Governor please stay

Chapter 417

Jiankang's outer city wall is made of wooden fences, a product of the Southern Qi Dynasty. It may be okay to defend against bandits, but for the regular army, such defense is nothing.

Therefore, the outer city wall of Taicheng has always been the "real city wall" of Jiankang.

However, the "double wall" and "triple wall" built in Taicheng City are not so much city walls as palace walls. The defense is extremely weak and riddled with holes.

At this moment, the area inside the outer wall of Tai City and outside the triple wall, including the East Palace, the Government Office, and the temporary houses where the rich families lived, was in chaos.There are soldiers under the king of Xiangdong everywhere, killing anyone they see.

These desperadoes are red-eyed, as long as Wang Seng does not order them to stop, then these people will continue to kill to the deepest part of Jiankang Palace.Of course, they are completely unable to break through the triple wall now, so they can only vent their anger on people outside the triple wall.

Yang Kan responded calmly. Seeing that Da Sima Gate was difficult to break through, Wang Sengbian sent troops to go around to the east and concentrate his forces to attack Donghua Gate.Donghua Gate is the residence of the "Left Guard" of the Forbidden Army.These people are not Yang Kan's cronies, but the former troops of the Jiankang Imperial Army.

It stands to reason that this place is a key stronghold in Taicheng, and it is difficult to break through.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Wang Sengbian's elite soldiers came, these people directly gave up the defense of the left guard, opened the Donghua Gate to let Wang Sengbian's elite soldiers enter, and then that wave of people slipped out of Taicheng and escaped while no one was paying attention.

The Donghua Gate fell, and the situation suddenly collapsed.As a last resort, Yang Kan ordered to abandon the gate of Da Sima, and the defenders retreated to the second gate.The double gate only surrounded the palace wall of Jiankang Palace, and could no longer retreat, if it retreated any further, Wang Sengbian's men would enter the palace to "communicate cordially" with Xiao Gang's concubines.

"Father, I can't retreat any longer. If I retreat again, I will enter the palace."

Yang Kan's youngest son, Yang Kun, shouted at the top of his voice.

At this moment, Yang Kan is leading his own soldiers to fight against the enemy, barely able to block the opponent's attack.However, a large part of the defenders of the triple wall did not retreat behind the double wall.

After a long time, Yang Kan, who had changed several knives in his hand, hid behind the double wall to pant, and from time to time, enemy arrows shot in and stuck on the ground.

"How did the triple wall fall?"

Yang Kan asked Yang Kun in a deep voice.

"It's not that Zhou Shizhen, who is in charge of the Forbidden Army in name, opened the Donghua Gate and let Wang Sengbian's men drive straight in."

Yang Kun was speechless, and said angrily.

Fortresses have always been breached from the inside, not to mention the weak triple gate.Yang Kan had known for a long time that Zhou Shizhen was not a good bird, so he was left idle and placed on the left guard side to guard the safety of Jiankang Palace.

Unexpectedly, after the outer wall of Taicheng was broken, this guy's position changed from idle to vital.

"Go to Beishang Pavilion in Hualin Garden, take His Majesty out of Taicheng, and take the waterway from Xuanwu Lake."

Yang Kan said in a low voice, for fear that the soldiers resting around would hear.

"Father..." Yang Kun was in a bit of a dilemma. Nanliang was too pitted, and he was surrounded by scammers. Is it necessary to serve this kind of emperor?

"Go, don't make any noise!"

Yang Kan said impatiently, Yang Kun had to leave with tears in his eyes, reluctant to part.

Not long after he left, Yang Kan suddenly felt a little strange.Ordinarily, the double gate is just a show. Why didn't Wang Sengbian attack the city?
"You climb over the wall and go out to have a look."

Yang Kan said to the soldiers around him.

……

The Xiangdong Wangjun camp outside Taicheng was engulfed by raging fire at this time.There were dead bodies everywhere on the ground, and most of them belonged to civilian husbands and the army of the King of Eastern Hunan.

