Outside Yongqing City, inside the Northern Jin army's camp, Guan Qizhong, commander of the Northern Jin army, addressed dozens of generals in a deep voice, "Now that the siege equipment has been partially built and 300,000 reinforcements have arrived, I have decided to begin the siege tomorrow!"

Guan Qizhong, a descendant of nobles of Northern Jin State and the current Duke of Rong, is also one of the famous generals of Northern Jin State.

At this time, an unusually burly general from the Northern Jin State frowned and said, "General, the 300,000 reinforcements I lead have been traveling almost day and night. Should we allow these 300,000 soldiers to rest for a few days?"

This burly general was Wang Shisen, Marquis Pingzhang of the Northern Jin State. He was also a famous general of the Northern Jin State. The 300,000 troops that came to reinforce the Northern Jin State were led by Wang Shisen.

Guan Qizhong sighed, "I don't want to launch an attack on Yongqing City so hastily. After all, we are still short of siege equipment.

However, the Embroidered Uniform Guard just reported that the Liang State had already mobilized several border troops from the north to march south, and had also recruited the Zhenxi Army in the Western Regions.

I'm sure you all are familiar with the name of the Zhenxi Army. I hope to capture Yongqing City, and even Fengyuan City, before the Zhenxi Army arrives."

The Xiuyiwei was an intelligence agency established by the Northern Jin State. Together with the Jinyiwei of the Liang State and the Xuanyiwei of the Chu State, it was known as one of the three major intelligence agencies in the world.

Upon hearing that Liang State had sent the Zhenxi Army, the generals of Northern Jin State in the tent couldn't help but look solemn.

The reputation of the Zhenxi Army is now so famous that it has even spread to the Northern Jin State.

Wang Shisen hesitated for a moment and said, "General, if the Liang State's Zhenxi Army arrives, with the current strength of our Northern Expedition Army, I'm afraid there's no way we can achieve our goal of capturing Liang State's Leizhou, Xinzhou, and Chizhou."

Leizhou, Xinzhou and Chizhou were the three southeastern states of Liang State, all of which bordered the territory of Northern Jin State.

Guan Qizhong shook his head and said, “I believe everyone is aware of the domestic situation.

Our Northern Expedition Army was assembled with the best efforts of the imperial court, so don't even think about the imperial court sending more reinforcements."

In fact, the current situation of Northern Jin is not much stronger than that of Liang.

Due to the serious land annexation in the Northern Jin Dynasty and the rampant corruption of officials, peasant uprisings occurred frequently in various parts of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and the momentum was growing.

Logically speaking, given the current situation of Northern Jin, it simply does not have the strength to launch a northern expedition against Liang.

But now the emperor of Northern Jin has been fond of ostentation since he ascended the throne. As soon as he ascended the throne, he gathered 800,000 elite troops of Northern Jin and launched a northern expedition against Liang.

As a result, that Northern Expedition caused the Northern Jin Kingdom to lose nearly 500,000 elite troops.

It has not been ten years since the last Northern Expedition, but the emperor of Northern Jin, despite the objections of his ministers, insists on launching another Northern Expedition against Liang.

On the morning of May 22, 392 in the Daliang calendar, the army of the Northern Jin Kingdom launched a fierce attack on Yongqing City.

In just five days, although the Northern Jin army failed to capture Yongqing City, it caused more than 60,000 casualties to the Liang army defending the city, with an average of more than 10,000 casualties every day.

The commander of Yongqing City is Wu Ji, the new governor of Chaowu Town, the imperial guards of Liang State. The previous governor of Chaowu Town was shot and killed by a hidden arrow in a battle with the army of Northern Jin State three months ago.

Because Yongqing City can be said to be the southern gateway of Fengyuan City, the capital of Leizhou. Once Yongqing City falls, the army of Northern Jin can directly attack Fengyuan City.

At present, most of the Liang army’s food and fodder are stored in Fengyuan City.

In order to defend Yongqing City, King Yong'an Chen Su not only transferred all the remaining 60,000 troops from Chaowu Town to Yongqing City, but also sent nearly 20,000 remaining troops from Xingwu Town and Yingwu Town to Yongqing City.

"Commander Wu, in the past five days, our three towns have lost nearly 20,000 men combined, and the Leizhou garrison and local militia have lost a combined 40,000 men.

"If this continues, Yongqing City won't be able to hold out for much longer. We must ask the prince for help." Xingwu Town Governor Cheng Shijun said in a deep voice to Chaowu Town Governor Wu Ji.

Although Cheng Shijun had been the governor of Xingwu Town for six or seven years and Wu Ji had only been the governor of Chaowu Town for three months, it was Wu Ji who was appointed as the defender of Yongqing City by King Yong'an after all.

Therefore, if Yongqing City wanted to seek help from Yong'an King Chen Su, it had to get Wu Ji's consent.

Wu Ji sighed, "Commander Cheng, Fengyuan City only has one guard from Guangwu Town. Even if we ask the prince for help, he has no troops to send.

From now on, we can only rely on ourselves. As long as we hold out until the northern border troops arrive, Yongqing City will be safe."

Before Cheng Shijun could speak, Zhao Sheng, the governor of Yingwu Town, who was standing next to him, said, "Governor Wu, we know that the prince has no more troops to send, but we still need to ask for help.

In this way, if Yongqing City cannot be defended, we can retreat to Fengyuan City and at least make a few more excuses for ourselves after meeting the prince. "

Xingwu Town Governor Cheng Shijun followed up and said, "Governor Zhao is right.

After all, losing Yongqing City will have a huge impact on the entire war situation in the south, and the three of us must leave a way out for ourselves.

Especially me and Commander Zhao, who almost wiped out the entire Xingwu and Yingwu armies. We must not let the responsibility for the loss of Yongqing City fall on us again."

Wu Ji nodded. "Commander Cheng and Commander Zhao are indeed very thoughtful. I will immediately send someone out of the city at night to ask the prince for help."

Just as the Northern Jin army was attacking Yongqing City, the 400,000-strong Zhenxi Army, led by Sun Hao, had arrived outside Ganyang City.

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