On the second day of the first month of August, Sima Yi and his entourage had left Jinling for more than 400 miles, and there was still no more news from the north, but according to Sima Yi's analysis, Jinling City should be in danger, and it might be occupied by Zhu Tongjing in an instant, or Jinling City had been lost, but the news had not yet reached the south.

The soldiers and horses in the north still did not move, Sima asked himself that Li Fangwei and Huan'er were not walking fast, if they were moving at the current speed, it was possible to be caught up by Zhu Tongjing's men and horses, and the transmission speed of the news on the front was far faster than their marching speed.

Every time he went to a post station, Sima Yi first had to inquire about the situation in Jinling City, the more there was no news, the more nervous he was in his heart, Zhu Tongjing's men and horses attacked Jinling, there was no reason to block the news, the entire post station in the south of Jinling, the farther south he went, the less news he would get, and at this time, the level of news was still stuck in the situation four or five days ago. What happened around Jinling City in the past four or five days, Sima Yu didn't know anything.

In Sima Yi's expectation, he must arrive at Xuding first, with Li Fangwei's Xu Ding's soldiers and horses as the backing, through re-organization, waiting for Xiao Zhan or Xiao Ling's arrival, only one of these two can escape from Jinling City to Xuding, he will have the banner to come out of King Qin, but if Xiao Ling and Xiao Zhan are both killed in this turmoil, then even if he has Xu Ding's men and horses, maybe this political turmoil in the Southern Dynasty will be quickly suppressed by Zhu Tongjing.

Just when Sima fled all the way south, more than 2,000 miles away in Jiangling City, Su Tingxia's troops took Jiangling City without blood, although Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses have always been known for burning, killing and looting, but with Su Tingxia's ability to govern the army, after the soldiers and horses entered Jiangling City, as long as he did not order the looting, the soldiers and horses were still orderly. The soldiers and civilians in the city were waiting in panic for the verdict of Su Tingxia, the "demon" in their eyes.

Su Tingxia's capture of Jiangling City was basically in Han Jian's plan, and Han Jian's original order to Su Tingxia was to besiege Jiangling City without fighting, forcing the Southern Dynasty to send reinforcements to fight against the Southern Dynasty soldiers and horses on the river in the form of besieging the city and sending reinforcements. Once Yangzhou City was occupied by Zhu Tongjing's troops, the news was also passed on when Su Tingxia captured Jiangling City, and Su Tingxia's attack was even one day earlier than the news of Yangzhou City's break, because Su Tingxia had already calculated the time, and he led his troops to capture Jiangling and Zhu Tongjing captured Yangzhou on the same day, but it was delayed by more than two hours. Su Tingxia ordered the siege of the city at dawn, and after capturing Gangneung City, half of the soldiers and horses entered the city, and it was less than an hour before and after.

Su Tingxia's department was known for its cavalry in the north. There weren't too many siege baggage under his command, and the follow-up baggage was still transported by Han Jian's ninth aunt, Han Zhao's family. In fact, Su Tingxia was not hindered too much when attacking the city, the defenders in the city had long heard the name of Su Tingxia and were frightened, after being besieged by Su Tingxia's department for more than two months, the city had run out of food, after Su Tingxia's department launched the siege, even Jiangling Taishou did not do much resistance, and after the city gate was opened. The soldiers surrendered in formation, and they had long lost the heart of resistance.

After Su Tingxia's troops captured Gangneung. He immediately passed the news to Han Jian in Jiangdu in the form of a secret letter.

Because Jiangling City is far away from Jiangdu Mountain, Han Jian learned that Su Tingxia captured Jiangling City in the early morning of the third day of the first month of August, because the news was too important, even in the middle of the night, Han Jian had to get up to check on military affairs.

After receiving the news of the destruction of Jiangling City, Han Jian realized that Su Tingxia had attacked the city in advance, although it might not take less than twelve hours before and after. But the results can be very skewed.

In Han Jian's plan, when Su Tingxia got the news that Yangzhou City was broken, it should be the night when Yangzhou City was broken, and Zhu Tongjing's men and horses should wave their troops south to attack Jinling City. However, Su Tingxia was good at making an advocacy and advanced the siege time by one day. And the news of the destruction of Jiangling City will reach Jinling City on the second day of the destruction of Yangzhou City.

Because there are many eyeliners arranged by the Southern Dynasties around Gangneung City, this news can hide from the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Dynasties, but it cannot hide the eyeliner of the Southern Dynasties.

"This Su Tingxia, he knew my plan, but he just moved his troops one day in advance, but he wanted to use the news of the destruction of Jiangling City to hinder Zhu Tongjing from capturing Jinling?"

Han Jian was a little annoyed when he learned about it, many things were interlocked in his plan, although Jiangling City was in the eyes of everyone, it was in the bag of Su Tingxia's department, but the significance of Jiangling City was different, it would mean that the Northern Dynasty soldiers and horses were moving south. The turmoil within the Southern Dynasties could also have a significant impact due to minor changes.

