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Chapter 538 Three Strategies to Defend the City (Part 2)

Just as Chen Qiyu finished giving the order, the soldiers on the left and right began to move. Unexpectedly, someone on the city suddenly shouted: "King Fu has an edict, and the governor of Henan, Chen Qiyu, has heard it!"

Chen Qiyu was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but became furious. He was about to stop the left and right people from listening to the announcement. But I saw a ball-like figure standing on the city. He read loudly from left to right:

"This king is a descendant of Emperor Shenzong, and his mother was originally the imperial concubine Zheng. Due to my father's preference, when he was about to die, he named my mother and concubine his queen, and I should be regarded as his legitimate son!"

"The courtiers were rude and bullied me, an orphan and a widower. Therefore, I established Guangzong and abandoned me. Guangzong Zhu Changluo, after this Gongfei Wang family, should be regarded as a bastard."

"Taking a concubine to seize a legitimate son is a violation of the imperial order! I was originally isolated and helpless, so I had to endure it."

"Now there is a righteous man, King Shun, who is willing to seek justice for me. I want to follow the example of my ancestors and 'clear the king's side', get rid of the rebellious ministers, and ask all the kings to encourage them!"

When Chen Qiyu waited until the "Oral Edict of King Fu" was read out on the city, his vision went dark and he almost fell off his horse.

What do you think? It turned out that after the advice of Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, Emperor Chongzhen did not respond at all to the so-called "concubine dispute" proposed by Zhang Shun, and just pretended not to know.

In this way, the spread of these "rumors" has been greatly slowed down.

Chen Qiyu was originally dedicated to suppressing bandits in Shaanxi. Although he occasionally heard rumors, he didn't take it to heart.

He never imagined that when the officers and soldiers were approaching the city, King Fu would suddenly come out like this, and his scalp immediately went numb.

A stupid man or a foolish woman may not understand his words. Chen Qiyu is well-read in poetry and books, and he was once the governor of five provinces. How could he not know the power of these words?

This was going to dig up the roots of the three generations of emperors from Guangzong, Xizong to Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. How could he not be shocked?

Of course Chen Qiyu knew that there were elements of strong rhetoric in it, but the Ming Dynasty had Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, as an example.

As the saying goes, "Yin Jian is not far away, in the era of Queen Xia", Chen Qiyu himself was in trouble of "three million silver", so he was inevitably a little hesitant.

In this case, today is not the time to use troops. Chen Qiyu, the governor of Henan, waved his hand and ordered: "For now, we will retreat to three miles away to set up camp and repair for half a day. We will make plans tomorrow!"

When everyone in the city saw Chen Qiyu's army retreating in an orderly manner from a distance, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lady Hong then quickly gave the order: "Mr. Zhao, Miss Ma and Mr. Wang, we'd better trouble you to invite Prince Fu back to the mansion!"

When the three heard the words, they quickly agreed and let His Royal Highness Fu Wang, who weighed 360 kilograms, be supported on the left and right, and walked down the tower with one step and three breaths.

That soldier Wang was none other than Wang Shaoyu who attacked the camp last night. Unexpectedly, this soldier was in danger. More than a hundred of his soldiers were killed, but he himself was unscathed.

This person accepted the certificate of surrender and could no longer wait and see between the rebels and the officers and soldiers. The red lady generously ordered people to pay the reward of two thousand taels of silver. Henan commander Wang Shaoyu felt happy, but he had no idea that he had been tricked by the old Taoist Song Xiance.

The red lady stared at Wang Shaoyu's back for a while, then she looked away and said to Song Xiance with a smile: "Song Xiance is really resourceful. With these three strategies, Luoyang City is as strong as gold!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Song Xiance said politely, "It's all just a little trick. Fortunately, Mr. Zhang completed it, so it can barely work!"

It turns out that the rebel army's arrogant operation and orders were all Song Xiance's plan.

This first plan was to "kill two birds with one stone". He first coaxed Wang Shaoyu, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province, to send troops to attack at night. As expected, he was defeated by the officers and soldiers.

Then, he took advantage of the paralysis and carelessness of the officers and soldiers, and asked Zhao Lizi to personally lead Zhang Shun's one hundred soldiers left behind to make noise and rob the camp.

