Wang Wu and the main army under his command all set up camp in the open space near the Mayoujin ferry, and the 10,000 sailors were all stationed in the cabins of the warships.

Yao Xiang's henchmen, who were hidden among the houses of the people and merchants, saw that Wang Wu's army did not come, so they had to evacuate these houses and immediately return to Nanguan City, twenty miles away, to prepare to report the situation of Wang Wu's army to Yao Xiang.

In Nanguan City, Yao Xiang and his henchmen are waiting for the news of the imminent arrival of the Mayoujin Ferry, they very much hope that the Wang Wu Legion can live in the houses of the people and merchants, so that they can use the fire attack to greatly kill the soldiers and horses of the Wang Wu Legion, and as long as the Wang Wu Legion is killed and injured by the fire attack, he can lead his soldiers and horses to attack together with the Yan cavalry, and launch a fierce attack on the Wang Wu Legion that has not yet gained a firm foothold.

"General, the whole army is ready to go, as long as there is good news from the south, our army can set off immediately and go straight to Wang Wu's army." A subordinate general looked at Yao Xiang and said loudly.

"General, the army of Yan is also ready, just waiting to go." Another general, said loudly.

Yao Xiang nodded and said excitedly: "Great, now, as long as news comes from the south, our army and the army of Yan can launch an attack on the Wang Wu Army, even if this battle cannot completely annihilate the Wang Wu Army, it is enough to drive it back to the sea." ”

Obviously, Yao Xiang felt that as long as the soldiers of the Wang Wu Legion lived in the houses of the common people and merchants, the henchmen and horses under his command could use fire attacks to inflict heavy losses on the Wang Wu Legion, thus causing the Wang Wu Legion to lose most of its combat strength, so that the Wang Wu Legion would lose most of its combat strength. The chaotic Wang Wu Legion was naturally not the opponent of the soldiers and horses under his command and the Yan State Alliance, and it was naturally easy to drive the Wang Wu Army back to the sea.

"Report, General, the enemy army is all camped in the open field. They did not live in the houses of the common people and merchants, and the fire attack plan could not be carried out. At this moment, the henchmen sent to the Mayoujin ferry had already returned and reported the situation there to Yao Xiang.

When Yao Xiang and his subordinates heard this, they were all disappointed, Wang Wu's soldiers and horses were seventy or eighty thousand, and if they led the troops to attack, the chance of winning was really small. And the plan of the fire attack could not be carried out, which made them feel helpless for a while.

"Fifth brother, judging from the current situation, our army will not be able to attack the Wang Wu Army, but when the Wang Wu Army comes to Liaodong, it will definitely attack our army, and our army can completely rely on Nanguan City and the east and west passes. Block the attack of the Wang Wu Army, as long as the Wang Wu Army cannot break through the defenses of our army. Even if they occupied the Mayoujin Ferry, it would be useless, and the daily food consumption of the 70,000 army would be enough for Wang Wu to have a headache. Yao Chang Zhengse said.

Obviously, in Yao Chang's eyes, Nanguan City and the two passes in the east and west are very easy to defend and difficult to attack. And these three positions blocked the passage from the Mayoujin ferry to the Liaodong Continent, that is to say, as long as they held the passes in Nanguan City and the east and west of the city, Wang Wu and his soldiers and horses could not enter the Liaodong Continent, and in this way. Wang Wu and the main army under his command will not be able to obtain the grain and various military supplies in Liaodong, and the army stationed in the low-lying land near Mayoujin is also very dangerous, once the vigilance is relaxed, it is very likely to be attacked, and if Yan Guo sends a large number of troops to kill, Wang Wu's army is very likely to suffer a huge defeat without geographical support.

Hearing this, Yao Xiang nodded, and said, "Yes!" Now that the Wang Wu army has not taken the bait, and the soldiers and horses of our army and the Yan army are very insufficient, the only way to do this is to hold the city and pass, as long as the reinforcements of the Yan State arrive, they can attack the Wang Wu army. ”

"Fifth brother, since this is the case, I will send someone to Qipan Pass and Bi Customs to tell the Yan defenders there, so that they must guard the pass." Yao Chang looked at Yao Xiang and said loudly.

Yao Xiang thought for a moment, and said: "It's not enough to remind the Yan defenders of Qipan Pass and Bihaiguan, the Yan defenders of these two passes are only 3,000 people, and we must also notify the main force of Yan State in Jinzhou City, five miles away, so that they can be reinforced at any time to prevent the two passes from being unable to stop Wang Wu's army." ”

"Yes, fifth brother, I understand." Yao Chang said loudly and immediately went to prepare.

Subsequently, Yao Xiang issued another order for the generals of all armies to prepare for battle and be ready to resist the attack of Wang Wu's army at any time.

Of course, in order to completely solve the Wang Wu Army, Yao Xiang had already discussed with the generals of the Yan Army, and sent an urgent document to the direction of Jicheng, asking Murong Jun, the king of Yan, to send reinforcements to Liaodong to completely eliminate the Wang Wu Army.

