Although Hua'an went to Dangtu just to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, Han Qian was still a little uneasy, after all, when Hua'an was suppressing bandits in Maoshan, he already had a 'criminal record'.

At that time, Hua'an only relied on a team of less than 100 people under his command, and took risks and successfully defeated 5,000 bandits, which can be said to have made a great contribution, but the element of luck was too big.

Han Qian was worried that Hua'an would take risks again and challenge the Peach Leopard Legion, and the Peach Leopard Legion was strong and not comparable to those loosely disciplined bandits.

Therefore, on the day of Hua'an's departure, Han Qian had ordered the only cavalry corps of the Northern Expeditionary Army, a total of 3,000 cavalry, to go to Yinling, and if necessary, he could meet Hua'an.

At present, the enemy's main force of 40,000 troops of Taobao is stationed in Dangtu to rest, while the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the deputy generals Zhang Ju and Wang Lang are surrounding Shouchun.

For the general to ask for the rescue of Shouchun's Jianyi, Han Qian felt that it was absolutely impossible, because once the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army went to rescue Shouchun, the main force of the Peach Leopard attacked Dongcheng with 40,000 troops, and the Dongcheng city was short, and only the 5,000 soldiers and horses left in Dongcheng may not be able to hold out for long, and once the Dongcheng was lost, the Peach Leopard drove straight in, and could rush to Liyang, once Liyang was besieged, the grain route of the Northern Expeditionary Army was cut off, and the army ran out of food, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Moreover, the city of Shouchun is tall and large, not comparable to a small city like Dongcheng, and it is difficult to break through with only 20,000 soldiers and horses of Zhang Ju and Wang Lang.

Therefore, Han Qian decided to leave 5,000 troops to defend Dongcheng, and the main force of more than 20,000 troops rested for a day before marching to Yinling.

Early in the morning of the second day, Han Qianba's camp marched towards Yinling, while Hua'an left Yinling to search and advance in the direction of Dangtu.

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When Tu Cheng, the main army of Tao Leopard is still resting, and the consumption of grain and grass by the 40,000 army is huge, although when Tu is captured, a lot of grain and grass is obtained from the city, but for the 40,000 army, it is far from enough.

Due to the rapid march, the grain and grass in the rear will inevitably not be able to keep up, at this time, tens of thousands of Dan military rations are still in Yicheng north of Huaishui, and it will take at least two days to transport all of them to Dangtu.

And the reason why Peach Leopard did not continue to march was to wait for these tens of thousands of denier military rations, although Dangtu was only a small city, but it was of great significance to Peach Leopard.

Because this city is backed by Huaishui, it is the bridgehead of the Peach Leopard army to the south, the army starts from here, to the east can attack Zhongli, to the west can attack Shouchun, to the south is to approach Yinling, in case the army is defeated, can also quickly cross the Huaishui, withdraw to the Central Plains.

With Dangtu City as the base camp, the peach leopard can be attacked and defended, which can be described as invincible.

"General, the scouts have returned, the main force of the Jin army has arrived in Dongcheng." A young general walked quickly into the tent of the Chinese army and said loudly.

"Oh, it looks like Ben is still a step slower." Peach Leopard frowned slightly, and asked urgently: "How many soldiers and horses are there, and who is the general leading the troops?" ”

"There are less than 30,000 troops, and the main general is Han Qian."

"It turned out to be him." Peach Leopard's expression suddenly became solemn, he thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Han Qian! Han Qian, it's really a narrow road, this time, my peach leopard won't lose to you again. ”

After speaking, he smashed the several cases in front of him.

Seeing the solemn face of the main general Taobao, a subordinate general said disdainfully: "General, Han Qian is just a horseman, he was lucky to beat the general back then, all thanks to Zu Qian's clever plan, now that Zu Qian is long gone, Han Qian has nothing to fear." ”

Peach Leopard pondered for a moment, frowned, and said: "Don't be careless, I will hear rumors that when the old man was dying, he handed over a book of war and a peace strategy to Han Qian, but I don't know if it's true or not." ”

"General, most of this matter is a rumor, and the people who spread the rumors are just to intimidate our army and cut off the idea of our army going south, and the general must not be gullible."

"Well, that makes sense." Tao Leopard nodded, looked at the generals in the tent, and ordered: "Where are Tao Wu and Zhang Liang?" ”

"The end will be." Tao Wu and Zhang Liang came out in unison.

"Each of you will lead a thousand light horsemen to explore the road near Yinling City, remember, don't be strong.

"Order." Tao Wu and Zhang Liang agreed angrily.

These two people are the sons of the main general Taobao and the deputy general Zhang Ju, who were taught a good lesson by the thunderstorm in the Sihailou of Yecheng, at this time, the two of them are high-spirited, conceited and strong in martial arts, and they don't take the Jin army in their eyes at all.

Peach Leopard looked at Tao Wu with a confident face, his eyes were full of pride, he waved his hand, and motioned for the two to set off immediately.

The two of them withdrew from the Chinese army's tent.

After Tao Wu and Zhang Liang left, Tao Leopard wrote a handwritten letter, and sent them to Ma Qiu and Zhixiong's camp quickly, urging them to send troops to attack Guangling and Lujiang to protect their wings from threats.

He could almost feel that the main forces of the Jingzhou and Yangzhou armies of the Great Jin Dynasty were already on the way, and if the two wings of the army did not act earlier, the main forces of Jing and Yang of the Great Jin Dynasty would inevitably attack him from the east and west.

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Hua An led his 400 soldiers to gallop on the road north of Yinling, and from time to time he could meet scouts returning from the front.

These scouts naturally recognized Hua'an, so they truthfully informed the information detected in front, and through the reports of these scouts, Hua'an roughly understood the situation ahead.

The main force of the peach leopard was still resting in Dangtu, while the lieutenants Zhang Ju and Wang Lang continued to surround Shouchun, and the shape was exactly the same as before Hua'an set off from Dongcheng.

"You said, the Peach Leopard army was connected to several cities yesterday, why is there no movement today." Hua An looked at the brothers behind him and asked casually.

"Big brother, I think they are tired, they have conquered several cities in a day, and they have fought dozens of miles, and their iron bodies should be tired, and it is normal to rest for a few more days." Iron Bull replied first.

"Yes, I support Brother Tie Niu." Wang San followed Huhe.

Hua An smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "If you are tired, stop advancing, is it child's play to fight." ”

Zhao Wu and Thunderstorm glanced at each other, frowned, and said: "Big brother, Zhao Wu feels that the peach leopard must have a conspiracy, and then he has encountered unsolvable difficulties and can't go." ”

"That's pretty much it." Hua An nodded, and said Kankan: "You calculate how much grain the 60,000 army of Taobao will eat in a day, how much in a month, how many wagons and manpower are needed to transport these grains and grasses, and how many wagons can be loaded in a ferry boat when crossing the Huaishui, and how long it will take for so much grain and grass to be transported to Dangtu." ”

"A soldier eats one pound a day, 60,000 troops need 500 deniers, and a month needs 15,000 deniers, obediently, so much!" Iron Bull counted and grew his mouth.

"I know why the peach leopard is standing still for the time being!" Hua An looked at Tie Niu and said angrily: "Fortunately, our Northern Expeditionary Army has ordinary people to help transport grain and grass, otherwise, the main force of our army will definitely not be able to reach Dongcheng." ”

"Big brother, you know so much." Iron Bull suddenly worshipped.

"Of course, who is the eldest brother!" Hua An's head was raised, and he shuddered.