After an hour of preparation, the three legions of the Great Jin Dynasty, a full 40,000 horses, have been assembled, Han Qian discussed with Mao Bao and Wang Yunzhi for a while, and decided to lead the army to attack Dangtu.

"Soldiers, go on the march." Han Qian shouted loudly and led more than 10,000 men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army to take the lead in advancing towards Dangtu.

"Expedition."

"Expedition."

Mao Bao and Wang Yunzhi led their respective teams, followed behind Han Qian, and marched towards Dangtu together.

The night was dark, the road was not very clear, among the soldiers who went out, one of every three soldiers held torches, and the more than 10,000 torches of the three armies illuminated the whole road brightly, like a fire dragon.

Hua An looked back at the fire dragon from time to time, and his depressed mood suddenly improved a lot.

"Big brother, are you in a bad mood?" Wang San and Hua An rode their horses side by side, and seeing that Hua An's face was a little depressed, he asked softly.

"Big brother, I'm still thinking about what happened just now! The main general said that it was nothing, and there was no need to take it to heart. Iron Bull turned around and opened his mouth to persuade.

"With that golden helmet and golden armor, the eldest brother is a great achievement." Thunderstorm said loudly.

"Pick the golden helmet of the peach leopard on the spear, when the defenders of Tucheng see it, they must be frightened." Zhao Wu said affirmatively.

Hua An breathed a sigh of relief and explained softly: "It's not that I am angry, this is called the gap in my heart, the eldest brother thought that he was catching the enemy general Tao Leopard, but I didn't expect it to be the captain of the pro-soldier under his command, not only the whole army knows about this matter, but even the soldiers of the Yangzhou Legion and the Jingzhou Legion also see it in their eyes, it is really faceless!" ”

After speaking, Hua An shook his head slightly.

"What do you mean by the gap in your heart." Thunderstorm, Iron Bull, and the others looked at each other and shook their heads.

Hua An unconsciously said a word from the future, couldn't help but smile indifferently, and explained: "The meaning of the gap in my heart is that the eldest brother didn't catch the real peach leopard, and he felt a little uncomfortable, I understand." ”

"Hey, what's uncomfortable, after the peach leopard slips away, we must go to Dangtu City, we will go to Dangtu City now and catch the peach leopard again, isn't it." Iron Bull said it very lightly.

"That's right, enter Dangtu City and capture the peach leopard alive." Thunderstorm, Wang San, Zhao Wu, all in unison.

The four of them were so proud, Hua An'an's depression was swept away, and the wireless passion in his heart was suddenly stimulated.

"Soldiers, enter Dangtu City and capture the peach leopard alive." Hua An also yelled.

"Kill into Dangtu City and capture the peach leopard alive."

"Kill into Dangtu City and capture the peach leopard alive."

The two hundred soldiers under his command responded first, and then the soldiers of the entire pro-military battalion roared, and then, more than 10,000 men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army also responded to the slogan, and finally, even the soldiers of the Jingzhou Legion and the Yangzhou Legion were also infected, and a slogan sounded in the huge wilderness.

In order to maintain the passion of the soldiers, Hua'an remembered the war song in the army.

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son. ”

"Do you say you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the child. ”

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with the son. ”

A majestic war song was first sung from the left brigade of Hua'an's pro-military camp, and then spread throughout the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, and finally, the three people of the Jin army sang along.

The majestic and passionate war song echoed in the wilderness, the grass and trees trembled, and the heavens and the earth changed color.

A few hours later, the sky gradually brightened, the three-way army has advanced to a position thirty miles away from Dangtu City, from Shouchun City and Zhongli City, respectively rushed to 10,000 reinforcements, joined the team, so far, the strength of the three armies of the Great Jin has reached an astonishing 60,000 horses.

After a short rest, a full 60,000 horses set off for Dangtu City.

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When Tucheng was in the middle of Tucheng, Zhang Juzheng ordered the soldiers to pack up all kinds of supplies, preparing to quickly retreat to the north of the Huai River while the main force of the Jin army had not yet arrived.

At this moment, General Wang Lang led several of his subordinates to break into Zhang Ju's big tent.

"Zhang Ju, General Tao's tens of thousands of horses have not returned yet, why are you in such a hurry to withdraw your troops." After Wang Lang entered the account, the split was a few downs.

"General Wang Lang, we have been waiting in Dangtu City for two days, the main force of the Jin army is not far away, one more day of waiting will be more risky, this will be deeply trusted by General Kui'an, and he will be responsible for the lives of 20,000 soldiers." Zhang Ju retorted head-on.

When Wang Lang heard this, he said angrily: "We are gone, we lost Dangtu, what should General Tao do." ”

Zhang raised the corner of his mouth with a sneer, and said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about this, General Tao Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he will definitely be safe." ”

"You ......" Wang Lang was furious, but he only had 2,000 remnants left under his command, unable to guard Dangtu, and he was helpless about Zhang Ju's decision.

"Thanks to General Zhang Ju's auspicious words, this general can escape from death!" At this moment, Peach Leopard broke in with a group of generals.

Zhang Ju was shocked when he saw the peach leopard breaking in, his eyes looked at the peach leopard incredulously, for a long time, he suddenly came over enthusiastically, took the peach leopard's hands, and said meaningfully: "General Tao, you are finally back, the soldiers of the whole army have been looking forward to you for two days, because the main force of the Jin army is getting closer and closer, so they have to evacuate, and now the general is back, and everything is good." ”

For Zhang Ju's hypocrisy, Taobao naturally knew it, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said sourly: "General Zhang Ju ran very fast, but unfortunately my 30,000 army has become a turtle in the urn, and I have suffered heavy losses!" ”

"Zhang Ju, you gave up Yinling City without authorization, what kind of heart do you have?" The generals under the command of Taobao loudly rebuked Zhang Ju.

