After three consecutive days of rapid marching, the 8,000 men and horses under the command of Hua An finally arrived near Fucheng, and soon joined up with Lei Storm and Li Yi's men and horses.

In this way, the Jin army and horses near Fucheng have reached 20,000 or 30,000 people, and compared with the fangs who are in turmoil nearby, they have a considerable advantage in strength, and the advantage in equipment is even more obvious.

For this reason, Hua'an had the determination to completely exterminate the fangs around Fucheng, and carefully thought about the specific extermination strategy.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in Fucheng, Hua An was looking at the topographic map around Fucheng in a daze, and Lei Storm, Li Yi and Li Liang walked in.

"What's the matter, in the last few days, have the fangs still made a lot of noise?" Hua An looked at the three of them and asked softly.

Thunderstorm first replied: "Big brother, the fangs have been strangled by our army many times, which can be regarded as somewhat restrained, but they are more cunning in action, and there are still many people who are tragically killed by the fangs every day, and when our army goes to the strangulation, the fangs will flee, with the lessons of the last siege, the soldiers do not dare to chase too far, especially when they encounter dangerous places, they can only stop the pursuit, in case they fall into the fangs' tricks." ”

"Yes! General, the mountains around Fucheng are steep, and it is possible to set up ambushes everywhere, and our army is tied and does not dare to chase too far, so every time we let the fangs escape. Li Liang looked at Hua'an and complained.

Hua An nodded, and said softly: "The fangs are really cunning enough, they actually hide in the mountains, use the cover of the mountains and forests, and deal with the main force of our army, is it that in this way, our army has no way to exterminate the fangs?" After speaking, he stared at the topographical map on the case to find a strategy to break the enemy.

Li Yi heard this. frowned and hesitated for a moment, then hugged his fists and said: "General, the fangs rely on the mountains and forests to make chaos, in order to completely exterminate the fangs, it is better to set a fire and burn the nearby mountains and forests thoroughly, so that the cunning fangs have nowhere to hide, so that our army can easily exterminate the fangs, I don't know." What does the general think? ”

Seeing that Li Yi was going to burn the mountains and forests. Hua An'an was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "No, this is absolutely impossible, the terrain in Shuzhong is dominated by mountains and forests." We only burned a mountain forest around Fucheng. It doesn't work at all. The fangs can go to other places to continue to plague the people, and if the mountains and forests in Shu are burned, the consequences will be unimaginable. So, this idea is definitely not going to work. ”

Hua'an is right, these dense mountains and forests are the treasures of Shu, once the dense forests are lost, Shuzhong will completely become a barren land, all kinds of rare herbs and beasts, birds, will disappear, this obviously does not work.

"Yes! The last general's mention of yì is indeed inappropriate, and I don't know what strategy the general has to completely exterminate the fangs. Li Yi looked at Hua An and asked softly.

Hua An stretched out his hand and touched his chin, and said suspiciously: "The fangs come and go without a trace, but they can't sleep on the tree!" They must have a camp, didn't you find their camp? ”

"General, our army sent nearly a hundred scouts to explore for several days, but there is no lair of the fangs, and the last general also feels very strange, the fangs are hiding there." Li Liang frowned, also full of doubts.

Hua An pondered for a moment, and said: "Fangren are also people, they must have a place to live nearby, and their nest must be found, otherwise, it will not be possible to completely exterminate Fangren in such a random encirclement and suppression."

"Yes, General, the last general must send more scouts to the mountains to investigate." Li Liang hurriedly clenched his fists and took his life.

Hua An nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed to the map on the case, and asked, "In the past few days, where have the fangs been haunting, and where is the direction of escape." ”

When Thunderstorm and Li Yi and Li Liang heard this, they hurriedly walked over and told Hua'an the location of each of the fangs' haunts and the final direction of escape.

According to the report of the three people, Hua'an found that the location where the fangs haunted most frequently was due south of Fucheng, and the direction of the fangs' escape was mostly pointed to the south, which seemed to be enough to show that the fangs' lair should be directly south of Fucheng.

According to the characteristics of the fangren's walking, their lair is no more than twenty miles away from Fucheng, otherwise, they will not be able to haunt Fucheng very flexibly.

Deducing the approximate location of the fangman's lair, a smile appeared on the corner of Hua An's mouth, he pointed to the map on the case, and ordered: "The fangman's lair is in this direction, no more than twenty miles away, let all the scouts of the whole army go to this direction to explore." ”

"Yes, General." Li Yi took the order and turned to deliver the order.

"Report, general, there are traces of a group of fangs found five miles outside the east gate, there are more than 500 people, and the current intention is unknown." Just then, the scout spotted the fangman's tracks.

Hua An sneered at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao is really here, thunderstorm, immediately order three thousand troops, follow me out of the city to pursue." ”

"Yes, big brother, I'll go and prepare." Thunderstorm answered, turning to rally the group.

