The officials and generals discussed in the Assassin's Mansion until most of the night, but there was no result, everyone talked a lot, but none of them worked, and in the end, everyone broke up unhappily.

When Chen Xian returned to the barracks, he was already ugly, and Huang Jian came out and hugged his fists and said, "General, how is the situation?" ”

Chen Xian was in a heavy mood and shook his head: "I'm not very optimistic, those officials and generals are too deep in the city, no one knows what they think in their hearts, and no one dares to express their thoughts easily at this time." Some people want to surrender, but they dare not say it, they have no right to speak without military power in their hands, and once they say it, they are afraid of becoming the target of public criticism! ”

Huang Jian will be a little worried: "How can this be good?" If the high-ranking officials in the city have been in this situation of mutual suspicion, it will not be good for us! The cadres have not besieged the city until now, I guess the main reason is that they don't have many siege infantry, and the siege equipment is still being built, once they have prepared the siege equipment and gathered enough troops, they will attack the city sooner or later, and the reinforcements of the imperial court don't know when they will arrive, and we are likely to become a lonely city here! ”

Chen Xian frowned, thought for a while and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, let's wait, today all the people are out of the city, this is a lot of pressure on us defenders or those officials and other generals in the Assassin's Mansion, I can't see it today, in two days, someone will definitely be unable to hold their breath, whether it is a battle or a surrender, sooner or later someone will take the initiative to take a stand and attitude!" What we need to do now is two things: first, keep the news tightly sealed; Second, drill soldiers, although we only recruited more than 1,000 people this time, as long as we train these more than 1,000 people, they can come in handy! ”

Huang Yuan will clench his fists: "The last general understands!" ”

As soon as the two finished speaking, Huang Yuan was about to take people to patrol the camp, when a soldier rode over on a horse and reported: "General Qiyu, we found an enemy soldier under the north city wall and was preparing to deliver the news outside the city, when our patrol was rounding up, he killed three soldiers of our army, and after being arrested, he took advantage of the unpreparedness of our soldiers and crashed into the spearhead and committed suicide!" ”

Chen Xian and Huang Jian were taken aback, and Chen Xian immediately said to Huang Jian: "You stay in the camp, Ben will go over and see it in person!" ”

"No!"

Chen Xian rode a horse with his own soldiers and quickly rushed to the scene of the crime.

A large number of soldiers have gathered around the scene of the crime, all of them are holding torches, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the scene has been protected.

After Chen Xian arrived on horseback, Xiang Wei, who was in charge of patrolling, immediately greeted him.

"General!" Xiang General hugged his fists.

"Which one?"

"Here!" Xiang Jian led Chen Xian to a corpse.

Chen Xian squatted down, and the soldiers next to him lowered the torch so that he could clearly see the face and figure of the fine work, and there was a spear stuck in the chest of the body of the fine work.

Xiang Lou will stand next to him and explain in detail the process of discovering and deploying the arrest, as well as the process of resisting and seizing the opportunity to commit suicide after being caught.

Looking at his face, this assassin was about thirty years old, with a dark face and an ordinary appearance, the kind that would not attract the slightest attention if placed in a crowd.

Chen Xian picked up his fine hand and looked at it, the knuckles of his hands were thick, the skin was rough, and there were calluses, obviously he was a person who often used weapons.

Chen Xian asked, "How did he spread the news outside the city, did you find out?" ”

Waving his hand to the general, two soldiers approached, one with a bow and the other with a knife.

"General, please see, when I found this person, he was shooting arrows outside the city with his bow out, and he had already shot the arrows when we pounced, presumably the thing with the message was tied to the arrows, and he should have used this bow to deliver the news outside the city by shooting arrows!"

"There is also this knife, this is a finely made weapon, not a standard weapon of our army, nor a standard weapon of the cadre army, but a weapon used by people in the rivers and lakes, the weight is lighter, and the size is one size smaller than the standard saber in the army, which is convenient for users to move and dodge, and kill in close quarters!"

Chen Xian took the bow and knife and looked at them one by one, then walked to the bodies of the three soldiers who were killed, squatted down and looked at the wounds, and saw that the fatal wounds of the three soldiers were all in the neck.

"What a powerful knife technique!"

Chen Xian got up and ordered: "Find a way to find out the identity of the fine work in the city, although he is a cadre and a fine worker, he must have a clear identity in the city!" After finding out his identity, find his residence, search carefully, don't make too much noise, maybe he has accomplices, don't alarm anyone, send someone to ambush his residence, once someone approaches his residence, arrest him first! ”

"No!"

The news in the city was still blocked quite tightly, and the ordinary soldiers in the army did not receive the news that Liu Yu had died violently, and for several days, there was no movement from the high-ranking officials and generals in the city.