Zhang Ju saw that his behavior had provoked the anger of the public, and hurriedly explained: "Generals, don't be impatient, taking the initiative to evacuate Yinling City is not the intention of the general, it is the result of the unanimous request of the generals in the account, these are explained in the letter written by the general to General Tao, and the general will not repeat it." ”

When the generals under the command of Peach Leopard heard this, they still glared at Zhang Ju angrily.

"General Peach, fight your way out of the encirclement, how are the casualties?" Zhang Ju asked softly.

"What about casualties, hahaha!" Peach Leopard laughed a few times, and said in a dark voice: "General Zhang's Hongfu, there are still more than 800 soldiers left. ”

After speaking, the peach leopard stared at Zhang Ju.

"What, our army has suffered so many casualties." Zhang raised his eyebrows, put on an extremely distressed appearance, and shook his head and sighed from time to time.

The generals under the command of Taobao have a great prejudice against Zhang Ju, and when they saw this, they turned their heads to the side, they felt that Zhang Ju was a cat crying mouse and fake compassion, and the hypocrisy was to the extreme.

Zhang Ju saw that no matter what he said, the other party would not be satisfied, so he simply stopped explaining, and a cold war broke out in the big tent for a while.

"Report, general, the main force of the Jin army is less than thirty miles away." The scouts broke into the tent and broke the atmosphere in the tent.

"How is the strength of the Jin army?" Zhang Ju immediately asked.

Scout, clenched his fists and replied: "General Hui, the Jin army has 60,000 troops, and it is overwhelming. ”

"What, the main force of the Jin army is as much as 60,000." All the generals in the tent were taken aback.

Seeing this, Zhang Ju looked at Tao Leopard and Wang Lang, and said loudly: "General Tao, General Wang, the main force of the Jin army is not far away, let's withdraw quickly!" ”

Tao Leopard and Wang Lang didn't have many troops in their hands, so they had to nod helplessly in agreement.

"The order was given, and the whole army and horses immediately drove to the ferry and prepared to cross the Huaishui River." Zhang Ju gave the order loudly.

Tao Leopard and Wang Lang also gave orders to their subordinates respectively.

Suddenly, more than 20,000 enemy troops left Dangtu City in batches and rushed to the ferry not far from the north gate.

A large number of ships were needed to transport 20,000 troops and various military supplies, but the transport ships of the Huaishui River were naturally insufficient, and the soldiers even fought and beat each other, and the ferry was extremely chaotic for a while, and the enemy generals and colonels were trying their best to maintain order at the ferry.

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At noon, the three groups of the Jin army, with a total of 60,000 soldiers, officially approached the city of Tu.

Looking at the city gate wide open and the silent Yinling City, Han Qian, Mao Bao, and Wang Yunzhi were all confused, what was the situation in front of them, whether it was a plan to lure the enemy or an empty city plan.

"When the gate of Tu City is opened, the enemy must have a conspiracy." Wang Yunzhi frowned and said affirmatively.

"I think most of the ambushes have been set up in the city." Mao Bao said in a rough voice.

"Could it be an empty city plan?" Han Qian stared at it for a long time, and there was no sign of murderous aura in the city.

When Wang Yunzhi heard this, he said: "It's better to send a group of men and horses into the city to explore the way first, confirm that there is no problem in the city, and then enter the city." ”

"That's right, send a team of men into the city to explore the way first." Mao Bao agreed.

Han Qianyan nodded when he heard this, and looked sideways behind him.

"Master, leave the task of exploring the way into the city to me! When Tu Cheng is familiar, I am familiar. Seeing Han Qian nodding, Hua An immediately clenched his fists and asked for his life.

Han Qian naturally knew that Hua An had captured Dangtu City with the soldiers and horses of Erlong Mountain many days ago, and he should have a better understanding of the situation in the city, so he looked at Hua An and said, "Okay, let's go!" Idea safe. ”

Hua An shook his spirits, hugged his fists and said: "Master rest assured, I guarantee to complete the task." After speaking, he led two hundred soldiers under his command and rode his horse to Dangtu City.

"Stop, everybody, stop." As soon as he rushed into the south gate of Dangtu City, Hua'an asked his soldiers to stand by.

"Big brother, what's wrong, there's a situation." Wang San asked in a low voice.

Hua An shook his head, frowned, and carefully scanned the streets inside the city gate, and saw that there was indeed nothing abnormal, so he ordered loudly: "Tie Niu, you immediately take a pair of people to search the city wall immediately, and control the city wall." ”

"Yes, big brother." Hearing the order, Tie Niu led fifty soldiers and dismounted and ran towards the city wall.

Soon, Tie Niu climbed the city wall, and seeing that there was no enemy ambush on the city wall, he shouted to Hua'an under the city: "Big brother, there is nothing on the city wall." ”

"Iron Bull, the soldiers are divided into two ways and continue to search along the city wall." Huaan shouted.

"Yes, big brother." When Tie Niu heard this, he said loudly: "A few of you will search eastward, a few of you will stay, and the rest will follow me to search west." ”

Seeing that there were no ambushes on the city wall, Hua An's heart suddenly let go of most of it, but he still couldn't take it lightly, he looked at the three roads in front of him, and ordered: "Thunderstorm, you take a team of men and horses to search west, Zhao Wu, you take a team of people and horses to search east, Wang San, you take the rest of the men and horses to search forward with me, remember, after the search, converge at the north gate." ”

"Yes, don't worry, big brother." Thunderstorm and Zhao Wu spoke in unison, and after speaking, they each led a team of men and horses to search in the east and west directions.

"Big brother, let's search forward!" As Wang San spoke, he rode his horse to the front, fifty soldiers followed, and Hua An rode his horse to catch up from behind.