Under the hazy starlight, in the field outside Hanzhong City, soldiers slept in rows of kimonos, swords and guns were placed beside them, and black flags were fluttering.

It was a land that had become a battlefield, but apart from the occasional night watchman, the camp had a quiet atmosphere in the second half of the night, and even when someone woke up from sleep, he rarely spoke. Someone snores and sleeps heartlessly.

After several days of fighting, the soldiers of the Huaxia Army were extremely tired, but under the pressure of being attacked at any time, most of the soldiers would still wake up from time to time in their sleep. Sometimes it was because of the sound of fighting or explosions in the distance, and sometimes it was because the surroundings were so quiet that the snoring would suddenly stop, and the soldier would wake up, feel the movement around him, and then continue to rest.

The attack on the Jurchen camp not far away continued to sound until the early hours of the morning, occasionally setting off a lively wave. The sleeping soldiers woke up and thought, "Chen Hai, this is a psychopath. Then he slept quietly.

The battle launched by the friendly forces ensured that everyone on their side could have a relatively safe resting space. If it weren't for Chen Hai's troops attacking outside Xiyin's camp all night, then perhaps this would be the one who would encounter a surprise attack in the dark. It is also for this reason that while Chen Hai and the others are fighting overnight, they must seize the time and recover their strength to cope with the upcoming big battle.

Even in the quietest moments, so much happens. In the city, Wanyan Yuchi was disassembling and packing a large number of iron cannons and ammunition, transporting them out from the city gate in the southeast direction in a cart and sending them to the Xiyin camp in the south. On the one hand, Chen Hai launched an attack on the camp in shifts, and on the other hand, he also discovered this movement, and he made a request for combat to the rear command.

Command dismissed his relatively risky plans.

“…… Chen Hai's neuropathy ......"

In the southwest corner of the Huaxia army camp, the light in the camp tent continued all night. Qin Shaoqian and several staff officers, brigades, and regiment-level cadres are still gathered here, the oil lamps in the tent are dim, there are simple battlefield diagrams on the wooden boxes, most of the flags are planted in a chaotic and disorderly manner, and they only guess the location of the troops represented by some of the flags, and they are not very sure.

"Chen Hai has less than a thousand men under him, and since last night to now, he has twice proposed to launch an attack on Xi Yin at all costs. Is he thinking of putting all a thousand people in and replacing Hee-in with a tired soldier......"

"Chen Hai is very forward-looking, he has already seen that this decisive battle is not easy to fight after dawn."

"A regiment commander should also take some responsibility for his soldiers, and it's not good to want to sacrifice himself at every turn."

Army Commander Qin Shaoqian, Brigade Commander Hou Lietang, Xu Xiaohu, Staff Officer Lin Dongshan and others gathered here, the night was already late, and when they talked about these things, most of the people's tones were not high. After replying to Chen Hai's request, everyone still focused on the map and began to make the final strategic decision.

“…… In short, as soon as the day dawns, the Xiyin troops will try to launch a general attack on us. In the city of Hanzhong, they will drive the people out, Xi Yin wants to finish the battle, and Zong Han is also rushing towards Hanzhong from the west. Then, we can't fight dumbly, in the general direction, they want to fight a decisive battle, and we can fight a decisive battle. But tactically, we have to focus on our own ......"

……

At two moments, even the stars in the sky seemed to be hidden, and there was a sound of explosion in the night in the east, Liu Muxia held the scabbard on his side, opened his eyes suddenly, and then looked to the side. It was the squad leader who was coming, waking up the soldiers one by one.

"Be quiet, change into black, prepare the whole team, and start the ......"

They turned their uniforms over and put them on, revealing their black side, and then walked west under the guidance of the squad leader, and the instructions were determined by word of mouth of the soldiers as they went.

"The 1st Division of the 7th Army of China and the 2nd Brigade immediately marched to the northwest after receiving the order, and arrived in the area of Xiaoyi at Chenshi, making preparations for attack and blocking, and in the early stage of the operation, we must pay attention to concealment. The tasks of each regiment and battalion are as follows......"

The soldiers accepted the order, and before leaving the camp, there was a slight discussion.

"Head northwest, that's where we came yesterday."

"We're leaving, what should Hee-Yin do?"

"The Third Brigade has also been opened, so you want to give up here, right?"

"No, the artillery regiment and the 1st brigade left ......"

After leaving the camp, the order to silence was given, and everyone stopped talking.

One after another, black figures left the camp outside the south gate of Hanzhong in the night, and began to disperse in the northwest direction, and more scouts and heralds were already running on the road.

……

As the day dawned, stretchers were carried into the camp one by one, and the doctors began to treat the wounded, and the camp was in a hurry.

Chen Hai had a heavy bloody aura on his body, and led his soldiers back to the camp, he asked some soldiers to start looking for a place to rest, and he almost sat on the ground and fell asleep, the next moment his eyes narrowed, he stood up again, and his eyes scanned the situation in the camp.

"What's going on?"

A staff officer came over and reported to him the decision made by the command in the early hours of this morning. Chen Hai's face was swirling with all kinds of thoughts, and finally he clenched his fist and waved: "Okay!" ”

He then said: "I want to take a break, please tell the command that my people will stay here and work together to stop Yan Xiyin." ”

The staff officer saluted and turned to go, Chen Hai looked back to the east, and there were already signs of awakening in the camp of the Jurchen soldiers who had been harassed by him all night......

……

Twenty-two miles west of Hanzhong, near the small county town called Tuanshanji, in the main camp of Wanyan Zonghan, the soldiers had already gotten up and had breakfast, and the first team of men and horses pulled out of the camp.

This night, Wanyan Zonghan slept for two hours to recuperate.

