Huining is located on the main transportation route from Luning Prefecture to Tanzhou. It was originally an extremely prosperous county town in Tanzhou and a gathering place for grain merchants. The grain produced by Luning is basically sent to various places in Tanzhou through here. Its importance is self-evident. However, in the hinterland of Tanzhou, the guarding power here was extremely weak. In a county town, only one 500 people were stationed. It didn't matter before, but after this became the main road for Tanzhou to withdraw to Luning, this problem was immediately magnified without restrictions.

Sima Ren originally thought that he had enough time to withdraw all the wealth and army of Tanzhou to the Luning area, but unexpectedly, due to the loss of Yazikou, the Mongolian army advanced straight into the city, and this neglected problem became a fatal problem. Outside Tanzhou, the Mongolian army gathered nearly 200,000 troops, and now Yumen Pass is also lost, hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops rushed over. Once Huining is occupied, Tanzhou will face a catastrophe. Tanzhou City was originally a good city, but because Sima Ren wanted to retreat to the Luning area and abandon Tanzhou City, a large amount of military supplies were transported to Luning. The entire Tanzhou City has been pitifully prepared for city defense until now. If Huining loses, he will have to be forced to defend Tanzhou to death. At that time, the problem will be great. To be serious, life is difficult to protect, and Tanzhou, which lacks preparations, will definitely be difficult to resist the attack of the Mongolian army.

If Yao Meng hadn't made a quick decision, the Lucheng border army fought to the death in Fengkou for two days and two nights, and Jamukha's 10,000 cavalry rushed over and met with Han Zhong who entered Tanzhou in advance. Tanzhou would have no chance at all. But now, with two days, Sima Ren had a little chance of breathing, and immediately let Sima Rui and Shi Gangdang lead his troops to meet Huining, and he would hold Ning anyway.

Both armies rushed towards Huining with the same purpose.

"General Sima, after passing Tieshuling, he is only fifty miles away from Huining. It is not a problem to arrive today." Shi Gandang breathed a long sigh. He was originally the guard of Yumen Pass, and was in his early forties. He was an experienced general. He was a talented man in the Sima family. It was precisely because of this that he was able to gain a place among the generals of the army dominated by the Sima family.

Sima Rui also breathed a sigh of relief, "For several consecutive days, the brothers are so tired. General Shi, look at the brothers, let's fix it here and set off!"

Shi Gandang looked at the sky, "General Sima, it's better to do something with all his energy. Come to Huining and repair it."

Sima Rui smiled, "Old Shi, look at the brothers who are all in this way, their clothes and armor are not in order, and their military appearance is not in order, and they are extremely tired. This appearance appears in Huining City. The people there thought that we were defeated. Wouldn't it be better if we rest and let the brothers enter Huining in a brand new look?"

Shi Gandang looked at the soldiers under his command. As Sima Rui said, he said, "General Sima said, let them go first if only two thousand cavalrymen are left. The infantry stayed for two hours, so that when our army arrived, Huining was prepared. At least the camp was set up and the hot water was boiled, so that the brothers could move in as soon as they arrived."

Sima Rui pondered for a moment, knowing that Shi Gandang was worried about Huining's side, the cavalry that Mengren entered in the early stage was elusive. Until now, the fourth uncle has not really grasped their whereabouts. If they were allowed to arrive at Huining first, it would be a disaster. Even if these thousand cavalry could not break Huining, letting them appear under the city would be enough to cause Huining's panic.

"General Shi makes sense, just do it." Sima Rui agreed with Shi Gandang's opinion, and the two thousand cavalry set off immediately. The infantry rested on the spot.

After several days of travel, the soldiers were exhausted. When they heard the order to rest on the spot, they cheered loudly, and couldn't wait to sit on the ground, or lay on the ground with their backs on their backs.

Just as Sima Rui's army was resting in Tieshuling, thirty miles to their left, Han Zhong's five thousand soldiers and a thousand cavalrymen in Tuli had already joined together.

"General Tuoli! The siege came to report that a large number of Tanzhou troops were found in Tieshuling. It seemed that they were rushing to Huining County to strengthen the defense there." Han Zhong stared at the map and said.

In fact, I was very tired these days. It was not an easy job to lead Sima Zhi's tens of thousands of troops in Tanzhou. If you are accidentally touched by your opponent, it may be a disaster. It was not until you met Han Zhong that you were relieved.

“How many are there?”

"I don't know very well, I guess there are tens of thousands." Han Zhong said without looking up.

He took off his breath and took a breath, "So much?"

Han Zhong raised his head, looked at Tuli and smiled, "General Tuli, do you have the confidence to fight this battle?"

Tuli couldn't help but hesitate, "King Yi, we don't have enough manpower. Besides, the brothers are also very tired. I'm not sure about this battle. News came from Fengkou that Jamukha's troops coming to pick us up were blocked."

This was the first time Han Zhong heard this news, "Jamuha was blocked, was it that army? Sima Ren's reaction was so fast?"

"It's Yao Meng from Yumen Pass." Tuoli said uneasyly. The news was that he ate a vanguard team of Sima Zhi and caught a Tanzhou military captain and then reviewed it.

"I didn't expect Yao Meng to have this vision." Han Zhong was also surprised. He thought about it and said with a smile: "General Tuli, don't worry. Yao Meng wants to leave a main force to restrain the king at Yumen Pass. It is in a hurry to reach Fengkou. It is definitely difficult to block Jamuha's ten thousand iron cavalry. At most, it will be blocked for a few days."