As expected, after Yang Hualin defeated Wang Shaoyu, he thought everything was safe, so he went to rest early, but was caught off guard by Zhao Lizi.

This strategy not only weakened the restless forces in the city, but also harassed the officers and soldiers outside the city, and improved the momentum of the defenders.

This hand was so beautiful that Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but admire it. He couldn't help but murmur to himself in private: Judging from the style, this method is exactly the same as that of Zhang Shun. Could it be that his lord is actually his illegitimate son?

This second strategy was quite simple. At that time, Song Xiance laughed and said: "Since ancient times, there has been a saying of 'besieged on all sides'. I will also compose a song and have the soldiers sing it tomorrow to weaken the morale of the officers and soldiers."

After Song Xiance sang it once on the spot, Zhang Shenyan thought that many of his words were too vulgar and helped him polish it up a little before singing such a song in front of Chen Qiyu.

As soon as this song comes out, no matter whether the officers and soldiers know it or not. The scandalous act of officers and soldiers failing in a duel will spread throughout the entire battalion tomorrow, and morale will be affected.

As for the third strategy, it was to ask King Fu to take action and recruit the officers and soldiers under the city.

Although Zhang Shenyan was experienced in officialdom, it was inevitable that he would be anxious and not think carefully because he was encountering combat for the first time.

After being reminded by Song Xiance, Zhang Shenyan suddenly became enlightened. He quickly smiled and said: "How can royal matters be decided with just one word? As an important official of the imperial court, Chen Qiyu will not be moved."

"In my opinion, we should provoke a dispute between the legitimate concubines and make Chen Qiyu suspicious. The general is the courage of the army. If the commander has doubts in his heart, the soldiers under his command will definitely not die! In this way, Luoyang can be saved, and the lord can wait!"

Afterwards, Zhang Shenyan drafted a "King's Edict", invited Prince Fu out, and read it out on the city. Sure enough, as Zhang Shenyan expected, Chen Qiyu was so frightened and doubtful that he had to retreat and set up camp.

It is said that Chen Qiyu, the governor of Henan, set up a camp and drove the other generals out of the tent. He walked repeatedly in the tent and muttered in a low voice: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang Hualin made a mistake on me! Secretary Zhang Fengyi made a mistake on me! Your Majesty also made a mistake on me!"

It's no wonder that Chen Qiyu is so sad. How could the originally good campaign of suppressing bandits turn into a "battle between the common people and the common people"?

With Cheng Zu and Zhu Di in front of him, which blind guy would want to get involved in such a thing? Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. Why should an outsider like me get involved in the affairs of the Zhu family?

At the time, Emperor Jianwen's ministers Qitai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others were not only sentenced to punishment, but also implicated nine ethnic groups. The female relatives in his family were also sent to the military camp, where they were "moved to camp and slept in" day and night. After being beaten to death, he was carried to feed the dogs.

With such a miserable end, which minister would dare to openly take sides? Not to mention that Emperor Chongzhen is powerful now, wasn't Emperor Jianwen even more powerful back then? What was the outcome?

Chen Qiyu, the governor of Henan, did not know that many of these rumors were false. It's just that "three people make a tiger", word of mouth, coupled with the fact that the old Zhu family has always been ungrateful and vicious, makes people believe it preconceivedly.

Chen Qiyu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep all night. It wasn't until the next morning that he suddenly remembered the letter that Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, had brought to him when he received the order.

"The priority in everything we do is to destroy the 'Yu thieves'!"

"Yu Thief"! Why "Yu Thief"? Chen Qiyu suddenly became enlightened.

It turns out that Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, had already known the key, and specifically asked himself to "annihilate the "Yu thieves"" and not to harm the "Fu Wang"!

The stakes are: first, we need to stand with Emperor Chongzhen and not be shaken; second, we need to protect the "Fu Wang" thoroughly, neither causing Emperor Chongzhen to bear the name of "injured uncle", nor allowing himself to bear the burden of hurting the royal family members. The name.

The third is to wipe out the "Yu thieves". Why wipe out the "Yu thieves"? If there are no thieves in the land of Yu, it is nothing more than annihilation!

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