At this time, on the battlefield of Henan, the shouting and killing outside the city of Hanging Gourd was earth-shattering.

Since Zhang Gui led the army to break through the Hanging Gourd City, the Hanging Gourd City was stationed like a nail in the heart of Northern Qin.

After the Northern Qin general An Zhong relieved the siege of Wancheng, he besieged the Hanging Fortress City together with the Northern Qin royal family Yuan Jie.

It has been a month since the siege of the Hanging Gourd City, but no news can be transmitted, and Zhang Gui gradually fell into despair in the city.

Zhang Gui looked at the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers around him, and then made a decision to abandon the city and break through.

Zhang Gui divided the soldiers and horses into two routes, and led his troops of 3,000 people to break through from the west gate first, and then led Pei Ren to kill his troops from the south gate, and after breaking through, they dispersed to Yiyang to assemble.

The news of Zhang Gui's breakthrough with his troops reached An Zhong's ears, An Zhong immediately led the army to intercept Zhang Gui, Zhang Gui himself was brave and good at fighting, and his subordinates fought desperately to the death, and finally killed a gap, Zhang Gui rode out of the siege and went in the direction of Yiyang.

Pei Ren's subordinates attracted most of their attention because of Zhang Gui, and after dropping more than 3,000 corpses, they broke through from the south gate, and then the subordinates divided into several teams and retreated on their own in the direction of Yiyang.

Since then, the Northern Qin army has finally won its first major victory since the start of the war, and Min Guan was overjoyed when he heard it.

At this time, the heralds sent by Wei Ran to Jiankang were intercepted at the post station outside the city before they arrived in Jiankang.

Then the letter was sent directly to the prime minister's mansion, and Lu Cao was overjoyed when he saw the letter, and called three good words in a row. Immediately issued an edict in the name of Xiao Heng and sent it to the front line in Hefei.

After Wei Ran occupied Hefei, Zhao Youzhi tentatively attacked several times, but they were all repulsed, Zhao Youzhi stopped moving, and the two sides temporarily died down.

A few days later, the imperial envoy came to Hefei with an edict.

Ling Yangkan led the army to garrison Hefei, Xiao Ju, and Wei Ran immediately returned to Jiankang to report on his work and receive rewards.

Wei Ran and Xiao Ju boarded the big ship and crossed the Yangtze River with the remaining six thousand Prince Wei, as well as Yang Hu and Gao Kun.

After Lu Cao learned the news, his brows furrowed slightly: "Why did you bring thousands of soldiers?" ”

At this time, Xie Chang said: "Lu Xiang is too worried, the prince guard himself is accused of guarding the East Palace, and now that the war has stopped, there is nothing wrong with following Xiao Ju back to Jiankang." ”

Lu Ke nodded, and then asked hurriedly, "Are you all ready?" ”

Lu Cao's plan had Chen Yuan'er wait for Xiao Ju outside the gate of Jiankang City, and then introduce him into Taicheng. Subsequently, the West Imperial Forest besieged Wei Ran and Xiao Ju in Taicheng.

"Lu Xiang is relieved, foolproof. And in the name of His Majesty, I also replaced the garrison generals of Guangling, even if Wei Ran was aware of it, there were no soldiers available. Thousands of princes and guards can't set off the wind and waves. ”

Wei Ran was on the river at this time, and when he saw Xiao Ju's anxious expression at this time, he couldn't help but quip: "Why is the prince so anxious, but he misses his sister-in-law?" ”

Xiao Ju glanced at Wei Ran: "Don't you want Yanran and Miss Li?" ”

When Wei Ran heard this, he thought of their voices and smiles, and not only smiled slightly.

Now that the war has stopped for a while, General Hefei Yangkan leads the army to garrison, and only needs to transport a large amount of grain and grass into the city from the waterway, Hefei is strong, and the Northern Qin army cannot be easily broken.

At this age, Wei Ran thought of his wife, children and mother in Jiangling, but then Wei Ran suddenly thought of something.

"Crown Prince, Your Majesty summoned Weber before and never stayed in the palace, right? At most, the summons are not more than three days in a row? ”

After Xiao Ju thought about it carefully, he nodded and said: "Yes, my father and I have said that if you summon Weber frequently, it will also make Weber suspicious, so he has been summoned to the palace in the name of playing chess." ”

"It's been nearly half a month since Weber last wrote to me, but why hasn't he arrived in Hefei yet?" Wei Ran suddenly panicked at this time: "Could it be that Weber is sick?" Then there should be a letter to me. ”

At this time, the boat had arrived at the ferry, and after Wei Ran led the crowd to get off the boat, he led the prince to the direction of Jiankang.

On the official road leading to Jiankang, Wei Ran looked around, and then said suspiciously: "Has Your Highness ever noticed that something is wrong?" ”

Xiao Ju also looked around: "There are no suspicious people?" ”

"Maybe I'm worried about Webb, so I'm worried about it." Wei Ran then said with a smile.

