Although the Han army units, which had long been in a bad situation, were rushing to Yan from different directions as quickly as possible to participate in the war in different directions and destroying the largest rebellion since Xiang Kang ascended the throne, the top priority of the battlefield of suppressing the rebellion was still the Dongyuan battlefield in Hengshan County.

If the Han army can successfully defeat the Yan ** team that actively crossed the border attack on the Dongyuan battlefield, then it goes without saying that the Yan army, which has no danger, will definitely be left to passively be beaten in front of the Han army. However, if the Yan army can create miracles and use the opportunity of the Han army to attack separately and create time difference to defeat each Han army, not only can it gain a lot of time for the Yan army, but other turning points will not be without hope. At least, the talented and stubborn Maodun will never miss this opportunity to interfere in the Central Plains, nor will he care about the tribes of the border being sneak attacked by the "Yan Army".

Zang Quan, who was eager to achieve great achievements, naturally dreamed of creating such a miracle. So after resolutely choosing to siege the city and attack the aid, Zang Quan not only sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Han army, but also sent people to explain the reasons and request subsequent reinforcements to Zang Tu, but also tried hard to boost morale and boost the morale of the army, and made various preparations to fight the Han army to the death on the Dongyuan battlefield early.

Zang Quan did have the capital to fight to the death with the Han army. Although the Yan rebels under his command only maintained a scale of about 20,000 after the loss and replenishment, the cavalry force reached an astonishing 9,000 people. They were also veterans who had been trained in frontier wars for many years. The combat effectiveness was definitely not comparable to that of an ordinary army. There were more than 4,000 elite infantrymen. Whether it was infantry and horse wars, they were reliable to rely on. If the Han army in Hengshan had not been on the defensive and had fortifications to rely on in the previous war, they would have long been destroyed by the Yan army!

Such reliance certainly made Zang Quan even more eager for war. Fortunately, the first opponent Xia Shuo, who came from the south, did not let Zang Quan wait for a long time. Only three days later, Uncle Zhou, Zhao Xiangxia, who was the one who had gathered in Xiang Kangfeng, had already led the 36,000 Han troops he had assembled in Handan over the Yuan clan, and rushed to the vicinity of Dongyuan under the flag of the Zhao army. Zang Quan was overjoyed when he heard the news and hurriedly left Yan Xiangzhao to shoot his tail and guard the camp for him. He led his 15,000 infantry and cavalry south, and took the initiative to face Xia Shuo's troops, whose troops were more than twice as strong as his own army.

Of course, there were also scouts on the Zhao army who first sent horses to explore the enemy situation. The Zhao army scouts also reported the news that the Yan army took the initiative to fight to Xia Shuo as soon as possible. As a result, Xia Shuo's generals made suggestions and suggested that Xia Shuo immediately set up a battle formation and fight the Yan army to the death. However, Xia Shuo did not even blink, and immediately pointed to the small Tianshan near the east side of the road with a horse whip and shouted: "Go up the mountain and set up a camp immediately! Hurry up the time, the faster the better!"

"Why?" General Feng Ding asked in confusion: "Our military strength is more than twice that of the Yan traitor army. We are in high spirits when we first arrived. Why should we avoid fighting and set up camps to the mountain?"

"Our army is coming from afar, and the soldiers are tired. However, the Yan traitors are waiting for their hard work and are full of energy. At this time, the battle is not good for us." Xia Shuo answered very directly and urged: "Be careful of sailing a ten thousand-year-old ship, don't waste time, hurry up and set up a camp. This is a military order and must not be violated!"

No one dared to violate the military order at the risk of beheading. He was forced to do nothing. The Zhao army, with a huge military advantage, could only quickly change the route eastward and seize the time to climb the Xiaotian Mountain, which is not too high on the east side of the road but has a great advantage in geographical advantages. He used the advantage of geographical advantages to build defensive fortifications and prepared to take a defensive stance to welcome the Yan army's attack. During this period, the generals of the Zhao army discovered another dangerous situation and hurriedly sent people to Xia Shuo to report the report: "You have reported to the Prime Minister, there is no water source on the Xiaotian Mountain, so we may find it difficult to station for a long time."

"Snap time to collect the ice and snow that have not melted yet, turn it into water, and save money. As long as you deal with the withdrawal of the Yan thieves, you don't have to worry about the loss of water."

