"The Tuntian men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army?" Chu Lianzi frowned and asked, "He Aiqing, since this team of men and horses is mainly responsible for tuntian, and they must usually work in the fields, what is the combat power of such men and horses, can they really fight?" ”

Chu Lianzi's suspicions are very reasonable, Tuntian originally took field labor as the main task, and even was a complete peasant, but the Tuntian men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army maintained a certain amount of training under the special requirements of Hua'an.

He Chong smiled and replied: "Empress Dowager, the combat power of this army is definitely weaker than the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, but its combat power should not be underestimated, as far as the old minister knows, the Northern Expeditionary Army's Tuntian men and horses are usually divided into three waves by battalions, two of which are responsible for field work, and the remaining waves are left in the camp for training, and then rotated once every ten days, so that everyone is trained in the camp for ten days every month, and so it lasts for several years, and the combat power of this army is not weaker than any garrison, in addition, Wang Wu and Wang Liu, who commanded 20,000 horses, are all sworn brothers of General Hua, they are strong in martial arts, upright, and deeply convinced by the people, and they are all rare talents, among them, Wang Wu led 10,000 horses to garrison Liyang City in Jiangbei, and Wang Liu and his 10,000 horses remained near the capital. ”

Hearing this, Chu Lianzi wrinkled between her eyebrows slightly, she looked at the ministers, and ordered: "Both of them are my generals of the Great Jin, at the time of this national disaster, it is the moment for them to make meritorious contributions to the country, pass on the will of the mourning family, and entitle Wang Wu as a brave general, Wang Liu as a Yangwei general, and order General Wang Liu to lead a thousand men and horses to prepare for war immediately, if Zhao Guo's division invades the Wujiang Ferry, then immediately lead the army to reinforce the Wujiang Ferry, and the defenders of the ferry to flank the Zhao army, if the Zhao State Division is approaching the capital, let it lead the army to reinforce the capital. ”

"Yes, I will follow the decree of the Queen Mother." An officer clenched his fists and then turned to give the order.

Chu Lianzi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at He Chong, and asked: "He Aiqing, the Northern Expeditionary Army is mainly based on Tuntian, I don't know if their equipment is complete, and whether there is any remaining inventory of ordnance in the capital?" ”

Chu Garlic was very meticulous, and even the equipment held by this team was taken into account, which really surprised the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and the ministers had to admire Chu Garlic's mind in their hearts.

He Chong replied truthfully: "What the Queen Mother needs is that the ordnance used by this force is the old equipment left over from the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the quantity is also insufficient, but there are still a lot of weapons in stock in the capital, which is enough to equip this Tuntian army. ”

"Well, then there is Lao He Aiqing." Chu Garlic nodded with satisfaction.

With Wang Liu's 10,000 horses, Chu Garlic and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military hearts are a little relaxed, but the Zhao army has always been known for its fierce combat power, with this 10,000 horses, it is not possible to completely guarantee the safety of Jiangnan, and the nearest Jiangzhou army is also thousands of miles away from the capital, at this time to go to the order, it is obviously too late, the best way at present is to draw as many troops as possible from the vicinity of the capital, even if there are only 1,000 people.

Chu Lianzi looked at Uncle Yu Bing and said softly: "The land of Sanwu is the closest to the capital, and my uncle is quite familiar with the land of Sanwu, I wonder if I can send thousands of men and horses from the land of Sanwu to reinforce the Beijing Division?" ”

When Uncle Yu Bing heard this, his face was bitter, and he replied helplessly: "Back to the Queen Mother, all the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized in the land of Sanwu have been transferred to the Wujiang Ferry, and now, all the counties in the land of Sanwu have only two or three hundred defenders, and the cities of each county are only five or six hundred troops. If this really happens, the land of Sanwu will no longer belong to my Great Jin, but will become the territory of the bandits. ”

"I didn't expect that I would be a dignified man, and I had no soldiers to adjust." Chu Lianzi sighed helplessly, and then announced his retreat from the court, and asked the ministers to go to prepare for defense.

After retreating from the dynasty, He Chong immediately sent people to transport all kinds of weapons from the capital ordnance battalion to the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, handed them over to General Yangwei Wang Liu, and then distributed them to the people and horses of the department as soon as possible.

Wang Liu was awarded the title of general Yangwei, and got the order to prepare for war, which made him extremely excited, which is also Wang Liu's dream for many years, so many years, Wang Liu, who has been mainly farming, has long been a little tired of Tuntian, he has long wanted to fight on the battlefield.

When Hua'an led the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army to fight the rebellion, he strongly asked to go with the army, but was rejected by Hua'an, but he did not expect that this time Hua'an's main force was no longer in the capital, and at the same time, the main force of Zhao went south on a large scale, which just gave Wang Liuyi a good opportunity to show his skills.

Wang Liu swore in his heart that he must fight a good battle, let all the soldiers see his strength, and at the same time give his eldest brother Hua'an a long face.

