South Xuzhou, Guangling City.

Yangkan, Heng Xuan and Wang Lie were planning this dispatch in the city at this time.

Previously, Northern Qin sent troops from Pengcheng to attack Huaiyin and Zhongli, Hengxuan and Wang Lie originally planned to hold on, but when they received the news that Wei Ran asked them to retreat to Guangling, although the two were puzzled, they still chose to do so.

Fortunately, the Northern Qin army only feinted to contain the Huainan army, not a strong attack, the formation was slightly loose, and the two of their men successfully broke through after leaving some corpses, and had to return to Guangling smoothly after encountering the Huainan army on the way.

The Huainan Army, together with the Hengxuan Department and 30,000 Huiji County soldiers, has also reached 100,000 troops stationed in Guangling.

"News came from the direction of Jingkou, Chen Qing's Zhedong Army is not good for attacking Jingkou, I hope we will send troops to conquer Jingkou together, what do the generals think?" Yang Kan held a letter in his hand and then asked the crowd.

Heng Xuan and Wang Lie did not speak, but Liu Renye said: "The news of the spies, the Northern Qin army has been assembled in Xiaoxian, and it will be ready to cross the river in a few days, and Your Majesty has an order to attack the Northern Qin fleet after the landing operation of the Northern Qin army." ”

Liu Renye looked at Heng Xuan and Wang Lie, and said: "After the Northern Qin army captured Huaiyin, in order to contain us from attacking Guangling, General Hengxuan still has about 20,000 people, and there are 30,000 soldiers in eastern Zhejiang. ”

Yang Kan carefully analyzed the strength of the enemy and us, and then nodded and said: "Guangling City is high Chijian, and there is currently half a year of grain storage, and the grain and grass are enough. General Hengxuan cooperated with 40,000 soldiers from Zhedong County, which was enough to hold the city. ”

Yangkan immediately began to deploy, Wang Lie led 20,000 people to cross the river to Jingkou first, Yangkan and Liu Renye led 30,000 troops to camp outside the city, ready to cross the river to cut off Northern Qin, Hengxuan led 40,000 troops to Guguangling.

Yuan Tanzhi vomited bitterness in Jingkou City at this time, which also made Wang Gong really impatient, but looking at Yuan Tanzhi, who still had an injured arm, Wang Gong was not easy to attack. Just looking at the overwhelming military array outside the city, the scalp was a little numb, Chen Qing and Tan Xuan gathered the remnants, and urgently transferred 20,000 troops from Wu County, and just surrounded the east gate and south gate of Jingkou with the front foot, Zhang Gui led 30,000 troops to attack the west gate.

The garrison of the city complained bitterly, and held hard for two days in a row, the defenders in the city could not close their eyes at all, outside the north gate, Wang Lie led 20,000 troops to cross the river, and directly launched an attack on the north gate, if it were not for Wang Gong's troops to react in time, the north gate had been lost at this moment. At this time, nearly 90,000 troops attacked Jingkou, and the city itself was not large, so Zhang Gui asked the army to take turns to repair and attack the city.

Wang Gong was really distressed at the moment, the soldiers defending the city could not repair at all, under the high fatigue, many soldiers had hallucinations, so after three days of strong attack, Zhang Gui finally stopped attacking at night.

Seeing this, Yuan Tanzhi said, "The thief army finally knows that it is tired. ”

But Wang Gong didn't think so, Wei Ran's army attacked Jingkou for three days in a row, day and night, and now suddenly the flag stopped, there must be a bombing, so the soldiers were not allowed to sleep at night to strengthen their vigilance.

This behavior caused the soldiers to be dissatisfied, but they did not dare to disobey the military order, and when it was time, there was no movement outside the city, and many soldiers could no longer bear it and fell asleep.

Outside Jingkou City, Zhang Gui led his army to ambush in the woods outside the city at this time, silently calculating the time. After three days of siege and day and night, the defenders of the city must be tired, so he chose to die down in the evening and make it look like he would also repair.

Later, a spy came back, and the defenders of Jingkou City were exhausted at the moment, and many of the soldiers defending the city were crumbling, and Zhang Gui was overjoyed when he heard it. Then he ordered the army to fire arrows on the tower and beat the drums of war.

The defenders of Jingkou were suddenly awakened at this moment, and in a panic, they took up arms and prepared to defend, but except for the rain of arrows and drums, they did not find any other offensive, and after a long time, the soldiers were exhausted and fell asleep one after another.

After an hour, the familiar rain of arrows and drums came, and the defenders of Jingkou were forced to stand up again, but they were still familiar with the rain of arrows and drums, but there was no one in sight.

Wang Gong, who was in the city, was about to be blown up: "Zhang Gui's guy is very treacherous, if it goes on like this, where will the soldiers still have combat effectiveness." ”

After thinking for a while, Wang Gong also saw that the sky was almost dawn, so he ordered: "Let most of the soldiers remove the city tower and repair it, and leave some soldiers to guard the city tower." ”

Who would have thought that only half an hour later, the drums of war outside the city started again, Zhang Gui ordered Chen Qing and Wang Lie to attack at the same time, and suddenly the army rushed directly to Jingkou, and the soldiers on the city wall only reacted, but countless siege ladders had been erected on the city tower.

