Seeing that Tie Niu and Thunderstorm had such a positive attitude, Hua An smiled, looked at the two, and said: "The Shu army contracted its defense, and all the troops gathered in Nanzheng, Chuyang and Chenggu are already two empty cities, and the two of you each led your subordinates to occupy these two cities, and then left a small number of troops to garrison the city, and the main force marched in the direction of Nanzheng, preparing to encircle Nanzheng and catch turtles in the urn." After saying that, he pinched his hands hard in the middle.

Thunderstorm and Tie Niu were overjoyed when they heard this, the two looked at each other, and Thunderstorm first said: "Big brother, my cavalry is fast, and the task of capturing Chuyang will be handed over to me." ”

"Big brother, Chenggu will be handed over to me." Iron Bull said loudly.

Hua An nodded and said: "Okay, the two of you will set off then, early tomorrow morning, the eldest brother will lead the pro-military battalion and Zhao Wu's 10,000 infantry to attack Nanzheng, my three-way army will encircle Nanzheng, and the Shu army will not escape." ”

"Yes, big brother, let's go." Thunderstorm and Iron Bull answered, turned around and left Hua'an's Chinese army tent.

Half an hour later, the thunderstorm and the iron bull men and horses set off one after another, and marched towards Chuyang and Chenggu in a mighty way, because the scouts had already explored the two cities as empty cities, so the two roads of men and horses did not bring siege equipment, and all advanced lightly.

After the thunderstorm and the men and horses of the Iron Bull set off, Hua'an urgently summoned Zhao Wu and the men and horses of the baggage battalion to prepare them and advance to Nanzheng early the next morning.

Since Xixiang City had just been occupied, the surrounding area of the city was not very stable, in order to protect the logistics materials and nearby pastures, Hua'an transferred 1,000 soldiers from Zhao Wu to guard Xixiang City together with 2,000 soldiers from the baggage battalion.

As for the 15,000 coachmen who had been summoned from the capital, Hua'an told them to wait a few more days. After the situation in Liangzhou is stabilized, let them return to their hometown.

After the arrangements were made, it was already midnight, and all the soldiers entered the camp tent to rest, and Hua An looked at the map in the big tent for half an hour, and then entered the back tent to rest.

Early in the morning of the second day, the cavalry of the Thunderstorm Legion and the animalized infantry of the Iron Bull Legion arrived at Chuyang and Chenggu almost simultaneously, because these two cities were not guarded by the Shu army. They easily took the city.

After a short break. Thunderstorm and Iron Bull each left a small number of troops to garrison the city, and the main force slowly pressed towards Nanzheng.

At this time, in Xixiang City, all the qiē preparations have been completed. Just wait for Hua'an's order. The army could immediately march to Nanzheng.

Hua'an stepped out of the tent. inspected the troops with Wang San, and at the same time explained to the people and horses left behind, we must be vigilant. Although there is no Shu army within a radius of dozens of miles nearby, it must not be taken lightly.

"Big brother, the three armies are ready to go." Wang San looked at Hua An and reminded.

Hua An looked back at Xixiang City, stepped on the war horse, and said loudly: "Let's go." After saying that, his legs clamped the horse's belly sharply, and he rode the horse forward.

"Let's go, let's go." With the orders of the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately set off to advance in the direction of Nanzheng.

At sunset, the thunderstorm and the iron bull's men and horses have arrived at the city of Nanzheng, among them, the thunderstorm's nearly 10,000 cavalry camped five miles outside the west gate of Nanzheng, and the nearly 10,000 animal infantry of the iron bull camped outside the east gate of Nanzheng.

At this time, the troops personally commanded by Hua'an were still halfway there, and they could not reach Nanzheng until at least the early morning of the second day, which made the defenders of Nanzheng feel lucky.

In the tent of the Chinese army of Li Guang, the king of Han in Southern Zheng, Li Guang, the king of Han, and his generals were discussing how to fight against the Jin army outside the city.

"King Han, the speed of the Jin army is too fast, in such a short time, it actually arrived at the foot of Nanzheng City, and also encircled our army on the east and west." A general sighed.

Han King Li Guang frowned and sighed: "Yes! Xixiang City just lost yesterday, and the Jin army marched to the south of Zhengcheng, which is too fast, what should I do? ”

"King Han, the Jin army has not yet arrived, taking advantage of this effort, our army can take the initiative to attack and catch the Jin army by surprise." A subordinate general shouted loudly.

"That's right, King Han, the Jin army marched so fast, it must be a rapid march, and the soldiers were naturally exhausted, but our army was waiting for work, and suddenly came out of the city, and it will definitely be able to defeat the Jin army." Another Jin general chimed in.

Li Guang, the king of Han, paused, and said: "Outside the west gate is nearly 10,000 cavalry of the Jin army, and outside the east gate is nearly 10,000 infantry of the Jin army. Just hit the Jin infantry outside the east gate, what do you say? ”

"King Shengming of Han, as long as the nearly 10,000 infantry of the Jin army is defeated, the main force of the Jin army will inevitably be crushed, and our army should have a chance to turn defeat into victory!" A subordinate general hurriedly complimented.

