Murong Ke didn't want to raid Yecheng as soon as possible, but the Xiangguo City in front of him was like a nail, inserted in the road of the raid on Yecheng, if he let go of Xiangguo City and marched directly to Yecheng, Murong Ke always had a feeling of thorns in his back, worried that the defenders of Xiangguo would cut off the grain route of the army, and Xiangguo was also an important city in Hebei, and capturing Xiangguo City was also an important thing for Dayan Kingdom, besides, Murong Ke had already broken up, and was ready to capture Xiangguo first, and then use Xiangguo as a springboard, Attack Yecheng.

"Xiangguo City is extremely important, and on the road of our army's attack on Yecheng, we must first break through Xiangguo City, and then march towards Yecheng, so that nothing goes wrong." Murong Ke said with a straight face.

Murong Ba nodded and said softly: "It's okay, in a few days, tens of thousands of reinforcements from our army will arrive in Xiangguo, so that we will have more soldiers and horses to attack Yecheng." ”

It turned out that the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Yan State in the south, in addition to Murong Ke's 100,000 elites attacking Ran Min, and Murong Ping's 50,000 troops attacking Lukou, there were also 50,000 elites as strategic reserves, ready to respond to all parties at any time.

And these 50,000 reserves are about to reinforce Murong Ke to strengthen the strength of the attack on Yecheng, and at the same time, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, actively recruited troops in the country, once again formed 100,000 soldiers and horses, and trained in the north of Youzhou and Jizhou as a reserve force for the southward army.

"Report, General, according to the report of the spies, in recent days, Yecheng has continued to increase its troops, and it is estimated that the total number of troops has reached 50,000." At this moment, a junior colonel came to report.

Murong Ke and the generals under his command were all a little surprised when they heard this. According to the previous report, when Ran Min left Yecheng, the defenders of Yecheng were not more than 10,000 at all, and now, there were so many more troops at once, which really surprised them.

"Fourth brother, why did Yecheng suddenly have so many more soldiers and horses, 50,000 troops, this is not a small number!" Murong Ba said in surprise.

Murong Ke thought for a moment and said softly, "If what I expected is good. The Wei State has transferred all the soldiers and horses from the surrounding counties of Yecheng to Yecheng. In this way, there is no big problem in piecing together 50,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"The general is right, Ji County, Wei County, Dunqiu, and Yangping counties are all garrisoned with soldiers and horses. If all the soldiers and horses of these counties are transferred to Yecheng. It is true that 50,000 horses can be pieced together. It's just that in this way, the counties south of Yecheng will be completely defenseless, and once the Jin army advances north. It is easy to obtain a large area of land south of Yecheng, and there is no need to lose a single soldier. A Yan army general said softly.

"Fourth brother, if this is the case, then wouldn't the Jin court take a big advantage, our army fought bloodily and the Jin army can occupy the counties without much effort, this is too unfair." Murong Ba said loudly.

Murong Ke nodded helplessly, and said softly: "What can it be if it's unfair, the subjects of Wei State and the subjects of Jin State are all of the same race, but my Great Yan Kingdom is a foreign race in their eyes, Ran Min has taken it as his mission to drive out the Six Yi since the founding of the country, and has never been an enemy of the Jin State!" ”

When Murong Ba heard this, he nodded, and said: "If all the main armies of the Jin army cross the Yellow River north, then my plan of dividing the Yellow River with the Jin State will be completely unrealizable." ”

After all, they understand the strength of the Jin army, on the south bank of the Yellow River, the multi-road army of the Great Jin Dynasty, there are 300,000 troops, and the strength is above the Yan army, if these more than 300,000 main forces of soldiers and horses all cross the river to the north and occupy several counties of land in Hebei, then the Yan army's plan to drink the Yellow River will completely fail, and have to stick to the land it has occupied, and give up the plan to continue south.

"Report, general, according to the report of the spies, the Wei court has already submitted a letter to the Jin court, and begged the Jin army for reinforcements to reinforce Yecheng, and now, the main force of the Jin army has arrived in Anyang City, south of Yecheng, must have come to reinforce Yecheng." At this moment, another junior colonel came to report.

Murong Ke and the generals under his command were all shocked when they heard the news, they never thought that the Wei court had already declared itself a vassal to the Jin state, and once the Wei state was attached to the Jin court, the two armies of Wei and Jin would unite in one qiē, which would pose a huge threat to the main force of the Yan army going south, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Fourth brother, the State of Wei is a vassal to the Jin court and asks for the Jin army to send troops to support, this matter is very important, and it must be reported to the second brother immediately." When Murong Ba heard this, he said loudly.

Murong Ke nodded, and said with a straight face: "This is natural, I will immediately send my henchmen to report this news to the fourth brother, however, at the moment, the top priority of our army is to immediately prepare siege equipment and capture Xiangguo City as much as possible, even if the Jin army advances north, as long as my Dayan Kingdom captures Xiangguo City, we can block the further northward advance of the Jin army, so as to stabilize most of the land in Hebei." ”

Murong Ke's idea is very realistic, after all, between Yecheng and Xiangguo, it is basically an open plain area, and in the plain area, the power of cavalry can be greatly exerted, the army of Yan State is mainly cavalry, as long as Xiangguo is used as a base, using the advantage of cavalry, it is fully capable of blocking the infantry-based Jin army between Xiangguo and Yecheng, thus forming a tug-of-war situation.

