"As long as the inner city is lost, even if the front-line army loses its armor, it can be re-equipped, and then it must be counterattacked in the shortest possible time, the rebels are disorderly, scattered, as long as we quickly organize a counterattack, those rebels who attack the city to get carried away will definitely be able to be repulsed, even if they can't be defeated, we can still hold the second line of defense.

In addition, now the rebels outside are all people who follow the trend of the world, these blind people, have no sense of morality, if they have any noble sentiments, they will not be ignorant of the good of the adults to them, see the profit and forget the righteousness, the treasures in the treasury, gold and silver, all take out, when the siege is fierce, fall down and smash people, it will inevitably cause chaos. ”

Huang Quan, Wang Fu and the others all nodded when they heard Zhou Budo say, but Zhou Budo looked anxious and knocked on his forehead: "These are still not enough, they are all ways to delay the attack, and they treat the symptoms but not the root cause, you can use any methods, but I think I can't hold on for a few days."

The most important thing is the third point, after my careful calculation, we must find another reinforcement within five days, before General Zhang's arrival, this reinforcement is very important, first, it must help us hold on until General Zhang's arrival, and second, it must cooperate with General Zhang and the defenders in the city to defeat the rebels.

Because, I don't think we'll be able to wait for reinforcements in twenty days. ”

"Another way of reinforcements, where do we have reinforcements?" Deng Xian wondered.

Zhou Budo was silent for a while: "I'll look for another reinforcement, I'm going to leave the city now, and within five days, I'll find reinforcements." ”

Everyone looked at each other, searching their stomachs, and they didn't know where there were reinforcements.

"That's it." Zhou Budo stood up: "To sum up, it is to do everything possible to defend the city, as for whether it succeeds or not, it is the mandate of heaven, if the mandate of heaven is difficult to violate." ”

Zhou Budo glanced at Liu Xun and said to Wang Fu: "Lord Wang, I heard that your child is also six years old, right?" ”

Wang Fu was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood what it meant, and the others also looked at Zhou Budo in surprise, and Zhou Budo's expression was very light.

Wang Fu's face was cloudy and changeable, he struggled for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured that Zhou Gongzi, at the critical moment, Wang Fu ...... Wang Fu will know what to do. ”

Zhou Budo nodded slightly, this is all he can do, as soon as Liu Zhang dies, Zhou Budo no longer has any hope for Jing Yi, even if Liu Xun seems to have the style of a master, but after all, he is six years old, even if this counterinsurgency is successful, Liu Xun and Cao Cao Sun Quan are enemies, and they will not be able to continue Liu Zhang's career, and they will be defeated sooner or later.

It is impossible for Liu Xun to complete the great cause left by Liu Zhang, even if he has the heart, he is powerless, which is the real reason why Zhou Budo has been reluctant to come up with ideas.

"What I did today should be regarded as repaying Liu Zhang's kindness, and it should also be worthy of Liu Xun's trust." Zhou Budo sighed, the future was uncertain, took some belongings, and went down to the city where the rebels were not surrounded.

………… Three days passed, Zhou Budo did not appear, and the reinforcements he said did not have a shadow, and in these three days, the inner city experienced a great test, more than 30,000 rebels swarmed up, the flood was monstrous, more than 2,000 Sichuan soldiers were killed, most of the remaining were injured, and many of the young people who were mobilized also died.

The rebels invaded the inner city twice, once they were quickly routed by the troops in the city using the weapons of the second line of defense, and the second time the rebels rushed into the city gate, and the city cart rushed open the city gate, only to see an elephant tied to the city gate.

This elephant is Yin Baijin's birthday gift to Liu Xun.

The elephant was tied to the gate of the city, rushed by the rebels, was furious, and danced the Luo circle dance in place, the rebels could not enter the city on a large scale, and the army in the city quickly organized a comprehensive counterattack, annihilated the rebels at the head of the city, and repelled the rebel attack again.

The elephant was severely wounded by the rebels and finally fell to the ground.

The rebels were repulsed twice, this is already the limit of the garrison in the city, if the rebels attack again, the inner city may not be able to hold it for a day, Huang Quan personally went to the city to supervise the battle, Liu Xun and Huang Yue also came to the city to boost morale, and they were all anxious.

At dusk, the sunset is like blood.

"Madam, you are pregnant, let's go down and rest, this city is full of arrows, everywhere is bloody, how can it be good to have a fetal gas?" Wang Fu persuaded Huang Yuedao.