On the morning of the third day of the eighth lunar month, Han Jian immediately sent an urgent order to Jiangling, strictly ordering Su Tingxia's troops not to cross the river, and the whole army stayed around Jiangling City, and at the same time ordered not to disturb the people.

Han Jian didn't want the movement of the Northern Dynasties' soldiers and horses to hinder the political turmoil within the Southern Dynasties, what he wanted to do was to take advantage of the fishermen, rather than sending troops to disrupt the situation in advance.

On the third day of the first month of August, Han Jian was waiting for further news from Jinling City, but it was very strange that on this day, Han Jian did not receive any movement of Zhu Tongjing's troops. This is something that Han Jian can't understand, and the eyeliner that Han Jian arranged around Yangzhou City is enough to say that any wind and grass exploration is clear. Because the news was delayed for six hours, this proves that at least before the dawn of the third day of August, Zhu Tongjing did not make any military movements for three days after the capture of Yangzhou.

What made Han Jian even more puzzled was that even Jinling City was a dead silence, like a pool of muddy water, after Zhu Tongjing's soldiers and horses captured Yangzhou City, this pool of muddy water had been completely muddy and invisible, and the situation under the waterhole could not even be known to Han Jian about the planning of the situation.

Just like Han Xu said before, Han Jian was plotting with the tiger, when Han Jian decided to support Zhu Tongjing's men and horses, let him lead the troops back to attack Jinling, then Han Jian had to face Zhu Tongjing may not play cards according to the routine at any time, Zhu Tongjing is too old and cunning, his wisdom is far above Xiao Ling, even if Xiao Zhan, the empress of the Southern Dynasty, has a certain foresight, but it is still not worth mentioning in front of Zhu Tongjing.

In the end, what was Zhu Tongjing's intention to stay still, Han Jian could only step up and send people to investigate, at this time, Daxiliu had already set off for two days to the south, and he should be about to arrive around Yangzhou City when he calculated the time. The news brought back by Daxiliu may be the shocking news that will determine the situation in Yangzhou and Jinling.

On the night of the fourth day of the eighth lunar month, Han Jian personally wrote to Jinling City, with a total of two letters, one for Xiao Ling, the king of Hui, and the other for Xiao Zhan, the empress. In the letter, Han Jian explained in detail Zhu Tongjing's "wolf ambition" and did not say a word about the Northern Dynasties' assistance to Zhu Tongjing. It was taken as a warning to the court of the Southern Dynasties.

Because Han Jian did not know the situation in Jinling City for the time being, Han Jian used these two letters, which were close to national letters, to test how muddy the water was.

On the night of the fourth day of the eighth lunar month, Sima Yi and his entourage were still on the road overnight.

Sima Yi and Li Fangwei took turns to catch the car, initially in a horse-drawn carriage, after encountering the town. Sima asked Li Fangwei to buy two horses and come back, saying that the horses were tied to the back of the carriage, in case the horses were tired to death in the middle of the way, and it was convenient to escape on horseback when there were pursuers. However, because they were only ordinary horses and not military horses and stagecoaches, the mobility of the horses was very poor, so Sima Yi could only bring two more horses as a psychological comfort.

Sima Yi and Li Fangwei took turns to rest for about two hours, who was sleepy and who rested, and the other person drove the car.

In the early morning of the fifth day of the first month of August, the group of three finally rested on the side of the official road. At this time, a large number of refugees came from the south, blocking the way forward.

Li Fangwei went up to hear the situation, it was political turmoil in the south, there was a rebellion in the rear of King Hui, many cities in Fujian were affected, and the refugees were all from Fujian generation to the north. At present, it is not known whether Xu Ding is included in the city affected by the military disaster, and according to Sima Yi's inference, this military disaster was fueled by Zhu Tongjing behind the scenes. It is to make King Hui's rear fall into turmoil, so that King Hui will have less support from the rear of Fujian and Zhejiang. If Zhu Tongjing can send reinforcements to block it as soon as possible, Jinling City will not have any external rescue, and can only rely on its internal defense to block Zhu Tongjing's siege. It was precisely in Jinling City that there were people who were bought by Zhu Tongjing, and it was easy for Zhu Tongjing to capture Jinling.

Because of the isolation of refugees, Sima Yi's journey south was affected to a certain extent.

At the same time, in the early morning of the fifth day of the eighth month. In the north, there was another road of men and horses rushing south, and this road of soldiers and horses was Lin Zhan's department.

Lin Zhan personally led the main force of the Chinese army with more than 20,000 cavalry, and went south in the starry night, passing through posts along the way without entering, and marching for eight hours a day. On the morning of the fifth day of the eighth month, the soldiers and horses were less than 200 miles away from the city of Yuzhou.

