"Damn, this Wei Ran actually dares to threaten us with Princess Zhaoyang's life!" On the north bank of the Yangtze River, Yuwenzhi couldn't help but be furious when he saw the letter sent by Wei Ran.

Fu Yong was also quite annoyed when he heard this, Princess Zhaoyang is the sister of Yuan Zhen, if she tells Chang'an about this, it will take a long time to go back and forth, and she is afraid that she will miss the fighter.

"General, those who achieve great things are not informal, now is the time to make meritorious contributions, why care about a marriage?" Fu Yong pondered for a long time, and finally decided to persuade Yuwen to send troops.

Hearing this, Yuwen Zhi's expression on his face changed and changed, and then he said slowly: "Inform Chang'an of this matter, and we will send troops normally." This battle must be won and not defeated, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

The overwhelming shouts of killing surrounded the city of Jiankang, and Wei Ran ordered the troops to launch a strong attack day and night.

Jiankang City is high and deep, so Wei Ran transferred the army to Xuanyangmen and began to launch a large-scale offensive at Xuanyangmen.

Wei Ran made a few feet tall arrow tower, condescendingly shot at the defenders of Xuanyangmen, and for a while, the defenders of Xuanyangmen complained bitterly.

Xuanyangmen originally introduced the water of the Qinhuai River into the canal and became a natural moat, but Wei Ran blocked the entrance and filled the moat with corpses and sandbags, so ruthless that the Jiankang defenders couldn't help but shudder.

Wei Ran also made people build a dirt mountain in the southwest corner of the city overnight, and the army stood on the earth hill and shot desperately at the city tower, and at the same time carried out a crazy attack on the city wall through catapults and hard crossbows, and at the same time cooperated with the rushing car to attack Jiankang City, in just five or six days, the majestic Jiankang city wall has been riddled with holes.

Just when Wei Ran stormed the Xuanyang Gate of the West Gate, Zhang Gui, Xiao Yi and others began to dig tunnels at the East Gate and the South Gate, but because the moat was too deep, the tunnel excavation work was extremely difficult and the progress was slow.

The people in Jiankang City are panicked, and from time to time there are houses near Xuanyang Gate that are destroyed by boulders, and the people flee to the inner city for refuge in panic, and the officials dare not go to the court to close their doors all day long.

But Xiao Luan in Taicheng was not nervous at all, Wei Ran was so urgent to attack the city, the soldiers must be tired, wait for the Northern Qin army to cross the river, wait for work, Wei Ran's army will be defeated.

Wei Ran also knew this very well, and Yuan Muzhi admonished at this time: "Wei Guogong attacked Jiankang so strongly, the soldiers were all tired, if Northern Qin came to attack at this time, our army would have no chance of winning." ”

"Now Your Majesty is seriously injured, the people's hearts are gradually dispersed, we must attack Jiankang has been calming the army's heart, if you retreat at this time, the land of Sanwu may not obey my orders, I originally wanted to wait for the arrival of Northern Qin, but now there is a sudden change, Your Majesty is seriously injured, if the Northern Qin army arrives, Xiao Luan will definitely go out of the city to attack on both sides, so he can only make dangerous moves. Soldiers, treacherous ways. After Wei Ran said this, he looked at the north, and then said: "If I am the Northern Qin army, I will definitely go from Xiaoxian to Hushu, and then cross the river and land along the stone city, and divide the troops into two ways to attack Ximing Gate, and our army camp outside Xuanyang Gate." ”

Yuan Muzhi nodded slowly, and then said: "If the defenders in Jiankang City lead the army out of Yemen at this time, then our army will be attacked by the enemy, and the troops will be scattered, and it will inevitably be broken." ”

Wei Ran nodded silently, then looked at Guangling on the map, and was silent for a long time.

Sure enough, as Wei Ran expected, Yuwen Zhi had an army of 100,000, and all the grain and grass were in Hushu, and then sent troops to cross the river, reached the south bank of the Yangtze River, and began to storm Stone City.

Stone City is the closest place to connect Hushu, capture Stone City, then the supply on both sides of the strait will be much smoother, at present Jiankang is besieged, Yuwen Zhi can not believe that the Southern Dynasty can provide it with grain and grass resources, can only settle accounts after the autumn, now the top priority is to quickly repel Wei Ran's army, and then cut off the connection between Jiankang and the Sanwu region, all the way to the east.

The news of the landing of the Northern Qin army soon reached Wei Ran's ears, and Wei Ran and Yuan Muzhi said: "Your Majesty is seriously injured now, and it is not appropriate to move lightly. The Qin army must have known the news of His Majesty's injury, and now they are storming Stone City, and there must be a plan to attract the attention of our army. ”

"What does Gong Wei think?"

