When Shi Hu heard this, the tiger bearded and said angrily: "Hmph, my Great Zhao Jizhou army has 100,000 horses, Shi Min and Li Nong are both fierce generals, with these two people, Murong Hao wants to go south." ”

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

Shi Hu disagreed, paused, and said in a loud voice: "Pass the decree, let the two generals of the Jizhou Legion, Shi Min and Li Nong, step up preparations for war, and if Murong Hao dares to violate the border, cut off his head and send it to Yecheng." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Seeing that Shi Hu had made up his mind, His Royal Highness's generals no longer objected to the southern expedition and waited for Shi Hu's order with their heads held high.

Shi Hu was extremely proud in his heart, thought for a moment, and said loudly: "Spread the decree, let all the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou and Qingzhou enter the war preparation, and the 100,000 elite soldiers of Yecheng will be assembled immediately. ”

"The king is shengming, and the last general is willing to fight." The generals joined forces to fight.

Shi Hu selected several capable generals and asked them to return to the camp immediately to prepare for the expedition, and at the same time, the heralds also rode their horses to the border army camp to convey Shi Hu's will.

After the generals left the main hall, Shi Hu also left the main hall with the support of the attendants and went to rest in **.

In a corridor, Shi Hu suddenly stopped, looked at the attendant, and asked: "I heard that the queen mother of the Jin Kingdom is only twenty-one years old, and she is outstanding and amazing, is there such a thing!" ”

When the attendant heard this, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely true, and it must not be fake." ”

"Oh, it's true." Shi Hu stroked his beard, frowned, and said, "Such a young and beautiful woman, but she is widowed young, and she has to stay alone in the empty house at such a young age." ”

"Yes! The king, Sima Yue is frail and sickly, how can he compare with the king's old age. The squire said, covering his mouth and smiling secretly.

The attendants are telling the truth, although Shi Hu is old, he is not old, he must have several women to sleep every night, and he can often torture several palace maids to death.

However, as soon as Shi Hu heard the word 'old', his heart was suddenly unhappy, he glared at the attendant, and shouted: "Bastard, this king can still eat a few catties of meat, drink a few buckets, ride a bow and horse, and be proficient in everything, where is this king old." ”

"The king is angry, the king is angry, the minister is mistaken, and the minister deserves to die." The attendant hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"Hmph, forget it." Shi Hu was very tolerant of his personal attendants, paused, and said: "This southern expedition, my great Zhao Wangshi will set foot in the south of the Yangtze River, once Jiankang falls, the princes and nobles of the Jin Kingdom, the princesses and ladies will all belong to the king, and when the time comes, the king will ......."

"What does the king want?" Seeing that Shi Hu was a little confused, the attendant hurriedly asked.

Shi Hu stroked his beard, stared at the attendants, and said: "The queen mother of the Jin Kingdom is young and beautiful, and this king has admired it for a long time. ”

As soon as the attendant heard this, he immediately understood what Shi Hu meant, a snicker at the corner of his mouth, and hurriedly said: "Appropriate, proper, the king is the true son of heaven, and all the women in the world should be the king, besides, the queen mother of the Jin Kingdom lost her husband young, and the back room was empty and lonely, perhaps, she was longing for the king's rain and dew?" After speaking, the attendant smiled at Shi Hu, and his expression was extremely obscene.

The attendant's answer happened to scratch the most itchy part of Shi Hu's heart, which made Shi Hu's heart extremely satisfied, and even had a feeling of fluttering immortals.

"That's right, you're right, this king is the real name of the Son of Heaven, all the women in the world belong to this king, what about the queen mother of the Jin Kingdom, as long as this king waves his army south and breaks through Jiankang City, he will be the king's woman, hahaha!" Shi Hu laughed out loud as he spoke.

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Half a month later, nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses in Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou of Zhao State all entered a state of combat readiness, and nearly 100,000 troops in Yuzhou were stationed near the northern border of Jingzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty, with great intentions to invade Jingzhou, and nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou gathered in the north of Xuzhou, with a great attempt to raid Xuzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty, and the 100,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Jizhou, under the leadership of Shi Min and Li Nong, were ready to resist Murong Hao's possible southward movement at any time.

In the direction of Yecheng, Shi Hu's cronies also gathered 100,000 elite soldiers in the national capital, of which there were 50,000 elite Longteng guards alone.

Shi Hu ascended the altar to worship the general, and served as the chief general of the whole army, with Sun Fudu as the vanguard, leading 5,000 forwards to take the lead, Yao Gezhong, Ma Qiu, and Zhixiong as deputy generals to assist him, and then the army marched to the south of the Yangtze River.

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In the direction of Jiaozhou, after a difficult march of hundreds of miles, the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Jiaoguang Erzhou Army finally arrived at the northernmost Xianyu City in Jiude County.

This city is not very strong, and it has fallen into disrepair, and it is extremely easy for tens of thousands of elites of the Jin army to capture such a city.

The rebels also knew that it was difficult to hold on, so before the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived at Xianyu City, they transported all the grain, grass and various materials in the city, and the people in the city also moved to the south, leaving an empty city for the main force of the Jin army.

