Accompanied by the dense drumming, fighting, and roaring, Fang Xuanling calmly said the words "We have been tricked", which inevitably made Li Xuanba and Yuan Wen very nervous.

The Wagang thieves are attacking the city, and it is not the time to sell Guanzi, so without waiting for anyone to ask, Fang Xuanling continued: "Gongzi once said that according to the intelligence of the spies, the Wagang thieves set off from Luokou, carrying a large amount of grain and grass, and the siege equipment was brought from Luokou, which is not a strange thing, but back to Luocang is outside the city, why did the Wagang thieves bother to seek the near and far and transport grain from Luokou?" ”

"Kim Yong City is only a hundred miles according to this, there is no need for so much food on the Wagang thief road, the villain has always been puzzled by this, until today the Wagang thieves have attacked the city one after another, the number of thieves seems to be endless, Xuan Ling suddenly had a conjecture, that is, the Wagang thieves transported grain from Luokou here, just to hide people's eyes, maybe in their army, there are no ordinary people at all, those who transport grain and grass, it is very likely that they were the rebels who were stationed in Luokou before."

Fang Xuanling said so many words in a row, and his breath became rapid.

"What does this gentleman mean is that Luokou's defenses are empty, and we can take the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao?" Yuan Wendu's gaze became hot, if he could really capture Luokou, then for the Wagang thieves, what he lost was not just grain and grass. After all, nominally, Luokou is the capital of the Wagang thieves.

"When the Wagang thieves first arrived in Luoyang, we might have been able to do this, but it should be too late now." Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "Wang Bodang has been operating in Dongjun for several months, and his troops must be more than 50,000, Li Mi dares to garrison outside the city with peace of mind, it should have been arranged a long time ago, and let Wang Bodang leave some people to garrison Luokou." ”

Fang Xuanling's analysis was very reasonable, and Yuan Wendu's gaze dimmed.

"The last time Meng Rang's sneak attack succeeded, he was finally driven out of Luoyang by the imperial court." Yuan Wendu sighed: "This time Li Mi can be said to have poured out of the nest, it seems that he is bound to win Luoyang, 250,000 troops, how long can the soldiers hold out?" ”

"You can always hold out until reinforcements arrive." The thoughts in Li Xuanba's mind gradually became clearer, and he said unhurriedly: "In the past, the Wagang thieves were in order to be able to live, but now they are just for a better life, compared to the Wagang thieves, the people of the Eastern Capital have become people who want to live, so when necessary, they will become soldiers." After a pause, his eyes flashed, and he said, "Unless, the Wagang thieves can make the people lose the courage to resist." ”

The outer city is broken, there is still the inner city, and there is the imperial city in the inner city, even if the imperial city is broken, the imperial court can also retreat to the Xiyuan Garden, Luoyang's impregnable gold, but not only refers to the tall and strong city wall.

Of course, this is not to say that the outer city is not important, because once the Wagang thieves really capture the eastern capital Waiguo, then Wang Shichong and other reinforcements will be blocked outside the city, and tens of thousands of people want to capture Luoyang City, which is guarded by 200,000 people, which can be described as a fantasy.

Blood will make people cold, and it will also arouse people's fighting spirit, Li Xuanba finished speaking, saluted Yuan Wendu, and hurriedly went down the city tower, Fang Xuanling naturally would not stay by Yuan Wendu's side, and also bowed down and followed Li Xuanba. Yuan Wendu watched the two of them leave one after another, and said to the entourage beside him: "Prepare a knife for this official." ”

"Your Excellency, you can't take any chances." He reminded in a whisper: "The soldiers still need you to take command, the city wall is too dangerous." ”

"It's all this time, is the official still afraid of death?" Yuan Wendu dusted off the dirt on the corner of his clothes, and said calmly: "Even if I die, won't there still be loyal guards?" ”

The attendant looked at Yuan Wendu's back with a surprised gaze, not understanding how he could trust the eighteen-year-old boy so much. Surprised to surprised, he handed over his ring knife without the slightest hesitation.

Yuan Wen took the ring head knife over, thinking: If the city is broken, will it hurt to wipe the neck with this knife?

