Zhao Xuanqi gave the order to practice frantically.

Make sure that all soldiers are proficient in muskets and bombs.

As long as you practice the musket proficiently, you will basically have the certainty of victory.

If it was an encounter outside the city, the musket gunpowder might not be as useful.

But now using them in the defense of the city is definitely a nightmare for the enemy, and it is useless for the enemy to attack the city.

The city is full of buildings and bunkers, as long as you build fortresses, dig windows for shooting on them, shoot a bullet and hide, the enemy has no choice but to leave, and you can kill and injure the enemy at will.

The defenders can also hide behind the bunkers of buildings and drop bombs, so they don't have to worry about anything, just throw the bombs and they can damage the enemy.

The enemy had already lost more than half of the army defending the city before they had time to see it, and it was definitely a nightmare for the rebels besieging the city.

In the following time, the soldiers in the barracks practiced muskets frantically, skilled in muskets, familiar with the three-person system, and with the cooperation of fast people, one person could basically shoot three or four rounds a minute.

At the same time, the soldiers also knew how to drop the bomb wisely, so as not to drop the bomb on their side because of panic.

Prevent some big smarts from being too panicked to drop a bomb and not dare to drop a bomb.

And about bombs, and muskets.

In this regard, Zhao Xuanqi did a good job of keeping it strictly confidential and would not allow any information about muskets and bombs to leak out of the barracks.

Once the enemy knows this information, it will definitely have a huge impact on the situation on the battlefield.

Even the civil and military officials of the imperial court, and even Emperor Jingming, did not know the information about the musket bombs, and all the information was tightly sealed.

The barracks became a closed cell, and information was only allowed in, not out.

The craftsman who made gunpowder and muskets was even recruited by Zhao Xuanqi to become a special craftsman in the army, and he could not leave the barracks casually in the future, and most of them could only stay in the barracks in the future, let alone leak the information in them.

The reason why Zhao Xuanqi defended the information so closely was that he knew that the rebels definitely had spies in the city.

When he met with Huang Shouyi yesterday, Huang Shouyi said, "There are only 30,000 defenders in the city, and it is impossible to defend the city at all." ”

It stands to reason that even the people in the city and many civil and military ministers don't know how many troops they have, but Huang Shouyi knows it so well.

Obviously, there are more detailed works in the city than imagined, and even the status is very high, so the rebels can be so clear about the situation in the city, and Zhao Xuanqi must put an end to the possibility of information leakage.

That's it.

Half a month passed quietly.

In the past half a month, the soldiers have been crazy and proficient in muskets, and they have basically been able to use muskets proficiently.

At the same time, the arsenal is also stepping up the production of muskets and bombs, and increasing the inventory for the next war.

The rebel army outside the city, in these days, continued to cut down all the trees outside the city and made many siege equipment.

A large number of siege machines were crafted, and they were counted, and it seemed that they were ready to attack the city at any time.

At the same time, the rear forces of the rebel army gradually arrived.

It turned out that the rebel army that Zhao Xuanqi saw for the first time seemed to be very numerous, but in fact it was only 200,000, which belonged to the vanguard army, and there were more rebel troops who arrived later.

You stand at the top of the wall and look at the opposite side, and basically as far as the eye can see, all the military camps are stationed, and the mountains are full of people from the opposite side, and the black pressure is overwhelming, like a tide.

The movements of the rebels seem to be about to attack the city.

It gives people the feeling that they could attack at any time.

Everyone was nervous, waiting for the moment when the war would break out.

But Zhao Xuanqi was calm.

He didn't panic at all.

After these days of getting along, he judged that most of the rebels would not attack hard.

If it had been attacked, the rebels would have attacked the city a few days earlier, and would not have waited until now.

Chang'an City is a hard bone.

There were 30,000 more soldiers in the city.

If it is really going to attack hard, the rebel army will lose at least half of the army, and it will definitely suffer heavy losses.

There are still so many princes in the world who have preserved their strength, once Huang Shouyi loses a lot, he will definitely end up besieged, and the follow-up result will not be much better.

If you want to trap Chang'an City.

