"This is impossible! Once it fails, even this formation cannot be maintained!" Han army general Wang Kan waved his big hand angrily and denies it with anger.

An emergency military conference was held in the Han army camp, including Qiao Deng, who was left behind in the plains, also attended the meeting. His Royal Highness discovered some situations south of Gaotang and had sent troops to investigate. Before this result was reported back, the Han army in Pingyuan must repel the Later Han Huyan and Murong army. So as not to prevent Liu Yuan's army from being unable to support it, and Pingyuan was also attacked from being attacked from both sides.

This is the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which is equivalent to an imperial edict in the days when Emperor Liu Chan of Han was gone!

Seventy thousand Han infantrymen were connected with Pingyuan County, and camps were set up in cooperation with the terrain. This integrated defensive formation not only contained soldiers, but also countless camps and Taiwan weapons. Abandoned this defensive position that was enough to make the Hu people tremble and turned to trying various attack methods to defeat the Later Han army. Civil officials and generals spoke frequently, but there was no good way.

"No matter how you look at our army's chances of winning, we cannot exceed 40%. The Hu cavalry is very sharp, and fighting on the plain is really a disadvantage. Once the military power is consumed too much, it will not be able to restore the defensive moment. If it goes on, it will not be able to defend without attacking, and retreating... This...oh!" Bo Sheng sat beside Wang Kan and spread his hands, making a helpless expression. Everyone has been thinking for a long time but still can't come up with a plan to fight and defeat the enemy.

As the close minister of Prince Liu Dong, Qiao Deng, had more information than everyone else, but the combat power gap between infantry and cavalry was too big, and once attacked, there would be few terrain that could be used. The result of this battle was no more than 40% in Bo Sheng's opinion, but not even 30% in Qiao Deng's opinion.

If Hu Yanyi is considered, Murong Wei's general strategy will be considered. The winning rate of the generals present is probably only 20%. Of course, this is just Qiao Deng's personal consideration, and there will inevitably be some deviations, but at this moment, it is not willing to make any mistakes. Only by finding a practical strategic strategy can you find.

Time does not wait for anyone. Will Liu Yuan's army influence the situation of the war and restrain the strength of the Crown Prince Liu Dong and the Gaotang defenders? If Hu Yan can be repelled, Murong's two Later Han armies would not have to worry too much even if Liu Yuan came. But how to defeat Hu Yan and Murong's two troops?

Sima Lue pondered: "There is not much time, if there is no way, I can only fight hard!"

Wang Kan, Bo Sheng and other generals were all excited when they heard this, and the military orders were as high as a mountain. Moreover, the situation was urgent. The result of the Han army's Northern Expedition this time was largely due to whether they could gain a foothold in the plain. If there was no complete solution, they could only fight bravely to fight the enemy and fight a bloody road.

It was still fruitless to rack his brains. At this moment, the Han generals stood up one after another and swear to fight to the death with the Hu people. Qiao Deng looked at the commander of the three armies, but saw that Yuan Yan was not irritable, but instead meditated and silent.

"General Yuan, you can't win the battle at this time." Seeing that the situation was out of control, Qiao Deng could not stay out of the matter, so he could only stand up and say something.

Yuan Yan looked at Qiao Deng and stood up. Seeing this, the generals shut up and waited for Yuan Yan to speak. It was indeed a lucky chance to win a great victory with the Hu people. Ke Yuan Yan's performance in the command process and after the victory had already made the generals of the army sincerely admire him. Perhaps the ability is not the strongest, but Ke Yuan Yan is undoubtedly the person who can judge the situation and weigh the pros and cons.

"Everyone, please forgive me for saying that at this time, our army's chances of winning are less than 10%!" The words were astonishing, and Yuan Yan was immediately in an uproar after saying that. Some people were angry, some were surprised, some were pondering, some were resentful, countless expressions, and countless faces, meticulously reflected into Yuan Yan's eyes, and there was no surprise in his heart.

"Save the plain to defend the formation and attack, lose the advantage of the territory first!" Yuan Yan ignored everyone's reaction and continued to speak at a slow speed. His voice did not increase much, but it was said to everyone's heart.

"Assing the crowd with few people, defeating the cavalry with his own feet, and then losing the harmony of the people." Yuan Yan continued, as if every word he said was taken for granted. But everyone present could hear it clearly. Even if the Hu people lost more than 10,000 troops, their military strength was still above the Han army. The Han army must be left behind when they went to fight. The Hu people fought the entire army and the gap between the two was not just as simple as adding and subtracting?

