In Yecheng's harem, when she learned that the Jin army wanted her son to go to Jiankang City as a hostage, the queen Dong naturally strongly opposed it and asked to find another way.

On the grounds that Yecheng was in danger and it was not safe for the prince to stay in Yecheng, the minister persuaded the queen to agree to send one of the kings of Pengcheng and Wuxing to Jiankang City in the south of the Yangtze River as hostages, as a sincere intention to return to the Great Jin court.

After repeated persuasion, Empress Dong finally agreed to let Pengcheng Wang Ranming be sent to the Jin army camp as a hostage in exchange for the Jin army's trust.

Finally getting the queen's approval, the minister breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately went to the main hall to report the situation to Jiang Gan.

At this time, Jiang Gan was anxiously waiting in the main hall, he was very worried that the Empress Dong would not agree, if so, the situation would be troublesome, but Jiang Gan had already made up his mind that even if the Empress did not agree, he would find a way to let one of the princes go to the forbidden army camp as a hostage.

"Master Jiang, the lower official is back." The minister in charge of persuading the queen returned to the main hall with a relaxed face.

Seeing the minister's relaxed face, Jiang Gan felt a lot more comfortable, and hurriedly asked, "How is it, did the queen mother agree." ”

"Yes, Lord Jiang, the queen mother has promised to let King Pengcheng go to Jiankang City as a hostage." The minister said lightly.

"Well, that's great, the queen is a sensible person! Without further ado, when we immediately replied to the Jin army, we said that we had agreed to these three conditions, and asked the Jin army to send reinforcements as much as possible. Jiang Gan hurriedly said.

"Don't worry, Lord Jiang, the next official will do it." The minister answered. Go ahead and get ready.

It didn't take long for a junior colonel to rush to the direction of Hanoi County as fast as he could, with Jiang Gan's will.

Outside Huaixian County, Hanoi County, Hua'an was analyzing the types and combat strength of the Yan army, and the henchmen sent by Zhuge Xiong arrived at the Chinese army's big tent.

Hua An naturally recognized the henchman beside Zhuge Xiong, so he hurriedly asked, "General Zhuge asked you to come back, what's the matter?" ”

"General, now there is no Wei army stationed in Ji County, and General Zhuge has built yì. The main force of our army immediately entered and occupied Ji County. Let the villain come to report. The henchman said truthfully.

Hua An nodded and said softly, "Okay, Ben will know." Go down! After saying that, he waved his hand. Signal the creeps to exit the tent.

The creep clenched his fists. Turning to leave the Chinese army's tent, Hua An looked at the map again and thought about it.

"Big brother. Since Wei has transferred all the soldiers and horses of Ji County, what are our troops waiting for, go to Ji County immediately, so that we can also seize the opportunity. Wang San said softly.

"Wei has not officially agreed to our army's request, it seems a little inappropriate to do so!" Huaan still has some doubts.

When Wang San heard this, he said softly: "Big brother, don't talk about Ji County, that is, the whole of Hebei was once the land of my Great Jin, and our army entered and occupied Ji County, which can be regarded as recovering the homeland, which is a legitimate thing, what can be inappropriate?" ”

When Hua An heard this, he smiled slightly, and said softly: "You are right, Ji County is the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, so what are we polite about, immediately send an order, let the 60,000 soldiers and horses of Wude and Huai County prepare immediately, and march to Ji County early tomorrow morning." ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I'll leave it all to me." Wang San received the order softly, and left the big tent of the Chinese army and went to the camp to prepare.

After making the decision to march into Jijun, Hua'an repeatedly imagined in the Chinese army's big tent to make sure that his decision was not wrong.

In addition, after arranging the 10,000 personal guards and 20,000 reserve regiments of the Huaixian battalion, Wang San sent his own soldiers to inform Deng Qiang of the Wudecheng battalion and asked him to lead his 30,000 Guanzhong iron cavalry to march to Jijun together.

After the arrangements were made, the night was already dark, and Hua An and his soldiers also rested one after another.

Early in the morning of the second day, the main forces of the Jin army of the Huaixian camp and the Wudecheng camp were all prepared, and under the orders of their respective generals, they marched to Jijun one after another.

Because Wude City is closer to Ji County, Deng Qiang and his army entered Ji County one step earlier, and successively received many cities, but did not leave soldiers and horses to garrison, but only planted the banners of the Jin army on the walls of each city to show that this is the territory of the Jin army.

The 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Hua An himself, except for the 10,000 personal guards, everyone has horses, and the 20,000 reserve regiments are all infantry, and the speed of the march is naturally slower.

After most of the day, Hua'an and his party had just stepped into the land of Ji County and arrived at Xiuwu City, the closest to Hanoi County.

"Big brother, look, ahead is the Xiuwu City of Ji County." Outside Xiuwu City, Wang San pointed to the city in front of him and said loudly.

Hua An looked up at Xiuwu City in front of him, and said loudly: "Ji County has finally arrived, but the flag on the city in front of him seems to be the flag of our army. ”

"That's right, big brother, this is indeed the banner of our army, presumably General Deng's men and horses have occupied here." Wang San said softly.

