Xu Daofu was ambushed in Jiankang City, most of the dead and wounded had to withdraw the army, the soldiers along the way had no military discipline at all, the soldiers rushed to flee for their lives, many soldiers in the chaotic army were trampled and seriously injured, and they were killed by the Jin army chasing before they had time to escape.

"General, the sergeant outside the Jianyang Gate came to report that the warships of the Jin army appeared on the river in the southeast, and it is estimated that there are more than 2,000 people."

"What? Where is General Lu's army? Xu Daofu was taken aback, he had intercepted in front of him and pursued soldiers after that, and if he didn't leave, he might not be able to leave.

The sergeant with blood on his face in front of Xu Daofu saw Xu Daofu's face full of anger, and his heart was terrified, "General Qiqi, General Lu's army has just broken through Chapu Dazhai, I'm afraid it will not be possible to meet without our army for a while, what do you think, General?" ”

"Hateful! It's hateful. After years of planning, now that it has come to naught, I will pass on the order of the general to withdraw to Danyang with General Lu, and there must be no mistake. ”

"Yes. Checkmate. ”

Xu Daofu led the remnants of the soldiers to flee quickly towards Jianyang Gate, as long as he crossed Jianyang Gate, he could leave by boat when he reached the bank of the Qinhuai River.

When Xu Dao overturned the Jianyang Gate, a sergeant came to Xu Daofu with a sad face, "General, our ships are blocked, the enemy will be Wang Zhongde, the general of Jianwu who guards Yuecheng, we can't cross the river." ”

"What? How dare you do this? Xu Daofu was extremely angry in his heart.

Wang Ben led his soldiers to chase and kill Xu Daofu with all his might, and the streets were full of corpses.

Xu Daofu could hear the sound of killing getting closer and closer, and then turned to the sergeant behind him and said: "Brothers, the moment of life and death has come, as long as we cross the river, we will be safe, and those who don't want to die here will rush to the boat and rush over." ”

With Xu Daofu's order, the sergeant behind him began to pedal on the warship and fled towards the south bank of the Qinhuai River.

When Wang Ben led the sergeants to the river, Xu Daofu had already gathered the remnants of the army and boarded the warship, and could only watch Xu Daofu escape.

"Alas. It's just a little bit close to stopping these thieves from boarding the ship, which is hateful. The long knife in Wang Ben's hand was still dripping blood, and he sighed at the thieves on the river.

"The general annihilated more than half of the more than 20,000 thieves with 5,000 people, and the thieves who killed them fled, such a great achievement, the prince will definitely be very happy, as for those who escaped, sooner or later they will be exterminated." Li Yan put his knife into the sheath horizontally and said with a fist at Wang Ben.

"That's fine. Thanks to General Li this time, if it weren't for General Li's advice, how could the general have killed more than 10,000 thieves without blowing his strength, and General Li's credit would have been given to the prince. Wang Ben arched his hand to Li Yan, making such a great achievement, with a smile on his face.

"Don't dare to be, thanks to General Wang's good command and soldiers' lives, how dare Li Yan take credit."

"Haha. Okay, General Li, if you can stay in Jiankang to assist the Son of Heaven to sweep away the traitors, and return to the Great Jin Dynasty, how good it would be. Alas. Wang Ben patted Li Yan on the shoulder and sighed.

"I am a rough martial artist below, and I am not a shallow learner, how can I afford such a heavy responsibility? What's more, I have lived in Xiliang for a long time, and I am used to it. Li Yan clenched his fists and bowed to Wang Ben and said.

"That's it. Everyone has their own ambitions, and if General Li wants to stay in Jiankang, he will be greeted by himself. Wang Ben saw that Li Yan had no intention of staying, so he didn't force it anymore.

After a while, a captain came to Wang Ben and saluted Wang Ben, "General Qiqi, my subordinates have counted the corpses of the thief army, and a total of more than 12,000 enemies were killed in this battle, and our army suffered more than 2,000 casualties. ”

Wang Ben frowned, more than eighty percent of the thief army died in the fire of Zhanghou Bridge in this battle, but he didn't expect such a large casualty of the chasing thief army, which was unexpected by Wang Ben.

