As Han Qian expected, Su Jun's 5,000 elites stopped attacking after only a few feins under Stone City, and the army suddenly left at night without a trace.

The next day, just after dawn, the forbidden army guarding the capital suddenly found that the eastern, southern, and northern gates had been besieged by Su Jun's rebel regiments, and the army was immediately in turmoil.

Because he did not expect that the rebels would suddenly come to the city, the materials such as rolling wood and stones to defend the city were not fully prepared, and the arrows of the archers were also insufficient, and the arrows in stock were sent to the camps of the front line.

Yu Liang paced back and forth in the main hall, at this moment his heart was extremely regretful, he regretted that he did not listen to Han Qian's advice, if he had known that Su Jun had detoured to Xiaodanyang Road, he would only need to ambush two thousand men and horses to defeat Su Jun, at this moment, let Su Jun calmly surround the capital, how can people panic.

"My lord, the rebels have come to the city, how to resist it, please decide." The captain of the first battalion asked.

"Yes, my lord, I have already made a plan!" The captains of the other battalions chimed in.

Yu Liang was upset, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Shut up, as a captain of the forbidden army, the rebels are coming to the city, and you don't think about breaking the enemy's plan, but you are panicking, what kind of system has you become." ”

At this time, Yu Liang also had no idea, this was all caused by himself, most of these forbidden army captains were his cronies who were personally promoted, and most of them were children of the scholar clan, usually wearing black clothes and black armor to show off their might in front of the people, but as soon as they met Su Jun's elite army, they were frightened, and none of the captains of the battalions dared to go out of the city to fight the rebels.

The lieutenants lowered their heads, not daring to meet Yu Liang's gaze.

Yin Hao, who joined the army in the writing room, took a step forward and said: "My lord, the rebels are equal to our army, but the rebels are all outlaws, and I am afraid that the chances of winning the decisive battle rashly out of the city are not great, but my Wuyi Sixth Battalion is well-equipped, and with the city wall to defend it, the rebels are not easy to break through in a short period of time. ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Yin is reasonable." The lieutenants nodded yes again and again.

Yu Liang was burning his eyebrows at this time, and he didn't think about the consequences of the army's rash return to help, he was like grasping a life-saving straw, and hurriedly ordered: "Send an order, let General Zhao Yin on the Cihu front line urgently lead 20,000 troops back to the capital." Ordered my brother Yu Bing to lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Qin King of the Land of Sanwu to rescue the Beijing division from the south road. ”

The herald was about to leave. Yu Liang ordered again: "Wait, let the five thousand troops in Stone City also return to the capital." ”

Yu Liang let out a long breath after giving the order, and then ordered: "The captain of the sixth battalion of the forbidden army listens to the order." ”

"The last general," the lieutenants of the sixth battalion replied in unison.

"The first and second battalions guard the east gate, the third and fourth battalions guard the north gate, the fifth and sixth battalions guard the south gate, and each battalion each draws out a team of men and horses, a total of 600 soldiers, and hands it over to Yin Hao to guard the west gate."

"The last will be ordered." The captain of the sixth battalion and Yin Hao received orders in turn.

Yu Liang gave the order to let the captain of the sixth battalion go back to prepare, he walked in front of Yin Hao and said: "The rebels are besieging the city on three sides, but leaving the West Gate can be described as vicious, this is the plan of the besieging division, the purpose is to break the morale of my soldiers defending the city, I let you lead six hundred forbidden troops to guard the West Gate is to plug this gap, and any soldier who intends to escape will be killed regardless of his relatives." ”

"Yes, the subordinates understand, and the subordinates will prepare." Yin Hao turned around and left after speaking.

After Yin Hao left, Yu Liang paced anxiously in the house alone, silently reciting: "I hope that reinforcements can arrive as soon as possible." ”

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Because the Wuyi Sixth Battalion was well-equipped and relied on the city wall to defend it, Su Jun's rebels attacked several times in one day without success, so they retreated to camp ten miles away from the city gate.

In the evening, the 5,000 reinforcements of Stone Town entered the city from the west gate, and the vanguard of the army had just entered the city, and the follow-up main force was suddenly attacked by Su Jun's 2,000 soldiers and horses from the north and south. The 5,000-strong army was scattered in the chaos, and less than 2,000 men entered the capital, and Su Jun took the opportunity to capture Stone City.

A few days later, bad news came from the front line, because Yu Liang hastily transferred back 20,000 troops from the Cihu front line, the front line was insufficient, the battle line was loose, and the generals heard that the capital was besieged by Su Jun's rebels, and their morale was low, and there were even rumors that the capital had been broken by the rebels.

The rebels took this opportunity to attack with all their might, the left general Sima Liu was unfortunately killed by the rebel general Han Huang, Cihu was lost, the main force of the Wang division retreated to Xiling, and the 20,000 troops who returned to the reinforcements were pursued by the rebels all the way and lost more than half, and when they arrived near the capital, they saw that the stone city had been planted with Su Jun's banner, and they all thought that the capital had been breached, so they retreated thirty miles to defend themselves.

The reinforcements in the direction of Sanwu were blocked by Han Huang, the rebel general who suddenly arrived, and failed to move forward. At the same time, the rebel Zu Lian Department who pursued Zhao Yin all the way left an army to garrison Stone City, the remaining two soldiers and horses were killed in the capital, due to the continuous battle, the two soldiers and horses were only more than 4,000 left, and Su Jun's 5,000 elites besieging the city have also lost 1,000, and the rebel siege force has reached 8,000 at this time, and the strength of the city defense is just 8,000.

