Outside Heluo City, the army lined up.

Judging from the formation of the Huaizhou army, the direction of their main attack later should be the eastern city of Heluo, and the north and south sides should be mainly attacked.

Under the east tower, Mou Lianghu calmly observed the situation of the Huaizhou army below.

The other side has not launched an offensive yet, but unlike the silent confrontation of the previous days, it is clear that a battle will break out today.

Although Mou Lianghu has not experienced the battlefield for nearly ten years, his vision and experience are still there, and he naturally will not be in chaos without six gods and no masters.

After observing for a period of time, he issued several military orders one after another, so that all departments of the Jing army were clear about their responsibilities, and at the same time, more than 2,000 cavalry were also ready to go out of the city at any time to attack.

At this time, a man from the Jinglian clan in his thirties quickly climbed the city wall, came to Mou Lianghu's side and whispered: "General, Your Highness has entered the palace." ”

Mou Lianghu bowed slightly, his eyes were slightly solemn, and asked, "It's all arranged over there?" ”

The person said: "According to the general's orders, more than 40 masters entered the palace with His Highness, more than 100 armored warriors were waiting outside the palace, and there were 1,000 elite soldiers sitting on the left side, which can ensure peace and security." ”

Mou Lianghu responded, and for some reason there was a strange feeling in his heart.

He naturally scoffed at the Laoshizi court meeting made by the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom, the enemy was already in the city, and it was meaningless and extremely stupid to brainstorm at this time.

Obviously, it's just a matter of soldiers coming to block the water and cover the earth, so I have to make people superficial and waste energy.

However, for the sake of Emperor Yan's preparation to raise silver money to reward the defenders at the court meeting, Mou Lianghu did not openly object, anyway, the city defense was in charge of Jing Jun, and those officials could still let him settle clean if they stayed in the palace honestly.

It's just that when Mou Lianghu looked at the Huaizhou army outside the city again, he suddenly figured out why he felt weird.

When the Emperor of Yan held an unprecedented court meeting, the Huaizhou army launched its first offensive on the same day.

Is this a coincidence? Or is it a hidden mystery?

After pondering for a while, Mou Lianghu said to the visitor: "You go to the palace to keep an eye on it yourself, and if there is an accident, let someone come over in time to spread the word." ”

"Obey!"

The man took the order and left.

Mou Lianghu raised his hand and pressed against the battlement, and went through the arrangement of the city defense in his mind, but found no omission.

He looked at the enemy outside the city, his brows gradually furrowed, and he said silently in his heart: "Even if there is your internal response in the city, I would like to know what ability you have to climb to the head of Heluo City." ”

A few miles away, in the camp of the Huaizhou Army, Lu Shen withdrew his gaze looking at Heluo City, and said to Duan Zuozhang: "Commander Duan, according to the established arrangement, today the Lai'an Army will attack Dongcheng. They have only one mission, to attract the attention of the enemy commander, but not to attack too hard and cause excessive casualties to themselves. The details are measured by Commander Duan. ”

Duan Zuozhang arched his hand and said, "Yes." ”

Lu Shen said to Song Shifei, who was eager to try: "The Feiyun army divides its troops to feint to attack the north and south, and only a few troops are sent to the south, and you personally lead the main force to wait for the opportunity in the northern city." After the city is broken, the Feiyun Army needs to take control of the passage immediately. If this battle is successful, I will personally ask the Metropolitan Governor for the credit of the Feiyun Army. ”

Song Shifei grinned and hurriedly said, "Obey!" ”

Lu Shen turned his head and saw that Liu Jiangdong, the commander of the Panlong Army, was looking at him with a blank eye, so he smiled and said: "Commander Liu, don't worry, the Panlong Army will definitely have a chance to enter the city today." Your unit is temporarily stationed in the northeast corner of Heluo, that is, between the main forces of the Lai'an Army and the Feiyun Army, waiting for my next order. ”

Liu Jiangdong was nearly forty years old and had a lot of experience in the Huaizhou Army, so after Pei Di was transferred to the chief general of the Zhenbei Army, he took over the Panlong Army.

It is precisely because of such an opportunity that Liu Jiangdong is even more unwilling to rest on his laurels and be content with the status quo, and he is quite eager for military merits in his heart.

Hearing Lu Shen's frank words at this moment, he couldn't help but say with a little embarrassment: "Let Lu Duwei laugh." ”

The general was serious. Today's task is arduous, and we need to work together to achieve our strategic goals. ”

Lu Shen smiled and said, "Everyone, please." ”

The generals bowed at the same time and strode away.

Lu Shen turned to face the three people who stood solemnly, his eyes swept over Ran Xuanzhi, Li Chengen and Bao An in turn, and said in a deep voice: "After breaking the city, Bao An led his troops to immediately rush to the Puppet Yan Palace, and Li Chengen led the troops to deploy on the periphery, and be sure to block the Jing army who rushed to the rescue. ”

The two of them responded aloud.

Lu Shen bowed slightly, and immediately staggered his gaze with Ran Xuanzhi, and said with a smile: "Brother Ran, follow me into the city to have a look?" ”

Ran Xuanzhi was actually the only person in the entire Huaizhou military camp who knew about Lu Shen's plan, and at this moment, he couldn't help but shake his heart and his eyes were full of color, and he nodded again and again: "I can't ask for it!" ”

Lu Shen said to his soldiers: "Beat the drum, give orders!" ”

After a while, the melodious and majestic drums resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the various units of the Huaizhou Army approached Heluo City in accordance with the military order.

The Great War is coming.

……

A little earlier, the Northern Yan Palace.

The head of the Wenchen class, there is a seat in front of the emperor, this is the courtesy that Zhang Can gave to Qing Yu Huaijin.

