"Your Majesty, the last general will flee from the fire on your back, come up quickly." Hou Ba saw that Shi Hu was fat and couldn't run anymore, so he hurriedly bent down and wanted to carry Shi Hu on his back.

Shi Hu's mood was already a little desperate at this time, he looked at Hou Ba, and said softly: "Won't that drag you down, you better go by yourself!" Leave this king alone. ”

Hou Ba was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly turned around and knelt down, and said: "Your Majesty, the last general's life was given by you, the king is in trouble, how can the last general stand by and watch, besides, the world can be without Hou Ba, but not without the king!" The king can rest assured that as long as there is a general, he will definitely be able to break out of the encirclement. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Shi Hu to answer, he hurriedly glanced at the two deputies beside him, and the two deputies immediately put Shi Hu on Hou Ba's back.

Under the protection of the soldiers of the Longteng Guards Battalion under his command, Hou Ba carried a stone tiger of more than 200 catties on his back, shuttled through the camp full of fires, and headed towards Wujiang City, while the rest of the Zhao soldiers also looked for their own way out and scattered in the direction of Wujiang City.

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In the downstream direction of the Zhao Jun Shuizhai camp, Hua An, Wang San, and Wang Biantou were on the deck, watching the spectacular scenes of the Shihu camp.

Whenever he saw a fire breaking out, and countless Zhao soldiers were engulfed in the fire, Hua An and Wang San and Wang Biantou beside him were extremely excited, and they couldn't help but applaud loudly.

In particular, the thunderbolt warehouse on the large warship of the Zhao army was detonated by the fire, and countless thunderbolt shells were shot at the Zhao army's camp, like a goddess scattering flowers, which made the Jin army soldiers feel the most excited.

"Big brother, the Zhao Jun's camp is burning more and more, what a big fire! Ha ha! Wang San walked around the deck excitedly.

"Yes! The Zhao army suffered heavy losses, and the more than 100 soldiers sent by our army all returned safely, and there were no casualties! Wang Biantou followed and said.

Hua An smiled faintly and said softly: "One fire of our army, at least more than 10,000 Zhao soldiers have been eliminated, and there are more materials for all kinds of battles, with this fire, Shi Hu's ambition to invade will be completely eliminated, besides, Shi Hu does not have this strength at this time, haha." ”

"This is all because the eldest brother is well commanded, Shi Hu returned defeated, and the eldest brother should be the first to take the lead." Wang San said loudly.

"Yes! In particular, the eldest brother used torches to borrow the fog, which was the main reason for the success of my arms attack. Wang Biantou also said.

"It's just a small skill of carving insects, it's not worth mentioning." Hua An waved his hand, looked at Wang Biantou, and said: "Biantou, the hundred warriors under your command risked their lives to go deep into the Zhao army camp and set fire, their merits are the greatest, you have to give them credit immediately, you have to remember great merit." ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang Biantou replied.

Hua An looked up at the two large camps of the Zhao army, the fire there had been very violent, especially the first to be ignited by the naval warship, which had been burned by the fire, and most of the Zhao soldiers on the ship were engulfed by the violently burning flames except for those who escaped by jumping into the water.

The Zhao army camp on land is also burning more and more violently, countless camp tents were burned by the fire, the fire in the granary in the middle of the camp is ten zhang high, a large number of Zhao soldiers are breaking through in groups, in the gap of the fire, there are Zhao soldiers running everywhere.

"This fire really caused Zhao Jun to suffer heavy casualties! Compared with Cao Cao's casualties in the Battle of Chibi back then, it is not inferior at all! Hua An sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Big brother, this is just the beginning, after the main force of our army crosses the river to pursue, Shi Hu's casualties will be even more severe, if you are lucky, our army should be able to completely annihilate the main force of the Zhao army and kill Shi Hu under the horse." Wang Biantou clenched his fists as he spoke.

"Yes! Big brother, here at the Wujiang ferry, the two troops of our army on land and water have exceeded 40,000 soldiers, in Liyang City, there are 10,000 horses of Wang Wu, if Tie Niu and Zhao Wu's 20,000 horses can cross the river in time, the main force of our army will be as high as 70,000, and counting some other scattered men and horses, our army will have more than 80,000 troops, and Shi Hu's main army, after this fire, can survive no more than 80,000 troops, moreover, it is a tired division, and its combat strength will be weaker than our army. Wang San pinched his fingers and thought.

Hearing this, Hua An closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said: "The main forces of our army have gathered, and the defeat of Shi Hu's army has been decided, but it is very difficult to kill Shi Hu!" Shi Hu is brutal and unreasonable, there are many people in the world who want to take his life, if his head is so easy to cut, he would have died thousands of times, if our army can successfully kill Shi Hu, the world will definitely shake, the Central Plains chaos will come in advance, and the time for my Great Jin to recover the Central Plains will come. ”

"Big brother, rest assured, as long as our army jams all the roads for Shi Hu's return to the north, Shi Hu will not be able to escape." Wang San Zhengse said.