Huang Yue clasped Liu Xun's shoulder and smiled dismally: "Even if I go down, how can I rest in peace, it is better to stand here and feel more steady." ”

Huang Yue glanced at Liu Xun, he didn't say some things, these days, Liu Xun has been very strong, but Huang Yue knows that Liu Xun is a kind child in his bones, such an environment not only makes him unaccustomed, but also makes him afraid, after all, he is only six years old.

Being by his side also made him feel a little more at ease.

"Someone, bring a chair to Madame." Wang Fu shouted.

"No, you don't." Huang Yue hurriedly stopped, and glanced at the bloodied and tired soldiers around him: "Everyone is fighting bloodily, what am I standing for?" ”

After Huang Quan inspected the city defense, he walked over and said to Wang Fu: "Lord Wang, after taking a look, the morale of the soldiers is fine, but there are too many wounded, and the situation is not good." ”

"Can you hold it for two days?" Wang Fu asked, according to Zhou Budo's analysis, Zhang Ren arrived in two days at the earliest.

Huang Quan smiled bitterly: "Don't say two days, if the rebels attack overnight, they will lose tonight, and I can only hope that Zhou Budo's reinforcements will appear." ”

"Zhou Budo, I'm afraid he has slipped away a long time ago." An official said.

Another official said: "That is, Zhou Budo is a little slippery, where does he have reinforcements, is there any of our soldiers and horses in the whole of Chengdu and outside the inner city?" He clearly took the opportunity to escape. ”

"That's it, that's it." A group of officials echoed it, all of whom were not angry.

"I'm sure my brother will come." Liu Xun looked into the distance and said firmly, Huang Yue touched his head.

Liu Xun said this, and the other officials had nothing to say, but they didn't believe that Zhou Budo would come back stupidly, let alone ask for any reinforcements.

Huang Quan sighed, no matter whether Zhou Budo came or not, he could only try to hold the city, he had no choice, and turned to Wang Fu and said: "It seems that you can only make a desperate bet, Lord Wang, you are responsible for arranging, the inner city is now only doing two things, cooking and guarding the city, women cooking, men guarding the city, mobilizing all men to fill the vacancy in defending the city, I hope it can be supported for a little longer." ”

"Yes." Wang Fu agreed to go down, Huang Quan sighed, even so, I'm afraid it won't be able to support tomorrow at noon, "Zhou Budo, where are you." ”

At night, in the attic of the city wall, according to the undoubted plan, the officials were arranged here, not to deal with any government affairs, but to eat and sleep. There were no soldiers guarding them.

The night breeze was blowing, and an official said faintly: "I knew that I was like Zhou Budo, saying that I would ask for some reinforcements, and I ran away first, what is the matter here now." ”

"Yes." Another official said: "When the rebels were not besieged the city, there was a chance to leave, as long as I could leave, I would definitely go and ask reinforcements to fight back to Chengdu, but now we are trapped here, Huang Quan is really pedantic." ”

"That's it, that's it."

The other officials echoed one after another, all of them were dissatisfied, Wang Lei leaned against the wall, a bowl of rice in front of him, and did not move at all, Zhang Song was full of food, burping, closing his eyes to recuperate, Xu Jing wandered around anxiously in the middle.

"I can't take it anymore." An official said loudly: "He Huangquan Wang Fu wants to be sent to death, why should we follow and die, are we sitting here and waiting to be killed?" ”

In fact, many officials were shaken in their minds, and when one official opened his mouth, it was like piercing the window paper, and the other officials became excited.

"That is, when the lord was there, he also said twice, now a six-year-old baby, how can he rule the state and county? It's better to let Liu Mao rule Yizhou. ”

"I have long said that Liu Zhang is violent and unreasonable, and sooner or later he will cause trouble, what is happening now? See, I'm right, those outside are all rebels, why should we follow the tyrant to the funeral? ”

The officials pointed the finger directly at Liu Zhang, and a group of officials immediately began to count Liu Zhang's disadvantages, which became more and more intense.

Suddenly, Wang Ti spoke, snorted disdainfully, and said coldly: "When the lord was here, one by one was like a pug, I didn't see such righteous indignation, and now the lord is gone, the wall is down and everyone pushes it, one by one, it is righteous and awe-inspiring, cowardly and afraid of death, ungrateful to the lord, and has no bones, it is really ashamed to wait for you." ”

"Wang Lei, what do you say?" An official glared angrily at Wang Lei: "We are abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, haven't you seen how many people Liu Zhang killed?" It's just tyrannical, are we wrong?

