When Thunderstorm heard this, he replied angrily: "The cavalry is faster than the infantry, but the rebels have not run far, and when they see that our army is full of cavalry, they burrow into the woods, the woods are very dense, and the cavalry cannot enter at all, and our army is not familiar with the nearby terrain, so they do not dare to dismount and pursue." ”

"Well, poor Kou Mo chasing, thunderstorm, you are doing the right thing, right now, as long as our army firmly controls Jiaozhi City, the rebels will not be able to set off any storms." Huaan did not seem to be worried about the tens of thousands of rebels fleeing.

"Big brother, what should we do next, we can't wait in Jiaozhi City!" Iron Bull asked.

Hua An looked at the dense buildings in Jiaozhi City, frowned and said: "Right now, there are three things that our army has to do, first, there are nearly 100,000 people in the city, both Central Plains and South Vietnamese, and there may even be hidden rebel soldiers who have taken off their armor, so that the soldiers can be vigilant, thunderstorm, you will lead the soldiers under your command to conduct a house-to-house inventory tomorrow, and you must not let go of a rebel." ”

"Yes, don't worry, big brother, leave it to me." Thunderstorm agreed.

Hua An nodded, and continued: "Second, the soldiers are a little unaccustomed, and the sick soldiers are more than one day at a time, so it is not okay to go on like this, let the sick soldiers rest well, and at the same time, buy more medicinal materials to prevent diseases from the pharmacies in the city, so that the soldiers of the whole army can take them, and also, open up a school field in the city, so that the soldiers can train more to enhance their physique, Wang San, this matter is handed over to you." ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang San responded.

Hua An looked up at the dense woods outside Jiaozhi City, paused, and said: "Third, our army occupies Jiaozhi City, that is, it is pinched on the grain road of the rebels, and the rebels will definitely pass through the vicinity to transport grain to the north, Zhao Wu, Tie Niu, you two, from tomorrow you will lead your subordinates out of the city to hunt, and reconnoiter the terrain within a radius of twenty miles of Jiaozhi City, you must be detailed, even a small ditch must not be let go, understand?" ”

"Don't worry, big brother, it's up to us." Zhao Wu and Tie Niu responded loudly.

After all, the Northern Expeditionary Army is an army, and it is not a problem to fight, but the people who rule the state city and make the people obey the law are not as good as the experienced state officials, besides, the main force of the rebels still exists, and the Northern Expeditionary Army has to concentrate on dealing with the rebels, and there is not much energy to manage the people of the state city.

After the notice was posted, almost all the officials in Yuanzhou City, except for those killed by the rebels, came out, and Hua'an kept his promise to reinstate all of them, let them perform their duties, and manage the people of Zhoucheng well.

For several days, with the full cooperation of the officials of the state town and the various departments of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the city of Jiaozhi was in order, and there were no vicious incidents such as disturbances by the people.

For some rebel soldiers hidden in the homes of the people, although Hua'an sent his subordinates to capture them, he did not kill them, but served them with good wine and meat, and personally explained to them from time to time the imperial grace of the Great Jin Dynasty, so that they could realize that the rebellion was wrong and could not be victorious.

Although these rebel soldiers were barbarians, after Hua'an's repeated education and reform, most of them realized their mistakes and said that they would never rebel again.

Hua An let these rebel soldiers who realized their mistake go and let them go in and out of Cochin City, without the slightest fear that they would become the rebels' minions again.

And for those diehards who do not repent, Hua'an is also extremely tolerant, and asks his subordinates to explain the royal law of the Great Jin Dynasty to them many times a day until they repent.

In these few days, the rebels defeated by the Northern Expeditionary Army did not stop, they would sneak into the vicinity of Jiaozhi City at night every day, intending to find an opportunity to recapture Jiaozhi City, but the Northern Expeditionary Army was extremely well defended, and, at night, no matter what happened outside the city, the Northern Expeditionary Army held the city and never went out of the city lightly, and the rebels could not find a chance to defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army, so they had to give up recapturing Jiaozhi City.

But there are 60,000 main forces in the direction of Guilin County, and this army consumes a lot of grain and grass every day, and now, Jiaozhi City, this transit station for transporting grain and grass has been controlled by the Northern Expeditionary Army, and they can't find any good way for a while, so they have to make two plans, first, take advantage of the characteristics of the Northern Expeditionary Army not going out of the city at night, so that the convoy transporting grain and grass can quietly pass through the periphery of Jiaozhi City at night, so as to support the main force in the direction of Guilin County, and second, tell the main general in the direction of Guilin County truthfully. Let him know the fact that Jiaozhi City was controlled by the Jin army, and let it gradually retreat, find the right time to get rid of the Jin army in the direction of Guilin County, increase the direction of Jiaozhi City, and then march north after capturing Jiaozhi City and eliminating the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The rebels' wishful thinking is quite loud, but these have long been within Hua'an's expectations, since the capture of Jiaozhi City, Hua'an has been thinking about the rebels' next possible move, and the main force of the front line to return to help and use the night to quietly transport food, these strategies have long been conceived by Hua'an.

To this end, Hua'an stepped up the construction of city defenses on the one hand to resist a possible large-scale attack by the rebels, and on the other hand, it also specially issued an order that the Northern Expeditionary Army defending the city should not leave the city at night, so that the rebels could safely and boldly transport food at night.

Of course, it is impossible for Hua'an to let the rebels really transport the army's grain through Jiaozhi City, this is just to confuse the rebels, Hua'an's real purpose is to rob the rebels' grain and grass, after all, the grain and grass brought by the Northern Expeditionary Army itself is not very sufficient, and it is a little bit to grab a little.

In order to find out the time and scale of the rebels' grain transport, all the guides in General Hua'an were sent out, and some of the reformed rebel soldiers were heavily encircled, and they were all sent to the south of Jiaozhi City to reconnoiter to determine the exact information of the rebels' grain transport.

At the same time, Hua'an also analyzed the possible grain transportation routes of the rebels according to the topographic map around Jiaozhi City drawn by his subordinates, and after some careful deliberation, it was finally determined that there were two grain transportation channels for the rebels, which were located in the east and west directions of Jiaozhi City, among them, the grain transportation channel in the west of Jiaozhi City was rugged and difficult, and only a small amount of military grain could be transported, and a large amount of grain and grass was difficult to transport, while the conditions of the grain transportation channel in the east of Jiaozhi City were much better, and a large amount of grain could be transported.

The main force of the rebels has 60,000 horses, and the demand for grain and grass is very high, so the convoy carrying grain will definitely pass through the passage in the east of Jiaozhi City.

A few days later, the guide sent out to deliver the news that thousands of grain wagons of the rebels had arrived twenty miles south of the city of Jiaozhi, and that nearly 40,000 horses of the rebels were stationed there.