The more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the direction of Luoyang City completely shocked the generals of the Jingzhou Legion, so that they did not dare to take risks, and then, these generals waited for the opportunity to take action when the troops around Luoyang City were empty.

Of course, at this time, Hua'an had already led tens of thousands of elites under his command to arrive at Dingtao City in Yanzhou, and was fully prepared for battle, ready to annihilate Yao Xiang's corps at any time.

"Wang, the scout has just sent back the news that the main army under Yao Xiang has crossed the water and occupied Fanghe City, and General Wang Wu is leading the main army under his command to kill in the direction of Fanghe City, preparing for a decisive battle with Yao Xiang's army." Hua'an had just arrived in Dingtao, and the news that Yao Xiang's army had crossed the water came from the front.

Hearing such important news, Hua An and the generals beside him were a little surprised, Yao Xiang's movements were too fast, which was much faster than they originally imagined, but this was not a bad thing for Hua An, after all, Yao Xiang had already sent it to the door by himself, and he from the province had gone all the way to Qingzhou to ask for it.

"Your Majesty, the Yao Xiang army has occupied Fang and the city, and it will be a decisive battle with the main force of our Yanzhou army in the near future, and our army should immediately reinforce the past and attack the Yao Xiang army together with the Yanzhou army." Deng Qiang said loudly.

"Yes! Your Majesty, maybe there will be a battle tomorrow ahead, and it is safer for our army to set off immediately. Wang San also said loudly.

Hua An thought for a while, and said: "Dingtao City is two or three hundred miles away from Fang and Cheng, since Yao Xiang's main force is going to fight a decisive battle with the main force of our army's Yanzhou Legion, our army should immediately reinforce it, and send the order down, let the soldiers rest for a few hours, and then start to march in the direction of Fang and Cheng."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals clenched their fists and led the way.

Soon, all the soldiers under the command of Hua'an. It is completely ready, and as long as Hua'an gives an order, he can immediately run in the direction of Fang and Cheng.

"Your Majesty, the whole army is ready to go." Wang San reminded softly.

Seeing this, Hua An nodded. He said softly: "The whole army will set off immediately." After speaking, he rode his horse and ran in the direction of Fang and Cheng.

All the soldiers followed behind Hua'an, running in the direction of Fang and Cheng as fast as they could.

Due to the distance of two or three hundred miles, even if the cavalry marched quickly, it would take two days to arrive, but Hua'an was not in a hurry, after all, the strength of the Yanzhou army was much more than the army under Yao Xiang. Therefore, Huaan was not worried that the Yanzhou Army would be defeated.

In the direction of Yecheng, Xie Ai, who was in charge of guarding Hebei, suddenly felt a strong threat from the north, and made a continuous report, he understood the direction of Jicheng, the movement and deployment of the Yan army, and could already predict it. The main army of 300,000 of Yan is about to go south.

There are also 300,000 soldiers and horses under Xie Ai's command. But these 300,000 soldiers and horses need to guard a large area of Jizhou and Merge Prefecture, and they can't all be gathered at all, among them, 50,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Zhao Wu need to guard the Merge Prefecture and guard against the comeback of the soldiers and horses of the country. The 30,000 beggars under Su Hai needed to guard Changshan County to prevent Bingzhou and Jizhou from being separated by the Yan army, and Pu Jian's 50,000 soldiers and horses were responsible for defending Lukou, which could be said to be on the front line of resisting the southward movement of the Yan State, but this person's loyalty was questionable. The 50,000 army may not obey the mobilization in wartime, so the only soldiers and horses that Xie Ai can mobilize as he wants are the 120,000 main army near Yecheng and the 50,000 reserve army in the south of Jizhou.

Under Xie Ai's command, the 120,000 main force is still quite combative, especially among the 40,000 charioteers, there are also 20,000 heavily armored charioteers, and in addition, the 80,000 main cavalry is also a powerful force that cannot be underestimated.

The 120,000 main force is an important force for Xie Ailai to hold Hebei, among them, only 100,000 of the main force of the Yan State knows, the most powerful 20,000 heavy charioteers, have been secretly training in the Hulu Valley on the outskirts of Yecheng, these 20,000 elite heavy charioteers are the most important killer weapon in Xie Ai's hands, which can block the heavy army of Yan on the battlefield, so as to thwart Yan Guo's offensive attempt.

At this time, the signs of the main army of Yan State going south have become more and more obvious, Xie Ai's heart is naturally very nervous, in order to be able to block the attack of the main army of Yan State and hold the land of Hebei, Xie Ai asked Li Shuqu, who is building water conservancy, to immediately stop the construction of ditches, so that these farmers and idle laborers can participate in military training, ready to take up arms at any time to resist the attack of the Yan army.

