Jinling has been crumbling under the onslaught of the Northern Dynasty, and in the palace where Zhu Tongjing is located, he is still making the final calculations.

Zhu Tongjing thought that with the strength of Jinling City, it was enough to last for two months, but it was not until after the war began that he realized how fragile the defense of Jinling City, which he trusted. In the middle of the month alone, when the Northern Dynasty attacked the city for the first time, the Jinling city wall and city gate were damaged in many places, but fortunately, the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty did not attack the city repeatedly, otherwise in a few days, Jinling City would have been lost.

Zhu Tongjing has always hoped to turn the crisis into safety by making up for the city defense, but after the second round of offensive of the Northern Dynasties was launched, Zhu Tongjing was already a little desperate, all his plans seemed to be unable to work at this moment, and he had become a real loner.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, from early in the morning, the three walls of Jinling City were in an emergency, and Zhu Tongjing even transferred his own guards to the city gate for defense. From the information obtained before, the Northern Dynasty attacked more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, while the defenders in his city were only 40,000 or 50,000, and many were old and weak soldiers who could not go to the battlefield, which was an irony for Zhu Tongjing. In order to get the authority of the Southern Dynasty, he did not hesitate to cooperate with the jackal, and now he is getting Jinling City, but the jackal will also tear his flesh and bones, and all he can rely on is Su Tingxia, who has led the troops south and is dreaming of dividing the princes.

But after arriving in Layue, Zhu Tongjing already knew that it was impossible for Su Tingxia to turn back, and this war was over for him.

"If there are any variables in the Qi Dynasty, it can only rely on one person from the Northern Dynasty. Irony, irony. ”

When Zhu Tongjing said this, he was really alone around him, and even the soldiers he brought to the city from Jiang Gan would not trust him. Zhu Tongjing is a rootless duckweed. He has no relatives, no friends, no lovers, everything he has obtained is stolen from others by his conspiracy, and now it is time to repay his debts. Everything he has gained will disappear in an instant.

At this time, the siege of the Northern Dynasty was already in full swing.

This time, the number of siege soldiers and horses of the Wei Dynasty was between 90,000 and 120,000, because the siege of the city from three directions at the same time, in fact, the siege soldiers and horses in each direction were only between 30,000 and 40,000. It was full of siege men. The momentum created is like three or four hundred thousand soldiers and horses attacking a city.

In the big tent of the Chinese army outside the city, Han Jian, as the commander-in-chief, is also the commander-in-chief of this siege battle, he does not need to go to the battlefield in person, he only needs to dispatch and command in the rear.

In the morning, the siege battle went surprisingly smoothly, and first the siege area of Lin Zhan's department in the west of the city was opened. The west guard of Jinling City saw that he was unprepared and opened the city gate to surrender. Then more than 10,000 cavalry under Lin Zhan's command stormed into the city. Street battles have already taken place in the city.

By noon, Wuhua Gate in the south of Jinling City was captured, which was a "strange move" used by Han Jian.

Because the Wei Dynasty did not deploy soldiers and horses in the south of the city, the defenders in the city thought that the Wei Dynasty's soldiers and horses would not touch the south of the city, and some of the defenders were ready to slip away after the battle, and the defense in the south of the city was bad. This gave the Wei Dynasty soldiers and horses an opportunity.

Although after the Wuhua Gate was breached, it was only less than half an hour for the defenders in the city to regain the lost ground, but before half an hour, a large number of siege soldiers and horses in the north and east of the city were killed on the city. The battle for the head of the city began. By noon, the main moats around Jinling City had been filled, allowing the cavalry to move unhindered.

Then came the large siege engines.

Under the cover of artillery, siege ladders and siege vehicles were erected on the head of the city, and a steady stream of soldiers were sent to the city walls. Originally, the defenders could hold out for a long time, and even repelled the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty who were attacking the city, but at this time, the defenders in the city had already loved the heart of war, and from the loss of the city, a large number of defenders joined the ranks of deserters.

The Wuhua Gate in the south of the city had just been recovered by the defenders, and before these soldiers and horses had joined the defense lines everywhere, they heard the news that the city walls and city gates had been lost in three directions of Jinling City. The four gates of the west city of Jinling City were lost at the same time, which also meant that the inner city of Jinling City fell. At this time, no one was willing to serve Zhu Tongjing anymore, and the Jiang and Jiangxi defenders who had just recovered Wuhua Gate opened the city gate and fled first.

By the end of the afternoon, there were more than 10,000 defenders fleeing from the south gate of Jinling City. The remaining defenders of the city, countless surrenderers, although some soldiers and horses did not surrender, but the defense of the city gate was breached, and the war turned into street fighting.

