The sound of killing in the imperial city and palace shook the sky, the sound of stones and arrows continued all night, and Yang Shichong's troops braved the rain overnight to attack, and did not stop until dawn.

The imperial city was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, but due to Yang Shichong's superior forces and sufficient preparation for the siege strategy, Yang Shichong's side still had the advantage.

When Xu Fusheng returned to the heavily guarded Shangshu Mansion, Master Zhijie, Pompey and others were gathering in the lobby, and everyone looked depressed and worried.

Yang Shichong's son stood up and said, "How is the situation?"

Zhang Gongqing, the general under Yang Shichong, snorted coldly: "I am sure that I will break through the imperial city within ten days and kill the people of the Dugu family without leaving any chickens and dogs." Then he asked in a low voice, "How is your being?"

Yang Yingshu said in a low voice: "Dad is still unconscious, but there should be no danger of life, why should we stop attacking the city?"

Zhang Gongqing glanced at Xu Fusheng and said: "This is what Xu Gongzi meant, at this time, the enemy must be shown to be weak, otherwise Li Mi will not be able to send troops." "

Yang Yingshu and the others changed color at the same time.

Yang Yingshu said angrily: "Is there any way to show the enemy weakness now?" and then poked Xu Fusheng with his halberd finger and said: "Dad got to this situation, it was all done by you." Now we must storm the palace and take control of the city, or everyone will die without a place to bury. "

Zhang Gongqing frowned and said: "Virtuous nephew, calm down, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, as long as Lord Shangshu's life is here, we will not be defeated." "

Zhang Gongqing moved to Yang Yingshu's side, put his arm on his shoulder and said: "Xu Gongzi's method is deeply in line with the essence of the art of war.

Now our only way to turn defeat into victory is to find someone to pretend to be Lord Shangshu to stabilize the morale of the army on the one hand, and on the other hand, according to the original plan, lure Li Mi to attack, otherwise there will be no strategy to turn defeat into victory. "

Xu Fusheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he slowly spoke: "Luoyang City is handed over to the two generals, Murong and Song Mengqiu, and the eldest prince stays in the imperial city, and the safety of Lord Shangshu will be hard for Master Zhijie and Brother Pompey." "

Master Zhijie was stunned and said, "Where are you two going?"

Zhang Gongqing said solemnly: "Tonight, we will secretly leave the city with the impostor and go to Yanshi to have a showdown with Li Mi, if we are defeated, you will rush to Jiangdu with Lord Shangshu!"

Zhang Gongqing said as if he remembered something: "There is a serious crisis in front of us, which is not easy to solve. "

Yang Yingshu asked, "What crisis?"

Zhang Gongqing's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and said, "If I were Dugu Feng, I would spread the news of Lord Shangshu's attack and death.

At the same time, the high-level officials of Luoyang, who secretly contacted them, came to visit Lord Shangshu with greetings, and at that time, it was neither a push, nor a resignation, how should I deal with it?"

Xu Fusheng said indifferently: "Divide the matter of meeting people into three parts, the first is to meet with all the subordinates above the staff level, so that they know that this is just a trick to lure the enemy, although the injury is not serious."

The second part is the head-faced people who came to say hello to Luoyang, so that they only dare to continue to wait and see. These two parts should not be longer than a quarter of an hour.

As for the third part, it is to see other idlers, and the imposter pretends to be injured and the visitor only has to shake his hand and nod his head, and say something like "thank you for your concern." "

Zhang Gongqing frowned and said, "Can this work? If Lord Shangshu comes out to meet the guests, doesn't it mean that he is not seriously injured, and Li Mi will not dare to attack?"

Xu Fusheng Wei

He smiled and said: "The so-called virtual is real, and the real is false, Lord Shangshu does not hide in the quiet room to heal, but insists on coming out to meet guests, he must know that he lacks the ability to return to his soul, so he forcibly supports the guests to play a role in stabilizing people's hearts."

Besides, seeing visitors for such a long time will only hurt and hurt, and it is strange that Li Mi does not immediately lead his troops to the west. "

In the quiet room, Yang Shichong's face was a little bloody, and then he slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the people standing next to him, and sighed, "I can't die yet." What's the situation now?"

Xu Fusheng nodded and said, "The situation is very good!"

Yang Yingshu lost his voice and said: "Dad is injured like this, and he still says that the situation is good?"

Even the surrounding people felt that these words were full of irony, but after Yang Shichong coughed dryly, he nodded and said: "Fortunately, there is a master of wisdom and discipline to save my life, so that I can fight back, as long as there is a month or a half of effort, I will be able to fully recover."

It is also a good deal to exchange my injuries for the destruction of the Dugu family, but we must get evidence that the lonely family colluded with Li Mi. "

Hearing Yang Shichong's words, Yang Yingshu's ugly face softened.

Yang Shichong suddenly said: "How do you need me to cooperate?"

Xu Fusheng said lightly: "After chiseling through the wall, Shangshu will be visible!"

Except for the Master of Zhijie, everyone was stunned.

After a while, Zhang Gongqing came to Xu Fusheng's side and whispered, "It's done!"

The back hall has become a forbidden place, not only the doors and windows are closed, but all the entrances and exits are guarded by Yang Shichong's cronies.

Master Zhijie adjusted his spirit, sat cross-legged on the high stool facing the wall, and his right hand pierced through the small hole that only one hand was carved out of the wall, and then through another small hole in the back of the chair, pressed on the back of Yang Shichong, who was sitting against the wall, and the true qi was slowly sent out.

