Chapter 304: Midnight Beacon Fire
Fu Yuande was stunned for a long time, and sent someone to call a few cronies in the army to come to his home to discuss matters. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Soon, the five cronies who were summoned arrived at the Fu Mansion one after another.
Fu Yuande has been a general in Runzhou for many years, and most of the 3,000 defenders in Runzhou City can be said to have been promoted by him. And tonight, it was the cronies of the cronies who called. These people, some of them are captains, some are general flags, and they are all people who have fought together, drunk wine at the same table, and sat together to divide gold and silver.
The money he has earned over the years, these people have shared a lot, and everyone can be regarded as sharing honor and disgrace.
Fu Yuande was not afraid that they knew that he was not seriously injured.
He actually regretted it a little, he knew that he should not have come out of the carriage in front of the city gate today. I heard that Hu Ben is everywhere, what if the news that he is not injured is reported to Emperor Wu?
The only hope now is to hold Runzhou City. When reinforcements came, he went out to play with his life, so that the court could see his loyalty and bravery.
The five cronies entered the hall and saw that the hall was brightly lit, Fu Yuande was sitting on the main seat, wearing a dark homely robe, and there were no wounds on his hands and feet. There was a tired look on his face, but he could look at the blood, and it didn't look like he was seriously injured.
They each found a place to sit down, after all, they were their own people, and they didn't pretend to greet the injury. Besides, the martial artist is more straightforward, he doesn't seem to be hurt at a glance, and he won't say much when he is relieved.
It's just that in the past, in this hall, there were singing and dancing wine. Tonight was remarkably quiet.
The servants who served in the hall were all sent away from the distance, except for two small servants, who had waited for everyone to sit down, poured tea for each of them, and then also withdrew far away.
Several of Fu Yuande's personal soldiers stood outside the hall and waited.
These five people glanced at each other, looking at this posture, it was a tricky matter.
"Big brother, what's wrong with calling us?" A anxious one asked as soon as he sat down.
"Alas...... I won't tell you that this battle of Qingzhou did not go well, and Lu Xin was killed. They were called here to discuss the matter of defending the city. ”
"I heard that the rebels have an army of 500,000?" Another asked.
"Outside Qingzhou City, looking at less than 100,000, maybe the rebels have made a false report......"
In addition to ordering him to lead troops to aid Qingzhou, Emperor Wu also sent a lot of nearby generals, and nearly 30,000 people guarded Qingzhou.
If he and Lu Xin didn't have a hot brain, they felt that the rebels had few opportunities to take advantage of, and wanted to lead the troops to fight and take the opportunity to capture Hong Tianxi. If the two of them only stayed behind closed doors, it would not be a problem to hold on for a few days.
Unfortunately, there is never a regret medicine in the world. He pondered the defense of the city in his heart.
In the city of Runzhou, there are still more than 1,000 defenders, and if you count the people, there are more than 5,000 people.
Imperial reinforcements were drawn from the capital. From the capital to Runzhou, day and night, in three more days, it should be almost there now, right? Can they keep it for three days with 5,000 men?
Even if the rebels only have 100,000 and have to defend for three days, it is whimsical.
He thought about it for a long time, and as soon as he opened his mouth to speak, he heard the sound of shouting and killing in the distance, and the sky-high fire reflected half of the sky. If you look closely, it's clearly a beacon fire!
"Big brother, where are ...... It seems that Matsujo is stationed in Qi Shi...... "Someone went to the courtyard to look at the direction and said with some surprise.
Songcheng, only ten miles away from Runzhou, is the auxiliary city of Runzhou. The two are horns of each other, and they can watch and help each other.
After Fu Yuande fled back, he was busy resting and did not send anyone to Songcheng to inform the defenders over there......
"Quick, send someone up to the city tower to see, is there something wrong with Songcheng?" Fu Yuande hurriedly called a personal soldier to go out of the house to have a look.
In the middle of the night, if there is a shout of killing in Songcheng, it means that the rebels have attacked Songcheng at night?
Fu Yuande couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat again. Over the years, he has been so anxious about peace that he forgot to inform Songcheng to take precautions, which is really ...... Too careless!
The soldiers hurriedly ran out under the order, and the six people in the hall looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.
"General...... Checkmate...... Someone from Matsujo is here...... No, it's not someone who is coming, ......" The pro-soldiers sent ran back in a panic, and the more anxious they were, the more unclear they became.
"Your grandmother's, is there anyone here, and you can't speak?" The last one of the general flags was impatient and kicked over.
The soldier was beaten, fell to his knees in pain, and hurriedly replied, "Songcheng has been broken by the rebels, and Commander Qi has led people to retreat to the city, and is calling the door!" ”
"Is it really Qi Shi outside the city?" Fu Yuande asked.
Qi Shishi, as his name suggests, has a temper as hard as a stone. In his temperament, he doesn't look like a man who would abandon the city and retreat.
"People outside said that the rebels suddenly attacked at night, and Songcheng was defenseless, and Commander Qi led people to resist and was seriously injured. Now the man is unconscious, and they carry him out and pull him out. The rebels haven't caught up yet. ”
As soon as the soldiers said this, Fu Yuande and the others understood.
Qi Shi was seriously injured, and his own soldiers and soldiers took advantage of his unconscious and unable to call the shots, and forcibly carried him out and escaped. The rebels didn't chase after it, so it seems that Songcheng hasn't been lost yet?
"How many rebels are coming?"
"It is said that there are twenty or thirty thousand people...... General, the defender of the city asked, this city gate, open or not? ”
Are the gates open or not?
Fu Yuande and Qi Shi did not deal with each other in the past, if it was usual, it would definitely not be opened. But now this is the time...... Thinking of the name of King Jing's Mansion in the daytime, he hesitated for a moment and ordered, "Look at the people first, and then let them in." Arrange people to settle down in other barracks. ”
After receiving the order, the soldier hurriedly ran out to give the order.
"Big brother, there are only about 5,000 people in Songcheng, I'm afraid I can't hold it."
Songcheng is lost, Runzhou City is a lonely city!
Fu Yuande couldn't sit still any longer, "Let's go, let's take a look!" ”
The people of Runzhou City thought that even if Qingzhou was lost, the rebels would have to travel a few days from Qingzhou to Runzhou. Those who fled into the city had escaped for their lives during the day, and now they were thinking that they would always be able to sleep peacefully tonight. Now, I can't sleep.
Fu Yuande and his entourage ran to the city tower and walked to the street, where many people turned on the lights. Someone else heard the sound of horses' hooves and looked out the window.
Songcheng is still some way away from Runzhou. The shouts of killing came here, and it didn't sound so scary. Most people were awakened by the blazing fire.
If it weren't for the curfew, the streets would have been full of people.
The four Yudong brothers and sisters were also alarmed, and Yuxiu woke up Yushu and Yuliang and asked them to come to the front yard to ask what was going on.
After Captain Lu put on himself, he rushed to the city tower to inquire, and soon asked people to come back to report that Songcheng had been attacked.
"Has Matsujo been lost?" Yudong asked the soldier anxiously.
"I don't know, when they withdrew from Songcheng, they weren't lost yet. But the rebels have tens of thousands, and Songcheng has only 5,000 people. The soldier who had returned to report muttered, apparently feeling that it was only a matter of time before Matsujo was lost.