"Yes, big brother." Wang San replied loudly.

Hua An nodded, looked at Wang San, and asked, "Wang San!" If you were Yao Gezhong, at this time, what choice would you make? ”

Wang San frowned and said softly: "Big brother, if I were Yao Gezhong, after the defeat of the army, I would definitely not attack the capital again, but find a way to join the main force in Jiangbei and concentrate on marching towards the capital again." ”

"Converging with the main army, is Yao Gezhong going to cross the river and go north?" Hua An frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly felt shocked, and blurted out: "Wujiang Ferry, Yao Gezhong is very likely to surprise Wujiang Ferry." ”

"Big brother, no! The Wujiang Ferry was garrisoned by 30,000 men and horses of the Yangzhou Army, and Yao Gezhong had the most more than 10,000 men and horses at this time, so he should not have the strength to defeat the defenders of the Wujiang Ferry. Wang San said.

Hua An shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, although Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses were defeated by our army, but its main force still exists, although it can't fight with the 30,000 main forces of the Yangzhou Army head-on, but if Yao Gezhong adopts a sneak attack strategy and launches a surprise attack on the Wujiang Ferry, even if he can't defeat the defenders of the Wujiang Ferry, but at least it will be hit hard, and once the defenders of the Wujiang Ferry are hit hard, the strength is bound to be greatly reduced, at this time, the main army of Shi Hu on the north bank of the ferry will take advantage of the situation to capture the south bank of the Wujiang Ferry, and once the Wujiang Ferry is mastered by Shi Hu, The main army of Zhao will continue to step into the land south of the Yangtze River, at that time, with more than 10,000 cavalry of our Northern Expeditionary Army, it will definitely not be able to stop, the river is the natural barrier of my Great Jin, without the river, the capital will be in no danger to defend. ”

After listening to Hua'an's analysis, Wang San frowned and said hurriedly: "Big brother, if this is the case, how should our army respond and immediately reinforce the Wujiang ferry!" ”

Hua An lowered his head and thought for a while, shook his head and said: "There is no need to be so anxious, tonight Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses first attacked the capital, and then suddenly attacked by our army, at this time it should be a lack of people and horses, Yao Gezhong wants to attack the Wujiang ferry urgently, but also carefully investigate, besides, the capital to the Wujiang ferry is dozens of miles, Yao Gezhong has not yet been able to surprise the Wujiang ferry." ”

"Yes! Big brother, the officers and soldiers of our army are also very tired, let the soldiers have a good night's rest, and reinforce the Wujiang ferry tomorrow morning, okay? Wang Sanjian said.

"Okay, you immediately send someone to the direction of the big camp to give an order, tell the thunderstorm and Wang Liu, tomorrow morning, the two of them will immediately lead the main army to march in the direction of the Wujiang ferry, leaving only the two thousand men and horses under Wang Liu's command to take care of the granary and the big camp." Hua An ordered.

"Yes, big brother, I'll go now." Wang San said and turned to leave.

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Fifteen miles west of Jiankang City, Yao Gezhong, the general of Zhao State, sat paralyzed on the ground, surrounded by crooked soldiers, since they were defeated by the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, they fled all the way, and fled for fifteen miles, and stopped with confidence when they saw that the cavalry of the Jin Army did not chase them.

At this time, all the soldiers of the Zhao army were extremely tired, many soldiers were also wounded, in the woods that did not go to the village and did not have shops, some soldiers took out the dried meat on their bodies, sat on the ground and ate it, due to the cold weather, some soldiers looked for dry branches and lit a bonfire in the woods.

"General, drink saliva!" A subordinate handed the kettle to Yao Gezhong.

Yao Gezhong waved his hand and asked, "What about Xiang'er?" Did the scouts sent out find out Xiang'er's whereabouts? ”

"Back to the general, not yet, but the little general is brave and smart, I believe it will be fine." The ministry general comforted Yao Gezhong.

Yao Gezhong sighed, frowned, and said: "More than 10,000 cavalry of the Jin army suddenly arrived, and our army was caught off guard!" ”

"Yes! General, where did the soldiers and horses of the Jin army come from? Why didn't you report this time, could it be that you are farming again? The general was also puzzled.

"Phew, can the Jin army have so many people in Tuntian? You can also see that this cavalry is well-trained and is the main force of the Jin army at all. Yao Gezhong was very annoyed in his heart.

It is no wonder that his troops were suddenly attacked by the Jin army twice in a row, and without getting any information in advance, this kind of thing would be very annoying to anyone.

"Send multiple scouts to the direction of the capital to investigate, I will know which unit of the Jin army this cavalry is, and why it suddenly appeared in the direction of Jiankang City." Yao Gezhong ordered.

"Yes, General, the last general will do it." The general clenched his fists and turned away.

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Just a few miles away from Yao Gezhong's army, Yao Xiang was marching west with the five thousand remnants of his army, and the soldiers were extremely tired all the way.

"Little General, let's take a break! The soldiers couldn't walk. "A ministry will build yì road.

Yao Xiang took a breath, looked back, and saw that the soldiers really couldn't walk, and the Jin army soldiers and horses did not chase after him, so he ordered: "Soldiers, rest in place." ”

Seeing that the Lord would give the order to rest, the soldiers, who were already exhausted, breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground in an instant.

