Shi Hu remembers very well that a month ago, when the peach leopard sent back to the military report, he tried his best to ask for guilt, and boasted that he would sweep the Jianghuai River within half a month, drink the horse and the river, and avenge the 10,000 soldiers who died in the war.

But after all, Peach Leopard is his confidant general, even if he loses troops and fights ineffectively, Shi Hu only expresses his dissatisfaction, and for a while, he has no intention of punishing and replacing.

Of course, Shi Hu didn't know that the military newspaper he received was not written by Tao Bao, but a fake military newspaper that Zhang Ju intercepted the messenger halfway and secretly replaced, and Tao Bao did not boast about sweeping Jianghuai's Haikou in half a month.

Many ministers gathered in the palace hall, but when all the ministers saw Shi Hu's angry face, they all lowered their heads, and none of them dared to meet Shi Hu's gaze head-on.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Yecheng?" Shi Hu glanced at the ministers and asked in a deep voice.

As soon as the ministers heard this, they immediately understood Shi Hu's intentions, this was the rhythm of a large-scale increase in troops on the front line, and the ministers glanced at each other, with a surprised expression on their faces.

Before the dispatch of troops, many ministers opposed the use of troops to the south, because the political situation in the DPRK had just experienced the 'Shi Di Rebellion', but Shi Hu, who was so happy, kept advising him to insist on sending troops to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Now, the two armies are at loggerheads, and many ministers are planning to find an opportunity to persuade Shi Hu to withdraw his troops, but they have waited for Shi Hu's idea of increasing troops.

"Your Majesty, you must not increase the number of troops, now that we have caught up with natural disasters, the crops in many counties and counties have not been harvested, although there is a lot of grain in Yecheng, but it can not be supported for too long by supplying hundreds of thousands of troops in front, and the grain reserves in various counties and counties are insufficient for disaster relief, and there is not much grain to support the army in front." One of the ministers frowned.

When Shi Hu heard this, he was furious in his heart, and roared: "Hmph, disaster relief, let the people starve to death if they have no harvest." ”

Seeing Shi Hu's rage, His Royal Highness's ministers were immediately frightened, and the timid ones trembled directly.

"Your Majesty, my Great Zhao has reached an agreement with Murong Hao of Yan State, the two countries will jointly attack Duan Liao, and the army of Yecheng must be ready to attack Duan Liao at any time, if it is transferred to Jiangnan, it will take several months to come and go, and it will not delay the big event." A minister bowed.

When Shi Hu heard this, he nodded, what this minister said was indeed very reasonable, if he couldn't attack Duan Liao as scheduled, wouldn't Murong Hao laugh at him, besides, Shi Hu's real intention was not to attack Duan Liao as simply, but after capturing Duan Liao, he would directly tear his face with Murong Hao and attack Liaodong, so as to obtain a large area of land in Liaodong and the property, livestock, and Xianbei girl who made him lose his soul.

At the thought of capturing Liaodong, he could gather thousands of Xianbei girls and enter his own ** for his own play, Shi Hu was excited, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a terrible lewd smile.

Seeing the smile on the corner of Shi Hu's mouth, a minister of His Royal Highness bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the battle ahead is not going well, it is better to withdraw the troops temporarily, and it is not too late to attack Jianghuai when our army has enough food and food in the future."

When Shi Hu heard this, his smile instantly fell, and he said in a deep voice: "My Zhao army of more than 100,000 troops marched south, and the world knows everything, if you can't even capture a county in the Jin Kingdom, won't you be laughed at by the people of the world." ”

After speaking, he glared at the ministers with his eyes, and put on a posture of vowing not to give up if he did not conquer the Jianghuai counties.

Seeing that Shi Hu had made up his mind, the ministers did not dare to disobey, and one of the ministers bowed down with his fists and said: "Your Majesty, it is not a way to hold on like this, you have to think of a good way to break the enemy." ”

When Shi Hu heard this, he nodded, thought for a moment, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said in a deep voice: "Why do you need to break the enemy's good strategy, in the eyes of this king, it is the peach leopard who does not do his best, Ma Qiu and Zhixiong only have 20,000 troops, and they can still confront the 50,000 army of the Jin State on the opposite side, and the army under the command of the peach leopard is twice the Jin army on the opposite side, why is it also a confrontation, why not take the initiative to attack the Jin army." ”

After speaking, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, pacing on the main hall, turning around and saying loudly: "Order, let Tao Leopard lead the main army to attack the Jin army immediately, there must be no mistake." ”

The official in charge of the herald in the main hall clenched his fists and slowly withdrew from the main hall.

"Peach Leopard, don't let this king down!" Shi Hu looked up at the top of the main hall and muttered to himself.

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Two days later, thirty miles outside the north gate of Yinling City, Tao Leopard was discussing military aircraft matters with the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army, when a chaotic sound suddenly came from outside the tent.

"Something happened out there." Peach Leopard asked loudly.

A small soldier hurriedly rushed into the tent, knelt down on one knee, and said with a fist: "General, there is a person who looks like a civilian official outside the tent and breaks in with a hundred dragon guards. ”

Peach Leopard was shocked when he heard this, and the official who could be escorted by the Dragon Teng Guardian must be a person from the court, so he hurriedly led the crowd to greet him.

The civil official recognized the peach leopard at a glance, and said with a smile: "General Tao, the lower official was ordered by the king to come to convey the king's will to the general, the matter is urgent, and it is too late to report, so I have to break through, and I hope the general is not strange." ”

When Peach Leopard heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Where, where, my lord is polite, I don't know what the king's will is." ”

"When the king saw the confrontation between the general and the Jin army, he was very dissatisfied, and he specially asked the subordinate to pass on the order, so that the general could immediately launch an attack on the Jin army, and there must be no mistake."

