After He Zhong's conspiracy was crushed, Yan Guo's intelligence system in Luoyang City was dealt a fatal blow, except for the people and horses who fled back to Youzhou, most of the remaining people and horses were captured and quickly executed, but there were still a small number of fine people who escaped and sneaked back to Luoyang City to continue to spy on the intelligence of the Great Jin.

The 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Deng Qiang and Yang An have left Luoyang City and are running in the direction of Mengjin, and Huan Chong's 100,000 Jingzhou troops have also set off on time.

A few days later, the information was smoothly sent to the Yan Palace, and a detailed report was made to Murong Jun, the king of Yan.

Knowing that the Great Jin was transferring troops to the north, Murong Jun was very nervous, this ⌒↖, ≤ ans ∧ once, not only the soldiers and horses under Hua'an were transferred, but even the Jingzhou army, which had been allied with them, also led 100,000 troops to the north, so that his Great Yan Kingdom would be overwhelmed by the troops of the Great Jin army, and he didn't have any bottom in his heart whether this battle could be won.

In the past year, Murong Jun also sent a large number of scouts to investigate the deployment of soldiers and horses in the Great Jin Dynasty, and learned the detailed information of the Great Jin army, he knew that the Great Jin had more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Jizhou, Hebei, led by the main general Xie Ai, and Liaodong had less than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Wang Wu's command.

He had long known that Hua'an had a plan to recover Youzhou and Pingzhou, and for this reason, when Murong Ying contacted He Zhong and proposed to assassinate Hua'an, he nodded and agreed. He originally hoped that He Zhong and others could get rid of Hua'an smoothly, but it backfired, not only did He Zhong not get rid of Hua'an smoothly, but was connected by Hua'an to the nine clans, and the fact that Dayan supported He Zhong to assassinate Hua'an. It was also mastered by Hua'an, so Hua'an was angry and had enough reason to send troops to prepare to attack Yan.

What should come will come after all, and you can't hide from it, since Hua'an has mobilized a large number of troops and is ready to attack Yan State, then their Yan State has no choice but to fight.

Murong Jun felt that the matter of facing the battle was urgent, so he immediately summoned his courtiers. Let them go to the royal palace immediately.

Soon, the ministers of the Yan Kingdom, led by Murong Ke, all went to the main hall of the palace and stood on both sides in turn according to the level of their positions.

Seeing that all the courtiers under his command had arrived, Murong Jun said straight to the point: "Ladies and gentlemen, the 200,000 Jin army is heading north, and it seems that they will soon launch an attack on our Great Yan Kingdom." So, the meaning of this king. It is to prepare for the battle in advance and block the attack of the Jin army at all costs, I don't know what you think? After speaking, he looked at his ministers.

"Your Majesty, there are more than 200,000 Jin troops in Jizhou, and if there are another 200,000 soldiers and horses, there will be 400,000 people. Moreover, Lao Chen heard that the Central Plains region has obtained a bumper harvest this year, so the Jin army has a great advantage, and the situation is extremely unfavorable to our army. "An old minister. Said worriedly.

"So what, even if the situation is unfavorable to our army, my Great Yan Kingdom still has to fight hard, Youzhou and Pingzhou are both anointed places, if you give up, my Great Yan Kingdom will be devastated from now on." Another minister shouted.

"Your Majesty, I still have 300,000 soldiers and horses in the Great Yan Kingdom, which is enough to resist the attack of the Jin army." One of the generals said loudly.

"Your Majesty, while the main force of the Jin army has not yet been assembled, our army should take the lead in attacking the Jin army, so there may be a slight chance of victory." Another general said.

Murong Jun sighed and said, "It's a good idea to take the initiative." ”

"Your Majesty, the Xie Ai Legion in Jizhou has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and Wang Wu of Liaodong has less than 100,000 soldiers and horses. One minister suggested.

"Yes! Your Majesty, the Wang Wu Legion in Liaodong is a sharp blade behind my Great Yan, and it must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise, my Great Yan Kingdom will face the consequences of being attacked on both sides. One of the generals said loudly.

