Just when Hua'an was joking with Wang San, another junior colonel entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and said with a fist: "General Qiyu, according to the report of the front-line scouts, there have been changes in the army of Yan State. ”

"If there is any change in the army of Yan Kingdom, say it quickly." Hua An hurriedly asked.

The little colonel hugged his fists and said: "General, the main force of Murong Ke's Yan army has been rushing towards Xiangguo, and tens of thousands of Yan troops in the direction of Lukou and Jicheng have also begun to move in the direction of Xiangguo, and the total number of troops is 200,000 horses, and the Yan army seems to have plans to attack Yecheng." ”

"Big brother, the Yan army is gathering men and horses to Xiangguo City on a large scale, and it seems that it really wants to attack Yecheng!" When Wang San heard this, he also made the same judgment.

Hua An nodded and said: "That's right, the army of Yan does have the intention of attacking Yecheng, at this moment, the army of Daiguo has advanced to Jinyang City, how can Murong Jun be willing to be left behind, however, Murong Jun's attack on Lukou has delayed a lot of time, at this moment, it is too late to attack Yecheng, our army and the army of Wei have made sufficient preparations, as long as they line up along Zhangshui, they can block the army of Yan State north of Zhangshui, spend a few months first, and then launch a counterattack when the Yan army is exhausted, and will definitely defeat the main force of the Yan army in one fell swoop." ”

"What the eldest brother said is that the morale of our army has been restored, and now our army no longer has to be afraid of the main force of the Yan army, but the eldest brother seems to be going to fight a protracted battle with the Yan army and intends to spend a few months, why is this? Can't you break the enemy in a quick battle? Wang San said suspiciously.

Hua An opened his mouth to explain: "The strength of the Yan army is superior to that of our army, and the combat power is no longer below our army, plus the chief general of the Yan army, Murong Ke, is a famous general who can fight well. If our army wants to win a quick battle, how can it be so easy, besides, the main force of the Yan army is cavalry, but our army and the Wei army have a lot of infantry, in order to prevent the Yan cavalry from giving full play to its advantage, our army naturally has to use the power of the river to garrison along the river, so that the Yan army can not fly, so that the confrontation for several months. The Yan army is bound to be difficult to support. This brought a victorious turn for our army. ”

In a large area of Yanguo, there has been no rain for three consecutive months, and the reduction in grain production is naturally very strict, Hua'an believes. As long as he and the army of Yan are consumed until after the autumn harvest. The pressure on the main force of the Yan army must be very great. And then had to withdraw the troops.

"Big brother thinks that if the main force of our army and the main force of the Yan army fight head-on, our army will be at a disadvantage?" Wang San asked softly.

Huaan thought for a moment. Zhengse said: "The strength of our army and the Yan army should be between the two middles, it is not easy to judge who is weak and who is strong, if it is a frontal fight, it is very likely that there will be a situation of losing both, so that the third party will not be allowed to reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”

The third party that Hua'an said was naturally Pu Hong, Yao Xiang and others, and even, including Huan Wen, Yin Hao and others, in order to attack Yan Guo, and let the army under his command suffer huge losses, thus losing the ability to deter third parties, which Hua'an was unwilling to do.

Seeing that Hua'an first considered Huang Que behind, Wang San nodded approvingly, expressing his admiration and admiration for Hua'an's insight.

"Big brother, Yan Guo will deploy troops at this time, it is estimated that the assembly will be completed in half a month at the earliest, and within twenty days, you can launch an attack on Yecheng, how to arrange our army, please arrange it as soon as possible." Wang San pleaded.

"Don't worry, how to arrange the defense, and the eldest brother still needs to discuss it with General Jiang Gan? After all, at this moment, our army is insufficient, and we must share the same hatred with the Wei army in order to block the attack of the Yan army and stabilize the position of our army. Hua An said softly.

Hearing this, Wang San nodded and said, "Since this is the case, I will go to train the army, and within half a month, my army will definitely be fully restored to combat effectiveness." After speaking, he walked out of the Chinese army's tent.

Subsequently, Hua'an decided to send his henchmen and soldiers to the north of Liaodong to lobby Goguryeo and Buyeo and other forces in the big tent of the Chinese army, and after some careful consideration, he decided to send his henchmen and soldiers to the north of Liaodong to lobby Goguryeo and Buyeo and other forces, and prepare to set a fire in the rear of the Yan State to contain the main force of the Yan army in Hebei.

Hua'an didn't expect Goguryeo and Buyeo to help much, but Hua'an believed that as long as Yan Guo learned that he had sent his henchmen to Goguryeo and other countries, he would be very nervous and would have to leave enough defensive forces in the eastern direction of Liaodong to prevent these forces that had already attached to Dayan from rebelling against Dayan.

The direction of Guanzhong has become more and more stable, and Wang Meng is responsible for governance, Hua'an basically does not have to worry about it, and the situation in the direction of Shuzhong is a little delicate, for the true thoughts of his former brothers, Hua'an is not very clear, however, Hua'an has already made arrangements when he left Shuzhong and went north to Guanzhong, among the generals under the command of the two main generals of Thunderstorm and Iron Bull, many of them are Hua'an's henchmen, and these people are all acting alone, and they don't know each other's savings. Every once in a while, they would report to Hua'an what abnormal things Shuzhong had done, as well as thunderstorms and iron bulls, of course, if there was no abnormality at all, they would not report it, so as to increase concealment.

