In fact, among the dozens of prisoner cars, only some of the ministers of Wei, and the rest were all elite soldiers under Pu Jian's command, and the reason why Pu Jian arranged this was to set up an ambush to attack Jiang Gan's soldiers and horses, and disrupt Jiang Gan's sight, paving the way for escorting Ran Zhi to Jicheng next.

Since all the prisoners were discarded in capes, and the whole team was not allowed, strangers on the road approached, so the scouts sent by Jiang Gan had no way of knowing who was being escorted, let alone whether Ran Zhi was in the prisoner car.

The scout truthfully reported the news he had found to Jiang Gan, and Jiang Gan hesitated when he learned of this situation.

"General, there are more than 100 people imprisoned in dozens of prisoner cars, and the last general thinks that most of them are the king and the ministers, and they should immediately send troops to rescue them." Seeing that Jiang Gan was hesitating, a subordinate general hugged his fists and said.

Jiang Gan frowned and said: "If it is not the king who is in the prisoner's car, but the bait thrown by Pu Jian, won't our army fall for the trick." ”

"General, the Yan army's soldiers and horses are very tightly guarded, the scouts can't get too close at all, we can't be sure who is in the prisoner car, but in case it is the king and others, and our army does not rescue immediately, will not let the king fall into the hands of Murong Jun, the last general thinks that no matter what, our army should send troops to rescue." The general said loudly.

Jiang Gan frowned and analyzed: "The main force of our army of 20,000 is on the north bank, but Pu Jian only sent 300 soldiers to escort the prisoners, which is obviously unreasonable. ”

The general's meaning was that Pu Jian wanted to use these prisoners as bait. Secretly set up an ambush to lure our army to attack. The general said.

Jiang Gan nodded and said, "It is very likely that scouts will be dispatched immediately to closely monitor Pu Jian's main army, and report immediately if there is a situation." ”

"Yes, General." The general shouted his orders.

Not long after, the scouts sent to Yecheng returned to the camp of Jiang Gan's army and reported the situation in Yecheng to Jiang Gan.

Debriefing of the touts. Jiang Gan learned of the main army under Pu Jian's command. All of them were gathered in Yecheng, and there was no large-scale reduction at all, which was enough to show that Pu Jian did not dispatch a large number of men. Ambush at the place where the prisoner cart must go.

This relieved Jiang Gan a lot. He made a quick decision. Immediately led the 3,000 elites under his command to the northwest, and quickly built a pontoon bridge to cross the Zhangshui. Prepare to intercept the prisoner cart and rescue the prisoners in the prisoner cart.

After Jiang Gan's army crossed Zhangshui, they pursued the prisoner cart as fast as they could, and soon caught up.

Here, less than thirty miles away from Yecheng, is a sparse forest, in the middle of the woods is a small road that is not wide, and the team escorting the prisoner cart is walking slowly on this path, completely unaware that the danger is approaching step by step.

"General, they're on their way." A subordinate general pointed to the team of prisoner vans and whispered.

Jiang Gan raised his eyes, looked around the path, and ordered loudly: "Soldiers, attack, kill ......" After speaking, he rode his horse and killed him.

"Kill ......" The three thousand elite cavalry under the command of Jiang Gan roared and killed the prisoner car team.

The three hundred Yan soldiers who were in charge of escorting the prisoner cart immediately pulled out their weapons and prepared to fight, and the elite soldiers pretending to be prisoners in the prisoner cart also clenched the daggers in their hands and prepared to launch a fatal blow to Jiang Gan's army.

"Die!" Jiang Gan slashed a Yan soldier to death with his sword in his hand, and continued to charge forward.

The generals under Jiang Gan's command also launched a fierce attack, and the Yan army was only 300 soldiers, how could it be the opponent of Jiang Gan's 3,000 army, and they were defeated not long after the battle, and fled into the woods.

"Soldiers, open the prisoner cart quickly." Seeing the Yan soldiers fleeing, Jiang Gan did not intend to chase after him, he was concerned about the people in the prisoner car.

When the Wei soldiers heard the order, they immediately opened the prisoner cart with weapons and released the prisoners inside.

The soldiers of the Wei army, seeing that they had saved many ministers of the Wei State, all subconsciously relaxed their vigilance.

"Your majesty, your majesty may be among them." Seeing that several ministers who were officials of the same dynasty were rescued, Jiang Gan hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, I don't know?" All the ministers of the Wei State were temporarily stuffed into the prison cart, and as for the rest of the prisoner carts, they did not know who was in them.

Jiang Gan frowned and said loudly: "Your Majesty, where are you, Your Majesty." ”

"Kill ......" As soon as Jiang Gan's words fell, the hundreds of prisoners who had been rescued from the prisoner cart immediately pulled out the daggers hidden in their waists and suddenly launched a sneak attack on the Wei army.

"Ah......" The soldiers of the Wei State were completely unprepared, and they were caught off guard, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

Seeing that hundreds of prisoners suddenly launched a sneak attack on the army under his command, Jiang Gan was shocked and immediately shouted: "Soldiers, kill, kill this group of beasts." After saying that, he personally killed these pretending prisoners.