"General, the fangs are insidious and cunning, three thousand men and horses are too few, in case you fall into the ambush of the fangs, it will be troublesome, let's bring more men and horses!" Li Yi persuaded in a low voice.

Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, General Li, you lead five thousand infantry out of the south gate and march due south, maybe you can meet the retreating fangs, go and prepare!" With that, he strode out of the tent.

When Li Yi heard this, he was stunned for a while, and then followed out of the big tent, went to gather troops and horses, and prepared to lead 5,000 troops to the south according to Hua'an's requirements.

The 3,000 cavalry under the command of Thunderstorm were quickly prepared, and they could march outside the east gate of Fucheng after waiting for Hua'an's order.

"Big brother, the three thousand cavalry are ready and ready to go." Seeing Hua An riding his horse over, the thunderstorm shouted for his life.

Hua An nodded and ordered: "Go, go immediately." ”

"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm responded, and ordered from the side: "Soldiers, go." After speaking, he led the three thousand cavalry under his command and rode his horse to the location outside the east gate and the infested place of the fangs.

Hua An clamped his legs around the horse's belly and rode the horse to follow.

"Big brother, wait for me." At this moment, Wang San rode his horse and chased after him, and said, "Big brother, the soldiers are all settled, and all the soldiers are resting in the camp tent. ”

"Okay, great, let's go! Look what the hell the fangs are doing outside the city. After saying that, he rode his horse out of the city gate, and Wang San rode his horse to follow closely.

Soon, Hua'an and his entourage arrived at a location five miles outside the east gate of Fucheng, but the fangs had long since lost their traces, and only messy traces remained at the scene.

"Soldiers, check your surroundings carefully, and report immediately if you find anything." Huaan gave the order loudly.

Under Hua An's orders, the cavalry under his command scattered and searched carefully.

"General, there are many wild fruits on this ground, as if they were just eaten." A soldier, holding countless fruit husks in both hands, reported loudly.

Hua An stretched out his hand and picked up a few fruit shells, looked at them carefully, nodded and said: "This should be the Fang Man who just threw it down after eating the pulp, it seems that they are here to find food, hehe!" ”

"Big brother, there are tens of thousands of horses and horses in the fangs, and they consume a lot of grain and grass every day, it seems that they should be short of food." Wang San opened his mouth to analyze.

"If there is a shortage of food, it will be even more dangerous, the fangs are barbarians who do not respect the king, once they lack food, they will rob the nearby villages, and even eat human flesh, we are running out of time, we must try our best to find the nest of the fangs, and eliminate this group of arrogant barbarians." Hua An Zhengse said.

"Yes, big brother, we will definitely redouble our efforts to find the nest of the fangs long ago." The thunderstorm answered loudly.

Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, as long as we work together, in a few days, we will definitely be able to find the fang's lair." ”

"Report, General, I found a group of fangs in the southwest direction, about five hundred people." Just then, a scout arrives and reports the news of the fangs.

"Big brother, there are more than 500 people, could it be the fangs who just passed here?" Thunderstorm spoke.

Hua An thought for a while and said, "It's very likely! The fangman suddenly ran to the southeast, which is enough to show that our original analysis was correct, the fangman's lair is directly south of Fucheng, and we will catch up with it now. Then he rode his horse southwest.

Thunderstorm and Wang San led three thousand cavalry, closely following behind Hua'an, and marched to the southwest.

Soon, Hua'an and his party found the fangs in front, but at the same time, the fangs who were eating wild fruits also found Hua'an's group.

After a shout for alarm, the five hundred fangs immediately retreated along the woods into the distance, and quickly disappeared from Hua'an's sight.

The woods in the mountains are dense, and the speed of the cavalry riding horses cannot be raised, and in terms of speed, it is not comparable to the agile fangren, and the thick fallen leaves on the ground also cover the footprints of the fangman, making it impossible for Hua'an to track, such a situation makes Hua'an anxious.

"Big brother, the fangman ran away again, what should I do?" Thunderstorm looked in the direction of the fang's escape and said loudly.

Hua An frowned and thought for a moment, then ordered: "Chase, let the soldiers disperse and pursue in the southwest direction, keeping a certain distance from each other in order to contact each other." ”

"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm commanded loudly and ordered in a loud voice: "Soldiers, disperse the pursuit, and be sure to find the nest of the fangs." ”

Under the order of the thunderstorm, three thousand cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, scattered, pursued along the dense grove and advanced in a southwesterly direction.

"Big brother, look, not far ahead, it seems to be General Li Yi's men." Thunderstorm pointed to a group of centaurs in front of him and said loudly.

Hua'an looked up and saw that it was really Li Yi's people, so he took Thunderstorm and Wang San to meet him, and Li Yi saw this, and also brought several generals closer to Hua'an.

"General Li, have you found any traces of the fangs?" Hua An asked first.

Li Yi shook his head and said, "General, the last general led the troops all the way to the south, and no trace of the fangs was found. After speaking, he looked around in confusion. (To be continued......)