Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 315 Waiting for the news
In the eastern section of Anyi Yanchi, the Yu army camp was located.

Li Wei looked at the envoy of the Yan army who came to report the news, his face was solemn and he was silent.

Everyone knew that Li Wei was simmering with anger after learning the news that Yan Jun was refusing to advance.

After all, it is the reinforcements that have been awaited for a long time. Now they have walked out of Zhiguanxing and entered Hedong, but they suddenly tell you that they will stay in Zijin Mountain to rest and refuse to continue going south.

This made Li Wei have to suspect that Murong Ke wanted to let Yu Jun and Liang Jun fight first, and then he would reap the benefits when both sides suffered losses.

The atmosphere in the tent felt suffocating. The generals and subordinates of the Yu State looked at each other in silence, fearing that because of a momentary slip of the tongue, they would offend Li Wei and become the target of his anger.

As for Murong Ke's envoy, he looked calm and calm.

Now the people of Yu are seeking help from the State of Yan. Even if Li Wei is angry, he cannot vent his anger on the envoy of Yan.

Sure enough, Li Wei took a deep breath to calm down the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice:

"It is normal for the Yan army to be tired from afar and in urgent need of rest, but now that the Huan thieves are rampant and wantonly occupying the salt pond for profit, how can we leave it alone?

Therefore, although the Yan State had ambitions for Hedong, Li Wei actually partially agreed with the Yan envoy's statement, that is, the Yan State currently wanted to support the Fu family and jointly defend against powerful enemies.

Now that he understood this, Li Wei no longer struggled with what Murong Ke was planning. He sighed:

"The Huan family father and son have the heart of a tiger or a wolf, coveting neighboring countries, being greedy and speechless.

The huge benefits brought by the salt pond are certainly mouth-watering, but Murong Ke has no idea about Hedong County, at least not yet.

He didn't believe the lies that Yan State had no ill intentions towards Dayu. Huan Xi coveted Hedong, so maybe the Murong family wasn't tempted.

However, Yan State has newly acquired the three states of the Central Plains and its foothold is not yet stable. Once Huanxi sends troops to Hedong County again and Huan Wen attacks the Central Plains, what will be the choice?

"Since the King of Taiyuan traveled thousands of miles to help Hedong, he must not have made a special trip to inspect the customs and customs of Hedong. I wonder when the Yan army can go south?"

After all, even if Murong Ke took advantage of Liang and Yu's losses, he took the opportunity to seize Hedong County.

Li Wei was silent after hearing this.

Only when the State of Yu blocked Huan Xi's march to the east of the river, the State of Yan could safely explore the Central Plains.

Yanshi recalled the instructions Murong Ke and Feng Yi gave him before leaving, and said seriously:
"There is no need to report my king's plan to Duke Jianning in advance, but please rest assured, Duke Jianning, Dayan has a common enemy with your Yu State.

"The State of Yu hopes that Dayan will lend a helping hand, and Dayan also wants to support the Fu family and jointly fight against the Huan thieves.

"Although Duke Jianning is at war with the Huan thieves, King Taiyuan will choose the right time to go south and help Duke Jianning expel the Liang people from the country."

"The reason why the King of Taiyuan did not want to go south to join Duke Jianning was because he was worried that the coalition forces would have different orders and would cause chaos.

"Dayan is currently in the process of conquering the Central Plains, and he has no ill intentions toward the State of Yu. The general must also know this.

But as the envoy of Yan said, the Yan State is now focused on digesting the three states of Qing, Yan, and Xu, and has no energy to compete with Huan Xi for the east of the river.

Hedong County has the State of Yu in the north, the State of Liang in the west, and the State of Chu in the south. There are powerful enemies on three sides. If you want to defend Hedong County, you must invest heavily in troops.

"Well, King Taiyuan is not only a famous king of the Yan Kingdom, but his character is also highly praised by people at the time. I believe he will never do such an ugly thing as betraying the alliance.

"The importance of the salt pond must be well understood by King Taiyuan. If the Huan thieves get it, it will be like adding wings to a tiger.

"Please also tell King Taiyuan that the salt taken away by Huan Xi today will be turned into arrows shot at the Yan people in the future." The Yan envoy resigned accordingly.

The two countries have a common enemy and their interests are consistent. It is also the consensus of the two countries to prevent Huan Xi from seizing the salt pond.

In troubled times, brothers cannot be trusted yet, but they have a common enemy and common interests, so they can be trusted.

The State of Yu knew that even if the State of Yan seized Hedong County, it would not be able to hold it, so it was willing to open the road and invite them to enter for reinforcements.

The Yan State needed the Yu State to block Huan Xi's eastward march. The ownership of Yanchi was crucial, so after Murong Juncai deployed heavy troops to the Central Plains, he still squeezed out 50,000 elite infantry and Qiang troops. Wan Jingqi rescued Hedong.

Of course, part of the Yan army's expenses in Hedong must be borne by the state of Yu.

After the Yan envoy left, Li Wei said to the generals:
"What the Huan thieves plundered was not the interests of the Yan State, and what they enslaved was not the people of the Yan State. We cannot place all our hopes on the Yan people.

"We have received the favor of the country, and now it is time for us to risk our lives for the sake of the king.

"Three days later, I want to move the camp twenty miles to the west, and go to the camp more than ten miles away from Liang Jun to look for fighters. Are you willing to go with me?!"

This question was asked, but there was no room for rejection. All the generals agreed, including Lu Guang, the eldest son of Lu Polou, the governor of Hedong.

Lu Polou did not appear in the military camp. He was responsible for staying in Anyi, but sent his son Lu Guang over.

Lu Guang is very young, only twenty years old, but Li Wei will not despise him.

When they were in Anyi City, Li Wei discussed the art of war with Lu Guang, and was finally impressed by Lu Guang's strategy. After seeing Lu Guang's bravery in the army, Li Wei knew that given time, Lu Guang would surely occupy a pivotal position in the military circles of Yu State.

In this battle, Lu Guang will also become the general that Li Wei relies on.

It doesn't matter how young he is. Huan Xi was only fifteen years old when he followed Huan Wen in his expedition to Shu.

Murong Ke also joined the army at the age of fifteen, and Murong Chui began to go on expeditions with his father when he was only thirteen years old, and made military exploits.

Age cannot be a criterion for judging a person's ability.

Li Wei took the initiative to move his troops closer to Liang Jun's camp in the west section of Yanchi, Anyi, naturally because time was not on the side of Yu State.

The reason why he waited until three days before leaving camp was not to give the Yan army in the north enough time to rest and recuperate, but to wait for news from the Hetao.

Once Fu Jian defeated Xie Ai and Deng Xia in Yinchuan and was able to move south to threaten Guanzhong, Li Wei could safely confront Huan Xi.

For Huan Xi, no matter how tempting the salt pond is, it is still more important than the safety of Guanxi.

Huan Xi would definitely choose to retreat, and there was no need for Li Wei to take the risk of fighting him.

Li Wei only needed to follow behind and send Huan Xili out of the country to regain the lost ground in one fell swoop.

Of course, once Fu Jian was defeated in Yinchuan, the situation would be reversed, and Li Wei would have to bite the bullet and fight Huan Xi.

Although he said that he could not count on Murong Ke, if Li Wei really had to face Huan Xi, Yu Guo's hope of victory would still have to fall on Murong Ke and his 50,000 cavalry rushing to aid Hedong.

As a guest army, the Yan people were the winner of the battle between Liang and Yu around Hedong County.

(End of this chapter)