After a night of silence, Dongfang saw nothing. Li Baiyu, who was sleeping soundly with the Emperor's Sword in his arms, was awakened by the sound of drums and horns outside the city. He subconsciously opened his eyes suddenly and walked out of the attic under the city tower with the Emperor's Sword in hand.
Li Baiyu, who had experienced more than twenty days of war, now looked more like a battle-hardened general than a king of a country.
Li Baiyu looked at the imperial guards gathered on the city wall, waiting in formation, and looked outside the city.
Looking at the rebel Li Baiyu who was pressed up by the crowd, he smiled bitterly and sighed.
"I really can't wait. It seems that you are under greater pressure than me."
"Your Majesty, the rebels have begun to attack the city again."
Lu Tao ran toward Li Baiyu with his armor in full and a sword in hand, his face full of fighting spirit. God favored him, allowing the Imperial Guards to recuperate for four days, and the exhausted Imperial Guards regained their fighting spirit.
"Command my brothers to be on guard. As the days go by, my brothers must be impatient. The rebels' offensive must be very fierce. The ice outside the city is not a natural chasm, and they cannot withstand it for long."
"After holding on for so many days, King Qin's army is about to arrive. At this time, the city is broken, and all the hard work has been in vain."
"I understand, I'm going to take command."
The little cutie rubbed her sleepy big eyes and walked out of the tower. Next to her was a pretty palace maid, about seventeen or eighteen years old. She must have been Cuiyun who Li Baiyu said was serving the little cutie.
Cuiyun looked at the little cutie who looked like she hadn't gotten enough sleep, and her pretty face was extremely anxious.
"Princess Yue'er, let's go down quickly. Once the rebels attack the city, it will be dangerous on the tower."
The little cutie looked angrily at the rebels outside the city, stretched out and nodded helplessly: "Okay, Sister Cuiyun, let's go down."
"Princess please."
Cuiyun protected the little cutie with one hand, and gently lifted up his heavy cloak with the other hand, revealing a sword hilt. Cuiyun pulled it lightly, and a soft sword like a spiritual snake was held in Cuiyun's hand to protect the cutie.
He walked towards the bottom of the city tower.
Li Baiyu turned around when he heard the movement behind him and saw the two people walking down the tower nodding towards Cuiyun.
"Protect Yue'er well. I'll ask you if she has a hair on her head."
"This slave obeys your order."
On the battlefield, Cuiyun didn't care about the difference between him and the little cutie. He gently lifted up his cloak and wrapped the little cutie in and huddled under the battlement. The soft sword in his hand was tightly held in his jade hands in a defensive posture.
Although the battlements can withstand bows and arrows, occasionally falling stones from trebuchets will happen to fall here.
It is precisely because of this that Li Baiyu specially told a story about a female master with good martial arts who dressed up as a palace maid to protect the safety of the little cutie.
As Li Baiyu said, the little cutie is now the only link that can maintain the relationship between him and his brother-in-law Liu Mingzhi.
The city was breached, and it was understandable that the little cutie died in the hands of the rebels. There must be no problems with the little cutie now.
Every time before taking a break after defending the city, Li Baiyu would recall the words that Li Zheng taught him when he was still alive.
In the past few days, Li Baiyu sorted out all his words and summarized them in one sentence.
If you want to reuse Liu Mingzhi and ensure Liu Mingzhi's loyalty, you must treat his family well.
As long as his family is protected from harm, he and Liu Mingzhi can continue the good story of their father and his emperor.
The safety of his family is the prerequisite for Liu Mingzhi's loyalty to the court.
"fire!"
With the command flags of Lu Tao and the others waving, the artillery on the city wall fired dense shells towards the rebels who had entered the range.
Li Baiyu's guess just now was good, and Li Yunlong and the others were now in a hurry.
Looking at the fierce posture of the rebels charging desperately despite the artillery fire, one can know that the Li Yunlong brothers have given a death order.
There is no way, Li Baiyu can afford to wait, Li Yunlong, and Li Baihong cannot afford to wait. One more day to wait will be one more day to face the crisis of King Qin's army.
As long as he invades the city, threatens the royal clan and prays to the heaven and earth of the clan mansion, and naturally sits on the throne, King Qin's army will only be able to stare blankly when they arrive.
Unless you want to bear the name of rebellion like yourself and others.
Then the situation faced by the feudal king's rebellion and the foreign minister's rebellion were completely different.
One is rebelling against his own family. As long as Jiangshan still has the surname Li, the clan government will solve this matter.
One is that the ministers will rebel. When the marshals from all over the world gather to respond, the entire Dalong will be completely in chaos.
Based on brothers Li Yunlong and Li Bohong's understanding of these veterans, they would never do such a thing. The only change was this guy Liu Mingzhi.
However, as soon as he ascends the throne, the evidence of the father-daughter relationship between Liu Mingzhi and Jin Guoxiao will be revealed to the world.
It's hard to say what the outcome will be at that time.
Supporting Li Baiyu's two sons, Li Ye, one of the Li Tao brothers ascended the throne and succeeded his father's throne.
Unfortunately, the position of the queen has not yet been determined. The two brothers Li Ye and Li Tao only have the title of prince and have not been established as prince by Li Baiyu. It is uncertain whether they can ascend to the position of prince, and it is even more difficult to say whether they want to inherit the throne.
Secondly, the two brothers are too young. If we look at the overall interests, the group of old people in the Zongren Mansion will definitely favor Li Baihong and Li Yunlong, the vassal kings with good reputations in the past.
After all, apart from the stigma of rebelling against others, the two brothers are almost the same as Li Baiyu in terms of methods and mentality. The only difference is in personality.
"General, there is a thick layer of ice under the city wall. The siege engines and trebuchets cannot be transported up. The brothers cannot stand firmly while carrying the ladders. The archers on the city wall are confidently shooting down the brothers!
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Lu Gui, who was under Li Yunlong, and Jiangzhou looked at each other with gloomy expressions as they watched the former army brothers squirming under the city wall.
Lu Gui looked away and sighed: "They poured water to freeze a line of defense given by God. What should we do? If this continues, our brothers will die in vain."
Jiangzhou slapped his palms hard: "There is no other way. Your Majesty can't wait any longer. It will snow heavily for three days and clear the snow for two days. If we wait any longer, King Qin's army will kill us."
"Although we are elites, we can't compare with the border troops. We must attack the city as soon as possible."
"What do you think we should do? If we continue to attack like this, our brothers will die in vain. If the siege equipment cannot be climbed, we can't let our brothers climb up, right?"
"The saber and shield soldiers in front were ordered to come forward to cover and guard against the rain of arrows, while the remaining brothers broke the ice."
"Brothers in the rear of the Chinese army retreated, out of the range of the Praetorian Guards' artillery shells."
"That's all we can do. Give the order and I'll report it to the prince."
"Okay, go and tell the prince about the situation. I will supervise the formation here first."
The situation of the rebels was exactly as Lu Tao and others expected. Facing the ice that had been frozen for four days and nights, the rebels' heavy siege weapons could not be transported at all.
The ladder was light, but it could not prevent the rebel soldiers from slipping on the ice.
Suddenly, this happened on all four city walls.
The rebels were unable to attack if they wanted to, and the attacking party became the passive defensive party.
The siege battle reached a stalemate within a short period of time, and Little Cutie's plan completely worked.