Sun Fudu, the general of Zhao State, invaded Wujiang City, and in just a few hours, Wujiang City fell, half of the soldiers defending the city were killed, and the rest fled to Liyang City.

Sun Fudu saw that Liyang City was strong and guarded by more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, so he did not dare to attack rashly, he guarded Wujiang City, waiting for Shi Hu's main army.

A few days later, the main army led by Shi Hu marched in the direction of Wujiang City, and the general Yao Gezhong led 20,000 partial divisions to quietly leave the main army, turned around and marched westward, preparing to attack the Wuhu ferry.

When Shihu's main army entered Wujiang City one after another, the Jin court judged that Shihu's main army would forcibly cross the river from Wujiang Ferry, so it mobilized 30,000 soldiers from Yangzhou near the capital to enter the south bank of Wujiang Ferry to fortify.

The Yangzhou Legion originally had 100,000 soldiers and horses, but the 100,000 troops of the Qingzhou Legion of Zhao State invaded Xuzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Xuzhou Legion had fewer men and horses, and it was difficult to resist the attack of the Zhao Army, so the main force of the Yangzhou Legion of the Great Jin Dynasty had crossed the river to reinforce Xuzhou, and only 30,000 people and horses remained in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wujiang City is only a small city, and it is very close to Liyang City, only about fifty miles, if the rebels want to gain a foothold in Jiangbei, they must break through Liyang City, but Liyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are more than 10,000 Jin troops stationed in the army, if you want to attack forcibly, the loss will be very large, and it will be quite time-consuming, I am afraid that after breaking through Liyang City, the Jin army in Jiangnan has been fully prepared, and even the Northern Expeditionary Army in Jiaozhou will return in time, and the situation will develop in a direction that is not conducive to Zhao.

As a result, Shi Hu and the generals under his command all thought that there was no need to attack Liyang City, and directly crossed the river to attack Jiankang City, the capital of the Jin State, as long as Jiankang City was broken and the emperor of the Jin State was captured, the defenders of Liyang City would naturally obediently offer a surrender table, and even the entire Jiangnan could be swept away lightly.

The Jin soldiers and horses who stuck to Liyang City did not have the strength to go out of the city to fight against the main force of Zhao State, so they could only passively guard the city, and they had no ability to intervene in the upcoming operation of the main force of Zhao State at the Wujiang Ferry.

Wujiang Ferry is an important ferry in the river, and it is also the ferry port that the Jin army focuses on operating, and thousands of ships were originally berthed on both sides of the ferry, but due to the advance of the Zhao army, now, all the ships are moored on the south bank.

The Zhao army occupied the north bank of the ferry, and if you wanted to cross the river, you had to have a large number of ships, so Shi Hu ordered a large-scale shipbuilding operation near the Wujiang crossing, and in addition to craftsmen, slaves, and even soldiers, joined the shipbuilding operation.

Zhao's shipbuilding operation made a lot of movement, which made the Great Jin Imperial Court further affirm that Shi Hu would go south from the Wujiang Ferry, for this reason, the Great Jin Imperial Court transferred more military supplies to the Wujiang Ferry, of which, there were three million arrows alone, which were distributed to each soldier, with an average of one hundred arrows per soldier.

Just when the Great Jin Dynasty focused all its attention on the Wujiang Ferry, a 20,000-horse division led by Yao Gezhong, the general of Zhao State, had arrived on the north bank of the Wuhu Ferry under the cover of night, but the defenders of the Wuhu Ferry of the Great Jin Dynasty did not know that under the surprise attack of Yao Gezhong's 20,000 troops, the north bank of the Wuhu Ferry was occupied, and dozens of ships were captured by Yao Gezhong before they had time to withdraw to the south of the river, and this qiē, the Jin army on the south bank of the Wuhu River was unaware.

Yao Gezhong ordered the forward of his department to put on the military uniform of the Jin army, waving the flag of the Jin army, and swaggering towards the south of the Yangtze River, while the Jin army on the south bank saw that it was their own ship coming, and the flag on the ship was also their own flag, so they did not suspect anything at all, and even went to the ferry to greet them.

After the ship arrived at the ferry, thousands of elite Zhao State hiding in the cabin suddenly rushed out, the Jin defenders on the south bank were caught off guard, and the losses were extremely heavy, after a period of fighting, the Zhao army completely occupied the south bank of the Wuhu ferry, and then, all the ships of the ferry went to the north bank, and all the main forces that were still on the north bank were transported to the south bank.

After all the 20,000 troops arrived on the south bank, Yao Gezhong was faced with two choices, the first was to march east along the river, attack the Yangzhou army on the south bank of the Wujiang ferry, and receive Shi Hu's main army to cross the Wujiang crossing, and then, the whole army of 100,000 horses converged into one place to attack Jiankang City, the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Second, he could directly lead the army eastward and raid Jiankang, the capital of the Jin Kingdom, with the strength of 20,000 horses.

These two options have their own advantages and disadvantages, the first choice is more important, with 20,000 horses to raid the 30,000 army of the Yangzhou Army, Yao Gezhong has a great confidence that he can defeat the other party, even if it is a draw, it can also greatly attract the strength of the Yangzhou Army, so that the defense ability of the Wujiang River Ferry is greatly reduced, so that the main army of Shihu on the north bank of the Wujiang River can break through the fortification of the Jin State and reach the south bank of the Wujiang River, and then the two armies will join forces to launch an attack on Jiankang City, and the strength of the 100,000 army is enough to make the defenders of Jiankang City difficult to resist, It is inevitable to break through Jiankang City.

