In Taiyuan, when there is usually no incident, ordinary people can't feel that the two princes in the city have any strength, on the contrary, they will laugh at their cowardice, a model of royal nests, but this time when they encounter something, ordinary people only find out that the two princes are quite powerful.

In order to deal with the upcoming vanguard of the Yan King army, the two princes really tried their best, and this time to block the Yan Wang army outside the city, not only to show off the muscles of the crown prince Li Chongjiu, but also to show the muscles of the two princes, so they must go all out.

Prince Cheng and King Jingde are very clear that they used to be low-key, that was because they wanted to save their lives, and now they are high-profile, to show their strength, but also to save their lives, since they are standing on the team of the crown prince Li Chongjiu, then let Yan Wang Yang Ze see, the strength of the princes of Taiyuan cannot be underestimated, if the princes of Taiyuan are angered, then the princes work together, King Yan may not be able to please him, maybe King Yan himself will be overturned.

The defending army in Taiyuan City, more than 20,000 people, in terms of the strength of a single city, is the third largest city after Chang'an and Luoyang, this is only the army in the city, not counting the strength of the states and counties outside the city, so if you want to strengthen the city defense, as long as you are not ready to fight a long-term siege war, then the general fortifications can be completed in one day, and you only need to deepen the reinforcement on the original fortification base.

Prince Cheng and King Jingde stood on the city wall, their faces were the same gloomy, Prince Cheng looked up at the sky, and said: "There is still an hour before it gets dark, just now the scout came back and reported that the vanguard of King Yan has reached fifty miles, it seems that in the evening, we will go to the city, from the time point of view, our estimate is correct." ”

King Jingdejun snorted. Looking at the soldiers working hard below, he said: "It only takes an hour, should we recruit the people in the city and let them go out to work, otherwise I am afraid that we will not be able to complete such a huge fortification by relying on the army alone!" ”

Under the city, more than 20,000 Taiyuan soldiers are throwing off their arms, sweating like rain to drive wooden stakes, and there are soldiers on the periphery who are sprinkling iron thistle on the ground, driving wooden stakes and sprinkling iron thistle. They are the easiest of the two fortifications, both of which are designed to make it more difficult for the enemy to get close to the city walls, but it takes a bit of effort to complete them in one day, but it is not impossible.

Prince Cheng shook his head and said, "You don't have to mobilize the people, it's too late to launch at this time, I think that the vanguard of King Yan arrived at the city and saw the fortifications outside." They will stop and send people back to report to King Yan, it is impossible to attack the city immediately, and no matter how reckless the generals who lead the vanguard are, they will not immediately wave their troops to attack the city. We made the matter a little more critical, and we told His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that he felt that we had made a big difference. ”

King Jingde snorted and said, "I naturally understand this. And I don't think King Yan will attack the city. His grain and grass are pinched in our hands, and unless he wants to rebel, it is impossible to attack Taiyuan directly. This is the land of Longxing of our dynasty, and to fight Taiyuan is to rebel. ”

Prince Cheng looked back at the city and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is delicate and expensive, and he hasn't gone to the city at such a time, and it doesn't seem like a person who has achieved great things!" ”

He sighed and said, "By the way, how is your grandson Bozhi, have you ever seen the injury?" ”

King Jingde frowned and said, "There is a tendency to deteriorate, but as long as he is well recuperated and let the doctor treat him with his heart, it will still be fine, but I am afraid that it will take a long time." The messenger who beat him was sent by Wu Youren, and Wu Youren didn't mention it, so I couldn't take the initiative to talk about it, after all, the messenger was dead. ”

Just when they talked about Li Chongjiu, they heard cheers on the streets of the city, and the two princes looked back, and saw that the prince Li Chongjiu was wearing a full set of prince clothes, sitting on a white high-headed horse, followed by Wu Youren, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, all of whom were wearing luxurious armor and carrying big swords and spears.

Li Chongjiu walked on the street with a brigade of golden crow soldiers, and the people of Taiyuan automatically gave him a way, and I don't know who shouted the prince Chitose first, and then the people all over the street shouted, the prince Chitose's voice became higher and higher, and more and more people shouted.

