Murong Ke looked at Murong Ba beside him, and said with a straight face: "Pass the order, let the army rest for three hours and then set off, and our army must evacuate as much as possible." ”

"Yes, Fourth Brother." Murong Ba opened his mouth to answer, and immediately asked his subordinate generals to convey this order.

Obviously, Murong Ba was also very aware of the dangerous situation at this time, if the 40,000 troops under their command did not evacuate, once they were caught up by the army under Xie Ai, the consequence was very likely to be annihilated, in order to avoid this danger, they had to evacuate as quickly as possible.

After resting for three hours, Murong Ke and the tens of thousands of troops under his command immediately set off and rushed in the direction of Xiangguo City overnight.

In the Hebei direction, the main army under Xie Ai finally defeated Murong Ke's army, and eliminated the 80,000 elite iron cavalry under Murong Ke, which can be said to have achieved a huge victory, and as for the huge losses suffered, it was worth it.

At the same time, in the direction of Liaodong, Wang Wu and his 70,000 main army, as well as 10,000 sailors and soldiers responsible for transportation, had arrived at Mayoujin and anchored at Mayoujin Ferry.

"General, we have finally arrived in Liaodong, look, this is the land of Liaodong." One of the generals looked into the distance and said excitedly.

Wang Wu held the fence on the warship with both hands, looked at the mountains in the distance, nodded, and said, "Yes!" This is Liaodong, we have finally set foot on this land, and it won't be long before this is the land of my Great Jin. ”

Obviously, Wang Wu intended to completely recover Liaodong and work together with Xie Ai's army to completely drive the Yan State out of Youzhou and Pingzhou and recover the territory that the Great Jin had once lost.

"General, according to the scout's report, Yao Xiang's army is in Liaodong. Moreover, it is not far from the Mayoujin Ferry, and in addition, the Yan army in Liaodong has 20,000 or 30,000 horses, all of which are cavalry. A general reported the situation in Liaodong to Wang Wu.

Wang Wu heard this. The corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he said loudly: "Only 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry, what a way, Yao Xiang's army only has 5,000 men and horses left, but our army has 70,000 troops, in addition, 10,000 water troops can also be put into battle at any time, and the strength of our army far exceeds that of the enemy, it seems." Liaodong is easy to take! Hahaha! He laughed.

Obviously, in Wang Wu's eyes, the 20,000 or 30,000 Yan cavalry in Liaodong and the 5,000 men and horses under Yao Xiang were insignificant at all, after all, he had 70,000 troops under his command, and there were 10,000 sailors to help. Victory was almost a matter of no suspense.

"Haha! If you can capture the entire Liaodong, the general should be the first to take the lead! The general looked at Wang Wu. Said happily.

Wang Wu nodded, and said with a straight face: "This will be the first merit, and all the generals are also the first meritorious, and the order will go down, and the whole army and horses will immediately get off the boat and occupy the ferry first." Then attack all the way north and take the whole of Liaodong. ”

"Yes, General." The subordinate general shouted the order and immediately ordered: "Get off the ship, and all the officers and men of the army will disembark immediately." Prepare to seize the ferry. ”

Under Wang Wu's order, all the soldiers under his command immediately disembarked quickly, seized the Mayoujin ferry, and deployed defensive horses less than five miles away from the ferry to prevent a sudden attack by the Yan cavalry.

Wang Wu and the main generals under his command, standing on the command platform of the flagship, looked at the soldiers under his command, and landed on the land in batches, and nodded with great satisfaction, as long as they can take root at the Mayoujin Ferry, the next step will be to capture the entire Liaodong.

After half of the soldiers and horses boarded the ferry, Wang Wu and his main generals also left the warship and boarded the land of Liaodong.

Mayoujin Ferry is the closest ferry port to Qingzhou in Liaodong, this ferry is a natural port, very suitable for ships to shelter from the wind, is a strategic place in Liaodong, however, because Yan attaches importance to cavalry, and does not value the navy, for this reason, there is no naval army stationed at Mayoujin Ferry, and the naval army brought by Yao Xiang, only a thousand people and horses, can not resist the 10,000 naval army brought by Wang Wu at all, for this reason, it has long fled, the merchant ships in the ferry do not understand the Wang Wu army, and the naval army under Yao Xiang also withdrew elsewhere, Today's Mayoujin ferry port is completely an undefended vacant ferry.

"What a big ferry! It can accommodate so many ships of our army to dock at the same time. After Wang Wu landed on land, he looked at the boats in the ferry and said with emotion.

"Yes! General, Mayoujin Ferry has always been the largest ferry port in Liaodong, all merchants who go to Qingzhou from Liaodong basically leave from this ferry, this ferry has always been a busy ferry, but because of the sudden arrival of our army, the merchants are afraid of being attacked, so they all moved elsewhere. The general said softly.

