Han Qian was also quite shocked, yesterday was still calm, but today he lost three cities in a row, what worried him the most was that the forward of the peach leopard had crossed the Huaishui, which disrupted Han Qian's original plan to rely on the Huaishui to block the enemy's attack.

The plan can never catch up with the changes, since the matter has happened, it is useless to complain, Han Qian turned his head to look at the generals, and ordered: "The generals listen to the order, the whole army accelerates forward, crosses the pond in front, camps in Dongcheng, and scouts explore again." ”

"Yes, General." The generals and scouts agreed.

The army quickly crossed the pond and set up a large camp outside the eastern city, and according to Han Qian's request, 5,000 of them were stationed in the eastern city to assist the less than 1,000 defenders of the eastern city to defend the city.

And the scouts of the whole army, according to Han Qian's request, went to the Dangtu area to search and investigate.

Losing three cities in a row, such a serious matter spread quickly in the army, and the pro-military camp where Hua'an was naturally known to everyone.

There was already a strong smell of gunpowder smoke in front of them, which made Huaan and Thunderstorm extremely excited, and everyone was gearing up, ready to do a big job.

"Big brother, there is already a fight ahead, when will we attack." Thunderstorm paced in the tent, and it was clear that he was already impatient.

Zhao Wu, Tie Niu and Wang San were no better, they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, eager to fly to Dangtu immediately and fight with the Hu army.

Although Hua An sat quietly on the edge of the bed, his heart had already turned upside down, and his mind was the same as that of Thunderstorm and the other four, and he couldn't wait for the army to go out immediately.

"You wait here, big brother go and ask the Lord for his life." Hua An said and walked out of the military tent.

"Great, big brother, please order, the Lord will definitely agree." Behind him, there was the excited chatter and laughter of Tie Niu and others.

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The atmosphere before the war was extremely tense, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, officers above the rank of lieutenant were holding their breath and listening carefully to Han Qian's analysis of the situation of the enemy and us.

The spirit of each officer was highly concentrated, and from time to time an officer stood up to point out the shortcomings of Han Qian's strategy to resist the enemy, and said suggestions for improvement, and Han Qian listened patiently and carefully.

After all, war is not child's play, it is a major matter related to the life and death of the country, and Han Qian does not dare to have any negligence and slackness.

An hour later, the generals left the Chinese army's tent in turn, while Han Qian stood in front of the military map, carefully combing through the various opinions put forward by the generals.

"Master, Hua'an is here to ask for battle." As soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, Hua'an directly hugged his fists and asked for his life.

Han Qian was stunned when he heard this, his eyes slowly left the map, looked at Hua'an, and said: "Please fight, with the four hundred soldiers of your department, Peach Leopard is the army of 60,000 tigers and wolves." ”

Hua An smiled and explained: "Master, Hua An means to lead his troops to investigate the area around Dangtu, and by the way, take the scouts in front. ”

"Oh." Han Qian frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded: "That's fine, but you have to remember that when you encounter a large number of soldiers and horses of the Zhao State, you must not be strong." ”

"Yes, don't worry, master." After Hua An finished speaking, he walked away from the Chinese army's tent.

"This kid, I can't hold my breath." After Hua An left, Han Qian shook his head with a smile.

Although the Northern Expeditionary Army had 30,000 people, there were only more than 4,000 war horses, and in addition to the 3,000 regular cavalry that had been reorganized, most of the infantry were on foot from the brigade commander down.

But Hua'an's pro-soldier battalion is Han Qian's guards, and it is a model for the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, so naturally everyone has horses.

After Hua'an asked for his life, he led 400 soldiers of the left brigade of the pro-military battalion to ride their horses and move quickly in the direction of Dangtu.

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When Tu Chengchi was short, and the defenders were only more than 500 people, seeing the black pressure of the Peach Leopard army, the captain in charge of the garrison saw that the enemy army was strong, and immediately led 500 people to flee from Dangtu and run towards Shouchun, and the Peach Leopard captured Dangtu City without blowing away.

Within one day, several cities were counted, but the casualties of his subordinates were less than 1,000, such a brilliant result made the peach leopard very happy, and repeatedly sent fast horses to report the victory to Yecheng.

At this time, he stood on the city wall, looked at the entire Dangtu City, and said to the generals behind him: "Our army captured Dangtu City without a single soldier, and the Jin army fled without a fight, what do the generals think is the reason." ”

A subordinate general hugged his fists and said: "It is the general who has a good command and divides the troops to attack, and the Jin people have not yet come to their senses, and the army has already come to the city." ”

"The combat strength of the Jin army is not strong, and when I saw the general's Daxu, I was already broken, so I naturally fled without a fight." Another ministry general added.

"Hahahaha!" Under the compliments of several capable generals, Tao Leopard laughed happily, stroked his beard, and said fiercely: "If the general's expectation is good, the Jin people have already known that our army will send troops, but the general will send troops to attack half a month in advance, the Jin army is not prepared, and the front-line troops are so thin, it will naturally be defeated." ”

"General, according to this method of fighting, within half a month, our army can capture the entire Huainan and drive the Jin people back to the south of the river." One of the generals said loudly.

"Half a month, it's too light for the enemy." Peach Leopard glanced at the general, and said in a deep voice: "There are many famous generals in the Jin army, and just one Han Qian makes the general quite jealous, and he must not be careless." ”

"Yes, General, the last general remembers."

