After entering Wujiang City, the soldiers of the Zhao army finally took a breath, and there were thousands of deniers of military food hoarded here, which was enough for Shi Hu's tens of thousands of troops to support for a period of time.

"Your Majesty, you have arrived in Wujiang City." Hou Ba said and with the help of the two deputies, he gently put down the stone tiger on his back.

Shi Hu took a breath, opened his eyes and looked around, and said softly: "Wujiang City, we have arrived at Wujiang City, Hou Ba, have the main forces of our army withdrawn?" ”

Hou Ba sighed and said, "Your Majesty, everyone who can come back has returned, and those who haven't come back should be dead." ”

Shi Hu nodded when he heard this, Hou Ba said very directly, everyone who didn't come back was burned to death by the fire.

Soon, the main generals under Shi Hu's command all entered Wujiang City, and ran to Shi Hu's side, seeing that his right-hand men were still alive, Shi Hu's mood eased slightly.

"Your Majesty, the main force of the Jin army has already chased after you, and Wujiang City can't stay for a long time! Our troops should leave as soon as possible. A subordinate general hugged his fist and said.

Shi Hu looked at the exhausted soldiers around him, and said coldly: "The soldiers can't move anymore, where to retreat, first settle the soldiers well, and after they have eaten and rested, it's not too late to evacuate." ”

"Your Majesty, the main force of the Jin army is gradually gathering, and in a few hours it will be able to march to encircle Wujiang City, it will not be so easy for our army to leave, it is better to withdraw early." The ministry will continue to build yì road.

Shi Hu looked at the general, frowned and asked: "The Jin army dares to surround this king, it really eats the gall of the bear's heart and the leopard, let's say, how many people and horses are the main force of the Jin army?" ”

The subordinate general lowered his head, clenched his fists and said, "According to the scout's report, there are 30,000 sailors in the Jin army. The Northern Expeditionary Army had more than 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. The total number of troops is almost fifty thousand, and. According to reliable information, the Jin army still has two reinforcements, which are outflanking our army's retreat, and plan to completely annihilate the main force of our army! ”

"What, the Jin army came with so many people at once." Shi Hu was also a little anxious in his heart, paused, and asked eagerly: "Our army, what about our army?" How many men are left in our army? ”

"Your Majesty, the two large camps of our army, on land and water, have been burned. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties! Of the nearly 100,000 troops, only about 60,000 returned to Wujiang City, and nearly half of the men and horses had burns from different Cheng dù, and their strength had been greatly damaged, compared with the Jin army, they did not have an advantage at all! ”

When Shi Hu heard this, he couldn't help but tremble, he couldn't believe that this was the truth. Because of a small fire, his generals actually lost thirty or forty thousand horses, which was a pain that Shi Hu could never bear in his heart, but the Jin army did not suffer any casualties. This made Shi Hu even more annoyed.

Shi Hu slowly raised his head, looked at Zhixiong, and said angrily: "Zhixiong." Why did the naval warship catch fire, and has the cause been found? ”

Zhixiong's face was full of bitterness. stammered: "Your Majesty, it's the Jin army." It was the Jin army that set the fire. ”

"What, the warships of the Jin army are all downstream, the fire is burning from the upstream, how did the Jin army set the fire, let's talk carefully." Shi Hu was furious and asked loudly.

Zhixiong's face became even more bitter, and he hugged his fists and said: "Back to the king, we fell for the Jin army's plan to attack the east and the west, the Jin army deliberately beat drums and shouted in the downstream direction to attract the attention of our army, but secretly sent dozens of small boats full of flammable materials, using the cover of the fog, quietly entered our army's water village from the upstream, and leaned the fire boat against the side of our army's iron cable ship, and lit a fire. ”

"The sound of the east and the west, it turns out that the Jin army's drumming and shouting is a plan to sound the east and the west, but you first told the king that the Jin army is a plan to tire the enemy, and then told the king that the king is a plan to borrow arrows from a grass boat, and you can't guess it right! Stupid, it's all a group of stupid people, isn't there anyone in my big Zhao country? Even a small plan of the Jin army could not be seen. Shi Hu shouted angrily at the generals under his command.

All the soldiers were reprimanded by Shi Hu, and they all lowered their heads in shame, and even Yao Xiang, who had always been conceited, stood behind his father without saying a word.

After Shi Hu reprimanded his generals, he frowned and thought for a while, and said loudly: "You generals don't have to be too long-term to destroy their own prestige, our army still has 60,000 main forces, but the Jin army is less than 50,000, and there are 30,000 water troops who are not good at land warfare, as long as the generals are united and the soldiers fight bravely, the Jin army will not be able to stop the progress of our army." ”

"King Shengming, we will fight to the death with all our strength and return to the Central Plains." The generals all loudly expressed their determination.

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On the north bank of the Wujiang ferry, the fire continued to burn for several hours before it gradually went out, and after the sun sank in the west, Hua'an and his less than 20,000 horses came ashore one after another.

At this time, the warships of the Zhao army water village have all burned out, and on the river, there will occasionally be a few wisps of smoke and dust, as if to tell the people passing by that there was a fire here, and the corpses of countless Zhao soldiers floated on the river surface and slowly drifted downstream.

