Luzhou City.

The atmosphere in the city was not very good. Since it was captured by the rebels, the city has been filled with a terrifying atmosphere.

The common people almost dared not go out. The streets were deserted, with bamboo baskets scattered everywhere, and some sparse and messy items. Occasionally, a few people really had to go out to buy them, and most of them walked carefully against the wall. When they saw soldiers wearing armor, they didn't even dare to go out.

Although the rebels also strictly required their soldiers, many cases of burning, killing and looting were inevitable. For this matter, the leader of the rebels also killed a few disobedient soldiers to kill the chicken to warn the monkey.

Over the past period of time, Luzhou City has been relatively stable, but the atmosphere is still very tense. Because this place has always been a military center, the rebels naturally attach great importance to it. She Chongming sent a confidant to guard it, and this person was She Yin.

As the son of She Chongming, She Yin has absolute authority in Luzhou City.

In the original Luzhou prefect's office.

She Yin sat in the main seat, and under him was the subordinates he brought this time, with both sides.

She Yin glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "I believe you all know about Zunyi City, right?"

Everyone present nodded silently.

Although She Yin is only in her twenties, the people present did not underestimate him. Even if She Yin is fair and not strong, it is impossible for anyone to underestimate him, and this situation has never changed.

Because compared to his father She Chongming, She Yin gave everyone a bad impression. She Yin was a young and scheming person, and at the same time, he was cruel and ruthless, and no one dared to offend him. Everyone knew that if she offended She Yin, she was openly kind and turned her head and didn't know how she died.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that She Chongming asked She Yin to guard Luzhou.

Everyone present knew how important Luzhou is to him. In the words of his own king, Luzhou is everyone's way out.

After taking over the entire Sichuan, you can leave Luzhou and enter Guizhou, so you occupy Zunyi. Zunyi is the bridgehead. Once you take over Sichuan, you can enter Guizhou from Zunyi.

At that time, the entire Guizhou and Sichuan will be the king. You can even enter Yunnan or continue to go north, and you will be able to build a large territory.

A big bearded man sitting on the right said, "Young master, the matter in Zunyi City is not too unexpected. After all, no one occupied Guizhou, so Zunyi is a lonely hand."

She Yin turned around and looked over. He was naturally familiar with the person who spoke. He was his father's confidant Fan Long. Next to him was Fan Long's younger brother Fan Hu. Both brothers were his father's confidant and were also first-class generals.

This is what Fan Long dares to say. If it were someone else, She Yin would definitely not have such a good attitude.

She Yin did not lose his temper and said coldly: "The person guarding Zunyi City is Zhang Tong. Everyone should know who Zhang Tong is and what his abilities are. Even so, Zunyi City cannot defend it."

"According to the spies under his command, the Guizhou army has come to us. It is estimated that they will need to attack Luzhou in the next step, so everyone is going back and preparing, implementing a curfew system, and telling the people in the city not to go out to the streets without any trouble. In addition, prepare food, maybe it will take a long time to fight this time."

Everyone looked at She Yin, no one dared to refute, and quickly said with respect: "Yes, Young Master."

After seeing everyone agreeing, She Yin turned to Fan Long who had just spoken and said, "General Fan, the city is quite sufficient. I will give you three thousand troops to go out of the city and find a place to hide it and wait for my signal. Once we have the opportunity to fight back, we will cooperate inside and outside and destroy the invading Ming army."

"At the same time, I sent someone to send a message to my father, telling him that the Ming army had come to attack Luzhou. But please don't worry, my father, I will wipe out the reinforcements of the Ming army under the city of Luzhou so that my father doesn't have to worry."

After hearing this, the bearded general Fan Long frowned and said hesitantly: "Is it a bit inappropriate for the young master to do this? The Ming army is powerful. You said just now that Zhang Tong is very capable and has a lot of people at hand, but he didn't even have time to report the news. It shows how powerful the Ming army is. Although there are enough people in the city, there are only less than 30,000 people. Once the Ming army attacks the city, there are only 15,000 people left to defend the city, there are probably omissions."

"In Beizhi's opinion, what we need to do now is not to think about how to completely wipe out the Ming army, but to defend Luzhou City. As long as we can defend Luzhou City well, it will be enough. When the king takes over Chongqing, conquered Chengdu, and occupied the entire Sichuan, it will not be too late to send troops from Luzhou."

In Fan Long's opinion, dividing the troops at this time is simply a stupid decision that cannot be foolish. Although he doesn't know why She Yin issued such an order, he doesn't want to execute such an order.

Fan Hu, who was sitting aside, glanced at his elder brother and sighed helplessly.

The eldest brother is good everywhere, he values ​​loyalty and trustworthiness, and is loyal to the king. As for marching and fighting, he is a brave general.

But the problem is that this mind is always a little bit unreal. Since the young master wants to divide his troops, is he really going to divide his troops?

It was obvious that he wanted to give away the elder brother. First, he didn't want to give the elder brother the credit, and he wanted to suppress the elder brother; second, he saw that the elder brother was disliked by his side and wanted to drive the elder brother away.

