Seeing that Yang An was willing to give up Qiu Chi and support the return of Wudu and Yinping to the Great Jin, Hua Anxin was very happy and thought that this was an excellent opportunity to take the southern part of Qinzhou.

"If you can recover Wudu and Yinping County, even if you lose some people, the court will not blame." Hua An said softly that he planned to send troops to Qiu Chi.

When Yang An heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "General, the last general knows the terrain of Qiu Chi well, and when he enters Qiu Chi, the last general can be the vanguard." ”

"Okay, Yang An, the general will appoint you as the vanguard, and he can raise troops early tomorrow morning to kill Xiazhi City." Hua An ordered loudly.

"Yes, General." Yang An clenched his fists and took his life.

"Report, general, scout report, there is a cavalry of 3,000 men and horses rushing in the direction of Qiuchi, about thirty miles away from the camp." At this moment, a junior colonel came to report on the military situation.

"Three thousand men and horses, it must be the cavalry under Yang Jun, he is here to chase and kill the last general, the general, the last general is willing to lead the troops to meet the battle." When Yang An heard this, he immediately guessed that it was Yang Jun who sent him to chase and kill the soldiers and horses, and immediately stated that he wanted to fight.

Hearing this, Hua An thought for a while, looked at the map on the case, and said softly: "Starting from the camp and entering the five miles of Qiuchi is a valley, if you can ambush a soldier and horse here, you will definitely be able to encircle and annihilate Yang Jun's soldiers and horses in one fell swoop." After speaking, he looked at the generals in the tent.

"General, the Liangzhou Army is already waiting for the battle, ready to fight at any time." Chen Ting hurriedly clenched his fists and begged for his life.

"Big brother, our cavalry can attack from the front and cooperate with the Liangzhou Legion to encircle and annihilate the enemy." The thunderstorm also immediately asked for help.

Hua An nodded and ordered: "Chen Poyu led 3,000 troops to ambush on the left side of the valley, and Chen Anhu led 3,000 troops to ambush on the right side of the valley." General Chen Ting led 4,000 troops, with Yang An as the vanguard. Facing Yang Jun's army from the front, the Northern Expeditionary Army served as the reserve of the whole army. Always ready to support the front. ”

"The last general commands." All the generals clenched their fists together and immediately went to the camp to prepare.

Soon, all the men and horses were ready, and immediately went to the valley not far away to ambush, Hua An led the pro-military camp, the Wudang Fei Army, and the 10,000 cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army of Thunderstorm, walking at the back of the team, slowly marching towards the valley in front.

At dusk, the army of Chen Poyu and Chen Anhu had already set up an ambush on both sides of the valley. The 500 cavalry led by Yang An completely sealed the entrance to the valley, and Chen Ting's 4,000 army rested less than 100 paces behind Yang An's troops and horses, and the main army led by Hua An himself was still in a further position.

"Big brother, why did you teach Yang An and the Liangzhou Legion all the tasks of the battle, can you complete the tasks well with those new recruits?" Thunderstorm seems to have an opinion on the combat mission arranged by Huaan.

Hua An smiled. He said softly: "Yang An has just been attached, and he has a grudge against Yang Jun for killing his father, so naturally he will be allowed to fight, and the new recruits of the Liangzhou Legion have not long entered the camp. If you don't check it, how do you know how their combat power is, the eldest brother arranged it like this. It is to give them a chance to express xiàn in order to plough in the spring next year. Large-scale military expansion. ”

"Big brother has a plan to expand the army, how much. Is my cavalry in the expanding sequence? ”

Hua An replied softly: "The 10,000 horses under the command of Tie Niu have been expanded to 20,000, and the eldest brother intends to let you and the 10,000 horses under the command of Zhao Wu all be expanded to 20,000, so as to maintain the scale of the 60,000 army of my Northern Expeditionary Army, Chen Ting's Liangzhou Legion, the eldest brother will also expand by 20,000, and maintain the scale of the 30,000 horses of the Liangzhou Legion. With that, he looked up and looked ahead.

Thunderstorm was greatly surprised when he heard this, according to Hua'an's plan, after the spring ploughing next year, a new army of 50,000 will be expanded, so that Liangzhou and Qinzhou will have 80,000 main forces, plus 40,000 troops in Yizhou, the main combat corps under Hua'an will be as high as 120,000, and the strength will almost double.

"Big brother, expanding so many soldiers at once, is the weapons and armor enough? The pressure on military salaries and rations will also be very great, and if the military salaries allocated by the imperial court are insufficient, the soldiers will not go hungry. Thunderstorm said worriedly.

Hua An smiled, looked at the thunderstorm, and said easily: "You don't have to worry about this, the eldest brother has already agreed with Pu Tie, after the spring ploughing in the coming year, the weapons and armor needed by the 50,000 army will be ready, as for the military salary, Nanzheng Cheng has expanded so many workshops, and the taxes of these workshops alone are enough to make up for the military salary of the 50,000 army, and there is no need for the support of the imperial court at all, as for the military food, it is better to do, the expansion of Liangzhou's fertile land has reached tens of thousands of hectares, and the military food in our army's warehouse has been piled up, How could the soldiers go hungry? ”

"Great, big brother, if the 10,000 cavalry of our department is doubled, it will be 20,000 cavalry, so many soldiers and horses are enough to defeat any enemy." Thunderstorm couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

Hua An looked at the thunderstorm and said softly: "Wudu and Yinping two counties, the terrain is extremely important, the eldest brother plans to let you guard these two counties, Wudu and Yinping two counties are mainly mountainous, and there are many places where the cavalry is inconvenient to perform tasks, so, eldest brother, I plan to let your department expand by another 10,000 infantry, so as to make up for the lack of cavalry fighting in the mountains." ”

"Expand the infantry by 10,000, okay, the eldest brother said to expand the infantry, that is the infantry." Thunderstorm accepted it calmly.

