Taifu looked at the square outside the palace city and stood black pressed soldiers, all of whom were under the banner of the Southern Army.

"Ahem... Could it be that the entire Yugoslav army rebelled? Taifu, who was standing on the walls of Miyagi, said worriedly.

General Dong Cunren, who was riding outside the palace, was thinking about the next step in his heart, the forbidden army still had nearly 7,000 people, including the 3,000 cavalry of the hussar battalion, although he had 50,000 people in his hands, but once the war started, the generals he arranged would not be able to control the situation, and the forbidden army loyal to the emperor still had 10,000 people, and the northern army outside the city still had 20,000 people, plus the soldiers raised by the family in Beijing, the southern army under the cooperation of Li Ying and the outside was bound to be difficult to support.

"Alas, I don't know what else Lord Jade-faced Fox has. It's just that if you besiege the palace, the food in the palace shouldn't be able to last long. Dong Cunren clenched the sword in his hand and looked at the direction of Miyagi worriedly, and his previous spirit was gone.

A cavalryman dressed as a scout hurried to General Dong Da, turned over and dismounted, and said to General Dong on one knee: "Report to the general, the northern army outside the city is assembling towards Mingde Gate, and it seems that there is a plan to attack the city."

After hearing the news, Dong Cunren transferred 5,000 soldiers and horses to Mingdemen, but at this moment, Dong Cunren got a message from the jade-faced fox. The originally worried face gradually showed excitement.

The 20,000 northern army has set up a position outside the Mingde Gate at this moment, but everyone can see that only the temporary siege ladder does not know how many lives will be filled to break the city.

Lu Zhan looked at the tall city wall and thought hard about how to break the city, but he had watched a movie in which the Taiping army dug a tunnel to the low city wall, filled the coffin with gunpowder, and then put the coffin containing gunpowder under the city wall and detonated it.

But now there is neither gunpowder nor time to dig tunnels to siege the city, which has been a technical task since ancient times. A generation of famous ministers Zhuge Wuhou was helpless to take Hao Zhao. At this moment, the Northern Army is preparing to attack the city, and it is more of a gesture.

At this moment, the only thing the Son of Heaven could count on was the northern army outside the city and the defenders stationed on the eastern border to come to the rescue. The southern front was pinned down by the Chu state, the western front was pinned down by the Qin state, and the northern line was also eyed by the Jin state. Of course, if the big families in the capital can stand on the side of the royal family, then there will be some more variables about the outcome of the victory.

"Dad, the changes in the capital at this moment have exceeded our imagination. I don't know who Dong Cunren's backstage is? The person who spoke was Zhang Yu, and it was the Zhang family who was sitting opposite Zhang Yu.

"Now the Zhang family is standing at the crossroads of choice, whether to stand still or support which side will affect the direction of the capital."

"If Dong Cunren and his master-behind the scenes succeed in controlling the capital, it will be contrary to the interests of our Zhang family."

"Yu'er, what do you mean is to unite the royal family first, defeat Dong Cunren first, and finally stab the royal family. This idea is good, but once something goes wrong, the lives of our father and daughter will be explained. Zhang Yuan said worriedly.

"You can only win more if you bet big enough. Discovery and gain are directly proportional. Zhang Yu said with heroism.

Seeing that his father acquiesced to his idea, Zhang Yu began to gather the Zhang family's army with 800 people. Not only the Zhang family, but also the large and small families in the capital are gathering their own government soldiers.

All this was seen by the jade-faced fox, but the jade-faced fox did not panic in the slightest, because all this was still in his budget. In addition, the jade-faced fox has an absolutely big enough hole card that has not been revealed, and the role of this biggest hole card is due to the previous arrangement.

The Son of Heaven, who was in the whirlpool, finally woke up slowly, looked at the ministers with a sad look around him, and asked, "What is the situation outside Aiqing, you?"

A minister dressed in red said, "Back to Your Majesty, the Southern Army, which has been coerced into rebellion, has taken control of everything except Miyagi. Only the 20,000 soldiers of the Northern Army were outside the Mingde Gate. ”

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven lay on the dragon bed with a long sigh, and after a short silence, he said to the ministers: "How many days can the grain and grass in the palace city last?"

"It will take less than five days to return to Your Majesty."

"Close the palace gate and issue weapons and armor to the young and powerful eunuchs, and hold me until King Qin's troops come to the rescue." The Son of Heaven, who was lying on the dragon bed, said in a majestic and weak tone.

After watching the kneeling ministers shouting in unison for the voice of the ministers, he waved his hand to make the ministers retreat.

The palace was already panicked, from the concubines to the eunuchs and maids, all of them were worried about the situation outside. The fifth princess who made the marriage contract under Lu Zhan comforted the little sister in her arms, the seventh princess, and the fifth princess looked at the clouds above her head and thought of her future husband, and a trace of expectation emerged in her heart, looking forward to the person in her heart coming to relieve the siege with soldiers.

The helpless people in the northern army outside the city suddenly saw Lu Zhan standing up with confidence, and just when everyone thought that Lu Zhan had come up with some way, Lu Zhan opened his mouth and said, "Wait, now all we have to do is wait."

Hearing Lu Zhan say this, Xu Hao couldn't help but start complaining: "What kind of method are you, if you wait for the city gate to open, then Dong Cunren will be arrested obediently?"

Lu Zhan smiled and said to the puzzled crowd: "What I said is waiting for the opportunity, with our current strength and siege weapons, it is impossible to break the city, and it is time to make a move when there is an opportunity in the capital that is beneficial to us."

Wen Qianhu seemed to have an idea, but he still spoke: "What does Lu Gongzi mean to wait for the big families in the capital to do it?"

"Wen Qianhu is right, the Lu family will definitely not be without action, we are just waiting for a good opportunity in the capital now."

Everyone looked at Lu Zhan with a strategizing look, and they all had confidence.

Lu Zhan waited for five days, during these five days, the southern army besieging Miyagi tentatively launched several attacks, but was quickly defeated by the forbidden army, Dong Cunren looked at the corpses of the soldiers of the southern army who fell outside the city wall, and then looked at Miyagi, sighed at the chief of Miyagi, and then returned to the southern army's office.

Although the forbidden army of Miyagi repelled the attack of the rebels, it faced the crisis of food shortage, not to mention the consumption of 10,000 soldiers and thousands of war horses, the consumption of concubines, eunuchs, and palace maids in the palace was also an astronomical amount. The grain and grass that was originally estimated to be five days were almost consumed on the third day, and the forbidden army guarding Miyagi was already a little hungry.

Some suggested killing the horses to maintain food and grass, but the hussar battalions opposed it. Seeing that some of the forbidden soldiers wanted to kill their horses with knives, the hussar battalion also took out their sabers and confronted the forbidden army, who were already a little hungry.