The reason why Hua'an had to stand still was mainly because he was not completely sure of Murong Ke's intentions, and in this case, it was the safest way to stand still and closely monitor every move of Murong Ke's main army.

Wang San and other generals also couldn't understand Murong Ke's true intentions, and they all agreed with Hua'an's decision and did not raise any objections.

However, in order to respond quickly when action is needed, Hua'an ordered the army under his command to immediately prepare various supplies to ensure that after receiving the order, the army can be dispatched in the fastest time.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Hua An and the generals under his command carefully studied the various strategies that Murong Ke might take, and then the generals left the big tent of the Chinese army and returned to their respective camps, urging their soldiers and horses to prepare for war.

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The envoy of the Yan State returned to Jicheng and told Murong Jun, the king of Yan, the news that Pu Hong was willing to belong to the Great Yan State.

It didn't take long for Yang Wu, Feng Yi and other important ministers of the Yan Kingdom to go to the palace of King Yan and discuss with Murong Jun, the king of Yan.

"Congratulations to the king, Pu Hong is willing to belong to my Great Yan Kingdom, this is God's favor for my Great Yan, with Pu Hong's 50,000 elites, the strength of my Great Yan Kingdom has risen greatly, and it will definitely be able to break the Jin and Wei coalition forces in one fell swoop." Minister Feng Yi clenched his fists and congratulated.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed a great thing that Pu Hong is attached to my Dayan, but we must keep this news tightly sealed and not let the Jin and Wei coalition forces know. Otherwise, they will be on guard against a deadly surprise attack on them by Puhong. Minister Yang Wu said softly.

When Murong Jun heard this, he nodded, and said: "Yang Aiqing is right, the matter of Pu Hong's surrender to my Great Yan Kingdom must not be known to the Jin and Wei coalition forces, but the fourth and fifth brothers of this king must be known, so as not to have a situation where their own people beat their own people." ”

"Your Majesty. I believe it won't be long. Yecheng will belong to my Great Yan Kingdom. Yang Wu said excitedly.

Murong Jun smiled, and then sent his henchmen to inform Murong Ke, so that Murong Ke could learn the good news and tell Murong Ke. For the time being, don't let the soldiers under your command know about Pu Hong's annexation to the Great Yan Kingdom.

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Since Murong Ke's main army marched in the northwest direction. Huaan attaches great importance to it. and sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the every move of Murong Ke's main army, and many days passed. Murong Ke's main army went farther and farther, and he had no intention of stopping at all, which made Hua An's heart anxious.

At this moment, Murong Ke and the Daiguo army are more and more obvious in their intention to attack Xie Ai's army, and this is undoubtedly a huge danger signal, although Xie Ai is good at fighting, but he can't resist the attack of the triple army for a long time, this situation almost forced Hua'an to reinforce Jinyang City.

However, Hua'an was still worried about Murong Ke's attempt, after all, Murong Ke's westward marching army had 170,000 cavalry, and Hua'an's cavalry was only 70,000, only a fraction of Murong Ke's.

"Report, Wang, the main cavalry of the Yan army has entered the territory of Bingzhou." At this moment, the scout reported the news that Murong Ke's main army had arrived in the territory of Bingzhou.

"What, Murong Ke's main army has arrived in Bingzhou." When Hua An heard this, his heart became even more anxious, and he paced in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Wang San and other generals were also a little surprised when they heard this, and now the situation seems to be becoming clearer and clearer, Murong Ke's intention is to raid Jinyang City, and besiege Xie Ai's army with the main army of Daiguo, so as to cut off one of Hua'an's arms.

"Your Majesty, Murong Ke's intention is to raid Jinyang City, and the main force of our army should immediately reinforce Jinyang City to aid General Xie." Deng Qiang said loudly.

"Your Majesty, without further ado, the rescue of Jinyang City can no longer be delayed." Zhuge Xiong clenched his fists and said.

Hua An frowned and thought for a moment, looked at the generals, and asked softly: "What is the movement of the Puhong army, and where is the army of Yao Xiang and other generals?" ”

Wang San hugged his fists and replied: "Wang, according to the report of the scouts, Pu Hong's body is getting weaker and weaker, I am afraid that he will not live long, and there is no change in the 50,000 elites under his command, as for Yao Xiang and others, they are all superficial, but they only send a few thousand men and horses to hunt on the south bank of the Yellow River, and they have no intention of crossing the river to attack Pu Hong." ”

Hearing this, Hua An nodded and said: "This king didn't expect Yao Xiang and others to attack Puhong, as long as they can send soldiers and horses to contain it, so it's fine, and our army should also reinforce Jinyang City." ”

"Your Majesty, Murong Ke's main army has 170,000 people, and our army only has 70,000 main cavalry, counting 40,000 reserve infantry, there are only 110,000 troops. Wang San Zhengse said.

Hua An thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No need, Yecheng is the core city of the Wei State, and there is absolutely no room for loss, besides, our army does not need to fight with Murong Ke's main cavalry in the plains, and the state is mountainous, as long as our army makes good use of the mountains and rivers, it may not allow Murong Ke to find an opportunity to give full play to his advantages." ”

"Since the king has made up his mind, then our army will set off immediately tomorrow, so as not to let the Yan Dynasty coalition army besiege Jinyang City." Zhuge Xiong said loudly.