After listening to Murong Ke's analysis, all the generals of the Yan Kingdom understood the importance of Xiangguo, and immediately accelerated their preparations for war in order to capture the city of Xiangguo, which had important strategic value.

At the same time, Murong Ke also reported the matter of Wei State to the Great Jin Dynasty court, and reported to Murong Jun, the king of Yan, who was far away in Jicheng, Youzhou, and asked Murong Jun for instructions on his next step.

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In the direction of Ji County, the 30,000 main cavalry under Deng Qiang has arrived at Lin Xicheng, the northernmost part of Ji County, and set up camp, ready to be ordered to reinforce Yecheng at any time, and in Chaoge City, the easternmost part of Ji County, Hua'an and his 30,000 horses also arrived here, and set up camp to wait for the Liangzhou legion soldiers and horses that are coming, ready to converge, and then continue to march in the direction of Yecheng to reinforce the precarious Great Wei State.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the military departments are reporting the status of their soldiers and horses to Hua'an, so that Hua'an can confirm whether the soldiers and horses under his command have entered a state of being able to fight.

"Report, General, Lord Zhang has escorted tens of thousands of deniers of grain and grass and has entered the camp." At this moment, the grain and grass in the rear were also transported to Chaoge City.

Hua An was overjoyed when he heard this, and said loudly: "Now, our army has all the food and ammunition, and it is a victory to block the Yan army from going south, haha!" He laughed.

"Yes! Our army has already won the victory, and this battle will definitely be able to stop the Yan army from moving south. The same view will be made in the middle of the tent.

Hua An nodded and ordered: "Generals, when you return to the camp, you must do a good job in the training of the soldiers." ”

"Yes, General." The generals of the various armies responded with their fists clenched, turned around and left the Chinese army's tent.

As soon as the generals left, Zhang Yu, who was in charge of escorting grain and grass, walked into the big tent of the Chinese army. And clenched his fists slightly, and said softly: "General." ”

Seeing Zhang Yu walking into the Chinese army's tent, Hua An was slightly surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Zhang Yu, why are you here?" After speaking, I realized that just now the little colonel said that Lord Zhang escorted grain and grass into the camp, and Hua An originally thought it was an ordinary Lord Zhang, but he didn't expect that Zhang Yu was coming.

"The subordinates were bored in Luoyang City, and they saw the general marching towards Yecheng, so they took the initiative and came to take a look." Zhang Yu said softly.

"Oh, it's just that simple?" Hua'an naturally didn't believe what Zhang Yu said, he thought that Zhang Yu must have something important here.

Zhang Yu smiled and said softly: "General, my subordinates came here just to find out what the next step is after the general reinforces Yecheng?" ”

"What's next? Then we have to wait for the reinforcement of Yecheng, and make a decision according to the shape of the battlefield! Hua An said softly.

When Zhang Yu heard this, he hurriedly said: "If our army wins a big victory and the Yan army is defeated, what is the general going to do?" ”

"If our army defeats the Yan army, our army will naturally take advantage of the victory to pursue and recover the entire Hebei." Hua An said softly.

Seeing Hua An's answer, Zhang Yu was shocked and hurriedly said: "General, this matter must not be allowed!" Even if our army breaks the Yan army, the general must not take advantage of the victory to pursue it. ”

"Oh, why is that?" Hua An frowned and asked why.

Zhang Yu thought for a while, and said: "First, the surrender of the Wei State to my Great Jin is the same as the surrender of the Yan State, and it is not its sincerity, once the main force of our army pursues the Yan army deeply, the Wei army may not cut off the grain route of our army, so that the main force of our army will bear the consequences of being attacked from both sides. Second, according to reliable information, the main forces of the Yangzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army have gone south, and our army has lost two important reinforcements, and in the Hebei area, our army will fight alone, even if it achieves a temporary victory and occupies a large area of land in Hebei, but in the case of an unstable foundation, it may not be able to hold it, the backing is unstable, and the lone army will be in danger. Third, the general should have heard of the truth that the rabbit dies and the dog cooks the bird and hides the bow, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the two kingdoms of the Yan Dynasty are the henchmen of the imperial court, and at the same time, the hundreds of thousands of troops under the command of the general also make the imperial court quite jealous! There are hundreds of thousands of troops in the Yan Dynasty and the two countries, and it is more reasonable for the general and the soldiers and horses under his command to save the zài, once the Yan Dynasty dies and the Wei State dies, the general will not become a big trouble for the imperial court, so even if the general wins, he must not take advantage of the victory to pursue. ”

After listening to Zhang Yu's analysis, Huaan nodded approvingly, in fact, there is no need for Zhang Yu to remind him, Huaan has already thought about these situations many times.

In more than ten years of military career, Hua'an's greatest wish is to recover the lost land of the Great Jin Dynasty, but the closer to the goal, the more soldiers and horses he has in his hands, the more worried Hua'an is, worried that one day the imperial court will make a stumbling block for himself, just like he did with Zu Ti back then, let an incompetent person with no experience in war ride on his head, restrain his actions, and even, like Su Jun, deprive himself of military power with an idle position. (To be continued......)