"What, nearly 10,000 reinforcements from the Jin army have arrived." Yao Gezhong was taken aback, looked at Yao Xiang, and asked, "There are nearly 10,000 Jin troops on the periphery of Jiankang City, why haven't we reported the details of our army, what is going on?" ”

Yao Xiang frowned and replied: "Father, the child has not figured out the details of the Jin army's reinforcements, which at least shows that our intelligence is wrong, and this force of the Jin army can actually avoid the reconnaissance of our army, it seems that it is not simple!" ”

"Hmph, Jiankang City didn't come down, but it lost thousands of soldiers first, which is really unreasonable." Yao Gezhong suddenly lost his temper.

"General, look, the Jin army reinforcements are coming." A subordinate general pointed to the Sixth Army of Kings in the distance and reminded loudly.

Yao Gezhong looked up, and sure enough, an army of nearly 10,000 horses was slowly approaching, he took a deep breath and said loudly: "The Jin army is too arrogant, and it actually chased it to the south gate in one go, how could the general not teach the Jin army a lesson." After saying that, he clenched his fists.

"General, the last general is willing to take the lead and make up for his mistakes." The Wei army lord hurriedly clenched his fists and asked for his life.

"Okay, you'll take the lead." Yao Gezhong said, his eyes were on fire, and he said loudly: "Order, stop the siege, the whole army is arrayed, and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

Under Yao Gezhong's order, the army of Zhao that was besieging the city retreated one after another, broke away from the city wall, and began to line up in the rear.

"Father, you can't fight, it's better for our army to withdraw first." Yao Xiang tried to stop his father's actions.

"Why can't you fight, are you kid afraid of the Jin army." Yao Gezhong was very dissatisfied with his son's cowardice.

Yao Xiang was anxious and explained: "Father, how can the child be afraid of the Jin army, but the enemy situation is unknown, and our army can't rashly fight a decisive battle with the Jin army!" ”

"The enemy situation is unknown, the Jin army has already been killed, what else is unknown." Yao Gezhong was very unimpressed.

"Father, our army has been investigating in Jiankang City for several months, and has not found that there is such a Jin army near Jiankang City, and we don't know anything about the details and combat power of this army. Ask Father to think twice. Yao Xiang bowed his head and persuaded.

"Humph!" Yao Gezhong snorted and said angrily: "Do you think that our army can't defeat the Jin army in front of you?" ”

Yao Xiang shook his head and said: "Our army has the advantage of strength, coupled with my father's bravery, there is no big problem in repelling this Jin army and horses, but the Jin army and horses have just won a small victory, and now, the spirit is flourishing, our army is fighting hard with it, and the loss will not be small, there is a saying, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, if our army and the Jin army reinforcements are in the middle of a bloody battle, and suddenly rush out from elsewhere a Jin army reinforcement of nearly 10,000 horses, how should our army resist, besides, there are thousands of forbidden troops in Jiankang City, in case of killing from behind, what should our army do?" ”

After listening to Yao Xiang's analysis, Yao Gezhong's back couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he looked at Yao Xiang suspiciously, and asked, "You mean, there will be a Jin army around Jiankang City?" ”

"Maybe there is, maybe not, since the fine work has not detected the Jin army in front of us, and it is difficult to guarantee that the second Jin army will not be missed, we have to prepare for the worst." Yao Xiang said calmly.

"Then in your opinion, our army should retreat, but in this way, all the previous achievements have been abandoned, how can I be willing to be a father." Withdrawing troops from Jiankang City, Yao Gezhong was obviously unwilling.

Yao Xiang smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Father, our army only needs to retreat ten miles temporarily, and wait until the reality of the Jin army is completely explored, and then make plans." ”

"Okay, give the order to withdraw the troops." Yao Gezhong finally made up his mind to retreat.

"Retreat, the whole army retreats." The subordinates shouted the order.

Subsequently, more than 10,000 Zhao troops retreated to ten miles outside the south gate of Jiankang City, and a herald rode his horse to the direction of the West Gate to give the order, so that the army attacking the West Gate also retreated.

"General, the army of Zhao has withdrawn again, and it seems that it is the main force of Zhao State, with tens of thousands of horses." A military lord pointed to Yao Gezhong, who was retreating in front of him, and said loudly.

Seeing the rapid retreat of the main force of Zhao State, Wang Liu was first surprised in his heart, and then became excited, he looked at his subordinates beside him, and said loudly: "What the general said is right!" The army of Zhao is not vulnerable at all, our army has just killed more than a thousand of them, and they are frightened, hahaha! He laughed.

"General, the main force of the Zhao army is retreating, is our army pursuing it with all its might." One of his subordinates was on the verge of killing the enemy and asked loudly.

Wang Liu looked at the direction of Zhao Jun's retreat, thought for a moment, and said softly: "Forget it, poor Kou Mo chases, you follow me into the city." ”

In fact, although Wang Liu was a little arrogant, he was not a person with empty eyes, he saw that the night was dark, and Zhao Jun fled in the direction of the woods to the south, and he had a trace of vigilance in his heart, just to boost morale, so he deliberately belittled Zhao Jun.

