Jie Yuan was silent for a moment, and Wang Shixiong beside him was also stunned. Although the two of them did not know what "reputation during life and after death" meant, they both had the same thought at the same time - could it be that he, the Prince of Han, did not think that the Northern Expedition could succeed at the beginning?

"Something is still wrong." Han Shizhong finished his sigh, still frowning. "Why does Wen Dunsizhong look down on me so much? Look at his arrangement, he threw out four Meng'an at once, does he really think he can take a bite of my flesh? Does he think I will not even send the whole army like in previous years? Doesn't he know that the war has already started?"

"It must be so." Jie Yuan looked back at the top of the Hedong city wall. It can be imagined that the Jin Kingdom's Hezhong garrison must be in a daze on the top of the city wall at this time.

"That makes sense." Han Shizhong seemed to be thinking. "This man didn't know that our government was launching a large-scale northern expedition, and Li Yanxian was nowhere to be seen... Either Taiyuan didn't know, or Taiyuan knew and abandoned him, or Taiyuan had already sent reinforcements so it didn't matter to tell him, but Taiyuan's reinforcements didn't arrive in time, or were blocked by Li Yanxian... Shanren (Jieyuan's character), you are a kind person, don't you think so?"

"It can only be this way." Jie Yuan listened to this frivolous and moldy joke that he hadn't heard for decades, suppressed his discomfort, and replied with difficulty.

"Then do you think Hezhong Prefecture is still a place where I can show my abilities?" Han Shizhong asked anxiously.

Even though Jie Yuanshan thought that he and the young Marshal Han had known each other for decades and they had a brotherly relationship, he couldn't help but be completely confused at this moment - you thought that the Northern Expedition might not succeed, and you were still thinking about writing poetry, which almost delayed your crossing of the river. How come you suddenly became like a different person?

No, how come I suddenly feel like I’m 20 years younger and full of curiosity about the whole world again?

What did Emperor Zhao write to you?

Is there another marriage? Is the queen definitely from the Han family?

Suppressing all distracting thoughts, Jie Yuan tried to answer: "What exactly does Fifth Brother mean? Just give the order!"

"How many soldiers are there in this city?" Han Shizhong asked, pointing at Hedong City.

"If there is no reinforcement, the maximum number is six thousand..." Xie Yuan blurted out.

"And the rest?"

"There is only one Wanhu in the entire Hezhong Prefecture!" Jie Yuan blurted out again, and at the same time he was angry in his heart, you are a marshal, didn’t you even know this before?

"Let Wang Sheng lead 20,000 men to lock the city!" Han Shizhong suddenly gave a solemn order. "Xu Shi'an, Dong Min, Chen Jue, quickly divide your troops to sweep the surrounding towns. You, Hu Yantong, Cheng Min, follow me, with 12,000 troops, to seize Tieling Pass!"

Jie Yuan and Wang Shixiong quickly bowed and agreed.

As the saying goes, speed is of the essence in war. Now that Han Shizhong realized the current situation in Hezhong Prefecture, he had to either abandon the land or the Jin army would not have time to react and would be blocked by Li Yanxian's troops in Linfen. Anyway, the key to the battlefield was not here, so he decided to kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, he let Wang Sheng take the credit for Hezhong Prefecture, and on the other hand, he did not hesitate to order his elite troops to gather together, and then march forward in a hurry regardless of everything.

The unrivaled banner had just crossed the river when it abandoned Hezhong Prefecture and headed east.

At this time, Wen Dunsizhong, the governor of Hezhong, who was watching the battle from the city wall, finally came to his senses and began to tremble all over, as if he was extremely angry, after witnessing the defeat of his own army and Han Shizhong's big banner directly leaving him behind and heading east. Just as everyone carefully stepped back a few steps, the governor of Hezhong suddenly lost his composure, fell down on the city wall, and cried with his face covered:

"Bali Su abandoned me! Ben Du abandoned me! Li Yanxian abandoned me! Han Shizhong also abandoned me!"

PS: Thanks to all the slackers for their help.

By the way, did I forget the names of Han Yu Yinong and Ling Hu Taizhong... or did you change your names?