Now that his anger has been eliminated, Liu Hong thought of all the benefits of Qiu Ming again, and said to him with a pleasant face: "Qiu Qing, in your opinion, how can these rebellions under the city be broken?" ”

Qiu Ming lowered his head to prevent Liu Hong from seeing the expression on his face, and then said respectfully: "Your Majesty, have you ever returned the general?" ”

Liu Hong said with a little embarrassment: "I have already drafted the edict, you don't have to worry about this matter, but can't you kill the enemy without He Jin?" ”

Qiu Ming secretly rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, there are 200,000 enemy troops, and the minister is less than 5,000. ”

Zhang Rang Yin and Yang said strangely: "Aren't you good at fighting in Qiuming?" Naturally, your subordinates can fight against a hundred, and only 200,000 people are not enough for you to grab the credit, right? Qiu Ming didn't answer, only sneered to see the reaction of the Son of Heaven.

Although Liu Hong is mediocre, it is a matter of his own net worth and life, and his thinking has become extremely clear. One against a hundred? This is just said in mythological stories, how can anyone really believe it? As for the battle of Muye in which King Wu fell, bah bah, I am a Ming monarch, how can I be compared with a senseless monarch like Shang Xuan.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong waved his hand and signaled Zhang Rang not to say any more strange things, but continued to ask Qiu Ming: "Although the edict has been issued, it will take some time for He to return to the army. The rebel army outside the city, don't you worry, right? ”

Qiu Ming said: "The ministers arranged for many days, and the ambush and fire and water were planned, but only 50,000 or 60,000 people were killed. Now that the other party has come to the city, the next step is to attack and defend the city, whether it can hold out until the general returns to the army, the minister is not very sure. ”

Liu Hong was silent for a while before he said, "Say, what do you want?" ”

When Tyumen returned to Kaiyangmen, it was almost dark, but Koji still recognized the style of the several carriages following Tyumen at a glance. He excitedly picked up Tyumen from his horse: "Good fellow, where did you get the carriage of the arsenal again?" Say, is it a crossbow in it, is it a crossbow? ”

Qiu Ming was not as happy as him: "There are naturally crossbows, but there are also halberds and armor ...... for Zhang He", Lu Yi didn't wait for Qiu Ming to finish speaking, so he happily pulled Zhang He to share the spoils.

Chen Gong saw Qiu Ming's face and asked with some concern, "What?" The Son of Heaven still refuses to edict General He? ”

Qiu Ming said with some interest: "The Son of Heaven has figured it out, not only drafted an edict, but also gave the crossbow and gave it to people, but don't you think it's too late?" If this had been arranged two days earlier, we would not have been forced to abandon Luoshui and retreat to the city. ”

Chen Gongzheng said: "The county is wrong, it is not too late for the ancients to make amends, not to mention that now the victory or defeat is not scored, our army is only temporarily retreating, and there are no major losses." On the contrary, the enemy army has been defeated several times in a row, and even if it is still numerous, it is inevitable that the morale of the army will fluctuate, and as long as we fight steadily, we will definitely be able to achieve the final victory. ”

He coughed lightly and continued: "As long as the general is ordered to return to the army, then our task is to hold on until the reinforcements arrive, and we can set up defenses step by step. And the county is now the commander-in-chief, but he shows a hesitant and depressed look in front of his subordinates, is it a little inappropriate? ”

Qiu Ming immediately woke up, and gave Chen Gong a deep salute and said: "What the public platform said is very true, Qiu Ming sees that the matter is not clear, if it is not for Mr. to mention it, it will almost mess up the morale of the army." ”

Cheng Yu said with a smile on the side: "The public platform is serious and prudent, and it is indeed far-reaching, but it is not enough to say that it will mess up the morale of the army." I just said that the Son of Heaven gave the crossbow to people, and the crossbow is here, what about the people? ”

"Your Majesty has promised to transfer Yu Linwei to me temporarily, and now I am holding the talisman order, and I will come over and assemble in a while."

Chen Gong frowned and said, "Yu Linwei? Didn't we just kill them? I'm afraid that it will be difficult to control them. Why don't you give us the Tiger Army? ”

"Tiger Ben is Yuan Shu's family background, how can he be willing to take it out? Now it's better than nothing, since Yu Linwei gave it to me, I naturally have a way to use them, I really can't kill a few more people. ”

Cheng Yu thought for a while and said, "Since the Son of Heaven is even willing to give you Yu Linwei, he must have realized that the situation is critical and pinned his hopes on you." In this case, why don't we use the name of the Son of Heaven to set up a list in the city to recruit talents, and maybe we can attract some strange people to help defend the city. ”

Tyumen said: "Strange people? The forces in the city are intricate, and it has been a day of fighting outside, and these big families have not yet said anything, and they all want to stay out of the matter and wait for their brothers to compete for the throne. Now recruiting talents, in case a few ill-intentioned guys come in, it won't be beautiful. ”

Cheng Yu said with a smile: "A few of us are here, even if there are any ill-intentioned people who can immediately identify it, maybe they can also calculate it, what is there to worry about?" ”

Qiu Ming said a little strangely: "Zhong De said this, he must know that there are some people with extraordinary abilities in the city, so why bother with such hands and feet, wouldn't it be good to bring him over directly?" ”

"I also came to Luoyang for the first time, and I didn't know much about the characters in the city, but when Wei Ning was swinging that day, I saw a person named Li Jin next to him who seemed to be excellent in martial arts. However, such a character must be arrogant and inherently not light, it is better to use the name of the emperor list to attract him, or he can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Li Jin? Qiu Ming remembered, although he didn't know where this guy jumped out, but since he could break Liu Guanzhang and join forces, his martial arts must be above Lu Bu, if he could be his subordinate, hum ....... Qiu Ming immediately said: "In this case, I will immediately arrange for the poster to post the poster, and it is time to recruit talents." ”

Before the words fell, a long horn suddenly sounded outside the city, and Chen Gong Chengyu changed his color at the same time: "It's not good, they want to attack the city overnight." ”

Qiu Ming hurriedly climbed to the top of the city and looked down, just a period of time before he left, most of the people and horses of the Marquis of Hefei had crossed Luoshui, and surrounded the southern city of Luoyang. At this time, the night was low, and the stars and moon were dim, but thousands of torches were lit at the same time under the city, and the surroundings were illuminated as bright as day.

The Marquis of Hefei had already ordered the soldiers to smash all the cooking pots, and he was determined to take Luoyang City in a battle, how could he wait another night and dream a lot. Before all the rear troops had crossed the river, he had already ordered the sword and shield soldiers in the front to break through to the city wall to test the range of the defenders, and at the same time ordered the most elite group of the army to lie in ambush behind the sword and shield soldiers, waiting for an opportunity to take the city.