Hua'an led an army of more than 20,000 people and marched along the main road in the direction of Chencang City, and did not stop too much along the way, only hoping to arrive at Chencang as soon as possible, so as to meet the four partial divisions.

On the way to the march, all the generals were a little worried in their hearts, they were not worried about the four-way division, but the 80,000 horses that Xie Ai took away, after all, Xie Ai was a general under the command of Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, and it was indeed a bit unreasonable to hand over so many soldiers and horses to a foreign general.

However, Hua An thought that there was nothing wrong, and in the absence of skills, he believed that Xie Ai would definitely be able to seize Tongguan, so as to control the choke point in and out of Guanzhong and the Central Plains, and form a situation of closing the door and beating dogs against the remnants of the Zhao army in Guanzhong.

A few days later, an army of more than 20,000 led by Hua An arrived at Chencang City, where they were stationed and sent scouts to the east to inquire for news.

In the evening, the scouts in front came with the news, Zhuge Xiong's main force and Li Liang's 10,000 troops converged under the city of Yicheng, and joined forces to attack the city with all their might, but the Zhao army defending the city was strong and well prepared, in order to prevent the Jin army from blowing up the city gate, they dug a temporary semicircular trench outside the city gate, and filled the trench with water, like a small moat, the outside of the door hole was also blocked by a giant wooden plank, whether it was full of gravel, it is not yet known, The siege assault team of the Jin army could not get close to the city gate, so they had to set up a cloud ladder to attack, but the Zhao soldiers and horses defending the city were not much less than the Jin army, relying on the cover of the city wall, they repelled the attack of the Jin army more than ten times in a row, and greatly killed and injured the Jin army and horses, which made Zhuge Xiong and Li Liang very annoyed.

Knowing that the battle in the direction of Yicheng was not going well, Hua'an decided to make it early the next morning. He led his men and horses to kill Yicheng, in order to gather the strength of three elite men and horses to break through Yicheng.

In order to quickly break through the city when the army arrived in Yicheng, Hua'an analyzed the tactical characteristics of the Zhao army defending the city according to the situation reported by the scouts in the big tent of the Chinese army, so as to find a way to crack it.

According to the characteristics of the Zhao army's abundant soldiers and horses and tight defense, Hua'an felt that he was blindly attacking. It will only increase casualties. If it is to capture the small city of Yicheng and let the army suffer heavy losses, it is a little too much to lose, if necessary, you can bypass the city and take Chang'an.

But the geographical location of Yicheng is too special. If you let Zhao Jun control Zhanì Cheng. The food routes of the 200,000-strong army will be threatened at any time. And the consequences of the lack of food in the army are even more severe.

After thinking about it, Hua'an felt that it was still necessary to fight steadily and conquer Yicheng first. Then he led the army to kill in the direction of Chang'an.

For attacking Yicheng, Hua'an still has a lot of means, you can use the special thunderbolt that has just shown your skills in the street pavilion to attack, or you can lure the enemy out of the city, destroy the enemy in the field, and then take the city.

The use of special thunderbolt attacks will certainly cause a huge shock to the Zhao army defending the city, but to configure a sufficient amount of black powder, a lot of materials are needed, charcoal can be prepared temporarily, but sulfur and nitrate need to be transported from the warehouse in Nanzheng City, and a little less is used in the front, and it is very time-consuming in the process of making zuò, and when it is in the street pavilion, it has already consumed too much, and Hua'an does not want to use such a large number of siege artifacts in a small city like Yicheng.

Luring the enemy's main force out of the city and gathering in the field to annihilate it is a time-saving and labor-saving method, and after careful planning, Hua'an made up his mind to lure the enemy out of the city.

Hua'an sent henchmen overnight and ordered Zhuge Xiong and Li Liang to lead the main army to leave Yicheng and march in the direction of Chang'an after dawn.

At the same time, he ordered the 10,000 reserve men and horses under his command to carry a large amount of grain and grass materials from the vicinity of Yicheng to attract the attention of the Zhao army, while Hua'an would personally lead 10,000 soldiers of the personal guards to protect the reserve men and horses in secret, once the Zhao army went out of the city to plunder, the 10,000 personal guards would be killed, and cooperate with the reserve men and horses with a certain combat power to defeat the main force of the Zhao army, and then quickly capture Yicheng.

In order not to be discovered by the Zhao army, in the early morning of the second day, Hua An led 10,000 personal guards to quietly go to the vicinity of Yicheng to ambush and closely monitor every move in the direction of Yicheng.

After dawn, 10,000 reserve men and horses, carrying a large amount of grain and grass materials, set off from Chencang City and marched in the direction of Yicheng, while the two armies surrounding Yicheng immediately withdrew from Yicheng and killed in the direction of Chang'an.

Yao Guo, the general of Zhao State, who was in charge of guarding Yicheng, saw that Zhuge Xiong and Li Liang's men and horses were evacuated around Yicheng and killed in the direction of Chang'an, and immediately sent scouts to follow the reconnaissance.

Seeing that the Jin army was about to approach Chang'an, Yao Guo hesitated between pursuing and continuing to hold on, and asked the opinion of his generals.

