Yu Ren glanced at the man. "Rest assured. I have fought against these thieves of the Smelling Fragrance Sect. They are a rabble. Our Yanzhou city is high and deep, as long as everyone has confidence, we will be able to hold it.

In addition, I also consulted with King Lu. We'll add you another 500 as soon as possible. Five hundred men were added to each wall. In this way, we will not have a thousand, but three thousand. Coupled with our superiority in weapons and the advantage of holding a fortified city, even if we hold it for three months, it will not be a problem. ”

King Lu was forced by Yu Ren to retreat at this time, so he had to stand up as well.

"All the brothers have worked hard. But don't worry, when this battle is over, I will personally ask the emperor for your credit. In addition, I immediately asked the housekeeper to prepare. All the soldiers who stayed to defend the city were rewarded with ten taels of silver each. Thirty taels long, one hundred taels long. and those who cut off the heads of their enemies shall be rewarded with ten taels of silver for each head. ”

The soldiers who defended the city were still a little hesitant, but when they heard that King Lu had paid such a heavy bounty, they all said that they must fight the thieves to the end.

King Lu was relieved to see that the crowd was in high spirits.

Then, they went to the other three cities to do a pre-war mobilization. When the soldiers guarding the city heard about King Lu's heavy reward, they were all excited. You must know that for soldiers like them, there are not many opportunities to get rich in a lifetime, and fighting a war is regarded by most people as a rare opportunity to get rich.

Boosting the morale of the soldiers guarding the city, Yu Ren accompanied King Lu back to the palace to check on the family members in their mansion.

Zhu Quan gathered a total of 600 young and strong family members. Yu Ren saw that they were all dressed brightly, but some of them looked arrogant, and some of them showed timidity. Yu Ren knew that these people were difficult to use.

"Lord Wang, let's hurry up and send out a recruitment notice!"

King Lu knew that this matter was imminent, so he asked Zhu Quan to carry out 20,000 taels of silver from the treasury on the spot, and asked the chief of the palace to write a recruitment book, which had people copy multiple copies and send people to distribute them everywhere in the city. Then, King Lu asked Zhu Quan to take people and distribute 10,000 taels of silver to the soldiers who defended the city.

The remaining 10,000 taels of silver were piled up outside the door of King Lu's mansion. They set up a makeshift recruiting desk outside the door.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. The allure of this silver is still great. Within half a day, nearly 1,000 people were recruited.

King Lu handed over all these people to Yu Ren.

Yu Ren divided them into groups, and after selecting their leaders, he sent them to the four cities. Due to the proximity of Yanzhou City to the canal, there are several iron ore mines in Shandong. The imperial court set up several ordnance factories there to produce ordinary knives and arrows. In order to facilitate transshipment, an armory was also set up in Yanzhou City.

So, this ordnance is not a problem.

However, none of these ordnance had gunpowder.

Yu Ren knew that with their troops, they were still too far away from the Smelling Fragrance Sect. Therefore, this weapon has become particularly important. He ordered people to gather all the craftsmen in the fireworks field in Yanzhou City and let them produce as much gunpowder as possible. Then he ordered a lot of cotton cloth to be prepared, and the gunpowder was wrapped in cotton cloth into small packets, and some broken stones were stuffed into it, and then the fuse was tied.

This is a new invention by Yu Ren, and he doesn't know if this thing should be considered an explosive bag or a grenade. He tried a few of them in an open field in the city, and the results were good.

Just when Yu Ren and the others were preparing for the war in secret, the enemy situation suddenly appeared in Yanzhou City. The northern city guards the future, and a large number of incense smelling disciples suddenly appeared in the north of the city.

King Lu was taken aback when he heard the military report. "So fast. Didn't they say they still had fifty miles? It's only been less than a day, how did it arrive! ”

Or Yu Ren is more calm. He put down the map in his hand and asked, "How many are they?" ”

"I don't know. Judging by the torches, it is estimated that there are no less than 10,000 people. ”

Yu Ren shook his head.

"No way, if it's a team of 10,000 people, it's impossible to escape our eyes and ears. I estimate that they will not exceed two thousand at most.

This must be their vanguard, wanting to take advantage of our defenselessness to attack suddenly, in a vain attempt to capture Yanzhou City in one fell swoop.

