After the ministers dispersed, Zhao Junsheng thought about it and still had to verify the situation in the city, "Come on, go and call Lin Jinghui over!" ”

"No!" Someone outside the tent agreed.

Soon, Lin Jinghui asked to see him outside the tent, and Zhao Junsheng announced that he would come in.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "What are the movements and changes in the city in the past few days?" Can our army still get in touch with the details in the city? ”

Lin Jinghui hugged his fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is about to report to Your Majesty, two days ago I received a report from the city in the night, there are rumors that Liu Yu died violently in Yizhou, but the news has not been confirmed, and the report will be made after confirmation, but it has been two days, it stands to reason that the details should have verified the news a long time ago, but until now we have not received the report of the details, and we have lost contact with the details in the city!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "The news is true, last night in the city Song General Guo Li sent a person to bring his handwritten letter, Guo Yi intended to surrender to our army, and his letter mentioned the news of Liu Yu's violent death!" ”

"What?" Lin Jinghui looked shocked, "In this way, our meticulous work must have been exposed and encountered an accident, otherwise it would be impossible for him not to contact us!" ”

Zhao Junsheng knew that this matter was only related to him, and he said: "Speaking of which, this matter should also be counted on my head, it was I who ordered the people in the city to leave, and the possibility of revealing his identity without the cover of the people has greatly increased!" ”

Lin Jinghui hurriedly said: "How can it be counted on Your Majesty's head at this time, it should be that the identity of the fine work was accidentally discovered!" Meticulous work often exposes identity, Your Majesty doesn't have to mind! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Forget it, I won't talk about it." But we must not break off our communication with the city, otherwise we will be blind, at least until the siege begins, we must know the situation in the city, whether there is still our army in the city? You can't arrange just one person, right? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are indeed hidden details in the city, and the minister has already sent someone to contact, but at this time, the city is heavily guarded, and there are no people to cover, it is not easy to connect with the details, and the two sides will have to contact outside the city after they are connected, and it may take a lot of time!"

Zhao Junsheng knew that this matter was in a hurry: "Report it immediately as soon as there is news in the city!" ”

"No!"

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After breakfast, Chen Xian came to Ye Tongzhang's mansion with a few personal soldiers, and happened to meet Ye Tongzhang who was going out.

"General Ye, take the liberty to commit an offense, and please ask General Haihan!" Chen Xian dismounted and hugged his fists.

Ye Tongzhang hugged his fists and saluted back: "My old Ye is a rough man, General Chen shouldn't be so polite, you came to find my old Ye for something?" ”

"Something, the general is going out?"

Ye Tongzhang said: "I want to leave the barracks, but I'm not in a hurry, General Chen, please come in and talk!" ”

Chen Xian hugged his fists and followed Ye Tongzhang into the Ye Mansion.

The two took their seats in the front hall, and the servants served tea.

Chen Xian was not polite, and went straight to the topic: "General Ye, although Liu Yuanjun is gone, as a soldier, I plan to stick to the end, I don't know what you think?" ”

Ye Tongzhang was a little displeased: "General Chen, although I, Ye Tongzhang, am a rough man, I also know the truth of serving the country loyally, I dare not say it if I stick to the end, but I will never surrender when I can still pick up a knife and gun!" ”

Chen Xian hugged his fists: "The general understands the righteousness, and I am not alone!" That's the case, the general should know that there are now three troops and horses in the city, which are under the command of you, me and General Guo, but the three of us have the same military rank and status, if the other two people are allowed to obey the command of the other person, I am afraid that these two people are not very willing, and if you want to block the attack of the cadre army, you must concentrate the strength of the defenders of the whole city, and you must unify the command, so there must be a person to unify the command of these three soldiers and horses, I don't know what the general thinks? ”

Ye Tongzhang nodded: "The truth is such a truth, but who will lead us?" Who else in the city has such prestige and strength? General, don't mention those civil officials to me, these people will only fight with each other, and they are all thinking about how to keep their official positions, property and status, and Lao Tzu will be annoyed when he sees them! ”

Chen Xian felt that Ye Tongzhang was still credible and could work together, so he said: "How do you think the general thinks that General Sima Kong should lead our three troops and horses to resist the siege of the cadre army?" ”

"Him?" Ye Tongzhang's eyes widened, with a ghostly look, "General Chen, what are you kidding?" It's not that I, Ye, don't give you face, if Kong Yingxian is a general, he will never be mixed up like this, if he listens to him, this is tantamount to letting his brothers go to death! ”

Chen Xian shook his head and said: "The general is surprised by this, General Kong has been robbed of military power by Liu Yuanjun in recent years, and he can't say anything about the military and politics of Yizhou, this is not that General Kong has no generals, but his power and tactics are not as good as Liu Yuanjun, and it has nothing to do with whether he has generals or not!" By the way, do you know the origin of General Kong? ”

Ye Tongzhang shook his head: "Where do I know?" I only know that he was transferred from Nanliang Prefecture a few years ago, and the specific background is not clear! ”

Chen Xiandao: "I know something, General Kong is a native of Qingzhou, and he is also a child of a family, but he is in a withdrawn mood, he once served under General Pei Fangming, and he was a general under General Pei!" I heard that General Pei Fangming led the troops with strict discipline and clear rewards and punishments, and if General Kong had no generals, it would be impossible for General Pei to let him stand alone."

