At this time, the night was blank, and the sky was full of clouds and stars.

Under the vast sky, Wang Zhenjun's camp in the distance was particularly conspicuous.

The camp of 30,000 people, stretching for miles, was full of bonfires, and when it looked at night, it was red.

Du Gongzhen stood at the head of the city, looking at the city, and fell into deep thought for a while.

Du Ran, who was beside him, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, because the other party was very powerful, his courage gradually faded, "I just stood aside, I didn't dare to say a word."

Du Ran is both respectful and afraid of this uncle, even if he has some ambitions, as long as his uncle is alive for a day, he will never dare to make a mistake.

Following his uncle's gaze, Du Ran set his eyes on the large camp that stretched for several miles, and under the starlight, "this little camp tent bonfire is connected into a piece, one after another, as vast as the sea."

"The morale is high, the strength is strong!" Du Ran looked at the army under the city with some greed, if this army belonged to him, then everything he wanted would be at his fingertips.

It's a pity that such an army belongs to Wang Hongyi, a young man of the same age as himself, who has taken away the glory of all his peers.

At this time, Du Gongzhen, who was in silence, came back to his senses.

"Ran'er, how many soldiers are there in Hongze City?", staring at the large camp that stretched for several miles, Du Gongzhen asked in a hoarse voice.

The voice was very low, and no third person heard it except for Du Ran beside him.

Du Ran's heart moved, and when he looked at it, he saw a dark flame suddenly burning in his uncle's eyes, but he could only answer unwillingly: "Uncle, there are still more than 3,000 people in the city." ”

"Three thousand...... "This amount" made the dark fire in Du Gongzhen's eyes extinguished in a blink of an eye, and he closed his eyes and sighed in his heart, his huge foundation had been wiped out in this battle.

“...... How many people are there to fight?" Du Gongzhen continued to ask.

"Uncle, the city sergeant" recuperates for a few days, or can restore morale and combat strength. Du Ran thought for a while and said, "As for the people who can fight now, I'm afraid that three hundred won't be able to make it up." ”

Du Gongzhen listened, his eyes dimmed, and he sighed, as if he had exhausted his strength, "Gu Ran said: "The law of impermanence in war, the impermanence of war, alas, three points of personnel" Seven points of destiny. ”

Saying that, Du Gong was actually in tears, but at this time, it was dark, and he was looking into the distance, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Even if you don't ask "Du Gong is really a general, don't you know" that "after the siege of the Chengdu army, there have been heavy casualties" If there have been no reinforcements, perhaps these soldiers can still burst out some residual fighting spirit in the desperate struggle with the enemy.

But now that the "arrival of reinforcements" broke Wei Cundong in one fell swoop, the soldiers below have already deflated, "Relaxed, it will be difficult to fight again."

Du Gongzhen looked at the continuous camp below, if he still had a thousand soldiers who could fight, "he would dare to fight and attack the camp at night", but now......

"Uncle, do you ...... , Determined to welcome Wang Zhenjun into the city?", in this case, Du Ran wanted to know what decision his uncle would make, "This is related to his future survival or not, as well as the fate of the Du family, so Du Ran said in a hurry: "According to the prior agreement, ...... after the rescue", "

"Let me think again. If Wang Hongyi sent an envoy into the city, "you will say that I am ill and collapsed, delay for a while, alas, let me think about it again", sighing, Du Gongzhen turned around and went down the city tower. Du Ran followed.

On the castle tower passing by, the wounded soldiers with severed limbs groaned in low voices, constantly entering their ears, and rushing into their noses with bloody breath, which did not make the former famous general frown at all.

"It is good to settle these wounded, and those who can be treated should not give up. Before going downstairs, Du Gongzhen turned around and said to Du Ran, who followed him to the stone formation of the city tower.

"Please rest assured," the little nephew has summoned the city physician and asked them to bring the gold sore medicine in stock" to treat these soldiers. Du Ran could still guarantee this, so he replied.

Du Gongzhen nodded, he urgently needed to go back now, take a rest, and think about what decision to make next.

The battlefield outside the city has been cleaned up" Next, Wang Hongyi will definitely be eyeing the tiger, what is it like now?

After getting off the city tower and getting into the carriage, Du Gongzhen fell asleep for a while, and when the carriage stopped suddenly, he woke up from his sleep.

"You're back?" Looking out of the car window, it was obvious that he had arrived at the Grand Marshal's Mansion, and at this time, "it was late at night, and the sound of drums came faintly from afar, adding to the silence around him."

The scene in front of him made him frown violently.

Five or six servants of the mansion, extremely embarrassed, were being tied up by the soldiers, and dragged towards the house, the door. The housekeeper who lived in the station "had a gloomy face and was very ugly."

Du Gongzhen glanced at it, didn't squeak at first, got out of the carriage, "stomped his feet under the porch, and walked into the hall" sat on the chair, slowly drank a cup of tea, and then said: "Let the butler come in." "Yes!" his own soldiers followed, and when he heard the order, he immediately went to convey the order.

"Dashuai, you're back. After a while, the butler came in and hurriedly put on a smiling face.

"What's going on with them?", Du Gongzhen's eyes locked on the butler's face, and asked in a deep voice: "Let's say" They all used the personal soldiers in the house, what happened to these people?

Swept away by Du Gongzhen's gaze, the housekeeper's back was cold, and he almost trembled: "Dashuai, these minions are not rebellious, it's just, it's just ......"

"Just what?", Du Gongzhen sat on the chair and asked coldly, no wonder Du Gongzhen thought of this, at this time the situation was chaotic, naturally there was suspicion.

