Ma Qiu thought about it carefully, the Jin army tried its best to attack Guanzhong, but Leping Wang Shibao was greedy by nature, had no strategy, and was full of stupid people who were thinking about how to seize the throne, with such a person, there would definitely be no good results, and it would be better to withdraw the army earlier.

The main force of the Jin army and Xie Ai's partial division formed a two-sided attack on the soldiers and horses under Ma Qiu's command, and in order to preserve his strength, Ma Qiu finally issued an order to withdraw the army.

In addition to leaving a small number of soldiers and horses to bluff, the main force of soldiers and horses quickly assembled and retreated rapidly to the east.

Nearly 30,000 Zhao soldiers and horses quickly retreated to the east, and soon arrived at the small city where Xie Ai's army was stationed.

Although Xie Ai is good at fighting, he only has 3,000 men and horses under his command, and if he goes out of the city to fight with the main force, the possibility of victory is basically zero, so he has to wait and see what happens for the time being, and wait for the main army of Hua'an.

On the front of the street pavilion, after more than an hour of continuous bombardment, all the special thunderbolt shells of 200 thunderbolt cars were fired, and calm was restored on the position of the Zhao army.

"Big brother, all the thunderbolts have been fired, and the movement of the Zhao army's camp is getting smaller and smaller, and it looks like they are all dead, haha!" Wang San said with a smile.

Hua An looked up in the direction of the Zhao army's position, because he was looking up, he couldn't see the specific situation of the Zhao army's position, and he couldn't figure out the casualties of the Zhao army, but the damage suffered by the Zhao army must be not small, this is certain.

"Herald. The whole army attacked. Hua'an stretched out his hand and gave the order to march.

"Killed" 50,000 soldiers ......, divided into multiple roads, and rushed towards the direction of the Zhao army's position.

Seeing that the main force of the Jin army was attacking the city, a small number of Zhao soldiers who stayed behind to defend immediately abandoned their positions, fled to the rear, and soon disappeared without a trace.

When the soldiers of the Zhao army began to flee, Hua'an felt that something was wrong, and he was about to attack the Zhao army's position. Tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers have disappeared without a trace. There are only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses left, and they are still trying to escape.

There were many corpses of Zhao soldiers lying on the ground at his feet, and Hua An estimated that there were more than 1,000 people. That's enough to tell. The purpose of the special thunderbolt is still very impressive. It is suitable for the needs of field warfare and is worthy of application and promotion of the general rules.

"General, Ma Qiu's main army seems to have fled." A ministry general said.

Hua An smiled. He said softly, "It's good to escape!" In this way, our army can enter the pass without any losses. ”

"Big brother, what should our army do next, is it to go south to meet the four-way partial division, or to pursue the soldiers and horses under Ma Qiu's command to the east." Wang San asked in a low voice.

Hua An hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "What is the situation of the four-way partial division, we don't know yet, for the sake of safety, it is better to go south to meet the four-way partial division." ”

"Yes, big brother, then our army will go south immediately!" Wang San said.

Hua An nodded, stretched out his hand, and led the main army to march south, and the 50,000 reserve men and horses of the rear battalion, after receiving the order, also pulled out the camp to follow.

It didn't take long for Hua'an's main army to arrive at the small city where Xie Ai's army was stationed.

Xie Ai, who was standing at the head of the city, saw that Hua'an's main army had entered Guanzhong, so he ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome Hua'an's men.

"General, General Xie's men and horses have occupied the small city ahead." Hua An was leading the army slowly southward when he received a report from the scout.

"Oh, General Xie Ai, you've arrived here, are you moving quite fast?" Hua An was overjoyed when he heard this, and the soldiers beside him were also very surprised.

"Big brother, it's not early, why don't our army rest for one night in the city in front of us, and leave for the south tomorrow!" Wang San said softly.

When Hua An heard this, he felt that it should be so, so he nodded and agreed, and then sighed: "No wonder Ma Qiu led the army to run faster than rabbits, it turned out that General Xie Ai's three thousand soldiers and horses had already run behind them, haha!" ”

"Big brother, this Ma Qiu has been Xie Ai's subordinate in recent years, presumably as soon as he heard Xie Ai's name, he was so scared that he peed his pants, how could he still be in the mood to fight! Ha ha! Wang San also joked.

"General, the last general thinks that the reason why Ma Qiu chose to retreat is because the main force of our army is strong and the thunderbolt is huge, and it has little to do with General Xie Ai's 3,000 men." Yang An Zhengse said.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "You have some truth in what you said, but the general thinks that the reason why Ma Qiu chose to retreat is due to two reasons, that is, there is a fear of the main force of our army, and there is also a fear of General Xie Ai. ”

The generals listened and nodded in approval.

Soon, Hua'an and his entourage arrived at the gate of the city, Xie Ai personally went out of the city to greet him, and let Hua'an and his own soldiers enter the city to rest, and the rest of the main force and reserve army camped in the open field outside the city.

After entering the city, Hua An couldn't wait to ask Xie Ai how he crossed the Weishui River, and how he won the checkpoint all the way to the north to support him.

