Chapter 872: Murong Khan Arrives in Qingzhou
Jiang Gan and Wang Wu were very happy when they received Zhou Cheng's handwritten letter, so that they could more easily persuade Zhang Yu, Wei Tong and others to surrender, and the tasks assigned to them by Hua'an could be completed more easily.
"Brother Zhou, since the matter has been decided, then let's leave and leave." Jiang Gan hugged his fists.
"Brother Zhou, stay here, let's go to Dingtao." Wang Wu also hugged his fists and said goodbye.
Zhou Cheng knew that Jiang Gan and Wang Wu had a task on their bodies, so he did not keep them, and personally sent them out of Chen Liu.
After Jiang Gan and Wang Wu left Chenliu, they went to Dingtao non-stop and continued to recruit rebel generals.
Since Zhou Cheng had already returned to Hua'an and wrote many letters to persuade him to surrender, Jiang Gan and Wang Wu's plan to surrender was very smooth, and soon, Zhang Yu, Wei Tong, Le Hong, Li Ben and other generals all obeyed Jiang Gan and Wang Wu's construction and chose to join Hua'an.
Since there was no fighting at the moment, these generals were still stationed in Yanzhou and waited for Hua'an's next order.
Jiang Gan and Wang Wu were very happy to complete the important task assigned by Hua'an, so that they could return to Luoyang City and return to Hua'an.
And just when Jiang Gan successfully recruited the Yanzhou generals, the fine work sent by Huan Wen also arrived in Yanzhou, and recruited these rebel generals who had already annexed Hua'an with favorable treatment.
These rebel generals are all former Wei generals, and they have a lot of friendship with Wang Wu and Jiang Gan, and they have promised Jiang Gan and Wang Wu that they will be attached to Hua'an, for this reason, they will naturally not change their minds and re-attach to the direction of Jingzhou, and in order to prove their determination, these generals will Huan Wen sent henchmen to persuade the news of surrender. sued Wang Wu and Jiang Gan, and asked Jiang Gan and Wang Wu to decide what to do.
When Jiang Gan and Wang Wu learned the news, they felt that this was a very important situation, and they must not be careless, and after some discussion, the two decided to catch the henchmen sent by Huan Wen. Escort to the direction of Luoyang City and hand it over to Hua'an to deal with, so that you can make another great contribution.
With the help of the generals in the direction of Yanzhou, Wang Wu and Jiang Gan arrested all Huan Wen's henchmen and his party, and immediately escorted them back to Luoyang City as fast as possible to prevent long nights and dreams.
Just when Jiang Gan and Wang Wu escorted Huan Wen's henchmen back to Luoyang City. In the direction of Qingzhou, the young generals sent by Hua'an did not convince Yao Xiang and other rebel generals, and had to give up persuasion and return to Luoyang City to resume his life.
And when the Hua'an generals failed to persuade them to surrender, Murong Khan and his retinue arrived in Taishan County and immediately went to visit Yao Xiang.
In the main hall of Yao Xiang's mansion, Yao Xiang and his subordinates. How to deal with a possible attack by Huaan is being discussed, after all. They just rejected Hua'an's surrender, if Hua'an was angry and sent troops to attack Qingzhou, the pressure on them would still be very great, though. The Yangzhou Army repeatedly attacked Qingzhou and ended in a crushing defeat, but these combat operations also caused great losses to the soldiers and horses in the direction of Qingzhou, and. The soldiers and horses under the command of Hua'an are much stronger than the soldiers and horses of the Yangzhou Legion, and if the Hua'an Legion attacks Qingzhou with heavy troops, it will be difficult for them to resist.
"Fifth brother, with the current situation in the world, the possibility of Hua'an's army attacking Qingzhou is extremely low, and we don't seem to need to worry about it!" Yao Chang looked at Yao Xiang and said.
Obviously, Yao Chang had long been aware of the dangerous situation faced by the Hua'an army, and believed that Hua'an would not risk attacking Qingzhou, besides, in the west of Qingzhou, there was Yanzhou as a cover, if Hua'an wanted to attack Qingzhou, he had to borrow from Yanzhou, and the rebel forces in Yanzhou might not agree to borrow the road, and even if the generals of Yanzhou were willing to borrow the road, the army under Hua'an was also a labor expedition, and after arriving in Qingzhou, it would become a tired army, and its combat effectiveness would be greatly weakened.
All the generals thought that what Yao Chang said was reasonable, so they all thought that the Hua'an Army would not risk attacking Qingzhou, so there was no need to worry too much at all.
Yao Xiang naturally thinks so, however, he is very worried about another situation, since Hua'an can send his generals to surrender himself, then, he will definitely send his generals to surrender the generals of Yanzhou, if all the soldiers and horses in the direction of Yanzhou are attached to Hua'an, and then, Hua'an orders the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou to move eastward, and the consequences will be strict.
"Generals, this general also thinks that most of the main army of the Northern King will not crusade against Qingzhou, but he can't be completely sure, and what the general is most worried about is not the Northern King's soldiers and horses, but the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Yanzhou! If they launch an attack on Qingzhou, we will not be in trouble. Yao Xiang looked at his subordinate generals and said loudly.