To the south of Stone City, Lu Dun led the army to break through Chapu, Lu Dun looked at the wood village in front of him and then ordered a fire to burn the Jin army's wood village, and was about to march to Jiankang.

Suddenly, a soaking wet sergeant with mud all over his body stumbled over, gasping for air.

"General Qiyu, General Xu encountered an ambush in the city, lost more than 10,000 soldiers, and was intercepted by Wang Zhongde, the Jianwu general of the Jin army, when crossing the river, and lost about 1,000 soldiers before killing the Jin army, General Xu asked the general to retreat to Danyang."

After the sergeant who reported the news finished speaking in one breath, he looked at Lu Dun's eyes that wanted to eat people, and his heart was terrified.

Lu Dun clenched his hands tightly, his teeth chattered, he dreamed of capturing Jiankang, and now that Xu Dao's army was defeated, he had been blocked under the stone city for so long, if the color was slightly bright today, Liu Yu in Jiangbei might have already gotten the news, and if he didn't leave at this moment, he was afraid that he would be under siege.

"Zhang Meng. Pass my general order and retreat to Danyang. Lu Dun glanced at the towering city wall, and was extremely unwilling.

"Yes. Checkmate. The man next to Lu Dun clasped his fist at Lu Dun and said.

Before dawn, Lu Dun and Xu Daofu joined forces and retreated to Danyang, leaving many corpses outside Stone City.

Jiangbei attack Baishilei 8,000 old and weak by Liu Yu led by the 30,000 army annihilated, when Liu Yu received Lu Dun's army from the south bank of the Qinhuai River to attack Jiankang, did not immediately lead the troops from Baishilei to return, until the Jin Emperor personally summoned Liu Yu to lead the army back to help, Liu Yu led 20,000 soldiers and horses from Baishilei back to Stone City.

Three days later, the army of the Northern Expedition finally returned to Jingkou, and Liu Yu's henchman Wang Zhenwei led an army of 50,000 to Jiankang City.

When Lu Dun heard the news of the scouts, he urgently ordered the army to withdraw westward to avoid the front.

Jiankang City, Langya King Sima Dewen's mansion, Li Yan and Wang Ben were summoned at the same time, in the palace hall, Sima Dewen set up a banquet, for Wang Ben to lead the army to kill more than 10,000 enemies, Sima Dewen praised at the banquet.

"General Li is so good at a young age, this king is really reluctant to let you go back to remote places such as Xiliang, it is better to stay and assist the Son of Heaven together, this king has rewarded you heavily since he became the Son of Heaven." Sima Dewen swallowed a few glasses of spirits, his face turned red, and he took Li Yan's hand and said.

"Thank you for the prince's love, the prince has an order Li Yan should have repaid him with death, but there are still grandfathers and mothers in the family who need to be filial, please forgive the prince, there are many young talents in the court like a carp crossing the river, please take back your life." Li Yan got up and saluted Sima Dewen and bowed and said.

"That's fine. You helped General Wang to make this great achievement, come to General Wang, and give General Li a drink. ”

"General Lee, please." Wang Ben picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"Now that the imperial army has arrived, it is estimated that Lu Dun will not be able to support it for long." Li Yan put down the wine glass in his hand and whispered.

"Humph! What kind of imperial army, in my opinion, is Liu Yu's servant, after this Wang Zhenwei led the troops back, the first one actually went to see Liu Yu, and stayed in Liu Yu's mansion until dawn before coming out, and has not yet seen the Son of Heaven, which is simply unreasonable. Wang Ben angrily put down the chopsticks in his hand and said with a displeased face.

"General Wang, the king of Ming Japan has crowned you as General Long Xiang, in charge of the city defense and imperial city guards of Jiankang City, you don't want to live up to the trust of this king." Sima Dewen saw that Wang Ben was complaining with the strength of the wine, and waved his hand and said.

"Thank you for your great kindness, the general will repay him with death and swear allegiance to His Majesty." Wang Ben got up, knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists and said.

"Good! General Wang, please get up. ”