After laughing, Cao Binfang asked: "Secret power, you have been staying in Jinling City for many days, and you already know everything about the reality in the city,"

Wang Yu nodded slightly, picked up the teacup and took another sip.

Cao Bin asked: "Then, in the opinion of secret power, if our army attacks the city with all its might, how many days can Jinling be taken?"

Wang Yu said with a smile: "Jinling is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a lot of reserves, and it is a strong city in the world, and it is difficult for our army to attack it with all its might." However, if the enemy's foreign aid is cut off, then persuade him to surrender by letter, and then he will be able to do it. ”

Cao Bin frowned and said: "You also heard just now, it is very difficult for the army to transport grain and grass outside, and the sooner this Jinling is conquered, the greater the credit for your majesty." The main force of the Jiangnan army, the Divine Guard, has been broken by me, is there any army in Jinling City that can stop us from attacking the city?"

Wang Yu turned the teacup in his hand and muttered: "There are not many elite soldiers in Jinling City, but there is still one person. Cao Shuai: Does Cao Shuai know who General Pan was defeated in Shaankou? Who was I captured?"

Cao Bin smiled and said, "Heiyun Du Yan, wasn't he dragged in Chizhou by Pan Mei?"

Wang Yu shook his head lightly and said: "General Pan was defeated by an unknown person, and he was ashamed to speak to others, but he almost delayed the military plane." ”

Cao Bin exclaimed: "Could it be that there is someone else who defeated Pan Mei?"

Wang Yu nodded and said: "Exactly, this person's surname is Wu Mingde, if he hadn't led a newly established army to fight with General Pan for half a month, how could Heiyun have the opportunity to break through the advance of our army in one fell swoop." After the Shaanxi War, he escorted me all the way back to Jinling, and now the official residence is the post of Jinling Beacon Fire Envoy, after the defeat of Huangfu Jixun, Cai Yu in Jinling City has no one else to rely on, I am afraid that he will be used. ”

At the same time, in the palace of the Jinling City Beacon Envoy, the privy envoy Wu Qiao held the holy decree and read aloud: "The Jinling Beacon Fire makes Wu Hero known as a strategist, has a meritorious role in quelling the chaos, and bestows the god to defend the Marquis of Yu, and admires this." He looked at Wu Yingying, who was kneeling straight below, nodded with satisfaction, and said warmly: "General Wu, now when the Jiangbei soldiers are approaching the city, Your Majesty has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, which shows that you rely on you, and you must not let down Your Majesty." ”

Wu Yingying replied: "Thank you Wu Xiangmen, you must do your best." After speaking, he took the holy decree and stood up and asked, "Ask Wu Xiang, how many soldiers are there in and around Jinling City?"

Wu Qiao nodded and replied: "According to the report of the Ministry of War, the Divine Guard Army originally had 100,000 people in Jinling, and after last night's battle, the elite was lost, and there are still more than 50,000 people left. ”

Wu Yingying's heart was in a burst of ecstasy, 50,000 people, this kind of army in hand, the feeling of killing by oneself is simply too cool, and then pressed down the excitement, and replied respectfully: "The last general understands." ”

Wu Qiao nodded and said, "Although you are young, you know the general situation, which is very good." "I thought that the generals of the DPRK were just withering, and let a new general like Wu Yingying sit on the position of the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Divine Guard

Outside the south gate of Jinling City, Tian Shaobin, the deputy commander of Xiaowu who was holding a big gun, led 500 cavalrymen to curse for nearly an hour, except for pouring down several liters of dung from time to time on the city, and drenching his head and face on the body of a cavalryman who was too close, there was no other movement, and he didn't even bother to shoot an arrow.

"The people of Jiangnan are really weak, if they were the comrades in the Northern Han Zuo Holy Army back then, even if they were outnumbered, they would come out to fight. Tian Shaobin thought with regret, looked back at the cavalry behind him, and all of them showed tired expressions, and some people simply dozed off on their horses. Although he has the title of deputy commander of Xiaowu, what he brought out this time is the cavalry under the command of the four commanders of the Cloud Cavalry Army, these cavalry are all selected from the Liangjiazi of the North to join the army, and the kung fu is okay immediately, and the fifty brothers who followed him from the Northern Han Dynasty to the Zhou have been damaged very much over the years. Because of his shallow foundation in the forbidden army of the imperial court, these cloud cavalry soldiers also suffered a lot with him, and the battle was the hardest, but there was not much credit, but fortunately, he was fair, and he never deducted military salaries, and these children of good families in border counties admired their riding and archery martial arts, so they had no complaints. Tian Shaobin glared at the Southern Tang soldiers who were lying on the top of the city, retracted the man's neck in fright, turned back to those cavalry and shouted: "Cheer up, scold for another half an hour, and we will collect our troops and return to the camp." After saying that, he couldn't help but yawn.