The Wei soldiers under Jiang Gan's command occupied the advantage of troops, so they quickly grasped the initiative on the battlefield, but Jiang Gan's heart was afraid, at this moment, since the hundreds of prisoners in the prisoner car were all Yan soldiers pretending, in the surrounding woods, will there be Yan soldiers ambushing?

"Soldiers, retreat immediately, retreat." Jiang Gan gave the order loudly.

"General, our army has the advantage, why should we retreat immediately, this group of brutes has killed so many of our brothers." The ministry will be somewhat incomprehensible.

Jiang Gan shouted: "Don't ask, there must be an ambush nearby, retreat immediately." ”

Since Jiang Gan gave the order to die, his subordinates naturally had to obey, so he took a small number of Wei ministers who were rescued and immediately retreated.

Seeing that Jiang Gan and his army were retreating, the soldiers of Yan State pretending to be prisoners were insufficient and did not dare to launch a pursuit.

Jiang Gan's prediction was not wrong, not long after they evacuated, Pu Jian sent 3,000 elite cavalry nearby to kill them, but at this moment, Jiang Gan and his soldiers and horses had fled several miles away, and they couldn't catch up, so they had to give up.

The generals looked back and saw the thousands of men and horses in ambush by Pu Jian, and Fang admired Jiang Gan's foresight, if they had not evacuated in advance, they would have suffered great losses from inside and outside.

This time, the army lost a lot of soldiers, but rescued more than a dozen Wei ministers, which was also worth the trip, but Jiang Gan's heart was never happy, this time Pu Jian's bait operation was not successful, but it showed Pu Jian's cunning, the next time to transport prisoners, will it be a bait? Also, he didn't know what kind of way Pu Jian would use to send Ran Zhi to Jicheng.

However, as a general of Wei, no matter how dangerous the situation is, he must unswervingly go on and rescue Ran Zhi, the king of Wei.

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In the direction of Bingzhou, the main army under the command of Murong Ke has arrived near Jinyang City, and is close to the main army of Daiguo, and the two armies have united to form a huge military advantage, which is a huge pressure on the Xie Ai army in Jinyang City.

However, at this time, Hua'an and the main army under his command have also arrived in Qi County, Taiyuan County, which is only two or three days away from Jinyang City, and can reinforce Jinyang City at any time.

In the Jin army camp on the outskirts of Qi County, Hua An and his generals were analyzing the shape of Jinyang City and discussing how to rescue Jinyang City in the case of insufficient troops.

"Report, Wang, Yecheng has been lost, the main force of 50,000 Yan troops has occupied Yecheng, and the King of Wei and his ministers have been captured by the Yan army." At this moment, the news came that Yecheng had been captured by the Yan army.

Hua'an and his generals were shocked when they heard this, Yecheng is the capital of Wei, and it is also an important city in the entire Hebei, and the loss of Yecheng is extremely unfavorable to Hua'an.

"This Jiang Gan is really not enough to succeed and more than to lose, let him guard Yecheng well, but he started the idea of Xiangguo City, and now it's good, even Yecheng has been lost." Hua An said angrily.

When Wang San heard this, he asked: "What does the main force of the 50,000 Yan army mean, could it be that Pu Hong took refuge in the Yan Kingdom." ”

"Yes, General, Yecheng has been planted with the banner of the Yan Army, and Pu Hong has taken refuge in the Yan Kingdom." The scout replied truthfully.

"What, Pu Hong has already taken refuge in Yan Kingdom, no wonder, he has the guts to raid Yecheng, it turns out that Murong Jun is supporting him, this damn Pu Hong." Hua An nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, Pu Hong has died in battle, and now, these 50,000 Yan troops are led by Pu Jian." The scout said hurriedly.

When Hua An heard this, he laughed and said: "Pu Hong died in battle, it's really good, although Yecheng was captured, but Pu Hong died because of it, this is a blessing in misfortune for us, without Pu Hong, the old fox, the strength of the 50,000 horses will be weakened by at least more than thirty percent." ”

Wang San said softly: "Your Majesty, now, the war in Jinyang City is extremely tight, and Yecheng has been occupied by the army of Pu Hong, who has just been annexed to the Yan Kingdom, and the situation is extremely unfavorable for our army!" ”

Hua An said with a smile: "That's right, the situation is indeed becoming more and more unfavorable to our army, but it has not reached the extreme point, at present, although Yecheng has been lost, however, the main army under the command of Jiang Gan and Wang Wu will contain the soldiers and horses under the command of Pu Jian, so that it can not interfere with the main force of our army, and there is no energy to attack our army's grain storage place Yewangcheng, and the main force of our army only needs to echo with the soldiers and horses of Jinyang City to jointly fight against the Yan Dynasty coalition army, as long as our army is united, take advantage of the favorable terrain around Jinyang City, It will definitely be able to repel the attack of the Yan Dynasty coalition forces and achieve a final victory. ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately clasped their fists and said: "We are willing to follow the king to the death and repel the Yan Dynasty coalition army to relieve the siege of Jinyang City." ”

Hearing this, Hua An nodded with satisfaction, and eliminated all kinds of interference in the direction of Yecheng, and continued to study how to reinforce the Xie Ai army in the direction of Jinyang City with the generals under his command, and finally defeated the Yan Dynasty coalition army. (To be continued......)