In a battle that concerns the fate of the two countries, Murong Ke, as the number one general in the Yan Kingdom, cannot fail to end.
Li Yue stared in the direction of Lukou, looking for Murong Ke, and ignored Chang Shan.
It is an objective fact that national strength is inferior to others. This must be clearly understood.
When the Yan State was at its peak, the hundreds of thousands of troops on the west route were not all the strength of the Yan State. Attacking blindly would only make the same mistake as Ran Min did.
The suppressing troops from Yanzhou gathered in Liyang one after another, ready to support Lukou at any time, and the suppressing troops from all over Qingzhou also gathered in Bohai.
Yang Lue even transferred 70% of the school officials to Lukou. Once Lu Hu fell to the Murong family, he would immediately launch a mutiny.
This war has entered a critical moment.
"Your Highness..." Zhang Shengye said with a bitter look on his face.
"explain."
"Murong Chui attacked Zhending fiercely, but Su Yan couldn't resist it and surrendered to the Yan bandits. His son Su Quan broke out of the siege and returned to Yecheng with more than a hundred cavalry. Murong Chui sent his army south, and the Changshan troops retreated to Julu and Anping. county……"
Changshan fell, and Li Yue was mentally prepared.
Su Yan had tried his best to resist Murong Chui for more than half a month with only more than 10,000 troops.
"Where is Su Quan?"
"Waiting for His Highness's summons outside the palace."
Li Yue stood up and went out of the palace to greet him in person. This man was indeed loyal and brave and did not follow Su Yan and surrender to Murong Chui.
Loyalty is the quality that Li Yue values most. It doesn't matter even if his ability is poor. Ability can be cultivated, but loyalty cannot.
Being able to fight his way out of the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of troops would not be any less capable.
"Your Highness... my subordinates are incompetent... failed to defend Changshan..." Su Quan burst into tears. The armor on his body was riddled with holes and six or seven arrows were embedded in it. Bloodstains had long dried and condensed on it.
Li Yue hurriedly helped him up, "The Yan bandits' army of more than 100,000 people marched southward. Your father and son can resist until today. It is a merit and no fault."
Cao Wei once had a method of war in which the enemy besieged a city and those who could withstand it for a hundred days would not be guilty of surrendering.
Although Su Yan only resisted for sixteen or seventeen days, it cannot be generalized. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei was the strongest, and it was not difficult to resist for a hundred days.
Now that the Liang Kingdom is newly established and the Yan Kingdom is strong and prosperous, it would be a good idea not to surrender immediately.
After all, Su Yan is not his direct descendant.
"Thank...your highness." Su Quan said incoherently.
Li Yue took off his coat and put it on for him, "As expected of Gu's son, come on, take him here to heal his injuries. After he recovers, you can conquer the world with me!"
"Take the order!" Su Quan's eyes flashed with light.
The Shangwu Hall is like an oven, constantly tempering their spirit and will. The weapons of thought are sometimes sharper than swords. Li Yue has never doubted this.
After the disasters caused by the Sima clan and the noble clans, what China lacked most was a vigorous and upward spirit.
Changshan was captured, and the Yan army was as powerful as a rainbow.
Zhang Ping, who was stationed in Lutai, also joined the feast and went south with Murong Chui, trying to get a share of the Liang Kingdom's pie.
The strength of the Yan army increased again, to nearly 170,000 troops, known as an army of 300,000 people. The wind roared in the north of Yecheng, and people's hearts were in turmoil.
The people of Julu and Anping counties either fled south or surrendered directly to the Yan State and were moved to Zhongshan County.
"Since Changshan is conquered, Julu, Anping, Gaoyang and other counties in central Hebei will be exposed to the Yan army's front." Cui Hong's eyes were full of worry.
Yan and Liang competed for the throne and fought for Hebei. Yan State conquered the city first and Murong Chui's army of hundreds of thousands was freed up.
Yecheng is impregnable, so we are not afraid of it, but the counties to the east of Yecheng may be difficult to resist.
Pressure once again enveloped Li Yue.
