At this time, the main force of the Jin army in the direction of Gaoyang City, naturally the 90,000 Guanzhong cavalry under the command of Wang Meng, in order to arrive at Gaoyang City as soon as possible, the army under Wang Meng gave up a large amount of baggage, and after arriving in Gaoyang City, there was not enough siege equipment to attack immediately, so he had to surround Gaoyang City first, and step up the construction of siege equipment.

Murong Ke learned that Gaoyang City was surrounded by a large army of the Jin army, and immediately guessed that it was the Guanzhong cavalry under Wang Meng's command, after all, Hua'an's headquarters corps was still in the south, and at this moment, only Wang Meng's corps, which had been reinforced from the direction of Bingzhou, could suddenly attack Gaoyang City and block his retreat.

However, according to Murong Ke's speculation, if Wang Meng's army entered Gaoyang City from Anxi City, it would take at least three or four days, and now, in only two days, Wang Meng's army has arrived in Gaoyang City, which Murong Ke did not expect, and the speed of Wang Meng's army greatly exceeded Murong Ke's expectations.

"Fourth brother, I really didn't expect Wang Meng's army to attack Gaoyang City, and the speed was so fast, it actually surrounded Gaoyang City so quickly, so that our army's retreat was cut off by the Jin army!" Murong Ba said loudly.

Murong Ke paused for a moment and said softly: "Wang Meng's army is speeding up towards Gaoyang City, what we should have thought of is all caused by the light enemy. After speaking, his face looked a little heavy.

"Fourth brother, what should we do now? Our army has already occupied an absolute advantage, should we continue to encircle and annihilate the soldiers and horses of the Jin army, or should we retreat to reinforce Gaoyang City? Murong Ba asked loudly about countermeasures.

"Let go of the southern openings and let the Jin cavalry withdraw from the encirclement of our army. Then immediately retreated and reinforced Gaoyang City. Murong Ke gave the order without hesitation.

With Murong Ke's order, the Yan State Iron Rope Cavalry opened a gap, allowing the Deng Qiang army to converge with the 30,000 Jin troops who came to the rescue, and then quickly retreated due north.

Deng Qiang, Wang Wu and Zhuge Xiong converged together, and when they saw the Yan army retreating rapidly in the direction of due north, they were all very puzzled, and after some competition, they had already learned the powerful power of the Yan army's iron rope cavalry. And it's clear. The cavalry of the Yan army occupied a considerable advantage, and in such a favorable situation, the Yan army did not continue to encircle and annihilate the Jin army, but chose to retreat quickly. This is difficult for them to understand.

"The army of the Yan Kingdom obviously has the advantage. Why the sudden evacuation? Wang Wu looked at Deng Qiang. Asked suspiciously.

Although Deng Qiang fought against Murong Ke's army one step earlier, he was also confused about Murong Ke's sudden withdrawal. And shook his head, and said: "I don't know very well why the Yan army suddenly withdrew, but after this battle, our army suffered heavy losses, and I really don't know how to explain it to the king!" ”

Obviously, the fiasco of Deng Qiang's army was mainly caused by Deng Qiang's own disobedience, so he felt very guilty and was willing to take the initiative to take responsibility.

Zhuge Xiong thought for a moment and said softly: "No matter what, the strength of the Yan cavalry surpasses our army, and our army should not pursue, when waiting for the arrival of the main army, we will launch a pursuit, so as not to fall into the encirclement of the Yan cavalry again." ”

When Deng Qiang and Wang Wu heard this, they both nodded approvingly, the powerful power of the Yan State Iron Rope Cavalry made them feel afraid, for this reason, before the arrival of the main force, they did not dare to venture forward to pursue, after all, Murong Ke was cunning and took the initiative to retreat calmly, it was very likely that it was another strategy, and they had to guard against it.

Subsequently, Deng Qiang, Wang Wu and Zhuge Xiong ordered their army to clean up the battlefield and count the casualties of the army.

It didn't take long for Hua An to personally lead the main force to arrive, and Murong Ke launched a siege on the Deng Qiang army at the location, seeing the corpses of the Jin army soldiers lying on the ground, Hua An was shocked, and hurriedly asked what happened.

Deng Qiang hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, it is all your fault that the general disobeyed his orders and rashly launched an attack on the army of Yan State, so that the soldiers suffered heavy losses, and asked the king to punish him." ”

When Hua An heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and asked loudly: "How many casualties are our army?" ”

"More than 6,000 soldiers were killed in the battle, almost all of them were wounded, if it weren't for the timely reinforcements of General Wang and General Zhuge , I am afraid that the casualties would be even more." Deng Qiang replied truthfully.

Hearing that more than 6,000 soldiers had been killed in battle, Hua An couldn't help but feel distressed for a while, the soldiers and horses under Deng Qiang's command were all elite cavalry in Guanzhong, and the losses were so great that it could be said that they had already hurt their vitality.

"Your Majesty, the Yan Army's Iron Rope Cavalry is strong, originally occupied an absolute advantage, our army is in an extremely critical situation, but for some reason, it suddenly continued to evacuate to the north, so as to prevent our army from greater losses, because our army has suffered heavy losses, we dare not rashly pursue, so we wait here, waiting for the king's main army." Zhuge Xiong clenched his fists and said.

