Yao Xiang and the main army under his command were continuously passing through the pontoon bridge, and after all arrived at the west bank of the swimming water, the sky was already bright.

At this time, Yao Chang and his 10,000 light cavalry had captured the nearby Fanghe City, and immediately reported the situation to Yao Xiang.

Yao Xiang was naturally very happy when he learned the news, and immediately ordered the whole army and horses to go to Fanghe City, and camp in the city to rest, after all, due to the continuous march, the soldiers under Yao Xiang's command fell into extreme fatigue, if they continued to march, they were afraid that it would greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the army, for this reason, Yao Xiang would give an order to let the whole army enter Fang and the city, and rest in Fang and the city, and after the rest was completed, and then attack other cities in Yanzhou.

After entering Fanghe City, the soldiers and horses under Yao Xiang's command immediately began to rest, and Yao Xiang also rested after discussing with his subordinates.

At the same time, a large number of scouts sent by Yao Xiang went to all directions of Yanzhou to explore the situation of various cities in Yanzhou, so that they could be captured at any time.

In the direction of Rencheng, since learning that Yao Xiang's main army had arrived on the other side of the river, Wang Wu continued to send scouts to the other side to investigate the situation in Yao Xiang's camp.

However, Yao Xiang's camouflage of the camp is very in place, and its main army is divided into batches and directions, and secretly leaves the camp at night, for this reason, it is very good to deceive the scouts sent by Wang Wu, so that the scouts under Wang Wu's command did not know the news of their departure in time, but they can be disguised at night, and they cannot be disguised during the day. After arriving close to reconnoitre, these scouts found that the entire camp was empty, which means that Yao Xiang's main army had already quietly left. The soldiers and horses that left at night were not small troops, but Yao Xiang's main army.

When the scout heard of this, he immediately returned to the camp of Rencheng and reported the situation in the camp of Yao Xiang to Wang Wu.

Knowing that Yao Xiang's main army had quietly left the camp and was heading upstream, Wang Wu was taken aback and immediately ordered the scouts to reconnoiter in the direction of the upper reaches of the water. At the same time, let all the soldiers and horses under his command be vigilant to prevent Yao Xiang's army from suddenly coming out from somewhere.

"General, Yao Xiang suddenly led the troops away in the middle of the night, what kind of conspiracy will there be?" A subordinate general looked at Wang Wu and said softly.

"Needless to say, Yao Xiang must be planning to smuggle across the water from the upstream direction and attack from the flank of our army." One of the generals replied loudly.

Wang Wu nodded. Zhengse said: "That's right, it's indeed possible. Last time, Yao Xiang secretly crossed the water from the downstream of the swimming water, which caught our army by surprise, and this time, Yao Xiang must have planned to smuggle the swimming water from the upstream direction. ”

"General, in that case. Then our army should immediately attack and attack the Yaoxiang army. A subordinate general said loudly.

"That's right, our army should attack immediately, with the strength of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of our army, we will definitely not lose to Yao Xiang." Another general said.

Wang Wu pondered for a moment. He said softly: "Yao Xiang's army, we don't know the exact location at the moment, in case he suddenly turns back and attacks from the front, won't our army be caught off guard again, or find out the exact location of Yao Xiang's main army first, and then lead the troops to the battle." ”

Obviously, Wang Wu felt that if he wanted to attack the Yao Xiang Army, first of all, he had to figure out the specific position of the Yao Xiang Army before he could make the next move.

When the generals heard this, they all nodded in approval.

"Report, general, news has just been sent back from the direction of Fang and the city, Yao Xiang and the main army of the department have crossed the water and occupied Fang and the city." A lieutenant hurriedly ran over and reported loudly.

Wang Wu and his subordinates were all surprised when they heard this, they did not expect that Yao Xiang's army would move so quickly, and after only a whole night's work, they quietly crossed the water, and captured the Fang and the city of Yanzhou with lightning speed.

"General, the main army of Yao Xiang's department has captured Fanghe City, and our army must attack immediately, otherwise, all the cities in the entire Yanzhou may be captured by Yao Xiang." One of the generals pleaded loudly.

"Yes! General, the main force of our army of more than 100,000 is concentrated around Rencheng, and the rest of the cities in Yanzhou are not garrisoned by heavy troops. Another general said loudly.

Wang Wu naturally thought so, Yao Xiang's way of fighting was a complete disruption of his original battle plan, and for this reason, Wang Wu had to change his combat strategy and immediately lead the main army under his command to kill the location where Yao Xiang's army was located.

He looked at his subordinate generals, and said: "Generals, Yao Xiang's army is only seventy or eighty thousand, and our army has 140,000 horses. ”

"Yes, General." The generals immediately accepted the order.