Faced with Xia Shu's decisive and concise answer, all the generals of the Zhao army were helpless and could only bow their hands and sing their promises. Only Xia Shun, the famous general of Yan State who was discovered in Zhao State for the Han court, nodded and smiled, and praised, "The prime minister is wise."

While preparing for the battle, the Yan army led by Zang Quan had approached the foot of Xiaotian Mountain. Seeing that Zhao ** team was shameless and slipped to the mountain without a single arrow, Zang Quan was not only proud of his sharp army, but also had a sense of emptiness of his fists hitting the cotton. After a little calculation, Zang Quan, who was unwilling to use the main force of the cavalry to attack the mountain, simply sent a team of scolding soldiers, rushed to the foot of Xiaotian Mountain, and greeted Xia at the 18th generation of mother and the 19th generation of sister brother-in-law. By the way, he asked if Xia said his wife had any mischievous adulterers, and tried to anger Xia and let Zhao ** team take a risk down the mountain to fight.

"Xia said to be a common man! Shameless rats, there are people who go down the mountain to fight us to the death!"

"Zhao Guoxiao, Xia said, what other skills can you have besides betraying your King Zhao? If you have the ability, come and fight with us!"

"Xia said dog thief! Sell Zhang Er first, then Zhao Xie, and if you don't come down the mountain, are you going to sell your mother? Where can you sell it? Your old man is the first to greet your mother!"

There are many heroes in Yanzhao. When they heard these unpleasant insults, many of the generals of the Zhao army were inevitably bluish-faced and clenched their fists. Xia Shuo, the main target, laughed and said: "The dog thieves in Yan State should really learn more from our court's army. Such a swearing method might have been useful in the past. Now, after fighting with the court for so many years, such a scolding is completely useless to the true nature."

"That's right, since you, Xia Prime Minister, have been learning countless times thicker."

The generals of the Zhao army complained inwardly, but Uncle Le remained silent and said to Xia: "Prime Minister, since the Yan thief tried to incite us to go down the mountain with shouts and scold us, then we might as well do it as usual and send a team of cursing hands to scold us. In this way, we can not destroy our majesty, and maybe it can also inspire the Yan thief to launch an attack and touch our stone with eggs."

"I am worthy of being General Le. This sentence is about Benxiang's heart, so I will do it." Xia said with a laugh and said, "This matter will be left to you. If the scolding you arranged can inspire Yan Zhe to attack the mountain, Benxiang will immediately remember you for the merit."

Le Yi's grandson, Uncle Le, did not miss this opportunity to make meritorious contributions. He arranged a curse to the mountain and curse for a while. After threatening to capture Zang Quan's wife into the Zhao army camp, Zang Quan, who was furious, ordered the infantry to step forward and launch an attack on the battalion defense fortifications that the Zhao army was still under construction. The result was not to mention that the overwhelming dense feather arrows of course shot the Yan army soldiers into howling, and suffered heavy losses. Even though he paid a heavy price, he barely rushed to the defense line that the Zhao army soldiers were hastily built. He was also fought and retreated by the Zhao army soldiers using their geographical advantages and military strength advantages, without giving the Yan army any chance to attack the top of the mountain.

After all, the Yan army had limited troops. No matter how arrogant Zang Quan was, he did not dare to consume too much force in the tough battle. Seeing that he could not capture it for a long time, Zang Quan had to order the gold medal. After a little calculation, Zang Quan sent another envoy to the mountain with a white flag, and sent Xia Shuo his own handwritten battle documents, inviting Xia Shuo to line up the mountain the next day and fight to the death with a dignified battle. As a result, Xia Shuo's answer made Zang Quan irritate his nose, "Get out! The original appearance is not a decisive battle. It depends on whether you can bite the original appearance's egg!"

It was really a matter of Xia, who was damaged by Xiang Kang, Uncle Zhou and Han Army. Seeing that it was getting late, Zang Quan had to lead the army back to the camp to rest angrily, and tried to find another way to inspire Xia to fight. As a result, Zhao shot his tail and shook his head when he heard it, and said, "Young Master, there is no possibility. Xia said that the purpose of this ordinary man avoiding the battle is very clear, which is to entangle us and not give us the chance to attack Dongyuan and Jingxing, and to buy time for his subsequent reinforcements. No matter what we think of, he will never fight to the decisive battle."

