For the great cause of the Northern Expedition, the Great Jin Dynasty has been intensively preparing for more than a year, how can such a large-scale Northern Expedition plan be hidden from the eyes of the spies of Zhao State.

After the Great Jin Dynasty set the national policy of the Northern Expedition, the Zhao spies lurking in the south of the Yangtze River learned of this plan in only a few months, and reported the situation to Shi Hu, the king of Zhao.

Shi Hu was naturally furious when he learned about it, but the failure of the Northern Expedition to Murong Hao greatly injured the vitality of Zhao State, and the soldiers were a little war-weary, so Shi Hu had to endure it and temporarily recuperate, and a year later, he began to secretly gather elite soldiers to prepare for a bloody battle with the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Jin State.

At this time, the 100,000 elite soldiers of Zhao State were already ready in Yuzhou, which was close to the Great Jin, and the news that Mao Bao's lone army went deep into Yicheng had just entered Yecheng, and Shi Hu immediately ordered Kui An to be the governor of the capital, leading five generals such as Shi Jian, Shi Min, and Li Nong, to send troops to attack the Great Jin.

The five generals each led 10,000 elites, and the troops were divided into five routes to attack the northern border of Jingzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty, and Kui An led the remaining 50,000 horses to respond from behind.

At the same time, Shi Hu, the king of Zhao Tian, who was sitting in Yecheng, inspected the elite soldiers in Yecheng, and for the shame of two defeats in Yixue, Shi Hu decided to drive the expedition in person and personally led the troops to attack the Great Jin.

At this time, Kui'an's 100,000 horses were already pressing towards the northern border of Jingzhou, and they would soon fight with the main force of more than 100,000 Jingzhou troops led by Yu Liang himself.

The 100,000 horses of Yan and Qing also confronted the elite of the 50,000 or 60,000 Jin troops in the north of Yangzhou near Guangling County.

And Huainan County, which was sandwiched between the four prefectures of Jing, Yang, Henan, and Xu, became an empty area for guards, and this weak link was naturally discovered by Shi Hu.

Shi Hu made up his mind to personally lead the elite of the country to open a bloody road from Huainan County, and the soldiers pointed directly at Jiankang, the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty.

In fact, in addition to being the weak link in the defense of the Jin army, more importantly, this is the place where the Peach Leopard army failed a few years ago, the Peach Leopard is Shi Hu's right-hand man, and the Jin Army's defeat of the Peach Leopard is equivalent to a heavy slap in the face of Shi Hu, and this Qiu Shihu has been hating for two years.

Now, the opportunity for revenge has come, and Shi Hu decided to lead Taobao and other generals to completely level Huainan County and be ashamed.

Last year's northern expedition to Yan, Zhao's 300,000 army was defeated by the Yan army of less than 100,000 because of the difficulty in supplying grain and grass, which made Shi Hu realize that the soldiers were not many but fine, and too many soldiers would cause difficulties in supply, which was extremely unfavorable to the war.

For this reason, Shi Hu only ordered 100,000 troops in this imperial expedition, and 40,000 were stationed in Yuzhou, which was close to Huainan, in case of emergency, and only 60,000 elites crossed Huaishui to attack the Great Jin.

These 60,000 elites are all Longteng guards, all of them are blonde and blue-eyed, tiger-backed warriors, and they can be described as the most elite power in Shi Hu's hands.

After reviewing the elite soldiers in Yecheng, Shi Hu personally led this hundred battle heroes to Huainan County, while Kui'an, who was in Yuzhou, directly led 100,000 elites to attack the northern border of Jingzhou.

The vanguard of the five roads has been pressed to the southwest, Kui'an led 50,000 troops to the Jin army occupied by the city of Yicheng, at a distance of 200 miles from the city, Kui'an's army was discovered by the Jin army scouts.

