The million-strong imperial army led by the hussar general He Guangzong and the hussar general Li Hong received an order to enter Canglong City on the evening of December 30, 428, and then a million-strong army began to withdraw into Canglong City from the six city gates south of Canglong City overnight.

It took a full night for the millions of troops to retreat into Canglong City, and not long after the millions of imperial troops entered Canglong City, the soldiers and horses of the Suzhou Xiang Army appeared outside Canglong City, and then a steady stream of Suzhou troops came to Canglong City from the direction of Xuanmen Pass.

On the evening of January 1, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in the Suzhou Xiang Army camp in the south outside Canglong City, Zhang Mingqi, the commander of the Suzhou Xiang Army, held a grand dinner in his giant tent, in addition to several strategists under Zhang Mingqi, nearly 200 generals of the Suzhou Xiang Army participated in this and dinner.

Zhang Mingqi picked up his wine glass and said with a smile to several strategists and many generals in the handsome tent: "Everyone, today is the first day of the New Year, originally last night was the Spring Festival, the official should have a feast to reward everyone, but in order to rush to Canglong City as soon as possible, we can only postpone this banquet to tonight, now our Suzhou Xiang Army has been under Canglong City, as long as our Suzhou Xiang Army can take Canglong City, all of you here will be crowned wives and sons in the future, and you will also have endless glory and wealth, this is the official's commitment to you!" Come, for the new year, for the world of Dajin, we drink this cup! ”

Then Zhang Mingqi took the wine glass and dried it first, and several strategists and nearly two hundred generals of the Suzhou Xiang Army followed closely and drank the wine in each cup.

Zhang Mingqi put down the empty wine glass, turned his head and said to the guards behind him: "Quick! Pour wine for Brother Fan, we can defeat the imperial army outside the revolving gate this time, Brother Fan is a great contribution! ”

Zhang Mingqi called the Fan brothers, the name is Fan Dongying, was originally one of the four subject countries in the southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty Gu Guo a member of the general, with the courage of ten thousand invincible, after the Lu army invaded the Gu country, Fan Dongying and other Gu generals, although led the Gu country army to resist, but the difference in strength between the valley country and the Lu country is too great, plus the invasion of the Lu army was very sudden, at the beginning of the battle hit the Gu country army by surprise, so that the situation of the Gu country became very difficult, and Fan Dongying's martial arts are very powerful, It's just one person, and it doesn't change the overall situation at all.

In the end, after the Gu State resisted the Lu army for a month and a half, the two states of the Gu State were all occupied by the Lu State army, the emperor of the Gu State and most of the Gu Kingdom royal family committed suicide and martyrdom, Fan Dongying took some Gu Guo soldiers who were unwilling to surrender to the Lu State army, and finally retreated into the Zhejiang Prefecture of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The Great Jin Imperial Court's refusal to save the Gu Kingdom made Fan Dongying feel very resentful of the Great Jin Imperial Court, even if the Great Jin Dynasty could not give the Gu Kingdom too much assistance because of the rebellion of the Suzhou Xiang Army, but the Great Jin Dynasty was on the border between Zhejiang and the Gu Kingdom, but there were more than 100,000 elite Great Jin border troops, if half of the hundreds of thousands of elite Great Jin Border Army could enter the Gu Kingdom for support, the Gu Kingdom would not be destroyed by the Lu State so quickly, and the worst could also allow the emperor and royal family members of the Gu Kingdom to have time to safely retreat into the Great Jin Zhezhou.

Fan Dongying discussed with several generals of the Gu Kingdom, thinking that if they wanted to restore the country, it was not possible to count on the current court of the Great Jin Dynasty, so they hit the idea of the Suzhou Xiang Army, a new force in the Great Jin Dynasty, and then Fan Dongying took the remnants of more than 5,000 Gu Guo soldiers all the way through the entire Zhejiang Prefecture of the Great Jin Dynasty, and entered Lianzhou, which was controlled by the Suzhou Xiang Army, and directly asked to join the Suzhou Xiang Army as a whole.

Zhao Lianjin, the general of the Suzhou Xiang Army, who was in Lianzhou, learned that the remnants of the 5,000 soldiers and horses in the Gu Kingdom were going to join the Suzhou Xiang Army, and he did not dare to make his own decisions, so he immediately reported the matter to Zhang Mingqi in the Canglong City area with a carrier pigeon.

After Zhang Mingqi knew about this matter, he discussed with several strategists under his command, and decided to accept the remnants of the three thousand soldiers and horses of the Gu State, after all, Zhang Mingqi had already regarded the seven states in the southeast and even the entire Great Jin Dynasty as his bag, and now after the Lu State successively captured the Jiao State, the Xun State, the Gu State and the Lai State, it is inevitable that he will become the enemy of Zhang Mingqi and the Suzhou Xiang Army.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend, so Zhang Mingqi will not take into account the reaction of the Lu State to the collection of the remaining 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Gu State.