Wang Wu nodded with a smile, and said with a straight face: "It seems that the merchants of Liaodong don't know much about Ben Jiang!" How could the generals attack them at will for no reason? Ha ha! After saying that, he smiled.

Obviously, Wang Wu felt that it was completely superfluous for the merchants of Liaodong to avoid him for no reason, because he would not attack the merchant fleet of Liaodong for no reason, as long as they did not oppose him.

"General Qiyu, the houses and shops near the ferry are all vacant land, which can be used for the army to be stationed." At this moment, a general reported the situation of the ferry to Wang Wu.

When Wang Wu heard this, he was slightly stunned, because according to the scout's investigation, there were at least nearly 10,000 people near the ferry, and these houses and shops were all inhabited, why did the buildings become empty so quickly?

"General, it seems that the people at the ferry have fled in fear when they heard that our army has arrived!" A subordinate general analyzed.

"Yes! General, it seems that the people and merchants here have a deep misunderstanding of our army! However, in this way, our army is camped in the province, and it is not very good to live directly in the homes of these people, and the soldiers can live more comfortably. One of the generals said loudly.

When Wang Wu heard this, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, absolutely not, the people of Liaodong fled their homes because they misunderstood our army, if our army lives in the people's homes at will, won't this rumor be confirmed?" Therefore, this matter must not be allowed, and our army would rather live in tents than in the homes of the people. ”

Obviously, Wang Wu felt that when he first arrived in Liaodong, military discipline was very important, and if he lived in the people's homes at will, it would ruin the reputation of the army, and moreover, after living in the people's homes, it was also very unfavorable for the assembly and rapid attack of the army.

When the generals heard this, they felt that it was very reasonable, so they all agreed with Wang Wu's suggestion.

Soon, the 70,000 army under Wang Wu set up camp on several open spaces at the Mayoujin Ferry, and made the simplest defensive facilities to prevent the Yan army from launching a sneak attack.

After the camp was settled, Wang Wu and his generals patrolled back and forth between several camps to make sure that the army had all settled down.

Standing on a high ground, Wang Wu and his subordinate generals looked down at several camps around them, and always felt that something was wrong.

"General, this place is low-lying, easy to attack and difficult to defend, not a place to defend for a long time, our army of 70,000 troops is stationed here, it is very easy to be attacked by the army of Yan State, we must try our best to find a place to garrison that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that our army can gain a firm foothold in Liaodong!" A subordinate general first saw that the place where the army was stationed was inappropriate, and mentioned it to Wang Wu.

Wang Wu raised his eyes and took a closer look, it was indeed the case, several large open spaces near the Mayoujin ferry port were in a low-lying position, such a geographical location, naturally it was easy to attack and difficult to defend the terrain, if it was stationed in such a terrain for a long time, it was very unfavorable, of course, the goal of Wang Wu's army was to take the entire Liaodong, and naturally it would not always be stationed here.

"Where is the Yao Xiang legion stationed, and where are the twenty or thirty thousand cavalry of the Yan Kingdom?" Wang Wu looked at the generals beside him and asked loudly.

"General, Yao Xiang's army is stationed twenty miles to the north, and the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom is also stationed there, they occupy all the dangerous positions there, if our army wants to break through, I'm afraid it won't be so easy!" One of the generals said truthfully.

Obviously, the Yao Xiang army and the Yan army were stationed in the direction of the mountain, where there was a city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack and a few passes, Wang Wu knew that it was the first place he had to take after entering Liaodong, and for this reason, he felt that he had to prepare as much as possible to take there.

"Send out scouts immediately to find out where the enemy is located, and remember, you can't let go of any clues." Wang Wu looked at his subordinates and ordered loudly.

"Yes, General." Hearing this, the general accepted the order loudly.

Subsequently, a large number of scouts under Wang Wu's command immediately divided into multiple routes and went to a position twenty miles due north, and launched a strict reconnaissance of the dangerous positions where Yao Xiang's army and the Yan army were stationed to determine how to attack there.

However, just when Wang Wu was planning how to attack Yao Xiang's army and the Yan army, Yao Xiang and the generals of the Yan army were also plotting against how to deal with Wang Wu's army.

In order to eliminate the Wang Wu Army, they have spread rumors that the people and merchants of Liaodong are full of fear and hatred for the Wang Wu Army, and they will stay away from the location of the Wang Wu Army as much as possible, so that the Wang Wu Army will not be able to obtain any local supplies and increase the logistical pressure of the Wang Wu Army.

In addition, in the direction of the ferry, because the people and merchants have evacuated their residences, Yao Xiang sent dozens of henchmen to ambush there, and placed a lot of flammable materials in these houses, as long as the soldiers of Wang Wu's army live in these houses, after falling asleep in the middle of the night, these henchmen sent by Yao Xiang will immediately set fire to these flammable things that have been prepared for a long time, so that the army under Wang Wu's command will be buried in the fire. (To be continued......)