Under the light of the fire in the valley, the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was pursuing, saw that thousands of troops and horses of the Zhao army were ready to resist, and their weapons immediately stretched forward and accelerated to rush forward.

Hua An stared at the thousands of Zhao soldiers in front of him, his heart was full of pride, in his opinion, the thousands of Zhao soldiers in front of him were no more or less, just enough to swallow in one bite, and the soldiers under his command would not have a large number of casualties.

"Soldiers, kill all the enemies, rush to ......" Hua An roared, raised the glaive knife in his hand, and rushed towards the Zhao army.

As soon as the soldiers of the two sides came into contact with the "...... killing", a fierce fight broke out.

The cavalry had an advantage over the infantry, and the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army was well-trained and had many soldiers and horses, and a group charge of the forward battalion scattered thousands of the Zhao army's infantry and killed and wounded hundreds of Zhao troops.

Then, a large number of cavalry rushed into the Zhao army's formation one after another, cut the Zhao army's infantry into several sections, and quickly strangled them.

In less than half an hour, under the strangulation of the superior cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, thousands of Zhao soldiers were all wiped out, while the casualties of the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army were less than 100, which can be described as a complete victory over the opponent.

After strangling thousands of Zhao soldiers at the mouth of the valley, Hua An Lema stood at the mouth of the valley, looking at the fierce fire burning in the valley in front of him, and the soldiers of the Zhao army who were desperately looking for a way to escape in the fire, and his heart fell into thinking for a while.

In Hua An's view, these Zhao soldiers invaded the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty and did not need to sympathize with him at all, but the reason why they fell into the fire twice in a row was completely due to the mistakes of the generals as commanders, that is, as a general, as a small negligence, it can cause a large number of casualties among the soldiers.

This also gave Huaan a wake-up call. Let Huaan remember that as a commander-in-chief, he must have a clear mind. Must not be paralyzed negligence, otherwise. It is irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers under his command.

"Big brother, look, Wang Liu has led thousands of men and horses over." Wang San pointed to the Wang Sixth Army that was approaching on both sides of the valley and said loudly.

Hua An looked up and said happily: "This time the fire attack of the Overlord Valley, Wang Liu has made a great contribution, and after he goes back, the eldest brother must ask him for credit." ”

"Big brother, Wang Liu set a fire. I'm afraid that tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers will be burned to death! I wonder if the results of the battle will exceed the fire at the Wujiang Ferry? Thunderstorm said expectantly.

Hua An thought for a moment and replied softly: "It's hard to say!" We'll know when the fire goes out. ”

Seeing Hua An riding his horse standing at the mouth of the valley, Wang Liu hurriedly ran to Hua An's side as fast as he could, and said: "Big brother, most of the main force of the Zhao army fell into the sea of fire, and the casualties are estimated to be no less than twenty or thirty thousand, and there will be even more wounded soldiers, if the main force of our army can continue to pursue." These wounded soldiers, who are unable to move, will certainly not be able to escape the pursuit of our army, and our army's results will be even more brilliant. ”

"Continue the pursuit and expand the results?" Hua An said and looked at Thunderstorm and Wang San behind him.

"Big brother. The fire in the valley was too great for our cavalry to pass through guò. Thunderstorm looked at the fire in front of him and reminded.

"Big brother. I think I'll have to wait for the fire to stop before chasing. Wang San followed.

Hua An nodded, thinking for a moment. He said softly: "Our army has achieved brilliant results in this battle, and the soldiers are very hard. Let's retreat to Wujiang City to rest first! ”

After speaking, he turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of Wujiang City, Wang San, Lei Storm and others immediately led the main force to follow closely behind.

In the direction of Taniguchi, the Northern Expeditionary Army left only 500 soldiers to clean up the battlefield and count the casualties of both the enemy and us.

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Just when Hua'an led the main cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army to pursue the Overlord Valley, a thousand sailors led by Wang Biantou also officially marched towards Wujiang City.

Due to the withdrawal of Shi Hu's main army overnight, there was no fortification in the city of Wujiang, and only thousands of seriously wounded Zhao soldiers were left in the city, and these soldiers were obviously unable to resist.

Wang Biantou sent a hundred soldiers to guard the captives, and then sent a main force to occupy the four gates and search the whole city to ensure that there were no remnants of the Zhao army in the city.

When Hua'an led the main force and marched to the north gate of Wujiang City, Wang Biantou had already opened the gate of Wujiang City and stood at the gate waiting for Hua'an.

Hua An said hello to Wang Biantou, and then led the main force into the city.

The 30,000 naval troops of the Yangzhou Legion also immediately carried out an emergency assembly after receiving the news that Shi Hu had withdrawn overnight, but it took a lot of time for the soldiers to dress and assemble, and there were many infantry, so when they arrived near Wujiang City, the battle in the Overlord Valley was over.

As a result, the 30,000 sailors of the Yangzhou Army camped outside the north gate of Wujiang City, preparing to rest for a few hours, and then continue the pursuit.

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More than ten miles north of the Overlord Valley, Shi Hu led the soldiers who escaped from the sea of fire and arrived here, because the soldiers were very tired, and the main force of the Jin army did not chase after them, therefore, Shi Hu ordered the soldiers to rest for the time being, in order to maintain their bodies.

