After half of the 100,000 men and horses under his command crossed the Yellow River, Wang Meng and his generals left the south bank, crossed the Yellow River by boat, arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River, and led the troops to the north.

Wang Meng and his 100,000 horses marched towards the vicinity of Jinyang City, and at the same time, the Hua'an headquarters army and the more than 100,000 troops under Xie Ai were all ready to attack the Yan Dynasty coalition army at any time.

The first combat goal of the Hua'an headquarters corps is to capture Lukou City, a strategic place in Hebei, and after occupying Lukou City, continue to the north and capture Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, so as to recover Youzhou, while the first goal of Xie Ai's corps is to first capture the land occupied by the Daiguo army, and then march to Shengle, the capital of Daiguo, with the momentum of victory, and break through Shengle City, forcing Daiguo to surrender or flee away.

Since the Hua'an Headquarters Legion and the Xie Ai Legion both had powerful chariot troops, they were not afraid of a head-on battle with the main cavalry of the Yan Dynasty in a flat and open area, and were confident enough to defeat the enemy.

The main army under the command of Hua'an was frequently mobilized and began to raise grain and grass, this situation naturally attracted the close attention of the two countries of the Yan Dynasty, and the Yan King Murong Jun and the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian both believed that this was the precursor of the Jin army to attack northward, so they immediately began to mobilize the main army in the country to prepare for the attack of the Jin army.

In the palace of Jicheng, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, paced in the main hall, and now, what he was most concerned about was whether the 50,000 iron cavalry that Murong Ke was responsible for training had formed a strong combat effectiveness and whether it could resist the attack of the main force of the Jin army.

It didn't take long for Murong Ke and Murong Ba, who were in charge of training the Iron Rope Cavalry, to enter the palace. And saluted Murong Jun: "Second brother, you are in a hurry to find us, what is the matter?" ”

Seeing the two of them enter the main hall, Murong Jun breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and said with a straight face: "The fine work that our army has placed in Yecheng has just sent back the news, the main army under the command of Hua'an is being frequently mobilized, and a large amount of grain and grass has been transferred to Linshui City in the north of Yecheng, it seems that it is going to launch a large-scale attack on my Great Yan Kingdom!" ”

When Murong Ke and Murong Ba heard this, they were both surprised. Forthwith. I understand that the country of Yan is about to usher in a big war.

"The Jin army marched north, with a maximum of 200,000 soldiers and horses, can our army resist it?" Murong Jun looked at Murong Ke and asked softly.

Murong Ke hugged his fists and said, "Second brother, don't worry." Our army was slightly superior to the Jin army. 50,000 iron cavalry has also formed a combat force. Blocking the 200,000 Jin army from attacking north, there is absolutely no problem? ”

"Yes! Second brother, the Jin army took the initiative to attack. It's looking for death, with the strength of my Great Yan Kingdom, I will definitely be able to defeat the Jin army. Murong Ba also said loudly.

Seeing that Murong Ke and Murong Ba were full of confidence, Murong Jun breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and said loudly: "Fourth brother, now that the big battle is imminent, I will hand over all the main forces to you for my command, remember, you must win a battle, and you will have the majesty of my Great Yan Kingdom." ”

Murong Ke hugged his fists and said: "Fourth brother, don't worry, I will not let you down, if the Jin army dares to invade the north, Lukou City is the place where it will be buried." ”

Seeing Murong Ke's statement, Murong Jun was greatly satisfied, and handed over all the main forces of the Yan State to Murong Ke's command, leaving only tens of thousands of horses to monitor several weak neighbors in the north.

After Murong Ke accepted the order, he went to the military camp with Murong Ba, and gathered all the generals to convey the matter of going to Lukou to resist the enemy, and asked the generals of all armies to step up the training of soldiers so that they would have enough strength to resist the enemy when the Jin army invaded the north.

Like Murong Jun, the king of Yan, after learning that Xie Ai's army had transferred troops and intended to attack Shengle City, he was also restless, and immediately gathered his subordinates to discuss how to fight against the more than 100,000 main army under Xie Ai's command.

Although the desert iron cavalry of Daiguo is extremely powerful, since it was defeated by the charioteers under Xie Ai, it has left a psychological shadow of Yan zhòng, and even, some are afraid of Xie Ai's army.

For this reason, the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian warned his generals that when encountering the charioteers under Xie Ai's command in a flat and open area, they must not rush to kill, and they must retreat appropriately to avoid the enemy's edge, and at the same time, they must choose favorable terrain to block the charioteers of Xie Ai's legion, so that their chariot troops cannot give full play to their advantages.

In the large camp of Jinyang City, Xie Ai was organizing his soldiers and horses for final training, and since receiving Hua'an's order, he had made a series of active preparations to achieve better results when attacking Daiguo.

"General, with our 20,000 charioteers opening the way, the army of the country is not enough to rely on at all, in this battle, our army will definitely be able to capture Shengle City." Yang An said loudly.

