Since the governor of Qizhou reorganized the army, the situation in Qizhou has greatly improved, although the Qingyang Sect claims to be hundreds of thousands of troops, but most of them are rabble, in addition to turning into the wind, as long as the imperial court officials and troops seize the opportunity of the decisive battle, they will immediately be completely defeated.

Now the crisis in Qizhou is not in the use of soldiers, but in the government, because of the famine in Qizhou, so the Qingyang Sect raised a big uprising, after quelling the rebellion, there is still no food to help the victims, the people in order to live, or to continue to rebel, the governor of Qizhou can not do a large-scale slaughter, so he can only be tired of running for his life, fighting fires everywhere.

It's just that in this process, the official army is also constantly consumed, and the Qingyang Sect is like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger.

Chu Yunshen had just returned to Dongchang Mansion from Guide Mansion, and he summoned the generals in the city, although he had no official status, but the title of "Shadow Governor" was not called in vain, and none of the generals dared to disobey this unknown gentleman.

At this time, a young general was explaining the current battle situation in Dongchang Mansion to Chu Yunshen: "In the name of Tang Zhou, the general of Tiangong, Bai Jue led the army into the territory of Qizhou to aid Tang Qin, the general of the Digong, known as the army of 100,000, but according to the humble opinion of his subordinates, they are just a rabble, most of them are coerced rogues, and the real battleable army will not exceed 10,000. ”

Chu Yunshen sat in a wheelchair, looked up at the huge map, and said: "100,000 people, even if it is 100,000 pigs, stand still and let us kill, we have to kill until we are soft, I am very curious, what does Bai Jue use to raise so many people?"

A middle-aged general stood up and replied, "Back to Mr. Chu, according to the report of the spies, the disciples raised by the Qingyang Sect live on gruel, which is almost no different from water, and they have one meal a day, only before the battle, they will have a full meal, and it is only two cakes. ”

Chu Yunshen lightly snapped his fingers and said: "Dongchang Mansion is surrounded by water on both sides, and one side is backed by mountains, it has been an easy place to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times. ”

A general hesitated: "This year's Qizhou disaster, the food is all dependent on the support of other state capitals, if Bai Jue besieges and does not attack, and the siege is completely exhausted in the city, he can win without a fight." ”

Another civilian official dressed as a soldier said: "But the Qingyang Sect is also short of food. ”

A scribe in a blue cotton robe said: "According to the students' opinion, the Qingyang sect is long in field battles, and short in siege, we might as well retreat the border troops of each town, which can not only reduce the distance of transporting grain, but also gather troops, and the major passes rely on each other and connect the dots into a line, so that we can resist the Qingyang sect army." ”

His voice fell, and before Chu Yunshen could speak, a general had already opened his mouth to reprimand: "Scholar's opinion! How did those cities lose in the past? If they didn't dare to fight in the field, how could they rely on each other? They could only be broken by the Qingyang Sect one by one. Even if the Qingyang Sect is not good at attacking cities, then they only need to besiege but not attack, and they can put our army in a dilemma. If it is saved, it will be difficult to defeat the Qingyang Sect in the field, then it will become a situation of encirclement and reinforcement, if it is not saved, the defenders in the city will only have to surrender after the food is exhausted. The lesson of involvement is right in front of you, how can you not notice it!"

The scribe was confronted in the face, his face was flushed with anger, and he wanted to argue but didn't know where to start, so he could only force himself: "Then what is General Du's clever plan? You might as well say it and listen to it! Since the Qingyang Sect will not attack the city easily, then we just need to wait for reinforcements, why do we need to attack and defend?"

The general surnamed Du said calmly: "The Qingyang Sect will not move lightly, but it is not immobile, in my opinion, as long as they find that the city of Dongchang Mansion is empty and it is a paper tiger, then he will not hesitate to put aside those rogues and decisively wave his troops to attack the city, so we must take the initiative to attack and defend with attack." If you shrink your forces as you said and cowardly before you fight, wouldn't you tell the Qingyang Sect plainly that my Dongchang Mansion has no strength to fight at all?!"

Chu Yunshen said: "That's the truth, if it is really less than 10,000 battleable divisions, how can the Qingyang Sect have the confidence to besiege the city?"

There was silence in the hall.

