Hua An, Lei Storm, and Zhao Wu went to Erlong Mountain again to visit Han Huang and Ma Xiong, and explained their intentions.

Regarding Hua'an's proposal to borrow troops to attack Dangtu City, Han Huang and Ma Xiong readily agreed, and said that the soldiers under their command could fight at any time.

After a brief discussion, Hua'an decided to personally lead the Northern Expeditionary Army with 20,000 soldiers and horses to storm the west gate of Dangtu City that night, attracting all the main forces of the enemy army in the city to the vicinity of the west gate, while Han Huang and Ma Xiong led the soldiers and horses of Erlongshan to raid the city from the east gate after Hua'an attacked the city for half an hour.

After discussing the matter of sending troops, Hua'an, Thunderstorm, and Zhao Wu did not dare to stay too long, and immediately rode back to the camp and deployed various matters to attack the city at night.

And Han Huang and Ma Xiong did not dare to slack off, and after Hua'an and the three left, they immediately gathered their subordinates to prepare all kinds of equipment needed for the siege of the city.

The Northern Expeditionary Army pressed the border, and the soldiers of Zhao who defended Dangtu naturally entered a state of combat readiness, especially near the west gate wall of the Northern Expeditionary Army's camp, where at least half of the defenders were deployed.

At dusk, the 20,000 horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army were ready, and after sunset, Hua'an personally led the Northern Expeditionary Army to launch a strong attack on the west gate of Dangtu City.

"Beat the drums, march." Huaan yelled.

The deafening sound of war drums of "Dong Dong Dong ......" instantly broke the silence of the night.

Immediately afterwards, the well-trained soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army shouted and launched a strong attack on Dangtu City, and the ladders and siege vehicles were erected on the head of the city one after another.

In a fierce battle, both the enemy and us suffered heavy losses, and the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked the city again and again, but were repulsed by the enemy again and again.

Seeing that the offensive of the Northern Expeditionary Army was strong, the enemy's main general hurriedly transferred all the main forces in the city to the west gate to defend, and the remaining eastern, southern, and northern city gates were only left with more than 200 defenders, and the defense was very weak.

"Big brother, the strength of the enemy army defending the city has suddenly increased, and it seems that all the men and horses in the city have been reinforced." Wang San looked at the fierce battle on the city wall in front of him and sighed.

Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, looked at Wang San, and said, "It's time for the soldiers and horses of Erlong Mountain to attack, send a signal quickly." ”

"Signal." Wang San snorted.

Hearing the order, more than a dozen soldiers immediately lit the Kong Ming lantern that had been prepared long ago, and soon, the Kong Ming lantern rose and flew into the air.

Hua An looked up at the slowly rising Kong Ming lantern, and a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The chief general of the Zhao army, who was commanding the defense of the city on the city wall, saw the Kong Ming lantern rising in the Jin army's large array, and suddenly his heart was full of suspicions, and an inexplicable fear surged into his heart, making him tremble.

Han Huang and Ma Xiong, who led an army of 10,000, took advantage of the cover of night to quietly ambush outside the east gate of Dangtu City.

Seeing more than a dozen Kong Ming lanterns rising in the distance, Han Huang and Ma Xiong glanced at each other, and then stretched out their hands to make a move, and the soldiers under his command immediately got up and quietly approached in the direction of the east gate of Dangtu City.

When he was less than five hundred steps away from Tu Cheng and was about to enter the eyes of the defenders, Han Huang shouted: "Siege." ”

The 10,000 soldiers under his command immediately rushed out and killed Dangtu City at the fastest speed, and the shouting of killing was deafening.

At this time, when there were only two hundred defenders in the direction of the east gate of Tu City, they naturally could not defend against the surprise attack of 10,000 troops, and the battle did not last long, and Han Huang and Ma Xiong's soldiers and horses attacked Dang Tu City with a loss of less than one hundred killed.

After entering the city, Han Huang and Ma Xiong left only 500 soldiers to guard the east gate, and the rest of the men and horses were all killed in the direction of the west gate, and at the same time sent a signal to inform Hua'an that the city had been breached.

A Kong Ming lantern rose from inside Dangtu City, and soon rose into the air.

"Big brother, Kong Mingdeng, it seems that the East Gate has been broken by the soldiers and horses of Erlong Mountain." Wang San shouted excitedly.

"Hahaha! Great, that's great. Hua An also couldn't control his excitement a little, paused, looked at the city, and shouted: "Listen to the soldiers of the Zhao army, the east gate has been breached, and you will surrender as soon as possible." ”

Although the battlefield environment was noisy, Hua'an's voice was particularly majestic, and the soldiers on both sides of the city wall could hear it.

The enemy soldiers felt a little strange when they saw the Kong Ming lantern raised in the middle of the Northern Expeditionary Army, but now after listening to Hua'an's roar, they unconsciously believed a little bit in their hearts, and their morale was lowered, but the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army listened to it, but their morale was greatly boosted.

"General, East Gate...... The east gate has been breached by the enemy, and the city has been lost. A small soldier came from the direction of the east gate and said tremblingly.

"What, the east gate is missing, how many people are there in the enemy, tell me quickly." The enemy commander grabbed the minions by the collar and asked eagerly.

The little soldier immediately replied: "General Hui, there are 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they have already been killed." With that, he stretched out his hand and pointed back.

When the enemy commander heard this, he looked back, and immediately gasped, an army of more than 10,000 men and horses was killing in the direction of the West Gate.

Now, with 20,000 men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army attacking the city in front of the city, and 10,000 troops of Han Huang and Ma Xiong in the back, the enemy army defending the city can be said to be in a disadvantageous situation of being attacked on both sides.

"General, let's get out of here! If you don't leave, it's too late. "One of the generals made a road to the enemy's commander.

The commander of the enemy army shook his head and sighed secretly: "There are 30,000 deniers of grain and grass hoarded in the city, and there are countless weapons and materials of all kinds. ”

"General, now that the enemy army has captured the city, we can't send us to death in vain, keep our useful bodies and come back in a few days." A subordinate general explained.

The enemy commander thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! We fought out from the north gate, joined the army of Huaibei, and came back in a few days. ”

"Retreat, retreat in the direction of the North Gate." Seeing that the lord was relieved, several generals shouted and beckoned the soldiers to retreat in the direction of the north gate.

Seeing that the Zhao army defending the city was scattered to the north, Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth and said loudly: "Soldiers, the enemy army has collapsed, chase and kill the fleeing enemy, chase and kill the fleeing enemy." ”

"Kill, kill!" The morale of the Northern Expeditionary Army was greatly boosted, and 20,000 soldiers rushed to kill the scattered enemy army.

The soldiers and horses of Erlong Mountain who attacked the city, saw the enemy army at the west gate fleeing to the north, and also led the army to chase after it, and the two men and horses chased after it for a while, and chased the remnants of the enemy's defeated army out of the north gate before stopping.

Capture Dangtu City, the grain and grass and various military supplies in the city have naturally become the trophies of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the soldiers and horses of Erlong Mountain, Hua'an sent people to count it, there are more than 30,000 deniers of grain and grass alone, and there are more military supplies such as weapons and arrows.

In order to thank Han Huang and Ma Xiong for their great help, Hua'an decided to give up two-thirds of the spoils to the men and horses of Erlongshan, and the Northern Expeditionary Army only left one-third of the supplies.