Yao Chang was shocked when he heard this, and said loudly: "Fifth brother means that the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou will attack us, how can this be?" They are the same as the well water and the river water, how can they suddenly attack our Qingzhou? ”
Yao Xiang paused and said: "Generals, since the king of the north can send his subordinates to surrender us, then he will definitely send his generals to surrender the generals of Yanzhou, these generals of Yanzhou may not necessarily refuse, if all these generals of Yanzhou belong to the king of the north, it is very likely to launch an attack on my Qingzhou!" ”
When the generals heard this, they all thought that there was a possibility, after all, they rejected Hua'an's request to surrender, and Hua'an, in a fit of rage, it was entirely possible to order these Yanzhou generals to attack in the direction of Qingzhou.
"General, what should we do now?" A subordinate general looked at Yao Xiang and asked loudly.
Yao Xiang looked at the generals and said: "The general has already sent scouts to Yanzhou to inquire about the news, if the generals of Yanzhou do not belong to the king of the north, then we are a false alarm, if they belong to the king of the north, then we have to discuss it well." ”
When the generals heard this, they all nodded in approval.
"Report, general, news has just come from the direction of Yanzhou, more than 100,000 troops in Yanzhou have all been under the command of the king of the north, and now, the banners of all the cities have been changed." At this moment, the news came that the generals of Yanzhou had joined Hua'an.
When Yao Xiang and his subordinates heard this, they were all shocked, and as a result, the shape they were in was extremely grim.
"Fifth brother, all the soldiers and horses in the direction of Yanzhou have been attached to the king of the north, if the king of the north orders them to attack in the direction of my Qingzhou, it will definitely cause a bloody battle!" Yao Chang looked at Yao Xiang and said loudly.
Yao Xiang nodded, and said: "That's right, more than 100,000 horses in the direction of Yanzhou, once they attack in the direction of our Qingzhou, it will pose a great threat to our army, but Qingzhou has Mount Tai as a support, as long as the rest of the people and horses stand with us, they will definitely be able to block the attack of the army in the direction of Yanzhou." ”
Obviously, Yao Xiang thinks that since he can't hide anymore, he can only face it bravely.
"Fifth brother, the rest of the people and horses have not attached to the king of the north, they will definitely stand with us, our army is not much less than the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou, if it really starts, we will not lose, but I am afraid that the main force of the soldiers and horses under the command of the king of the north will reinforce the direction of Yanzhou, so the pressure on our army will be too great." Yao Chang said loudly.
Obviously, he felt that with more than 80,000 soldiers and horses in the direction of Qingzhou, there was no big problem in resisting more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, at most it was just to suffer a lot of losses, and once the main force of soldiers and horses under the command of Hua'an sent tens of thousands of reinforcements in the direction of Yanzhou, then, their soldiers and horses would definitely not be able to resist, besides, the forward soldiers and horses of the Yangzhou Army were deployed in the direction of Xuzhou, and once the soldiers and horses of the Yangzhou Army also came to take advantage of the fire to rob, the situation would be even more precarious.
Of course, these are the worst-case scenarios, and the development of things may not necessarily be so bad, but as the chief general of the whole army, Yao Xiang still has to think about things in the worst way in order to make more adequate preparations.
"Report, general, Murong Khan, the general of the Yan Kingdom, came to ask for a meeting." At this moment, Murong Khan arrived at Yao Xiang's mansion.
Seeing that Murong Khan, the general of Yan State, came to visit, Yao Xiang and his subordinates were all surprised, they didn't understand what kind of purpose Murong Khan came here, after all, they had never had contact with Yan State, and when they were loyal to Shihu before, they used to have a hostile relationship.
"General, what will Murong Khan come to Qingzhou for?" One of the generals asked curiously.
"General, Murong Khan is here, shouldn't he also persuade us to surrender!" Another general, said loudly.
When Yao Xiang heard this, he was slightly shocked, what the general said was very reasonable, Murong Khan went all the way to Qingzhou, most likely to recruit himself, but Qingzhou was far away from Yan State, and Yao Xiang did not have the idea of attaching Yan State.
"General, since Murong Khan has come from afar, let's meet each other!" A subordinate general looked at Yao Xiang and said softly.
Yao Xiang was also very curious about the purpose of Murong Khan's trip, so he nodded and said, "Hurry up, please." ”
When the little colonel heard the order, he immediately went to invite Murong Khan, and soon, Murong Khan entered the main hall of Yao Xiang's mansion with several entourages.
In order to show politeness, Yao Xiang and his subordinates stood up and went to the door of the main hall to greet Murong Khan.
"General Murong came to visit the Humble House, but it's really a rare guest!" Yao Xiang said politely.
Murong Khan looked at Yao Xiang, smiled, and said with his fists clenched: "General Yao is really a talent, which is exactly the same as the rumors!" Ha ha! ”
Seeing Murong Khan complimenting himself, Yao Xiang smiled and said softly: "General Murong has won the award, Yao Xiang is ashamed, but I don't know what happened when General Murong came to Qingzhou thousands of miles away!" After speaking, he looked at Murong Khan.
Murong Khan smiled, looked at Yao Xiang, and said, "General Yao doesn't know, he came from the direction of Xunyang City and was ordered by the King of the South. ”
Yao Xiang was shocked when he heard this, he naturally didn't expect that Murong Khan, who was the general of Yan State, actually came to Qingzhou on the order of Nanwang Huanwen. (To be continued......)