"Look at my own officer, I'm really old." Yuan Wendu laughed at himself and said.

The days in July are longer, but there is always dusk, and there is no moonlight at night.

Li Xuanba and Fang Xuanling went down to the city, passed through the crowded crowd, and headed towards the south gate. Along the way, there were wounded soldiers, corpses that had not had time to dispose of them, and soldiers lying in the corners of the wall for a while.

"Childe, did you think of something?" Fang Xuanling saw that Li Xuanba was in a hurry, and knew that he was extremely smart, so he must have discovered something before he left the city tower where he was fighting.

"That day we speculated about Li Mi's plan, and the next day, I told Master Yuan." Li Xuanba didn't stop, and said as he walked: "At that time, Lord Yuan told me that the news that the Wagang thieves had captured Xingyang County had been received by the imperial court, and the king of Yue discussed with the courtiers, and also speculated that Wang Bodang would attack Luoyang with Li Mi, so he would send 10,000 troops from the south gate to standby. ”

Fang Xuanling had already heard Li Xuanba say about this matter, but he didn't understand, in addition to this matter, it could show that King Yue was wise, what other problems did he have?

"Since the imperial court can guess that Wang Bodang will appear, how can Li Mi bet on Wang Bodang's army of 50,000?" Li Xuanba saw that Fang Xuanling was puzzled, so he continued: "Li Mi acts like to be surprised, he has set up an empty city plan in Luokou this time, which seems to be clever, but their army will show up sooner or later, and the imperial court will sooner or later discover the true combat power of the Wagang thieves, so what's the point of him doing all this?" ”

Li Xuanba's pace was very fast, Fang Xuanling even needed to trot to keep up, he listened to Li Xuanba's words, frowned and said: "Xuanling was indeed negligent before, and I asked Gongzi for guidance." ”

Able to point out the famous ministers who have been praised for thousands of years, Li Xuanba suddenly felt a little stunned, he looked up at the night, worried that it was too late, and accelerated his walking speed again.

"Li Mi once sent Meng Rang to attack Luoyang, and he succeeded." After all, the thoughts in Li Xuanba's heart are just speculation, and he also wants to have a smart person to help him analyze together, coincidentally, Fang Xuanling is a smart person, so Li Xuanba said without hesitation: "Luoyang is short of materials, and the 250,000 army of Wagang thieves is attacking the city, even if it is you and me, you and I will feel that it is a very difficult thing to defend Luoyang." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded bitterly, thinking that His Majesty's edict to give up Xingyang County was actually not a wise move.

"But we have reinforcements, but the Wagang thieves don't." Li Xuanba changed his words, took a long breath, and said: "Maybe we can't hold Luoyang for a year and a half, but two months is okay after all, so I guess that the Wagang thieves who besieged the three gates of Dongcheng are very likely to be bait." ”

"What does Childe mean that the real target of the Wagang thieves is a certain city gate in the southern city?" Fang Xuanling was shocked when he heard this, and thought that the soldiers at the south gate were constantly being transferred to the east gate, and a cold sweat broke out on his body.

"Since everyone thinks that he Li Mi will attack, why can't he do a sneak attack?" Li Xuanba knew that it was useless to be anxious, so he calmed down as much as he could, and said: "The attack of the East Third Gate is fierce, and the South Fourth Gate adds up to only two thousand soldiers, do you say that it is dangerous or not?" ”

The Wagang thieves invested more than 200,000 troops in the East Third Gate, and everyone would think that the Wagang thieves had poured out of the nest, so they continued to draw troops from the South Fourth Gate, but few people noticed how empty the South Fourth Gate had been.

It is very difficult to guess what Li Mi wants to do, so Li Xuanba also did the opposite, no longer paying attention to what Li Mi wanted to do, and analyzing everything Li Mi did, what was the meaning, but finally found that Li Mi's deployment so far was meaningless except to confuse the imperial court.

Since there is no other meaning, it is Li Mi's real intention to confuse the imperial court and let the soldiers of Nancheng go to the aid of Dongsanmen.