Chapter 934: Wang Wu Prepares to Attack
Seeing that Huan Wen did not plan to send troops to attack Luoyang City, Murong Khan was a little disappointed in his heart, but this was also expected by him, after all, Huan Wen's attack on Luoyang City was unknown, and there was no absolute certainty of victory, and it was normal not to send troops.
Murong Khan looked at Huan Wen and said: "I understand the difficulties of the Southern King, but my Great Yan Kingdom is already in an extremely dangerous situation, if the Southern King does not help, the Great Yan Kingdom is very likely to be defeated and escaped, and at that time, the Great Yan Kingdom will not be able to help the Southern King contain the Northern King." ”
Obviously, despite Huan Wen's reluctance to send troops, Murong Khan hoped that he could provide some help to alleviate the tremendous pressure on the Yan Kingdom.
Huan Wen pondered for a moment, and said: "General Murong rest assured, this king will continue to gather soldiers and horses in the north of Jingzhou and conduct large-scale drills, so, the king of the north must be worried that this king will raid Luoyang City, in this way, the king of the north will at least not transfer the soldiers and horses of Luoyang City to Hebei, and even, it is possible to transfer the soldiers and horses of Hebei back to Luoyang City to set up defenses, for the sake of your Great Yan Kingdom, this king can only do so much at the moment." ”
Obviously, in order to alleviate the pressure on Yan Guo, Huan Wen was still willing to provide some help within his ability.
When Murong Khan heard this, he was still a little happy in his heart, and hugged his fists and thanked: "Thank you King Nan for your help, I am grateful, but my Great Yan Kingdom is now empty in treasury, especially the military salary and weapons are very lacking, if King Nan can give some support, it will definitely be able to solve the urgent needs of my Great Yan Kingdom, I don't know what King Nan wants?" After speaking, he looked at Huan Wen.
Obviously, Murong Khan still knew a lot about Huan Wen's situation, and knew that Huan Wen had enough military salaries and weapons in his hands, and these things were urgently needed by the Great Yan Kingdom. Therefore, regardless of whether Huan Wen would agree to give some support, Murong Khan had to be cheeky and ask Huan Wen for it.
Huan Wen pondered for a moment, frowned, and said, "General Murong, it's not that this king is unwilling to help you Yan Kingdom, it's really the road to Yan Kingdom. are occupied by the soldiers and horses under the command of the king of the north, no matter how much military pay and weapons are allocated by the king, they cannot be transported to Jicheng along the way, do you forget, the last time the king sent a group of men and horses, transported enough weapons and salaries to equip 30,000 soldiers and horses, but they were all intercepted by the soldiers and horses under the command of the king of the north on the way, so it is not that the king is stingy. It's really a road! After speaking, he looked at Murong Khan with great regret.
Murong Khan nodded, and said with a straight face: "What King Nan said is that this matter will naturally not be forgotten in the future, but there is no land route and sea route!" The king of the south can completely load the materials needed by my Great Yan Kingdom into the ship, and then enter the East China Sea through the water and the river, and then go all the way north to the ferry port of Liaodong, and so on. Isn't this batch of materials easy to transport to my Dayan Kingdom? After speaking, he looked at Huan Wen.
Seeing that Murong Khan had come up with a way to transport by water, Huan Wen naturally refused directly. However, at this time, the Mayoujin ferry in Liaodong had been occupied by a group of men and horses led by Wang Wu, and it was really difficult to say whether a large number of materials could be transported to Jicheng along the way, so Huan Wen was a little hesitant.
"What worries the king of the south?" Seeing Huan Wen hesitated. Murong Khan hurriedly asked the reason.
Huan Wen said loudly: "Now the Mayoujin ferry in Liaodong has been occupied by the soldiers and horses under Wang Wu's command, I heard that there are more than 10,000 of their naval army, and this king is worried that the sea route will not be able to go!" After speaking, he looked at Murong Khan.
Murong Khan thought for a moment and felt that what Huan Wen said made some sense. After all, if the materials fell into the hands of Wang Wu's army again this time, the consequences would be even more unimaginable.
"What the king of the south said is that if the fleet is robbed again, the consequences will be even more unimaginable, but the enemy warships should be near Liaodong, and the fleet sent by the king of the south can land from Lelang County or Daifang County, so that the enemy ships can be avoided and the supplies will be sent to the Great Yan Kingdom safely." Murong Khan said.
Huan Wen smiled, looked at Murong Khan, and said, "General Murong is gambling!" In case the sea route is unblocked, the Great Yan Kingdom will naturally be able to obtain the supplies, and if this batch of materials falls into the hands of the Wang Wu Army, the situation of the Great Yan Kingdom will be even more difficult! General Murong still has to think twice! After speaking, he looked at Murong Khan.
Murong Khan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, you can transport it in batches, so that even if one fleet is robbed, the rest of the fleet can quickly turn around and return to Jingzhou after getting the news, so that the losses can be greatly reduced, but you can give it a try!" ”
Huan Wen nodded, and said, "What General Murong said is that this can really be tried." ”
"Oh, King Nan agreed." Murong Khan said happily.
