On the city wall of Jinan, the soldiers kept firing arrows at the city, and from time to time someone fell down with arrows.

In the midst of the screams, someone shouted: "Soldiers, you are the ones who represent the righteousness of the world!" Hold Jinan, we can't lose to the rebellious ......"

The voice was hoarse, but full of anger and enthusiasm.

Luo Yuan was still dressed in sackcloth, and his body was stained with blood, but he still kept waving his hands and shouting.

"Your Majesty has died until now, in just twenty days, they have attacked the city of Jinan, why is this?! Because they are the ones who sent people to assassinate His Majesty! They had already sent troops before His Majesty died, what a great rebellion and wolf ambition this is......"

"Soldiers, we are the Zhengshuo of the Chu Dynasty, and we must not let these rebellious ministers and thieves succeed! The sun is clear, and these rebellious ministers will never be tolerated, you are all loyal and righteous people in the world, and I am willing to live and die with you and Jinan......"

Luo Yuan shouted as he dragged his injured leg across the city wall, and from time to time a stray arrow shot past him, and he didn't realize it.

"Lord Luo! Mr. Du told you to go down, don't shout here. And a soldier came and fetched him.

"Let go of me, I tell you, even though I am a civil servant, I will fight to the death with the soldiers!" Rodeyuan yelled, broke free of the soldier's hand, picked up a boulder and threw it under the battlements. The sound of "bang" smashed a Jiangnan soldier on the ladder to pieces.

"See, I can kill the enemy too. Soldiers, hold on to ......"

"Lord Luo." The soldier vigorously hugged him away, "General Du said, this is just the beginning of defending the city, don't use up all your strength." ”

Luo Yuan didn't hear it, and when he looked at it, he saw a seriously injured soldier leaning against the wall beside him. An arrow stuck in his chest.

Luo Yuan crouched down and held his hand.

"It's okay, hold on, someone, there's a wounded soldier here...... Listen to me, we are the ...... of the world."

"My lord......" the wounded soldier snorted, "I ......"

Luo Yuan burst into tears.

"I want to...... Eating meat ......"

Luo Yuan was stunned for a moment.

He seemed to be a little distracted.

After a while, he came to his senses? Holding the wounded soldier's hand.

"You want meat?"

The wounded soldier did not answer him again.

Luo Yuan slowly stretched out his hand? Cover its eyelids. Let Du Zhenghe send his own soldiers carry him down the city wall without struggling.

"Do you want to eat meat too?" Luo Yuan suddenly asked.

The soldier was stunned for a moment and said, "Who doesn't want to?" It's good to be able to smell the meat......"

"Your Majesty's mourning period has not passed 100 days...... How can you eat meat......" Luo Yuan muttered in his mouth? A little confused.

The soldiers and garbage on the long street rushed through the machinery guarding the city, and Luo Yuan walked through the long street against the flow of people? The group arrived at the palace.

"Your Highness wants to see Your Highness......"

"Lord Luo, please wait."

Luo Yuan stood outside the hall and waited for a long time, and many officials came in and out of the hall? Zhou Yan kept meeting a lot of people? But he was not summoned.

He didn't ask any more, just stood there quietly and waited.

Until nightfall, a little eunuch ran out of the hall, and saw Luo Yuan still standing there? So he patted his head and said "ouch"? Ran back to the temple in a panic.

After a while, the little eunuch ran out again and said to Luo Yuan, "Lord Luo, please." His Royal Highness has been busy for a day and hasn't eaten, so please speak quickly if Lord Luo has something to say. ”

Entering the hall, Luo Yuan looked at it? I saw that there were only two candles on the desk in the huge hall, and Zhou Yan's eyes were sunken.

"Your Highness......"

"What's the matter with Luo Qing?"

"Your Highness? The soldiers defended the city, so miserable. ”

"Hongu knows." Zhou Yan stroked his forehead? sighed a little decadently, "What's the matter with Luo Qing?" ”

"I heard that His Highness hasn't eaten yet? Feeling tired? ”

A slap of your hand on the table? A soft 'bang'? Zhou Yan said: "This palace doesn't have time to chat with you. ”

The candlestick on the table fell and fell to the ground, and the little eunuch who was waiting by his side hurriedly picked it up.

"Slave and maid go find a candlestick again."

Zhou Yan squinted at the report on the case, picked up the candlestick with his own hands and wanted to put it away, but it couldn't stand.

As soon as he let go, the candlestick fell down again.

"Even you are against Hongu!"

