Lu Xiangsheng's face was expressionless, and the prefect of Huangzhou Mansion and others were bloodless.

One qiē was predicted by Lu Xiangsheng accurately, Liukou was in Qishui on the third day of the first month, and surrounded the city of Huangzhou on the fourth day of the first month, and when they quickly evacuated Luzhou and Anqing Mansion, they also took Luotian and Guangji and other cities.

More than 100,000 Liukou began a desperate attack, Lu Xiangsheng, as the governor of Huguang, personally commanded the resistance, he commanded less than 10,000 soldiers, must resist to the death, and must not let the Liukou take the Huangzhou capital.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng thought of Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and Kong Youde rebelled in August of the fourth year of Chongzhen, and captured the capital of Dengzhou in the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, and captured Sun Yuanhua alive.

This time the attack, the situation is a little different, once the Liukou takes the Huangzhou Mansion City, it will be a misery, the entire Huangzhou Mansion will be destroyed, and no official should think about survival.

What's more, Zhu Ciyu, the king of Jing who was fiefdom in Qizhou, also took refuge in the Huangzhou mansion, although the prince had no status, but he was really killed, and the local officials were inseparable.

In any way, Lu Xiangsheng must defend the capital of Huangzhou unless he dies in battle.

Looking at the many officials, Lu Xiangsheng slowly spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter has come to this, only a decisive battle, must not let the Liukou capture the Huangzhou Mansion City, otherwise we will become historical sinners, even if it is under the Jiuquan, there will be no peace, the Liukou yesterday's attack, casualties were heavy, but the casualties of the sergeants of the Xingdu Division are also quite large, the strength is obviously insufficient, the army led by Lord Hong, it will take at least three or five days to reach the Huangzhou Mansion City, during this time, we must defend, and please also ask you to recruit young people in Huangzhou City to jointly resist the Liukou, In such a moment of solidarity, there should not be so many considerations. ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at everyone and accentuated his tone.

"We must prepare to resist for about five days, the attack of the rogues is extremely crazy, and when necessary, you and I will go into battle to kill the enemy and defend the Huangzhou capital city to the death."

After many officials dispersed, Zhu Ciyu, the king of Jing, was invited to the prefect's yamen.

Zhu Ciyu's face turned pale, and his body trembled slightly.

Seeing Zhu Ciyu's expression, Lu Xiangsheng sighed slightly.

"Your Highness, the Liukou is frantically attacking the city, and the officers and soldiers are insufficient, so I also ask Your Highness to summon the palace guards to guard the city together to resist the attack of the Liukou."

Zhu Ciyu nodded, and only spoke after a while.

"This king is willing to send guards to participate in the battle, and I also ask Lord Lu to guard the city."

Zhu Ciyu thought about whether his life and property could be saved, and at this time, it was normal for him to have such thoughts, and no one thought about losing his life unless he had to.

After the arrangement was completed, it was already very late, close to the sub-hour.

Lu Xiangsheng walked out of the palace, towards the direction of the city wall, followed by the soldiers beside him, vigilantly looked around, in fact, there are no pedestrians on the street, the inspection department has long begun to impose martial law in the city, to the unitary time, ordinary people are not allowed to go to the street, large and small shops have long been closed, when the war comes, the stability of the city is the most important, a little careless, the ruffians will take advantage of the troubled waters to fish, causing large-scale panic, at that time, the battle to defend the city, It could be ruined.

The sergeant who was waiting under the city wall immediately stood up straight when he saw Lu Xiangsheng and the others coming.

At this time, the main force guarding the city wall was the Tianxiong Army, which was the most elite army under Lu Xiangsheng, and it was precisely with the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army that Lu Xiangsheng was able to stabilize a lot in his heart, even if it was more than 100,000 rogues who attacked the city.

When he slowly walked up the city wall, Lu Xiangsheng's mood was heavy.

The city wall had already been cleaned, and the road illuminated by torches, but the fierce battle during the day could still be found from the city wall, and the blood on the ground had turned dark black, and a breeze blew, immediately raising the smell of blood.

The attack during the day, Lu Xiangsheng will not forget jì, the rogue attacks round after round, swarming, the sergeant on the city wall, what he saw was a dense crowd of human heads, after a rain of arrows, the screams came one after another, but this did not suppress the arrogance of the rogues, they charged in the direction of the city wall desperately, which made Lu Xiangsheng feel strange and surprised, when did the rogue become so brave, even not afraid of death.

The sergeants guarding the city wall, the loss is also not small, the rogue does not know where to capture the artillery, the occasional shell, if it falls on the city wall, some of the sergeants will fall, and those cluster rockets, some explode in the air, some explode on the city wall, these will cause casualties.

The attack of the Liukou lasted from Chenshi to Shenshi.

