After Zhang Gui occupied Xinting, he did not rush to attack according to Wei Ran's instructions, but first set up camp, and then got in touch with Yang Hu stationed in Stone City.

Yang Hu couldn't help but be in high spirits when he saw that the imperial army had finally arrived, and it had been almost four months since he was ordered to defend Stone City. Prince Wei also fought to less than 2,000 people, since Wang Zhenmo was exterminated, the people of Danyang County did not dare to unscrupulously transport grain to Yang Hu, so Yang Hu was particularly aggrieved in the city.

The Xiao Luan army besieging Stone Town, the main general is Gongsun Ao, who does not have much ability, and likes to drink.

Even the left and right persuaded Gongsun Ao: "General, the reinforcements of the thief army have arrived in Xinting, and they may cross the Qinhuai River at any time to relieve the siege of Stone City." ”

But Gongsun Ao, who drank too much, didn't care, but shouted: "Zhang Gui is just a little pawn in Wei Ran's account, and he is brave enough to bear the courage of his husband, what is there to fear?" Even if Wei Ran came in person, Ben would not be afraid. ”

Gongsun Ao couldn't persuade Gongsun Ao to see left and right, and Gongsun Ao didn't say anything when he saw that he was left and right, and then laughed and said: "You don't need to worry too much, the thief army is tired after a long battle, and you won't dare to come tonight." ”

But before Gongsun Ao finished speaking, he suddenly heard the noise outside, Gongsun Ao was shocked and shouted: "What's going on outside?" ”

"General Yu, the rebels have crossed the Qinhuai River at night and are attacking our army camp!"

Gongsun Ao didn't care about anything else at this time, hurriedly put on his armor and rushed out of the camp, seeing that Zhang Gui had already led the army into the camp at this time, Gongsun Ao was so angry that he stomped his feet, and then shouted: "Take my horse!" ”

The entourage hurriedly led the horse, but I don't know whether it was panic or excessive drinking, and Gongsun Ao couldn't get on the horse and fell to the ground.

Zhang Gui had already seen a general in the distance at this time, regardless of the thirty-seven twenty-one, he patted the horse and rushed towards Gongsun Ao.

Gongsun Ao was falling to the ground at this time and was in pain, and finally got up and was about to get on the horse, when he suddenly saw the horses in front of him panic and went away, Gongsun Ao suddenly looked up, and saw a big knife coming towards his head, Gongsun Ao didn't even scream, the body was separated, and he fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Gongsun Aobu threw away their armor and went in the direction of Jiankang, and Yang Hu hurriedly opened the city gate to lead Zhang Gui inside.

Entering the Stone City, Zhang Gui first transported a lot of finances from the camp and asked Yang Hu to reward the soldiers, and then the cheers in the Stone City were everywhere, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

After Yang Hu returned, Zhang Gui said: "Duke Wei has an order, General Yang continues to hold on to Stone City, there are 30,000 troops crossing the river today, I leave 10,000 people to enter the city under General Yang's control, and I have let people move grain and grass into the city." ”

"Since the army has arrived, why do you still want to defend this stone city, Xiao Luan's army is not enough to be a rice bucket, just encircle Jiankang." Yang Hu was a little puzzled.

Today, Gongsun Ao's troops were killed and thousands of people were killed, and the army of Gongsun Ao's troops was in turmoil, so they only needed to surround Jiankang City, and Jiankang City would be broken in time.

Zhang Gui pointed to the north bank, and then said, "Duke Wei feels that Lu Ke may have colluded with Northern Qin earlier. ”

Zhang Gui didn't hide it, and dragged Wei Ran's plan out completely, and Yang Hu happily accepted the order, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Wei Gong is really a god, since this is the case, I will act in this scene well." ”

The news of Gongsun Ao's defeat soon spread to Jiankang City, and what made Xiao Luan even more anxious was that Gongsun Ao's defeated army kept depicting the strength of Wei Ran's army there, which made the already uncertain Jiankang defenders even more afraid of war.

In a fit of rage, Xiao Luan killed more than a dozen partial generals in one go, only then did he stop his anger, and at the same time did not let Gongsun Aobu enter the city, but uniformly stationed them at the Vermilion Bird Bridge, which was uniformly dispatched by Yuan Huzhi.

In Hefei City, Yu Wenzhi received a letter from the direction of Jiankang, and couldn't help but feel ecstatic in his heart, ready to send troops to Jiankang, but the general Fu Yong said: "The general can't be moved in person, forget what Zhao Yuma said before leaving?" ”

It turned out that after Zhao Youzhi received the order, he thought about it and felt that Yuwenzhi was not Wei Ran's opponent, so he persuaded Yuwenzhi to wait for him to leave, stick to Lianghuai and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and send troops to attack Guangling to seize the land of Nanxu at the necessary moment, and the strategic intention was Wancheng.

Yu Wenzhi obviously had his own little abacus, he pondered for a moment and said: "This is an immortal opportunity, how can you stop because Zhao Yuma is not there?" ”

Fu Yong hesitated and didn't dare to say it clearly, he also knew in his heart that this was indeed a good opportunity, although Yuwenzhi was brave and strategic, but he was not as good as Wei Ran in battle, this time crossing the river was bound to confront Wei Ran, the frontal fighter was fleeting, Fu Yong was afraid that Yuwenzhi would be trapped by Wei Ran, but it was not good to directly lose Yuwenzhi's face.

