Seeing Dong Haozhi like this, Di Renjie's eyes lit up, and he vaguely guessed that for Yangzhou City, which was currently weak like chicken eggs, Dong Haozhi must have a way to defend Yangzhou City, otherwise he would not have summoned him from the city wall in such a hurry.

"Dong Yuanjun, now that the matter is over, let's not be verbose, do you have a way to defend the city?" Di Renjie said.

"Dissatisfied with Di Yushi, a certain person does have an idea, but this matter is very involved, and a certain person can't be the master, so he can only discuss it with Di Yushi." Di Renjie was happy, Dong Haozhi was not verbose, and said directly.

"Oh, what the hell is the solution, is it worse than being broken by the rebels?"

"Yes, this method does have advantages and disadvantages, if it is used well, it is nothing to hold Yangzhou City, but if it is not used well, I am afraid that Yangzhou City will be broken by the rebels overnight."

Hearing Dong Haozhi say this, Di Renjie also felt that the matter was serious, no wonder Dong Haozhi didn't dare to make a decision, this kind of thing of thinking about heaven and hell really requires great courage.

"Dong Yuanjun should talk about it first, what is the method, so that someone can understand." Di Renjie said.

"Di Yushi, here's how it .............."

After Dong Haozhi's explanation, Di Renjie finally understood the reason for the matter.

It turned out that in these battles, the Tiandao rebels outside the city took advantage of the advantage of numbers and constantly launched attacks on Yangzhou City, although the defenders in Yangzhou City took advantage of the geographical advantages such as the city wall to defend against the attacks of the Tiandao rebels, but the number of people also suffered heavy losses.

Until now, there are fewer and fewer defensive soldiers at the head of the city, when Yangzhou City is about to fall, Dong Haozhi has no choice but to order the people to be recruited in the city again to go to the city to prepare for war, but unfortunately, although Yangzhou City is a famous big city in the whole Huainan land, but the local population is not much, the most famous is the past merchants and others, at the beginning of the war, many merchants fled to the north in advance.

It's just that early in the morning, someone took the initiative to find Dong Haozhi and asked to go to the city wall to prepare for the battle.

If it were someone else, Dong Haozhi would probably be very angry with them, but for these people, Dong Haozhi was so embarrassed that he even had to come to the city wall to discuss with Di Renjie.

Because these people are none other than the victims who came to Yangzhou City from the north to eat, before the Tiandao rebels arrived, although Di Renjie and Dong Haozhi put these people into the city, they did not relax their vigilance against them.

It's not that he doesn't believe these people, but Di Renjie knows that among the more than 100,000 rebels of the Heavenly Dao Sect, only the victims who went south account for most of them, in this case, who dares to despise these victims, in case there are people among them who are related to the rebels, and under the mutual connection, they should break through the city from the inside and outside, it will be a big disaster.

Therefore, even if Yangzhou City was at a critical juncture, Di Renjie and Dong Haozhi had no intention of recruiting these people, but they didn't recruit them, but these people took the initiative to find the door, which gave Dong Haozhi a problem, and also let Dong Haozhi see the opportunity to hold Yangzhou City, which is why he was so hesitant just now.

After listening to Dong Haozhi's explanation, Di Renjie was speechless for a long time, like Dong Haozhi, he couldn't make up his mind, whether to let those victims climb the city wall and defend Yangzhou City, although he was also willing to believe in his heart that most of these victims were good people and would not do that kind of ungrateful thing, but this was just his speculation, you must know that human nature is changeable, even if most of them are good people, but there must still be some people who have other ideas, in case these people have other ideas in defending the city, Then the entire Yangzhou City and tens of thousands of people in Yangzhou City will suffer great calamity.

"I have to meet them before I can make a decision." After hesitating for a long time, Di Renjie said.

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Just when Di Renjie and Dong Haozhi were discussing, not far from here, several strong men were also discussing anxiously.

"Qilang, tell me, why is this, but I heard that there are no soldiers on the city now, they are all some people on the defensive, and some people and women went up this morning, even the old men and good women went up, why do you say those officials and old men just don't let us go up, is it because we are outsiders, they look down on us." A swarthy man like an iron tower King Kong shouted.

