The cronie replied, "Lord Hui, Lord Qincha is leading the army not far behind me, and it should be there in a few hours." ”

Du Li was overjoyed and said, "This is very good, then please trouble the little brother to come with me here and wait for Lord Qincha to arrive." ”

An hour is neither long nor short, Du Li saw from a distance that the black oppression in the distance was slowly approaching, and soon, he saw Lord Qincha riding a horse under the city gate.

"Open the gates."

Du Li waved his hand and ordered, the city gate slowly opened, and Lord Qincha slowly stepped into the Yingzhou city gate with dozens of men and horses, and the rest of the army was waiting outside the city. Du Li walked over and met Lord Qincha as the governor of Yingzhou, and after greeting him, he took Lord Qincha to the mansion of Zhou Yin.

The people of the city cheered in unison when they saw that the gates of the city, which had been closed for so many days, finally opened. Seeing this, Du Li was overjoyed and thought, "When Lord Qincha saw the cheering appearance of the people in the city, he must have thought that the people were cheering for his arrival, and he must have left a good impression in the heart of Lord Qincha." ”

Du Li peeked at Chakhan Timur, but only saw that Lord Qincha had a serious face, without the slightest look of joy from the cheers of the people, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart.

When he arrived at the Prefecture Yin Mansion, Du Li did not tell Lord Qincha that he had closed the gate of the Tiancheng City for so many days because of Zhu Chuba and had found nothing, but simply said that Zhao Zhou's letter for help had not reached him, and he did not dare to send troops.

Chakhan Timur was furious when he heard this, and said: "Nonsense, the rebellion in Zhaozhou is imminent, but you are so afraid of being blamed by the imperial court. Special affairs, don't you understand such a simple truth? ”

Du Li nodded again and again, and Vino said yes, but in his heart, he had already begun to arrange that this Lord Qincha would not have a backache when he stood and spoke. Of course, he understands special affairs, but if a minister in the DPRK who looks at him unhappy afterwards grabs this pigtail and accuses him of intent to rebel, he will really be at a loss for words.

Chakhan Timur, a military general, naturally did not have so much careful thinking about him, and only thought about the serious consequences of delaying the fighter plane, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and kept scolding Du Li, the governor of the state, for dereliction of duty.

Du Li didn't dare to talk back, so he could only stand aside and listen quietly.

Chakhan Timur was tired of scolding, and finally stopped. Du Li saw the opportunity and said: "Now that Lord Qincha has come with the holy decree, it is incumbent on me to take on the rescue duty in Yingzhou City, and I am willing to personally lead the army to Zhaozhou." ”

Chakhan Timur frowned and thought about it, then shook his head and said: "You don't have to go, General Ben led an army of 50,000 dragons and tigers, since General Ben is here, it is more than enough to relieve the siege of Zhaozhou, you have to guard Yingzhou City well." There was a rebellion in Zhaozhou, and it is difficult to say that there will be no rebel party in Yingzhou who wants to take the opportunity to start an incident. ”

Of course, Du Li was very satisfied with this arrangement, who was willing to give up a comfortable life to lead the army to war.

But at this time, Chakhan Timur said again: "I settled in your Yingzhou this time to supplement the military salary, if I go to Zhaozhou this time, it is naturally very good, if not, then it is indispensable to have food support." ”

Du Li's face was not very good-looking again, and he was reluctant to answer.

Chakhan Timur glanced at him and said, "I won't ask for your Yingzhou money in vain, the military salary I asked for from the imperial court is already on the way, and as soon as this military salary arrives, I will pay it back to you immediately." ”

When Du Li heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Since the generals have said so, I, Du Li, am not hypocritical." Please go on the road with peace of mind, and I will send someone to follow after the military salary. ”

"Hmm." Chakhan Timur nodded.

......

There was such a big movement at the city gate, of course Zhu Chuba saw it.

It's not good news that Lord Chincha has arrived. Not to mention that Lord Qincha has the right to order Yingzhou to send troops, just looking at the tens of thousands of troops waiting outside the city, it is also a great threat to the Red Turban Army to attack Zhaozhou City. If the Red Turban Army has not yet begun to attack the city or has already captured Zhaozhou City, it will be easy to do, I am afraid that when the army arrives here, the Red Turban Army is confronting Zhaozhou City, and when the time comes, it will be attacked from inside and outside, and the Red Turban Army that has just formed will definitely not be able to withstand such high pressure.

Now that the city gate has been opened, because of the arrival of Lord Qincha, there is no need for Du Li to waste more time on him, so it is not difficult for Zhu Chuba to get out of the city. Zhu Chuba didn't dare to slack off, bought a horse in the city, and galloped towards Zhaozhou.

"Hopefully in time."

Zhu Chuba quickly whipped up.

Black clouds crush the city. Looking at the 150,000 Red Turban troops neatly arranged outside the city, Ruan Xiangxi really felt that there was a feeling that the mountain rain was coming.

It has been three days since the Red Turban Army surrounded Zhaozhou City, although Ruan Xiangxi knew that this army was only temporarily put together, and the overall quality was not very good, but the people had a great advantage in strength. Ruan Xiangxi did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle, so he could only close the city and defend it, only hoping that the reinforcements from Yingzhou or Chakhan Timur could arrive as soon as possible.

To be honest, as long as Ruan Xiangxi insists on not opening the city gate, it is really unlikely that the Red Turban Army will rely on a strong attack to take Zhaozhou City. First of all, the Red Turban Army did not have enough time to prepare large-scale siege equipment, and secondly, although the Red Turban Army had a numerical advantage, after all, the overall quality was not strong enough, and if it forcibly attacked the city, it would inevitably cause unequal casualties. So for the time being, we can only confront each other like this.

Ruan Xiangxi also has great difficulties on his side, after all, their side is under siege, which is not only a great blow to morale, but in the long run, the city's food reserves will be exhausted sooner or later. If it continues like this until the ammunition runs out of food, Zhaozhou City will be self-defeating.

......

The meeting was being held in the tent of the Red Turban Army, Han Yu, the generalissimo of the Red Turban Army, sat in the first seat, on the right hand side was the marching general Liu Tong, and on the left hand side Han Lin was not awarded a military position, but everyone still habitually called him the little marshal. The rest of the people here are all the people who used to teach the rudder of Zhaozhou in the White Lotus, and after being awarded a military position by Han Yu, they commanded a military horse.

Han Yu asked: "The two armies have been facing each other for many days, and there has been no progress at all. If this continues, until the enemy's reinforcements are brought, I am afraid that the situation will be reversed immediately. ”

Liu Tong thought so: "The marshal is right, we have to think of a way." ”

Han Lin interjected: "Marshal, general." As long as we hold on, the enemy will be besieged, and sooner or later we will run out of ammunition and food. Surrendering without a fight is the best policy. ”

Liu Tong looked at Han Lin meaningfully and said, "What if enemy reinforcements arrive?" Our army is suffering from the enemy on its back, and that is not good. ”