"General Yan, Wei is about to ask you something, you have to tell the truth."

"Please make it clear to the general."

"Let me ask you, Xihuan and the prince can have sex."

Yanping was also taken aback, his eyes rolled for a long time and he didn't know how to answer, Bailiyan asked again at this time:

"Have you ever been?"

"This, the last general really doesn't know." Yan Ping said with a smile: "I don't know what the general means?" ”

"Oh, nothing, nothing. It's just that seeing the prince pampering so many women, he has some doubts in his heart. ”

Standing in the position of King Xian, Bailiyan (Wei Xian) does not fully trust Yanping, and it is difficult to say that Yanping has been bought by Xihuan. But it is a little incredible that Xihuan can tolerate the prince to favor nine women.

Even though it is unlikely to be happy every night, but this makes Bai Liyan think of the time when his uncle Kuo secretly killed him as a child, and now the same thing happened to the prince Jiang Zhen, it is difficult to say that Xihuan concocted the same method and poisoned the will of the prince Jiang Zhen with female sex, so as to pave the way for Xihuan to control the government in the future.

A good grasp of women's color is not only a great enjoyment of life, but also a help in governing the country. But in most cases, the result is rotten, and Xihuan's sinister motives are self-evident at this time.

The personnel are all concentrated in the West Courtyard, in addition to the nine women of the prince, the Jin generals will also take away more than 20 maids and maidservants and more than 30 servants, these are the core team brought by Xihuan from the Jin Kingdom, and they are really not one less, and they all have to be pulled away.

The West Gate had been killed by Baili Yan before, and the rebels transferred hundreds of county soldiers to guard the West Gate, with a total of more than 1,000 people, including the Prince's Mansion, and 3,000 forbidden troops in the Prince's Mansion, and more than 200 men could be armed, plus less than 450 people in Baili Yan, the total strength was comparable to the rebels besieging the Prince's Mansion, and the combat power was even better.

At this time, the West Gate Water Gate Suspension Bridge slowly fell, and the rebels guarding outside the West Gate immediately made a noise, and immediately formed a semicircle, with three layers inside and outside for a total of six layers, and the spears were holding the suspension bridge, but no one came out of the Water Gate in the suspension bridge.

Before returning to his senses, more than a hundred crossbowmen on the wall stepped on the human wall in the darkness and climbed the wall, firing a volley of dense rebels outside the wall.

Under the rain of arrows, the rebels were in chaos, and then they came back to their senses and turned their shields against the crossbowmen on the wall, and organized the shield wall, but unexpectedly, the forbidden army on the Watergate Suspension Bridge came out, and the crossbowmen on the wall jumped down from their sheaths and stepped on the shield array that had just been organized, and the rebels turned over on their backs.

The wall of the Prince's Mansion is nearly a zhang high, and jumping down with dozens of catties of fine scale armor must be looking for death, but at this time, the rebels formed a shield wall to provide a buffer height, and more than 100 people jumped down and stepped on the shield to knock people over.

The two forbidden armies joined forces inside and outside, and in less than a moment, they killed a gap outside the West Gate, and Bailiyan and others in the West Courtyard led people out one after another, and quickly defeated the rebels and fled westward. The reason why they fled west was because the East Street had been burned by fire, and the east gate of the Prince's Mansion had been on fire, and the retreat route of the rebels guarding outside the west gate to the north was cut off by the Mingshui River, so they could only flee west.

And the rebels on the north bank of the Mingshui River could only stare and be in a hurry, watching the forbidden army of the Prince's Mansion come out of the west gate, but they couldn't do anything. At this time, it will be too late to transfer the archers.

After killing the rebels outside the West Gate, the 36,700 people of the Prince's Mansion withdrew from the West Courtyard one after another and continued to retreat in the direction of the Liang State Minister's Mansion. Before leaving, he got nearly 200 war horses from the stables of the Prince's Mansion, which greatly facilitated the speed of transferring cumbersome personnel.

