"As long as the inner city is lost, even if the frontline troops lose their armor, they can be re-equipped, and then they must counterattack in the shortest possible time. The rebels are disorderly and in disarray. As long as we quickly organize a counterattack, those rebels who were so complacent after storming the city will be defeated.
, we will definitely be able to be repelled. Even if we cannot be repelled, we can still hold on to the second line of defense.
In addition, the rebels outside are all people who follow the trend of the family. These people who blindly follow the trend have no moral sense. If they have any noble sentiments, they will not know that the adults are good to them.
Bring out all the rare jewels, gold and silver, and when the siege is fierce, fall them down and hit people, which will inevitably cause chaos."
Huang Quan, Wang Fu and others all nodded after listening to what Zhou Buyi said, but Zhou Buyi looked anxious and tapped his forehead: "These are still not enough. They are all ways to delay the attack. They treat the symptoms but not the root cause. What do you have?
Try all the methods you can, but I don’t think I can hold on for a few days.
The most important thing is the third point. After careful calculation, we must find another line of reinforcements within five days before General Zhang arrives. This line of reinforcements is crucial. First, it must help us hold on until General Zhang arrives.
Second, it must cooperate with General Zhang and the defenders in the city to defeat the rebels.
Because, I don’t think we can wait for the reinforcements in twenty days.”
"Another line of reinforcements, where do we have reinforcements?" Deng Xian asked doubtfully.
Zhou Bujie was silent for a while: "Let me find another reinforcement. I am leaving the city now. I will find reinforcements within five days."
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief. They didn't know where there were reinforcements.
"That's it." Zhou Bujie stood up: "To sum up, we must try every means to defend the city. Whether we succeed or not depends on destiny. If we can't violate destiny, we can't do it."
Zhou Busu glanced at Liu Xun and said to Wang Fu: "Master Wang, I heard that your child is also over six years old, right?"
Wang Fu was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood what it meant. Everyone else also looked at Zhou Buyi in surprise, and Zhou Buyi's expression was very calm.
Wang Fu's face turned gloomy. After struggling for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, Mr. Zhou, at the critical moment, Wang Fu...Wang Fu will know what to do."
Zhou Buyi nodded lightly. This was all he could do. Once Liu Zhang died, Zhou Buyi no longer had any hope for Jing Yi. Even Liu Xun seemed to have the style of a wise master, but after all, he was six years old, even this
After successfully suppressing the rebellion, Liu Xun became enemies with Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and could not continue Liu Zhang's career, so he would be defeated sooner or later.
It is impossible for Liu Xun to complete the great cause that Liu Zhang left behind. Even if he had the intention, he was unable to do so. This is the real reason why Zhou Bujie has been reluctant to come up with ideas.
"What I did today should be regarded as repaying my kindness to Liu Zhang and worthy of Liu Xun's trust." Zhou Buyu sighed, his future was uncertain. He took some belongings with him and went to the city where the rebels were not encircling him.
went.
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Three days passed, but Zhou Buyi did not show up, and there was no sign of the reinforcements he mentioned. Within these three days, the inner city experienced a great test. More than 30,000 rebels swarmed forward, and the waves surged into the sky. The Sichuan soldiers
More than 2,000 people were killed in the battle, and most of the remaining ones were injured. Many of the young men who started the battle also died.
The rebels invaded the inner city twice, and once they were quickly defeated by the army inside the city using the weapons of the second line of defense. The second time the rebels rushed into the city gate, and the city rush vehicle rushed through the city gate, only to see an elephant chained to the city gate.
City gate.
This elephant was Yin Baijin's birthday gift to Liu Xun.
The elephant was tied at the gate of the city. When the rebels rushed at it, the elephant became extremely furious and danced in circles. The rebels were unable to enter the city on a large scale. The army in the city quickly organized a comprehensive counterattack, annihilated the rebels at the top of the city, and fought again.
Defeat the rebel attack.
The elephant was seriously injured by the rebels, and finally collapsed to the ground.
The rebels were repulsed twice, which was the limit of the city's defense. If the rebels attacked again, the inner city might not be able to defend for a day. Huang Quan personally went to the city to supervise the battle, and Liu Xun and Huang Yue also came to the city to encourage them.
Morale is all anxious.
At dusk, the setting sun is like blood.
"Madam, you are pregnant, so you should go down and rest. Arrows are flying in this city, and there is bloody air everywhere. What should you do if you have fetal force?" Wang Fu advised Huang Yue.