In just a moment, tens of thousands of people crowded onto the street, crowding forward, looking at their appearance, I don't know whether they want to say hello to Li Chongjiu, or want to touch Li Chongjiu's clothes, maybe someone wants to touch the white high-headed horse!

For example, many people came to join in the fun, but Li Chongjiu was startled, he set off at this time, because it took a lot of time to dress up, he is a person who cares a lot about appearance and clothing, especially tonight to deal with Yang Ze's army, he is even more dressed up, but he did not expect that he would be blocked on the street by enthusiastic people on the way.

If it was in normal times, if the people were so "enthusiastic" about him, then Li Chongjiu would have to faint, but not at this time today, he was about to go to the city wall, and there were very important things waiting for him, so when he couldn't move forward, his face became ugly.

Wu Youren was also shocked when he saw such a scene just now, and felt that he had to delay time, but then he thought about it, if Li Chongjiu can get the support of the people of Taiyuan, then if he really goes to war with Yang Ze, doesn't it mean that Li Chongjiu has a solid territory, whether it is conscription, or requisition of grain, or requisition of people's husbands in Taiyuan, it is the most reliable, even if it is the heaviest tax collection, as long as the last grain in the people's bowl is not snatched away, then the people can still bear it, where to find such a good territory!

Wu Youren hurriedly caught up with Li Chongjiu, riding side by side, his horse was one horse head behind Li Chongjiu, and he whispered: "His Royal Highness the Prince, there is still a little time now, don't worry, the people support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so much, this kind of scene is rare, well, it will be seen a lot in the future, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince needs to seize this opportunity now and gain the favor of the people of Taiyuan, so that they can firmly support you in the most difficult situation that may appear in the future!" ”

Li Chongjiu had no choice but to nod, from a long-term perspective, Wu Youren was right, he had no choice but to arch his hand at the people, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers in Taiyuan, you have to go to the city to defend the city and guard against the enemy's attack on the city, if there is a place where you need help from your fathers and fellow villagers." Please also ask the villagers to help, and our whole city will work together to resist the enemy! ”

He shouted so loudly that almost all the people around him, as long as they were close to him, heard it, and when the people heard it, they immediately stopped cheering, but began to be frightened!

This can't blame the people for being afraid, Taiyuan is not very far away from the Sudden Jue, and if the Sudden Khanate invades the Dafang Empire. They often want to attack Taiyuan, but in recent decades, Dafang and Tujue have called each other brothers, and there have been no large-scale wars.

When Li Chongjiu came to Taiyuan, the people didn't know why, and they didn't even know that Li Chongjiu was coming, at most, they were a little puzzled by the street cleaning yesterday, but today because the army wanted to strengthen the fortifications outside the city, the news of Prince Li's arrival in Taiyuan was spread. In one day, the people of the whole city knew about Li Chongjiu's arrival, but they just thought that Li Chongjiu was coming to see the place where his ancestors had started, and no one thought that it would be a war!

Now listen to what Li Chongjiu said. Thinking of the army outside fortified again, if the people could not be frightened, it would be strange, let alone them. Even the people of Chang'an, who boasted of being the number one in the world, would have panicked if Leng Ding heard that an enemy army was coming to attack the city.

The people near Li Chongjiu were quiet. No longer squeezing forward, those who are far away don't know yet, but seeing that the people in front of them are no longer shouting and shouting, the people behind will naturally ask why, what happened, this is just a matter of words, there are going to be enemy soldiers to attack Taiyuan, the people in front of them say this, and the people behind are of course frightened.

It was just a moment, and the people of Taiyuan who rushed to the street quieted down, staring at Li Chongjiu, Wu Youren immediately understood, it was bad, the prince didn't make it clear, this was to cause misunderstanding, and the people on the street were afraid that they would panic!

He can see that the panic on the faces of some people has reached the limit, and they are about to scream, if they run around at this time, the panic will be like an infectious disease, and it can detonate the street in an instant, and when the people run around, it will hurt people, and Li Chongjiu is about to go to the city wall, if this happens, it will be too unlucky, and it will be possible to hurt Li Chongjiu himself, of course, the most important thing is that he is next to Li Chongjiu, if he hurts himself, it will be too bad.

