In the direction of Luoyang, the 30,000 main forces of Deng Qiang's army have firmly controlled Luoyang City, and have successively recovered dozens of large and small cities such as Gucheng, Dajiecheng, Rongcheng, Quanting, Shilou, Pingxian, Gongxian, Yanshi, Xunzhong, and Huangting.

For important cities such as Gucheng and Yanshi, Deng Qiang stationed some troops to garrison them, while for some smaller cities, they were all guarded by the powerful forces that surrendered.

Luoyang City used to be the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, but because it is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it has become the target of public criticism in the troubled times, and it is located in the south of the Yellow River, so that Luoyang is within the attack range of the Jingzhou Army of the Great Jin Dynasty.

During the reign of Zhao, Luoyang's status declined dramatically, and eventually became an ordinary city, which became extremely dilapidated due to disrepair, with many city walls collapsing in many places, and the imperial city was in disarray.

Due to the distance between Luoyang City and Yecheng, the capital of Zhao State, after the civil strife in Zhao State, Shi Hu's sons, Ran Min, Liu Xian and others all focused their attention on Yecheng and Xiangguo, which made Luoyang's status even lower, and was eventually occupied by a small force, which is also the reason why Deng Qiang could quickly capture Luoyang City.

A large area centered on Luoyang City was occupied by Deng Qiang, while Hua'an and his pro-guard army and Wudang Feijun were still pinned down by the enemy under Chenggao Pass.

Chenggao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Hua'an and his men and horses have already suffered a loss, without full preparation. Naturally, they will not rush to launch a second siege.

After the 40,000 reserve army arrived at Chenggao Pass, Hua'an ordered his army to immediately build a large siege equipment and prepare to take Chenggao Pass by force.

Hua'an believed that as long as 500 thunderbolts were built, with their own secret weapons, they would definitely be able to blow Chenggao Pass into ruins and take Chenggao Pass in one fell swoop.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Hua'an was studying the terrain near Chenggao Pass, and Wang San strode in.

"How. How much has Thunderbolt been completed? Hua An asked softly.

Wang San replied: "Big brother." The soldiers worked day and night, and had already made 400 thunderbolts, and it would take a day at most to complete them all. ”

"Good. It's just wonderful. With these thunderbolts. Our army will be able to teach this cunning enemy a good lesson, and by the way, how is the black powder prepared. Is it enough for siege? Hua An asked again.

"Big brother, don't worry, that group of deaf and dumb craftsmen is stepping up the configuration, and what they have made so far is enough for five hundred thunderbolts to shoot for three hours, which should be enough." Wang San hurriedly replied.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded with satisfaction, and said softly: "The thunderbolt and black powder have been almost prepared, and there is no shortage of bows and arrows, it seems that our army will be able to launch a large-scale attack on Chenggao Pass the day after tomorrow, and before the evening of the day after tomorrow, we will definitely take Chenggao Pass." ”

Wang San nodded and said: "Big brother, in the past few days, Deng Qiang's kid has captured dozens of cities in a row, but we are still trapped under Chenggao Pass. ”

Hua An smiled and said softly: "What you said is also true, Deng Qiang, this kid has captured dozens of cities in a row, but it's really not easy!" I don't know what the situation is on Xie Ai's side. ”

"Big brother, don't worry, a few days ago, the scout reported that General Xie's main force had already invaded Taiyuan County and arrived at Longshan not far from Jinyang City, I believe that at this moment, Longshan has been broken." Wang San guessed softly.

Hua An nodded and said: "Xie Ai's progress is also quite fast, but further north, it will be connected with Daiguo, who has more than 100,000 desert iron horses, and his strength cannot be underestimated!" The eldest brother is very worried about General Xie's situation! After speaking, he was a little worried.

"Big brother don't worry, General Xie is a famous general of the Liang Kingdom, and with a mere 30,000 horses, he defeated Ma Qiu's army of more than 100,000 and fled, and now, General Xie has 80,000 horses under his command, and it shouldn't be too much of a problem to deal with Tuoba Shi Yijian." Wang San said softly.

Hua An thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I want to borrow your auspicious words, I hope so!" ”

"Report, General, General Xie sent his subordinates to send a letter, please take a look at it." At this moment, the soldiers outside the tent sent Xie Ai's handwritten letter.

"Quick, bring it up." Hua An couldn't wait to order.

Soon, the soldiers presented Xie Ai's handwritten letter in front of Hua An, who gently opened the letter and read it carefully.

"Okay, that's great, I didn't expect the situation to be so smooth." Hua An looked very happy after reading the letter.

"Big brother, what's wrong, is Longshan broken by our army?" Wang San hurriedly asked.

Hua An waved his hand and said loudly: "What is the little Longshan, Jinyang City has been taken by General Xie, and it is bloodless, not a single soldier has been lost!" ”

"Oh, Zhang Ping surrendered?" Wang San also looked extremely happy.

Hua An nodded and said, "Yes!" Zhang Ping knew that he was not the opponent of our army, and he had already led all the soldiers and horses under his command to surrender to our army. ”

"Great, big brother, after Zhang Ping surrenders, General Xie's soldiers and horses will exceed 100,000, and it will be no problem to deal with Daiguo!" Wang San said happily.