Forget about your own insensitivity, Liu Mao and Liu Zhang are both the sons of the ancestor Liu Yan, Liu Mao is Liu Zhang's brother, broad and benevolent, and he is the best candidate to inherit the state pastor, why do we call the betrayal unthankful? ”

"That is, Liu Zhang was picked up by Zhao Yun and Pang Xi at the beginning, and it was not legal in the first place."

"That's right, we are also thinking about the great cause of Yizhou."

An official looked at Wang Lei and said contemptuously: "Wang Lei, you persuaded Liu Zhang so many times, and you were imprisoned several times, are you still pedantic?" It's sad. ”

"It's sad, it's pathetic."

Wang Lei snorted lightly: "The minister has admonishment, the lord has judgment, this is the sign of prosperity, you and other shameless people, I really feel sad for your mosquito-like conscience." ”

"What did you say?" Several officials were angry, and they were about to pounce immediately, but they were stopped by an old official, who was the chief bookkeeper Yan Mao.

Yan Mao glanced at Wang Ti and said to the officials: "We are all people with status, what do we have to do with such a fool, Liu Zhang is violent, I, Yan Mao, have long wanted to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, now is the time for Yizhou to change the Ming master, I and other people with lofty ideals, when they assist Liu Mao to create a great cause, how can they be trapped here and martyred for the butcher?" ”

"That's right, that's what Lord Yan said."

A group of officials echoed one after another, and one official frowned and said: "But now that the inner city is tightly guarded, although there is no one to guard here, it is so high from the city, how can we get out of the city?" ”

At this time, Yan Mao played a trick and took out a bundle of ropes from the wide robe behind him, and all the officials were immediately overjoyed and rushed to go down the city.

Seeing the officials hanging down from the city one by one, Wang Ti was furious and was about to shout, but was stopped by Zhang Song next to him, Zhang Song smiled evilly and did not move.

Xu Jing was about to leave, and when he saw that Zhang Song didn't move, as far as he knew, Zhang Song was not a guy who was not afraid of death, so he suddenly paid more attention.

Xu Jing walked up to Zhang Song flatteringly, and said with a smile: "President Zhang, aren't you afraid of ......" Xu Jing didn't say the latter words, but I believe that with Zhang Song's cleverness, he should be able to understand.

Zhang Song closed his eyes, raised his eyelids and glanced at Xu Jing, and snorted: "I, Zhang Song, am a person with lofty ideals, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”

Xu Jingxin said: "Come on, I usually drink and fart, I don't know what virtues you Zhang Song has?" ”

"It's nature, it's nature." Xu Jing's face bloomed with a smile, and he said flatteringly: "But, is there no other reason?" ”

Xu Jing stared at Zhang Song, the officials here are probably Zhang Song's smartest, Zhang Song shook his head: "Don't say, don't say." ”

It wasn't until Xu Jing was forced to have no choice but to say that Zhang Song said slowly: "Send you four words, stay, live, go down, and die." ”

"This, these are four words?" Xu Jing folded his fingers and frowned: "But what do these four words mean?" ”

Wang Lei snorted lightly on the side: "I thought Master Zhang was a person with bones, but it turned out that he had calculated it." ”

Wang Ti didn't understand at first, but Zhang Song understood as soon as he said that if he stayed, Liu Xun would win, and he would fly Huang Tengda, if Liu Mao won, from August of the previous year, Zhang Song began to invest in various workshops, and with the bank assets in Zhang Song's hands, Liu Mao dared to move him.

Moreover, the clan is under the guise of benevolence and righteousness, and if they want to be different from Liu Zhang, they will not dare to kill them when the time comes, so that no matter who wins or loses, Zhang Song can survive.

But if it goes down and Liu Mao wins, although he will get some benefits, he will have to bear the charge of betraying the master, and Liu Mao will rely on the Yan family and the Yin family to make trouble, so he will inevitably reuse the clansmen of these clans, and the benefits will not be great.

The most important thing is that once it fails, the people left by Liu Zhang will be infected with Liu Zhang's violent spirit, no matter who Huang Yueying, Fan Lixiang, Fa Zheng Zhang Ren, and whoever enters Chengdu in the future, these surrendered people will not survive, and they will also affect the family.