Xie Aizhi said everything, and told all the dangers encountered by his army in Weishui, as well as how to attack Chen Cangcheng and help Zhuge Xiong after crossing Weishui.

Seeing that Zhuge Xiong's men and horses had already followed the Chencang Road, and after occupying Chencang City, they continued to march eastward to meet the remaining three armies, Hua'an was a lot more relieved.

After dinner, the soldiers and horses entered the camp to rest, but Hua'an and a small number of generals discussed the next plan of action on the city wall.

In order to quickly and comprehensively control the Guanzhong, it is necessary to have a good strategy, and an appropriate good strategy can greatly reduce the casualties of the troops, and at the same time, it can also better control the Guanzhong.

According to the sound line of thought, the main army should go south to meet the four partial divisions, and then, gather all the forces to advance step by step to the east, but in this way, it is bound to delay time, in case the Zhao reinforcements from the Central Plains arrive in Guanzhong, the situation will be more complicated.

For this reason, Hua'an has a raid on Tongguan again, in order to form a situation of closing the door and beating dogs in Guanzhong, and in this way, Hua'an is a little worried about the four-way partial division in the south, after all, the four-way partial division has no unified command, and, along the Weishui line, is the area where there are more soldiers and horses in Zhao State, and the four-way people and horses, at present, Hua'an only knows that Zhuge Xiong's men and horses have entered the pass, and what is the situation of the rest of the people, Hua'an has not yet known.

Between the two strategies, Hua'an was a little undecided, and the opinions of the generals under his command were also very different, some supported the southward response to the partial division, and some supported the raid on Tongguan.

"Big brother, why don't you ask the scholar in front of you and see what he has to say." Seeing that Hua An was a little undecided, Wang San pointed to Xie Ai on the east side of the city wall and whispered.

Hua An took a side look, only to find that Xie Ai was standing on the city wall in Confucian costume to admire the moon? There were only two guards nearby.

"Xie Shusheng actually has Yaxing to admire the moon, let's go over and take a look." Hua An said and led several generals over.

"General Xie, haven't rested yet?" Hua An asked softly.

Xie Ai slowly turned his head, looked at Hua An, and replied softly, "Didn't the general not rest either?" Ha ha! After saying that, he smiled.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "I would have been sad and couldn't sleep in a hurry, but General Xie is very elegant to admire the moon here!" ”

"If the general has any sorrows, might as well speak them and listen to them?" Xie Ai asked.

Hua An did not hide it, and said the hesitation in his heart one by one, and asked Xie Ai's opinion.

When Xie Ai heard this, he replied without thinking: "Raiding Tongguan and forming a situation of closing the door and beating dogs in Guanzhong is the best policy, and the main army is also the best strategy to go south to meet the partial division." ”

"Then if the partial teacher encounters danger, how can Ben be safe?" Hua An asked rhetorically.

Xie Ai hugged his fists and said: "If the general trusts the last general, he can allocate 30,000 horses to me, the last general will lead 30,000 horses to raid Tongguan, and the general will lead the rest of the main force south to meet the partial division, so that there will be no delay in either way." ”

Hua An nodded and said: "I will trust you, Yang An and Zhao Wu, you two will lead the 40,000 main troops and horses under your command, as well as the 40,000 reserve regiments under your command, and follow General Xie to raid Tongguan, there must be no mistake." ”

"Obey the command." Yang An and Zhao Wu accepted the order loudly.

"Raid Tongguan, General Xie Ai is the main general, you two must obey General Xie's orders, and there must be no disobedience in the slightest, do you understand?" Hua An admonished again.

"Yes, I must obey General Xie's military orders, and there must be no disobedience in the slightest." Yang An and Zhao Wu agreed, and the two had already heard of Xie Ai's ability to lead troops, so they could be regarded as convinced.

Seeing that Hua An not only agreed to his request, but also gave him all he could, giving himself an army of 80,000 under the condition that he asked for 30,000 horses, while Hua An himself only had more than 20,000 men left, which made Xie Ai a little flattered.

"Xie Ai is a minister under the command of King Liang, why is the general entrusting all the main forces to him, so he is not afraid ......" Xie Ai looked at Hua An and asked suspiciously.

Hua An smiled: "Could it be that Ben Jiang is still afraid that you will not be able to rebel, haha!" Although General Xie is a minister under the command of King Liang, he is also a minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, and this expedition is to recover the rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

Seeing Hua An say what was in his heart, Xie Ai felt a feeling in his heart, paused, and hugged his fists and said: "The general trusts the general so much, the general will definitely live up to the general's expectations, capture Tongguan as soon as possible, and form a situation of closing the door and beating the dog in Guanzhong." ”

Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, early tomorrow morning, you and I will each lead the troops and set off." ”

"It's a deal." Xie Ai looked very excited.

Early in the morning of the second day, Hua An led the pro-guard army and 10,000 reserve troops to continue to march in the direction of Chencang City, while Xie Ai led the main force of 3,000 Liang troops and 80,000 Jin troops to follow the retreat road of Maqiu and rushed straight towards Tongguan. (To be continued......)