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The defenders of Fengtai and Yangquan began to retreat, and the Dingzhou army on the opposite side did not take the opportunity to pursue them, but spent a good time repairing their roads, and the cement roads with a width of more than ten meters continued to extend forward. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Guo Fengxian finally left Fengtai, he heard the shouts and cheers of thousands of Dingzhou soldiers several miles away, and he could vaguely hear the call of long live, Guo Fengxian understood that Li Qing was coming, which also meant that the Dingzhou army, which had been unhurried before, would launch a thunderous offensive next. Luoyang City will usher in the first foreign invasion in hundreds of years, will he be as impregnable as his appearance?

Luoyang was surrounded, Tianqi has become a little nervous these days, this day when he went to the court, he actually wore a helmet and armor, a military uniform, holding a saber on the high steps of him shouted that he wanted to go out of the city to fight Li Qing to the death, the civil and military officials in the hall were silent, the apocalypse made them more worried about their future, where is the way out, everyone is confused.

Luoyang has no generals, which also makes Xiang Ping, who was defeated in Pinggu Fugu, able to go out of the mountain again to regain military power, with Qiu Zhi, Qu Yongjie, Zhou Tong died, Zhang Aimin surrendered, Luoyang Chaozhong, except for Xiang Ping, no one has the experience of commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, Guo Fengxian and Zhan Degong do not have this qualification, there is no tiger in the mountains, the monkey is called the king, Xiang Ping is in charge of the army, and commands the next Luoyang defense battle.

Guo Fengxian and Zhan Degong's defensive strategy in Fengtai and Yangquan gave Xiang Ping inspiration, and between the various positions outside Luoyang City that expanded outward for more than ten miles, criss-crossing trenches were densely packed, and one by one the fortresses stood large and small, and Luoyang's craftsman battalion worked day and night to build heavy weapons such as trebuchets and eight-ox crossbows.

The moat surrounding Luoyang is nearly twenty meters wide, which is also a natural barrier in Luoyang, at this end of the river, a series of eight-ox crossbows are hidden behind the breastwork, and the hundred-round crossbows that have a strong lethality to the infantry are also well camouflaged, and on the city, on the wide city wall that can accommodate eight horses running side by side. Trebuchets are densely packed. And under the city walls, all the dwellings near the walls have been demolished. A blank area hundreds of meters wide was left behind.

"Your Majesty. Don't go out of the city to fight! Shang Haibo walked out tiredly and said to the apocalypse. Our elite troops are in the midst of the year. It has been exhausted, and now the 100,000 soldiers of the left and right battalions, plus the Royal Forest Army and the Palace Guards, although they can also be called elite, they have never experienced the baptism of the cruel battlefield, and they can still exert their combat power to defend the city, and if they go out of the city to fight, they have no chance of winning. In the past ten years, the Dingzhou army on the opposite side has never stopped fighting, and their soldiers and people are veterans who are used to fighting, and we cannot put the last troops into the field to do the battle that must be lost. ”

Apocalypse looked at him with red eyes, "Then is it only a lonely city?" In the end, it is not a sure defeat. ”

"Your Majesty, we still have one last chance to reverse the whole situation!" Shang Haibo raised his head, "This is also our last chance." ”

"What's the chance?" Apocalypse asked.

"As long as Li Qing dies and Li Qing dies, the Dingzhou soldiers will have no leader, and Li Qing's sons have their own forces behind them, if Li Qing dies, they will inevitably have infighting over the issue of heirs, this is our opportunity." Shang Haibo said word by word.

Tianqi sneered, "Shang Shoufu, this is your clever plan, Li Qing is outside the city, but how can we kill him?" Send an assassin? Or send a force to raid, do you think it's possible? ”

"We have a chance to kill them," Shang Haibo looked at the apocalypse steadily.

Tianqi stared at Shang Haibo for a while, then suddenly waved his hand and said, "Xiang Ping, Guo Fengxian, take the credit, and you, you, a few of you stay, and the rest will retreat!" ”

A few important ministers were ordered to stay, and even the eunuchs and palace maids who served in the palace were driven out, "Shang Shoufu, what can you do, can you say it now?" Xiang Ping asked.

Looking at a few people in the hall, Shang Haibo said word by word: "Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, do you still remember the drawings of those Shenwei cannons that Yuan Fang Yuan commanded in exchange for his life?" ”

Xiang Ping jumped up all of a sudden, "You mean, we've already built a Shenwei cannon?" That's good, we dragged the Shenwei cannon to the head of Luoyang City, with this thing, I want to see how the Dingzhou army can break through our Luoyang City? ”

Shang Haibo smiled bitterly: "Shenwei cannon is made, but the quality of the steel he requires is too high, we have tried all means, and only a very small part of the steel that meets the quality has been refined, with this steel, we have built twenty cannons, no more, compared to the huge city of Luoyang, these twenty cannons are a drop in the bucket, and compared to Dingzhou, hundreds of cannons are bombarded together, and it is even more vulnerable, I am sure, as long as our cannons show up, It will be blown up by their concentrated fire immediately, and everyone knows that the Kamui cannon is too heavy, and once installed, it is too difficult to move. ”

"So, we only have one chance to use these twenty cannons, and with only one or two rounds of firing, they will be useless."

