Chapter 740: The Yan Army Advances West
Pu Hong originally had great ambitions, unwilling to belong to anyone, to the Jin Dynasty court, is just an expedient measure, but once people are old, when the body is getting weaker and weaker, ambition will be extremely fragile, and even, there is the idea of giving up fame and fortune, and he is very uneasy about his two sons, worried that with the current situation in the world, they will not be able to deal with it freely, especially Hua'an, who has a self-respecting army, has already attempted to attack them, he makes the old Pu Hong extremely nervous, and began to think about the way back.
"My father knows that you are all ambitious, but the strength of our army is too weak, and the two of you are not the opponents of Murong Jun and Hua'an, if my father can live for a few more decades, he may be able to lay down a piece of the country with you, but unfortunately I am old for my father, and I often feel unwell recently, I am afraid that Yang Shou will be exhausted, for the livelihood of my people, you still put aside your ambitions for the time being, and belong to Yan Kingdom, if the world changes in the future, maybe there will still be a chance, cough cough cough ......" Pu Hong coughed a few times after speaking, Apparently not very well.
"Father, how are you, why are you suddenly unwell." Pu Jian stepped forward and said with concern.
"Father, you rest first, I'll call a military doctor." Pu Hung said.
Pu Hong hurriedly waved his hand and said softly: "No need, it's all old problems, people will always get sick when they get old, birth, old age, sickness and death are the normal state of life, you don't have to make a fuss, my father is just worried about you, I'm afraid that you won't be able to stand on your own feet in the troubled times." ”
"Father, don't worry, since Hua'an wants to attack us, then we will take refuge in Murong Jun for the time being." Pu Jian decided to agree with Pu Hong's construction.
"Since my father and third brother have agreed to belong to Murong Jun. I don't have an opinion either. Pu Xiong nodded.
When Pu Hong heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, it's good that you have figured it out, a few days ago, Murong Jun sent a messenger to greet him, but he was prevaricated by his father, I don't know if they left Qinghe City?" ”
"No, these envoys of the Yan Kingdom have been wandering around the city all the time, and we can't fight hard. It's up to them. Pu Jian hurriedly said.
"Good. It's really good, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom haven't left yet, you go and invite them personally, and the father will summon them now. Pu Hong hurriedly said.
"Yes. Father. Pu Jian and Pu Xiong clasped their fists. Turned around and left the big tent of the Chinese army.
Seeing Pu Hong, he wanted to summon himself. Moreover, he also sent his two sons to report, and the envoy of the Yan Kingdom was naturally extremely happy. So, he immediately followed behind Pu Jian and Pu Xiong and went to Pu Hong's Chinese army tent.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Pu Hong warmly received the envoy of Yan and discussed with him the matter of annexing Yan to Yan.
The mission of the envoy of the Yan State to come to Qinghe City was to recruit Pu Hong, and when he saw that Pu Hong finally agreed to belong to the Great Yan Kingdom, he was naturally extremely excited, and after some bargaining, he and Pu Hong finalized the conditions for attaching the Yan Kingdom.
The negotiation between Pu Hong and the envoy of Yan came to an end in a warm and friendly atmosphere, and the envoy of Yan left Qinghe City with a satisfactory answer and ran in the direction of Jicheng, while Pu Hong sent more scouts to closely monitor the every move of the surrounding forces.
Although Yao Xiang has said that he will never cross the river and invade, in this troubled world, how many people can abide by integrity? It is more reliable to believe in others than to believe in yourself.
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On the north bank of Zhangshui, the main army under the command of Murong Ke is undergoing active recuperation, and the defeat of the previous few days has dealt a big blow to this army, and the morale of the soldiers of the Yan army is inevitable.
At this moment, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Murong Ke is waiting for the will in the direction of Jicheng, as long as Murong Jun's will arrives, he can immediately lead the main army under his command to kill in the direction of Bingzhou, thus putting Hua'an in a dilemma.
"Report, general, send a will from the direction of Jicheng." A small school came in and reported.
"Bring it in." When Murong Ke heard this, he hurriedly said.
After seeing Murong Jun's will, Murong Ke breathed a sigh of relief, Murong Jun really agreed to his plan to lure the enemy, and next, he was going to lead the main army west to merge with the state, attracting the main force of the Jin army to reinforce and merge the state, so as to completely defeat the Jin army in a more favorable position, in order to avenge the revenge of the arrow a few days ago.
"Fourth brother, second brother finally agreed to our plan, the so-called soldier is fast, then let's prepare now!" Murong Ba said loudly.
Murong Ke nodded and ordered: "Pass the order, let the whole army immediately pack up and prepare to march west and merge the state." ”
"Fourth brother, is the whole army leaving? How many soldiers and horses were left behind in Xiangguo to defend. Murong Ba asked.
Murong Ke thought for a moment, and said: "Leave 20,000 weak brigades to defend Xiangguo, and the remaining 170,000 main troops will all march towards Bingzhou." ”
"Fourth brother, in case the main force of the Jin army raids Xiangguo, only 20,000 weak brigades will be left, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hold Xiangguo, do you want to leave more soldiers and horses." Murong Ba was worried that Xiangguo would lose.