Wu Youren hurriedly said loudly: "The army of King Yan's expedition is going to pass through Taiyuan, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is afraid that the army will enter the city and disturb the people, so he plans not to let King Yan's army enter the city, so all fathers and fellow villagers, rest assured, as long as His Royal Highness the Prince is here, no one will dare to bully you!" ”

Fortunately, he shouted this in time, otherwise it would really cause panic, if these tens of thousands of people ran around the street, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Li Chongjiu looked at the quiet people, he also knew that things were going to be bad, but because of the lack of urgency, so he didn't know how to react, when Wu Youren shouted for him, he was a little relieved, and following Wu Youren's words, he also shouted: "Please believe that as long as there is loneliness, you can keep Taiyuan worry-free!" ”

The people were originally confused, of course, it is still inexplicable, but I heard that it was just the army of their own country passing by, just that they didn't want the army to enter the city, in order to prevent disturbing the people, the people were relieved, this was not a big deal, and even some people thought flexibly, thinking that this was an act of the prince to collect the hearts of the people, which is very good, so at least it shows that His Royal Highness the prince still attaches great importance to the hearts of the people of Taiyuan!

At this time, someone in the crowd shouted: "The prince is wise, long live the prince!" ”

It is estimated that the person who shouted this belongs to the kind of person who is blindly coaxing, anyway, mixed in the crowd, no matter how much nonsense he says, no one can control him, and he can't find who shouted it, so he shouted Long live!

But there are one, there are two, there are two, when everyone has this idea, anyway, I shouted, and no one knew that I shouted, so dozens of people shouted, the prince is wise, long live the prince!

Immediately afterwards, the people on the street all shouted, and the voice of the prince was deafening, and the entire sky of Taiyuan was filled with the sound of long live!

Li Chongjiu was taken aback at first, and then as more and more people shouted long live him, his surprised expression quickly disappeared, replaced by a color of joy, the joy on his face was really impossible to hide, he didn't expect that the people of Taiyuan would shout long live him in public!

Long live the word only the emperor deserves to have, even if the crown prince is the future emperor and the prince of the country, he can't be shouted as long live! Don't say that the person who shouts Banzai is guilty, even the person who is shouted is guilty if he accepts the word Banzai.

At this time, Li Chongjiu should retort loudly, explain to the people not to shout long live him, and he should immediately write a recital to ask for sin, send it back to Chang'an, and ask Li Yan for guilt, saying that the people of Taiyuan are ignorant, and even shouted long live him, as a son, he dare not accept such a title, so please Li Yan punish him, of course, all the blame is his, and it has nothing to do with the people of Taiyuan, please Li Yan not punish the people of Taiyuan, so Yunyun, the regular procedure is like this.

But in this situation, if you want Li Chongjiu to refute it, and the people are not allowed to shout long live him, it is impossible no matter what, don't say that Li Chongjiu doesn't have such a loud voice, and he himself doesn't mean to shout, why are you in a hurry to refute, listen to the voice of long live, this is the highest level of enjoyment in the world.

Even Wu Youren said later: "All the people return to the heart, this is the merit of His Royal Highness the Prince, Taiyuan is the place where I am prosperous, His Royal Highness the Prince has won the hearts of the people here, which means that there will be a day when he will get the hearts of the people all over the world, congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince, long live His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Chongjiu's face was flushed, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say, he could only raise his hand and keep waving at the people, he even turned around and said to Wu Youren: "Lonely today I know the joy of being a king!" ”

The cheers of the people were too loud, although they were very close, but Wu Youren didn't hear what Li Chongjiu said very clearly, but looking at the lip shape, Wu Youren guessed it, and thought to himself: "This is also the pleasure of the king?" It's too far away, the real joy of the king, it's not just this! ”

In the cheers of the people, Li Chongjiu arrived at the gate of the city, Prince Cheng and the King of Jingde County, as well as a group of lords and gentlemen, all came down from the city wall and stood by the wall, waiting to pick Li Chongjiu up the city wall!

Li Chongjiu got off the war horse next to the city wall, he strode up the city wall, climbed on a high place, held the wall battlements with one hand, and waved to the people in the city with the other hand.

The people saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so mighty, and the cheers were even louder, Li Chongjiu was facing the city at this time, and after waving his hand for a long time, he walked to the other side of the city wall, facing the outside of the city, and waved his hand at the Taiyuan soldiers who were working outside. (To be continued......)