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Chapter 508 The Death of the Little Court ([-])
A thing that has been repeated many times, Jiankang City occupies a very large area, resulting in the fact that the city wall is not straight at all, and it is necessary to turn around after reaching certain positions. The layout of the city gates is also based on the shape and position of the city wall to set up.

The road that Fu Wei led the army to Jiankang was not tortuous. When they passed through the Jin army's defense line, they didn't even move any soldiers with sword handles. At this time, Wang Xizhi was still on his way to Sheshan.

The ship of the Little Imperial Court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been shattered in all directions, and there are always rebellious families appearing all the time, so that the situation has evolved into that the Little Imperial Court not only wants to be an enemy of the Han army, but also has to endure continuous rebellion. The consequences of family politics.

In fact, the aristocratic family really will not be loyal to anyone other than the family. Everything is based on its own interests. When the situation is serious enough to keep the family's interests is the first choice, everything else is an option that can be sold.

Nearly [-] troops belonging to the Han camp appeared in Dongcheng. This news is undoubtedly bad news for those trapped in Miyagi.

The east of Jiankang has been a battlefield for the past few months, with a defense depth of tens of miles, and [-] to [-] Jin troops stationed there.With the Han army coming from the east, can it be said that the Jin army over there has disintegrated, and even the Wang family has jumped back?

The tragedy of Chu Suanzi is that the royal family only has about [-] combat power in Miyagi, and the Chu family can only gather less than [-] armed forces that are absolutely reliable. It is basically impossible to rely on those forces to break through. Delusion, and then the situation is deteriorating again and again. Those aristocratic families who are on their side may change their positions at any time.

"I thought that the Han army came to Dongcheng by chance, and it was definitely not that there was something wrong with the troops there." After the fall of Cheng Han, the Li family, Chang Chu became an official here in the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He said: "We should send people to go there. Dispatch troops from the east to come back and clear the siege."

Chu Po really wanted to say that anything could happen if everyone was in danger. For example, the Huan clan did not show signs of rebellion before, so they just directed this big drama.He thought the Huan clan could do that, so why couldn't the Wang clan?But he dared not say these words.

Their disputes and quarrels have been going on for a long time, one after another bad news came back from the outside, but the inside has not been able to come up with an idea for a long time, making Chu Suanzi, who has been watching, think that even a bad idea is better than continuing like this The quarrel is strong.

In the midst of the noise, someone came to report that the Han army that had entered Beicheng had already advanced towards Miyagi.

"Zhu Qing." Chu Suanzi spoke for the first time: "Would you like to go up to the tower with Ai's family?"

Regardless of what the people present were thinking or what they had already made up their minds, they were all willing to go with Chu Suanzi's invitation as the Queen Mother.

The palace city of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was built on the foundation of the Soochow royal family. Because the Sima family has been weakened for a long time, no new palaces have been built, and it can even be said that they have not been repaired, making the palace city look like this country. Shows dilapidated weather.

No matter how small Miyagi is, it is not so small. There are a lot of people waiting for the car to ride and those who ride horses. It is inevitable that some people walk out of the core hall of Miyagi, go north, pass through the East Forest Garden to the Datong Gate.

Chu Suanzi saw with his own eyes along the way that the supposedly solemn palace city had become extremely chaotic, patrolling guards could be seen everywhere, and moreover, maids and attendants were killed on the road. , Even the originally beautiful East Forest Garden has become a mess, and many trees have been cut down.

Now is not the time to pay attention to ostentation, Chu Suanzi didn't wear a gorgeous uniform, and the little emperor Sima Dan didn't wear a crown suit, and the vehicle he was riding didn't have any emperor's day on it.

The group of people who accompanied them were dressed in a mess, some in ordinary clothes, some in official uniforms, and most of them were in military uniforms.The state of Jiankang when it was in chaos can be judged by the difference in clothing, and it was also invited into Miyagi one after another.

The north side of Miyagi is not intended as a residential area.There is a Tongqin Temple outside the Datong Gate, and there is a Guishan Temple next to the Daxia Gate. The incense of the two temples in Jiankang is not bad.Further north, there is Jilong Mountain, which is the cemetery area of ​​the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, where the former emperors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty are buried. To the north of Jilong Mountain is Xuanwu Lake.

