After the family sent to inquire about the news came back, Ning Zhiyuan asked anxiously, "How is it!" What's going on in the city? ”

"Whew...... Whew......"

The family member hurriedly gasped twice and replied: "My lord, the prefect has ordered the city gate to be closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, and I also heard that those anti-thief cavalry have arrived outside the city!" ”

Ning Zhiyuan's face was ugly for a while when he heard this, he knew about the patrol battalion sending troops to quell the rebellion, and now that the cavalry of the anti-thieves has appeared outside the city, the rumor that the patrol battalion has been wiped out is true!

"Sir!"

"Sir! What's going on, or let's get out of town! ”

"Yes, sir! What will we do if the thieves besiege the city? ”

At this moment, Ning Zhiyuan's ladies all gathered around and said in a panic.

"Enough! What a system of yelling and screaming! ”

Ning Zhiyuan was irritated by the noise, and couldn't help but scold loudly. As the head of the family, Ning Zhiyuan is still very majestic, and he scolded everyone and didn't dare to squeak.

"Father!"

At this time, Ning Zhiyuan's son Ning Feiyu came over, although Ning Zhiyuan has several wives and concubines, he only has one son, and he looks like a baby on weekdays.

"Yu'er, why are you back?" Seeing Ning Feiyu, Ning Zhiyuan hurriedly asked.

And Ning Feiyu smiled bitterly and said, "Father, now that the thieves are besieging the city, who still has the heart to study!" Everyone in the academy is out of school! ”

"Good! Just come back. ”

Ning Zhiyuan nodded and continued: "Yu'er, hurry up and clean up now, let's get out of the city immediately!" ”

"Yes! Father"

In fact, not only Ningfu, but also many large families in the city are also busy packing up and preparing to take refuge in the city.

This gang of thieves went down to four counties in a row, and then annihilated the Ruzhou patrol battalion, and its combat power should not be underestimated. What's more, Ruzhou is now almost an empty city with no soldiers to defend at all, and everyone in the city knows this, so they are so pessimistic.

At the same time, Xue Changgui glanced at the officials of the various ministries of the government, and then said loudly: "Now that the anti-thief soldiers are coming to the city, we have the responsibility to defend the land and swear to live and die with Ruzhou!" If anyone dares to slack off the war, the official will severely punish him! ”

"No! Obey the prefect's orders! ”

All the officials responded in unison, which had a tragic meaning of co-existence and death with the city.

In fact, it is not that these officials are highly disciplined, but that the laws of the Qianyuan Empire are strict, and if the officials dare to flee from their territories without permission when they are about to fight, they will all be connected to the nine clans!

But whatever the reason, the officials of the Ruzhou government are now more united than ever.

As the leader of the mansion, Xue Changgui's ability is still beyond doubt. Although he was a little flustered at first, after calming down, he began to assign tasks to defend the city.

"Lord Liu, you immediately lead the officials to recruit strong men in the city to supplement the city's defense forces."

"No!"

"Lord Sun, you immediately raise a sum of money and recruit martial arts masters in the city to defend against the enemy!"

"No!"

"Lord Chen......"

As orders were issued, officials from all ministries began to act according to orders.

Although Xue Changgui had already made arrangements, the strong men and martial arts masters who had been recruited were simply a group of rabble without training. Therefore, how much combat power they can exert is not even known to Xue Changgui himself.

So I saw Xue Changgui say with a gloomy face: "Lord Han, you immediately go and gather all the guardians of the major families in the city and form a team to help defend the city!" ”

"But in the current situation, I'm afraid the major families won't ......"

However, before Han Youde could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Xue Changgui, "Lord Han! I know that your Han family is a big family in Ruzhou, and I also know that your Han family has a lot of relationships with the major families. But you have to understand what's most important right now! If Ruzhou falls, you and I will be finished! “

As soon as Xue Changgui finished speaking, Han Youde only hesitated for a moment before saying, "Okay, I'll do it immediately." ”

In fact, although Xue Changgui issued an order to close the city gate, the major families in Ruzhou are the head snakes here, and their power is intertwined. Those who want to get out of the city have already left the city at this time, but it is unknown whether they can escape after leaving the city.

Outside the city, Chu Liangyu, the commander of the First Cavalry Regiment of the Vermilion Bird Army, used a telescope to observe the situation in Ruzhou.

Unlike the other military commanders of the Vermilion Bird Army, Chu Liangyu was not the old brother who went up the mountain with Li Yun at the beginning. It was a cavalry officer who was later recruited to graduate from the Military Academy, but as an officer trained by Li Yun, Chu Liangyu was naturally Li Yun's confidant.

"Regiment commander, another team of carriages has escaped from the west gate of Ruzhou!" It was a scout cavalry running to report it.

And Chu Liangyu just smiled and said, "Don't worry about them, keep an eye on the four city gates to prevent the enemy from sneaking out of the city." ”

"No!"

In fact, it was not that Chu Liangyu wanted to let those people go, but that the strength of the First Cavalry Regiment was not much, only five hundred horsemen. Their main task is to monitor the city of Ruzhou and wait for the arrival of the large army.

As for those who escaped, leave it to Luo Li and Wolf Tao to deal with.

