Chang'an City.

It has been ten full days since Zhu Youzhen and Xu Fu began to attack, and it is getting closer and closer to the New Year, but the battle of Chang'an is far from being as smooth as Xu Fu thought.

The strategy planned by Zhu Youyu's advisor Sheng Zhonghuai is playing a huge role. Chang'an City, which was under military control, was forcibly tied to Zhu Youyu's chariot by Sheng Zhonghuai.

Almost all the family members of the generals of the forbidden army who had a slight influence were detained in the palace, which made these generals jealous, even if they were interested in Zhu Youzhen, but they had to take care of the safety of their families. All the food in Chang'an City was confiscated, whether you are a high-ranking official, a wealthy family or a common man, the daily food needed for survival is allocated according to the plan, and the only way to obtain food is to become a part of the defense of Chang'an, whether you are a military fighter or a labor assistant.

A large number of young men were mobilized to defend the city, and the elite forbidden army was used as a force to fight out of the city, and repeatedly went out of the city to fight while both sides attacked and defended.

Sufficient food guarantee and sufficient manpower replenishment made the battle of Chang'an, for a while, seem confusing.

Zhu Youyu is above politics, or his ability is really insufficient, but in military affairs, he is still a qualified military commander, even at the moment when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, the military command talent he shows still makes the enemy army outside the city helpless.

At the end of another round of attack and defense, the city gate was wide open, and Dai Chao, who went out of the city to fight, led thousands of troops to return from outside the city, and there were cheers up and down the city.

Because they once again thwarted the enemy's attack.

The soldiers who went out of the city to fight were carefully selected. Each of them is dragged down in the city, the son is in the city, the father fights, the wife fights in the city, the younger brother fights in the city, and the soldiers selected in this way are extraordinarily brave when they fight outside the city.

Zhu Youyu, who was wearing a helmet and armor, stood on the top of the city, personally welcoming the return of the army that went out of the city to fight, under the city, one by one the big baskets were stacked into a hill, equipped with yellow copper coins, and the returning soldiers could pick up two copper coins from the baskets as their reward.

All this money was copied by Zhu Youzhen from Chang'an City.

After these days, the morale in Chang'an City has inexplicably risen day by day.

"Morale is available!" Zhu Youyu looked at the cheering soldiers and civilians, and excitedly looked at Sheng Zhonghuai beside him.

Sheng Zhonghuai, who was beside him, was not as optimistic as Zhu Youyu, and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't forget that the purpose of our battle is still to promote peace through war. ”

Before the war, Zhu Youyu adopted Sheng Zhonghuai's strategy and sent an envoy to Zhu Youzhen, proposing a reconciliation strategy, that is, Zhu Youzhen recognized Zhu Youyu's status as emperor, and Zhu Youyu made Zhu Youzhen the prince of the chief regent.

Of course Zhu Youzhen didn't agree, in his opinion, he was already sure of this battle, and there was no need to bargain with Zhu Youyu. But Zhu Youyu was not tired of this, and every time he thwarted Zhu Youzhen's attack, he would send an envoy to repeat it. The people he sent out are also wonderful, basically all of them are the former ministers of Xuanwu, or the subordinates of Jingxiang in the past, these people are now imprisoned and used as messengers, but they can't be better. Even if these people don't come back, Zhu Youyu doesn't care, he just wants to convey a message to Zhu Youzhen, Chang'an, you can't beat it hard, after a long time, the army of Li Tang in the north will inevitably come to attack, and at that time, the two of us brothers will become difficult brothers, and you won't have a chance to enjoy what I can't get.

This is equivalent to threatening Zhu Youzhen with their old Zhu family's things.

Either we'll enjoy it together, or we'll be shattered, and no one can think about it.

Every time Zhu Youzhen's attack was thwarted, Zhu Youyu felt that he was one step closer to achieving his goal.

The situation has come to the present, and Zhu Youyu has nothing to do, this is his only way to survive. As long as we survive this hurdle, there is hope for a turnaround in the future.

Although he issued an edict to Zhu Youqi, the second eldest of Shannan West Road, promising a high position so that Zhu Youqi could send troops to Chang'an and help him attack Zhu Youzhen, although Zhu Youqi did not directly refuse, he also pushed back and blocked, and now he has not sent out a single soldier, so he can't count on it at all.

"Zhu Laosan, this is a hard heart!" Zhu Youyu said angrily: "Now the morale of the army in Chang'an City has risen greatly, it is not impossible to defeat him, I have a strong city to defend, but they are freezing in the ice and snow, but see who can hold up whom." It's a big deal, we're all burning. ”

Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, in Chang'an City, there are millions of soldiers and civilians, and the daily consumption is innumerable. If there is no army to be saved outside, there is no city to defend inside, unless we take the initiative to attack on a large scale and completely defeat our opponents. But right now, we don't dare to go out of the city to fight! ”

Zhu Youyu suddenly fell silent, and went out of the city to fight on a small scale to assist in defending the city, naturally there were descendants available, but once he wanted to go out of the city to fight on a large scale, he had to consider the loyalty of these soldiers who went out of the city to fight, once the battlefield turned against the water, it was completely uncontrollable.

