Jiangning City, Konishi City near Caochangmen.

After a night of chaotic fighting, when it was slightly pale and dawn, there was only a mess and corpses left after the fierce battle.

The red-eyed and gray-faced centaurs were also facing each other in disbelief in the ruins of green smoke and embers.

After a long battle in the black light and blindness, the various accidental injuries of the red eye were roughly counted, and the number of wounded on the spot alone was as large as 2,000, and the wounded of other different degrees were two or three times as much; What's more, more than a hundred officers and generals with names and surnames have died in the chaos,

Among them, the highest-ranking one, even Zhou Tong, a veteran of Jingnan who had already worshiped the deputy commander, was secretly attacked and killed in the dark melee where it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me.

Therefore, if it weren't for Chang Weiming, the new deputy envoy of the left-behind division who came to preside over the situation in time, and flicked it down in time on the spot, I am afraid that after dawn, these people with different affiliations will still use the excuse to fight in the fire.

They are all counterinsurgency troops drawn back in batches from Jiangxi and Jingnan in the name of suppressing thieves, although they are not as strong as those Northern Expedition soldiers who are stationed in the north and suppress them, they are also veteran soldiers who have been trained in a hundred battles.

At the beginning, it was mainly for the sake of avoiding suspicion and preventing leakage of information, and I had to put a lot of thought into the selection of specific troops for the bomb pressure situation.

Neither dared to use the Wei Chen's crusading army, which was located in the southern part of Jiangdong Province and was almost supported and supplemented by Huaizhen, nor did he dare to drive the three armies of the capital that had been rebuilt under the command of General Manager Ning, and even the local garrison troops and horses in the Jingkou area of Runzhou were excluded.

They would rather choose these inland local troops from other roads and have little to do with Huaizhen, or the number and background of the overseas garrison troops who have just been transferred from Lingnei, as well as the locally recruited defense troops in Jiangning City, to jointly implement and advance this plan.

As a result, it was originally well coordinated, but thousands of people were inexplicably lost overnight; And after they had worked all night, the only thing they could claim was a dozen hanging sheep. This is undoubtedly a dizzying blow to the conspiracy and planning that was full of confidence at the beginning.

What's worse is that after dawn, without the cover of night and the closure of the curfew, the events that are happening here will inevitably spread and spread rapidly, which also means that the real need for a tough dagger is needed.

After all, this is a densely populated capital city, and it is also one of the largest cities in the southeast, and it is one thing to be able to block the city gate and prohibit entry and exit, but it is completely a luxury to keep these hundreds of thousands of people in the city shut up and intercept all kinds of rumors and news.

And the other party as the target is not a toothless tiger; With the wind and thunder banner erected over Stone Town after dawn, this even worse state of affairs has been proven.

The other party has returned to the escort of several battalions of Huai troops, and coupled with the sturdiness and danger of Stone City itself, if it is really to be forcibly attacked, it will be a complete disaster.

These troops were brought in in the name of counterinsurgency, and for this purpose they were driven by all kinds of lucrative profits and fames, and only a few upper echelons knew the ultimate purpose and plan; Moreover, because of the speed of the soldiers, they were all in a state of light and hurry, and after entering the city, they did not have enough equipment, nor did they have the corresponding military grain and grass to cope with the basic needs of forcibly attacking and gnawing the palace.

So the temporary siege and confrontation seem to have become the only option in the future. Then, as the sun gradually rose, the messenger from the Jiangning Province who was in charge of negotiations was also sent in.

After half a ring, in the small room of the side hall of Xuanchang Palace, a negotiation full of gunpowder was carried out.

"I just went to Canton alone to explain the situation?。。"

"That's a light way to put it."

"First the assassination on the street failed, and then the army attacked."

"Is this the way the imperial court reverses its word and treats the heroes well?"

"This statement is fallacious, it is precisely for the purpose of thoroughly investigating the chaotic party in the city that troops were transferred into the city from outside."

"I specially sent troops to the arch guard screen to protect the left near, and this was the later misunderstanding."

However, the dynasty treats the monarch with ceremonies, but the army waits for it with the heart of a villain. It's really against the way of the ministers."