Of course, the disadvantage of this is a waste of time, when the army solves the Jin army at the Wujiang ferry, the news has already entered Jiankang City, knowing that the Jin royal family who can't hold the city, will not stay in Jiankang City and wait to be caught, but will retreat all the way to the south, so it is very difficult to capture, and as long as the emperor and main ministers of the Jin State cannot be captured, even if the Jiankang City is not of great significance, the defenders of the Jin State will not stop resisting when they see that the emperor is still there, and the difficulty of sweeping the south of the Yangtze River will be greatly increased.

And the second option is to directly attack Jiankang City with an army of 20,000, so that when the Jin court learns the news, 20,000 troops have already arrived in the city, and it is impossible for the Jin court to avoid it to the south. What if the Jin reinforcements arrive, how many Jin troops are around the capital, how many Jin soldiers and horses are guarding the capital, and what is the combat power, these are all questions that Yao Gezhong has to consider.

Yao Gezhong had already made up his mind to directly raid Jiankang City, but when he really wanted to act, he fell into hesitation again, after all, at this time, he was alone, if he succeeded in attacking Jiankang City, everything would be fine, and if he failed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Father, what are you worried about?" Seeing Yao Gezhong's sad face, Yao Xiang asked softly.

This Yao Xiang is Yao Gezhong's fifth son, and now, although he is only fifteen years old, he has excellent arm strength and courage, and has won Yao Gezhong's trust and appreciation.

Yao Gezhong looked sideways at Yao Xiang and said: "Xiang'er, my father is worried about the lack of strength, after all, Jiankang City is the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and after many years of operation, it must be a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with the 20,000 horses of our army, can we really break through Jiankang City?" Our army does not have much food and grass, and if we can't break the city within ten days, the consequence will be the annihilation of the whole army! ”

When Yao Xiang heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Father don't worry, the main force of the king has attracted all the main forces of the Jin army in the south of the Yangtze River, and the details sent by the child to Jiankang City have sent back the news, at this time, the defenders of Jiankang City only have six battalions of Wuyi, a total of 6,000 people, these soldiers of the Wuyi battalion, usually show off their might, really fight, by no means the opponent of our army, with our army of 20,000 horses, within ten days will definitely be able to break through Jiankang City and seize the little emperor of the Jin State." After speaking, Yao Xiang looked confident.

After listening to Yao Xiang's analysis, Yao Gezhong was in a much better mood, he looked at Yao Xiang with satisfaction, and said: "Xiang'er, your analysis is very reasonable, but if our army advances east along the river and attacks the south bank of the Wujiang ferry, what do you think?" ”

Yao Xiang shook his head and said: "Father, although this plan is safe, it will definitely let the Jin royal family escape, as long as the Jin royal family can't be caught, the king will be very unhappy, besides, the surprise attack on Jiankang City and the capture of the little emperor of the Jin State are all due to the father, this is a miracle in the world?" ”

"Xiang'er, you're right, our army should attack Jiankang City in a hurry, as long as the little emperor of the Jin State is captured, it will only be a matter of time before the south of the Yangtze River is swept away." Yao Gezhong finally mustered up his courage, he walked to the military map in the big tent, looked at the topographic map of the south of the Yangtze River, and said slowly: "If you want to avoid the Jin army at the Wujiang crossing, our army should go around the lake city and march along the Danyang and Moling paths, and it only takes one day for the army to reach the city of Jiankang." ”

"Father, without further ado, our army will set off now, and we will arrive at Jiankang City before sunset." Yao Xiang hugged his fists.

Yao Gezhong grinned and said loudly: "Within one day, the Jin army will definitely be unable to guard against it, maybe tomorrow at this time, my father will be sitting in the palace hall of the Jin Kingdom, hahaha!" ”

"Father, let the child take the lead! The child will not let you down. Yao Xiang took the initiative to ask Ying to be the vanguard of the army.

If Jiankang City can be broken, Yao Gezhong should be the first to take the lead, and the generals of the former army under his command are naturally also a great achievement, Yao Gezhong is naturally willing to give this great credit to his son, so he said happily: "Okay, Xiang'er, for my father, I will order you to be the commander of the front army, and you will immediately lead 3,000 troops to kill Jiankang City." ”

"Yes, father." Yao Xiang looked confident, as if the gate of Jiankang City had been opened for him, and the great credit had been placed in front of him.

Yao Xiang led 3,000 troops to march immediately from Wuhu Ferry, and took the lead in marching in the direction of Jiankang City.

After Yao Gezhong's soldiers and horses broke through the Wuhu Ferry, some of the soldiers at the Wuhu Ferry retreated to the nearby Yuhu City, and the Yuhu City garrison learned that the Wuhu Ferry was lost, and the 20,000 troops of the Zhao State crossed the river, and they were shocked and immediately sent fast horses to report this emergency to the imperial court.

Early in the morning of the second day, the emergency military situation of the loss of Wuhu was transmitted to Jiankang City, and the court of the Great Jin Dynasty learned of this situation, and immediately panicked.