Go and tell the sergeants not to panic, and we will send another 300 men to their aid at once. This enemy is only the vanguard of testing our reality, and there will definitely not be many of them. If they don't attack the city, you tell the brothers not to waste their bows and arrows. If they attack the city, give me a hard blow. ”

The herald agreed, and went down.

King Lu was still a little worried.

"Shall we go to the scene and have a look?"

Yu Ren looked at the sky, it was already the second half of the night. "I'll go! The prince doesn't have to worry, he just needs to send someone to inform the defenders of the other three cities separately, asking them to be more vigilant and prevent the enemy from sneaking up. I don't think the enemy's main forces have arrived so soon. The real big war has not yet come. Leave this little enemy to me! It's better for you to take care of your spirits now.

Right now, you are the hope of the whole city's military and civilians. You must always maintain a good mental outlook, so that everyone will have confidence when they see the prince. ”

After speaking, Yu Ren picked up the longbow and rushed to Beicheng.

Yu Ren climbed the tower of the northern city and saw that the city was indeed full of dense torches. A man with a torch was standing under the city and shouting to the city.

"Listen, people of the city, lay down your weapons quickly, and surrender the city. We promise we won't hurt you. If not. When our army takes the city, none of you will want to live. ”

Seeing that there was no reflection from the city, the man said, "You have seen it too." Our elders have personally commanded an army of 50,000 and have surrounded Yanzhou City. In another day, the 200,000 troops of our sect leader will also arrive. It is impossible for you to stay in Yanzhou. It's better to surrender earlier, maybe you can still leave a way to live. ”

Yu Ren stood on the city tower, looked at this scene coldly, and did not speak.

The man shouted for a while, but when he saw that it was to no avail, he had to retreat. At this time, Yu Ren saw two people surrounded by a large group of torches. It's two acquaintances.

These two people are Liu Ziming's daughters, and they are also his second disciples Liu Yurong and Cao Wenzhao.

Seeing that Cao Wenzhao was also there, Yu Ren couldn't help but put down the bow and arrow in his hand and shouted to him, "Wenzhao, we finally met on the battlefield."

Still, I advise you not to do it in vain. With me guarding the place, it is impossible for you to storm the city. Don't say that there are only two or three thousand of you, even if there are really ten thousand people, I will still let you run into a wall. ”

Cao Wenzhao was taken aback when he suddenly heard Yu Ren's voice. He hurriedly looked up. Under the moonlight, I saw Yu Ren standing on the city tower.

Seeing Yu Ren appear here, and breaking his plan with another word, Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but sigh secretly. This time, it was a strange trick he proposed to Liu Ziming. It was planned to suddenly appear under the city of Yanzhou before the army, and then use the night to conceal the true strength in order to intimidate the Yanzhou defenders to surrender. Unexpectedly, he ran into Yu Ren.

Cao Wenzhao had some contact with Yu Ren for a while. He knew Yu Ren too well, and knew that Yu Ren was a person who would do his best once he decided what he wanted to do, and would never be intimidated by any difficulties. He was in Yanzhou, dividing the law to break through the city; Otherwise, it will never be possible to get them to surrender.

Seeing Yu Ren, Cao Wenzhao knew that this plan had failed. He said to Liu Yurong, "Let's go!" He's here to guard. With our men, it is impossible to storm the city. Let's wait for the army to arrive, and then make plans! ”

Liu Yurong disagreed.

"We arrived here in advance, how can we give up the siege just because of such a person! As far as I know, the defenders of Yanzhou City will not exceed a thousand. There are no more than 300 men in this city, and we have ten times as many troops. He is a Yu Ren, can he still have three heads and six arms? After speaking, Liu Yurong waved her hand behind her.

"Bring me the ladder and attack the city at once."

The person behind him agreed, and immediately carried up the two ladders. Liu Yurong personally stood behind them and commanded the siege.

However, before the ladder could cross the moat, the bows and arrows of the city rained down like a torrential rain. The cloud echelon immediately fell, and the angry Liu Yurong couldn't care about the image of a lady anymore, drew out her long sword and shouted behind her, "Kill, kill me and go to the city." ”

Yu Ren looked coldly at the woman under the city, he quietly raised his arm and pulled up the strong bow.

"Be careful!" Cao Wenzhao shouted. But it's still a step too late.