Murong Ke was not the only one who Yan could defeat. Mu Yugen and Yue Wan were both veteran generals on the battlefield, not to mention Murong Chui.
There are very few people around Li Yue who can take charge of their own business.
Wei Shan is a good player in charge, Cui Jin is good at defense but not enough in offense. Xu Cheng, Gao Yun and others are all in the growth stage. In such a battle related to the national destiny, Li Yue naturally needs to be more cautious.
This is also the reason why Liang Guo is on the defensive as a whole.
In the current situation, with no large army coming out of Yecheng, Murong Chui's hundreds of thousands of Western Route Army troops could sweep through the counties in central Hebei.
Once Yecheng's army faced Murong Ke, needless to say, not only Murong Ke's East Route Army would be defeated, but Jicheng's Murong Jun would also take action.
Murong Jun was not a powerless emperor. He once led his troops to defeat the Duan clan and return from Xianbei.
When the Yan State attacked Fuyu State, Murong Ke was the vanguard, and Murong Jun supervised the troops. The brothers worked together to destroy Fuyu.
Although there was a second line of defense deployed by Cui Jin on the front lines of Julu and Anping, Murong Chui had an army of hundreds of thousands and was surrounded by famous generals.
In other words, someone must block Murong Chui's army on the west route.
Li Yue's mind quickly flashed through the civil and military personnel under his command, including Liu Qun, Wei Shan, Cui Jin, Bo Wu, Chen Duan, Xu Cheng, Gao Yun...
It seems that no one can compete with Murong Ke, Mu Yugen and Yue Wan.
"Come, go to Dong'a quickly to summon the king back to Ye!" Li Yue underestimated the Yan army's determination.
If Murong didn't take action, it would be fine. If he did, he would be aiming to destroy the country.
Even Tuoba Shi Yijian and Zhang Ping participated.
Now that Changshan had been conquered, news came from the east that Murong Ke had moved. Twenty thousand cavalry bypassed Lukou and went south from Zhangwu County. Mi Jin and Qin Biao could not resist. Murong Ke crossed the Lutuo River and came from the river. Directly into Anping County.
Judging from his posture, it was obvious that he wanted to join forces with Murong Chui in Jizhong.
The two groups of troops met in the middle of Jizhou, and Liang's territory in Hebei was divided into two by the Yan army.
Murong Ke and Murong Chui could swallow up all the counties except Yecheng one bite at a time.
The Yan army could even clear the major crossings of the Yellow River and cut the Liang state in two. Furthermore, if any of the generals such as Murong Ke, Murong Chui, Mu Yugen, and Yue Wan crossed the river, it would be a great blow to the morale of the Liang state. A heavy blow.
Murong Ke took action, fast and hard.
The 20,000 cavalrymen ignored Cui Jin's interception and rushed left and right, always finding the weak spots in Cui Jin's defense.
And with such a long line of defense, it is simply impossible to be foolproof.
Cui Jin and Bo Wu's nearly 50,000-strong army were helpless against Murong Ke's 20,000 infantry and cavalry.
You can't encircle, you can't win, you can't defend, you can't advance or retreat.
Fortunately, Cui Jin did not attack blindly when faced with Murong Ke's provocation.
Lu Hu, on the other hand, just hunkered down in Lukou City, turning a blind eye to the Yan army outside the city, and even left their logistics and equipment unattended.
Today's Lukou is in name only.
Lu Hu shamelessly sent a memorial, "...The Yan army is powerful, Murong Ke is famous all over the world, and the 20,000 troops under his command are all elites in hundreds of battles. I know that I am no match for Ke, so I can only defend Lu for His Highness." However, the city is short of food and its morale is low. I still hope that Your Highness will rush to help with 100,000 grains, 10,000 livestock, and some fine wine..."
Let Murong Ke's 20,000-strong army go south, and this guy still has the audacity to ask for a reward...
I have seen shameless people, but this is the first one who is so shameless.
He stood up again, seemingly surrendering to himself, but in fact he was cooperating with the Yan army's offensive.
(End of chapter)