The next morning, the army left Nanshan and entered the territory of the Eastern Barbarians.

Dongban is dominated by grassland landforms, and it is easier to march here than Nanshan, which has many mountains and few rivers.

Ye Yunyang sat on the horse's back, swaying up and down with the stride of the war horse, he looked up at the sun in the sky, and looked down at Liu Yuying.

Liu Yuying originally lowered his head, and when he noticed that Ye Yunyang was looking at him, he immediately raised his head, and the sluggish expression on his face swept away, and he became very resolute.

"Hehe, don't pretend. He laughs.

Liu Yuying was a little angry: "Who pretended! I was just a little tired just now, but now it's better, can't I?"

"Yes, of course. He continued to laugh and said, "According to our itinerary, we will be able to join the Eastern Barbarian army tomorrow afternoon, and then you will be able to rest well." ”

According to the agreement between him and Meng Zhun, the king of the Eastern Barbarians, the Eastern Barbarian army helped the Han army set up camps, and the 300,000 troops could be stationed directly, which could save a lot of effort.

Liu Yuying looked at him and said, "After we join the Eastern Barbarian army, aren't we going to go into battle immediately, where is the time to rest?"

Ye Yunyang said mysteriously: "I said that there is, there is, and it is absolutely wrong." ”

......

In the court area of the Southern Barbarian King, there was another pinch of silver thread on the head of the barbarian king Meng Huo.

For nearly a year, he was busy cleaning up his two bear children, sleeping poorly, eating badly, and in the end, he was choked by the two bear children, and finally took some territory from Meng Tu a while ago, but before he could cover the heat, he was re-robbed, and he also lost a large piece of land in the Wangting District.

Losing his troops, losing his territory, and losing his son was a great shame for Meng Huo.

What made him even more angry was that when he was first defeated in the battle against Meng Tu, he sent someone to inform Zhuge Haotang on the Eastern Front and asked him to lead the Nanshan soldiers to help, but Zhuge Haotang refused.

It was precisely because of the lack of reinforcements that Meng Huo suffered a big loss in front of the bear child.

He scolded Zhuge Haotang for being a white-eyed wolf, eating his own and using his own, but he refused to help at a critical time.

Zhuge Haotang's excuse was to guard against the Eastern Barbarians, so he couldn't easily leave the defense line.

How did Meng Huo know that this army was already surnamed Qin, how could he go to fight against Meng Tu, who was supported by Great Qin.

A few days ago, the Malay newspaper said that Meng Zhun, the king of the Eastern Barbarians, led an army of 500,000, including 300,000 elite soldiers and 200,000 second-line baggage troops, to the opposite side of Zhuge Haotang's defense line, and set up camp to watch the tiger.

At the same time, another Nanshan spy came to report, saying that 300,000 Han troops were assembled in Nanshan County and headed south, and the target was also the eastern defense line guarded by Zhuge Haotang.

Meng Huo was anxious, because Meng Tu's army had already appeared in the west, and it was menacing, and it was obvious that the two bear children had joined forces again, and they wanted to play a two-sided attack again.

With his current strength, it is definitely not a problem to fight against one of Meng Tu or Meng Zhun, but if he has to deal with two at the same time, it is impossible to win the battle under the enemy's back.

If you want to win, you must hold Meng Zhun back, and the importance of the position on the Eastern Front is highlighted.

Meng Huo changed his previous attitude towards Zhuge Haotang, ordered people to send various strategic materials to the Eastern Front, and also sent a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and earnestly asked Zhuge Brother to hold the Eastern Front and create valuable time for him to clean up Meng Tu.

Zhuge Haotang ignored his previous suspicions, and did not refuse to come, accepted all the items sent by Meng Huo, and claimed that he would definitely try his best to hold the line of defense and prevent the enemy from taking a step beyond the thunder pool.

Meng Huo was still a little uneasy, and sent his henchmen to lead 20,000 troops to support the defense line.

Zhuge Haotang still did not refuse to come, and incorporated 20,000 barbarian soldiers into the defensive position, and the soldiers on both sides got along quite well.

The war is imminent, and there is an atmosphere of mountain rain coming.

......

The 300,000 Han troops successfully reached the Eastern Barbarian Front and joined forces with the barbarian army.

Meng Zhun, the king of the Eastern Barbarians, led his troops to go out of the camp for thirty miles to welcome the arrival of Ye Yunyang and others, killing cattle and sheep in the camp, and preparing for a grand reception banquet.

The main forces of the two armies totaled 600,000 men, and there were 200,000 barbarians responsible for transporting grain, grass and baggage, and the camp was overcrowded.

Ye Yunyang lived in the big tent of the Chinese army, echoing the big tent of the Eastern Barbarian King.

A quarter of an hour later, Yin asked to see her.

"Yun Yang, the combat effectiveness of the brute soldiers is not weak. This was the first sentence after Yin Falcon came in, and said: "With the help of our big man, their equipment has changed, and it is not much worse than the Iron Eagle Army." ”

Ye Yunyang frowned: "Uncle Yin has seen it clearly, are you sure that they are not silver-like pewter spear heads?"

It is not surprising to have this suspicion, in the battle against Nanshan, the Eastern Barbarian Army behaved very ordinarily, although in the end, under Ye Yunyang's design, Zhuge Haotang led more than 100,000 people to escape, but they were never able to break through the southern defense line of the Nanshan bandits, and the Iron Eagle Army at the beginning, took on the task of containment.

Yin Falcon said: "I can see that although they are not a hundred battle heroes, they are definitely not a weak brigade. Take the 200,000 people in charge of grain, grass and baggage, their combat effectiveness is not below the 100,000 Nanshan army. ”

Ye Yunyang stretched his brows and said with a smile: "The elite is exhausted, it seems that Meng Zhun is ready to fight to the death with his father, and it is a good thing for us to have a strong helper." ”

Yin Falcon nodded: "That's what I said, it's just that the helper is too strong, will he obediently obey our orders when the time comes?"

