Because the enemy burned all the ships after crossing the river, the three main forces of the Jin army were blocked from the way, and the 60,000 troops had to stay in Dangtu City to rest.

Three days later, nearly 100 ships were transferred from the downstream Linhuai country, and the baggage battalion to which the three armies belonged also made more than 100 simple boats in these three days.

The three armies are conducting combat drills every day, especially the training of crossing the river, which is carried out most frequently, and all kinds of combat materials required by the army have also been hoarded in Dangtu City, and the follow-up materials are still being transported in a steady stream.

With such adequate preparations, Han Qian, Mao Bao, and Wang Yunzhi were all full of confidence in recovering the three cities of Huaibei, and Han Qian even planned to fight all the way to the edge of the Yellow River, and even cross the Yellow River to completely recover the Central Plains.

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

Outside the north gate of Tucheng, three groups of the Jin army were training.

Han Qian, Mao Bao, and Wang Yunzhi stood on the city wall at the north gate of Dangtu City, looking at the tens of thousands of troops being trained under the city, and the corners of their mouths showed a proud look.

"Our army is strong and strong, and it is easy to recover the three cities of Huaibei." Mao Bao said loudly.

"Well, that's right, after a few days of rest, our army can cross the Huaishui in one fell swoop and recover the three cities." Wang Yunzhi is also full of confidence.

When Han Qian heard this, he said: "Why do you need to rest for a few more days, my Northern Expeditionary Army will be able to go out tomorrow, and the two generals can be the backup." ”

"Oh, General Han will go on the expedition tomorrow." The two were slightly surprised.

"General Han is relieved to go on the expedition, and the general is willing to be General Han's backup." Mao Bao said in a rough voice.

"Tens of thousands of horses in the headquarters, and then set out to meet General Han." Wang Yunzhi said.

Seeing that the two of them supported him so much, Han Qian hugged his fists and thanked: "Thank you two generals for your help, this general will go back to prepare for the expedition." With that, he turned and walked down the wall.

"General Han walks slowly." The two cupped their fists in return, then looked at each other and nodded with emotion.

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Han Qian, who returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, first called his deputy general Chen Xiong and several officers from the pro-military camp, which naturally included Hua'an.

"General, are you going to go on an expedition?" Chen Xiong looked a little excited.

"Master, the army is on the march, and I am willing to be a pioneer." Huaan clenched his fists and asked for his life.

Han Qian nodded, and said with a straight face: "The army will leave early tomorrow morning, Chen Xiong, you immediately go and urge the battalions to make pre-battle preparations, and report immediately if there is anything that the battalions lack." ”

"Yes, General." Chen Xiong was ordered to leave the big tent with his fists clenched.

After Chen Xiong left, Han Qian stood up, pointed to the map, and said: "Ping'a, Huaiyuan, and Yicheng are the three cities of Huaibei in my Great Jin Dynasty, according to the scout's report, the enemy's main force has fled far away, and the defenders of the three cities are less than a thousand people. After Han Qian finished speaking, he slammed his finger on the map.

"The master called us here to let us cross the Huaishui first and go to the three cities to carefully investigate the enemy's situation." Hua An immediately understood Han Qian's intentions.

Hearing this, Han Qian nodded.

"Master, the left brigade of the pro-military camp is willing to go, leave it to me" Hua An immediately asked for help.

"General, the brigade in the pro-barracks is willing to accept the task."

"General, the officers and men of the right brigade are ready to obey orders at any time."

The brigade commanders of the middle brigade and the right brigade of the pro-barracks also asked for help.

"Qin Yong is willing to listen to the general's orders." The three subordinates all tried their best to ask for their lives, and as the captain of the pro-military battalion, Qin Yong naturally couldn't lag behind.

Han Qian smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, nodded with satisfaction, and ordered loudly: "The left, center, and right brigades of the pro-military camp will go to Ping'a, Huaiyuan, and Yicheng respectively to investigate the enemy's situation, Qin Yong, you lead the pro-army team to be stationed on the north bank of Huaishui, and be responsible for responding." ”

"Yes, General." The four of them immediately clenched their fists and took their orders, and then turned around and left the big tent.

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Hua'an, who returned to the camp, immediately informed the soldiers under his command of Han Qian's instructions, and ordered the soldiers to prepare immediately and set off in half an hour.

After half an hour of preparation, all the soldiers in the pro-military camp were ready, and Han Qian also prepared ships for them in advance.

Hua An led 200 soldiers under his command to cross the Huaishui River by boat and embarked on the road to Ping'a.

In order to reach Ping'a as soon as possible, Hua An led his subordinates to the shortcut road, risking being ambushed by the enemy and annihilating them all the way.

In the evening, two hundred soldiers finally arrived, a small forest five miles outside the east gate of Ping'a City.

"Stop moving, stop moving forward." Hua An looked at the vague city in the distance and immediately ordered his subordinates to stop.

"Hiss ......"

When the two hundred soldiers heard the order, they immediately stopped their horses.

"Big brother, Ping'a City is less than five miles. We'll rest here for a while, and we'll wait until it's dark. Wang San whispered.

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "Soldiers, get off your horse and rest, and then act after dark." ”

When the two hundred soldiers heard the order, they tied their horses and rested on the trunks of trees.

Half an hour later, the sky was completely dark, Hua An looked at Wang San next to him, and said softly: "Wang San, you take a few people, go to explore the road first, and you must come back in half an hour." ”

"Don't worry, big brother, leave it to me." Wang San received the order, took a few soldiers, and rode his horse slowly towards Ping'a City.