Lin Zhan was ordered by Han Jian to go south with 20,000 light horses, saying that he was going to aid Jiangling, but in fact he was garrisoning Yuzhou. The military affairs in the north are temporarily undertaken by the deputy marshal of the Northern Army, Yuangang, who is also a general raised by Lin Zhan, and belongs to the rising star.

At noon on the fifth day of August, Han Jian got the news from Yangzhou.

The first thing Daxiliu did when he arrived around Yangzhou was to investigate Sima Yi's whereabouts, which was Han Jian's greatest concern. Daxiliu found out that on the first day of the break of Yangzhou City, someone in the city went to Sima Yu's Jiangbei Military Yamen to visit, but he didn't see Sima Yu's person, so he knew that Sima Yu had fled, and this person was the famous strategist Dou Sheng under the command of King Nan.

After Dou Sheng learned the news of Sima Yi's disappearance, he did not go back to Yangzhou to defend Suihua, but fled with the soldiers and horses who went out of the city to patrol, and he was accompanied by several generals and strategists under Sui Hua, who were very close to Dou Sheng. Han Jian finally understood why on the day Zhu Tongjing captured Yangzhou, there was intelligence that some of Sui Hua's subordinates fled in advance after hearing the news.

It is difficult to say whether Dou Sheng guessed in advance the marching plan of the Northern Dynasty and Zhu Tongjing, but one thing is certain, the main purpose of Dou Sheng's visit to Sima Yi was to test it, and it was precisely because he visited Sima Yi that he could not guess that something dangerous would happen in Yangzhou. Dou Sheng will also be Sima Yi's disappearance, which is the result of the rescue of the Northern Dynasty, and things have reached the point where the arrow is on the line, he simply did not even notify Sui Hua, and directly led people out of Yangzhou.

Dou Sheng's defection to Yangzhou Taishou Sui Hua is also an expedient measure, after Dou Sheng found out that Sui Hua could not fully trust him, he had already left his mind, Dou Sheng was hostile to Zhu Tongjing himself, and it was impossible for Zhu Tongjing to use it, so he would not stay in Yangzhou City and wait for death. As for Dousheng's whereabouts, Daxiliu did not find out very clearly, but he knew that after Dousheng took people out of the city, he crossed the river to the south, which may be to Jinling or bypass Jinling, which coincides with the direction of Sima's escape to the south.

Among the existing forces in the Southern Dynasty, Xiao Ling, King Hui, is the most powerful, but he can't know how to make good use of people, and any talented strategist will not defect to him. Although the empress Xiao Zhan has the ability to know people and make good use of them, she suffers from having no military power, but is just an emperor who is overhead. Dou Sheng's refusal to stay in Yangzhou means that he has no intention of serving Zhu Tongjing, or after Dou Sheng realized that Sima Yi's departure was not rescued by the Northern Dynasty, but went south around Jinling City, he should have guessed that Sima Yi was going to Xu Ding and relying on Li Fangwei's forces to try to turn the tide.

This makes Dou Sheng should be an opportunity to see his talents.

Sima Yi belongs to a special person in the Southern Dynasty, he is a native of the Northern Dynasty, but he is invalid and loyal to the Northern Dynasty's thoughts, and was abandoned after helping Xiao Ling achieve great causes, and then served the empress because of the internal warlords in the Southern Dynasty and could not have the opportunity to rise, now the chaos in the Southern Dynasty has appeared, to Sima Yu a certain number of people, Sima Yu may set off what kind of waves is unimaginable, which is in line with the political speculators like Dou Sheng.

And Sima Yi chose to go to Xudingcheng to reorganize the army, instead of going north to Jiangdu, which shows that Sima Yi did not want to help the Northern Dynasty unify the rivers and mountains, and once Sima Yi and Li Fangwei arrived in Xuding, the Southern Dynasty would have one more force.

Han Jian was still a little relieved to learn that Sima was safe, but he also knew that his old friend would carry him away.

This is the result that Han Jian does not want to see, in Han Jian's mind, maybe Sima Qi has hated him all these years, even when the Southern Dynasty is about to overthrow, Sima Qi still chooses to stay in the Southern Dynasty, no matter what Sima Qian thinks when he goes to Xu Ding, but at least it also shows that when he sees him on the battlefield in the future, he and Sima Qi should not be friends, but enemies.

On the sixth day of August, Lin Zhan's troops officially arrived in Yuzhou City to take over the defense of Yuzhou.

On the day that Lin Zhan arrived in Yuzhou City, Han Cui, the original defense commander of Yuzhou, led his troops south to Jiangling City.

At noon on the seventh day of the eighth month, Han Jian convened hundreds of civil and military officials in Jiangdu to discuss the affairs of the Eastern Palace, and agreed on the dispatch of troops. Han Jian set the time for sending troops to Yangzhou on the ninth day of August, which was so hurried that even many generals and officials did not expect it.

A bloody storm is also coming. (To be continued.) )