Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "It's better for Shi Hu to hide in Wujiang City and not come out, so that our army will have enough time to deploy the army, besides, Wujiang City is a small city, Shi Hu will withdraw in two days at most, and our army can use this time to set a trap on the road that Shi Hu must pass to retreat." ”

"Oh, how is the eldest brother going to arrange the people and where to set the traps?" Thunderstorm hurriedly asked.

Hua An stretched out his hand to spread the Jianghuai topographic map on the case in front of him, pointed to the north of Wujiang City on the map, and said: "This is the Overlord Valley, which is the only way for Shi Hu to retreat, and it is also a valley that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, passed through when his troops defeated Wujiang, according to legend, Xiang Yu's Chu army was ambushed by Han Xin here, and countless big fireballs rolled down on both sides of the valley, burning the Chu army to the ground, and our army can imitate Han Xin's strategy, set up an ambush in the Overlord Valley, and set fire to attack the passing Shihu army, which will definitely receive miraculous results." ”

As soon as they heard the fire attack, Thunderstorm and the others suddenly became excited.

"Big brother, a fire set by our army in Zhao Junshui Village has burned to death thirty or forty thousand Zhao army soldiers, if another fire is put in the Overlord Valley, the Zhao army soldiers will be frightened." Wang San said first.

"That's right, big brother, if you set another fire, you will definitely be able to burn tens of thousands of more soldiers to death." Thunderstorm whispered.

"Big brother, the main force of our army can be ambushed on both sides of the valley, and after setting fire, we can directly rush down and fight with Shi Hu's main force, I believe that it will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on Shi Hu's army." Wang Liu said confidently.

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "The ambush in the Overlord Valley is extremely crucial, and you must not leak it out at will." lest the soldiers of the Zhao army notice. ”

"Yes, big brother. We remembered. Thunderstorm and others assured in unison.

Hua An frowned and looked at the map, and paused. He said softly: "The terrain of the Overlord Valley is not very clear, Wang San, Wang Biantou, you stay in the camp, Thunderstorm, Wang Liu, you will follow me to the Overlord Valley to investigate later." ”

"Yes, big brother." Everyone spoke in unison.

Half an hour later, Hua An arranged a thing in the camp, and then took Thunderstorm, Wang Liu, and more than ten personal soldiers to ride their horses in the direction of the Overlord Valley. In order to hide people's eyes, the group was all dressed in civilian clothes.

The Overlord Valley is not very far, and soon, Hua'an and his party arrived at the mouth of the Overlord Valley, which is empty and empty, and there is no shadow of a person.

Hua An glanced at each other with Thunderstorm and Wang Liu, and rode his horse slowly into the valley mouth, the road inside was quite spacious, and there was no problem with five horses running in parallel. The slope on both sides of the valley was relatively steep, fifty degrees, and the cavalry could not go up at all.

The group first walked along the road in the valley, and calculated that the length of the road was several miles. Then, Hua An asked Wang Liu to lead a few soldiers to climb the valley on the right to reconnoitre. Hua'an, on the other hand, and thunderstorms entered the valley to the left to reconnoitre, because the slope was too steep. Everyone dismounted and climbed to the top of the hill on foot.

When Huaan climbed to the top of the mountain, he saw it behind the ridge. There was a dense thicket, and although most of the trees were bare due to the cold weather, a thick layer of leaves had been deposited on the ground, which was enough to hide tens of thousands of soldiers.

"Big brother, this is really a good place to set up an ambush! As long as Shi Hu's army passes here, it will definitely be able to give them a head-on blow. Thunderstorm clenched his fists as he spoke.

Hua An nodded and said: "That's right, this is indeed a good place to set up an ambush, but the soldiers of the Zhao army are not fools, they will also find that this place is suitable for ambushes, so if our army wants to succeed in a surprise attack, we must make Zhao Jun believe that there is no ambush here." ”

"How does Big Brother plan to convince Zhao Jun that there is no ambush here?" Thunderstorm asked in a whisper.

Hua An smiled slyly at the corner of his mouth, pointed to both sides of the valley, and replied softly: "Only 5,000 men and horses under Wang Liu's command are deployed on both sides of the valley, and the main force of our army assists the officers and soldiers of the Yangzhou Legion, and makes every effort to feint to attack Wujiang City, so that the soldiers and soldiers of the Zhao Army believe that our soldiers and horses are all in the south of Wujiang City, and there is no ambush on their retreat." ”

Thunderstorm was shocked when he heard this, frowned and said, "Big brother, the Zhao army has more than 60,000 troops, how can it be done with the 5,000 men and horses under Wang Liu's command?" In case the main force of the Zhao army attacks on both sides of the valley, will Wang Liu's men and horses be able to resist it? ”

Hua An smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "You don't need to worry about this, although there are few men and horses under Wang Liu's command, the main task of these five thousand men and horses is to set fire, not to fight with the Zhao army, as long as they prepare enough fireballs, when the main force of the Zhao army passes, ignite the fireball and push it down the hillside, and it is done, the main force of the Zhao army will fall into the sea of fire, it will be extremely panicked, and it will be too late to escape, where will the men and horses be organized to attack the top of the mountain, besides, the slope here is fifty degrees, and the cavalry can't climb up at all, and a large number of infantry people." , even if you climb up, you can't catch up with Wang Liu's army. ”

