"According to the law, you should be killed." Yu Liang deliberately aggravated his tone, and looked back at Hua An, but saw that Hua An's face was calm, without the slightest look of fear, and he was secretly surprised for a while.

Ordinary people who have committed a capital crime either kneel on the ground and beg for forgiveness, or they are terrified and show fear. And Hua An in front of him not only did not kneel down and beg for mercy at all, but looked disdainful, and even a little upright.

Yu Liang suddenly had a trace of admiration for Hua An in his heart, in fact, he came this time, he did not intend to cure anyone's crimes, the great enemy is current, he just wants to turn things into small things, and uniting a force to resist the invasion of Zhao is his top priority.

At this moment, according to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, Hua'an and others who trespassed into the granary were first convicted of a capital crime, and then specially pardoned, giving them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, which would definitely appease the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and at the same time inspire them to kill the enemy in blood on the battlefield, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Han Qian didn't understand the little abacus in Yu Liang's heart, he saw that Hua An was convicted of death, and hurriedly pleaded: "My lord, it's okay to be taught by the last general, and the last general is willing to accept the guilt on behalf of his subordinates." ”

Han Qian was righteous and took the initiative to take all the responsibilities, which made Hua'an and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army greatly moved, and all the soldiers looked at Han Qian with shame.

Yu Liang has been in the officialdom for many years, so he naturally understands that Han Qian is trying his best to protect his shortcomings, and even threatens himself, but the soldiers of Zhao State are pressing the realm, so he can't take care of it so much.

He looked at Han Qian and said with an indifferent smile: "General Han is joking, now the Northern Expeditionary Army is the mainstay of my Great Jin, and at this juncture when the soldiers of Zhao State are pressing, even if the official wants to cure the general's crime, the emperor and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree." ”

After speaking, Han Qian looked at him in surprise, and continued: "As for the ins and outs of this matter, this official already knows it, although the general's subordinates have made big mistakes, but this official will ask the emperor to give them a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”

As soon as Yin Jian heard the 'meritorious service', he guessed that Yu Liang was going to let go of these, and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army who were against him were shocked, and immediately shouted: "My lord, did you just let them go." ”

When Yu Liang heard this, he was very unhappy, Yin Jian accepted bribes, he had turned a blind eye, and giving the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army a chance to make meritorious service was also needed, at this time, Yin Jian actually disregarded the overall situation and refuted himself, which made him not angry.

"Lord Yin, reflect on yourself! The emperor has already decreed that all the materials of the Great Jin Dynasty will be given priority to the Northern Expeditionary Army, but now that such a thing has happened, is it ......" Yu Liang unceremoniously reprimanded Yin Jian.

When Yin Jian heard this, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly stepped aside.

Yu Liang looked back at Hua An and the others, frowned and said: "As soldiers, you have committed capital crimes by trespassing in the granary, but you are the first offender, besides, the current enemy is the time for you to use your life, so this official will temporarily call the shots and give you a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”

After Yu Liang finished speaking, he looked up at the north, and then said: "Now, the soldiers of the Zhao State are pressing the border, and my Great Jin is in danger, as long as you can make great achievements on the battlefield and cut off a few more enemy heads, today's matter will be written off, what does General Han think." ”

After Yu Liang finished speaking, he looked at Han Qian.

"Lord Xie, all the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army swear allegiance to the Great Jin Dynasty and the emperor." When Han Qian heard this, he immediately responded with his fists clenched.

"Well, that's good." Yu Liang nodded with satisfaction, looked at the more and more soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and said to Han Qian: "General Han, the army is about to go out, let's go back to the camp early!" ”

"Yes, sir." Han Qian clenched his fists, turned around and slowly left with the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

When Hua An was leaving, he turned his head and glared at Yin Jian, but he happened to meet Yin Jian's cold gaze, and the corners of his mouth smiled indifferently and ignored it.

Except for a few wounded soldiers who stayed in the capital to treat their wounds, the remaining soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army returned to the camp with a full load of 5,000 loads of military rations under the personal leadership of Han Qian.

Along the way, Hua'an was naturally reprimanded by Han Qian, and Qin Yong, the captain of the pro-military battalion, and other leading generals were no better, and they were trained one by one to bow their heads and remain silent.

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Outside the official office of the granary in the capital, since Han Qian left with the Northern Expeditionary Army, Yu Liang left in a sedan chair, but he left Yin Hao, he was not at ease with Yin Jian, a hairy boy, so he deliberately left Yin Hao and let this big brother enlighten him well.

Yin Hao naturally fulfilled his mission, and as soon as Yu Liang left, he reprimanded Yin Jian.

"Second brother, you are too bold, you have repeatedly made things difficult for the Northern Expeditionary Army, this time it will be a lesson for you."