He had fully confirmed the situation in the vicinity of Hanzhong, including the occupation of the South Gate by the Huaxia Army and the confrontation with the Xiyin forces. The decisive battle is at this very moment.

In the past few days, nearly 100,000 troops have been scattered within a radius of 100 miles, but he still gathered nearly 30,000 horses under his command. And a large number of routs are also gathering in the Han Dynasty.

In a similar situation, the more than 10,000 men of the Seventh Army of China had also been scattered and were rushing towards Hanzhong. Since the two armies chose the same path, more than a dozen battles and frictions, large and small, broke out last night.

Hee-yin had already seen the timing as soon as he arrived, and Zong Han also recognized the opportunity. In the early hours of the morning, a large number of scouts were released, and their task was to mobilize all the defeated troops that could be contacted, gather to the southeast, and fight Hanzhong in a decisive battle!

And Ning Yi, who broke through the Sword Pavilion, is still at least three days away from here.

The Huaxia Army was also doing a similar thing, and unlike the behavior of the Zonghan scouts, the Huaxia scouts did not carry orders for all troops to assemble in Hanzhong.

Early in the morning, tens of thousands of people, including the troops contacted by the scouts, as well as the troops who had arrived south of Hanzhong and secretly set off to the west, were converging on the road west of Hanzhong.

After Yan Zonghan, he is coming.

……

“…… In the past few days, in order to avoid defeat in a large-scale decisive battle, Wanyan Zonghan played tricks, played wheel warfare, and added fuel tactics, and he nearly 100,000 people came up and down round by round. It looks like the mountains are all over the country, but the combat power has been worse than the previous round, and now, we are tired of fighting, and they are the ones who have really lost the morale of the army......"

“…… Wanyan Xiyin is different, his more than 10,000 people have not been put into battle, the military spirit has not been lost, we are already very tired, and the decisive battle with him is to attack the enemy's strength with his own shortcomings, so to deal with this situation, we have to look at it separately. To deal with Xiyin, we took a defensive position, delayed as much as possible, and with Hanzhong as a partition, on the other side, we launched a general attack! ”

“…… In the past few days, Wanyan Zonghan has tried his best to toss the 100,000 people under his command, and it seems that he has not really lost the battle. With his arrogance, once the decisive battle in Hanzhong starts, his main force will inevitably gather here at full speed. Then let's mobilize all the troops in this area that can be mobilized and fight a decisive battle west of Hanzhong! Before their Ceres God Xi Yin could react, forcibly ate Yan Zonghan—"

"In such a decision, the most difficult one will be to stay here in Hanzhong and be responsible for stopping Yan Xiyin's troops......"

……

April 24.

Dew hung on the leaves of the weeds by the river, and the sky began to show the whiteness of the fish's belly, and then the wind swept and the sun gradually rose from the mountains to the east. In the barracks on both sides, the cooks prepared breakfast, and the smell of meat filled the morning breeze.

The soldiers under Chen Hai's command were still sleeping.

Wanyan Xiyin watched as the iron cannons of one door were loaded, and then pushed to the front of the battlefield. The Jurchen soldiers under his command were harassed by Chen Hai's attack all night, and many of them had bloodshot eyes, which made them have high murderous intent, and they were eager to rush over immediately and slaughter all the Black Flag troops on the opposite position. It's also a good thing that the military heart is available.

Flags were waving in the wind, and the army began to move forward gradually. On the opposite position, the soldiers of the Huaxia Army stood behind the mound they had erected and watched in silence. Hee-yin rode on his war horse and listened to the morning breeze blowing in his ears, and the Han River meandering from far in sight. He suddenly felt an urge in his heart to talk to the other general.

In the southwest Shiling, after the defeat of Wangyuan Bridge, Zong Han and Ning Yi had a negotiation, the content of which Zong Han had already told him through a letter, he had thought a lot about the development of Gewu, and if he was present at that time, he might be able to say something different.

In front of him, it is also a crucial battle, he has some things he wants to talk to the other party, and some questions he wants to talk to the other party. It's a pity that the person on the other side is not the Ning Ren Tu.

He has been through countless battles in his life, and this is the first time that he has the idea of wanting to "talk", but it is only an idea. The cruel battlefield is not the romance of the storyteller's mouth after all. He let such thoughts stay in his head.

The prelude to war, perhaps because of the accumulation of pressure, always makes people feel unusually quiet and silent. Soon after, Xi Yin waved his hand and gave the order, and the cannon rumbled forward, and then the artillery fire flooded the opponent's position......

Chen Hai woke up from his slumber, squinted his eyes, and then hugged his hands on his chest and fell asleep.

"Attack—"

The shouts tore the earth apart—

……

Near Tuanshan, the army under the command of Wanyan Zonghan advanced for several miles in the morning wind, and the scouts at the front of the army discovered the traces of the Huaxia army.

It may be that the troops who have been scattered and are gathering in Hanzhong.

- The first thought at the time, he thought so.

If the army led by Yan Zonghan still looked like a giant beast at this time, the troops of the Huaxia Army at this moment were more like ant colonies that seemed scattered and disorderly at first glance. They were divided into several groups, large and small, from different directions, and converged on the necessary way for Wanyan Zonghan to go to Hanzhong.

At two o'clock, Wanyan Zonghan found traces of the Huaxia Army staying in the three directions around.

After confirming several pieces of news one after another, the lifelong Jurchen veteran was not surprised, he was just silent for a moment, and then thought everything through.

“…… Prepare for battle. ”

He said.

……

Tens of thousands of Chinese troops were passing through the fields and over the mountains to enter the combat position.

……

The Jurchens have gone through forty years of change.

In front of them, the attack came.