Unlike in the past, the city gate was surrounded by soldiers from the Wuyi battalion, and the soldiers standing on the tower of the gate were twice as large as usual, and the antlers outside the gate were also lined with soldiers who were responsible for checking passers-by, giving the whole city the feeling of being a great enemy.

The scouts sent by Yao Xiang hesitated outside the city gate for a moment, and then walked towards Jiankang City, and since they did not carry any suspicious items on their bodies, they all entered Jiankang City smoothly.

The scouts of the Zhao State carefully reconnoitred in the city, and found him according to the code left by the fine work, and then these scouts took the fine work out of the city in batches and went to the Zhao army camp.

In the direction of the Zhao army's camp, the main general Yao Gezhong was taking a few personal soldiers to inspect back and forth in the camp, and after a careful inspection, Yao Gezhong returned to the Chinese army's big tent.

"Father, the scouts have all returned, and the fine work sent by our army to Jiankang City is already waiting outside the tent." Yao Xiang walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported loudly.

"Hmph, let him in." Yao Gezhong's heart suddenly swelled with anger.

Soon, Xi Zuo walked into the big tent, bowed to Yao Gezhong and saluted: "The villain sees the general." ”

"Hmph." Yao Gezhong slapped the case in front of him, and said angrily: "What are you doing, there are nearly 10,000 Jin soldiers and horses stationed north of Jiankang City, why didn't you report it." ”

was so frightened by Yao Gezhong, he couldn't help but shudder, and he was nervous for a while and didn't know where to start.

Seeing this, Yao Xiang then asked: "Do you know that because of your mistakes, our army lost nearly 2,000 soldiers, a full 2,000 soldiers!" You are convicted. ”

"General, the villain is wronged, the villain is really wronged!" Carefully explained.

Seeing the careful quibble, Yao Gezhong was even more furious in his heart, and said loudly: "I was just asking you why I was hiding the nearly 10,000 Jin soldiers and horses north of Jiankang City, and I was going to ask you to answer truthfully. ”

With a bitter face, he hurriedly replied: "General, the nearly 10,000 horses north of the capital do not belong to the Jin army at all. ”

"What, they're not Jin Jun?" Yao Gezhong and Yao Xiang were both confused.

"What the hell is going on, let's talk about it in detail." Yao Gezhong hurriedly asked.

Xiaozuo took a breath and replied truthfully: "General, the villain was ordered to go undercover to Jiankang City, and investigated the strength and deployment of the various legions of the Jin Kingdom, even the generals and soldiers of the various armies, the villain is clear, especially during the period when the king went south, the villain will be clear about the strength and deployment of the Jin army around Jiankang City, I have never heard that there are nearly 10,000 troops stationed in the north of Jiankang City, and the money allocated by the treasury to each army is recorded by the villain himself, and there is no silver given to this army. ”

"The army can't survive without pay, what kind of people are they?" Yao Xiang interjected casually.

"You know what they're all about." Yao Gezhong also asked.

Xi Zuo immediately replied: "General, this villain knows that they are only the Tuntian men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and they do not have the establishment of the Great Jin Army, and they are mainly responsible for taking care of the fields, feeding cattle and sheep, and they do not wear armor when they work, which is not much different from ordinary people." ”

Yao Xiang sneered and wondered, "It's not much different from the people?" Do you know that when they charged in formation, they were quite disciplined, and they were clearly instructed by famous generals, and they were trained hard. ”

He shuddered and explained, "General, this villain doesn't know very well! The villain mainly focuses on the army of the Jin State, and knows very little about this army, and no one in the capital has ever talked about this army, but yesterday the general attacked the city, and they became famous. ”

Yao Gezhong and Yao Xiang glanced at each other, nodded, and motioned for him to go down and rest.

"General Xie." After a word of thanks, he got up and left the Chinese army's tent.

Yao Xiang followed Xizuo to the door of the big tent, and when he saw that Xizuo had left far away, he turned around and returned to the tent, and said softly: "Father, what he said should be given is true, but for this Tuntian people, we need to investigate again, at least to find their weaknesses." ”

"Hmm." Yao Gezhong nodded and laughed at himself: "I can't imagine that our army will let a group of people and horses who farm the land flee in the wilderness, and it will be spread out in the future, wouldn't it make people laugh." ”

"Father doesn't have to worry, as long as this army is completely wiped out in a few days, our army's face can be recovered." Yao Xiang comforted.

"Well, my son is ambitious, and I'll leave the matter of exploring this group to you." Yao Gezhong said loudly.

"Yes, father." Yao Xiang took the order.

Although Yao Gezhong's personality is strong, but not reckless, at this time the enemy situation is not too clear, and the army under his command is also exhausted, using the time to explore the enemy's situation, the army can rest well, and after accumulating and recuperating, it will break through Jiankang City in one fell swoop.

Yao Xiang passed by the merchant brigade in the city, personally went to the place where the Wang Sixth Army camped, and conducted a careful reconnaissance in the direction of the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to disperse the reconnaissance, so as to thoroughly find out the reality of the Northern Expeditionary Army's Tuntian people, so as to deal with it calmly.