The news of the breakout of the defenders of the Prince's Mansion also quickly spread to the Chenghong Palace:

"Teacher, the big thing is not good, the defenders of the Prince's Mansion suddenly broke through from the West Gate." Gong Shouqian said in a panic.

"What, break through from the West Gate!" Gongsun Yue was shocked and thought about how miscalculated he was: "Oh no, I thought that the Liang army was going to break through to the Prince's Mansion, but I really didn't expect that it would be the Prince's Mansion that broke through to the Minister's Mansion, this is bad." ”

Gongsun Yue originally thought that it should be Uncle Guang who fled into the Liang Legation's Mansion, and with the strength of the Liang army of the Minister's Mansion, it was a more reliable plan to break through and move closer to the Prince's Mansion, so Gongsun Yue focused on strengthening the strength of the Minister's Mansion, intending to wait for the Liang army to rush out, and then shoot with a bow and crossbow first, and then fight fiercely, which could quickly solve the Liang army, and finally transfer the troops to the Prince's Mansion.

I never thought that the Liang army did not choose to break through, but contacted the defenders of the Prince's Mansion and moved closer to the Liang Embassy's Mansion. The most direct consequence of this will be that the forbidden armies of the two places should cooperate with the outside and destroy the forces besieging the legation

"Teacher, what should I do now, the fierce battle in the south of the city has not yet ended, if the defenders of the Prince's Mansion and the Liang army of the Minister's Mansion converge and attack the palace from the east of the city, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"It's me who is careless, I am careless." Gongsun Yue blamed himself again and again, and quickly thought about contingency measures: "Go, send an order to all the armies besieging Nanying, be sure to capture Nanying before dawn, and then rush to the minister's mansion immediately, be sure to surround our regiment, and not let them get out." ”

"No!"

Although the forbidden army is small in number, it is well-equipped and its combat power should not be underestimated. With Gongsun Yue's current soldiers and horses, he had to be attacked by the forbidden army, and under the strong attack of other official and civilian troops, he could only be defeated or even defeated.

At this time, the sky saw the morning star, the killing sound in the south of the city was still the same, Bailiyan led the crowd all the way to the minister's mansion, and there was no resistance along the way, the fire burned the northeast of the city, if it was not for the Mingshui River to block, maybe the entire east of the city could be burned.

"Master Hou, there was a fierce battle in the north, it should be the Prince's Mansion army that has arrived!" Dian Kun rushed into the house and said quickly, the sound of killing coming from the north was already very clear.

"Hurry up and bring someone to pick it up."

"No!"

As soon as Dian Kun turned around and left, Li Yi said worriedly:

"Uncle, looking at the movement, the general trend of King Xian seems to have gone, and when General Wei comes, let's hurry up and discuss how to get out of the city."

The corners of Ji Tong's mouth twitched, and he hated iron in his heart:

"King Xian is finished, and the Liang Kingdom will be peaceful?"

"But at the moment, the thieves are strong, and my army is weak, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold it for a long time."

"Having said that, even if you break out of the city at this time, it will be too late. If you break through in the first half of the night, maybe it's still possible. ”

In the first half of the night, the south of the city had just been killed, and the rebels were busy attacking the camp in the south of the city, and the rebels who surrounded the legation were not strong. But when I got the news, it was already the middle of the night, and at this time, the camp in the south of the city had almost been wiped out, and the rebels could completely free up their hands to strengthen the four gates, and it was impossible to escape.

Under the response of the pawn, more than 1,000 rebels at the north gate of the Minister's Mansion were killed, and Bailiyan, Yanping and others were able to smoothly enter the Minister's Mansion and join forces. At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the sound of killing in the south of the city was gradually coming to an end, and the atmosphere became solemn again.

"General Wei, how is the situation in the Prince's Mansion?"

