Hearing the defeat of the Zhao army, the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic breathed a sigh of relief, but she had a big question in her heart, that is, Yao Gezhong was a famous general of the Zhao State, with an extremely strong personality, and the 20,000 horses under his command were also the elite division of a hundred battles. Is Yao Gezhong old and useless, or is the Northern Expeditionary Army Tuntian too strong?

No matter what the situation is, Yao Gezhong's people, after all, the main force still exists, and they are still a huge threat to the capital, and they must not be taken lightly.

After inquiring about the general battle process, Chu Lianzi praised Wang Liu and gave Wang Liu and his soldiers a large number of rewards.

In view of the huge military threat still facing the capital, Chu Lianzi asked Wang Liu to lead the army to be stationed on the periphery of the capital, echoing the Wuyi battalion of the defenders of the capital, and jointly defending the Beijing division with the momentum of becoming a corner.

Wang Liu naturally thanked him for the order, and immediately led nearly 9,000 men and horses to camp five miles north of the capital, so that he could lead the army to support the Beijing division at any time, and at the same time, he could also take care of the granaries and pastures in the rear.

After Wang Liuda strode out of the main hall, Chu Lianzi looked at Cai Mo and advised: "Cai Aiqing, the city's defense must continue to be strengthened, and there must be no slackness. ”

"The queen mother can rest assured, the minister will do his best to arrange the city defense of the capital." After Cai Mo finished speaking, he paused and comforted: "Queen Mother, now that there are nearly 10,000 horses under the command of General Wang Liu, the capital must be as stable as Mount Tai, and the Queen Mother does not need to worry too much." ”

Chu Lianzi shook his head and said worriedly: "Yao Gezhong is a famous general of Zhao State, and the nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command are all elite divisions of a hundred battles. ”

"The queen mother's meaning is that Yao Gezhong deliberately retreated by deception, so that our army could relax its vigilance, so as to attack it unprepared, and take advantage of our army's lax defense to capture the capital in one fell swoop." Minister He Chong said.

"That's right, the mourning family is worried about this." Chu Garlic nodded.

When the ministers above the hall listened, their already relaxed hearts raised their throats again.

"That being the case. When General Wang Liu was in the main hall just now, why didn't the Queen Mother point it out to her face so that General Wang Liu could be more vigilant? One of the ministers wondered.

"General Wang Liu's men and horses have just won the battle, and their morale is booming at this time, if the mourning family pours a basin of cold water on them, won't it make the soldiers chill, which will inevitably damage morale, besides, whether Yao Gezhong retreats by fraud or not is just a guess of the mourning family, and it is not very certain." Chu Garlic replied with a positive color.

The Empress Dowager Chu Garlic, as a young woman, was able to think so thoughtfully, which greatly exceeded the expectations of the ministers, and the ministers couldn't help but admire the young woman behind the white gauze curtain in their hearts.

"What the Queen Mother said is extremely true." He Chong nodded, and analyzed: "Yao Gezhong's men and horses marched more than 100 miles overnight, and they walked on the remote Xiaodanyang Road, the soldiers must be exhausted, and General Wang Liu's men and horses were stationed in the Northern Expeditionary Army camp less than 20 miles north of the capital. ”

"Yes! There is indeed such a possibility, what Master He said makes sense! ”

"If that's the case, after Yao Gezhong regroupes, he will inevitably attack the capital again!"

"Only by completely annihilating Yao Gezhong's men and horses can the crisis in the capital be resolved."

"With the Wuyi battalion and General Wang Liu's soldiers and horses, it is impossible to annihilate Yao Gezhong, and only the main force transferred back to the Wujiang ferry can annihilate Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses."

"The soldiers and horses at the Wujiang Ferry must not be transferred back, otherwise Shi Hu's main army may break through the Wujiang Ferry and enter the capital, so that even if Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses are annihilated, Shi Hu's main force will be under the city, and our army will have nothing to resist."

The ministers in the main hall began to talk about it.

After tossing all night, the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic is really a little tired, and if she continues to discuss, there will be no result, it can only be a waste of energy, fortunately, Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses have been evacuated, and the crisis in the capital is temporarily lifted, and Chu Garlic, who is the Empress Dowager, can also take a breath temporarily.

"It's almost dawn, and all of you Aiqing are tired all night, let's go back and rest first!" After Chu Garlic finished speaking, with the support of the two palace maids beside him, he got up and left the Taiji Palace.

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother." The ministers saluted, gathered in groups, and slowly left the main hall.

The Empress Dowager Chu Garlic left the Taiji Palace, on the way to the palace, passing by the lotus pond, saw a group of palace maids lying on the edge of the pool to wash their faces, and was very curious, so they called a few of them to ask, only to learn that these palace maids were afraid that the Zhao army would be humiliated by breaking through the city, so they painted mud on their faces, at this time, they learned that General Wang Liu defeated the Zhao army, and the crisis in the capital was resolved, so they couldn't wait to wash the mud off their faces.

Chu Garlic sighed in his heart, and said lightly: "The Zhao army is brutal, once the capital is breached, even if you have mud on your face, you will not escape the poisonous hands of the Zhao army's soldiers, and the rebels will not pick and choose women, it's really stupid." At the end of the sentence, Chu Garlic became angry.

"Queen Mother, the slave is guilty." Several palace maids hurriedly knelt down, bowing their heads and waiting for Chu Garlic to fall.

"Go ahead! Go ahead! Chu Lianzi waved his hand and motioned for a few people to get up and leave.

"Empress Dowager Xie." Several palace maids thanked them, got up and hurriedly left.

Looking at the backs of several palace maids leaving, Chu Lianzi secretly sighed in his heart, at the moment when the capital is facing a crisis, these palace maids will only consider their immediate safety, but they don't know the truth of 'there are no eggs under the nest', once the capital is broken, they will all become the trophies of the Zhao army.

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Ten miles outside the south gate of Jiankang City, Yao Gezhong's nearly 20,000 horses set up camp in the woods, at this time, they were exhausted, except for a few soldiers who were on guard, most of the soldiers were resting.

After dawn, Yao Xiang immediately sent more than a dozen scouts to the direction of Jiankang City to investigate the situation, and accepted an important task, that is, to find the undercover agent in Jiankang City and bring him back to the camp.

More than a dozen scouts, dressed as woodcutters, carrying axes and firewood on their backs, walked in the direction of Jiankang City.

At this time, Jiankang City, in addition to the south gate direction of the gate closed, the remaining east, west, north three city gates, all open, although facing the threat of Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses, but there are many people in the city, need the firewood supplied by the woodcutter outside the city, but also need the fruit and vegetables supplied by the vegetable farmers.