The Southern Zhou Emperor Yang Cao restored Wu Cong's true name and personally led a large army to invade Yangzhou, which is enough to show that Tian Cewei was completely integrated into the Southern Zhou regime, and Wu Cong strongly controlled the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

However, there are still some unstable factors in this, because although Wu Cong has restored her real name, her surname has not been restored, and she is still dressed as a man, and few people in the entire Southern Zhou Dynasty know that she is actually a daughter.

It's just that this kind of unstable factor has no effect on Yangzhou City, and the 100,000 Zhou army Chen soldiers outside the city have made the entire Yangzhou people panic.

"Shi Siming, what's going on with your people, you don't know that 100,000 soldiers and horses crossed the Yangtze River in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and now that the enemy soldiers are coming to the city, are your people all waste?"

In Shi Siming's big tent, Yang Ping'an, Xue Yufeng, Xu Yuan and Shi Siming surrounded in front of the Yangzhou city defense map, their faces were ugly, and Xue Yufeng scolded Shi Siming.

Shi Siming is responsible for the sentinel work along the Yangtze River, and the sentinel work is related to the survival of Yangzhou City, and Shi Siming will never put his life and death in the hands of others.

But 100,000 Zhou soldiers came to the city, and there was no report from the sentinels, which was naturally Shi Siming's problem.

Shi Siming is a fierce general, so that Xue Yufeng yelled at himself, and he didn't pay attention to the defense and intelligence work along the river, he did send a lot of people, but none of these manpower actually transmitted the news of the Zhou army's crossing of the river back to the city, which made him angry and strange.

Last night was still calm, the Zhou army woke up early in the morning and actually pressed the border, if it weren't for the battle flag of the Zhou army, the big words "Wu" and "Zhou" were clearly visible, and the sergeant guarding the gate almost opened the city gate as usual.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Xu Yuan hurriedly said: "You can't blame General Shi for this matter, I know that after General Shi came, he has already sent additional people along the Yangtze River, and it can only be said that the Zhou army is too strong." ”

Can the Zhou army be strong, Wu Cong drove the expedition in person, but it is said that the 100,000 soldiers and horses outside Yangzhou City are the elite of the Zhou army, and they are definitely the strongest combat power, and the three thousand Xuanjia elite cavalry are also among them.

"What do you think, colt?" Seeing that Shi Xue and the others were still puffing up, Xu Yuan hurriedly moved out of Yang Ping'an, at present, the enemy is current, there must be no infighting in the city, whether they can keep Yangzhou City, and it is necessary to test the cooperation of Shi Xue and the others.

Yangzhou City can't be saved, absolutely can't be saved.

Yang Ping'an never spoke, even if he stood in front of the map, Xue Yufeng almost quarreled with Shi Siming, he didn't bother to listen.

He was distracted.

He knew too well how powerful Tian Cewei was, Shi Siming sent many sentinels, but he still let the Zhou army approach the city silently, and time what Tian Cewei did.

Wu Cong is not only the Emperor of Zhou, but also the lord of Tiance, how could Tiance Wei let her take risks, quietly kill the defenders along the Yangtze River, and at the same time set up a pontoon bridge, 100,000 soldiers and horses crossed the Yangtze River overnight and the soldiers came to the city, and this Yangzhou city could be defended for a few days.

Seeing that Yang Ping'an lost his mind, Xu Yuan secretly sighed and shook his head, only thinking that Yang Ping'an was stupid by this kind of battle, it was normal to think about it, Xu Yuan always thought that Yang Ping'an was sent to Yangzhou to serve as a supervisor, and it was his horse who came to gild, earn some military merits, and then marry the princess in a beautiful way.

Although this gold-plated horse has a good surname, it is just that he suddenly faced this kind of big battle, and he couldn't adapt to it at all, and he collapsed to the ground without being frightened, which is considered good.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan didn't pay attention to Yang Ping'an, but pulled Shi Xue and the others to discuss quickly, and there was only one main topic of discussion, Yangzhou City could hold on for a few days.