Ji Tong hurriedly asked, Bai Liyan wiped the blood from his face, took a breath and said:

"All of them have been transferred here, but the situation in the south of the city is not good, it is estimated that most of them have been annihilated, as expected, the Legation should be besieged before dawn."

Li Yi, who has never known the importance or priority, can't sit still at the moment:

"How about that?"

"It's too late to go to the south of the city to respond, for now, I can only find a way to drag the rebels besieging the Legation Palace, and prevent Gongsun Yue from sending troops to reinforce the palace."

"Why is that?" Ji Tong asked.

"At present, King Xian is still there, and there should be more than 10,000 forbidden troops in his hands, if Gongsun Yue is not fully sure, he will not dare to attack King Xian with all his might, and he will fall into internal and external troubles.

In the overnight battle last night, the rebels invested in the south of the city were at least 13,400 people, and the defenders of the southern camp were completely annihilated in one night, and the rebels suffered at least one-third of the casualties, and the remaining two-thirds of the horses were exhausted, and it was difficult to continue to fight today.

Therefore, as long as the rebels besieging the Minister's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion were dragged down, Gongsun Yue could not transfer troops and horses from other places except for the civilian army and the rebels who held the four gates. In this way, as long as King Xian can hold out for another day or two, Zhao Shuai will definitely be able to mobilize the 200,000 troops of the Liang army and the Jin army to aid Qiling. At that time, even if there is an accident, it will not be lost to Yongxing River! ”

Now the worst plan is to sacrifice King Xian to keep the Lingling, as for who can succeed to the throne, there is only one line of Jiang Min, the Duke of Guangxin, but it is better than cutting off the back road after the loss of the Lingling.

As long as you can hold out for one or two days, wait for the army outside the city to besiege the city, and then kill out of the legation palace and open a city gate, you can regain the tomb.

Ji Tong hesitated again and again, felt that it was feasible, and then asked:

"Then according to General Wei's plan, how to hold back the rebels?"

"Kill after dawn, kill the rebels first, and force the rebels to continue to besiege them."

"Isn't that self-defeating?"

"This is to put oneself to death and then live, and there is no other way for this to be the only way at the moment."

"Then why can't you go and attack the palace and join forces with King Xian." Dian Kun proposed, and continued: "I have just counted, and the three armies plus the men can still gather six thousand men, and it would be better if we could take advantage of the fatigue of the rebels to attack the palace." ”

"But there is no food in the palace, even if he can join with King Xian, Gongsun Yue can transfer more people to besiege him, wouldn't he be in the net."

King Xian could only be trapped between the temple and the harem, and the palace's daily expenses and storage were on the southwest side of the palace, and the Shangshan supervisor was on the east side, so the king of Xian had no way to obtain basic rations, and once the food was cut out, he could not last for a few days.

However, the rebels were extremely tired from fighting all night last night, and did the opposite, not to meet the king of Xian, and killed and annihilated the tired army of the rebels on a large scale, so as to slow down the vital forces that Gongsun Yue could draw, delay the speed and intensity of his siege of the king of Xian, and buy more time for Zhao Xun to besiege the city.

In the end, even if King Xian was killed, the living force in the hands of Gongsun Yue would be weakened, and it would be easy for the coalition army to attack the city.

Of course, such a rebellious thing should never be said, especially when King Xian is still alive.

"Master Hou, at this time, make a quick decision, the rebels will definitely completely pacify the south of the city before dawn, if you can't attract the rebels, Gongsun Yue will definitely attack King Xian after dawn."

"Our army is only less than 6,000 people, if Gongsun Yue comes to besiege it with heavy troops, how will he resist."

"At present, most of the rebels besieging the Legation are civilian troops, and the main force of the county soldiers was extremely tired from a night of fierce fighting in the south of the city last night.

As long as it can be defeated, Gongsun Yue will inevitably worry that our army will enter the palace from behind, and it will be Gongsun Yue, not our army, who will be in a dilemma. ”