In March of the third year of Ping, Jiang Zuo took Tan as the general of Beizhong Lang, the governor of Xu, Yan, and the military of Wuzhou, Xu, and Yan, and the two states of Xu, and the town. In April, Yan Zhu Junru, in May, Yan Qun was honored by Yan Wang Jun, Jun Xu Zhi. Ding Mao, the first hundred officials. Wu Chen, Jun is the emperor's throne, amnesty. Change Yuan Yuanwu. King Wuxuan is posthumously honored as Emperor Gaozu Wuxuan, and King Wenming is Emperor Taizu Wenming. When the Jin Dynasty made it appropriate to Yan, Jun said: "You are also, Bai Ru Tianzi: I am lacking in people, I have been pushed by China, and I have become the emperor!" "Change Sizhou to Zhongzhou, build Liutai in Longcheng, take Xuantai Shouyi as the book, and the special commission to stay in the affairs, move Wu Wangchui to the history of Youzhou Thorn, and govern Jicheng.

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In the summer and April of the third year of Shengping, Zeng Hua issued a crusade order as a general, announcing that Beifu would enter a state of war from April of the third year of Shengping, and in addition to maintaining normal operations, the rest of the tax revenue would be used for the war against Yan, and all military expenditures would be supervised by the Jitai audit led by Mao Mu. Then Zeng Hua issued a mobilization order, announcing that all the government soldiers of all prefectures and counties in Beifu were mobilized and assembled in designated areas to open the front line at any time, and the militia of each prefecture and county was to be taken over by the lieutenants of various places and guard the checkpoints and key roads.

In the same month, Wang Meng, the general commander of the Hebei Provincial March, moved to Anyi, Hedong, and the armies of all walks of life began to gather in Hedong County. In May, Zeng Hua sent an envoy to rush to Anyi with the Tiger Talisman Festival, and it was rumored that Wang Meng would decide on the conquest and killing.

In the summer of June, the battle in Pingcheng had just fallen into the dust, and Wang Mengtong rode 100,000 troops out of the customs and officially cut down Yan. On the 16th, he joined forces with Yan Zhangyu and Zhai Bin to fight in Yewang.

Wang Meng sent Yang An and Mao Dang to defeat three times in a row and retreat fifty miles. Then he closed the camp and held on, allowing Zhang Yu to take turns to challenge. Zhai Bin thought that Wang Meng was cowardly, and despite Zhang Yu's dissuasion, he led 20,000 troops to sneak lightly and attack the important place of the Beifu army's grain road-Qicheng. Wang Meng pretended not to know, and sent Deng Yao and Deng Qiang to lie on the way.

Zhai Bin led the army just twenty miles east of Qicheng, Deng Yao led the army from the left, and Deng Qiang led the army from the right. Two pinching strikes. Defeat the Zhai army. Beheaded more than 10,000 people, Zhai Bin led the remnants of the army to the wild king. After Zhang Yu heard the report, he personally led 60,000 troops out of the city to respond. Wang Meng ordered Duan Huan, Zhang, Liu Ning, Lü Guang, Mao Dang, and Yang An to lead an army each, and broke into the Zhang army's formation in six ways, killing left and right, and the unstoppable one, before half a day, Zhang's army was defeated. Everyone rushed to the wild king, and the corpses were all over the field, delaying the road.

Zhang Yu retreated, and when he heard that the Beifu army was coming, he fled to Shanyang in panic, and then rushed to Xiuwu. Zhai Bin only had more than 100 rides, and went straight to Mengjin back to Henan. I was afraid that the Beifu army would pursue it. Zhai Bin ordered all the pontoon bridges of the Mengjin ferry to be burned. Then slowly retreated to Rongyang.

On the 27th, Wang Meng's army continued to advance eastward, both by land and water. Straight to Xiuwu. Yan Ningnan's general Lü Hu killed Zhang Yu and Annan's general Zheng Department, and raised Xiuwu to surrender to Beifu. Wang Mengtun soldiers Qingshui, looking directly at Ji Jun, Yan Guo was shocked.

Since Wang Meng's eastward crusade, Yongzhou out of Puban through Anyi to Dongyuan, and then divided into two routes. The land route out of the customs through Yewang to Xiuwu, the waterway extends the river straight down, until the Tongguan. Countless grains, grasses, materials and machinery from Yongzhou came to the east continuously, along the way there was a lot of traffic, buildings and boats, Beifu accumulated for nearly ten years, and finally showed its strength to the world.

In the summer and July, in the Fengzhang Pavilion of the Chengyan Palace, the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom were discussing the issue of the Beifu army and soldiers in Linji County.