The main force of the Jin army easily entered the city of Xianlu, although there were few supplies left in the city, but it was much better than camping in the wilderness.

Hua An and several generals stood on the city wall at the south gate of Xianyu City, looking into the distance and observing the situation nearby.

"Big brother, our army has entered Jiude County, from Xianyu City to the south, and after a hundred miles is Jiude City, the capital of Jiude County, as long as our army captures Jiude City, the rebels should retreat south." Wang San pointed to the south direction and said loudly.

"That's right, as long as Jiude City is captured, the rebels will only be left with Rinan County, and if you sweep away Ninan County, the rebels will have nowhere to hide." Thunderstorms followed.

Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Jiude City is also a strong city, and its fortification is no longer under Xupu City, and in the past few days, our army has gone deep into the rebels' lair, and the rebels have figured out the reality of our army, and they want to use the strategy of persuasion to surrender again to intimidate the rebels, I am afraid that it will not work." After speaking, he shook his head helplessly.

"Big brother, that's not simple, just send troops to attack the city, as long as you are well prepared, you are not afraid that you will not be able to capture the small Jiude City." Iron Bull shouted.

"Jiude City is a fortified city, and it is not appropriate to send troops to attack, but I am afraid that the casualties will be too great, and it will be inappropriate and inappropriate." Hua An waved his hand, obviously unwilling to increase casualties.

"General, the scouts sent out have returned." The pro-soldier battalion owner came over and reported.

When Hua An heard this, he hurriedly asked, "How is it, how are the rebels arranged." ”

"General, the rebels saw that our army was strong, and the little mandarin duck array was showing its might in the jungle, so they all retreated into Jiude City, and all kinds of grain and grass materials were also transported into Jiude City.

"Oh, the rebels are going to defend the fortified city until our army runs out of food!" Hua An sighed.

"Big brother, the rebels can't hold out, and our army can only attack."

"That's right, it looks like there's only one way to storm it."

Thunderstorm, Zhao Wu spoke out loudly.

Hua An clenched his fists and said, "It seems that our army will not be able to exert its might, Wang San, how many craftsmen are there in our army." ”

Wang San was stunned for a moment and replied: "There are quite a few, more than a thousand people." ”

"Okay, let them prepare a qiē tool, and when the army arrives at the city of Jiude City, it will be the day of their meritorious service." Huaan commanded loudly.

"The eldest brother wants the craftsmen to make a large number of siege equipment under the city of Jiude City." Wang San asked.

Hua An nodded and said, "Not to mention them, the whole army and horses are divided into three waves, and they take turns to help the craftsmen make siege equipment, and even the people and horses of Jiaoguang and the two states, the eldest brother also wants to borrow some." ”

"Good guy, build so many siege equipment, the eldest brother is going to capture Jiude City in one battle!" Thunderstorm sighed.

Hua An smiled, in fact, building a large number of siege equipment, in addition to attacking the city, can also use the huge power of the equipment, so that the rebels defending the city are afraid, so that their strength is not enough to confront the king of the Great Jin, and honestly being the people of the Great Jin is the way they should go.

During the two days of rest in Xianyu City, the main force of the Jin army will be harassed by a small group of rebels from time to time, these rebel soldiers are mixed with the people of the nearby villages during the day, and come out to make trouble at night.

But these small-scale harassments could not interfere with the overall situation in the slightest, and the main force of the Jin army would not retreat because of the rebels' clumsy tricks, nor would they give up the established determination to quell the rebellion.

Two days later, the main force of the Jin army left Xianlu City, towards a hundred miles away from Jiude City, along the way, the main force of the Jin Dynasty encountered many unexpected difficulties, traps, biogas, lost, each of which gave the Jin army a headache, but finally survived, a few days later, the main force of the Jin Dynasty successfully arrived on the outskirts of Jiude City, only five or six miles away from Jiude City.

The army set up a large camp in several open fields, and after resting for a few hours, Hua'an ordered all the 1,000 craftsmen in the camp to use local materials and start making all kinds of siege equipment, among which the main point was to make thunderbolts that could shoot boulders.

Jiaozhou is densely wooded, and there is everything needed to make equipment, such as ropes, iron nails, axles and other small accessories, and the Northern Expeditionary Army has brought a lot of them, which are enough to use.

In order to increase the speed of manufacturing siege equipment, Hua'an had his soldiers take turns to help, taking care of rough work such as cutting trees, carrying wood, and shaving bark, while thousands of craftsmen were fully responsible for the installation and assembly of delicate tasks that required skill.

After communicating with Deng Yue, the army of Jiaoguang and the two states also joined the ranks of helping.

With the help of 50,000 troops in turn, all kinds of siege equipment were made, which was quite fast, and in just one day, a hundred finished thunderbolt cars appeared in front of Hua'an, which surprised Hua'an.

A few days later, in front of the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, there were already 500 thunderbolts of various types, including 100 heavy thunderbolts alone, 6 Lu buses as high as 3 zhang, 12 inclined six-wheeled siege ladders, and more than 100 giant shields used to resist arrows.