Hua An nodded and said loudly: "Okay, our army has been marching continuously for most of the day, and it is time to rest, accelerate the advance, and when we enter the Xiuwu City in front, we will stop and rest for an hour, and then continue to march." ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang San responded, and then ordered loudly: "The whole army is speeding up, accelerating forward." ”

Under Hua'an's order, he commanded an army of 30,000 and accelerated in the direction of Xiuwu City, and soon arrived at the gate of Xiuwu City.

After arriving at the city gate, Hua'an found that there were no Deng Qiang's soldiers and horses at the city gate, only a few people who looked like ordinary people were defending the city, and after seeing Hua'an's main army, he hurriedly opened the city gate and waited for Hua'an's army to enter the city.

Hua An looked at the Jin army flag fluttering on the city wall, nodded, and was about to enter the city, when the Wei army junior colonel happened to arrive here from Yecheng.

"General Hua, below is the palace guard of the Great Wei State, and on the order of Lord Jiang, I sent a letter to ask the general to take a look." Colonel Wei Jun said, handing the letter in his arms to Hua An.

After Hua An received the letter, he hurriedly opened it and watched it, and saw that the Wei court had fully agreed to the three conditions he proposed, and he was very happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "You immediately return to Yecheng and tell Lord Jiang that the 60,000 troops under the command of this general have set off and will arrive in Yecheng in the near future, so that Lord Jiang can rest assured." ”

"Yes, the last general will retire." Colonel Wei Jun clenched his fists, turned over his horse, and ran in the direction of Yecheng.

After Colonel Wei Jun left, Wang San looked at Hua'an and said happily: "Big brother, I really didn't expect that the Wei court agreed so simply, and even didn't ask for a little price. ”

Hua An smiled and said loudly: "This is natural, now the Wei State is exhausted, and naturally there is no bargaining capital, haha!" ”

"Big brother, let's go to the city!" Wang San said happily.

Hua An nodded and said softly, "Let's go, enter the city." After speaking, he rode his horse into Xiuwu City.

In Xiuwu City, Hua An asked his soldiers to rest immediately, and asked the soldiers to immediately bury the pot and cook, and after the soldiers were full, they could continue to march.

Hua An and several generals randomly found a spacious room as a temporary Chinese army tent, and not long after they sat down, a small colonel rushed in.

"Report, General, the Liangzhou Army has arrived at Yewang City from Tongguan and is coming in the direction of Wude City, and the two generals Chen have asked the general for instructions on where to station." The junior colonel clenched his fists and asked.

Hua An and his subordinates were all pleasantly surprised when they heard this, and the arrival of Chen Poyu's and Chen Hu's 20,000 main forces and 20,000 reserve troops can be said to have greatly enhanced the strength of the Jin army, thus giving the Jin army a greater chance of winning against the Yan army.

"Big brother, it's really time for the Liangzhou Legion to come! In this way, our army will not be afraid of the main cavalry of the Yan army. Wang San said happily.

"General, let the Liangzhou Army come to Ji County and join the main army!" A ministry will build a yì road.

Hua An looked at the junior colonel and said happily: "You go back immediately, tell the two generals, Chen Poyu and Chen Xuhu, and let them immediately lead all the 40,000 horses under their command to come to Jijun to join the general's soldiers and horses, and go quickly." ”

"Yes, General." Xiao Xiao hurriedly answered, and immediately returned to the direction of Yewang City to convey Hua'an's instructions as much as possible.

Since the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Liangzhou Legion were still in the direction of Yewangcheng, it would take at least two days to Xiuwu City, so Hua'an felt that there was no need to speed up the march, and decided to slow down the speed of the march in order to wait for the Liangzhou Legion, and let the 30,000 main cavalry under Deng Qiang enter the northernmost Lin Shu City of Ji County in advance, so as to echo the Wei soldiers and horses in Yecheng and deter the Yan cavalry corps heading south.

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Outside Xiangguo City, Murong Ke and his 70,000 main cavalry had arrived and began to build siege equipment, preparing to storm Xiangguo City.

In just one day's effort, the army of Yan State has built enough siege equipment and has already met the conditions for attacking Xiangguo City.

"General, after a day of preparation, our army has all kinds of siege equipment and is ready to attack the city at any time." A Yan army general said loudly.

"General, if you attack Xiangguo City, leave it to our army! The last general guaranteed that he could break through Xiangguo City in one day. Another general of the Yan Army, shouted for help.

When Murong Ke heard this, he nodded happily, and said: "It is rare that the two generals are willing to be loyal to the country, and the general is very pleased, but Xiangguo City is not as good as ordinary cities, this city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, just one day of preparation, it seems that there is something wrong with rushing to attack the city, it is better to prepare for one more day, so that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Yes, General." When the two generals heard this, they responded with their fists clenched.

"Fourth brother, since Xiangguo City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, then our army will not let go of Xiangguo City, and lead the main army to Yecheng, in this way, can't we attack the capital of Wei State faster, so as not to delay too much effort in Xiangguo City, so that the Jin army can take the lead." Murong Ba said softly. (To be continued......)