Yuwen Zhi seemed to see what Fu Yong was thinking, and he was not annoyed, but said with a smile: "Is General Fu afraid that this commander will not be able to defeat Wei Ran?" ”

Fu Yong just smiled awkwardly after hearing this, but said, "The last general will not dare." ”

"Don't you dare, does that mean you really want to do so in your heart?" Yu Wenzhi then looked at Fu Yong, shook his head and said: "It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, although Wei Ran is good at fighting, but what he relied on before is nothing more than the prince guard and the Huainan army, and now the prince guard is almost lost when guarding Stone City, and the Huainan army is still in Guangling, we only need to contain the Huainan army, Wei Ran has no soldiers who are good at fighting, what are you afraid of?" ”

"I wonder how the general is going to contain the Huainan army?"

"I have ordered Shouchun and Pengcheng to attack Huaiyin and Zhongli, so it is inevitable to ask to save Yu Guangling, Huaiyin guard general Hengxuan is the son of Hengzhi, if the Guangling army sees death and does not save it, then Hengzhi will inevitably hate, and then he and Lu Ke will be single-minded, Xiao Ju Weiran made enemies out of thin air."

Speaking of this, Yuwen Zhi couldn't help laughing, and then said: "If Guangling sends troops to rescue Huaiyin, how can he cooperate with Wei Ran to fight for several days like this?" ”

After hearing this, Fu Yong also began to think silently: "If this is the case, it is not impossible, the general is calculating, and the general will admire it." ”

Yu Wenzhi then cheered up and said to Fu Yong: "I have announced that the people will come here and be ready to cross south at any time!" ”

Xiao Ju and Wei Ran were in the inner room of the flagship at this time, and there were Heng Xian, Yuan Muzhi, Zhang Zemao and others by their side.

After listening to Wei Ran's strategy, everyone said yes, only Yuan Muzhi's brows were tightly locked.

"If Yuan Aiqing has any concerns, you might as well say it clearly." Xiao Ju noticed Yuan Muzhi's expression for the first time, and couldn't help but say.

"Wei Gong's plan is very clever, first besiege Northern Qin, and then break Jiankang. But the key point is not in Gangneung County and Jiangzhou Army, but in the Huainan Army. Yuan Muzhi slowly said his thoughts.

"The Huainan Army is an elite of a hundred battles, and it is good at water warfare, so there is no need to worry about this." Wei Ran thought that Yuan Muzhi was worried about the combat strength of the Huainan Army, so he was relieved.

"No, the chief general of the Huainan Army is Yangkan, and this person is a constant henchman. If Northern Qin leads troops to attack Huaiyin at this time, Huaiyin is guarded by Hengxuan, and the only person who can save it at that time is the Huainan army stationed in Guangling, what will happen then? ”

Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, Yuan Muzhi simply let go and said: "Don't mention whether Yangkan will take the initiative to save Hengxuan, if the Huainan Army does not save Hengxuan, then Hengzhi will definitely be resentful." If you go to save Hengxuan, the Huainan army will not be able to join the battlefield normally, once you can't destroy the Northern Qin warship, the Northern Qin can attack and retreat at this time, and we will be in a worrying situation at that time. ”

Hearing this, Wei Ran noticed the loophole in the plan. Wei Ran led the Jiangling army to compress the living space of the Northern Qin and drove them to Stone City, and then Yang Hu was responsible for introducing the Northern Qin army into Stone City, and finally the Huainan army destroyed the Northern Qin warships. The most critical step in this plan is the Huainan army, if the Huainan army is contained, then it must use the Jiangling Water Division to attack the Northern Qin army, then the siege force will be greatly reduced, and Jiankang will be difficult to break.

"I don't know what Yuan Aiqing's good plan is?" Xiao Ju also sensed the problem and hurriedly asked Yuan Muzhi for advice.

"The plan for today is to let Hengxuan abandon the Huaiyin Zhongli defense line, retreat to Guangling with the army, and at the same time carry the Sanwu soldiers to Guangling by the warships in the Sanwu region to cooperate with the defense of the city, so as to liberate the Huainan army."

Hearing Yuan Muzhi's words, everyone fell silent, so they basically wanted to take the initiative to give up the entire Southern Xuzhou, and even Wei Ran had to be cautious.

"What if we let the three Wu soldiers go to Huaiyin?" Xiao Ju asked tentatively.

"No, the land of Sanwu itself is the foundation of the southern scholars, and this time it was also with the support of the Linhai County Guard and the Huiji County Guard that they joined the battle, so that they could garrison Guangling and be in the midst of a civil war, if they were put on the Huaiyin front, the soldiers' hearts would inevitably be unstable. And they need to take the sea route to reach Huaiyin on the way, and they are all infantry by land, which is protracted. However, the sea route is too risky, so the safest way is to abandon Huaiyin. ”

Yuan Muzhi's words were loud, and Wei Ran weighed it again and again and said: "According to what Yuan Sima said, send a light boat straight to Guangling and notify Yangkan as soon as possible." He ordered him to send someone to spread the word to Huaiyin, and ordered Hengxuan to lead the army to retreat to Guangling. ”