"What, the drums are getting quieter." Peach Leopard frowned, and ordered loudly: "Pass the order, let the pioneer battalion immediately feint to attack the Yin Tomb." ”

"Yes, General."

Peach Leopard paced in the camp, and he had a faint premonition in his heart that the Jin army might have withdrawn, and Yinling City might be an empty city.

"General, the soldiers of the vanguard battalion have already entered the Yin Tomb, and there is no trace of the Jin army in the city, only a few dozen sheep have been found on the city wall." After a while, the news of the attack on the Yin Tomb came from the front office.

"The hanging sheep beat the drum, and the Jin army really ran away." A sneer appeared at the corner of Peach Leopard's mouth, and he said loudly: "Gather people and prepare to enter the city." ”

Nearly 30,000 troops, under the leadership of Tao Leopard, marched into Yinling City.

"Why don't you go ahead?" Seeing that the army had stopped, Peach Leopard asked loudly.

"General, the streets of the city are full of firewood and grass, and it seems that there is fraud." A soldier rushed over to report to Peach Leopard.

The peach leopard rode his horse forward, and sure enough, he saw that the streets of Yinling were full of firewood and grass, and his heart suddenly recalled the scene when the 2,000 troops of Tucheng were burned to death.

"The army is on standby, and the forward battalion sends two hundred soldiers to clear all the firewood and grass on the streets." Peach Leopard ordered loudly.

Suddenly, the forward battalion divided two hundred soldiers to clean up all the firewood and grass on the streets, and after half an hour, the streets were cleared, and no abnormalities were found in the whole city.

"Pretending to be a ghost, trying to deter our army." Peach Leopard reprimanded and said loudly: "Enter the city." ”

Nearly 30,000 troops entered Yinling City in turn.

The peach leopard stood on the wall of Yinling City, looking down on the entire Yinling City, and suddenly sighed in his heart, after several rounds of battles, Yinling City finally came to his hands.

The generals under his command were also greatly relieved, at least they completed Shi Hu's order in advance, and the head on his neck was saved.

"General, the Jin army took the initiative to evacuate Yinling, will there be any fraud." One of the generals frowned.

Without waiting for Tao Leopard to answer, another general said loudly: "The Jin army is insufficient, and there are heavy casualties in several rounds of battles, and it takes the initiative to retreat, which is enough to prove its weakness and cowardice." ”

"That's right, the Jin army is cowardly." Most of the generals agreed, and even the peach leopard nodded slightly.

"General, the Jin army will withdraw from Yinling for a maximum of half a day, and our cavalry will pursue it with all their might, and they will definitely be able to catch up."

"General, the last general is willing to lead his troops to chase and kill the Jin army."

After all, the field combat ability of the Jin army is not as good as theirs, and it is indeed a good way to chase and kill from behind when the Jin army retreats.

Peach Leopard shook his head and said softly: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to catch up, besides, Han Qian is good at using soldiers, what if the cavalry pursues and falls into an ambush of the Jin army." ”

The subordinate general was silent when he heard this.

Half an hour later, Peach Leopard returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and summoned Zhang Ju to discuss the plan of entering the army.

Zhang Jujian led the entire main army of Taobao to attack Dongcheng, while he himself led an army of 10,000 to stay in Yinling, fully responsible for the logistics of Taobao's main army, and could also provide support if necessary.

Seeing that with Zhang Ju's strong backing, Tao Leopard could concentrate his main force to annihilate the enemy, so he happily agreed, and decided to march into Dongcheng in the early morning of the second day.

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After Han Qian led the army into Dongcheng, he joined the 5,000 defenders left in Dongcheng, and his strength suddenly increased a lot, and he had a lot of confidence in his heart.

Compared with Yinling City, Dongcheng is comparable in terms of both the size of the city and the defense facilities, and it is also a small city that is not conducive to defense.

But the geographical location of this place is extremely important, and it must not be given up at will, in order to defend the eastern city, Han Qian mobilized young people and soldiers as soon as he entered the city, dug moats, built various defense facilities, and prepared to meet the attack of the Peach Leopard army.

Hua'an and his soldiers were digging a moat outside the north gate, and the soldiers were tired and sweaty, but they were very energetic.

"Big brother, why is our army always defending the city, isn't it good to fight the enemy outside the city?" Iron Bull grumbled as he dug the moat.

"Yes! Big brother, killing enemies on the city wall, the body can't be used, and the killing is not enjoyable enough. The thunderstorm followed.

Hua An smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, he understood that these two people were tired of digging moats, and at the same time, he didn't like to shrink on the city wall and passively wait for the enemy to attack.

But the enemy is strong and I am weak, especially the field strength, the Northern Expeditionary Army is even inferior, if it is fighting with the enemy army in the field, the Northern Expeditionary Army has no possibility of defeating the Peach Leopard Army.

"Iron bull and thunderstorm, if you two can't dig anymore, go to the side and rest, don't always complain here." Hua An deliberately provoked.

"Hahahaha!" Suddenly, dozens of soldiers beside him burst out laughing.

When the iron bull and thunderstorm heard this, they were immediately unhappy, they were the strongest physically, how could they not dig.

Tie Niu glared at the soldiers and said loudly: "What are you laughing at, you are all tired and lie down, and I will not be tired." After saying that, he dug up vigorously.

"Work, work." The thunderstorm was also stuffy, and honestly dug up the moat.

Watching the two of them digging the moat even harder, Hua An couldn't help but smile.

After digging for an hour, seeing that the soldiers were really tired, Hua'an let them rest in place and chatted with the soldiers during this time.

"Soldiers, who has ever eaten hare meat?" Hua An asked softly.

Suddenly, more than half of the soldiers raised their hands.

"How does it taste?" Huaan then asked.

"Fragrant, delicious."

Hua An nodded, and said: "There are two thousand hares in the camp, all of which were brought by the soldiers from Yinling City, and they were reluctant to eat them, but today, the soldiers work so hard, and these hares are one for each person." ”

"Well, great, there's a hare to eat." The soldiers were as happy as children.

"Big brother, I have a big belly, at least two." Iron Bull said and licked his mouth.

"Big brother, there aren't many of them." Thunderstorm also raised two fingers.

Hua An smiled indifferently and whispered: "Two can do it, as long as one of you can do the work of two people." ”

"Well, don't worry, big brother, we must work more." When the thunderstorm and the iron bull heard this, their hearts were overjoyed.

In the evening, through the joint efforts of nearly 20,000 soldiers and nearly 10,000 people of the Northern Expeditionary Army, a simple moat was dug out on the east, west and north sides of the east city.

Outside the south gate of the east city is the Chishui River, and the soldiers introduced the boiling river water into the newly dug moat, so far, on the periphery of the east city wall, forming a natural barrier.

The soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who were tired for a day, finally completed the task at nightfall, in order to reward them, the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army specially prepared a good meal, Hua'an naturally did not break his promise, and returned to the camp tent to give each of the soldiers a hare.

At this point, the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and even the entire Dongcheng were immersed in a warm atmosphere.