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Volume 2: Uncle Qin Mansion Chapter 248: The troops are approaching the city

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    Chapter 248: The troops are approaching the city

    "The 100,000-strong army of Huainan is about to attack the city. The 100,000-strong army is the elite who have been fighting in Liaodong. How can it be compared to these imperial guards who are locked up in the imperial city and do evil?"

    "Of the 20,000 imperial guards, 10,000 were improvised. Can the city of Luoyang be defended? Can it be defended?" Xu Xiaode roared hysterically with his neck red, suddenly no longer as a minister in the past.  The proper magnanimity and demeanor.

    Damn it, this old guy is like a mirror in his heart. Yes, it is true that a hundred thousand military area with twenty thousand guardsmen to defend the city cannot be defended, but this old fool is confused. Aren't there soldiers from various places?

    "I dare not say whether the 20,000 defenders can hold it," Yang Xiao sneered, "but as long as I guard him for ten days and a half, things will turn around."

    Xu Xiaode sneered at each other: "It's ridiculous, childish and pedantic. I guess you want to defend until soldiers from all over the country come to serve the king. Haha - you can dream. I will tell you one more thing. When Huainan raised troops, Huizhou Chen Wenjia  He had long launched a rebellion to capture Haozhou and Huizhou and established himself as Emperor Wenjia¡ª¡ª"

    "What did you say?" Yang Xiao was suddenly shocked when he heard this, "Huizhou? Emperor Wenjia? Who is more bold than Meng Yao? Why doesn't Daxing Palace know? Why don't you tell?"

    "What did I say? The soldiers in various places have too much time to take care of themselves. The Great Sui Dynasty has long been full of hidden fires. The old emperor boasts that his generals are all over the world. He only knows how to impeach hundreds of officials. He has already created a situation where everyone is in danger. Who is still interested in political affairs?"

    "You old bastard" Yang Xiao suddenly jumped up, pointed at Xu Xiaode's nose and cursed.

    "Hehe - you call me an old bastard, I admit that I am ashamed of myself and have disagreed with Confucianism since I was a child. But let me ask you, I said Huizhou raised troops, what did the Sui Dynasty use to resolve it, what was left in the Sui Dynasty? Guanzhong soldier Guo Yiren  New defeat, chaos has broken out in Chang'an, what will the Sui Dynasty use to mediate?"

    A weak king will bully his ministers! This has been the truth since ancient times.

    These words made Yang Xiao speechless. He stared blankly at this official of the Sui Dynasty, as if he didn't recognize him.

    "I'm an old bastard. My life doesn't matter. I stayed in Luoyang and died for the Sui Dynasty to repay God's favor. But my daughter and wife are not exempt from this crime. Isn't it wrong to send them to Guanzhong?"

    "Dad - I'm not going." Xu Hui burst into tears at the top of the stairs. She trotted down and threw herself into Xu Xiaode's arms, crying endlessly sadly.

    Xu Xiaode suddenly saw Xu Hui running towards him in tears, and couldn't help but burst into tears. He hugged his daughter's body and choked with sobs, "Dad has done a lot of stupid things in the past few years as an official, but this time the Huainan soldiers are coming soon.  You, Uncle Yuan and the others go to Guanzhong to hide, and if dad is lucky enough to survive, he will go look for you."

    "Father, if I don't go, my daughter will stay with you. She will stay with you until death, wuwu¡ª¡ª"

    Faced with the appearance of Hui Yatou, Yang Xiao was embarrassed and the words that Yang Xiao had just scolded Xu Xiaode on the spot must have been heard by Hui Yatou.  To be honest, Yang Xiao was not sure that the army of 100,000 people was defending Luoyang City. The newly broken Luoyang City at Hulao Pass had no natural dangers to defend, and suddenly it was incomparable with the Sunset Canyon.

    But Uncle Zhu, Chen Jian, Dong Xiangyun, including the old emperor who was hiding in the Renshou Palace, had high hopes for him, which made him reluctant to retreat. If the women and relatives he was related to could escape from this trap, Yang Xiao would never give up.  Will be stingy

    "Girl Hui," Yang Xiao took two steps forward and persuaded softly, "Either - otherwise, you should listen to your father -"

    "Brother Yang, I won't go. Although I am not a heroine, I have read the scriptures and understand the great principles. Besides, although Uncle Yuan did not make any serious mistakes, his family has been labeled as disloyal. If I go  Wouldn¡¯t it bring another stigma to my father?¡±

    ¡°Alas¡ª¡ª¡± Xu Xiaode was silent for a while, and then he let out a long sigh.  How could he not know that he would be named Lao Xu after his death? Since ancient times, it has been difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety, and the reason for this is all because of the word "love".

    "No matter how long we stay, we are still together," Xu Xiaode said with some disappointment and some joy.

    "Yes, daddy," Xu Hui responded softly, and her pretty face bursting with tears suddenly burst into laughter.

    "In this case, daddy, go and tell your uncle Yuan, at least we were once ministers of the same palace."

    ¡°Dad, you go first, I¡¯ll talk to Brother Yang for a while, and then I¡¯ll find you,¡± Xu Hui said happily.

    Xu Xiaode took a deep look at Yang Xiao, then sighed secretly, turned around and walked out sadly.

    When Xu Xiaode disappeared from the door, Yang Xiao looked at Xu Hui awkwardly and said, "When did you come out? Did you hear everything?"

