The Zhou army came to attack Yangzhou unexpectedly, there were not many soldiers and horses, about 30,000, and there was no backup, but even if there were only 30,000, it was not something that the 5,000 defenders of Yangzhou could hold.

For a big city like Yangzhou, which has strong defenses and a large number of people, 30,000 people is not much, and it is impossible to besiege the city and attack it, but this is not necessarily a good thing for Yang Ping'an and Xu Yuan.

If Yangzhou is besieged, the people in the city know that there is no way to escape and can also stimulate the fighting spirit to fight a trapped beast, but 30,000 Zhou troops carry a large number of siege equipment, if only the south side of the city is attacked, Yangzhou City will be broken sooner or later It is inevitable, and it is very likely to be broken from the inside first.

The soldiers did not dare to flee, and the people could not say anything, especially not long ago, there were many powerful people in the city who wanted to flee.

Fortunately, these are still in Yang Ping'an's judgment, but there is a little surprise to him, this big banner provoked by the Zhou army is embroidered with a big "Du" character, and the general who led the troops is Du Bin.

After learning this news, Xu Yuan was still a little surprised, according to the information obtained before, Du Bin ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses to trap Shi Siming in Huang Nize, why did he suddenly come here, could it be said that Shi Siming's army was wiped out in Huang Nize in just a few days.

Yang Ping'an was also stunned, but soon he reacted and scolded Shi Siming in front of everyone, but it was not him who first understood, but Li Linfu.

Li Linfu doesn't understand military affairs, but he is good at figuring out people's hearts, and he knows Shi Siming very well.

Obviously, Du Bin, the general of the Zhou army, led 30,000 troops to invade Yangzhou, and encountered Shi Siming, who led the army out of the city to meet the enemy, first defeated a few battles to lure the enemy deep, and then lured Shi Siming's army into Huangnize, united with the Zhou army, and besieged it.

But in just a few days, Du Bin actually led 30,000 Zhou troops to attack Yangzhou, and the Zhou army stationed in Zhenjiang did not move, which shows that Du Bin brought all the main forces of the Zhou army that came to attack, and the Zhou army that besieged Shi Siming's department in Huangnize and prevented him from returning to Yangzhou was only a few thousand at most.

Shi Siming is also a fierce general, but he was blocked by these thousands of people, and he couldn't even see through Du Bin's scheme, and Yangzhou was in crisis, shouldn't he be scolded.

After these words came out of Yang Ping'an's mouth, Xu Yuan didn't think about it for too long, his brows immediately furrowed, and he was born in a sage book, and he suddenly burst out into foul language.

An Lushan and Yang Guozhong naturally scolded Shi Siming, but Li Linfu's lips squirmed twice, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

"What do you have to say?" Yang Ping'an knew that Li Linfu had a lot of thoughts, so he asked.

Li Linfu hesitated for a moment, looked at Xu Yuan, but just sighed and did not speak.

"If you have something to say, Xu Taishou is not an outsider."

With Yang Ping'an's words, Li Linfu no longer hesitated to say a possibility that even Yang Ping'an didn't expect, Shi Siming may not be unable to see through Du Bin's strategy, but pretending to be stupid and stunned.

Sure enough, as soon as his words came out, Xu Yuan immediately said: "Impossible, impossible, the enemy is at present, Yangzhou's gains and losses are related to Chuzhou, but also to the defense along the Yangtze River, once Yangzhou and Chuzhou are lost, the Zhou army will occupy the upper hand of the war after occupying the Yangtze River, and my Tang Dynasty will fall into passivity, no matter how he Shi Siming, he should understand the importance of Yangzhou, and never dare to have such courage." ”

Li Linfu pursed his lips and said no more, but Yang Ping'an's eyes lit up, thinking that it was very possible.

Li Linfu is definitely also a talent, otherwise how could a straw bag of goods occupy the phase for many years in an era like the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and he still calculates countless opponents, just by virtue of his exquisite mind and the dark city.

Xu Yuan is a civilized person, and he won't think of people so badly, but Shi Siming is really not a good thing.

Yang Ping'an was reluctant to discuss this topic anymore, whether it was or not, it would not play a role in the current situation, because the Zhou army began to attack the city.

The Zhou army under Du Bin was all old men during Yang Shuo's army, and they made great contributions to Yang Shuo's pacification of Jiangnan, and they were also veterans of a hundred battles.

In the face of Yangzhou City, they were not afraid, the archers pressed the formation, and the black arrow feathers covered the sky and shot to the head of the city, suppressing the Tang army at the head of the city, and at the same time the infantry opened the way, held their shields high, and escorted a cart of earth and stone towards the moat, to fill the moat.

Xu Yuan had experience in commanding and defending the city, and the remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city also had experience in defense, Xu Yuan divided the 5,000 soldiers and horses into four divisions, two of which had 1,500 men each, and the other two had 1,000 men each.

The two thousand-man team was mainly archers, who were responsible for shooting and killing the Zhou troops close to the city, and took turns to climb the city to participate in the battle, and were able to maintain maximum physical strength and combat effectiveness.

Two teams of 1,500 men were waiting, and they also took turns to participate in the battle, and once the enemy army approached the city and set up a ladder, one of them had to go up to the city and join forces with the thousand men to see the enemy retreat.

But if the Zhou army attacked the city too fiercely, once the town could not be defended, then all the soldiers and horses would have to fight the enemy at the head of the city, and at the same time, there would be young men in the city who had already been organized to participate in the battle, defend their homeland and vow not to let the Zhou army take half a step on the top of the city.