If the eldest brother was hiding too close outside the city and was found and annihilated by the Ming army, it was also the eldest brother's mistake. It can be said that he was still alive, and it also affected the young master's plan. In that case, the young master could even turn the blame on the eldest brother.

No one on the court could tell that the young master was quite afraid of the elder brother, or the young master just wanted to take the elder brother and take over the command of this man.

Now the situation of the king is getting better and better, and he is occupying more and more territory, so the future competition for inheritance rights will definitely be very fierce.

The young master clearly wanted to gain the power of the army, make great contributions, enhance prestige, grasp military power, and enhance strength.

Only my elder brother can't see this, he's just a stubborn mind.

Fan Hu said helplessly: "Brother, have we fought with the Ming army? You don't know what the Ming army looks like. If Zunyi City is lost, it is because Zhang Tong is incompetent. He shows off his power on weekdays, but when the critical moment comes, he becomes a fool. But can the young master be the same?"

"The young master is very talented, has a ravine belly, and is resourceful. It is not a matter of being able to deal with these Ming troops? Defend the city, what city should I defend?"

"I think the young master is right, so we should wipe out the invading Ming army. Then we take advantage of the opportunity to capture Zunyi City. Taking advantage of the emptiness of the Ming army in Guizhou, we will directly enter Guizhou to capture several cities. If possible, we will directly attack Guiyang."

Fan Long frowned and looked at his younger brother, with a gloomy face and silent.

She Yin glanced at Fan Hu and felt that what he said made sense. His eyes were still a little lighter, and he just wanted to wipe out the Ming army. What's the use of that?

It’s just that I have made more contributions and made my father happier. But if I can enter Guizhou and occupy Guiyang, I will make more contributions. At that time, I can expand my manpower in Guizhou and have a province of Guizhou, and it may not be so.

Thinking of this, She Yin laughed and said, "General Fan Hu said it well! Since we want to do big things, we must have big ideas."

"General Fan Hu is right. We cannot focus all our attention on annihilation of the Ming army. We must have a longer-term plan. We must fight to Guiyang and occupy the entire Guizhou!" She Yin became more and more excited as he spoke, and stood up and waved his hand.

Everyone else also echoed: "Annihilate the Ming army! Kill to Guiyang! Occupy Guizhou!"

For a moment, the atmosphere was very strong.

Fan Hu, who was sitting there, breathed a sigh of relief and sighed helplessly. It seemed that the nickname of himself and his brother could not be removed.

Although people outside call their brothers the Fan family brothers, one dragon and one tiger, what's the truth?

Many people secretly called their brothers, Fan's second-class stupidity. But Fan Hu knew that he was not only not stupid, but also very smart. On the contrary, the eldest brother was really stupid.

How much worry did I worry about protecting my elder brother and maintaining this family?

After all, I passed the test this time, but I won’t be able to do the next time. So I should ask my elder brother to go outside the city as soon as possible. Although there are some dangers in the Ming army, my elder brother still has some tricks in the war, and I think he won’t lose his life.

If you stay in the city again, you really don’t know which day your elder brother can live.

Seeing what else to say to his elder brother, Fan Hu quickly reached out and pulled him.

Turning his head and glaring at his younger brother, Fan Long said angrily: "What are you pulling me to do?"

"Brother, I think you should still leave the city. Although I agree with what you said just now, look at the young master and these people, who do they agree with it?"

"They looked down on the Ming army. After fighting so many victories along the way and occupying so many cities, they have long become arrogant soldiers. But arrogant soldiers will be defeated, which is the truth that has been eternal. Fortunately, my elder brother is still clear-headed, so I advise my elder brother to take his people out of the city. If there is any disturbance, you can help him."

"If everyone is in the city and is surrounded by the Ming army, they will be extremely moved by then."

"You are not optimistic about being able to defend Luzhou?" Fan Long asked in a deep voice.

"Zhang Tong couldn't even defend Zunyi City. Although it was expected that he would not defend it. After all, Zunyi City is not a big city, and he doesn't have many people, but he should be able to defend at least a few days, right?"

"What was the plan at the beginning? If Zunyi City is attacked, we will send people to ask for help immediately, and we will send troops to support us. But what happened? Zhang Tong sent people to ask for help, and the back foot was already captured. So, this battle is not easy, especially when everyone has become arrogant soldiers."

"Even if my elder brother leads people in the city, he doesn't have much to do, so he might as well go out of the city. No matter what he does, he can move forward and back freely. So my elder brother should go."

After glanced at his younger brother, Fan Long nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go."

When everyone stopped flattering, Fan Long stood up and said, "Young Master, if there is nothing else, I will sue you. I will go back immediately to sort out the people and leave the city before dark."

Seeing Fan Long agreeing so readily and neatly, She Yin nodded with a smile, and at the same time stood up and walked to Fan Long's side, reached out and held Fan Long's hand, and said with a smile: "In this way, I will entrust the general outside the city to the general."
Chapter completed!