Cai Mo led a few entourages as soon as he walked out of the mansion, and met a black-clothed camp owner, so he hurriedly asked: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Zhao, can the city be defended?" ”

"My lord, the army of Zhao is attacking from all sides, with a total of 20,000 troops, and the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion can resist for a while, but how long they can resist, the last general can't say!"

Cai Mo was in a hurry when he heard this, and scolded: "The soldiers of the Wuyi Battalion, as the royal forest army of the Great Jin, must hold the capital no matter what, the capital is the core of the Great Jin Dynasty, and it must not fall." ”

"Yes, my lordship, the last general will do his best to defend the capital." The camp master loudly expressed his determination, and with a pair of men and horses, he turned and ran in the direction of the south gate.

Cai Mo took a deep breath, looked at the entourage behind him, and said softly: "The army of Zhao was still at the Wuhu ferry yesterday, and the troops came to the city in just one day, and the Wuhu ferry is more than 100 miles away from the capital!" Moreover, there are checkpoints along the way, as long as the army of Zhao Guo passes by, they will definitely try to notify the capital so that our army can be prepared, but this official has not received the military report from the front post at all! Where did the army of Zhao come from? ”

When an entourage heard this, he clasped his fists and replied: "My lord, although it is more than 100 miles long, if it is a rapid march, it can be reached in one day. ”

"Oh, which case?" Cai Mo hurriedly asked.

"The army of Zhao State did not take the big road, and secretly marched from Xiaodanyang Road to the foot of the capital." The attendant guessed boldly.

"Well, that's a possibility." Cai Mo nodded, and said suspiciously: "Xiao Danyang Dao is extremely hidden, and the people in Jiangnan don't know much, and the army of Zhao is from the north, how did they know about it?" Besides, they are not afraid that our army will set up an ambush in the middle of the road? ”

The entourage shook his head and replied: "This, the subordinates don't quite understand, maybe Zhao Jun's blind cat ran into a dead mouse and got lost in the mountains, maybe he happened to walk into this road!" ”

Cai Mo nodded, paused, and said, "Okay, it's useless to think about this now, the top priority is to do your best to inform General Wang Liu, who is north of the capital, and let him lead the whole army to gallop to the aid of the Beijing Division." ”

"Yes, my lord, I will do it." After the retinue finished speaking, he turned around and ran quickly towards the north gate wall.

Cai Mo, surrounded by several other entourages, went to the south gate of Jiankang City, which was the direction of the main attack of Zhao's army.

A moment later, the beacon tower on the wall of the north gate ignited a fierce fire, the flames were three zhang high, and the soldiers could feel a strong burning sensation when they stood five zhang away.

With such a fierce fire, the light of the fire was enough to reach the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, most of the men and horses had already fallen asleep, but there were hundreds of soldiers who were responsible for standing guard, and these soldiers who were guarding naturally discovered the signal from the direction of the capital.

"General, general, the capital for help, the capital for help." A personal soldier entered Wang Liu's Chinese army tent and shouted loudly.

Wang Liu, who had just fallen asleep for a short time, heard the call for help from the direction of the capital, and suddenly, he was completely sleepy, sat up suddenly, and said loudly: "Quickly pass the order, let all the horses gather immediately, and after a while, the whole army will rush to the aid of the capital." ”

"Yes, General." The soldiers took the order and turned to leave the tent.

"The army of Zhao Guo, come fast enough, my Wang Liu will have a good consultation tonight." Wang Liu said as he got up and put on his armor, and then strode out of the big tent.

"General, the whole army has been assembled, please instruct the general." A military master stepped forward to report.

Wang Liu nodded, in front of many subordinates, shouted: "Soldiers, since we entered the Northern Expeditionary Army, we have been in charge of Tuntian, we have not even fought a battle for several years, the general's hands have long been itchy, I believe that the soldiers are the same as me, they have long been looking forward to a good fight, tonight, it is our turn to show our skills, the soldiers will rush to the capital with the general, kill the Zhao army, and make contributions." ”

"Rush to the aid of the capital and make contributions."

"Rush to the aid of the capital and make contributions."

The 9,000 Northern Expeditionary Army's Tuntian men and horses shouted loudly, and their morale was extremely high.

Wang Liu stepped on his horse and shouted, "Soldiers, go." ”

More than 9,000 soldiers followed behind Wang Liu and rushed in the direction of the capital.

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In the direction of the south gate of Jiankang City, the pressure of the Wuyi battalion is the greatest, here is the 10,000 main forces led by Yao Gezhong himself, and the other three city gates are only more than 3,000 people, and the pressure is relatively small.

Cai Mo personally climbed the wall of the south gate of Jiankang City and commanded the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion defending the city to resist Yao Gezhong's men.

"Whoosh ......" several sharp arrows flew past Cai Mo's ears in a row and nailed to the pillars of the city gate tower, which made everyone gasp.

"My lord, it's too dangerous here, so you better go down!" The owner of the Wuyi battalion, who was leading his troops to resist the Zhao army, persuaded.

"How can the old man be greedy for life and run to death, all the soldiers are desperate, and the old man is not afraid of death." Cai Mo insisted on personally sitting in the city gate tower at the south gate, and commanded the soldiers nearby to resist the Zhao army.

Seeing that Cai Mo insisted on this, the owner of the Wuyi battalion who was defending the city no longer insisted on it, and he ordered the two personal soldiers beside him to protect Cai Mo well, and there must be no mistakes.

If you talk about combat power, the Wuyi battalion is far inferior to Yao Gezhong's Qiang warriors, and the strength is also Yao Gezhong's men and horses have an advantage, but fortunately, the Wuyi battalion has the city of Jiankang City to rely on, and during the day, emergency combat preparations were carried out, and all kinds of defending materials on the city wall were very sufficient.

However, the attack of Yao Gezhong's men and horses has been continuing, if it continues to be consumed, it will be a great test for the Wuyi battalion with insufficient troops and weak combat strength, and no one can guarantee whether it can hold the capital.

Compared with Cai Mo's worries, Yao Gezhong seemed full of confidence, judging from the siege situation, the combat strength of the Wuyi battalion defending the city was not strong, and it was completely relying on the city walls and equipment to support it, if it was in the field, he was confident enough that he could easily destroy this army.

The siege lasted for more than half an hour, and Yao Gezhong's siege army and the defenders of the Wuyi battalion were each damaged, but the city was still in the hands of the Wuyi battalion, and Yao Gezhong's men and horses did not break through the capital.