Jiang Zhongyuan received a distress letter from Hu Zhizhou in Luzhou and fell into a dilemma. To save is undoubtedly to put himself in danger, not to reason for it, as the governor of Anhui, his subordinates sent letters asking for help and ignored them, and he was able to kill himself by the imperial history for the crime of fearing the enemy.

"What do you think?" Jiang Zhongyuan asked Liu Changyou.

"The subordinates feel that they can't go, this Hu Zhizhou official reputation is not good. In this letter, he said that there were 15,000 defenders, and the food and salary were sufficient, and it was only because there were no soldiers that he asked the governor to come and sit in the town, which I don't think is credible, and he fooled us. Liu Changyou has also been in Anhui officialdom for many years, and he knows very well what kind of person Hu Zhizhou is.

But Jiang Zhongyuan didn't know it, he thought in his heart that even if there were no fifteen thousand, seven or eight thousand people, there should be seven or eight thousand people, and he would bring another two or three thousand people over to make up 10,000, with sufficient food and salary, it should not be a big problem to defend Luzhou.

"Your Majesty's thoughts, you know, these state cities are his bottom line, and these cities cannot be lost. As a governor, I have the responsibility to defend the land, and I can't say anything if I don't go to the rescue. What's more, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu has already entered Anhui with 10,000 horses, so we can invite him to help defend the city. Jiang Zhongyuan still felt that no matter what, he had to help the governor of Luzhou.

"If the governor really wants to go, please bring more soldiers." Liu Changyou suggested.

"I'm almost 2,000 people with me, and the rest of the soldiers will be handed over to you, and you will help me defend outside, and I need more soldiers." Jiang Zhongyuan refused.

"My lord, you have to bring at least 3,000 soldiers anyway, Hu Zhizhou is full of nonsense, he said 15,000, I'm afraid he doesn't even have 7,000 people." Liu Changyou estimated that even he overestimated the number of defenders in Luzhou.

"Okay, then three thousand. You take the rest of the people to the west of Luzhou City and wait for the opportunity to move. I'll leave for Luzhou. Jiang Zhongyuan made the final arrangement.

Jiang Zhongyuan came to Luzhou with 3,000 people, and Yang Xiaoshan pretended to send someone to intercept it, forcing him to enter the city immediately without time to think. Then Yang Xiaoshan surrounded Luzhou and could no longer let him out.

Jiang Zhongyuan, who came to Luzhou, didn't see Hu Zhizhou yet, his heart was half cold, looking at the layout on his city wall, I am afraid that there are no 5,000 people, and these soldiers smoke a lot in broad daylight, which shows how lax military discipline has been.

"Hu Yuanwei, tell me honestly, how many defenders are there in your Luzhou City?" Jiang Zhongyuan said sharply, he felt that he had been deceived.

"Governor Jiang, there are probably only 3,000 defenders." Hu Zhizhou knew that he couldn't hide it at this time, anyway, you were here, so there was a showdown.

"You 。。。。。。" Jiang Zhongyuan felt that he really underestimated the thickness of Hu Yuanwei's face, and he had no shame.

"My lord, at this critical moment, I can see my lord's fierce loyalty to the imperial court. The subordinates told the truth, the defenders of Luzhou were less than 3,000, and the grain and grass were not sufficient, so they had to eat bran and eat them, and the military salary had already been released, and they had to wait for the court to transfer silver. Hu Yuanwei didn't blush, the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, so he simply spread it out and said it directly.

"Hu Yuanwei, how dare you scold me?" Jiang Zhongyuan was enraged by his shamelessness.

"Why does the governor speak like that? If your subordinates tell the truth, you can't bear to die without help? Since they are coming, it doesn't matter what the letter says. Hu Zhizhou snorted.

When Jiang Zhongyuan encountered such an official ruffian, he was so choked that he couldn't speak, and he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

"Replace all your men with the reinforcement of the city walls, and the guards of the walls will be the men I have brought." Jiang Zhongyuan can't, he doesn't dare to use these big smoke soldiers in Luzhou.

"Okay, what the lord says, the subordinates will do it." Hu Zhizhou couldn't ask for it, and he could be regarded as unloading a piece of his burden.

Hu Zhizhou saw Jiang Zhongyuan, and then returned to the state capital.

The master couldn't help but ask: "Master, our people have been replaced, how can we let the long hair come in?" ”

"Who said I'm going to let longhair in?" Hu Zhizhou denied it.

"Didn't we talk to them, they want Jiang Zhongyuan's head, let's save our lives. If you don't let them in, can you keep this little person? If the long hair is on fire, when the time comes, it will be regretted, and our lives will be in danger. The master hurriedly said.

"Changmao just asked us to get Jiang Zhongyuan to come to Luzhou, and we have already done it. Whether we can fight or not is their business, and if we can't beat it, it is good, so we have the conditions to bargain with them again, and our lives must not only be saved, but also our belongings must be saved. "Hu Zhizhou is really shrewd, thinks far, and is also beautiful.

"Jiang Zhongyuan, can the three thousand people do it?" The master still can't believe it.

"I think it can last for some days, you don't see his soldiers standing motionless on the city wall like wooden sticks, such an obedient soldier, he will definitely be able to defend the city. You must know that you are afraid of slipping your head when defending the city, and the soles of your feet will be smeared with oil as soon as the opponent comes to attack the city. "Hu Zhizhou can see it quite clearly.

Jiang Zhongyuan's Xiangyong is the most honest peasant in the countryside, and he doesn't want any of those second-rate people in the city. Although in a single contest, the second-rate people will have some advantages by virtue of their cleverness, but in collective combat, the army composed of the most honest peasants is much stronger than the second-rate army, and the more the number of people, the stronger the army, and the Hunan army is based on this principle.

"Master, Takami." The master smiled and patted his ass.

"As long as the guy surnamed Jiang blocks us for a few more days, let's go and negotiate the conditions with Changmao, you prepare the wording, and strive for more benefits for the master when the time comes." Hu Zhizhou patted the master on the shoulder.

The master smiled bitterly, so he had to nod and agree.

On the other hand, Yang Xiaoshan also saw the move, and he sent Li Xiucheng with 8,000 people to block Jiang Zhongyuan's team outside the city. When he learned from the spies that 10,000 people from the Qing court, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, had come from northern Huibei, he also informed Qin Rigang to intercept him. In the end, his remaining 12,000 men concentrated their forces on besieging Luzhou.

Li Xiucheng was very steady, he occupied a small hill, blocked the 7,000 people outside Jiang Zhongyuan's city under the mountain, and then built a camp to surround them and keep them from moving.

Qin Rigang gained more, the Eight Banners of Shu Xing'a, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, were rotten, Qin Rigang was originally a fierce general, and he was the best at fighting such soldiers, bullying soft persimmons, he was a pinch.

Soon Qin Rigang came back to report the good news to Yang Xiaoshan, "Shizi, thank you for giving me such a great achievement, those Eight Banner soldiers are like girls, they were killed by us and their feet were weak, they couldn't take a step at all, they sat on the ground and cried their noses, waiting for us to cut their heads." We can beat a dozen of them, and we have never seen such a nest of lamb soldiers. No wonder he was so happy, he had always had no merit but hard work.

"Prime Minister Qin, your words are really interesting, the lamb soldiers are very appropriate." Yang Xiaoshan is also happy for him, Qin Rigang is too rigid in fighting, he has made a lot of efforts and has little gain, he is often thankless, and he is often counted down by the East King, this time it can be regarded as atonement.

"The enemies on the periphery have all been controlled, and now it's up to you to see how you take Luzhou." Yang Xiaoshan said silently in his heart.