After speaking, the civil official handed over a sealed letter in his hand to Taobao's hand, and said softly: "The next official is leaving." With that, he turned and left.

"Slow down, adults." Tao Leopard said politely, picked up the letter and read it, and sure enough, as the civil official said, Shi Hu forced himself to attack the Jin army.

Back to the big tent of the Chinese army, Peach Leopard handed over the letter to his generals and asked them to circulate it in turn, and after the generals read it, the letter returned to Peach Leopard's hands.

Tao Leopard put the letter on the case in front of him, looked at the generals, and asked, "The king asked our army to take the initiative, what do the generals think?" ”

"General, the current situation of confrontation between the two armies has been formed, and the side that takes the initiative to attack will inevitably suffer." A ministry general said.

Peach Leopard nodded approvingly, and sighed: "But if the confrontation continues, the consumption of grain and grass is too great, and now the military food hoarded in Tucheng is only 10,000 deniers, which can only maintain the supply of 50,000 troops for more than half a month, and it is becoming more and more difficult to collect grain and grass in the rear." ”

"General, our army has a huge consumption of food and grass, and the Jin army on the opposite side is not much better, and the critical moment depends on who can hold out until the last moment." A general holds his fists.

"However, the king and the ministers of the Manchu dynasty can't wait for that moment! Now, it is inevitable that our army will send troops immediately, so let's talk about how to fight! ”

Seeing that the fight was inevitable, a general hugged his fists and said: "Our army has the advantage of strength, and if we really fight, the Jin army may not be able to take advantage of it and storm Yinling City, and the last general thinks it is feasible." ”

"Storming Yinling City, the last general also thinks it is feasible."

"Since the king's order is difficult, there is no better way than to storm Yinling City."

Many of the generals under the tent said that they would storm Yinling City.

Peach Leopard's original tactical goal was to surprise Liyang, but the road to Liyang must pass through Yinling City, and at this moment, capturing Yinling City has become his only choice.

"Yinling City is garrisoned by Han Qian's main army of 20,000, and the strength of our army's battalion is 30,000, 30,000 to 20,000 troops are naturally superior, but Han Qian is defending the city and has an advantage in the terrain, so it cancels out the strength advantage of our army, and it really fights, it's really hard to say who will kill the deer!" Peach Leopard carefully analyzed.

When Tao Wu beside him heard this, he bowed down and said: "Dad, our army has a total of 50,000 troops, why only use the 30,000 main forces of the battalion, when Tucheng's 10,000 troops and General Wang Lang's 10,000 troops can also be transferred together, in this way, 50,000 fight 20,000, our army will win." ”

"No, this is too risky, General Wang Lang wants to contain Shouchun's Jin army, and Tucheng is our army's retreat and a place to store grain, and it is even more careless." Peach Leopard was shocked by her son's suggestion.

But the generals in the tent felt that they could give it a try, and one of the generals hugged their fists and said: "General, this method is feasible, when it is painted in the rear of our army, it is impossible for the Jin army to fly over the head of our army, Shouchun's Jin army is only 5,000, and General Wang Lang's 10,000 horses can be transferred back to 5,000 to reinforce Yinling." ”

"Dad, the siege is imminent, do we have any other choice?" Tao Wu said helplessly.

Although Peach Leopard still felt that it was inappropriate, but the siege was imminent, and one more team of men and horses would have an additional chance of victory, so he had to think about it carefully.

Wang Lang's 10,000 horses were transferred back to 5,000, and the remaining 5,000 men and horses should be able to fight against the same men and horses of the Jin army, and when Tu Cheng hoarded 10,000 deniers of military rations for the whole army, it was the only way for him to retreat, and Tao Leopard did not dare to transfer all of Dangtu's 10,000 troops to the front no matter what, leaving 2,000 men and horses was the lowest.

"Dad, give the order to transfer troops!" Momotake urged.

"General, give the order to transfer troops!" The middle of the tent will follow suit.

Tao Leopard frowned, and ordered loudly: "Order, let Wang Lang in the direction of Shouchun divide 5,000 troops to Yinling to join my main force, when Tucheng's 10,000 horses and horses are left with 2,000 to continue to garrison, and the remaining 8,000 soldiers and horses are all transferred to the camp." ”

"Yes, General." The herald was ordered to exit the horde.

"Han Qian, this time I will definitely defeat you completely." The peach leopard clenched his fists, looked at the sky outside the tent, and swore fiercely.

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In the abandoned military camp in Yinling City, Hua An was leisurely feeding the hares with a bunch of fresh grass, and there were thousands of these hares, which were raised in a large courtyard at the corner of the abandoned military camp.

In order to make the life of these hares more comfortable, Hua'an led his subordinates to build a full yard of rabbit hutches with branches and thatch.

Of course, there was not a single hare in the courtyard of the abandoned barracks, and these hares were all hunted by Hua An and his soldiers in the mountains near Yinling City.

Although this was the moment when the two armies were fighting, the peach leopard retreated thirty miles back and camped, and the Jin army in Yinling City confronted each other for a long time, and there were not many moments of real battle, the army was lonely, Hua'an was bored, so in the name of being familiar with the nearby terrain, he led his soldiers to compete and hunt in the mountains.

Within a few days, a lot of game was hunted, especially hundreds of hares were caught alive, and Hua'an, on a whim, asked the soldiers to keep these hunted hares in the garrison, and specially equipped these hares with several 'breeders' to be responsible for cutting the grass from outside the city to feed the hares.

Feeding the rabbits when there is nothing to do is not only to relieve the boredom, but also to feel a touch of the warmth of rural life, and the hares can also be used as food for the army when necessary.