After Fan Dongying took the remnants of more than 5,000 Guguo soldiers to join the Suzhou Xiang Army, he rushed to Canglong City with some of the troops that had just been formed by the Suzhou Xiang Army.

At first, Fan Dongying and more than 5,000 Gu soldiers did not receive much attention from Zhang Mingqi, but after the outbreak of a major battle with the imperial army north of the Revolving Gate Pass, the performance of Fan Dongying, a fierce general, suddenly made Zhang Mingqi ecstatic.

At the beginning, the elders of Wudang Mountain, Lei Jin and Chen Tong, as well as the protector Yang Yu, three masters with peerless strength, after the failure of the attack on Zhang Shaohua, immediately took the disciples of Wudang Mountain to hide in the hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial court.

Later, it was not until thousands of elites of the Broken Army escorted the Zhou Shilang family of the Ministry of Rites out of Canglong City that the elders of Wudang Mountain, Lei Jin and Chen Tong, and the protector Yang Yu dared to come out.

After another war between the Suzhou Xiang Army and the Imperial Court Army north of the Revolving Gate Pass, Fan Dongying not only killed three inner disciples of Wudang Mountain with the strength of top fierce generals and two fierce generals of the forbidden army on the battlefield, but also killed the four elders of Wudang Mountain, Chen Tong, in a one-on-one battle, according to Liu Fengbao, the first fierce general of the Suzhou Xiang Army, Fan Dongying's martial arts are definitely above him, and even not weaker than Zhang Shaohua's traitor.

In addition, Fan Dongying led more than 5,000 Gu soldiers and horses, rampage on the battlefield, and almost killed the hussar general He Guangzong, the commander of the imperial court, although He Guangzong resisted desperately with the guards, and finally escaped with injuries, but it caused a large-scale rout of the imperial army, if it were not for this rout, maybe He Guangzong and Li Hong would not have retreated to Canglong City with a million troops so soon.

After the guards filled Fan Dongying's wine glass, Fan Dongying picked up the wine glass and said to Zhang Mingqi respectfully: "Meng Zhang Dashuai will not give up, and he has taken in those of us who have lost his country, and it is appropriate to serve Zhang Dashuai, Dongying respects Zhang Dashuai with a glass, and wishes Zhang Dashuai to control the twenty-four states of Dajin as soon as possible!" ”

Zhang Mingqi picked up the wine glass again, smiled and said to Fan Dongying: "Brother Fan, don't worry! As long as I, Zhang Mingqi, take control of the authority of the Great Jin, I will do my best to help Brother Fan return to the country! ”

Fan Dongying immediately said gratefully: "As long as Zhang Dashuai can restore our Gu Kingdom, I, Fan Dongying, am willing to die for Zhang Dashuai!" ”

After Zhang Mingqi and Fan Dongying drank another glass of wine, Zhang Mingqi turned his head and said to a strong man with an unusually tall figure: "This time to defeat the imperial army outside the revolving gate, Brother Yuan is also indispensable, come!" This official toasts Brother Yuan with a cup! ”

A strong man called Brother Yuan by Zhang Mingqi, his name is Yuan Tianba, his fate is very similar to Fan Dongying, Yuan Tianba was originally the first fierce general who emerged from Jiao Guo, and even the emperor of Jiao Guo married a princess to Yuan Tianba, making Yuan Tianba a concubine of Jiao Guo.

After the invasion of Jiao by the army of the Lu State, Yuan Tianba on the battlefield, even beheaded more than a dozen fierce generals of the Lu State, and even a commander of the Lu State who was known for his bravery, also died under the knife of Yuan Tianba, but unfortunately the invading army of the Lu State faced the army of the Jiao State, with an overwhelming advantage, the Lu State insisted on nearly three months, the three states of the country basically fell into the hands of the Lu State army, the Emperor of the Jiao State was very heroic in the battle of the Jiao State capital, Yuan Tianba broke through with his pregnant wife, and the pregnant wife was shot to death by an arrow, Yuan Tianba then went crazy with the remnants of the army and launched an extremely tragic battle with the Lu army, and in the end, only Yuan Tianba alone broke out of the siege.

After Yuan Tianba left the capital of Jiaoguo, he found that he could not avenge his wife and unborn children by virtue of his own strength, so Yuan Tianba went all the way out day and night, entered Fuzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty, and passed through the entire Fuzhou, and went to Lianzhou to invest in the Suzhou Xiang Army, Yuan Tianba hoped to use the Suzhou Xiang Army, a newly rising force in the Great Jin Dynasty, to avenge his wife and unborn children, as for whether to return to the country or not, Yuan Tianba did not care.

