Inside the city gate, under the city, there are now 500 defenders in Yangzhou City, and now more than 400 people are here, and the rest of those who did not show up are either resting because they have been tired all night; Either they are guarding the north gate and the west gate, after all, no one dares to guarantee that the Fuso army under the city tower that is preparing to attack the city will not divide their troops and make a detour to attack the northwest side.

Now, the Fusang army outside the city stopped at a distance of five miles from the city of Yangzhou, just enough for the people in the city to faintly see them, and now they are forming a team, and everyone knows that in less than an hour, an offensive and defensive confrontation will begin.

Now these more than 400 people are going to meet the attack of the enemy who is more than 20 times more than them, although the Yangzhou city is deep in the sky, thick and solid, and the artillery on the city tower is complete, and the supply in the city is sufficient, but after all, it is to face dozens of times the number of enemies, this situation even those elite veterans who can fight well for many years will feel unnaturally inappropriate, not to mention these prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, the most contact on weekdays is the fight between the market hooligans and ruffians, The most correct is that I have seen a few scattered Japanese defenders.

Now the situation has reached such a point that if they hold the city, then not only can they be saved, but even the more than 100,000 people gathered in the city can be saved, and they will be very grateful to them; Of course, if this city cannot be defended, it will inevitably be a river of blood at that time, and in addition to his own life, a large number of people will be affected.

Therefore, almost every one of these defenders now has a generous and righteous look on their faces, but after all, they are about to face the test of life and death, and nervousness is a very natural emotion.

Zhang Fan stood on the temporary high platform in front of these more than 400 people, looking at these people below, he didn't speak for a long time, Zhang Fan did not mean that he wanted to learn the style of the later generations such as standing in front of the general mobilization, standing here for a show, saying high-sounding words, and using some false words to cheer up the soldiers, he only did one thing, that is, he wanted to live, keep this Yangzhou city, and keep the people in the city.

"Outside the city, more than 10,000 soldiers from Fusang crossed the sea, they are preparing to attack this city," Zhang Fan said, his voice was very steady, I couldn't hear whether he was angry or what, "They are all just like you, they are all soldiers, but they are not the same as you, I think you all know, Fusang is just a small place, since the Qin and Han dynasties, it has always been a vassal state of our dynasty, you can look down on them, but now the two sides are about to start fighting, at that time, If you look down on them again, then what awaits you will be death," Zhang Fan did not drip the words here, using almost the vernacular that later generations learned and heard, but it was also the easiest for people to understand.

"Why do you say that, because you can't beat them," Zhang Fan continued, "Maybe my words will make many of you unconvinced, a small country, how can you not beat them, but I want to tell you, this is the truth."

"Fusang, since two hundred years ago, that is, the day when Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty just founded the country, the war began, and it has been fought until now, making the people unhappy, and the people have been killed and injured countless times, but in the same way, two hundred years of war have also made them more able to fight, since they just joined the army and put on their armor, it is when they rushed to the battlefield with swords, don't look at their age, not much older than you, and even many people are much younger than the youngest of you, But I can tell you, you can't beat him.

"Some people may want to say, don't I say this to increase the morale of others and destroy the prestige of my own family, but what I said is true, but ...... One thing is that these foreign enemies can't compare to you, look behind you, there are not only the original people in Yangzhou City, but also the people who have taken refuge from Songjiang and Suzhou, hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people are all in danger on you, I know, none of them came to say a word to you, or looked at you gratefully, but you must know that they all have great trust in you.

"Think about those people who came from Songjiang Mansion, why they came to this Yangzhou Mansion instead of entering the nearest Suzhou Mansion on the road, some people may want to say, it is because the prefect of Suzhou City ordered the city gate to be closed tightly, not to let the fleeing people enter the city, yes, this is indeed the reason, but I sent people to ask those people from Songjiang, they said that even if the gate of Suzhou Mansion is open, they still have to come to this Yangzhou, why, this is because they believe in you people, they believe that you will guard the city gate, protect their safety, It's not that I'm talking nonsense, and it's not because I, a person with the status of a chaplain of the imperial court, is here, after all, I am the chaplain of my Ming Emperor, not the chaplain of Emperor Fuso, and they will not show mercy to my subordinates.