Li Shuqu was naturally very reluctant to Xie Ai's request, and expressed his strong opposition, however, under Xie Ai's repeated requests and persuasions, Li Shuqu finally realized that he should focus on the overall situation, and at the critical juncture when the main army of Yan was about to go south, he would have to obey the military, after all, once Hebei was occupied by Yan State, no matter how good the ditch was built, it would lose its due significance.

These large number of idle people, once they join the army, can enhance the strength of the army under Xie Ai on a certain distance, but after all, these people are a rabble and can only play an auxiliary role, Xie Ai is most concerned about the 20,000 heavily armored charioteers who are being trained in the gourd valley, and the quality of the training of these 20,000 heavy charioteers directly affects Xie Ai's confidence to resist the main army of Yan State.

In order to find out the combat effectiveness of these 20,000 heavily armored charioteers, Xie Ai decided to go to Hulu Valley in person to inspect this long-hidden strategic force, and take Yang An with him.

"General, the war horse is ready, let's go!" Yang An walked over with two horses and said softly.

Xie Ai nodded, stepped on the war horse, and walked towards the gourd valley with Yang Anyi, accompanied by dozens of personal guards under Xie Ai's command.

It didn't take long for Xie Ai, Yang An and the others to arrive at the mouth of the gourd valley, where the baggage soldiers held the mouth of the valley and forbade outsiders to enter at will.

Xie Ai and Yang An and other people entered the gourd valley smoothly, and let all the guards stay in the first valley to rest, while Xie Ai and Yang An passed through the waist of the gourd valley and entered the second valley of the gourd valley.

After entering the second valley of the Hulu Valley, 20,000 charioteers who were training hard were reflected in front of Xie Ai and Yang An.

Seeing that the soldiers were training very hard, Xie Ai and Yang An both nodded with great satisfaction.

"General Qiyu, the tank unit is training." A general who was directing the training of charioteers saw Xie Ai and Yang An coming to Hulu Valley and reported loudly.

Xie Ai nodded and said in appreciation: "Very good, the soldiers have trained very hard, but what is the effect of the training?" Whether you can go into battle and kill the enemy. ”

"Yes! The army of Yan may move south at any time, can you fight? Yang An asked.

The general looked proud and said loudly: "General, the charioteers of our army have been trained and mature, and they can fight at any time. ”

Xie Ai and Yang An were very happy when they heard this, but they had no basis for saying that they were mules or horses, and they still had to pull them out.

"You personally select the best trained battalion of men and horses, and show them to the general." Xie Ai ordered softly.

"Yes, General." The ministry replied loudly.

Soon, a battalion of charioteers, in an open field, began to urgently assemble, and soon formed a neat line.

"Yes, it's really good, two hundred and fifty chariots, so easily lined up in a straight line." Seeing this, Xie Ai praised loudly.

"Yes! General, they did train very well, but the next step will be even more exciting. Yang An said loudly.

Soon, two hundred and fifty heavy chariots rushed in the same direction at a very high speed, and quickly fired the huge crossbow arrows and hand-held crossbow arrows on the chariots.

"Whoosh...... After a rapid bowstring sound, a large number of giant crossbow arrows and hand crossbow arrows accurately shot at the scarecrow hundreds of paces in front of him, and shot these scarecrows like hedgehogs.

"Okay, that's great, after equipping the giant crossbow, the ranged attack power of the charioteers is greatly enhanced!" Xie Ai said excitedly.

"Yes! General, the long-range attack power of these charioteers is at least five times that before the transformation, and with this army, our army's chances of defeating the Yan State have been greatly enhanced. Yang An echoed casually.

On the training ground, these charioteers arrived near the scarecrow after firing three rounds of crossbow arrows, only to see that they immediately put away their crossbows and giant crossbows, and quickly picked up the long weapons beside them, and swung at the scarecrow violently, after a burst of stabbing and chopping, the large scarecrows were all torn apart, and under the crushing of the chariot wheels, they changed back to the form of the scarecrow, and all the scarecrows disappeared.

"Well, that's really good! In an instant, all the enemy troops were wiped out, worthy of being the elite of our army, and with this army, the general would be much more relieved. Xie Ai looked at Yang An and sighed softly.

"Yes! With this elite charioteer, our army has more chances of winning in the face of the main army of Yan State, and the army of Yan State does not know the existence of this team, let alone the strong combat effectiveness of this team, which is a good opportunity for our army, and our army can take advantage of the paralyzing heart of the army of Yan State, take this team as the main force, and suddenly give the army of Yan State a head-on blow. Yang An Zhengse said.

When Xie Ai heard this, he felt that it was very reasonable, paused, and said: "Yan Guo has gathered 300,000 main troops, and the soldiers can be described as extremely strong, and they have the momentum to take Hebei in one fell swoop. (To be continued......)