At the time of the chaos in the Central Plains, Ran Min, a Han man who was the adopted grandson of Shi Hu, would lead the Han people in the Central Plains to fight back and start a bloody battle with the Hu tribes in the north, and this was a good opportunity for the Great Jin Dynasty to recover the Central Plains.

At this time, the Jin army is limited, and it is simply unable to recover the Central Plains, only waiting for ten years later, the Central Plains chaos is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and in this decade, the Jin army should take a defensive position, and the development of production, rectify the rule of officials, so as to enhance their own strength step by step, when the opportunity comes ten years later, it can be seized.

Hua'an carefully imagined the national conditions of the Great Jin Dynasty, and finally came to a conclusion that the Great Jin Dynasty must stick to the Jianghuai River, develop production, and stabilize the internal situation in order to wait for the changes in the world.

With this conclusion, Hua An felt that after the class teacher, it was necessary to make clear the interests to the imperial court, so that the imperial court would no longer have the idea of the Northern Expedition, and Hua An was not worried about whether the imperial court could accept it, after all, there were very few people in the imperial court who were keen on the Northern Expedition, and there were many scholars who opposed the Northern Expedition.

Two hours later, the battlefield was completely cleaned, Hua An led the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army to Liyang City, and at the same time sent Lei Storm, Zhao Wu, and Tie Niu, each of whom led the troops and horses, to the north slowly, monitoring the movement of Shihu's main force of soldiers and horses.

After entering Liyang City, looking at the devastated city and the white bones on the streets, Hua An gasped and ordered his soldiers to clean the city, transport all the corpses in the city to the outside of the city for burial, and set up a monument to commemorate it.

After learning that Han Qian's body was transported back to Jiangnan, Hua'an hurriedly handed over the army to Wang San and led a hundred soldiers across the river to find Han Qian's body.

As soon as he arrived at the south bank of the river, Hua An raised his eyes and saw a small mountain along the river full of white flags, and there was a faint sound of crying.

Hua An was stunned, and then led his soldiers to the top of the mountain.

There are hundreds of people on the top of the mountain, all dressed in linen and wearing filial piety, Hua An glanced at it casually, most of them are the sailors of the Jingbei camp, only the old and the young at the front are ordinary people.

A simple tombstone is engraved with Han Qian's birthday, although it is a little shabby, but the scenery here is good, looking north is the rushing river, the trees and cities on the other side of the river are clearly visible.

Hua An walked to the tombstone and knelt down on his knees, stroked the tombstone, cried sadly, and raised his head for a long time.

The owner of the naval battalion who organized the funeral comforted Hua An a few words, and praised Han Qian's bravery from the bottom of his heart, blaming himself for failing to persuade Han Qian to get on the boat.

He took it upon himself to bury Han Qian here, because he felt that the terrain here was superior, which was in line with Han Qian's identity, and at that time, the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army beside Han Qian were all killed, and Hua'an was still far away in Jiangbei.

Hua An is very satisfied with the practice of the owner of the water army camp, here faces the river, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a treasure of feng shui, there are several slightly lower hills next to this peak, the remains of Chen Xiong and other generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army are placed here, they surround Han Qian, accompanying their generals.

After Hua'an paid tribute to Han Qian, he walked around, paid tribute to Chen Xiong and other generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and then returned to Han Qian's tombstone again, holding Han Qian's tombstone to tell his heart.

At this time, the worshipping crowd went back, and there were only Hua An, the water army camp owner, and several of their own personal soldiers in front of Han Qian's tombstone.

Just when Hua An was talking about the shape of the world, there was a light footstep behind him, Hua An closed his mouth and subconsciously looked back, but saw the girl who had just worshiped Han Qian walking back, holding a bouquet of plum blossoms in her hand.

This girl's face is slightly yellow, and it seems that her body is not very good, but her facial features are delicate, and she is an authentic beauty embryo, and Hua An is full of curiosity about the girl's behavior.

The girl walked to Han Qian's tombstone, put the plum blossom in her hand in front of Han Qian's tombstone, and said sincerely: "General, my grandfather and I live at the foot of the mountain, and I will come to see you every day in the future." After speaking, Xiang Huaan pursed his lips and turned to leave.

Hua An's head was greatly surprised, he didn't understand why this young girl was so good to his master.

The owner of the naval camp next to him saw Hua An's question, so he told Han Qian's heroic deeds of saving the pair of ancestors and grandchildren in 1510, and Hua An suddenly realized.

Looking at the back of the young girl leaving, Hua Anxin sighed at his gratitude and retribution.

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In the direction of Tucheng, Han Huang and Ma Xiong's soldiers and horses blocked the attack of the Zhao army on the north bank of the Huai River, so that the Zhao army in Yuzhou could not reinforce Shihu, and effectively supported the battle of Hua'an's main force.

At this time, after suffering a heavy blow from Hua'an, Shi Hu's main force regrouped and attacked in the direction of Dangtu City, and Han Huang and Ma Xiong, who had received the news one step earlier, decided to obey Hua'an's Jianyi, abandon Dangtu City, and lead the army to return to Erlong Mountain to hide.

The soldiers and horses of Erlongshan, under the leadership of Han Huang and Ma Xiong, hastily withdrew, and Shi Hu led the army to occupy Dangtu City without much effort.

Occupy Dangtu City, the follow-up grain and grass can be transported in a steady stream, Shi Hu can still mobilize his troops and horses to attack the south again, but after several months of fierce battles, especially after being defeated by Hua'an, the soldiers of the Zhao army are generally tired of war, and Shi Hu himself was not lightly injured, and all the generals persuaded Shi Hu to return to Yecheng, and it is not too late to have the opportunity to go south in the future.

Since his subordinates were all persuaded to return to Yecheng, Shi Hu rested overnight in Dangtu City, and early the next morning, he led the main force to cross the Huaishui River and march in the direction of Yecheng.

After Shi Hu left, when Tu Cheng returned to the hands of the Jin army again, Lei Storm, Zhao Wu, and Wang San, who were responsible for monitoring Shi Hu, led their men and horses back to Jiangnan.

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In the direction of Jingzhou, the invading Zhao army was gradually defeated by the joint efforts of the Jingzhou army generals Yu Yi, Li Yang and others, and its main general Kui An gathered his men and horses near Xiangyang City to prepare for a decisive battle with the Jingzhou army.

Yu Yi, Li Yang and other generals led the main force of the Jingzhou Army to encircle Xiangyang City in three ways, and launched a bloody battle with the main force of the Zhao Army under the city.

A big battle was dark, and the losses of the Jingzhou army and Kui'an's men and horses were not small, but the main forces of both sides still existed, and they could still fight again.

Kui'an's Zhao army was far away from the rear, and it was a lone army, and it was in a weak position, and the soldiers in the department were also homesick and war-weary.

And the Jingzhou army of the Great Jin Dynasty has been fighting for several months, and its vitality has been greatly damaged, and the generals of the various armies do not want to fight to the end with the Zhao army.

At this time, the news of Shi Hu's order to retreat north was sent to Kui'an's hands, and tens of thousands of Zhao troops, under the leadership of Kui'an, abandoned Xiangyang City and retreated north quickly.