Hua'an was so generous, Han Huang and Ma Xiong were naturally very happy, and the two unceremoniously accepted the distribution of the results, after all, Erlongzhai is deep in the mountains, and the products are not rich, these materials are treasures to them, but Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army can get supplies from the imperial court, and they don't care about these.

Huaiyuan, Yicheng, and Ping'a on the other side of the Huai River all have Zhao troops, plus the soldiers of Dangtu and other cities that are scattered, the enemy's army on the north bank of the Huai River is not less than 10,000, in order to hold Dangtu, so that this strategic place does not fall into the hands of the enemy, Hua'an decided to let Han Huang and Ma Xiong's men and horses help guard Dangtu, and he himself led the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the south, and Han Qian stationed in Liyang flanked back and forth, defeating Shihu.

For Hua'an's request, Han Huang and Ma Xiong happily agreed, rested overnight in Dangtu City, and early the next morning, Hua'an led 20,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the east city.

A few days later, Hua'an's 20,000 troops led by Hua'an, and the 8,000 men and horses left behind in Dongcheng joined forces, because the soldiers were tired all the way, Hua'an decided to recuperate for a few days to recuperate, but also waited for Shihu's army to run out of food and grass, after all, Shihu had 60,000 elite Longteng guards, Hua'an only had less than 30,000 Northern Expeditionary Army in his hands, and when the enemy's morale was like a rainbow, he fought a decisive battle, Hua'an did not have much certainty of victory.

It has been seven or eight days since the Northern Expeditionary Army recovered Dongcheng, Hua'an originally thought that in these seven or eight days, Shi Hu must have sent troops to attack Dongcheng to open the way for retreat, so he left 8,000 soldiers to garrison, but what Hua'an didn't expect was that Shi Hu did not attack Dongcheng once, but concentrated all his forces to attack Liyang City more fiercely.

This made Hua An feel very strange, isn't Shi Hu worried about the collapse of the army after he runs out of food, the 60,000 army spends a lot of grain and grass a day, how long can the grain and grass in Shi Hu's camp last?

In order to thoroughly find out the enemy's situation, Hua'an sent dozens of scouts to the direction of Liyang to inquire about the news.

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Just when Hua An was pondering and meditating, and couldn't figure out Shi Hu's intentions, Liyang City was engaged in a tragic offensive and defensive battle.

Shi Hu was like a demon obstacle, he didn't listen to the advice of his subordinates, he must capture Liyang City and capture Han Qian alive, but his subordinates had no choice but to obey the order and take turns attacking the city.

Since Liyang was besieged, Shi Hu's main army has been attacking the city for more than a month, and the Longteng guards of his department have lost no less than 5,000 deaths, but Shi Hu was unmoved and still ordered to continue the attack.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Shi Hu looked at the military book in his hand casually, looking extremely calm, and seemed to don't care about the back road being cut off and the food and grass being unable to help.

"Your Majesty, the great battalion of grain and grass is only enough for one day, and after this day, the army will run out of food." The captain of the Zhao Army's heavy battalion entered the account and played.

"Got it." Shi Hu replied softly, and continued to look at the military book in his hand, without even raising his eyelids.

The captain of the baggage battalion had no choice but to leave the big tent in a huff.

"How, what does the king say?" As soon as the captain of the baggage battalion walked out of the big tent, more than a dozen generals hurriedly asked.

"The king said, 'I know.'"

"It's all at this time, and the king is still so calm." More than a dozen generals sighed.

Peach Leopard puffed up a breath and said loudly: "You are waiting outside, I'll go and ask the king." After speaking, he stepped into Shi Hu's Chinese army tent.

"Your Majesty." The peach leopard entered the tent and clenched his fists.

Shi Hu saw the peach leopard enter the tent, glanced up, and continued to look down at the military book.

Seeing this, the peach leopard was in a hurry, hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, our army's food and grass are only enough for one day, and the king should have made plans in advance." ”

Shi Hu grinned coldly, raised the book of war in his hand, and said: "The art of war is 'put to death and then born' The day our army runs out of food is the day when Liyang City is breached. ”

"Your Majesty." Peach Leopard's eyes widened in surprise.

Shi Hu stood up violently and said loudly: "Peach Leopard, pass on the order of the king, all the generals above the battalion master of the army will gather outside the tent.

"Yes." The peach leopard left the tent with his fists clenched, but he was shocked in his heart.

Soon, all the officers above the battalion owner under Shi Hu's command were assembled outside Shi Hu's tent.

Shi Hu walked out of the tent, looked at the generals under his command, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, our army's food and grass have been less than a day, and the back road has also been cut off by the Jin army, and now, there is only one way in front of us, that is, to capture Liyang City immediately, as long as Liyang City is captured, the food, treasures, and women in the city are ours, if we can't capture Liyang City within two days, we will all die here, do you understand?" ”

"Obey the king's command." The subordinates expressed their determination together.

Shi Hu waved his hand and said loudly: "All the soldiers and horses, immediately attack the city." ”

"Obey." The generals clenched their fists and led away.

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In the offensive and defensive battles for a month, in addition to Shi Hu's subordinates suffering heavy casualties, the casualties of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the people defending the city were also very large, the materials for defending the city were extremely high, the arrows and fire oil were already insufficient, and the soldiers were all wounded, and the situation was extremely urgent.

At this time, the battle still did not stop, as the commander of the three armies, Han Qian personally stood on the city wall and commanded the battle.

Taking advantage of the gap between the enemy's siege of the city, the subordinate generals reported to Han Qian the casualties of their subordinates.

"General, the last general's headquarters has just killed sixteen more brothers."

"General, the soldiers under the command of the last general have no arrows to use, and the broken swords and broken guns cannot be replaced."

"The last general's department also suffered heavy casualties, and the arrows have been exhausted."

A barrage of reports, all of which were bad news.

Han Qian sighed secretly, relieved for a moment, frowned and said: "News came from the direction of Dongcheng, seven days ago, Hua'an led the main force of my Northern Expeditionary Army to capture Dongcheng, Shihu did not send troops to open up the grain road, but bit me Liyang City, it is really a strange thing, now, Shihu's grain road has been cut off for seven days, there should not be much grain and grass in the camp, as long as we hold on for a few more days, once the Shihu army runs out of food, we will take the initiative." ”

When the generals heard this, they all nodded approvingly.

"General, the enemy is coming up again." A small soldier who watched the wind, seeing the enemy attacking the city, reminded loudly.

"Soldiers, defend the city for me." Han Qian shouted loudly and ordered his generals to return to their respective positions and command their soldiers to block the enemy army.

"Qin Yong, you come back." Han Qian stopped the pro-barracks leader.

"General, what do you command?" Qin Yong asked.

Han Qian pondered for a moment and said, "You immediately lead a hundred soldiers to bury hay around the granary in the city, and go quickly." ”

When Qin Yong heard this, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, and hurriedly said, "General, why is this." ”

Han Qian sighed secretly and said in a low voice: "The Shihu army is about to run out of food, and it will definitely attack the city in the near future, my army is running out of arrows, the soldiers are tired, and the general has to plan for the worst." ”

"General, our army will definitely be able to defend the city." Qin Yong's eyes were a little moist.

"Alright, obey the order!" Han Qian closed his eyes, stretched out his hand, and motioned for Qin Yong to hurry up and prepare.

"Yes, General." Qin Yong clenched his fists and led the order.