When Father-in-law Yu heard the report of the sailor officer, he raised his head and looked south,

The black clouds in the sky in the distance are thick, and the mountains are stacked on top of each other, like boulders piled up in the sky, pressing the people below to breathe.

From the situation of cumulus clouds, it must be raining heavily on the river in the south, although there is no rain here in Luzhou, but who knows if the black clouds will drift north here in the future?

The South Lake is still a long distance away from the river, and it is not difficult to imagine what the river looks like at this time.

Father-in-law Yu frowned and looked at the sky and looked at the lake, and did not speak, while the officer of the sailor continued:

"Father-in-law, the wind and waves on the river are too big, and the hydrology is retrograde, and the wind direction is not smooth.

Yu Gonggong stood on the shore with his hands in his hands and listened to the officer's report without saying a word, and as soon as the officer finished speaking, everyone could hear the bells and drums in Luzhou City behind him.

Peach Chase Rabbit looked back, and whispered to Peach Chase Deer:

"The city is ready to defend."

Tao Zhulu was also looking up and looking back at this time, and nodded in agreement when he heard Tao Zhulu's words,

At this time, Qiu Xiao stepped forward and said to Father-in-law Yu:

"As long as we are still in Jiangbei, Lei Youde and the hundreds of thousands of troops under him will not let us go, once we are annihilated, the capital will be an empty city, if the capital is completely defenseless, no matter how big the waves on the river are, it will be impossible to stop Lei Youde."

The officer was very angry when he heard that Qiu Xiaozhi was instigating Father-in-law Yu and insisted on crossing the river by boat, and he immediately said to Father-in-law Yu:

"Father-in-law, the civilian ships we requisitioned did not pass through the wind and waves at all, and the waterway in the river was already difficult to pass when we went east from Jiangzhou, and we sank a lot of ships in the waves, and many brothers died in the belly of the fish before they could meet the enemy. Now our boat is more or less on the point, just arrived in Luzhou has not had time to repair, and now it is about to sail again, and the waves on the river are much bigger than when they came, this is not crossing the river at all to retreat, this is to die! “

The officer said fiercely, especially the word "send to death" at the end, which was quite offensive, but Father-in-law Yu still listened with his hands and didn't say a word at all.

The officer continued:

"Luzhou is an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, the city is high and the walls are thick, as long as we and the people in the city stick to it, we will be able to block the thieves under the city, so that the thieves will be exhausted by me, and the Quartet reinforcements can take the opportunity to come to support, when the time comes, the inside and outside should be combined to attack the thieves, the thieves will die, why do you want to flee in embarrassment now, leaving an infamy in the world?"

After the officer finished speaking, Father-in-law Yu's brows were obviously loosened, and he looked down at the ground and smacked his tongue.

Qiu Xiao saw that Father-in-law Yu was also a little moved by the officer's words, and hurriedly persuaded:

"Father-in-law, what this adult said seems to be reasonable, but if you inferre carefully, you will find that there are many loopholes, there are five unkeepable in Luzhou, and I ask my father-in-law to listen to the little official to explain to my father-in-law."

When the officer heard Qiu Xiaozhi say this, he raised his head and glared at Qiu Xiaozhi viciously, while Gonggong Yu turned his head and glanced at Qiu Xiaozhi and said:

"Then I'll listen to you."

Qiu Xiaozhi made a gesture, and then said:

"First of all, our army is insufficient, just now this lord said that the city wall of Luzhou is strong and tall, enough to support our defense, but have you ever thought that Luzhou City is so big, the city gate alone will be opened eight, how can we defend more than 30,000 people? How many gates can we hold onto, it's already the limit, what about the remaining city walls? Since the uprising, the number of thieves has been snowballing more and more, and they have pulled up the number of strong people everywhere, and now they have pulled the people of Heyin, and the number of the whole army far exceeds that of our officers and soldiers, with the number of thieves and bandits, we can completely besiege the city on all sides and attack at the same time, how long can we hold out under this offensive? “

At this point, the officer interjected:

"The city wall cannot be defended, we can go out of the city to fight the thieves, and defeat the thieves with the combat strength of our Beijing army."

Qiu Xiao replied bluntly:

"If you just set out from the capital, the official army can indeed win more with less, Wei Hou fought two battles in Jingzhou and Dangyang, but after many bloody battles, the combat ability of the thieves is not lost to the official army at all, if we fight against the city, there is no chance to win more with less, the defeat of Shouchun was last night, do you want me to talk carefully about it for adults?"

The officer was pushed back by Qiu Xiaozhi's words, but he was not reconciled, so he said:

"We are ordered to beg for thieves, where in the world is not to eat pot pulp to welcome the king? We don't have enough people to mobilize the people in the city to defend the city with us, the army and the people are united, what can the thieves do to me? “

Qiu Xiaozhi waited for the officer to finish speaking, and immediately replied:

"Have you ever asked the people in the city if they are of the same mind as the officials and soldiers?"

The officer was obviously cowardly when he was questioned by Qiu Xiaozhi, but he still asked:

"Isn't it?"

Qiu Xiao replied bluntly:

"Of course not!"

Then Qiu Xiaozhi turned around and said to Father-in-law Yu:

"The army is coming all the way, where will it be stationed after entering the city? Is there any disturbance? What did the soldiers in the battalion do in the city after the king ordered the carnival last night? I don't know what happened, but I can guess what happened, so who would dare to say that the people of the city are united with the officials and soldiers?

