The battalion owner looked in the direction of Jiankang City, frowned, and said: "As soon as our army withdraws, the Zhao army will directly attack the capital, and once the capital is lost, my Great Jin will be completely finished." ”

"Battalion master, even if our army does not retreat, it will not be able to resist the Zhao army for a few hours, the capital is as critical, the immediate priority is to withdraw from the camp as much as possible, find the main army, and then join the main army, gather enough strength, and launch a fierce attack on the Zhao army attacking the city from behind, only in this way can our army have a chance of victory."

The battalion commander sighed and ordered: "Burn all the military equipment in the camp, it cannot be used by the enemy, and the whole battalion will gather and prepare to retreat." ”

"Yes, Camp Master." The subordinates received the order.

Soon, a raging fire broke out in the camp, and the 1,000 men and horses of the 6th Army of the King, under the cover of the fire, quietly withdrew from the camp and retreated to the northeast.

In fact, in addition to the intention of burning the camp to prevent the Zhao army from getting supplies, it was also to warn the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion in the capital, telling them that the capital was in danger and that they must be prepared for defense.

The soldiers of the Wuyi battalion in the capital, after seeing the raging fire in the six camps of the king, had already realized the severity of the situation, and immediately notified Cai Mo, who was in charge of the defense of the capital.

In order to ensure the safety of the capital, he sent scouts to investigate, while mobilizing the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion in the city, stepping up the garrison in the city, and mobilizing the people in the city to transport the materials to defend the city.

Yao Gezhong's main force arrived at the camp of the Sixth Army of Wang, looking at the raging fire in front of him, Yao Gezhong said proudly: "In the end, he is farming, as soon as he saw that our army was coming, he burned the camp and fled, haha!" ”

Yao Xiang also looked proud, he looked at Yao Gezhong, and said: "Father, the Jin army took the initiative to abandon the camp and flee, but it saved us a lot of things, and now, all the obstacles for our army to attack Jiankang City have been removed. ”

Yao Gezhong's eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Okay, send an order to the whole army and immediately march towards Jiankang City." ”

"Yes, father." Yao Xiang clenched his fists and rode forward to give orders.

The camp of the Sixth Army of the King was only a short five miles from the capital, and Yao Gezhong's main force soon arrived at the foot of the capital, in order to reduce casualties, Yao Gezhong did not order the soldiers to attack the city immediately, but let them set up all kinds of siege equipment.

In the two days of exploring the Sixth Army of Wang, Yao Gezhong's army had temporarily built a large number of siege equipment, in addition to the simple ladders, there were also many simple thunderbolts and rushing vehicles, and there were only 300 thunderbolts.

Cai Mo, who was standing on the city wall, looked at the Zhao army outside the city that was erecting siege equipment, and a chill surged in his chest, the Zhao army can be deployed outside the city so calmly, which is enough to show that something happened to the Wang Sixth Army, and the fire from the direction of the Wang Sixth Battalion just now can verify this.

"My lord, the Zhao army has strong troops, and hundreds of thunderbolts have been erected outside the city, only with thousands of soldiers in my Wuyi battalion, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold on for too long, if there is no army of the king of Qin, I am afraid that the capital will be lost!" The general of the Chinese army said truthfully.

Cai Mo naturally understood that he was telling the truth, but it was very uncomfortable to listen to it, so he said angrily: "As the general of the Great Jin, how can you say such frustrating words, the Wuyi Battalion, as a royal forest army, has the responsibility to protect the safety of the capital. ”

"The lesson of the adults is that the lowly duty is wrong." The general of the Chinese army hurriedly hugged his fists and apologized, paused, and said: "As a general of the Great Jin, he will naturally do his best to protect the capital, but I am not afraid of 10,000, I am afraid of what if, the strength of both the enemy and us is there, in case the capital is not guaranteed, the adults must also be prepared to deal with the eventuality!" ”

The meaning of the general of the Chinese army is to let Cai Mo prepare for the worst, after all, the royal family and ministers are in the city, in case the capital is lost, they must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Zhao army, especially when today, as a symbol of the country, can not be caught by the Zhao army, otherwise the whole country will suffer humiliation.

Cai Mo pondered for a moment and said softly: "You just need to defend the city, and the task of dealing with emergencies will be handed over to the guards of the palace, and this matter will be arranged by the official." ”

"Yes, my lordship, the last general will do his best to defend the capital." The general of the Chinese army patted his chest and promised.

"Hmm." Cai Mo answered, turned around and walked towards the city, he wanted to rush to the palace immediately, so that the emperor and the queen mother in the palace were ready to deal with the eventuality.

After an hour of preparation, the army of Zhao State besieging the city had set up 300 thunderbolt chariots in the direction of the north gate of Jiankang City, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were also ready for battle.

At the same time, in order to prevent the royal family of the Jin Kingdom from escaping from the capital from the direction of other city gates, Yao Gezhong deployed 2,000 troops in the direction of the east, west and south gates respectively.