Qing Yu Huaijin bowed and thanked her, and then sat down safely, and Xiao Jun and the others stood behind her.

This move is completely inconsistent with the rules of etiquette and religion, although Yan Guo has been fighting with Southern Qi for more than ten years, it still inherits the Qi system in many aspects.

Even if this is a puppet court, there has never been a courtier with a guard to the court in the past.

Some relatively young ministers frowned at this scene, but after all, no one refuted it, on the one hand, because most people turned a blind eye to it, as if Qing Yu Huaijin should be this kind of pomp. On the other hand, Qingyu Huaijin was not a Yan minister, but the noble county lord of the Jing Dynasty of the Shangguo Kingdom - at the beginning of the establishment of the Yan Kingdom, he performed the junior salute to the Jing Dynasty.

Emperor Yan Zhang Can, who was on the dragon chair, observed the reaction of the ministers, and saw that after Qingyu Huaijin sat down, from the two prime ministers Wang An and Yu Xinchen, to the ordinary officials with the lowest rank standing in the distance, no one objected to this, so he slowly let go of the hands clenched in his sleeves, the smile on his face became more and more gentle, but his heart was cold.

At this time, he finally realized the deep meaning of his father's deathbed words.

"Regret shouldn't have been in the first place......"

If Zhang Liduan had not accepted the coercion of the magnates of the Jing Dynasty to become Emperor Yan and had not become a puppet played by a group of gate lords and nobles, why would their father and son be so aggrieved, and how could the Jingshan Zhang family become a laughing stock for the ages.

It's just that there is no regret medicine in this world.

Zhang Can reined in his thoughts, forcibly suppressed the resentment and depression, and said slowly: "Everyone, now that the soldiers of the Southern Qi border are coming to the city, the situation in the city is tense due to the lack of troops. I specially convened a court meeting today in the hope that you and others could contribute their efforts to force back the menacing enemy army as soon as possible, so that the people in the city could settle down. ”

Before entering the palace, almost all the courtiers knew about today's issues, no matter what they thought of this emperor who had no real power in their hearts, they had to do something superficial.

Therefore, when Zhang Can's voice landed, more than ten ministers came out to make suggestions.

However, most of these suggestions are vain, either clichés about strengthening the city's defenses, or mediocre strategies to wait for help, or they are absurd words to immediately summon the army of Moyang Road and Jiangbei Road to protect him.

The scene seems to be lively, but it is full of unbearable rotten smell.

In fact, this cannot be completely attributed to the low ability of the courtiers, the root cause is that the command of Heluo City Defense is in the hands of Mou Lianghu, and the privy envoy Pang Shigu is just in the false name of the commander.

They only knew the approximate strength of the Jing army, and they didn't know anything about the specific situation inside, and they were blind to the layout of various parts of the city defense area.

Don't talk about the detailed information of the enemy army outside the city, these people can't even do it as a confidant, what good way can they come up with?

In the midst of the chaos, Qing Yu Huaijin sat calmly and did not show a contemptuous look because of the chaos here.

Xiao Jun and the others stood behind her, staring at the courtiers in the hall like fierce beasts.

Zhang Can coughed lightly, and the hall gradually quieted down.

He moved his gaze to look at the young woman, and said softly, "I wonder how the Lord of Yongping views the enemy army outside the city?" ”

Qing Yu Huaijin raised his head, his eyes were clear and calm, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty does not need to worry. Although there are only more than 20,000 soldiers in the city, there are also not many soldiers and horses in the Huaizhou West Route Army. If it is a decisive battle in the field, the foreign ministers will not dare to pack the ticket in front of His Majesty, but our army has many advantages as the defender of the city, and the enemy army does not have the ability to attack the city. In the eyes of the foreign ministers, Lu Shen, the main general of the enemy army, just took advantage of the current situation to come to Heluo City to show off his might, and he would withdraw his troops in a few days. ”

Her crisp voice spread in the hall, and many Yan Kingdom courtiers couldn't help but cast eager glances.

It has nothing to do with her appearance and demeanor, but they hope to leave a little impression in the eyes of this lady of the sky, after all, this is the first time that the magnates of the Jing Dynasty have appeared publicly in the court of the Yan Kingdom for many years, and the symbolism is extremely obvious.

Zhang Can could naturally feel the change in the atmosphere, so he inadvertently glanced at the second prime minister Yu Xunchen, who was not far from Qingyu Huaijin.

Wang An was one step ahead of everyone, only to see him arch his hand towards the Son of Heaven on the dragon chair and say, "Your Majesty, the Lord of Yongping County is right. As long as the Jing Dynasty army is still in the city, Heluo will not be lost. Mo said that there were only tens of thousands of enemy troops at the moment, and even if Xiao Wangzhi and Li Tianrun were there, they would not have the ability to break through Heluo. ”

The hall was silent.

In fact, Wang An's words are not unreasonable, and many courtiers have such thoughts in their hearts, but after all, he is the prime minister of the dignified Yan State, so openly touting the Jing Dynasty army is too blatant and flattering.

Qing Yu Huaijin turned his head and looked at Wang An lightly, even though he knew that he was building momentum for himself, he still felt that this Zhai Lin Wang family master was too anxious, and completely ignored the existence of Zhang Can and the militia soldiers of Yan State in his words.

The former is fine, but the latter is a bit too hasty.

She didn't want to provoke the rebellion of those people, after all, Heluo City would be the fiefdom of the Qingyu clan in the future.

At this moment, another indifferent voice sounded near Wang An.

"If you don't hear it with your own ears, the lower officials really can't believe their ears. If Wang Xiang's words are spread, I am afraid that the world will have a question in their hearts, is Wang Xiang the prime minister of our Yan Kingdom, or the courtier of the Jing Dynasty in the north? ”

(End of chapter)