It's also unrealistic.

There is a large amount of grain piled up in Chang'an City, and it is not much difficulty to hold on for a year and a half.

On the other hand, on the rebel side, the 500,000 army eats and drinks Lazar every day is an astonishing amount, and the consumption of food is definitely a terrifying level, and the food supply is definitely not as good as that in the city.

Zhao Xuanqi can afford to drag it out, but Huang Shouyi can't drag it out.

No matter how much the other party dragged Zhao Xuanqi, he was not worried, but he could use this time to make more musket explosives and consume the enemy's grain and grass faster.

Zhao Xuanqi knows.

At this time, it is Huang Shouyi who should be anxious, not himself.

You just have to wait for an opportunity.

What chances?

Since the rebels will not attack and will not drag hard, they still have to put on a posture of attacking, obviously there are other actions, giving psychological pressure and making some people in the city move.

Most of them want to break through Chang'an City from the inside.

Therefore, everything is ready on his side, he only owes the east wind, and only waits for the other party's action.

They are waiting for this opportunity, the other party is also waiting for this opportunity, and both sides are waiting for an opportunity.

It was this afternoon, when Zhao Xuanqi was on his daily patrol, the other party finally moved, and a court official quietly found Zhao Xuanqi and agreed to meet in the evening.

Zhao Xuanqi didn't know that official, his name was unknown, most of them were just people sent by the other party, and the real big fish would only be revealed at night.

With this in mind, Zhao Xuanqi returned home and quietly waited for the evening to come.

Sure enough, at night, a person came to Zhao Xuanqi's courtyard and knocked on the door.

The moment Zhao Xuanqi saw this person, he was instantly surprised to the extreme.

He never imagined that it would be this person coming.

This man's identity is very unusual.

The court was the prime minister.

The grandson of Emperor Fang.

Emperor Jingming's trusted cronies.

In the past, Emperor Fang led officials from poor backgrounds, won the trust of the emperor, fought against the officials of the big families in the imperial court, opposed the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, resisted monopoly, and made many exploits that were beneficial to the people.

The reason why Zhao Xuanqi was able to come out was that Emperor Fang played a great role behind the scenes.

Unexpectedly, after the death of Emperor Fang, his grandson secretly joined the wealthy family, caused chaos in the government, deepened the monopoly, and also secretly joined the rebel army, and came to find himself tonight.

Prime Minister Fang's purpose is very simple, on behalf of the big families in the city, in the name of the people, he hopes that Zhao Xuanqi will surrender, this is persuasion!

Zhao Xuanqi thought that someone would come, but he really didn't expect that it would be Prime Minister Fang, so looking at it, I am afraid that the civil and military officials and those wealthy families have no intention of resisting at all, and they are ready to surrender from the beginning!

As the saying goes, the emperor of flowing water is a family of iron.

It doesn't matter who the emperor is for the family, as long as you can maintain your own rule and interests, it doesn't matter who you are the emperor.

The rebels had promised that as long as Emperor Jingming's head was cut off and Kaesong surrendered, they would still retain their previous official positions and even their dominant position.

Otherwise, it's a massacre!

So, why bother thanklessly guarding Emperor Jingming?

There's no chance of holding on to it!

Zhao Xuanqi closed the door, and there were only two people left in the room, and they slowly sat opposite each other.

Prime Minister Fang Cheng's eyes were complicated, and he said slowly: "General, there is no point in holding on, it is the people who suffer, Emperor Jingming's indulgence in beauty will lead to chaos in the world, why should such a mediocre Your Majesty help him?" ”

Zhao Xuanqi shook his head and said: "It's not because he is the emperor that I protect him, but because he is good to me and kind to me, so I have to protect him, whether he is the emperor or not, even if he is an ordinary person with no status, I am willing to protect him." ”

Prime Minister Fang said: "But how to keep it? What do you keep with it? 30,000 against 500,000, there is no chance of winning at all, once the city is breached, then the people of the city will be slaughtered, you are killing the people of the city, as long as the city surrenders, everyone will be fine! ”

Zhao Xuanqi remained silent, waved his big hand, and sneered: "Are you sure that after the city is opened, the rebels will not do anything to the people?" Will the rebels still speak to you in a good voice? They're swingers! ”

Prime Minister Fang stroked his goatee, and after thinking about it, he said with a sad face: "But we have no choice, if we defend the city, we will definitely not be able to defend it, then there will be only ten deaths and no life, but if we surrender, at least there is a chance of survival." ”

"The general needs to rule the world, he needs to govern the world, it is impossible to lack the family, the system, and our assistance, and most of us will be fine."

