Just when Yuwenzhi was trapped in Xinting, Yangkan had already led an army of 40,000 people by land and water to approach Hushu.

At this time, there were hundreds of warships parked on the Hushu River, and Yuwenzhi knew that crossing the river was a protracted war, so the grain, grass and ordnance transferred from Huainan were placed in Hushu, and Hushu Shou was required to regularly transport supplies to Stone Town.

When twilight fell, Hushu was in a quiet place, and the Northern Qin fleet on the river was docked by the river, which was quite spectacular.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, Liu Renye ordered dozens of small boats, loaded with straw, poured hot oil, and went straight to the north shore fleet.

Liu Renye then divided the hundred large ships into two, one to attack the Northern Qin ships on the south bank, and the other to intercept the North Qin fleet on the river that wanted to escape.

When Hu Shu's guard Fu Yuan heard the news, he was shocked, and hurriedly climbed the city tower, and when he saw the raging fire on the river, Fu Yuan fell to the ground and muttered, "It's over." The ship is full of grain and grass, and the fire is so big that it may not be able to be saved. ”

Then Fu Yuan shouted: "Come on, count the number of people, go out of the city, you can save one ship." ”

"General, no, the fire by the river is like this, there are only 5,000 soldiers in the city, how can you save it, and what if the enemy army attacks the city at night." Left and right hurriedly persuaded. ，

"Confused, this general is a general of Hushu, at this time it is a big crime for Hushu to destroy all ships, if you don't make a show, how to explain to the court." After saying this, Fu Yuan didn't care about anything else, and ordered his troops and horses to go out of the city.

At this time, the water battle broke out on the river, and the direction of Stone Town saw the fire on the opposite bank, and hurriedly transferred troops out of the city to board the ship, ready to go to the north bank to rescue, but was intercepted by Liu Renye and the army on the river.

There are also Huainan troops diving into the water, chiseling through the ships of the Northern Qin, and in an instant, there are shipwrecks on the south bank from time to time, and the guards of Stone City are in a hurry, but in the night, they really can't distinguish the specific location of the Huainan army, and gradually fall into despair.

The Yangtze River was on fire, and even Yuwenzhi could see the fire in Xinting, and he was immediately horrified, and hurriedly called Fu Yong: "Such a fire, could it be that the Qi army attacked our army's water village?" ”

Fu Yong is a veteran of a hundred battles, and he knows at a glance: "With such a fire, red light can be seen hundreds of miles away, and it must be Hushu Water Village that was attacked by Qi troops." ”

Yuwen Zhi's face was like ashes suddenly, in his original plan, Hushu and Stone City were on guard against each other, the army was stationed in Stone City, and at the same time divided the troops on the ship, and then connected by several large ships with iron cables, across both sides of the Yangtze River, so that the Huainan Navy could be cut off on the river, and the supply line could ensure safety.

But now that he led his troops to attack Xinting, he fell into Wei Ran's plan, so he could not put this plan into action in time, and was taken advantage of by the Huainan army.

At this moment, the Huainan army had successfully controlled the battle situation on the south bank, and the resistance of the Northern Qin army finally ended in a crushing defeat.

And in the direction of Hushu, after Fu Yuan led the troops out of the city, the five thousand elites of the Yangkan Department had already bypassed Liyang and arrived at Hushu, at this time the Hushu city was empty, Yangkan took the opportunity to storm Hushu, the Hushu defenders were less than a thousand, a moment later, Hushu City fell, Yangkan saw the grain and grass piled up in Hushu City, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then ordered two thousand soldiers to guard against Hushu, and he led three thousand cavalry along the north bank.

Fu Yuan led the army to the riverside at this time, and saw that the warships on the riverside were all spreading with a large fire, and the sound of wailing resounded across the river. Fu Yuan couldn't help crying, but it was useless, Fu Yuan had no choice but to build a simple defense line by the river to meet the soldiers of the Northern Qinshui who jumped ashore on the river.

At this time, Yang Kan had already led the cavalry to attack from behind, Fu Yuan did not panic when he saw this, but said with a smile: "Brothers, the water village on the north bank has been destroyed, and we are already sinners through the ages. ”

The Northern Qin soldiers all shouted loudly, and the shame of the tragic death of Pao Ze by the river and his powerlessness turned into anger, and the Northern Qin soldiers took the lead one by one, facing the Yangkan cavalry with infantry.

Fu Yuan refused to take the horse because he went out of the city in a hurry to meet the battle, so he asked the soldiers to cut the legs of the Yangkan army with knives, and every wave of Yangkan impact required hundreds of horses, although the Northern Qin soldiers also suffered countless casualties. However, as more and more Northern Qin soldiers escaped from the river, the anger of the sky made them already put life and death aside, and they were all not afraid of death, but launched a charge towards Yangkan.