Soon, the main force of the Yanzhou Army under Wang Wu began to make active preparations, and after an hour of preparation, under Wang Wu's personal order, more than 100,000 main forces left Rencheng one after another and marched in the direction of Fanghecheng.

At this time, in the direction of Jingzhou, Huan Wen and his more than 100,000 main forces have arrived in Xiangyang City, and set up camp inside and outside Xiangyang City, among them, the most elite soldiers and horses are stationed in Xiangyang City, and the rest of the main forces are stationed in the suburbs of Xiangyang City.

After arriving in Xiangyang City, Huan Wen stayed in the temporary palace that had been prepared long ago, and arranged Murong Khan in a large mansion near the palace to facilitate mutual communication.

After arriving in Xiangyang City, Huan Wen was very concerned about the situation in the direction of Luoyang City, and sent additional men to investigate the situation in the direction of Luoyang City.

Through the investigation of the detailed work, Huan Wen learned about the situation near Luoyang City, and he knew that Hua'an had recruited a large number of militiamen, and they were transferred back and forth around Luoyang City.

However, these detailed works still roughly estimated a number, there are more than 100,000 over there, such a huge number of new soldiers and horses, so that Huan Wen was surprised, after all, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses is a very large number, Hua'an recruited so many soldiers and horses in one go, it can be said that it has greatly enhanced the defense of Luoyang City, making his idea of attacking Luoyang City a lot weaker.

In order to thoroughly understand the situation in the direction of Luoyang City, Huan Wen issued an order to personally summon a junior colonel sent to Luoyang City to serve as a fine worker.

Soon, the colonel was ordered to enter the palace and meet Huan Wen on the top of the main hall.

Seeing that the little colonel had arrived, Huan Wen nodded with satisfaction, looked at the little colonel, and asked, "This king asks you, how many soldiers and horses are there near Luoyang City, and what kind of soldiers and horses are they." ”

When the little colonel heard this, he hugged his fists and replied: "King Qiqi, there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the direction of Luoyang City, among them, there are 90,000 main water troops, who are training in Luoshui day and night, and there are more than 100,000 newly recruited recruits, who are frequently training and mobilizing, in addition, in Luoyang City, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers, responsible for defending Luoyang City. ”

Hearing this, Huan Wen nodded, and continued to ask: "The 90,000 sailors in the direction of Luoyang are training, so in your opinion, how are these sailors trained, and how do they compare with my Jingzhou navy?" After speaking, he looked at such a small school.

The little colonel hugged his fists and said: "King Qiqi, the 90,000 sailors in Luoshui are trained very methodically, and the progress is also very fast, it is obvious that there are high-level people who are training, but if it is compared with my Jingzhou navy, there is still a bit of a gap." ”

Huan Wen nodded, and asked again: "How is the King of the North recently, has he shown up in Luoyang City, and what are you doing?" ”

Xiao Xiao replied: "The king of the north still goes to Luoyang City every day to inspect, never breaks, occasionally leaves Luoyang City, goes to Luoshui to inspect the training of the navy, and sometimes goes to the fields more than ten miles away to inspect the growth of crops, in addition, it is to deal with political affairs in the palace every day. ”

"What is the situation of those recruits in the direction of Luoyang City, and how is the training? Why do you need to move frequently, have you investigated it clearly? Huan Wen asked loudly again.

The little colonel nodded, and said with a straight face: "King Qiqi, these situations, the last general has investigated clearly, in the direction of Luoyang City, the newly recruited recruits have already carried out military training before, which lasted for half a year, and after recruitment, a little training has formed a good combat power, and the reason why they are frequently mobilized is because this is also part of the training, in order to train these recruits and the ability to carry out military orders." ”

After listening to the little colonel's explanation, Huan Wen breathed a long sigh of relief, according to the description of the little colonel, Hua'an is still in Luoyang City, and the army under his command is as high as more than 200,000, and there is Luoshui natural danger, if you want to attack Luoyang City, you must mobilize more than 300,000 soldiers and horses to be able to achieve victory, and Huan Wen is unable to mobilize such a huge number of soldiers and horses for a while, besides, there is no need to take such a big political risk.

That is to say, after Huan Wen learned that Luoyang City was in such a situation, he had completely dismissed the plan to launch a surprise attack on Luoyang City, and his original plan was to attack Qingzhou with the main army in the direction of Luoyang City led by Hua An himself, and the emptiness around Luoyang City was the background, and now, Hua'an has not left Luoyang City at all, and there is such a large defensive force in the direction of Luoyang City, how can this give him the courage to attack in the direction of Luoyang City? (To be continued......)