"Think about who you are fighting for this time, not only for yourselves, but also for the people of this city, among whom there may be your relatives, friends, or people you don't even know, but who are now all putting their lives in your hands,"

Zhang Fan only said a few words, he didn't say anything to ask them to fight to the death and fight to the end, nor did he let them shout any slogans or promises, but just explained the relationship to them, and secretly changed some concepts.

Zhang Fan walked down, and the generals of the defenders in the city immediately walked up and began to let them return to their respective defense areas.

"Master Zhang, this ......" Seeing Zhang Fan walking back, Wan Zhong was confused, although he had never seen those generals who were about to go out to speak on stage and cheer up the soldiers, but he had also heard a lot, but he had never heard of Zhang Fan's way, compared to giving the soldiers morale boost before the expedition, the words Zhang Fan just said seemed to Wan Zhong to be more like telling them about the crisis in the form and giving them discouragement.

Liang Chao and Wang Meng on the side also didn't understand why Zhang Fan said this, they both looked at him curiously, wanting to wait for him to explain.

Zhang Fan saw that several people had this expression, knew what they wanted to ask themselves, smiled and said: "After Qin unified the six countries, the tyranny and harsh donations made the people miserable, and there were many people who revolted, among which Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were the most, and the Qin army suppressed them in many ways, among them, Zhang Han, the general of the Qin army, led his troops to attack Zhao State, the Zhao army was defeated, retreated to Julu, and was heavily surrounded by the Qin army.

Song Yi led the troops only to Anyang, 46 days according to the army did not move, Xiang Yu was many times persuaded Song Yi to enter the army to no avail, so he killed, and then the king of Chu Huai named Xiang Yu as the general, he led the troops to cross the double core to rescue Zhao to relieve the siege of the giant deer, after crossing the river, Xiang Yu ordered all the ships to be scuttled, break the rice pot, burn their barracks, only bring three days of dry food, and told the soldiers, this battle out of the victory, there is only one way to die, in the end, Xiang Yu really solved the siege of the giant deer, killed Su Jiao, captured Wang Li, Defeat the Qin army and the wild of the giant deer, this is the so-called ruined cauldron,"

"What does the adult mean ......" Wan Zhong, whose brain was spinning fast, already understood Zhang Fan's intentions.

"Yes, I just want to make them despair," Zhang Fan nodded and said, "Although I am not Xiang Yu, I don't have his unworthy bravery, but I know how to tell them that there are two paths in front of them now, one is to sit in place, waiting for the enemy outside the city to rush in and cut off their heads, this road will definitely die; The other way, rushing forward to fight bravely, being killed by the enemy on the battlefield, two ways, if you choose the first one, there is no way to live, and you will die; Choose the second way, you have to struggle before you die, but it's not without a way to live, and it's interesting to hope, since they are all dead, they naturally have to die better, die heroes, die more valuable, and besides, they may not die, the so-called ruin is this truth,"

"Lord Zhang is really a good idea, but ......" Wan Zhong was still a little puzzled, and asked, "The slave maid here is not to belittle the kind of people in the city, but I only understood the adult's intention after the adult's explanation, and can they figure it out?"

"Please rest assured about this," Zhang Fan said with a smile, "Although many of them are just illiterate rough men, many of them come to serve as soldiers just to eat a meal, but the more such people, the simpler they think in their hearts, now there are just two roads in front of them, if they are timid, they will definitely die, but there is still a glimmer of hope for survival if they fight to defend the city, which one do you say they will choose, and just now, I told them, this Yangzhou, Songjiang, The people of the three cities of Suzhou have put all their hopes on them, and in the past few days, the people who have fled have seen all kinds of tragic conditions in their eyes, and they are even more able to fight bravely, and the so-called mourning soldiers will win."

"Alas......" Zhang Fan sighed and continued, "I went to tell them like this, mainly because I was not born as a military general, and I didn't have any brilliant achievements.

Several people also sighed after listening to Zhang Fan's words.

"How's the preparation, most of the city has searched it," Zhang Fan asked Liang Chao.

"Now there are not enough people in the city, and only a few important places have been searched," Liang Chao said, "but there don't seem to be any suspicious people in the city, and the people below are still searching,"

Zhang Fan was afraid that the tragedy in Suzhou Mansion would happen again, so he would have people search several relatively hidden places near the city gate to prevent Fusang's meticulous work from getting in.

"My lord, it's begun," Wang Meng said suddenly.

When everyone heard his words, they all immediately looked out of the city, and the place where the Fuso army was located rose again, and gradually drifted towards this side.