Cao Dun hummed heavily, and did not say anything, so he motioned to his entourage to help him to the stone pier on the side, and sat down to rest for a while. He was seriously injured, and it was very rare for him to be able to persist in climbing the city wall. Shi Chaoqing saw that Cao Dun was so concerned about the defense of the city, he couldn't help but be very moved, this person was seriously injured, but he still insisted on inspecting the defense on the city wall, so loyal to state affairs, if he didn't still have doubts about this person, for fear that he would collude with the prince to make trouble, I am afraid that he would have been entrusted with a heavy task long ago.

For a while, all the attention on this section of the city wall was attracted by Cao Dun, and almost all the troops in the city had heard the rumors of Cao Dun's assassination, and they had also heard the announcement of the imperial court to refute the rumors.

Cao Dun is not afraid of leaking the news now, he really didn't expect that the prison country would be able to clean up the military power inside and outside the city in ten days, and even without having to sit down, he could actually be moved. This is a great miracle for a young man who has never been favored by ministers and generals, and who has hardly led troops.

He has been secretly sighing, he used to misunderstand Shi Chaoqing, no wonder Shi Siming has been trying his best to resist public opinion, planning to abolish the elder and younger, now it seems that Shi Chaoqing's ability is not only better than Shi Chaoyi? Shi Chaoyi is indeed brave in battle, but it is only brave, really let him face the south and back to the north to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, his ability is at best the second An Qingxu, I am afraid that this Great Yan Dynasty will also be buried in his hands.

Thinking of this, Cao Dun couldn't help but burst into tears, and then felt that his eyes were black for a while, he knew that he had persevered, and if he delayed in the city any longer, he was afraid that he would faint in public. In order not to make a fool of himself in public here, he was in a hurry to order his entourage to carry him down.

That's it, Cao Dun didn't forget to tell Shi Chaoqing when he left.

"The prison country has arranged the city defense properly, the minister, the minister is very relieved, but Zheng Jing, although Zheng Jing has some talents, but his mind is not right, no, you might as well ......"

When he said this, Cao Dun's voice was extremely low, and only the two of them could hear it.

Shi Chaoqing's face suddenly had a look of disapproval, he had a little less doubts about Cao Dun just now, and now seeing him so disapproving Zheng Jing, what was his intention?

But in front of the public, Shi Chaoqing was not good at arguing with him, so he nodded carelessly, explained that the two entourages must be careful, and watched the sick Cao Dun go down to the city.

This time Shi Chaoqing was finally relieved, although Cao Dun questioned Zheng Jing's personality, but there was no problem with jumping out of a word, it seems that this Qiu Bai recommended by Zhang Yan, and Zheng Jing recommended by Qiu Bai, are all rare, first-class talents.

Thinking of these, Shi Chaoqing couldn't help but look up to the sky and rejoice, glad that he had met so many good ministers and good generals at this time of crisis, and for a while his heart couldn't help but rise and fall, and his impulse drove him to secretly swear that he must do something big to prove that his father chose to supervise the country by himself, and he used the right person.

Now, let's start by repelling the prince's rebellion!

Just as he was thinking about it, the sound of breaking the sky suddenly came, and before Shi Chaoqing could react, he could feel a gust of wind blowing suddenly on his face, and then the screams and wails suddenly rose. When he looked closely, it was several soldiers behind him who fell in pools of blood, struggling in pain.

A "long arrow" the thickness of a forearm pierced the chest of one of the soldiers, who stared blankly at the sky, as if he had no idea of his death......

"It's a bed crossbow, and the rebels have bed crossbows!"

It turned out that the rebels outside the city actually demonstrated to the city with bed crossbows, which shows how arrogant they were.

Some generals even took the initiative to ask for orders to go out of the city to respond to the battle, killing the morale of the rebels. However, Qiu Bai dissuaded him in time.

"It is not possible to supervise the country, the morale of the rebels outside the city is like a rainbow, at this time, it is necessary to avoid its edge, and it is not appropriate to fight hard!"

Shi Chaoqing was as good as a stream, and immediately accepted Qiu Bai's advice and ordered the whole army to strictly defend Fanyang City.

After a series of military orders were issued, Shi Chaoqing said to Qiu Bai, Zhang Yan and others:

"Thanks to Youqing and others for their advice, otherwise, otherwise Chao Qingzhen doesn't know if he can return a complete Fan Yang to his father's hands!"

Everyone thought to themselves, Shi Siming is now more than lucky, even if he can hold it, it will be difficult to return Fan Yang to Shi Siming's hands, even if he returns it, he can only keep it well and return it to the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Yan quickly persuaded Shi Chaoqing to hurry down to the city, because the rebels led by the prince had bed crossbows, and the range of bed crossbows was more than two or three miles, and it was still powerful to shoot into the city, and several people were injured in a row, in case Shi Chaoqing was injured, the impact on the morale of the army was immeasurable, and their plans would inevitably be abandoned.

At this time, Shi Chaoqing didn't know where the courage came from, and he insisted on claiming that he wanted to live and die with the soldiers.

However, Zheng Jing and others also came to persuade him at this time, and when everyone almost forcibly dragged him down the city, Shi Chaoqing left Fanyang City with half a push.