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "Let the soldiers prepare immediately, and early tomorrow morning, the whole army will pull out the camp and march west to rescue Jinyang City." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." All the troops will receive the order together, and immediately turn around and return to the camp to prepare.

After the generals left, Hua An repeatedly imagined and sent his henchmen to Jiang Gan's camp to tell Jiang Gan, the general of Wei, that he would lead his troops to rescue Jinyang City, and asked Jiang Gan, Wang Wu and others to guard Yecheng.

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A few days later, in the county town of Leping County, Murong Ke and the main army under his command set up camp in the open space outside the city, and sent some soldiers into the county town to garrison.

"General, the king personally wrote a letter, please take a look at it." As soon as Murong Ke set up camp, Murong Jun's henchmen entered the Chinese army's tent and handed Murong Jun's handwritten letter to Murong Ke.

Murong Ke hurriedly took the letter, and immediately opened it to watch, and learned that Pu Hong had returned to the Great Yan Kingdom, Murong Ke was very happy, and excitedly paced in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Fourth brother, what did the second brother say in the letter that made you happy like this." Seeing that Murong Ke was so happy, Murong Ba asked loudly.

Murong Ke handed the letter in his hand into Murong Ba's hands and said happily: "Puhong has returned to my Great Yan Kingdom, which is great news for our army!" ”

Murong Ba carefully looked at the letter in his hand, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Puhong's army is in the east of Yecheng, if it cooperates with the main force of our army, it will definitely be able to defeat the Jin and Wei coalition forces in one fell swoop and capture Yecheng, this is indeed great news!" ”

"Report, general, the scout has just reported that the main army of 110,000 of the Jin army has left Yecheng and is marching in the direction of Bingzhou." At this moment, the scout reported the news that the main army of Hua'an was marching westward.

When Murong Ke and Murong Ba heard this, they unconsciously glanced at each other, and laughed at the same time.

"Fourth brother, now the main force of the Jin army has moved westward, and the situation is developing in the direction we expected, at this moment, the main army of Puhong has been attached to my Dayan Kingdom, if at this moment, the fourth brother writes a letter and sends it to the Puhong camp, so that Puhong can lead the army to attack Yecheng, and our army will turn around and raid the main force of the Jin army, and it will definitely defeat the Jin and Wei coalition forces in one fell swoop." Murong Ba said loudly.

When Murong Ke heard this, he shook his head, and said: "No need, at this moment, our army should continue to march in the direction of Jinyang City, the second brother asked us not to leak the news that Pu Hong belonged to my Great Yan Kingdom, we should follow it, besides, in case our army's letter is intercepted by the Jin army, will the news of Pu Hong's annexation to my Great Yan Kingdom not be leaked, in this way, it will inevitably make the Jin and Wei coalition forces prepare for it, and our army will lose the opportunity for a big victory." ”

"Yes, I listen to the fourth brother entirely." Murong Ba loudly expressed obedience.

Subsequently, Murong Ke issued an order to let the army under his command rest immediately, and early the next morning, march to Jinyang City, and appropriately speed up the march, so that the Jin army thinks that they really want to attack Jinyang City with the Daiguo army, so as to completely transfer the Jin army away from the direction of Yecheng, and after the Jin army arrives in Bingzhou, look for an opportunity to deal a big blow to the Jin army, in order to avenge the revenge on the south bank of Zhangshui.

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In the palace of Yecheng, Jiang Gan and Wang Wu, the generals of Wei, were discussing how to capture Xiangguo City in the main hall, at this moment, the main force of the Yan army has entered the state, and the main force of the Jin army has also reinforced the state.

At this moment, seeing that there were only 20,000 Yan troops defending Xiangguo City, and most of them were recruits who had just joined the army, Jiang Gan moved his mind to take the opportunity to seize Xiangguo City.

In order to capture Xiangguo City smoothly, Jiang Gan and Wang Wu finally decided to lead all 60,000 elite soldiers and horses in Yecheng to attack Xiangguo City, leaving only 10,000 weak brigades to defend Yecheng.

After thinking about it, Jiang Gan and Wang Wu jointly reported to Ran Zhi, the king of Wei, and the Empress Dowager Dong, and Ran Zhi and Dong naturally had no opinions, and immediately agreed to Jiang Gan and Wang Wu's construction.

With the approval of King Ranzhi of Wei, Jiang Gan and Wang Wu immediately gathered 60,000 elite soldiers and horses under their headquarters, and at the same time ordered their subordinates to build a pontoon bridge over Zhangshui.

After only half a day of preparation, Jiang Gan and Wang Wu led the main force of 60,000 Wei troops, crossed the pontoon bridge, and marched in the direction of Xiangguo City.

In the hearts of Jiang Gan and Wang Wu and other Wei generals, Xiangguo City has always been the city of Wei, and they used this opportunity to lead the army to capture Xiangguo City, which was a righteous move to recover the city that belonged to Wei. (To be continued......)