Infantry restrains the cavalry, even if it succeeds, it often costs a huge price. How can the Han army, which is at a disadvantage, be consumed by the opponent's cavalry without a good geographical location, win? The so-called chance of winning is less than 10% not alarmist, and courage is not a omnipotent panacea to ensure that the party with courage will always be the winner.

It was as if Hu Yanyi had the courage to allow such a playful attack, and it seemed so stupid in hindsight!

"In terms of the generals of the head coach, I am not as good as Murong Ting, and maybe Hu Yanyi." Yuan Yan said with a slightly self-deprecating smile, which shocked everyone present!

The commander of the three armies of the Han Dynasty took the initiative to admit that he was not as good as the Hu people! For some reason, for such a ridiculous thing, the generals and civil servants who had a lot of words to refute no longer had the intention of provoking, and could only calmly think after silence.

Yuan Yan was right. Murong Wei was famous outside the Great Wall, and he was the first commander under the Later Han Emperor Liu Yuan. Hu Yanyi was famous and could drive tens of thousands of people to arrive at the same time. Even if he had done something stupid just now, if he had not expected that the Hu army might arrive at the same time, the Han people at this moment had probably suffered Hu Yanyi's great loss.

Yuan Yan was just guarding the Jin State and could not defend his country, nor could he resist the attack of the Hu people. Compared with Murong Ling and Hu Yanyi's reputation, no one had any objections. In fact, before he became respectful to Yuan Yan, many generals in the army felt that Yuan Yan was not a match between Murong Ling and Hu Yanyi.

But no one expected that such words could be given to the official position, and even more unexpectedly, Yuan Yan actually admitted it himself. The purpose of the recognition was to tell everyone that we have no chance of winning - because I am not the opponent of Murong Ling and Hu Yanyi!

The so-called incompetence of a general exhausts the three armies. No matter how unparalleled the counselors and generals under his command are, if the commander in the army is incompetent, he will still be defeated. Talented people often make wrong judgments. How can they hope that the commander who lacks talent can choose the right one among countless suggestions?

There was no way, so Yuan Yan was calm and calm.

"We are at a disadvantage in the right place, troops, and generals, so we can't win." Yuan Yan looked at the changes in everyone's expressions and said what they thought.

Qiao Deng just nodded when he saw this. Yuan Yan couldn't suppress the generals of the army, especially when he was so excited. So Yuan Yan poured a basin of cold water and used his own shortcomings to tell everyone that things were not what everyone imagined. Even if you all think there was no problem, it would be useless.

Because I have a problem with Yuanyan, my skills are not as good as others...

Dare to admit that such courage is worthy of admiration, but such a straightforwardness will undoubtedly cause great harm to the morale of civil and military officials present.

"We won't go to war, and the geographical advantage is still on our side." Yuan Yan continued to speak as he looked at the disappointed people. Even though everyone was in a bad mood and even so bad that they stopped listening to their own speeches, Yuan Yan was still talking. He shouted at everyone at a louder volume, shouting to everyone!

"Hold here, no matter whether it is the cavalry or more Hu people, we cannot defeat us!" Yuan Yan roared, his voice echoing in everyone's ears, stirring in his heart, impacting everyone's reason and emotions. This defense system built on cities, camps, and hills, even if the Hu people have more than 20,000 or 30,000, they may not have enough ability to defeat the Han army.

Qiao Deng saw the expressions on everyone's faces from worry to joy, and he nodded secretly to praise him. He didn't expect that Yuan Yan had such a method and was indeed an experienced veteran.

Taking a deep breath, Yuan Yan said word by word: "Here, no one in my great man can win! Perhaps Murong Wei and Hu Yanyi are talented and strategic above Yuan Yan, but if you want to capture this place, you have to exchange your life!!"

"So we don't move, we just defend and not attack!" Yuan Yan continued to express his strategy, and he didn't move!

Everyone was thinking, their hearts were surging, and their blood was swelling. Yuan Yan was right. As long as they were defending here, Murong Wei and Hu Yanyi might not have any good ways to take over the Han army. If they wanted to capture the Han army's position, they could only fight step by step. Whose knife is faster? But the Han army also has powerful weapons such as catapults as auxiliary. Not to mention whether the Han army can hold on, just one battle to kill more than 10,000 Hu people in just one round, will the shocked Hu barbarians dare to attack again?