Hearing the words of this tower King Kong, the rest of the people also looked at one of the big men, although this big man did not look as strong as the tower King Kong, but he was half a head taller than ordinary people, and his beard was like a steel needle, looking strong, but those who were familiar with him knew that this person was actually very shrewd.

"Lao Tie, fellow villagers, don't worry, I believe that there must be a reason for the envoy to arrange this, maybe we are their killer weapon, until the last moment, how can we let us shoot, besides, you don't believe others, you can't even believe Di Yushi, this time we can go south to eat, it's not thanks to Di Yushi, even some time ago the locals wanted to drive us away, and it was Di Yushi who came forward for us to let us have enough food to eat, wait, it will definitely be useful to us." The man known as Shichiro persuaded.

Hearing Qilang's persuasion, the rest of the people nodded one after another, speaking of which, the reason why they took the initiative to ask for war today was not only because of the unbearable in their hearts, after all, seeing that Yangzhou City even the old people and women had gone to the city, they were still staying in the city, as long as they were people with a conscience, everyone would feel embarrassed, and the other reason was to repay Di Renjie.

Let's not talk about letting them go south to eat, it's just that some time ago, what Di Renjie did for them in Yangzhou City, they would not be indifferent to the fall of Yangzhou City.

Looking at the people who were fully subdued by him, a gloomy look flashed in Shichiro's eyes, but there was a trace of essence again.

As for why Di Renjie and Dong Haozhi would rather send the old man and the woman to fight on the city wall than let them fight, he knew very well in his heart, but he couldn't tell anyone these words, if he let the 20,000 victims know that most of the rebels outside were victims who went south like them, maybe someone would really have a crooked mind, and this kind of thing was something he didn't want to see, and at the same time, in order for them to be able to live in Yangzhou City in the future, He must help the people of Yangzhou City to defend Yangzhou City, only in this way can they quickly integrate into this place.

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"The grass people have seen Di Yushi and Dong Yuanjun."

Looking at the few big men who bowed to him, Di Renjie asked.

"I heard Dong Yuanjun say, you took the initiative to ask to go to the city wall to fight, do you know that you will die at any time if you go to the city wall, aren't you afraid of death?" Di Renjie said.

"I'm afraid, there is only one life in the world, how can I not be afraid of death." Shichiro replied.

"Oh......."

Hearing Qilang's answer, Di Renjie was stunned at first, but a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes.

"Since you are afraid of death, why do you still take the initiative to ask for war, it is not a joke with someone."

"Di Yushi, forgive me, although we are ignorant grass people, we still know that it is a big crime to deceive officials, not to mention such a crisis, but the grass people feel that death, of course, is terrible, but there are more frightening things in this world than death, Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, it can be seen that people live in the world, benevolence and righteousness can be more feared than death, without benevolent and righteous people, which can no longer be regarded as a person, can only be regarded as a walking corpse."

Speaking of this, Qilang paused, and then said, "Di Yushi first offered advice to the imperial court, let me wait for the victims to go south to eat, saved our lives, not long ago, it was for us lowly people, and did not hesitate to confront many wealthy families in the city, in order to save us lowly people, so great kindness, we even pigs and dogs know that the grass is ring, now Yangzhou City is about to be destroyed, the people of Yangzhou City are trying their best to resist the rebels, how can we wait with peace of mind, so, Whether it is to repay the kindness of Di Yushi or to protect the kindness of the people of Yangzhou, we must do our best to protect everything, and ask Di Yushi to be fulfilled. ”

"What's your name?" After listening to Qilang's words, both Di Renjie and Dong Haozhi were stunned for a moment.

"Back to Di Yushi, the grass people's surname is Meng, Meng Zhong." Shichiro or Meng Zhong replied.

"Okay, good, good, Meng Zhong, worthy of being a descendant of the Meng family, since this is the case, how can someone stop you, from today onwards, you will lead the victims to climb the city wall in batches to defend, I hope not to live up to your heartfelt words." After Di Renjie reached out and helped Meng Zhong up, he said with emotion.