Hua An looked ahead, thought for a moment, and said again: "As long as we take Qiu Chi, the territory controlled by our army will have three states, Tie Niu is stationed in Yizhou, Zhao Wu is stationed in Liangzhou, the west of Qinzhou is close to Tuyuhun, and the north is the place where Zhao and Liang are conquests. ”

"Big brother, don't worry, as long as I have a thunderstorm, I will definitely be able to defend Qinzhou." Thunderstorm Assurance.

Hearing this, Hua'an nodded reassuringly, at this time, the troops in Hua'an's hands are not very sufficient, only 70,000 troops, 40,000 are stationed in Yizhou, Liangzhou's 30,000 army, must leave Zhao Wu's 10,000 army to defend, can be used for Qiu Chi's troops are only 10,000 troops of thunderstorms, and Chen Ting has just formed 10,000 Liangzhou Army, capture Qiu Chi, these two armies are enough, but after capturing Qiu Chi, Hua'an will face Tuyuhun in the west and Zhao in the north at the same time, if these two armies work together to kill, Hua An thinks, With the current strength, it will not be able to hold it in any way.

According to reliable information, Yizhou's traitor Wang Oath and the puppet emperor Fan Ben have entered Tuyuhun and have been warmly received by Ye Yan, the leader of Tuyuhun, so it is difficult to guarantee that Tuyuhun will not help Wang Oath to attack Yizhou, and Qinzhou's Wudu and Yinping will most likely bear the brunt of the attack.

As for the Zhao State, it has always been an old enemy with the Great Jin Dynasty, and it has always been in a hostile state, and it seems that the Zhao State does not need any reason to attack Wudu and Yinping.

The only thing that is worth consoling is that there is a Liang State in the northwest of Qinzhou, and the monarch of the Liang State has always regarded himself as loyal and good, and has been a vassal to the Great Jin Dynasty for generations.

To this end, Hua'an wanted to vigorously expand its army and maintain a strong armed force on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also necessary to send envoys to the Liang State to form an alliance with the Liang State to jointly fight against Tuyuhun and Zhao.

Hua'an believes that with his own joining, the pressure on the Liang State will be less, as long as Hua'an's army and the Liangguo army rely on each other, they are fully capable of stabilizing the shape of the northwest of the country, and when the opportunity comes, the combined forces will capture the northern part of Qinzhou, and then enter the Guanzhong to take this land of hegemony.

The view at dusk is beautiful and spectacular, and the sunset shines obliquely over the valley, illuminating the dead grass throughout the valley even more golden.

After a continuous long-distance march, Yang Jun's three thousand men and horses arrived at the west side of the valley, and slowly stopped, less than five miles across the valley is the boundary of Liangzhou, Hua'an's Liangzhou army gathered at the border, Yang Jun has heard of it, therefore, he does not dare to chase further, in case Hua'an mistakenly thinks that the border is violated, the consequences will be more strict.

"It's all chased to the border, but we haven't caught up with Yang An, it seems that we can't catch up, let's go back to Xiafen City!" Yang Jun looked at the curved valley in front of him and said softly.

"General, since our army has chased here, why don't you go in and have a look? Maybe Yang An is hiding in the valley. "One of the generals hugged his fists.

Yang Jun nodded, looked at such a general, and ordered: "You immediately lead a hundred cavalry and enter the valley to check." ”

"Yes, General." The general commanded, led a hundred cavalry, rode into the crooked valley, and galloped all the way forward.

Although the valley was winding, it was not very far, less than two miles long, and soon, the 100 cavalry led by General Yang Jun met the 500 cavalry of Yang An's department at the exit on the east side of the valley.

As soon as Yang An saw Yang Jun's generals, he was furious, hurriedly pulled out his weapons, and ordered: "Soldiers, attack, kill." After saying that, he rode his horse and killed him.

Yang Jun's general only had one hundred light cavalry under his command, and naturally he was not the opponent of Yang An's five hundred iron cavalry.

Yang An pursued for a while, killing more than a dozen cavalry under Yang Jun's command, and then rode back and reassembled at the eastern entrance of the valley.

Hearing the sound of shouting and killing in the valley, Yang Jun on the west side of the valley mouth was taken aback, and looked around in horror to prevent being attacked by the enemy, but, judging from the shouting and killing, there were not many people and horses fighting in the valley, and the scale of a few hundred people was just a few hundred people, which made Yang Jun have a trace of luck, perhaps, Yang An was ambushed in the valley and played a psychological war with himself.

Soon, the fleeing general led a group of cavalry back to the western entrance of the valley and rode towards Yang Jun. (To be continued......)