Hua An nodded and said, "Yes!" The so-called father must have his son, Shi Hu is barbaric and brutal, indiscriminately killing innocents, how good can his children and grandchildren be? ”

"Big brother, there is such a heavy rebellion in the direction of Yecheng, isn't this a good opportunity for our army's Northern Expedition? Is it time for our army to do it? Wang Sanzheng asked.

Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Yecheng is in chaos, and the Zhao army in Guanzhong is less than 100,000, this is indeed a good opportunity for our army's Northern Expedition, and we can mobilize troops." ”

Wang San was overjoyed when he heard this, and said excitedly: "Big brother, our army can finally move troops, do you want to give an order to the four partial divisions immediately?" ”

Hua An nodded and said: "Immediately order, let Chen Poyu, Chen Zhanhu, Li Liang, and Zhuge Xiong immediately march into the army, and the main force of our army will set off early tomorrow morning and go to Shichang City, preparing to kill out of Qishan, first take Tianshui and Luoyang two counties, and then enter the land of Guanzhong." ”

"Yes, big brother, I'll give the order." Wang San said, turned around and left the big tent.

Not long after Wang San left, a personal soldier rushed in and immediately reported: "General Qiyu, Master Zhang, who went to Liangguo to borrow troops, has returned and has now arrived in Shouyang City. ”

"Oh, Zhang Yu is back, great, by the way, how about borrowing soldiers, how many soldiers and horses did King Liang borrow." Hua'an is most concerned about how Zhang Yu's task is completed.

The soldiers clasped their fists and reported: "General Hui, General Xie Ai of Liangguo led three thousand elites to walk with Lord Zhang. ”

Hearing that there were only 3,000 elites, Hua'an couldn't help but feel a little little, but since Xie Ai had already come, the number of people and horses no longer mattered, sacrificing the two counties of Longxi and Nan'an. It will be worth it in exchange for one.

Hua An thought for a moment and ordered: "You immediately hurry up and go to Xiangwu City, tell Zhang Yu and Xie Ai that you don't have to go to Wudu City, just attack directly from the main road to Tianshui County, and join our army in Ji County." ”

"Yes, General." Hearing the order, the soldiers turned around and left the big tent.

A few days later, Hua An led more than 100,000 men and horses to Shichang City at the foot of Qishan Mountain, and joined the 5,000 men and horses in the city. So far. The main army under Hua'an has reached 50,000, the reserve corps is 60,000, and the baggage battalion is thousands, such a huge force. As long as you go all out to kill Tianshui County. The little troops left behind by Zhao Guo could not be resisted.

When the army of Hua'an arrived in Sichang City. The rest of the four deviant divisions had also set out from the designated position and crossed the Qinling Mountains step by step along the steep road. Heading in the direction of Guanzhong.

The three thousand elites of Xie Ai's department have also arrived in Xiangwu City, and received an order from Hua'an, so they directly marched eastward, conquered Xinxing and Zhongtao several cities one after another, and killed them in the direction of Jicheng.

When the soldiers and horses of Hua'an were actively preparing for war, Shi Bao, the king of Leping, who was sitting in Guanzhong, was thinking about how to seize the throne.

Chang'an City is peaceful and prosperous on the surface, but in fact it is a turbulent undertide, in the palace, Leping Wang Shibao gathered all his subordinates, ready to discuss the capture of Yecheng.

Ma Qiu, Yao Guo, Shi Guang, Cao Yao and other subordinates all gathered in the main hall of the palace, and all looked sideways at Shi Bao.

Shi Bao looked at his subordinates, and said: "Generals, adults, the first emperor died not long ago, and Shi Zun killed the monarch to stand on his own, this is a great rebellion, Pei Wang Shi Chong led the army to rebel, but the army was defeated and died, this king wants to lead the soldiers and horses in the pass to kill Yecheng, eliminate Shi Zun, and avenge Shi Shi, what do you think?" ”

"King Leping, this must not be! King Pei raised troops to kill Yecheng, which has already made my Great Zhao suffer heavy losses, if the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong kill to Yecheng again, my Great Zhao's losses will be even stricter, in case of foreign invasion, the consequences are unimaginable. Zuo Changshi Shiguang strongly admonished.

"Yes! King Leping, they are all descendants of the former emperor, they are born from the same root, why are they in such a hurry! Sima Cao Yao also strongly advised.

Shi Bao was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "Since they are born from the same root, why did Shi Zun disregard family affection, kill the monarch and seize the throne, and kill my younger brother Shi Shi, shouldn't such a tyrant die?" ”

"King Leping, people can't be resurrected after death, and the dead are gone, so don't kill anymore." Shi Guang persuaded loudly.

Shi Bao was even more furious, and shouted: "This king's rebellion is a move that conforms to the will of heaven and the will of the people, you actually said that it was a killing, hateful, come and pull Shi Guang out and cut it down." ”

"King Leping is angry, Lord Shi is also loyal, and he hopes to be lightly dismissed." Sima Cao Yao pleaded.

"Hmph, the intercessor is guilty of the same crime, and he pulled it out and cut it together." Shibao shouted.

Soon, the prince's own soldiers pulled Shi Guang and Cao Yao out and killed them, and in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, Shi Bao sent people to kill all the three clans of the two.

Seeing Shi Bao's angry face, everyone in the hall did not dare to intercede anymore, and no longer objected to Shi Bao's attack on Yecheng.