"Please rest assured that Di Yushi and Dong Yuanjun will definitely do their best to ensure the safety of Yangzhou City, unless all of us are dead, otherwise, we will definitely not let the rebels step into the city for half a step." Meng Zhong said solemnly.

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"Does Di Yushi really believe that Meng Zhong's words?" After Meng Zhong and the others walked away, Dong Haozhi asked softly beside him.

"How do you believe it, what if you don't believe it, there is no choice now, even if Meng Zhong and others rebel, it will not let Yangzhou City fall in advance, one day earlier, one day later, what does it matter, if Meng Zhong does not rebel, wouldn't it be much easier for us." Di Renjie said with a light smile.

Although he said so, but in his heart, Di Renjie was still relatively relieved about Meng Zhong, years of experience in officialdom and prison, so that he could quickly see through the essence of some people, from the conversation just now, he could feel the unwillingness and ambition hidden in Meng Zhong's heart, since he was ambitious, then he believed that Meng Zhong would definitely make the best choice.

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Outside Xuanzhou City, ten o'clock in the middle of the night

At this time, it is already April, the weather has long been free of the cold of spring, but instead there are signs of getting warmer, compared with later generations, the weather in Datang is much warmer, so in April, you can already stay outside at night, especially at this time there are no mosquitoes and the like, so, in the past, Tang people like to take friends and family to swim outside at this time.

It's a pity that this kind of scene can't be seen in the land of Jiangnan, the rebellion of the Tiandao Sect has turned all the people of Jiangnan Province into frightened birds, and when they are usually fine, they don't even go out of their homes, let alone a spring outing outside the city, so at this time, the people living outside Xuanzhou City are not ordinary people, but a group of soldiers with armor.

This army is nothing else, it is the army led by Duan Jian, after receiving the order of the imperial court to let him lead the army north to pacify the Tiandao rebels, their army quickly went north, stopped briefly in Taizhou, and after learning the intelligence of the Tiandao rebels, they went directly to Yangzhou.

Many generals and colonels in the army did not agree with Duan Jian's idea, but with the full support of Chen Guotai, Duan Jian decided to make a detour to the city of Yangzhou, and join forces with the Tang army in the city, and defeat the heavy army of the Heavenly Daoist Sect in one fell swoop, thus fundamentally disintegrating the Heavenly Daoist Sect.

Of course, it is said that they went straight to Yangzhou City, but they could not go north to Yangzhou directly like the previous day, but marched westward from Taizhou, until any diversion of Muzhou to Xuanzhou, from Xuanzhou to Yangzhou City, this time, it is much farther than the original distance, therefore, for more than ten days, the entire army every day in addition to eating and sleeping, all on the way to march, the original 6,000 Tang Army, plus more than 1,000 people of Macao, nearly 8,000 people, now less than 1,000, only 7,000 soldiers left, The rest of the 1,000 people were all lost in the middle of the road, but even so, Duan Jian still strictly ordered not to stop in the slightest.

The big tent of the Chinese army, the most heavily guarded place in the entire army, at this moment, all the soldiers in the entire battalion have fallen asleep, but the lights are still bright here, it is not that Duan Jian is unwilling to sleep, on the contrary, he has long been sleepy, but he is still looking at the map, thinking about tomorrow's marching route.

"Let's ....."

Just when Duan Jian was about to fall asleep looking at the map, a soft sound made him wake up immediately, and when he looked up, it was none other than Su Wan'er in military uniform.

"Wan'er, why haven't you slept yet, you have to get up early tomorrow, if you don't rest quickly, I'm afraid you'll fall behind tomorrow." Seeing that it was Su Wan'er, Duan Jian's heart surged with warmth, if he had no feelings for Su Wan'er at first, then now this woman really walked into their hearts, starting from Suzhou, in order to help her, first danced for the old man of the Shen family, and then followed him to Jianzhou regardless of his safety, along the way, he served him diligently without complaint,

Now he is following him thousands of miles to Yangzhou City, you want you to know that Yangzhou City at this moment is a dangerous place, he can do this, how can Duan Jian not dare to move.