In fact, the number of horses in the Suzaku Army was not small, but in addition to the cavalry regiment. The scouts, communications troops, etc. of the various departments consumed a large number of horses.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! Speed up the march! ”

Although the marching speed of the Suzaku Army was already very fast, and at the same time, two legs were not as good as four legs after all, so it would take some time to reach Ruzhou.

Time, everyone is in a hurry, and Xue Changgui needs more time to mobilize manpower to consolidate the city defense. Li Yun, on the other hand, wanted to rush to Ruzhou as soon as possible and take advantage of the emptiness of Ruzhou's troops to capture it in one fell swoop.

So in the anticipation and fear of everyone, the large army of the Suzaku Army finally rushed to the outside of Ruzhou City.

Glancing at Ruzhou City, Li Yun couldn't help but feel a shock, "It's a mansion city!" This is much more majestic than the county seat! ”

"Yes, this is the first big city that our Suzaku Army has attacked!" Xu Tianhua was also inexplicably excited.

Then Li Yun sent Chu Liangyu and asked, "Liangyu, is there any movement in Ruzhou?" ”

Chu Liangyu shook his head and replied: "No, except for some big families who fled out of the city, Ruzhou did not send troops out to attack and disturb. ”

"Haha......, I'm afraid it's not that he, Xue Changgui, is unwilling to send troops, but that he has no troops to send at all!" Xu Tianhua couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

Li Yun also smiled and didn't say anything, but just ordered all the troops to surround Ruzhou, and then repair it for half an hour and start attacking the city.

In fact, it is indeed as Xu Tianhua said, the Ruzhou patrol battalion has been wiped out, Xue Changgui no longer has many troops in his hands, and the defense of the city is still insufficient, so there is still enough strength to go out of the city to attack and disturb!

On the city tower, Xue Changgui and Han Youde looked at the Vermilion Bird Army's mighty military appearance, and their faces couldn't help but be gloomy.

Xue Changgui couldn't figure out where this well-armed and well-trained rebel army came from.

Judging from the appearance alone, the neat array of mighty and domineering armor is not inferior to the ace army of the empire at all. Compared to the rabble on the city walls, it seems that the rebels under the city are the regular official army.

"My lord, it seems that this battle is not easy to fight!" I saw that Han Youde had a bitter look on his face.

Also with an ugly face is Zheng Feilong, as the guard of the Dragon Fu Secret Guard, such a powerful rebel army suddenly appeared in the jurisdiction, how can his guilt be exonerated for his dereliction of duty.

Although he was shocked by the appearance of the rebels under the city, Xue Changgui still showed the majesty of his Ruzhou prefect, "Listen to the rebels under the city, why are you committing a rebellion!" If you put down your weapon and retreat quickly, this official can wait for a whole corpse! Otherwise, as soon as the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court arrive, you will definitely be killed with different heads and no place to be buried! ”

Although Xue Changgui's words were murderous, the Vermilion Bird Army did not react at all. If the morale of the army could be shaken just because of a few words, then Li Yun's soldiers for such a long time would not have been in vain.

After a while, I saw a cavalryman of the Suzaku Army riding a horse to the front of the battle and shouted: "Listen to the people on the castle tower, my Suzaku army is invincible, and your patrol battalion has been completely annihilated by us." Now that Kaesong surrenders, our army will ensure the safety of your lives and property, otherwise when the city is broken, you will be killed without leaving a single piece of armor! ”

"Suzaku Army!"

At this time, everyone in the city wrote down this name that they remembered deeply.

"Second uncle! What to do! ”

"Brother, I'm afraid!"

"I want to go home......"

After the Suzaku cavalry finished shouting, there was a sudden commotion in the city.

Because most of the strong men on the city were newly recruited, and they had not undergone any training, how could they not be afraid in the face of the strong army outside the city.

Xue Changgui knew at a glance that he had to muster up his morale as soon as possible now, otherwise he would be defeated before he could fight!

So Xue Changgui deliberately laughed, "Haha...... Joke! Even if you want to break the city! I have already passed the message to the Governor, and the Governor's counterinsurgency army is already on the way, and it will not take long to arrive, and when the time comes, it will be able to completely annihilate the city! ”

Hearing Xue Changgui's words, the people in the city couldn't help but feel at ease for a while, and soon calmed down.

In fact, although Xue Changgui had already passed on the book to the governor of Jiangning Mansion, he couldn't quench his thirst from far water, and he didn't know whether Ruzhou could hold on until that time.

As for the rest of the counties, although Xue Changgui also ordered them to send troops to rescue, he didn't know if those patrol battalions could save Ruzhou alone.

As for Xue Changgui's big words, Li Yun didn't pay much attention to it, because he didn't like to talk nonsense. Xue Changgui wanted to delay the time and wait for reinforcements, but Li Yun would not give him this opportunity.

As long as the troops are repaired and the troops are ready to attack the city, he will give the order to attack the city.

As the minutes passed, the situation on the battlefield became more and more tense, and everyone knew that the war was about to begin.

"Big brother, all the departments are ready to attack the city at any time!" Half an hour later, Xu Tianhua reported.

Li Yun nodded and then ordered: "Order the artillery to fire immediately!" ”

"No!"