Under the order of Hua'an, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army placed white flags and white armor and mourning clothes overnight, and due to the lack of white cloth in the army, Hua'an asked the soldiers to take off their close-fitting white clothes and drape them over the armor.

In the middle of the night, the mourning of the three armies had been prepared, Hua An ordered the soldiers to go back to the camp to rest, and he himself and Wang San inspected the barracks.

"Big brother, tomorrow the army will go out, let's go back to the camp early to rest!" Wang San accompanied Hua'an around the camp, and when he saw that it was normal, he went back to the camp to rest.

"yes, yes!" Hua An answered, raised his legs and walked in the direction of the Chinese military camp.

......At this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew from the northeast, which made Hua An and Wang San shudder.

"Big brother, it's such a cold wind!" Wang San sighed.

Hua An nodded and said: "It's the northeast wind, it's November, and the time is so fast!" ”

"Hey, big brother, it seems to be snowing." Wang San looked at the snowflakes in his hand in surprise.

Hua'an naturally saw it, the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger, and they were falling faster and faster, and soon the ground under Hua'an's feet was paved with a white color.

"It's snowing at this time, God really help me, Shihu thief, you're finished." Hua An suddenly clenched his fists and muttered to himself with hatred.

Wang San hurriedly asked the reason, Hua An whispered the reason in his ear, Wang San was overjoyed, and returned to the camp side by side with Hua An.

At dawn, the snow had not stopped, and a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, half a foot high, Hua'an ordered the soldiers to eat immediately, and then the whole army assembled and marched in the direction of Liyang.

From Liyang City to the north of the Huai River, there is a necessary road, this road is between Liyang and Quanjiao, only more than ten miles away from Quanjiao, Hua'an intends to let the army ambush on this road, waiting for the arrival of Shihu's army.

After studying the terrain of the intersection, Hua'an found that the terrain here was not suitable for ambushes, and on both sides of the road were endless flat land and scattered trees, which were difficult for the army to hide.

But at this time, it was different, it was snowing heavily, and the snow on the ground was already half a foot thick, besides, the soldiers were all wearing linen and filial piety, and the white filial piety robes and the heavy snow on the ground could be completely integrated, so that the enemy army was not easy to find.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army entered their respective ambush positions, all the soldiers died down, and the soldiers all put down their weapons and sat on the snow, looking from a distance, they did not feel that there were tens of thousands of troops in ambush here.

"Big brother, Shihu has 50,000 elites, and our army is less than 30,000, this battle is bound to be tragic! I don't know what the big brother has a chance of winning. Wang San looked at Hua An and asked in a low voice.

"Eighty percent, at least eighty percent." Hua An raised his eyes and looked at the opposite side of the road, and said lightly: "You see, the right army is ambushed on the opposite side, we can't see it at all, and Shi Hu's army must not find it, when Shi Hu's army passes by, our army suddenly attacks, Shi Hu's army will inevitably collapse, and victory must belong to us." ”

Wang San nodded and added, "It's the snow from the sky that has helped us a lot!" The heavy snow not only made it easier for our army to hide, but also made the Zhao army, which had superior field strength, unable to give full play to the advantages of cavalry. ”

"That's right, we just need to recharge our energy and wait for the arrival of the Shihu army." Huaan was satisfied with Wang San's thorough analysis.

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Outside the north gate of Liyang City, the vanguard of Zhao's army has set off, and the main force has also been assembled and ready to open at any time.

The forward 5,000 men and horses, all of them are cavalry, responsible for opening the road and probing the enemy's situation, in order to ensure the safety of the main army, and the follow-up main force is the core of the whole army, and finally, there are 5,000 men and horses responsible for the rear of the palace.

The Zhao army marched northward in three groups, and after a few hours, its vanguard arrived at the ambush position of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Seeing the approaching army of Zhao, the nerves of the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army were tense, and all the soldiers were ready to fight, and they would launch a fierce attack on the Zhao army as soon as Hua'an gave an order.

"Big brother, Zhao Jun is really here, whether to fight or not." Wang San asked in a low voice.

Hua An raised his eyes and carefully observed for a moment, and saw that the enemy army and horses only had 5,000 cavalry, and the main force had not yet arrived, so he decided to let go of the enemy's cavalry, continue to ambush, and wait for the main force of the enemy army to follow.

The forward men and horses of the Zhao army, when passing through the ambush of the Northern Expeditionary Army, did not see anything abnormal, but continued to rush forward with confidence, after all, the terrain here is a flat river, and it is not a good position for ambushes, and the enemy soldiers are careless.

After about two moments, the main force of the Zhao army was late.

Hua An raised his eyes and looked, there were no less than 40,000 horses, and they were entering the ambush area, which made him feel a little nervous in his heart, after all, the army in front of him was the elite Longteng guards under Shi Hu, and if it really fought, the casualties of the Northern Expeditionary Army would definitely not be small.

"Big brother, Shi Hu's main army is here, let's attack!" There was also a hint of nervousness in Wang San's tone.

Hua An took a deep breath, the opportunity to ambush Shi Hu's army was just around the corner, but when he really wanted to give the order to attack, Hua An's heart couldn't help but be nervous, after all, Shi Hu's Chinese army had 40,000 elite Dragon Guards, and it was worrying to watch.

But when I thought that the Northern Expeditionary Army was also an elite division, especially the 10,000 soldiers trained by myself, it was the elite of the elite, and in the face of the Longteng Guards under Shi Hu's command, what was the combat strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Hua'an was very curious, and only a real fight could test the true combat strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the face of a strong enemy.

"Big brother, if you don't attack again, the enemy will run away." Wang San reminded.

Hua An was suddenly startled, forced his mind, raised his right hand violently, waved forward, and ordered: "Order, beat the drum to march, and kill Shi Hu." ”

"Beat the drum and march and kill the stone tiger." Wang San followed the yelling to convey the order.

"Knock knock knock ......" Suddenly, dozens of large drums buried in the snow made a deafening drum sound at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, nearly 30,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who were squatting on the snow, picked up the weapons beside them and jumped up, shouting and killing the Shihu army.

Hua An clenched the glaive knife in his hand, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and rode his horse to kill the Shihu army in the encirclement, Wang San and the soldiers of the personal battalion followed closely behind Hua An.

"There are ambushes, there are ambushes." Seeing the black pressure of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the marching Zhao army suddenly rioted.

"Don't panic, don't panic, protect the king, protect the king." The general of the Zhao army scolded his subordinates hoarsely, although it had a little effect, but the team was already scattered, and it was obviously impossible to form a formation to meet the enemy.