"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm took his command.

The little soldier touched his war horse and said excitedly: "General Xie, my horse won't die." ”

Huaan patted the soldier on the shoulder and turned to leave the stable.

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In the direction of the capital, the 3,000 forward soldiers and horses led by Yao Xiang approached the vicinity of Jiankang City along the road of Tongguò Xiaodan Yang, and along the way, they were not intercepted or ambushed, which can be described as quite smooth.

Five miles outside Jiankang City, Yao Xiang's men and horses lay in ambush in the woods, waiting for the main force behind, and at the same time sent several scouts, disguised as woodcutters, to Jiankang City to investigate.

Nearly half an hour later, the sky was already dark, and all the scouts who went to Jiankang City to investigate had returned.

"How's it going, what's the state of Jiankang City's defenses?" Seeing that the scout was back, Yao Xiang hurriedly asked.

A scout replied with his head bowed: "General Yuxiao, the defenders of Jiankang City are arranging the city defense, and the rolling logs and stones on the city wall are piled up, and tens of thousands of people in the city are also helping to arrange them, which is clearly aimed at our army." ”

When Yao Xiang heard this, he frowned, and said softly: "The Jin army's movements are quite fast, our army just crossed the Wuhu ferry last night, and it has not been more than a day, they have begun to arrange the city defense, it seems that the general is a little light on the enemy, how is the strength of Jiankang City, and whether there are troops on the periphery of the city." ”

Another scout hurriedly replied: "General Yu, the Jin army in Jiankang City is all the soldiers of the Wuyi Battalion of the perennial Gongwei Jing Division, with a strength of about five or six thousand people, and there are no Jin soldiers stationed within a radius of ten miles around the city. ”

Yao Xiang grinned and said: "Okay, great, there are only thousands of defenders in Jiankang City, how can these noble soldiers who have never fought be the opponents of my Qiang warriors, they can break through Jiankang City tonight, just wait to receive the merit!" Ha ha! Speaking of happiness, Yao Xiang laughed

"Great, we can go to the palace of the Jin Kingdom tonight to spend the night."

"When you sleep, hug a little palace maid, how comfortable it is!"

"I heard that Jiangnan is rich in beauties, and the most beautiful beauties are in the palace."

Several soldiers muttered quietly.

Yao Xiang listened and smiled slightly, feeling extremely proud.

"Little general, the main general's soldiers and horses have arrived." A ministry general reminded Yao Xiang.

Yao Xiang looked back and saw that it was his father's main force that had arrived, so he immediately ran quickly to Yao Gezhong's mount.

"Father, Jiankang City is in front, and the defenders in the city only have thousands of men and horses in the Wuyi Battalion, and our army can break through the city tonight."

Yao Gezhong raised his head and glanced in the direction of Jiankang City, and after carefully asking some details, he decided to temporarily hide the troops, and wait for the third watch in the middle of the night, when the defense of Jiankang City was empty, and then suddenly launch an attack, and at the same time, let the soldiers in the woods to make some simple siege equipment.

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On the wall of Jiankang City, some soldiers are still busy, because the sky is dark, many torches are lit on the city wall one after another, illuminating the entire city wall as bright as day.

Cai Mo, the minister in charge of defending the capital, was still sitting on the city wall to command and dispatch, and it was difficult for him to put his mind at ease if he did not arrange the defense of the city.

"Lord Cai, it's not early, go back and rest for a while! I'll leave it to the lowly here. A five-grade official persuaded.

Cai Mo shook his head and said: "This official is not tired, the capital is the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager will hand over the task of defending the capital to the official, which is equivalent to putting the safety of the entire Great Jin into the hands of the official. ”

"My lord, don't worry, Zhao Guo's partial division just crossed the Wuhu ferry last night, it's only been a day, they can't go far, at least tonight, the capital can be safe." The Wupin officials don't seem to be worried at all.

When Cai Mo heard this, he said: "Now that the army of Zhao is pressing, we must be cautious in everything, and we must not be careless. ”

"Yes, my lord taught me a lesson."

Cai Mo pondered for a moment, frowned and worried: "This official sent a number of scouts to the direction of Wuhu to investigate, this has been half a day, and none of them have returned to their lives, which makes this official's heart very worried!" ”

"My lord, Wuhu is more than 100 miles away from the capital, and it will definitely take a lot of time for scouts to explore a round trip, maybe they are on the way back." The five-pin official persuaded.

"Well, I hope so!" Cai Mo nodded, stood up, and walked hundreds of steps along the city wall, constantly pointing on the way, asking the soldiers defending the city to arrange various city defense materials according to the needs of actual combat.

After Cai Mo left, the soldiers of the Wuyi Battalion were busy for more than half an hour, and then, the soldiers who were tired for most of the day directly found a place on the city wall, put their armor together and slept.

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In the direction of the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Wang Liu was also busy, since he learned that Yao Gezhong's 20,000 horses crossed the river, he held back his strength and wanted to personally lead the army to fight against it, and after getting all kinds of military equipment sent by the capital, this kind of ** was even stronger.