"But Your Highness ordered us to defeat the enemy..." Sima Lue said with a wry smile. He didn't want to break the beautiful yearning of everyone, but in fact, the king's order cannot be violated. The words of the prince Liu Dong, the prince's words are equivalent to the imperial edict, and Yuan Yan may not have the courage to be unacceptable to military orders outside.

Yuan Yan straightened his back and said cautiously: "Murong Li and Hu Yanyi are also waiting for news from Liu Yuanhai. Let's calm down. Murong Li and Hu Yanyi may be more anxious than us." At this point, Yuan Yan sat down slowly, and everything he wanted to say was almost the same. The arrogance that was suppressed by himself was restored after being washed rationally. He thought with his head and changed his thinking to change a strategy.

Qiao Deng secretly praised Yuan Yan's army for his good reason, and at this moment he made a brief analysis: "Hu Yanyi's troops were defeated by our army, and Murong's unit did not take action. Regardless of the reason, there must be a rift between the two sides. After this battle, the Hu people should know that without Liu Yuanhai's army attack, it would be impossible to defeat us. Especially Murong's troops were ambitious and it was hard to imagine that they would invest in their true combat power."

"As General Yuan said, we are waiting for His Royal Highness to return to help, and the Hu people also hope for Liu Yuanhai's southern troops. If the attack from north to south is not successful, the Hu people will not be sure of victory. The most important thing is that our army will attack rashly. If we tell Murong Wei, Hu Yanyi, the two old foxes, Liu Yuanhai's army will arrive."

Speaking of this, seeing everyone having sudden enlightenment, Qiao Deng said in a speech: "Our army does not move, the enemy is only anxious."

"Hahahaha! Yuan Shuai, Yuan Shuai, I, Bo Sheng, don't you convince you, but now I am convinced! As long as those turtle grandsons can't help but come again, our army will be able to defeat him!" Bo Sheng, a general who was born in the Quai Army, did not belong to the Jin military system. Yuan Yan had no talent, and his performance today suddenly conquered Bo Sheng.

Wang Kan also strode his hands and said quickly: "How great are Murong Wei and Hu Yanyi? It is difficult to recover after the army is defeated. We are all willing to obey the orders of General Yuan!"

For a moment, the generals expressed their own opinions and their confidence increased. Seeing this, Yuan Yan knew that the time had come, so he said: "The situation is like this. Even if Murong Jie and Hu Yanyi are extraordinary, they will have no chance. Our army is lingering here for dozens of miles. I wish the Hu people dare not attack easily, but I still need to be wary of the Hu cavalry taking a long way to find out the news from the south. The general intends to divide the troops into 10,000 people and secretly leave the formation, and divide the troops into ambushing the important roads outside the east and west wings to prevent the Hu cavalry from going to Gaotang to explore the truth and reality. I wonder which general is willing to go?"

Reducing the strength of ten thousand people has no effect on the defense ability of the Han army formation, unless the two sides fight to the point where the troops are consumed a lot. Yuan Yan knew this and proposed to intercept the Hu cavalry who might detour the way to find out the news from outside the large formation. This is equivalent to tens of thousands of Han soldiers leaving the wings of the formation and facing the cavalry flying outside the frontier independently in the wilderness. There is no need to say much about the danger.

...

On the position of the Later Han Dynasty, Hu Yanyi and Murong Li stood together, paying attention to the movements of the Han people a little higher than the terrain. The two men no longer divided the troops, but joined forces to join forces, which greatly restored and improved the morale in the army, especially the troops that Hu Yanyi had just suffered a defeat.

If there are many people and great power, not only does the real power become greater, but the personal senses are also inflated.

"Yuan Yan was not very famous in Hebei back then. I didn't expect to realize that he was so mature and steadfast today." Murong Yan had long known the Han generals. In fact, intelligence is the homework required by every commander who wanted to fight. Of course, this division depends entirely on personal awareness.

Just now, Hu Yanyi shook hands and said disdainfully without any reaction: "The cowardly will give up the opportunity to win. If the Han army pursued us at that time, our losses will only be more."

Hu Yanyi's troops were defeated by great achievements, and the Han people did not pursue them. Even so, Hu Yanyi's army suffered more than 10,000 injuries. If the Han army was bolder and took some risks, the Han army might have more casualties, but the Hu people's losses would not be limited to this level.

"To Lord Huyan's eyes, this is cowardly, and to me, Murong Ling, it seems that Yuan Yan is wise and not greedy for small profits, and adheres to the right path. This is a general!" Murong Ling did not give Huyanyi any face at all, and talked freely. Even though Huyanyi, who was rough and thick-skinned, heard that he was not greedy for small profits and adhered to the right path, he knew that Murong Ling was teaching him a lesson.

