Nanzheng is thousands of miles away from Fucheng, in order to reach Fucheng as much as possible, Hua'an made a strict marching plan, with five cities along the way as temporary stops, arrive at a city before evening every day, rest for a night, and continue to run to the next city on the second day, all kinds of needs of the army stationed are responsible for the cities along the way, so as to increase the speed of the march.

Since the distance between each two cities varies, and the condition of the roads also varies greatly, Hua'an has developed different marching strategies, starting later if the distance is close and the road is in good condition, in order to maintain the body of the soldiers and horses, and if the distance is long and the road is rugged, it will set off early in the early morning to ensure that the next city can be reached before dark.

In this way, after six consecutive days of rapid marching, Hua'an and his entourage finally arrived at Fucheng and joined Tie Niu and Li Yi's 20,000 main forces.

After settling the 3,000 elites and 500 soldiers of the baggage battalion brought with him, Hua'an set up a large tent of the Chinese army in the south of Fucheng, and immediately summoned the generals of the various armies to discuss the shape of Yizhou.

Hua'an's Chinese army tent had just been set up, and Tie Niu and Li Yi, who went to the suburbs to inspect, heard that Hua'an had arrived, so they immediately took their generals to the Chinese army's big tent.

"Big brother, you're finally here, and Yizhou's shape is getting tighter and tighter." Iron Bull walked into the big tent and said loudly.

"General, according to the scout's report, the generals who secretly assembled soldiers and horses in Yizhou are Deng Ding, Kui Wen and Wang Run, and the soldiers and horses under the three of them are no less than 10,000 people, and they have the momentum to capture Chengdu in a battle." Li Yi also said.

Hearing this, Hua An pondered for a moment. He said softly: "Deng Ding, Kui Wen, Wang Run, these three people are all famous generals in Shu, not to be underestimated, it seems that Zhou Tingshi's situation is worrying!" ”

"Big brother, although the troops under the command of Zhou Tingshi are small, as long as the more than 20,000 reinforcements of our army are reinforced, the rebels will not have any strength advantage at all. Iron Bull said loudly.

Hua An paced a few steps inside the big tent. He said softly: "Most of the soldiers and horses of the rebels are Shuzhong soldiers and horses that were dismissed a few days ago. was re-captured by Deng Ding and others, its combat effectiveness is still very strong, and it must not be underestimated, and. We are waiting for Liangzhou soldiers and horses. There was no permission from the imperial court. Or Yizhou Assassin Shi Zhoufu's request for help, it is not allowed to enter the territory of Yizhou at will, this is the rule of the imperial court. As generals, how can we violate it at will. ”

"Big brother, the situation is urgent at this time, how can we take care of this, since our army can't reinforce Yizhou, then why are we gathering here! It's better to go back. Tie Niu said with some dissatisfaction.

Hua'an understands that at this time, a rebellion is about to break out in Yizhou, and Tie Niu is in a hurry to fight, so as not to lose such a good opportunity for meritorious service.

But in terms of the current situation, it is obviously not the best time for them to send troops, first, Deng Ding, Kui Wen, Wang Run, the three-way rebels are gathering people, but they have not publicly expressed their rebellion, before the rebels have officially rebelled, they went to quell the rebellion in advance, and it is easy to be falsely accused of forcing the old general of Shu to rebel, such a big crime, Hua'an can not afford it.

Second, Zhou Fu, the assassin of Yizhou, did not write a letter asking for help, according to the rules of the Great Jin Dynasty, the main army of each state is not allowed to cross the border at will, if the army of the whole country is randomly adjusted, the Great Jin State should not be chaotic.

Third, according to the scout's investigation, Yizhou Assassin Zhou Fu is preparing to stick to Chengdu, in order to use the fortified city of Chengdu, greatly deplete the rebels' spirit, if Hua'an's department goes to Chengdu, it will become the shield of Zhoufu's department, and become the target of the rebels' all-out attack.

Fourth, in order to realize the great cause of the Northern Expedition, Hua'an needed enough population and land, at this time to lead the army to reinforce Yizhou, and had the purpose of supervising the military of Yizhou after the war, and the premise of achieving this goal was that Zhou Fu was defeated and fled, and he was unable to protect Yizhou, while his own troops turned the tide and completely quelled the rebellion of Deng Ding and others.

With so many reasons, Hua'an naturally did not immediately reinforce Yizhou, but in order to quickly defeat the rebels once the reinforcements were reinforced, Hua'an strengthened the number of scouts sent to Yizhou to fully grasp Yizhou's every move, and at the same time, stepped up military training, so that all the recruits in the army received rigorous training to improve their combat capabilities.

But Hua An can only know these inner words, after all, such selfish thoughts cannot be sued by others.

Hua An looked at Tie Niu and said loudly: "Tie Niu, there are two thousand recruits in your department, you have to train these recruits strictly in the next few days, and you must train them to be elite soldiers who can fight, as for the matter of going to war, you don't have to think about it, when it is time for you to fight, you will definitely not be missing." ”

"Since the eldest brother has a plan, let's wait a few more days." Tie Niu calmly accepted Hua'an's decision.

