After occupying Dai County, the Yan army blocked the Yan army from entering Yanmen, and the Xiawu Mountains in the clouds were completely controlled by the Yan army. For Li Mu, this natural barrier was crucial to the Hongshou Mountains in the west of the Xiawu Mountains.

Pingcheng is located in the center of the Pingcheng Basin (now Datong Basin in Shanxi) and is the key to entering and leaving the Hongshou Mountains.

As long as the Yan army can be blocked or defeated here, the Yan army will have a dream to enter the hinterland of Yanmen County.

Dai County fell into the hands of the Yan army so quickly, which had a great impact on the Zhao army.

The Yan army first attacked Dai County's logistics, and could only control the water and the military capital Xing above it, and the logistics support pressure was very huge. Now, Puyin Xing and Feihu Xing, which were connected to Dai County, fell into the hands of the Yan army.

Yan State can transport troops, grain and other logistics supplies to its army through Feihu Pass in Zhongyang County, especially through Puyin Pass in Wuyang County and Dai County. The journey is much closer and the efficiency is several times faster than before.

The last bottleneck restricting the Yan army was completely opened up as a result.

Especially what made Li Mu most angry was that the main force of the Yan army led by Lejian did not go south to attack Jinyang, but instead led his troops westward to attack himself.

This move by the Yan army made Li Mu's plan to raid the Yan army's rear also go bankrupt.

That's fine. The key is that when the Yan army came to Pingcheng City, after seeing that the Zhao army did not go out of the city to fight, they did not take the initiative to attack the city, nor did they divide their troops to attack the four directions. Every day, they would arrange troops and arrange formations in their own camp, and train and struggle continuously.

This made Li Mu's intentions for Yan Jun in his heart impossible to realize.

Lejian's move is to tell Li Mu that if you can tolerate it, I can tolerate it more than you.

If you want to "donate", my Yan army will accompany you to "donate". Anyway, my Yan State can "donate".

Our Yan army occupied Dai County and had already achieved the goal of his king attacking Zhao State. What remains is the army led by you, Li Mu. If you don’t get rid of you, Li Mu, our Yan army will not go south to attack Jinyang County.

You, Li Mu, are alone, do you understand?

The Zhao army led by Lecheng of Jinyang will not be able to protect itself; as for Lianpo, the Zhao army led by Pang Yan, it is even more impossible for them to support you, Li Mu. If they dare to move, the eastern army led by Rong Qi, our Yan State general, will immediately attack Handan.

Time flies very quickly, and more than half a month has passed in a flash, and now it is April.

Standing on the city tower of Pingcheng, looking at the Yan army camp not far from the city, the people and horses were neighing, the dust was flying, and the shouts of the Yan army's troops deploying troops came into the ears of Zhao army on the city tower from time to time.

Sima Shang stared at his big eyes, and it was almost protruding.

I couldn't help it anymore, so I stepped forward and looked at Li Mudao, who was standing in front of the battlements and looking at the Yan army camp:

"General, what the hell is this Yan army doing? They don't attack cities or divide troops. They just train in the camp every day. The army that ambushed in the surrounding mountains can no longer bear it!"

Sima Shang said what the other generals of the Zhao army said, and everyone looked at Li Mu.

Li Mu was speechless for a while and didn't know how to answer his deputy general Sima Shang.

You "bear guy", I don't want to pay attention to you, okay!

You ask me, who will I ask?

The Yan army led by Le Cheng remained unmoved, which made Li Mu feel very uneasy.

This time, Li Mu gathered almost all the armies of Yanmen and Yunzhong counties, totaling as many as 150,000. He wanted to rely on the convenience of occupying the geographical location. His army was familiar with the terrain and landforms and fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Yan army.

But Le Cheng's current approach made Li Mu really confused for a moment.

Your Yan army did not attack or attack, and did not attack. Why is this?

Li Mu really wanted to run to Le Cheng and shout to Le Cheng like this.

Turning slowly, Li Mu said to Deputy General Sima Shang: "Let the brothers in the mountains endure it for another two days. If the Yan army does not attack yet, then... then withdraw from the mountains."

The Zhao army ambushed everywhere in the mountains, because of its concealment, the food they carried with them was almost the limit.

If the Yan army did not move, these ambushes would have no meaning.

Just when Li Mu was angry and depressed, Le Cheng was holding a banquet in the Yan army camp, and the envoy sent by Ji Kang Liao Shan.

In the central army's tent, the ones accompanying Le Cheng to entertain Liao Shan were all senior generals of the Yan army, and there was no need to keep it confidential.

After Liao Shan, the Minister of Rites, told the story, all the Yan generals in the central army's tent, including Chang Guojun, burst into laughter.

The First Army's Evergreen Yan patted his thigh and said, "Director Huang Yong's Intelligence Bureau, this operation is a masterpiece. If I were Li Mu, I would cry now."

This kind of thing can only be said to be the idea of ​​the Intelligence Bureau, and it cannot be said to be the strategy of Ji Kang at all.

Seeing this, Liao Shan quickly said to Le Cheng and other generals:

"When we came down before we got down, the king personally told him not to meet Li Mu immediately. Our army must put a lot of pressure on Li Mu's army before we can get this done. The king said, this is called forcing surrender by war."

When the generals in the tent heard this, they nodded.

When I sat in my current position, no one was a fool, including Rongyan.

Things are really unpredictable if you don’t give Li Muzhi’s army a color.

Don’t forget that Li Mu’s many generals are also unruly and difficult to curse.