Yang Kan looked at the death of the Northern Qin army, and he was quite contemptuous in his heart, thinking that it was just a trapped beast fighting, so he took the lead in killing the Northern Qin army, and the two sides fought on the north bank.

At this time, Liu Renye, who had already won a big victory on the south bank, had an ominous feeling in his heart: "How is the situation on the north bank? ”

All the soldiers did not know what to say, and Liu Renye shouted: "There is no one to inquire about the news, although the enemy ships are destroyed, there are many people who have escaped by jumping into the river, and it is impossible to pursue them in the dark night." ”

Liu Renye then ordered the siege of Stone City to continue, and Zhang Gui, in the direction of Xinting, heard the news that the Yangtze River was on fire and the defenders of Stone Town were out of the city to fight, so he ordered a partial army to cross the Qinhuai River and attack Stone City.

At this time, the total number of partial troops sent by Liu Renye and Zhang Gui was 40,000, and the defenders in Stone City were now less than 10,000, and they were desperately resisting.

Just when the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, the soldiers crossed the river to report that Yang Kan led his troops to fight fiercely with the Northern Qin army on the north bank, Liu Renye was suddenly anxious, "How can the sheep general be so light on the enemy's advance, and after occupying Hushu, it is enough to cut off the enemy's way back, why do you have to fight in the field now." ”

So he hurriedly ordered Liu Rengui to lead an army of 5,000 to cross the Yangtze River and land on the north bank to support Yangkan.

At this time, Yang Kan's mind was full of the hatred of the fat water back then, thinking of the tragic death of Pao Ze on the dam, and now seeing the Northern Qin army, the resentment of many days came into his heart, Yang Kan was nearly sixty years old, but at this moment he felt full of infinite vitality, and he didn't feel tired after fighting for a long time.

Then he looked at Fu Yuan in the distance, and he had to kill Fu Yuan to be able to wash away the original shame. Yangkan led his troops to rush directly to Fu Yuan, and the Northern Qin army formed a formation to go to Yangkan, Yangkan rushed left and right in the military formation, so unhappy, it was really an old man who was talking about juvenile madness.

But what he didn't know was that there was already a pair of eyes in the distance, staring at him deadly, just when Yangkan broke through the military formation and was about to reach Fu Yong, Yangkan's face at this time was hideous, the long knife in his hand was raised high, and he was about to split head-on, when suddenly an arrow flew towards Yangkan.

The long knife held high by Yang Kan stopped in mid-air, and the arrow pierced through Yang Kan's head from left to right. Yangkan's eyes widened and he fell off his horse, and the Huainan army behind him was shocked when they saw this, and all the soldiers rushed to snatch Yangkan's corpse regardless of their bodies.

At this time, the reinforcements led by Liu Rengui also came from the side to the northern Qin army, Fu Yong saw this, sighed, knew that this place could not be stayed, and led the army to retreat all the way to the west, Liu Rengui pursued for several miles, and then withdrew the army and returned.

At this time, the Huainan soldiers knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. The Southern Qi Huainan Army's Dinghai Shenshen-like figure, the general of Zhenbei Yangkan, finally died in the hands of an unknown Xiaoxiao, and at the moment of success, everything turned into a passing cloud.

Yangkan's subordinate Huainan Army carried Yangkan's body onto the ship and transported it to the south bank of the Yangtze River. And the Huainan army in Hushu City, when they heard the news, their eyes were full of ruthlessness, and they pointed their butcher knives at the Northern Qin army and the people in the city for no reason, and only by slaughtering the city could they vent their anger.

The news of Yangkan's death in the war reached Liu Renye's ears, Liu Renye couldn't believe it at first, until he saw Yangkan's corpse, Liu Renye howled in pain, this old man who was also a teacher and friend, gave him too much help, recalling the bits and pieces of Yangkan, Liu Renye couldn't suppress the feelings in his heart, and led the army to attack Stone City without fear of death.

At dawn, the stone city was broken, and the Northern Qin army was defeated, killing more than 8,000 people, capturing more than 5,000 people, and the rest of the people scattered and fled.

Liu Renye ordered the boats to cross to the north shore and transport all the food and supplies from Hushu to Stone Town, and then ordered the soldiers to destroy Hushu City to vent their anger.

He knew that what the Huainan army needed at this time was to vent, and then he had all the prisoners of war of Northern Qin beheaded, and the heads of the prisoners of war and the heads of the soldiers killed in the battle were transported to the city of Xinting, and a Jingguan was built under the city.

