The situation in the palace has stabilized for the time being, and at this time, the streets and alleys of the city are full of the sound of fighting. The defenders of the city were in a fight with the rebels, and at this time Fusu had gathered about three or two thousand remnants, and there were still two or three streets to be killed in the direction of the palace.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the palace is safe for the time being. The palace gates were closed, and the rebels were surrounded by the rebels. The Qin army scout who was exploring the way in front replied.

"How many rebels are there?" Fusu asked.

"About 20,000." The spy replied.

"How many of us are there?" Fusu asked.

"Two thousand." The spy replied at this time.

"Evacuate to Shimenshan first, and send people to collect the remnants of the army in the city, and everyone will withdraw to Shimenshan Development Zone first." Fusu said after a moment of silence.

Now that the palace gates have been closed and the rebels are surrounding the outside, it means that the palace is safe for the time being. The rebels surrounding the periphery of the palace are more than ten times more than them, and it is a fool's dream for them to want to enter the palace.

The next day, at dawn.

At this time, the streets of Xianyang City had been cleaned, the corpses had all been collected away, and the blood stains had been washed away. If it weren't for the faint smell of blood in the air, it would have been as if nothing had happened.

Xianyang City, Zhao Gao's mansion. Since they did not occupy the palace, Hu Hai and others could only temporarily discuss affairs in Zhao Gao's mansion at this time.

"Gou Dongxi of the government has promised to help us stabilize the situation in the city, but he also has conditions, that is, we are not allowed to disturb the people." Zhao Gao looked at Hu Hai and said.

Gou Dongxi, as the internal history of Xianyang, is naturally also the confidant of the first emperor. The reason why he agreed to help Hu Hai stabilize the situation in the city was not because he was greedy for life and death, but greedy for glory and wealth. Instead, it was because he received a signal from Fusu to let him cooperate with Hu Hai as much as possible to stabilize the situation in the city.

Such a big event happened in Xianyang, so naturally he couldn't hide it from the people in the city. Now the news of Hu Hai's usurpation has been circulating among the markets, and the entire Xianyang City is panicked. Fusu didn't want this change at the top to affect the lives of the people at the bottom, so he signaled Gou Neishi to cooperate with Hu Hai as much as possible and stabilize the people's hearts as soon as possible.

It is precisely because of this that the atmosphere in the entire Xianyang City is very strange now. The officials at the bottom are still on duty, and it seems that the city is still the same as usual, but some real officials have already gathered in the Shimenshan Development Zone.

For Hu Hai's faction, this is a big gamble that will be successful if it doesn't work. It was precisely because of this gamble that all the bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods in the court were blown up. Now in the entire imperial court, those who are not Hu Hai's faction have all taken their wealth and children to hide in the Shimenshan Development Zone, and the faction that supports Hu Hai is no longer hiding.

"Father, what are we going to do now?" Hu Hai was wearing a black prince python robe, and he looked like a prince.

Zhao Gao closed his eyes slightly, and said in a calm tone: "Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, we have to attack the palace as soon as possible, and we have to trap Your Majesty in the palace." It is better to let His Majesty not die, but he can't wake up, only in this way can we take power into our hands. ”

I have to say that Zhao Gao's scheming skills are among the best in the entire court. He knew that the First Emperor could not die now, and once the First Emperor died, then Hu Hai would be a rebel, and he would become a rebel who everyone in the world would be condemned for. On the contrary, as long as the First Emperor is in their hands, they can act in the name of the First Emperor.

"The high walls of the palace city are thick and difficult to fight, as the so-called triple siege and ten times attack. Li You still has at least 5,000 people in his hands, we still have to divide our troops to guard Shimen Mountain, and we also have to guard the city gates everywhere, if we want to take the palace, I'm afraid it will not be easy. Feng Zai sighed and said.

"Can we take down Li Si and use Li Si to threaten Li You to open the gate of the imperial city?" Hu Hai said after a moment of silence.

Feng Zheng and Li You are friends, and Feng Zheng can't understand Li You's temperament. Li You is different from him, Feng Zheng is a person who values the small family and ignores the family, and in his heart, the clan comes first. But Li You is different, in Li You's heart, loyalty to the monarch is the first, in Feng Zheng's opinion, even if Li You is used to threaten Li You, Li You will definitely not open the imperial city.

"Let's not mention that Li Si is now in Shimen Mountain, even if we can capture Li Si, Li You will definitely not open the city gate." Feng Zheng said after pondering for a moment.

"General Feng, do you say that Shimen Mountain is easy to fight, or is the Imperial City easy to fight?" Zhao Gao suddenly asked an inexplicable question coldly.

Among the people in this hall, the one who has the most say in military affairs is Feng Zheng. In response to Zhao Gao's question, Feng Zheng lowered his head and pondered.

There were only less than 8,000 forbidden troops in the palace, and after the last night attack by Feng Zheng, there were only about 5,000. In Shimen Mountain, there are law enforcement troops composed of seven or eight thousand veterans, as well as the defeated defenders who were collected by Fusu, and the families of wealthy merchants and officials in Xianyang City. The total number of these people is only close to 30,000, and of course, the combat effectiveness of those wealthy businessmen and officials is definitely not comparable to that of the regular army.

Although in terms of troops, Shimenshan has more troops, but in terms of the battle situation, Shimenshan is far less easy to defend and difficult to attack than the palace. First of all, the imperial city has walls, and the walls are quite heavy. However, the Shimenshan Economic Development Zone is different, at the beginning of the construction of Shimenshan, Li Chen basically did not consider the matter of defense.

Without considering the external dangers, the walls of the entire Shimenshan Development Zone are basically surrounded by cement stacks and iron fences, a bit like the walls of the large community in the past life. This kind of wall is used to defend against some petty theft, but against a large army, it is not designated as useless.

"Shimen Mountain, Shimen Mountain is easy to fight. We left 10,000 soldiers and horses to be deployed at the four city gates, and the palace was temporarily guarded by our dead soldiers. Then we can organize at least 40,000 people to attack Shimen Mountain head-on, and there are only 20,000 or 30,000 troops in Shimen Mountain, and how much combat strength there is is still unknown. I only have a 30% chance of winning against the palace, but I have a 70% chance of winning against Shimen Mountain. Feng Zai said categorically.

"Since this is the case, let's hit Shimen Mountain first. The reason why we can't fight the Imperial City now is precisely because we don't have siege equipment. We don't have siege equipment, but Shimenshan Development Zone does. As long as we take Shimen Mountain, then it is almost equivalent to taking the Imperial City. Zhao Gao touched his chin and said.

"Lord Zhao's words are reasonable, I will organize soldiers and horses and take Shimen Mountain before dark." Feng Zheng got up and said.

Now no one knows what happened to Li Chen's return, once the army outside comes back, then Hu Hai and others will also become turtles in the urn.

"Wait." Suddenly, Zhao Gao stopped Feng Zheng and said, "The number of troops is limited, and you can't do fearless attrition. In this way, you go and bring out the death row prisoners in the city and let them rush the first wave. ”