"Stand by—"

Haoxing Xiaoqi repeated slowly, not commenting on Zhu Mo's proposal.

Zhu Mo further explained: "The enemy is outnumbered, and the encirclement has been achieved. And the reason why the enemy army did not attack immediately should be because he was afraid that His Majesty would take advantage of the chaos to break through, and at the same time, it was also to prevent the forbidden army from launching a surprise attack from behind. Now that the other party is waiting for it, it is almost impossible to break through under such circumstances. ”

Hearing Zhu Mo say that he couldn't forcibly break through, Haoxing Xiaoqi was secretly relieved.

Fleeing in the dark of night will be such a hasty and embarrassing scene!

His Majesty the Emperor, who has always been pampered, can't bear that kind of toss at all. I am afraid that before I can successfully break out, I will die in the chaos due to fright.

But if you don't break through and wait here for reinforcements, what is the chance of being saved?

This is still a problem that his majesty the emperor has to worry about.

"How many days do you think you can hold this place?"

Zhu Mo replied truthfully: "If the other party attacks with all his might, five thousand guards can defend it for a day at most." ”

"One day?"

Haoxing Xiaoqi was taken aback suddenly, "On this day, the rescuers who can arrive, except for the five thousand guards of Song Xingye in the capital, only Song Qingfeng's forbidden army remains.

At this moment, Song Xingye's department was trapped in the palace by the soldiers of the Yan family. And if the forbidden army is transferred to help, as you just said, I am afraid that it will be taken advantage of by the Eastern Navy in the rear. Where else can I turn for help?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xing Chengbiao will not take an all-out offensive at the beginning. Because he should know very well that if the holy driver is in danger, the forbidden army will come to the rescue at all costs.

In that case, his 80,000 Western Route Army will be outflanked from behind by the 100,000 forbidden army, and he will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and even be in danger of being wiped out.

Therefore, for Xing Chengbiao, the safest way should be to launch a feint attack on the side of the imperial tomb with a small number of troops to induce the forbidden army to come to help.

Then he suddenly turned around, met the forbidden army head-on with his main force, and together with the Eastern Navy, which pounced on the forbidden army at the same time, completely defeated the forbidden army. And once the forbidden army is resolved—"

"Yes! After the forbidden army is resolved, the Imperial Tomb is isolated, and I will be left to the rebellious son of King Ji to dispose of it at will!"

Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but start gritting his teeth and scolding King Ji.

After scolding a few words, and after his anger subsided for a while, he remembered to let Zhu Mo continue to speak.

"Since even a person like Weichen, who is not good at using soldiers, can see the enemy's tricks, and the commander of Song is familiar with the art of war and strategy, so he will naturally not be confused by the other party's strategy to lure the enemy.

As long as the forbidden army could hold its position, block the offensive of the Eastern Navy, and at the same time take advantage of the hilly area in the east to pose a condescending threat to the Western Route Army, Xing Chengbiao would not dare to act rashly.

In this way, it may be possible to hold out for a little longer, waiting for reinforcements from elsewhere to arrive. ”

Hearing Zhu Mo say this, Haoxing Xiaoqi finally saw a glimmer of hope, and hurriedly asked, "Then in your opinion, where should I transfer troops from?"

Zhu Mo pondered for a moment before he said unhurriedly: "This Western Route Army sneaked here from the border hundreds of miles away, and was able to avoid all the eyes and ears of the imperial court along the way, this matter is really strange.

According to Weichen's speculation, it is likely that the western state capitals have already colluded with King Ji, so they will ignore the transit of this huge border army, let alone warn Beijing. Therefore, if you ask for help, you must not choose the western state capitals. ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but snort angrily, and said: "They are all chaotic ministers and thieves! When I return to Beijing after quelling the rebellion, I will definitely exterminate all these chaotic ministers and thieves!"

Zhu Mo waited for His Majesty the Emperor, who was already so angry that he had no master, to finish venting before continuing to analyze: "The forbidden army in the east and the five thousand guards led by the Marquis of Song in the capital in the south have their own strong enemies, and they should not be able to send people to the imperial tomb for reinforcements.

