In the direction of Hebei, the 100,000 elite army under the command of Murong Ke has arrived in the city of gall and joined the main army, so far, the main army of the Yan State gathered near the city of gall has reached 230,000 people, which is a very powerful force.

After the army was assembled, Murong Ke naturally wanted to lead the troops to continue south, however, in order to ensure the safety of the grain route, Murong Ke felt that it was more appropriate to leave a group of soldiers and horses to defend Julu County, for this reason, after he and his subordinates studied it, they decided to leave 30,000 horses to guard Julu County, and personally led the main army of 200,000 to kill Xiangguo City.

"General, the whole army is completely ready and ready to go." A general of the Yan State reminded loudly.

Murong Ke nodded and said loudly: "Pass the order, and the whole army will immediately set off and march in the direction of Xiangguo City." ”

"Yes, General." The general received the order and immediately conveyed the order to attack Xiangguo City.

Subsequently, Murong Ke and the 200,000 main army under his command left the city of Gauntow and marched towards Xiangguo City.

Considering that Xiangguo City was only more than 200 miles away from Yecheng, Xie Ai would definitely be tightly fortified, so Murong Ke did not let Murong Ba lead the vanguard army to set off first, but let the 200,000 main army act together to prevent the lack of forward soldiers and horses from being broken by Xie Ai's army.

Murong Ke's guess was not wrong, in the direction of Xiangguo City, Xie Ai did deploy heavy troops, and planned to start a bloody battle with Murong Ke's army before the decisive battle inside and outside Xiangguo City, so as to greatly weaken the strength of the army under Murong Ke's command and lay the foundation for the next victory over Murong Ke's army.

In order to make the army under his command exert greater combat effectiveness, Xie Ai decided to personally command the battle, and for this battle, Xie Ai mobilized an army of 170,000, among which. There were 100,000 cavalry in the main force, 20,000 in powerful charioteers, and finally 50,000 new soldiers.

Xie Ai's deployment was to attack from inside and outside, greatly eliminating Murong Ke's army, which. 20,000 charioteers and 100,000 main cavalry were the absolute main force on the battlefield, Xie Ai decided to personally command them, and set up camp on the outskirts of Xiangguo City, ready to fight at any time, while 50,000 recruits were responsible for defending Xiangguo City, making it difficult for the main army of Yan to break through the city, and if the main army and the Yan army fought a decisive battle outside the city. The 50,000 recruits in the city should also be reinforced in a timely manner, in short, the ultimate goal of this battle is to greatly eliminate the living force of the Yan army and prepare for the next comprehensive counterattack.

"General, how can Xiangguo City be handed over to this group of recruits who have never fought before?" Deng Qiang looked at Xie Ai. He objected.

Obviously, Deng Qiang was very distrustful of these recruits in front of him who were carrying materials to defend the city. He felt that it was too risky to hand over such an important city as Xiangguo City to this group of recruits to garrison, after all, this group of recruits had never fought before, and in case the main army of Yan Kingdom attacked the city fiercely, it was very likely that these recruits would not be able to hold the city.

Xie Ai smiled. Disapprovingly, he said: "General Deng is too worried, since the general has let this group of recruits be responsible for guarding Xiangguo City, he naturally has the reason of this general, besides, there is a main army of 120,000 of our army stationed on the outskirts of Xiangguo City." The main army of the Yan State was very difficult to concentrate on attacking Xiangguo City. ”

"General, this battle is a matter of great importance, why didn't the general transfer all his troops and horses to Xiangguo City? Why do you have to leave tens of thousands of horses in Yecheng, in case our army is defeated, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yecheng, how can we resist the attack of the main army of Yan State. Deng Qiang asked puzzled.

Obviously, Deng Qiang saw that Xie Ai personally came to command the battle of Xiangguo City, and transferred an army of 170,000, so he mistakenly thought that this battle was a decisive battle with the main army of Yan State.

Xie Ai smiled and said: "General Deng, in this battle of Xiangguo, the purpose of our army is to annihilate the living force of the Yan army, and make Murong Ke think that all the strength of our army is here, so that Murong Ke will dare to catch up after the defeat of our army, so that the elite who will be deployed in Yecheng can wait for work and hit the main army under Murong Ke hard, do you understand?" ”

When Deng Qiang heard this, he was slightly stunned, paused, and said in surprise: "What the general means, in this battle, our army still has to flee with defeat." ”

After saying that, he was reluctant, after all, Deng Qiang had been deceived many times in a row, and he really didn't want to be defeated again and fled.

Xie Ai nodded, and said with a straight face: "The scout has just reported, Murong Ke is leading the main army of 200,000 to kill in the direction of Xiangguo City, including 20,000 chariot troops, 80,000 iron rope cavalry, 100,000 cavalry, such a powerful force, with the soldiers and horses of our army, does the general think it is easy to win?" After speaking, he looked at Deng Qiang.

Deng Qiang thought for a moment and nodded slightly, Xie Ai was right, with the strength of the main army under Murong Ke, the 170,000 soldiers and horses gathered by Xie Ai's army were indeed difficult to win, if they didn't retreat in advance, they would only be defeated and retreated.

