The defenders of the Imperial City are resisting stubbornly at this time, but they are obviously not as calm as those soldiers who often fight, although they have the advantage of the high walls of the Imperial City at this time, but they are very flustered by the attack of the enemy army under the city, too many soldiers are paying attention to the enemy on the ladder, but ignoring the enemy troops who are hitting the city gate, and the city gate is broken, which is simply a devastating blow to the defenders. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Follow me!"

Seeing this, Pei Renji shouted, and took the lead in launching an attack on the rebel army under the city, and the rebel army that was attacking was caught off guard, and was defeated by them from behind, and they couldn't tell how many troops came in the night, so they immediately withdrew, which allowed Pei Renji to seize the opportunity to enter the imperial city.

Pei Renji came to the imperial city, which made Yang Tong, who was frightened, relieved, he was still asleep before, he suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing outside, and the palace was also in a panic, several eunuchs surrounded him from the dormitory, wanting to protect him, he had not yet gone to the city to check the situation outside, so he didn't know what was going on in the city, but through the report of Fei Yao, the commander of the Yulin Army, he knew that it was Duan Da who colluded with Wang Shichong and put Wang Shichong's troops into the city, That's why this chaos happened.

"Your Highness, at present, there are only 10,000 soldiers left in our army, and the other sergeants in the city are only afraid that they have been taken by Wang Shichong, and we have no way to retreat but to hold on to the imperial city, Your Highness can know how much food there is in the palace, enough for our army to eat for a long time, I will send sergeants to the south later, so that they can bring His Highness and my letter of distress to move the rescue soldiers, but this is only afraid that the far water can't save the near fire, now we must figure out how much food is still in the city, otherwise, even if the reinforcements arrive, We won't be able to last that long. ”

At this time, after the rebel army outside the city saw Pei Renji enter the city, he hurriedly told Wang Shichong the news, Wang Shichong considered that since Pei Renji was not killed, but entered the imperial city, according to his experience, he must be able to hold on for a long time, so he did not rush to attack the city, the sergeants he brought over were all cavalry, and the siege battle would be easier to fight after the professional infantry and siege equipment came.

Wang Shichong ordered the troops to hold the imperial city and prevent the troops in the city from coming out, while he took the army and defeated them before the defenders of several city gates reacted, otherwise it would be very troublesome for them to be collected by Pei Renji.

"General Pei, this is the reserve of various materials in the Imperial City!"

Under Yang Tong's instructions, the chief eunuch in the palace counted the reserves of grain and various materials, and then told Pei Renji the obtained figures.

At this time, the sky has gradually brightened, and the shouting and killing sound of the city gate here is much smaller than last night, Pei Renji sighed in his heart, if the army in his hand is not the pampered Yulin army, but any field army, then he will definitely lead the army out last night to meet the garrison troops everywhere, because he has already seen that the number of troops brought back by Wang Shichong is not very large, as long as there is an advantage in troops, they can even take the opportunity to break through.

But at this time, there is no point in talking about this anymore, he borrowed the list in the old eunuch's hand, opened it and looked at it a few times, the materials in the palace are even less than he imagined, and there is not much food left, only enough for the army and eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to eat for five days, five days of food, this is no matter how to insist on the arrival of reinforcements, Pei Renji can't help but be a little desperate, does God really want him to die here?

"Princess, I will arrange for people to follow you back, gather all the materials in the palace, keep them in the army, distribute them according to need, and calculate the amount of millet per person per day in radius, our food should be enough to eat for ten days, in addition, you leave the palace maid to be responsible for the health and service in the palace, all the eunuchs, as long as they are over fifteen years old, and those under fifty years old must be trained by the army, and they must go to the city wall to assist in defense, do you understand?"

After all, Pei Renji came from the battlefield, so his body was free with a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, at this time, the old eunuch surnamed Wang saw Pei Renji's appearance, and he felt very scared in his heart, so he nodded again and again, not daring to have the slightest disobedience, he already clearly knew who was in charge in this palace at the moment, not the little prince in his early tens, but the decisive general in front of him.

Pei Renji climbed the city wall, looking at the chaotic army outside that surrounded the imperial city several times, his heart was suddenly irritable, he only hoped that his step was not wrong, otherwise they would really fall into a place of no return.

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, knew that he was not good at fighting, especially this kind of fighting with the disadvantage of being outnumbered, so he simply handed over the command of the Yulin Army to Pei Renji, Pei Renji was more experienced than him, and as the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, he had a lot of experience in this kind of city defense warfare, and at this time he could only hope that Pei Renji could create a miracle.

At this time, Wang Shichong was not worried at all, he slowly cleared all corners of Luoyang City, and caught all the deserters of the defenders last night, these soldiers He could be incorporated into his own army on the spot and become his own force, but those generals were all Pei Renji's people, so they were naturally executed by him.

Wang Shichong is not in a hurry to attack, firstly, his troops are not enough to take the imperial city, and in the case of dividing troops to defend Luoyang and maintain the situation in Luoyang City, and he has already trapped Pei Renji and Yang Tong in the city, he does not need to be in a hurry at all, and it is not too late to attack after his army arrives.

The people in Luoyang City were frightened by this night's battle, at this time they all hid at home, did not dare to go to the street, the whole Luoyang City looked empty and silent, like a ghost city, and in this silence, there were bursts of low horns outside the city, accompanied by bursts of drums, Wang Shichong showed a knowing smile, his main force arrived.

Wang Shichong originally only had 10,000 troops, after Yang Tong handed him 70,000 troops, he had 80,000 troops, after Duan Da surrendered to him, his men and horses reached 90,000, at this time plus the prisoners he surrendered and reorganized last night, the size of his army has exceeded 100,000 people, and the army of 100,000 people marched in Luoyang City, which is a very spectacular scene.

From the perspective of the imperial city, the movement in Luoyang City is clear, so such a huge march is very oppressive for the defenders. (To be continued.) )