Standing at Datong Gate and looking to the north, the temple of Tongqin Temple is clearly visible. There are no people there at this moment, but it can be seen from the corpses and debris everywhere that it has experienced chaos.

In fact, there are quite a lot of city gates in the north of Miyagi, and the Datong Gate is only the exit of Donglin Garden. It doesn't matter which door you come in or out from.

There is a straight road on the east side of Tongqin Temple, which connects Miyagi and Xuanwu Lake. On the southeast side of Xuanwu Lake is Fuzhou Mountain.There is a stream on the edge of Fuzhou Mountain, which leads to the fact that there are many bridges here.

"The fire on Jilongshan has not stopped..." Chu Po turned his head to look west again, and said, "We can faintly see our army's flag flying over the stone city."

In fact, Stone City is very far away from the Datong Gate. The naked eye can see the flag flying, but it is so blurred that even the color is hard to distinguish. How can we tell whose flag it belongs to.

Xuanwu Lake is the largest lake in Jiankang City, and its area is definitely larger than the entire Miyagi.When there was a sudden heavy rain in previous years, Xuanwu Lake was a disaster in Jiankang City, so that the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty spent huge sums of money to continuously build the long dike. After decades of construction, the total length of the long dike is definitely one hundred and eighty miles. Only when it is thicker and taller than a year can it be regarded as making Xuanwu Lake a pure place for entertainment, and there will be no more harm.

The area where the Han army entered the city was Xichuan Mansion, located on the west side of the Xuanwu Lake Causeway and on the north side of Stone City.Judging from the terrain, before the Han army wanted to approach Miyagi, they should capture Stone City first, otherwise they would be cut off from the rear, so Chu Po emphasized that Stone City is still in the hands of the Jin army. if.

Xie Ai is really studying Stone City right now.

As the name suggests, Stone City is built on a foundation full of stones. This is a scene in Jiankang City. The mountain is a stone mountain. At the foot of the mountain is a stream on the east side and the Yangtze River on the west side.Its low-altitude mountain is a square in the city, where citizens live and there are long-term garrisons.The garrison is to monitor the movement of the Yangtze River. There are already large-scale military equipment fortifications, and they will increase after the Han army takes full advantage of the Yangtze River. At least hundreds of horses are aimed at the Yangtze River.

"If you don't capture this place, it's really inappropriate to invade Miyagi!" The map in Xie Ai's hand was provided by Huan Yun, and it seems to have sufficient original features, that is, it only depicts a rough outline without any data.He rolled up the map and asked, "There are about three thousand troops on it?"

"The [-] garrison was to guard against the Yangtze River. Now it is definitely far more than [-]." Huan Yun said with a wry smile, "I wanted to take it before it was ready, but it didn't work."

Xie Ai already knew from Huan Yun that the garrison in Stone City was under the control of the Xie Clan. Regarding Xie Po's death from illness, Xie's handing over the command of the army to Chu Po had also been confirmed.In fact, he still didn't understand what the Xie Clan was thinking. Apart from Xie An's service to the Han, the Xie Clan was still fighting against the Han in every way. It was really not a wise move.

Four thousand Han troops and 5000 people arrived at the north side of the stone city. Looking at the location of the stone city from this position, the first thing you see is a towering and steep mountain. The color of the stone is khaki and red. There are few plants, and there is no upward passage.

"This is not the Stone City area, but the barren hills on the north side, and there is only an upward passage inside the valley road surrounded by two mountains." Huan Yun pointed to the distant stone mountain, on which there are densely packed Jin army figures: "If the general wants to attack the Stone Mountain, We need to detour around Xili Gate, that is..."

The Xili Gate is one of the exits of the outer fence wall of the palace city. This fence wall has a total length of nearly [-] miles. It is one of the three walls of Jiankang City. Its shape is not straight. A twisted olive shape.In other words, it was not enough for the Han army to enter the city, but they also had to face such a fence, which was not exactly a fence. Its height should be about two feet, and the wall was protected by a fence. In fact, it is still a rammed earth structure.

It is precisely because of the extreme insecurity of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that if the Han army is allowed to advance in an upright manner, due to the terrain restrictions, it is not known how long it will take to conquer the first city wall. One hundred thousand soldiers and civilians go to attack the outer city wall. Even if the outer city wall is taken down, there will still be a Miyagi city wall that is not inferior to the first city wall. It is really not so easy.

