At noon, Hua An and his main cavalry arrived at Lukou City, and stationed most of the men and horses outside the city, leading only a small number of men and horses into the city.

After entering Lukou City, Hua An led a group of generals to the city wall of Lukou City to observe the situation of the entire city.

"Your Majesty, good news, Murong Ke's main army crossed the water and was repelled by our army." A henchman ran up the city wall and reported to Hua'an.

Hua An nodded, looked at his subordinate generals, and said softly: "Murong Ke's forced crossing of the water is mostly a feint, but even so, our army cannot take it lightly, and the three generals immediately led their soldiers and horses to the south bank of the water to reinforce General Deng." After speaking, he looked at Brother Chen Poyu and Jiang Gan.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jiang Gan and Chen Poyu, brothers, immediately clenched their fists and led the way.

Then the Chen Poyu brothers led 40,000 charioteers to reinforce the south bank of the water, and then Jiang Gan also led 40,000 main infantry to reinforce the past.

With 40,000 charioteers and 40,000 main infantry to the south bank of the water to reinforce, Hua An'an is completely relieved, at the moment, Pu Jian's army rebelled against Yan, Yan Guo's army has been at an absolute disadvantage, at the same time, in the direction of Bingzhou, with the reinforcement of the main cavalry of Wang Meng's army, the defeat of the Daiguo army is inevitable, so, it will not be long before the two countries of the Yan Dynasty will be completely defeated, and Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou will be under the control of Hua'an.

It didn't take long for the 50,000 reserve regiments of the Hua'an Army and a large number of military supplies to arrive at Lukou City one after another, and set up camp outside the east gate of Lukou City.

On the north bank of the water, the main army under Murong Ke stopped the attack. And successively withdrew to the battalion, this time the combat operation of forcibly crossing the water was just to prepare for the Murong Ping Legion to break through, and now, the Murong Ping Legion has successfully broken through, and the forced crossing operation is naturally to stop.

The main army under his command paid a lot of losses in the feint attack, more than 1,000 horses, but the Jin army also paid more than 1,000 casualties, for this. Murong Ke was quite satisfied with the combat strength of the army under his command. But for the current situation facing the Yan army, Murong Ke was very worried and anxious.

The rebellion of Pu Jian's army greatly enhanced the strength of the Jin army's side, and at the same time. It also greatly weakened the strength of the Yan army. And so it goes. Under the advantages of the other, the Jin army has already occupied an absolute advantage, with two consecutive victories. The advantages of the Jin army are even more obvious.

"Fourth brother, according to the scout's report, the main army of 200,000 of the Jin army has arrived near Lukou City one after another, and the army deployed on the south bank of the water alone is more than 100,000, and it is almost impossible for our army to recover Lukou City." Murong Ba said dejectedly.

When Murong Ke heard this, he also sighed and said: "This qiē is all because of Pu Jian's rebellion, if it weren't for the rebellion of Pu Jian's army, our army's chances of victory would still be very great." ”

"Fourth brother, this is all Uncle Ping's fault, if it weren't for making things difficult for Pu Jian everywhere, we wouldn't let Pu Jian's army betray my Dayan, we should report the situation to the second brother truthfully." Murong Ba said loudly, obviously, he was very dissatisfied with Murong Ping.

Murong Ke waved his hand, and said: "Fifth brother must not do this, how smart the second brother is, why Pu Jian rebelled against Dayan, he must know better than us, and at the moment the second brother is the most important to evaluate the uncle, let the uncle judge lead the army, is to weaken the military power that you and I have, the second brother will not cure the sins of the uncle, what you said will not only not work, but will also cause the disgust of the second brother, forget it!" All the blame is on me. After speaking, he looked like a righteous Ling Ran.

"Fourth brother, let me take responsibility with you!" Murong Ba looked very righteous.

Murong Ke waved his hand and said softly: "No need, it's enough for me to bear it alone, the second brother's trust in me is far greater than his trust in you, your current task is to defend with all your might, don't let the main force of the Jin army cross the water, otherwise, the entire northern part of Jizhou will be captured by the Jin army, in this way, Jicheng will be quite dangerous." ”

"Yes, Fourth Brother." Murong Ba replied softly.

In Lukou City, Hua An and his subordinates, after walking along the city wall, returned to the Chinese army's tent.

At this moment, Murong Ping's army had retreated north in a hurry, and Murong Ke's 100,000 main army did not occupy any advantage, so Hua An was full of confidence, thinking that he would definitely be able to completely defeat Murong Ke and capture Jicheng.

"Your Majesty, Murong Ke's 100,000 army is on the north bank of Rongshui, and our army can follow the example of the Battle of Zhangshui, and use the Qiyue Array here to destroy Murong Ke's main army." Zhuge Xiong hugged his fist and built yì Dao.

"Yes! The king, but the moon array is infinitely powerful, the last time it has broken the Yan army's army of more than 100,000 troops, this time it will definitely win a big victory. Wang San opened his mouth and agreed.