An officer walked in front of Lu Xiangsheng to report that the Liukou had set up camp outside the city, and had no intention of continuing the attack, and it seemed that the attack should continue after dawn.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and instructed the officers to leave the sergeants on duty to be on guard at any time, and the rest of the sergeants to rest well, keep their bodies, and prepare for the battle in the coming day.

Standing between the battlements, looking at the dense tents not far away, Lu Xiangsheng felt strange, it is said that the Liukou has attacked for a whole day, and the losses are heavy, according to his estimates, at least about 5,000 people have been killed, which is not a small loss, and the artillery of the Liukou attacking the city is obviously not enough, there is no Hongyi cannon, there are only a few small Furlong machines, which will not cause too much lethality, and the equipment of the Liukou siege is not very good, and the height of some ladders is not enough, which is more than enough to attack the county seat, But it is very difficult to attack the capital city, so in this case, does the Liukou insist on attacking the capital city?

If you don't understand, you don't understand.

Lu Xiangsheng knew one thing, that is, if Liukou really captured the Huangzhou Mansion City, let him, the governor of Huguang, die, and Zhu Cunyu, the king of Jing in the city, would undoubtedly cause a sensation in the imperial court and the Great Tomorrow, which indicates that Liukou's combat effectiveness is extraordinary, and that Liukou has become one of the biggest enemies of the imperial court.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the Liukou frantically attacked the capital city of Huangzhou.

Lu Xiangsheng is worried in his heart, there are many young people in Huangzhou City, but many young people are not able to pull on the battlefield, these young people have not experienced the tempering of the battle, rashly went to the city wall, the success is not enough and the defeat is more than enough, may see the bloody scene, unable to walk, unable to hold weapons, and may even shout and run around, Yan zhòng may even shake the morale of the army.

In the final analysis, the troops in Lu Xiangsheng's hands are insufficient, obviously insufficient.

Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng still has expectations, that is, the army led by Hong Chengchou is coming towards the capital of Huangzhou day and night, once the army led by Hong Chengchou arrives, then it can take a forward and backward attack on the Liukou, and if it really reaches that step, I am afraid that the opportunity to exterminate the Liukou will appear.

However, Lu Xiangsheng didn't dare to have too much hope, Liukou was not a fool, since he was able to transfer the tiger away from the mountain and transfer the army to Nanzhili, how could he not know that the imperial army had turned back, so the purpose of Liukou was to at least stay there for a few days to see if he could take the Huangzhou capital city in one go.

Hold on, you must hold on, no matter what the cost, you have to keep it.

The sky was slightly white, and it was already past the end of the day.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't sleep all night, he couldn't sleep, he didn't know what kind of attack the Liukou would launch after dawn, whether it would be as crazy as the first day.

Officials such as the prefect of Huangzhou, Tongzhi and Tongju successively went to the city wall.

They stood beside Lu Xiangsheng, looking at the dense tents in the distance, they didn't speak, the rogue attacked frantically, they knew it as well, but there was the governor here who insisted, and they were not particularly worried.

The main direction of the attack is the South Gate, the North Gate, the East Gate and the West Gate, all surrounded by the Liukou, but the Liukou did not attack, in fact, with the number of the Liukou, you can attack from four directions at the same time, so Lu Xiangsheng is really a little stretched, the force is obviously not enough, but to attack from all directions, it is not as simple as words, at least you need to have superb command skills, as well as the ability to take into account, among the Liukou, there is no such talent at present.

The sergeants were all in place.

An officer came to report that all the guards of the Jingwang Mansion had come.

A detachment of sergeants walked up to the city walls, about five hundred people.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at these sergeants, there was not much expression on his face, he knew the complexity of the palace guards, there were spies sent by the Jinyi Guard, and there were also fans sent by Dongchang, these people not only monitored the prince's every move, but also monitored the whereabouts of the local officials if possible.

The combat ability of the palace guards is not strong, and they are called old soldiers, and they can't fight wars, but they are not small.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng must emphasize combat discipline, and now is an extraordinary moment, if there are still people who play the posture of a master, it will be done by military law.

"You are all palace guards, your status is noble, but when you get to the battlefield, no matter what your previous identity is, this officer is a sergeant when you come here, you must go all out, obey the command, and kill the enemy bravely, if someone dares to disobey the order, no matter what your identity is, this officer will be engaged in military law, the rogue is large, and there are many people, you must go all out to protect the Huangzhou capital city."

Lu Xiangsheng's words are not much, but every sentence is sharp, many palace guards, the appearance is very solemn, some people's faces changed slightly, but no one spoke, at this time, they all understand, once the city is broken, they don't think about being able to save their lives, and then to the battlefield, the others are all thrown aside, if it is not for the tight forces guarding the city, the governor will not mobilize them to guard.