The army of Zhao Guo, which attacked the west gate of Jiankang City, quickly retreated after receiving Yao Gezhong's order, and soon joined Yao Gezhong's main force and re-established the camp.

Wang Liu and his men and horses charged all the way, forcing Yao Gezhong's nearly 20,000 men to abandon the siege and retreat into the distance.

Cai Mo, who personally sat at the south gate of Jiankang City, naturally also saw it, at this time, the Zhao army had withdrawn, and General Wang Liu, who rescued the capital, and the generals under his command had already ridden into front of the city gate, Cai Mo hurriedly ordered to open the city gate and welcome Wang Liu and others into the city.

Wang Liu left the main army outside the city, and led some generals and 100 personal soldiers to ride into Jiankang City.

"General Wang, you came too timely, the capital was almost lost just now!" Cai Mo personally walked down the city wall to greet Wang Liu and his men.

Wang Liu recognized Cai Mo, and when he saw Cai Mo personally going down to the city to greet him, he hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, hugged his fists and said: "The last general, Wang Liu, meet Lord Cai." ”

"You don't have to salute, the general hurry up." Cai Mo had a kind attitude, and hurriedly stepped forward and helped Wang Liu up.

"The dignity of the daughters of the adults, personally stationed at the head of the city, the end will be admired." Wang Liu was helped up by Cai Mo and took the opportunity to compliment.

"Haha! You and I don't have to be polite, the general will follow me into the palace and tell the emperor, the empress dowager and the ministers of the Manchu dynasty the news of the defeat and retreat of the Zhao army, so that they can rest assured. Cai Mo said and motioned to his subordinates to lead the horse.

"Yes, sir." Wang Liu answered, turned around and got on the war horse, and ran towards the palace with Cai Mo.

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In the palace of the capital, the news that the army of Zhao was coming to the city, after continuous word of mouth, has become more and more outrageous, and in the end, it has changed from the capital to the palace surrounded, and there is a feeling that it will soon be lost.

Most of the human nature is greedy for life and afraid of death, and when they heard such terrible news, the palace maids and eunuchs could not sit still, and in addition to cleaning up the softness, the palace maids even smeared the soil of the garden on their cheeks to make themselves look dirty and ugly.

The reason why they did this was because they learned from the mouths of some old palace maids that the palace was breached by the rebels during the Su Jun Rebellion.

It was just more than ten years ago, at that time, the rebel general Su Jun of the Great Jin Dynasty led the army to break through the capital, after the rebels broke the palace, in order to vent their animal desires, the concubines and palace maids in the palace were brutally destroyed and **, the corridors, gardens, and houses of the palace can be seen everywhere after the rebel soldiers vented their beastly desires, and strangled the little palace maid to death.

Su Jun's rebels are all Jin people, and they are still so cruel, but the Zhao people who are now attacking the city are fierce and barbaric Hu people, and their cruelty is compared to Su Jun's rebels, and it will only be more than that, and the little palace maids are extremely scared in their hearts, which is reasonable.

In the Taiji Palace, the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic discussed with the ministers for most of the hour, looking a little tired, she held her forehead with one hand, closed her eyes and rested.

His Royal Highness's ministers were also a little tired, they gathered in groups of three or five, whispering about the current situation, many ministers were worried about how to protect their property and lives, and they had even begun to think about retreating.

"Great victory, great victory in the capital." Cai Mo took Wang Liu into the Taiji Hall and shouted loudly.

The ministers in the main hall were all taken aback when they heard the word "great victory", and even several ministers twisted their ears with their hands to determine whether they had heard it wrong.

The Empress Dowager Chu Garlic, who was taking a nap, also looked up and saw a general in armor beside Cai Mo, and suddenly had a premonition in her heart.

"Minister Cai Mo see the Queen Mother." Walking to the depths of the main hall, Cai Mo bent down and saluted.

"The last general, Wang Liu, see the Queen Mother." Wang Liu knelt down directly and gave Chu Garlic a great courtesy.

"Cai Aiqing, General Wang, hurry up." Chu Lianzi hurriedly asked the two to get up.

"Empress Dowager Xie." The two thanked each other and stood to the side.

Chu Garlic looked at Wang Liufan carefully through the white gauze curtain, and then asked: "Cai Aiqing, you just said that the capital was victorious, and the army of Zhao was really defeated?" ”

Cai Mo smiled, looked sideways at Wang Liu beside him, hugged his fists and said: "Empress Dowager, this is all the credit of General Wang Liu, the army of Zhao is attacking the city urgently, the capital is almost unsafe, especially in the direction of the south gate where the minister is sitting, the situation is particularly urgent, at the critical moment, General Wang Liu led the army to kill, and the army of Zhao immediately stopped the siege when he saw General Wang Liu's soldiers and horses killed, and hurriedly retreated to the south, the wolf bèi is extreme!" ”

"It's great that the army of Zhao has really been defeated."

"I really didn't expect that a Tuntian army left behind by the Northern Expeditionary Army actually solved the urgent need of the capital at a critical moment."

"This is all the blessing of the ancestors, I think my Great Jin Qi is not exhausted, how can I be attacked by the Hu people."

His Royal Highness's ministers began to talk about it, and each minister's face was filled with a relaxed expression.