Yang Zhong looked at all this with a slight frown, feeling strange in his heart.

This kind of feeling is a bit like an otaku chasing a girl, thinking that she is a chaste and strong woman, but after he succeeds, he finds out that this woman is old Si Ji, whose driving skills are more than a dozen ranks higher than his own.

The army of the King of Eastern Hunan was too inexperienced. The forwards led by Yang Zhong passed by, and there was no single enemy.The army rushed into the opponent's camp in one go, and then... the end was that Xiao Yi, Fan Yi and others fled to the north.

If this is to lure the enemy, then the bait laid this time is too big, right?
"How did they get to Jiankang?"

Yang Zhong raised his chin in thought, he never thought that the battle would be so smooth.

"General, in Taicheng, the army of the King of Eastern Hunan has descended from the earth mountain and is preparing to attack."

A scout came to report and said.

"Let Chen Xin take the old white robe to strangle him while his foothold is not stable."

Yang Zhong waved his hand and said.

After a while, another scout came to report.

"General Yang, the enemy army opened the gate of Taicheng and fled from the west gate. Shall we pursue it? Now that the gate of Taicheng is wide open, shall we enter the city?"

The lieutenant asked excitedly.

"No need, set up camp outside the city and wait for the Chinese army from the governor to come."

Yang Zhong felt that this wave of his was enough. Now that the camp of the King's Army in Eastern Hunan had been broken, there was no need to act indiscriminately when the enemy's situation was unknown.Just hold on to the fruits of the current victory.

In fact, Wang Sengbian originally wanted to return to the camp from the original road on the Tushan Mountain, but he didn't expect that a large group of people under the Tushan Mountain surrounded the returning soldiers and slashed at them.

Knowing that the battle situation collapsed, he directly abandoned Xiao Yi without saying a word, ordered someone to open the outer wall gate of Taicheng, and fled from the west gate with the trilogy.

This move was entirely based on the intuition of a general. Up to now, he can't really tell what happened. The only thing that is certain is that the camp outside the city was stolen.

But at this moment, in the North Pavilion of Hualin Garden behind Jiankang Palace, Xiao Gang is like a salted fish basking in the sun on the beach, lying on the soft bed and dozing.Fan, who was named Concubine Shu, was stuffing a cherry into his mouth.

Concubine Shu has a big belly and is already eight months pregnant, and she will give birth soon.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Shizhen opened the Donghua Gate and defected, and the Triple Wall was lost. Now that the Double Gate is in danger, Your Majesty is also requested to come out of Xuanwu Lake and take refuge in Sanwu."

Yang Kun said loudly without any politeness.

In the past, this must have been a crime of deceiving the emperor, but now, no one seems to care.

Emperor?Without soldiers and horses, it is just a dog.

"Go to Sanwu? What are you going to do there?"

Xiao Gang squinted his eyes, lying on the couch with a look of indifference.It's useless to say anything now, it's better to take a rest.

"Your Majesty, the troops of King Xiangdong may soon enter Jiankang Palace."

Yang Kun said emphatically.

"So what?"

Xiao Gang continued to remain unmoved, what Xiao Yi forced the palace, he must die, etc., are all floating clouds.He is tired, let it all be ruined.He had had enough of these days of fear and fear.

"But Your Majesty..."

Yang Kun was incoherent in a hurry, Xiao Gang's chance to survive was bought by his father Yang Kan, although Yang Kan was still there when he left, but once the double wall was breached, his father would die for the country.

How could this bastard Xiao Gang not cherish such an opportunity so much?If you don't want to live, just die quickly!
At this moment, Yang Kan's other son, Yang Qiu, arrived and winked at Yang Kun, who was about to burst into anger.

"Your Majesty, the Xiangdong King's army has retreated, to be precise, it has withdrawn from Taicheng. All of them have withdrawn, and there is no one left."

Ok?A miracle happened?
Xiao Gang sat up instantly, as if he had received a shot in the arm!The whole person looks energetic!