"Report ......" a herald rushed in.

"General Qiyu, two generals, Zhang Ju and Wang Lang, have crossed the Huaishui, and the 20,000 troops have joined forces in one place, and they have come to the foot of Shouchun City."

When Peach Leopard heard this, his eyes lit up, and he shouted: "Okay, great, Shouchun is an important town in Jiangbei, and now it is surrounded by my large army, and I have ordered Zhang Ju and Wang Lang to camp ten miles outside Shouchun City, only besiege and not attack, and at the same time beware of the reinforcements of the Jin army, I can't be careless." ”

"Yes, General." The herald received the order and quickly left.

"General, why don't you just capture Shouchun."

The corner of the peach leopard's mouth smiled fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "Shouchun is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are quite a lot of defenders, when the defeated soldiers of Tu Zhucheng also rushed to Shouchun, now, the defenders are at least five thousand, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses if it rashly attacks, it is better to besiege first, and wait for the food in the city to run out, but it can be self-defeating, this general will lead the main force all the way to the south, and attack Liyang City, as long as Liyang is broken, the Jin army will be cold, and Huainan County will be all my big Zhao." ”

"The general's clever plan, I admire it." The generals behind the peach leopard complimented in unison.

"Hahahaha!" The peach leopard looked up and laughed, as if victory was at hand.

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More than 400 soldiers of the left brigade of the pro-military camp, under the leadership of Hua'an, rode all the way to the north, and at sunset had arrived at Yinling, Yinling is a small city, the defenders were less than 500, the location was just between Dangtu and Dongcheng, because it was late, Hua'an decided to enter the city for the time being to rest, and then marched to Dangtu early the next morning.

As soon as he entered the city, Hua'an found a large number of refugees, and only after asking did he learn that Dangtu had been lost, although this was already expected, but seeing so many refugees homeless, Hua'an's heart still couldn't help but throb.

In particular, these refugees were in a hurry to flee and did not bring enough salutes, and at this time, driven by hunger, they robbed the shops along the streets like robbers, causing considerable chaos.

Once the people lose the most basic survival guarantee, they will burst out with terrible destructive power, and Hua'an is helpless for the banditry of these refugees.

In front of him was an abandoned barracks, Hua An Lema, turned around and ordered: "The whole army enters the front barracks, rests for the night, and sets off early tomorrow morning." ”

The 400 soldiers of the "......" rode their horses into the long-abandoned barracks.

Although it is an abandoned military camp, fortunately, the most basic houses and beds are there, and the scale is not small, enough to garrison thousands of troops, and it is naturally more than enough to accommodate Hua'an's four hundred subordinates.

The Yinling garrison, who was in charge of guarding the city, saw that Hua'an and the others were the personal soldiers of Han Qian, the general of Pingbei, but they stooped down in the abandoned barracks, hurriedly and politely sent wine and meat, and came to greet him in person.

"All the soldiers came to the Yin Tomb, but they stooped down here to rest, and they really didn't want to go in their hearts, these wine and meat are filial to the soldiers, and I hope to accept them." The Yin Tomb guard said politely.

When Hua An heard this, he felt quite comfortable in his heart, this Yin Tomb garrison did not put on a little official stand, and called himself 'under the bottom' instead of 'the general or the official', which undoubtedly shortened the distance with Hua An and others, which made people feel more cordial.

"The garrison is polite, we are all rough people, and it is the same wherever we live, as for the wine and food, since the adults have sent it, Hua'an is disrespectful, thank you."

"Oh, it turned out to be General Hua." The Yinling garrison complimented, and then asked: "I don't know when the main army of the imperial court will be able to reach Yinling, the tens of thousands of troops of the general of Zhao Guo Taobao are not far away, and the Yinling garrison is less than five hundred, so they can't resist it at all." ”

After the Yin Ling garrison finished speaking, he frowned and frowned, waiting for Hua An's answer expectantly.

The corners of Hua An's mouth smiled indifferently, it turned out that this was the real purpose of the Yin Tomb garrison here, he wanted to hear the movements of the imperial army from Hua An's mouth, so as to make plans as soon as possible.

If the imperial army immediately reinforces Yinling and the army is strong, he will naturally make every effort to rectify the city defense and make a plan to defend it to the death. If the imperial army had no intention of reinforcing the Yin Tomb, he would immediately pack up and be ready to flee at any time.

Of course, his plan is also helpless, after all, the Yinling garrison only has 500 people, while the Chinese army of Taobao has 40,000 people, the strength is too different, and resistance means death.

"The garrison has won the award, Hua'an is only a captain, not a general." Hua An said politely first, and then said: "The 30,000 main forces of my Northern Expeditionary Army have been stationed in Dongcheng, and they can arrive at Yinling in two days at most. ”

"The main force of the army has arrived in Dongcheng, so you can rest assured in the next place, and the soldiers will rest early and take their leave." After the Yin Ling garrison finished speaking, he clenched his fists slightly, and turned to leave.

"Don't send it, adults go slowly." Hua An said politely.

After the Yinling garrison left, Hua An snatched the wine jar in Tie Niu's hand and reprimanded loudly: "I've drunk the whole jar, and I'm still drinking." ”

"Big brother, let me take a few more sips." Iron Bull clearly didn't drink enough.

"Nope." Hua An glanced at Tie Niu, looked at the generals, and said loudly: "I have to get up early tomorrow, and the soldiers will go back to the house to rest immediately after eating."