A court discussion fell into endless noise.

There's no way around it.

Empress Dowager Mu just smiled bitterly, he knew in his heart that no one among the civil and military ministers present wanted the Chu army to enter the city.

But the controversy now is that no one can stop the Chu army, after all, once the river embankment is dug up, it will be a huge disaster, since no one has anything to do, some people want to choose to live and die with Luoyang, and some people think that since there is no way out, if it falls, welcome the Chu people into the city, at least, it can also save the lives of countless people in the city.

Empress Dowager Mu didn't say much, she was just undecided, maybe many people thought that Chen Kaizhi was dead, and Chen Jun had also been destroyed, but she actually felt that in the dark, her son had the blessing of the emperor, and perhaps, he was still alive.

In any case, she has to wait for Chen Kaizhi to come back, even if the sky falls, she is just a woman, and she hopes to stick to it.

"The words of the Qing Dynasty are not unreasonable, and they are all the words of a certain country." Empress Dowager Mu was silent for a moment, glanced at King Zhao who was in the main battle, and then at the Ministry of Rites, who seemed to want to negotiate peace.

"It's just that the mourning family wants to ask, the emperor has not heard from him so far, but if he is really defeated, there will always be some news, and now, just by cutting off contact, it can be asserted that the Chen army has been defeated? Even if it is defeated, how can it reach the point of annihilation. What's more, the emperor is strong in martial arts, and has the courage of ten thousand people, and the mourning family is still convinced that the emperor is still alive, maybe at this time, he is already on the way back to the Beijing Division, you ...... What's the hurry? Chu people are unjust, and I Da Chen, although the country is empty, but Da Chen up and down, all of them are the same enemy, if we easily open the city gate, surrender, how can we be worthy, those loyal and brave people who are loyal to my Da Chen Sheji? In Luoyang City, everyone has silver for silver, powerful contributions, the mansions of each family, the slaves put on their battle armor, the people also stood at the head of the city, the women are weaving clothes, hundreds of thousands of people in the city, women and children are eight or nine out of ten, but there is no one, not to defend the city to give advice and life. ”

Empress Dowager Mu suddenly rose: "Guard!" Hold on one more time. Of course, the mourning family also understands that the mourning family chooses to continue to defend to the death, and countless soldiers and civilians will hang their lives by a thread, but how can they give up easily until the last moment? ”

The ministers were silent, but the Ministry of Rites Shangshu sighed and said: "Niangniang, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not, Chen Jun is afraid that it will be destroyed, this is by no means an alarmist speech, Niang Niang just said, even if Chen Jun is defeated, how is it possible, no one has returned." In fact, His Majesty led the troops out of the customs to fight a decisive battle, facing the Hu people, there is indeed such a possibility, but my Chen army is mainly infantry, and the Hu people are several times the size of my Chen army, and they are all cavalry, once the Chen army is defeated, it is impossible to escape, no matter how fast, can it be faster than a horse? Isn't this the way to heaven and the door to earth? Therefore, although the minister knows that Niangniang still has some hope in her heart, but at such a juncture, she must not have this luck in her heart. The Chu army is powerful, and the ministers are afraid that the court will miss the opportunity, once the city is flooded, the Chu army will attack Luoyang, and then the preferential treatment will not be counted. ”

Empress Dowager Mu was angry: "Zhang Huangyan! ”

This Zhang Huangyan is the name of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and this time Zhang Huangyan was not called the Qing family, which shows that the Empress Dowager Mu was angry: "You yourself are also saying, there is indeed this possibility, you keep saying that it is possible, but you are conclusive, saying that the Chen army will be defeated, if it is only possible, how can it be defeated, the mourning family knows, you have relatives in Luoyang, you are afraid of flooding Luoyang, afraid of the plague, and even afraid that the Chu army will enter the city, but you eat the king's Lu, how can you be so gutsless?" ”

Zhang Huangyan hurriedly said: "Ten thousand deaths, the minister is just ...... Think...... His Majesty led the troops out of the customs, and the Hu army was actually victorious, and I Dachen has reached this point today, this is one of them; The court has done something wrong, and we must not miss this second chance......"

"Enough!" Empress Dowager Mu coldly scolded: "Stand down." ”

Zhang Huangyan didn't dare to say anything anymore.

Chen Zhenjing and Chen Yishou both glanced at Zhang Huangyan coldly, originally wanting to refute him, but seeing that Empress Dowager Mu was really angry, Zhang Huangyan didn't dare to refute, so he naturally stopped.

At night, Zhang Huangyan returned to his mansion, and people have been panicking recently, and this Zhang family is probably the same.

The people in the house have already packed up the softness, but the city is surrounded, even if they pack up the softness, where can they flee to?

As soon as Zhang Jinsheng, the eldest son of the Zhang family, saw his father coming back, he hurriedly greeted him, gave Zhang Huang a salute, and said: "Father, everything has been packed up, but Shuntianfu sent someone to say that it was for our Zhang family to contribute a few strong forces and cooperate to defend the city, and the son did not dare to agree rashly, so he ......"

Zhang Huangyan shook his head: "It's right not to agree, right now, I see that this Da Chen is over, why bother to wade into this troubled water, if a few days ago, the old man still had to follow Mu Niangniang to defend it, but now it's different, the Great Chu Emperor sent a messenger into the city, as long as Luoyang falls, Keqiu will not commit any crimes, it can be seen that the Great Chu Emperor also has a benevolent heart, if at this time, let people know that our Zhang family sent a strong force to help defend the city, and when the Chu army entered the city, this is one more crime." The next time the people from Shuntianfu came back, I told them that there were not enough people in the family, only some women, children and old servants, and there was really nothing they could do. ”

"My son got it." Zhang Jinsheng smiled: "Actually, most of the Shuntian Mansion didn't dare to apportion, they only dared to come to discuss, even if the Shuntian Mansion Yin came, they didn't dare to rush into our Zhang family." Father, since the Great Chu Emperor has sent an envoy, he is unwilling to kill, but why, the imperial court ......"

Zhang Huangyan's face was expressionless: "How else can I say it, it's nothing more than that they want to resist to the end, but now it's hopeless, and it's only a matter of time before the city falls. He took a deep look at Zhang Jinsheng: "This matter, you don't mention it to people outside, no matter what, in the old man's opinion, Luoyang is bound to be unsafe, and it has come to this point, it is time to find a way out for the Zhang family, and now our Zhang family is equivalent to sitting on a leaky boat, if you don't go ashore again, won't the family be ruined?" “

He squinted his eyes and muttered for a long time: "Repair a letter, the old man will write it himself, when it comes, you let Laifu come to the city, in the name of going to the city to reward the soldiers at the head of the city, this letter, try his best to shoot this letter down the city, the letter has to be written with silk cloth, bandaged tightly, no matter what, when the Chu army enters the city, as long as the Chu people have read the letter, they will naturally know that our Zhang family, our hearts are still towards them, so as not to have any harm to our Zhang family." ”