.The night was heavy and the cold wind was biting. A scout was riding a fast horse and galloping on the official road at the foot of Jiguan Mountain. The battle behind him was in full swing. He was ordered by Wang Deng to ask for support from the Grand Sima of the North Huan of Shan.

The mountain wind was cold, and the scout whipped the horse's buttocks hard. The horse ran as fast as it was crazy. However, as soon as one person and one horse turned around, a heat wave mixed with thick smoke came towards him. The scout was stunned by the scene in front of him: the official road ahead was a sea of ​​fire, and the hot wind was swept with the burning branches and leaves flying everywhere, the flames were several feet high, and the road was completely blocked by the flames and could not pass at all. The fire took advantage of the wind to burn towards this side, and the scout had no choice but to turn around and gallop back.

With just one hour of return, the battlefield outside Nanshan Pass was beyond recognition, with fires ignited everywhere, and dead bodies all over the ground were piled up, twisted and entangled; some hugged each other and kept a wrestling posture, some stabbed each other into each other's stomachs and died, and some bite each other and were so bloody that it was soaked in the flesh. This place has become a hell on earth.

The scout shouted General Wang Deng's name, cried and shouted the familiar name of Zhan, stumbled around the battlefield, and answered him only the sound of whimpering wind, tents, food, siege machinery, and the sound of burning chariots. The air was filled with the pungent smell of scorching corpses. The scout seemed to feel nothing, but was just running back and forth on the battlefield.

He was tired of running, shouting, crying, and sitting blankly on the ground, motionless in a daze. Suddenly he jumped up, turned over, galloped south, and quickly reported the news to General Huan Mi who was left behind in Guangling City. The fire at the mountain pass could not stop for three days and three nights. If you want to report that Sima Huan may not be able to accomplish it at least a few days later. For the current plan, you can only rush back to Guangling City as soon as possible. The Qin army is still in the area of ​​Shannan. You should remind General Huan Mi to make preparations early, either guard or suppress, and there will be a certain plan.

...

At midnight, the nightmare continued. A town called Miaogang, twenty miles southeast of Jiguan Mountain, was awakened by a loud noise in their sleep. They leaned out of the warm bed and listened. The sound of horse hooves and noises like thunder outside scared them to the point of being at a loss. At this moment, the doors of every household were brutally kicked open. Xianbei soldiers in black-clad clothes broke into the house like a ferocious evil spirit, and chopped them up when they saw people without saying a word. The big girls and wives were stripped naked by their eyes by the Qin army. They were raped to death without asking for reasons. In an instant, a quiet and peaceful town during the day turned into a Shura Field on Earth.

Murong Chui stood in the square in the center of the town, quietly watching the wails before death and the heart-wrenching cry of the women. His handsome face was twisted and he had a grim smile.

"Send the order and rest after you have enough trouble. We will leave this town tomorrow. When the sky is dawn, we will receive news. If we want to live and make some noise, we must know how to control and adapt to the situation." Murong Chui said lightly.

The personal guard agreed to turn around and send the order. Murong Chui added coldly behind him: "Tell Xiao Yewang, Tuoba Zhu and the others, who will not get up tomorrow, and the military law will serve you."

The guard stopped and turned around and responded loudly, turned around and left.

...

Jiankang City, Han House.

Xie Daoyun, Liu Rumei, Wang Yurun and other girls were busy until midnight and still not sleeping. They were packing up their traveling things, packing up eight carriages in large and small bags, as valuable as gold, silver and jewelry, and as trivial as cups, plates, fruits and plates.

Just because Xie An came to Han's house in the afternoon and said that he had received an order to go to the battlefield of Hefei County to command the Northern Mansion Army in person. The Qin army had already approached the city of Hefei County. Han Mu's newly built Northern Mansion Army would be the main force in participating in the battle with the Qin people.

At the same time, Xie An told them that this was a good opportunity for them to leave Jiankang City. The city had been in banned for many days, and Xu entered and was not allowed to leave. Several girls wanted to move to Chaohu City, but were unable to leave the city. This time, they happened to take them all out while they left the city.

The girls naturally applauded. It was a city built by Han Mu. They had long believed that this was the private property of the Han family. Han Mu's foundation was there. Han Mu specially sent a letter to Yuan Gang to pick them up because it was about to become their home. Seeing the happy appearance of the girls, Xie An frowned and ignored it.

Seeing the uncle's appearance, Xie Daoyun knew that things were not that simple, so she asked softly: "What's the difficulty for Uncle San? I think things are not that simple. Will it be criticized to bring such a large group of people out of the city?"

Xie An shook his head and said, "I am not my family, who is afraid of him? There is no problem with taking you there, but the problem is that there is a war there."

Liu Rumei smiled and said, "Isn't it Hefei County? What we are going to be Chaohu City."

Xie An sighed: "You are not familiar with the map. Hefei County and Chaohu City are only more than 100 miles apart. The cavalry can advance in one day, and the infantry can only fight to Chaohu City in two or three days. If the city is defeated, they may be worried about their lives."

Xie Daoyun thought for a while and said, "Since I am not sure of defeat, why should I go to command the battle? If I lose my army, wouldn't my noble body be at risk of my life?"

Xie An smiled bitterly and said, "The Northern Mansion Army is the fate of Han Mu and us. If the Northern Mansion Army is defeated, I will not be able to escape and die even if I am in Jiankang City, so I must go."

"Then if the Northern Prefecture Army is defeated, wouldn't Han Mu have no way to survive? Even Lord Xie, you can't protect yourself, let alone Han Mu?" Wang Yurun keenly captured the meaning of Xie An's words and asked quietly.