"Ordered Yang Hu to abandon Stone City, lead the rebels into the city, and then quickly retreat to Xinting by water, and the army attacking Xuanyangmen transferred 30,000 to Xinting." Wei Ran said calmly: "In this way, Yuwen Zhi must know that His Majesty is in the New Pavilion, and now he has people transfer His Majesty from the New Pavilion to Gu Yu." ”

Yuan Muzhi looked at Wei Ran's plan, and also secretly planned in his heart, Wei Ran saw this and said: "At present, the rebels in Jiankang City have no water army, after the Northern Qin army attacked Xinting, we ordered some soldiers to strictly guard the Suzaku Bridge, and fought a decisive battle with the Northern Qin army in Xinting, the Jiankang defenders had no ships to cross the river, we occupied the two cities of Dongfu and Jingkou, and the Jiankang defenders did not dare to move." ”

Yang Hu, who was guarding Stone Town, was commanding the army to fight fiercely with the Northern Qin army at this time.

After Yuwenzhi landed, he set up a camp by the river to receive the Hushu warship, and at the same time began to analyze the next battle situation.

Now Stone Town can be broken at any time, but the next step is to relieve the siege of Jiankang or attack Xinting, but Yu Wenzhi began to make difficulties.

Yu Wenzhi already knew the news that Xiao Ju was seriously injured, but he didn't know where Xiao Ju would be at this time.

Seeing this, Fu Yong hurriedly said: "Xiao Ju was seriously injured, and now he is either in the army, or he has taken a boat to Jiangling to recuperate." I formed an alliance with Lu Cao, and Wei Ran must know that he would not leave Xiao Ju in a weak place in defense. ”

After thinking for a while, Yuwenzhi said, "Could it still be in Xinting?" ”

"Wei Ran's army is besieging Jiankang on all sides, the defenders of Xinting are not more than 10,000 people, if Xiao Ju is in Xinting, Wei Ran is not afraid that we will attack Xinting directly? At that time, he only had the army of Xuanyangmen to rescue Xinting, the army of Xuanyangmen was tired after a long battle, and our army could defeat Wei Ran in the field. Fu Yong's eyes lit up at this time, and he said loudly: "In this way, you may be able to directly kill Wei Ran and capture Xiao Ju." If Xiao Ju can be captured, we can use Xiao Ju to order Jiangling, and it is not impossible for the whale to swallow the Southern Dynasty. ”

At this time, Yu Wenzhi suddenly got the news. Stone City Yang Hu opened the gate of the city and broke out of the siege and went in the direction of Xinting, and Wei Ran's army also retreated to Xinting.

"Oh no, Wei Ran probably already knows our intentions, Xiao Ju is really in Xinting City, pass on my general order, send a partial boat to the Yangtze River west, any ships are stopped, 20,000 troops are stationed in Stone City, and the rest of the people are waiting to get on the ship and approach Xinting.

The news that Yuwenzhi led his troops south also reached the ears of Yangkan on the east bank of Feishui, and Yangkan hurriedly consulted with Liu Renye, and Liu Renye said: "General Yangkan, don't worry, this matter must be taken into account."

Yang Kan then stood still, but he was anxious, and after half a day, Liu Renye walked into the camp tent with a secret letter in his hand.

Yang Kan hurriedly opened the secret letter, and only eight words were written on the secret letter: "Advance by land and water, and burn Hushu." ”

Liu Renye said: "The Northern Qin army has reached Stone City, Hushu is the best transportation location, if you destroy Hushu's ships and seize Hushu, the Qin army will collapse by itself." ”

Yuwen had already led his troops to Xinting at this time, and saw Wei Ran preparing to lead troops into the city outside Xinting City, and then surrounded Xinting, and the army was ready to line up to meet Wei Ran.

Seeing this, Wei Ran did not wait for Yuwen Zhi to line up, and immediately launched an attack on Yu Wenzhi, and suddenly the two sides fought together, Yuwen Zhi came across the river, so the baggage horses were not all in place, and after being killed by Wei Ran's cavalry vanguard, the formation was suddenly scattered.

Seeing this, Fu Yi led five hundred cavalry and rushed towards Wei Ran from the flank. Fu Yi deserves to be called Huaibei Xiang Yu, with the courage of ten thousand people, only five hundred people to split Wei Ran's troops from the middle, suddenly Wei Ran's army was in turmoil, the troops in the rear were all infantry, and they couldn't form chariots in a panic, and they couldn't stop the cavalry at all, so they began to retreat in a hurry.

Although Wei Ran's cavalry troops also won a lot in the front, but the Northern Qin army had a large number of people, and after blocking the impact of Wei Ran's cavalry with flesh and blood, they quickly formed a shield formation, equipped with archers in the rear, and launched a counterattack against Wei Ran.