    Xu Hui looked at Yang Xiao quietly, her eyes full of tears, full of infinite tenderness: "??Brother, so many things have happened, why don't you come to me? Do you know that I often think and think alone in my room, thinking that one day Brother Yang will come to me on a white horse, and I am not the one to mess with you today.  , if it¡¯s not Sister Dong and Sister Qin who told me, I¡¯m still in the dark.¡±

    "Alas -" Yang Xiao sighed, "It's not that I don't want to find you, I always want to wait for a period of calm before I go to find you, but the governor keeps doing things in an endless cycle - now a hundred thousand troops are here again  ,well¡ª¡ª"

    "Brother Yang, I know that you are His Highness the Changsun now and you have to shoulder such a big responsibility, but your Hui Yatou will always support you in your heart. I will tell my father later that I will tell Sister Dong and  Sister Qin will stay with you here at Wangjiang Tower."

    "You¡ª¡ªyou¡ª¡ªyou'd better go back first." Yang Xiao was so moved that his nose felt sore.

    "I don't." Hui Yatou responded stubbornly, and suddenly threw herself into Yang Xiao's arms, sobbing again, "I don't know how much time we have left in the White Horse Temple.  It¡¯s when I¡¯m happiest.¡±

    Yang Xiao squeezed the beauty in his arms tightly, and recalled with infinite warmth the scene of roasting chicken and duck with Hui Yatou when he first came to Sui Dynasty.

    The two of them were quietly immersed in the deep tenderness of knowing each other, and they suddenly didn't know that Dong Xiangyun was coming and going upstairs.

    At three quarters in the afternoon, Xu Xiaode finally returned to Xu Mansion with his wife and eldest daughter. Yuan Yuan's dream of returning to Guanzhong was still sent to Daxing Palace and imprisoned by Zhao Heizi after Yang Xiao knew the entire situation in Guanzhong.

    When the sun was about to set, General Chen Jian finally came and took all the 10,000 imperial guards who originally wanted to guard Daxing Palace to defend the outer city.

    Including the newly recruited 10,000 Imperial Guards, densely packed bronze helmets and iron armor stood at the top of Luoyang City, and the defense works were carried out in an orderly manner.  Defending the city is not the same as defending the canyon on that day. The canyon on that day has a favorable geographical situation, and guarding the main waterway into the valley has the potential of one man blocking the barrier and ten thousand people unable to open it.  Nowadays, the defender of the city has no advantage except for the people in high positions.

    Weapons are mainly weapons. It would be great if there were bombs. One bomb could sweep away everything. In today's era of cold weapons, gunpowder is the supreme killer weapon. Sky-shaking crossbows and earth-shaking crossbows are nothing in front of it.

    Yang Xiao comes from later generations and is well aware of the effects of technology. Unfortunately, he knows very little about the formula of gunpowder. He hopes that Miss Li will be lucky again.

    After that, Yang Xiao also sent people to gather all the blacksmiths in the city, including Father Song from Songjiazhuang, and drew all the models he could think of for future generations of land mines and bombs, and built them overnight in the hope that Miss Li would come out with the gunpowder formula.  Then fill them all.

    Therefore, Yang Xiao sent people to the gold casting workshop on the south bank of Luoshui River every two or three hours to inquire about the news.  Then there was the 100,000-strong army waiting for Meng Yao.

    Finally, when the sun sank into the valley, the deafening sound of horse hooves came from outside the city, and the uniform armored uniforms were as dazzling as stars in the afterglow of the setting sun.

    There was a dashing and heroic female general in the Chinese army who stood out in particular. She was obviously Meng Yao who had not been seen for many days.

    Yang Xiao was sitting on the city tower. Next to him stood Dong Xiangyun, Chen Jian, Zhao Heizi and other generals, looking at the approaching Huainan soldiers with solemn expressions.

    One hundred thousand troops were finally stationed at Erlipu outside the city, which was once the headquarters of the Cao Gang. It was natural for the Meng Yao family to take advantage of the thunderous momentum to occupy the key point.

    Fortunately, His Highness Changsun withdrew the guards on duty early. Erlipu is only two miles away from the city wall. If they were still guarding there, these guards would have fallen into the tiger's mouth.

    It¡¯s a pity that General Jinwu and the woman from the Xingzhao Sect have been following him for many days, Dong Xiangyun thought.

    Meng Yao didn't let Yang Xiao and the others wait long. He personally led five thousand soldiers and horses towards the city gate and stopped a stone's throw away from the moat.  As if waiting for something

    "Your Highness, what are they doing? Are they planning to attack the city?" Zhao Heizi on the side couldn't help but ask.

    "Hehe -" Yang Xiao sneered, "Not so fast. I guess she is just testing the truth. The attack on the city will probably be tomorrow."

    "Why?" Dong Xiangyun also asked puzzledly.

    "Because we are still alive"

    Outside the city, General Wen Tailai next to Meng Yao also asked puzzledly, "Girl, are we going to attack the city with only five thousand troops and horses?"

    Meng Yao frowned his beautiful willow eyebrows and said coldly: "If you don't attack, our army will be exhausted and we will break the city tomorrow."

    "Why?"

    "Because they are still alive"

    "They are still alive?" Wen Tailai asked in surprise, "They were alive to begin with. Could it be that they are dead?"?  "

    "If we knew they were alive, we would not have led an army of only 100,000 but 300,000."

    "Then shall we come at this time?"

    "Let's find out what's true." Although Meng Yao said this, who knew in his heart? Maybe he wanted to hear about the little bald man sitting upright on the tower.

    "Meng Yao, I didn't expect that we would meet again under such circumstances." Yang Xiao suddenly stood up and said loudly to Meng Yao outside.

    Meng Yao didn't answer but asked: "Who interprets that poem?"

    "Poetry?" Yang Xiao was startled, wondering what Meng Yao was talking about without beginning or ending.

    "The bright moon is hidden in the clouds, and heavy rains are a disaster; the bank of Luoshui is three feet long, and the river is ten feet deep."  

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