Zhou Yan threw away the candlestick, and suddenly couldn't help crying.

"Your Highness." Luo Yuan also burst into tears, knelt down and said, "Your Highness, don't be sad, minister...... The minister is incompetent, and he is willing to die with His Highness. ”

After a while, Zhou Yan stubbornly wiped his face.

"What's the matter with Luo Qing?"

"Minister...... I want to ask His Royal Highness to pass on the edict and bury the first emperor. The ban on funerals was lifted, soldiers were allowed to eat meat, and officials did not have to live in the office......"

"Come here."

"Your Highness?"

"Let this palace see if you are Luo Yuan."

The candlelight passed, revealing Luo Yuan's nasty face.

"Your Highness, the minister has seen that Jinan City has not been slaughtered for 20 days, and there are still some livestock in the city......"

Zhou Yan muttered: "People can change...... Right? People are changeable......"

The next moment, there was a killing cry at the gate of Xingdu.

"What's going on?"

~~

Zuo Mingde rubbed his forehead, feeling a little powerless, and at the same time a little excited.

Dong Jihe and Xia Xiangwei left without saying a word. did not explain anything to Lin Xiangyang and Zuo Mingde, nor did he bring the officials of the Military Aircraft Department, as well as Dali's map, sand table, and intelligence.

In other words, this is both a crisis and an opportunity for Lin Xiangyang and Zuo Mingde.

They followed Du Zhenghe to Jinan, on the one hand, they were confused and didn't understand what Wang Xiao was going to do; On the other hand, they knew that the time had come for them to come up with advice to help Du Zhenghe defend Jinan.

What is a little surprising is that Wang Xiao's public house has the sand table of Jinan City, the analysis of the strength structure of the Jiangnan Army, and even the detailed information in Jinan City......

Lin Xiangyang and Zuo Mingde kept guessing, and had several judgments on what Wang Xiao was going to do, but they could never be sure. The only thing that is certain is that they are going to hold Jinan.

"The soldiers and horses of the four towns attacked Jinan City in four directions, and the five military camps were placed in the east of the city as the Chinese army...... But this afternoon, the Fifth Army Camp went north, most likely to take Texas. ”

"If Texas is lost, the grain and grass in Jinan City will not be able to support half a month."

"Can Mr. Gao hold Texas?" Lin Xiangyang asked Du Zhenghe.

Du Zhenghe shook his head.

Zuo Mingde picked up the information and looked at it for a while, and said slowly: "Zheng Zhaoye...... On the surface, the Jiangnan rebels took Yang Jia as their supervisor, but in fact, it was Zheng Zhaoye who gave orders. ”

"I know."

"This is not Zheng Zhaoye's approach." Zuo Mingde Road.

"What do you mean?"

"It's too modest." Zuo Mingde said: "The four towns attacked the four city walls and sent troops to take Texas. It's a very common way to play. ”

Lin Xiangyang said: "This is the correct method of using soldiers, if they can maintain today's rapid offensive, they will be able to break the city within ten days." Even if we defend with all our might, after Texas is captured, Jinan is isolated, and the food and grass will be exhausted in half a month. ”

"Yes, but I know Zheng Zhaoye and his people. He was too arrogant to just use this mundane trick. Zuo Mingde pursed his lips and said, "You are a protégé of Duke Lu, I am a disciple of the Zuo family, and he is a descendant of the Zheng family." The world says that it is big and big, and it is small and small, and it is always this group of people who support the power above the Great Chu Dynasty, which is really ...... You can't avoid this fly anywhere. ”

"Zheng Zhaoye, do you understand?" Lin Xiangyang was quite interested.

"That man, it's annoying." Zuo Mingde said, "I hate it more than Luo Yuan." ”

"Oh?"

"He won the Jinshi that year, and he was the second in the first class. The champion of that year was called Chen Yan, and the official title was the county magistrate of Guyang County. Chen Yan ordered his official position, and on the way to take office, he was killed by robbers. There is no evidence, but I know that Zheng Zhaoye did it. ”

"Wouldn't it? If there is no personal vendetta, why not? ”

Zuo Mingde said: "You know me, this kind of thing is bad without evidence, I have random suspicions in my heart, the reason why I said that Zheng Zhaoye did it, because he gave me the feeling that this is the case, and no one is allowed to overpower him." ”

Lin Xiangyang said: "When I entered Beijing, he had already gone to other places to take up his post, but I had also heard his name and said that he was a handsome man. ”

"He will not be satisfied with taking Jinan with the usual law. There must also be secret arrangements. Zuo Mingde sneered: "Look, just tonight, there will be changes in the city." If he can endure his temperament, these fine works can still be of great use in the future, but if he wants to be brilliant, we will dig out his eyes buried in Jinan City......"