"General, there are still two hundred miles in Yicheng according to this, and the last general will build a cavalry raid, and he will definitely be able to capture Yicheng in one battle, and the Jin army will be defeated." A ministry general will build yì to Kui'an.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Kui'an's mouth, and said: "Cavalry raid, big break the Jin army, okay, General Zhang, you immediately lead 20,000 cavalry and rush to attack Yicheng."

"The last will obey." The general Zhang Raccoon clenched his fists and led the order.

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Mao Bao and Fan Jun, who were in Yicheng, learned that the 50,000 troops of Zhao State were coming, and naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked Yu Liang who sent someone to Wuchang City for help, begging the main force to cross the river for reinforcements as soon as possible.

At the same time, all the thousands of troops occupying the surrounding villages and towns were withdrawn, and all the grain and grass and other materials outside the city were transported back to the city, preparing to defend the city.

"General Mao, according to the scout's report, the 50,000 horses of the enemy general Kui'an are still 200 miles away, and there are at least three or four days to go before Yicheng, which is enough for us to prepare calmly." Xiyang Taishou Fan Jun said.

When Mao Bao heard this, he nodded and said: "What Lord Fan said is very true, three or four days is enough for the general to arrange the city defense, today, it is late, and the soldiers are tired, let them rest for a night, tomorrow and the next two days to arrange the city defense, and the enemy army must be blocked under the city, waiting for the reinforcements of Lord Yu." ”

"That's very good, General Mao, this official will go and prepare." Fan Jun turned around and left after speaking.

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Yu Liang opened the letter and saw that Kui'an's 50,000 army was still two hundred miles north of Yicheng, and he couldn't help but feel a little careless.

He believed that with a strong city and a fierce general like Mao Bao and 10,000 elite soldiers guarding it, it would be difficult for Kui'an's 50,000 troops to break through the city, and there was no need to send reinforcements immediately.

So, Yu Liang wrote a letter back, asking Mao Bao and Fan Jun to stick to the city, and be sure to wait for the arrival of reinforcements, and at the same time, send the troops back to the capital to urge grain and grass.

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Zhang Xiang, the general of the Kui'an Department, led 20,000 cavalry, rushed to the city at the fastest speed, and did not stop too much along the way, the army galloped for a whole day, and finally arrived at the city of Yicheng in the middle of the night.

Seeing that the Jin army on the city wall was lax, Zhang Raccoon immediately made a decision and immediately sent troops to attack the city at night, and 20,000 cavalry took materials on the spot, made cloud ladders and simple battering rams, and launched a strong attack on the lax defense of the city.

At this time, most of the defenders of Yicheng who had been tired for a day were in their dreams, because they did not expect the enemy army to come so quickly, there were not many archers on the city wall.

Sporadic bows and arrows returned fire, causing only a small amount of damage to the besieging enemy troops, and these few archers were also suppressed by the archers of the enemy army under the city, making it difficult to attack calmly.

Knowing that the enemy army attacked the city at night, the guard general Mao Bao hurriedly put on his armor and prepared to lead the army to meet the enemy, and the soldiers in the city were also pleasantly surprised from their sleep, put on their clothes indiscriminately, picked up weapons and poured out.

In the city, there was a mess all of a sudden, and the officers of the battalions and teams could not find the soldiers under their command, and many of the weapons in the hands of the soldiers were not what they were good at.

"Soldiers, don't mess up, don't mess up." Mao Bao shouted hoarsely for a long time, and the team gradually became neat.

But at this time, the north gate city wall has been occupied by the enemy, dozens of soldiers defending the city are all killed, and then the city gate is also opened, and the black Zhao cavalry galloped into the city from the north gate.

"General, the north gate is lost, and the enemy iron cavalry is swarming." A bloodied soldier ran over to report to Mao Bao.

Mao Bao's eyes were stunned, and he shouted: "Soldiers, follow me out and beat all the enemy back." ”

"Kill ......" Mao Bao led the main force of the department to kill in the direction of the north gate.