Thunderstorm nodded and said, "The purpose of the eldest brother is to teach the Zhao army a hard lesson, not to completely annihilate the main force of the Zhao army." ”

Hua An nodded and said: "The main force of the Zhao army is as high as more than 60,000, and one bite will definitely not be able to eat, if the main force of the Zhao army is forced to rush and fight a decisive battle with our army, the eldest brother is not without confidence to win, but the casualties of our army will be very large, in case our army is defeated, the consequences will be even stricter." ”

"Well, it's still the eldest brother's thoughtfulness, but you must let Wang Liu prepare enough fireballs, the more fireballs you will burn, the more Zhao soldiers will be burned." Thunderstorm said.

Hua An smiled and said, "That's nature, let's go, let's go over there and have a look." Hua An said as he walked towards the bushes ahead.

An hour later, Hua An, Thunderstorm, and Wang Liu already knew a lot about the situation in the Overlord Valley, so he rode back to the camp, and on the way, Hua An gave Wang Liu full authority to ambush the Overlord Valley. Wang Liu naturally accepted it gladly and said that he would definitely complete the task.

By the time Hua'an returned to the camp, a large number of military supplies had been brought from the south bank of the ferry, including more than 200 thunderbolts that could be used for siege, and the rest of the bows and crossbows and arrows were even more.

In order not to give the Zhao army a chance to breathe, the general of the naval army of the Yangzhou Army proposed to build a yì and asked to attack Wujiang City with Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army, which coincided with Hua'an's plan, so Hua'an readily agreed.

In the evening, Hua'an led more than 10,000 cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army to converge with the 30,000 naval troops of the Yangzhou Army, and then marched towards the south gate of Wujiang City.

At the same time, Wang Liu quietly led 5,000 men and horses, with enough dry food and a large number of flammable materials, and quietly went to the Overlord Valley in the north of Wujiang City.

When the cavalry of Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army and the naval army of the Yangzhou Army marched to the south gate of Wujiang City, Zhixiong, the general of the Zhao army who was in charge of defending the city, immediately reported the situation to Shi Hu.

When Shi Hu heard this, he was not alarmed, because he understood that with the Jin army's forty or fifty thousand horses, it was not possible to break through Wujiang City, but Shi Hu did not plan to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Jin army, because his subordinates were injured too much, and their morale was extremely low.

Under Shi Hu's order, Zhao Zhixiong, who was defending the city, allocated 20,000 horses, 10,000 to defend the city, and the other 10,000 as reserves, ready to reinforce at any time.

As soon as the sky darkened, the Jin army outside Wujiang City was ready to attack the city, more than 200 thunderbolts all entered the position, and were ready to fire, and the crossbowmen and shield bearers were already in front, ready to attack at any time.

Seeing that he was ready, Hua An glanced at Wang San beside him.

Wang San understood and shouted loudly: "Thunderbolt launch, release ......"

......Suddenly, more than 200 stones roared towards Wujiang City.

"Boom, boom, boom......" The stones hit the walls of Wujiang City, making a dull crashing sound.

Some of the soldiers of the Zhao army, who were unfortunately hit by the stones, let out a terrible howl.

Not long after the thunderbolt attack began, the shield soldiers and crossbowmen of the Yangzhou legion, under the orders of the generals, braved the rain of arrows to approach the city wall of Wujiang City, and released arrows on the city wall as they went.

"Attack, attack with all your troops." After the siege lasted for two moments, the general of the Yangzhou Army gave the order for the whole army to attack.

Suddenly, tens of thousands ......of sailors of the Yangzhou Legion, armed with round shields and ring-headed knives, killed Wujiang City, and dozens of cloud ladders leaned up to the city wall of Wujiang City.

The soldiers of the enemy and the enemy who "killed ......" launched a fierce battle around the wall of Wujiang City, and the sound of swords and guns and the howls of soldiers were intertwined, giving people a tragic feeling.

Because the sailors of the Yangzhou legion were not good at siege warfare, the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army was naturally not very good, and Shi Hu's main army was recruited from Yecheng Liuyi people, although they were exhausted and demoralized, but their combat effectiveness was still very strong, and they had the city wall as a support, therefore, after attacking for a few hours, the city wall was still in the hands of the Zhao army.

The Jin army lost thousands of men and horses, but could not attack the city wall, so they had to Mingjin to withdraw the troops and slowly withdraw to the camp.

Just outside the south gate of Wujiang City, within a few hours of the bloody battle between the Jin army and the Zhao army, Wang Liu had already led his 5,000 men and horses to arrive in the Overlord Valley, and deployed his men and horses according to the terrain.

After all the men and horses were deployed, Wang Liu ordered the soldiers to make simple round balls from dry branches, dry grass, and hemp rope brought from the main camp, and poured a layer of fire oil on them, and in this way, an extremely simple fireball was made and ready to be put into use.

Since there were many weeds and dry branches behind the ridge, Wang Liu ordered his soldiers to make at least ten fireballs each, so that when the main force of the Zhao army passed by, they could create a larger fire and burn more Zhao soldiers. (To be continued......)