Of course, such a fast marching speed, whether it is a person or a horse is a great test, the continuous bumps on the horse's back will make the soldiers tired, the soldiers with poor physique may be sick because of this, and the body of the war horse is more consumed, if it is a long-term such a fast march, the horse will definitely lose fat, and the body and speed will also be reduced.

In the past half a month, Hua'an is also very distressed when he sees that the war horse has a tendency to lose weight, but the situation in the north is urgent, and once the army of Zhao goes south, there will be a strong resistance force without the Northern Expeditionary Army, so even if the war horse loses fat, Hua'an will not slow down the march.

In order to protect the horses as much as possible, Hua'an ordered the scouts to inform the towns along the way, in addition to preparing the food needed by the soldiers, the black beans and other materials needed by the war horses should also be prepared.

Outside the city of Panyu, a temporary military camp has appeared in front of Hua'an, the camp is full of all kinds of materials, enough to meet the needs of more than 10,000 cavalry for several days, this is the officials in the city, according to Hua'an's requirements to arrange, can be described as very dedicated.

Hua An led the way into the camp, and the soldiers then entered, and tied the horses to the shed that had been prepared, and the officials of the city brought a delicious meal, and prepared black beans and fresh grass for the horses.

The soldiers felt sorry for the horses, so they first served the horses to eat, and groomed the horses, and then went to the dining area to eat after the horses were settled.

The continuous rapid march made the soldiers look a little tired, and some of the soldiers even had scars on their crotches from the saddle, and even bled out.

In order to reduce the hard work of the soldiers, but also to maintain the horsepower, Hua'an decided to rest in Panyu City for two nights, and continued to hurry.

After the order was given, the soldiers were greatly relieved, some soldiers went to bathe in the pool near the camp, and the military doctor even went to the city and the field to collect medicinal materials that could be used to heal the wounds, so as to relieve the wounds in the crotch of the soldiers.

Hua An, together with Wang San and Thunderstorm, enjoyed the scenery of the nearby mountains and rivers around the camp, while imagining possible accidents in the direction of the capital and taking countermeasures.

"General, Deng Tingshi's letter." A junior colonel handed over the letter sent by Deng Yue to Hua'an.

Hua An took it gently, opened it and looked at it, and immediately overjoyed, as if all the hard work of the past few days had disappeared.

"Big brother, what did Deng Tingshi say, you are happy to be like this." Wang San hurriedly asked.

Hua An smiled, handed the letter to Wang San, and said: "It's good news, the big chief of the Nanyue clan has promised to lead the whole clan to return to the Great Jin, and now, the table has been handed over to Deng Tingshi, Deng Tingshi is sending six hundred miles to send the table to the capital urgently, Deng Tingshi wrote this letter, just to tell me the good news as soon as possible!" ”

Wang San took the letter, and the thunderstorm also came over, the two of them glanced at it, and hurriedly said, "Big brother, this is really good news!" The rebels surrendered, really surrendered. ”

"Yes! The rebellion in Jiaozhou was pacified, and the southern frontier of my Great Jin Dynasty was stabilized, and Shu did not have enough strength to dare to launch an attack on Jiaozhou. Hua An said with a proud face.

"Hahahaha!" Wang San and Thunderstorm heard this and laughed happily.

"General, the capital is urgent." Just when Hua'an was very happy, the small school sent an urgent report from the capital.

Seeing that it was an emergency military report in the capital, Hua Anxin tightened, quickly took it, opened it, and couldn't help shouting in his heart that something was wrong, and his originally excited expression was replaced by worry.

"Big brother, is there something wrong in the capital?" Wang San and Thunderstorm saw Hua An's nervous expression, and hurriedly came over.

Hua An nodded and said: "According to what was said in the letter, Shi Hu, the king of Zhao State, led 200,000 main forces to the south and has arrived on the north bank of Huaishui, counting the delay of the messenger all the way, at this time, I am afraid that Shi Hu's army has crossed Huaishui, and the Huaibei cities of my Great Jin Dynasty have already fallen, and according to the worst result, the army of Zhao State may have advanced to the vicinity of the Great River." ”

"Big brother, if that's the case, wouldn't the thousands of hectares of fertile land in Jiangbei of my Northern Expeditionary Army fall into the hands of the enemy."

"The autumn harvest has passed, and it is not a big deal if thousands of hectares of fertile land are occupied, but the 20,000 horses in Tuntian are weak and weak, and it is difficult to resist the main army of Zhao State!"

Thunderstorm, Wang San hurriedly said.

Hua An frowned, and said: "The situation in the capital is urgent, we can't delay too much, I promised the soldiers to rest for one more day, but I am afraid that we will break our promise." ”

"Big brother, the situation in the capital is urgent, the soldiers will understand."

"Big brother, early tomorrow morning, will the army set off on time? I'm going to inform the soldiers. ”

Wang San and Thunderstorm said separately.

Hua An thought about it again and again, looked at the thunderstorm, and said: "Let the soldiers rest for half a day, and at noon tomorrow, the army will set off and march to the capital." ”

"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm said, going to deliver the order.

