Shaanzhou City was not taken down, thousands of soldiers were lost for no reason, and he was frightened by the ballista, and his face was gone, Li Maozhen's mood was very unbeautiful, and his face was gloomy and could drip water.

Yang Shouliang and Wang Xingyu's faces were not much better, their faces were all iron-blue, and they sat silently on both sides of Li Maozhen.

"This time, I wasn't prepared, I didn't expect this emperor to set up an ambush, and the brothers who were killed were killed and injured, I feel sad." Li Maozhen slapped the table hard and said with a sad face.

"Why did the eldest brother say this, didn't our brothers guess it? Who knew that this dog emperor was so vicious at such a young age, and set up such an ambush, which made our brothers suffer a dumb loss. Hearing this, Wang Xingyu hurriedly got up and said with relief.

"Yes, big brother, don't blame yourself, this time it's just a small defeat, and it won't hurt our 100,000 army. The main problem now is whether we can fight this Shaanzhou City, and if so, how will we fight? Yang Shouliang nodded, knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice.

"Second brother is reasonable, eldest brother, do we still want to continue to fight in this Shaanzhou City?" Wang Xingyu nodded when he heard this, and said in agreement.

"Fight, of course you have to fight, since you have already torn your face, then you just don't do it."

Yang Shouliang persuaded the two of them, and finally let Li Maozhen find a step down, away from the hard slap of the table, and said angrily.

"But what about those ballistas at the head of Shaanzhou City? If we can't solve this problem, we can't even cross the moat, so how can we take Shaanzhou City? Wang Xingyu frowned, remembering what had just happened, and said with some concern.

"That's what I said, those ballistas are extremely powerful and have an unusually long range, and with our current means, there is nothing we can do with those ballistas." Yang Shouliang said with a calm face.

"The second brother and the third brother don't have to be discouraged, although the bed crossbow is strong, but after all, the number is limited, we don't have to take it to heart, not to mention that this emperor has always been known to love the people like a son? Then let's drive the people in front of the battle, and let the people open the way for our army, but I want to see if this emperor will release arrows or not. Li Maozhen snorted coldly and said in a cold tone.

"Seconds! Seconds, big brother! What a second for your trick! If this dog emperor releases arrows, then his reputation will be lost, and the hypocrite's face will be self-defeating, if he does not release arrows, then he can only watch us, slowly fill in the moat, and take Shaanzhou City little by little! Wang Xingyu was shocked when he heard this, and the whole person jumped up and shouted excitedly.

"Big brother, I will arrange for someone to arrest the people, and we will attack Shaanzhou City tomorrow, even if we can't take Shaanzhou City, we will disgust the emperor to death." Yang Shouliang high-fived, immediately stood up, and hurriedly rushed out to make arrangements.

Li Maozhen did not stop Yang Shouliang, but looked thoughtfully at the map in front of him, on which Luoyang in Shaanxi Prefecture was surrounded by blood-red red lines, which was really his purpose this time.

Wang Xingyu stood quietly beside Li Maozhen, not knowing what he was thinking.

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"Your Majesty, this Li Maozhen was temporarily repulsed, but in the bottom of my heart, I always feel a little upright and a little upright for some reason."

In Shaanzhou City, Zhao Fan didn't fall asleep immediately after he came back, but lit a candle and talked with Qiao Xinchao at night.

"Your feeling is right, although we made the three of them suffer a small loss this time, but for the overall situation, after all, it has no impact, the casualties of these two or three thousand people are just a little bit of skin for an army of 100,000."

Zhao Fan played with the flying fish crossbow in his hand, nodded and said, "I'm afraid that tomorrow, these three rebels and thieves will make a comeback soon, and they won't be so easy to deal with at that time." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much, there are 20,000 elites of General Zhao in this city, and there are many ballistas transported from Luoyang, presumably Li Maozhen and others can't bargain." Qiao Xinchao smiled and said softly.

"Old Qiao, you don't have to comfort me, although we now occupy the advantage of the city's solid weapons, but the enemy is not a dead man, if you really want to fight, there will still be many variables." Zhao Fan shook his head and said with some concern.

"What I'm worried about is that if other feudal towns also have strange thoughts, it will be really troublesome, we don't have the ability to fight on all sides now, so we can only find a way to teach Li Maozhen and the others a hard lesson, so that the world knows that I am not easy to mess with."

"What Your Majesty said is very true, now Wang Jian occupies Xichuan, Zhu Wen occupies Caizhou, Taiyuan Li Keyong is also ambiguous, if His Majesty is about to leave, the general trend of the feudal towns has been achieved, the minister thinks, I am afraid that it will not be long before the power of these feudal towns is consolidated, and the world will be in chaos." Qiao Xinchao nodded a little heavily and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, so in the battle of Shaanzhou, we can only win and not lose, if we lose, we will be really dangerous." Zhao Fan nodded and said slowly, "If the feudal towns find out that we are just a paper tiger, these guys will tear off the mask of hypocrisy and snakes, revealing their fierce minions." ”

"Then in the battle of Shaanzhou City, can Your Majesty be sure of victory?" Qiao Xinchao frowned and asked with some concern.

"If you want to say that you are sure of victory, I really don't have it, and now I can only take one step at a time." Zhao Fan shook his head and sighed, he didn't expect that Li Maozhen would be so bold and attack him blatantly.

"Your Majesty, if it really doesn't work, you can go back to Luoyang first, and leave it to me and General Zhao here."

Qiao Xinchao glanced at Zhao Fan and said seriously, "There can be no Qiao Xinchao or General Zhao in this world, but you must not do without Your Majesty." As the so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the minister hopes that His Majesty can think about the common people in the world and the Tang Dynasty, and return to Luoyang for temporary refuge. ”

"You're here again, you know I'm not leaving." Zhao Fan shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I will never be a deserter and abandon Shaanzhou City, and the situation is not so bad, I believe that with you and General Zhao here, a little Li Maozhen can't make any waves." ”

"Your Majesty's words are wrong, as soon as this battle starts, the soldiers will be in chaos, if Your Majesty has something to lose, then what is good."

"Okay, I've made up my mind, so I don't need to mention this matter again." Zhao Fan waved his hand and said softly, "I'm tired, I'm going to rest, Qiao Aiqing should go back first, so let's rest." ”

Qiao Xinchao opened his mouth, but finally gave up continuing to persuade, saluted Zhao Fan, and slowly retreated.

(End of chapter)