The black clouds are pressing against the city and are about to destroy it, and the armor light opens toward the sun and golden scales.

The most worrying situation happened. The rebels came to the city and began to set up camp outside Luzhou City. They dug deep trenches and cut down surrounding trees to make horse-resisting fences. The whole night, the lights outside Luzhou City were brightly lit and the sound of labor continued.

That night, people in the city were also panic and many people were anxious.

Di Zhi stayed at the city wall all night, and even when he was sleeping, he used the bedding at the city wall wall to roll it.

The next morning, the plains in the south of Luzhou City had completely changed. In the wilderness, deep ditches were placed with horse-rejecting crisscrossing, and white camp tents were continuous for several miles, with dense figures everywhere, and flags were everywhere. Some people continued to pass through the woods in the south and entered the camp, and the camp was also expanding to the east and west.

Standing at the top of the city, Li Xingzhou saw a war of this scale for the first time. Not to mention anything else, just the camp that stretched for more than ten miles was already tingling.

The defenders on the city were also affected more or less, and they swallowed their saliva unconsciously and their hands and feet trembled.

"How many of them are there?" Li Xingzhou asked.

Di Zhi said: "At present, there will be more than 10,000 people, and there will be people coming one after another."

Li Xingzhou nodded. These people set up tents outside the city, meaning that they would live here without destroying Luzhou. It seems that the rebels were determined to take Luzhou this time.

By noon, almost all the rebels had arrived one after another, and there were camps outside Luzhou City.

After a few days of rain, the weather began to clear up, and the scorching summer heat followed, filling the air.

Li Xingzhou looked at the rebels over there from a distance: "Di Zhi, when do you think they will attack the city?"

Di Zhi turned around and bowed and said, "In the opinion of his subordinates, at least five or six days later, all the siege equipment prepared by Luzhou was in the camp. The lighter ones were seized by us, and the heavy ones were burned. They needed to do it temporarily."

He pointed to the west of the rebel camp: "Prince, look over there."

Li Xingzhou looked in the direction he pointed, and indeed a large number of rebels were cutting down the woods nearby and then dragging the wood to the western camp.

Di Zhi explained from the side: "As many people build siege ladders, it will be fast, but the siege towers and siege cars will be very slow. Moreover, after the siege ladder is built, it needs to be smoked with fire, otherwise it will slip when stepped on it. Luzhou City is two zhes high, so the ladders should be at least two zhes. If they slip, they will definitely not be able to get up."

He said worriedly, "But the prince, what I am most worried about is the East Gate."

"East Gate."

Di Zhi nodded: "I talked to the gatekeeper. He said that the East Gate of Luzhou collapsed once five years ago. After rebuilding, it was more than six feet shorter than the other gates. My subordinates also went to see it in person yesterday. As he said, there was a city wall of about thirty steps that was indeed shorter, but it was about eight feet shorter."

"Eight Foot" Li Xingzhou nodded. Eight Foot Foot is almost two meters away, which is indeed a problem: "Can you just increase it temporarily?"

Di Zhi shook his head: "There is a city tower built on it. If you want to increase it, you must demolish the city tower, which is not worth the loss."

"I understand. I will ask Qi Fang's army to temporarily strengthen there just in case," said Li Xingzhou.

"Is this war report true?" After the empress dowager passed away and had to put him under house arrest, the emperor's expression was not good recently, but when he saw the Southern War Report presented by the Privy Council today, his face became obviously rosy, and his hands holding the paper were trembling slightly.

"It is indeed true that it was submitted by Yang Hongzhao's personal soldiers, and his handwriting can be matched." Wen Daoli, deputy envoy of Privy Councilor, reported.

Wen Daoli looks about fifty years old, tall and average in appearance, and is exposed to wind and sun at the border, resulting in dark skin.

Not long after he returned to Beijing, Zhong Daoyu handed over many affairs of the Privy Council to him. After all, Zhong Daoyu was old and his energy was not as good as before.

However, he was not the only one waiting in the Changchun side hall, but also Wang Yue, the secretary of the Secretariat, He Zhao, the prefect of Kaiyuan, Ji Chunsheng, the commander of the Martial Arts, and Zhao Guanghua, the commander of the guards and the commander of the cavalry.

