Chapter 781: The Yan Army Gives Up Lukou City
Murong Ke pondered for a moment, and said: "Pu Jian's antipathy has been revealed, the main force of the Jin army has crossed Zhangshui, and the more than 70,000 troops under Uncle Ping's command are already in a very dangerous situation, and they must immediately abandon Lukou City and withdraw to the direction of Gaoyang City." ”
When Murong Ba heard this, he nodded, and suddenly said worriedly: "Fourth brother, the soldiers and horses under Uncle Ping's command are already surrounded by enemy troops on three routes, and it may not be smooth to evacuate now!" ”
Murong Ke waved his hand, and said: "Don't worry, with our army's strategy, Uncle Ping will definitely stand out and return, immediately pass the order, and the whole army and horses can build a pontoon bridge and prepare to force the water to cross the water, so as to contain the Deng Qiang army of the Jin State and plan Uncle Ping to break through." ”
"Yes, Fourth Brother." Murong Ba answered, and then went to prepare.
After Murong Ba left, Murong Ke sighed secretly, and immediately sent his henchman junior colonel to Lukou City, so that Murong Ping could lead his army to break through to the northeast.
At this moment, Murong Ke's heart seemed unusually irritable, he led an army of 100,000 to reinforce Lukou City, originally planned to hit the main force of the Jin army, so as to regain the face of the previous defeat on the south bank of Zhangshui, now, the army has not crossed the water, the Jin army has won a small victory, and annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, and then, it is a successful rebellion against the Pu Jian army, as a result, the comparison of military strength immediately reversed, the strength of the Yan army changed from an advantage to a disadvantage, and also faced the risk of being divided and surrounded by the main force of the Jin army, which made Murong Ke really difficult to accept.
In the camp of Pu Jian's army outside the east gate of Lukou City, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Pu Jian's command are ready to go, and they only need Pu Jian's order. and you can jump into battle right away.
At this moment, Pu Jian was waiting for Hua An's reply, and he believed that Hua An would definitely respond in the shortest possible time after reading the letter.
"General, the captain of the Jin Military Academy asks to see you outside the tent." Soon, Pu Jian waited for Hua'an's reply.
"Quick, let him in." Pu Jian invited loudly.
Soon, the henchman colonel sent by Hua'an walked into Pu Jian's Chinese army tent and handed over Hua'an's personal letter to Pu Jian.
Pu Jian didn't dare to slack off. Hurriedly opened the letter and read it. After reading it, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he said with a straight face: "Go back and sue the king of the north, just say that I, Pu Jian, am willing to accept the position of Pingzhou Assassin." ”
The small school sent by Hua'an heard this. He bowed with his fists clenched. Turned around and left Pu Jian's Chinese army tent.
"Third brother. What does Huaan say? As soon as the little colonel left, Pu Xiong asked softly.
Pu Jian handed the letter in his hand into Pu Xiong's hand and said softly: "Hua'an is afraid that our army will pose a threat to Yecheng. So let Yao Xiang and others balance our army, but they were smart but were mistaken by cleverness, and in turn, they were used by Yao Xiang, haha! ”
Pu Xiong looked at the letter in his hand and said, "Third brother, it can be seen that what Hua'an said is the truth!" actually did not shy away from it, but this Pingzhou assassin history is clearly a false name, and Youzhou is still hundreds of miles away, and Pingzhou is even farther. After speaking, his face showed a little dissatisfaction.
Pu Jian smiled and said softly: "Hua'an is showing his determination, he wants to wave his army all the way north to capture Jizhou, Youzhou and Pingzhou!" ”
"The third brother is right, it seems that Hua'an's ambition is not small! I wonder if I will usurp the throne and become emperor in the future? Pu Xiong whispered.
Pu Jian smiled and said softly: "It's hard to say!" This person's current strength has exceeded half of the Great Jin Dynasty, and he is considered a pivotal figure in the Great Jin Dynasty, as long as the strength of the two countries of the Yan Dynasty dies, whether this person will have different aspirations, it is really difficult to say! ”
"Father, the three armies have all been assembled." At this moment, Pu Sheng strode into the Chinese army's tent and reported back to Pu Jian.
Pu Jian looked at the map hanging beside him, and said: "This is the most likely road for Murong Ping to break through to Guò, it is better for our army to enter here and set up an ambush, so as to teach Murong Ping a hard lesson when he breaks through." ”
Hearing this, Pu Xiong nodded, and said softly: "Third brother, if our army sets up an ambush here, we will definitely be able to severely damage the Murong Ping Army, but our family only has tens of thousands of people, do we really want to fight with Murong Ping?" The third brother must think twice! "Obviously, Pu Xiong did not want to enter into a full-scale conflict with the Yan army, so as not to let the army under his command suffer excessive losses.
Pu Jian smiled and said softly: "Since our army has defected to the Jin Kingdom, we must have some sincerity!" Besides, if Murong Ping doesn't take this most convenient path, won't our army have no losses? After speaking, he glanced at Pu Xiong.
"Alright! Since the third brother has made up his mind, then our army will set off immediately! Pu Xiong immediately understood Pu Jian's intentions, so he immediately agreed.
Pu Jian looked at Pu Sheng and said loudly: "Send the order immediately, and the whole army and horses will set off immediately and set up an ambush in the valley fifteen miles away, as soon as possible." ”
"Yes, father." Gamo received the order loudly and immediately went to give the order.