"General Li Yi, you have a thousand recruits, and you must train them well!" Hua An asked Li Yi in the same tone.

"Yes, General, the last general must train the recruits wholeheartedly." Li Yi hugged his fists and promised.

"Alright, generals, please go back! Remember, the scouts of each army closely monitor Yizhou's every move, and report any situation immediately. Hua An ordered loudly.

"The last will obey." The soldiers answered, turned around and left the big tent of the Chinese army.

After the generals left, Zhang Yu and Xie Siming, who were hiding in the back tent, walked out, these two people were specially brought by Hua'an when he left Nanzheng, because the army cannot only have generals and no strategists, and in the battle and other things that charge into battle, all must rely on the fierce generals in the army, but decision-making and other things must rely on strategists.

In the Great Jin Dynasty, where the political problems were extremely complicated, as a general, it was far from enough to have the ability to dare to fight and kill, and the end of lacking the political mind would often be very tragic.

In order to accumulate his strength step by step and realize the ambition in his heart, Hua'an had to abandon his previous purely military thinking and began to consider political factors in order to make himself invincible forever.

Zhang Yu is young and promising but old-fashioned, Xie Siming is a well-known resourceful person in Shu, taking these two people with him, and analyzing the shape of Yizhou for himself at any time is the most suitable for Hua'an.

Hua'an appointed the two as his marching horses, mainly responsible for making plans, especially in political strategy.

"Both of you have heard it, and the generals' enthusiasm for the war is very high!" Hua An looked at the two of them and said softly.

Zhang Yu hugged his fists and said: "The more this is the case, the more the general must be stable, for the sake of the future Northern Expedition, the general must not send troops at will." ”

Xie Siming nodded his approval and said softly: "The general's decision just now is completely correct, at this time, our army should step up its training and observe the shape of Yizhou, so as to reinforce Yizhou at the best time, so as to greatly preserve its strength while defeating the rebels." ”

Hua An Zhengse said: "Since you also think so, then the general can rest assured, there are still ten days at most for spring ploughing, and after ten days, the rebels will definitely take action." ”

"It takes a lot of time for the rebels to assemble, go out, and raise grain and grass, and when they arrive in Chengdu, they are afraid that after half a month, Chengdu is a fortified city, and it will not be so easy to be breached, our army should wait patiently, and when the rebels' spirit is exhausted by attacking the city, our army can easily destroy the rebels, so as to rescue the besieged friendly troops." Zhang Yu hugged his fists and analyzed.

When Xie Siming heard this, he then said: "General, according to the current situation, our army is only afraid that it will be a month later, why don't the generals use this time to recruit more soldiers nearby to strengthen their troops." ”

Hua An felt that Xie Siming's construction made sense, paused, and said: "It is enough for Tie Niu and Li Yi to maintain 10,000 troops, and the newly formed Liangzhou New Army of Chen Ting and his son is only 1,000 soldiers and horses, which is really a little too little, so let them temporarily expand the army by 2,000 and gather 3,000 soldiers and horses!" ”

"The general is wise, and in the future, the new army of Liangzhou will further expand its soldiers and horses to form an elite army of tens of thousands of horses in Liangzhou and become a powerful force in the Northern Expedition." Xie Siming said.

Hua'an nodded approvingly, and then discussed with Zhang Yu and Xie Siming the issue of the route of the march once Yizhou was reinforced.

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In Wuyang City, the key is the county, the old general Deng Ding of Shuzhong has gathered nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he did not completely follow the order of the king's oath to gather all the men and horses after the completion of spring ploughing.

The reason why it is so urgent to gather all the soldiers and horses is mainly because there has been a change in the direction of Chengdu, and the fact that he is about to rebel was discovered by Zhou Fu, the assassin of Yizhou in the Great Jin Dynasty, at this time, if all the soldiers and horses are not gathered immediately, in case of a surprise attack by the Jin army, he will have to worry about his life, so he has to prepare as soon as possible.

Moreover, at this time, the spring ploughing was already halfway through, most of the cultivated land had already been planted with crops, and the remaining small amount of vacant land was handed over to the old and weak women and children for cultivation, and there was no big problem, which was not a violation of the agricultural time.

"General, the latest news in the direction of Chengdu, Zhou Fu, the assassin of Yizhou in the Jin Kingdom, is recruiting troops on a large scale, and he has recruited five thousand recruits in one day, it seems that it is specifically to deal with us!" A small colonel walked up to Deng Ding's side and said.

Hearing this, Deng Ding thought for a while and said loudly: "No, we can't sit still here, we must march to Chengdu immediately." ”

"General, haven't we already made an agreement with General Wang and General Kui? Dispatch troops in advance, just with the strength of our army, I am afraid that we will not be able to break through Chengdu! The school was worried. (To be continued......)