Hua An pointed to the map beside him and said: "Tonight, the 30,000 troops of our Northern Expeditionary Army raided the left flank camp of the rebels, Deng Tingshi led the main force of the Guangzhou Army to confront the rebels' right wing army, and it must not be allowed to reinforce the left flank, as for the defenders of Xupu City, it will be handed over to the 3,000 brothers of the Jiaozhou Legion, remember, we must create the momentum of tens of thousands of troops, deter the rebels, so that they dare not go out of the city, at most two hours, our Northern Expeditionary Army will definitely be able to completely defeat the rebels." ”

"Don't worry! General Hua, the Jiaozhou Corps must live up to its mission. The commander of the Jiaozhou Legion replied confidently.

Deng Yue, the assassin of Guangzhou, listened to Hua'an's deployment, smiled, and said: "General Hua, the Jiaozhou Legion can contain the 20,000 rebels in Xupu City with 3,000 men and horses, why do we need 20,000 soldiers and horses to contain the right flank of the rebels in Guangzhou, the general's deployment is to underestimate my Guangzhou Legion, since it is to concentrate the main force to break the enemy, the old man only needs 5,000 men and horses to contain the right wing of the rebels, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are all under the command of General Hua." ”

When Hua An heard this, he was overjoyed, Deng Yue handed over the 15,000 men and horses under his command to his command, and he was more sure of defeating the rebels, but on the surface he still said worriedly: "The rebels are fierce and barbaric, if they see through our army's strategy, Deng Tingshi only has 5,000 men and horses, wouldn't it be dangerous." ”

"Hahaha! The old man has been fighting all his life, just a traitor, how can he take the old man's life, you just have to rest assured that the enemy will be broken, and the right wing of the rebel army will be handed over to the old man. Deng Yue looked very arrogant.

Hua An'an suddenly rose with admiration, and hurriedly said: "In this way, thank you Deng Tingshi, the defeat of the rebels is tonight." ”

"Okay, okay, all the generals go and prepare!" Deng Yue asked the generals and colonels to return to the camp to prepare.

The generals left in turn, and Hua'an also personally went to the camp to inspect the spirit and state of the soldiers, and mobilized the soldiers to immediately renovate their war equipment and prepare for battle.

In order to allow the Jiaozhou Army and Deng Yue's men and horses to disguise themselves a little, Hua'an allocated them ninety percent of the war drums of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and taught them to use 'cross-shaped' torches, so that the soldiers could create the momentum of six soldiers to deter the rebels.

After preparing a qiē, all the officers and men of each army went back to the camp tent to rest, and after sunset, the baggage soldiers began to cook, and the officers and men of each army got up one after another, and after a full meal, they assembled.

When the moon rises, the soldiers and horses are fully ready to go to the battlefield at the command of their commanders.

Hua'an stretched out his hand and waved his hand, letting the 10,000 cavalry of the thunderstorm go first, the subsequent 20,000 infantry and the 15,000 soldiers and horses of the Guangzhou Legion followed suit, and the 45,000 army quietly moved forward and rushed towards the rebel left flank camp more than ten miles away.

In order to avoid being discovered by the rebel scouts as much as possible, Hua'an asked the soldiers to walk by moonlight, and all the soldiers were not allowed to hold torches or talk freely, and even the horses were specially covered with a layer of cloth to prevent the horses from neighing when they were frightened.

After Hua'an led the main force of the Jin army to leave the camp, the 3,000 men and horses of the Jiaozhou Army and the 5,000 men and horses led by Deng Yue himself also left the camp and rushed to their respective positions.

The Jiaozhou Legion and the men and horses led by Deng Yueqin first hid in the dense forest, they were waiting for the movement in the left flank direction, as long as the main force of Hua'an and the rebels fought, they would rush up, creating the momentum of tens of thousands of main forces, so that the rebels were confused, so that they did not know how to move troops.

The main force under Hua An's command quietly approached the periphery of the rebel left flank camp and stopped at a distance of five hundred paces from the rebel camp.

This battle is related to the survival of both the enemy and us, and victory can greatly defeat the arrogance of the rebels, and once defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Big brother, the scouts are all back, there are no ambushes within a radius of five miles from the rebel camp, and all the 30,000 rebels are in the camp." Wang San reported.

"Big brother, this is a good opportunity, let's attack!"

"Big brother, let's fight! I'm willing to take the lead. ”

"General, attack! Such a great opportunity could not be missed. ”

The generals asked for battle one after another.

Hua An nodded and said: "The reason why the rebels are arrogant and don't take the Great Jin Imperial Court in their eyes is entirely because they have a strong army, and now, almost all the rebels are around Xupu City, as long as we annihilate these rebels, it will be difficult for the rebels to be arrogant." ”

"Big brother means to annihilate this group of rebels." Wang San asked.

"Well, even if you can't wipe them all out, you have to annihilate most of them, so that the rebels don't suffer a big loss, they won't honestly obey the rule of the Great Jin." Hua An said affirmatively.

"If the rebels flee into the woods, how far can our army pursue?" A general asked.

