The Yanzhou direction is actively preparing for war, and Yao Xiang in the Qingzhou direction is not idle, under his strong efforts, all the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou for their own interests, all under his command, and said that they will obey Yao Xiang's orders.

However, Jingzhou's weapons and military salaries have not been in place for a long time, which makes Yao Xiang and others extremely anxious, according to Murong Khan's previous promise, these weapons and military salaries should have been in place long ago.

"How's it going, is there any news?" Seeing Yao Chang striding into the main hall, Yao Xiang asked anxiously.

Yao Chang Zhengse said: "Fifth brother, it's not good, the batch of weapons and military salaries we want are very likely to be intercepted halfway." ”

"What, someone intercepted, is there any definite news?" Yao Xiang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked loudly.

Yao Chang said: "According to the report of the spies, the men and horses of Jingzhou have already set off, and it stands to reason that they should have arrived in Qingzhou a long time ago, but now they have not arrived, in addition, not long ago, the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou seized a caravan selling dates, this caravan is very likely to be the people and horses sent from the direction of Jingzhou, the most suspicious thing is that the soldiers and horses in the direction of Yanzhou have been actively expanding their armaments recently, and they seem to smell something. ”

When Yao Xiang heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, according to these signs, the weapons and military salaries transported from the direction of Jingzhou were most likely intercepted by the Yanzhou soldiers and horses under Wang Wu's command, such a situation was a great disadvantage to Yao Xiang and the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou, which could be very bad for them.

"It's really hateful, Wang Wu actually dared to intercept our army's weapons and salaries, we must avenge this revenge." Yao Xiang shouted angrily.

"Fifth brother, Yanzhou originally had more soldiers and horses than our Qingzhou, and now, Wang Wu not only brought 20,000 reinforcements. They have also intercepted our weapons and salaries, and our strength has become stronger, how can we take revenge? Yao Chang said worriedly.

Obviously, with the current military strength, the Yanzhou soldiers and horses under Wang Wu are higher than the soldiers and horses in the direction of Qingzhou in terms of strength. If you want to attack Yanzhou, you may not be able to achieve victory.

Yao Xiang's eyes were on fire, and he said loudly: "Although there are many soldiers and horses in the direction of Yanzhou, they are scattered in many positions, in the direction of Rencheng, there are only 20,000 cavalry under Wang Wu, if our army concentrates the main force to raid Rencheng, maybe we can capture Rencheng and recapture the weapons and salaries that belong to us." In addition, as long as Wang Wu and his 20,000 horses are wiped out, all the men and horses in the direction of Yanzhou will fall apart, so that the entire Yanzhou will soon be under the control of our army, and at that time, we can join forces with the king of Nan and the king of Yan to jointly attack the direction of Luoyang City. Destroy the king of the north, and then wait for the opportunity to seize the world. ”

Seeing that Yao Xiang had already made up his mind. If he wanted to attack Rencheng, Yao Chang no longer objected, he looked at Yao Xiang and said loudly: "Fifth brother, with only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of our army, I am afraid that we will not be able to break through Rencheng." It is better to gather all the men and horses in the direction of Qingzhou, and launch a surprise attack on Rencheng with a strong force of 80,000 soldiers and horses, so that Rencheng will definitely be captured. and destroy Wang Wu and his 20,000 cavalry. ”

When Yao Xiang heard this, he hesitated slightly, after all, Qingzhou was their foundation, and if the main force was exhausted, once the Yangzhou army attacked Qingzhou, they would be at risk of losing their base.

"Qingzhou is the foundation of our life, absolutely not allowed to be lost, this raid on Rencheng, 60,000 main troops and horses are enough, we must leave 20,000 horses to defend Qingzhou, in order to prevent Qingzhou from being taken advantage of." Yao Xiang said loudly.

Yao Chang nodded and said, "What the fifth brother said is that 60,000 soldiers and horses are enough to defeat Wang Wu, so let's immediately contact all the soldiers and horses and prepare to go!" ”

"Okay, you go and get in touch immediately." Yao Xiang ordered loudly.

Yao Chang received the order and immediately went to contact the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou, and asked them to lead the troops to move closer to Taishan County.

A few days later, all the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou arrived in Taishan County, and all the generals of the army also went to Yao Xiang's mansion to discuss with Yao Xiang about sending troops.

In the main hall of Yao Xiang's mansion, seeing that all the generals of the army had arrived, Yao Xiang was very happy, and said loudly: "Generals, recently, the king of Nan has transferred a large number of weapons and military salaries to our Qingzhou, and these things are ready to be distributed to everyone, but these weapons and military salaries have been robbed in the middle of the road, you say, what should we do?" After speaking, he looked at the generals.

"Who is so bold as to dare to snatch our things, we must snatch them back." One of the generals shouted.

"Yes, it must be retrieved." Another general shouted.

Seeing that all the generals were extremely angry and asked to recapture the looted materials, Yao Xiang was very excited, and said loudly: "Generals, the one who robbed us of our weapons and salaries is Wang Wu who is stationed in Rencheng, this person, all the generals must have heard of it, we will send troops this time, we will break through Rencheng, and eliminate Wang Wu and his 20,000 cavalry, Rencheng is not far away, this battle must be quickly resolved, before the reinforcements of Yanzhou, our army must immediately take Rencheng, what do you think?" After speaking, he looked at the generals.