Hua An paused and said with emotion: "This Zhang Ping is not worth it at all, but his righteous son Zhang Hao is a rare general!" Conquering Zhang Oyster is the most joyful thing, but even so, General Xie Ai still does not have much chance of winning in the face of Daiguo's elite desert iron cavalry, so he wrote this personal letter, asking not to recover Yanmen County occupied by Daiguo for the time being, if he must recover Yanmen County, he needs at least 50,000 reinforcements. ”

When Wang San heard this, he asked: "So that's the case, our army has another fierce general, which is a great thing, but does the eldest brother plan not to recover Yanmen County for the time being, or send reinforcements to Bingzhou?" ”

Hua An pointed to the map in front of him, and said: "Our army is still trapped under Chenggao Pass, where are there reinforcements to reinforce and merge with the state, let's give up Yanmen County for the time being!" After all, the rice has to be eaten bite by bite, and the lost land must be recovered step by step. ”

"Well, what the eldest brother said is that we will not recover Yanmen County for the time being, but our army must do its best to break through Chenggao Pass now, and we can't let Xie Ai and Deng Qiang see jokes." Wang San hurriedly said.

Hua An nodded, and said: "That's natural, just three thousand enemy troops, how to do it, before the evening of the day after tomorrow, our army will definitely break through Chenggao Pass and go straight to Xingyang." ”

"Well, the eldest brother is so courageous, he entered Xingyang, destroyed the soldiers and horses of Cao Fu's department, completely controlled Xingyang County, and then, attacked the area of Chenliu and Puyang, and finally killed the Yellow River, and the soldiers and horses of General Xie surrounded the Hebei area." Wang San said happily.

Hua An smiled and said: "Since our army went out of Tongguan, Yin Hao and Huan Wen have been unable to sit still, and now, the main force of the Yangzhou Army has arrived in Langya and is marching in the direction of Qingzhou, and the Jingzhou Army is also advancing to Yingchuan in Runan and is forcing towards Yanzhou, so my Dajin Wang Division is a four-way march, and Chen Liu and Puyang are left to Huan Wen." ”

"Big brother, I already know this, but the two of them have been standing still, whether they will really send troops to the Northern Expedition, it's hard to be sure!" Wang San said suspiciously.

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "You are right, this is also the reason why the eldest brother did not dare to transfer troops to reinforce and merge the state, after all, once Yin Hao and Huan Wen did not really go on the Northern Expedition and withdrew their troops halfway, our army did not have 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it would be difficult to gain a firm foothold in the Luoyang area." ”

"Well, the eldest brother is very thoughtful, since Luoyang has been taken by our army, it must not be lost again." Wang San said affirmatively.

"Report, General, there is a new situation in Chenggao Pass." At this moment, the pro-soldiers reported to Hua'an the new situation in Chenggao Pass.

Hua An hurriedly asked, "What's the new situation, tell me quickly." ”

"General, according to the report of the scouts who were ambushed in Chenggao Pass, the defenders of Chenggao Pass have increased many times at once, and there are about 20,000 enemy reinforcements who have secretly entered Chenggao Pass." The pro-soldier reported truthfully.

"Big brother, the enemy army secretly increased its troops into Gaoguan, it seems that the comer is not good! Our army must be prepared in advance to prevent the enemy from robbing the camp. Wang San said cautiously.

Hua An nodded and said: "You are right, the enemy's 20,000 main forces secretly reinforce Chenggao Pass, and most of them have plans to rob the camp, so we will plan and ambush the soldiers and horses outside the camp to catch the enemy by surprise." ”

"Okay, big brother, I'll go and prepare." Wang San said a word, turned around and left the big tent of the Chinese army.

Subsequently, Hua'an also left the big tent of the Chinese army and went to Chenggao Pass to observe the situation outside the pass in order to make better countermeasures.

After some careful consideration, in the evening, Hua'an had already formulated a detailed strategy to deal with the enemy's camp robbery, but in order to hide people's eyes, he did not immediately mobilize troops and horses, but planned to secretly mobilize troops and horses after nightfall to deal a fatal blow to the enemy troops who might rob the camp.

In the enemy camp at Chenggao Pass, the main army led by the enemy general Cao Fu had arrived secretly and assembled in the city, ready to kill out of Chenggao Pass and attack the Jin army camp at any time.

"General, the hour is almost up, and you can send troops." After the hour, a subordinate general reminded softly.

Cao Fu shook his head, and said with a straight face: "Don't worry, let the soldiers prepare immediately, after the time, the main force of 20,000 will be killed, and the main force of the Jin army must be broken." ”

"Yes, General." The generals clenched their fists and took orders, turned around and left the big tent of the Chinese army.

"General, our army surrenders to the Jin army camp, will the Jin army be prepared!" A general said worriedly.

Cao Fu said confidently: "Don't worry, the general has already sent scouts to the Jin army camp to investigate, and the Jin army camp is normal, and there is nothing abnormal." (To be continued......)