Xie An lowered his head and said nothing. The girls naturally understood that this was a default. Wang Yurun suddenly laughed and said, "Since that's the case, we are going even more. If Han Mu had an accident, can we still survive? Why don't we go and see how we died and save ourselves from being a fool."

Xie Daoyun smiled and said, "That's right, Yu'er is right, not to mention that you don't know what my third uncle is capable of. When will he be willing to take risks with his own life, he will surely win."

Xie An laughed and said, "You are not confident in me, but in the soldiers trained by Han Mu and the city built. In fact, I dare to go to supervise the battle because I know that Han Mu will never form a mob. He is so picky, but he is just a casual person. After all, he still has confidence in him. You should clean up and leave the city early tomorrow morning."

The girls have already arranged everything at home. All four "Huichuntang" in Beijing have a store manager. Wang Yurun has also assigned Han Qi to stay in charge. The matter is handled smoothly on weekdays, and nothing is wrong. The Flying Tigers left five people and some servants to live here. On the one hand, they guard the house and on the other hand, they can also help maintain the normal production of the small pharmacy.

On the morning of the 21st day of the first lunar month of the second year of Xian'an, the Han family followed Xie An's convoy out of the city and headed eastward, and rushed to Chaohu City like birds out of the cage.

...

The atmosphere was tense in Chaohu City. The imperial edict was delivered here three days ago, indicating that Lord Xie An had requested the order to lead the new army of the Northern Palace to fight to the Qin army in Hefei County. Several commanders and generals of the army held a meeting overnight to negotiate. General Han Mu and deputy general Xie Xuan were not there, and Yuan Gang naturally took on the important task of the top leader. On the evening of the day when he received the order, the conference hall in the General's Mansion in Chaohu City was full of seats.

'Earth, water, fire, wind' The heads and minds of the four armies, all the fourth-level generals of the Legion battalion attended the meeting. In addition, there were the military chief Liang Jinchun, Wuhu County Magistrate Li Yuan, and Mr. Cao Donglin Jieshi who arrived in advance; Han Mu was not there, everyone felt that they were lacking the backbone in their hearts, but the far water could not relieve the near thirst, so everything depends on themselves at this time.

Yuan Gang spoke first: "All the generals, sirs, I'm going to call you here today. I believe everyone understands what's going on. The imperial imperial edict has been issued. The Northern Prefecture Army has been officially incorporated into the military organization of the Great Jin Dynasty and officially enjoys the treatment of the regular military of the court. Later, Lord Xie An will arrive with a large number of war horses, weapons, armor, food, and supplies. This is to make our Northern Prefecture Army a name for our name. Our name is already a member of the Great Jin army. Unlike other soldiers in the Fangzhen town, we do not belong to the control of the Great Sima, but to the control of the Great Han general. This is a good thing. We use the military pay of the imperial court to arm our teeth without having to pay our own pockets. If Marshal Han knew about this, he would wake up laughing when he fell asleep."

Everyone burst into laughter and nodded. With Han Mu's personality and temper, he took such a big advantage this time, I'm afraid he really couldn't stop laughing.

"However, why is the court so generous? Why do we suddenly attach so much importance to us? The Grand Sima did not express any objection to this matter. Why is this? Have you ever thought about it?" Yuan Gang's face turned serious and he asked loudly.

A team was whispering: "It's time to fight. Let's eat and drink, and go to the battlefield with neat arms to kill the enemy. If you might lose your life, you won't have a good treat."

Yuan Gang smiled and said, "What this brother said is indeed because he wanted to fight, and it was the biggest war since the establishment of our Northern Palace Army. In the past month, your patrol team has encountered small Qin troops many times, killed them many times, killed hundreds of them, seized dozens of war horses and many weapons and armor. It was very good! But these are all small fusses, and this time they were serious. Qin soldiers and 20,000 cavalry, the leader of the team was Deng Qiang, and the one who followed Wang Meng to destroy Yan State was him, and he was a powerful general. He is now twenty miles north of Hefei County, a hundred miles away from us, and is building engineering equipment day and night to attack Hefei County. This time it is not a joke. 20,000, are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid of a bird!" Gao Heng, the captain of Renyong of the Huoyi Camp, whispered, "Qin Bing is not a lion or a tiger, nor does it have two heads. If I cut it off with one sword, can he grow another one?"

Everyone laughed, Yuan Gang laughed and said, "Of course the lieutenant is not afraid. Go back and ask if the soldiers under him are afraid. The new recruit who has just joined the army for a month is about to fight, and I am afraid I feel a little guilty. I have heard some rumors these days, all of which are all about it."

Gao Heng said angrily: "If there is such a coward in the Fire First Camp, I will be the first to chop him up."

Liang Jinchun said: "Hey! College Captain, this is not a matter of being cut by one knife. If Han Shuai said this, he would definitely scold you. What did the Grand Marshal often say before leaving? He said not to just do it, use his brain, find ways to find out the crux of the problem, and do it hard and drive him out of the way. This is what Han Shuai said? If Han Shuai had a problem, he should ask them to talk to him more, and don't shout and beat and kill, and be victorious."

As soon as they said that they were convinced by virtue, everyone immediately thought of Han Mu's trip to Shen Zifangchen's millions of homes in Wuhu County to do food, and they would laugh out loud.

Gao Heng scratched his head and said, "Changshi Liang, I really don't understand this thing. If you say that you are fighting on the battlefield, I won't frown. If you talk to them, I will be angry after a few words, and you won't slap them in the face."
Chapter completed!