However, after arriving in the city, Emperor Li Falcon was also very puzzled, he walked really easily this way, and he didn't encounter reinforcements to Hezhou at all, so his plan to encircle the reinforcements failed.

This makes him a little incomprehensible, although the prince of a country is not as good as the emperor, he is not so statusless, and he doesn't even have a person to save the driver, and these people are not afraid that the emperor will be held accountable later?

After all, according to Zhu Yiwei's intelligence, Li Hao, the crown prince, is still very valued by Cui Ming.

It wasn't until he saw Zhu Yiwei's information about this matter that he understood the truth.

It turned out that after Li Hao received the news of the attack of the Anguo army, he sent a letter to the officials of Xu, Li, and Pingping prefectures and counties in the north, and strictly ordered them to hold on to the wilderness and wait for help.

If there is speculation, not only will it be useless, but it will be punished as a crime.

After reading the information and handing it over to his officials, Emperor Li Ying couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect this guy to grow up in the deep palace, but he is still a little bold, Cui Ming gave birth to a good son, but I don't know how long he can last with such courage.

The herald ordered the soldiers to prepare the ladder, and at dawn tomorrow, they began to attack the city with all their might, so that the prince of Suguo could see the cruelty of the battlefield."

So on the second day, without any greetings, the An army carried the ladder and began to attack the city.

Li Hao was also a little puzzled at first, even if you don't persuade the two armies to surrender, you have to say a few words about the scene.

After all, there are still more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in Hezhou City, which cannot be broken at one attack, and the rescue army of Suguo has not yet been seen, so there is no need to save this time.

In addition, it takes time to build siege equipment, and who is to look down on such a simple ladder that can be carried by anyone?

It wasn't until I went up to the city wall that I probably understood Emperor An's Li Falcon's routine, this is because I feel that I have never been on the battlefield, and when I see this bloody and tragic scene for the first time, I will be scared and want to take the lead.

It's a pity that Emperor Li Falcon didn't expect that Li Hao's previous experience was much more exciting than this.

Sure enough, the siege ended at noon, and in the afternoon came to the city alone.

After coming to the city, this person shouted loudly: "Zhang Yuan, a member of the Rite Department of Xia'an, has a few words to say to the prince of your country, and I invite him to come forward to meet him."

Li Hao had been waiting for this person for a long time, and when he appeared above the city, he said, "Lonely here, I don't know what Emperor An has to say to you."

Zhang Yuan looked up and saw a young man in silver armor, looking at him majestically.

He immediately replied: "Your Majesty has ordered the officials to send a message that if Your Highness is willing to surrender the city, it will not hurt you in the slightest, and you will keep a piece of support from the Prince, and only wait for the ransom of your country to arrive, and then let Your Highness leave and continue to enjoy the glory and wealth."

Now there are only thousands of soldiers and horses in Hezhou City, how can it be worth my 100,000 army, and it is only time to break the city.

After all, this sword and gun have no eyes, and no one can guarantee the safety of His Highness when the city is broken, so please think twice about which is more important."

Li Hao laughed when he heard this, and Zhang Yuan laughed so hard that he felt furious in his heart, and then said: "Sixty years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, how can I come to the prince who surrendered before the battle, there is a lonely man, and there are soldiers in my Dasu, this Anzhou City must be solid.

Instead of persuading me here, you might as well go back and persuade you Emperor An, and now you will have time to take it back when you see that it is good, lest you return in defeat and lose your life."

After speaking, without waiting for him to speak, he directly found someone to bring a bow, and shot his hat down at a distance of fifty feet.

This frightened Zhang Yuan, and he didn't care about picking up his hat, so he turned around and ran back to the Anjun camp in embarrassment.

At the same time, this move also made the defenders at the head of the city excited, and Chen Xi immediately shouted when he saw this: "Your Highness is mighty, and you will win a great victory."

The defenders at the head of the city echoed in unison, and for a while, the sound shook the sky, and it all reached the side of the An army.

Emperor An also took all the soldiers to watch in front of the battle, and his appreciation for Li Hao in his heart was even greater, especially when he thought of his two sons who were not angry, this contrast was even stronger.

The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I became, so after seeing Zhang Yuan,

The fire has finally found an outlet.

He immediately ordered: "Zhang Yuan lost his honor in front of the battle, fell into the prestige of my Da'an, and suppressed him to fight the 30 army battles to correct the military prestige."

After beating Zhang Yuan's board, Emperor An continued: "The whole army will pull out the camp and make siege equipment, I will set foot on Hezhou City within half a month, and I must capture this kid alive at that time, I want him to see what the result of recklessness will be."

