Guancheng County was surrounded on three sides. Cui Quan's army was defeated in two battles and lost more than 6,000 soldiers. Cui Quan left 150,000 soldiers to guard the three city gates, and the rest of the army was stationed in the city to maintain order.
Cui Quan came to the Governor's Mansion and told Cui Junchuo and others about the situation outside the city.
Several people were shocked when they heard this. Cui Junchuo's face was as pale as paper, "How is that possible? According to what you said, there are hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city, and among them are soldiers and horses brought by Mr. Wang Yu from Suizhou. ! Doesn’t this mean that the imperial court already knew that we were going to raise troops? But Guancheng County has blocked the city gate for more than a month, how did the news get out? "
Zheng Shuwu looked dejected and murmured: "It's over! It's over! If I had known this, I shouldn't have listened to Cui Junchuo's slander! Now that Guancheng County is besieged by a large army, what should we do?"
Cui Junchuo glanced at Zheng Shuwu indifferently, but said nothing more, because at this time, he had no intention to argue.
Cui Wenji is old and prudent, and is the oldest among the three, but because he is well-maintained, he is also the one with the best bones. He stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and said:
"It's not a matter of life and death yet. There are only a hundred thousand troops outside the city, but we have an army of 300,000! What's more, our Boling Cui family and Xingyang Zheng family have not put in their full strength. We can still mobilize 50,000 troops from outside the city. Secret guards and thousands of family dead men! Besides, the sacrifices of our three families have not yet taken action. With their martial arts, one can be worth a hundred! When the time comes, we will attack from inside and outside, and we will definitely be able to find a way out!
But at that time, Li Shimin would definitely not let us go. But our family can go to the Turks, or go to live in seclusion on Nanyang islands, and then return to the Central Plains when the time is right! "
After hearing this, Cui Junchuo and Zheng Shuwu both brightened up. Zheng Shuwu hurriedly said: "In Brother Cui's opinion, how should we deal with it now?"
Cui Wenji said solemnly: "You and I, first use flying pigeons to pass the message, mobilize the secret guards outside, and ask them to rush to Zhengzhou as soon as possible. Then we will wait for the opportunity! During this period, we only need to be careful Just think of the army outside the city! Our army can't defeat it outside, but we can defend the city. With the city wall as our support, the hundreds of thousands of troops outside can't attack the city at all!"
"Yes, yes, then let's defend the city first. When the reinforcements arrive, we will attack from both inside and outside to fight a bloody path! Didn't we recruit a group of new soldiers before? Let them guard the city gate. Even if the imperial army attacks the city, Those who were killed or injured were not our people. With the strength of our families, where can we not dominate one side?"
After hearing this, Zheng Shuwu nodded repeatedly.
Cui Junchuo also felt it was reasonable. He turned to look at Pan Zhenyue and ordered: "Zhenyue, send new troops to guard the city, with veterans supervising. The city is under martial law. People are strictly prohibited from gathering in crowds to make trouble. Let all Cui Mansion's disciples go to various workshops regularly to give lectures and appease them." The sentiments of the people, and encourage them to help us defend the city! Increase patrols to prevent anyone from inciting people to defect to the imperial court!"
"Yes! Grandpa! The students will make arrangements now~!"
Pan Zhenyue cupped his hands and took Cui Quan out the door!
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"Hey! Join the Army, we really didn't go to Luoyang today. This Wei Zuocheng is really good at predicting things! Do you think he knew about the Xuanjia Army and the appeasement so that they could come with a large army today~? Join the Army, what do you think of Wei Zuocheng? Can you figure it out?"
Guancheng County, Dongcheng.
Liu Rengui and his team were standing on the wall to defend the city. Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Old Feng whispered excitedly.
Liu Rengui said calmly: "It must be that Miss Li Yu used the telegraph machine to send a message to Chang'an that day. The Xuanjia Army has unparalleled combat power and amazing speed. It took less than two days to march from Chang'an to Zhengzhou at full strength. We can arrive there in a day, Wei Zuocheng should have calculated the time in private! As for the pacification envoy, it must not be difficult for him to mobilize 100,000 troops and horses within two days!"
"Oh! I thought Wei Zuocheng was an old god who could pinch and calculate!"
Feng Wu scratched his head, muttered, and then said: "Hey, join the army. I just heard that Cui Quan's army met the Suizhou governor Wang Yu and our governor's army outside the west city gate. The two sides fought a bloody battle. , Cui Quan abandoned six thousand corpses and fled back to the city!"
"Wang Yu? Suizhou is more than four hundred miles away from Zhengzhou. How could he appear in Zhengzhou now?"
Liu Rengui suddenly became confused. After thinking for a moment, he said:
"Guancheng County is now surrounded on three sides. The Cui family can either go out of the city to fight and fight their way out, or they can stick to the city and wait for reinforcements from the Cui family in Boling and the Zheng family in Xingyang! But in my opinion, they are more likely to choose the latter. , so before their reinforcements arrive, we must find ways to get in touch with the army outside the city, otherwise the Cui family may really escape this time! I will find a way to go back tonight and discuss it with Wei Zuocheng. You can help me cover up. hidden!"
