Because Wei Ran's movements in Qingyuan and Shaozhou are too big, it is inevitable that people will know about it.

Therefore, when the news reached the ears of everyone in Luling, everyone was inevitably petrified.

Thinking of the deployment of troops for this counterinsurgency, Wei Ran's shadow is indeed revealed everywhere.

Some people are happy and some are worried, and the ministers who are trying to carve up Wei Ran's power are also holding their tails at this moment.

Wang Fang rebelled from the thief and involved Wang Lu, the right prime minister of Shangshu, but Xiao Ju did not punish Wang Yi, but only dismissed him and went home.

Wang Yi said that he was also wronged, he himself did not object, but he got the true inheritance of the family, and bet on both ends, so he did not report it, Xiao Junian was old, so he was allowed to return to the township.

Now that Wei Ran has appeared in public, Xiao Ju chose to return to the court, and at present, only Panyu in Guangzhou is still in the hands of the thief Zhou Xun, and the land of Jiaozhou is also handed over to Wei Ran to slowly figure it out.

Cui Huan went to Qingyuan to assist Wei Ran, and Wei Ran will soon be under the city of Panyu.

Zhou Xun in Panyu City coerced the people to defend the city, the number was no less than 100,000, Wei Ran looked at Panyu City, looked at Zhou Xun who gritted his teeth on the city tower, and the corners of his mouth showed a disdainful smile.

"According to Xiao Shi's information, there is not enough food and grass in Panyu City, and since Zhou Xun does not retreat, he must have the heart of death." Wei Ran analyzed carefully.

Seeing Cui Huan's puzzled face, Wei Ran explained: "Zhou Xun was originally the son of Zhou Cheng, the guard of Linhai County, and his father Zhou Chengcheng died at my hands, so he hated me a lot, and now he can retreat along the coastal road, but he has not retreated. ”

Wei Ran then sighed, summoned Liu Renye and Lei Duoer, and said: "At present, our army has 100,000 troops in Panyu, although there are many thieves, but the combat power is insufficient, so they can only defend the city. ”

Then Wei Ran ordered Zhang Da to guard the west gate, Wei Ran personally guarded the north gate, Gao Xiaoshun guarded the east gate, besieged Panyu on all sides, built a camp outside, and only defended but not attacked.

Zhou Xun was also quite annoyed when he saw this scene on the city wall, and shouted: "Wei Ran is not a coward, dare to fight to the death with this son." ”

Wei Ran heard his subordinates say that Zhou Xun was shouting on the city wall, and then he rode his horse to the city gate and said, "What is a decisive battle? Are you going to fight alone with Bengong, or do you want Bengong to open a formation and fight with your thief army? Or is it the battle to the death that you are talking about, and it is my lord who lets the army attack the city while you defend the city? ”

Zhou Xun was speechless for a while, he didn't know how to answer, of course he hoped that Wei Ran would attack the city, he had the advantage of defending the city, and he could kill Wei Ran's soldiers to an extreme extent.

Wei Ran saw that Zhou Xun didn't answer, and laughed loudly and said: "The lives of my subordinates are not comparable to those of other thieves. Xiao Shi has already explained that the food in Panyu City can be used for 50,000 troops for two months at most, and you have led your troops into the city for many days now, how long can you hold on. ”

Wei Ran, who returned to the camp, ordered all the soldiers not to attack Panyu, but not to let one go.

Zhou Xun was quite depressed on the top of the city tower, he was reluctant to retreat, first because he had no way to retreat, and retreating to the sea could only be a sea thief for a lifetime, and sooner or later he would be wiped out by the imperial army.

The second is to wait for an opportunity to find an opportunity to die with Wei Ran, his idea is also very simple, Wei Ran will always make mistakes in attacking the city, Wei Ran always came to the battlefield in the past, so he is ordering someone to build a special crossbow, ready to wait for the opportunity to shoot Wei Ran.

In the camp, Cui He said to Wei Ran: "Duke Qin doesn't have to pay attention to Zhou Xun anymore. ”

Wei Ran was a little puzzled, but Cui He explained: "Zhou Xunshi subordinates are like mustard, knowing that defending the city will be defeated, why do they still hold on? There must be a plan. Sticking to the city is to hold on to help, and now Panyu is a lonely city, and the reinforcements can come? ”

"I heard General Liu say that Zhou Xun's troops came from Minzhou to burn and loot all the way, which shows that Zhou Xun's binding force on the troops is extremely poor, and Zhou Xun's army is basically composed of Liukou Island, and the attack is the best."

After listening to Cui He's words, Wei Ran thought so, and then asked Cui He to be in charge of related matters.

Zhou Xun was drinking in the city with the leaders at this time to appease the leaders.

The reason why the leaders stayed in Panyu was also very simple, it was better to stick to Panyu and wait for the island warships to come, but how did they know that Zhou Xun had no idea of mobilizing ships from the island

The leaders thought that Zhou Xun had already sent people to the island along the coast for the first time, so they could sit back and wait for Wei Ran to come.

At this time, a little minion rushed to the palace and said, "My lord, many arrows were suddenly shot into the city, all with notes. ”

Zhou Xun hurriedly took it and looked at it, and then his expression changed greatly, and at this time, a literate person picked up the note and read it, and suddenly the atmosphere in the entire hall instantly became tense.

"Gongzi Zhou, can the words of this letter be true?" One of the leaders said coldly.

"Categorically not, I have already said that everyone will stick to Panyu together and wait for the reinforcements to come." Zhou Cheng's expression remained unchanged at this time, and he said lightly.

It turned out that Cui Huan had the letter shot into the city, stating that the sea route had been cut off by the army, and that no ships had been seen. There is only one way for you to stay in the lonely city, and now you are only punished by Zhou Xun and the same party, and the rest of you don't care. Those who dedicate themselves to the first rank of the week can also be added to the ranks.

Zhou Xun's face changed drastically, his rebel army was not monolithic, at least three forces were merged. And there are hundreds of big and small leaders, and everyone rebelled with Zhou Xun, just to get a fortune, and now the wealth is obviously not successful, and they have to throw their lives here, it is better to be a bandit on the island.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have been rich and noble together at sea for several years, and I am not clear to you?"

Liu Huzi naturally didn't believe it in his eyes, but just stared at Zhou Xun deadly, holding the handle of the knife with his hand and not knowing what he was thinking.

Chen Erdao also had a bad complexion, and glanced at Liu Huzi.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun knew that the two of them were already suspicious, so he said: "You are giving me two days, the ship should arrive in a few days, and we must not fall for Wei Ran's plan, if we are here to fight, we are not in Wei Ran's arms." ”

Although Chen Erdao had doubts at this time, this was at Zhou Xun's residence after all, and then gave Liu Huzi a look, Liu Huzi understood, and then said: "That is the case, I will believe you for two days." ”

After the two left, Zhou Zheng hurriedly said to Zhou Xun: "How can there be a ship coming in two days, the young master is confused." ”

Zhou Xun just smiled coldly, and then said: "Of course there will be no boats coming, and the South Gate waterway has been blocked by Wei Ran, how to get out?" I'm just delaying it. ”

Then Zhou Xun instructed: "Let people pay attention to the movements of Chen and Liu, and attack and kill them tonight." ”