The accompanying generals also echoed in unison, and at this time, they really didn't take the sparse Hezhou City in their eyes.

Of course, Li Hao didn't know about the situation on Emperor An's side, and he wasn't interested, because Li Hao was at the head of the city, taking advantage of the momentum just now to make a pre-war speech.

"Soldiers, the two countries have been at war for decades, and you know better than I do about their cruelty and tyranny.

Behind you are your wives, children, and siblings, are you willing to let them fall into the hands of the Angolians and be bullied and insulted?"

The defenders shouted in unison, "Unwilling, unwilling."

"Okay, what I'm waiting for is your answer, and the blood in my big boy's heart will not be extinguished after all.

Lone promises here today that from today on, Lone will personally defend the city on the city wall, and the army of Anguo will not retreat, and Lone will not go down the city wall for a single day, and Lone will accompany the soldiers to fight to the end."

"I am willing to die for His Highness, I am willing to die for the Great Su, ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories......

After boosting the morale, Li Hao immediately asked people to move all the official duties that needed to be handled by themselves to the city tower, and he would work here in the future.

Wang Kun had a different opinion on this, he felt that Li Hao was too risky to do this, after all, there were no eyes for knives and guns.

Of course, in front of the defenders of the city, he did not speak, but waited until he entered the city tower before he retreated from the crowd and said, "The city wall is too dangerous, even if you don't say that the An army can't attack it, what if you are shot by a stray arrow.

Anyway, it's to boost the morale of the army, or let me stay on the city wall, and you can sit in the palace."

Li Hao didn't say anything when he heard this, silently walked to a weapon rack and pulled out a sword from it.

Immediately, the internal force was infused and gently waved to the ground, only to see the cold light flashing, and a sword qi submerged into the ground, and a bottomless sword mark appeared visible to the naked eye.

This scene made Wang Kun dumbfounded, he really didn't expect that his nephew could have such good kung fu.

Li Hao put down his sword and said, "Uncle, don't worry, my martial arts are enough to protect myself, and my armor is made of stainless steel, and there is gold silk soft armor in it, which cannot be pierced by ordinary arrows, so don't worry about safety."

Besides, I am the crown prince and the prince, as long as I stay at the head of the city and let the soldiers see it, even if I don't speak, it will be much better than you, so don't fight with me about this.

And you also have your own things to do, the Wang family is a big clan in Hezhou, and you have to contact other big clans and let them gather the house slaves and private soldiers in their hands.

You can't fight without reserves, let them go to the city alternately to feel it, and when defending the city, they can also be regarded as a helper, and they can also give the soldiers time to rest.

In addition, you have to organize the people, help carry supplies, and treat the wounded, which no one else can do."

Wang Kun couldn't say anything about Li Hao after all, so he could only tell Li Hao to be careful.

It will take some time for the An army to prepare siege equipment, so there is calm under the city of Hezhou for the time being.

And the capital of Suzhou, which is thousands of miles away from Hezhou, is extremely lively at this time.

The briefing on the front line had been sent back to Sudu through the flying pigeons two days before, but there were no details in it, only about Zheng Zhuo's defeat and the fact that the commander of the An army drove straight in.

Cui Ming was extremely angry at Zheng Zhuo's actions, but even if he wanted to deal with him, he would have to wait until after the battle.

According to the current situation, Cui Ming immediately arranged remedial measures, ordering Zhang Yun to immediately organize the forbidden army and prepare ordnance to rush to the front line to support as soon as possible.

But after the detailed battle report arrived, Cui Ming realized how serious the problem was now, especially the fact that Li Hao was surrounded in Hezhou.

Cui Ming immediately asked Zhang Yun's opinion at the court meeting,

Zhang Yun replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's decision is extremely correct, the An army has a large number of cavalry, and there is no camp to defend it.

At that time, if the state capitals sent troops to rescue, they would only be broken by the Anjun army one by one, and then the Anjun army would be able to easily occupy the northern prefectures and counties.

I thought that Emperor An also had this idea, so he ignored it at the beginning and went straight to the city of Hezhou.

It's just that in this way, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in a dangerous situation, His Royal Highness must hold out in Hezhou until the imperial reinforcements arrive, although there is no shortage of grain and grass in Hezhou, but there are not many soldiers and horses after all."

Cui Ming understood this, and immediately asked Zhang Yun, "How long will it take for the forbidden army to be able to pull out, and when will it be able to reach Hezhou City."