"We are completely alone without the ten thousand people of Jamukha." Tuli said: "At this time, if we fight against our opponents, we are also tired masters, and we are afraid we are not smart."

Han Zhong smiled and said, "We are the Tired Division. Isn't this Tanzhou army also the Tired Division? General Tuoli is afraid?"

Tuoli was furious. Han Zhong was just a surrendered general. He was a dignified general. How could he lose to him? He said immediately: "Since King Yi wants to fight, Tuoli will naturally accompany me. My thousand cavalry is the elite of Dameng. Even the Immortal Army cannot resist the Tanzhou army. I wonder if the five thousand people under the command of the King Yi are still able to fight?"

Asking generals to provoke generals, Han Zhong looked at Tuoli, who was angry and said, "Of course we can fight. General Tuoli, come, let's discuss how to fight this battle? The prosecutor saw two general flags, one was Sima and the other was Shi. The one with the surname Shi must be Shi Gandang, the general of Yuguan, and the one with the surname Sima, but I don't know which one it is."

"It's definitely not Sima Zhi!" Tuoli said angrily.

Han Zhong laughed, "Among the Sima clan's military generals, Sima Zhi is pretty good, and the others are not worth mentioning. No matter who Sima Banjiangqi is, he must be the person in charge there. Shi Gandao is talented, but he is afraid that he can't make a decision. This is our opportunity. In fact, what I worry most is that they refuse to fight us, but run directly to Huining."

"What does the King of Yi mean?"

"General Tuoli, this is my opinion!" Han Zhong smiled and pulled over the drawings.

At Tieshuling, almost as Han Zhong discovered the Tanzhou soldiers, Sima Rui also received a report from the whistle cavalry. When he heard a large number of enemy troops appearing on his left, Shi Gandang immediately became nervous.

"General Sima, we must set out immediately and rush to Huining." Shi Gan Dang said.

Sima Rui stared at the detective, "How many people are there on the other side? Who is the general who leads the troops, and how many cavalry are there?"

The whistle detective replied: "The enemy army is about 5,000, and the number of cavalry is not large, only about a few hundred. It seems that it is not like the Mongolian army. The chief general is attacking King Han of Yi."

Sima Rui sneered, "I said who it is? It turns out that it is Han Zhong, a thief. He doesn't go in heaven, and he bumps into hell, and he just happens to deal with him."

Shi Gandang was shocked and looked at Sima Rui, "General Sima, no matter who he is, the order given to us by the magistrate is to guard Huining. We cannot disobey the order of the magistrate, but we should arrive at Huining first before making plans."

Sima Rui said impatiently: "General Shi, general is away, and the king is not allowed to accept the order. Han Zhong only has more than 5,000 people, and there is no Mongolian army to help. If a large number of Mongolian cavalry arrives, we will certainly not be able to directly defeat him. But Han Zhong, just a few thousand soldiers in Xiangshan Prefecture, is it still our opponent? It is not too late to cut the mess with a quick knife, clean up him first, and then go to Huining."

"General Sima, Han Zhong is not an ordinary person. This person is cunning and wise, and his army is not weak!" Shi Gandang knew Han Zhong, so this person should not be insulted.

"General Shi, here is only fifty miles away from Huining. What are you worried about? If Han Zhong is defeated, go to Huining. Besides, letting such an enemy army rage in Tanzhou, we have no face. The Fourth Uncle has been looking for them. Maybe we will not be far from them. We stick to them and wait until the Fourth Uncle arrives, and we can wipe out all the way."

Shi Gandang was bitter in his mouth. Sima Zhi was not sure where he was now. Maybe he was not far from them, maybe he was hundreds of miles away. How could this military incident be a joke? It was based on guesses? But Sima Rui's face was no longer very good at this time. He was the main general, he was the deputy general, he was the direct descendant of the Sima family, and he was just a general of the foreign surname. How could he fight with him?

"Since General Sima decided to fight, you might as well call back the two thousand cavalrymen. If you fight, you have to give them a thunder blow." Shi Gandang suggested.

"No need!" Sima Rui waved his hand gracefully, "It's just four or five thousand Xiangshan soldiers, not Mengqi. Why are you doing so solemnly? The eight thousand people here are the elite soldiers of our Tanzhou soldiers, and they can't take such a group of mixed fish? General Shi, pass the order, line up, set off, and attack Han Zhong's troops!"

When Han Zhong learned that Sima Rui was actually moving closer to his side, he couldn't help laughing. He was really ignorant and fearless. He really didn't take the Tanzhou soldiers seriously. The five thousand elite soldiers in Xiangshan Prefecture were not jammed fish, but elite soldiers who often fought with Mongolian cavalry. Over the years, Han Zhong had bet a lot of energy on them, which was not comparable to those of the Tanzhou soldiers who were pampered. He immediately issued a combat order. Among the four adopted sons, except for Han He who was left in the camp by the king, the other three, Han Jiang, Han Hu and Han Hai, were all in the camp. In less than a cup of tea, Han Zhong's troops had already arranged a military formation and set up a defensive formation. Han Zhong wanted to show it as weak first, but at this time, the thousand cavalry in the Tuli were missing.
Chapter completed!