With Hou Ba's support, Shi Hu stepped off his horse and sat down on a large rock on the side of the road. Seeing this, the generals under his command also threw off their war horses and gathered around Shi Hu.

Shi Hu closed his eyes and gasped for a while before slowly opening his eyes and looking at the generals.

"Your Majesty, how are you?" Seeing that Shi Hu seemed to be a little weak, a general hurriedly asked.

"Don't worry, this king can't die yet." Shi Hu replied angrily, looking up at Zhixiong, his eyes full of annoyance.

Seeing this, Zhixiong hurriedly knelt on his knees and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, it's all the fault of the last general, it was the last general's negligence for a while, and he didn't find the Jin soldiers and horses in ambush, please give the king the guilt." ”

"Hmph, do you know that because of your momentary negligence, our army has suffered extremely heavy losses." Shi Hu asked loudly.

"The last will be convicted, and the last will be convicted." Zhixiong hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"Humph!" Seeing that Zhixiong had a good attitude in admitting his guilt, Shi Hu did not punish him, but reprimanded him angrily.

Seeing that Shi Hu did not cure his own crimes, Zhi Xiong felt lucky in his heart, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said gratefully: "Xie Wangshang, Xie Wangshang." ”

Shi Hu looked up at the soldiers around him, and roughly estimated that there were only more than 10,000 people, which means that most of them did not follow, which made Shi Hu's heart very uncomfortable.

The only consolation is that the main generals under his command have escaped safely, none of them have been killed, and from the direction of the Overlord Valley, there are still intermittent soldiers and horses coming.

Shi Hu looked in the direction of the Overlord Valley, and Zhengse said: "The fire set by the Jin army burned most of the soldiers of our army, and now our army is short of horses, and it is no longer able to compete with the Jin army. “

"King Shengming, our army should retreat with all its might, and after returning to Yecheng and cultivating for a few years, we can go south to the snow." The general hurriedly complimented.

Shi Hu shook his head and said, "No, after this king goes back this time, he will not attack Jiangnan for the rest of his life, the Sima family's qi is not exhausted, and this king can't go against the sky." ”

Seeing that Shi Hu was so pessimistic, not at all like his usual character, all the generals of the Zhao army were a little uncomfortable, but at this time, his own army of 100,000 had been defeated by the two fire attacks of the Jin army, and he was no longer able to confront the main force of the Jin army.

"Your Majesty, this place should not stay for a long time, twenty miles to the north is Quanjiao City, let's rest after our army enters the city!" A ministry general reminded.

When Shi Hu heard this, he felt justified, so he nodded and ordered: "All the horses, immediately advance towards Quanjiao City." After speaking, with the support of Hou Ba, he got up from the big stone, stepped on the war horse and marched towards Quanjiao City in the north.

A few hours later, the sky has been completely bright, Shi Hu and his more than 10,000 men and horses also arrived in Quanjiao City, when going south, the Zhao army stationed 500 soldiers in Quanjiao City, and Quanjiao City is not a strategic location, therefore, has not been recaptured by the Jin army.

Because when passing through the Overlord Valley, the baggage battalion responsible for transporting the camp tent was left behind, and was completely wiped out by the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and all the camp tents and other materials were also captured by the Jin army, therefore, the men and horses under the command of Shi Hu did not have camp tents, and after entering the city, the soldiers who were extremely tired looked for houses to live in the city at will.

The vast majority of the people in Quanjiao City had already fled when Shi Hu went south, so a large number of soldiers of the Zhao army broke into the people's houses without causing the slightest resistance.

The main force of the Jin army was near Wujiang City, not far from Quanjiao City, so the soldiers of the Zhao army did not dare to stay too much in Quanjiao City, and after resting for a few hours, Shi Hu and the main generals under his command gathered together to discuss the next retreat plan.

The generals looked at the Jianghuai topographic map and agreed that from Quanjiao, Dongcheng, Yinling, and Dangtu, this road is the most convenient to return, while the rest of the roads have to be detoured, which will delay time.

Shi Hu went south several times, and he took this road, so he naturally recognized this most convenient road, so he decided to immediately gather people and horses and march in the direction of Dongcheng.

"Report, Wang, news has come back from the direction of Dongcheng that the Jin army of 10,000 horses has captured Dongcheng." Just when Shi Hu made up his mind to march into Dongcheng, the news of being captured by the Jin army came back from the direction of Dongcheng.

"What, the Jin army of 10,000 horses captured Dongcheng." Shi Hu was shocked when he heard this, paused, looked at the generals, and said loudly: "Generals, there are 10,000 Jin soldiers and horses stationed in Dongcheng, can our army still go?" ”

"Your Majesty, our army has suffered heavy losses in soldiers and horses, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers who can fight, all kinds of siege weapons are gone, and there are 10,000 Jin troops stationed in the eastern city, and it is impossible for our army to break through." One of the generals felt that the road to Dongcheng was unacceptable.

"Yes! Your Majesty, it seems that our army is going to take a different path. Another general thought so.

Hearing this, Shi Hu looked down at the Jianghuai topographic map in front of him, frowned, and said: "The Jin army occupies the eastern city, blocking the best route for our army to retreat, it seems that our army can only go east or west." (To be continued......)