Kui'an deserves to be a famous general of Zhao State, Chaisang City and Penkou Pass are under his command, and the defense is not leaky, and for half a month, the generals of Hua'an and Dajin have never found the opportunity to attack.

Jingling Taishou Li Yang used grain and grass to lure the enemy several times, but the enemy soldiers turned a blind eye, but fortunately, the grain and grass in Chaisang City were limited, and the confrontation continued, and the enemy army would always be unable to support it.

In order to break the Jin army as soon as possible, Shi Hu changed his original plan, leaving only 20,000 elite soldiers stationed in Qiaocheng, and personally led 60,000 Longteng guards and 20,000 elite soldiers to Huainan County.

A few days later, Shihu's army arrived on the north bank of the Huai River, and its forward corps attacked in four ways, respectively occupying the Huaibei cities of Ping'a, Huaiyuan, Yicheng and other Huaibei cities of the Great Jin Dynasty, in the face of the sudden attack of the elite of Zhao, the Jin army of Huaibei Zhucheng had no ability to resist at all, and all fled in despair, and the defenders fled, and the enemy army captured the city without blood.

Because Kui'an was defeated in Shicheng first, the department suffered heavy losses, and then retreated to retreat to Chaisang, which made Shi Hu who was very happy with his great achievements, in order to vent his resentment, Shi Hu will occupy the Huaibei Zhucheng Jin people all tortured and killed, more cruel is to put some girls and children on the bonfire to roast food, the beautiful name is called 'two-legged sheep' Huaibei Yuan Baili wailed all over the field for a while, and the various evil deeds of the Zhao army are outrageous.

Two days later, Shi Hu's army crossed the Huai River one after another, because Shi Hu's evil deeds had already been known, the people south of the Huai River all fled south with the old and the young, and hundreds of defenders in each city had already fled.

The Shihu army occupied many cities such as Dangtu, Zhongli, and Yinling without effort, and its forward iron cavalry approached the eastern city, slashing and killing the fleeing Jin people along the way, and the corpses were all over the wilderness, which was unbearable.

The news soon reached the ears of Han Qian, who was sitting in Liyang, and Han Qian's heart was very sad when he heard that the people were suffering, but at this time he only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which was not enough to resist Shi Hu's tens of thousands of tigers and wolves, and defending the city was his only choice.

"Order, let the defenders of Wujiang, Junxuan, Quanjiao, and other cities all move closer to Liyang, and all the grain and grass materials will be assembled in Liyang City, and all the people on the outskirts of Liyang will enter the city to take refuge, and the army will step up preparations for defensive materials." Han Qian gave an urgent order to his subordinates.

"General, it's not appropriate to let the defenders of the cities abandon the city!" Chen Xiong said worriedly, after all, the mission of the defenders of each city is to defend the city to the death, and let the defenders of each city give up the city without permission, Han Qian does not have such a big right.

Han Qian sighed and said helplessly: "Shi Hu has 80,000 soldiers, and the defenders of each city are more than 1,000 or as few as a few hundred, and they can't resist the attack of Shi Hu's army at all. ”

"General, if the court is to blame, how about it?" One of the generals worried.

"Don't worry, the court is to blame, and the general will bear it, go and give the order!" Han Qian was a little displeased.

When Han Qian said this, the general was speechless, so he had to go to convey the order.

A few days later, all the defenders of the surrounding cities retreated into Liyang City, and at the same time, they also brought grain and grass and various materials to defend the city, and the people who fled from all over the country also poured into Liyang City.

Although the scale of Liyang City is large, it cannot accommodate so many people, but abandoning the people outside the city, Han Qian couldn't bear it, so he ordered the Jingbei Navy to concentrate all the ships and transport the fleeing people to Jiangnan day and night.

"Chen Xiong, what is the situation in the city, how many people, soldiers, grain and grass are?" Han Qian looked at Chen Xiong and asked.

Chen Xiong replied: "General, there are 50,000 or 60,000 people in the city, more than 10,000 of our army, 3,000 soldiers who have retreated from each city, and there are still 40,000 deniers of grain and grass, which is enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for two months. ”

"Two months, enough, enough." When Han Qian heard that there were 40,000 deniers of grain and grass, his heart was a little settled.

"General, but our soldiers and horses seem to be slightly insufficient!" A ministry general said.

Han Qian nodded and said: "Our army has only more than 10,000 troops, and the defenders who retreated from each city are only 3,000, and there are indeed insufficient men, but with the solidity of Liyang City, it should be no problem to hold on for two months, and after two months, reinforcements will definitely come." ”

"General, the enemy army is strong, we can mobilize young and middle-aged people to temporarily defend the city." A ministry will build a yì road.

"Well, okay, I'll leave this to you." Han Qian replied.

A few days later, news came from the front, Shi Hu's main force has been stationed in Dongcheng, the forward iron cavalry has approached Quanjiao, and at this time, the combat readiness of Liyang City is almost ready, in addition to the Northern Expeditionary Army of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, the three thousand troops of each city retreated into Liyang, the first batch of young and middle-aged people in the city to participate in the defense of the city There are 7,000 people, and the strength of Liyang to defend the city has increased to 20,000.

A few days later, Zhao Guo's vanguard tentatively attacked Liyang City, but was repelled by Han Qian's troops, and then, Shi Hu personally led 60,000 Longteng guards under his command to arrive ten miles north of Liyang City, and the army camped to prepare for an attack on a later date.

Just when the 60,000 Longteng guards led by Shi Hu entered Liyang City, the remaining 20,000 elite soldiers, in addition to 5,000 to guard Dangtu City, left 15,000 soldiers, to the southwest, successively attacked Shouchun, Chengde, Hefei, Lujiang and other cities, although they did not break through one by one, but still occupied a lot of cities.

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The army of Zhao State showed its might in Huainan County, but at this time, the Kui'an army in Chaisang had been surrounded by the Jin army for a month, and the grain and grass were gradually running out of money, and they were in danger of collapse at any time.

In the city of Chaisang, Kui'an is a little anxious, the city is surrounded on all sides, the west and south directions are the 50,000 troops of Yu Yi, the north is close to the river, there are also Jin water divisions cruising, and outside the basin pass in the east is the elite soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army and Li Yang, no matter which direction to break through, they will suffer great losses.

He originally expected that the 100,000 army under Shi Hu's command would wave his army to the west to reinforce Chaisang, but Shi Hu, who did not think about it, only sent 15,000 elite soldiers to attack in the direction of Chaisang, and the main force of 60,000 Longteng guards all rushed to the direction of Liyang.

And the 15,000 troops that were attacking in the direction of Chaisang have only now arrived in Wancheng, which is still hundreds of miles away from Chaisang, and it will take at least three or four days to arrive.

"General, our army has been stockpiling food for less than two days, and in two days, our army will run out of food." A general said helplessly in front of Kui An.

"General, get an idea! Our army cannot sit idly by. Another general was also eager to express his opinion.

In fact, Kui An's heart is more anxious than anyone else, but as the commander of the three armies, he must be calm, if the commanders are impetuous, the hearts of the officers and men of the three armies will be completely dispersed.