Defeat often has a greater impact than victory, and the excitement brought to the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou by Shi Siming's army in seven battles and seven victories was completely shattered as he was trapped in Huang Nize.

For a while, the people in the city were panicked, and unlike the people in the early days of the war, this time many powerful and wealthy businessmen not only had the idea of fleeing Yangzhou City, but also put it into action.

When the knife is not pierced into the flesh, the pain will not be so real, even if the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are almost completely occupied by the Zhou army, and Chuzhou and Yangzhou become two convex lonely lands, the people of Yangzhou are not so flustered.

Because Xu Yuan led them to repel the attacking Zhou army many times before; Because Shi Siming and Xue Yufeng brought nearly 20,000 elite soldiers; Because after the outbreak of the war, the Zhou army did not dare to invade Yangzhou.

But now it's different, Shi Siming's army, which had won consecutive battles a few days ago, was defeated, and was besieged by the Zhou army in Huangnize, not to mention, more importantly, he took away three-quarters of the troops in the city, and the current Yangzhou City can be described as empty of troops.

Although Xu Yuan was a civil official, he did not lack courage, and in order to prevent panic and even turmoil among the people in the city, he took iron-fisted measures to order the closure of the city, and no one, even the nobles, were allowed to leave Yangzhou.

Many powerful people came to the Taishou Mansion and asked Xu Yuan to let him go, but Xu Yuan directly sacrificed Yang Ping'an.

People are the horses of the dynasty, in terms of identity and status, he ranks second in Yangzhou City, no one dares to rank first, and the horses have no opinion and do not say to leave, why should they open their mouths with Xu Yuan.

Yang Ping'an still learned about this matter from Yang Guozhong, who was very angry that Xu Yuan was using Yang Ping'an in vain, but Yang Ping'an didn't care, he recognized Xu Yuan's approach.

This matter must not allow the powerful people in Yangzhou to escape, and he even thinks that he should send someone to secretly monitor these guys to prevent the other party from jumping off the wall or even colluding with Zhou Jun, as for borrowing his name, it is casual.

However, if he knew the deep meaning of Xu Yuan's doing, it was to prevent him from taking the opportunity to flee Yangzhou, but he was afraid that he would not be so generous.

Temporarily suppressing the panic in the city, Xu Yuan found Xue Yufeng, and he wanted to find out when the reinforcements from Chuzhou would arrive.

The news of the Zhou army's attack on Yangzhou has already reached Chuzhou and reached Guo Ziyi's ears, and Guo Ziyi is standing in front of the map at this moment, looking at the various marks on it, frowning slightly.

"Dashuai, Yangzhou is in a hurry." Guo Ziyi's deputy general behind him said.

Guo Ziyi frowned, didn't speak, and still stared at the map.

Seeing this, the deputy general who opened his mouth paused for a moment and said: "Marshal, whether to send troops and horses to aid Yangzhou, if Yangzhou is lost, I am afraid that Chuzhou will not be able to protect it." ”

Guo Ziyi turned around and looked at the many generals in front of him, and from their faces, he could see that everyone should be this suggestion.

Chuzhou Yangzhou is the trend of horns, if one party loses, the other party is difficult to protect, but ......

After a while, he asked, "Do you all think so?" ”

"Marshal, the last general is willing to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to relieve the danger of Yangzhou."

"The handsome, the last general is not talented, and I am willing to share the worries for the handsome."

"Handsome ......"

Seeing that many generals asked for their lives, Guo Ziyi didn't know whether to be happy or worried, nodded, and said lightly: "Pass the order, all armies will strictly guard the garrison, and they must not move lightly, but those who do not listen to the order will be killed." ”

This order was beyond everyone's expectations, but Guo Ziyi's might had already taken root in the army, and no one dared to resist his order, so they could only retreat one after another.

In the blink of an eye, there were only four or five generals left in the hall, all of whom were Guo Ziyi's henchmen, and one of them hesitated for a moment, and then stubbornly said: "Dashuai, there is something unknown in the end." ”

"You want to ask Ben Shuai why he didn't save Yangzhou."

The general didn't hide it, and said directly: "Exactly." ”

"If Ben Shuai sends a team of soldiers and horses to aid Yangzhou, it will be difficult to protect Chuzhou, Ben Shuai dares to say that Li Guangbi is waiting for this opportunity."

"But more than ten days ago, Li Guangbi's military camp had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to go to Yangzhou, it should be the enemy army attacking Yangzhou this time, and now his available troops are only 90,000, and they are scattered and deployed.

With the ability of the commander, even if there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses, it is enough to keep Chuzhou from losing, why not send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to rescue Yangzhou, and also hit the enemy army attacking Yangzhou to boost morale. ”

"You guys are underestimating Li Guangbi." Guo Ziyi said lightly, "And do you really think that the Zhou army really only has 450,000 soldiers and horses in this war." ”

As soon as these words came out, the several lieutenants present did not change color.

In the past, when the two armies fought, in order to boost morale and intimidate each other, they all reported their soldiers and horses to Gaoli, and one of the two or three hundred thousand dared to call for an army of 500,000 and 800,000.

Guo Ziyi didn't explain to them, and continued to say calmly: "The 100,000 soldiers and horses under the commander are guarding Chuzhou, as long as they follow the deployment of the commander and strictly implement the orders of the commander, even if the Zhou army has one million, it will be difficult to break Chuzhou, but if the soldiers and horses are withdrawn, resulting in insufficient troops and unable to respond to each other, Li Guangbi will find an opportunity."

