Qingzhou.

After Zhu Jin, the governor of Taining Army, sent his general Zhu Zhen to send troops to Ziqing to assist Cui Anqian appointed by the court in attacking Wang Shifan, Zizhou quickly fell. Cui Anqian led four troops and 60,000 troops to Qingzhou, hoping to break Qingzhou in one fell swoop.

Although Wang Shifan was defeated one after another, he still had 40,000 troops in Qingzhou, and he was also drawing troops from Laizhou and Dengzhou to reinforce Qingzhou.

However, the successive failures caused the morale of Qingzhou to decline. To be on the safe side, Wang Shifan ordered to defend Qingzhou and wanted to force Cui An's troops to retreat.

Although the reinforcements from Laizhou and other places were severely damaged by Zhu Zhen, Huo Cun and Yang Shihou, Wang Shifan just did not go out of the city to reinforce.

Faced with Qingzhou City, where the Wang family and his son had been running for many years, Cui Anqian was really helpless. He lost thousands of people and failed to make much progress after several attacks.

The main force in Qingzhou is still there, and Cui Anqian dares not attack the city at all costs.

To put it bluntly, Cui An’s potential is only the thousands of imperial guards led by Yang Shihou, plus the newly incorporated 10,000 troops.

The rest is controlled by Zhu Zhen, Huo Cun and Zhang Chan, who attacked the city regardless of everything, and the casualties are not what these three people are willing to see.

"Ship Cui, it is not easy to take Qingzhou in this situation. I heard that the imperial court has a powerful weapon like Tiance Cannon, so why don't you use it to attack the city? I think it can break through the Qingzhou city in front of me." Zhu Zhen suggested.

"Tiance Cannon?"

Hearing these three words, Cui Anqian and Yang Shihou looked at Zhu Zhen at the same time, thinking that the other party was Zhu Wen's old subordinate, who knew whether he was a real or a fake one.

The Tiance cannon is the secret weapon of the imperial guards and is very strict in guarding. Although Yang Shihou has seen it many times, he cannot approach it casually, let alone the more powerful Divine Machine Cannon and General Shence Cannon.

Cui Anqian shook his head, "Tiance cannons are extremely bulky and difficult to transport them."

Although Cui Anqian came from the Cui family in Qinghe, Cui family in Qinghe and Cui family in Boling had no foundation in the court.

Cui Han, Cui Yanzhao and others who were previously named prime minister died one after another. Cui Zhaowei, the younger generation, was demoted. Cui Yin became notorious for fraud in the imperial examination. Such a situation occurred in such a huge Cui family.

Nowadays, Cui can only rely on him, an elderly person who is not favored by the Lord. With his face in front of the Lord, it is not enough for the Lord to use a killing weapon like the Tiance Cannon for him.

In fact, it was not just Cui. In the end of the Sui Dynasty, the seven-wife family in the seven-wife family in the seven-wife family in the court, the Li family in Zhaojun and the Zheng family in Xingyang. Of course, Wenxi Pei family was not included in the seven-wife family in the five-wife family.

As for the Li family in Longxi, Cui family in Qinghe, Cui family in Boling, Wang family in Taiyuan, and Lu family in Fanyang, no one held important positions in the court. The worst thing was not the Cui family, but the Lu family. The Cui family could still make some bubbles, and the Lu family in Fanyang could not even make bubbles.

From the first year of Qianning to the present, the Lu family in Fanyang has not even appeared in a Jinshi, and there are not even a few people who come to take the Jinshi exam.

"But without a sharp weapon in siege, the soldiers just relying on their lives to fill it, they may not be able to conquer the Qingzhou City in front of them." Zhu Zhen sat there and said to himself.

"Jingshou, the lower official thinks he can try to dig the tunnel." Zhang Chan suggested.

"It's not okay to dig tunnels. Qingzhou City has a moat, and we can't dig a moat." Huo Cun shook his head and said.

"But we have to think of a solution, otherwise we will definitely not be able to hold on first if we spend so much time!"

Just when everyone was unable to come up with a way to quickly conquer Qingzhou, a fast horse ran into the camp. After reporting, he came to Yang Shihou's ear and whispered.

After hearing this, Master Yang smiled and immediately stood up and saluted Cui An, "Congratulations to Cui Shuai, now he has a way to break the city."

"What's the solution?" Cui Anqian was a little confused.

The person who came was an imperial guard, so naturally he would not report to him, but directly reported to the imperial guard commander Yang Shihou. This made him a little dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to follow the rules set by the emperor, local officials could not command the imperial guards, and the imperial guards could only obey the orders of the emperor and the Privy Council.

Yang Shihou's imperial guards were to cover his entry into Ziqing, and they did not become his subordinates for a long time. When Ziqing matters must be done, the court will re-appoint officials, and Yang Shihou's troops will definitely be transferred back to Hedong.

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In Qingzhou City, Ziqing Jiedushi Mansion.

Wang Shifan was not worried about the besieged city of the imperial army. He was just a group of mobs. He still had tens of thousands of troops, so he was not worried about the city being captured.

It is impossible to break through a city with heavy troops defending it without several times its strength. With the current situation of the imperial army, it is impossible to even siege the city, so it can only be stationed outside Qingzhou City and confront his army.

"Jingsen, it's not a big deal to spend so much time. The reinforcements from Laizhou and Dengzhou were defeated by the imperial army. If this continues, morale will inevitably plummet and will be unfavorable to the war!"

Early in the morning, a general came to see Wang Shifan, hoping to lead his troops to fight.

"The commander of the throne cannot be. It is because our army is now depressed and should not go to fight. Although the imperial army has many soldiers and a wide range of generals, it is a group of mobs. As long as we cannot defend, the imperial army will inevitably retreat due to food and grass.

At this time, he left the city to fight, which hit the minds of the imperial army." Liu Xu advised.

"What does it mean to be honest? If you, Liu Xiu, had not been defeated by the imperial army outside Dizhou City and lost thousands of cavalry, how could we be trapped in Qingzhou now?"

Hearing this, Liu Xiu couldn't help but sigh, knowing that someone would not let go of his previous defeat. Unexpectedly, after so long, someone mentioned this matter.

Liu Xiu immediately knelt on one knee, "Jie Zheng, the general will underestimate the enemy before, resulting in the loss of the army. Please punish the general for punishment."

Wang Shifan, who had a young face, hurried forward and helped Liu Xiu up, "Liu's commander is serious, and victory or defeat is a common cause for military affairs."

"Xie Jieshuai is very tolerant!"

Wang Shifan smiled awkwardly, and then returned to his seat.

It would be strange if Liu Xiu was happy that he could lose thousands of cavalry and tens of thousands of soldiers. However, now he has no one to use, so he has to use Liu Xiu.

Before Liu Xiu was defeated in the war, he directly dismissed the other party, but who would have thought that the person who changed it was even more useless, and nearly 30,000 soldiers were lost, even Zibozhou was lost.

After two consecutive defeats, even Wang Shifan, who was strong in the army, could not hold on to Qingzhou and re-activate Liu Xiu.

"Don't argue anymore, please follow Commander Liu's words and defend Qingzhou. Qingzhou City is high and thick, and the imperial army will retreat on its own if it cannot attack. However, Ziqing is likely to perform the Zhaoyi of that year." Wang Shifan sighed.

At that time, Zhaoyi was captured by Li Kexiu, the younger brother of Li Kexiu, and Zhaoyi was divided into two parts since then.

Just as Wang Shifan was planning to let the generals retreat, a dull drum sound came from outside the city. Even Wang Shifan, who was in the Jiedu Mansion, realized something was wrong...
Chapter completed!