"General, the last general understands, the last general must follow the general's order and teach the main army of Yan State a good lesson." Deng Qiang said loudly.

Xie Ai heard this, nodded with satisfaction, at this moment, the recruits on the city wall, are still seriously and actively preparing for war, Xie Ai and Deng Qiang inspected a section along the city wall, then left the city wall, went to the camp outside the city, before leaving, Xie Ai warned the generals in charge of guarding Xiangguo City, so that they must go all out to defend Xiangguo City, no matter what happens, they must not abandon Xiangguo City, as long as there is still a soldier alive, they must also stand up to guard Xiangguo City.

The general who was responsible for defending Xiangguo City naturally swore that he would live and die with Xiangguo City, which made Xie Ai feel a lot more relieved.

After returning to the Chinese army's tent outside the city, Xie Ai immediately asked the soldiers in the camp to actively prepare for battle, because, according to the scout's report, Murong Ke's main army was not far from Xiangguo City, and only by preparing for war could he conduct more effective operations when the main army of Yan State arrived.

Soon, Murong Ke and the main army of 200,000 under his command arrived at the outskirts not far from Xiangguo City and set up camp.

Although Murong Ke had already sent a lot of scouts in advance, he was still not very familiar with the specific situation in the direction of Xiangguo City, so he decided to temporarily set up camp and prepare to go to the direction of Xiangguo City to conduct reconnaissance in person.

"Fourth brother, according to the scout's report, Xie Ai personally led an army of 170,000 to defend Xiangguo City, and he has the momentum of a decisive battle with our army!" Murong Ba looked at Murong Ke and reported loudly.

Murong Ke nodded, and asked Zhengse: "How Xie Ai's army was deployed, and who led each army, have you found out clearly?" ”

Murong Ba replied truthfully: "Fourth brother, the scouts only found out that Xie Ai's army had 170,000 soldiers and horses, including 50,000 inside the city and 120,000 outside the city. ”

Of course, this is all because Xie Ai issued an order for martial law, so that Yan Guo's meticulous work could not be investigated as he wanted.

Murong Ke nodded, and said with a straight face: "Xie Ai allocated 170,000 troops to defend Xiangguo City, which can be described as pouring out!" The battle of Xiangguo City is a decisive battle between our army and Xie Ai's army, and the victory or defeat of this battle will directly affect the future of our Great Yan Kingdom, so we must be extra cautious and must not slack off in the slightest. ”

"What the fourth brother said is that I will send more scouts to the direction of Xiangguo City to investigate, and I will definitely investigate the deployment of the Xie Ai Legion." Murong Ba Zhengse said.

Murong Ke waved his hand and said, "No need, you accompany me to the direction of Xiangguo City to investigate." ”

"Fourth brother, it's too dangerous to do this, at this time, the decisive battle between our army and Xie Ai's army is about to break out, there must be many soldiers and horses of Xie Ai's army patrolling near Xiangguo City, the fourth brother is the commander of the whole army, if something happens, the consequences are unimaginable!" Murong Ba objected loudly.

Obviously, at this moment when a big war is about to break out, Murong Ba is worried about Murong Ke's safety, after all, once the commander of the whole army has an accident, it will be a great blow to the morale of the entire army.

Murong Ke smiled and said: "What are you afraid of, as the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get a tiger, just go to the direction of Xiangguo City to investigate the enemy's situation, it will be fine, let's go!" As he spoke, he strode out of the tent of the Chinese army.

Soon, Murong Ke and Murong Ba and his entourage, leaving the main army camp and running in the direction of Xiangguo City, in order to ensure Murong Ke's safety, Murong Ba selected fifty personal soldiers to be responsible for guarding, in addition, also let a general lead three thousand troops as backup, in case of an accident, these three thousand cavalry play a role in ensuring Murong Ke's safety.

The place where the main force of the Yan State was stationed was only more than ten miles away from Xiangguo City, so Murong Ke and his group soon arrived near Xiangguo City, and ambushed on the outskirts of Xiangguo City, carefully observing the situation in Xiangguo City.

At this time, the recruits and soldiers on the walls of Xiangguo City were still working hard to carry all kinds of materials for defending the city, and their actions were naturally completely watched by Murong Ke and his party outside the city.

"It seems that the enemy army is planning to defend Xiangguo City!" Looking at the busy back on the city wall, Murong Ke let out a sigh of emotion.

"Fourth brother, Xie Ai has only 50,000 soldiers and horses deployed in Xiangguo City, as long as our army attacks with all its might, it can completely capture Xiangguo City." Murong Ba said loudly.

Murong Ke frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Are the 120,000 soldiers and horses under Xie Ai's command still nearby?" How can our army go all out to attack Xiangguo City? First destroying the 120,000 soldiers and horses under Xie Ai's command is the top priority of our army. ”

Obviously, Murong Ke had already seen it, and he felt that Xie Ai personally led the main army to deploy outside the city in order to echo with the soldiers and horses in the city to form a defensive corner, and the first thing he had to do was to go all out to attack the 120,000 main army under Xie Ai, so as to annihilate the living force under Xie Ai. (To be continued......)