Later, in the open space next to the official road ten miles away from Jiankang, Wei Ran said: "General Yang Hu is camping here to rest, and General Gao Kun can bring five hundred princes and guards into the city with me." ”

At this time, Gao Xiaoshun also looked left and right all the way, and then said enviously: "At present, it is the time when the farmland needs to be irrigated, and Jiankang is worthy of being in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no need for irrigation in the fields in such weather." ”

Wei Ran then looked at the vast farmland around him, and it was indeed empty: "The fields here are basically the fields of the big families in Jiankang City. It's a little weird indeed. ”

Then everyone walked to the foot of Jiankang City, where Chen Yuaner and Lu Ke had been waiting for a long time.

Xiao Ju did not doubt him, and was about to drive forward into the city, but Wei Ran whispered on the side: "Your Highness is a little slow, and the younger brother thinks it's a little inappropriate?" ”

"What's wrong?" Xiao Ju was puzzled.

"I waited for the triumphant return, but there were no people behind the city gate, and the ministers came to Linhai County in the past, and the people were caught in the greetings." Wei Ran explained, and then Wei Ran said: "The prince looked at the soldiers behind Gonggong Chen, and his eyes were full of vigilance when he looked at us? And the soldiers on the castle tower also looked at us with a sense of waiting for an opportunity. ”

Xiao Ju only noticed at this time that the soldiers in front of him were all on the blades, and indeed some of the soldiers looked at them with wary eyes.

Lu Ke saw that Xiao Ju had stopped advancing, and his heart was also extremely anxious.

"My lord, let the servants go up to meet the prince. Seeing the old slave prince, he must be relieved. Chen Yuan'er said with a smile at this time.

"It's okay, then it's hard work."

Chen Yuan'er slowly walked towards Xiao Ju at this time, Xiao Ju saw Chen Yuan'er coming, so he said to Wei Ran: "Gonggong Chen is an old man in the palace, it may be that we are leading the troops outside, and it is normal for the soldiers to be a little nervous." ”

Chen Yuan'er slowly walked in front of Xiao Ju with two soldiers, and then shouted loudly: "Your Highness, run, the king of Chu has rebelled." ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw that Wei Ran had already stepped forward, stabbed to death the two soldiers behind Chen Yuan'er, and then lifted Chen Yuan'er to his horse.

It turned out that when Chen Yuan'er walked towards Xiao Ju just now, Wei Ran noticed Chen Yuan'er's eyes, and saw that the two soldiers behind Chen Yuan'er were all looking at Chen Yuan'er, looking vigilant

Just before Chen Yuan'er shouted loudly, Wei Ran was already ready, the atmosphere today was too weird, and he finally took the lead before the two soldiers moved.

Suddenly, there was chaos outside Jiankang City, and Wei Ran's sudden attack surprised Lu Ke.

"Retreat to the Prince's Guard camp." Wei Ran hurriedly said, and then grabbed Xiao Ju's reins.

Xiao Ju was still in shock at this time, and only woke up when he saw the mount suddenly turn around.

And Gao Kun had already ordered the prince to guard behind Xiao Ju at this time, and Lu Ke shouted at this time: "Don't let go of the arrow yet!" ”

The soldiers on Jiankang City just woke up and began to fire arrows in unison.

Prince Wei used his flesh and blood to form a shield wall to cover Xiao Ju Wei Ran's retreat.

In just an instant, Prince Wei left behind dozens of corpses.

Then the Jiankang defenders fired another volley, even Xiao Ju's mount was hit by an arrow, Xiao Ju fell to the ground, and suddenly several prince guards surrounded Xiao Ju in the middle, and Xiao Ju changed a horse and fled in a hurry.

At this time, thousands of soldiers had been killed in the city, and only Gao Kun, Gao Xiaoshun and more than 20 people were left by Wei Ran and Xiao Ju.

Seeing this, Gao Kun said to Wei Ran: "I, Gao Kun, gave this life by the Hou Ye, I will lead people to resist, and the prince and the prince will leave quickly." ”

Then Gao Kun looked at Gao Xiaoshun: "You are my righteous son, you have to protect the son of the world after I die." ”

Then Gao Kun led more than 20 people to kill the Jiankang defenders in turn, and after rampage all the way, he decisively blocked the momentum of the Jiankang defenders' impact.

Gao Kun was originally a tiger general, holding a long knife and being sharp in the crowd. But after all, they were outnumbered, and soon the prince guards around him were killed and wounded.

Gao Kun was surrounded in the phalanx, and then ten thousand arrows were fired, and a generation of famous generals Gao Kun died under Jiankang City with random arrows piercing his heart.

Taking advantage of Gao Kun's delay, Wei Ran and Xiao Ju finally rushed to the prince's guard.

"All the prince's guards gather and form a formation to meet the enemy!" Wei Ran shouted loudly outside the camp.

Prince Wei was still camping at this time, and when he heard Wei Ran's words, Yang Hu immediately shouted: "Brothers, take up arms." Protect the crown prince and the prince. ”