"Wen Daoli is the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor, who is in charge of military affairs, but why do you guys come?" asked the emperor.

Wang Yuegong bowed: "Report to Your Majesty, it is related to the war situation in the south, and the old minister is the one who is a man."

"I want to listen to the truth." The emperor knocked on the table.

Wang Yue was embarrassed and then he remained calm, "The war situation in the south is part of it. This battle report involves King Pingnan. He is the grandson-in-law of the old minister, and the old minister cannot sit idly by."

He Zhao was even more embarrassed and said bluntly: "The King of Pingnan is also the official registered in Kaiyuan Prefecture."

"General Chung was not in good health, so I sent me to listen to the Hadith and then report back." Zhao Guanghua was justified.

When Ji Chunsheng arrived, he honestly said: "I can't let go of the prince, please forgive me."

"Hmph" the emperor just snorted and said nothing, but his complexion was rosy.

"How did Yang Hongzhao deal with it?" the emperor asked again, his tone obviously improved.

Wen Daoli quickly replied: "When he returned to the emperor, at first Yang Hongzhao was going to go south and take advantage of the opportunity to take down important southern towns and clear the Suzhou waterways. However, he found that the rebels had eighteen warships in the south and blocked the river surface. He had to turn to the eastern towns and prepare to recapture the area east of Ansu Prefecture."

"Bastard! He is a small Ansu Mansion, but he dares to build so many warships privately!" He Zhao couldn't help but curse.

Wang Yue also nodded: "It seems that the Ansu Mansion rebellion has been planned for many years, and it is not something that can be done overnight."

The emperor did not comment, but pointed at Wen Daoli: "You continue to say."

“Yes, the emperor.

According to the judgment that Chen and General Chung discussed overnight, the rebels took such a risk and transferred the defenders from the east and south to the north. Of course, something happened in the north and the rebels could not resist it, so they would rather let the southeast be empty than to take the risk of withdrawing troops." Wen Daoli said in detail.

"The north of Suzhou is Huaihua Prefecture. Yang Hongzhao's previous service rewards, the rebels had mobilized tens of thousands of troops to gather the border of Huaihua Prefecture in the north and prepared to attack Luzhou City. But now they have taken the risk of drawing troops from the southeast. It is likely that they suffered a great defeat in Luzhou! Moreover, this defeat hurts their muscles and bones, which has forced them to jump over the wall."

"Luzhou? The prince went to Luzhou!" Ji Chunsheng also said hurriedly.

Wang Yue and He Zhao both looked at him and raised their lips.

Sure enough, as soon as this was said, the emperor clenched his fists, as if he was frowning and thinking, "I asked Yang Hongzhao to advance westward, just to distract the rebels and gain a glimmer of life for Sin Chew. After all, his filial piety is commendable. If you say it, wouldn't it be

Alas, but Yang Hongzhao said that Sin Chew only brought thousands of people with him, how could a thousand people get what happened?"

He also asked everyone this question.

In fact, everyone has these ideas vaguely, because Luzhou was in civil strife, but the situation suddenly changed after the King of Pingnan brought his men. Time coincided with it, but the problem is, as the emperor said, how can a thousand people get things done? What can they do

There are 100,000 rebels, and it is impossible to think about it, so no one dares to say it out.

"Your Majesty, I think no matter what the north is, the emptiness of Suzhou in the southeast is real and a great opportunity!

When Yang Hongzhao marched into the eastern part of Suzhou, he could send another general to divide Suzhou into attacking the southern part and regain the waterway. If the matter is true as he thought, then the rebels went north to encircle the King of Pingnan, so that the siege of King of Pingnan can be lifted." Wen Daolidao.

"But we have no ship in our hands at the moment." He Zhao frowned.

When the emperor heard this, he nodded and said, "Yes, what if it's true?"

Ji Chunsheng suddenly spoke at this time: "Your Majesty, there is a boat, the royal palace has a boat!"

The emperor was stunned, "Where is a ship?"

"The Palace!" Ji Chunsheng said excitedly.

"How many?" the emperor asked, and everyone looked at him with their eyes shining.

"Two ships." Ji Chunsheng compared two fingers.

Everyone was speechless for a moment
Chapter completed!