Looking at the palace gate close at hand, he couldn't enter or retreat, Liu Yu was thinking about all kinds of plans. And the most daring and effective method among them is to completely blow up the Fengcui Palace. This will cause a large number of casualties, of course, Liu Yu also estimated that with the power of the earth cannon, it is not easy to completely blow up the Fengcui Palace.

There is also a relatively mild method, which is to trap Fengcui Palace until the people inside are forced to run out of ammunition and food, forcing them to take the initiative to attack. Wait for the rabbit. Liu Yu was not sure about his mind for a while, in fact, he was also waiting for news from outside the palace, and he had to synthesize all aspects of intelligence to decide what method to use to deal with the rebels trapped in Fengcui Palace.

At this time, outside the Fengcui Palace, Liu Yu transferred more than 10,000 soldiers and horses into the palace, including 8,000 people and horses, surrounded the Fengcui Palace on all sides, forming a situation of encirclement on all sides. The new army has more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, which is the absolute main force in the formation, followed by more than 6,000 soldiers and horses of the city defense division, which belongs to the garrison and defense troops, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, but they can also form a defensive circle surrounded by shields. The hundreds of Jingzhao Mansion Yacha brought by Wang Hu were the most ineffective among them, and Liu Yu just arranged for Wang Hu to take people to guard the periphery and deal with some emergencies at any time.

In addition to the 8,000 men and horses in front of the Fengcui Palace, there are still 2,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the palace with the closed palace gate. Liu Yu wanted to make sure that there would be no interference from the outside world when he cleared the rebels of Fengcui Palace. Even if there are rebels who capture the Chang'an city gate, they will have to attack the inner city gate again, and then the palace gate. Liu Yu wants to ensure that the rebels in Fengcui Palace will not have any support.

The time was approaching dusk, and Liu Yu still did not order the launch of the most rearly general attack. Liu Yue knew that the price to be spent under the general attack of Lu Dao would not only kill Han Sheng and other courtiers, but also cause many adverse follow-up effects. Liu Yu didn't know who was in charge of the Fengcui Palace now. He came out with the holy decree from before, and read it. But he was killed by the rebels. There may also be disagreements of opinion, which means that there is not a faction in it, or that there is a lack of a strong principal who causes the order to be unified.

Liu Yu arranged the defense line outside the Fengcui Palace, and at the same time set up a temporary command post in the Yong'an Hall not far from the Fengcui Palace. and, if possible, to rescue those hostages held by the rebels.

Huo was injured and had retired from the front line of the war. The defeat of Huo's department made the military morale of the imperial court army a little sluggish, even though they knew that the number of Lu Dao soldiers had an absolute advantage, but the army was still lifeless, and the soldiers of the new army had the experience of besieging Fengcui Palace, and they had also seen the terrible suicide attacks of the rebels. And the follow-up Li Mi and more than 6,000 soldiers of the City Defense Division, although they did not personally participate in this battle, they were also infected by this sloppy military spirit.

Liu Yu was in the Yong'an Palace, and he was originally going to set up an assault team. Killing from the apse of Fengcui Palace, even if you can't wipe out the rebels inside. At least investigate the situation in the temple. The most tricky thing for Liu Yu now is not the rebels and the hostages they are taking, but his ignorance of the rebels. Knowing each other and knowing oneself is necessary for a winner on the battlefield, and it is clear that in this war, the enemy is in the dark, and he is completely in the light. From the very beginning of the battle, he seemed to be constrained everywhere and was passively beaten.

Soon, the information outside the palace reached the palace, and Liu Yu also investigated the current situation in Chang'an City clearly.

The rebels guarding Fengcui Palace were originally hidden in Chang'an City. Many of them were even the soldiers of the original Imperial Forest Army, after the Royal Forest Army was disbanded, these people disarmed and returned to the field, and many of them tried their best to blend into Chang'an City, waiting for such an opportunity today. After Liu Yu got the news that Yang Lie was in Ci'en Temple and led his troops out of the palace, these people suddenly came out from everywhere and swarmed up to occupy the Dongye Gate of the palace. Liu Yu estimated that in the new army, there should also be a rebellion, otherwise the rebels would not easily occupy the palace gate and did not spend too much money.

And the number of these rebels, Liu Yu still didn't know, but he knew that the strength of this group of rebels was staggering. Su Zhe is waiting for an opportunity to regain the throne, and has been waiting for an opportunity, and at the same time, he is also training such a group of people to use it for him, and now there is such an excellent opportunity in front of him, Su Zhe will not let it go. Liu Yue thought about it again and again, but he still didn't grasp the mentality of the rebel principal.

After the rebels entered the palace, they did not attack the inner court immediately. This in itself does not make sense. The rebels begged for speed, but they definitely had time to attack the inner court and take the female dependents of Liu Yu's family hostage, but they chose to attack Shangshutai and the Liubu Yamen, and in this regard, the rebels took a lot of effort. Because these official offices and yamen of the imperial court themselves also have sufficient defense power, but it is a pity that these defenses are vulnerable in front of the rebels.

Liu Yu guessed that probably the rebels felt that he Liu Yu was the main person in charge of all the Dashun Dynasty now, and the empress Qi'er was just a puppet, and Liu Yu's other female dependents should not be of great use, so it was better to directly hijack the important ministers of the court, so that even if Liu Yu succeeded in exterminating this rebel army, it would also cause the court to fall into chaos, so that they could find another opportunity.