Chu Yunshen continued: "The Qingyang Sect coerced the exiles, and used the exiles to consume the crossbow arrows and arrows of our official army, and waited until the official army was exhausted, and then dispatched the elite, and it was decided to fight. And their 10,000 battleable divisions are all elite horse teams, which is the fundamental reason why they can crisscross several states without falling. At that time, the reason why Liangzhou and Qinzhou were lost was the same reason, the northwest defense line built by the governor of Qinzhong was to block the Golden Horde army with fortresses, known as ten miles and one village, five miles and one fort, closely listed between the passes, but the result of the Golden Horde army repeatedly violating the border, if the fortress system could not go out of the city to fight the cavalry or heavy infantry army, then these points could never be connected into a line, and could only be divided and broken. Now Dongchang Mansion seems to be impregnable, but can the defenders in the city dare to go out of the city to fight with the horse team of the Qingyang Sect? If they dare not fight, or if the battle is fruitless, Dongchang Mansion is equivalent to a lonely city. ”

The faces of the generals in the hall were solemn, and there was no sense of relaxation.

At this moment, a high-nosed and deep-eyed Qingluanwei quietly walked into the lobby and whispered in Chu Yunshen's ear: "The urgent report I just got is that the Qingyang Sect should take the city by spies, and Yanggu County and Pingyang County have been lost. ”

Chu Yunshen glanced at him, and the Qingluan Guard Commander took a step back and bowed his head slightly.

Chu Yunshen, who was sitting in a wheelchair, straightened up and said softly: "The official army is guarding the city, this is the end, but if you rush out of the city, you will be wiped out." ”

Chu Yunshen closed his eyes, crossed his fingers on his lower abdomen, and said calmly: "Go and send a letter to Ding Dudu, ask him to stop tracking down the emperor and the queen party, and ask the Qingluanwei under his command to investigate the Qingyang sect spies in Qizhou." ”

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Lanling Mansion, Qingluan Wei commanded the yamen.

A man who looked like he was probably not confused sat on a cloud couch, glanced at Fang Thirteen who was kneeling in front of him, raised his hand and said, "The ground is cold, don't kneel." ”

"Xie Dudu. Fang Thirteen stood up from the ground, his face pale and gloomy.

This man is one of the three major governors of Qingluanwei, Ding Ce, who is known as the "Great Running Thunderer" by the people of the rivers and lakes.

Ding Ce propped his hands on his knees, his upper body was straight, and with a faint smile on his face, he said: "The war in Qizhou is unfavorable, it's just that the governor and the cabinet are angry, but the matter of tracking down the imperial party is not done well, but it is the celebrant and the empress dowager who will not be happy, so the governor's life is very difficult." ”

Fang 13 said in a low voice: "Please punish them all." ”

Ding Ce said noncommittally: "Now the word has come from the Qizhou Governor's Palace, and the person who passed the word is the famous shadow governor, others don't know his details, but I know that he is the eleventh Mr. Unknown on the black and white spectrum, not to be underestimated, at least face still has to be given, so I want to go to Dongchang Mansion." As for Pei Zhou's matter, I will give you my warrant, or leave it to you to deal with, I hope you will not let me down this time. ”

Fang 13 respectfully received the order and said, "Yes, please rest assured." ”

Ding Ce picked up the tea bowl on the small table next to him.

Fang Thirteen understood, got up and retreated.

After a while, a woman walked out of the inner hall slowly, and said softly: "The Great Wei Dynasty is not the Great Wei Dynasty of Gonggong Liu, about Pei Zhou and Qin Daofang, although it was taken by Gonggong Liu, but Gonggong Liu can't say this for no reason, in the final analysis, it is still the meaning of the Queen Mother, don't slack off." ”

Ding Ce put down the teacup in his hand, was noncommittal, and asked, "How are the preparations for the festival of the Queen Mother's birthday?"

The woman said to the outside, "Bring it up." ”

Four Qingluan guards carried an iron cage into the house, and in the cage was a pair of rare white deer.

The woman took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, "This is the gift list for entering Beijing, the Queen Mother has always liked auspicious and white, so I spent a lot of effort to find this pair of white deer, the Queen Mother will be happy to see it." ”

Ding Ce got up and came to the iron cage, teased Bailu, and said with a smile: "It's a little interesting." ”