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Most of the Liaodong Army is now resting, and Yu Ming ordered 50,000 cavalry from the troops who had not participated in the Hebei Southern Expedition before, and asked them to carry ten days' dry food and prepare to set off.

Immediately, he personally visited Li Jing and his wife, saying that he wanted to invite them to go with him to pick up his parents and return to Beiping.

Li Jing also knew that it was better for Yuming to welcome his parents back. And he and Yushu have been friends for many years. Although I didn't have much contact with Yuhua, I was okay, so I readily agreed.

A few days later, 50,000 Liaodong cavalry drove to Liaocheng under the command of Yu Ming. However, they did not march fast. Both Yuming and Li Jing believed that it was impossible for peripheral forces to attack Yuhua at this time.

In fact, Yuhuaji, who is in Liaocheng, has fallen into a crisis......

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"What? Chengdu, you said that a large group of people came from the northeast, and the number of people was at least more than 100,000? After Yuhua heard this, he was shocked.

"Yes! When he first received the scout's report, the child at first thought it was the second brother who sent the answer, but then he thought that something was not right. Even if the second brother sent someone, it would be impossible to send so many, and besides, it was not right to calculate the time. Brother Jie had to walk from Liaocheng to Beiping for at least five days, and even if the second brother sent troops the day after learning the news, it would take at least ten days to drive the army over...... But now it's only halfway through. Yu Chengdu bowed to report.

"Chengdu, did you find out where the soldiers and horses were?" Yu Shiji also asked nervously.

Yu Chengdu nodded and said: "I went to investigate in person later, and I found that this army is Shandong's people, and the soldiers in the army speak Shandong. But the banner they played had a face. They are 'Wang', 'Xu', and 'Dou'. That's a little weird. ”

"The 'Wang' word flag must refer to the Shandong bandit Wang Bo, this guy has rebelled since the seventh year of the Great Cause, and has been exterminated by Zhang Xutuo I don't know how many times, but they are all like insects with feet, dead but not stiff. Every time, he fled to the mountains to hide for a few months, and then made a comeback after the official army left, for a full six years, he could still only operate in Shandong, but it was really difficult for him! Yu Shiji said with a disdainful face.

"As for the 'Xu' flag, it must refer to Xu Yuanlang, a strong man in Shandong who had only been rebelling for a long time. It was only in the first month of this year that this person unveiled the uprising, captured Dongping, and then divided his troops to occupy a lot of territory in Shandong. From the west of Langxi County to the north to Dongping County, the area is owned by Xu Yuanlang, with more than 100,000 soldiers. ”

"It's just that the 'Dou' flag is a little weird, I haven't heard that there is a righteous army leader surnamed Dou in Shandong, and even Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang don't have a general surnamed Dou, who is this person?" Yu Shiji said to himself in a little surprise.

Uchiji frowned at this time and said, "Could it be the original Dou Jiande from Hebei?" I heard that he had only recently been defeated by Mingxian's nephew and fled to Shandong. With the courage of this person, it is possible to make a comeback. ”

"I heard that his men and horses have been lost, how can it be so easy to pull up so many soldiers and horses?" Yu Shihe shook his head and said, "And how could Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang agree to Dou Jiande's joining?" You must know that this person is a wolf ambition, and if you are not careful, you will turn against his master. Costa is a living example. ”

"This may not be, after all, the Liaodong Army is now strong and strong, and Luo Yi and Dou Jiande were both defeated by the Liaodong Army within a month, and they surrendered and fled. Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang must also be worried about becoming the next target of the Liaodong Army! Yu Huaji sighed at this time: "Ming'er is even better than me." He's getting stronger, but we're ......."

When he said this, everyone in the Yu family in the hall fell silent, after all, except for Yu Chengdu, most of them had a bad relationship with Yu Ming. In the future, if you take refuge in the Liaodong Army, you will have to suppress Yuming's snort.

"Whatever, he's also surnamed Yu, so it's better not to use us Yu people, but to use outsiders, right?"

"It's a big deal, in the future, I will clamp my tail in front of Yuming and be a man. Be polite and respectful to him, just like you ...... to Yuhua now."

"When we arrive in Beiping, the head of the family should be able to negotiate with Yuming, so why should we make room for these people."

The people of the Yu clan in the field were whispering, although they were a little unwilling and unhappy, but they felt that it was no problem to keep a glory and wealth. As for power, it will only be fought for later.

And Yu Huahe was also very uncomfortable at the moment, he remembered that when he discussed the place of trouble with Yu Ming before, Yu Ming said that he was not optimistic about Jiangnan, and felt that Yu Valve's foundation there was shallow. He felt that in comparison, Liaodong, where he was located, was more suitable for trouble.

Yuhua didn't think so at the time, but now it seems that Yuming's prediction was accurate. Yu's pride, I'm afraid it really only falls on his own concubine.

"Alas, Chengdu is also good, but brave is brave, and it is still worse than Ming'er in other aspects." Yuhua and secretly said in his heart.