Zang Quan, who refused to give up, still refused to listen to Zhao's persuasion of shooting his tail, and still racked his brains to force Xia to fight as soon as possible. However, what surprised Zang Quan and Zhao's shot his tail was that when it was dark, Xia Shuo actually sent a secret envoy to the Yan army camp with letters of persuasion and gifts to contact Zang Quan's deputy Zhao's shot his tail, and persuaded Zhao to shoot his tail and kill Zang Quan to surrender in exchange for survival and wealth. At the same time, Xia Shuo also mentioned in the letter that Xiang Kang shot his tail and was named the Marquis of Yuanshi, and promised that as long as Zhao shot his tail and turned against him, he would definitely seek to continue to enforce Zhao's shot his tail and become the Marquis of Yuanshi in front of Xiang Kang.

Unfortunately, because of a little bad luck, the messenger Xia said that he could not contact Zhao Shi Xiao Xiao directly. He was taken down as soon as he arrived near the Yan army camp. All the letters and gifts were presented to Zang Quan. The result was self-evident. Even though Zhao Shi Xiao Xiao Xiao repeatedly swears to express his loyalty, Zang Quan still kept this matter in his heart, and sent someone to report it secretly to Zang Tu.

The next morning, Zang Quan, who was undead of the thief, deliberately sent a small group of cavalry to the foot of Xiaotian Mountain to yell and scold, harassing the Zhao army soldiers who transported water to the mountain for military use, trying to lure Xia Shuo to pursue the army, and took advantage of the rapid maneuver of the Yan cavalry to find a chance to fight. Unfortunately, Xia Shuo still refused to be fooled. He also sent a small group of cavalry down the mountain to protect the water bike and launched a number of small-scale cavalry contact battles with the Yan cavalry. At the same time, he ordered the Zhao cavalry to only expel the Yan cavalry and not to pursue them. Every time he beat the Yan cavalry away and never chased them ten miles away. The fully armed Yan cavalry waited for a day in vain in the camp, which made Zang Quan so angry that he cursed again, but the shameless Zhao ** team had no choice.

The sun came out from the west. Just when Zang Quanna's team was helpless, the Zhao army arrived in Dongyuan on the third morning, Xia said that he had taken the wrong medicine and had a water in his head. He left only more than 5,000 troops to guard the camp. He led 30,000 troops out of the camp and went north to attack the Yan army camp. At the same time, while Zhao's team was still out of the camp, the Zhao army's war envoy had already arrived at the Yan army camp and handed over Xia's handwritten war letter to Zang Quan in person - I want to fight, I will accompany you to the end today! I will never stop until death!

The proactive request for war of Xia was of course ecstatic Zang Quan. After asking the guards to drive Xia Shuo's envoy back to report the order, Zang Quan immediately decided to personally lead 15,000 infantry and cavalry out of the camp, and went to the south of Dongyuan City to fight with Zhao ** team in the wilderness. Zhao Shooting, who noticed that the situation was not good, hurriedly stopped him and said, "Young Master, don't take risks. Xia said that the man has avoided the war for two consecutive days. Today, he suddenly took the initiative to seek war, and his purpose is very suspicious. We'd better keep calm and stick to it first, and then talk about it when we figure out why the mankind suddenly asked for war."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zang Quan roared angrily: "We have finally caught this opportunity to fight. Can we miss it? No matter why Xia said that the man is eager to seek a fight, fight first!"

Zhao Shizhe, who was dispelled and had a suspicious position, did not even blink his eyelids, and immediately urged the Yan army to hurry up and gather. Then, relying on the full preparations over the past few days, it took not much time. The 15,000 Yan army infantry, including the eight thousand elite cavalry, completed the camp assembly, arranged in an orderly manner, and rushed south with fierce strolls, advancing head-on with the Zhao team coming from the south, meeting in the early spring wilderness in the southern suburbs of Dongyuan.

When the two armies met, they immediately sent each other to form a formation. In order to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, Zang Quan of course arranged a cone formation mainly based on attack. However, what made Zang Quan stunned was that Xia Shuo, who had been a turtle with his head for two days, actually ordered the Zhao ** team to send cone formation and acted as an attack against the Yan army. Zang Quan was surprised when he saw it and couldn't help but say, "Xia said that the man is crazy? His cavalry has only more than 2,000 people in total, and he dares to fight against me?"

"Report——!"