Du Zhenghe nodded, picked up the information about Jiangnan Xizuo left by Wang Xiao and looked at it.

After a short time, several pro-soldiers quickly entered the door and reported: "That group has moved." ”

"Sure enough, I did." Zuo Mingde snorted and said, "If my guess is correct, they want to open the East City Gate." ”

"No, I'm going to the palace!"

"What?!" Du Zhenghe got up suddenly.

Zuo Mingde's face changed, and he scolded hatefully: "Plague dog! More arrogant than I thought......"

They hurriedly led their troops to the palace, and along the way, they heard the cries of killing gradually rising.

In the distance, the gate of the palace burst into flames.

"Impossible, only the city is a little bit of work, how can he be sure that he can break through the palace?"

Suddenly, a horse came galloping.

"Report! The rebels have rushed to the palace, and His Royal Highness has retreated to the east gate of the palace, please send troops to support the ...... as soon as possible."

"How is this possible?" Zuo Mingde exclaimed.

"Someone opened the palace gate......"

"Quick!"

Du Zhenghe was startled, and turned to the east gate of the palace.

Behind him, Zuo Mingde and Lin Xiangyang couldn't catch up, and cold sweat couldn't flow down from the hands holding the reins.

"We're still too pedantic." Lin Xiangyang's whole face was twisted together, and he shouted while riding his horse: "During the military exercise exam, we lost unjustly......

"Damn." Zuo Mingde scolded bitterly, "Someone opened the palace gate? And the traitor we didn't find out? ”

"Who could it be?"

~~

"Your Highness, go away!" Luo Yuan shouted, escorting Zhou Yan through the east gate of the palace.

In order to defend Jinan in the past two days, Zhou Yan sent most of the guards around him to the city wall, and tonight the incident happened suddenly, a group of assassins suddenly rushed into the palace, and they were familiar with the road, and they killed Zhou Yan directly in the palace.

The guards around the palace were caught off guard, and Zhou Yan saw that the situation was dangerous, so he ran away decisively.

I ran out of the east gate of the palace, and suddenly heard a few "bang" sounds in front of me, after the fire and arrows, there was a group of people killing this side.

The guards in front of him screamed and fell, Zhou Yan looked at it, there were interceptions in front and pursuers in the back, but they had been forced to death.

He gritted his teeth, hatred in his heart.

"Who opened the palace gate? What is wrong with this palace? ”

"Your Highness!"

Luo Yuan let out a loud cry and threw Zhou Yan to the ground.

Zhou Yan was still struggling, only to feel a stream of hot blood flowing from Luo Yuan's body to his neck.

Looking at it, I saw an arrow feather on the other party's back swaying.

The shadow of death loomed over him in an instant.

"Luo Qing, you hold on...... Luo Qing ......"

Before Zhou Yan could shout, another guard fell to the ground.

Then the knife flashed, and a big man rushed forward and slashed at Zhou Yan with a knife.

The ecstatic and ruthless gaze reflected in Zhou Yan's eyes, and he only felt a sense of despair......

Suddenly.

"Bang!"

With a sound, a blood mist appeared on the big man's chest, sprinkling Zhou Yan's face.

"Brother-in-law?" Zhou Yan muttered, looking up in surprise.

- Sure enough, as He Liangyuan said, my brother-in-law will come back......

In the night, the general who rode a horse was holding a long firearm, but it was Du Zhenghe.

"It's not my brother-in-law." Zhou Yan sighed in disappointment.

……

Du Zheng and his guards quickly rushed forward to protect Zhou Yan, and the rebellion was put down.

Zhou Yan quickly asked people to treat Luo Yuan, and then control the situation in the palace.

But in his heart, he also despaired little by little.

It's all like this, Wang Xiao hasn't come back yet, it seems that he really escaped......

However, there was no time for him to feel sorry for himself, and the next moment, another soldier rode his horse.

"Report! South Gate ...... The South Gate is lost! ”

Du Zhenghe's face changed again, and he was only halfway through his mouth to report the situation to Zhou Yan, and quickly got on his horse and galloped towards the south of the city.

The horse's hooves struck on the long bluestone street, knocking down one of Zhou Yan's hearts one by one......