In the direction of Dai County, Xie Ai and the 60,000 main army under his command have arrived in Dai County and are stationed in the county seat of Dai County.

After nearly half a month of rapid marching, the soldiers of Xie Ai's army were very tired, so before attacking the Yan army, they had to rest in a safe position and supply all kinds of supplies to make final preparations for the attack on the Yan army.

The Dai County of Dai County is not very far from Jicheng and Yishui, and it is the best place for Xie Ai's army to rest, so Xie Ai ordered the main army under his command to rest in Dai County, and is ready to attack the Yan army at any time.

Of course, Xie Ai's original direction of attack was Jicheng, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, however, after entering Daijun, Xie Ai observed the shape of the direction of Youzhou, and suddenly, he felt that it was a good decision to attack Murong Ke's army on the north bank of Yishui with the main force of the Jin army on the south bank of Yishui, after all, the main army under his command was 20,000 cavalry under Zhang Hao and 20,000 chariot soldiers under Yang An, as well as 20,000 reserve legions, these armies are better at field warfare, not good at siege operations, besides, as long as the main force of Murong Ke's Yan army is broken, The strength of the Yan Kingdom will be greatly weakened, which will make the Yan Kingdom collapse from now on.

However, where to launch the attack in the end, Xie Ai still has to go through some careful consideration, after all, the matter of fighting is a big matter, and it cannot be sloppy.

"Report, General, our army has been defeated in the direction of Yishui." In Xie Ai's big tent of the Chinese army, Xie Ai was thinking about how to march, and a small colonel rushed into the big tent and loudly reported the battle in the direction of Yishui.

Xie Ai was stunned when he heard this, and said softly: "What." There was a battle in the direction of Yishui last night? ”

The little colonel hugged his fists and said: "Yes, general, last night Wang Shang personally commanded the army to cross Yishui, but he was defeated by the army of Yan and lost hundreds of men and horses. ”

Hearing this, Xie Ai frowned and fell into deep thought, but he was not puzzled by the defeat of the Jin army, but was considering whether he should change his plan to attack Jicheng. Instead, he waved his division to attack the main army of the Yan State on the north bank of Yishui. After all, the Yan army was defended across Yishui and occupied the advantage of geography, so it was not surprising to defeat the Jin army's forcible crossing plan.

"General. The king's main army. It has been blocked by the army of Yan on the south bank of Yishui for half a month. Should our army contact the king, make an appointment, and launch an attack on Murong Ke's main army together. In this way, you can break through the Yishui defense line in one fell swoop and severely damage the main army of Yan State. Yang An Zhengse said.

"That's right, general, what's the point of attacking Jicheng, it's better to attack Murong Ke's main army, it's more enjoyable to fight." Zhang Hao said loudly.

Obviously, as a cavalry general, Zhang Hao did not want to launch an attack on Jicheng, because the cavalry was a branch of the army that was good at field warfare, and could not play much of a role in the siege battle, and the main army of Yan was concentrated in the direction of Yishui, and attacking in the direction of Yishui could eliminate the main army of Yan State more.

Xie Ai was very satisfied when he heard this, because Zhang Oyster and Yang An's ideas coincided with his ideas, and with the support of Yang An and Zhang Oy, Xie Ai was even more determined that he should give up attacking Jicheng, lead his troops south, and flank the main force of the Yan army under Murong Ke with the main army.

"Report, general, the king has an urgent letter." Just when Xie Ai had just made up his mind, a colonel entered the big tent of the Chinese army and presented Hua An's handwritten letter.

Seeing that Hua'an had instructions, Xie Ai didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took Hua'an's handwritten letter, opened it and read it.

"General, what did the king say in his letter?" Seeing Xie Ai's happy face, Yang An hurriedly asked.

Xie Ai smiled and said softly: "The king ordered our army to give up the attack on Jicheng and march in the direction of Yishui, and at night two days later, with the Kong Ming lantern on the south bank of Yishui as a signal, launch a fierce attack on Murong Ke's main cavalry, so as to instigate the king's main army to break through the Yan army's Yishui defense line." ”

"Great, the king let our army go south to attack Murong Ke, this battle must be very enjoyable." Zhang Oyster first said excitedly.

"General, Daixian is more than 100 miles away from Yishui, if we launch an attack at night in two days, our army will have to pull out the camp now, so as not to arrive in the direction of Yishui on time." Yang An Zhengse said.

Hearing this, Xie Ai nodded, and ordered: "The whole army immediately packed up and prepared to march in the direction of Yishui. ”

"Yes, General." Yang An and other generals shouted orders, turned around and left the Chinese army's tent, and went to their respective camps to prepare.

After some preparations, the 60,000 soldiers of Xie Ai's legion, under the personal leadership of the main general Xie Ai, left Dai County and marched in the direction of Yishui.

Such a large-scale operation of Xie Ai's army was naturally discovered by the Yan army scouts under Murong Ke's command, and the Yan army scouts did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported such an important situation to Murong Ke, the main general of the Yan army, as quickly as possible.