"Report, King Leping, the scouts have returned, the Jin army has killed from the border, there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, Xie Ai of Liangguo, who led 3,000 soldiers from the west, and the two counties of Longxi and Nan'an have fallen." At this moment, the soldiers entered the main hall and reported extremely bad news.

When Shi Bao heard this, he couldn't help but regret it greatly, he killed two subordinates in a fit of anger just now, but the current situation did not allow him to lead the army to Yecheng, and he had to gather men and horses to resist the attack of the Jin army, and even had to report to Yecheng and beg for reinforcements.

Ma Qiu, one of the generals, heard that Xie Ai of Liangguo was also coming, and couldn't help but be so frightened that his legs were weak, he knew that with the main force of the Jin army and Xie Ai's soldiers and horses, Guanzhong would definitely not be able to hold it, for this reason, he hugged his fists and said: "King Leping, the enemy is outnumbered, and the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong alone are not enough to resist the main force of the Jin army, and now there is only borrowing troops from Yecheng." ”

Ma Qiu's words were a huge irony to Shi Bao, after all, Shi Bao had just planned to lead the Guanzhong army to kill Yecheng, but now, not only could he not implement it, but he also had to borrow troops from Yecheng, didn't he let him slap his face?

"General Ma, I still have an army of 100,000 in the pass, as long as I hold the checkpoint, I can completely block the attack of the Jin army, why borrow troops from the rebels, General Ma, you lead an army of 30,000 to resist the enemy in the west, General Yao, you lead 30,000 horses to resist the enemy in the south, and this king sits in Chang'an and responds to all parties." Shi Bud gave the order loudly.

"Yes, King Leping." The generals had no choice but to take the order and turn away from the palace.

After the generals left, Shi Bao was very scared, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold the pass, so he quietly wrote a letter to the direction of Yecheng, and sent his henchmen to Yecheng to ask for reinforcements.

After receiving the order, Ma Qiu stationed the main force in the direction of Jieting, because this is the only place for the main force of the Jin army to enter Guanzhong, and holding the Jieting can prevent the main force of the Jin army from entering Guanzhong.

Yao Guo stationed the main forces in Chencang and Yixian, because these two positions were the exits of Chencang Road and Bao Chuan Road, and if they held these two cities, they could block the Jin army from entering Guanzhong from Chen Cang Road and Bao Chuan Road.

The two Jin armies of Luogu Road and Meridian Road are personally defended by Shi Bao, especially Meridian Road, the road is very steep, and there are many checkpoints, and the difficulty of defense is greatly reduced, which is not conducive to the attacking side.

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In the direction of Shichang City, Hua'an personally led the main army, out of Qishan, all the way to Jicheng, and arrived at the city of Jicheng a few days later.

At this time, the Zhao army in the city of Ji left less than 3,000 troops, such a small number of soldiers and horses are naturally not the opponent of the Jin army of more than 100,000 horses, for this reason, Hua'an has not yet attacked, the Zhao army in the city fled most of the time, and the rest of the men and horses also opened the city gate to surrender to the Jin army.

Because Jicheng was once occupied by Hua'an's people, the nobles and people in the city knew Hua'an very well and knew that Hua'an's arrival would not harm their vested interests.

Within a radius of 100 miles around Jicheng, the heroes of the cities and villages and towns killed the officials sent by the Zhao State one after another in response to the arrival of the Jin army.

It didn't take long for Xie Ai and Zhang Yu's men and horses to arrive at Linwei City, and join up with Hua'an's main force to prepare to capture Linwei City.

There are not many Zhao soldiers and horses in Linwei City, and they are only 5,000 people, but the people here do not know much about the Jin army, so a large number of people help the Zhao army garrison the city wall, so that the strength of the city is as high as 20,000.

In order to reduce casualties, Hua'an once again showed his secret weapon, black powder, and sent Yang An and Zhao Wu's 40,000 main troops and horses to besiege the city on all sides, to show his strength in front of Xie Ai.

Xie Ai had heard of the black powder of the Jin army, but had never seen it with his own eyes, and this time, Hua An let him personally witness the power of the black powder siege, and Xie Ai decided to take a good look at it.

In order to create a shocking effect and make the Zhao army defending the city afraid, Hua'an not only wanted to blow up the city gate this time, but to blow up the entire city gate tower, and it was best to blow up the city walls on both sides of the city.

I saw a row of iron siege vehicles, slowly moving towards the city gate, and on the top of each iron siege vehicle, there was enough black powder, and the dose of each car was enough to blow open the city gate.

The dose of several siege vehicles was enough to blow up the entire city gate, thus opening the way into the city.

Xie Ai and the generals of the Liang Army under his command all looked intently in the direction of the city gate, they wanted to see the power of black powder with their own eyes.

Soon, several siege engines arrived at the city gate, and the Jin soldiers took out the black powder from the siege vehicles and stacked them all on the city gate.

A large amount of black powder was piled together, as tall as a man, and the Jin soldiers connected the leads, and then pushed the iron siege engine and slowly retreated to the outside of the city gate, and hid in the corner of the city wall.

As the fuse was ignited, a wisp of sparks rolled towards the city gate.

A series of loud noises of "boom, boom......, boom and boom" blew up the city gate tower of Linwei City, and the wooden pillars on the city gate tower were blown to pieces. (To be continued......)