Huang Yue held Liu Xun's shoulder and smiled sadly: "Even if I go down, how can I rest in peace? I might as well stand here and feel more at ease."
Huang Yue glanced at Liu Xun, and there were some words he didn't say. Liu Xun had been very strong these days, but Huang Yue knew that Liu Xun was a kind-hearted child at heart. This kind of environment not only made him unaccustomed to
, will also bring fear to him, after all, he is only six years old.
Being by his side made him feel a little more at ease.
"Come here, bring a chair for Madam." Wang Fu shouted.
"No need." Huang Yue hurriedly stopped and glanced at the soldiers around him whose faces were bloody and exhausted: "Everyone is fighting bloody battles, what does it matter if I stand?"
After Huang Quan inspected the city defense, he came over and said to Wang Fu: "Master Wang, after taking a look, the morale of the soldiers is not bad, but there are too many wounded and the situation is not good."
"Can we still hold on for two days?" Wang Fu asked. According to Zhou Buji's analysis, Zhang Ren would arrive in two days at the earliest.
Huang Quan smiled bitterly: "Let alone two days, if the rebels attack overnight, we will lose tonight. We can only hope that Zhou Buji's reinforcements will show up."
"Zhou Buji, I'm afraid he has slipped away a long time ago." An official said.
Another official said: "That's right, Zhou Buyi is a little cunning guy. Where can he get reinforcements? Are there any of our troops in Chengdu and outside the inner city? He obviously took the opportunity to escape."
"That's right, that's right." A group of officials agreed, all looking dissatisfied.
"I have no doubt that brother will come." Liu Xun said firmly, looking into the distance, and Huang Yue touched his head.
Liu Xundu said this, and other officials had nothing to say, but they didn't believe that Zhou Buji would come back foolishly, let alone invite any reinforcements.
Huang Quan sighed. Regardless of whether Zhou Buyi came or not, he could only try his best to defend the city. He had no choice. He turned to Wang Fu and said: "It seems that we can only go all-out, Mr. Wang. You are responsible for arranging the inner city."
Now I only do two things. Cooking and defending the city. Women cook and men defend the city. All men are mobilized to fill the vacancies in defending the city. I hope it can last a little longer."
"Yes." Wang Fu agreed and went down. Huang Quan sighed. Even so, I'm afraid it won't last until noon tomorrow. "Zhou Buyi, where are you?"
At night, in the attic of the city wall, according to Zhou Buyi's plan, officials were arranged here and did not deal with any government affairs. They only ate and slept. There were no soldiers to guard them.
The night wind was blowing, and an official said quietly: "If I had known that I would be like Zhou Buyi, saying that I was going to invite some reinforcements, I ran away first. What a big deal we are here now."
"That's right." Another official said: "Before the rebels besieged the city, I had a chance to leave. As long as I could leave, I would definitely ask for reinforcements to fight back to Chengdu, but now it's better. We are trapped here. Huang Quan is really
Pedantic.”
"That's it. That's it."
Other officials agreed one after another, all feeling dissatisfied. Wang Lei was leaning against the wall, with a bowl of rice in front of him, untouched at all. Zhang Song was full, burping, closing his eyes to rest, Xu Jing was
I wandered around anxiously.
"I can't stand it anymore." An official shouted loudly: "He, Huang Quan and Wangfu, are going to die. Why should we follow him? Are we just sitting here and waiting to die?"
In fact, many officials were shaken. When one official spoke, it was like piercing the window paper, and other officials became excited.
"That's right, when my lord was here, he still said: How can a six-year-old boy lead a state and county now? It is better to let Liu Hao rule Yizhou."
"I have long said that Liu Zhang is violent and unethical, and will cause disaster sooner or later. What now? You see, I am right, those outside are rebels, why should we follow the violent leader to the funeral?"
The officials pointed the finger directly at Liu Zhang, and a group of officials immediately began to criticize Liu Zhang's shortcomings, becoming more and more fierce.
Suddenly, Wang Lei spoke, snorted disdainfully, and said in a cold voice: "When the lord was here, everyone was as submissive as a dog, but I have never seen him so indignant. Now that the lord is gone, everyone is pushing down the wall, but everyone is upright and upright."
He is a coward, afraid of death, betrays the Lord and is ungrateful, and has no bones. I am really ashamed to be in the company of you."