This is the deterrent power of tyrants.

On balance, of course I'd rather stay here.

Wang Lei was very disdainful of Zhang Song, but Zhang Song snorted disapprerovingly: "I am a civil official, there is no need to die in the first place, what is wrong with weighing the pros and cons?" Wang Ti, I know that you look down on me in your heart, and I look down on you too. ”

Zhang Song closed his eyes again, smart people are always far away from death than ordinary people, and when facing death, they adapt to changes, and there are fewer opportunities to show loyalty.

Zhang Song didn't know if he could stay here if he really faced a life-and-death decision, if it was two years ago, he would never have been, but after the battle of Fucheng, he was no longer sure.

The officials ran most of the way, leaving the little ones in the attic, sighing silently in the moonlight.

………… The moon is lonely, a star shines brightly, and the night breeze is mild.

Zhou Budo led a large number of people to the outskirts of the rebels, about thousands of people, with a large number of weapons, and a general next to him was holding a big knife, full of anger.

Just three days ago, Zhou Budo went to a place, a place with soldiers and weapons, and that was Chengdu Xicheng.

In the whole of Chengdu, I am afraid that this is this place, Liu Zhang's people's hearts are the most stable, Xicheng was originally the poorest place, after Liu Zhang's new policy, the people of Xicheng have enjoyed dividends, workers work, and the income from farming is more abundant than before, not to mention those craftsmen with official positions.

These people naturally appreciate Liu Zhang's kindness, and most importantly, they do not want the New Deal to be scrapped, otherwise the good life they just lived will be subverted again, and those workers will have no income.

No one is more connected to the New Deal than they are.

And the clan made it clear that they would abolish the New Deal after coming to power, and the rebels were their mortal enemies, and they hated them bitterly.

When the news of the rebel rebellion came to Xicheng, the people were panicked and hated, and they all hoped that the rebels would finish the game as soon as possible, but there was no one who took the lead, so they looked at the movement intuitively, and when they heard that the rebel army of 30,000 besieged the inner city, the people of Xicheng were all discouraged.

And at this time, Zhou Budo appeared in front of them.

As a person close to the people, Zhou Budo is a frequent visitor to Xicheng's workshops and craftsmen's workshops, plus he publicly contradicted Liu Zhang here at the beginning, and argued with the great Confucian Xu Jing, everyone in Xicheng knows this very smart guy and has a good impression.

After Zhou Budo arrived, he first instigated the people of Xicheng to rebel, let them go against the rebellion of the Shi clan, and mixed in with other rebels, making Chengdu even more chaotic.

At the same time, Zhou Budo found Ma Jun and Zuo Bo, and asked them to take out all the weapons in the craftsman's room and the weapons produced in the workshop.

Ma Jun Zuobo gathered a group of workers and craftsmen, plus the original 1,500 soldiers of Ma Jun and Yin Bai, a total of more than 7,000 people, holding the weapons of the workshop, taking advantage of the chaos in the city, sneaking towards the east city in batches.

And Zhou Budo knows very well that although he is quite favored by these craftsmen, his prestige is not enough to command the troops.

A child commanding a war, even if he has that ability, others will not believe that he has the ability, and even if he believes, when it comes to a critical moment, he will inevitably ignore his military orders.

It is necessary to find a respected general to come out.

In this way, these people can be deterred, otherwise, without organizational discipline, no matter how many people are in vain.

When these craftsmen sneaked to the eastern city in batches, Zhou Budo took two people and quietly walked out of the city gate from the southern city to Wei Yan's residence.

Wei Yan has been living here since Jiangling was demoted, because of the two battles of Bailongjiang and Jiangling, the world is famous, at the beginning, there was an endless stream of visitors, until later Wei Yan refused again and again, no one came.

In this rebellion of the clan, Old Man Yan also visited Wei Yan to lead the army, and after Wei Yan refused, he began to close the door to thank guests.

Wei Yan's residence is a small house built by himself with a small outer courtyard made of bricks and stones, a single family, quiet and chic.

When Zhou Budo arrived, he only saw a sign hanging on the gate of the courtyard: "Idlers are not allowed to enter." ”

Zhou Budo knocked on the door, and after a long time, the only family member came out to open the door, glanced at Zhou Budo, and said impatiently: "Where is the little brat, don't you see the sign on the door?" ”

(To be continued)