"Okay, let's do it, we'll listen to General Yao." One of the generals said loudly.

"General Yao, give the order! This battle will be fought as it should be. Another general shouted.

Yao Xiang was very happy when he heard this, and immediately began to arrange the army, in order to prevent Qingzhou from being attacked by others, Yao Xiang let his 10,000 horses and another 10,000 horses, responsible for staying in Qingzhou, the remaining soldiers and horses immediately prepared, and immediately set off early the next morning to launch a surprise attack on Rencheng.

After arranging the soldiers and horses to fight, Yao Xiang began to assign tasks to the soldiers and horses left behind in Qingzhou, and told them to pay close attention to the movements in the direction of Xuzhou to prevent the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou from attacking Qingzhou.

Early in the morning of the second day, Yao Xiang led the main army of 60,000 to leave Taishan County and kill in the direction of Rencheng.

However, what Yao Xiang didn't expect was that Wang Wuzuo had already sent Xizuo into Taishan County and closely monitored every move in the direction of Qingzhou.

At this moment, the 80,000 soldiers and horses of Qingzhou gathered in Taishan County, and naturally they had already been detected by the fine work sent by Wang Wu, and because this matter was extremely important, the fine work immediately reported to Wang Wu.

Knowing that Yao Xiang had assembled an army on a large scale in Qingzhou, Wang Wu felt very nervous, and it was obvious that the purpose of Yao Xiang's assembly of troops must be to launch an attack on Rencheng, and since then, he must immediately prepare for battle.

Yao Xiang garrisoned Taishan County, the distance from Rencheng is not too far, at most more than two hundred miles, if Yao Xiang's army adopts the strategy of rapid marching, it can reach Rencheng within three days, and immediately attack Rencheng, and at this time, the army under Yao Xiang has set off, maybe it will arrive at the foot of Rencheng in less than three days.

The main force of Yanzhou is relatively scattered, especially the 20,000 troops under Zhou Cheng's command, which is actually in Chenliu County, which is 300 miles away, if you go to inform at this time, when Zhou Cheng's army arrives in Rencheng, it will be seven or eight days later, and the soldiers and horses that are closer to it will not be able to reach Rencheng within three days, that is, in order to deal with Yao Xiang's attack, Wang Wu must first rely on the 20,000 cavalry under his command, and only the 20,000 cavalry under his command can block Yao Xiang's first few rounds of attacks, and the reinforcements can arrive in turn. and eventually formed a huge advantage over Yao Xiang's army, thus defeating Yao Xiang's attacking army.

In order to be able to block the first few rounds of attacks of Yao Xiang's army, Wang Wu decided to arrange the 20,000 cavalry under his command on the west bank of the swimming water outside the east gate of Rencheng, and prepared to rely on the water moat to block Yao Xiang's attack, so as to wait for the various armies of Yanzhou to arrive at Rencheng along the lì, and finally launch a counterattack against Yao Xiang's army.

"General, the water stretches for thousands of miles, and it is not wide enough, our cavalry only has 20,000 horses, relying on the water to arrange a defensive line, I am afraid that it will be difficult to block the attack of Yao Xiang's army." Seeing that Wang Wu was going to arrange a defensive line by swimming in the water, a general said worriedly.

When Wang Wu heard this, he frowned and said: "Rencheng is not conducive to defense, in order to block Yao Xiang's army, we have no better way than to arrange a defense line along the water, rest assured, as long as we hold for a few days, all reinforcements from Yanzhou will arrive, and as long as all reinforcements arrive in Rencheng, we don't have to be afraid of Yao Xiang." ”

Obviously, Wang Wu had a plan in his heart, and believed that with the 20,000 cavalry under his command, he could completely block Yao Xiang's army for a few days, so that Yanzhou's reinforcements could reach Rencheng.

"General, since we have 30,000 weapons and a large amount of military salaries in our hands, why don't we immediately recruit new soldiers near Rencheng? In this way, it can also increase the chances of our army's victory! A subordinate general said loudly.

When Wang Wu heard this, he felt that it was very reasonable, so Zhengse said: "This is very good, but the combat power of the recruits is not strong and the combat ability is limited, so let's recruit 10,000 recruits first!" Remember, be sure to have all the recruits understand how to use the weapons within two days, and in addition, integrate all these recruits into the combat unit, and let the veterans of the army tell them how to fight. ”

"Yes, General, the Admiral understands." The general clenched his fists and immediately turned to prepare.

After the general left, Wang Wu began to analyze the combat strength of Yao Xiang's army, and thought about how long the army under his command could resist, and if it could not resist, whether to temporarily abandon Rencheng in order to preserve the vitality of the army under his command.

After thinking carefully for a long time, Wang Wu felt that with the 20,000 cavalry under his command and the newly recruited 10,000 recruits, he could completely hold the direction of the water for a period of time, and during this period of time, all the reinforcements from Yanzhou would arrive in Rencheng one after another, and finally form a military advantage over the Qingzhou Army. (To be continued......)