"What! 50,000 soldiers? Wang Yuantai screamed when he heard this, stepped forward in three or two steps and picked up the letter paper on the case and looked at it, sure enough, he also became as if he had lost his soul, his body staggered, but fortunately he held on to the book case in time and did not fall.

After a long time, Wang Yuantai looked at Li Hao with a sad face and asked, "My lord, let's ...... What now? ”

Li Hao finally came back to his senses, and smiled bitterly: "Fifty thousand soldiers and horses, even if you stand still and let us kill, you can also exhaust us to death." ”

Wang Yuantai saw that Li Hao, who had always been resourceful, said this, and suddenly became desperate, and his eyes began to redden.

Li Haoqiang calmed himself, although he was frightened by the number of enemies, but he immediately realized that now is not the time to be discouraged, until the last moment, no one knows what the result will be, he is the backbone of Tingzhou, everyone can panic, but he can't.

Li Hao slapped his face hard, and kept reminding himself in a low voice: "I can't panic, I can't panic, I am the assassin of Tingzhou, and the 20,000 people in Tingzhou need my protection, I must not mess with myself......"

Wang Yuantai calmed down a little and asked, "My lord, do you want to call the others to discuss how to resist the enemy?" ”

"Hmm." Li Hao stopped patting his face and nodded, "Quickly summon Peng Hai, Li Yuanzhong, Lu Yun, Jin Li, and the three escort captains, by the way, invite Mr. Zhu Ziqian over as well." ”

"Yes!" Wang Yuantai took the order to retreat and ran away.

The three captains of the special combat team were the first to arrive, because they were guarding outside the Assassin's Mansion, and when they heard that Li Hao had summoned them, they came immediately.

Li Hao didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed them the note on the case and let them read it for themselves, and the three of them were all taken aback after reading it, shocked for a long time, Feiying asked, "Master, what should we do?" ”

Li Hao pretended to be calm and said, "Wait for the others to come and discuss together." ”

The cheetah hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, while the others haven't come yet, I want to ask, can the thunder help repel the enemy?" ”

Li Hao shook his head: "It's too little, now there are only one hundred and eight thunderbolts, it's too few, the other party has fifty thousand horses, plus Gaochang's own horses, that is sixty or seventy thousand, even if there are a thousand thunderstorms, it is difficult to change the situation of the battle." ”

Feiying thought for a while and asked: "Master, can we use the thunder to deter them and delay time, the thunder is similar to the thunder from the sky, we can pretend that it is the thunder from the sky and punish them, if they are deterred, we may be able to delay until the reinforcements arrive." ”

"Thunder from the sky?" Li Hao frowned when he heard this, he seemed to think of something.

Just when Li Hao was pondering, Lu Yun came in, he saw that Li Hao was thinking about things, and he didn't dare to disturb, Feiying handed the note to Lu Yun, Lu Yun took it and looked at it, and suddenly he was shocked, he wanted to speak, but he was afraid of disturbing Li Hao, so he couldn't help but make a sound.

Then Li Yuanzhong, Peng Hai, Jin Li and Zhu Su Lao also came in, and everyone's expressions were shocked when they saw the note, but they all seemed to have discussed it, and they didn't bother Li Hao, just stood there and waited quietly.

After a long time, Li Hao seemed to have made a decision, and then turned around, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he spread his hands and said, "Everyone is here, please take a seat." ”

Everyone took their seats, Li Hao picked up the letter on the case and asked, "You have all read this letter, right?" ”

Everyone nodded, Li Hao put down the letter, and sighed loudly: "Gao Chang actually borrowed 50,000 troops from the Western Turks this time, it seems that it is inevitable to win Tingzhou, what do you think, express your opinions." ”

The lord took the lead and asked, "Lord Li, I don't know who sent this letter, and whether the news is reliable." ”

Zhu Su Lao has never seen Xiaodi, so he asked this question, in fact, Wang Yuantai also thinks so in his heart, this is a fluke mentality.

Li Hao said slowly: "The person who delivered the news was a Western Turk I met on the way to the post, and I had a life-saving grace with her, and she reciprocated with this news, so there is a saying that the two do not owe each other." ”

Zhu Su nodded when he heard this, since it was a great grace to save his life, the credibility was still very high.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Li Yuanzhong arched his hand and said: "My lord, let's abandon the city, if the emperor condemns you, General Peng and I will try our best to intercede for you, after all, the other party has an army of more than 50,000." ”

"Abandon the city? Li Hao tapped the table with his five fingers and asked slowly, "What about the people in the city, how far do you think you can escape with more than 20,000 people, and where can you flee?" ”

Li Yuanzhong was stunned when he heard this, yes, Tingzhou is isolated from Xinjiang, and the closest is Xizhou, but even Xizhou is more than 400 miles away, and it is separated by a Tianshan Mountain, if Gaochang takes the opportunity to pursue, they will simply be slaughtered like lambs.