To this end, Wang Liu carried out an emergency reorganization of the 10,000 horses under his command, so that the soldiers could quickly change from the usual state of Tuntian to the combat state, and at the same time, the training content was also changed from the usual assassination training to the formation training to deal with the Zhao army.

At the moment when Wang Liu's 10,000 soldiers and horses were preparing for the emergency war, the city wall of Jiankang City was also busy, and the soldiers of the Wuyi battalion who were responsible for guarding the Beijing Division, under the orders of their respective battalion owners, urgently carried the materials to the city wall, rolling wood, stones, fire oil, hay, etc., all the materials that were helpful to defend the city, and those that could be transported to the city wall were carried up, in order to speed up the speed, Cai Mo ordered officials at all levels in the city to mobilize the people in the city to help.

Indeed, with the help of the people, the efficiency of transporting materials has been greatly improved, and in just half a day's work, the city wall is full of all kinds of materials for defending the city.

In order to find out the exact direction of the attack of Zhao's division, the Great Jin court sent a large number of scouts to the west of the capital to reconnoitre, so as to know that they would win all battles.

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Just when the Great Jin Dynasty was making emergency preparations for war, the forward 3,000 men and horses led by Yao Xiang had successfully bypassed the two cities of Danyang and Moling, and it was not far from the capital, and the main force led by Yao Gezhong followed closely behind, lagging Yao Xiang for more than half an hour.

At a fork in the road, Yao Xianglerma stopped, he looked at the two roads, one large and one small, and fell into deep thought.

"Little general, the left side of the fork in the road is the main road, and the right side is the small road, so our army should take the big road! If the path is blocked, it will run in vain, and if there is an ambush, the consequences will be even more unimaginable. A battalion owner said in the air.

Yao Xiang smiled slightly, shook his head, and said: "If the general's expectation is good, this path on the right is the so-called 'Xiao Danyang Road' This is a secret road leading directly to Jiankang City, even if it is a Jiangnan person, I don't know much, let alone us, so the Jin army will not fortify this path."

"Little general, since the people of Jiangnan know very little, how did you know about it, in case this is not Xiao Danyang Road, but a mountain road to hunt in the mountains, wouldn't our army run away in vain." The camp owner was more cautious and didn't believe Yao Xiang's words very much.

Yao Xiang raised his head and said confidently: "Although Ben Jiang is not very old, he has traveled most of the world, and when he went to Jiangnan with his uncle three years ago, he found out about this road from the mouth of the people in the mountains and wilderness, and walked it himself, but three years have passed, and the environment around the path has changed slightly, and Ben Jiang feels a little rusty." ”

"The little general is well-informed, but his humble position is far inferior." The camp owner hurriedly complimented.

was praised by his subordinates, Yao Xiang was naturally in a good mood, he pointed to the direction of Xiao Danyang Dao, and explained: "I think that back then, Su Jun, the Liyang Inner History of the Jin Kingdom, raided Jiankang City from this road, and finally coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but unfortunately, Su Junzhi was very talented, and he was negligent in guarding against the capital, and finally the army was defeated and died, which is a great pity!" ”

"Oh, the little general knows so much, and the humble position is considered a long insight today." The camp master next to him complimented again.

"What is this, it's just some past events, it's not much insight." Yao Xiang shook his head humbly and reminded: "However, this path is rugged and difficult, and it is not very easy to walk, but the army has worked hard, and within two or three hours, it should be able to reach the foot of Jiankang City." ”

"Yes, little general, without further ado, let's go now!" The camp owner said.

Yao Xiang nodded and said, "Order, the whole army and horses will march immediately along the path." ”

"Let's go, let's go." The battalion leader let out a loud shout and rode his horse to lead the soldiers towards Xiao Danyang Road.

Yao Xiang stood at the fork in the road, pointed to a few soldiers behind him, and ordered: "A few of you are staying here, waiting for the main force of the main general, and tell the main general that the forward men and horses have already marched from the path, if they encounter an ambush, they will definitely ignite wolf smoke, so that the main general must not venture in, and will try to break through, if a qiē is normal, the path is not ambushed, and the main general can lead the main force into the small road and approach Jiankang City."

"Yes, little general." Several pro-soldiers responded with fists clenched.

Yao Xiang glanced around, rode his horse into Xiaodan Yang Road, and marched with the forward men.

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In the direction of Jiande City at the southern end of Wu County, more than 10,000 cavalry led by Hua'an have crossed the Zhejiang River and are marching towards Jiande City.

Outside the gate of Jiande City, a temporary military camp stands there, which is the official of the city, arranged according to the requirements of Hua'an, the large camp is relatively simple, but it is not a problem to garrison people.

Hua An rode his horse into the temporary camp, and asked his subordinate cavalry to immediately unsaddle and stirrup the war horse, so that the tired war horse could relax.

In these days of high-intensity marching, the war horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army are getting thinner and thinner, and some of the war horses that are only three years old, due to their relatively weak bodies, have fallen on the road, in order not to slow down the marching speed of the army, all the cavalry whose war horses have died, all stay in the nearby city, wait for the infantry behind, and return with the infantry.