Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 439 Back and forth
"Your Highness is wise." Zhang Shengye cupped his hands, "But when the scout came back, he happened to meet Zhang Guan's envoy Suo Zhen."

"Emissary?" Li Yue knew what Zhang Guan's envoy was doing without having to guess.

The only one who could deter Fu Jian was Liang Guo.

Li Yue was quite moved. In order to attack Liangzhou, Fu Jian transferred the main forces from Puban and Tongguan. Deng Qiang and Fu Fei also transferred two of them, who were ten thousand enemies.

Guanzhong is empty as never before.

If the king of Hedong is ordered to attack Puban at this time, the chance is very high. It is also a freezing season, and the Yellow River is frozen, making it useless.

Breaking Chang'an would be equivalent to breaking Fu Jian's foundation and eliminating a potential opponent in the future.

After a few more years of development, Yan State can still be destroyed.

Yue Wan's assassination was actually a watershed for the Yan Kingdom. The innovation failed and it officially began to decline from its peak.

The longer time passes, the greater the conflict will become in Yan State.

If any one of Qin, Jin, and Yan is destroyed, the Liang family will be the dominant one from now on.

"Chuan Suo Zhen comes to see you." It's impossible for Li Yue not to be moved.

Where are the true allies these days?They are just succumbing to immediate interests.

Suo Zhen was born in the Suo family in Dunhuang, and was one of the most famous people in Liangzhou. He once advised Zhang Chonghua and became famous far and wide.

"Greetings to the King of Liang. Now that Fu Jian has exhausted all his elite troops and Guanzhong is empty, it is a God-given opportunity. The Fu family is greedy. Once it grows stronger, it will become a powerful enemy of the King of Liang. If the King of Liang sends troops, Liangzhou is willing to surrender and recognize Liang as its lord. !" Suo Zhen was very anxious and didn't say a word nonsense.

Although Fu Jian withdrew his troops, Zhang Guan's situation became even more difficult.

All the counties in the country did not listen to orders and were in urgent need of external support.

After Zhang Zuo usurped the throne, he directly proclaimed himself emperor and had a falling out with Jiangdong, so he had no choice but to approach Liang Guo.

Liangzhou's existence has a certain value and can contain Fu Jian.

However, after some weighing, Li Yue gave up this tempting idea. Zhang Guan was not that material and was not Fu Jian's opponent at all. There was no point in assisting him.

Secondly, Guanzhong is full of Qiang and Di, and the Di and Qin have public support. Wang Meng's [-] new army may be able to break through Chang'an, but it will be difficult to completely pacify Guanzhong. When the time comes to fight on two fronts, not only will they not be able to destroy them, but they will become enemies with them, and they will not be destroyed. Qin could not destroy Yan.

As a person, you should be down-to-earth and not half-hearted.

"What you said is true. However, the danger in Liangzhou is not outside, but inside. Liang and Yan are fighting, and they have no time to look west. They are beyond reach. Now that Fu Jian has withdrawn his troops, your country should work hard to govern and calm people's hearts." Li Yue declined politely.

Liangzhou's strength is not bad, as evidenced by Fu Jian's inability to defeat Gu Zang.

At this time, Liu Ying opened the tent and came in. He glanced at Suo Zhen, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, the Yan army's Fu Yan tribe is heading south."

Li Yue got up from the bed and said, "I am busy with military affairs and have no time to entertain you. I hope you will entertain me sir."

"Wei." Liu Ying held his hand.

"I'll take my leave..." Suo Zhen looked disappointed, but he did not lose his courtesy and followed Liu Ying down.

Li Yue immediately called the generals to ask, "How are the soldiers resting?"

It had been four or five days since the armistice. Since Murong Ke couldn't come, Li Yue went to find him.

If there is no mountain, I will go to the mountain.

It must be right to stare at Murong Ke in this battle. It has been sunny these days, winter is high, neither cold nor hot.

"The morale is high, we can fight!" Xu Cheng said with cupped hands.

"You lead an army of [-] people as the vanguard, Guqin leads an army of [-] people as the rear, and capture Baixiang!"

"Leader!"

Xu Cheng rode out first, and Li Yue prepared behind.

If a small victory doesn't work for the Bai people, then try it a few more times to accumulate small victories into big victories.