Yuwen Zhi was on the city wall, and when he saw Jingguan built up with his head, he almost fainted on the ground. He said to Fu Yong: "Why did the Southern Qi army do such a brutal act, and it was ominous since ancient times, why is this. ”

Fu Yong just shook his head, and then found that some soldiers outside the city were wearing white cloths, Fu Yong suddenly said: "There should be an important general who died in battle, but I don't know who it is." ”

Yuwenzhi was silent, and then looked at the murderous Huainan army, Yuwenzhi said: "Hushu has been lost, Stone City has also been lost, and now Xinting is a lonely city, the city gate is blocked, can the general have a way?" ”

Fu Yong said at this time: "The last general has a strategy, or he can break through." ”

"What's the solution?"

"In the past, Wei Ran broke through the sea, from the use of tunnels, now we can only dig tunnels, straight out of the city, maybe we can escape." Fu Yong said slowly.

"The plan of the tunnel Ben Shuai has also thought about it, but now that there are tens of thousands of troops in the city, how many people can escape by digging the tunnel?" Yu Wenzhi retorted: "If the city wall is torn down, what does the general think?" ”

"Tear down the city wall, Wei Ran will build an offensive on all sides outside, I'm afraid there will be only a few escapees." Fu Yong analyzed: "The only way to do this is to dig a tunnel on the one hand, and the elite will come out of the tunnel, and then let people dig the tunnel in the weak part of the defense, destroy the wooden stakes, and let the city wall collapse, and then attack from the front, and the elite will come out of the tunnel to attack Wei Ran's army on both sides, or everyone can escape." ”

Yu Wenzhi groaned slightly, thinking that this plan was feasible, but then said: "What happens after escaping?" Our army is currently out of food and grass, how to return to the north shore? ”

Fu Yong also frowned when he heard this, then looked to the north, and after thinking twice, he replied: "You can dig a small tunnel first, pick a few to go out as civilians, if you can get out of the city smoothly, then along the river to see if you can find a boat, and then cross the river to ask for help, I will dig a tunnel here, make an appointment, our army will destroy the city and come out, and then quickly retreat to the river, if the reinforcements come late, we will camp according to the Yangtze River, and how many people can retreat." ”

Hearing this, Yuwen nodded slightly, and then let people start digging the tunnel.

In Guyu City, the news of Yangkan's death reached Xiao Ju's ears, Xiao Ju couldn't help but cry, he couldn't help but cry because his injuries had not healed, and he couldn't help but say in pain: "In the past, I and General Yang fought side by side in Hefei City, and I didn't want General Yang to die in Hushu, which really made me regret." ”

Wei Ran was also gloomy when he heard this, after he entered the Southern Dynasty, Yang Kan also helped him many times, so that he could gain a firm foothold in the Southern Dynasty so quickly, and now Yang Kan is dead, which makes him also very sad.

Xiao Ju then wiped away his tears and said: "Posthumously named Yangkan as the Duke of Zhenguo, and his son was named the Duke of Yixing County, and the three armies were all dressed in vegetarian clothes to see off General Yang." ”

Wei Ran nodded yes, and then said: "Your Majesty, now all the grain and grass in Hushu have been obtained by our army, and Stone City has also been recaptured by General Liu's army. ”

Hearing this news, Xiao Ju's spirit was shocked, and then he said: "What Aiqing said is extremely true, but how to deal with the Northern Qin Army is still hesitant now. ”

"Your Majesty is worried that if the Northern Qin army is completely annihilated here, it will trigger a major war between the two countries?" Wei Ran asked.

Xiao Ju nodded: "That's right, although the Northern Qin army is helping to abuse, but now that we have been in the civil war for several months, the people are struggling to make a living, and they really can't withstand a national war." Although I wanted to kill all these northerners before, I couldn't bear to think of the people. ”

Wei Ran just smiled slightly, and then looked at Yuan Muzhi on his side, Yuan Muzhi understood, and immediately said: "Your Majesty can rest assured, although the gate of Xinting City has been blocked now, Yuwen Zhi is not an ordinary person. There must be a way out of the city, but before we will send people to the north bank for help, we only need to leave a small boat by the river, and after the people cross the river, the North Dynasty will definitely send people to rescue. At that time, Yuwen Zhi will definitely try to break through, and we can deliberately leave a gap so that Yuwen Zhi can retreat after most of the people are left. ”

Wei Ran continued: "The minister is also extremely resentful of the Northern Qin Army in his heart, but it is true that the national strength has been greatly reduced now, and it can only be like this. Now that the Huainan army is extremely resentful of the Northern Qin army in his heart, he can let the Huainan army be responsible for surrounding Xinting, and whether Yuwenzhi can escape at that time depends on his own creation. ”