If you can live, who wants to wait to die?
"Good! Good! Your father is worthy of being a famous general! Come on, change my clothes, I am going to comfort the soldiers guarding the city. Hahahahahaha!"

Xiao Gang smiled heartily.

Yang Kun and Yang Qiu looked at each other, their eyes filled with helplessness.

The emperor in front of him can hardly be described in words.If I really want to say, probably... just a piece of trash who is too stupid to read.

Yang Kan's two sons didn't dare to leave, they waited until Xiao Gang changed his clothes, and then he was relieved.They wouldn't want to stay here for a minute if they could.I don't even want to have anything to do with Xiao Gang.

Just as the group was about to leave for the outer city wall of Taicheng, Yang Kan rushed over sweating profusely, his face full of anxiety.

"General Yang came just in time, I was going to find you."

Xiao Gang said with a smile on his face, he was full of trust and gratitude to the mainstay who defeated Xiao Yi.This emotion is definitely from the heart.

"Your Majesty, Liu Yishou sent a large army to surround Taicheng, and played the banner of Xiao Huan, the descendant of the former prince Xiao Tong!"

Yang Kan's words made Xiao Gang's heart fall from the sky to the bottom.

"Is this true?"

Xiao Gang slumped to the floor, dumbfounded.It is really cruel to give him hope first and then push him into the abyss of despair.

"Return to Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. Liu Yishou's army is sweeping away the other vassal tribes in Jiankang City, and it is estimated that...the city will be attacked soon."

"General Yang, put your heart into defending Taicheng, I'm tired..."

Xiao Gang, who had just stood up, fell down again.Closing his eyes, he waved tiredly to Yang Kan and others, signaling them to leave here.

Tired, let everything be destroyed, Xiao Gang is numb, and nothing can cause waves in his heart.

Yang Kan and his two sons looked at each other, not knowing how to persuade Xiao Gang for a while.The current situation is really disappointing.

In the afternoon of the next day, Yang Zhong got Yu Jin's military order and led his troops to march towards the north gate of Taicheng City, driving away the deserters under Xiao Yi's Wang Sengbian's troops along the way.

As a result, it was discovered after arriving at the place that Wang Lin had already fled away with the trilogy, and escaped on a boat moored on Xuanwu Lake.

As for whether they will have a fierce battle with the Webster's navy patrolling the river after they reach the Yangtze River, it is unknown.

Knowing that Wang Lin had escaped, Yu Jin could only order Yang Zhong to advance to Donglimen and go to Zhongshan to find the remnants of Xiao Lun's army.As a result, Yang Zhongbu happened to meet Xiao Lun who was planning to escape to Jingkou.

The two sides met unexpectedly, and after a fierce battle, Xiao Lun, who was short of troops and food, naturally lost to Yang Zhong, including Wei Zai, all the remnants were captured by Yang Zhong's troops.

This time Yu Jin was pleasantly surprised but also a little embarrassed.A vassal king like Xiao Lun, who died in the chaos of the army, died as he died, and no one would say anything.However, after he was captured, it was not easy to kill him with a knife.

Otherwise, Liu Yishou would definitely be criticized by the world, saying that he killed his brother-in-law.

In desperation, Yu Jin could only send someone to send Xiao Lun to Jiangning City to wait for Liu Yishou to deal with him.

……

Beside the Zhuque Bridge, Chen Baxian stared intently at Fan Meng's troops on the other side of the river. It seemed that the army was sloppy and the soldiers were in a commotion.

It's not like yesterday's military appearance is strict.

"Brother, look at the other side of the river, is there something wrong?"

Chen Baxian asked Chen Daotan suspiciously.

They still didn't know that Liu Yishou had sent troops to attack Taicheng and wiped out all the soldiers and horses of the vassal kings in Jiankang City.But he could vaguely sense that something might not be right.

"Xiao Yi's army is nothing more than that, why don't we send troops to cross the river now, and it doesn't matter if we try it out."

Chen Daotan said thoughtfully.

Chen Baxian nodded slightly. In fact, he thought so too, but he was not too sure yet.Hearing what Chen Daotan said, he already had some confidence.

