"Order, the second group of scouts will set off immediately, and all the locations within a fifteen-mile radius of Cochin City will be explored, go quickly." Hua An ordered to the camp owner of the pro-military barracks.

"Yes." The battalion owner hurriedly went to give the order.

For Hua'an's move, all the generals were a little surprised, and hurriedly asked the reason, Hua'an did not hurry to make an analysis of the situation that the main force of the rebels might be hiding in the nearby mountains, and the generals were all skeptical.

At this time, the sun gradually set, the sky became darker and darker, in order to prevent the rebels from attacking the camp, Hua'an decided to expand the scope of the vigilance, starting from a radius of fifteen miles around the camp, and the open and dark sentinels were arranged alternately to ensure that nothing went wrong.

In the middle of the night, all 30,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army rested in the camp tent, Hua'an was worried that the rebels would attack the camp, and he could not sleep peacefully, so he simply read the war book in the camp tent.

From time to time, the sharp cries of owls could be heard from the bushes around the camp, so that Hua'an could not study with peace of mind.

Since he couldn't read, Hua An got up and walked out of the tent to enjoy the night scene outside, there was a full moon in the sky, and the bright moonlight shone around the camp, illuminating the surrounding trees and tents clearly.

What a poetic landscape! Hua An sighed in his heart, if it weren't for the war, the common people would be able to enjoy such a wonderful scenery every day, but now, there is a tense atmosphere hidden under this wonderful scenery.

"General, the scouts sent out have all returned one after another, and the main force of the rebels is indeed hiding nearby." The owner of the pro-military camp hurriedly walked towards Hua'an, and directly reported the news that the scouts had inquired about.

"As expected, 30,000 rebels are hidden, by the way, where are the rebels hiding." Hua An hurriedly asked.

"Ten miles from east to west outside Jiaozhi City, the strength is equal, about 15,000 soldiers and horses, hidden in the mountains and forests, extremely hidden, if it is not for the courage and carefulness of our army scouts, it is really not easy to find." The pro-barracks camp owner hurriedly replied.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, and whispered: "The rebels are hidden in the dense forest, what do they want!" ”

"Could it be for a sneak attack on our army?" The pro-barracks battalion owner made a bold guess.

"Yes, you're right, the rebels want to take advantage of our army coming from afar to suddenly attack our camp, in order to let our army relax its vigilance, deliberately hide its troops, and let our army rest assured, the art of war cloud 'strong and show weak, weak and show strong' The rebels also know the art of war? Ha ha! Hua'an Zhengse analyzed.

"The general is saying that the rebels will loot the camp tonight?"

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "Order, let the soldiers assemble immediately, move lightly, and don't disturb the enemy." ”

"Yes." The battalion owner of the pro-military battalion immediately went to give the order.

Two moments later, the Northern Expeditionary Army of 30,000 horses and horses were all assembled, Hua'an waved his hand, let the soldiers withdraw from the camp in turn, hide near the camp, and wait for the arrival of the rebels, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the rebels, Hua'an decided to leave two hundred soldiers, responsible for guarding the gate and patrolling the inside of the camp, all kinds of torches and utensils were also placed according to the appearance of people, and the rebels could not see any flaws in the periphery of the camp.

When Hua'an and the last group of soldiers withdrew from the camp, the scouts on the perimeter reported that the rebels were less than ten miles away.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Hua An's mouth, and he sighed that he was going to finish his work tonight.

It didn't take long for a total of 30,000 rebels from the two routes to quietly arrive at the periphery of the Northern Expeditionary Army's camp.

"Attack, kill, kill......" the rebel commander shouted.

The rebel armies of the two routes, with a total of 30,000 horses, roared into the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Seeing the surging rebels entering, the 200 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who were in the main camp, quickly retreated north according to the steps agreed in advance, and set fire to part of the tents in the large camp to block the pursuing soldiers.

When the rebels entered the camp, they went straight to the camp tent of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and a group of rebels opened the camp tent of the Northern Expeditionary Army, but found that the camp tent was empty, and there was not even a shadow of a person.

"General, this big camp is empty, and there is no one in the tent." A rebel colonel reported to the rebel general.

The rebel commander was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "It's not good, we have been tricked, quickly withdraw, quickly withdraw." ”

Tens of thousands of rebels were a rabble with little training, and when they entered the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, they had already led the formation of chaos in order to grab merit, and the 200 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army set fire to the camp when they retreated, this kind of chaos was even more strict, and it was not so easy to retreat quickly.

Seeing that the rebels had entered the camp, Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth and ordered loudly: "Order, the whole army will attack immediately and strangle the rebels." ”

"Attack, kill ......" The generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army shouted, leading their soldiers to kill the rebels from all directions.

Among them, the thunderstorm department is all cavalry, in order to prevent the rebels from escaping back to Jiaozhi City, the thunderstorm led the troops back to the south of the camp and attacked the rebels from the south, while most of the 20,000 horses of Zhao Wu and Tie Niu were infantry, and they killed the rebels from the east and west directions, Hua An and the deputy general Wang San, led the 1,000 soldiers of the pro-military battalion to kill the rebels from the north.

Now, the 30,000 main forces of the Northern Expeditionary Army are approaching step by step in a neat formation, and although the rebel soldiers are strong, they are a rabble after all, and they have no rival strength in front of the well-trained Northern Expeditionary Army.

The rebel generals kept shouting to their soldiers not to panic, but the effect was extremely poor, and the soldiers who felt the fear were still running around the camp, which undoubtedly aggravated the trend of the rebel collapse.

The Northern Expeditionary Army attacking from all sides reached the scale of 10,000 people on three sides, and only the north was a thousand men and horses led by Hua'an himself, and the rebel generals naturally saw this, so they issued a loud order to let the soldiers break through to the north.

30,000 rebels under the leadership of the rebel generals, all to Hua'an's 1,000 soldiers and horses, but the 30,000 main forces of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the east, west, and south directions were together, and soon fought with the soldiers and horses on the periphery of the rebels.

After all, the rebels have 30,000 soldiers and horses, if they are surrounded and annihilated with all their might, and do not give the rebels a way to retreat, once the rebels are forced to be in a hurry, the casualties of the Northern Expeditionary Army will be very large, Hua'an only took a thousand men and horses to attack from the North Road, just to give the rebels a way to escape, and then, send cavalry to chase and kill from behind, so as to achieve the greatest result with the minimum loss.

Moreover, the rebels fled to the north, and they could not enter Cochin City for a short time, which would not increase the strength of the defenders of Cochin City.