But this group of rebels obviously did not grasp the mentality of quasi-Liu Yu. Liu Yu cares most about not those ministers, but his family, if Liu Yu's family has something, the blow to him can be said to be quite big, he can even make a lot of crazy moves, and then Liu Yu himself will plunge the court into chaos without the rebels doing it. Now that the rebels have just kidnapped the minister, for Liu Yu, it is not a disaster, as long as he is a little ruthless, even his old friend Han Sheng will go to the funeral with the rebels.

Judging from the news that Liu Yu learned, at this time, Chang'an City was still calm, and the rebels in the city almost rushed into the palace in a swarm, without causing any chaos in the city. At this time, outside Chang'an City, the situation was a little worse than Liu Yu imagined.

Liao Mingsheng previously investigated that the rebels had colluded with the men and horses of the South Chang'an Battalion, and the commander of the South Chang'an Battalion was He Mao, the former president of the Imperial Forest Army, and Liu Yu's old boss. This time, He Mao did not stand on the side of his old subordinate, but chose to join the rebel side without hesitation. For this, although Liu Yu was disappointed when he heard the news, he didn't feel much surprise, if it wasn't for the old emperor who trusted him at the beginning, and He Mao, who "didn't do anything" in the rebellion of the five princes and Li Guifei, was transferred to the border pass, there would be no usurpation of the throne later.

Come out and do it, there is always a time to pay it back. Liu Yu gave Su Zhe an army back.

Another piece of news made Liu Yu a little angry. Dong Shu, the commander of the Dongshui Battalion, also joined the rebel side and led the Dongshui Battalion to the city of Chang'an, faintly showing signs of attacking the city from the northeast.

The two armies defending Chang'an City both joined the rebel side, which Liu Yu did not expect. For He Mao, Liu Yu is still psychologically prepared, but Dong Shu, Liu Yue can be said to have trusted him before. After all, Dong Shu had helped Liu Yu stabilize the defense of Chang'an City before, and Dong Shu was not a general of the old dynasty, but Liu Yu raised it single-handedly. Liu Yu only thought that Dong Shu was a member of Su Yan's family, and Liu Yu didn't expect Su Zhe to win over Dong Shu before.

Liu Yu thought to himself, could it be that Su Yan also came in?

Liu Yue knew that Su Yan had already left Chang'an City at this time, and he should be about to arrive at Tongguan if he counted the time. Su Yan was very humble before, and there was no sign of waiting for an opportunity to rebel again, and he would even bitterly explain the crimes of his Seventh Emperor Brother, saying that he would be a "loyal minister". Liu Yu really didn't want to doubt this good apprentice, but the fact was that Su Yan's old department joined the rebel side, and it would be extremely difficult if there was no Su Yan to help thread the needle.

Su Yan's defection to the enemy is a hypothesis of Liu Yu, and Liu Yu did not ignore another possibility, that is, Dong Shu's own political beliefs. If Dong Shu is a "loyal minister" of the Su family, then Su Zhe is likely to use this as a breakthrough, and then He Mao, a military general who is respected by some loyal ministers of the Su family, will talk about it, or take out benefits to win over Dong Shu, then Dong Shu may not be treacherous.

Liu Yu has one thing to be thankful for, that is, the gathering of parishioners that happened in Lang County before. In that incident, Liu Yu transferred tens of thousands of two battalions of men and horses to quell the rebellion, but less than half of them were transferred back afterwards, which was tantamount to weakening the soldiers and horses of the two battalions. Dong Shu and He Mao raised troops to press Chang'an City, obviously unable to mobilize this group of people who were transferred to Lang County by Liu Yu.

At this time, the two battalions of men and horses, together there were nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, which was roughly the same number as the new army in the city. At this time, in Chang'an City, Liu Yu's department still had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from the City Defense Division, as well as more than 1,000 female soldiers and horses. Liu Yu wants to mobilize now, and it is not appropriate to transfer troops too far away, but it is most appropriate to transfer female troops outside the city. Although the number of female soldiers has been greatly reduced after Liu Yu took power, at this time there were still six or seven thousand soldiers and horses in the female army under the leadership of Xu Caihua stationed about fifty miles south of Chang'an City, which is also a link that cannot be ignored in the garrison of Chang'an City.

But Liu Yu did not mobilize the female army into the city. Because at this time, Chang'an City did not worry about the defense problem, even if it was the two important forces of Chang'an City's garrison, the South Chang'an Battalion and the Dongshui Battalion joined the rebels, even if most of Liu Yu's descendants of the new army were on the way back from Lingnan to the north, even if Liu Yu did not have a military general who could be of great use except for Huo Ill, but Chang'an City was Chang'an City after all. The walls of Chang'an City are high, the moat is deep, and the food and war preparedness are sufficient, enough to hold on for several months or even a year. And the two battalions are only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and even the number of defenders is not as large, and it is a bit delusional to want to break through the city!

Although Liu Yu felt that this predicament was the most severe since he usurped the throne. But he also felt that this should be the last decisive battle, because Su Zhe had mobilized all the strength he could muster, and at this time, the Three Qing Sect was almost collapsing, if Su Zhe did not take advantage of the last opportunity to snatch the throne back, then even if today's war was tied, then Su Zhe would definitely not have any chance to make a comeback in the future.

Liu Yu felt more and more that Su Zhe, who was burned by fire on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, was just a stand-in, and Su Zhe's deity was in Fengcui Palace at this time. (To be continued......)