At this moment, a major repelled soldiers hurried in and knelt on one knee to report to Lejian:

"I reported to General, I visited the Mahjong and found that many Zhao troops came out of the surrounding mountains and retreated to the camp west of Pingcheng."

Lejian frowned slightly and said to the major reprimanded:

"Continue to inquire about Zhao Jun's movements. If there is any change, report it immediately."

"No." The major of the rebels stood up and left the tent.

When the Yan generals in the tent heard about Li Mu's actions, they were all secretly shocked. Li Mu is really powerful! If the Yan army comes and attacks the city, and when the attack reaches the middle of the way, the ambush will come out together, the consequences will be hard to say.

Le Cheng led a large army to Pingcheng and was not allowed to fight. At first, many generals were dissatisfied with the military order.

However, all the generals in the account are convinced.

After looking at the expressions of the generals in the account, Le Cheng smiled and said:

"Dear generals, the reason why I did not listen to the suggestions of the generals to attack Pingcheng at first was to make our army stop moving, and this is why we did not control our troops. Now that Li Mu's ambush has all out, Doctor Liao Shan came with a letter to defeat Li Mu's army within ten days."

The generals stood up together and said to the music in unison: "General, we are all convinced."

He smiled while laughing, stood up and said to the generals, "This is the king's strategy, not what the generals have calculated."

The generals bowed east together with their fists and said in unison: "The king is the wise man."

After waiting for the generals to sit down again, he pondered for a moment and said to Liao Shan:

"Doctor Liao, Li Mu's plan for our army has not been much here. Since the king has explained this, our army will go out to fight tomorrow and force Li Mu to send troops to fight. How can you see?"

Liao Shan quickly stood up and bowed to Lejian and said:

"The general and all the generals can decide on the matters in the previous stage. Liao Shan does not understand military affairs and dare not speak out."

According to the military rules of the State of Yan, the previous situation will be decided by the leader of the front line, and no one shall participate in the interference. This is an iron rule.

Seeing that Liao Shan was so sensible, Lejian didn't say anything more, and ordered the generals: "My generals, our army is in a decisive battle with Li Mu's army. All generals will go down immediately and prepare for war without any mistakes."

The generals in the tent took the order together and said, "No."

The next day, around Pingcheng, the weather was very good and the sun was shining.

Standing at the Pingcheng City Tower, dozens of miles around are in front of you, clearly.

In the afternoon, the Yan army of a brigade of more than 3,000 people came to the city and clamored.

For Li Mu, after the ambush retreated to the camp, there was no reason to avoid the war.

The plan to attack the Yan army's rear was gone, and the plan to ambush the Yan army was not successful. At this time, if the city was not allowed to leave, the morale of the Zhao army would inevitably be greatly affected, and the battle could not be fought again.

Therefore, within a moment, a drum sounded in Pingcheng City, the east gate opened, and more than three thousand Zhao troops broke out from the city.

The Yan army under the city shouted "kill" in unison and went up to meet them.

On the front of the Yan army's camp, Lejian said to Liao Shan beside him: "Doctor Liao, indeed, as expected by me, Li Mu sent his army out of the city to fight. Please ask Doctor Liao to watch it with me."

"Liao Shan obeys the order."

Liao Shan took the telescope handed over by a guard next to him, raised it in front of him, and looked ahead.

"The cavalry I'm supporting, are ready!" Lejian asked Rongyan again.

Rong Yan bowed and replied, "Don't worry, General, you are all ready."

Lejian nodded and said nothing.

The two armies confronted each other and tried each other, which was the rule of this era. However, Lejian did not dare to be careless about Li Mu, so he prepared to support the troops to prevent accidents.

Judging from many of Li Mu's previous battle examples, Li Mu can always play "flowers".

For example, Lejian once saw Li Mu's example in this battle.

Once when Li Mu led his army to confront the Huns across the river, the two armies fought for a long time and could not stand up.

It has been a long time, and under tacit understanding, both armies allow the soldiers of the two armies to release horses and drink water by the river.

Li Mu asked the Zhao army to bring many mares and yelled on the Zhao army. He suddenly attracted many war horses from the Huns on the other side of the river.

Li Mu asked the Zhao army to bring all the Huns' war horses back to his camp.

Afterwards, Li Mu commanded the army and launched a fierce attack on the Huns' army, and the Huns were defeated.

Do you think Li Mu is harming? The Huns have no war horses, so how can they fight this battle?

The two armies confronted the city, and for a moment, the bodies of the enemy and us intertwined and piled up together.

However, the Yan army's non-commissioned military system and equipment far exceeded that of the Zhao army, and the Zhao army gradually lost to the enemy.

Not to mention weapons and equipment, just talk about the non-commissioned officer system in the Yan army. During the war, after the lieutenant died, the non-commissioned officers in the army continued to summon the subordinates to fight against the enemy without panic.

Li Mu stood on the city tower, saw this result, sighed and ordered:

"No need to fight anymore, stop the troops."

A sound of gold roaring came from the city. When Zhao Jun heard this, he slowly retreated.

Lejian also ordered on the podium: "No need to pursue, stop the troops."

The two armies understood each other and retreated, and someone came to clean the battlefield.

Seeing that the Yan army was so elite, the generals and soldiers of the Zhao army on the city looked ugly.

This is still the infantry of the Yan army. It is said that the cavalry of the Yan army is more elite, let alone the equipment used by the Yan army to attack the city.

When Li Mu saw that he had fought for the first time, Zhao Jun lost his temper and felt even more bored.
Chapter completed!