"Wang Lei, what are you talking about?" An official glared at Wang Lei: "We are turning from darkness to light. Haven't you seen how many people Liu Zhang killed? He was brutal and unethical. Are we wrong?
Forget it if you are insensitive, Liu Hao and Liu Zhang are both sons of the late lord Liu Yan, Liu Hao is Liu Zhang’s brother, he is broad-minded and kind, and he is the best candidate to succeed the state pastor, why should we call him ungrateful?"
"That is, Liu Zhang was promoted by Zhao Wei and Pang Xi in the first place. It was illegal in the first place."
"Yes, we are also thinking about the great cause of Yizhou."
An official looked at Wang Lei and said contemptuously: "Wang Lei, you have persuaded Liu Zhang so many times and been imprisoned several times. Are you still pedantic? How pathetic."
"Sad, so sad."
Wang Lei snorted softly: "The minister has advice and the master has judgment. This is the sign of a prosperous age. You shameless people, I really feel sorry for your conscience as big as a mosquito."
"What did you say?" Several officials were angry and were about to pounce on them, but were stopped by an old official, it was Yan Mao, the chief clerk.
Yan Mao glanced at Wang Lei and said to the officials: "We are all people with status. Why should we care about such a fool? Liu Zhang is violent. I, Yan Mao, have long wanted to abandon the dark side and join the bright side. Now is the time for Yizhou to change its ruler."
At that time, we and other ambitious people should assist Liu Mao to create a great cause, how can we die trapped here and be buried as a butcher?"
"Yes, that's what Master Yan said."
All the officials agreed, and one official frowned and said: "But now the inner city is tightly guarded. Although there is no one guarding here, it is so high away from the city. How can we get out of the city?"
At this time, Yan Mao did a trick and took out a bundle of ropes from his robe behind him. All the officials immediately beamed with joy and rushed to get down to the city.
Watching the officials being hung down from the city one by one, Wang Lei was furious and was about to shout, but was stopped by Zhang Song who was standing next to him. Zhang Song had an evil smile on his face and remained motionless.
Xu Jing was about to leave when he saw Zhang Song didn't move. As far as he knew, Zhang Song was not a guy who was not afraid of death, so he suddenly became more cautious.
Xu Jing walked up to Zhang Song in a flattering manner and said with a smile: "President Zhang, aren't you afraid..." Xu Jing didn't say the rest of the words, but I believe Zhang Song should be able to understand them given his intelligence.
Zhang Song closed his eyes to rest, raised his eyelids, glanced at Xu Jing, and hummed: "I, Zhang Song, am a man of lofty ideals. How can I be greedy for life and afraid of death?"
Xu Jing thought to himself: "Come on, I usually drink and get beaten up. I still don't know what kind of virtues you, Zhang Song, have?"
"This is natural, this is natural." Xu Jing smiled broadly and said flatteringly, "But is there no other reason?"
Xu Jing stared at Zhang Song closely. Among the officials here, Zhang Song was probably the smartest. Zhang Song shook his head: "Don't say it, don't say it."
It wasn't until Xu Jing forced him to have no choice but to say Zhang Song slowly: "I'll give you four words: if you stay, you will live; if you go, you will die."
"Here, these are four words?" Xu Jing counted on his fingers and frowned: "But what do these four words mean?"
Wang Lei snorted from the side: "I thought Mr. Zhang was a man with joints. It turned out that he had planned it."
Wang Lei didn't understand it at first, but Zhang Song understood it as soon as he said it. If he stayed, Liu Xun would win, and he would become famous. If Liu Mao won, Zhang Song began to invest in various workshops.
It would be strange if Liu Hao dared to touch the bank assets he controlled.
Moreover, under the guise of benevolence and righteousness, the noble family wanted to be different from Liu Zhang. When the time comes, they will not dare to kill them. In this way, no matter who wins or loses, Zhang Song can survive.
But if it goes down and Liu Hao wins, he will certainly get some benefits, but he will also be charged with betraying his master. Moreover, Liu Hao relies on the Yan family and the Yin family to start a rebellion, so he will definitely reuse members of these clans, and the benefits will not be great.
The most important thing is that once it fails, all the people Liu Zhang left behind will be infected with Liu Zhang's violent spirit. No matter who Huang Yueying, Fan Lixiang, Fa Zheng, Zhang Ren, or whoever breaks into Chengdu in the future, these people who surrender will not survive, and they will still
It affects the family.
This is the deterrent power of tyrants.
On balance, of course I would rather stay here.