After a day and a half of reconnaissance, Yao Xiang finally figured out the reality of the Wang Sixth Army, which was roughly the same as what he said, it was indeed a group of men and horses mainly in Tuntian, but it had undergone professional military training, and had recently received a large number of military supplies and rewards, and its morale was extremely high.

In order to deal with the high morale of the Sixth Army of Wang, Yao Xiang made various ideas in his heart to find the best way to break the enemy.

At the same time that Yao Xiang was conducting a thorough reconnaissance of Wang Liu's army, Wang Liu also sent a large number of men and horses to reconnoiter near the camp of Zhao State, and also found out the general situation of Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses.

After carefully analyzing the situation of the Zhao State camp, Wang Liu felt that the strength of the soldiers and horses under his command was not enough to go to the Zhao army camp to fight the main force of the Zhao army, but should continue to garrison around the capital, and rely on each other with the Wuyi camp in the capital.

The army of Zhao was stationed ten miles outside the south gate, while Wang Liu's soldiers and horses were stationed five miles outside the north gate, in addition to taking into account the consideration of grain and grass, but also worried that if it was stationed outside the south gate, it was very likely that the Zhao army would suddenly attack the camp and bring losses to itself, while stationed at the north gate could be provided by the Wuyi battalion in the capital to provide early warning, so as to avoid a sudden attack.

It was already late at night, and in the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of Zhao Guo, Yao Gezhong and his beloved son Yao Xiang had not rested, and they were discussing the specific military operations early the next morning.

Yao Xiang pointed to the topographic map around Jiankang City on the case, and analyzed: "Father, the Jin general Wang Liu's army is stationed here, his south is Jiankang City, and the north is the lair of the Northern Expeditionary Army, where there is a huge granary, and the grain and grass in the warehouse are enough to have millions of deniers, Wang Liu is very shrewd to camp like this!" In this way, it can not only protect Jiankang City, but also take into account the granary in the rear, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”

"Haha! He only has less than 10,000 people in Tuntian, and it is too wishful thinking to take care of both places. Yao Gezhong laughed, paused, pointed to the map, and said: "Our army has divided two groups of men and horses to attack Jiankang City and the lair of the Northern Expeditionary Army respectively, and see how he can take care of them." Yao Gezhong said and slammed his fist on the map.

"Father, no, the child has a better plan." Yao Xiang hurriedly stopped.

Yao Gezhong was stunned and asked, "Xiang'er, just say anything you want." ”

Yao Xiang sneered at the corner of his mouth, pointed to the map, and said: "Father, our army doesn't have to ask Jiankang City first, just go all out to deal with the Jin general Wang Liu, the child can lead a soldier and horses, and attack the granary of the Northern Expeditionary Army with great fanfare, and his father personally led the main force, ambushed between the garrison of Wang Liu's army and the granary of the Northern Expeditionary Army, as long as the Jin general Wang Liu led the army to aid the granary, it will be attacked by the main force of his father's men and horses, with the main force of the soldiers and horses under his father's command, Wang Liu has no chance of winning, our army will win, and as long as Wang Liu's men and horses are solved, it will be much easier to clean up Jiankang City." ”

"Oh, what if our army is in a fierce battle with Wang Liu's Corps, and the Wuyi Battalion of Jiankang City is thousands of men and horses, and suddenly goes out of the city to reinforce, as a general, you should understand the truth that the praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches." Yao Gezhong blamed his son for being careless.

Yao Xiang was very unimpressed, and replied: "Father is too worried, if our army attacks Jiankang City, Wang Liu's Corps will definitely be reinforced, but if our army deals with Wang Liu's Corps, the defenders of Jiankang City will definitely not go out of the city to help in the battle, and the child's guess will not be wrong." ”

Seeing the confidence on Yao Xiang's face, Yao Gezhong nodded and said: "Okay, for my father, I believe in your judgment, early tomorrow morning, you will personally lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to march in the direction of the granary of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and your father will lead the main army to ambush between Wang Liu's Corps and the granary of the Northern Expeditionary Army. ”

"Yes, father, the child will arrange it." Yao Xiang clenched his fists and turned to leave the big tent.

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In Lishui, more than 100 miles south of Jiankang City, more than 10,000 cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Hua'an were crossing overnight. As long as they cross the Lishui River and march more than ten miles north to reach the small city of Maoshan, where there is a temporary camp waiting for them, this temporary camp is the last temporary camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the capital, because the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army only needs to start from here and arrive at the capital within a day, and there is no need for a camp on the way.

"Keep up, those behind will follow, ten miles ahead is the camp, and the soldiers will work harder." Thunderstorms are loud and morale-boosting.

At this time, the soldiers rode their horses and walked for a whole day, and their bodies were really tired, and many soldiers were marching with their eyes completely squinted, and fatigue and sleepiness tormented every soldier.

Seeing the soldiers tired like this, Hua An was also very sad, but in order to arrive in the capital as soon as possible, Hua An had to let the soldiers work hard.

Especially a few days ago, when Hua An learned that Yao Gezhong's men and horses had crossed the Wuhu ferry, he was very worried about the safety of the capital, so he temporarily increased the distance of the daily march by five miles.