Murong Ke's intention was obvious, that is, to use the Ran Min army to intercept it in the open space before entering the dense forest, and use the superior cavalry army under his command to launch a fierce attack and fight to the death with the Wei army.

The most critical part of this strategy is to grasp the time well, not to make premature contact with the Wei army, and not to allow the Wei army to pass through a large area of open space and enter the dense forest southwest of Liantai.

However, the 8,000 elites of the Wei army were mainly infantry, and the infantry had to pass through a large open space of more than ten miles, which could not be completed in a short time, and Murong Ke had enough time to intercept the Wei army's infantry when they passed through a large open space, thus forcing Ran Min to choose a decisive battle with him in a large open space.

Of course, the key to successfully intercepting the Wei army is to get close enough, that is to say, the main force of the Yan army must closely follow the Wei army's soldiers and horses, if the distance is widened, it will be difficult to intercept the Wei infantry at a critical moment.

"Fourth brother, the speed of the main infantry of the Wei army must be much lower than that of our cavalry, and our army will definitely be able to catch up with them with only a little pursuit." Murong Ba said softly.

Murong Ke nodded and said softly: "Order the whole army to set off immediately, and Ran Min must not be allowed to escape into the dense forest." ”

"Yes, Fourth Brother." Murong Ba received the order loudly, and then went to give the order.

Soon, the cavalry of the 100,000 Yan Army set off slowly, rushing towards the direction of Liantai, and at the same time as the main army set off, many scouts set off one step earlier to investigate the situation of the Wei army and know what to do.

In order to fight the Ran Min Legion in the best area, Murong Ke's Legion always kept a distance of more than five miles from the Ran Min Legion. In order not to irritate Ran Min too much.

But Ran Min didn't know Murong Ke's conspiracy, he thought that the reason why the Yan army didn't dare to pursue with all its might was because they were afraid of being ambushed again, after all, in the last ambush, they had already caused the Yan cavalry to pay a lot of casualties, and such a large casualty was enough to make the Yan army frightened, and it was reasonable for the main force of the Yan army to become cautious.

However, Ran Min's mood was not very good. Because. Very bad news came from the direction of Changshan County, Cao Fu and Zhang Jin's soldiers and horses captured Jingcheng City and Lingshou City in Changshan County, which forced his general Su Hai to stay in Changshan. Confront Cao Fu and Zhang Jin. So. There are not enough soldiers and horses to reinforce them, and Ran Min wants to defeat Murong Ke. can only rely on the less than 8,000 elites under his command.

In Ran Min's heart, with the elite 8,000 beggar guards under his command, there was no doubt that the Yan army would be defeated at that time, but if it was to severely damage the main force of the Yan army and make the Yan army suffer heavy losses, it would be very difficult, after all, the disparity in strength was too great, and the Yan army was all elite cavalry, after the rout, they could quickly escape from the battlefield, regroup in the rear, and then kill again.

Of course, Ran Min decided to adopt the strategy of luring the enemy into the depths and luring the main cavalry of the Yan army to a jungle area with complex terrain and dense trees, so that the Wei army could change from passive to active, so that it could better annihilate the cavalry of the Yan army, but the 8,000 elite troops were still too few, even if the Yan army was successfully introduced into the dense forest, it would be impossible to severely damage most of it, at most it would only be possible to destroy one of them.

"Su Hai's soldiers and horses were pinned down by Cao Fu and Zhang Jin, and they couldn't come to join our army, my plan to hit the Yan army's cavalry hard, I'm afraid it won't work, and at present, against the main force of the Yan army, we can only rely on our army's 8,000 men and horses." In the imperial tent, Ran Min looked at his generals and said helplessly.

"With the emperor's strength and the strength of our army's eight thousand warriors, it is completely possible to defeat the main cavalry of the Yan army and capture Murong Ke alive." One of the generals shouted.

"Your Majesty, the Yan army has been defeated in ten battles and ten times, and its morale has long been low, as long as our army is united and takes advantage of the favorable terrain of the jungle, it is completely possible to give the Yan army a fatal blow again." Another general said.

When Ran Min heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "As long as all the soldiers are of the same heart as me, I will definitely be able to lead the soldiers to defeat the Yan army and beat the Xianbei clan back to the bitter cold land in the north, west and north of Liao." ”

"My emperor is mighty, my emperor is mighty!" The generals shouted excitedly.

"Report, Your Majesty, news has been sent back from the direction of Yecheng, since the Jin army crossed the river to occupy Hanoi County, a large amount of grain has been transported to Yewang City, and traders are privately allowed to sell grain to Yecheng, and now, in the market of Yecheng, a lot of grain and grass have been hoarded, and the cities around Yecheng are not short of grain." At this moment, a small colonel entered the imperial tent and reported the situation in the direction of Yecheng to Ran Min.

"Okay, it's really good, Yecheng is finally no longer short of food."

"It's strange, I really can't imagine that the Jin army would allow traders to sell grain to our country."

"The Jin army is obviously deliberately conniving at the traders and selling grain to Yecheng, I'm afraid that they want to buy the hearts of the people in Yecheng!"