The sudden emergency report made Zang Quan turn around. When Zang Quan quickly turned his head and saw a knight rushing toward his camp, he rushed directly to the flag formation he had just arranged, and dismounted and said, "Report to the eldest son, Fanwu urgently reported that in the middle of the night yesterday, the violent army suddenly moved from Jingxing to advance eastward. At dawn, he arrived at Fanwu and launched an attack on the alert army stationed there. Our Fanwu garrison was weak and unable to resist, and had been defeated by the violent army."

"The Han thieves from Jingxing are here?" Zang Quan suddenly understood why Xia Shuo took the initiative to seek war and asked hurriedly: "How many violent men's army in Jingxing are here?"

"Reporting to the eldest son, the scale of the military strength of the Jingxing riot army has not yet been clarified, but it must be more than 20,000, and it is very likely to reach 30,000!"

The report from the back camp made Zang Quan and the Yan generals present change their faces. Several Yan generals screamed out in shock and said, "How come there are so many? How could the violent army have such an army in Jingxing?"

"My mother! I'm fooled! No wonder Xia said that the man suddenly dared to fight!" Zang Quan cursed and fully understood why Xia Shuo was eager to fight. However, after a little calculation, Zang Quan quickly plucked up the courage and said loudly: "Don't panic, the brutal army arrived at Fanwu this morning, and at least we must arrive here before the afternoon. We just need to seize the time and defeat the man on the opposite side as soon as possible, so that we can turn around and calmly deal with the brutal men from Jingxing..."

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong! The sudden sound of the war drums broke Zang Quan's passion. Zang Quan quickly turned his head and saw that the Zhao army had already beaten the war drums of advance. The two wings of the battle formation had one army out, and rushed towards his two wings first. Zang Quan couldn't help but be stunned again and said in confusion: "No way? Xia said, why does it seem more anxious than me? He must know that he has reinforcements to count on, why is he still so anxious to attack us? Logically speaking, he should give priority to the defensive and buy time for his reinforcements?"

At the same time, the chief general of the Zhao army, Xia said that he had changed his smile for the first two days. His eyes were sharp and he was only staring at the Zhao army infantry attacking from both wings. When he saw the Yan cavalry on both wings shouting and charging, launching a counterattack on both wings, Xia said that he did not even blink his eyelids and shouted decisively: "Prepare the banner, the central army sent 4,000 troops to directly attack the front of the Yan bandit army!"

"Prime Minister, is it too anxious?" Zhao general Feng Ding said hurriedly: "Our two-wing soldiers have not yet fought with the enemy, and the situation is still unclear. There is no need to attack from the middle so quickly, right?"

"We must be so urgent." Xia said calmly: "If it's too late, if Tao Xi's army arrives, we will not defeat the Yan thief army, and our contribution will be divided by others."

The Zhao generals present looked at each other, and Feng Ding was even more confused. He couldn't help but whisper to Uncle Le standing beside him: "General Le, look at him, the prime minister seems to be more anxious to grab credit than us? Why didn't he dare to fight the Yan thief the day before yesterday?"

"General Feng, this is the key reason why the prime minister can firmly take up the position of Zhao."

Uncle Le smiled and whispered: "Yesterday and the day before yesterday, we had not confirmed that reinforcements were about to arrive. The cavalry of Yan State is indeed more difficult. In order to be cautious, the Prime Minister was afraid that we would lose the major rebellion of the emperor and the court, so he calmed down and refused to fight. But now it is different. We have confirmed that reinforcements can arrive within today. Even if there are any mistakes in this battle, we still have reinforcements that can be remedy and do not have to worry about dangerous consequences. But if we win this battle before our reinforcements arrive, all the credits will be ours. Now that we are invincible, there are no need to worry about other consequences. If the Prime Minister still has any concerns and does not hurry to grab the credit, then he is not worthy of sitting in Zhao's position."

Feng Ding was stunned, and after a while, he whispered his superiors and said to himself: "It was indeed completely ruined by our court."

Xia said how bad it was, in fact, it was still above Feng Ding's imagination. The Zhao army attacked three times, fought with the Yan army in full swing and killed flesh and blood. A Han army messenger rushed out of the Zhao army's flag formation, bringing Tao Xi, a Han army general who is famous for competing for merit, and asked the Zhao ** team to join forces to entangle the Yan rebels first, and then jointly launch an attack when the Han army reinforcements arrived. Xia said with a laugh and said, "No problem, General Tao's request is memorable. Come, please take General Tao's messenger back to the camp to rest and have a good hospitality!"
Chapter completed!