Ye Tongzhang was silent, but his face softened.

Chen Xian said again: "General Ye, we are now grasshoppers on a rope, if we want to defend Chengdu City and survive, we can only abandon each other's prejudices and unite with the outside world, and at present, only General Kong has this qualification!" ”

Ye Tongzhang hesitated for a while, he was not a grinder, he quickly thought about it, and promised: "Okay, General Chen trusts him, and my old Ye is also willing to take his head as a horse, I just hope that he will not be a straw bag in terms of fighting!" ”

Chen Xian immediately clenched his fists: "Thank you, General!" Since the general agreed, then only General Guo is left now, how about asking General Ye to go with me to visit General Guo? ”

Ye Tongzhang hurriedly shook his head: "This person is good at slapping horses, and he is used to seeing the wind and rudder, I can't get used to his face, I can't pee with Guo Li in the same pot, I still won't go!" ”

"General Ye, didn't you say it just now, now it's not a matter of one person, but a major matter of the lives of thousands of brothers in the city, now we are all in the same boat, and it is not beneficial for anyone if the boat capsizes, presumably General Guo should also understand this! So you should accompany me over for a cup of tea, how about that? ”

Chen Xianhao said that he finally moved Ye Tongzhang and asked him to go to see Guo Li together.

When I met Guo Li, Guo Li was on the city tower.

"I don't know what advice the two generals have when they come to Guo?" The three of them sat down in the castle tower, and Guo Li asked.

Ye Tongzhang was silent, Chen Xian had no choice but to say by himself: "I don't dare to advise, General Ye and I are here for the defense of the city, but also for the matter of resisting the cadres and the army, and I want to discuss with General Guo!" ”

Guo Li: "What is there to discuss?" ”

"General Guo has two thousand men in his hands, right? Now the city gate and the city wall defense are mainly in charge of General Guo's people, Liu Zhijun has died, the city can no longer command me and other three, if the army comes to attack the city, General Guo with 500 people is afraid that he will not be able to defend a city wall and a city gate, if the city defense is urgent, who can General Guo find for help? You can't control me Chen, and you can't control General Ye, you want to send troops for reinforcements, why should General Ye and I listen to you? ”

"This ······" Guo Li was speechless, his face turned gray, "What does General Chen want to say?" ”

Chen Xian said with a smile: "General Guo is a smart man, what I want to say, General Guo should have guessed, if you want to block the attack of the cadre army, there must be someone who has full authority to deploy for unified command!" If General Guo is asked to obey the command of me or General Ye, I am afraid that General Guo will not be willing, General Guo should not forget, there is also a top boss General Kong above the three of us, let's ask General Kong to come out and preside over the overall situation of the city defense, how about it? ”

Guo Li jumped up: "General Chen teased me, right?" Let Kong Ying command us first, do you want us to die faster? ”

"General Guo has a misunderstanding of General Kong, I understand this, but I believe that General Kong's ability to march and fight is definitely above you and me, he just can't be an official!"

Guo Li shook his head: "No, no, I know Kong Ying too well, I know best whether he will march and fight, I don't agree with this, you have to listen to them and it's your business, don't pull me!" ”

Seeing this, Chen Xian also fell into a difficult situation, this Guo Li did not cooperate with him and had no other way, he thought for a while and said: "Since General Guo is unwilling to let General Kong command, then in this way, the matter of city defense is decided by the three of us together, and we will discuss a feasible strategy!" ”

Guo Lidao: "What do you think?" ”

"We now have 4,500 veterans and 2,000 recruits, while the cadre army has not yet attacked the city, we will first seize the time to train the recruits, as long as they can hold swords and guns, can operate crossbows, and can understand military orders! Four thousand five hundred men, divided into three parts, each of which was on duty on the city wall for four hours, and when the hour came, the other was taken over, and the three were rotated! ”

"If the cadre army is attacking the city, first use one part to defend with a thousand recruits, if the cadre army strengthens the siege, draw troops from the second or third part to the city wall for reinforcements, and the others rest, and wait for the enemy army to retreat, and then change to another part to take over the defense, so that everyone has time to rest, eat and drink!"

Guo Li listened, "General Chen's arrangement is not fair, it is obvious that the majority of the troops will be much easier to defend when defending, your troops are the largest, or you can divide a few hundred people to me, and it will be fair if everyone has the same strength, right?" ”

Chen Xian's face darkened: "I'm only five or six hundred more than you, and they're all recruits, General Guo is too calculating, right?" ”

"Five or six hundred? General Chen said lightly, the strength of the two buildings is up, and there are two more opportunities for reinforcements! Also, Liu Yuanjun allocated 500 gold and 200,000 yuan to you, you have enough money and food, but what about us? My soldiers haven't gotten a single piece of money for two months! ”

Next, Guo Li always found all kinds of thorns, finding various reasons to refuse Chen Xian's proposal to discuss the city defense strategy with the three of them, and in the end, the three of them broke up unhappily.

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