In the past few days, the defenders on duty on the city wall have found that the dry army camp outside the city is getting more and more noisy, and the noise is getting louder and louder, what does this mean? It shows that the number of cadres and troops who have arrived here is increasing.

When the news reached the ears of the high-ranking officials and generals in the city, the situation became different, and an invisible panic spread among the high-ranking officials and generals in the city.

Finally, some of the high-ranking officials and generals are really afraid, and once they are afraid, some people can't sit still and can't hold their breath.

In the afternoon of that day, the Assassin's Mansion notified all the officials and leading soldiers to rush to the meeting after dinner.

After dinner, Chen Xian rushed to the Assassin's Mansion with his own soldiers, and this time, he keenly found that the atmosphere was obviously different, and the vigilance inside and outside the Assassin's Mansion was strengthened a lot.

Chen Xian walked into the lobby and saluted with all the officials and generals, and knelt down in one position.

Soon, all the people who should have come have arrived, and Ma Zhongliang, who was engaged in governance, stood up and said to everyone: "Colleagues, generals, this time I summoned you to discuss the matter after the official and Tang Beijia, Yue Changshi, Wang Zhubo and several others jointly discussed, and the main purpose is to discuss the question of whether we will fight or surrender next!" ”

Duwei Ye Tongzhang couldn't help but sneer: "Still discussing? Didn't you discuss it two days ago? So many people deliberated all night, and everyone just cared about talking and not saying a word useful! In my opinion, I'm afraid it's about the same today! If you really want to discuss, I suggest that everyone make it clear that if you advocate surrender, you give your reasons; If you advocate sticking to it, you can also say a ugly thing, stop talking nonsense, it's useless, it's useless, and you delay your work! ”

At this time, the defenders in Chengdu were divided into three parts: the first part was the 1,000 city guards led by Captain Ye Tongzhang and the 1,000 young men recruited not long ago. The second part is the Chengdu army, with 2,000 people left, with strong combat power, and is commanded by the army lord Guo Li; The third part is Chen Xian's Qianwei army, which has declined in terms of combat power because of the recruitment of 1,000 new soldiers.

Many officials were embarrassed.

Ma Zhongliang laughed twice and said: "General Ye is an honest man, and he can't hide his words in his heart, but what this official admires most is people like General Ye, and when you get along with someone like General Ye, you don't have to bother to guard against him!" ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zhongliang's face became serious, "Let's not talk about gossip, let's still be serious, what General Ye said just now is not unreasonable, we are now the backbone of Chengdu City, we can no longer be sloppy and delay on the issue of where Chengdu City is going, the longer it drags on, the more sinister the situation becomes!" ”

"Now, I will tell you about our strengths and weaknesses. Let's talk about the advantages first, there is enough food and grass for everyone in the city to eat for half a year, and it is uncertain how long the ordnance can be used, it depends on the intensity of the battle, if the war is frequent, the military equipment will be consumed quickly, and the problem of waste is inevitable, but even if we fight with high intensity every day, with the military situation in the city, we can still hold out for two months! We also have the advantage that the walls are tall and thick, and it is not easy for the enemy to climb up, and it is not easy to crush them with siege equipment such as trebuchets! ”

"Let's talk about our disadvantages: first, our army has low morale, and we have a sense of fear of the cadres for a long time; Second, there are only about 4,500 soldiers in our army who have undergone regular training, including the 1,600 brought by General Chen, and if you exclude the old, weak, sick and disabled, only young and middle-aged men from 16 to 40 years old, there are only 3,000 at most! We also have 2,000 newly recruited young people, these people have only been trained for a few days, and even some of them don't even have the correct posture of holding weapons, and they don't know how to use crossbows! ”

"Third, we don't have cavalry, which limits us to stay in the city, unable to seize the opportunity to go out of the city to counterattack, or even destroy the enemy's siege equipment that has a deadly attack on the city walls!"

"Fourth, we can't get in touch with the imperial court, so we don't know when the imperial reinforcements will arrive, perhaps······ The imperial court will not send reinforcements at all, even if we stay here for half a year, it will only be in vain, this city will still fall in the end, and we will not see hope! ”

"This officer will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the cadres again. Let's talk about their advantages first, first, they have opened up the passage from Hanzhong to here, and they can continuously transfer troops from China. Second, their soldiers are diligent, brave, and highly motivated. Third, their government and military orders are conveyed smoothly and their command is unified! Fourth, the presence of the Emperor of Qianguo on the front line has a great effect on boosting the morale of the cadres and soldiers, and can make all the officers and men of the cadres and soldiers fearless of death, which our army cannot do! ”

"The cadres also have disadvantages: first, they are not well prepared, and the siege force cannot keep up in a short time; second, the transportation of grain and grass is inconvenient; Thirdly, the siege equipment is not well prepared! ”

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