Xie Ai smiled and said softly: "General Yang is not too light on the enemy, although our army's charioteers are strong, but the main cavalry of Daiguo is not weak, besides, the charioteers must be in a flat and open area in order to give full play to their advantages, if the Daiguo's army is all retreating into the city, our army's charioteers will not be able to give full play to their advantages." ”

When Zhao Wu heard this, he said loudly: "The general doesn't need to worry, if the army of the Dai Guo shrinks the city, the main army of our army can blow open the city gate and capture the city controlled by the Dai army in one fell swoop." ”

Hearing this, Xie Ai nodded, and said softly: "Our army's cavalry, infantry, charioteers, and reservists are complete, and it seems that Tuoba Shi Yijian has suffered a lot, haha!" He laughed.

"Report, General, General Wang sent someone to send an urgent letter, please take a look at it." At this moment, Wang Meng's handwritten letter was delivered to Xie Ai.

Seeing that Wang Meng sent an urgent letter, Xie Ai hurriedly took it and watched, and said extremely excitedly: "Okay, it's really good, in this way, the defeat of Tuoba Shiyi Key has been decided, and within a few months, Shengle City will be in the pocket of our army." ”

"General, could it be that General Wang's 100,000 cavalry wants to reinforce our army?" Yang An guessed softly.

Xie Ai nodded, and said with a straight face: "That's right, that's right, but the generals must not leak the news, if Tuoba Shi Yijian learns that General Wang's 100,000 cavalry has entered the state, he will definitely prepare in advance, and this is not good for our army." ”

"Yes, General." Yang An, Zhao Wu and other generals all responded loudly, for the arrival of Wang Meng's main army, they were extremely excited, after all, the Daiguo army occupied the advantage of troops, and the addition of Wang Meng's army will completely reverse this situation, so that the Jin army's strength will exceed the Daiguo soldiers and horses, and completely defeat the main army of Tuoba Shi Yijian.

Subsequently, Xie Ai issued an order for the main army under his command to immediately make the necessary preparations, and a day later, he would march in the direction of Shengle City.

At the same time, in order to let Wang Meng know his plan so that he could facilitate reinforcements, Xie Ai sent his henchman Colonel to tell Wang Meng all the time and route of his army's northward march.

Early in the morning of the second day, all the horses of Xie Ai's army were prepared one after another, and with Xie Ai's order, more than 100,000 main soldiers and horses rushed towards Shengle City in the north of Bingzhou.

Just when Xie Ai's army was marching towards Shengle City, in the direction of Yecheng, Hua An and his 200,000 horses also left Yecheng one after another and rushed towards Lukou City.

In order to be able to capture Lukou City, Hua'an can be said to have mobilized all the troops that can be mobilized under his command, and only a few thousand men and horses were left in the direction of Yecheng to defend, but there was no strong enemy around Yecheng, so it was enough to leave thousands of soldiers and horses.

The distance between Yecheng and Lukou City is more than 500 miles, and it takes about half a month for Hua'an and the main army under his command to reach Lukou City.

When Hua'an led the 200,000 main army to leave Yecheng and march in the direction of Lukou City, Yan Guo, who was lurking in Yecheng, transmitted the situation back to Jicheng as soon as possible.

After learning that the main army under Hua'an's command had marched in the direction of Lukou City, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, immediately ordered Murong Ke to lead the main force of the Yan army to reinforce Lukou City, block the attack of Hua'an's main army, and wait for an opportunity to defeat Hua'an's army.

"Your Majesty, news has come back from the direction of Shengle City, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Xie Ai of the Jin army are ready to move, and it seems that they are going to attack Daiguo." Just when Murong Jun had just ordered Murong Ke to lead his army south to reinforce Lukou City, a confidant sent information in the direction of Bingzhou.

Hearing this, Murong Jun nodded slightly, he knew that since Hua'an had launched an attack in the direction of Lukou City, the Xie Ai Legion, as a countermeasure, would definitely launch a diversion attack on the Daiguo army, so as to prevent the Daiguo army from reinforcing him.

After thinking about it carefully, Murong Jun wrote a letter and sent his henchmen to Shengle City to hand it over to the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian, telling him about the situation facing Lukou City, and encouraging Tuoba Shi Yijian to defeat Xie Ai's army.

After his henchmen left, Murong Jun began to think repeatedly in his heart, thinking about how to take the next step once the Lukou City direction was defeated or defeated.

Defeating the Jin army, he can naturally drive straight in, but if he is defeated, how to deal with it, Murong Jun really can't imagine.

A few days later, in the direction of Bingzhou, Wang Meng and his 100,000 main cavalry had entered the Liangshan area in the west of Jinyang City and temporarily stationed there.

Due to receiving Xie Ai's handwritten letter, Wang Meng could already accurately understand the every move and specific location of Xie Ai's army, but Wang Meng was completely unable to understand the actions and deployment of the Daiguo army.

In order to find out the specific situation of the main army of the Daiguo, Wang Meng sent dozens of scouts to the northern part of Bingzhou to inquire about the situation, and once the deployment of the Daiguo army was determined, he began to study how to raid the Daiguo army, so as to achieve the first victory after entering the Guanwai.

At this time, in order to deal with the attack of the Xie Ai army, the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian had withdrawn all the soldiers and horses of several cities such as Wolf Meng, Yuxian and Jiuyuan to the rear, so as to concentrate superior forces to meet the enemy, and these cities were naturally recovered by the Xie Ai army victoriously. (To be continued......)