All the generals demanded to continue to hold on to Yicheng on the grounds that the location of Yicheng was superior and could cut off the grain route of the Jin army.

Soon, 10,000 Jin army reserve men and horses transporting grain and grass arrived near Yicheng and passed through the ambush position of Hua'an and the pro-guard army.

Seeing the reserve legion under his command pass from in front of him, Hua'an's mood became nervous, whether the reserve legion can successfully lure the enemy determines whether he can successfully take Yicheng.

"Big brother, look, we are ambushed here, and the soldiers of the reserve army are not aware at all." Wang San said with a smile.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "This is not a good thing for them, if it is not our army that is ambushed here, but the army of Zhao State, they will be miserable, even if they are not wiped out, they will suffer heavy losses, at least, all the grain and grass materials will become the enemy's bag." ”

"What the eldest brother said is, but if they find our army, doesn't it mean that we are in a bad ambush? In that case, wouldn't my own guards be in danger, and only one of them could win between the ambush and the discovery of the ambush. Wang San said with a smile.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "What you said is also true, there is always only one who can win, if the reserve army wins, my personal guard will lose, haha!" ”

The reserve corps was still moving forward at a slow pace, and soon separated from the pro-guard army at a distance, which was not conducive to the pro-guard army to protect them, but the Zhao army in Yicheng also needed a team to go out of the city to intercept food, and when the Zhao army was all assembled and killed the reserve men, Hua'an's pro-guard army had enough time to react.

In the direction of Yicheng, the scout had already told the main general Yao Guo the news that a group of men and horses transporting grain and grass of the Jin army were about to pass Guò, but when Yao Guo heard it, he always felt that there was fraud in it.

After all, Zhuge Xiong and Li Liang's army had just left, and it was a bit too unusual for the Jin army to pass through the vicinity of Guò City so soon.

For the sake of safety, Yao Guo did not lead the army to rob because of greed, but sent a small number of scouts to closely monitor the every move of the Jin army's grain transportation team, and immediately reported back as soon as there was any trouble.

But after nearly half an hour of continuous investigation, no abnormalities were found, that is, this is indeed a team transporting grain and grass.

Even so, the cautious Yao Guo was still reluctant to lead the army out of the city to rob the grain, but continued to send scouts to investigate, and when the Jin army's grain transport team passed not far from Yicheng, the main general Yao Guo personally climbed the city wall to inspect and analyze the possible conspiracy of the Jin army.

"General, it is indeed the grain transportation team of the Jin army in front of you, and there are no ambushes around, so let's go out of the city to rob grain!"

"Yes! General, isn't our army stationed in Yicheng just to cut off the grain route of the Jin army? If we see this grain and grass and are indifferent, then what is the point of our army holding on here. ”

Two generals fully supported the robbery of grain out of the city.

Yao Guo frowned, and said softly: "Our army is stationed in Yicheng, it is impossible for the Jin army not to know, how can they have such great courage, they actually dare to pass through Guò safely from the side of Yicheng, are they not afraid of the army led by the general to hijack?" ”

When the general heard this, he analyzed: "General, the Jin army's grain transportation team has 10,000 horses, and all of them have simple weapons, although the combat power is not strong, but it is enough to defend itself, this may be the reason why the Jin army's grain transportation team is so arrogant!" ”

"General, the Jin army's grain transport team has already passed, and if they don't chase it, they will go far." A subordinate general urged.

When Yao Guo heard this, he felt that there was some truth, paused, and ordered: "Gather 10,000 horses and horses to go out of the city and destroy this arrogant Jin army grain transportation team." With that, he strode down the city.

"Yes, General." The generals received the order, and also walked down the city, and immediately opened the city gate, put down the drawbridge, and the 10,000 troops also rushed out of the city gate one after another, and began to kill the grain transport team of the Jin army after a little assembly.

When the Zhao army had just rushed out of the city gate, Hua'an got the accurate situation, and immediately reorganized the men and horses, preparing to raid the Zhao army that was out of the city.

After the Zhao people and horses were assembled, and began to kill the Jin army's grain transport team, the 10,000 personal guards under Hua'an had also been prepared, and immediately killed in the direction where the Zhao army's team was coming.

Yao Guo personally led 10,000 main forces to kill the marching Jin army transport team.

The reserve army of the Jin army, seeing that the Zhao soldiers and horses were really killed, according to the strategy told by Hua'an in advance, put all the baggage carts outside, piled up into a simple city wall, and 10,000 reserve men and horses, armed with spears, bows and arrows and other weapons, hid behind the baggage carts, ready to resist the attack of the Zhao army.

Seeing that the Jin army's grain transportation team actually lined up to resist the enemy, Yao Guo was slightly taken aback, this may be the reason why the Jin army's grain transportation team ignored themselves! Such a well-disciplined transport team, if there are not enough men, it is really not easy to win.

"The whole army will attack and destroy the Jin army." Yao gave the order to attack.

"Kill ......" Zhao army of 10,000 horses, yelling to kill the reserve army of the Jin army.

"Arrows, arrows." The general of the Jin army's reserve corps immediately ordered the release of arrows to resist the attack of the Zhao army. (To be continued......)