The city gates around Jinling City were lost one after another, and Han Jian's strategy was still to harass the south of the city, and mainly attack in other directions, and at the same time sent cavalry to carry out an attack on the city along the main streets of Jinling City, first removing the street fighting roadblocks set up in the city, so as to create convenience for the infantry to conduct street battles.

Just when Han Jian's central command post was in full swing to direct the war, Xiao Zhan silently entered the Chinese army's tent under the escort of female soldiers. In Han Jian's orders, Xiao Zhan had a certain amount of autonomy in the barracks, but no matter what she did, she couldn't get out of the sight of the female soldiers and guards. Since Xiao Zhan is a caged bird, Han Jian is not afraid that any military aircraft will be leaked to her to know.

“…… Send Sun Qi and Lin Xie to attack the palace from the east road, if there are soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty to resist, they will be killed, and all the people who go to the street will be killed! There is no distinction between military and civilian! ”

Han Jian's order was very deadly, that is, to kill anyone he saw in the city, whether it was a soldier or a civilian.

This is a very cruel thing in Xiao Zhan's opinion, she wants to go up and teach Han Jian a lesson, but she is more than two feet away from Han Jian, and there is a heroic female guard looking at her, that female guard Xiao Zhan has seen many times in the past few days, it is Song Zhi'er, a disciple of the Shangqing Palace. Song Zhi'er is loyal to Han Jian, and anyone who approaches Han Jian rudely will be impaled by her long sword.

The battle in the city has been gradually extending from the city gates to the direction of the palace, and before dusk, several main roads in Jinling City have been opened, and the infantry has been able to enter the city. Under the cover of shields, spearmen and crossbowmen entered the city one after another, and open flames could be seen all over the city, and no one was going to put out the fire anymore, and no one cared who set it up.

No matter which way the soldiers and horses capture the palace first, it is a great achievement, because in the war to capture the city gate, the soldiers of the city gate everywhere are basically indistinguishable, and the battle achievements after the war will not be less, it depends on the question of more or less. This battle of Jinling may already be the last battle against the south, if you can't make a contribution in this battle, then if you want to get the battle in the future, you don't know when you have to wait.

With the extension of soldiers and horses from all walks of life into the city, the defenders in the city have been compressed to the perimeter of the imperial palace of Jinling City. At this time, no one knew Zhu Tongjing's whereabouts, and there were soldiers and horses in the city who continued to escape from the direction of the south gate of the inner city. Then take several city gates in the south of the city as the direction of escape, and flee in a hurry. However, it seems that there are more soldiers and horses who surrendered, because many of the defenders also knew that even if they fled south, they would have nowhere to go.

Or you can go south to Sima Yu, but in the eyes of these arrogant soldiers, Zhu Tongjing can't compete with the Northern Dynasty, just a Sima Yu, and even the empress was "sold" by him for food. What qualifications do you have to raise the banner of the diligent king?

Therefore, even if they escape from the city, they mainly want to go south to establish themselves on the mountain, or occupy the mountain as the king, or wait for the Wei Dynasty to recruit them in the future, and they can still be the emperor of the land, as long as there are soldiers and weapons, the people of that place must be subordinate to them. Die for them.

However, Sima Yi had already opened a "big net" in the direction of a hundred miles south of Jinling City, waiting to collect the soldiers and horses who had fled south of Jinling City.

Sima Yu already knew. Now that a war with the Northern Dynasty will do him all kinds of harm and benefit him, it is better to take advantage of the war between the Northern Dynasty and Zhu Tongjing first, and strengthen his own strength first. It was already difficult for Sima Yi to seek refuge in the soldiers and horses from the local area, so he simply went straight and simple, and collected the soldiers who fled south of Jinling City. If you don't want to, I will forcibly arrest you back, and if you don't want to, you will be punished directly by military law, anyway, these people have served the traitor Zhu Tongjing, and I don't feel distressed when I kill him.

On the 26th day of the lunar month, it is approaching sunset and dusk. It is located in Jinling City, and only the Jinling Palace has not yet been captured.

The men and horses who have entered the city have swept most of the urban areas in the city, and the soldiers and horses in the city must ensure that all unfavorable factors in the city are swept away before Emperor Han Jian enters the city.

At the time of the unitary period, the battle of the Imperial Palace of Jinling City also officially began. Because at this time, the palace of Jinling City has become a lonely boat, and Zhu Tongjing's descendants are no more than two or three thousand people, with Zhu Tongjing's soldiers and horses, even if he can temporarily hold the palace, he will only resist stubbornly.