In Jinling City, along the empty streets, Wu Yingying rode alone to the government office of the Divine Guard Army in the city. Due to the arrival of the Song soldiers in the city, Jinling has been put under martial law, and the once lively street market is now sparsely populated, and all the shops are closed. All the strong men were either incorporated into the various armies, or directly pulled up to the city to carry arrows, arrows, wood and other things, and the rest of the people organized to set up barricades at various street entrances, and Tiande soldiers wearing purple ribbons replaced the officials and paraded around the city. Due to the fact that the beacon fire made the yamen suspect that there were a large number of Song military spies under the cover of being monks, all monks, nuns and Taoists were forbidden to go out on the streets, but had to stay in the temple and pray to the gods and Buddhas to bless Jiangnan through this catastrophe.

This morning, after the privy envoy Wu Qiao announced his appointment, he took him to the palace to participate in the emergency court meeting as the Marquis of Yu, the commander of the Divine Guard, and the arrival of the Song army in the city made everyone nervous, so Wu Yingying saw almost all the civil and military ministers in Jinling for the first time in history. At Wu Qiao's suggestion, Cai Yu came up with the determination to break the cauldron and sink the boat, in addition to Wu Yingying Jin Fengshen Guard Du Yu Marquis, responsible for reorganizing the Shenwei army scattered near the left of Jinling, and promoted the original Shenwei Du Yu Marquis Zhu Lingyun to the commander of the Shenwei Army, and ordered him to wait for the opportunity to go east along the river to aid Jinling, and awarded the original Tiande Du Yu Marquis Hu Ze to the title of Shenwu Du Yu Marquis, and ordered him to expand the Tiande Army to 30,000 people to defend the inner city, and awarded the inspection along the river, Lingbo Du Yu Marquis Lu Jiang added the title of Shenwu Commander Army, and ordered him to lead his troops to defend the Qinhuai first-line water gate arch to defend the Jinling city defense.

In terms of Wenchen, Wu Qiao and Zhang Bo were in charge of government affairs, and the inner servants Xu Yuanli and Diao Yan were the edicts of the inner hall, and they were responsible for delivering various urgent news to Cai Yu. Cai Yu originally wanted to send Xu Xuan, the prime minister who has always been the lord and good at words, Zhou Weijian in the matter, and Cai Congyi, the prince of Jiangguo, to carry 100,000 pieces of cloth and 200,000 catties of silver to Kaifeng to ask for peace with the Song State, and was persuaded by Wu Qiao and Wu Yingying, Wu Yingying even said that the soldiers of the Song State today are brave, and the only thing that is insufficient is that the treasury is empty and difficult to last.

After the court meeting, Wu Yingying immediately sent all his personal soldiers and notified the headquarters of the Divine Guard Army who could still be contacted to discuss matters in the office of the Divine Guard Army located in the city. Wang Yu was confined in the mansion and could still keep in touch with the outside world, and even was able to conspire with Huangfu Jixun, the commander of the original god guard, which really shocked Wu Yingying, there is no doubt that either the servants in the mansion or the servants of the Jinling Beacon who guarded Wang Yu were bought, but now there is no time to screen out who was bought by Wang Yu one by one, Wu Yingying simply no longer believes in all the servants of the Beacon Fire Envoy Yamen, and releases all the servants and maids, so that everything needs to be done by the soldiers.

Since last night, everything has happened so fast, so fast that Wu Yingying didn't have time to think, he reached out and touched a brocade handkerchief in his arms, and then put his hand to the end of his nose to sniff, his face was smiling, this was stuffed into Huang Wen's arms before leaving last night, and there was a light aroma of daylilies on it. While thinking about it, I came to the front of the Divine Guard Office.

Stepping inside, Wu Yingying was shocked by the sturdiness, and the original imagination of hundreds of strong soldiers standing with bated breath is completely different, among the hundreds of people standing in the lobby, there are big-bellied merchants, sloppy beggars, wrinkled craftsmen, cracked hands of fishermen, a few days ago and Hu Ze went to Qinhuai River to visit the painting boat The boss actually stood in the crowd, and saw Wu Yingying walking over with a smile on his face and said: " The little one has seen Lord Wu, and in the past two days, I have always said that you don't come to visit my daughter, and I wish you all the best in your life. A few people who looked like soldiers were standing by the wall, looking unruly, and when they saw Wu Yingying wearing the uniform of a commander, they didn't take the initiative to come up to salute, but only sneered at the courtyard. Chase, who was originally extremely capable, led dozens of soldiers who were already sweating profusely to maintain order, and when he saw Wu Yingying coming, he stepped forward to salute as if he had been amnestied: "Lord Wu, the officers above the head of the Divine Guard Army, all the officers who can be found are already here, and I will ask your Excellency to decide how to discuss the military." ”

Wu Yingying was dumbfounded, pointed to the fat man dressed as a businessman and said, "This is also an officer of the Divine Guard?"

, I was really helpless, and I couldn't help but feel sad: "Back then, Lin Renzhao guarded the southern capital, so that the northern army could not advance south. It's a pity that His Majesty listened to the slander and killed him by mistake, but it was only a few years, and the northern army actually fought to Jinling City. ”