"Then if we don't rescue in time, will we be punished by His Majesty afterwards?" Lai Ming has a lot of eyes and is a little worried.

"Your Majesty and Yelev don't deal with each other once or twice, otherwise we would have to be cautious here to the point of being so aggrieved. With the words of the pawn just now, even if Chongming City is burned, the first person to punish is Yelef, which has nothing to do with us, unless Chongming City is beaten down by the Jin people, and we will not be saved if we see death, then there will be problems. ”

Li Da was sure in his heart when he heard this, and he was in the mood to laugh and said: "Big brother, you are really joking, if the Jin Kingdom had the courage to sneak attack Chongming City, it would not have made peace with the Qianren when the situation was good." As soon as Jin Taizu died, the good situation of the Northern Expedition was all buried by these cowards. I see, except for the Emperor, the other Jin people are all soft eggs without bones. ”

As Li Da's words fell, everyone was relieved and began to giggle again, and the atmosphere suddenly became cheerful, and some people had already begun to discuss what compensation would be better if Yelev came to ask for help. Yang Qing listened to the discussion of the brothers, still with his back to Chongming, his face hidden in the backlight of the torches, flickering and thoughtful.

The night was fine, and there was no mention of how the Jerefu guards and the Jin Er army had found out that Yelef had not returned all night. The "revelry" in Chongming City lasted all night and finally subsided, and the elated refugees were driven to defend the city on the wall. Chen Lihua, who had been staring at the north wall all night, endured her sleepiness and went to the Commander's Mansion to discuss follow-up matters with Wang Dewei and Chen Lingxuan.

"Your Highness, the enemy around us now mainly consists of 2,000 cavalry from the headquarters of the Yale Department and 5,000 Jin'er troops. Although for some reason, neither the Jin'er army nor the cavalry of the headquarters came to find out yesterday, which saved us a lot of effort, but they still cannot be underestimated. Yesterday's refugees have been driven to the city walls to defend the city, at least they can be stronger, and in addition, we need to send people back to the Jin Kingdom immediately to ask for help. ”

The warlords of the Liang State were divided, the military system was chaotic, and a small Chongming city had 4,000 city guards and 5,000 Jin'er troops (a contemptuous name. Take the homonym "Jin Er", referring to the Liang State composed of all the Jin people's army), two thousand Yale Department headquarters cavalry three forces, at the same time, if a war, the Yele Department of the herdsmen is not far from Chongming City, 30,000 people who control the strings can be ready to go in one day, to the point where they need to go out with all their strength, only one Yale Department can come up with a full 50,000 bow and horse skilled men.

At this time, the 4,000 city guards either died or surrendered, and tens of thousands of cavalry were still grazing in their hometowns at this time, and the real crisis was only in the 5,000 Jin'er army and the 2,000 cavalry of the headquarters.

"According to the city, it shouldn't be a big problem." Chen Lihua looked at the comparison of troops on the map, and relaxed slightly, there was still a numerical advantage in the defense of the city, and she really couldn't think of any possibility of failure.

Looking at Chen Lihua's relaxed expression, Wang Dewei became serious: "Your Highness, don't be careless, not to mention that it is very difficult to defend the city today by relying only on us two hundred people and inexperienced refugees, not to mention that most of the refugees have just lost their physical strength after a whole night of frenzy." If these 7,000 people really go out to attack the city, these refugees may not be able to withstand the tragic battle, and if there is a rout, they may lose everything. In the end, if these 7,000 men choose to besiege rather than attack, and specifically intercept and kill our messengers, and when the 20,000 troops come and drain the water that surrounds this place, then we can neither go out of the city nor have reinforcements, then it will be a real unsolvable situation. ”

Looking at Wang Dewei's serious eyes, Chen Lihua bent down slightly: "Be taught, I don't know a lot about military affairs, and I hope that martial arts will help me make up for my shortcomings." ”

Wang Dewei saw Chen Lihua's face as usual, and made sure that she was not arrogant because of the victory, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Lihua stared at the map and asked, "What would you do if you were asked to arrange the follow-up city defense?" ”

Wang Dewei looked at the map and pondered: "The first thing must be to plant red flags all over the city wall, pretending that our soldiers are well fed, so as to intimidate the enemy army, at least fool the past today." The second is to send troops back to Wuwei City to ask for help from the Fallen Leaves Army. It only takes about three days from here to Wuwei City, and it takes about six days for the army to gallop over. In other words, we have to hold on for about ten days. ”

"It's never going to be that simple." Chen Lingxuan twisted his beard uneasily, thinking: "First of all, you send troops back, what should the general soldiers of Wuwei City do if they think there is fraud and refuse to send troops?" Secondly, even if he believes, how many troops can he send? This place will inevitably be attacked by the Liang people, and it will not help if there is less faction, and if there is more, won't it turn into a full-scale war between the two countries? Such a big decision is not something that a small general soldier can decide. The limit of the troops he can deploy may be three thousand. ”

"But the Liang Kingdom is about to fall into civil strife, and they don't have time to take care of it." Chen Lihua hurriedly interjected.

"The problem is that Jin Guo doesn't know!" Chen Lingxuan spread his hands and frowned, "You said that if there is civil strife, there will be civil strife?" What if the two sides of Liang agree with the outside world first? The Jin State would inevitably wait until the Liang State was really in turmoil before sending reinforcements. That would be a long time coming. It will take three days from here to Liang, and then the emperor of Liang will know about the rebellion, and the two sides will tear their faces, and it will take about twenty days for the news to be transmitted back to the Great Jin, and the deliberations of the Great Jin court will be less than three days, and more than a week, and then the army will be mobilized, and the grain and grass will be distributed, and when the reinforcements come, it will take more than a month, princess, you must be prepared to hold on for forty days. ”

Forty days! Chen Lihua, who hadn't slept all night, only felt dizziness in front of her eyes, and almost fainted, but fortunately she was holding the table with her hands and barely standing, and the system was a little distressed when she saw this, and added: "Don't be excited, don't be excited, you think about it, in fact, the most likely siege is only the first ten days, if the Liang State rebel party plans to reoccupy this base camp, they can only do it before the emperor Lao'er finds out about their actions." Once they tear their faces, they will inevitably focus on marching into the capital, and he can't and dare not divide tens of thousands of troops to attack the city while fighting against Liang Guo'er again. Therefore, as long as you arm yourself enough to be scary in these ten days, Liang Jun will retreat when he sees that it is difficult to gnaw this hard bone, and most of the next thirty days will be safe and sound. ”

Chen Lihua endured the dizziness and said these words to Wang Dewei and Chen Lingxuan, Wang Dewei clapped his hands and said happily: "Your Highness, you are thoughtful, it's only ten days, then I will go to rectify the soldiers and horses to ensure that this Chongming City is foolproof." ”

Chen Lingxuan looked at Chen Lihua's pale face and persuaded: "Your Highness, you have also worked hard all night, so let's go back and rest early." ”

Chen Lihua forcibly refused: "No, there is one last thing to do." ”

At this time, the camp of the Jin'er army was in turmoil, and all the Jin soldiers fell into a state of despair, not knowing where to go.