After discovering the Zhou army, Xue Yufeng immediately sent people out of the city to ask for help in the surrounding cities, and more than a dozen people went to Chuzhou in several waves, and reported the Zhou army outside Yangzhou to Guo Ziyi, asking him to send reinforcements to help.

It is also strange to say that the 100,000 Zhou army did not surround Yangzhou City, but only set up a formation in the south of the city, neither attacking nor retreating, which is a little puzzling.

If the Zhou army does not attack, the soldiers and civilians in the city will not dare to relax, and everyone's hearts are heavy, and they don't know if Yangzhou will be able to resist the Zhou army this time.

Xu Yuan and the three of them naturally did not dare to be careless, they had to find a way to resist the attack of the Zhou army, no matter how hard it was, Yangzhou could not be lost.

Fortunately, Xu Yuan has been running Yangzhou for many years, and the city defense is strong, and the grain and grass in the city are abundant, which can somewhat offset the disadvantage that some soldiers and horses in the city are less than the enemy.

And the three of them reached an agreement that they would never go out of the city to meet the enemy, but just wait for reinforcements.

Nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses are divided into seven divisions, four of which defend the city in all directions, rotate in two steps, and one is on standby to deal with emergencies at any time.

At the critical juncture, Shi Siming and Xue Yufeng abandoned the estrangement between the two sides, both of them were generals who were good at leading troops, and because of Xu Yuan, a civilian official who was proficient in military affairs, the three of them quickly formulated a strategy for Yangzhou City.

Shi Xue and the others were responsible for leading the troops to defend the city, while Xu Yuan was responsible for pacifying the people in the city and mobilizing people, grain and grass, various equipment to defend the city, and security in the city.

The three of them agreed on everything, and were about to arrange it and prepare for the war in the Zhou army, but Yang Ping'an, who had been silent and in a state of distraction, suddenly spoke: "It's useless, even if you are fully prepared, it's useless, if you are not completely sure, how can she personally conquer Yangzhou." ”

"Colt." Shi Siming was furious, "As a colt and a supervising army, how can you be cowardly before you fight, and shake the heart of the army when the enemy army is pressing." ”

"Be careful." Xu Yuan was also extremely disappointed.

At such a juncture, Yang Ping'an didn't actively participate in the defense, and he actually said this kind of thing, fortunately, there were only four of them in the account, if other generals heard it and spread it, the army would be discouraged, then Yangzhou City would really be undefendable.

Even Xue Yufeng was dissatisfied with Yang Ping'an's words, she didn't think that Yang Ping'an's expression was frightened, he had seen Yang Ping'an's bravery when he was in Shandong, even in the face of Yang Ping'an, who was riding Yang Ping'an.

"What do you have to do to get out of the enemy?"

"It's a good strategy to retreat from the enemy, General Xue, you think too highly of him, in my opinion, it's good that he doesn't pee his pants if he is not scared."

"You are, he won't be as unbearable as you say."

Seeing that Shi Xue and the two were about to quarrel again, Xu Yuan hurriedly held down the two and turned to Yang Ping'an: "Why are the horses so pessimistic, although Yangzhou City does not say that the city is strong, but with the grain and grass in the city, there are two generals to defend it, and it is not a problem to hold on for ten days."

Moreover, Marshal Guo's camp is in Chuzhou, with excellent soldiers and horses, and the surrounding states and counties will send troops to help when they learn that Yangzhou is besieged, which is enough to wait for Marshal Guo to lead the troops to help, and can also send a good general to lead a partial division, take the opportunity to cross the Yangtze River south, and take advantage of the emptiness of Nanjing to smash Huanglong.

Horses, the center of gravity of this battle is in my Yangzhou, Yangzhou has to be defended, then the world can be determined. ”

The reason why Xu Yuan will tell Yang Ping'an so much is because Yang Ping'an plays an important role in it, and he must not face the soldiers with such an appearance.

