Hua'an was not complacent because of the successive victories of suppressing bandits, after all, these bandits were all rabble, and they were not on the same level as the elite Zhao army at all.

When suppressing bandits, you can beat the bandits to the point of urine, but if you encounter the elite of Zhao Guo head-on, it is really difficult to say who will kill the deer.

The Northern Expedition has entered the countdown, and Hua'an has less and less time to prepare, since the return of the bandits in Hanshan, he has become more strict with his subordinates, and his training has become more brutal.

In addition to the training of individual soldiers' combat strength, the drills of the formation are also becoming more and more frequent, because large-scale battles, pay attention to the orderly advance and retreat, and cooperate tacitly, and when the real battle is carried out, once the formation is scattered, the resistance ability of the scattered soldiers will be greatly weakened, and the army will also collapse.

The stability of the formation, in addition to strict training before the war, has a great relationship with the soldiers' fighting spirit, combat strength, the generals' assessment of the situation, and the determination of the imperial court.

Only when the soldiers are strong and not afraid of battle, the generals are wise and brave, and the court has firm confidence and strategizing, can they win the war.

Hua'an could not predict the decision of the imperial court, but the combat power of the soldiers could be trained, and as long as the soldiers were strong, their fighting spirit would inevitably be firm.

The reason why the rabble will be cowardly and flee when they are defeated is because their own combat power is low, and fighting with the enemy is equivalent to sending them to death, so they are naturally unwilling to charge forward, while the soldiers with strong combat power will not only not lose their lives when charging forward, but will cut off the heads of the enemy soldiers and make a promotion.

In order to increase the combat power of each soldier, Hua'an conducted devilish training for more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, in addition to the necessary formation drills, weapon fighting, archery, mounted archery, and horse assassination, but also carried out weight-bearing long-distance running.

From the initial unloading of the armor to run ten miles, the intensity is increased day by day, after one month, you can run with armor for fifteen miles, and after three months, you can run for thirty miles with heavy armor.

It can be said that the soldiers' physique has made great progress, and their technical combat abilities such as fighting and mounted archery have also made leaps and bounds, and their formation drills have become more proficient.

Looking at the progress of more than 10,000 soldiers under his command day by day, Hua'an was extremely happy in his heart, and his confidence in the Northern Expedition was also increasing.

At this time, the weather was already very hot, and there were only about three or four months left before the days of the Northern Expedition after the autumn, and the armies of the Great Jin Dynasty had entered the final preparations, and the necessary materials for the battle, such as grain and grass, military salaries, weapons, and arrows, were transported into the camps of the various armies.

The Jingzhou Army and the Yangzhou Army had already begun to send scouts to Jiangbei to spy on Zhao's troop deployment and prepare for the Northern Expedition.

At the same time, the envoy sent to Liaodong also sent news that at the same time as the Northern Expedition of the Great Jin Dynasty, Murong Hao, the king of Yan, would send 100,000 iron cavalry to attack the Yan-Zhao border to contain the Zhao army.

In order to prevent the rear from being attacked during the Northern Expedition of the Great Jin Dynasty, Yu Liang and Sima Yan discussed and decided to preemptively send Deng Yue, the assassin of Guangzhou, to lead the army to attack Shu in the southwest.

And the main army of the Great Jin Dynasty naturally gradually moved northward, ready to cross the river and go north at any time to recover the Central Plains.

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At the beginning of July, Hua An, who was training soldiers in the camp, received an urgent letter from the capital, and when he opened it, he saw that it was a handwritten letter sent by his wife Wang Ling.

In addition to telling his thoughts about Hua'an, the letter also informed him that he was about to give birth, and asked Hua'an to go back as much as possible.

Although the Northern Expedition is becoming more and more urgent, the more than 10,000 troops under his command have been trained for a year, and their strong combat power has been formed, and it must not be an exaggeration to describe it as elite soldiers.

At this time, even if Hua'an is not there, the soldiers will take the initiative to complete various training according to Hua'an's prior requirements, and Hua'an is also full of trust in these elite soldiers.

In the evening, after taking leave from Han Qian, Hua'an rushed to the capital non-stop.

By the time Hua'an arrived at the capital, the sun had already set and the city gate had already been closed.

"Who's coming?" As soon as Hua An arrived at the city gate, a shout came from the city gate.

"This general is to capture the general Hua'an, there is an urgent matter at home, open the city gate quickly." Hua An shouted.

A person in the city stretched out half of his body and looked down, and after confirming that it was Hua An himself, he said loudly: "General Hua forgives the sin, the capital is an important place in Gyeonggi, after sunset, the door must not be opened without the emperor's will and emergency military information, and the last general is also acting on orders." ”

"If there is really an urgent matter in the last general's family, can't the general be accommodating?" Hua'an returned home with a heartfelt heart and extremely respectful language.

"General Hua forgives the sin, the city gate really can't be opened, please don't embarrass the villain." The little colonel of the city gate replied very respectfully, but he made up his mind not to open the city gate.

His wife was about to give birth, and he had already arrived in the capital, but he was blocked by a small guard captain, Hua Anzhong was very anxious, and Le Ma turned around at the city gate.

"Can't you really be accommodating?" Hua An was angry, and his words were full of resentment.

"General Hua, don't be embarrassed, the villain is also acting on orders." The tone of the city gate school is neither humble nor arrogant.

Seeing that the little colonel at the city gate didn't open the city gate, Hua An was naturally furious, but the little colonel was also acting on orders, and he couldn't blame him for this.

So, Hua An turned over and dismounted, tied the war horse to the horse rejection stake next to him, and said loudly to the city: "Okay, Ben will not embarrass you, and I don't want you to open the city gate, you throw a rope down, Ben will climb up by himself, now it's all right!" ”

The little colonel of the city gate pondered for a moment, and said loudly: "General, later, you guys, hurry down the soft ladder, hurry." After saying that, he commanded a few soldiers and threw the soft ladder down the city wall.

Hua An climbed the city wall step by step along the soft ladder, and after going up the city wall, Hua An couldn't rest, and hurriedly ran to the city, he wanted to run back to the mansion as fast as possible.

"General Hua, get on the last general's horse!" The city gate junior colonel refused to open the door to Hua'an, and he was a little apprehensive.

"Thank you." Hua An was not polite, rode on the war horse of the city gate colonel, and ran towards his mansion in Wuyi Lane with all his might.

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At this time, the Hua'an Mansion in Wuyi Lane has become a pot of porridge, and in the main house in the backyard, there are heart-wrenching shouts from time to time, and more than a dozen maids and old mothers are waiting for Wang Ling to give birth.

There were people who came in and out of the house, some carrying hot water, some holding towels.

"Madame, exert yourself! With a little more force, it's almost time to come out. A few old mothers anxiously encouraged.

"Ah......" Wang Ling's face was covered with beads of sweat, obviously using all his strength.

"Soon, the head is already exposed, ma'am, use some more force."

"Ah......h

After a long hiss, ......a baby's cry came from the room.

"The cry is the cry of a baby." As soon as Hua An stepped into the door of the mansion, he heard the cry from the backyard, and his heart was suddenly happy.