At this point, Zheng Jing breathed a long sigh of relief, he glanced at Feng Changqing, who was a little ashen, and whispered:

"Doctor Feng'......"

When he boarded, Feng Changqing glared at him, and Zheng Jing hurriedly changed his words:

"No, it's Feng Sima, the last general should be beaten, should be beaten, and he made a mistake ...... for a while."

Feng Changqing said weakly:

"There are many people in the city, and there are many eyes and ears, so we must not do this again!"

"Yes, yes, the last general has written it down!"

Zheng Jing saw that the soldiers on the left and right were a long distance away from them, so he lowered his voice and said:

"When will the soldiers and horses of the imperial court arrive? Shi Chaoyi's rebel army is strong, and he is afraid, afraid that these rabble in the city will defend it, and he will not be able to hold ......."

"There is still no problem with ten-day kung fu, and defending the city with peace of mind is that the Hedong Shenwu Army has already made some moves, and I believe it will be there soon!"

Zheng Jing knows the name of the Shenwu Army, almost all the defeats of the Yan Army were planted in the hands of the Shenwu Army, and now the Yan Army has almost reached the point of talking about the Shenwu Army. With such a military mentality, what hope is there for us to return to the year when the army was first raised?

However, the Shi family's father and son don't care so much, as long as they can divide a place and be powerful, as for the rest, I'm afraid they don't have such a far-sighted mind.

"Prepare to prepare, the rebels will attack the city soon, and some of you are tired today!"

Zheng Jing raised his head again and looked out of the city, but saw that Shi Chaoyi's soldiers and horses were lined up neatly, but he didn't seem to have the intention of attacking the city immediately.

"The rebels outside the city should be bluffing at this time!"

As soon as the words fell, the war drums of the rebels outside the city were suddenly raised.

Zheng Jing's vanguard was immediately shocked, Shi Chaoyi's department, like all Yan troops, was of the same specifications whether it was war drums or horns, and the content conveyed was exactly the same.

"Oh no, the rebels are attacking the city!"

The siege of the rebels of Shi Chaoyi's army was so sudden that many people were a little overwhelmed. The changes in the city did have a great impact on the defenders, especially after Cao Dun's unexplained assassination, the morale and morale of the army have fallen to the extreme.

At the same time, the more serious problem is that from some day onwards, there were even more terrifying rumors that Emperor Dayan had been killed on his way to the south.

At first, these news circulated only among the junior generals and non-commissioned officers, and soon the news reached the ears of the commanders of the various armies. Of course, the commanders of the armed forces understood the seriousness of the problem, so they strictly forbade the spread of rumors, and if they found out, they would immediately rectify the law on the spot.

Although the commanders of the army responded appropriately, it still had an irreparable impact on the morale of the army.

The first to engage the rebels was the town army under the city, and after ten days of pacification, they had accepted the task of blocking the siege of the rebels, but apparently their morale was not high, and they were defeated and fled in all directions. Zheng Jing, who watched the battle in the city, was speechless.

"This, although these town armies are weaker, they won't collapse at the touch of a button......

He Chang on the side sneered in a low voice:

"Why is the town weaker? It's not the same......"

Zheng Jing's face flashed with a little embarrassment, * The soldiers and horses of the town were indeed defeated by the soldiers and horses of Shi Chaoyi's army, who returned to Fanyang in advance, but somehow, their follow-up actions did not keep up, and they let Feng Changqing pick up the cheap. However, he was still glad that if he hadn't been picked up by Feng Changqing, he would have become a mess of carrion by now.

But I heard Qiu Bai sigh and say:

"Those soldiers and horses outside the city have long been victims of defending the city, they didn't scatter around, it's really rare, for the sake of Fanyang City, they can be regarded as a well-deserved death!"

Of course, this belongs to standing and talking without backache, Qiu Bai will never regard himself as a member of the Yan army, from the beginning he also has an attitude of watching and acting, whether it is the soldiers and horses in the city, or the soldiers and horses outside the city, in his eyes, they are all historical thieves and rebels, and the more people who die, the better.

However, many of the people who were temporarily arrested were also mixed in with the troops of the towns outside the city, how innocent were these people who did not have time to flee?

Shi Chaoyi's rebel attack became more and more fierce, and after half an hour, they finally arrived under the moat outside Fanyang City, but the moat had long been dried up due to the drought, and there was not a drop of water left, and it became a trench.

As if they had been prepared, the foot soldiers were followed by countless people pushing carts full of sand and stones, and when they reached the front of the trench, they dumped the sand and stones on the cart, and so on and so on several times, and there was a great tendency to fill in part of the trench.

Zheng Jing came to his senses and shouted loudly:

"Shoot arrows, let them go and don't let them fill in the trenches!"

In fact, the moat of Fanyang City is extremely wide, from the city wall to the outer edge of the moat, it is close to a stone's throw away, and ordinary two-stone bows shoot out, even if they are shot, they will reach the end of the crossbow, it is difficult to cause effective damage, just a waste of arrows.

Therefore, the generals did not carry out the order to release arrows, but just watched as the ditches under the city were filled in little by little......