Less than half an hour after the start of the war, the defense line of the palace in Jinling City was already full of holes, the palace wall was not high, and the city gate was not as strong as the city gate of the main city, forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses poured into the palace, first a fight, many Zhu Tongjing's descendants trampled on each other, some surrendered, but more died in the chaos, and some still wanted to hide, but the palace itself is not big, after nightfall, the Wei Dynasty soldiers and horses who attacked the palace can even search inch by inch.

When the war in the city was already at the beginning and end, Han Jian's big tent of the Chinese army outside the city was also brightly lit.

Han Jian had already sent some of his close relatives into the city to create opportunities for them to make their military exploits. After reporting the news from the city that the palace had been basically controlled, Han Jian was completely relieved.

After more than nine hours of war, Han Jian conquered Jinling City, the thousand-year-old imperial city, which was the best result, and even Han Jian didn't expect it to be so smooth. If you want to blame, you can only blame Zhu Tong for being unpopular.

But at this time, Han Jian still did not get the news of whether Zhu Tongjing was dead or alive, or Zhu Tongjing had already expected the general trend at the beginning of the war and chose to withdraw from the Beijing Division.

After nightfall, Han Jian asked the remaining strategists and generals in the big tent of the Chinese army to rest, and after a busy day, even Han Jian himself could feel tired.

After the silence calmed down, Han Jian found that Xiao Zhan was still standing at the door of the big tent. From noon when Xiao Zhan came over, until the evening, Xiao Zhan did not leave.

"The eldest princess is also there?" Han Jian smiled and said hello.

In fact, Han Jian had long noticed Xiao Zhan's existence, and he would not have time to pay attention to Xiao Zhan when the war was urgent. He believed that Xiao Zhan's mood was complicated at this time, Xiao Zhan not only hoped that the city could hold on, but also knew that the people who were defending the city now were traitors who had betrayed her, and she even hoped that the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty would help her take revenge. But no matter what, this is also a gamble, Han Jian really captured Jinling City, and it did not reach the middle of the first month as agreed, and only two battles took more than ten days before and after.

In other words, now she can prepare to "marry" Han Jian and be the concubine of the Northern Dynasty.

Xiao Zhan only took a few steps closer to Han Jianjian after all the generals of the Northern Dynasty had left, but when she wanted to get closer, Song Zhi'er had already drawn her sword and blocked in front of her.

Han Jian said in a somewhat reprimanding tone: "Don't be rude to the eldest princess, you should step back." ”

Song Zhi'er was a little indignant, she obviously didn't want to see Xiao Zhan and Han Jian get very close, because she also knew the content of the previous bet, although she was a concubine who didn't even have a name, she had no right to interfere with what woman Han Jian, the emperor, was with.

"Yes." Song Zhier was unwilling, but she still retired to Han Fitness.

In this way, Xiao Zhan walked in front of Han Jian, and at this time, Xiao Zhan's face was resolute, and she couldn't see her panic and helplessness at all.

Xiao Zhan asked with a solemn expression: "When is Your Majesty going to send 200,000 stone grains and grass to Hangzhou?" ”

After Xiao Zhan arrived in Suzhou City, she addressed Han Jian as "Your Majesty" for the first time, which shows that she has the consciousness of being a courtier. Han Jian said with a smile: "Didn't I send 200,000 stone of grain to Hangzhou twice a long time ago?" ”

Xiao Zhan's face was still calm and said, "What I asked is, the ...... of 200,000 stones of grain and grass Dowry. ”

Han Jian smiled: "Dowry? Naturally, I will send it, but I will not break my promise when the eldest princess arrives in the Jinling Palace and truly performs the courtier's etiquette. ”

Xiao Zhan frowned slightly and said, "Since it's a dowry, how can it be given after the wedding?" ”

"The dowry is just a rhetoric, even if it is a dowry, I can first complete the courtesy with the eldest princess, and then get married, and there is no deviation in the number of ceremonies. What does the eldest princess think? ”

Xiao Zhan was a little angry, listening to Han Jian's meaning, it was to make her commit before she could get the "dowry" of the 200,000 stone grain, in this matter, it was Han Jian who had the initiative, and now she was asking for help, and she was originally not qualified to negotiate conditions with Han Jian.

"When?" Xiao Zhan continued to ask.

Han Jian thought about it, but looked up in the direction of Jinling City: "Approximately, it's tomorrow." I will send the eldest princess into the city to prepare first, and after I have gone to all parts of the city to comfort the soldiers, I will enter the palace, I believe that the eldest princess should be ready. ”

Xiao Zhan's body trembled slightly, because she also knew what Han Jian's so-called uh "ready" was, what was being prepared.

Or for her, a king, this is a very humiliating thing, but she has no choice, she is willing to gamble and lose, she herself has been lost, with her stubbornness, she will never deny it. (To be continued.) )