Feng Wu nodded and said: "Don't worry about joining the army. It's very cold at night, and no one will come to inspect it. Don't worry!"
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outside the city.
The Xuanjia Army and the local state army had already set up tents and started making food. Apparently they were planning to set up camp outside the city!
In the south of the city, there is a large tent of the Chinese army.
"General Duan, Guancheng County is now besieged by us on three sides. The rebels are unable to fly. I wonder when General Duan plans to attack the city~?"
Ren Can, the pacification envoy of Henan Province, also came to the central tent of Xuanjia Army. At this time, he looked at Duan Zhixuan and asked.
Even though he is a comfort ambassador of the Yitong, he does not dare to show any neglect when facing Duan Zhixuan. Duan Zhixuan was also among them in the Xuanwu Sect's change. This is the real hero of Conglong!
Duan Zhixuan picked up the tea cup, took a sip, then pondered for a moment, and said: "We only have an army of 150,000 people. Although we are not afraid of the Cui family's coalition forces in the open area, if we want to attack the city with this few people, it is tantamount to wishful thinking." ! Besides, the Xuanjia Army is only suitable for fighting in the wild and not good at attacking cities, so let’s besiege instead of attacking. In two days, General Manager Li’s army will arrive, and we will discuss the siege at that time!”
"Yeah! So best!"
Ren Can and Wang Yujun nodded.
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It's night and there's no moon.
The towers in Guancheng County were lined with torches. Although generally no one would attack the city at night, there were still many soldiers guarding the towers.
Liu Rengui sneaked away under the pretext of going to the toilet, dodging many patrolling soldiers along the way, and finally arrived at the house in Wuningfang in the south of the city.
"Is Liu Canjun back?"
At this time, Wei Zheng and others were still asleep. They heard a movement coming from the mouth of the well, and Wei Zheng asked in a low voice.
"It's me! It's me!"
Liu Rengui responded and hurriedly walked over. At this time, a weak candle light also lit up in the tunnel. Liu Rengui said to everyone excitedly: "Good news! Good news! In a few days, you should not have to hide. It’s in this tunnel!”
Li Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this and said, "Brother Liu, have reinforcements arrived?"
Girls love to be clean. Since moving into this tunnel, the little girl has not taken a shower for several days, and her whole body feels uncomfortable and tight! Besides, there is not much ventilation in this tunnel, and there are so many people living there, so the smell will naturally not be good. She has really had enough of this place!
Liu Rengui glanced at Xiao Yu'er with admiration and said, "Miss Li Yu guessed it right. The reinforcements sent by the imperial court have indeed arrived! They include 3,000 Xuanjia troops, 130,000 troops mobilized by the Henan Dao pacification envoy, and the Sui Dynasty army." The 20,000 troops and more than 150,000 troops brought by Wang Yu, the governor of the state, have surrounded Guancheng County! When the army outside the city breaks through the city, Wei Zuocheng and you will be saved!"
"Ah! Great! Great! The title has finally sent its army! We can finally see the light of day again!"
When Xiao Yu'er heard this, he immediately cheered.
Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "It's too early to say this now. It is absolutely impossible to capture the city with just the army outside the city. All this will have to wait until the follow-up army arrives in Guancheng!"
"The following army? Why did Wei Zuocheng conclude that there will be a large army coming later?"
Liu Rengui said doubtfully.
They returned after sending information to the court at Songyue Temple. As for the arrangements made by the court, they don't know!
Wei Zheng smiled slightly and said: "Duan Zhixuan's Xuanjia Army has high maneuverability and fast attack speed. It is very suitable to be the vanguard of the assault! Since Your Majesty has sent the Xuanjia Army to take the lead, there will naturally be no follow-up. Wait, The appearance of Wang Yu shows that His Majesty has been wary of the Cui family for a long time. The lineup sent by the court in this battle must not be underestimated. The Cui family cannot win!"
"Yeah! What Wei Zuocheng said is true!"
Liu Rengui nodded thoughtfully.
Xiao Yu'er said at this time: "Wei Zuocheng, since we have reinforcements behind us, do you think the Cui family will also have reinforcements outside the city?"
When Wei Zheng heard this, his eyes darkened. After a moment, he looked at Liu Rengui: "I have to ask Liu Canjun this question!"
Liu Rengui quickly raised his hand and said: "The general believes that the Cui family will definitely have reinforcements."
"how you said that?"
"Back to Wei Zuocheng, as far as I know, the current 300,000 soldiers and horses in the city, except for the young men and horses recruited in the past few months, the rest are state soldiers and horses and secret guards raised by the Cui family. The Boling Cui family Neither the Zheng family nor the Xingyang family sent out a single soldier, so the general guessed that they must still have forces that can be mobilized outside the city! And today they chose to guard the city with ghosts instead of going out to fight, which just confirmed that the general General’s guess!”
Liu Rengui replied with clasped fists.
The atmosphere in the tunnel became solemn again. Wei Zheng stroked his beard and said solemnly: "Now it depends on which reinforcements from both sides arrive in Guancheng first! If the Cui family's reinforcements arrive first, they will definitely go out to patrol the city. Under attack from outside, the situation will not be good!"
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