Therefore, the only hope at present is the northern state capitals. Among them, there are enough troops to compete with the Western Route Army, and the closest box army to this place is King Qing's Gyeongju Army. ”

"Gyeongju?!"

Haoxing Xiaoqi remembered a very important thing at this time, and hurriedly asked: "Zhu Mo, Prince Ding has already set off for Gyeongju?"

"Gyeongju?"

Zhu Mo glanced at the emperor who suddenly became so anxious for some reason, and replied respectfully: "Prince Ding left an hour ago. But he said that he was ordered by His Majesty to rush back to Beijing immediately. And he did lead people to the west, in the direction of returning to Beijing. ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but sigh, and said with remorse: "He must have listened to my words, and he was afraid of attracting attention, so he exposed Xingzang, so he deliberately went west first, and then made a detour to the north to transfer troops to Gyeongju." ”

When Zhu Mo heard this, he couldn't help but say with joy on his face: "Since Prince Ding has rushed to Gyeongju to transfer troops, with the time of his departure, Xing Chengbiao's men and horses should not have completed the siege at that time." He should be able to reach Gyeongju smoothly and bring in reinforcements!

Gyeongju came here, if it was a quick march, but it was only a day's journey. In this way, the Gyeongju army should arrive the day after tomorrow!"

Haoxing glanced at Zhu Mo, who was still excited, and thought to himself, it is true that Prince Ding can successfully reach Gyeongju, but the reinforcements will probably never come.

At this time, although His Majesty the Emperor regretted it, there was no other way.

In the end, he still said hesitantly: "I'm afraid...... Prince Ding may not be able to ...... Reinforcements were brought in. Zhu Mo, are you still ...... Let's send someone to Gyeongju for help. ”

Zhu Mo was stunned, then glanced at the look on the emperor's face, and suddenly had a terrible premonition in his heart - the supposed prince should never come back!

In that year, Prince Ding Haoxing Xiaoyu was arrested and imprisoned in Jishi Temple. Later, he looked for an opportunity to escape, and he never knew what to do.

For these things, Zhu Mo, the guard beside the emperor, knows a lot about it.

Therefore, although the emperor did not say it, Zhu Mo also knew very well in his heart why he wanted to support the supposed prince to ascend to the throne.

And recently, whenever the fake prince entered the palace, the emperor would break Zhu Mo.

But with Zhu Mo's shrewdness, he still smelled some kind of unusual conspiracy from it.

He knew that the emperor, at the instigation of Zheng Yong, wanted to use the identity of this fake prince to secretly plan something. And what they want to target must be the father and son of Zuo Xiang.

This time, the emperor came to the imperial tomb to guard filial piety, but ordered him, the commander of the guards, to allocate fifty internal guards under the full command of Zheng Yong.

Although Zhu Mo couldn't guess the true intentions of the emperor and Zheng Yong for a while, he didn't want to let them go.

Therefore, he transferred all the guards who had been secretly verified by his own order and had indeed taken refuge in Zheng Yong.

Anyway, they are already Zheng Yong's people, whether they go through this procedure or not, these people will also act on Zheng Yong's orders.

Then you might as well hand them over to Zheng Yong directly, so that this traitorous eunuch can no longer use secret means and call more internal guards to do things for him.

When the Holy Driver set off for the Imperial Mausoleum, Zhu Mo suddenly discovered that the chief administrator of Ouchi, who was always with the emperor, did not come this time.

He guessed that Zheng Yong must have been ordered by the emperor to lead the fifty internal guards to lurk in the capital, wanting to take advantage of the chaos of King Ji to remove the father and son of the Zuo Prime Minister in one fell swoop.

And as soon as the father and son of the left minister are removed, I am afraid that this fake prince will no longer have the need to continue to exist......

This should be the reason why the emperor's face is so ugly at this moment.

His Majesty the Emperor was bent on calculating others and eradicating dissidents. Now he is being calculated by his own son. And the only person who could have saved him from this crisis was eliminated by him in advance, so that he put himself in deep danger.

Presumably, the emperor is now too late to regret it!

Thinking of this, Zhu Mo couldn't help but sigh secretly, bowed down and said, "The minister obeys the order!"