Like a bridge, connect all the wounded and blocked meridians of the most powerful person in Luoyang, so that he can support to deal with the upcoming scene.

Pompey and several of Yang Yichen's guards protect the Dharma outside a properly closed screen.

Yang Shichong in the front hall let out a heavy voiced breathing, then his back straightened, and his breathing turned from thin to long and even.

A moment later, footsteps sounded, and at least thirty people entered the front hall, all of them were high-ranking generals in the army under Yang Shichong in the eastern capital.

Murong Jiu's voice rang out, "Everyone, please get up!"

Amidst the buzzing sound, the generals stood up one after another.

Yang Shichong coughed dryly and said: "Summoning you to come today, there is really good news to tell you, victory is already in sight, the situation, please General Zhang to explain to you." "

Zhang Gongqing immediately said excitedly: "The plan to lure the enemy has been completed, and now Li Mi thinks that Lord Shangshu was seriously injured in an attack and his life is in danger, but in fact, there are other injured people. Tonight, Lord Shangshu will personally go to Yanshi to supervise the army to fight, and teach Li Mi to come and go. "

Yang Shichong laughed and said: "General Murong is the main here, General Song Mengqiu and Ying Shu are the deputies, you must strictly abide by the military order, and you must not relax, and wait for Ben Cheng to return triumphantly and put down the traitors. The generals responded with a bang, and their attitudes were high.

After Song Mengqiu instructed the generals to keep the secret of Lord Shangshu's injury, the generals left immediately.

After receiving another group of people, the crowd dispersed.

Xu Fusheng and Zhang Gongqing walked towards the outside of Shangshu Mansion and asked, "What is the situation in the Imperial City now?"

"Dugu valve first

Later, two counteroffens were launched to test the morale of our army, and the lost troops returned. In my opinion, unless they have foreign help, they should sit back and wait for death. ”

"Regardless of them, are there any people from Li Mi's side who are out of the city today?"

"Early in the morning, news came from the city gate garrison that many suspicious faces left Luoyang in two batches this morning. ”

"I don't know who pretended to be the guards last night? It seems that they are very sure of their own proportions, otherwise they would not have left in such a hurry, or they are estimated to be in such a hurry, it is estimated that they will do it soon, and we will rush to Yanshi immediately in the evening." ”

At nightfall, twelve warships sailed out of Luoyang City, sailed along the Luoshui tide Yanshi, because it was released eastward along the stream, so the speed of the ship was extremely high, and it was more than a mile.

From Luoyang to Yanshi, there are outposts on both sides of the waterway to monitor the situation of the waterway, and there is absolutely no problem in terms of safety.

Zhang Gongqing said with emotion: "Since Li Mi's rebellion, he has made the best use of fraudulent soldiers, and often when he goes to war with him, he knows the plan, and Xu Gongzi can deal with it. "

Xu Fusheng smiled and said: "This trip depends on whose tricks are better, and now our first task is to find out the exact location of Li Mi's main army and the marching route of the upcoming attack.

I have arranged for someone to join me at Yanshi, so that I can clearly grasp the reality of Li Mi. "

Zhang Gongqing was interested: "Oh...... Can Xu Gongzi's people listen to the movements of Li Mi's army clearly? This is not something that ordinary people can do, just looking at this assassination, you can know that Li Mi's subordinates are like clouds. ”

Xu Fusheng smiled and said: "Master Shangshu is as skilled as a cloud, and it is inevitable that there will be one or two foreign thieves, this has nothing to do with how many strong people there are, it is just a matter of people's hearts." "

Zhang Gongqing also sighed with emotion, but he still said uneasily: "Our total strength is only 20,000 people, although they are all elites who have been in battle for a long time, but compared to Li Mi's army of 100,000 people, the strength is far superior to ours."

He may not be able to afford to lose this battle, but we can't afford to lose even more than him, once he loses, His Majesty will blame him, and Lord Shangshu will really have no chance, so Li Mi must not be able to use fraud to have a chance of winning. "

Xu Fusheng took a moment to say: "The general can be absolutely assured in this regard, my intelligence will definitely not disappoint the general." "

Most of the people of the Tsing Yi Wei had already entered the Shengyuan Dynasty under the leadership of Bai Dahe Eighteen three months ago, and Lin Huiyu had arrived in Luoyang ahead of schedule. Xu Fusheng had already summoned her through secret channels, and Xu Fusheng had always been relieved about Lin Huiyu's affairs.

It is impossible to hide the movements of Li Mi's army from everyone, as long as there are people inside, even if it is a soldier, they can infer the movement of the army, and Xu Fusheng is not at all afraid that he will not be aware of Li Mi's movements.

Seeing that Xu Fusheng had never confided in Li Mi's internal staff, Zhang Gongqing stopped asking.

Xu Fusheng looked at the sea from afar and said: "General Zhang, if Li Mi cuts off the way for our army to return to the Eastern Capital, and sends another elite army to the west of the river to force the Eastern Capital, what will we do at that time?"

When it comes to marching troops, without Wei Zitong, Xu Fusheng is a layman. I only heard Zhang Gongqing say indifferently: "How can Li Mi still have such patience? What's more, as long as he dares to do this, we will defend the Yanshi, and then drag Li Mi's hind legs and cut off his supply route."

Luoyang is a well-known fortified city in the world that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and under a long war, it will only make his army unintentional. Therefore, unless he does not come, he must fight to boost morale, and then take advantage of the situation to seize the eastern capital in one fell swoop. ”

Xu Fusheng nodded happily and said, "That's good!"