At this time, Yu Chengdu saw that everyone was silent, Fang was a little anxious, and he bowed to Yu Hua and said: "Now the thieves in Shandong are violent, and it is obvious that the people who come are not good. How to deal with it, please let your father decide! ”

Only then did everyone come back to their senses, and remembered that the most important thing in front of them was to deal with the enemy who was about to arrive.

Yu Shiji hurriedly said: "Now the enemy army is large, our army is small, and Liaocheng is not a strong city. In my opinion, it is better to send someone to Hebei as soon as possible, so that the receiver of Mingxian's nephew can hurry up and come to the rescue. ”

Yu Chengdu frowned and said: "Second uncle, of course I have to send someone to ask for reinforcements, but it will take time for reinforcements to arrive, but I am afraid that Liaocheng will have fallen by then." Since this city cannot be defended, it is better to break through and go north before the enemy encircles it. ”

"Chengdu, this matter must not be done!" Uchi-ki immediately objected: "You are single and have no family, so of course you won't worry so much." But our family is in the city, and so is your uncle. A few of us were fine, but the rest of the family was old, young, and couldn't ride horses at all. Do you want them to run to Hebei? I was afraid that I would be caught up by the enemy in the middle of the day, and all of them would be killed. ”

Yu Chengdu was stumped by him, he couldn't say that he didn't want to take care of his family, just run for his life.

But he secretly thought in his heart, it was all at this time, and if he returned to his mother-in-law, his wife and concubine could remarry, and his children could be reborn, but if he was killed, there would be nothing.

"That's it! Chengdu should not mention the matter of breaking through and escaping, so as not to shake the determination of the soldiers in the army to defend the city. Yuhua is also reluctant to let his few beautiful wives and concubines marry from Jiangnan, and two of them are already pregnant and waiting to give birth. Moreover, he was reluctant to leave behind a large number of possessions and jewels brought from Jiangdu.

In Yu Huaji's opinion, he felt that he should be able to defend Yu Ming's army. After all, these Shandong rebels are a rabble, and the people around him now are all elite soldiers loyal to the Yu clan. Although there are only more than 10,000 people, they may not be able to resist the other party's 100,000 people when they defend the city.

Yu Huaji also got up and walked to the city defense map, and said slowly: "Now, let's discuss how to defend the city!" I believe that as long as I can hold out for seven or eight days, I will be able to wait for Ming'er's army to arrive...... Then we will be saved! ”

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After the end of the battle meeting, Yu Huahe immediately issued an order, ordering Yu Cheng to lead 4,000 soldiers to patrol the city wall, and the other 26,000 soldiers to guard the four gates.

Then, Yu Huaji ordered Yu Shiji to place the twelve giant trebuchets transported from Jiangdu on the city wall of Liaocheng as soon as possible, and debug them as soon as possible. These twelve trebuchets were originally built by Yang Guang when he built the capital. When Yuhua and abandoned Jiangdu City, he also dismantled it by the way, preparing to take it to his future place of residence.

This giant trebuchet has a long range, great lethality, and is very powerful. It's just that Yuhua didn't expect it to be used in a city that he was about to give up.

Uchigami took a series of tough measures, piling up all the stones and timber that could be collected in the city on the city wall to use as rolling stones. At the same time, it was also publicized in the city, saying that there were bandits who were coming to attack the city, and that the city would be slaughtered after the city was broken, so as to encourage the whole city to participate in the defense spontaneously.

After arranging all this, Yuhua and Yu Shiji, Uzhi and Yu Chengdu people looked around, and several damaged places on the city wall were also being repaired in time, and the moat was also cleaned and dredged.

Yu Huaji attached great importance to this work, because he knew that in the absence of effective siege facilities of the enemy, the moat could have a good effect on delaying the enemy's attack, which could buy him a lot of time, and would greatly increase the losses of the attacker.

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When the sun had just risen the next morning, Yuhua received a report from Yuchengcheng that the main force of the Shandong bandit army had arrived near Liaocheng.

Yu Huahe stood on the city wall and sighed, secretly thinking that the Shandong army was really fast, fortunately, he had not relaxed, and now the repair of the city wall has been completed, and the dredging of the moat will be completed soon, which just comes in handy.

After climbing the city tower, Yuhua and his hand on the awning looked into the distance, only to see the sky in the north yellow dust, at a glance you can see that this is the smoke and dust formed by the rapid march of the large army.

Just when Yuhua and climbed the city tower to observe the movements of the Shandong army, Wang Bo, Xu Yuanlang, and Dou Jiande were ordering the troops to set up camp. They were ready to rest for a while before launching an onslaught.

At this time, Yucheng City is also seizing the time to make final preparations. He sent all kinds of fighting logs, stones, arrows, boiling oil and other materials to the city. At the same time, he also ordered that 2,000 Lianzhu crossbows escorted from the treasury of Jiangdu Prefecture were also placed on the city wall.

Yu Shiji ordered Xu Jun to demolish the houses around the city wall to prevent them from being hit by enemy rockets during the war, causing fires and causing chaos.

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