When Murong Jun heard this, he looked at Murong Ke and asked, "Fourth brother, what do you mean?" Let's talk about it. ”

Murong Ke thought for a while, and said: "Xie Ai has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and this person is good at using soldiers, it is indeed not easy to defeat it in a short period of time, and the strength of Wang Wu's army is relatively weak, as long as our army concentrates the main force to attack Liaodong, we will definitely be able to take Liaodong before the main force of the Jin army reinforces Jizhou, as long as we can successfully take Liaodong, not only can we remove the threat from the side, but also, we can greatly defeat the spirit of the Jin army and improve the strength of our army, so that the 300,000 soldiers and horses of our army are in full swing, It will definitely be able to block the 400,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army, and in this battle, my Great Yan Kingdom has a great chance of winning. ”

"Okay, since the fourth brother is sure, then the task of attacking Liaodong will be handed over to you, how many men do you need?" Murong Jun looked at Murong Ke and asked.

Murong Ke thought for a moment, and said, "In order to fight quickly, I want 200,000 main troops, please believe me." ”

Obviously, Murong Ke felt that since he wanted to take the initiative, he must take Liaodong in the shortest possible time to relieve his worries as soon as possible.

However, as soon as he said this, he thought of Goguryeo and other small countries, if these small countries were killed from behind, it would be fatal to him Yan Kingdom.

"By the way, Second Brother, Goguryeo and other countries must pay enough attention, in case they attack our Great Yan Kingdom from behind, the consequences will be unimaginable." Murong Ke frowned and said.

Murong Jun nodded, and said, "I will send envoys to appease these small countries, you just need to go south to Liaodong as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, second brother, within a month, I will definitely take all of Liaodong." Murong Ke said confidently.

Subsequently, Murong Jun gave orders to several of his courtiers, asking them to go to Goguryeo and other small countries respectively, and persuade these small countries to join the Yan camp. Even some of the territory on the border has been ceded to these small countries.

After Murong Ke accepted the order, he immediately began to assemble the troops, and asked the relevant departments to immediately prepare the grain, grass and various materials needed for the expedition, and he asked that after two days, all the soldiers and horses should set off, in addition. In order to reduce losses as much as possible, he had to personally lead a lightly armed army to raid Liaodong as quickly as possible, so as to break the defense system of the Wang Wu Army and make the Wang Wu Army collapse.

"Fourth brother, this time to attack Liaodong, let me be the vanguard!" Murong Ba walked up to Murong Ke's side and demanded loudly.

Murong Ke thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate." This time, my Dayan Kingdom concentrated the main force of troops and horses to attack the Wang Wu Army in Liaodong, the remaining soldiers and horses in Youzhou are only 100,000, and Xie Ai's Jizhou Army has 200,000 people, so the combat readiness pressure in the direction of Youzhou will be very large, and the fourth brother hopes that you will stay and guard Youzhou, block the northward advance of Xie Ai's army, and win time for me to capture Liaodong. ”

"Yes. Fourth brother, you can attack Liaodong with confidence! Within two months. I will definitely be able to hold the Yishui defense line and keep the Cheay Legion from moving forward. Murong Ba said confidently.

Murong Ke nodded lightly, and said with a straight face: "Youzhou is guarded by you, I am very relieved, remember, before my main army returns." We must hold the Yishui defense line, and we must not let Xie Ai's army enter Youzhou. ”

After a pause, Murong Ke sighed and said, "However, if the situation is urgent. The defense line has been broken, you have to protect the second brother at all costs to retreat to Changli, and then our army will also drive to Changli, even if Youzhou can't hold it this time, at least Pingzhou must hold it, of course, this is the worst plan, things may not be so bad. ”

"Fourth brother, don't worry! I know it. Murong Ba Zhengse said.

Murong Ke nodded reassuringly, and asked an elite army of soldiers and horses under his command to immediately start preparing to set off at any time.

After more than a year of military preparations, among the 300,000 soldiers and horses of Yan State, there are 100,000 elites, and the combat power of the other 200,000 soldiers and horses is not weak, in short, the strength of the Yan army is still very strong, however, the soldiers and horses under the command of Hua'an are also constantly training, and the weapons and equipment are constantly improving, compared with the Yan army, it occupies a very huge advantage, and the reason for this Northern Expedition is very sufficient, and it can be regarded as a famous division, so the Jin army's chances of victory are naturally greater.

After a whole day of preparation, Murong Ke first led 50,000 elite soldiers and horses to Liaodong, and the remaining 150,000 troops were making intense preparations in various places, and they could set off one day later.

The large-scale assembly of troops and horses in the Yan Kingdom was naturally quickly discovered by the scouts sent by Hua'an, and they immediately flew pigeons to pass the book, gradually conveying the news to the direction of Luoyang City.

