan to kill people with a knife, but he didn't understand why Hua An asked for it at this time.

"Fifth brother, a few days ago, the king of the north just broke the army of Yan near Yecheng and annihilated 10,000 enemies, at this moment, he suddenly asked our army to cross the river to attack Puhong, there must be a reason for this, could it be that Puhong took refuge in the Yan country, and wanted to attack the main force of the Jin army with the main force of the Yan army, for this reason, the king of the north had to use our army to contain the army of Puhong, so as to remove the threat of the flank." Yao Chang analyzed loudly.

When Yao Xiang heard this, he hurriedly walked to the map, and pointed to the map and analyzed: "This is Yecheng, south of Zhangshui is the Jin and Wei coalition army, north of Zhangshui is the main army of Yan State, the two sides are facing each other across Zhangshui, this is Qinghe City, Pu Hong's main army is stationed here, if Pu Hong advances west from Qinghe City and launches an attack on the right flank of the Jin and Wei coalition forces, what do you say?" After speaking, he looked at Yao Chang.

Yao Chang said loudly: "In this way, the right flank of the Jin and Wei coalition forces will be completely pinned down by Pu Hong, so that the main army of the Yan State can force the superior forces to cross Zhangshui, join up with Pu Hong's army, completely defeat the Jin and Wei coalition forces, and capture Yecheng."

Yao Xiang nodded, and said with a straight face: "Hua'an's power is expanding the most rapidly, this person's threat is much greater than Murong Jun's, if the Yan army and Pu Hong's army can greatly defeat Hua'an's strength, it may not be a good thing for our army." ”

"The fifth brother means to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, let them fight wantonly around Yecheng, and our army will not mix." Yao Chang said softly.

Yao Xiang smiled and said softly: "Our army needs to secretly develop its strength, so naturally we won't go to Hebei to join in the fun, but it's okay to mix it up at will." ”

"Report, generals, Zhang Yu, Zhou Cheng, Wei Tong, Le Hong, four generals, each leading 5,000 men and horses, marched in the direction of Jibei County, with unknown intentions." At this moment, the news came that Zhang Yu and others led the army to Jibei County.

"Fifth brother, the four of them each led 5,000 soldiers and horses to Jibei, what are their intentions, will they be coming at us?" Yao Chang asked nervously.

Yao Xiang shook his head and said: "Don't worry, no, if you attack our army, only 20,000 horses, how can it be the opponent of our army." ”

Yao Chang thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "They must have also received a letter from the king of the north, and specially led a large army to cross the river to attack Puhong. ”

Yao Xiang smiled and said: "That's right, they must not want to offend Hua'an, so they put on a posture of invading Hebei, but they are just putting on a show, just with their 20,000 horses, even if they cross the river along the river, how can they be Puhong's opponent." ”

"I see." Yao Chang suddenly realized.

Yao Xiang looked at Yao Chang and said softly: "You immediately write a letter to Pu Hong and tell him that our army, Zhang Yu, Wei Tong and others will not invade Hebei, let him rest assured, and give this letter in your hand to Pu Hong as well." ”

Yao Chang naturally understood what Yao Xiang meant, which was to let Pu Hong rest assured that he would boldly attack Yecheng, so as to give Hua'an a fatal blow, so he hugged his fists and said: "Fifth brother, don't worry, I know what to do." After saying that, he picked up the brush and began to write.

After Yao Chang wrote the letter, he handed it to Yao Xiang to take a look, and after Yao Xiang agreed, he sent his henchmen and soldiers to send the letter to Qinghe City, Hebei Province together with the handwritten letter sent by Hua'an, ready to be handed over to Pu Hong.

Yao Xiang's personal soldiers rushed to Qinghe City at the fastest speed, and went straight to Puhong's Chinese army tent.

At this moment, in Pu Hong's Chinese army tent, the main general Pu Hong is analyzing the battle in the direction of Yecheng with his two sons.

Since Qinghe City is not very far from Yecheng, and the main forces of the Yan army and the Jin and Wei coalition forces are fiercely confronted near Yecheng, Pu Hong has to pay special attention to this.

"Report, general, Yao Xiang sent his henchmen to deliver the letter, and the person was outside the tent." A small school came in and reported.

Pu Hong was taken aback when he heard this, paused, and said softly: "Please." ”

Soon, Yao Xiang's henchmen and soldiers entered Pu Hong's Chinese army tent, and after visiting, they presented two letters in their arms.

After reading the two letters, Pu Hong's brows immediately frowned, and he thought about the respective intentions of Hua An and Yao Xiang to prevent being used.

"Father, what did Yao Xiang say?" Seeing Pu Hong's frowning, Pu Jian asked with his fists clenched.

Pu Hong handed the letter in his hand to Pu Jian and said softly: "Hua'an used the jade seal of the country in my hands as an excuse to provoke Yao Xiang, Zhang Yu, Wei Tong and others to attack our army, but Yao Xiang and others did not intend to attack our army. ”

When Pu Jian heard this, he said angrily: "The jade seal of the country is no longer in the hands of our army, others may not know, but Hua An must know it, he said this, it was completely deliberate instigation, it is really unreasonable." ”

"Father, Hua'an treats us like this, and we must respond." Pu Xiong said loudly.

Pu Hong thought for a long time, and said: "If it is expected by my father, Hua'an must be worried that our army will defect to Yan State, so he will lead the army to attack from the east of Yecheng, so he must let Yao Xiang and others contain our army to protect his flank from threat, and Yao Xiang sent Hua'an's letter to us, but also to make his father hate Hua'an, so as to lead the army to attack Yecheng, Yao Xiang wants to use his father, do you understand" After speaking, he looked at the two sons.

When Pu Jian and Pu Xiong heard this, they hugged their fists and said: "What my father taught me is that the child understands. ”

"Father, now that the situation has developed to such a state, how should we respond?" Pu Jian asked softly.

Pu Hong looked at Pu Jian and said, "For my father, I can't live for a few years, if you are asked to be the commander of the whole army, how will you deal with it." ”

Pu Jian thought for a moment, then hugged his fists and said: "In the eyes of a child, with the current strength of our army, we have no ability to compete with Murong Jun and Hua An, and the only choice is to be sandwiched between these two and find a balance to fight for our best interests." ”

Pu Hong shook his head, and said: "My father originally thought so, but Jizhou is flat, not conducive to defense, surrounded by strong enemies, not a place to build a foundation, my father originally planned to find a balance between Hua'an and Murong Jun, and then wait for the opportunity to establish a foundation of his own, however, judging from the current situation, it may not be realized, Hua'an has already had an attempt to move against our army, and my father's body is not as good as day by day, for the benefit of our people, we should immediately take refuge in Yan State, Give up the illusion of dominating the world. ”

"Father, are we just giving up?" Both Pu Jian and Pu Hong were a little puzzled. (To be continued......)