Hua An shook his head and replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, Yin Lingcheng is already safe, and we will not be in the way when we go back later." ”

"Big brother, I want to follow them back to Erlongzhai." Zhao Wu asked suspiciously.

Hua An nodded and whispered: "Why not, the eldest brother is going to talk more with the two village owners, and he will live in Erlong Village for a few more days." ”

When Zhao Wu heard this, his eyes immediately widened in shock, and he looked at Hua'an incredulously.

"If you don't want to go, you can go back to Yinling City first." Seeing that Zhao Wu didn't want to go to Erlong Village, Hua An Zhengse said.

Zhao Wu saw that Hua An was a little displeased, and hurriedly said: "Since the eldest brother is not going back, Zhao Wu will not go back either, and it is good to accompany the eldest brother to take care of him." ”

"Well, that's a good brother." Hua An patted Zhao Wu on the shoulder.

In fact, Hua'an decided to follow Han Huang and Ma Xiong back to Erlongzhai and stay for a few more days, in order to understand these two people more from all sides, and to communicate constantly with each other, to improve their excessive prejudice against the Great Jin Dynasty, and at the same time, to investigate how the soldiers and horses of Erlongzhai are usually trained, what is their quality, and whether they will be like other bandits, full of vices and bullying the people.

The most important thing is that Erlong Mountain is close to Dangtu City, where you can better reconnoiter the movements of the Peach Leopard army, and at the same time, you can also reconnoiter the news of the enemy's rear.

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When Peach Leopard led the main army to arrive at Dangtu City, in addition to the sky-high fire of Dangtu City, he saw more than 3,000 ragged vanguard soldiers outside the city gate.

A fire burned two thousand subordinates, and Peach Leopard's heart was dripping blood, and at the same time, there was more regret and anger.

If you keep more soldiers and horses, maybe Tucheng will not be lost, and there will be no scene in front of you, but regret is useless, the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize the morale of the army and urge the grain and grass in the rear.

Especially the grain and grass in the rear, if it can't be delivered, the nearly 30,000 troops under his command will immediately collapse, and the consequences will be quite severe.

As soon as Taobao arrived in Dangtu, he immediately sent several waves of men and horses to the rear to urge the grain and grass, and reported to Shi Hu euphemistically that Dangtu was lost and the military food fell into the hands of the enemy, asking Shi Hu for forgiveness.

After more than an hour of fighting, when the fire in Tucheng was finally extinguished, but the two thousand subordinates who were burned to death, someone must be responsible for their deaths.

When Tu City was burned in a mess, Taobao had to place the main army in the open space outside the city, and only sent a small number of soldiers into the city, and the more than 3,000 burned soldiers were arranged in the large camp outside the city to be treated by military doctors.

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Three days passed, and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army stuck to Yinling City, confronting the main army of Taobao in Tucheng, a hundred miles away, and the two sides only sent scouts to explore each other's reality and reality, and there was no fighting.

After all, after a big battle, there are many wounded soldiers on both sides, and all kinds of supplies are also in urgent need of replenishment, so it is still necessary to take a break.

Hua'an, Thunderstorm, and Zhao Wu were treated with great respect in Erlongzhai, and their food, housing, and use were the best in the village.

During these three days, Lei Storm and Zhao Wu went to the vicinity of Dangtu City every day to investigate the enemy's situation, while Hua An chatted with Han Huang and Ma Xiong, briefed them on the latest situation of the recent Great Jin Dynasty, and hinted from time to time that as long as they were willing to join the court, they would definitely receive the best treatment.

Although Han Huang and Ma Xiong have always refused to nod, they can't help but feel a little moved after Hua'an's 'brainwashing' propaganda.

Hua'an believes that even if they can't be persuaded to join the imperial court this time, there will be opportunities in the future, as long as the time is ripe, they will definitely be able to persuade the two to join the imperial court.

Just when Hua'an was looking forward to the future and imagining the recovery of the Central Plains, in the palace of Yecheng in the north, he learned that the Peach Leopard army had been defeated and the losses were extremely heavy, and Shi Hu, the king of Zhao State, was furious, and scolded the Peach Leopard for being incompetent in the main hall, and shouted that he wanted to escort the Peach Leopard back to Yecheng to behead him.

But Shi Hu, who was so happy, naturally couldn't tolerate this humiliation, so he immediately issued an order to let Kui'an, the commander of the rear army who was responsible for escorting grain and grass, allocate 20,000 horses to reinforce Dangtu, and join forces with the peach leopard in Dangtu City, and attack Yinling City with all his might.

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Shansang City, in the camp of Kui'an, received an order from the king Shihu, and the commander of the rear army, Kui'an, was at a loss.

From Yecheng to Dangtu, stretching for thousands of miles, passing through countless mountains along the way, in order to prevent bandits from intercepting grain, each team transporting military grain must be equipped with enough soldiers and horses, and the important grain points along the way must also have enough guards, 50,000 troops are overstretched, but at this time Shi Hu has to order him to send 20,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Dangtu, which is not worse.

But the order of the Heavenly King must be carried out, and even if it is difficult, 20,000 soldiers and horses must be dispatched, and as for the lack of guards, the efficiency can be reduced, so that two or three convoys can be assembled and go on the road together.

At this time, nearly half of the rear army's forces were concentrated in an area of less than 100 miles around Shansang City, and the 20,000-strong army could be prepared in one day.

But now the most serious problem is that the three deputy generals under his command are not around, Yao Gezhong and Zhang Jackal are escorting the baggage team to Yecheng to transport grain, it is estimated that they have crossed the Yellow River, and Sun Fudu has just returned from Yecheng to escort grain and grass.

The 20,000 army must have a commander, let a young general command, Kui An is really not at ease, but there are quite a lot of bandits around Shansang City, in case the army food is robbed, the consequences will be very strict, Kui An is very uneasy, he feels that he must stay in command to deter the surrounding bandits.

At this time, the most headache for Kui An is to choose which general to be the commander of the 20,000 army.

"General, there is a person outside the tent, who claims to be an old friend of the general, and asks to see the general." Just when Kui An was worried, a small soldier broke in.

"This is Shansang City, how can there be an old friend of the general." Kui An was quite puzzled, and said with a straight face: "Let him in." ”

Soon a man in cloth walked into the big tent, and when Kui An saw it, he was shocked and said, "Brother Zhang Juxian, you are not ...... How can it appear in the big tent of the brother, it won't be a dream for the brother! ”

Kui An pinched his thigh as he spoke, feeling painful, and suddenly understood that this qiē was not unreal and true, and the person in front of him was his old friend Zhang Ju.

"Haha, Brother Kui'an, Zhang Ju is polite." Zhang Ju smiled and waved to Kui An.

Kui An hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang Ju up, and said politely: "Old friends don't have to be like this, please sit down." ”

The two sat down as guests, and Kui An eagerly asked Zhang Ju what had happened and why it was rumored everywhere that Zhang Ju had died in battle under the Yinling City.

Zhang Ju was not in a hurry, and told Kui An the ins and outs of the matter, adding fuel and vinegar to Kui'an, among them, naturally did not forget to slander the peach leopard, on the surface blaming himself for letting the 10,000 army be wiped out, but the implication was that the responsibility was completely pushed to the peach leopard.