Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 244: Substitution

Before Yin Chi left, he got the answer he wanted.

After he left, Yuan Fan asked Duan Kwan:

"Does Duke Qi really believe that Yao Xiang will share Jizhou with us?"

Duan Gong shook his head and said:

"Yao Xiang just wanted me to hold off Murong Ke for him, how could he be so kind?

"But, as Yin Chi said, Murong Jun is narrow-minded. Since I have offended him, how could he let me go.

"Once Murong Ke is allowed to retreat to Hebei, Yao Xiang will be attacked from both sides and will be in danger.

"If Yao Xiang dies, my death will come soon.

"It's better to cooperate with him. Jizhou is owned by Yao Xiang. How can Murong Jun just give up? He will definitely send troops to fight for it.

"With Yao Xiang resisting the Yan army, I can sit back and relax.

"Yao Xiang is defeated, but I will help him.

"With the decline of Yan State, I can take advantage of the fact that Yao Xiang's main force is in Hebei and wait for an opportunity to attack Xu and Yanzhou.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Murong Ke never thought of leading troops from the Jishui camp to return reinforcements. Such a big news could not be hidden from Duan Gong.

Murong Ke said to his deputy, Shangshu Ling Yangqian:

"After I leave, Yang Lingjun can lead his army back north, and Duan Gong will definitely follow behind.

He also surrendered his soldiers and joined the army, continuing to maintain a huge army and concealing it from others.

"So, why not do it?"

"Yang Lingjun should be careful and cautious. The soldiers should cover their armor and march for forty miles every day. Don't do it too hastily.

When Yuan Fan heard Duan Gong's little calculations, his eyes couldn't help but light up. This was not Duan Gong's whims, but the possibility of realizing them.

"Yao Xiang personally led the main force to attack Hebei. The opportunity has arisen to destroy the Qiang forces in one fell swoop. I will withdraw to support and preside over this battle.

Yang Qian solemnly said:

"The King of Taiyuan does not need to worry about the Jishui camp. There is enough food and grass in the camp. After the king leaves, I will strictly guard the camp and not give the Qi people any opportunity."

After saying that, Duan Gong couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh.

"No! If you don't hold on, Duan Gong will know that there is a scam.

"Mr. Yang Ling, the Jishui camp will be handed over to you."

Murong Xian, Murong Huang, and Murong Jun, three generations of officials in Yangqian, had already served as the governor of Liaodong as early as Murong Xian's period. Murong Huang succeeded to the throne and became Zuo Changshi, who can be called the elder minister of the Murong family.

As early as on the way south, Murong Ke secretly moved things around. Everywhere he passed, he would hide some elites, ranging from a hundred to hundreds. Since the troops sent out each time were small, it was difficult to attract the attention of outsiders.

Of course Murong Ke knew that Yao Xiang would definitely synchronize the news with Duan Kong, hoping that the other party would keep an eye on him.

However, Murong Ke changed his color and said:

The Yan Army camp was located three miles north of Jishui. Murong Ke learned about Yao Xiang's crossing of the river almost at the same time.

Murong Ke and Murong Chui's plan naturally did not go behind his back. Murong Ke left. Even though there were many clan generals in the army, the responsibility of looking after the Jishui camp still fell on the shoulders of Yang Zhuang as the deputy general. .

"Duan Gong didn't know that I had left, and seeing that our army was moving slowly, he must have thought that with such speed, Yao Xiang would have succeeded before our army could cross the Yellow River.

"Duan Gong is afraid of the overwhelming force of our army, and what he wants is just to delay our army.

"Therefore, Duan Gong will only follow and harass, and will not dare to cover up and kill. "During this period, Duan Gong will exchange news with Yao Xiang. Yao Xiang knows that our army only marches forty miles every day, and mistakenly thinks that I am marching in a short time. It is difficult to return reinforcements at home, so I will seize the time to attack Yecheng and be defenseless against reinforcements. This is my chance to win. "

Yang Qian suddenly realized, he smiled and said:

"The King of Taiyuan's extraordinary troops descended from the sky, and Yao Xiang was bound to be defeated."