"Big brother, I'm going to explore the way." As he spoke, Tie Niu was about to get up and lead the horse.

"Come back, stay here honestly." Hua An reprimanded angrily.

When Tie Niu heard this, he was puzzled: "Big brother, why can Wang San go, but I can't go." ”

Hua An saw that Tie Niu was making trouble, and explained softly: "Exploring the path is a careful job, among the few of you, only Wang San is the most careful and cautious, and it is most appropriate for him to explore the way." ”

When Tie Niu heard this, he didn't want to say anything, but he muttered in his mouth: "Wang San is the most cautious, the most timid, or almost the same." ”

When Hua An heard this, he smiled.

At this time, the night was extremely beautiful, Hua An was half-lying on a tree trunk, looking up at the moon and stars in the sky, and for a while he actually had an inexplicable lovesickness.

He remembered that ten years ago, he snuggled up with Wang Ling on the Shangyuan Festival, admiring the bright moon in the sky, when he was only six years old, and there was a three-year-old Chu Garlic beside him.

Ten years later, Maoshan suppressed bandits, and also admired Mingyue with Wang Ling in the bandit's lair, the warm and sweet feeling was really evocative, and then, by a stream, the two people who admired Mingyue made out together, and almost had the joy of cloud and rain, and the appearance of two maids at the critical moment prevented this qiē, this was the first time Hua'an touched a woman's body, and this memory really made Hua'an unforgettable.

Thinking of this, the corners of Hua An's mouth inadvertently showed an extremely sweet smile.

"Big brother, what do you want? Laughing so sweetly. Tie Niu looked at Hua An and smiled very happily.

Hua An's train of thought was interrupted, he glared at Tie Niu unconsciously, and laughed unconsciously.

"Haha! The eldest brother must be thinking about his sister-in-law, isn't he? Iron Bull laughed very obscenely.

"Go, don't talk nonsense." Hua An reprimanded softly, but his words were quite flickering, and he felt weak when he heard it.

The surrounding soldiers all leaned over in a very gossipy manner.

"Tie Niu, the sister-in-law that the eldest brother thinks of, is it the girl from the capital family." Thunderstorm asked loudly.

"Yes, it's that Miss Wang, that's Wang Situ's daughter, very beautiful?" Iron Bull raised his voice as he spoke.

When Thunderstorm heard this, he exclaimed: "It's really beautiful, it's still Situ's daughter, and the eldest brother is really blessed." ”

"Congratulations, big brother." Zhao Wu, who usually spoke the least, also congratulated Hua'an with a smile.

"Congratulations to the brigade commander." The surrounding soldiers followed suit.

Hua An smiled indifferently, they are all brothers in life and death, and they are sincere blessings, so it is naturally difficult to reprimand.

"Big brother, big brother, I'm back." Just when everyone was in a mess, Wang San galloped back with several subordinates.

"Wang San, what's the situation?" Hua An hurriedly got up and greeted him.

Wang San dismounted and said excitedly: "Big brother, good news, the Ping'a garrison is actually less than three hundred, and the defense is extremely lax, only a few city gates are guarded by more than ten soldiers, and there are no soldiers patrolling the city wall at all. ”

Hua An was shocked when he heard this, and asked urgently: "How did you know that the enemy's strength is less than three hundred?" ”

Wang San replied loudly: "On the way, I caught an enemy soldier who deserted, and before I was forced to ask, this person honestly explained the situation in the city, and it should not be fake." ”

"Okay, great, if the enemy's strength is less than three hundred, there is no need to wait for the main force, and the two hundred men and horses of our left brigade can capture Ping'a." Hua An looked extremely excited.

"Big brother, without further ado, let's attack the city immediately!"

"Big brother, the night is the best cover, we will capture Ping'a tonight."

"Big brother, let's send troops!"

And they all said that they would immediately attack the city.

Hua An smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, patted Wang San's shoulder, and said: "Wang San, you take ten soldiers with flexible stature, climb the city wall of Ping'a with ropes, solve the defenders of the east gate, and then immediately open the city gate, and then the main force will enter Ping'a." ”

"Big brother, don't worry." Wang San agreed, turned around and went to prepare.

Hua An stepped on his horse, looked at his soldiers, and said loudly: "Soldiers, as soon as the city gate opens, we will rush in on horseback, and when we see the enemy, we will not leave a single one." ”

"Rush into Ping'a, and leave no one behind." The soldiers under his command echoed in unison.

Wang San led ten sturdy soldiers to quietly approach the city wall, and was greatly relieved to see that the city wall was still quiet, and there was no sign of soldiers moving.

"Hang the rope." Wang San ordered softly.

Hearing the order, the five soldiers threw five slipknotted ropes into the city wall, impartially, and just lassoed the protrusion on the women's wall.

"Up." Wang San snorted softly, grabbed a rope, and climbed up the steep city wall, followed by several other soldiers.

Ping'a's city wall is not very high, soon Wang San and four soldiers climbed the city wall, jumped on the city wall Wang San, raised his eyes to see that there were several enemy soldiers on the city wall, leaning on the female wall and sleeping, not realizing that the Jin soldiers had climbed the city wall.

Wang San glanced at several soldiers, pulled out the dagger at his waist, and quietly walked towards the sleeping enemy soldiers.