Zhang Yun also wanted to rush there as soon as possible, but the situation on the front line changed too quickly, and the previous two groups had exhausted the soldiers, horses and materials at their disposal.

Now if you want to send troops, you must wait for a new batch of materials to be prepared before you can set off, otherwise you will be sent to death if it passes.

So he could only reply: "Now we are already preparing, but it should take a month to rush to Hezhou."

This time was already the best time that Zhang Yun expected, and because the battlefield was in Angola and there was still a supply opportunity in the middle, he didn't even think much about the problem of slow marching due to the attack of a small group of Anguo troops that he would encounter.

When Cui Ming heard this time, he immediately asked, "Then do you estimate that the prince can last a month in Hezhou?"

Zhang Yun suddenly fell silent, obviously he was not very optimistic about this matter, so he could only keep silent.

Seeing this, Cui Ming looked at the other leading generals in the DPRK and China, but they also bowed their heads in the face of Cui Ming's eyes.

Cui Ming knew that it was useless to embarrass them, so he could only sigh and say, "The support soldiers and horses must speed up the progress, no matter what is needed, it will be handled urgently, and if anyone who obstructs it, they will be sent to prison and severely punished.

In addition, the Ministry of Rites immediately sent people to the country of Chu, and I am willing to send troops to attack Anguo with 30,000 taels of gold."

When the arrangements were made and the courtiers were about to retreat, Cui Ming suddenly said, "General Wuwei stays, I have something to say."

After everyone left, Cui Ming said to Gong Yegu: "As the prince, the prince can't have an accident easily, I intend to order you to go to the north first, lead the soldiers and horses of the prefectures and counties in the north, and resist the An army.

Without wavering the war, if you have the opportunity, find a way to take the crown prince out of Hezhou, and I will let the marquis fully cooperate with you."

Gongyegu is the prince and belongs to the prince's faction, so he naturally doesn't want Li Hao to have an accident.

If it is just one person to leave, with the support of the Hou Guan, Gongyegu is still somewhat sure.

He immediately replied, "I would like to try my best."

Cui Ming said, "Okay, then I am here, waiting for your good news."

The affairs in the court were handled, but Cui Ming did not return to the harem, because he didn't know how to face Wang Yi now.

After all, in the last rebellion, his eldest son died, and he really didn't dare to imagine what Wang Yi would be like if Li Hao had an accident this time.

At this time, in the harem, Wang Yi was also anxious to know the latest news, and seeing that Cui Ming had not come for a long time, he had already sent several groups of people out.

I didn't find anyone in Xingqing Palace, so I personally ran to Yinque Gate and waited, waiting for Cui Ming to go down.

After Cui Ming learned the news, he also understood that it was useless to hide any longer, so he could only go to see Wang Yi head-on.

As soon as they met, Wang Yi asked, "Your Majesty, is there any news about Hao'er, he is not safe now."

Cui Ming replied: "Hao'er and your eldest brother are still in Hezhou, confronting the An army, I have ordered Gongyegu to set off to support Hao'er first, and Zhang Yun will also bring the forbidden army to go later, don't worry too much."

Wang Yi was shocked when he heard this: "Why are they still in Hezhou, isn't it already surrounded by the An'an army?"

Cui Ming could only forcibly explain: "That's because the city of Hezhou is well defended and there is plenty of food, and it is much safer for them to be there than to meet the An army in the wild.

Reinforcements will arrive soon, to relieve Hao'er and them, you have to trust your eldest brother, he will definitely protect it

Son's."

At this stage, Wang Yi really doesn't trust anyone, you must know that when Wang Kun came to persuade himself, what he said was very different from now.

Again, he said, "Really, you didn't lie to me."

Cui Ming continued, "Of course, how could I lie to you."

finally fooled Wang Yi and let her return to her bedroom.

After going back, Wang Yi came to the Buddha statue and began to pray for Li Hao and Wang Kun.

In her heart, she didn't fully believe Cui Ming's words, and even if it was as he said, the danger was not small.

And the one who did the same thing as Wang Yi was another one in the palace, but she didn't let Li Hao live, but wanted Li Hao to die.

That is Concubine Zheng Guifei, since she knew that her father was defeated, she knew that her favor had come to an end, and her son was afraid that there was no possibility of going forward.

But if Li Hao dies in Hezhou at this time, then her son will become the eldest son, and it is very likely that he will become the future crown prince.

At that time, the mother will be more expensive than the son, and even if she suffers a little at the beginning, she will still have a more brilliant path later.

After all, Li Hao's team is basically formed, and if outsiders want to join in, they will not be able to enjoy much status, and the benefits are far less than investing in others.