"The emperor can rest assured, the last general will definitely go all out to kill the enemy and break the Hulu as soon as possible." Hua An replied confidently.

Looking at Hua'an's victorious attitude, Sima Yan was very happy, and blurted out: "The conquest general Mao Bao sacrificed his life for the country, and I now officially appoint you as the conquest general of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the post of captive general will be held by your lieutenant." ”

"Thank you, Emperor Longen." Hua An and Wang San hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Get up!" Sima Yan stretched out his hand and waved it lightly, then looked at Han Qian, and said, "General Han, when can the army go out." ”

Han Qian pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, now that most of the autumn harvest has passed, my army has all the food and food, and we can set off the day after tomorrow." ”

Sima Yan was overjoyed and said, "Okay, early the day after tomorrow, I will issue an order to let the Jingbei Navy battalion fully assist the general, and hundreds of ships will all be controlled by the general. ”

"Emperor Xie, the last general will definitely live up to his mission." Han Qian received the help of the navy, and his confidence was even stronger.

After discussing the specific details, Sima Yan retreated, while Han Qian and the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army rode back to the camp to prepare.

After spending the night in the mansion, Hua An said goodbye to his relatives and rode back to the camp.

The day before the expedition, all the generals above the commander of the large battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army gathered in the big tent, and Han Qian unfolded a huge map and issued an order to march to the generals.

In order to increase the speed of the march and reinforce Jingzhou as soon as possible, Han Qian decided to let the 30,000 horses of the Western Expedition go hand in hand in three ways and coordinate with each other.

The first group of men and horses marched west along the south bank of the river, the second group of men and horses took a transport ship and marched west by water under the cover of a battalion of sailors, while the third group led by Hua'an crossed the river and marched west along the north bank of the river, with more than 10,000 men and horses on each of the three routes, all of which were controlled by Hua'an, the commander of the third route.

Han Qian and his deputy general, Chen Xiong, led the last 10,000 horses to cross the river into Liyang City, remotely commanded the three armies on the front line, and was vigilant against the Shihu army far away in Qiaocheng.

After receiving the order, the generals of each army left the big tent and went to their respective camps to prepare for the expedition.

"Hua'an, you stay." Hua An just wanted to leave, but was stopped by Han Qian.

"Master, what do you command?"

Seeing that all the generals in the big tent had left, Han Qian looked at Hua An and said, "Hua An, do you think it is appropriate to allocate a large army for the division like this?" ”

Hua An was slightly startled, and replied: "There is nothing wrong with the three armies marching together and responding to each other!" Besides, since the master has decided to make such an allocation, it must have been carefully considered. ”

"Since even you say so, it's okay to let go of a teacher's heart." Han Qian said lightly.

Hua An could see from his expression that Han Qian had hidden worries in his heart, so he asked, "Does the master have any doubts about sending troops this time?" ”

Han Qian nodded. Said: "There is no shortage of elite divisions in the Jingzhou army, and the enemy who invaded Jingzhou is not too worried about the division, and you control the three-way army to go to reinforcements, just to break the enemy faster and give an explanation to the imperial court, and the Shihu army entrenched in Qiaocheng is a piece of heart disease in the heart of the division!" ”

"Shi Hu led 100,000 troops, and the intention of entrenching in Qiaocheng is unknown, which is indeed very worrying, in this case, why don't the master leave some more soldiers and horses to guard Liyang, and the 10,000 troops under the command of Hua'an can reinforce Jingzhou." Hua'an built yì road.

Han Qian shook his head lightly and said: "Shi Hu has not yet violated the realm, if the main force of the division is gathered in Liyang, and only send you a group of people to march west, it is not easy for the court to explain, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will say that the division is cowardly, Jingzhou is in danger, and the Northern Expeditionary Army will not save it when they see death." ”

"The master is very worried, since this is the case, Hua'an will definitely do his best to pacify the enemy in Jingzhou, and then immediately return to the division to reinforce Liyang." Huaan said loudly.

"Well, that's the only way, the 30,000 Western Expeditionary Army is controlled by you, and the burden on your body is very heavy!" Han Qian said and patted Hua An's shoulder.

Hua An's chest straightened, and he said easily: "Master rest assured, Hua An will sweep away the enemy in Jingzhou, if he explores the bag and takes things, he will definitely break the enemy within a month, and within two months, he will definitely return to Liyang." ”

Seeing that Hua'an was full of confidence, Han Qian nodded with satisfaction, and said loudly: "Liyang is a strong city, even if Shihu's 100,000 army besieges the city, it can hold on for two months as a division, you can rest assured that the westward expedition is." ”

"Yes, master, Hua'an will go back to the camp to prepare first." Hua An clenched his fists and turned to leave the big tent.

Looking at the back of Hua An's departure, Han Qian touched his chest and said with emotion: "Dajin has such a good general, it is really a blessing for the community!" ”

Early in the morning of the second day, the Jingbei Navy arrived at the ferry on time, and the Northern Expeditionary Army marched forward according to the plan agreed in advance.

After crossing the river by boat, Hua'an slowly marched westward along the north bank of the river, and Han Qian's 10,000 horses and horses drove directly to Liyang City.

A few days later, the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived near Shicheng one after another, and encountered a besieging army of Zhao.

Through guò inquiry, Hua'an learned that the enemy army had 30,000 horses, and the commander was Kui'an, who had surrounded Shicheng for several days, and the Jin army defending the city was only 5,000, and the shape was more critical.

Rescue soldiers such as firefighting, Hua'an immediately decided, let the three-way army all assemble ten miles outside the east gate of Shicheng, this large-scale military operation naturally can not avoid the enemy's sight, after the Northern Expeditionary Army is assembled, Kui'an, who knows the enemy's situation, only left a few soldiers and horses to besiege the city, and the main force is all gathered outside the east gate of Shicheng, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Hua'an.

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In the city of Yuzhou, Shi Hu in order to celebrate the victory of the Kui'an army, is feasting the ministers in the palace, the accompanying civil ministers and military generals all participated, the monarchs and ministers ate barbecue, drank fine wine, enjoyed the performance of the beautiful singer, the atmosphere can be described as extremely joyful.

"Your Majesty, General Shi Min has arrived at the palace and is waiting outside the palace." A soldier entered the hall and played.

Shi Hu licked the oil and water from the corner of his mouth and said loudly, "Let him come in." ”

After a while, Shi Min entered the main hall, knelt down and said, "The last general, Shi Min, will pay homage to the king." ”

"Hahaha! Min'er, you're here! Quick, drink a bowl of wine to relieve fatigue. Shi Hu winked and asked a beautiful dancing girl to pour Shi Min wine.

"Thank you, the king." Shi Min thanked him, picked up a large bowl of wine, and drank it with his head up.

"Good, good." Shi Hu was greatly satisfied, stretched out his thumb and praised: "Min'er! In this battle, you have killed many generals in a row, which has greatly increased the prestige of my Da Zhao, and this king is very satisfied. ”

When Shi Min heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "Serving Da Zhao, this is what the last general should do." ”

"Hmm." Shi Hu nodded, and suddenly stared: "Right now, Liaodong Murong Hao led 100,000 troops to gather on the border of my Great Zhao Youzhou, and its forward Murong Ke is constantly harassing my Great Zhaozhou County, and the border is urgent, what does Min Er think." ”