When entering the temporary camp of Jiande City, another war horse fell to the ground, and the cavalry on horseback squatted next to the corpse of the war horse for a long time and refused to leave, with red silk in his eyes.

"Big brother, our army has lost another war horse, counting this one, our army has killed fifty war horses since Panyu City, and it is nearly five hundred miles away from the capital, such a fast marching speed, I am afraid that fifty more horses will be killed!" Wang San frowned as he spoke.

"Why, in just a few days, fifty war horses were killed." Hua An was slightly surprised in his heart, the war horse is the treasure bump of the cavalry, and he felt more distressed than anyone else when he ran to death so many war horses.

Wang San pursed his lips and said loudly: "Big brother, Panyu City is at least 1,500 miles according to this, and it only took our army ten days to arrive here, with an average of 150 miles a day. ”

From the tone of Wang San's speech, Hua'an could hear the complaint in his heart, among the more than 10,000 cavalry, the soldiers who complained like Wang San were certainly not a few, so close to the physiological limit of the war horse's marching speed, it was the destruction of the war horse, and only Hua'an could do it ruthlessly, of course, Hua'an was very entangled in his heart when he made this decision, as a general, who didn't cherish the war horse?

Hua An looked up in the direction of the stable, took a deep breath, and said softly: "It's not that my brother is ruthless, I ran to death so many war horses, my brother is more distressed than anyone else, but the capital is in danger, and our army is one day late for more danger, for the sake of the capital, for the safety of the Great Jin Dynasty, our army must make some sacrifices, not to mention running and dying fifty horses, as long as you can get to the capital one step earlier, even if you run and die another five hundred horses, it is worth it." ”

"Big brother, the capital is not far away, only nearly five hundred miles, our army is a little slower, travel a hundred miles a day, and you can also arrive in the capital within five days, you don't have to care about the work of these two days, I just want to let the war horses die a few less, watching the war horses die on the road, I feel really uncomfortable." Wang San sighed as he spoke.

When Hua An heard this, his heart softened, and he nodded: "Yes!" The capital is not far away, and it only takes five days to travel 100 miles a day, so I hope that the direction of the capital will not go wrong. ”

"Big brother, big brother." Thunderstorm came over with a big grin.

"What's the matter, panicking?" Huaan asked.

Thunderstorm took a breath and said, "Jiande City is like an empty city, there are few soldiers, there are ten people at the gate of the city and the nearby city wall, this is not the same as the situation when you came!" ”

"Oh, it's only ten people, so few, have all the soldiers in the city been transferred? Go, find a soldier and ask carefully what is going on. Hua An ordered to a personal soldier behind him.

The soldiers heard the order to investigate, and soon, the soldiers returned to tell Hua'an about the situation, the main force of Jiande City was transferred to the Wujiang Ferry, and now, the strength of the city is only one hundred and eighty people, according to the three shifts on duty, each squad is only sixty soldiers, the four city gates need to be guarded, and the city also needs soldiers to patrol, so there are only ten soldiers assigned to each city gate, of which, four stand on the city gate tower, six stand behind the city gate, and the remaining twenty people are responsible for patrolling the city, and the strength can be described as extremely tight.

Seeing that Jiande City is so lacking in troops, Hua Anxin became uneasy, according to the Great Jin military system, the garrison strength of each county town is insufficient, and the combat power is not very strong, usually suppressing the people to make trouble, and dealing with thieves and bandits can also play a role, if you want to face the tiger and wolf army of Zhao State, how much of a role these scattered weak brigades can play, it is really doubtful.

And the imperial court even used such a weak army, which shows how critical the direction of the capital is, which makes Hua'an feel that he must return to the capital as soon as possible to solve the urgent need.

Hua An looked at Lei Storm and Wang San, sighed, and said: "You have also seen that now the imperial court has mobilized most of the remnants and weak brigades in the county seat, so it can be seen that the direction of the capital must be very critical, and our army must not have any delay, and must return to the capital as soon as possible." ”

Wang San frowned, and said loudly: "Well, since the eldest brother has decided, then march as fast as possible, and it is a big deal to run and kill five hundred war horses." ”

"Five hundred war horses ran to death, Wang San, you are crazy!" The boss of the thunderstorm's eyes, he didn't hear what Wang San said was angry, of course, it was also helpless.

Wang San glared at the thunderstorm and strode in the direction of the camp.

"Big brother, what's wrong with Wang San today, such a big temper." Seeing that Wang San was angry and left, the thunderstorm was confused, Wang San had a gentle personality, and he almost never saw Wang San get angry.

"Don't worry, he's fine." Huaan patted Thunderstorm on the shoulder and walked in the direction of the stable, Thunderstorm scratched his head and followed.

After entering the stable, Hua An touched a war horse that had already looked a little emaciated, and his heart was very uncomfortable, this was a pony only three years old, born in the ranch of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and was carefully ** out of the Northern Expeditionary Army soldiers, and in its body, too much effort was poured into the Northern Expeditionary Army soldiers.

"General, my horse may be dying, it is getting thinner and thinner day by day, and it can't eat horse feed lately." A soldier touched his horse and said sadly.

Hua An turned around and looked at the warrior's horse, which was indeed very thin and very unenergetic, and if he continued to march forcibly, he was afraid that he would really run to death.

"Big brother, the war horses of the whole army are getting thinner, if this continues, there will be more and more war horses that run to death, even if the capital is tense, our army does not have to march so desperately, otherwise, even if the army arrives in the capital, the combat power will be greatly reduced." Tie Niu persuaded Hua'an to slow down his march slightly.

"General, let the war horse rest for a day! They're just so tired. The soldier followed.

Hua An looked up at the sky and fell into deep contemplation, he is now in an extremely dilemma, the tension in the direction of the capital and the actual situation of the war horse make him very worried, Hua An naturally wants to quickly reinforce the capital, and wants to make the war horse suffer less, but the fish and the bear's paw cannot have both, this situation is obviously impossible to happen at the same time.

Hua An looked at Xiao Bing and suddenly asked, "What did you just say, your war horse no longer eats horse material." ”

"General Hui, since yesterday, I have rarely eaten it, and it is difficult to eat today." The creep replied truthfully.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, looked at the thunderstorm, and said: "In this way, before the war horse is tired and dies, there will be signs, and refusing to eat is the biggest sign, and all soldiers are ordered to stay in the rear to recuperate, and then march to the capital after the horses are restored." ”