The fact that Yang Ping'an is a concubine is enough to make the guards of the surrounding states and counties dare not sit idly by, in case Yang Ping'an dies in Yangzhou, maybe Yang Rui will kill how many relevant responsible persons will be angry.

As long as these words are told to the soldiers and civilians in the city, the morale in the city will definitely be high, but this requires Yang Ping'an to come forward, and it is best to say it from Yang Ping'an's mouth.

Xu Yuan still had a good impression of Yang Ping'an, at least Yang Ping'an didn't ask someone to escort him out of Yangzhou.

It's just that his earnest teaching was in vain, and before the words fell, Yang Ping'an said: "Master Xu, you think too simply. ”

A woman who dares to take the name of Wu Cong and successfully makes out the Wu Cong Dynasty can be a reckless person.

As the emperor, he personally led 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yangzhou, and the Zhou troops in other places did not move.

He also sent a partial division to attack Nanjing, Yang Ping'an was sure that the Tang army would never have a chance to cross the river, and Yangzhou City was ...... It's likely to be a bait, encircling the point to send reinforcements.

Yang Ping'an's words, the other three were taken aback, the three of them thought too much about the gains and losses of a city in Yangzhou, but some authorities were fascinated, but Yang Ping'an, who knew much more about the Southern Zhou than the three of them, and seemed to be farther than the three of them.

Yang Ping'an even suspected that this was Li Guangbi's strategy, using him and Wu Cong as bait to lure the Tang army deployed along the Yangtze River over, either to encircle the point for reinforcements, or to choose another breakthrough, and this breakthrough is very likely to be Chuzhou.

If so, then what to do, how could he think so much.

The three of them were surprised, and suddenly a soldier came to report from outside the tent.

"But the Zhou army attacked the city." Shi Siming was shocked.

"General Yu, the Zhou army did not attack the city, but only ......"

A letter was sent to the four of them, it was shot into the city by an arrow, and it was written very clearly, asking Yang Ping'an to go out of the city.

At this moment, Xu Yuan and the three of them looked at Yang Ping'an at the same time, with different thoughts.

This time, Yang Ping'an didn't think much about it, nodded and said, "I'll go out of the city to meet her." ”

"Slow."

Xue Yufeng was worried that Yang Ping'an would lose, and volunteered to lead his five thousand soldiers and horses to accompany him out of the city, but Yang Ping'an disagreed, he was worried that Shi Siming would take the opportunity to do tricks in the city and lock them out of the city gate to borrow a knife to kill, so he decided to go out of the city alone.

However, Shi Siming was worried that Yang Ping'an would take the opportunity to surrender to the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and he had learned from Li Linfu that Yang Ping'an seemed to have some ties with the Southern Zhou Emperor, and he was afraid that Yang Ping'an would defect before the battle.

In the end, Xu Yuan mediated, Shi Siming dispatched 3,000 men, Xue Yufeng dispatched 2,000 men and horses, and accompanied Yang Ping'an out of the city, as for Shi Siming and Xue Yufeng, they had to stay in the city in case of possible changes.

When the gate of Yangzhou was opened, the formation formed by the Zhou army retreated a lot, giving the Tang army enough time to form the formation, and a lot of distance between the two sides was also opened.

Then Yang Ping'an rode out alone and slowly drove towards the Zhou army camp, while Wu Cong also rode out of the formation alone, and the two approached the middle ground little by little.

Xu Yuan and the three of them had already arrived at the city tower, and even the shameless trio had arrived, looking nervously at the two people who were getting closer and closer outside the city, and their hearts were nervous.

Why did Emperor Zhou make this request, why did Yang Ping'an simply agree, what would happen when the two met, and how would it change the gains and losses of Yangzhou, everyone's hearts were pinched.

Completely contrary to their reactions, Yang Ping'an's heart was very relaxed, and even the conversation with Wu Cong was relaxed.

"Congratulations, you've finally made it." This was the first thing Yang Ping'an said after seeing Wu Cong.