"The Jin army has 100,000 troops in Hanoi County, and my Yecheng garrison is less than 10,000, and the entire Wei County is only 30,000 horses, and there are 10,000 horses in Ji County, which is connected to Hanoi County. Should our army have made early preparations? ”

The generals of the Wei army in the imperial tent speculated.

When Ran Min heard this, he fell into deep thought, but he felt that no matter what the purpose of the Jin army was doing this, the problem of food shortage in the direction of Yecheng was temporarily solved, which was always a good thing.

"Rest assured, generals, the Jin army will definitely not attack Yecheng, otherwise, traders will never be allowed to sell grain and grass in the direction of Yecheng." Ran Min said affirmatively.

When the generals heard this, they also felt that this was the case, the Jin army allowed traders to sell grain and grass in the direction of Yecheng, and at the same time solved the problem of eating for the common people, it also allowed the defenders of each city to eat enough, so that the direction of Yecheng, the defensive strength of each city, because of the abundance of grain and grass, and the combat power rose sharply, which was extremely unfavorable for the Jin army to raid Yecheng, if the Jin army planned to raid Yecheng, it would never take the lead in providing grain and grass support in the direction of Yecheng.

"Your Majesty, since the Jin army has no intention of raiding Yecheng, what is the purpose of allowing merchants to sell grain and grass?" One of the generals wondered.

Ran Min thought for a while, and said: "Yan State and Dai State have formed an alliance, if my Great Wei State is destroyed by Yan State, then, Jin State will directly face the pressure of the Yan Dynasty coalition army, and the Jin army secretly supports our army's grain and grass, in order to let my Great Wei State block the way for the Yan Dynasty coalition army to go south, so as to ensure their own safety." ”

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

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, at present, my Great Wei State is sandwiched between the three kingdoms of the Yan Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, and there are also remnants of the Zhao State army in the country, the three kingdoms are all strong enemies, and the remnants of the Zhao State harass our army from time to time, and now, no matter which country our army defeats, the other two countries will reap the benefits of the fisherman, and my Great Wei State has not fought for three years, and it has not been able to pacify Hebei, when can it sweep the world?" A general said worriedly.

"Yes! Your Majesty, our army defeated Murong Ke's 100,000 Yan army, and the last general had enough confidence, but the three kingdoms of Yan and Jin, with a total of more than one million troops, with the strength of our Great Wei State, how can we resist the power of the three kingdoms of Yan and Jin and sweep the world, I am afraid that it is just a good wish. Another general said.

Ran Min heard this, he was not angry, the generals were telling the truth, the overall strength of the Great Wei State could not be compared with the Yan Dynasty and the Jin Three Kingdoms, now, the Yan Dynasty and the two countries have formed a military alliance, and the Yan State is a nominal subject of the Great Jin Dynasty, and it is also a part of the Great Jin State, so that the Yan Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom have become one, and his Great Wei State does not have any foreign aid, and even, the originally loyal generals have taken refuge in the Jin State, in this situation is becoming more and more unfavorable, It is not easy to stabilize Hebei, and it is even more impossible to sweep the world.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Great Wei State, Ran Min had made a bold statement, to lead the elite army under his command, first set the Central Plains, and then swept the world, now, several years have passed, not to mention sweeping the world, even the corner of Hebei, is very unstable, the remnants of the Zhao State, from time to time to provoke, the powerful foreign enemy is also approaching step by step, and has the momentum of destroying the Great Wei State in one fell swoop.

At this moment of crisis, although the morale of the soldiers under Ran Min is still like a rainbow, they no longer have the momentum that swept the world at the beginning, of course, the resources of the Great Wei State are too consumed, and they have also lost the strength to sweep the world.

Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other places south of the Yellow River are the generals of Wei, who lost confidence in the Great Wei State, and surrendered to the Jin State in the case of lack of food, and in the north of Jizhou, there are also many Wei generals who took refuge in the Yan State, and became a strong guarantee for the Yan State to control the land in the north of Jizhou.

Of course, those henchmen and generals who were loyal to Ran Min, even in extremely difficult circumstances, would rather die of war and starvation than surrender to the enemy country, especially a foreign country like the Yan country.

So far, the only thing that reassures Ran Min and the soldiers of the Great Wei State is that the Yan State and the Jin State are not of one mind, and the Great Jin Imperial Court does not believe that the Yan State is sincerely surrendered.

And such a negative attitude of the Jin army can allow Ran Min to concentrate all his forces and fight a bloody battle with the Yan army, without worrying about the Jin army sneaking up from behind, unless the Yan army is completely dispersed, and he and the main army under his command will attack Youzhou or Liaodong, so that the Jin army can have the possibility of sneaking up on Yecheng.

At this juncture of crisis, Ran Min also lost confidence and wanted to remove his throne and claim to the Great Jin court, so as to gain the support of the Great Jin, but he knew that this situation was completely unworkable, because his prestige in Hebei was too high, and he was once Shi Hu's adopted grandson, which doomed the Great Jin court not to trust him, and of course, would not support him. (To be continued......)