Murong Ke waved his hand and said: "Xiangguo, you don't have to worry, if the main force of the Jin army attacks Xiangguo with all its might, then the main force of our army can break through Jinyang City with the Daiguo army and severely damage the Xie Ai Corps, so that Hua'an will lose an arm." ”
"Well, it's still the fourth brother who thinks thoughtfully, then I'll go and prepare." Murong Ba said and turned around to prepare.
After some preparations, all the soldiers and horses under Murong Ke's command have been prepared one after another, and the logistics men and horses have begun to march in the direction of Bingzhou, and the 20,000 recruits who are responsible for guarding Xiangguo City have also rushed to the direction of Xiangguo City.
"Fourth brother, the soldiers have set off one after another, let's leave too!" On the shore of Zhangshui, Murong Ba said softly.
Murong Ke stood on the high ground on the shore, stared at the Jin army camp on the opposite bank, and said softly for a long time: "Okay, let's go." After speaking, he turned around and stepped on the war horse, and took one last look at the Jin army camp, and then rode away.
Murong Ba and a group of Yan army generals immediately rode their horses and followed closely behind Murong Ke and ran in the direction of Bingzhou.
The main force of the Yan army marched mightily in the direction of Bingzhou, and such a large-scale operation was naturally easily seen by the scouts of the Jin army.
Knowing that the Yan army had such a large-scale operation, the scouts of the Jin army immediately returned to the camp on the south bank of Zhangshui and reported the news to Hua'an.
"Report, Wang, the main force of the Yan army has pulled out of camp and marched to the northwest, and the intention is unknown." A scout ran into the tent of the Chinese army and reported loudly.
When Hua An heard this, he ordered: "Continue to investigate, and we must find out the Yan army's intentions." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The scout answered, turned and ran out of the tent.
After the scout left the big tent, Hua An hurriedly got up, and stood in front of the map of Hebei, staring and thinking, he didn't understand what Murong Ke's intention was to suddenly lead the army to the northwest.
However, with Hua'an's understanding of Murong Ke, Murong Ke's transfer of troops must be his reason, and it is very likely to be a big conspiracy.
"Your Majesty, the main force of our army is all near Yecheng, and Murong Ke leads the main army to march in the northwest direction, isn't this getting farther and farther away from our army? What kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd? Wang San said suspiciously.
When Deng Qiang heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the army of Yan is blocked by Zhangshui, and it is impossible to give full play to the advantages of the cavalry corps, and the purpose of marching to the northwest is very likely to lure the enemy, wanting our army to cross Zhangshui and raid Xiangguo City, and once the main force of our army is dragged in Xiangguo City, Murong Ke's main cavalry will be killed from the west, and our army must have a bloody battle with the elite cavalry of Yan State on a flat open field, so Murong Ke's chances of victory are extremely great." ”
"Yes, yes, Murong Ke's move must be another trick to lure the enemy." Chen Poyu also said so.
"If Murong Ke is really a trick to lure the enemy, as long as our army ignores it, won't Murong Ke be busy in vain?" Chen Zhenhu said excitedly.
After listening to the analysis of the soldiers under his command, Hua An still did not have a clear idea in his heart, if Murong Ke was still luring the enemy this time, he only needed to hold his troops still, then Murong Ke's large-scale mobilization of troops and horses would really be in vain.
However, with Hua'an's understanding of Murong Ke, this time Murong Ke mobilized troops and horses on such a large scale to move westward, it must not be as simple as luring the enemy, holding his troops for many days in a row, and suddenly leading the main force to march in the northwest direction, this situation itself is full of weirdness.
"Your Majesty, the northwest direction is Bingzhou, will Murong Ke lead the main army and attack Jinyang City?" Zhuge Xiong clenched his fists and said.
Hua'an and his generals were shocked when they heard this, although Jinyang City is still far away from Yecheng, but it is not impossible for Murong Ke to lead the main army to attack Jinyang City, and there are 150,000 troops of Daiguo near Jinyang City, if Murong Ke's 170,000 main army also arrives in Jinyang City, with a force of 320,000 horses, it can completely defeat Xie Ai's more than 100,000 horses. It will also make Huaan's layout in Hebei unfavorable, so that it is at a great disadvantage.
Therefore, as long as Murong Ke's main army really wants to attack Jinyang City, Hua'an must not sit idly by, and must lead the main army to reinforce Xie Ai's corps.
However, if Murong Ke's main army did not really attack Jinyang City, but wanted to take a trick to lure the enemy and let himself be fooled, it would be another situation.
After thinking about it again, Hua An felt that Murong Ke was killing two birds with one stone, both the plan to attack Jinyang City and the attempt to induce himself to take the initiative, and no matter how he chose, Murong Ke would be invincible.
Hua An looked at the generals under his command, and said with a straight face: "At the moment, Murong Ke's intentions are not very clear, our army will not move for the time being, and after discovering Murong Ke's true intentions, we will take necessary measures." (To be continued......)