Yuan Tianba did not hide his origin when he joined the Suzhou Xiang Army, since Zhang Mingqi dared to accept the three thousand soldiers and horses of the Gu State, he also minded accepting one more fierce general of the Jiao State, and Yuan Tianba was then transferred to Canglong City by Zhang Mingqi.

Yuan Tianba is also worthy of being known as the new first fierce general of Jiao State, on the battlefield of the battle with the imperial army, there are as many as five disciples and inner disciples of Wudang Mountain who died in the hands of Yuan Tianba, and Yang Yu, the protector of Wudang Mountain who has the strength of a peerless fierce general, also died under Yuan Tianba's horse lance, and the generals and soldiers of the imperial army who died in the hands of Yuan Tianba are even more unknown.

Although Yuan Tianba and Fan Dongying have never fought each other, the martial arts of the two should be between the best, and Yuan Tianba's martial arts are definitely above Liu Fengbao, the first fierce general of the Suzhou Xiang Army.

Yuan Tianba picked up his wine glass and said to Zhang Mingqi in a deep voice: "Zhang Dashuai, I, Yuan Tianba, live to find revenge for Lu State, I hope that Zhang Dashuai can send me Yuan Tianba to the battlefield with Lu State in the future!" ”

Zhang Mingqi didn't mind Yuan Tianba's attitude at all, he said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, rest assured, the seven states in the southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty and even the entire twenty-four states of the Great Jin Dynasty will be owned by the official sooner or later, and the Lu State is a wolf with ambitions, and the Suzhou Xiang Army under the command of the official will definitely have a chance to fight with the Lu State army in the future, and then there will be a lot of reliance on Brother Yuan!" ”

Yuan Tianba immediately said: "As long as I can avenge my wife and unborn child, I, Yuan Tianba, am also willing to die for Zhang Dashuai!" ”

Zhang Mingqi smiled very happily at this time, not only because he defeated the imperial army outside the revolving gate, but now he has surrounded Canglong City, the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, but also because he has obtained two super masters with peerless strength.

Zhang Shaohua's defection to the Broken Army is an eternal pain in Zhang Mingqi's heart, and now there are two more super generals, Yuan Tianba and Fan Dongying, which makes Zhang Mingqi's pain in his heart weakened a lot.

After Zhang Mingqi and Yuan Tianba drank a glass of wine together, Zhang Mingqi asked the strategist Tang Yan: "Mr. Tang, now that our Suzhou Xiang army has come to Canglong City, do you have any suggestions for attacking Canglong City?" ”

Strategist Tang Yan hesitated for a moment and said to Zhang Mingqi: "Lord, Canglong City, as the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, has a city wall of twenty meters high, and the four city walls add up to more than a hundred miles long. We must be prepared for a protracted war. ”

Zhang Mingqi nodded, then sighed and said: "Canglong City has enough soldiers, and the twenty-meter-high city wall is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will indeed not be too easy for our Suzhou Xiang Army to capture Canglong City." ”

After a pause, Zhang Mingqi continued: "But no matter how difficult it is, we have to attack, now our Suzhou Xiang army is a hundred and a half steps, and only by capturing Canglong City can we seize the authority of the entire Great Jin!" ”

Strategist Tang Yan then suggested: "My lord, my subordinates think that our Suzhou Xiang army should not stop expanding while attacking Canglong City, and it is best to take the opportunity to capture Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou in the seven southeastern states, so that our Suzhou Xiang army can advance and retreat and defend, and be invincible!" ”

Zhang Mingqi heard the advice of the strategist Tang Yan, and did not speak immediately, but frowned and considered, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhezhou and Fuzhou are not so easy to attack, for example, the imperial court in Suzhou Qinhuai City has gathered more than 400,000 troops, and there are more than 100,000 elite border troops in the hands of some generals in Zhejiang and Fuzhou, and once Zhejiang and Fuzhou are captured, they will face the threat of Lu State.

The strategist Tang Yan seemed to see Zhang Mingqi's concerns, so he immediately spoke: "My lord, although there are still a lot of imperial troops in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhezhou and Fuzhou, but our Suzhou Xiang army has besieged the capital, which will definitely shake their determination to resist for the imperial army in the four states, as long as we fight while wooing some generals of the imperial army, and adopt a strategy of both soft and hard, it is not impossible to capture Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou, and our Suzhou Xiang army left the troops in the southeast, However, there were still eighteen guards, more than two million people, and the imperial court's army in the four states was less than one million in total. ”

Strategist Tang Yan saw Zhang Mingqi nodding slowly, and continued: "As for the Lu State, which has just captured the Jiao State, the Xun State, the Gu State, and the Lai State, for a long time, it is necessary to digest the results of this battle, and it is impossible to make any moves against Zhezhou and Fuzhou in a short period of time. ”