"Are you trying to use him to blow up Li Qing?" Apocalypse asked.

"Not bad!" Shang Haibo said fiercely: "No matter how the peripheral positions are fought, we can't show these cannons, and when they start to attack the city of Luoyang, I don't believe that Li Qing will not show up, even if it is to boost morale, he will appear in the military formation, within the range of our Shenwei cannon, at this time, our Shenwei cannon is aimed at him, and twenty cannons are fired together, this is our only chance." The only chance to bring the dead back to life and turn the tide of battle. ”

"As soon as Li Qing dies, will he be in Luoyang? I'm afraid that they will be worried that Dingzhou will hold them accountable, at this time they will definitely think of protecting a new master, as long as they have the merit of supporting, then they can dominate the world, which will buy us time, and we will have another chance, and as soon as Li Qing dies, will those forces who have now taken refuge in Li Qing still die for Dingzhou? ”

"Good!" Apocalypse patted the table and said, "Although it's gambling, but now for us, there is still one chance to bet, so that's it." Generals, this matter is related to the death of our Great Chu and your net worth and life, so I hope you will rot him in your stomach, Shang Shoufu, and you will be fully responsible for this matter. Luoyang's survival is here! ”

"Wechen understands that Wechen will definitely succeed!"

Pinning all hopes on Li Qing's sudden death, Guo Fengxian and Zhan Degong as generals, both feel a little unreliable, the power of the Shenwei cannon is great, but this also has a problem of hit rate, unlike the Dingzhou army, after using the Shenwei cannon many times, it has accumulated a group of quite experienced gunners, and the Luoyang side has just mastered this technology, so it can guarantee a hit? With a range of miles away, it is a bit unreliable to hit a single target. The two of them glanced at each other, and they both smiled bitterly, but looking at the excitement of several ministers at the moment, the two of them were in a low position, and it was an extra grace to be able to stay in the palace, where could they still pour cold water at this time?

But if you think about it, this is indeed the only chance for Luoyang, if you can't kill Li Qing, cause civil strife in Dingzhou, and let Dingzhou calmly besiege the city, one day the city will be broken, the city's grain and grass storage, material storage, there will always be a light of day, and the millions of people in Luoyang City is a big burden. A few days ago, Luoyang Cang was attacked and burned, which not only made Luoyang lose millions of stone of grain, but also showed that Dingzhou's infiltration of Luoyang was quite alarming, and no one knew whether they would attack the next target. Now the whole city has implemented a wartime ration system, each family is rationed a fixed amount of food every day, talking about life, all the family's food has been forcibly confiscated, but those who resist will be killed on the spot immediately, but this can only be an expedient measure, there will always be a day when the food is eaten. And there can be no reinforcements and aid from outside.

Zhan Degong returned to his general's mansion with a heavy heart.

"Master, Master Xie Kexie, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, is here, and he has been waiting for you in the house for half an hour."

"Lord Shekoshe?" Zhan Degong was stunned, he didn't know this person, how could he visit him for no reason, "What did he say, did he have any official business?" ”

"I don't know. Mr. Xie said that he would have an interview with the adult. The family replied.

It is extremely strange that this Xie Ke does not know him, so he has something to talk to him.

"Let's go, let's see!" Zhan Degong strode towards the living room.

A young official in a four-grade official uniform was sitting there leisurely drinking tea, and when he saw Zhan Degong coming in, the young official stood up and clasped his fists in a dashing manner, "General Zhan, Xie Ke of the Ministry of Industry is polite." ”

Zhan Degong waved his hand, "Lord Xie is polite, Lord Xie came to visit today, I don't know what I want to teach?" Zhan Degong asked with a smile.

Xie Ke glanced at the family member by the door, Zhan Degong smiled slightly, without the slightest intention of letting him avoid it, Xie Ke blinked his eyes and said straight to the point: "I'm here to persuade him to surrender!" ”

Like a thunderclap striking in Zhan Degong's ears, he was slightly stunned, and the family member at the door was also startled, took a step back, and only needed to turn around, he could run out of the door, calling the guards to come in and get people.

After all, Zhan Degong is a general, and after a moment of surprise, he has regained his calm, looked at Xie Ke, who was smiling and indifferent, and shook his head and said, "You are from Dingzhou?" When did you take refuge in Dingzhou? It's so bold, isn't it tired and crooked? ”

Xie Kelang laughed and said: "Xie has a very nourishing life, and he wants to live for another few decades!" General Haojiao learned that Xie did not take refuge in Dingzhou, but that I was originally from Dingzhou, and I had been lurking in Luoyang for eight years on the orders of Lord Qingfeng, the president of the Dingzhou Supervision Yuan. "To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.