Now, due to the situation, the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had its own civil strife, and the Han army led by Xie Ai entered Jiankang City at no cost.

"Leave some troops, and the rest will follow me to Xilimen." Xie Ai took a deep look at the dangerous mountain, and was extremely grateful in his heart: [The civil strife in the puppet dynasty is really great! 】

If you want to go to Xilimen, the marching route is a wilderness deliberately flowed out, and it is said that it is a place specially used for outings.

Xie Ai saw with his own eyes that although the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lived in a corner, it never forgot to enjoy it. This can be seen from the layout of the pavilions and forest gardens on the road.

There were guarding Jin troops on the outer wall. When they saw the appearance of the Han army, they rang the alarm bell, followed by the sound of war drums.

"There are quite a few guards on the wall." Xie Ai asked Huan Yun: "Has the turmoil inside the outer wall been quelled?"

"It won't be so easy." Huan Yun replied very firmly: "It should be that Chu Po used the power of the family and dared not mobilize the defenders of Guocheng."

The real situation is also as Huan Yun said, Chu Po did not dare to mobilize the defenders of the outer city wall at all. Apart from sincerely not wanting the defense of the city to be empty, he was afraid that the defenders of the outer city wall would have the internal support of the Han army. Untrustworthy troops are also not allowed to enter.

Xie Ai asked directly: "Does Lord Huan have any arrangements for defending the army in Guocheng?"

"Of course." Huan Yun said with a cheerful smile: "General Jie Shi will know."

The only thing Huan Yun is not sure about is whether those who arranged will be purged after the incident at the outer city gate.

It didn't take too much time to make a detour, and they only encountered a small-scale chaos army on the way. Xie Ai led the troops to Shitojin on the east side of Stone City, and his brows were tightly frowned at first glance.

On the north side of Stone City, there is only one passage in the double-team, and there are several passages on the east side, but what is deceptive is that Shitojin is not only full of rocks, but also has a lot of running water.

"Defenders..." Xie Ai frowned deeply, and said, "More than three thousand."

In the direction of Stone City, on the edge of the cliffs of the mountain, you can see that there are many archers arranged, and even many eight horse crossbows arranged.At the foot of the mountain, the defenders had set up multiple lines of defense consisting of horses and fences. Just looking at the defenses, the defenders would not be less than a thousand.

Xie Ai, who was observing Stone City, noticed movement and looked to the southeast, where an unknown number of people shouted loudly, and the crowd seemed densely packed.

The composition of the visitors seemed to be very mixed, most of them were in folk costumes, and a few were wearing the military uniform of the Jin army, and the word "righteousness" was written on the leading banner.

The southwest side of Shitoujin is on the Yangtze River. The crowd came close to the wall of the Outer Kingdom. The defenders above did not attack the crowd, so if you think about it with your knees, you can know that the people who came here are standing on the side of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Huan Yun twitched when he saw the face of the leader, and said to Xie Ai, "He is Yin Hao's younger brother, named Yin Kang. There are also Guo, Lu, Zhu and other noble families."

Xie Ai is very clear about the big families and big families in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He has also done a little research on some families between the first-rate and second-rate families, and he probably knows who he is.

"I didn't expect Sima's family to have a legacy." Xie Ai turned to look at his lieutenant general, and ordered: "The cavalry disperses, and if they don't retreat, they will be killed."

The order was issued, and the five hundred Han cavalry were dispatched, and the sound of roaring horseshoes was heard in a moment.They didn't rush directly to the crowd, after all, the crowd was within the shielding distance of the archers on the outer city wall.

Yin Kang is the one carrying the "righteousness" flag in his hand. He looks to be about forty years old. He has a face of death, and shouts at the same time as he steps: "Fight with the bandits!"

Anyone who knows the small court family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty will find that the most respectable people are basically the second son or the bastard son of the family, and there is absolutely no such thing as the eldest son.

Huan Yun had a very good idea of ​​why there were such a few people. It was nothing more than a family that was not completely rotten and still valued integrity, showing family integrity at a price that was no different from hitting a pebble with a stone.He could even guess what those families would do next. Waiting for the death of the group of people to die really meant that their families owed nothing to the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and then these families could surrender to the Han Kingdom with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)