The camp of the champion army is ten miles away from Yangzhou City, all the way to come, the people who help the old and the young are endless, most of these are the people of Yangzhou City, it seems that the corpse of the scout is bright on the street of Yangzhou that day, and it really has some effect, at least these people are really frightened, it turns out that the people are around and do not know it, who knows if there is in this city, it seems that Yangzhou is not as safe as everyone thinks, simply, it is the best policy to leave the place of right and wrong, where to go, care about him, the farther away from Yangzhou, the better.

Entering Yangzhou, the city gate is really called a sea of people, crying and shouting, some people are not willing to go, but Shi Kefa has ordered, Yangzhou implements military management, the residents of the city shall not exceed 100,000, all those who are not disabled or lonely old people at home, all go out of the city, go to Jiangnan, there is a champion army Zheng Hongkui's sailor in the river, to Jiangnan, the emperor will be properly settled, and when the war is over, you can come back.

It's just that Shi Kefa himself doesn't know, whether this is a matter or not, whether the people can come back, but the matter of moving the people cannot be delayed, this is a great plan for the benefit of the people, and those who dare to disobey will be escorted out of the city.

Wang Lanping saw the next scene, and he was also sad, but he was also very glad that Shi Kefa listened to his own advice, as soon as the people left, the grain stored in the city could be more than a year and a half in a blink of an eye, and it could also effectively prevent the Manchurian spies from making waves in the city, and more importantly, the enemy was outnumbered, although there were nearly 70,000 people in the combined army of the champion army and the Yangzhou army, but outside the city, there were 80,000 elite soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles just by Kong Youde and Aobai, hundreds of miles away from them, and more than 150,000 troops from Duoduo could rush to reinforcements at any time.

It's autumn now, and it's too difficult to delay the enemy army with the heavy rain like the one a few days ago, and everything can only rely on manpower.

The city gate guard recognized Wang Lanping and immediately ordered the soldiers to bravely push away the surging people out of the city and welcome the general into the city.

Several middle-aged people who were about to leave the city to look like scholars stood on the road, looking at Wang Lanping who was walking in front of them with disdain, and one of them suddenly shouted loudly inexplicably, "With your words to seal the marquis, you will succeed in ten thousand bones, pitiful, the people of the Ming Dynasty are really pitiful, they can't go back to their homes, they are prosperous, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, Liu Xuande, Uncle Liu Huang, I want you to flee in a hurry, and you still don't abandon the people, hey"

These words were obviously referring to Sang scolding Huai and rushing towards Wang Lanping, as soon as he said this, the people around him immediately understood and laughed.

"What kind of fart are you farting" Song Xian shook his horse's head and glared at this person angrily.

"Hmm!" Wang Lanping stretched out his hand and pressed him, turned the horse's head, stepped a few steps to urge the horse to the scholar who was speaking, pressed his body on the horse's back without anger, and said, "If Liu Xuande didn't have this benevolence and righteousness, I'm afraid that he would have ruled the world a long time ago, you scholar, do you know what war is?" Have you ever seen a battlefield? Since you are a scholar, you must keep to yourself, and don't deceive people here and talk about state affairs in vain."

The scholar is not afraid, so many people are here, he General Wang still dares to kill him, with his hands on his back, holding his chest up, snorting, and turning his head not to look at him, "Doesn't the general hear about Yue Wumu of the Song Dynasty, he will not demolish the house if he freezes to death, he will not rob the grain if he starves to death, and the people call him the Yuejia army, what is the general's behavior today compared to the previous people?" ”

Wang Lanping still underestimated him, this person couldn't help but be brave and discerning, and he was quite able to speak well.

"I naturally admire General Yue's management of the army, but he failed to succeed in the Northern Expedition throughout his life, and the final fate had to die a tragic death.

The scholar's face was straight, and he said with righteousness and awe, "As a soldier, it is your duty to protect the territory and the people, defend the land and resist the enemy, why do you want the people to take refuge in the city, if you have the ability, don't let the Manchurians enter the city, hundreds of thousands of refugees, where to flee?"

At the moment, the onlookers were silent, and a pessimistic expression appeared on their faces, where to go, the world is big, you have to start all over again wherever you go, Yangzhou, when will you come back, is it still the current Yangzhou?

Wang Lanping narrowed his eyes, he didn't have the slightest good impression of this person in his heart, and he was a scholar who could only talk on paper.

"Song Xian, give him a knife, let him stand on the city wall, guard in front of the gate of Yangzhou, dare to take a step back, and cut it immediately"

The scholar was stunned when he faced the saber handed over by Song Xian in front of him, and he was speechless, "This, where to start, I, I am a scholar, I have no power to restrain the chicken, how can I go into battle to kill the enemy?"

"Then run for your life, do your scholar's business, don't talk about war here, you know what kind of war, you have seen the battlefield a few times, the scholar saves the country, joke" Wang Lanping turned his horse away.

A group of people looked at Wang Lanping's back, pouted, stuck out their tongues, and picked up their luggage and went on the road again.