Seeing the soldiers who fell one after another around him, Wei Ran's heart ached, but there was no way, he had to charge with all his strength to make Yuwenzhi believe that Xiao Ju was in Xinting City, but then Wei Ran fell into the encirclement.

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared in Xinting City, dressed in a dragon robe, and his face could not be seen clearly, but he was supported by someone. This person is Yang Hu, the so-called drama has to be done in a full set, and when the soldiers saw "Xiao Ju" appear on the city tower, they suddenly had a big military heart and immediately beat back the offensive of Northern Qin.

Yuwenzhi looked at the city tower, and was overjoyed, Xiao Ju was really in the city, but what Yuwenzhi didn't know was that at this time, Zhang Gui and Xiao Yi had already led the troops to quietly touch the outside of Xuanyang Gate from the direction of Dongfu, which made Yuan Huzhi, who originally planned to go out of the city and forcibly cross the Qinhuai River to attack Wei and then Fang, instantly dispelled this idea.

Xiao Luan was also outside Xuanyang Gate at this time, and after seeing Zhang Gui's troops cooperating with Wei Ran's troops who had stayed in Xuanyang Gate to guard the north bank of the Qinhuai River, he was also very puzzled: "What is Wei Ran trying to do?" ”

Yuan Huzhi thought of something at this time, and suddenly said: "Impossible, impossible!" ”

Xiao Luan looked at Yuan Huzhi, who looked frightened, and hurriedly asked, "Chen Aiqing, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"Your Majesty, Jiankang City has nine gates, if our army wants to strictly defend Jiankang, it must strictly guard the nine gates, although it is easy to defend the city, but it is very difficult to attack it, Wei Ran has no need to hoard heavy troops in Xuanyang Gate, because once we transfer troops from other city gates, it will weaken the garrison of other city gates, and there are still tens of thousands of thieves in the direction of Jingkou, which can completely attack our weak points."

Then Yuan Huzhi pointed in the direction of Xinting: "Wei Ran led the army back to rescue Xinting, and left 20,000 troops to keep an eye on Xuanyang Gate, it is precisely because Xuanyang Gate is facing the Vermilion Bird Bridge, it is easiest to sneak attack his rear, if it is because the battle in Xinting is tight, then Zhang Gui's department should quickly cross the river and rush to the aid of Xinting." ”

Xiao Luan also found out that something was wrong at this moment: "Now that the rebels are standing still here, does Yuan Aiqing feel cheating?" ”

"Exactly, the rebels are now standing still here, and they have no intention of crossing the river in the slightest. Wei Chen was suspicious, I am afraid that there is a big conspiracy in it. Yuan Huzhi analyzed: "So Wei Chen was just thinking about what Wei Ran was planning. Now the Northern Qin army is attacking Xinting, because the traitor Xiao Ju is likely to be in Xinting City, if Xinting is breached, Yuwen Zhi will definitely lead the army directly into Xinting to find Xiao Ju, and then the rebels under the city will attack Xinting instead, what does Your Majesty think? ”

"Although Xinting is not a big city, it is difficult to capture Xinting with such a number of people." Xiao Luan said calmly

"There is no need to capture Xinting, just destroy the Northern Qin ships, cut off the connection between the north and the south, and surround the Qin army in the city outside Xinting City, there is no water source in Xinting City, and after a long time, the Qin army will collapse." Yuan Huzhi said tremblingly at this time.

Xiao Luan was also shocked when he heard this, and shouted: "Is there any way to inform Yu Wenzhi?" ”

Yuan Huzhi shook his head: "Your Majesty, if Yuwen Zhi is bent on rescuing us, then after crossing the river, he only needs to attack the rebels outside the Ximing Gate, and we should join forces with the outside to defeat the bandit army outside the Ximing Gate, and then merge with one place, recapture Stone City, and ensure cross-strait contact." But Yuwen Zhi had a ghost in his heart, and he didn't choose to do this, he did his own thing, and he couldn't live. ”

At this time, the battle outside Xinting City has gradually become clear, and the disadvantage in numbers has put Wei Ran at an absolute disadvantage, although the soldiers are brave in battle, it is still difficult to break through Yuwenzhi's defense line.

The gate of Xinting City was opened, and thousands of soldiers came out from the south gate, intending to break out of the siege, but Yuwen was prepared early, and led the army to beat back the army in the city that wanted to break through, and it was vaguely seen that there was a royal fight in the crowd.

Yuwen Zhi was overjoyed, and on the one hand, he ordered Fu Yi to lead the army to repel Wei Ran, and on the other hand, he ordered the soldiers to start attacking the city.

Yu Wenzhi shouted: "The army will step up its offensive, capture Xiao Ju alive, seal the county prince of the founding country, and reward 10,000 horses." ”