"Your Majesty, the army of Beifu is directed at Ji County, and the troops are fierce, please make a decision as soon as possible, and send troops to refuse." Yan Sikong Yang spoke.

Feng Yi, the supervisor of the middle book, said worriedly: "Beifu has been born and raised for more than ten years, and today the tiger is all sent to the east. ”

As soon as the words of the two fell, all the ministers echoed one after another, and the hall suddenly sighed.

"Your Majesty, the Beifu Army is not enough to deal with."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be surprised, and they all turned their heads, and took a closer look at it, it turned out to be Situ and Shangyong King Murong Ping. He "defeated" the Beifu army in Shexian County last year, beheading 30,000 people, and was unparalleled for a while, faintly becoming the first general in Yan and even the world.

"Why did Aiqing say this?" Murong Jun, who was still worried just now, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, but then he was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked.

"Your Majesty, nearly 200,000 elites from the Northern Mansion went to the Western Regions with Zeng Zhenbei the year before last, this is a well-known thing. Now Zeng Zhenbei light cavalry galloped back to Chang'an, but how could 200,000 horses come back when they said they would come back, and the Western Regions were thousands of miles away, and there were more than 100 countries. Murong Ping looked like a famous general, sitting there shaking his head and pointing out, and he knew the "insider" of Beifu's military situation like a treasure, as if he was more familiar with these things than Zeng Hua.

These things that Murong commented on were unanimously discussed and approved by everyone in the Yan Kingdom before, and even Murong Ke approved of it, and it was precisely for this reason that Murong Ke dared to send troops south and take the Central Plains directly.

"So the main force of Beifu is now the government soldiers. Wang Meng's command of the army this time should be the same as last year's, all of them are soldiers from Yongzhou and Bingzhou. I fought against its army in Shexian last year, and I have learned a little bit about it. ”

Speaking of this, Murong Ping raised his chin triumphantly and glanced at his colleagues around him with a swaggering gaze. Since the Battle of Weichang, the famous generals of the Yan State, whether Murong Ke or Murong Chui, have ruined their reputation in the hands of Beifu. It wasn't until last year that Murong Ping led the army to fight Wang Meng in Shexian County and won a big victory, which was not only the only one in Yan Guo in the past few years, but also a shame for Yan Guo. Although many people suspect that Murong commented on the merits of the land and the 30,000 corpses are said to be north

The first level, but Wang Meng retreated to the pot pass, but it was true.

Therefore, only Murong Ping here dared to say this with such a high spirit.

Looking at the radiant Murong Ping in the seat, Murong Jun's heart has been pondering, he is hesitating and reminiscing about the conversation with Murong Ke at the Great Sima Mansion last night.

Murong Ke has been in poor health since the Battle of Weichang, and he has worked hard to restore the national strength of Yan in the following years. Whether it was the Northern Expedition to Khitan or the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, Murong Ke was the first soldier and personally experienced it, because the Yan State could no longer withstand a defeat.

followed by plotting Liu Xibeqi and He Laitou to rebel, and waving troops south to plot against Ran Wei, and then defeating Huan Wen and pacifying Duan Qi, Murong Ke can be said to have worked hard. I boiled up the last bit of mental strength. After returning from Guanggu, Murong Ke was bedridden, almost to the point that the lamp ran out of oil.

But Murong Jun couldn't do without this pillar of the country, and after receiving the military report from the Eastern Expedition to the Northern Mansion, Murong Jun's first thought was to discuss with Murong Ke.

After reading the military report, Murong Ke carefully analyzed it. He told Murong Jun that now that Liu Xibeqi and He Laitou should have been pacified, and Beifu had no worries, so he dared to march eastward. Although the elites of Beifu are all in the Western Regions, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers under its jurisdiction, and their strength is still not to be underestimated. Murong was most worried about the three roads of Beifu. All the way into Pingzhou Dragon City. All the way into Youzhou Jicheng. The other way into Jizhou. Among the soldiers and horses of these three roads, each road is not easy to deal with, the first two roads of the North Mansion can mobilize 100,000 cavalry in the south and north of the country, as long as one of the points of the Yan country is broken, whether it is Jicheng or Dragon City, it is enough to shake the foundation of the Yan country. Although Jizhou has the most troops on this road, it looks like a containment.