"The third child doesn't want to talk about it at all now!"

"Negotiable." Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head and said, "As long as Tang Jun makes a big move, as long as he really touches the pain point of the Third Highness, he has to consider peace talks with us." He wouldn't really think that his brothers would kill each other, and in the end they would all make wedding clothes for Li Ze! ”

"But after the Tang army won the scales, they didn't move anymore, obviously to see us kill each other, and they were so good at profiting!" Zhu Youyu said resentfully. "Did you see it today, there is another general flag, it is the balance army of Tianping Cao Xuan. Obviously, Cao Xuan and the others have stabilized the situation and confirmed that the Tang army will not attack, so they can draw troops. ”

"The pain point of the Third Highness is in the south!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "In Huainan, in Wuning, once there is a change in these places, His Royal Highness will inevitably not be able to sit still, and before that, Li Ze sent his wife, Liu Ruyan, the general of the Right Thousand Niuwei, to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to reinforce Yangzhou, and there will inevitably be a plan." ”

"Are you sure?"

"Of course!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "There is not only the power of the Three Highnesses in the south, Lingnan Xiang Xun is also vigorously carrying out mergers, if Li Ze does not rapidly expand his power in the south to stabilize the territory, he will be easily swallowed up by Xiang Xun in the future, Li Ze will definitely refuse, so, take this opportunity to take the territory of the Three Highnesses in the south, it is Li Ze's inevitable choice, once he touches the pain point of the Three Highnesses, he will inevitably change his ways." Otherwise, if he defeats us and takes Chang'an, he will only replace Your Majesty today. ”

"When?"

"I don't know!" Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head and said, "So while we are struggling to hold Chang'an City, we still have to work hard to show our attitude towards peace talks. ”

Hao Ren returned to his apartment tired.

As the king of the well-known underground world in Chang'an City, he will certainly not be let go by Zhu Youyu, and now, he leads a force of 5,000 people to help defend the city. Although it is to assist in defending the city, at the critical moment, it is also necessary to fight bravely with arrows and stones. And his core team of 5,000 people is the key force for him to rule the underworld in Chang'an, about 1,000 former thugs. Of course, among these people, there are too many Datang internal guards. Gao Xiangsheng's subordinates basically occupy the key position of this Minzhuang team. If Gao Xiangsheng hadn't been because his fame was too big and his image was too obvious, he would have wanted to go to the city to do a big job.

This Minzhuang team gradually made some fame, and slowly gained more trust than some forbidden troops. You must know that these forbidden troops were all Xu Fu's subordinates at the beginning, but Heren was not. Moreover, these people have families and mouths, and they all settle down in Chang'an City, and they are more likely to gain Zhu Youyu's trust.

Now, Hao Ren has been promoted to a strong general.

Because Hao Ren has changed his body and his status has risen to the top, Gao Xiangsheng can also swagger in the study of Hao Ren's house without having to hide in the underground secret room like a mouse all the time.

"Today I lost more than 100 brothers!" Hao Ren put his helmet on the table, and looked at Gao Xiangsheng reading a book while roasting the fire in the room with some chagrin.

"People will eventually die, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather!" Gao Xiangsheng said with a smile.

"General Gao, do you think this is heavier than Mount Tai?" Hao Ren couldn't laugh or cry.

"Of course." Gao Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Is Zhu Youzhen a big loss today?" ”

"The loss is not small!" Hao Ren sat down and said, "These days, I finally figured out what was going on between the two armies. ”

"Scaring you?" Gao Xiangsheng laughed: "What is this?" You haven't seen a real scene of thousands of troops and horses fighting, can you imagine the scene of tens of thousands of cavalry fighting? The sight of the earth shaking as the two armies charged was enough to scare the faint of heart. ”

Hao Ren recalled the scene of today's battle, when the two sides were at most, they only invested more than 1,000 cavalry each, and more infantry were attacking and defending under the city, but it was the battle of these thousands of cavalry that also made him feel far away in the city. Tens of thousands of cavalry fought, what kind of scene was that!

"Hao Ren, it's almost." Gao Xiangsheng put down the book in his hand, "It's time for Zhu Youzhen to break the city." ”

"Huh?" Hao Ren didn't understand for a while.

"We just received a top-secret message, and we've started to close the net." Gao Xiangsheng said: "Once the net is closed, it is possible for the Zhu brothers to reach a settlement, which is very bad." So, the time has come for you to make meritorious contributions. ”