"I will be the vanguard in this battle."

Chen Daotan asked for a fight and said.

"No, I will personally command this battle."

Chen Ba waved his hand first, he wanted to experience for himself how good the King's Army of Eastern Hunan was.

Just do it, Chen Baxian immediately ordered to build a temporary pontoon bridge with bamboo rafts as materials.Just tie it with a rope, and the soldiers can step on it.The Qinhuai River is not wide, so there is nothing difficult to do.

Chen Baxian originally thought that the opponent was very powerful. He attacked Zhuque Bridge once before, and Fan Meng responded well. Chen Baxian failed and lost some personnel, so he was a little afraid of this.

Unexpectedly, just after the soldiers crossed the river, the troops of Fan Meng's troops almost collapsed at the first touch, turned around and ran away, making Chen Baxian, who was ready for a tough battle, look bewildered.

Since there is nothing to do, it will be easier to handle.Chen Ba first asked Chen Daotan to cross the river with the rest of his trilogy, and set down a fence on the north bank of the Qinhuai River, preparing to attack the Taimiao and clear out the soldiers and horses of the King of Eastern Hunan.

At this moment, a soldier who went to the north to investigate the military situation hurriedly ran back, cupped his hands and said to Chen Baxian: "The king's camp in eastern Hunan has been breached, and a large army is sweeping around to search for deserters who have been singled out. The subordinates guess that it should be Liu Yishou Soldiers stationed in Jiangning."

It's finally here!

Chen Baxian's heart tightened, hesitating whether to continue to march.

Seeing his hesitation, Chen Daotan patted his chest and said: "Brothers in battle, father and son in battle. We Wu Xing's children definitely have no reason to retreat without even seeing the enemy's face."

"really."

Chen Ba nodded his head first, there are no undead in war.Elite soldiers are all tempered in the harsh environment of blood and fire.If they retreated when encountering Liu Yishou's troops, then there would really be no need to mess around in the future.

"I'm coming!"

Another scout who went out to investigate came back, and he rode a horse from a long distance and shouted at Chen Baxian: "General, hurry up, the enemy army..."

At this moment, he was shot off the horse by an arrow, and he twitched on the ground and then stopped moving.

In fact, there was no need for him to shout. Chen Baxian had already seen a mixed cavalry team marching slowly, and it had already appeared in his field of vision.

"Quickly blow the horn array!"

Chen Baxian yelled loudly, he was calm on the surface, but in fact he panicked inside.

This battle was unexpected, crossing the Qinhuai River was really a wrong decision!He already had a very bad premonition.

Chen Baxian regretted it very much. If he hadn't crossed the river, he would have been able to attack and defend.

But now that they have just crossed the river, and the army is lining up against the water, is it true that Han Xin broke the dragon?

This wave was actually tricked by Fan Meng.If there was no one on the other side of the river, they would definitely not be so passive now.

The army is different from the army. The sense of oppression in the momentum makes Chen Baxian very nervous.It was not easy for the army on my side to complete the formation, but the opponent was already in front of us.

There was no questioning, no false politeness, what greeted Chen Baxian and the others was a shower of arrows.

Chen Baxian, who had fought against the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty, felt a thump in his heart, and instantly understood that his opponent must be a ruthless character who is not easy to deal with.

Sure enough, after a shower of arrows, the sword and shield soldiers on the opposite side rushed forward regardless of life and death, and the follow-up troops followed behind.In a daze, a spear thrust came with such force that it directly knocked out the shield in Chen Baxian's hand.

When did Liu Yishou of Dog X have such elite soldiers?He used to be too good at pretending, right?

Chen Baxian was in a daze, and instantly felt that someone was pushing him behind.His elder brother Chen Daotan held up his shield and took Chen Baxian's place.

"Evacuate Wu Xing's children to the south bank, and bring them back to their hometown! I'm here to support you!"

In between, Chen Daotan yelled in Chen Baxian's ear.

(End of this chapter)