As soon as the garrison was assembled, the scouts rushed to report. As soon as Xu Cheng moved, Murong Ke also moved, abandoning Baixiang. The big cart pulled the small cart and divided into two groups. One retreated to Fangfang County and the other to Gaoyi in the west. .The troops who retreated to Fangfang County were obviously captured strong men, as many as [-].

Those who retreated to Gaoyi were Murong Ke's elite.

Xu Cheng, with ten thousand cavalry, feared an ambush and did not dare to pursue him, so he returned to Baixiang.

Li Yue's army rushed to Baixiang to join Xu Cheng.

"This must be Murong Ke's plan to lure the enemy!" Xu Cheng said with cupped hands.

Indeed, Murong Ke's retreat direction was Zhongshan County, and to the east of Zhongshan was Fanyang. The transportation of grain and grass was easier, and the Yan army in Jicheng could support him at any time.

As Li Yue went north, he was always in danger of being surrounded by the Yan army on all sides, and he had to be on guard against Murong Ping, Murong Jun, and Fu Yan cutting off the food routes in the rear.

"Return to Ren County and continue to besiege Xiangguo!" Li Yue quickly adjusted his strategy.

If you attack, you must save it; if you defend it, you must attack it.

Instead of chasing Murong Ke, it is better to let him relieve the siege of Xiangguo.

The weather has been good these days, and the siege equipment can exert its power. To conquer Xiangguo is to pull out a nail on Yecheng's head. You can also attack Zhongshan and Changshan counties here.

As soon as the army returned to Ren County, more than a thousand light cavalry of the Yan army arrived, running back and forth outside the camp.

Li Yue ignored them and pushed the siege equipment to the foot of Xiangguo City the next day.

Now that we are fighting steadily, we must make all preparations. Before the battle begins, we must order the soldiers to lay out antlers, dig trenches, and build earthen ramparts to guard against the Yan army's cavalry.

Nearly 10 people worked together, and the fortifications were completed in less than half a day.

Xiangguo is no better than Bairen City. It took Shi Le 18 years to build it and is extremely strong. Murong Jun learned the lessons from Taifengzi City and made a lot of preparations at the head of the city.

"Your Highness, when are we going to attack!" Zhang Hao couldn't wait as the injury on his waist was just a little better.

Li Yue glanced at the eager soldiers behind him and said, "Wait for Murong Ke."

Besiege the city and call for reinforcements. The siege is false, but the call for reinforcements is real.

Almost all the scouts were sent out to scout the movements of the Yan army in the north.

But Murong Ke remained motionless in Gaoyi, as if he had taken reassurance and refused to go south.

Li Yue wanted to besiege the city and bring reinforcements, but Murong Ke wanted to rely on Xiang Guo to consume the strength of the Black Cloud Army. When the Black Cloud Army was exhausted, he would kill him with one blow!
Having played against each other so many times, we are already familiar with each other's styles.

Li Yue could predict what Murong Ke was thinking through the battlefield situation. Similarly, Murong Ke could roughly guess what Li Yue was thinking.

On the wall of Xiangguo City, the soldiers of Yan Army were shouting insults, and all kinds of obscene sounds were unbearable.

The soldiers were furious and asked for battle.

Li Yue looked at the towering city wall. Although the Yan army was insulting, they were also prepared. Flags were fluttering on the top of the city, and morale was high. "What's the rush? They will scold, but you don't have a mouth?"

Zhang Hao took the lead, leading more than a thousand troops to the shooting place below the city, and yelled curses at the city.

The soldiers took off their pants while cursing, and did not regard the Yan army in the city as human beings.

But no matter how insulted they were, the defenders in the city could not escape.

Li Yue didn't care. A general should not be angry and raise an army, and a commander should not be angry and start a war. He should just entertain himself and wait for news from the east and west.

Three days later, the scouts finally brought back what Li Yue wanted, "Your Highness, the King Commander is leading an army of [-] to the north."

If Wang Meng wants to capture Bingzhou, he has three options.

First, go to Luliang Mountain from the west, but the mountain road is rugged and supplies are difficult. If the Yan army blocks a mountain pass at will, Wang Meng will lose ground.

Second, go up the Fen River, camp step by step, and attack one city at a time.

Third, he entered Shangdang, came out of Huguan, and had a decisive battle with Murong Chui, completing his victory in one battle.

(End of this chapter)