With Cao Ziang's experience, Yin Falcon had to put this problem in the first place, the most difficult thing for the two armies to fight together is to unify the orders, if they can't do the same, the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces will be greatly reduced, and it is easy to be broken by the enemy.

Ye Yunyang was not worried, with Meng Zhun's previous attitude towards himself and the big man, even if he couldn't obey his words, at least he didn't dare to disobey his orders, the chief general of the three armies.

In the evening, the reception banquet officially began.

Because Ye Yunyang gave the order in advance, all the soldiers showed more restraint, allowing the barbarians to use all their methods to come and pour wine, everyone could stop tasting it, but in the end, the barbarians drank a piece, and none of the Han army was drunk.

Early the next morning, accompanied by Yin Falcon and Chen Shilai, Ye Yunyang took a team of personal soldiers to the front line to inspect the situation.

Directly opposite the camp, is the Nanban defense line guarded by Zhuge Haotang, he relies on the hilly and mountainous terrain here to build the defense line, and the echelon configuration of troops seems to be very orderly.

The three of them mounted a small earthen bag, Ye Yunyang looked at the telescope for a while, and sighed: "It is worthy of the Nanshan Army, and the defense line is so cleverly constructed, it is amazing." ”

Yin Falcon also felt the same way, and said: "Zhuge Haotang has been operating here for more than half a year, and it is said that when he built a defensive line, he not only guarded against Dongban, but also against Meng Huo. During my tenure as General Nanshan, I sent spies here many times to spy on intelligence, but I failed to find the weak point in the defensive line. ”

Most of the spies he sent were local soldiers in Nanshan, and it was hardly difficult for them to infiltrate the defense line built by the same Nanshan people, so the success rate was very high.

Ye Yunyang handed the telescope to Chen Shilai and said, "Uncle Yin, according to your experience, what kind of price do we need to pay if we want to break through such a line of defense?"

Yin Falcon's eyes glared: "What, do you want to attack? It is almost impossible to win, even if our side commands properly, finds the enemy's weak links in the battle and makes use of them in time, at least it will pay a price of more than 300,000 casualties, such a number is not affordable for our Han army or the Eastern Barbarians." ”

The Han army only had 300,000 in total, and the main force of the Eastern Barbarians was only 300,000, and just to break through a defensive line, they had to pay about half of the casualties, and the price was too great.

Ye Yunyang shook his head: "Of course you can't attack." ”

Yin Falcon let out a long breath and asked, "Then what should we do?"

"Hold still. Ye Yunyang gave such an answer, then turned the horse's head and ordered everyone to return the same way.

Before they reached the big camp, a small soldier came over to tell them, saying that not long after they left, Meng Zhun led his troops to ask for a meeting in the future, and he has been waiting in the big tent until now.

Yin Falcon raised his eyebrows: "What do they want to do?"

Ye Yunyang smiled: "What else can I do, I can't wait to send troops, after the two armies meet, the total strength will reach 600,000, more than three times the defenders on the opposite side, he thinks that we are sure to win, plus the Xiban has already marched to the Wangting District, robbing a lot of land and cattle and sheep, can Meng Zhun not be red-eyed?"

"Then doesn't he know that Zhuge Haotang's defense line is impregnable?" Yin Falcon frowned.

"In the face of profit, the cost is negligible. ”

The two returned to the big tent, and Meng Zhun and the others stood up to salute him.

"The Eastern Barbarian King is not welcome, please take a seat. Ye Yunyang beckoned them to sit down.

Meng Zhun had been waiting for more than half an hour, so he didn't have the idea of greeting him, and said straight to the point: "I came to disturb Coach Ye this time to ask when we will attack the enemy." ”

There was a hint of fanaticism in the eyes of all the generals in Dongban.

When the Han army did not arrive, they were afraid that the defense line on the opposite side was impregnable, and although they dreamed of rushing over, they did not dare to really attack.

With the arrival of the Han army, the strength of the army suddenly doubled, and their courage also strengthened a lot.

Ye Yunyang smiled and said, "Don't worry, after three days of rapid marching, our army is sleepy and tired, and it needs time to rest." In addition, the Iron Eagle Army came from the north and was not adapted to the local water and soil, and the hasty promotion army was bound to cause large-scale water and soil adaptation, which would have a bad impact on morale and take time to adjust. ”

This reason can be regarded as impeccable, although Meng Zhun showed a look of disappointment on his face, he still nodded and said: "Coach Ye's words make sense, your department has just come to Dongban, and you should take a break." You are guests from afar, if you have any needs, just mention them to Xiao Wang, as the lord of this place, Xiao Wang will definitely try his best to meet any needs of your department. ”

"The Eastern Barbarian King is polite. ”

"Coach Ye is polite, since this is the case, Xiao Wang said goodbye. Meng Zhun clenched his fists and left the big tent with his generals.

Walking out of the big tent, a henchman whispered: "My king, Coach Ye's words just now seem to be deliberately shirking, he doesn't want to send troops." ”

Meng Zhun also felt the same way, it was only a three-day rapid march, but the distance of eight to nine hundred miles was nothing to the elite Iron Eagle Army of the Great Han.

At yesterday's reception banquet, all the officers and men of the Han army were full of spirits, and there was no sign of sleepiness.

Meng Zhun sneered: "The other party's reason is quite reasonable, we have waited for so long, we don't care about waiting for a few more days, coming to see him in three days, or asking him the same question, he will not continue to prevaricate us with this reason!"

The general gave a thumbs up: "I'm Wang Yingming!"