Chapter 143: The Eve of the Great War
For more than a month, Hua'an and his soldiers successively captured hundreds of hares alive, all raised in this yard, and the breeding ability of the hares surprised Hua'an, a nest of fleshy little hares appeared in the rabbit house from time to time, and soon there were thousands of hares in the yard, and these hares grew very fast, within a few days they were covered with white fluffy hair, and they jumped in the yard very lively.
Hua An picked up a hare in his hand and played with it in his hand, and his fleshy and fluffy body was very comfortable to the touch.
"Big brother, there are more and more rabbits here, I think I can kill a few and roast them." Iron Bull tugged at a rabbit's ear and said with a smile.
"There has never been a shortage of food in the army, so let's keep these rabbits first! It's never too late to eat when you're short of food. "The hares that have been raised so hard, Hua'an is really reluctant to eat.
Seeing that Hua An and Tie Niu were talking about rabbits, Wang San came over and quipped: "Big brother, when this battle is over, our brothers will go home and raise rabbits together, it's good." ā
"Wang San, the eldest brother is going to be a general, and he will definitely not go home to raise rabbits, hehe." Tie Niu said with a smile.
Hua An touched the rabbit in his arms and said softly: "Wang San, are you homesick?" ā
"Big brother, how do you know?" Wang San looked surprised, looked at Hua An, and explained: "Since I was a child, I have never been away from home for so long, and I am a little homesick." ā
After speaking, he lowered his head and pondered.
The three of Tie Niu, Thunderstorm, and Zhao Wu on the side listened to this, and also lowered their heads slightly, obviously they were also homesick.
"If you don't miss your hometown, how can you suddenly think of going home to raise rabbits." Hua An looked at Wang San and said indifferently.
In fact, Hua'an is not homesick, but in the face of the invasion of a strong enemy, as a man of the Great Jin, he must stand up and stand on the front line of resisting the enemy.
"Big brother, when this battle is over, I must go home to see my father and mother first." Wang San lowered his head and said softly.
"Well, it's been a long time since I've been home, so it's time to go back and have a look." The Iron Bull chimed in.
The thunderstorm whose hometown is still far away in Thundercloud Castle, Zhao Wu does not dare to have this luxury, after all, Thundercloud Fort is still north of the Yellow River, and when the army of the Great Jin Dynasty will be able to cross the Yellow River, they can't judge it at all in their hearts.
Hua An saw the thunderstorm and Zhao Wu's thoughts, put down the hare in his hand, looked to the north, and said: "Brothers, the large area of land north of the Yellow River is also our hometown, and when our army crosses the Yellow River and captures Yecheng, we will build the palace in Yecheng into a large rabbit house, and fill it with these cute little hares." ā
Hua An's bold joke compared the palace of Zhao to a rabbit hutch, which greatly aroused the passion of the four brothers beside him.
"Well said, capture Yecheng and raise hares in the palace of Zhao State." The thunderstorm was extremely agitated.
"Brothers work together to fight the Yellow River."
"Capture Yecheng and capture Shihu alive."
Zhao Wu, Tie Niu, and Wang San, one was more excited than the other.
"Brothers, as long as we work together, one day we will cross the Yellow River and recover the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains that belong to us." Hua An clenched his fists and shouted encouragement.
"Brothers work together to recover the Central Plains." The four of them spoke in unison.
Looking at the four heroic brothers, Hua An seemed to be able to see the moment when he recovered the Central Plains, and his heart was full of imagination for a while.
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Two days later, thirty miles outside the north gate of Yinling City, Taobao's camp had been assembled, 8,000 men and horses transferred from Dangtu City, and 5,000 troops transferred back from outside Shouchun City, plus the 30,000 main force of the camp itself, the strength of the entire battalion was 43,000.
After more than a month of confrontation, the morale of the 30,000 main army had returned to normal, and more than 13,000 reinforcements were transferred at this time, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers in the entire battalion.
Seeing that the army under his command was strong and the morale was strong, Tao Leopard's heart was full of confidence in victory, in order to be foolproof and completely defeat the Jin army, Tao Leopard convened his subordinates in the Chinese army's big tent to study specific siege matters.
"Generals, the two support troops of our army have arrived, and now, our battalion has 43,000 soldiers and horses, and it should be no problem to capture Yinling City, you think how to attack the city is the safest." Peach Leopard did not hide his smugness at all, and his tone was full of confidence.
"The last general thinks that it is enough to concentrate the main force and attack Yinling City directly from the north gate." A subordinate general said confidently.
"No, the 43,000 army can't be used outside the north gate of Yinling City, so it's better to divide the troops to attack the city on all sides, so that the Jin army is overwhelmed, and it is the best policy." Another ministry will build yƬ road.
"The so-called siege of the division must be que, the city is besieged on all sides, the Jin army has no way to escape and will fight to the death, and our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, it is better to surround it on three sides and leave a way for the Jin army to escape." There is a subordinate general who will build yƬ road.
Seeing that the generals under the tent spoke freely and made suggestions with confidence, Taobao was very happy in his heart, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Wu'er, you have and opinions." Peach Leopard looked at Tao Wu beside him.
Seeing his father asking, Tao Wu hurriedly replied: "The child thinks that the words of the generals are very reasonable, no matter how you fight, our army will definitely capture Yinling City, but it is still the safest strategy to surround the division." ā
When Tao Leopard heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "Well said, the plan to surround the division is indeed the safest, Wu'er has been in the army for a few months, and he has made great progress!" ā
Being praised by his father, Momotake proudly raised his proud head, and his heart was full of pride.
Peach Leopard nodded and smiled, looked at the generals under the tent, and said: "Although the plan to encircle the division is good, however, the general still has a plan, if you are lucky, you can greatly frustrate the spirit of the Jin army and greatly reduce the casualties of our army." ā
"What is the general's plan?" The generals hurriedly asked.
The corner of the peach leopard's mouth sneered, and he walked to the military map in the tent in a few steps, pointed to the location of Yinling City in the map, and said in a dark voice: "The bottom of the kettle is drawn, and a cavalry is sent to cut off the grain route of the Jin army." ā
"This plan is feasible." The generals in the tent understood the intention of the peach leopard, and they all nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the generals agreed with his own opinion, Tao Leopard divided the army into four groups, the main force of 20,000 horses was responsible for attacking the north gate, the east and west gates each sent 10,000 troops to attack, and the remaining 3,000 cavalry entered the south gate of Yinling City, responsible for cutting off the grain route of the Jin army.
After assigning the task, Taobao looked at the generals under his tent and said loudly: "Generals, it is up to you to capture Yinling City, and the general will believe in you and set off." ā
"The last will obey." The generals in the tent clenched their fists together.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Hundreds of big drums in the large camp emitted a deafening war drum sound at the same time, and the cavalry, infantry, and siege soldiers left the camp in turn and marched in the direction of Yinling City.
The main armies of Jin and Zhao are about to start a desperate struggle at the foot of Yinling City.