Hua An frowned, and said: "Our army is attacking from all sides, to block the path of the rebels' escape, if the rebels really flee into the woods, the army will immediately form a small mandarin duck formation, enter the woods to chase and kill the rebels, I will feel that ten miles of pursuit is enough." ”

The generals all nodded.

Hua An picked up a stone beside him, put it on the ground, and said: "This is the rebel camp, thunderstorm, you lead 10,000 cavalry to detour back to the south of the rebel camp, Zhao Wu, Tie Niu, you two each lead 10,000 infantry to copy the east and west sides of the rebel camp, the generals of the pro-military camp and the Guangzhou Legion, lead the main army to attack the rebel camp from the north with the general, tonight, we must completely defeat the rebels." ”

"Yes, General." All the generals answered loudly.

"Okay, generals, go back and prepare!" Hua An beckoned lightly and motioned for the generals to leave.

In Hua'an, once the rebels began to flee, the direction of the rout was most likely to be the south, and the least likely was the north, but Hua'an deployed the 15,000 troops of the entire Guangzhou Army in the north of the rebel camp, and then personally led the pro-army battalion to attack the rebels together with the Guangzhou Army. Hua'an did not dare to risk letting the Canton Army take on the big responsibility, because if the rebels fled on a large scale, Hua'an's plan to annihilate the enemy on a large scale would come to naught.

Half an hour later, the 10,000 cavalry under the command of Lei Storm and the 20,000 infantry under the command of Zhao Wu and Tie Niu arrived at the predetermined position one after another, and almost at the same time, the Kong Ming lantern was raised.

"Big brother, the thunderstorm is in place, let's fight!" Wang San looked at the three Kong Ming lanterns floating in the sky and said excitedly.

Hua An stood up, raised the glaive knife in his hand, and shouted: "Soldiers, attack, kill all the rebels, and rush ......"

"Kill ......" The men and horses of the pro-military battalion and the Guangzhou regiment roared and killed in the direction of the rebel camp.

After hearing the shouts of killing, Lei Storm, Zhao Wu and Tie Niu also ordered their soldiers to kill the rebel camp.

The Jin army shouted and rushed towards the rebel camp from four directions, and the rebel soldiers who were in charge of standing guard were suddenly dumbfounded, staring blankly at the surging Jin army, and they didn't know what to do for a while, and after being stunned for a moment, they shouted and ran to the depths of the camp.

At this time, most of the rebels were resting in the tent, their armor and weapons were thrown in the tent at will, and when they heard the shouts outside the tent, they rubbed their eyes and sat up.

When they woke up a little and heard the shouts outside that the Jin army was attacking the camp, they were immediately frightened into a cold sweat, and a large number of rebel soldiers did not have time to put on armor, but rushed out of the camp with weapons indiscriminately, and when they did not have time to assemble, they fought with the Jin army that entered the camp.

The rebels were unprepared, how could they be the opponent of the main force of the Jin army in a hurry, and they suffered heavy casualties as soon as they came into contact, and many soldiers were killed by the Jin soldiers who broke into the camp before they had time to get dressed.

Under the surprise attack of the main army of the Jin army, the rebels lost thousands of soldiers in a very short period of time, and the remaining soldiers were like headless flies, gathering together to fight to the death.

The Northern Expeditionary Army took the battalion as a unit, formed a medium-sized attack formation, and launched a strong attack on the rebels, with 200 sword and shield soldiers in front of them covering, behind them were 400 pikemen responsible for assassinating the rebels, and the 400 archers at the back kept firing arrows at the rebels.

In the panic, the rebels could not organize an effective formation at all, and they suffered heavy casualties under the well-organized attack and killing formation of the Jin army, and the wails resounded throughout the rebel camp.

The rebels gathered together one by one, for the rebel groups with a large number of people, the Jin army fought in a battalion as a unit, for a small-scale group of rebels with only a few dozen people, the Jin army took the team as a unit, formed a small-scale formation to fight, twenty shield soldiers in front, forty pikemen in the middle, and finally forty crossbowmen, such a small-scale formation, mobile and flexible, easy to annihilate a large number of small groups of rebel soldiers, of course, for the scattered rebel army with only a few people, The Jin army formed the smallest small mandarin duck formation or a small three-talent formation of five people to kill the rebel soldiers.

There was such a big movement in the rebel left wing battalion, which naturally alarmed the defenders of Xupu City and the rebels in the right wing battalion, who were about to reinforce the left wing battalion, but found that a large number of Jin troops had also appeared around them.

The rebel commander of Xupu City personally stood on the wall of the north gate of the city and observed to the north, and found that a few miles in the direction of the north, there were at least nearly 20,000 main forces of the Jin army, and then to the right, there were also large-scale Jin troops in the direction of the right wing battalion, which seemed to have 30,000 horses.

The firelight and shouts of killing from the left flank battalion seemed to indicate that there were at least tens of thousands of Jin troops there, estimated at about 350,000.

In this way, the Jin soldiers and horses are 80,000 to 100,000 tall, which is completely inconsistent with the information explored by the scouts, and the difference is tens of thousands?

Could it be that the Jin army's reinforcements have arrived? The rebel general of Xupu City was very puzzled in his heart, and in order to deal with the Jin army troops in front of him, he did not dare to rashly send troops to reinforce the rebels on the left flank.