The situation on the western battlefield and the northern battlefield is surprisingly stable, the rebels occupy an absolute superiority in strength, and there are also Nirvana realm masters in the army, but they are unable to capture the main defensive city.

It can even be said that it is difficult to move an inch.

The Great Xia Iron Army was divided into two, and under the leadership of Bai Qi and Li Yuanba, it showed amazing defensive power.

Especially with the assistance and layout of the two ministers of the Military Aircraft Cabinet, these two battlefields are worry-free, and after the pacification of Linshan Castle and Pingye Castle, they have always maintained contact with the other two battlefields.

In short, even if I sent scouts, the rebels outside the city could only watch and did not dare to chase them.

Because both Guan Yiwu and Liu Bowen used scouts as bait in the early days of the battlefield to ambush and kill several waves of rebels, and now they sent real scouts and military messengers, but the rebels did not dare to move easily.

After exchanging military reports with Linshan City and Pingye City, the military divisions on both sides of the battlefield knew very well that in a few days, Zhao Yun and Li Ji's supporting cavalry would definitely be on the battlefield.

In order to give the cavalry the perfect opportunity to raid and join the battlefield, although the two military divisions were not together, they both chose to take the initiative to tempt and provoke the rebels, putting on a posture of exhausted patience and wanting to decide the victory or defeat in a battle.

As long as the rebels are given enough hope, they will inevitably focus all their energy on defending the city on the main line, thus neglecting to a certain extent the gathering of intelligence around the perimeter and paying too much attention to the rear.

This is also thanks to the vigorous and resolute battle of the two major battlefields of Hirano Castle and Rinkan Castle, which led to the basic annihilation of the rebels, and the fleeing rebels did not have horses and generals to lead, and it was difficult to compete with the cavalry team for time, and notify the friendly troops on the western and northern battlefields in advance.

On the western battlefield, Liu Bowen said to Bai Qi in a deep voice: "This is an opportunity, a chance to decide the outcome of a battle, and the general must maintain the high morale of the soldiers in these days." ”

On the battlefield in the north, Guan Yiwu poured tea for Li Yuanba with his own hands, and said with a smile: "At most five days, I will allow you to go out of the city gate for a bloody battle, and the winner will be determined in one game!"

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At the same time, in the direction of Pingye City, Su Chen kept frowning and deducing the situation.

He was not worried about the situation on the western battlefield and the northern battlefield, as long as Zhao Yun's Great Xia Town Guards rode smoothly in Linshan City, the entire four-sided battlefield could find a gap to break through and go down in one battle.

What Su Chen is most worried about now is Su Xin, the eldest prince with the largest number of troops in the entire Eight Kings Rebellion.

I don't know if it's because of the superiority of troops, giving the eldest prince an illusion that he can capture the imperial capital, but I have to say that this is also the most difficult problem Su Chen is currently facing.

The only force in the imperial capital that can resist an army of 500,000 is Daji alone, and if it is a legendary realm against an army of 500,000, the odds of victory are still quite good.

However, because Daji, who is in the Legendary Realm, is on the side of defending the city, it is equivalent to tying his hands and feet, and he cannot give full play to the effect of the Legendary Realm's high mobility, high precision, and strong strikes on the battlefield, and his combat effectiveness is weakened in disguise.

Moreover, Su Chen knew that the talent and means of the eldest prince Su Xin were not weak, and among the eight kings, the prestige of the eldest prince was the highest, and his talent was also the most powerful.

It is even said that when the former emperor was still alive, the call for the eldest prince to ascend the throne was also the highest, except that the eldest prince was more suspicious and could not tolerate sand, this person can be said to have no obvious shortcomings.

Even when Si Long was in the imperial capital, he once praised Su Chen's talent as the eldest prince.

Su Chen had reason to believe that most of the 500,000 troops under the command of the Great Prince were elite divisions, not the combination of miscellaneous soldiers under the command of other princes.

Now that the eldest prince Su Xin is attacking in a big way, he must be fully prepared, and he must have anticipated the defensive strength of the imperial capital, and he must have been prepared for the legendary realm.

In such a situation, could Su Chen not worry about the safety of the imperial capital?

"Emperor, it's better to go back to the imperial capital first and defend the imperial capital. ”

Lei Zhenzi rode his horse close to Su Chen and whispered beside Su Chen.

"No, I can't. ”

Su Chen shook his head, kept riding his horse, and at the same time rejected the proposal very decisively.

Originally, Su Chen wanted Lei Zhenzi to go back early, with the strength of the legendary realm master, he could reach the battlefield in an instant, and when Lei Zhenzi and Daji joined forces, the imperial capital would be worry-free.