When he came to the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, Shi Kefa had already reported that he had personally greeted him out of the mansion, and said to Wang Lanping as soon as they met.

"Master Hou, I was about to send someone to invite you, but I didn't expect you to come in person, please hurry up."

Wang Lanping walked forward, looking at Shi Kefa's expression, as if he was happy, "Oh? What is the matter with the elder looking for me? ”

Shi Kefa said as he walked, "Recently, I have moved most of the residents out of the city, and this has to rely on the general to garrison the city, so as not to cause the full army to take the opportunity to attack."

"The matter within the part" Wang Lanping gave his hand.

Shi Kefa said, "Not only that, but there are still many people in this city who have spontaneously stayed and signed up to join the army, so far, nearly 20,000 people have been registered, and the residents of the city have moved out, and a large number of houses are vacant, I want people to demolish some of the houses, and all the stones obtained are used to strengthen and raise the city wall, what do you think?" ”

Wang Lanping was stunned for a moment, just now someone at the city gate said that Yue Fei would freeze to death and not demolish the house, as soon as the people left, you, the city guard, had the idea of starting a house? It's too boring, right, why don't you have to wait for someone to go away, besides, you still focus on guarding, how long? If you don't think about attacking the enemy, what's the use of just defending the city, what are you waiting for?

"Is it, isn't Elder Ge afraid of falling into a criminal who disturbs the people?"

"When the war is over, the court will allocate money to rebuild the people, come to the Hou Ye and please"

As he spoke, the two of them had entered the main hall, and saw dozens of people sitting in the lobby, all of whom were generals of various battalions of Yangzhou City Defense, and it seemed that Shi Kefa was also deploying generals.

When everyone saw Wang Lanping coming in, they all stood up and bowed together, "I've seen Master Hou"

Although Wang Lanping is just a small city guard in Nanjing City, and his military position is much worse in front of many people in this house, Wang Lanping's title is the Marquis of Dingnan, which is not even honored by Shi Kefa.

"Generals have worked hard," Wang Lanping returned the salute.

A polite look and get to the point.

Shi Kefa said, "General Wang, I have ordered the general to rush to work day and night, increase the height of Yangzhou's city wall, add two feet thicker, and add heavy troops to each gate, prepare a large number of rolling wood and thunder stones, artillery ammunition has also been prepared, Yangzhou is already impregnable."

All the generals in the seat nodded slightly, very proud.

Wang Lanping turned his head to the side and asked rhetorically, "Inspector Shi is arranging it like this, what are you waiting for?" Do you want to wipe out the 80,000 Manchus and the 150,000 Manchus who are about to join the battlefield under the city? ”

Shi Kefa also heard that he was ridiculing him for only defending and not attacking, and he was not angry, but he was just a young man who was too arrogant.

"No, no, we will attract the Manchurian army here, even if we can't destroy the invading enemy, we can also frustrate the enemy's vitality, as long as we can firmly drag him out, then ask the court to send a royal division, and attack inside and outside, why not win"

"Then what if the imperial court doesn't send troops?" Wang Lanping had to dismantle his platform in person, leaving no face at all.

"How is this possible, Yangzhou is the gateway to the Yangtze River, how can the imperial court not save it" Shi Kefa has made up his mind, and he thinks that sticking to waiting for help is the best plan.

Strengthening the city defense, Wang Lanping did not object to this, but completely relied on the defense of the city, that is, he was passively beaten and lost the initiative on the battlefield.

Wang Lanping glanced at the generals in the seat, and it could be seen from the eyes of these people that these people seemed to support Shi Kefa's strategy of fighting and defending.

"As far as I know, since last month, you have urged the imperial court to send reinforcements more than ten times in a row, but as a result, there is neither a holy decree nor reinforcements, as long as I, who don't know whether to live or die, have to come to this troubled water, when the time comes to the city, who do you expect to save you? Is it the seven Dingbian Marquis who have hundreds of thousands of troops and sit on the mountain by the river to watch the tiger fight, or Liu Kongzhao, who holds the power of the Yangtze River Water Division? Could it be that you want the emperor to drive the expedition in person? ”

When Shi Kefa heard this, his face was embarrassed, he hadn't thought about it, he just felt that Yangzhou was an important town, and the imperial court would definitely come to the rescue, yes, yes.

Shi Kefa smiled humbly, "General Wang, don't be so frustrated, you have to believe in the court, believe in the emperor, they won't sit idly by and watch Yangzhou."

Wang Lanping smiled coldly, "The entire northern country has been lost, and there is nothing to lose in small Yangzhou, I advise the elder of the pavilion not to be too optimistic, if you really want the imperial court to send troops, you have to base yourself on the war, you have to play the prestige of the Yangzhou army, you have to beat that Kong Youde, and let Liu Kongzhao and the Seven Dingbian Marquis see that they have a chance, and they can take advantage of this war so that they can make a name for themselves."