Huan Wen nodded and said: "Yes, this king has agreed, in three days, this king will send the first fleet to Liaodong, General Murong can rest assured!" ”
"That's very good, then I will thank King Nan for his generous assistance on behalf of King Yan." Murong Khan said happily.
Obviously, Murong Khan was still very satisfied with being able to get such a reply from Huan Wen.
Later, the two men got together again to discuss the route of the fleet in order to avoid being intercepted.
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In the direction of Liaodong, the 70,000 troops under Wang Wu have been prepared to attack, and all troops have prepared all kinds of siege equipment needed to attack the city, however, due to the rush of time, the siege equipment of each army is obviously insufficient, of course, the reason why Wang Wu is so anxious to launch an attack is that he is worried that the Yan State will send reinforcements to Liaodong, so it is necessary to take the lead in capturing the area of Nanguancheng before the arrival of the Yan State reinforcements, so as to obtain a place where he can gain a foothold, so as to avoid being driven into the sea by the Yan State army.
"General, all the soldiers and horses are ready to attack the enemy at any time." The ministry general reported to Wang Wu.
Wang Wu nodded, and said, "Order all the soldiers and horses to set off immediately, and take Nanguan City and the passes on both sides before dark." ”
"Yes, General." The subordinate general received the order loudly and immediately conveyed it.
Subsequently, the 70,000 troops under Wang Wu marched to the cities and passes garrisoned by the enemy army in three ways, preparing to use one day to capture Nanguan City and the Qipanguan Pass and Bihai Customs on the left and right sides.
Among them, Wei Tong led an army of 10,000 to attack Qipanguan Pass on the west side of Nanguan City, while Le Hong led an army of 10,000 to attack Bihaiguan on the east side of Nanguan City, and the remaining 50,000 troops, led by Wang Wu himself, attacked Nanguan City in the middle.
The three-way army left the camp at the Mayoujin ferry and marched to their predetermined positions, preparing to launch a fierce attack on the enemy.
At this time, Yao Xiang, who was responsible for guarding the Nanguan City, and the Yan army who was responsible for guarding the pass, felt a little desperate, they had already reported to Murong Jun, the king of Yan, and clearly stated the current dangerous situation in Liaodong, but Murong Jun, the king of Yan, on the grounds of insufficient troops, asked the army of Yan defending Liaodong to recruit troops by themselves, and raised food locally, and even asked the recruits to prepare their own weapons to make up for the lack of materials in the treasury.
Hearing such news, Yao Xiang and the Liaodong defenders of Yan State were very nervous, and had a premonition of the severity of the form, Murong Jun was no longer able to send reinforcements to Liaodong, and even the most basic supplies could not be provided, which was enough to show that the Great Yan Kingdom had reached the point of exhaustion, and such a situation was undoubtedly a nightmare for Yao Xiang and the defenders of Liaodong.
But no matter what, in order to block the Wang Wu Army, Yao Xiang and the Liaodong defenders of Yan State are still willing to do their best to fight with the Wang Wu Army, after all, although their troops are very insufficient at this time, they occupy a dangerous terrain, so as long as they defend with all their might, they can still hold the city and pass, at least, they themselves think so.
"Fifth brother, King Yan gave such an order, it may be a good thing for our army!" Yao Chang looked at Yao Xiang and said loudly.
"What, it's a good thing, it's a good thing for us, you can talk about it." Yao Xiang looked at Yao Chang and asked softly.
Yao Xiang took a step forward and said softly: "Fifth brother, now we only have 5,000 soldiers and horses, if we follow King Yan's order, we can justifiably expand the soldiers and horses, in this way, won't the strength of our army be strong?" After speaking, he looked at Yao Xiang.
"You're right, with this will of King Yan, we can recruit troops justifiably! This is indeed a great opportunity and we have to seize it. Yao Xiang said excitedly.
Obviously, Yao Xiang will not miss this great opportunity to expand his strength, after all, once he misses it, there may never be such an opportunity in the future.
Yao Chang smiled and said: "Fifth brother, this is indeed a great opportunity for our army to expand its strength, but our army's current situation is very difficult, and now the food and salary are a little insufficient, should we get the food and salary first, and then expand the army?" ”
Hearing this, Yao Xiang nodded, and said, "That's right!" At present, our army's food and salary are already difficult to support, and if you want to recruit soldiers, you must first get enough food and salary! ”
"Fifth brother, there is no better way now, only to forcibly conscript the people." Yao Chang Zhengse said.
Yao Xiang pondered for a moment, and said: "It seems that it can only be like this, but in this way, our army will be greatly disappointed by the people!" ”
"Fifth brother, at this critical juncture, I can't take care of so much, and I must not have the kindness of a woman when doing great things." Yao Chang reminded loudly.
Yao Xiang nodded, and said with a straight face: "You're right, you can't have the kindness of a woman to do big things, it seems that you can only do this." ”
"Report, General Qiyu, the main force of Wang Wu's army, has come to my Nanguan City." At this moment, a soldier reported the news of the arrival of the main force of Wang Wu's army.
Yao Xiang and Yao Chang were both taken aback when they heard this, and glanced at each other.
"How many soldiers and horses the enemy has dispatched." Yao Xiang asked loudly. (To be continued......)