Murong Ke was not as optimistic as Yang Qian. After all, Yao Xiang had been fighting for many years and had never suffered a real defeat. In his opinion, he could be regarded as a strong opponent.

He has done everything he can. As for whether the strategy will work, it still depends on whether Yao Xiang will be deceived.

That night, Murong Ke led hundreds of relatives to leave the Jishui camp secretly under the cover of darkness.

Such a large army, with only a few hundred men missing, would naturally not attract attention.

The next day, Yang Qian broke out the camp according to Murong Ke's previous arrangement. The soldiers were fully armed and looked cautious.

When Duan Gong heard the news, he immediately crossed the river and followed him. However, the Yan army was heavily guarded and Duan Gong could never find a chance to ambush him. He also did not dare to cover up and attack the Yue Yan army to decide the outcome, so as Murong Ke expected, he followed him from a distance. Later, I just hope that the Yan army will be eager to return aid and reveal its flaws.

Although Murong Ke left the army, with the cooperation of Yang Zhuang and the clan generals, even though he had not appeared in public for a long time, the soldiers never realized that the general was no longer in the army.

Since Murong Ke broke away from the main force, he traveled day and night, gathered his troops along the way, and crossed the Yellow River. When he returned to Pingyuan County, he had gathered 10,000 fine cavalry around him.

At the same time, after Murong Jun learned about Murong Ke and Murong Chui's battle plan, he was already gathering troops under financial pressure.

Although he hated Duan Gong deeply and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, if he could surround and annihilate Yao Xiang in Hebei, Murong Jun would naturally be willing to put aside the hatred between himself and Duan Gong.

It just took time to assemble the soldiers. Jixian was far away from Yecheng, so Murong Jun was destined to miss the battle.

He mobilized the sergeants just to protect Murong Ke and Murong Chui. Once the two were in trouble, Murong Jun could lead the army to rescue them.

It was not easy for the Yan State to seize Jizhou. Now that we finally have such a situation, we cannot let Yao Xiang pick the peach.

Murong Ke and Murong Chui seemed to have underestimated Yao Xiang's influence in Hebei.

In the eighth year of Xianhe (AD 333), Yao Xiang followed his father Yao Yizhong and moved from Longyou to Qinghe Yitou (now Zaoqiang, Hebei) and took root in Qinghe County for nearly twenty years.

At the end of the Later Zhao Dynasty, Yao Yizhong and Yao Xiang's father and son pledged their allegiance to the Xiangguo regime. Therefore, they gained the favor of the Jie people in Xiangguo County.

After Yao Xiang reconciled with the Jin Dynasty, he became a minister of the Jin Dynasty and was favored by some powerful Han people.

Therefore, after the news spread that Yao Xiang crossed the river and besieged Yecheng, riots broke out in Xiangguo and Qinghe counties.

As Murong Chui mobilized his troops and concentrated his defense on Yecheng, Xiangguo and Qinghe counties were empty. Heroes killed officials and rebelled, and responded to Yao Xiang one after another.

This is why Yao Xiang is certain that as long as he captures Yecheng, he will be able to capture Jizhou.

The rule of Yan State in Jizhou was actually not stable.

However, Yecheng cannot be captured easily.

Not to mention that Murong Chui reduced his troops and gathered a large number of troops in Yecheng. A more important reason is that since Yecheng was the future capital of the Yan State, the Yan State had been migrating Xianbei people to Yecheng since it was taken over.

After all, as the capital of the Xianbei regime, of course the people in the city cannot be mainly Han or Jie people, otherwise Murong Jun would be afraid that he would not be able to sleep well.

Naturally, these Xianbei people wanted to work with Murong Chui to defend the city and fight against the Qiang army.

(End of this chapter)