Shi Kefa laughed, "I also understand this, but defending the city is not the way to defeat the enemy?" You don't have to fight in the field, and you don't have to defend the city, isn't that the strength of attacking the enemy with your own shortcomings? Soldiers' taboo"

Wang Lanping said, "Sticking to the rules can only sit and wait, you withdraw all the defense lines outside the city into the city, then Kong Youde has long understood that you have no intention of leaving the city, and you must have already deployed how to besiege the city and send reinforcements, even if someone comes to rescue, Yangzhou will not be able to save it."

Shi Kefa was displeased, "Then you bombarded the mountains and forests, dug up people's ancestral graves, and suggested that the people in the city move out of the city are not also considered for the purpose of defending the city, why are you sneering at each other again and again when I am trying my best to defend the city?"

"The enemy is outnumbered, when the attack is not prepared, the surprise soldiers can have a chance of victory, you can't put all the victory on this stone wall, rely on the city to defend, that is the last resort"

"You also know that the enemy is outnumbered, I have so much military strength, what do you let me use to surprise the troops, if it weren't for the newly recruited 20,000 people, I would not even be able to coordinate the defense of this city"

"Twenty thousand people? As soon as the cannon went off, they ran away and disappeared, you expect them to defend the city, isn't it too child's play"

Every time the two meet, they are good at the beginning, and after a few words, they are pinched again, and all the generals present are not surprised, and no one wants to persuade them, anyway, it won't take a while for them to be better than father and son, but the political views are different, and there is no personal vendetta.

Wang Lanping didn't want to say more, Shi Kefa was really a tendon, no matter how much he said, he couldn't change his mind, he had to die with Yangzhou if he died, forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, don't force it.

So, Wang Lanping changed his smiling face, got up and arched his hand and said, "Forget it, my elder, you are angry, it is the fault of the younger generation, I humbled you here, you have a lot, don't take it to heart"

Shi Kefa is also right about things and not people, and arched his hand, "This is not necessary, you are also for Yangzhou, by the way, why did you come to the city today, general, is there any movement on the Manchurian side?" ”

Wang Lanping said, "No, they have stopped a lot these days, and they are all lying in the nest and planning to get down."

Everyone laughed, and some said that they were afraid of the high walls and deep holes in Yangzhou, so they didn't dare to commit it, so it was better to retreat early.

Shi Kefa nodded, raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm also wondering, thousands of miles of soldiers, when the soldiers are fast, why they don't move, it's too abnormal."

Wang Lanping waved his hand, "Don't worry about him first, but yes, we are also a landlord, and those who come from afar are all guests, so I am planning to set up a table and invite Kong Youde and Ao Bai to come together, and it can be regarded as the friendship of the landlord, lest people say that we Han people don't understand hospitality."

"What?" Shi Kefa stood up abruptly when he heard the sound, and his face changed greatly.

The table was even more shocked.

"You, you retreat first" Shi Kefa hurriedly waved and asked everyone to retreat.

Shi Kefa's reaction was already expected by Wang Lanping, and it was strange that he didn't react, the big war is coming, at this time, there is a banquet, and the guests are still the enemy's main generals, what is this called, do you want to have a glass of wine and retire? Trifling.

"Wang Lanping, you, won't you be cowardly?" Shi Kefa asked cautiously.

"If I am cowardly, why bother to come to Yangzhou to bring humiliation upon myself"

"And what do you mean by that?" Shi Kefa thought about it for a while, and immediately laughed again, pointing at Wang Lanping and said, "Oh, I understand, you want to take advantage of the banquet" said that he made a cutting movement with his hand.

Wang Lanping pouted, "This is not good, even you think so, then Kong Youde must have thought that I would do this, not good, by the way, Shi Ge Lao, you are virtuous and prosperous, and you are worthy of your words, the world believes what you say, I don't think this invitation will be signed by you and me, what do you think?" ”

"No, never, how can the name of my Shi Kefa be signed on this book of collaborating with the enemy, I tell you, I don't have a name, I don't agree to this banquet, let alone participate, I Shi Kefa will never sit with Manchu, if you want to go your own way, then I will go to the emperor and join you"

"Join me? If you join me, then you will really have to fight alone."

"Don't be afraid of broken bones, you must leave your innocence in the world"

"Good bones, admired by the younger generation, but please post that I have written and sent it out, I just came to inform you this time, by the way, I don't just know some fists and kicks, this copy also has a fake fire."

"You, how dare you"

"Why don't you dare, you even borrowed the people's houses, why can't I borrow your name, the day after tomorrow at noon, south of the city, you and I jointly do the east, you can't miss the appointment"

Looking at Wang Lanping's distant back, Shi Kefa was furious and shouted, "Wang Lanping, I, when the war is over, I must join you to the imperial court."

Several generals outside the courtyard laughed, grimaced and whispered, "Come, Lao Li, bet ten taels, Inspector Shi will definitely go"

"Go, go, the silver is so easy to earn, hey, General Zhao, come on, let's bet ten taels, and the day after tomorrow, Inspector Shi will definitely go to the banquet"

"Do you think I'm like a lot of silver that I have nowhere to spend it?"