Wang Biantou glanced at the south bank of the ferry, and reported loudly: "Big brother, the main force of our army is almost here, and we will soon be able to go ashore to pursue Shihu's main army." ”

Wang San glanced at the shore and said suspiciously: "Big brother, Zhao Jun's water village and the shore are all on fire, how can our army land!" ”

Hua An looked back at the thousands of warships of the Jin army, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly: "They came a little early, but our people in Jiangnan are very good in water, and they can wade and land from a random place upstream, but it's just too inconvenient." ”

Wang San nodded and said, "Big brother, then let's go upstream too!" Go ashore with them. ”

Hua An shook his head and said, "Don't worry, it will take a lot of time for 40,000 horses to wade ashore from the upstream, and by then, I'm afraid that the fire here will have been extinguished long ago, besides, the eldest brother doesn't want to wade ashore!" Ha ha! ”

"Haha!" Wang San also smiled, then pointed to the hundreds of large ships behind him, and said loudly: "Big brother, look, Thunderstorm and Wang Liu's men and horses have already come. ”

Hua An looked back, and sure enough, there were four or five hundred big ships approaching behind him, and a warship led by him was flying a thunder flag, which was obviously a cavalry under the command of Thunderstorm.

Hua An smiled, looked at Wang San beside him, and said softly: "Wang San, Shi Hu's main army will flee to the north, and he will definitely enter Wujiang City to rest first, this is an opportunity, you immediately send a small colonel to Liyang City, and order Wang Wu to immediately lead his men and horses to advance in the direction of Dongcheng, if you can occupy Dongcheng, you can block the best route for Shi Hu's rout, and it will greatly reduce the morale of Shi Hu's main army." ”

"Yes, big brother, I'll do it." Wang San said and entered the cabin, preparing to write a letter to Wang Wu.

After Thunderstorm and Wang Liu's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses arrived at Hua'an's location in a big ship, Thunderstorm and Wang Liu boarded Hua'an's warship and discussed with Hua'an how to pursue Shihu's main army next.

After some discussion, everyone agreed that it was the best way to send a number of strange troops deep behind enemy lines to block the retreat of Shi Hu's main army.

Hua'an has sent Wang Wu's men and horses to the direction of Dongcheng, but Wang Wu's men and horses are only 10,000, and the combat power is not very strong, it is no problem to break through the Dongcheng occupied by a small number of Zhao army, but whether it can block Shi Hu's main army is unknown.

For this reason, Hua'an decided to let Tie Niu, who had arrived in the capital, and Zhao Wu's 20,000 main forces of the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately cross the river from the Jingbei Ferry, and approach Dangtu City on the south bank of Huaishui from Linhuaiguo Road.

At the same time, in the northeast of Dangtu City, there are tens of thousands of horses in Erlong Mountain of Han Huang and Ma Xiong, and when necessary, Hua'an will send envoys into Erlong Mountain, and make an agreement with Han Huang and Ma Xiong to jointly flank Shihu's main force and horses.

"General, General Tie and General Zhao sent back the news that the 20,000 main forces under their command have begun to cross the Jingbei Ferry, and it is estimated that more than half of the men and horses have been crossed now, and the two generals have written to ask for instructions on whether to immediately go west and join the general's men and horses." A small soldier reported to Hua'an.

"What, the 20,000 horses under the command of Zhao Wu and Tie Niu have already begun to cross the river, it's really good, it's hard for Shi Hu to run away now." Hua An happily paced on the deck, paused, and ordered: "You immediately send an order, tell Sù Tie Niu and Zhao Wu, you don't have to go west to join me, go directly from Linhuaiguo Avenue, and go straight to Dangtu City, you must tell them, as long as you capture and control Dangtu City, it will be a great achievement, and you will ask for a reward for them in front of the emperor and the queen mother." ”

"Yes, General." The creep took the order and turned to leave.

"Big brother, Dongcheng and Dangtu are the main forces of Shihu, and the two lines of defense to return to the Central Plains, with these two lines of defense, I believe that the main army of Shihu will definitely be unable to escape." Wang Biantou said with a straight face.

Hua An shook his head and said, "This is really hard to say!" There is more than one way for Shi Hu to return to the north, and the eldest brother is only blocking the most convenient shortcut, if Shi Hu takes a detour to take some other farther roads, the eldest brother's efforts will be in vain! ”

"Then block all the roads that Shi Hu may flee from, so that he will not be able to escape." Wang Liu clenched his fists and said loudly.

Hua An smiled, shook his head and said, "Wang Liu! You think too simply, how is this possible, our army has limited strength, the two roads of men and horses sent out are already as high as 30,000, and the remaining soldiers and horses of our army are less than 50,000, if you send people and horses deep into the back of Shi Hu's main army, the frontal strength of our army will not be enough to fight against Shi Hu's main force. ”

"Well, it's still the eldest brother who is thoughtful." Wang Liu nodded when he heard this.

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Wujiang City is only more than ten miles away from Wujiang Ferry, Shi Hu under the protection of Hou Ba, the owner of the Longteng Guards Battalion, retreated into Wujiang City smoothly, and the soldiers of the department, except for the people and horses who were burned to death by the fire and drowned in the river, all the rest of the people and horses withdrew into Wujiang City.