"Report to the general, the rebels are attacking."

At this time, Wang Gong heard the shouts of his subordinates, and realized that Zhang Gui had been a trick before, not to affect the rest of the soldiers, or to confuse everyone, and he was shocked at the moment.

Yuan Tanzhi also rushed to Wang Gong's mansion at this moment, and hurriedly said: "The enemy army has captured the north gate, and I have sent people to the north gate to support!" ”

Wang Gong picked up his weapon, and then shouted: "I am in charge of the second gate in the southwest, and General Yuan is in charge of the second gate in the northeast, so we must take back the city gate, otherwise the thief army will enter the city and everything will be over!" ”

After hearing this, Yuan Tanzhi hurriedly went to the north gate, and Wang Gong took his son Wang Han to the south gate, and at this time Wang Gong only had a few guards around him.

Halfway to the road, suddenly found several rebels in the corner, it turned out that Zhang Gui's troops had climbed over the wall, trying to cause a riot in the city, seeing Wang Gong dressed to know that this person was extraordinary, so all the soldiers rushed up.

Wang Gong was already at a disadvantage in numbers, and under a desperate fight, the dead and wounded were very heavy, and his son Wang Han was not good at force, and Wang Gong was injured in many places in order to protect Wang Han.

At this moment, a soldier stabbed Wang Gong with a gun, Wang Han saw this and hurriedly blocked in front of Wang Gong, the spear came out of his body, Wang Han fell to the ground on the spot, Wang Gong was very sad when he saw this, and then was assassinated by the soldier from behind.

Wang Gong fell in front of Wang Han and said: "I will not lose my loyalty to the king, and you are worthy of the filial piety of your son." ”

Looking at Wang Gong's father and son who fell to the ground, some soldiers stepped forward to cut off Wang Gong's head, but they were stopped: "This is a loyal and righteous person, and he refuses to use a blade." Then people were optimistic about the bodies of Wang Gong's father and son, and the rest of the people went to set fire to create chaos.

Yuan Tanzhi had already rushed to the north gate at this time, but it was too late, Zhang Guiqin had already led the army into the city, and he saw Yuan Tanzhi who was coming at a glance.

The enemy was very red when he saw each other, Zhang Gui remembered the last shot of the enemy, and rushed to Yuan Tanzhi first, Yuan Tanzhi's injuries were not healed, knowing that Zhang Gui was brave and knew that he was not his opponent for the time being, and he wanted to leave after patting the horse, and he never thought that his arm was sore and he could not rush on the horse, seeing that Zhang Gui was getting closer and closer, Yuan Tanzhi had no choice but to endure the pain and come out with a gun.

Zhang Gui also knew that he took advantage of his illness to kill him, and he made a strong move, and after a short time, Yuan Tanzhi was unable to hold the spear in his hand, and after being slapped by Zhang Gui, Yuan Tanzhi felt that the general trend had gone, and then pulled out his saber and horizontal knife to kill himself.

Zhang Gui didn't have time to stop him, and Yuan Tanzhi had already fallen from his horse. Zhang Gui sighed, and then shouted: "Yuan Tanzhi is dead, and those who descend will not be killed." ”

Seeing this, the guards of Jingkou surrendered one after another, and by dawn, the city of Jingkou was finally broken.

After Wang Lie led his army into the city, he saw Wang Gong's corpse, and couldn't help but have tears in the corners of his eyes.

Zhang Gui was slightly puzzled, and Wang Lie said: "Wang Gong and I have served together in the Imperial Forest before, and we have quite a friendship. Wang Gong is heroic and loyal, although he is an opponent, but when he sees the current situation, he can't help but feel desolate. ”

Wang Lie then saw Wang Han and sighed silently: "Come on, bury the two of them alive, and Wang Gong's relatives in the city must not be harmed." ”

The news of the destruction of Jingkou soon spread to Jiankang, and when he learned that Yuan Tanzhi was also killed in Jingkou, Yuan Huzhi cried on the spot and couldn't cry.

Xiao Luan stood on top of Taicheng, looking at the stormy Jiankang City, and his heart couldn't help but be sad.

Empress Yuan stood quietly beside Xiao Luan and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't be like this, now there are still 100,000 soldiers in the city, and the reinforcements of the Northern Dynasty are coming soon, no matter how bad it is, Your Majesty can also flee to the Northern Dynasty with the concubines, and you can also make a comeback in the future." ”

Xiao Luan looked at Yuan Yun with a beautiful face, gently hugged Yuan Yun into his arms, and then said: "If the city is broken, the queen is the princess of the Northern Dynasty, and it will be fine." I am the emperor of Great Qi, how can I fall into another country. If it is really an extraordinary time, I will arrange for the queen and Ziyin to leave the palace, and the queen can flee to the Northern Dynasty with Ziyin. ”