Only one day later, Xie Ai, who was sitting in Jizhou, learned the news that the soldiers and horses of the Yan State were marching to Liaodong, and before that, Xie Ai had learned that Hua'an was sending 200,000 soldiers and horses to Hebei, preparing to let himself lead the 400,000 main army to the northern expedition of the Yan State, so after learning the news that the Yan State transferred troops to Liaodong, Xie Ai immediately realized that the goal of the Yan State was to level Liaodong first, relieve his worries, and then concentrate on confronting himself.

Now that he had learned of Yan Guo's plan, Xie Ai naturally could not wait for 200,000 reinforcements, but immediately launched an attack on Youzhou to relieve the pressure in the direction of Liaodong, and at the same time, immediately sent someone to inform Wang Wu in Liaodong and asked him to prepare for contingencies immediately.

Soon, Xie Ai issued an order for urgent mobilization, so that all the main forces of Jizhou immediately assembled in the direction of Gaoyang City, preparing to attack Yan State in advance.

In addition, the 100,000 troops under the command of Deng Qiang and Yang An had crossed the Mengjin Ferry and arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River.

At this time, in a large area of Hebei and Liaodong, Yan and Dajin were sharpening their knives, and a great war that would decide the survival of Dajin and Yan was about to break out.

A few days later, the Huan Chong army, which was ordered to go north, arrived on the south bank of Luoshui, because it was already late, for this reason, Huan Chong decided to let his army stop and camp, and then build a pontoon bridge to cross Luoshui the next day.

Looking at the sparkling Luoshui in front of him, Huan Chong calculated in his heart the time to build the pontoon bridge on the second day, as well as the time it would take for his troops to cross the pontoon bridge, and after a rough calculation, Huan Chong returned to the Chinese army's tent and discussed with his subordinates various things about crossing the river on the second day.

"General, there is a group of soldiers and horses on the north bank building a pontoon bridge, it seems to be a force in the direction of Luoyang City." A personal soldier walked into the Chinese army's tent and said loudly.

Huan Chong was stunned when he heard this, the place where the river was crossed was thirty miles away from Luoyang City, he didn't expect Hua'an to send troops to build a pontoon bridge, which saved him a lot of things, with curiosity, Huan Chong and his subordinates walked out of the Chinese army's tent and went to the shore to check.

This more than 1,000 people of Zhouqiao troops are naturally the soldiers and horses under the command of Hua'an, and the reason why Hua'an sent them to build a pontoon bridge for the soldiers and horses under the command of Huan Chong is completely so that the soldiers and horses under the command of Huan Chong can cross the river as soon as possible, so as to reinforce Hebei as soon as possible, the abnormal movement of the soldiers and horses of the Yan State has been transmitted to Luoyang City, and Xie Ai asked the soldiers and horses under the command of Deng Qiang and Yang An to reinforce Gaoyang City as soon as possible, Hua'an has also known, and very much agrees with Xie Ai's response strategy.

"General, since the soldiers and horses of Luoyang City have built a pontoon bridge for us, we can directly cross the river early tomorrow morning." A subordinate general said happily.

Huan Chong nodded, and said, "That's right, this saves us a lot of trouble, haha!" Let's go, let's go back to the big tent. After speaking, he walked in the direction of the big tent.

An hour later, the soldiers rushed into the Chinese army's tent again and reported: "General, the pontoon bridge has been built, and a captain in Luoyang City has an urgent matter to see the general." ”

"What, it's set up so quickly." Huan Chong felt a little incredible, and the generals beside him were also very surprised.

"Let him in." Huan Chong said softly.

Soon, a lieutenant walked in and told Huan Chong that the war between the Great Jin and the Yan State was imminent, and told them to speed up their march in order to reach Hebei as soon as possible.

Hearing that the war was about to break out and that the original plan for the division had been changed, Huan Chong couldn't help but sigh nervously and asked about the situation of grain and grass.

The captain told them that there was plenty of food and grass along the way, and thousands of large and small ships had been assembled at the Mengjin Ferry, so that they could go north with confidence.

After some discussion with his subordinates, Huan Chong decided to start crossing Luoshui in the early morning of the second day, and after crossing Luoshui, he rushed to Mengjin as fast as possible, and before evening, let all the men and horses cross the Yellow River and reach the north bank of the Yellow River. (To be continued...... ）