"Father, the three armies are ready to attack the city." Yao Xiang asked his father for his life.

"Order, the thunderbolt will immediately fire stone projectiles, and the siege men will attack in a moment." Yao Gezhong gave the order directly.

"Shoot stone projectiles." One of the generals shouted loudly and conveyed the order.

"Huhuhuhu......" Thousands of stone bullets whistled towards the wall of the north gate of Jiankang City.

The overwhelming stones hit the wall of Jiankang City, smashing some of the female walls, and a small number of them directly smashed on the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion defending the city, causing a lot of casualties to Wuyi.

The continuous stone bomb attacks made it difficult for the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion to raise their heads, and a moment later, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Zhao army, under the cover of thunderbolts, carried hundreds of ladders and launched a fierce attack on Jiankang City.

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The Northern Expeditionary Army's horse ranch was the first to arrive at Wang Liuhe's 500 soldiers, and then several other groups of men and horses arrived one after another.

Wang Liu stood on a small hill, looking at the subordinates gathered one after another around him, and roughly estimated that it was about 5,000 men and horses.

When starting from the battalion, it was a full 8,000 men, and now, there are only 5,000 men left, and the loss is nearly forty percent.

"General, drink saliva!" One of his subordinates handed the water that had just been drawn from the well to Wang Liu.

Wang Liu took the kettle, took a big sip, took a big breath, and said, "Our army has been defeated, and I don't know what happened to the direction of the granary, whether it has been occupied by the Zhao army." ”

"General, the last general is not too worried about the granary, the last general is worried about the capital, in case the main force of the Zhao army attacks the capital, with the little men and horses in the capital, can the city be defended?" One of the generals voiced his concerns.

Wang Liu was shocked when he heard this, and said softly: "The capital, there must be danger in the capital, our army can't stay here, we must do our best to reinforce the capital." ”

"General, the soldiers are too tired to walk, let's rest for half an hour before leaving!" A ministry will build a yì road.

Wang Liu looked at the soldiers around him, all of them looked tired, sighed, and said, "Okay! Then rest for half an hour. ”

"General, General, there's a detachment approaching." A personal soldier pointed to the large group of men in the distance and reminded loudly.

Wang Liu looked up and saw that there was a group of men and horses approaching due south, and judging from the scale, there were thousands of people and horses.

"General, the other party has only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and he is not an opponent of our army at all." One of the generals said loudly.

Wang Liu naturally would not be afraid of the thousands of people and horses that were forced over, but he always had a special feeling in his heart, this team of people and horses had obviously discovered his own team, if it was an enemy, it would definitely be avoided from a distance, and it would never be possible to take the initiative to come over, but this group of people was getting closer and closer, which seemed to indicate that the people who came were his own people, not enemies.

"They must be their own people." Wang Liu muttered to himself, suddenly felt shocked, and woke up: "Could it be more than a thousand soldiers and horses in the direction of the big camp?" ”

When the soldiers beside him heard this, they were all shocked.

"General, the number is equal, it must be the soldiers and horses left behind by the battalion."

"General, it seems that something has happened in the direction of the big camp, and the Zhao army may already be attacking the capital."

Several generals discussed.

Soon, Wang Liu's guess was confirmed, as the front team got closer and closer, they could already clearly see the fluttering Jin army flag, and after a while, this force and Wang Liu's main force converged.

"Tell me quickly, what's going on in the direction of the big camp." Wang Liu looked at the camp master who stayed behind and asked eagerly.

"General, I can be regarded as finding you, the main army of Zhao is approaching step by step, and the last general has few soldiers and is powerless to fight, so he has to burn the camp and lead the men and horses to find the general, at this time, the army of Zhao should be at the foot of the capital." The campmaster replied truthfully.

When Wang Liu heard this, he was shocked, although the development of the matter was basically the same as he expected, but when he heard the truth of the matter with his own ears, he couldn't help but set off a wave in his heart.

"General, the capital is in trouble, and our army is not strong, how can this be good." One of the generals complained.

"The capital is the core of my Great Jin, even if the strength is not good, we have to reinforce the capital!" Another general said.

Wang Liuqiang calmed down, thought for a moment, and said: "As a soldier of the Great Jin, even if the strength is not good, he must go all out to reinforce the capital, even if he can't confront the Zhao army head-on, at least he can distract part of the Zhao army's energy and weaken the pressure on the defenders of the capital." ”

"What the general said is extremely true, the last general is willing to fight."

"The last general is also willing to fight."

Most of the generals expressed their willingness to reinforce the capital.

Wang Liu looked at a pro-soldier team member and said loudly: "You immediately lead your subordinates to our army's granary, take fifty denier military rations, and transport them to the direction of the capital, go quickly." ”

"Yes, General." The pro-soldier team was clenching their fists to receive the order, turning around and leading their subordinates in the direction of the granary.