Hearing this, Hua An asked softly, "Did the Yan army suddenly retreat when it achieved absolute superiority?" ”

"Yes, Wang, the Yan army did suddenly withdraw in the direction of due north when it achieved absolute superiority, and the last general and several generals were worried that this was Murong Ke's trick to lure the enemy, so they did not dare to rashly launch a pursuit." Wang Wu said loudly.

When Hua An heard this, he thought for a moment, and immediately realized that Murong Ke must have encountered a big event, otherwise, it would be impossible to evacuate suddenly in the case of gaining absolute superiority, and what major event Murong Ke would encounter, Hua An couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Report, Wang, the main army of General Wang's headquarters has come to Gaoyang City, and is ready to attack Gaoyang City at any time." At this moment, the news came that Wang Meng's army was besieging Gaoyang City.

When Hua An and his subordinate generals heard this, they suddenly realized that Murong Ke's rapid evacuation was because his back road, Gaoyang City, was surrounded by Wang Meng's army.

"Your Majesty, now that the 90,000 cavalry under General Wang has surrounded Gaoyang City, and Murong Ke's main cavalry has also killed in the direction of Gaoyang City, our army should immediately reinforce Gaoyang City to flank Murong Ke's main army with the cavalry under General Wang." Zhuge Xiong said loudly.

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and break the main force of the Yan army to atone for his crimes." Deng Qiang loudly said that he wanted to be a pioneer.

Hua An looked at Deng Qiang, nodded, and said loudly: "Okay, General Deng Qiang led 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard, General Wang Wu led 20,000 cavalry to follow, Wang San, Zhuge Xiong, you each led 10,000 cavalry in the end, and the 60,000 main cavalry immediately set off to attack Murong Ke's army, there can be no mistake." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Deng Qiang and other generals all shouted orders, and immediately led their respective cavalry corps to pursue Murong Ke's legions.

In order to respond to Wang Meng's army to attack Gaoyang City, Hua'an sent all the cavalry under his command, and even, even the personal guards beside him were no exception, at this moment, behind Hua'an, there were a small number of personal cavalry, and the main army had 40,000 charioteers of Chen Polu's brothers, 40,000 main infantry of Jiang Gan, and 50,000 reserve army soldiers.

Considering that the army of Yan Kingdom had 150,000 people and the elite iron cavalry under Murong Ke, Hua'an did not dare to delay. Immediately led the main army under his command to reinforce in the direction of Gaoyang City, among them, the fastest charioteers walked at the front of the ranks, and the main infantry and reserve corps marched to reinforce as much as possible.

In the direction of Gaoyang City, the main cavalry under Wang Meng had surrounded Gaoyang City, and immediately began to build siege equipment, preparing to break through Gaoyang City as quickly as possible, so as to prevent Murong Ke's main army from calmly withdrawing and annihilating the living force of the Yan army.

"General, there are 50,000 Yan troops guarding Gaoyang City, and with the strength of our army's 90,000 troops, if you want to break through Gaoyang City, I'm afraid it won't be easy!" A subordinate general looked at Wang Meng and said.

Wang Meng smiled and said softly: "The Yan army under the command of Murong Ping is not the elite of the Yan army, and was defeated by the king's army. ”

Obviously, Wang Meng is still very clear about Murong Ping's level, and he is not worried at all about dealing with Murong Ping, who has 50,000 troops.

"Report, general, the main cavalry of the Yan army is already less than ten miles according to this." At this moment, the news came that Murong Ke's main cavalry was about to arrive in Gaoyang City.

Hearing this, Wang Meng frowned slightly, at this moment, the main army under his command has not yet broken through Gaoyang City, and Murong Ke's main cavalry is about to arrive in Gaoyang City, it is too late to attack Gaoyang City at this time, and the main army must be mobilized to immediately block the march of Murong Ke's main cavalry.

However, Wang Meng also knew very well that Murong Ke had 100,000 elite cavalry under his command, which was more than the soldiers and horses under his command, and in Gaoyang City, there were 50,000 Yan troops, and the total strength of the Yan army was 150,000, while he only had 90,000 troops under his command, and he was obviously in a weak position in terms of strength.

What worried Wang Meng the most was that the main cavalry under Murong Ke and the Yan army in Gaoyang City attacked him on both sides, so that the 90,000 cavalry under his command would be in danger.

Of course, Wang Meng felt that since Murong Ke's main cavalry had withdrawn to the north, the main force of the Jin army under Hua An would not be far away, and for this reason, he was not very worried.

"General, Murong Ke's main cavalry is not far away, our army must change its deployment and immediately concentrate several large armies scattered around Gaoyang City to resist Murong Ke's main cavalry." A subordinate general looked at Wang Meng and said softly.

Wang Meng nodded, and immediately issued an order, so that all the troops and horses under his command should immediately assemble in the direction of the south gate of Gaoyang City, and prepare to take advantage of the unstable foothold of Murong Ke's army to launch a fierce attack on it.

It didn't take long for the 90,000 main cavalry under Wang Meng's command to assemble in the direction of the south gate of Gaoyang City, and they were ready to attack Murong Ke's army.

"General, if it is Murong Ping's army in Gaoyang City, wouldn't it be very troublesome to sneak out of the city and attack the back of our army." A subordinate general looked at Wang Meng and said worriedly. (To be continued......)