Xie Xuan, Wei Jie and Xie Yan discussed the details of the action in detail, and then a series of military orders were passed from the commander's tent, and Xie Yan also took the order out of the tent to dispatch the Yuzhou army.

"Is Mr. Xuan worried about Huan Xuan?"

Inside the commander's tent, Xie Xuan's face was a little solemn, and Wei Jie felt something and asked.

Xie Xuan nodded slightly and said, "Now, only He Qian is in charge of Jingkou, and his troops are less than 5,000. Although there are 20,000 Le family troops in Jiankang City to assist in the city defense, it is just useless in front of the Jingzhou Army!"

"If Huan Xuan intends to take Jiankang, he will be able to get it right!"

These situations were thought about before the Northern Expedition, and Xie Xuan had always had worries. Wei Jie sighed in his heart. If it weren't for telling it, Xie Xuan would never believe it. He really wanted to tell Xie Xuan that Xie An was probably looking forward to Huan Xuan going to take Jiankang City. As long as he took the children of the Xie family to Jingkou, and then let Huan Xuan pass Guangling and Jingkou, and take Jiankang directly to achieve his goal!

"Supervisor Xuan thinks that Yang Quanqi will let Jingzhou army pass his defense zone?"

"Yang Quanqi?" Xie Xuan sneered and shook his head.

"Although Yang Quanqi is a talented general and a villain who is greedy for power and profit-oriented. It would be good if he didn't take the opportunity to send troops with Huan Xuan. If Yin Zhongkan had led troops to Jingzhou, he might not have sat down and watched Huan Xuan send troops!"

"It's useless to think too much. Now our top priority is to take Xuchang, let the Former Qin see the combat effectiveness of our Northern Mansion soldiers and delay his pace of going south. As for Huan Xuan and Yang Quanqi, we can only hope that they can take care of the overall situation!" Wei Jie said helplessly.

"After all, if the Former Qin army took the opportunity to go south, even if the Jingzhou army and the Yongzhou army united, they would probably be difficult to be the opponent. Huan Xuan should have this self-knowledge!"

"Haha, Xiaojie, you underestimated Huan Xuan's ambition, or underestimated that he had buried deep in his heart for many years. If he was really a self-aware person, he would not have instigated Wang Gong to force his uncle to step down earlier!"

Speaking of Yang Quanqi, Xie Xuan just sneered disdainfully, but when it comes to Huan Xuan, Xie Xuan looked solemn, because although Huan Xuan was arrogant, he was indeed a person with arrogant capital. Whether it was his wisdom or military ability, he could be comparable to Xie Xuan!

"Huan Xuan is an arrogant adventurer. As long as there is a chance of success in everything, he will do his best to do it. I still haven't figured out why my uncle decided to fight the Northern Expedition. He should know better than me about Huan Xuan's character!"

"I'm even worried that before Xuchang City was captured, Jiankang City had fallen into Huan Xuan's hands!"

Wei Jie thought to himself, it would be strange if you understand what your uncle, who is respected by countless people, thinks, but he said, "Now he can only be faster than Huan Xuan, but he just attacks Xuchang, so he is too impatient. Wei Jie wants to remind Xuan Shuai, now that the enemy is in front of him, it is better not to be distracted!"

Xie Xuan laughed and shook his head, patted Wei Jie on the shoulder, and said nothing.

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After the Northern Mansion Army and the Yuzhou Army were integrated into one army, they had more than 80,000 infantry, nearly 5 cavalry, and another 10,000 naval troops. The Qiang army in Xuchang City still had a clear advantage, with a total of 150,000. However, the 20,000 cavalry of the Qiang people had been wiped out in Ruyin County. In addition, the Northern Mansion Navy has always protected the flank of the Northern Mansion Army on land, so the Qiang army could only defend the city.

After the Jin army arrived at Xuchang City, they only had a day off and launched a strong attack on Xuchang City the next day. Although the defense equipment in Xuchang City was available, the Qiang army was neither good at defending the city, and the soldiers were even more resistant to defending the city. Faced with the successive attacks of various siege equipment from the Northern Mansion soldiers, there were heavy casualties in Xuchang City. After several rounds of stone throwing and turbulent attacks, the Jin army used a ladder to attack the city walls of Xuchang City!

In this siege battle, the Northern Palace soldiers were mainly soldiers. The Yuzhou army supported the battle from behind, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and blood flowed into a river. After two days and two nights, the Northern Palace soldiers who failed to siege the city left the bodies of thousands of soldiers and temporarily retreated!

Yao Chang wanted to go out of the city to pursue the troops when the Northern Mansion soldiers retreated, but he was concerned about the Yuzhou army and the Wanwu cavalry of the Northern Mansion soldiers who were waiting for the troops could only give up and let the Northern Mansion soldiers set up camp outside Xuchang City again, looking for an opportunity to attack the city again.

In this battle, the Northern Palace soldiers suffered nearly 5,000 losses, and the Qiang army in Xuchang suffered nearly 20,000 losses, most of them died from large-scale attacks of siege equipment. Although there were more than 100,000 defenders in the city, Yao Chang was still unsure of it, worried that Xie Xuanshang would have a backup plan, so he immediately sent a letter of help to Chang'an, the capital of the Former Qin Dynasty, after the siege was stopped!

"Report to Xuanshuo, half an hour ago, the Qiang tribe's sankage asking for help had already left the city at the same time from the four gates of Xuchang City!"

In Xie Xuan's tent, the three supreme commanders of the coalition forces, Xie Xuan, Xie Yan, and the Gujie rank, were all here. At this moment, the person who entered the tent was Liu Yu who was transferred by Xie Xuan from Liu Laozhi.

"Very good, didn't alarm them?" Xie Xuan nodded slightly and said.

"Return to Xuanshu, there are two cavalrymen out of the city from the west gate, and there is only one cavalry in the other city gates. It should be Yao Chang's intentional actions!" Liu Yu said respectfully.

"In order to prevent Yao Chang from being suspicious, the last general took down all the scattered cavalry that had come out of the other three city gates, and two scattered cavalry in the direction of the Ximen also took down one!"

"Xiaoyu, you are very thoughtful and do a good job!" Xie Xuan nodded in admiration.

He originally thought not to alarm the Qiang tribes' scattered cavalry, so as not to arouse Yao Chang's vigilance, but Liu Yu's method was obviously more effective. Yao Chang sent two cavalry from the west gate, while other city gates only sent one cavalry each with the purpose of numbing the scouts of the Northern Palace soldiers and successfully sending out the message of asking for help.

Liu Yu's move was a trick, and he gave Yao Chang a reassurance!

"Xiaoyu, next you go to Chang'an to set up controls. All the avenues leading to Xuchang from northwest two hundred miles away must be under your control. Do you understand?"

"The last general will receive the order!" Liu Yu replied loudly and pushed open the tent and walked out. Although the reinforcements from the Former Qin Dynasty would not come so quickly, it would take time to deploy control, not to mention that the road leading to Xuchang is not a single road!

"Xiao Jie, I finally know why you look at Liu Yu in a different way. This person not only has extremely outstanding military talents, but also has extremely delicate thoughts!" Xie Yan looked at Liu Yu's back and said to Wei Jie with a smile.

"Wei Jie can see Liu Yu's extraordinary ability, and it is also due to Mr. An Gong!" Wei Jie laughed and said perfunctorily.
Chapter completed!