After the thunderstorm left, Wang San looked at Hua'an with a worried face, and said: "Big brother, Panyu City is more than 2,000 miles away from the capital, and the cavalry of our army will march for at least half a month, which is already the fastest speed, and the horse will run to death no matter how fast it is, and the follow-up main infantry is only afraid that it has just left Jiaozhou, and it will take at least two months to arrive in the capital, and it will take three months if it is slow, the situation in the capital is so urgent, I am afraid that the water will not quench the thirst of the near!" ”

Hua An nodded, and said: "Shi Hu moved south so fast, I'm afraid that before our army returns to Beijing, capture Jiangnan, now, the 200,000 main forces of Jingyang Erzhou are all gathered on the border close to Zhao, if you use the Jianghuai Trench to resist with all your might, it will not be easy for Shi Hu to sweep Jiangnan, at least before our cavalry arrives in the capital, the capital can be safe." ”

"Big brother, our army has been marching continuously for more than half a month, the war horses have lost fat, and the soldiers are also very hard, if we continue to march at full speed, when we reach the capital, our army can still have a few percent of the combat strength left, besides, the main infantry has not arrived, with only more than 10,000 cavalry, how much role can it play?" Wang San said worriedly.

Wang San's reminder happened to be the situation that Hua'an was most worried about, Zhao Guo had many soldiers and horses, and only 10,000 tired cavalry could play a big role in defending against the invasion of Zhao State, Hua'an really didn't dare to think about it, but Hua'an at least understood that as a general of the Great Jin, even if his strength was insufficient, he had to do his best to protect the country of the Great Jin.

"Wang San, you immediately send someone to send a letter to Zhao Wu and Tie Niu in the back, and tell them the truth about what happened in the north, so that they must speed up their march and go all out to help the capital at any cost." Hua An ordered.

"Yes, big brother, I'll do it." Wang San took the order and turned to leave the big tent.

After Wang San left, Hua'an was in the big tent, looking at the Jianghuai topographic map, thinking about Shi Hu's possible march route, the possible defensive countermeasures of the Jingzhou Legion and the Yangzhou Legion of the Great Jin, as well as the weak part of the Da**Huai defense line, and thinking about the countermeasures one by one.

The cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army rested in Panyu City for a day, and at noon on the second day, Hua'an led all the cavalry and continued to rush in the direction of the capital.

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In the direction of Hefei City, after many days of continuous siege, the army of Zhao State broke through Hefei City, and the defenders of Jin State retreated in the direction of Lujiang County.

Shi Hu's attack on the Great Jin Dynasty mobilized a total of 100,000 elites in Yecheng, and there were more than 200,000 troops in Yuzhou and Qingzhou, among them, more than 100,000 horses and horses in the Yanzhou Legion were responsible for attacking Jingzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty to contain the most elite Jingzhou Army in the Great Jin Dynasty, while the 100,000 troops of the Qingzhou Legion invaded the Xuzhou Army of the Great Jin Dynasty to contain part of the troops of the Xuzhou Legion and the Yangzhou Army in the Great Jin Dynasty at the same time, and the 100,000 main force led by Shi Hu personally once again launched a strong attack from the junction of Jingyang and Yangzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty, so as to break through the defense of the Great Jin Dynasty and go straight to the south of the Yangtze River.

Within a few years, Shi Hu's Zhao army has been defeated twice in a row on this line, both times were defeated by the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Jin Dynasty, and this time, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Jin Dynasty has fallen into the barren land of Jiaozhou, therefore, Shi Hu felt that this was a golden opportunity, and it was a great opportunity for the Great Zhao State to unify the south of the Yangtze River, so, for the third time, he led the army to cross the Huaishui River and captured several small cities in a row, and captured Hefei, an important city of the Great Jin Dynasty.

After entering the city of Hefei, Shi Hu and his subordinates celebrated their achievements in the big tent, and at the same time, rewarded the soldiers who made meritorious contributions in the siege.

"Your Majesty, good news, General Sun Fudu has captured Quanjiao City and is now heading towards Wujiang City." A junior colonel broke into the big tent and reported the good news to Shi Hu.

"Your Majesty, the south of Wujiang City is Liyang City, and the east is the rolling river, General Sun Fudu is progressing so fast, judging from the last general, maybe in a few days, our army can directly cross the river and attack Jiankang City." A general said happily.

Shi Hu grinned and said loudly: "My Great Zhao Kingdom has been defeated by the river twice in a row, and this time, no matter what, I will break through the defense line of the Great River and sweep the south of the Yangtze River." ”

"Wang Shang Shengming, this line of defense is without the Northern Expeditionary Army to make trouble, and our army will attack, which will indeed save a lot of things, and it will only be overnight to break through the river." A ministry general said.

Shi Hu nodded and said, "It's been a few days since our army left Yecheng, I don't know what the situation is in the direction of Jizhou, is Murong Hao still honest?" ”

A minister hurriedly took out the letter in his hand and said: "As the king expected, Murong Hao saw that the elite of our army was marching south, and personally led 100,000 iron cavalry to invade the northern border of our Jizhou. ”

"Hmph, Murong Hao is so bold, how is the battle going, has Murong Hao succeeded?" Shi Hu was furious and hurriedly asked.

The minister said: "How can Murong Hao succeed, General Shi Min set up an ambush on the way that Murong Hao's advance must pass, defeated Murong Hao's front army, and beheaded two thousand ranks, Murong Hao lost his spirit, retreated in a hurry, and Jizhou was temporarily stable." ”