The land camp of the Zhao army next to the water village is on the edge of the ferry, although the fire here has been extinguished, but the sporadic faint flames are a lot, many wood and flammable things on the ground have not been completely burned clean, if you do not wear shoes directly from these ruins to walk, the soles of the feet will be burned to pain, fortunately, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army are combat boots, and the war horses are also equipped with horseshoes, so there is no need to worry about the damage of the dark fire.

Due to too much dark fire, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army walked in the ruins, and could still feel the heat flow from their feet, in the cold winter, it really gave people a warm feeling, but this was the residual heat of the fire to give people a physiological feeling, as long as they looked at the devastated scene around them, especially the countless charred corpses on the ground, the soldiers' hearts were unconsciously born a trace of uncomfortable feeling.

Hua An and Thunderstorm and others, riding horses and walking in the camp of the Zhao army, looking at the corpses of the Zhao soldiers who had been charred under their feet, Hua An's head would involuntarily swell with a trace of pity, but just for a moment, this natural pity would disappear.

After all, this is war, and killing as many enemies as possible is a necessary part of being a general, and to pity the enemy is to be irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers under his command.

The charred corpses of the Zhao soldiers emitted a pungent and unpleasant smell, and Hua An would stretch out his right hand to cover his mouth and nose from time to time to weaken the smell, and most of the rest of the soldiers also covered their faces with their hands.

The soldiers marched from the shore of the ferry to the direction of Wujiang City one after another, and a moment later, Hua An and the soldiers beside him completely walked out, and the Zhao army camp that had become a ruin had become a ruin.

Although they walked out of the ruins, on the road to Wujiang City, there were still a small number of corpses of Zhao soldiers lying on the road, which were obviously Zhao soldiers who escaped from the fire, but they could not support them because of their injuries, so they fell to the ground.

After walking out of the ruins, Hua An and the thunderstorm beside him rode their horses to stop, and everyone looked back in the direction of the ruins, and fell silent for a while.

"Big brother, this fire of our army has burned at least more than 10,000 soldiers of the Zhao army!" Thunderstorm was the first to say loudly.

When Wang San heard this, he frowned and thought for a while, and said: "More than that, I don't see it, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Zhao army were engulfed in fire in the land camp alone, and there were no more than 10,000 corpses on the river, so if you count it, at least more than 20,000 soldiers of the Zhao army were burned to death." ”

"Good guy, more than 20,000 people, this fire is really worth it, haha!" Wang Biantou said excitedly.

Hua An smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "I'm afraid that there are more than 20,000, and 30,000 or 40,000 are possible!" Wang San immediately sent a team of soldiers to check the losses of the Zhao army. ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang San said, turned around and went to give the order.

"Big brother, the strength of the Zhao army is less than 100,000, if 30,000 or 40,000 horses are burned to death, then there are only about 60,000 people and horses left, and among these 60,000 horses, there are many wounded soldiers, so calculated, compared with the Zhao army, the current strength of our army can be regarded as between the best!" Wang Liu said happily.

"Yes! Big brother, if you count Wang Wu, Tie Niu, and Zhao Wu's men and horses, the strength of our army will surpass that of the Zhao army, and in this battle, it is entirely possible to completely annihilate the main force of the Zhao army. Thunderstorm continued.

Hua An nodded and said: "That's right, a fire attack by our army, the combat power of Shi Hu's main army has been weakened by at least half, however, the total annihilation of the main force of the Zhao army is secondary, and killing Shi Hu is the most important, as long as Shi Hu dies, the Central Plains will be in chaos, and my Great Jin can see the opportunity to wave the Northern Expedition and recover the Central Plains is just around the corner." ”

"Big brother, don't worry, we will go all out to kill Shi Huxian and his subordinates." Several people in the thunderstorm clenched their fists and expressed their attitudes.

Half an hour later, the Jin army's naval division and the Northern Expeditionary soldiers and horses had all arrived at the predetermined location south of Wujiang City, and set up camp there.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army set up camp, Hua An personally took his own soldiers to inspect the camp, and after confirming that there was no problem, he returned to his Chinese army tent with confidence.

"Big brother, I just stayed at the ferry, and the soldiers who were responsible for checking the corpses of the soldiers of the Zhao army have all returned." Wang San walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, with a happy face.

Seeing Wang Shang's expression, Hua An hurriedly asked, "How is it, how are the casualties of the Zhao army?" ”

Wang San smiled slightly, and said excitedly: "Thirty thousand, our soldiers have found more than 30,000 corpses of Zhao soldiers, not counting those parts that were burned to ashes or floated away along the river." ”

"Oh, the casualties of the Zhao army are really as high as thirty or forty thousand horses, okay, it's really good." Hua An stood up excitedly and paced back and forth in the Chinese army's tent.

"Big brother, it seems that in Wujiang City, there are really only about 60,000 tired divisions of the Zhao army, and the wounded soldiers must account for a large proportion, with the current strength of our army, we will definitely be able to defeat it." Wang San said excitedly.

"Yes! Big brother, now I am afraid that the soldiers of the Zhao army will not come out of Wujiang City, so that the cavalry of our army will not be able to give full play to their advantages, and the soldiers and horses of the navy are not good at siege warfare! Thunderstorm followed. (To be continued......)

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