Lu Yun frowned and said in a deep voice: "Then you can only fight to the death." ”

Li Hao didn't say anything, turned his head and asked Zhu Sulao: "Zhu Sulao, after the last time Gaochang came to attack, what do the people think of the war?" ”

Hearing this, Elder Zhu got up, bowed to Li Hao very solemnly, and said, "My lord, in the last battle, the people were quite encouraged, and they all praised the adults for their wisdom and bravery. ”

"Okay." Li Hao nodded and said, "Elder Zhu Su, I have one more thing to trouble you, Gaochang is about to attack again, and this time the army is more than 50,000, this official will post a notice to the whole city, I hope you can appease the people's emotions." ”

Zhu Su Lao arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, my people of the Tang Dynasty have never been afraid of foreign races, if Gaochang really comes to attack, the 20,000 people of Tingzhou will swear to support your lordship." ”

Li Hao's heart warmed when he heard this, he got up and saluted him, and said excitedly: "With Zhu Su's words, it is better than thousands of troops, and it is troublesome to Zhu Sulao." ”

Zhu Su returned the courtesy: "Protecting the family and defending the country is the wish of the old man all his life." ”

Li Haofu sat down again and said slowly: "Li Yuanzhong once said that it takes a month to send military documents from Tingzhou to Chang'an, and it takes more than two months to send troops from Chang'an to help at the earliest. ”

Peng Hai nodded when he heard this: "Although there are many enemies, it is not impossible for us to resist the city and defend it, and it is not impossible to hold out for more than two months, even if we all die in battle, as long as we can protect the people of the whole city, we will also die well." ”

"What a well-deserved death!" Li Hao clapped his hands when he heard this, and praised, "This official hopes that everyone should have the spirit of General Peng, rest assured, this official will write a note later, and send 800 li to Chang'an urgently, so that they can send more reinforcements." ”

With Li Hao's words, everyone's restless hearts calmed down a little, and Lu Yun frowned at this time and reminded: "Young master, in fact, we not only have to face an army of 50,000, but the most important thing is that we have no food." ”

As soon as he heard the problem of food, Li Hao couldn't help frowning slowly, yes, food has always been a big problem in his heart, Tingzhou's grain production capacity is very weak, most of the grain is imported, and now they are trapped in a lonely city, where can they still introduce grain.

At this time, Zhu Su Lao also reminded: "My lord, after the winter and summer seasons, many people's homes have run out of food, and the Longchang grain shop was also closed the day before yesterday. ”

"The people have been cut out of food." Li Hao lost his mind for a while, then turned his head and asked Peng Hai, "Peng Hai, how much grain is there in the Wei Mansion?" ”

Peng Hai replied: "Lord Hui, there are still two hundred and twenty stones. ”

"That's all there is left." Li Hao's two eyebrows were twisted, "Two hundred and twenty stones, only enough for the guards to eat for twenty days, and the corn will take another month and a half to mature, so it is obviously impossible to catch up." ”

Zhu Su Lao suddenly said at this time: "My lord, the old man thinks that when the time is extraordinary, he has to use the extraordinary method, and the adult can implement the method of equalizing the grain, so that the rich families can donate the grain, and hand it over to the Assassin's Mansion, and then the Assassin's Mansion will distribute it evenly to the people of the city." ”

Jin Li on the side was puzzled when he heard this: "How can those rich people be willing to give food?" ”

Zhu Su Lao said slowly: "This is the autumn of life and death, even if they keep the food, the others starve to death, no one guards the city, and in the end it is difficult to escape death, Gaochang has always acted ruthlessly, if he gets Tingzhou, how can he leave the people of the Tang Dynasty alive?" This is called one glory and one loss! ”

Li Hao nodded in agreement when he heard this: "What Elder Zhu Su said is very true, as long as we tell all the big families about this truth, they will definitely cooperate with us." ”

Zhu Su Lao said again: "My lord, there is a merchant who doesn't need to reason with him. ”

"Oh?" Li Hao thought about it carefully, and seemed to know who it was, so he asked, "Su Lao said that it is Lin Dahu who used to be attached to Cao Tian." ”

Zhu Su Lao nodded and said: "This person has no integrity, and he is attached to Cao Tian, a traitorous thief, and he must not be a good person." ”

Li Hao waved his hand and said: "Su Lao Mo should be impatient, everyone in the city who has intersected with Cao Tian, this official has sent someone to investigate thoroughly, although this Lin Dahu has been attached to Cao Tian, but it is only for survival, and it is still very responsible to do business, at most he has no integrity, but he is not a bad person." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Su nodded helplessly: "Since the adults already have an idea, then it's okay." ”

Li Hao immediately began to draft the official documents and notices of the grain equalization system, handed them to Wang Yuantai, and said: "Wang Yuantai, the official documents are posted on the notice wall, from tomorrow, you bring javascript: Zhu Su Lao visited the big households, and asked them to pay the surplus grain to the Assassin's Mansion, and when the war is over, the official will ask the court to reward him." ”

"Yes!" Wang Yuantai stepped forward to take the official documents and notices, and his appearance was extremely solemn.

After discussing the issue of rejecting the enemy and food, Li Hao issued another order to demolish the abandoned houses in Xicheng, prepare stones and rolling wood, move all the stones to the city wall, and reclaim the wasteland after demolition into fields as soon as possible to plant corn.

The meeting lasted until midnight, and the next morning, everyone began to get busy, Wang Yuantai and Zhu Su Lao were responsible for persuading those big households to pay grain, Peng Hai was responsible for demolishing the house and carrying the stone rolling wood, Li Yuanzhong took the government soldiers to open up the land to plant corn, and the flying eagle was responsible for recruiting and training the government soldiers, although the government soldiers have now reached 3,000 people, but at such a time of crisis, of course, the more troops, the better, as for the imperial court's troop limit system, it can only be put aside.

At this moment of crisis, the blood of the people of Datang was stimulated, all the big families consciously paid food, and men over the age of 14 enthusiastically joined the army. After receiving these reports, Li Hao was extremely excited, he was very glad that he had crossed over to the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Tang Dynasty have blood, have their own national dignity, how can the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation be slaughtered, even if the disparity between the strength of the army is as great as heaven and earth, they will fight to the end until one soldier and one soldier, this is the national spirit, the Tang people call it the Tang soul!