"The people in the city will be fine, so many people are the basis of the rule, they are all symbols of prosperity, and there are many craftsmen, since he wants to enter the capital, he will definitely not harm the capital."

"The general promised that as long as you open the city and surrender, after he enters the capital, you will still retain the position of the general and enjoy endless glory and wealth, so why should you sacrifice your life for the mediocre Emperor Jingming? Why bother to bury the lives of the people in the city for the sake of the mediocre Emperor Jingming? ”

After Zhao Xuanqi heard this, his eyes were indifferent, he was not shaken by these words, and shook his head and refused: "If a person dies for a confidant, no matter how mediocre Your Majesty is, but he has not done anything to be sorry for me, how can I turn my back on the Lord and seek glory?" This is an immoral act, ungrateful, people and gods are angry, you go, for the sake of Emperor Fang's kindness to me, I will treat you as if you have not come! ”

After speaking, Zhao Xuanqi drove people away directly.

He did not hesitate to drive Prime Minister Fang away.

Of course, this is just a deliberate act on his part, everything is deliberately arranged and planned by Zhao Xuanqi.

Half a month ago, Huang Shouyi personally persuaded him to surrender, but he didn't succeed in persuading himself to surrender, if a random person from a big family succeeds in persuading himself to surrender now, it is estimated that the other side will not believe it, and he will come a few more times!

Only by coming a few more times can the other party be sure that he is really willing to surrender and believe in this hard-won success!

Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, and he invited him three times, and he wanted to surrender as a general, so it was impossible for him to be persuaded to surrender once or twice!

It even takes some specific conditions to be willing to surrender, so that everything will seem so logical and natural, so that people will not suspect that it is acting.

After driving away Prime Minister Fang, it was already late at night, Zhao Xuanqi quietly returned to the palace and successfully met Emperor Jingming.

In the ear of Emperor Jingming, he cautiously and slowly said his plan.

Emperor Jingming's face was complicated, and he wanted to say something, but finally looked at Zhao Xuanqi's eyes, sighed and said, "That's the only way, I believe in you!" ”

"It's all hard work!"

Emperor Jingming gave all his trust to Zhao Xuanqi.

There wasn't even the slightest hint of hesitation.

To be honest, Zhao Xuanqi didn't expect that Emperor Jingming would agree so quickly and trust himself so much, which made him fall silent for a while.

As an emperor, I can trust an outsider to such a point, I really don't know what to say.

Next.

Another week passed.

In these seven days, Zhao Xuanqi showed absolute confidence in defending the city, and had the courage to defend Chang'an City even if he would rather everyone die.

A posture of a fish dying and a broken net, vowing not to surrender.

On the first day, Emperor Jingming sent eunuchs to intervene in the plan to defend the city, and let the eunuchs be the supervisors to criticize Zhao Xuanqi.

Then he sent people to divide Zhao Xuanqi's military power, dividing the army defending the city into several parts, acting as a check and balance with each other.

Originally, the deployment of defending the city that could not be splashed in the water has revealed many flaws in the current finger-pointing intervention, and it seems full of flaws.

Zhao Xuanqi, the great general, showed strong dissatisfaction with this, and even openly insulted Emperor Jingming's mediocrity in the barracks.

After Emperor Jingming heard about it, he immediately punished Zhao Xuanqi, not only punished him for half a year, but also reduced Zhao Xuanqi's position.

Subsequently, contradictions erupted between the two sides.

In short, the people in the city all know the news that there is a split between Emperor Jingming and General Zhao, and the contradiction has reached the extreme.