The people in the city have already been organized by Xu Yuan, and the equipment for defending the city is transported in an orderly manner, Yangzhou is well prepared, with huge trees and boulders, gold juice and flames, and the people of Yangzhou are not panicked when the Zhou army first attacked the city.

This is Xu Yuan's strategy to defend the city in the past, and it also has a certain effect, it has repelled several times to attack the Zhou army, but this time it is different, the disparity between the enemy and our forces is too great, the Zhou army quickly filled the moat in the south of the city, began to attack the city, and did not pay too much price.

Du Bin is also a veteran, when he first attacked the city, he also tried to attack the surname, and explored the reality of the Yangzhou defenders, so the siege was not violent, and he attacked intermittently for a day, and was repelled by the Yangzhou defenders three times before retreating.

When night fell, Xu Yuan personally sat in the south of the city, and at the same time sent people to pay close attention to the east and west sides, and the Zhou army on one side attacked the east and west.

This said, the shouting and killing outside the city shook the sky, but the city was not greatly affected, and the repulsion of the three attacks of the Zhou army also boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city, only thinking that the Zhou army would return again this time.

Once the war began, Yang Ping'an didn't have much to do, and the experience of Shandong made him understand the cruelty of war, no matter how capable an individual is, he is only a drop in the ocean in the war, and his life may be lost at any time.

That's why he won't participate in the defense of Yangzhou, and he thinks that he still has important things to do, although it is not as dangerous as Xu Yuan, who eats and lives in the city, but he is also defending Yangzhou.

"Big brother, aren't we going to do anything?" An Lushan's hands were a little itchy.

Yang Ping'an glanced at him: "What happened to your five hundred people, can you control it." ”

An Lushan shrunk his neck and looked ashamed: "The time is too short, but they usually carry out my orders." ”

Yang Ping'an shook his head, he couldn't blame An Lushan, just like he said, it has only been a few days, how can An Lushan have such a great charm to immediately subdue the five hundred soldiers.

"Big brother, the guy surnamed Xu has a bit of blood, and he is not afraid of danger and stays in the city all day long, I heard that the Zhou army was injured by a stray arrow when they attacked the city today, tsk." Yang Guozhong: This is pure nothingness to say.

However, Yang Ping'an thought so, he also admired Xu Yuan, at least he didn't want to stay in that dangerous place.

But Li Linfu's words made him extremely troublesome, because Li Linfu actually wanted to escape from Yangzhou: "Big brother, I think Yangzhou will definitely not be able to stand it, Shi Siming's bastard must want to borrow a knife to kill people, it's better for us to escape first while the city is still broken." ”

An Lushan was furious when he heard this: "You eggless soft egg, Lao Tzu is blind, how can you know a person like you, you want to run to save yourself." ”

Yang Guozhong looked left and right, he didn't say anything, he also wanted to run, but seeing that Yang Ping'an didn't say anything, he didn't dare to speak.

Yang Ping'an finally understood why so many things were recorded in the history books about abandoning the city and fleeing in the war, feeling the killing intent outside the city, seeing a corpse die like this, and listening to the wails of a group of wounded soldiers, the psychological pressure brought to people was really not ordinary.

After pondering for a long time, he raised his head and said lightly: "If you want to go on your side, I won't stop you." ”

Li Linfu was a human spirit, and he was immediately frightened: "Big brother, I'm just joking, I, Li Linfu, am also a well-known man, how can I escape, and besides, big brother again, how dare I betray big brother." ”

"I'm not kidding, you can really leave." Yang Ping'an's expression did not change much.

"Big brother, I said that I will not betray my eldest brother again, I will be where my eldest brother is, if the eldest brother and Yangzhou coexist, I Li Linfu will also coexist and die with Yangzhou, anyone who wants to hurt the eldest brother, then step on my Li Linfu's corpse."

Looking at Li Linfu's resolute expression, listening to his impassioned statement, An Lushan and Yang Guozhong pouted disdainfully, Yang Ping'an also secretly sighed in his heart Li Linfu's acting talent, otherwise how could he coax Li Longji of Tang Xuanzong in the Wise Shenwu period to deceive the group.

"Brother Nu, you listen to me clearly, I really allow you to go, you only have one chance, that is, tomorrow night, tomorrow night you take someone to guard the north gate, you can secretly open the north gate and slip away, I don't blame you, do you understand." In the last sentence, Yang Ping'an suddenly aggravated his tone.

Li Linfu wanted to refuse, but suddenly his eyes rolled: "I understand, but big brother, what excuse do I use." ”

There is an excuse to escape, An Lushan and Yang Guozhong looked at him in surprise, and the latter was even more secretly moved in his heart, he also wanted to leave, but he didn't dare, and he didn't even dare to speak.

Over the years, he also has a deeper understanding of Yang Ping'an, he suspects that this is Yang Ping'an deliberately testing Li Linfu, if Li Linfu really dares to escape, Yang Ping'an will definitely kill him without hesitation.

It's just that to the surprise of the two of them, Yang Ping'an really gave him an excuse: "You can say that you have been ordered by me to go back to Luoyang to bring a message to a few of my ladies and bring my last words, but you have to understand that this excuse is very expensive." ”

Li Linfu stood up suddenly, and nodded vigorously: "I understand, don't worry, big brother, I will definitely do it tomorrow night." ”

It was getting late and the three of them left, and Yang Ping'an suddenly added: "Fatty, let your people sharpen the knife faster." ”

The next morning, Yang Ping'an was woken up by a rumbling sound, the city was in a panic, huge stones fell from the sky from time to time and smashed into the city, and many houses near the south of the city were smashed into ruins.

The siege equipment of the Zhou army has arrived......