"They are worried and afraid of things, and they want to take advantage of the chaos to escape!" the butler stood in front of Du Gongzhen with his head bowed, and said cautiously.

"Escape?" Du Gong was really a smart person, and when he understood the cause and effect, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Hehe, what is this kind of behavior, not even rebellion? The head of the family is in danger, and the domestic servant not only does not want to live and die with the Du family, but wants to slip away, but he is really a loyal servant. Why, the Chengdu army outside the city was defeated, and the Wenyang army won and did not retreat, and these minions of them "noticed that it was not good?" Hehe, such keenness, it is really a talent, a talent!", he sneered and muttered to himself, and the butler standing opposite lowered his head, "I don't even dare to look at it."

"Dashuai, what should you do with these minions...... Whether, whether to kill ......" Until Du Gongzhen was silent for a long time, the housekeeper asked cautiously.

As the housekeeper of the Du family, he still has some understanding of this generation of Du family heads, and knows that Du Gongzhen seems to be calm at this time, but in fact, he is already on the verge of anger, "If he doesn't handle it well, he is afraid that it will affect his own safety, as if he can't see the cautious appearance of the person in front of him at all" Du Gongzhen turned around and waved his hand casually: ", leave it to you to deal with, there are rules in the house" As a housekeeper, you naturally know how to handle it, you go down and ask them to guard outside, "If I don't call, I can't enter."

"Yes!", the butler ignored the cold sweat on his head, "After receiving the order, he cautiously exited the study and closed the door.

Go out" The butler walked to the corridor, and someone greeted him: "Sixth master." ”

"Kill these minions!", the butler said with a gloomy face.

At this time, it was already the middle of the night, and there was only one candle in the room, and Du Gongzhen was silent for a long time.

The matter of these fugitives just now was "in the past" Du Gongzhen didn't even ask, and naturally the following people dealt with it, "but when he came back at this time, "encountering this incident made his heart tumble" At this time, he just couldn't say sad in his heart.

"Wang Hongyi, Wang Hongyi, I really didn't expect that in the end, the old man would lose to you", "

Sitting behind the table, the heat in his heart gradually extinguished, and he felt a distant fear in his heart, now that people's hearts are so fluctuating, if Wang Hongyi attacks the city, "soldiers who have poured out their courage, can they still resist?"

Even if you resist, how many days will it last?

He is already old, "At this time, if he insists on disobeying", what will happen to the Du family?

and his three sons, thinking of this, the flame in his eyes was completely extinguished, and he sighed: "Come on!"

Outside the study, the soldiers and attendants were standing in place all the time.

Seeing that the night was getting deeper and deeper, some people wanted to persuade the housekeeper to rest, but at this time, suddenly they heard a summons, and the people below hurriedly came in with the lamp.

Du Gongzhen saw someone coming in, and said calmly, "You go and summon Hong Li to see me immediately." ”

Hong Li is the messenger, as for how the housekeeper handles the matter of Fang Cai, Du Gongzhen has no intention of paying attention.

Hearing this, he immediately responded and went out, although it was late at night, this Hongli must have fallen asleep, but the handsome man called people, even if he slept, he had to wake up.

Sure enough, there wasn't much time, Hong Li came: "Dashuai, you call me?", Du Gongzhen said in a heavy tone: "Others go out, Hong Li, you take a detour." ”

Hong Li hurriedly walked a few more steps, approached Du Gongzhen, and listened to Du Gongzhen say: "You have a meritorious mission this time" It's a pity that I can't give you anything. ”

Hong Li saw that Du Gongzhen's expression was sincere, but he had the demeanor of a hero, his heart trembled, tears burst out of his eyes, and he choked up and said: "Dashuai, you have been promoted to me, there is a clear training in ancient times, I am a courtier, what reward do you want? This is my duty!", "Alas! Loyal ministers are seen in danger...... There is no need to mention this matter again, "I want to ask you, you are familiar with Wang Hongyi, how is this town going to be?"

"Yes, does the lord have the ambition to seize the land of Shu and even the world?"

“...... Heavenly, I really haven't thought about it, what do you want to say? "Yes, the minister said bluntly, the lord is divided into a county, which is naturally the foundation, but now in this situation, it is difficult to be independent, the lord, think about it, since you don't want to seize the world, then for the sake of your descendants, as long as you keep the wealth of the Du family" Isn't it?", "Oh?" Du Gongzhen immediately understood the meaning, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Yes, the minister is thinking, there is always a lord in the world, and it is not common to divide the territory, since the feudal town is not guaranteed now, then take refuge in the lord of Ming, the lord, Hongze Town is just a county" and the one who is early in the dragon is not just the official of a county?", Hong Li was about to continue, but saw Du Gongzhen stand up, waved his hand, and stopped......

Du Gongzhen sighed: "That's a good point, but Wang Hongyi is the lord of Ming?", "Even if it may not be the world, it is also the land of Shu, Wei Cundong is defeated, he is old, and he is afraid that the death period will not be far away, once he dies, how to fight against Wang Hongyi? ”

When Du Gongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked and felt that it made sense.

I only heard Hong Li and said: "As for the Lord of the World, he does not know, but there is no great trouble, to say a word of heart, if there is Allah in the future, Wang Hongyi will be the king of Shu in the future, and he cannot be surrendered, so why should the Lord be worried about not being an official?"

Du Gongzhen listened, his eyes lit up, "said, "Great goodness, early tomorrow morning, I will go out to sacrifice the city" Look at this Wang Hongyi, how to treat me!", !~!