The general walked up to Yao Xiang, took a breath, and said, "Little general, fortunately you heard that it was the enemy's cavalry, otherwise, our army would be completely finished." ”

Yao Xiang smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "Carving insect skills, it's a pity that I found it too late, our army still lost a thousand people, it's a pity!" ”

"Little General, what should we do now?" The general asked.

"Let the soldiers rest well, and then find the main general's men and horses, and after the troops are combined, then discuss the next step." Yao Xiang said softly.

"Oh." The general answered, stood up, looked up into the distance, and suddenly found that in the dense forest several miles away, there seemed to be a fire, and it was a large area of fire.

"Little general, firelight, there are people in the dense forest to the south, there must be someone." The ministry will hurriedly report what he has seen.

Hearing this, Yao Xiang got up and looked south, and sure enough, he found a faint fire in the depths of the woods at the south gate.

"Little general, will it be the main general's men there?" The general said.

Yao Xiang stared at the firelight, and said, "Most likely, it is, but the general can't be very sure, so send a few soldiers over to take a look." ”

"Yes, you guys, go over and have a look." The general shouted orders to several soldiers beside him to reconnoiter a few miles to the south.

Hearing the order, several soldiers supported their tired bodies, rode their horses and quietly marched south, and happened to encounter the scouts sent by Yao Gezhong on the way, and learned that the main army of Yao Gezhong was ahead, so they immediately returned and told Yao Xiang the news.

Yao Xiang saw that his father's soldiers and horses were not far away, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to get up and go to meet Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses.

Soon, the 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Yao Xiang arrived at Yao Gezhong's location, and the soldiers rested on the ground again.

"Father, father." Yao Xiang saw Yao Gezhong and hurriedly ran over to say hello.

"Xiang'er, Xiang'er, you're fine." Yao Gezhong looked at his son and asked, "How, how many people have been lost." ”

"When I went back to my father, I lost a thousand men and horses, and my son brought back five thousand." Yao Xiang replied truthfully.

Yao Gezhong breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly: "Not bad, not bad, very good, when my father retreated, when I saw the cavalry of the Jin army going north, I was really worried, I thought it would be good if you could bring back a thousand men and horses, but I really didn't expect to lose a thousand." ”

"General, it was the little general who heard that the horseshoe of the Jin army was different from the hooves of our army, so he retreated in advance, otherwise, it is difficult to say whether he can withdraw a thousand!" The general beside Yao Xiang said.

"Okay, okay, my son is really talented!" Yao Gezhong looked very happy.

Yao Xiang looked at the tired soldiers around him and asked, "Father's losses in this battle are not small!" I don't know how many thousand people remain. ”

"There are only more than 7,000 people and horses, counting the 5,000 people and horses brought back by my son, there are only 12,000 soldiers and horses in total at present, and the losses are heavy!" Yao Gezhong said sadly.

"General, little general, at present, our army is only 12,000, and the Jin army in Jiankang City has at least 20,000 horses, our army's plan to attack Jiankang is a complete failure, what to do next, please do your best to decide." A general holds his fists.

Yao Gezhong frowned, looked at Yao Xiang, and said, "What is my son's construction, you might as well talk about it." ”

Yao Xiang touched his chin and said: "Father, generals, after our army crossed the river, there were two strategies, the first is to attack Jiankang City, and the second is to surprise attack the Wujiang ferry, these two, no matter which one is successful, will give the Jin army a fatal blow, and at present, due to the arrival of Jin reinforcements, our army is in a weak position, if you want to attack Jiankang City again, there is no possibility of success, so why doesn't our army take the second strategy and attack the Wujiang crossing?" After speaking, he looked at the generals nearby.

"Little general, there are 30,000 Jin soldiers at the Wujiang Ferry, and the number of troops is more than that of Jiankang City, our army is attacking the Wujiang Ferry, can we win?" One general expressed concern.

Yao Xiang smiled at the corner of his mouth, full of confidence, and said: "As long as the preparation is sufficient, our army should have an eighty percent chance of winning." ”

"Xiang'er, why are you so confident, and where does the eighty percent chance of winning come from, you might as well talk about it in detail." Yao Gezhong was also skeptical of Yao Xiang's self-confidence.

Yao Xiang pointed to the direction of Jiankang City and explained: "Father, although the strength of Jiankang City is small, the city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and after a series of attacks by our army, the vigilance is extremely high, and the defenders of the Wujiang ferry are different, although there are 30,000 Jin troops stationed there, but the opposite side of the river is the main force of the king, the strength is far greater than the 30,000 horses of the Jin army, and the warships used to cross the river are becoming more and more complete, in order to fight against the main army of the king, the 30,000 horses of the Jin army, at least more than 20,000 should be deployed in the direction facing the north of the river, The defensive formation of the battalion is also facing north, and the strength of the back will be extremely weak, and our army suddenly attacked the weak back of the Jin army, which can naturally give the Jin army a great blow, even if it can't defeat the Jin army, at least it can be hit hard, as long as the Jin army guarding the Wujiang ferry is hit hard, the main army of the king can wave the division to the south, easily break through the river defense line, and then join our army, with the strength of 100,000 troops, attack Jiankang City, and the Great Jin Kingdom will be destroyed. ”