"The Jin army is greedy for merit, this is the opportunity for our army to defeat the Jin army, King Han, the last general is willing to lead his headquarters to raid the Jin army." A general hurriedly asked for help.

Listening to the compliments of the generals, the corners of the mouth of Li Guang, the king of Han, finally showed a long-lost smile, he looked at the topographic map near Nanzheng on the case in front of him, pointed to several generals beside him, and ordered loudly: "A few of you, immediately lead your men and horses out of the east gate and attack the Jin army five miles outside the city, remember, be sure to defeat the Jin army." ”

"King Han rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to his mission." Several generals received the order and immediately turned around to prepare.

After a few generals left, Li Guang looked at the remaining generals and said softly: "A few of you also go back to prepare, you must defend the city to prevent the Jin army outside the west gate from sneaking up on Nanzheng." ”

"Yes, King Han." The remaining generals were also ordered to prepare.

After all the generals left, Li Guang, the king of Han, looked at the topographic map near Nanzheng on the case in front of him, and a joyful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if victory was in sight.

After careful preparation for more than half an hour, at sunset, the Shu army of 10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry had been prepared.

With the slow opening of the east gate of Nanzheng, the 3,000 cavalry of the Shu army rushed out first, and the follow-up 10,000 infantry also followed, and the Shu army rode a total of 13,000 men and horses, and rushed towards the Iron Bull Army five miles away.

In fact, the Shu army underestimated the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and at the same time did not understand the reason for the rapid march of the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, so it was taken for granted that the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army was marching on foot, but they did not know that the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army had achieved animal power, and the soldiers took turns to drive.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived five miles outside the East Gate of Nanzheng, Tie Niu had already imagined that the Shu army in the city would rush out to fight, so he had already made due preparations.

In order to prevent the cavalry of the Shu army in the city from charging into the formation, Tie Niu ordered all the animal carts to be placed on the periphery of the camp, leaving only a few gaps that could enter and exit, so that no matter how large the cavalry of the Shu army was, it was impossible to break through the barrier of the animal carts set up by the iron bull, and the infantry under the command of Tie Niu could hide inside the siege formation of the animal carts and release arrows outward, thus causing great damage to the cavalry of the Shu army.

In order to gain insight into the movements of the Shu army in Southern Zheng, Tie Niu sent more than a dozen scouts to the city of Nanzheng to investigate the situation before setting up camp, and these scouts informed Tie Niu of the situation as soon as the Shu army set out.

After Tie Niu learned that the Shu army had robbed the camp, he immediately ordered his soldiers to rely on the animal cart to set up a battle formation and prepare to meet the Shu army's brigade.

The distance of five miles is too short, and the men and horses under the command of Tie Niu are not fully ready, and the cavalry of the Shu army has already rushed to the front of them with great momentum.

Looking at the cavalry of the Shu army who were getting closer and closer, the corners of Tie Niu's mouth showed a sneer, and then he said loudly: "Archers prepare." ”

......With Tie Niu's order, all the soldiers under his command bent their bows and arrows and aimed at the Shu cavalry in front.

"Shoot the arrows." Seeing that the cavalry of the Shu army was close enough, Tie Niu decisively gave the order to launch.

"Whoosh...... The Northern Expeditionary Army fired thousands of arrows and shot towards the cavalry of the Shu Army who rushed head-on.

"Boom...... Ahh......hhh Uhh......h

After three rounds of arrow rain, the 3,000 cavalry of the Shu army had lost two-thirds, and the remaining 1,000 cavalry, although they had approached the military formation of the Northern Expeditionary Army, were blocked by the animal cart in front of them.

The cavalry of the Shu army could not rein in time, and even the people and horses crashed into the animal carts of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the horses were directly disabled, and the soldiers were directly overturned and rolled down in the military formation of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Not long after the battle began, the three thousand elite cavalry were wiped out by the infantry of the Jin army, which gave a great shock to the 10,000 Shu army infantry behind.

The infantry general of the Shu army did not dare to attack further, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers under his command to stop, and the soldiers in front heard the order and stopped a few steps, but the soldiers in the back did not hear the order and were still rushing forward.

Suddenly, the 10,000 infantry of the Shu army trampled on the front and back, and the formation was chaotic.

Tie Niu grabbed the fighter, drew his sword, and shouted: "Soldiers, kill, charge, ......"

"Kill ......" the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, roared and flipped over the animal cart, surging towards the Shu army in front of them, and Tie Niu, who was the main general, personally led the team to charge forward, encouraging the soldiers under his command.

"Withdraw, withdraw." Seeing that the momentum of the Northern Expeditionary Army was like a rainbow and surging to kill, the soldiers of the Shu army were suddenly frightened and hurriedly ordered to retreat.

When the soldiers of the Shu army heard the order, they immediately threw away their armor and fled to Nanzheng City behind them.

Seeing the soldiers of the Shu army fleeing, the morale of the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army suddenly soared, and they pursued all the way until they reached the foot of Nanzheng City, and only stopped the pursuit after the Shu army on the city wall shot a rain of arrows. (To be continued......)