Because there are too few people, the meeting has not been opened.

Sima Ai moved to the west hall of Tai Chi Hall and held a small-scale question.

After the ministers gathered, he swept it hard and almost burst into tears.

How many old ministers were there who entrusted the court to the death of the late emperor before his death?

Prime Minister Wang Dao, Prime Minister Sima Mei, Grand Marshal Liu Kun, Shangshu Ling Kahu (formerly Shangshu Zuo Pushe), Shizhong Liu, Guanglu Xun Yan Han Wang Dao was still there, Sima Xian and Liu Kun were in Jingkou, Kahu also came, Liu Wei, Yan Han didn't come for some reason.

There were only two important officials accompanying each other!

"Prime Minister, the situation in the city" After everyone sat down, Sima Ai asked impatiently.

"How many thieves in the city?" Director Wang sat there, his elderly body seemed declining, but his aura was full of momentum. When he asked, he looked faint, and he didn't look like a minister facing the emperor at all.

Sima Zhong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously searched for it. Unfortunately, the person was not there, so he cleared his throat and said, "Maybe within ten thousand people."

The Jiangbei messenger said that there were "ten thousand people" before, and he had been refuted by the Shan Queen, but there were too few hundreds of people to avoid making people so panic. Then it would be a little bit of a loss, and thousands of people were almost the same.

Before Dao Wang could speak, Shangshu Ling Kahu couldn't help it and retorted bluntly: "Your Majesty, how many people did you know when you cross the river with the former emperor?"

"Thousands of people?" Sima Zhong had a little impression of this matter. After all, he was also one of the parties involved. He was seven or eight years old at that time, and he still remembered some of them.

"Thousands of people are right." Kahu said, "But it lasted for many days, no one intercepted the other side. On the contrary, there were soldiers and officials who responded. The first batch of crossing the river was only hundreds of soldiers. Then, the ministers and the late emperors, King Pengcheng, King Nandun, King Runan, King Xiyang and others crossed the river, and there were only a thousand people. Behind were the military officials, scholars, servants, family members, and most of the people were still in Jiangbei.

Later, there were many people coming to Jiangnan one after another. There was a strong wind blowing in the middle of the journey, and the ships capsized, and no less than a hundred people drowned in the river."

"Your Majesty think about it carefully, how many people can you come here in one night?"

"If it were so easy, why did the imperial court spread heavy troops in Liyang, Niuzhu, Guangling, and Jingkou, but not in Guabu and Jianye?"

These words are so loud that it is hard to answer.

Yes, why do those who are in Jianye look at Liyang, upstream and downstream, Jingkou is the key to life and death, and guard it strictly, but Jianyou only set up side teachers in the north? Isn’t it because it is not easy to cross the river here?

Not only is it difficult to cross the river, but it is not easy to get ashore, because most places are high cliffs and difficult to climb. Even if there are low and gentle shallows, they are also muddy and not very long. The court built stones as walls on high places, and the bows and crossbows were fired at the same time, which was like a target of shooting.

The river is wide and the water flows fast, so it is not easy to get ashore. There are not many people invested at once. Even if the defense is neglecting to monitor, what if you carelessly ask you to come up with thousands of people?

Can you win the battle alone, arrows, and food raising difficulties, and you can win the enemy with your eyes?

Of course, the above is normal for both sides to be in favor of each other.

"I can hear your words, and I can't understand it." Sima made a heartfelt reassurance and said happily: "In this way, there may be only one bandit."

"A thousand riders are at most." Bian Hu said, "One thousand riders will have more than enough harassment, and it is difficult to occupy the land."

Sima was even more convinced, and there was a smile on his face, asking, "Since that's the case, why not drive the soldiers to surround and kill?"

Speaking of this, he turned his head again and tried to find the commander-in-chief present.

General Zhao Yin of the Left Guard and General Liu Chao of the Right Guard were all not present, and Wang Shu of the Central Leader was also not present, so he had to give up.

"Your Majesty." Director Wang suddenly spoke.

Everyone was calm and listened to the Prime Minister's instructions.

"I have just received a lot of news. It is difficult to distinguish between true and false." Wang Dao said, "Even if the nine false and one true is quite terrifying. There must be some people who died of the clan king, famous minister, and Gaodi. If the thief hangs his head and spreads it everywhere, people's hearts will be very bad."

"For the current plan, we should inform the scholars and people of Jianye that the thieves crossing the river are weak and can only show their power for a while and cannot maintain them for a long time.

The edict should be posted on the Imperial Street and on the post roads, and it should be posted widely to calm the hearts of the people."

"There are enough guards in Taicheng to guard the East Palace. The left and right guards can be drawn and moved to block the road, and the thieves will not be allowed to drive away. How did Shao thieves surround and kill Xianbei cavalry in Chang'an in the past? It can also be implemented now."