Soon, Pu Jian and his tens of thousands of horses and horses set up camp in a valley fifteen miles away to set up an ambush, where the valley was the best way for Murong Ping's army to retreat, and it was also the most likely road for Murong Ping to pass through Guò.
On the north bank of the water, the main army of 100,000 under the command of Murong Ke has launched a large-scale forced crossing operation, and tens of thousands of soldiers have built pontoon bridges in dozens of positions, so that the soldiers of the Deng Qiang Legion have to fortify in many places, so that they have no time to take care of the Murong Ping Legion in Lukou City.
And after Murong Ping's army was fully prepared, it also received Murong Ke's construction, so the army of more than 70,000 people, under the personal leadership of Murong Ping, abandoned Lukou City and retreated to the northeast.
Outside the south gate of Lukou City, Hua'an's command has gathered 40,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, as well as 4,000 charioteers.
"Your Majesty, the main force of the Yan army has abandoned Lukou City and evacuated to the northeast." Soon, the news came that Murong Ping's army had withdrawn from Lukou City.
"Your Majesty, Murong Ping gave up Lukou City and evacuated, this is a great opportunity, our army and Pu Jian's army will definitely be able to break Murong Ping's army." Zhuge Xiong said happily.
Hua An was also very happy when he heard this, and was ready to immediately send a large army to pursue Murong Ping's army.
"Report, Your Majesty, the soldiers of Pujian's battalion have withdrawn to the northeast, and their intentions are unknown." Soon, news came that Pu Jian's army was withdrawing to the northeast.
When Hua An heard this, he was slightly startled, and said softly: "Hasn't Pu Jian already accepted the appointment of this king?" Why evacuate to the northeast as well? ”
"Your Majesty, at this moment, the shape is extremely unfavorable to the Yan army, Pu Jian may have gone to the place where the Yan army must pass through in advance to set up an ambush." Zhuge Xiong guessed loudly.
Hua An nodded approvingly, and said loudly: "Now there are more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in our army's camp, which is about the same as the Murong Ping Legion, at this moment, how can you not immediately launch a pursuit, pass the order, the cavalry immediately pursue, and the charioteers and infantry will then advance, this battle, we must break the Murong Ping Legion and greatly annihilate the living force of the Yan army." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals commanded loudly and immediately went to prepare.
Subsequently, Hua An personally led all the soldiers and horses in the camp under his command to launch a fierce pursuit of the Murong Ping Legion who tried to evacuate, and successfully bit the palace army of the Murong Ping Legion, and completely besieged it, and after annihilating most of it, the remaining Yan soldiers all surrendered.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and Hua An personally led 40,000 cavalry to continue to pursue Murong Ping's defeated army, and let the remaining soldiers and horses escort the Yan army prisoners of war to seize Lukou City.
Murong Ping is good at court battles, but he is not good at commanding large armies to fight, seeing that the more than 10,000 troops under his command who are in charge of the palace are surrounded by the main force of the Jin army, he does not send troops to rescue, but flees lifelessly.
"General, there is smoke on the mountainside of the valley ahead, there must be an ambush." A soldier spotted cooking smoke in the valley.
Murong Ping raised his eyes and was immediately shocked, and immediately ordered: "There is an ambush, take the path on the left, quickly." With that, he took another path and fled northeast.
Hua An and the main cavalry under his command chased to the location of the valley, and saw that Murong Ping's army was long gone, so they no longer continued the pursuit, but prepared to return.
"Your Majesty, halfway up the valley in front of you, there is faint smoke wafting up, and there seems to be an ambush!" Wang San said softly.
"Your Majesty, could it be an ambush for Pu Jian's army?" Zhuge Xiong whispered.
Hua An smiled and said softly: "Send a few people over to investigate, don't you know, go and come back quickly." ”
Subsequently, several soldiers rode their horses to the location where the smoke was rising, and found the ambushed Pu Jian legion, and then Pu Jian led his army to withdraw from the ambush place, and indicated to Hua'an that he had set up an ambush and was ready to attack the Murong Ping legion.
Of course, in fact, this bonfire was not accidentally lit by the soldiers, but Pu Jian deliberately let the soldiers of the department light it, so as to warn Murong Ping and let Murong Ping's army not enter the valley, so that the tens of thousands of horses under his command would not have to fight with Murong Ping's main force.
Pu Jian tried so hard to preserve his strength, Hua An naturally saw through it at a glance, but this kind of tacit thing, it's good to know, there is no need to say it, and naturally Pu Jian can't be blamed.
Hua'an strongly appreciated Pu Jian's choice to abandon the secret and surrender to the light, and immediately ordered the transfer of Wandan military rations to Pu Jian, and let Pu Jian's army be stationed in Wuyuan City, which was dozens of miles away from Lukou City, in order to form a situation that echoed left and right with the main force of the Jin army in Lukou City.
Pu Jian naturally accepted Hua'an's arrangement, and immediately led the army of his subordinates to march in the direction of Wuyuan City, while Hua'an gave up the pursuit of Murong Ping's army and led his cavalry back to the direction of Lukou City.
At this moment, in Lukou City, Chen Poyu and Chen Anhu brothers arrived in the city one after another, and 40,000 charioteers and 40,000 main infantry had all set up camp inside and outside Lukou City. (To be continued......)