Fan Sui's seemingly casual questioning, but let Lu Zuo perceive his true thoughts, it seems that if he doesn't tell the truth about the plan now, it will only attract Fan Sui's suspicion, so he replied: "Originally, Gao Yun's army couldn't hold on to us, as long as they can endure it, in fact, besieging the city is a good way, as long as we are in internal and external difficulties, they will have a chance to defeat us." But Liu Yan couldn't wait to add reinforcements, in order to fight quickly. ”

Fan Sui said thoughtfully: "Could it be that they are short of food and grass?" ”

Lu Zuo nodded, "As long as we are sure of this, everything will be fine." ”

For several days in a row, the small-scale siege of the Han army still did not stop, and the defenders of Lanzhou still had no intention of going out of the city to attack. After several sieges of the city, An Shiqing and Gao Yun are a little exhausted, if this continues, I am afraid that the army will be dragged down by the other party sooner or later, and now not only is there a shortage of food and grass, but even the soldiers' salaries are almost impossible to pay. Gao Yun asked An Shiqing to plan for it, An Shiqing also felt quite embarrassed, looking at the form in front of him, it was impossible to make the enemy weak and take the initiative to attack if he continued this small-scale attack.

Gao Yun shook his head again and again, feeling inappropriate, "Our army attacked Lanzhou one after another, and the defenders of Lanzhou were not only unmoved, but also the gates of each city were obviously more impregnable. ”

The two were chatting privately in the tent, and there was a noise outside the tent. Gao Yun and An Shiqing frowned, they both knew who it was. Gao Yun shouted outside in a loud voice, "Let him in." ”

I saw a middle-aged man who was in the dust and dust walked into the account triumphantly, and said arrogantly: "Marshal Gao is too ignorant of the lower officials, a certain family is the prison army appointed by His Majesty, since you and General An have military affairs to discuss, you should also invite me to discuss together!" ”

Gao Yun smiled and said, "Ben Shuai is trying to send someone to invite Master Xiao." Come on, come on, please take a seat! ”

Xiao Renyi smiled proudly, sat down at the top, and then asked how the strategy to break the enemy was discussed.

Gao Yun said: "Now that the army is in a dilemma, I would like to ask Lord Xiao to continue to ask the emperor to send 30,000 reinforcements to fight the rebels, and then distribute food and salary in full to solve his worries."

Xiao Renyi pretended to be embarrassed: "Marshal Gao, you don't know it, Your Majesty has just ascended to the throne, and the Quartet is not peaceful, and money is used everywhere, and there is more than one disaster in Lanzhou at the moment. ”

An Shiqing said: "Lord Xiao is His Majesty's right-hand man, personally carrying it, we all know your ability, as long as you say a word, look down, these are not difficulties." ”

After hearing this, Xiao Renyi raised the corners of his mouth very much, "General An is really good at talking." Well, since General An has spoken, for the sake of the soldiers of the three armies and the Han Dynasty, a certain family is also willing to suffer this scolding. ”

The twists and turns everywhere in the past few days, either the floods in the south have risen again, or the locust plague in the east is raging, but they are all here to ask for money and food, and now the army of the Western Expedition has just been sent to reinforce the army, and they have come to ask for money, food and reinforcements, which makes Liu Yan so annoyed, and in the empty Xuanzheng Palace, Liu Yan's figure is becoming more and more lonely. So Liu Yan summoned Yu Bingde and wanted to ask him what he thought.

Yu Bingde saw that His Majesty had summoned him many times in the past few days, and asked him for advice, he couldn't help but be a little flattered, and he was a little conservative when he first made suggestions, but now he gradually dared to boldly express his opinions. So he suggested: "Your Majesty, the frequent floods in the south are not a matter of this year, so the people there will trap them for a few days, and then at the same time let the local officials raise donations from the local wealthy families for disaster relief." Moreover, the locust plague is difficult to resist for a while, and the food disaster will appear at the end of the year, and now there is only one heart to solve the Lanzhou rebels. ”

Liu Yan asked noncommittally: "Then father-in-law, do you mean to continue to send reinforcements and food to Gao Yunjia?" ”

Yu Bingde nodded firmly.

"But Gao Yun can't attack for a long time, and it won't help to send An Shiqing a few days ago, and then send reinforcements......" Liu Yan was a little embarrassed, "I'm afraid that it will be in vain?" ”

"There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people." Yu Bingde said, "The rebels have a genius like Lu Zuo, so it is naturally difficult to deal with, but Gao Yun and An Shiqing are obviously not fuel-efficient lamps. ”

Liu Yan said: "Father-in-law, do you think it is appropriate to let Xun Mou take command?" ”

"No!" Yu Bingde replied directly, "Since I didn't choose Xun Mou to be in charge before, I can't do it now." ”

In the study of the Weiguo Mansion, Xun Yu's father and son were chatting comfortably over tea. Suddenly, seeing the official family coming in a hurry, he took out a letter from his arms in a panic, and handed it directly to Xun Yu without saying anything. Xun Yu didn't ask much, took the letter, and opened it to read it carefully.

"Daddy, what's wrong?"

Xun Yu slowly handed over the letter to his son, "Xiao Renyi sent a letter saying that Gao Yun and An Shiqing asked the emperor for army and food. ”

"Sir." The official family answered, "Someone from the palace said that the emperor has agreed to send troops to increase food. ”

Xun Yu nodded and motioned for the official family to go down first, and then frowned, his face was full of displeasure, "I didn't expect the emperor to continue to send troops, it seems that Liu Xingyuan is now a piece of the emperor's heart." Then he asked, "Look at this great work, can he gnaw on Gao Yun?" ”

Xun Mou sneered: "Liu Xingyuan and Lu Zuo are not so easy to deal with, but they have repeatedly sent troops like this, but I am afraid that the morale of the three armies will also be exhausted." Gao Yun also wanted to take Lanzhou as soon as possible, otherwise they would not have repeatedly asked for additional reinforcements. As for whether they can destroy Liu Xingyuan and them, it is really hard to say now. ”

"So can we start our plan?"

Xun Mou bowed slightly, "It's time to consume the emperor's trust in Gao Yun." ”

Before the reinforcements of the Han army arrived, Xiao Renyi first received a letter from Xun Yu, asking him to immediately let out the wind, saying that the Han army was not good at food and was about to withdraw. Xiao Renyi read the letter, and felt a little apprehensive and hesitant in his heart, the impact of this on the morale of the three armies was very serious, and it would even give the rebels a chance to take advantage of it. Xiao Renyi thought about it again, if he didn't do it, he might be broken into thousands of pieces by Xun Yu's father and son, obviously Xun Yu's father and son just wanted to bring down Gao Yun and monopolize the military power, so he was heartbroken, anyway, even if Gao Yun was wiped out, the emperor would definitely send Xun Mou to fight, and there would be no harm to him.

"Food and salary is not enough, and the army is about to be withdrawn" spread wildly in the Han army for a while, and the soldiers thought about it that the boilers have been decreasing recently, and the number of times they drink gruel has increased, and everyone also believes that it is true, at first there were only one or two deserters, and gradually many people gathered and fled, so the rumor that the three armies would fall was even more widespread in the army.