"Not to mention that if you don't ask the court. Cooperate with the government to catch the thieves. ”

"But he led troops to steal without authorization, and what kind of intentions did he do."

"For today's plan, the only way is to let go of superfluous suspicions and unnecessary fears. Immediately stop and quit the line"

"On the same day, I took my princess to Guangfu and explained my feelings to the mansion ,。。"

"All the envoys in the city, you should be responsible for ensuring that Luo Shuai is correspondingly thorough."

"How can that be."

"The military is the lord of a town, and he is a relative of the country, so my generation should not dare to deal with it without authorization."

"In front of the big house, you can distinguish right from wrong."

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The subordinates brought by Huaizhen are in the midst of mutual temptation with the messengers from outside, all kinds of verbal swords or false and wrongful snakes.

At the same time, I was also observing the enemy's situation and sighed slightly on the gatehouse, still underestimating the determination and lower limit of those people in the DPRK and China.

"Don't worry, big handsome. Our generation should do our best to protect it. ”

The left and right generals led by Ning Hai seemed to feel my emotions and said in unison

"Let these thieves come as many as they come, and die as many as they want."

I nodded at them in encouragement, and I couldn't help but shake my head slightly in my heart, but I didn't say anything about their worries.

Judging from the situation that I have grasped for the time being, in addition to the four battalions and regiments of soldiers I brought in, there are still more than 1,000 disarmed palace guards and four or five hundred guards in Stone City; They are currently being held on the north-western high ground near the river.

In addition, there are more than 100 eunuchs and eunuchs with names and ranks, plus 7 or 800 handymen who are responsible for daily sprinkling, cleaning, and maintenance.

In addition, there are more than 2,000 people, including the honor guards who were married by Xiao Jinjun, the eunuchs, the palace people, the slaves, and the maids.

Therefore, while devoting manpower to suppress these unstable factors, it is more than enough to defend the three walls of this rather dangerous stone town; And because of the need to hold a wedding, a large number of daily necessities such as ingredients and cloth were also piled up in the palace complex in Stone City, plus the portable rations and canned food brought in by the army, which were enough to support more than a few months.

But what is more critical is how things develop next.

Although it seems to be worry-free for a while, it is not a good result to just be satisfied with the status quo and sit in a lonely city to die, including Xiao Yan, the Emperor of Liang Wu who was starved to death in the stone city, and the personal experience of the kings of Jinling, the capital of the Southern Dynasties, has completely proved this point.

If we want to break the situation and change the status quo, we need to take more initiative here, such as getting contact and communication channels with the outside world as soon as possible, so as to get more foreign aid and assistance.

Fortunately, before retreating into Stone Town, I had already confirmed that the news had been delivered by hand; In other words, if the people who stayed outside Jiangning City did not receive timely feedback and secret reports, they would immediately start a series of follow-up means and arrangements to spread the news of the accident.

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At the same time, the official office of the Left-behind Division is located.

"It's not the same as what I said before."

As the envoy of the wedding, Cai Hou and the left servant of the Zhongshu shot Zheng Erguan, and he also said loudly with a blue face

"It's not that it's just a cause to be created, and those who don't use the sword to draw it out."

"Then because of the situation, he was trapped and forced to accept the edict of the imperial court, go to Guangfu to report his life and take up a new position."

"I'm just in charge of fully assisting and facilitating,"

"Why did things look like this in your hands?"

"Have you ever thought about the consequences of openly fighting in this Jiangning City once you can't suppress it?"

"What kind of nonsense is held hostage by Huai Shuai and the princess for the traitorous party, how long can you deceive the world."

"I'm afraid that the time is just a big country, and it's going to be in an uproar."

"Now that you and I can get out of it?"

And Sun Jingbang, the general who was in charge of presiding over the situation, just made him completely speechless with just this slow and logical sentence.

"The only way to do this is to use further backup measures."

"I really don't want to get to this point."

"But if you don't do this, all your previous efforts and preparations will be wasted."

"In the midst of this uproar, I am certainly to blame,。。 Do you still want to get out of the way? ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but show a firm and abnormal expression and determination.

"Once Huaizhen fails, you and I will bear the brunt of the culprits."

"So the arrow is ready to fly, and it has to be sent."

(End of chapter)