Although the number of troops was equal, most of the rebels were refugees from the north, and the people were fierce and fought against the murderous Hu people all year round, and the soldiers all developed a fierce style that was not afraid of death.

On the other hand, although the forbidden army has a high status, it guards the Beijing division all the year round and has no actual combat experience.

However, the materials in the capital are limited, and it is not a way to be besieged for a long time, and the hoarded military rations can still support the 8,000 defenders for a period of time, but the food stocks of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital are not much.

And every day for cooking, you need to burn firewood, and in the past few days, many people have cut down the bed boards, wardrobes and other wooden furniture at home as firewood due to lack of firewood.

Every day, the people with their children and daughters are ready to flee the capital, but the defenders of the city gates strictly follow Yu Liang's order to close the city gates and do not allow the people to escape, and the people at the city gates clash with the defenders from time to time, which aggravates the chaos in the capital.

"All kinds of reinforcements were blocked by the rebels, and it was difficult to get out for a while, and now the capital has been besieged for several days, the morale of the defenders is low, and the capital is not guaranteed at any time, do you have any good strategies to solve this dilemma, let's talk about it!" Yu Liang looked at a few staff members around him and said.

"The rebels are approaching the city, and they can only wait for reinforcements." The staff couldn't come up with any good ideas.

When Yu Liang heard this, he was impatient in his heart, and said angrily: "Defend to the death, defend to the death, and this battle situation can be held for a few more days." In the past few days, he inspected the city wall and found that the morale of the defenders was really worrisome, and there were deserters in all battalions.

Yin Hao, who joined the army in the bookkeeper's room, rolled his eyes and said: "My lord, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city, including many young and middle-aged people, not to mention 20,000 people. ”

"Okay, good, this plan is very good, Yin Hao, just do as you say, go now." Yu Liang praised.

As soon as Yin Hao raised his legs, a herald soldier rushed over. Panting breathlessly, he said: "Lord Qiyu, our army on the front line was defeated, Xiling was lost, our army generals Bian Hu, Danyang Yin Yangman, and Lujiang Taishou Tao Zhan all fought and died, and the rebels were pressing on the capital with the momentum of victory." ”

"What, our army is defeated."

"Soon, the main force of the rebels will arrive in the capital, but I am afraid that the capital will not be protected!"

All the staff members looked at each other, their expressions full of sadness. These staff members are all Yu Liang's sworn friends, and once the rebels capture the capital, they will definitely not let them go.

Yu Liang's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide unconsciously, he sat down on the chair behind him calmly, and before he came back to his senses, another soldier who gave the order hurriedly rushed over, kneeling and playing: "Your Excellency, the rebels are attacking the city on all sides, especially the rebels in Ximen are the most fierce, General Yu Yi is in a hurry, and the adults will send reinforcements quickly." ”

The West Gate was originally guarded by Yin Hao, but since the reinforcements from Stone City entered the city, Yu Yi took over Yin Hao to guard the West Gate.

"Who is the rebel who attacked Simon," Yu Liang forced his composure.

"The villain doesn't know, but the rebel banner is a 'Chen' character, presumably a general surnamed Chen."

When Yin Hao heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "My lord, this person must be Chen Xiong, the general of Han Qian's army, the last general has long heard that there is a fierce general named Chen Xiong under Han Qian's subordinates of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who is not only brave in battle but also the best at attacking cities." ”

"Han Qian." Yu Liang nodded, and said in his heart: "If you had heard Han Qian's strategy earlier, it would not have been like this, it seems that Han Qian is indeed loyal to the imperial court, since Chen Xiong is Han Qian's general, the current situation can only be asked by Han Qian." ”

Thinking of this, Yu Liang said to the entourage beside him: "Why did I forget about Han Qian, he is still in the prison, go and bring him." ”

He paused and said, "No, no, no, go and invite him...... Hey, forget it, it's better for the official to invite it in person! ”

After Yu Liang finished speaking, he and Yin Hao took a few forbidden troops to the prison.

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The offensive and defensive battles in the capital were extremely fierce, but Hua'an's master and apprentice in the prison did not know, Hua'an practiced martial arts because he had nothing to do in the prison, although Han Qian's hands were locked with a three-foot-long shackle, but this did not affect his teaching Hua'an martial arts, Hua'an learned very seriously, and the small room in the prison became a martial arts training ground for the master and apprentice, and there was no interference from the outside world.

"Punch hard, be ruthless, and straighten your legs," Han Qian corrected loudly.

Although the prison was unusually cold and Hua An was tired and sweaty, Han Qian did not reduce his requirements for Hua An at all, because only strict requirements could he practice superior martial arts.

Hua An was so tired that he was already out of breath, and he lay on the ground and begged: "Master, rest for a while!" ”

"No, you have to rest after only a long time of practice, if you fight on the battlefield in the future, the enemy raises a knife and cuts at you, can you rest for a while and then fight? Get up. Han Qian reprimanded.

Hua An had no choice but to get up and continue practicing.

"General Han really has a good way of teaching! Hahaha! There was a sincere compliment from outside the cell.