Wang Lei was very contemptuous of Zhang Song, but Zhang Song snorted disapprovingly: "I am a civil servant. There is no need to die to save the country. What's wrong with weighing the pros and cons? Wang Lei, I know you look down on me in your heart, and I do too.
you."
Zhang Song closed his eyes again. Smart people are always farther away from death than ordinary people. When facing death, they adapt to circumstances and lose many opportunities to show loyalty.
Zhang Song didn't know if he could stay here if he really faced a life-and-death decision. If it were two years ago, he would never do it, but after the Battle of Fucheng, he was no longer sure.
Most of the officials ran away, while the remaining half stayed in the attic, sighing silently under the moonlight.
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The bright moon hangs alone, one star shines brightly, and the night wind is gentle.
Zhou Buyi led a large number of people to the outskirts of the rebel army. There were about thousands of people with a variety of weapons. A general next to him was holding a big sword and was full of evil spirits.
Just three days ago, Zhou Buyi went to a place with soldiers and weapons, and that was Xicheng, Chengdu.
In the whole of Chengdu, this is probably where Liu Zhang's people's support is the most stable. Xicheng was originally the poorest place. After Liu Zhang's new policy, the people of Xicheng have enjoyed dividends, and workers can earn more from farming than before. Not to mention those who
A craftsman with an official position.
These people are naturally grateful for Liu Zhang's kindness, and most importantly, they never want the New Deal to be abandoned, otherwise the good life they just lived will be overturned again, and those workers will have no income.
No one was more closely associated with the New Deal than they were.
Since the noble family has made it clear that they will abandon the New Deal after coming to power, the rebels will be their mortal enemies and they will hate it with gnashing of teeth.
When the news of the rebel rebellion spread to Xicheng, the people were panicked and resentful. They all hoped that the rebels would end their game as soon as possible. However, there was no one to take the lead, so they kept watching the movement. When they heard that 30,000 rebels were besieging the inner city, Xicheng
The people are despairing of all hope.
And at this moment, Zhou Buyi appeared in front of them.
As a person who is close to the people, Zhou Buyi is a frequent visitor to Xicheng's workshops and craftsmen's workshops. In addition, he publicly contradicted Liu Zhang here and defeated the great scholar Xu Jing. Everyone in Xicheng knows this very smart guy and has a good impression of him.
After Zhou Buji arrived, he first incited the people of Xicheng to rebel, asking them to oppose the rebellion of the clans and mix with other rebellious people, making Chengdu even more chaotic.
At the same time, Zhou Buyi found Ma Jun and Zuo Bo and asked them to take out all the weapons in the craftsman's room and the weapons produced in the workshop. Both of them fully supported the New Deal and were deeply aware of the rebellion.
Out of hatred, I agreed immediately.
Ma Jun Zuobo gathered a group of workers and craftsmen, plus the original 1,500 soldiers of Ma Jun and Yin Bai, a total of more than 7,000 people. Taking advantage of the chaos in the city, they sneaked into the East City in batches.
.
Zhou Buyi knew very well that although he was favored by these craftsmen, he did not have enough prestige to lead the army.
If a child directs a war, even if he has the ability, others will not believe that he has the ability. Even if he does, he will inevitably ignore his own military orders at a critical moment.
We must find a highly respected general.
Only in this way can these people be deterred. Otherwise, without organizational discipline, no matter how many people there are, it will be useless.
When these craftsmen sneaked to the east city in batches, Zhou Buyi and two others quietly left the city gate from the south city and arrived at Wei Yan's residence.
Wei Yan has been living here since Jiangling was demoted. Because of the two battles between Bailongjiang and Jiangling, it was famous all over the world. At the beginning, there was an endless stream of people visiting him. However, after Wei Yan refused again and again, no one came.
During this family rebellion, Mr. Yan also visited Wei Yan to ask him to lead the army. After Wei Yan declined, he began to thank guests behind closed doors.
Wei Yan's residence is a small house built by himself with his salary. It has a small outer courtyard built with bricks and stones. It is a single family, quiet and unique.
When Zhou Buji arrived, he only saw a sign hanging on the courtyard door: "No entry for idlers."
Zhou Buyi knocked on the door. After a while, the only servant came out to open the door. He glanced at Zhou Buyi and said impatiently: "Where are you, you little brat? Didn't you see the sign on the door?"
ps: #tyrantliuzhang# Thanks to the ferocious big dog, please call me the empire in the future for your reward.