That is to say, Hua'an has been fully prepared, as long as there is a thunderstorm and an iron bull, among the generals under his command, someone will immediately stand up to control them and replace them, so as to ensure that Shuzhong is under Hua'an's control.

At the same time, in order to prevent the two excellent generals, Thunderstorm and Iron Bull, from really making the wrong choice, Hua'an sent Zhang Yu to Shuzhong to persuade them and let them continue to support him.

Of course, in order to prevent Zhang Yu from having bad intentions, Hua An also secretly planted eyeliner around Zhang Yu, and sent many Congshi to keep an eye on his every move, and report back immediately if there is an abnormal situation.

After arranging so many eyeliners to monitor his important subordinates, Hua An suddenly felt that he no longer trusted anyone, but he was careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years and send eyeliners to monitor these subordinates, also because he was afraid of losing them, which was a necessary means for those who did great things.

A few days later, Shuzhong sent back the news that Zhang Yu had been in contact with Tie Niu and Thunderstorm, and successfully persuaded the two to continue to support him, and soon after, Hua'an received Zhang Yu's handwritten letter, which introduced the situation in Shuzhong to Hua'an in detail, and said that after some efforts, Thunderstorm and Tie Niu have made it clear that they support Hua'an to be king, and are willing to listen to dispatch at any time.

Another day, Hua'an received a letter from Tie Niu and Thunderstorm, the two of them supported themselves as kings in the tone of brothers, and called themselves the big brother of the North King in the letter, the tone was very cordial, as if the relationship for many years had not changed at all, which made Hua'an feel that it was a little inappropriate to arrange henchmen around them, however, in order to prevent accidents, Hua'an still would not withdraw all his surveillance of the two, so he should protect them.

With the full support of thunderstorms and iron bulls, Hua'an's heart is a lot more stable, at this moment, Shuzhong, Guanzhong, and Sizhou are all under control, and all the soldiers and horses under Hua'an are more than 300,000, and the troops are no longer under Yanguo, if the people are urgently mobilized to join the army and form an army of 500,000, it is not a problem, but with the current supply of grain and grass in Shuzhong and Guanzhong, there is no need to form so many troops in order to prevent the economic development from being dragged down.

Looking at today, Hua'an even feels that if he dares to call the second, no one dares to call the first, in terms of military strength alone, all the soldiers and horses under Hua'an's command and the Yan army, when at the same level, are the two most powerful forces today, in addition, Huan Wen's Jingzhou army and Tuoba Shiyijian's Daiguo army, there are about 200,000 soldiers and horses, and they should not be underestimated, Yin Hao's Yangzhou army also has 200,000 horses, however, Pu Hong, Yao Xiang, Zhang Yu, Wei Tong and others are all difficult to control, except for these more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, The Yangzhou Army has only about 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it is the weakest among the three main forces of the Great Jin.

In addition, the soldiers and horses of Wei and Liang both had 100,000 people, and the soldiers and horses of the rest of the forces such as Goguryeo and Buyeo did not exceed 100,000 soldiers and horses, and their strength was relatively weak.

But Yan and Dai have formed an alliance, the armies of the two countries together are more than 500,000, if the two countries of the Yan Dynasty are regarded as one, they must be the most powerful forces in the world, and the Yan Dynasty coalition army is all south to deal with Hua'an, which still puts Hua'an under a lot of pressure, and Hua'an At present, the only thing that can be relied on is the Wei army attached to himself, Wei and Yan are mortal enemies, the Wei army can share the pressure from the Yan army for themselves, and the pressure of the Dai army is only borne by Xie Ai alone, Fortunately, there are many mountains near Jinyang City, and the desert iron cavalry of Daiguo cannot exert its maximum power, which provides convenience for Xie Ai to block Daiguo's army.

However, in this way, the main army under the command of Hua'an was all contained by the Yan Dynasty coalition army, so there were not enough troops to deal with sudden threats, such as the Huanwen Army, Yin Hao Army, Puhong, Yao Xiang and other forces, the combined number of soldiers and horses of these forces was 400,000, more than the soldiers and horses of the Chinese Security Department.

For this reason, Hua'an can only do things in moderation, for example, in order to get rid of the constraints of the Great Jin Dynasty, he can only temporarily choose to be loyal to the King of the Great Jin Dynasty, and cannot directly call the emperor, otherwise, these forces are likely to unite and deal with themselves together, so that they can become the target of the public, Hua'an knows that although his strength is strong, he cannot deal with the threat of a million army, at least not so much strength at present.

In order to cope with the situation that may become more severe in the future, Hua'an must step up the development of agriculture, and take Guanzhong as the core, hoard more grain and grass materials, and at the right time, train an elite corps of more than 100,000 horses in the direction of Guanzhong as a strategic reserve, and this important force is fully responsible for training by Wang Meng. (To be continued......)