However, he led 300,000 soldiers and horses to storm Chuzhou, not only Chuzhou is difficult to protect, but Luzhou and Langxie are also not protected, but the three Zhou armies are connected, and the east is in danger. ”

Three hundred thousand, several lieutenants were dumbfounded, looked at each other, and everyone was in endless shock.

Guo Ziyi did not continue to hide them: "According to the news from Yingwei, 200,000 soldiers and horses have been gathered on the south bank of the Yangtze River, ready to cross the river at any time, and the center of the Zhou army's attack is Chuzhou, where Ben Shuai is located, their strategy is very simple and straightforward, that is, to kill Ben Shuai or defeat Ben Shuai, so as to hit the heart of my Tang Army, so Chuzhou cannot be lost, Ben Shuai cannot be defeated, and 100,000 soldiers and horses here cannot be moved." ”

"But, but if Yangzhou misses and Chuzhou is attacked on three sides, what should I do." Another lieutenant said.

Chuzhou, which is attacked on three sides, even if Guo Ziyi is an immortal, cannot be saved.

"Okay, you don't need to worry about this matter, Yangzhou will not be lost, you can retreat."

This time, there were only two people left in the hall, one of them was naturally Guo Ziyi, and the other was Guo Ziyi's pro-battalion general Guo Kui.

Guo Kui is Guo Ziyi's general, and has been following Guo Ziyi's side to protect Guo Ziyi's safety.

Seeing that only the two of them were left in the hall, Guo Kui spoke: "Dashuai, can Yangzhou really hold it." ”

This is the first time he has put forward his own opinions, and it is also the first time to question Guo Ziyi's words, in the past, he stood by Guo Ziyi's side and never spoke, as if he didn't exist.

"Hehe, it's rare, even you, a guy with a wooden surname, will worry about Yangzhou." Guo Ziyi is happy.

"The last general is just worried that Yangzhou will be lost and Chuzhou will be difficult to protect, otherwise, as General Liu said, it would be better to send him to lead the troops and horses of his headquarters to rescue Yangzhou."

Guo Ziyi shook his head: "Yangzhou, Yangzhou should not be lost, otherwise the Holy Lord would not have delayed the arrival of reinforcements, but only put him in Yangzhou." ”

"Him." Guo Kui was stunned.

"Well, he should be that person, it should be, as long as he is that person, Yangzhou will never be lost."

At the same time as the assassination, in the Zhou army camp outside Chuzhou, Li Guangbi also mentioned "him".

"You don't need to say it anymore, Yangzhou is not so easy to fight, although Shi Siming is brave, but there is nothing to worry about, even if he takes 30,000 soldiers and horses from Yangzhou and is trapped in Huangnize by General Du, Yangzhou is still not to be underestimated."

With an undoubted tone, many generals who were gearing up to compete for military merits were driven out of the handsome tent, Li Guangbi looked at the map of Yangzhou in front of him and muttered: "What else can he do, if he can't force all his hole cards out as soon as possible, I'm afraid that this battle will be difficult to destroy Tang." ”

Not only Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi were talking about Yang Ping'an, but Xu Yuan and Xue Yufeng, who were discussing countermeasures in the Taishou Mansion, also mentioned Yang Ping'an.

Originally, the two were still discussing how to hold Yangzhou, how to resist the siege of the Zhou army with 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and support the arrival of Chuzhou reinforcements.

But as he spoke, Xu Yuan suddenly thought of Yang Ping'an's words, and subconsciously asked Xue Yufeng if he could be sure that Chuzhou could really send reinforcements.

Xue Yufeng was originally full of confidence in this, but when he thought that more than ten days had passed, there had been no news from Chuzhou, so he was a little flustered.

Xu Yuan suddenly thought of Yang Ping'an, who was talking eloquently at the head of the city two days ago, and his heart sank: "General Xue, I don't know where the horse is." ”

"He seems to be still at the head of the city...... Look at the scenery. ”

Yang Ping'an at the head of the city had already sneezed several times in succession, but he didn't expect so many people to mention him almost at the same time.

At this moment, although he is holding Yang Yuhuan, he is fighting between heaven and man in his heart.

He very much hoped that Shi Siming would die in the hands of the Zhou army, but he was reluctant to take the 30,000 Tang troops that Shi Siming brought, if Shi Siming only had more than 10,000 people under him, he would not care about Shi Siming's life or death.

The 30,000 Tang troops were not only his capital to stick to Yangzhou, but also the first step for him to sweep the world and seize military power, which could not be missed.

Damn it, it's Shi Siming.

"Brother Nu, tell me what you know about Shi Siming."

Li Linfu has already gained Shi Siming's trust, he has disclosed Yang Ping'an's information to Shi Siming many times, and he has also perfectly passed Shi Siming's temptation of him, which makes Shi Siming rely on him, the peripheral member of the shadow guard sent by Xiao Taishi to monitor Yang Ping'an, as a confidant.

Li Linfu is not good at yin people, but figuring out people's hearts, only by figuring out people's hearts thoroughly, can yin people be handy.

After he explained his understanding of Shi Siming bit by bit, and dissected the head like a corpse, Yang Ping'an suddenly stood up and scolded: "This damn bastard." ”

At this time, Xu Yuan and Xue Yufeng came, and when they heard him scolding here, Xu Yuan said, "I don't know who made the horse so unhappy." ”

"You've come just in time, I'm going to look for you." Gu couldn't explain to the two, Yang Ping'an waved his hand and asked An Lushan to lead people to guard around, "If I don't guess wrong, the Zhou army is not coming, and it is intended to capture Yangzhou, Lord Xu, let me ask you, if there are no reinforcements outside, only with the soldiers and horses in the city, in the face of 30,000 Zhou troops attacking the city, you can be sure to hold it." ”