The thieves have always been widely spread spies, before the night battle in Fangcheng, the thieves entered the city to open the city gate, and then I accompanied the guards to garrison Xiangcheng, before the siege of the thieves, there was a special team led by General Tao Zhulu to search for suspicious characters in the city, and in time to do so in the middle of the night, there were thieves ambushed in the city of the eyeline out of the activity. In the past few days, the Beijing army stationed in Luzhou has sent people to guard the city gate? Have you ever checked all kinds of people in and out of Luzhou? The city gates were opened last night, who entered the city, can anyone know? The city is mixed and full of flaws, how can you hold on?

And since the battle of Xiangcheng, all the thieves have been supported by the displaced people on the way to the east, and now many of Lei Youde's troops are composed of these displaced people, how many displaced people were resettled in Luzhou at that time? Is there anything in the city? Where are they located? Are these problems that we can quickly solve once we enter the city? “

Qiu Xiaozhi paused and concluded to Father-in-law Yu:

"According to the opinion of the little officials, now our army is not enough to defend the city, the people in the city are not united, and the meticulous work is rampant, and there are a large number of displaced people who may respond to the siege of the city. There is no need for us to stay and die. ”

Hearing Qiu Xiaozhi say so much, Father-in-law Yu said so much, and said softly:

"The troops are insufficient, the people's hearts are not aligned, the roads are full of meticulous work, and the displaced people are in chaos, it is indeed difficult."

Then Grandpa Yu asked:

"But Qiu Xiaozhi, you just said that there are five that cannot be kept, but now you only say four, what is the remaining reason?"

Qiu Xiao looked directly at the soldiers on the left and right, everyone could only wait at the dock when there was no order from Father-in-law Yu, and now they were listening to a few people arguing again,

Seeing that Qiu Xiaozhi didn't speak, Father-in-law Yu asked:

"If you have something to say, don't talk about him left and right!"

Qiu Xiaozhi shook again, and then said:

"The last point is that it cannot be defended, and it is the master of our army who cannot defend."

When Father-in-law Yu heard Qiu Xiaozhi say this, his eyes showed a little fierce light, and now it is he Father-in-law Yu who is in charge of the army, and Qiu Xiaozhi said this, isn't he questioning Father-in-law Yu's ability in public?

The officer of the sailor next to him said:

"What nonsense are you talking about here, a scholar?"

Father-in-law Yu hung his eyes and said to himself:

"Will the Lord be unkept?"

Qiu Xiaozhi didn't seem to notice the change in Father-in-law Yu's mood, he lowered his head and replied:

"Exactly, the Lord will not be able to keep it!

If the whole army is commanded by the Duke of Yu, of course the little official does not dare to talk nonsense like this, but now the commander of our army is King De, last night King De has ordered a carnival in the city, if the father-in-law turns back to defend Luzhou, what King De will do is really impossible to consider, in case Luzhou is lost, King De will not be caught by Lei Youde, how will the father-in-law explain to the emperor at that time? “

Father-in-law Yu couldn't listen to it before Qiu Xiaozhi finished speaking, and said one after another:

"Say no more, don't say it again, I get it"

Then he turned his head and ordered:

"What are you doing? Hurry up and get on board! ”

When the soldiers heard this, they hurriedly took action, and under the command of their respective officers, they boarded the ships with their belongings.

After listening to what Qiu Xiaozhi said, the officer also felt that what Qiu Xiaozhi said was very reasonable, but he was still not convinced, so he said to Qiu Xiaozhi:

"You are so anxious to cross the river and return to Beijing because you are in a hurry to live, right? Why do you want to say it so high-sounding? ”

Qiu Xiaozhi raised his head, looked at the officer and said:

"On that day, I entered the city with the Wei Hou, the whole river ** almost five cities were fortified, no one dared to be a thief, we gathered stragglers in the city, recruited volunteers, a small city was surrounded by thieves several times, for several days the thieves attacked day and night, the most dangerous time of the day, the southwest corner of the city wall was breached, I and my son personally led the team to intercept the thieves, repair the city wall, the day was as dangerous as a tired egg, I still sacrificed my life and the thieves, today I will be greedy for life and afraid of death?

After returning to Beijing, the imperial court will definitely find the reason for the defeat of Jiangbei, I Qiu Xiaozhi is here to advocate crossing the river, as long as I am thrown out to the capital, where can I live? The reason why I did this is because my army retreating from the army is the right move, and I can't stay in Jiangbei anymore, if the adults think that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, you can leave me here alone, you go south, as long as you are willing to go south and return to Beijing. “

The officer was so blocked by Qiu Xiaozhi that he couldn't speak, and after thinking about it, he said to Qiu Xiaozhi:

"Then do you know that these ships of our army are now entering the river, and there is no good luck? With the wind and waves on the river now, how can we cross the river safely? ”

Qiu Xiaozhi glanced sideways at the sergeants who kept getting on the boat, and then glanced at Father-in-law Yu, now that the army crossing the river is a foregone conclusion, there is nothing to worry about, but this officer's concerns are also the concerns of the sergeants, and Qiu Xiaozhi must not tolerate this concern spreading in the hearts of the sergeants.

So Qiu Xiaozhi said:

"If the river is impassable, then we guard the Lujiang River, it is impossible for the troops in Jiangnan to come to support, and where can we wait for reinforcements without reinforcements from Jiangnan? Hailing's eastern army has been annihilated by Lei Youde, and the forces that can be fought in Jiangbei are all north of the river, which is too far away from us to catch up at all.

Since the lord said that it is dangerous to cross the river, please let Xiaozhi go to the most broken one when you get on the boat, and if it sinks, I will sacrifice it to the dragon lord to ensure that everyone crosses the river safely! “

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