According to these three routes that Beifu may attack. Murong Ke suggested that Jizhou should respond to confrontation, while rejecting the enemy in Sizhou, while consolidating Jizhou and Qingzhou; Youzhou and Pingzhou attacked against attack, and tens of thousands of light horsemen went straight into Mobei, shaking the foundation of Beifu. As long as there is a chaos in the north of the desert, there will be a chaos in the north and south of the desert, and the two places will be in chaos, and the Yan country will have no troubles, and it can fight for the Central Plains with all its might.

Murong Ke spoke more about Murong Jun based on this. Murong Chui, the king of Wu, presided over Jizhou. Fight against Wang Meng, and go to Jicheng to preside over the war in Youzhou and Pingzhou.

The other Murong Jun all agreed, but he felt that he couldn't accept the reuse of Murong Chui.

Murong Chui didn't like this fifth brother since he was a child. Coupled with the conflict between the queen and Murong Chui's ex-wife Duan, the relationship with this younger brother is even worse. Coupled with the fact that Murong Chui had been depressed since the Battle of Weichang, and was blocked by Wolf Mengting in the conquest of the state, he withdrew from the army without authorization, Murong Jun felt that this younger brother had a different heart and was unwilling to contribute to himself anymore, so he was unwilling to reuse him.

So after hearing Murong Ke recommend Murong Trai, Murong Jun has been hesitating, reusing Murong Trai, he is unwilling, and if he doesn't reuse it, he is afraid that it will endanger national affairs.

Hearing Murong Ping say this, Murong Jundi had a new idea in his heart. This Murong Ping has always been his most trusted courtier, this is mainly because Murong Ping knows his mind too well, he does everything smoothly, and he is very tactful, and the harem relatives are full of praise for this important minister, as if he is the first capable minister in the world.

If he can take on such a heavy responsibility as the rejection of the king, why should I transfer Murong Trai back? It's better to let him stay in Jicheng, firstly, so as not to look at the heart, and secondly, so that he can withstand the attacks of Mobei and Monan.

"Situ Aiqing, do you have a good plan to defeat the enemy in your heart?" Murong Jun asked.

"Back to Your Majesty," Murong Ping said confidently, "the Beifu army is nothing more than relying on its excellent armor, as long as we outnumber Beifu in numbers, it will definitely not be able to give full play to its superiority." "It turns out that Murong Ping's good plan to deal with the Beifu army is to fight more and fight less.

Hearing what Murong Ping said, Murong Jun couldn't help but be more happy, and then asked, "What is Aiqing's best strategy to defeat Wang Meng of Beifu?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, if the minister leads the army to resist the enemy, first feint defeat and then retreat," Murong commented's words made everyone talk about it, and they exchanged their heads with each other.

"I will lure the fierce army of the king of Beifu to Chaoge, and make it a long and difficult grain road. The Beifu army is well-armoured, and it will definitely rely more on the rear operation and supply. How much food do 100,000 troops have to eat in a day? As long as I lead the army to clear the field and fortify the wall first, close the camp and hold on, confront each other, and then send light cavalry to attack and disturb the thousands of miles of grain routes, the Beifu army will definitely be embarrassed and have difficulty in eating. When the food is exhausted, we will be discouraged, and when our army will be full of strength, we will definitely be able to defeat the Beifu army. ”

Murong Ping doesn't eat dry rice either, and there are still some goods in his stomach.

At this time, Li Feng, a free cavalry waiter, continued: "Beifu is a poor soldier, not the enemy of the king's division; Jing is often talented, and it is not a ratio of too much, so it is not enough to worry. “

Hearing Murong Ping's good strategy, coupled with Li Feng's words, Murong Jun couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately took Murong Ping as the governor of the capital, and the leading general Mu Yugen as the deputy, and the leader rejected Wang Meng. The herald ordered all counties in Hebei and Qing Prefectures to continue to verify the household registration, and leave only one ding per household, and the rest were all issued as foot soldiers, requiring that the number of 200,000 be gathered in a short period of time, plus the main force of the Diyan army brought from Youyou and Ping, a total of 300,000, to be handed over to the command of Murong Ping, and overwhelm the Beifu army with an absolute number.

Hearing that Murong Jun was rated as the governor of the capital and led the army to reject Wang Meng, Murong Ke couldn't help but be shocked, and after fainting, he wrote a letter to dissuade him, but Murong Jun refused and did not summon Murong Chui back to the city.

Murong Ke had no choice but to repair the secret book to Murong Ke and earnestly ask for an explanation.

Hearing that Murong Jun, the lord of Yan, took Murong Ping as the main commander and commanded the troops to come to fight, Wang Meng couldn't help but be overjoyed, stopped at Qingshui, and waited for the Yan army to come.