When Han Qian heard this, he lowered his head and muttered for a moment, and said: "The enemy army is strong, and our army has not yet recovered its vitality, so I am afraid that it can only be like this." ”

"Master, the enemy army will be in the city for two days at most, and the troops will definitely be under the city, so we should prepare now." Hua An urged.

Han Qian nodded, and was about to discuss the specific details of the operation with Hua An when a scout hurriedly broke in.

"General, early this morning, the main force of the enemy army has set off from Dangtu City and is killing towards Yinling."

"What, it came so fast, how about the troops." Han Qian was shocked and hurriedly asked.

"Back to the general, the enemy army has about 40,000 troops."

"Probe again, report any movement of the enemy army immediately." Han Qian ordered.

When the scout heard this, he turned away from the tent.

The main force of the enemy army has already been killed, and the troops will definitely be under the Yinling City by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, Han Qian was a little nervous in his heart, and he couldn't help pacing in the tent.

"There are 40,000 enemy troops, and our army's strength in Yinling is only more than 16,000 people, counting the 500 defenders of Yinling City, there are only 17,000 people, and many wounded soldiers have not yet recovered, only 15,000 can really fight, and the strength is only one-third of the enemy's army. Han Qian stopped and looked at Hua An.

"That's right, but as long as our army is fully defended, within three or two days, the city will not be lost, and by then, the old and weak people in the city have fled to the area around Dongcheng, and our army can retreat with peace of mind." Huaan said.

Han Qian nodded and said loudly: "Without further ado, immediately inform the people to leave Yinling City, prepare for battle, and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

"Yes." Hua An left the big tent with his fists and went to the left brigade of the pro-military camp to arrange the task.

After Hua'an left, Han Qian immediately summoned his generals and assigned combat tasks, except for the seriously wounded soldiers who followed the people to leave Yinling City, the rest of the soldiers all stepped up to build fortifications and prepare equipment to defend the city, and even dug a simple moat outside the three city gates in the east, west and north, but the time was urgent, and it was too late to divert water, and the moat became a waterless moat,

Han Qian's pro-military battalion of 700 soldiers was mainly responsible for mobilizing young and middle-aged people to help defend the city, and at the same time guiding the old and weak people to leave Yinling City, and providing escorts for twenty miles out of the city.

After a whole day of mobilization, about 3,000 young and middle-aged people in the city decided to stay and help defend the city, while the remaining nearly 10,000 people left Yinling City and went to Dongcheng to take refuge.

After a hard day's work, the whole army was tired, and after dinner, all the soldiers went to the camp to rest, ready for tomorrow's bloody battle.

The anger before the war was undoubtedly nervous, and Hua An was not sleepy for a while, pacing in the tent.

"Big brother, I can't sleep!" Wang San asked softly.

"Big brother, somehow, I can't sleep either." Iron Bull chimed in.

"And us, big brother." Thunderstorm and Zhao Wu spoke in unison.

Hua An looked at the four of them and said indifferently: "Why, you can't sleep." ”

"Well, I can't sleep." The four of them nodded hurriedly.

Hua An frowned, and said: "The enemy army will come to the city tomorrow afternoon at the latest, you don't sleep, how can you have the spirit to fight tomorrow." ”

When Tie Niu heard this, he said: "Big brother, I heard that the enemy army is coming with 40,000 more, tomorrow must be a big battle, after holding it for so long, I can finally start killing happily." He clenched his fists as he spoke.

"Last time, before our pro-battalion went into battle, the enemy's 40,000 horses had already abandoned their armor and fled, and this time we must have beaten the enemy to the bottom." Wang San was also unusually excited.

"Big brother, the main general didn't let us fight last time, and this time he can't let us hold back anymore." Thunderstorm said.

"This time, we must fight." Zhao Wu said loudly.

Seeing that the four of them looked full of confidence and eager to fight, Hua An couldn't help laughing, obviously, the four brothers in front of him were still immersed in the victory of the previous few days, but they didn't think about the reason for the enemy's last fiasco.

In order to give the four of them a wake-up call and prevent them from underestimating the enemy too much, Hua An Zhengse said: "Look at your appearance, it seems that defeating the enemy is as easy as pinching an ant to death, self-confidence is a good thing, but you can't underestimate the enemy, if our army has a trace of victory, how can we mobilize young people to help defend the city, how can we let nearly 10,000 people leave the city and take refuge in the rear." ”

"Big brother, you are too worried, the enemy army is only 40,000 horses, just like last time, we will definitely be able to defend Yinling City." Iron Bull disagreed.

Hua An shook his head and explained: "The enemy's strength is the same as last time, but after a big battle a few days ago, our army has lost four or five thousand soldiers, and there are many lightly injured soldiers, compared with the enemy army, it is even weaker, and among the enemy's 40,000 horses, there are 10,000 new troops who have never participated in the battle, and the advantage is even more obvious, of course, the main reason is that there are 10,000 troops in the rear of the enemy army when Tu City, and their rear is more stable, cut off the enemy's retreat, caused the enemy's army to waver, and all of them were lucky to win. ”

"Big brother, in this way, our army is bound to be defeated." Thunderstorm frowned in surprise.

Hua An nodded and said, "Defend the city to the death, and you can hold on for three or five days at most." ”

"Big brother, since our army will be defeated, then why are we still guarding the city! It is better to retreat with the people. ”

"Yes! Big brother, the whole army is preparing for war, and it is difficult to die with the enemy. ”

"The Lord will arrange it this way, there must be some countermeasures!"

The four of them began to talk loudly.

Hua An smiled indifferently, and said with a straight face: "Hold on for two days, first frustrate the enemy's spirit, and at the same time, let the people have enough time to transfer, and then, the best strategy is to leave an empty city for the enemy." ”

"It turns out that the main general has already taken countermeasures, which scared us." Iron Bull complained.

"Big brother, if you fight with all your strength tomorrow, you must frustrate the enemy's spirit and let the enemy know the strength of our Northern Expeditionary Army." Thunderstorm clenched his fists.

"That's right, as long as our own battalion fights, we will definitely make the enemy pay a heavy price." Zhao Wu said and touched the spear beside him.

Hua An nodded and said loudly: "Our army only needs to hold on for two days, and the people can retreat to the area of Dongcheng safely, and if the city is not lost within two days, it will be the victory of our army." ”

"Big brother, rest assured, it will never be a problem to stick to it for two days." The four of them spoke in unison.

"Alright, let's rest early! Raise your spirits and kill happily tomorrow. Hua An took off his armor and said softly.

When the four of them heard this, they each got into the bed.

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In the afternoon of the second day, the enemy's 40,000 horses have been under the Yinling City, because the defense facilities of the north gate of the Yinling City are the most solid, the peach leopard gave up attacking the north gate, led nearly 30,000 troops, and attacked the east gate of the Yinling City, while the 10,000 army led by Zhang Ju attacked the west gate of the Yinling City.

Since the enemy's main attack direction was at the east gate, Han Qian transferred the most elite 10,000 horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the east gate to defend, and the west gate only sent 3,000 troops to defend, and the north gate had no enemy situation, Han Qian decided to let the original 500 defenders of Yinling City guard it, just in case, and sent 1,000 people outside the south gate to defend it.

The remaining 2,000 Northern Expeditionary Army and 2,000 civilians were on standby near the East Gate, ready to reinforce the direction of emergency.