On the shore of the Mayoujin ferry, Wang Wuzheng and his subordinate generals discussed the military situation in the big tent of the Chinese army.

According to the information from the scouts in front, Wang Wu marked all the deployment of the enemy army on the map in the big tent of the Chinese army, and discussed it with his subordinates.

Wang Wu pointed to the map in front of him, and said: "Generals, you see, this is Nanguan City, garrisoned by 5,000 soldiers and horses under Yao Xiang, not far from the east of Nanguan City is Bihaiguan, where 3,000 Yanguo troops are stationed, and the chessboard pass west of Nanguan City, 3,000 Yanguo troops are also stationed, in addition, in Jinzhou City, five miles north of Nanguan City, more than 20,000 Yanguo cavalry are stationed, Nanguan City and the left and right two passes, there is a road leading to Jinzhou City, if our army wants to attack the hinterland of Liaodong, These two cities and two passes must be breached, and if our army takes them, they will gain a foothold that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. After speaking, he looked at the generals under his command.

"What the general said is that the area around Nanguan City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as it is taken here, it will be very beneficial to our army, however, the enemy's defense must be very tight, if our army wants to break through here, it is obviously not an easy task, we must carefully consider it!" General Wei Tong said loudly.

"Yes! General, Nanguan City and the left and right sides of the chessboard pass and Bihaiguan are each other's horns, can support each other, and Jinzhou City, not far away, can provide a good support, such a tight defense line, it must not be easy to break through! Le Hong frowned and said.

Obviously, Wei Tong and Le Hong, two veterans, both saw the solidity of the enemy's defense line and felt that it was not easy to break through the enemy's defense line.

When Wang Wu heard this, he nodded, and said: "What the two generals said is that the enemy's defense line is indeed very strong, but this defense line is the only way for our army to attack the hinterland of Liaodong, and our army must go all out to break through this place. ”

"Yes, General, we will listen to you if you say how to attack." Li Ben said loudly.

Wang Wu nodded with satisfaction, looked at the generals under his command, and said: "General Wei Tong, you lead 10,000 troops to attack Qipanguan Pass in the west of Nanguan City, General Le Hong, you lead 10,000 troops to attack Bihaiguan in the east of Nanguan City, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will attack Nanguan City with Ben General, Ben will believe that as long as our army is well prepared, we will definitely be able to break through the enemy's strong defense line." After speaking, he clenched his fists confidently.

"Yes, General, the last general commands." Wei Tong, Le Hong and other generals all shouted orders.

Wang Wu sighed, looked at Wei Tong and Le Hong, and said softly: "The two generals must be very difficult to attack the pass, I don't know what the two generals have to ask." ”

"General, what can be relied on to attack the pass is heavy siege equipment, now our army's siege equipment is very insufficient, if you rely on the ladder to attack, you will definitely suffer heavy losses, should you urgently build a large number of siege equipment?" Wei Tong demanded loudly.

"Yes! General, our army's siege equipment is insufficient, which also makes the last general very worried! Le Hong also said loudly.

Wang Wu nodded, and said: "What the two generals said is that this general also has this concern, but it takes a lot of time to build a large number of siege equipment, in case the reinforcements of the Yan Kingdom arrive, our army will face great pressure, and the large number of siege equipment built will also be completely useless, so the general can only give you two days to prepare, build as much as you can!" After speaking, he looked at Wei Tong and Le Hong.

Obviously, Wang Wu was very worried that the Yan Kingdom would send a large number of reinforcements to Liaodong, so he wanted to break through the enemy's defense line as much as possible, so as to take Nanguan City and Jinzhou City before the arrival of Yan reinforcements, as long as this was relied on, even if Yan had 100,000 reinforcements, there was nothing to be done.

"Yes, General, we will do our best." Wei Tong and Le Hong replied loudly.

When Wang Wu heard this, he nodded with great satisfaction, and asked the generals of the various armies to go to prepare immediately.

After the generals left the Chinese army's tent, Wang Wu looked at the map in front of him blankly, thinking about how to deal with it once he could not break through the enemy's defense line, and whether there was a better way to break through the enemy's defense line.

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In the direction of Yecheng, Xie Ai and the main army under his command had rested for a night, and the soldiers had recovered from the fatigue of the bloody battle.

In order to pursue the fleeing Murong Ke army, Xie Ai immediately gathered all the soldiers and horses under his command and was ready to launch a pursuit at any time.

At this time, the army under Xie Ai could participate in the battle with nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus nearly 20,000 horses reinforced by the Deng Qiang army, with a total strength of more than 110,000, which was a powerful force enough to deal with the rout of Murong Ke's army, as long as it could catch up with Murong Ke's army, it would definitely be severely damaged.

"General, the whole army is ready, whether to immediately pursue to the north." A subordinate general looked at Xie Ai and asked with a fist clenched.

Xie Ai nodded and said loudly: "Pass the order, and the whole army will immediately set off and march in the direction of Xiangguo City." ”

"Yes, General." The general commanded loudly. (To be continued......)