But if Lei Zhenzi is sent away, Su Chen will need to face the problem of who will deter the third prince Su Yi and the 300,000 rebels.

Su Chen had no reason to completely trust the third prince Su Yi, and a large number of rebels with a total of 300,000 also needed Lei Zhenzi to command and suppress them.

Lei Zhenzi is currently unable to go.

Otherwise, if you are not careful, not to mention that the third prince Su Yi may have another backlash, it is a rebellion of hundreds of thousands of rebels, and it is impossible to suppress it close to the 10,000 Imperial Forest Army.

Moreover, Su Chen also needed these 300,000 rebels to consume the living strength of the army under the command of the Great Prince, and prepare in advance for the subsequent four-sided battlefields to aid the imperial capital.

Otherwise, the 500,000 not weak army, coupled with the layout of the great prince and the commanders of the generals under his command, the two legendary realms may not be able to completely destroy the army of 500,000.

It can be said that the 300,000 rebels under Su Chen's current command are both a good card and an unstable bomb.

All things considered, Su Chen can only travel day and night now, and he must rush to the battlefield before the eldest prince captures the imperial capital.

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Five days later, the imperial capital.

The farmland outside the city has been ruined, and rows of black and oppressive troops are standing not far from the imperial capital.

If you look at it from a high altitude, it is not difficult to find that the entire imperial capital is empty on all sides, and there is no danger to defend, and the army under the command of the great prince Su Xin is lined up in a wild goose formation, surrounding the imperial capital on all sides.

One by one, it seems to be two huge "people" characters, completely besieging the imperial capital.

Don't say that the military messengers and scouts can't even fly out!

In the imperial capital, on the high city walls, there are piercing blood and corpses hanging from flesh and bones, telling heaven and earth about the bloody battles that once took place.

On the east tower of the city, Sima Yi led a group of ministers to stand in front of the gate of the city tower, he frowned tightly, looking at the rebels not far away.

"500,000 ah..... Emperor, how should the ministers guard it....."

Sima Yi is bitter in his heart, he is the best at treachery, and he is even better at military formation, defense and offense are his forte.

But the eldest prince Su Xin didn't talk to you at all, nor did he intrigue with you, and the 500,000 army was pulled out directly, three small attacks every day, and one big attack every three days.

He just relied on his large number of troops, attacked in turn, and bloodied the high and thick walls of the imperial capital, constantly wearing down the patience of the people in the imperial capital and torturing their nerves.

Sima Yi had no soldiers under his command, and when the rebels came, he encouraged the entire court to temporarily recruit troops in the city, and encouraged the servants of the soldiers and lords in the city to actively participate in the battle, and made countless promises for this.

What kills ten rebels can get rid of slavery, and what kills a lieutenant can be promoted to one level......

Food, money, beautiful women, official positions, as long as it was a reward to boost morale, Sima Yi continued to issue it, personally wrote the holy decree, stamped the jade seal, and continuously stimulated the momentum of the defenders in the city for five consecutive days.

At the same time, during the siege every day, a large amount of imperial food and wine were taken from the palace, and they were rewarded lavishly, so as to stabilize the morale of the army from different angles.

Even Sima Yi had already ignored the prevention of others in the Military Machine Pavilion, and asked Lizhuzi to take out some of the treasures treasured by the emperor in the palace, the pen and ink of the Danqing masters, etc., and directly rewarded them to the meritorious soldiers and the gate lords of the scholar clan.

These are real benefits that can be seen, a total of 20,000 miscellaneous troops gathered in the panic, in the five days of defense of the city, half of them have been killed and wounded, only more than 10,000 people remain, but the morale is still high, has not been collapsed.

Mobilize the whole city to fight against the rebels.

The reason why the imperial capital can hold on for so long is not because the imperial capital has a high city wall...... This is inseparable from Sima Yi's strategy and decisiveness, he stood up at a critical moment and worked hard to lay out.

The eldest prince constantly put pressure on the people in the city, throwing a letter of surrender, and he himself went out into the streets, shouting "Congjun Yan" (a morale-boosting poem) hour after hour.

The eldest prince kept sending people to attack, so he took the ministers of the Military Aircraft Pavilion and encouraged the retired old generals in the court to personally garrison the city defense and personally carry the wood, rolling stones, and fire oil.

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Sima Yi has done everything he can, whether it is psychological warfare or specific battlefield contacts, he has done his best.

It wasn't until the fifth day that he deeply felt that it was difficult for him to cook without rice.

There are no soldiers and no generals under him, stationed in the imperial capital where there is no danger to defend, and when you meet an unreasonable prince, you will always be reckless, forcing you to fight with him for attrition and strength......

How can this battle be fought! Unless the emperor is alive!

Sima Yi was able to drag on for five days, which was already a miracle among miracles.