In the early morning of the next day, Wei Ran led an army of 60,000 troops to line up at the Vermilion Bird Bridge, looking at Yuan Tanzhi's camp on the other side of the river, Wei Ran ordered a direct charge.

Yuan Tanzhi had expected that Wei Ran would launch an attack on the second day, and he ordered his soldiers to be ready early in the morning. But soon Yuan Tanzhi discovered that something was wrong, Wei Ran's troops today were not as many as yesterday.

After careful analysis, Yuan Tan's heart was shocked, Wei Ran occupied Xinting and had to attack the Zhuque Bridge, just because there was enough strategic depth on the south bank of the Qinhuai River, and the supply of grain and grass would be safer after taking the Zhuque Bridge, and it could be transported directly to Xinting by land to avoid being attacked on the Yangtze River.

Sure enough, as Yuan Tanzhi expected, Hu Song led an army of 30,000 to kill the generals directly from the direction of Stone City, and suddenly Yuan Tan's troops were in a mess, and under the attack from both sides, Yuan Tan's troops were scattered.

Yuan Tanzhi was very glad at this time that he did not transfer Jiankang's troops to defend the Vermilion Bird Bridge, otherwise Wei Ran's army would have landed from the direction of Stone Town, and the Jiankang army would not be able to resist it in the field battle.

Wei Ran crossed the Vermilion Bird Bridge at this time, and in the same situation as yesterday, Wei Ran led more than 300 horsemen to rush into the battle and slash wildly.

Yuan Tanzhi's heart was on fire at this time, and he picked up the gun and went to Wei Ran, Wei Ran had already prepared, and after using the tip of the gun to vent Yuan Tanzhi's strength, he began to attack wildly, the tip of the gun was like a snake core, and Yuan Tanzhi was gradually at a disadvantage.

Seeing that Yuan Tanzhi was already at a disadvantage, Wei Ran was no longer entangled, and after a few moves, a shot pierced Yuan Tan's heart, Yuan Tanzhi's spear was horizontal, which was worthy of this killing shot, but in an instant, Wei Ran's spear arrived, Yuan Tanzhi saw that something was wrong and hurriedly turned sideways, the spear was in Yuan Tan's arm, Yuan Tan's shame, and then turned the horse's head towards Jiankang.

As soon as Wei Ran wanted to pursue, he was blocked by Yuan Tanzhi's personal guards, so he had to watch Yuan Tanzhi fall away, and at this time, Yuan Tanzhi's troops on the north bank saw that the boss had fled, and they scattered and fled.

After half a day, Wei Ran conquered the Suzaku Bridge, and then went to Dongfu non-stop.

The defender of the Eastern Mansion was Xiao Gui, the king of Chu, and saw that Wei Ran had led his troops in person, and there were only thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, so he chose to open the city and surrender after hesitating for a moment.

Seeing this, Wei Ran waved his army into the city, and then brought Xiao Gui to Xiao Ju in front of Xinting.

After Xiao Gui saw Xiao Ju, he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The criminal minister Xiao Gui, see Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Ju said coldly: "Uncle Wang, please come up, come and give me a seat." ”

Xiao Gui was restless at this time, and Xiao Ju said with relief: "Why should Uncle Wang be like this, the traitor Xiao Luan is guilty of rebellion, you are just a person who is coerced, I will not blame you." ”

Xiao Gui was determined at this time, and then said: "Your Majesty, where the heavenly soldiers arrive, the thieves will descend from the wind." ”

"Your Majesty, Xiao Yi, the king of Changsha, has already led his troops to Xinting, wanting to see Your Majesty." Just when Xiao Ju and Xiao Gui were greeting, Xiao Yi, the king of Changsha, also rushed to Xinting.

Xiao Ju made people announce Xiao Yi's audience, and then comforted Xiao Yi and Xiao Gui and sealed the two.

Xiao Yi brought 30,000 troops to help the war, and at present, Xiao Ju's army has reached 150,000 troops on the front line, and then informed Wei Ran that during the attack on Jiankang, Xiao Yi was controlled by Wei Ran.

At this time, in the direction of Jingkou, Chen Qing led 30,000 troops to arrive at Jingkou in a starry night, and the Jingkou guard was Wang Gong, who led 10,000 troops to garrison Jingkou.

When Wang Gong heard that a large army was coming from the direction of Wu County, he knew that it was the coalition army of Huiji County that was coming, and then he asked people to strengthen the city wall on the one hand, and sent people to Jiankang for help on the other.