Hua An smiled and said: "But the Moon Array is indeed infinitely powerful, but last time our army faced Murong Ping and Pu Jian, and now, it is Murong Ke and the elite division under his command who are stationed on the north bank of the water, and their strength is incomparable." ”

"The king feels that our army's Moon Array cannot defeat the main force of the Yan army under Murong Ke's command." Wang San asked.

Hua An thought for a while, and said softly: "Compared with the last battle of Zhangshui, this time the Yan army has three major advantages, first, Murong Ke is a famous general of the Yan State, and the strength of the command and commander is far stronger than that of Murong Ping and Pu Jian, and second, the 100,000 cavalry under the command of Murong Ke is the most elite army of the Yan State, and there are 50,000 powerful iron chain cavalry, it is said that Ran Min was trapped alive by the iron rope cavalry back then, and the strength cannot be underestimated. And now Murong Ke must have more or less understood our army's moon formation, therefore, he may make a move to deal with it, which is not good for our army, there are these three points, our army must not be too light on the enemy, first study Murong Ke's deployment characteristics, and then start an operation, our army's food and grass and troops are extremely sufficient, there is no need to rush to attack. ”

When all the generals heard this, they all thought that what Hua An said had some truth, so they no longer rushed to ask for an attack on the main army of Yan State, but actively deployed and spied on all kinds of information of Murong Ke's army on the north bank of the river, so as to force the water to cross the water and raid Murong Ke's main army when needed.

In this way, the main army under the command of Hua'an and the elite men and horses of the Yan Kingdom under the command of Murong Ke confronted each other across the water.

A few days later, in the palace of Jicheng, Murong Jun paced in the main hall with a pale face, the fiasco of the Murong Ping army on the front line, the rebellion of the Pu Jian army, and the loss of Lukou City were all like knives, cutting his heart.

He sent Murong Ping to lead the army to garrison Lukou City because he trusted Murong Ping, but he ignored Murong Ping's low level of military command and narrow-minded nature, thus causing the army to be defeated by the Jin army, and at the same time, forcing Pu Jian, who had already defected to Yan State, to betray Yan State.

"The king doesn't have to worry too much, now that the main force of our army still exists, we still have the strength to compete with the Jin army." Seeing that Murong Jun's face was pale, Minister Yang Wu clenched his fists and persuaded him.

Murong Jun sighed and said softly: "Our army has suffered defeats one after another, in fact, it is all the fault of this king!" Uncle Ping is good at taking care of the government, but this king let him lead his troops to guard Lukou City, what a big mistake! If it weren't for this, the Jin army might not have won so easily, and Pu Jian would not have rebelled against my Dayan. After saying that, he blamed himself.

Seeing Murong Jun blaming himself, Yang Wu hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and you can't deny General Fubi's ability to lead troops with the defeat of the first battle, as for Pu Jian's rebellion, it should not be blamed on General Fubi, in the opinion of the old minister, Pu Jian has the ambition to dominate the world, such a person can never be truly attached to anyone, as long as the time is ripe, he will rebel sooner or later." ”

When Murong Jun heard this, his heart felt a little more comfortable, but he was still very worried about the current shape that Yan Guo was facing, after all, more than 200,000 Jin army soldiers were pressing, and this pressure was very huge.

"Is the king worried that the main force of our army is unable to resist the attack of the Jin army." Seeing that Murong Jun was still frowning, Yang Wu asked softly.

Murong Jun nodded and said: "That's right, now, the strength of the Jin army has taken advantage, and with Pu Jian's help, the pressure on our army is great, the fourth brother and the fifth brother have already sent a letter, saying that they only have the strength to defend, and there is no strength to attack the Jin army, and the initiative on the battlefield has fallen into the hands of the Jin army." ”

When Yang Wu heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, there are more than one million people in my Dayan Kingdom, and the front is tight at the moment, so we should immediately raise troops and horses across the country to prepare for reinforcements at any time." ”

Murong Jun frowned and said softly: "The total number of soldiers and horses collected by my Great Yan Kingdom is nearly 300,000, and now among the people, how many more can there be into the army. After speaking, his expression was extremely worried.

Yang Wu naturally understood Murong Jun's worries, all the military population of a country could not be used to join the army, otherwise, there would be no strong labor force to develop production, and in this way, the damage to the national strength would be very huge, and in the long run, the national strength would be completely dragged down.

"Your Majesty, if all the men over the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty are counted, my Dayan Kingdom can also collect more than 100,000 troops, which is enough to reinforce the front." Yang Wu said truthfully.

When Murong Jun heard this, he sighed and said softly: "Men between the ages of fifteen and fifty have to be mobilized to join the army, is it possible that my Great Yan Kingdom has reached the point of exhaustion?" ”

"Your Majesty, the front is tight, and it is also helpless to temporarily recruit soldiers and horses, and when the main force of the Jin army is repulsed, the newly recruited soldiers and horses can still be returned to the peasants." Yang Wu Zhengse built yì road.

Murong Jun nodded, and said with a straight face: "Immediately recruit 50,000 troops, Yang Aiqing, and leave this matter to you personally." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister obeys." Yang Wu clenched his fists and said. (To be continued......)