"Queen Mother, Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses have been completely defeated by our army, and the capital is safe." Huaan hurriedly reported in an attempt to alleviate the embarrassment of the environment.

Hearing this, Chu Lianzi looked up at Hua'an, pursed his lips, and said: "This is all the work of the general, the general is far away in Jiaozhou, why did he arrive in the capital so quickly, it is because of God's help." ”

Seeing Chu Garlic asking like this, Hua An truthfully told Chu Garlic how he marched in a hurry, so that dozens of horses ran and died, and said that the march was too fast and did not have time to report, so that Chu Garlic, who was in the capital, could not know the specific location of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

After listening to Hua'an's explanation, Chu Lianzi nodded and said softly: "Thanks to the timely arrival of the general and the army, if not, the consequences would be unimaginable, but the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army has not arrived, and Shi Hu's main army has gathered at the Wujiang crossing, and my Dajin is still facing a huge threat, which makes it difficult for the mourning family to sleep and eat." ”

Seeing Chu Lianzi's worried look, Hua An hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry, the main force of our army will definitely arrive in the capital within a month, as for Shi Hu's main army, as long as he has not crossed the river, the last general will have a way to clean him up, as long as the last general still has a breath, he will never let Shi Hu, the evil thief, step into the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Hua An said very strongly, which made Chu Garlic, who was the queen mother, greatly relieved, and the heroic spirit unique to men between the words made the young Chu Garlic have a sense of germination in his heart.

Chu Garlic looked at Hua An and said softly: "General Hua, at present, our army is in a tight situation and lacks troops, and the capital is all guarded by the general." After speaking, he quietly looked at Hua'an.

In Chu Garliczi's words, Hua An couldn't hear a trace of command, some were just moved and requested, and even a trace of dependence.

Hua An was excited in his heart, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Queen Mother, the last general will definitely do his best to protect the Great Jin, the Queen Mother and the Emperor." ”

"Hmm." A smile appeared at the corner of Chu Garlic's mouth, looking very happy, this was also the first time she smiled after the death of her husband Sima Yue, this is a smile from the heart, it is an unconscious expression of inner emotions.

Seeing the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic smiling like a little girl, Hua'an also seemed to have returned to her childhood, how happy her childhood was! It's a pity that I can't go back at all.

"Queen Mother, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and the last general will escort the Queen Mother and the Emperor away." Hua An said and stretched out his hand to signal Chu Garlic to leave.

"There's General Law." Chu Lianzi answered, hugged the emperor Sima Dan, and slowly left the small courtyard, and Hua An followed behind to escort.

Half an hour later, under the clean-up of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Zhao army inside and outside the palace in the capital and some lawless people who took advantage of the situation were all annihilated, and the fire in the city was also extinguished.

The Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi returned to the Taiji Hall with the little emperor Sima Dan, and the officials of the capital also went to the main hall to discuss the next course of action.

Because the main cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army has arrived in the capital, at this time, the officials in the capital are greatly relieved, on the top of the main hall, all the ministers praise Hua'an for being brave and good at fighting, and many people feel that Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army is like a divine help, if not, why can the marching speed be so fast.

On the top of the main hall, after some discussion, the ministers agreed that Cai Mo was old and injured, and that he had to be replaced by someone else to defend the capital, and Hua'an, who was brave and good at fighting, was naturally the best candidate, so the task of defending the capital naturally fell on Hua'an's shoulders.

At this time, inside and outside the capital, in addition to battle damage and escape, there were only 3,000 soldiers left in the 6th battalion of Wuyi, and only 300 guards in the palace.

In order to strengthen the defense of the capital, Hua'an let his own personal battalion be responsible for defending the palace city, and transferred an army under the command of Thunderstorm to help the Wuyi battalion guard the city wall of the capital, and the remaining 7,000 cavalry of the Thunderstorm Legion and all 7,000 men and horses of the Wang Sixth Army were temporarily stationed in the direction of the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army to defend the Beijing division.

At night, Hua An'an was dressed in a cloak and personally patrolled the palace, at this time, it was only a few hours before the Zhao army entered the palace, and there were many palace buildings, would there be one or two fish that slipped through the net and hid in a corner of the palace? Hua An's heart was full of such worries, so he didn't dare to be careless, and personally patrolled the palace under the torment of homesickness.

At this time, it was already winter, and the weather was getting colder and colder, especially after night, the weather was even colder, and a cold wind blew, even a strong man like Hua'an could not avoid shivering.

When people are cold, they are the most homesick, because home is warm, some people at home have covered the warm quilt, there are missing relatives, and Hua'an's mansion is in the capital, only a few miles away from the palace, if Hua'an goes home, it is almost a leg away.

"General Hua." Just when Hua An was extremely homesick, a crisp voice came from behind him, this voice was very unfamiliar, Hua An had never heard it before.

Hua An turned around slightly, and saw a young palace maid walking behind her, who seemed to be holding a mink coat in her hand.

"Girl, is this?" Hua An pointed to the mink coat and frowned suspiciously.

Seeing Hua An calling herself a girl, the little palace maid smiled and said softly: "General, the night is cold, and the queen mother is afraid that the general will catch a cold, so she specially asks the slave maid to send a coat, so let the slave maid put it on the general!" The little palace maid said, reaching out and draping her mink coat over Hua An's shoulders.

Hua An stretched out his hand to straighten his coat, and suddenly felt that his body was indeed much warmer, and his heart was even warmer.

"Thank you, girl, go back and tell the Empress Dowager, and the last general Hua'an is grateful." Hua An said and shook his fist at the little palace maid.

The little girl smiled, turned and walked away quickly.

Fifty steps away from Hua'an's position, the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic was standing in the dark, quietly looking at Hua'an, seeing Hua'an put on a mink coat, the corners of her mouth smiled lightly, and turned around and walked towards the palace.

Hua An was patrolling the palace in a mink coat, and suddenly felt very warm, and there was no longer a feeling of cold.

"Big brother, big brother." Wang San's voice came from behind him.

Hua An looked back at Wang San and asked, "How is it, is everything arranged?" ”

Wang San replied: "Big brother, everything has been arranged, the capital is in order, and the thunderstorm and Wang Liu's soldiers and horses have also returned to the camp and stationed." ”

"Well, that's good, tell the soldiers to be vigilant, and at the same time send scouts to find out the movements of Yao Gezhong's army, the army is ready to attack at any time and completely annihilate Yao Gezhong's army to deter Shihu." Hua An Zhengse said.