After Chen Qing's troops besieged Jingkou, they began a fierce attack, but as Wei Ran expected, Chen Qing's soldiers were not good at attacking the city, and the siege on the first day lasted from day to night, but they did not gain anything, and after leaving thousands of corpses. The troops chose to camp along the Yangtze River, and at the same time sent a letter to Guangling, wanting to transfer the Huainan army to come.

In the tent, Chen Qing said with emotion: "Jingkou City is a satellite city of Jiankang, although the number of troops is not very large, but the city defense is stable, and our soldiers are not good at attacking the city, what is the best strategy for Lord Tan?" ”

Tan Xuan nodded: "This official has sent people to Guangling to transfer the Huainan army to come, and I received news a few days ago that Northern Qin really sent troops to attack Huaiyin, and General Yangkan of the Huainan Army led the troops north to meet Hengxuan, I don't know what the current war is." ”

"I just got the news, Your Majesty has successfully conquered Dongfu, and now we only need to capture Jingkou, and Jiankang will be embattled." Chen Qing said.

However, it is quite difficult to conquer Jingkou, and Xiao Luan also knows the importance of Jingkou, so the people stationed in Jingkou are all elite imperial forests, not comparable to the soldiers of Sanwu County.

In the early morning of the next day, Tan Xuan led his troops to storm Jingkou again, but still found nothing. Wang Gong saw that Chen Qingjun's combat power was so underground, and he couldn't help but have a plan in his heart.

At night, the gate of Jingkou was quietly opened, and Wang Gong personally led a thousand imperial forest troops to find the vicinity of Chen Qing's camp.

Chen Qing never expected that Wang Gong would dare to go out of the city to sneak attack, and he didn't wake up until the camp fire started, and hurriedly walked out of the camp.

I only saw that Wang Gong's cavalry was unstoppable, rushing from west to east, and his soldiers lit torches and threw them in the camp, Chen Qing's army was in great confusion, and the troops were scattered.

Wang Gong didn't seem to be happy, and rushed from east to west to kill, Chen Qing was almost killed in a panic, fortunately, Tan Xuan did not camp with Chen Qing, and saw that Chen Qing's camp was on fire, so he hurriedly led the army to rescue, and only then did he save Chen Qing's life.

At dawn, Chen Qing counted his troops and found that thousands of people had been damaged, and countless grains and grass had been destroyed.

Chen Qing and Tan Xuan couldn't help but look at each other, Chen Qing sorted out his mood and said, "Now that the army is lost, what does Lord Tan think?" ”

Tan Xuan looked at the mess around him, and said: "First send someone to inform Your Majesty, now our troops are not enough to conquer Jingkou, retreat ten miles and camp together, and then strengthen our defenses at night, beware of Wang Gong from continuing to steal the camp, you and I still camp in two places as each other's horns, and we need to wait until the Jiangling army or the Guangling army arrives before we can attack Jingkou." ”

In Jiankang City, Xiao Luan looked at Yuan Tanzhi, who fled back in embarrassment, and could only sigh silently.

Yuan Tanzhi knelt on the ground with no blood on his face at this time, and there was faint blood on his arms.

When Xiao Luan saw Yuan Tanzhi's appearance, he had no choice but to sigh slightly and say, "General Yuan, please get up, this is not a crime of war." ”

Xiao Luan also knew that Yuan Tanzhi could not be blamed for this, but what gave him more headache was that Jingkou was also besieged.

"Your Majesty, now that Xiao Ju is treating Xiao Gui Xiao Yi well, it is to send a signal that no matter what the position of the vassal king is, their favor will not change, and in this way, no one will come to save Jiankang." Yuan Huzhi spoke up at this time: "For today's plan, we can only let Yuan Tanzhi lead the remnants to Jingkou, cooperate with General Wang to guard Jingkou, and stick to the arrival of the Northern Qin army." ”

Thinking of the Northern Qin Army, Xiao Luan's face was also pale: "Why didn't Northern Qin send troops yet?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has received news that Northern Qin has sent troops to attack Huaiyin, presumably in order to contain the Huainan army stationed in Guangling, otherwise the Huainan army will cut off its retreat and wanton the Yangtze River, which is very inappropriate." After all, Yuan Huzhi had rich combat experience in the army, and he could see through the intentions of the Northern Qin army at a glance.

Hearing Yuan Huzhi's words, Xiao Luan had no choice but to look up to the sky and sigh, and then asked, "Is there any movement in the city?" ”

Seeing Yuan Huzhi shaking his head, Xiao Luan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said fiercely: "I and Xiao Ju will use Jiankang to determine life and death this time, there must be no chaos in the city, and all the ministers in Jiankang City must keep an eye on it, in case someone collaborates with the enemy!" ”