"Knock Knock Knock ......"

A deafening sound of war drums rang out again.

Noise can easily make people upset, especially when people are tired, and can even make people crazy and lose their minds.

The enemy soldiers who were in charge of chasing were so troubled by Hua'an that they could barely close their eyes last night, and they were harassed by the Northern Expeditionary Army one after another throughout the day, without a good rest, and they were extremely tired and upset at this time.

The sound of the Jin army's drums was like a tight spell, which made the enemy soldiers have a headache when they heard it, and they wanted to rush forward immediately and smash the Jin army's drums.

"How can this be justified, soldiers, rush me." The enemy lieutenant frantically gave the order to pursue again.

Nearly 1,000 enemy light cavalry, with great spirits, slaughtered the 100 soldiers of Hua'an.

Seeing the surging enemy army, Hua'an naturally repeated his old tricks and led the soldiers to retreat again. This time, the enemy pursued for a while, and stopped when they saw that the Jin army's drums were scarce.

Seeing that the enemy was not chasing, Hua'an beat the drum vigorously again, and in this way, the pursuit stopped, and soon the enemy's nearly 1,000 light cavalry were introduced into the preset ambush circle.

The enemy's nearly 1,000 light cavalry had just entered Qiangu Ridge, and when they saw that the terrain was too complicated, they were suddenly very angry and hurriedly retreated, but it was too late, and they had already entered the encirclement preset by the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The fierce drums of war sounded again, but this time, not to provoke the enemy, but to convey the order to attack to the more than 3,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army who were ambushed around.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill ......"

The 3,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army who were ambushed in Qiangu Ridge heard the order to kill from the small valley where they were hiding.

"Damn, I fell for the tricks of the Jin army, retreat, retreat." The enemy captain yelled and commanded his subordinates to break through.

Nearly 1,000 enemy light horsemen, all of whom turned their horses and tried to escape, and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army who fought from the valley had already blocked the enemy's retreat.

The enemy had no way to escape, and was soon surrounded by the 3,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, according to Hua'an's prior requirements, the 3,000 soldiers were all heavily armed, with a lot of spears, shields, strong bows and crossbows, and the enemy army was just a light cavalry, and in such a complex terrain, there was no chance of victory against the 3,000 hoplites.

Hua An rode his horse and stood on a high ground, looking down on the battlefield in front of him, adjusting his deployment from time to time according to the changes in the shape of the battlefield, and surrounding the enemy light cavalry who wanted to escape.

A hundred drums made a high-pitched knocking sound, inspiring the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army who were fighting, after a fierce battle, the enemy's nearly 1,000 light cavalry was almost completely annihilated, only less than 100 cavalry tore a gap, and the wolf bèi escaped.

After taking stock of the battlefield, the enemy army left at least more than 800 corpses, while the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army were well prepared, with less than 100 killed and more than 200 wounded, which can be described as a great victory.

Han Qian was very happy, praised Hua'an, and encouraged Hua'an to continue to work hard and make more achievements.

In this way, for several days, Hua'an constantly changed his tactics, continued to harass the enemy army, and found the opportunity to annihilate the enemy's small forces, accumulating small victories into big victories, which greatly demoralized the enemy's morale.

Such endless harassment greatly hit the morale of the enemy army, and the enemy commander, Tao Leopard, could not stand it anymore, and the idea of never retreating was removed from his mind.

After a period of contact, Peach Leopard also learned about the real combat power of the Jin army, even if the morale of his subordinates is high, he may not be able to capture Yinling City smoothly, at such a moment of low morale, it is natural that he cannot rashly attack the city, and it is still necessary to retire and rectify.

Therefore, Tao Leopard led the army back twenty miles and camped, keeping a distance of thirty miles from the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Yinling City, so as to get a chance to breathe.

And Han Qian also understood that although the morale of the Peach Leopard army was low, its strength was still no longer under him, and a rash decisive battle would definitely hurt both sides, so he still decided to defend Yinling City.

Because the enemy retreated twenty miles, and the enemy's camp was thirty miles away from Yinling City, and it took sixty miles to go back and forth, the distance was too far, and Hua'an's harassment strategy was not very useful, so he had to give up.

At this point, tens of thousands of troops on both sides of the enemy and us formed a confrontation situation near Yinling City, and there were small-scale clashes from time to time, and the casualties were not large.

Just when Han Qian and Peach Leopard were in a tense confrontation, the two wings of the enemy and us also started a fight.

In the direction of Lujiang County, Ma Qiu, the commander of the Right Route Army of Zhao State, led an army of 20,000 to raid Lujiang County, but was blocked by the main force of 50,000 horses of the Jingzhou Army led by Yu Liang, the general of the Great Jin Dynasty, and failed to move forward.

In the direction of Guangling County, Zhi Xiong, the commander of the left army of Zhao State, led an army of 20,000 to enter Huaiyin City, and was killed and retreated by the main force of 50,000 horses of the Yangzhou Army of the Great Jin Dynasty, and retreated 50 miles to form a confrontation.

Although on the left and right flanks, the Great Jin army has an absolute superiority in strength, but the strength of the cavalry is less than the enemy's army, Ma Qiu and Zhixiong's cavalry account for half, and the main force of the Yangzhou and Jingzhou legions of the Great Jin Dynasty, although there are 50,000 people, but the cavalry only accounts for 10%, each only 5,000 cavalry.

In the field, the cavalry's attack and mobility were very terrifying, and the two main armies of the cavalry did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the Zhao army on the opposite side, but divided their troops to defend the important city.

The Zhao army was good at field warfare, but its strength in attacking the city was not very good, and the Jin army had a lot of advantages in terms of troops, so it did not dare to attack the city rashly.

The two sides, one side defending the city and the other camping in the wilderness, formed a protracted confrontation.

As a result, the left, center, and right armies of both sides of the enemy and us are in a tense confrontation, and the bandits and bandits of Zhao are rampant, and the 50,000 horses of Kui'an, the commander of the rear army, are responsible for transporting grain and grass supplies, as well as maintaining the transportation channel from Yecheng to the front line, deterring bandits and bandits along the way, and ensuring the smooth flow of grain routes, and cannot draw too many troops to reinforce the front line.

The consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops was enormous, and soon, the supply of grain and grass on both sides seemed to be tight.

If the confrontation continues for such a long time, it will be a great loss of national strength on both sides of the enemy, and neither the Great Jin nor the Zhao State can afford it.

At this critical moment, it depends on the endurance of both sides, and whoever strikes first means that he will use his own shortcomings against the enemy's strengths, and the end will definitely be a heavy loss.

Sima Yan, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, has long been hollowed out by the family, and he does not have the power to do whatever he wants, and the military generals in front of him think that they should not act rashly, so he has to approve.

And Shi Hu, the king of Zhao State, is different, Shi Hu is extremely brutal by nature, he has absolute power, and he will kill when he is in a bad mood, as long as Shi Hu gives an order, the generals who are fighting in front will not dare to disobey.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides faced each other for more than a month, and the weather changed from hot to cool.

In the palace of Yecheng, Shi Hu could no longer hold his breath, and after spending huge manpower, material and financial resources, he was unable to capture a small place between Jianghuai, which made Shi Hu feel very shameless.