Half a day later, in the Yan army camp on the north bank of Yishui, Murong Ke, the chief general of the Yan army, was in the big tent of the Chinese army, discussing with the generals how to resist the possible two-way attack of the Jin army, and a henchman lieutenant anxiously entered the big tent of the Chinese army.

"General, the 60,000 troops of the Jin army Xie Ai have left Dai County and are rushing towards the direction of our army's camp, and it is estimated that it will be possible to reach the vicinity of our army's camp in two days at most." The henchman junior school clenched his fists and reported.

When Murong Ke and his subordinate generals heard this, they were immediately shocked, Xie Ai's army gave up the established offensive route and suddenly marched in the direction of Yishui, it was obvious that it was to flank the main army of the Yan army with the main force of the Jin army on the south bank of Yishui, and there was an attempt to break through the Yan army's Yishui defense line in one fell swoop.

The worst-case scenario was predicted by himself in advance, and Murong Ke's heart became extremely nervous, after all, once the 60,000 soldiers and horses under Xie Ai's command came to the north bank of Yishui, the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command would face the dangerous situation of the Jin army being attacked from both sides, and the Jin army was also close to twice its own strength and became more powerful.

"Fourth brother, the Jin Army's Xie Ai Legion really plans to attack the main force of our army, so the pressure on our army will be even greater, and it is necessary to transfer a part of the soldiers and horses that are not very sufficient to defend the Xie Ai Legion, and the Yishui defense line is worrying!" Murong Ba said worriedly.

Murong Ke was naturally very helpless about this situation, after all, he couldn't control where the Jin army attacked, at this time, there was no better way than to divide the troops to resist the Xie Ai army, and the division of troops naturally had to transfer some of the soldiers and horses defending the Yishui defense line away from the north bank of Yishui, so as to make the Yishui defense line less impregnable.

"Fourth brother, the Xie Ai Legion has 60,000 soldiers and horses, and our army currently has 160,000 horses, how many soldiers and horses should be allocated to defend the Xie Ai Legion?" Murong Ba asked softly.

Murong Ke thought for a moment and said softly: "The Xie Ai Legion is the main force of the Jin Army, and it is impossible to underestimate the enemy, and the equal forces must be allocated to block the Xie Ai Legion." ”

When Murong Ba heard this, he said softly: "Our army has deployed 160,000 troops on the north bank of Yishui, if 60,000 troops are transferred to resist Xie Ai's army, and the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses defend Yishui, the pressure will be even greater." ”

Murong Ke shook his head and said softly: "The soldiers and horses defending Yishui can only use 60,000, and the remaining 40,000 horses must be used as a reserve force for the whole army, so that they can be ready to reinforce all parties at any time." ”

After all, the main force of the Jin army on the south bank of Yishui has 250,000 people, and the strength is very strong, with only 60,000 horses to defend the defense line that stretches for more than ten miles, the pressure is conceivable.

However, the Yan army is facing the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, and it must set aside enough reserve forces, after all, only with reserve forces can it immediately reinforce when there is an emergency somewhere, so as to get rid of the crisis of the defense line being breached.

Murong Ke thought about it for a long time, made operational arrangements for his subordinates, and asked the generals of each army to immediately lead the large armies under his command into their respective battle positions, and pay attention to vigilance at all times to prevent the main force of the Jin army from launching a surprise attack.

Under Murong Ke's personal deployment, all the 160,000 main troops under his command entered the position and closely monitored the threat from the direction of the Jin army.

Of course, no matter how tightly Murong Ke deployed, the status quo of overstretched troops could never be changed, and such a situation would definitely allow the Jin army to find an opportunity.

In order to solve the shortage of troops, Murong Ke's subordinate generals, Zeng Jianyi, transferred the 20,000 troops transferred to Jicheng back to the north bank of Yishui, so as to enhance the strength of the Yishui defense line, but Murong Ke vetoed this Jian, because, Jicheng is the capital of Yan State, and it is the most important city of Yan State. Murong Jun, the king of Yan, and the core ministers under his command are all in Jicheng.

Finally, a subordinate general recruited men between the ages of fourteen and sixty in the nearby city and gave them brief training to take on the role of soldiers to compensate for the lack of the main army.

Murong Ke was naturally reluctant to let a fourteen-year-old doll and a sixty-year-old man enter the battlefield, but at this moment, the shape was already very critical, and if extraordinary measures were not taken, it was very likely that the Yishui defense line would not be able to hold it.

After some careful consideration, Murong Ke ordered the conscription of men over the age of fourteen and under the age of fifty-five to urgently enlist in the army, so as to make up for the current situation of the lack of strength of the Yan army.

In Fanyang, Gu'an, and Rongcheng on the north bank of Yishui, there are tens of thousands of people each, of which there are 30,000 men who meet the requirements for conscription, in order to solve the immediate urgency, Murong Ke ordered the conscription of these 30,000 horses into the army, and let them be briefly trained, and issued simple weapons, let them all enter the north bank of Yishui, and be responsible for defending the main force of the Jin army on the other side of Yishui. (To be continued......)