When Yin Jian heard this, he pouted and said, "Big brother, you see that Yin Jiu has become like this, and you are still helping outsiders to speak." ”

Yin Hao looked back at Yin Jiu, whose face was pale due to the broken arm, frowned deeply, paused, walked in front of Yin Jiu, and comforted softly: "Yin Jiu, you have made you suffer." ”

When Yin Jiu heard this, he looked at Yin Hao flatteredly, and said in a trembling voice: "Eldest son, Madame has a great kindness to me, Yin Jiu has nothing to repay in this life, this little injury is nothing." ”

Seeing that Yin Jiu was seriously injured and still had no regrets, Yin Hao's heart was greatly moved, but Yin Jian was very angry and complained: "Big brother, Lord Yu is really old and confused, he actually let those people go so lightly, they trespassed into the granary, and even forced the court officials, what a big crime!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Yin Hao reprimanded loudly, glared at Yin Jian and said: "Lord Yu is the uncle of the country, and he has the grace of knowing the eldest brother, besides, Lord Yu is so disposed of, naturally he has some good intentions, how can you understand." ”

When Yin Jian heard this, he looked disdainful, and pouted: "Lord Yu's good intentions are for fear of offending Han Qian!" What's so great about an old pawn. ”

"Second brother! Second brother, you are really confused. Yin Hao shook his head and explained: "Lord Yu gave them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so that the Northern Expeditionary Army could serve the battlefield and let them die more heroically, not because they were afraid of Han Qian, the Northern Expeditionary Army had to face the main army of Zhao Guotaobao, an army of 60,000, and they were all elite soldiers who had been on the battlefield for a long time. ”

After Yin Hao's enlightenment, Yin Jian suddenly realized, and a trace of ruthlessness suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he said excitedly: "What the eldest brother said is extremely true, it seems that most of those people will not be able to come back alive." ”

Yin Hao nodded, and said softly: "But Han Qian is a fierce general, even if the whole army is annihilated, it will definitely hit the Peach Leopard Legion hard, and when the time comes, the main forces of my Great Jin Jing and Yang Erzhou Legions will surround the Peach Leopard Legion, and it may be possible to annihilate its tens of thousands of troops." ”

"Lord Yu is really insightful." Yin Jian finally admired Yu Liang.

Yin Hao saw that his brother had opened his mind, smiled indifferently, and said with a straight face: "Since the Northern Expeditionary Army is going to die, how can you make people hungry?" Don't make things difficult for the Northern Expeditionary Army in the future, you remember. ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I wrote it down." Yin Jian smiled extremely obscenely.

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After half a month of preparation, all kinds of materials of the Northern Expeditionary Army were prepared, and the training of recruits also achieved initial results.

Han Qian saw that he was ready, so he led 30,000 Northern Expeditionary Army to embark on the journey north, and the army crossed the river mightily, and set up camp in the important town of Jiangbei and under the city of Liyang.

Liyang City is tall and majestic, it is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, at this time there are more than 3,000 people stationed in the Great Jin Dynasty, Han Qian decided to set up the base camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army here, and the materials from the rear baggage operation are also concentrated here.

At this time, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who had been tired for a day, were resting in the camp, and Han Qian was also patrolling the camp with several capable generals.

As for how to fight this battle, Han Qian no longer thinks seriously all the time, after all, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and any small mistake may cause great losses.

"How many men and horses does the general plan to station in Liyang City?" Chen Xiong asked.

Han Qian glanced up at Liyang City in the distance, and said leisurely: "Liyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are already three thousand troops stationed in it, so the general thinks that leaving two thousand soldiers and horses is enough. ”

"General, Liyang City is the last line of defense of our army, all the grain and grass are hoarded here, in case of loss, the consequences are unimaginable, the last general thinks that it is safer to leave more soldiers and horses." Chen Xiong objected.

When Han Qian heard this, he shook his head and said: "At present, there are 60,000 people in the Peach Leopard army, and our army is attacking with all its might, but the strength is still insufficient. ”

"What the general said is extremely true, the last general is just worried, in case the peach leopard divides his troops to attack Liyang, how should our army respond."

"Well, your worries, the general has also thought about it, the peach leopard army of 60,000, only the cavalry has 20,000, if the 20,000 cavalry long-distance to Liyang City, it is indeed tricky, however, the general has already thought of a countermeasure, stationed in the north of the east city of 5,000 soldiers and horses, the east city back to the pond, the peach leopard cavalry if you want to run to Liyang, this is the only way, besides, the east city is close to the front, not only can echo with the main army, if necessary, you can rescue Liyang, even, in case of defeat of our army, you can also return to the east city first." Han Qian analyzed.

When Chen Xiong heard this, he nodded as if he had taken a reassuring pill and said, "The general is still thoughtful, so the last general will be relieved." ”

"Hmm." Han Qian frowned in response, he still didn't have enough confidence in his heart about whether he could repel the peach leopard, and even had a trace of worry.

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In the camp of the left brigade of the pro-military camp, Hua An is seriously sharpening his knife, this big knife is one zhang long, it was specially given to him by Han Qian before the expedition, and the appearance looks similar to the knife used by 'Guan Erye'.

Although the Qingyu sword on the waist is extremely sharp, but after all, it is too small and does not look powerful enough, a military general who fights on the battlefield should hold a long weapon, so as to create an unstoppable momentum, besides, the battlefield of long weapons is much more powerful than short weapons such as swords.

"Brother Hua An, you're still sharpening your knives." Wang San walked up to Hua An and said softly.