"Hmph! The Han people say that wealth and honor are in danger, and how can you get a tiger's son if you don't enter the tiger's den? What's wrong with this?" Hu Yanyi only felt a little spicy on his face, and felt countless eyes beside him laughing at him, and he couldn't help but say angrily.

Murong Ling smiled indifferently and said, "Mr. Huyan doesn't need to be angry. Yuan Yanning can win a small victory and keep the formation intact and the strength of the troops. It can be seen that he is cautious and steady, and it is probably not easy to break the formation."

The most powerful tribe outside the Great Wall was undoubtedly the Huns, but the Huns were formed by the integration of the free tribes outside the Great Wall and the five tribes of the Huns who had been committed to the Wei Kingdom. Liu Yuan unified countless tribes of all sizes, big and small, and then used the Huns to conquer other tribes to achieve today's achievements.

The Huyan tribe where Huyan Yi was located was undoubtedly a powerful tribe of the Huns. Murong Li was also the leader of the powerful tribe in his own tribe, and there was no difference in status between the two sides. The difference is that all the Huns tribes followed Liu Yuan, while Murong Li was powerful but could not be recognized and supported by the tribes of the same tribe.

From this perspective, Murong Yi's opponent is Liu Yuan. Even though the two are already a world of difference, Murong Yi is not the target that Hu Yanyi can easily offend - even if Hu Yanyi's official position is the best in the court!

Seeing that Murong Wei was unintentionally yelling at him, he stopped when he saw that he was right, and Hu Yanyi could only swallow his anger. It’s not that he couldn’t get angry at Murong Wei, but the more you treat some people, the more ignorant and clumsy you seem. When encountering an opponent like Murong Wei, it is not that he can suppress his emotions at all.

"Why has your Majesty's army been slow to hear? It's really urgent to wait like this!" Hu Yanyi put his mind back on the right place, only thinking about His Majesty, come quickly, so that he can kill him!

Seeing this, Murong Wei sneered in his heart. What a leader of the Huns, he had such a poor talent and mind. If it weren't for Liu Yuan, he might have been himself who is united outside the border... Unfortunately...

"Following the attitude of the Han people, I don't care what's behind me." Murong Ling smiled after observing for a while, as if she didn't care about it.

Hu Yanyi's face darkened and said, "Is Your Majesty tripped by the Han army??" Liu Yuan's military talent is undoubtedly the best. If the Han army can hold back the pace of Liu Yuan's army, it would be meaningless to confront the Han army here.

"But Liu Dong was not in the Pingyuan Army." Murong Wei said incisively, and then said: "The Han people have camps to rest, and Pingyuan City provides enough water for meat, and we don't have these."

It was already noon now, and the sun was still in full swing. The Hu cavalry and infantry were exposed to the sun. They were far less comfortable than the Han army who was waiting for work, and they were not as good as drinking and eating. The Han army could guard for days and nights without any worries. In fact, at night, the Han army only needed to narrow the formation and take half of the troops back to the camp to rest, which was enough to get rid of the confrontation of the Hu people.

It’s not that the Hu people cannot set up camps, but that the money, food and supplies are still in the back, and it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. God knows whether the boy Liu Dong has been ambushed or has he gone to deal with His Majesty?

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Hu Yanyi was a tough guy, but he was even more a person with a high status. Waiting for the inner suffering under the scorching sun was also a torment on his body.

"In this way, is it imperative to send someone to inquire about His Majesty's news?" Hu Yanyi glanced at Murong Ling, and said with disgust for the ever-indifferent expression, but he did not dare to express it.

I was defeated by greed for merit and even the nobles in the clan could not escape punishment before His Majesty. Although killing Hu Yanming, the waste, can offset most of the responsibilities, as the commander of the three armies, still has to be responsible for this stupid defeat. The country has just been established, and the laws are strictly enforced, and all tribes and tribes are watching. Even if His Majesty is open to the net, he is afraid that he cannot be too partial.

Moreover, throwing Murong Lie away is equivalent to putting the strongest man in Murong's family. You can see Hu Yanyi not be afraid, and Hu Yanyi secretly has no confidence to deal with it. If the relationship between the two can be eased, Murong Lie will think that his style will still be sympathetic to him, but at least he cannot anger Murong Lie, the kid.
Chapter completed!