Zhang Yan led the army, according to the guidance of the merchants, all the way to the northwest, about forty miles, and sure enough, he saw a green forest in front of him, and there was a huge lake on the edge of the forest, which was Ju Yanze.

After the soldiers saw the lake in Juyanzeli, they were very excited, and their efforts in this night were not in vain, more than 10,000 people, including people and horses, rushed towards Juyanzeli, surrounded the shore, squatted there, and held the lake water in their hands and sent it into their mouths.

Some people feel that this is too troublesome, so they simply lie on the ground, bury their heads in the water, open their mouths, and drink as much as they want.

After everyone had drunk their fill, they all lay on the sand softly, and these days, they were exhausted, and at this time they were finally relieved when they arrived at this water source.

Subsequently, Zhang Yan ordered all the troops to enter the woods to rest and recuperate.

Because on the other side of Juyanze, there is a towering city, which is Juyan City.

Juyan City was originally a subject state of Zhangye Juyan, and it is two different concepts from a subject country of Zhangye, because the area under its jurisdiction is different.

Under the rule of Zhangye's subordinate state, there are five cities, namely Houguan, Zuoqi, Qianren, Sima Guan, and Qianrenguan, and Zhangye Juyan is a subordinate country, and there is only one city, which is Juyan City.

Zhangye's vassal state and Zhangye's Juyan vassal state originally belonged to Zhangye County, but during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the two places were specially divided as the same level as Zhangye County, and the Zhangye vassal state was used to settle the surrendered barbarians, and the Zhangye Juyan vassal state was used as the seat of the governor of the Zhangye vassal state, with more than 10,000 troops stationed to prevent the barbarians who had surrendered in Zhangye's vassal country from rebelling again.

But. With the severe desertification of the northwest. The territory of Zhangye is full of deserts. The five cities of Houguan, Zuo Cai, Qianren, Sima Guan, and Qianrenguan all lacked water sources, and the people living here all survived along the weak water and gradually flowed into the territory of Zhangye's Juyan vassal state. Since then, the subject state of Zhangye and the subject state of Zhangye Juyan have been merged into one and become a subject state of Zhangye, but there is only one city, that is, Juyan City, which is located in the desert oasis of Juyanze, which is beautiful in the water, fertilizer and grass.

Now, though. Juyan City has been occupied by the Xianbei people, and the desert on Zhang Yan's side is no longer obvious, and near Juyan City on the other side of Juyanze, there is indeed a grassland, as well as cultivated farmland, and there is a wolf's head hanging in the sky above Juyan City, dominating this area.

Juyanze's shape is narrow and curved, like a crescent moon, and the weak water (Ejina River) originating from the Qilian Mountains flows into it, which is the main source of water supply for Juyanze. And Juyan. It is the Xiongnu language, after the Han Dynasty occupied this area. Following this word, this lake is called Juyanze.

It is precisely because of the abundant water in Juyanze, so the lakeside is a beautiful grassland, with fertile land, abundant aquatic grass, and it is the preferred area for agricultural reclamation.

Therefore, Juyanze is a paradise for nomads, and no matter which nomad comes here, they don't want to leave. And expect to stay here and develop. The Xianbei people are the same, but the Xianbei people have always wandered in the area of Jiluo Mountain, and they have no plans to move here for the time being, but Juyan City was occupied by them earlier, the meaning is very simple, the Xianbei people first grabbed the place in their hands, as for when to move here, it depends on their mood.

Although Zhang Yan's army was only separated from Juyanze by Juyanze, Juyanze was too big, and it would take a long time to get around, and there were no boats here, so they could not cross directly from the lake.

But this would be fine, at least it would provide a resting place for Zhang Yan's army.

They hid in the woods, and many soldiers went to the lake to catch fish, and at night they were ready to eat delicious fish and meat, and did not want to nibble on dry food again.

Tonight, Zhang Yan and the others can finally get a good night's sleep.

At the same time, Ma Chao's army had also arrived near Juyan City, the difference was that Ma Chao was on the opposite bank of Zhang Yan, and they had also found a place to hide, preparing to launch an attack on Juyan City at night.

After nightfall, it was very quiet here, and Ma Chao sent the Xianbei people who had already been disguised to call the city gate, in order to lure the Xianbei people out of the city and launch a surprise attack on them in this dense forest.

The soldier disguised as a Xianbei soon came to the city of Juyan and told the soldiers in the city of Sù in fluent Xianbei that he wanted to see the Xianbei lord here and asked to go to Dunhuang to suppress the rebellion.

Lord Xianbei believed it, immediately ordered the soldiers and horses, followed the Xianbei man out of the city, and thousands of cavalry came to the woods ambushed by Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai and others.

At this time, the soldiers who led the way suddenly disappeared, Lord Xianbei was very depressed, and when the six gods were without masters, Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, Yang Fu and others suddenly launched an attack on the Xianbei people.