"This is a great opportunity!"

The family saw this opportunity.

Laugh at it.

is worthy of the mediocre and incompetent Emperor Jingming, and at this time, he even broke out with the general, is this because he is afraid that he will not die fast enough?

But that's right, the army in the city is in the hands of the general, if the general wants to be the emperor, basically no one can stop it, no wonder His Majesty will behave like this today, no wonder he will send someone to divide the military power, but whoever is the emperor is estimated to have this kind of worry!

They found the opportunity and sent people to continue to persuade Zhao Xuanqi.

The person who came to persuade him to surrender this time was still Prime Minister Fang.

Prime Minister Fang said bitterly: "General, Your Majesty is mediocre and incompetent, why do you have to protect him?" ”

"These days, he sent people to divide up the military power, and pointed fingers at the deployment of the city defense, so that the eunuch who didn't understand the military stood on top of your head to pee, so he didn't trust you, why did you die for him?"

"Even if you defend Chang'an City, I'm afraid that in the case of high merit and shocking the master, Emperor Jingming will definitely not read your kindness, but will kill you, you must know the truth that the cunning rabbit dies and the lackey cooks, and the bird hides the bow."

"If you don't keep it, you won't get any benefit, and if you can't keep it, you won't get any benefit, what's the point of all this?"

"Don't end up with a bamboo basket and a wasted ending!"

"So Tou Cheng, Tou Cheng is the best choice, General Chongtian absolutely welcomes you, he regards you as a great talent in the world, calls you a peerless talent, and will definitely reuse you in the future, only in him can you give full play to your talents!"

After Zhao Xuanqi heard this, he showed a hesitant expression on his face, wandering around the room, constantly spinning, showing ambivalence, and finally sighed and said: "You treat me unjustly, don't blame me for being unkind to him." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't trust me so much, and now that I have to cut off my position, then I don't need to protect him, I am willing to join the rebel army of the Great General!"

After Fang Cheng heard this, he was pleasantly surprised, and his tears almost fell with emotion.

It's not easy, he's finally willing to surrender!

Finally, the persuasion was successful!

That's a great achievement!

As long as Zhao Xuanqi surrenders, Chang'an City will definitely not be able to hold on, and the good days of this dog emperor will come to an end!

This Emperor Jingming is really too mediocre and incompetent, and he played a good hand of cards with his own hands, and he deserves to be changed!

"The great general is abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, after the establishment of the new dynasty, you are definitely the first meritorious, and you can definitely display your ambitions in the new dynasty and seek benefits for the people of the world."

"I thank the general for the people of the world."

Zhao Xuanqi shook his head, his face was depressed, his face was guilty and self-blamed, and there was no joy on his face.

"Many of my soldiers are from the Imperial Forest Army, and many of them are loyal to Your Majesty, so we have to make a good arrangement and think about how to send Chang'an City to the general of Chongtian safely!"

Prime Minister Fang understood this truth, so he nodded and said, "This is nature!" ”

Subsequently, the two had a detailed discussion.

After most of the day, a plan was finalized.

Open the city gates in the middle of the night!

The two sides agreed on a point in time, and in the night of three days, the main gate of Chang'an City would be opened, and torches would be lit as a signal to put all the rebel troops inside!

Zhao Xuanqi will lead his own people to deal with non-resistance, and all the soldiers will be controlled in the barracks, sit and watch the rebels enter the city, and then let the rebels directly take the imperial city and Emperor Jingming's life!

After discussing everything, Prime Minister Fang left happily, and the big families and wealthy families behind him were probably also in the midst of great surprises!

Zhao Xuanqi stood with his hands in his hands, looking at his distant back, his face gradually turned cold: "Hehe, the big family? The Grand General? I didn't expect my acting skills to be so good, and it's not an exaggeration to call it the possession of the emperor. ”

"Three days later, open the gates at night?"

"Hehe, everything will be a burial place for the rebels!"

Facts have proved that Zhao Xuanqi still has the acting skills of Emperor Jingming, and he successfully deceived everyone.

(End of chapter)