However, there was a large granary to the south of the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was stockpiled with at least one million denier of military rations, and there were also many pastures in the high part of the tuntian land, where there were herds of cattle and sheep and needed to be taken care of, these were all worries, and with these problems, Wang Liu could not draw all his troops and horses to fight against the Zhao army.

In order to ensure the safety of these families, Wang Liu sent hundreds of soldiers to camouflage the fence of the pasture with branches, and the cattle and sheep also drove into the fence, so that it was difficult to find that this was a pasture from a distance.

And military rations are strategic resources, and this million denier military rations are the lifeblood of the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, and the Zhao army cannot be robbed of them no matter what.

To this end, Wang Liu ordered the soldiers to strengthen the wall around the granary, increase the wall to two zhang, set up an arrow tower on the wall, and sent 800 soldiers to garrison it, including 300 archers.

After arranging the pasture and granary, Wang Liu still has 9,000 men and horses under his command, and these 9,000 men and horses are stationed in the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, ready to go out at any time.

It was already late, but the excited Wang Liu and some soldiers still did not sleep, they were sharpening their weapons, and the sound of grinding was heard from time to time in the camp.

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In the middle of the night, most of the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion had fallen asleep, and Jiankang City fell into a dead silence, only a few soldiers were patrolling back and forth on the city wall, and the torches were still burning every few steps, illuminating the city wall transparently.

Not far outside the city, Yao Gezhong and his 20,000 horses have entered the final stage of preparation, and are about to launch an attack on Jiankang City.

"Father, in the dead of night, it is a good time to attack the city, attack! The child is willing to take the lead. Yao Xiang clenched his fists and asked.

Yao Gezhong nodded and said loudly: "Okay, Xiang'er, you immediately lead a group of soldiers and horses to attack the east gate of Jiankang City, Lord Zhao, you lead an army to attack the west gate, Lord Wei, you lead an army to attack the north gate, and the rest of the men and horses will attack the south gate with this general, and set off immediately." ”

"Yes, General." The generals will receive the order together.

"Go, the army goes." The military lords shouted loudly and led their men and horses to march towards Jiankang City.

Yao Gezhong's 20,000 horsemen divided into four routes and hurriedly pressed towards Jiankang City.

The soldiers of the Wuyi battalion who were patrolling the city wall of Jiankang City had already been tired for a day, and they were sleepy and tired at this time, and their mental condition was quite bad, and when they patrolled, they basically did not look outside the city, and they were dark outside the city, and they could not see anything, and when Yao Gezhong's men and horses approached to the city wall only two hundred paces, they had not been discovered.

A soldier of the Wuyi battalion who was sleeping on the city wall, was woken up by urine, he stood up, squinted and walked to the edge of the female wall, and was about to solve it on the spot against the female wall, when he suddenly found that there was a large black shadow approaching outside the city, the soldier was taken aback, rubbed his eyes, took a closer look, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, the black shadow outside the city was an army approaching, at this time, the team approaching the capital, except for the Zhao army who had crossed the Wuhu ferry, who else could there be.

"Oh no, no, the enemy is attacking the city, the enemy is attacking the city." The soldier shouted loudly.

When the soldiers patrolling on the city wall heard this, they looked out, and they were immediately shocked, stunned for a moment, and hurriedly struck the gong in their hands to warn the defenders in the city.

The soldiers of the Wuyi Battalion, who were sleeping on the city wall, heard the sound of the warning, and hurriedly struggled to get up, and each looked for his own weapons to prepare to defend the city, and the city wall looked a little chaotic for a while.

Looking at the panicked appearance of the Jin soldiers on the city wall, Yao Xiang felt a burst of disdain in his heart, he laughed twice, and ordered: "Warriors, attack the city, kill me ......"

"Kill ......" more than 3,000 Qiang warriors shouted and killed in the direction of Jiankang City.

A simple ladder was first erected on the moat, and the soldiers crossed the moat along the ladder, and the remaining ladders were erected on the wall of Jiankang City, and countless Qiang warriors climbed to the city wall along the ladder.

The Qiang archers in the back, across the moat, shot at the head of Jiankang City, and in front of these archers, there were some shield bearers, holding shields for cover.

One soldier was killed by the Jin army defending the city, and the soldiers behind continued to rush upward, completely ignoring casualties.

Since Yao Xiang led 3,000 men and horses to attack the east gate, in a very short period of time, the west gate, the north gate and the south gate were all attacked by the Zhao army at the same time, and the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion defending the city were under great pressure.

After hearing the warning on the city wall, the soldiers who were resting in the large camp in the city immediately put on their armor, gathered their troops, and marched to the city walls of each gate to reinforce the men and horses on the city walls.

At this time, Cai Mo, who had been sleeping in a wide coat in the mansion, suddenly heard the chaos in the city, at this juncture, he did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, and hurriedly ordered someone to go out to check, after learning that it was the Zhao army attacking the city, Cai Mo hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed to the city wall, and asked the housekeeper to lead the family to the city wall to help guard.