Murong Wei was very worried about Wang Meng's offensive, but apart from Murong Ping, he didn't know who to ask for countermeasures, but now Zuhun knew that he was in trouble, and hid in the deep palace all day and dared not come out. People, there are several princes and princesses.
Surrounding Murong Wei were Sanqi servant Li Feng, Huangmen servant Liang Chen, and Zhongshu servant Le Song. Li Feng said to Murong Wei, "Fu Qin's national strength is weak, and its military strength is no match for Yan's army. Wang Meng is an ordinary person. , How dare you compare with Taifu, Your Majesty need not worry."
However, Liang Chen and Le Song said to Murong Wei, "Victory or failure lies in the strategy, not the strength of the troops. Fu Qin came from afar to invade, so why would he refuse to fight! Besides, we should use strategy to win, how can we expect him to just not fight?" Just fight."
Murong Wei scolded him, "So, the Taifu is a man without strategy, and my Yan army is useless?"
"Your Majesty should understand the situation of the army, not listen to slander. King Wu Yong won the Sixth Army, but His Majesty forced him to leave. Now, when Fu Qin comes to visit, I have no power to resist. I am really ashamed."
Murong Wei was unhappy and refused to listen to the advice of the two, however, the actual battlefield events could not deceive anyone. Murong Ping's 300,000 troops met Wang Meng's 60,000 troops and suffered a terrible defeat.
Everyone in the country of Yan was terrified when they heard the news, and they were terrified when they heard about the soldiers and horses of the Great Qin Dynasty. There were not a few counties that surrendered without a fight.
Fu Jian consolidated the troops in Guanzhong and personally supervised the army, which numbered about 100,000. He set off from Chang'an at the end of September, transporting food by car and boat, and marched by land and water.
Wang Meng won all the way, and he has no worries.
At the end of the month, Yang An attacked Jinyang. Jinyang had a lot of food and food, and could not attack for a long time.
Wang Meng left Gou Chang, a lieutenant of the Tunqi school, to guard Huguan, and led his own troops to help Yang An attack Jinyang.
The Qin army dug a tunnel and let Zhang Hao lead hundreds of warriors to sneak into the city, shouting loudly to break through the checkpoint and welcome the Qin army into the city.
On September 29th, Wang Meng and Yang An entered Jinyang City and captured Murongzhuang, governor of Yan Bingzhou and king of Donghai.
Murong Ping had fought against Wang Meng before, and was afraid of Wang Meng, so he did not dare to move forward, so he was stationed in Luchuan.
When Fu Jian arrived in Kanto, he allocated 50,000 troops to support the front line.
On the tenth day of October, Wang Meng left his general Maodang to guard Jinyang, and marched into Luchuan by himself to confront Murong Ping.
Murong Ping believed that the Qin army's deep penetration was not good for long-term, and he tried to defend according to the river, so as to exhaust the Qin army. Wang Meng sent the guerrilla general Guo Qing to lead 5,000 cavalrymen to detour along the small road to the back of Murong Ping's barracks at night, and burned Murong Ping's light and heavy equipment, and the flames could be seen in Yecheng.
At this time, Murong Wei sent envoys from Yecheng to urge Murong Ping to fight the Qin army quickly.
Murong Ping was forced to fight, with an absolute advantage in military strength, but Murong Ping was greedy and despicable, the officers and soldiers were resentful, the morale of the army was scattered, and the combat effectiveness was not strong. Wang Meng's oath before the battle is bound to defeat the Yan army.
On October 23, Wang Meng set up a battle formation in Weiyuan and encouraged the soldiers. All the soldiers rushed forward enthusiastically, broke the cauldron and abandoned food, shouting loudly and competing to advance.
Wang Meng saw the large number of troops in Qianyan, and said to Deng Qiang: "In today's battle, the general cannot defeat the powerful enemy. The key to success or failure is this one action. The general will do his best!"
Deng Qiang said: "If you can appoint me as the captain of Sili, you don't have to worry about it."
Wang Meng said: "This is beyond what I can do. I still need to ask His Majesty for instructions on this matter. I will definitely appoint you as the prefect of Anding and Marquis of Wanhu." Deng Qiang was not happy and retreated.
After a while, the armies of the two sides were fighting. Wang Meng summoned Deng Qiang, but Deng Qiang was silent and refused. Wang Meng galloped to Deng Qiang's side and agreed to appoint him as the captain of Sili. Deng Qiang then had a drink in the military tent. Yan army formation. He went in and out four times, killing and injuring hundreds of people as if no one was there. By noon, the Yan army was defeated, and more than 50,000 people were captured and beheaded. The Qin army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and more than 100,000 Yan soldiers were beheaded and surrendered.
Murong Ping fled back to Yecheng alone. At this time, Murong Huan, who was stationed in Shating, heard that Murong Ping had failed, so he withdrew his army to Neihuang. Qin's army drove eastward, and surrounded Yecheng on October 26.
The prelude to the battle of Yecheng started like this. Coming all the way north from Chang'an, the Qin army experienced no less than a dozen battles, large and small, fighting bloody battles, and finally won this victory.