Ten thousand arrows were fired, and the Xianbei people were suddenly killed and injured, and then without waiting for the Xianbei people to react, Ma Chao and others cut off the retreat of Xianbei from all directions, and the panicked Xianbei people were not the opponents of Ma Chao's army at all, and the farts who were killed were rolling in the urine.

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Zhang Yan, Xu Chu, Tai Shici, Pang Tong and others were awakened by the sound of fighting on the other side, and they still couldn't figure out the situation, so they had to send scouts to investigate first.

As a result, the scout returned, saying that it was Ma Chao's army, Zhang Yan and the others couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately gathered a large army, rode on a war horse, and galloped towards Juyan City.

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The Xianbei people were all surrounded by Ma Chao's army, the Xianbei people had no way to retreat, only to be slaughtered, all the soldiers who came out were all killed, not leaving a living mouth, blood stained this forest, everywhere was full of blood.

Subsequently, Ma Chao led the army directly to Juyan City, and when they were about to arrive, they suddenly heard a burst of rapid horse hooves, the sound was like rolling thunder, from far and near, and suddenly came, so that Ma Chao and others were cast a shadow in their hearts, and they all thought that the reinforcements of the Xianbei people were coming, just listening to the sound of these horse hooves, they knew that there were no less than 10,000 cavalry.

Ma Chao was very puzzled, he had obviously sent scouts to investigate first, there were not so many Xianbei people in Juyanze at all, and there were no footprints of Xianbei people nearby, how could there be so many cavalry galloping here suddenly.

Just when everyone was puzzled, a scout suddenly galloped in, sent by Zhang Yan, and asked him to tell Ma Chao that it was Zhang Yan's army that had arrived, and asked to jointly attack Juyan City.

Ma Chao was overjoyed for a while, and immediately ordered to move forward at full speed and attack Juyancheng with Zhang Yan in front and back.

Although the gates of Juyan City were closed, there were no defenders in the city, and the Xianbei people in charge of defense saw that the general trend had gone, so they simply opened the city gate and fled before the enemy surrounded them.

The two armies of Zhang Yan and Ma Chao converged in Juyan City, and for the Xianbei people who escaped, Zhang Yan also decided not to chase them anymore, because Pang Tong had just offered him a plan to meet the army of Xianbei people here.

If Zhang Yan and Ma Chao lead the army to pursue, they will definitely fall into the hinterland, and it will not achieve the effect of sneak attack.

Therefore, Pang Tong offered advice to Zhang Yan in a timely manner, and took Juyan City as a base, where he waited for work, arranged a defensive line, and faced the Xianbei people.

Pang Tong had paid attention to Zhang Yan's battle case of defeating Xianbei Kebineng in the east, so he decided to draw a scoop based on the gourd and let Zhang Yan have another battle like this, anyway, they brought more thunderbolts, enough to raze Juyan City to the ground. No matter how many Xianbei people come, it can be decided in one battle, and it also makes Xianbei people frightened.

If someone escapes, it will not be too late for them to take advantage of the victory and pursue them.

Regarding Pang Tong's strategy, Zhang Yan was very sure that instead of going deep into the heart of the Xianbei people alone to find an opportunity to sneak attack, it was better to wait here and wait for the Xianbei people to attack them.

The area around Juyanze is a very good place, at least they can't starve to death, if they go deep alone, in terms of food and grass supply, it will become a problem for Yanzhòng.

After the plan was completed, Zhang Yan joined forces with Ma Chao, and then had a good rest in Juyan City.

After that, Pang Tong began to offer advice to Zhang Yan, and more than 20,000 soldiers in the city also began to be busy, actively arranging fortifications in the area of Juyan City.

According to Pang Tong's estimate, more than 100,000 Xianbei people will come this time, and all of them are cavalry. However, Pang Tong was not afraid, because the more people came, the happier he became, and the battle of Juyancheng would also make him famous in a battle.

Pang Tong told Zhang Yan that Juyanze is the only water source in this area, and more than 100,000 Xianbei people must drink water, so they must be close to Juyanze, and Juyanze is located behind Juyancheng, and if they don't take Juyancheng, it will be a problem for them to drink water.

Therefore, Pang Tong built a fortification in the area of Juyanze, with Juyanze as the center, dug a moat, introduced the water in Juyanze into the moat, and then piled up a high wall in front of the city gate, built a shack, and placed wooden planks on it to prevent the arrows shot by the Xianbei people, and the high wall left a shooting hole for the archers to shoot the Xianbei people.

Of course, these were just some means, and Pang Tong's purpose was not to keep the enemy out, but to introduce the enemy into the city, so Juyan City became a sacrifice target.

Pang Tongjian and Zhang Yan placed thunderbolts in the city, covering every corner of the city, and then dug a secret passage to the outside, sprinkled the powder of the thunderbolt in the dark passage, as a lead, if the enemy entered the city, he would ignite the thunderbolts, so that all the Xianbei people died in the area of Juyan City.

Zhang Yan adopted Pang Tong's Jianyi, and did what he said, and immediately ordered more than 20,000 soldiers to start arranging defenses...... (To be continued......)