Gu Yanzhang didn't have much spare time to take care of Wu Yi, and what was more worth worrying about at the moment was the Jiaozhi army.

During this period of time, countless spies have been sent to Yongzhou City, although the information obtained has been repeated from time to time, but according to his judgment, Jiaozhi's current round of troops must not be only 120,000 people as Wu Yi asserted - this number of people, how can they capture Qinzhou in just two days? The road was closed again, so that the report could not be sent back?

The people were already about to arrive at the gate, but the city still didn't know much about the thieves, and they weren't even sure about the troops.

It is said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and now it is really difficult for people to let go of their hearts.

As soon as he stepped out of the gate of the Yongzhou Prefecture, he heard someone calling his name behind him, and when he looked back, it was Wang Miyuan, and there was a military academy guard standing behind him.

Both sides are old acquaintances, when they returned to the capital from Ganzhou that day, everyone had a relationship in the halfway post station, and then they all had a sense of sympathy for each other, and then they went south together to quell the rebellion, and there were many contacts in the months.

At this time, Zhang Dingya was outside, Chen Hao was seriously ill, and only Gu Yanzhang was left to support the scene with a few deputy generals, Wang Miyuan was an old man in the Guangxin army, and he only brought two or three hundred people under his command, which was different from the Tanzhou Xiang army with a large number of people, and also different from the security army with a deep foundation in Zhang Dingya, he was weak, and he was naturally more willing to deal with the old Gu Yanzhang.

The two looked at each other, but neither spoke.

This is outside the state yamen, and the partition wall must be prevented from having ears.

Soon, the servants of both sides led the horses over.

Gu Yanzhang asked, "Where is Wang Jun going?" ”

Wang Miyuan said: "Fortunately, Wu Zhizhou mentioned something, and now I want to work with Gouyuan to try to settle the army into the city." ”

As soon as this question was answered, the two immediately understood their own hearts, so they stopped talking nonsense and walked side by side with their subordinates.

Not far away, Wang Miyuan turned his head and asked: "In front of Gouyuan, I won't hide it anymore - I just want to know, what is Chen Jiedu's illness now?" ”

Gu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "I'm not a doctor, so it's hard to diagnose my condition." ”

Chen Hao has been sick for so long, at first he is still unaccustomed to the water and soil, and the miasma enters the body, and the longer it takes, the worse his body becomes, and any messy disease will be born and intervened.

Gu Yanzhang had heard the old soldiers who followed Chen Hao say that no matter whether it was Yang Kui or Chen Hao, after returning to the dynasty after the fight, they all had a serious illness, but they used to be young, raised for a while, and finally eased up.

Although the soldier has to sell his life, he only needs to obey the order, and the advantage is that he does not have to charge in front of the general, but whether it is to make a plan or a plan, whether it is to purge the sergeants, or to fight against the enemy, it is both brain and physical strength.

Chen Hao and Yang Kui are both northerners, and when they lead the troops to the south, it is the rainy season, and they don't know how long they stayed in the miasma of the mountains and forests, and the damp place did not know how long.

Hearing Gu Yanzhang say this, Wang Miyuan was silent for a while, and after a long while, he said again: "Jiedu is bedridden, Zhang Dujian is outside, the camp is like a group of dragons without a leader, Wu Zhizhou has the intention to divert us for his own use, I don't think he will stop like this, only he acts so perversely and hateful, half unreasonable, I have insufficient troops, if I really listen to his orders, Yongzhou is in danger!" ”

He asked again: "I don't know what is the best plan for Gou Yuan?" ”

At this moment, unless Chen Hao recovers from his illness and returns to the camp, no one can take Wu Yi, Gu Yanzhang is just a transfer with the army, no matter the grade or the dispatch, it is impossible to control the other party, and the war situation in Yongzhou does not allow him to focus on this.

Gu Yanzhang replied: "There is no good plan, but do your duty, don't worry about other things." ”

The two of them talked and rode their horses, and after half an hour, they finally arrived at the north gate, but they saw that the city gate was closed, and the dense crowd was crowded at the door, and the cries and noises were mixed with the cries of children.

A man who looked like a guard at the city gate stood on a high place and shouted: "The state government has already ordered, from today onwards, the north gate will only be open for three hours a day, and you can only enter and not go out. ”

Although he shouted loudly, his voice was already half-hoarse, and he screamed for a long time when he heard it.

Today is the Yongzhou market, many farmers and merchants from the left come here to "catch up with the trouble", and everyone is defenseless, and all of them are blocked in the city by Wu Yi's unforeseen order.

The four city gates in Yongzhou City, the three gates of the southeast and west have been directly closed, as long as the military ban is one day, there is no possibility of opening, only the north gate can be open for three hours a day, it is to rush home the villagers to hear the news, they all gathered over.

At this time, the city gate was crowded with people, and when the guards were heard, someone shouted, "You are still unreasonable!" Don't say a word early, in the blink of an eye, all the city gates are closed! Stop everyone in the city, who will take care of the fathers and mothers in the family! Do you help take care of it? ”

Someone spoke, and then someone shouted: "The life of the head person in Yongzhou City is life, and the life of countrymen like us is not life??" I'm going out one by one in the village, and if I don't go back, who knows that the barbarians are coming? If you don't hide in the mountains and be killed by the barbarians, do you care for your lives?! ”

He shouted again: "Are you soldiers surnamed Jin, or are you surnamed Jiao!" It doesn't matter if our people live or die, do you help the barbarians to work?! Just tie us up and send us out! ”

Yongzhou natives, Zhuang people and other few people are mixed, and there are more Central Plains people who have been here for a long time, and their style of doing things has been somewhat impregnated, and it has never been a place to be easy to govern, and because the city gate is closed too suddenly today, it is not uncommon to lead to this consequence.

As soon as someone took the lead, the scene became more and more chaotic.

There has always been a saying, called the law does not blame the people, these countless people gathered in one place, each bold, all crowded to the city gate, just want to knock the door open, about to rush out.

Seeing this, Gu Yanzhang hurriedly asked his entourage to go up to help stop him, so as not to give birth to a stampede, and someone called a soldier, and hurriedly asked: "It's like this here, have you gone to Tongzhi Prefecture?" ”

The pawn was sweating all over his face, his face and hands were full of pinching marks, and he didn't feel it yet, but he took off at this time, and after realizing it, tears came out of pain, and when he heard Gu Yanzhang's question, he saw that the other party was wearing an official uniform, although he didn't know which official it was, but he hurriedly replied: "I have already gone to the yamen, and I am waiting for a reply now." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a chaotic sound of horses' hooves and footsteps on the road behind him, Gu Yanzhang turned his head, but it was several columns of city gate defenders, carrying wooden guns in their hands, walking towards this side with murderous spirit.