"Famous ministers, royal family members, and Gaodi's residence can send troops to help defend. There is no need to do more, dozens of soldiers in a mansion are enough. Under the Gaomen courtyard, the servants are supported by the robbers, which is difficult for the thieves to capture them in a hurry."

Some of these measures have begun to be implemented, while others have not. Director Wang asked him to know that this is the case.

The emperor will naturally follow the good.

Who is the Prime Minister? The late emperor wanted to give him the title of "Zhongfu" and took him to sit on the imperial throne. He just listened to what he said. At this moment, if the Wang family of Langya surrendered, he really had no choice.

"Your Majesty, I ask you to leave the palace and summon the children of the Jiangnan tribes to help." Gu Zhong, the Minister of Personnel, suddenly stood up and shouted that Sima Zhong looked at Wang Dao.

Wang Dao actually got up, walked to Gu Zhong, bowed deeply, and said, "I will see my loyal ministers in the country before the troubles of the country. It's not easy to leave here."

"No matter how difficult it is, we must do it." Gu Zhong said with sigh: "The children of Jiangdong are swearing to be incompatible with Shao Zhe."

Director Wang sighed, turned to look at the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, you can be the general of Yangwei and the governor of Wujun to join the reinforcements."

"Accurate." Sima Zhong continued to follow the good.

"Yangzhou Army" Director Wang continued to issue orders.

*******

The Yangzhou soldiers and horses he mentioned were actually very mixed, and the soldiers of Danyang County were one of them.

Du Yi arrived at Danyang County City early in the morning.

This city is not big, covering only about a moment of land, with three gates in the east, south and north. There is nothing except office office offices, warehouses, arsenals and a small military camp.

After Du Yi entered the city, most of the Danyang officials did not come, and the only few were dizzy and pale.

"I just went to Huai River to see that some thieves rushed to the east city and repelled the imperial guards."

"Last night, I took my family to run south, and the soldiers were in chaos on the wind and snow. Groups of people crossed south by the river, and the sound of horse hooves everywhere.

The noise, alas, I don’t know what happened to Taicheng.”

"How many thieves and Liang soldiers have come? Will they come to the south of Huai River? Or move all their families in. I heard that some high-ranking families have been broken, which is a terrible sight."

Du Yi listened quietly to everyone's words, but did not speak.

In fact, he was a little confused and didn't know what was going on. But out of alertness, he rushed to the county town as soon as possible, as if he could only feel a little comfort by holding the seal that gave orders.

At this time, when I heard the true and false words of everyone, my mood was also ups and downs.

Could it be that the King of Daliang is really here to kill? Should I do something?

If you do it, you will have no turning back. Once you fail, your fate will be worrying. What's the use of Liang's army fighting across the river in the future and rehabilitating his Du family?

If you don't do it and miss an opportunity in vain, even if you have the care of the same clan in the North, you will inevitably roll your eyes. Not to mention,

That King Lu is hard to speak, and he wants to go further without making meritorious contributions? Dream.

So Du Yi is undecided.

"It's so hard to make a decision." Du Yi sighed in his heart.

You have to figure out what happened!

A sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside the county government.

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, but fortunately they were rational and knew that this should not be the Liang thieves and cavalry rushing in. How to attack the city by riding horses?

A moment later, Danyang Yin Shanwei came in.

"Mr." Everyone stepped forward to salute.

"No need for too much politeness." Shan Wei said impatiently: "Just beat the drum quickly and gather troops."

Everyone looked at him in surprise.

"Mr., are you gathering troops to join Taicheng to serve the king?" Du Yi asked everyone's thoughts.

"There are thousands of people in Taicheng, who can defeat it?" Shan Wei said angrily: "When I met the envoy on the way, the Prime Minister has an order,

Two thousand troops from Danyang County were dispatched to Wuyi Lane and Changganli area to set up defenses."

Du Yi suddenly realized.

Changganli is a relatively prosperous commercial district in Jianye. It is located at the outermost edge of the southern part of Jianye, and is separated from the real swamp wilderness by a fence.

In order to raise military use, Zu Miao pretended to be a bandit in the wilderness outside Nanli Gate to rob a business trip.

It seems that the Prime Minister does not need their Danyang County soldiers, but only asks them to block the main passage in the south and prevents the thieves from forcing threats.

Du sighed again, extinguishing all kinds of thoughts.

Director Wang’s response was very appropriate and did not give them any chance. Unless he was desperate and started to work hard, but where did he find such a person?

A moment later, the rumbling drums rang out in the county town.

Five hundred soldiers left the north gate and headed towards Wuyi Lane. With a large amount of radius, they were obviously resisting horses, deer antlers and other intentions to block the entrance of the alley and prevent thieves from clashing.

If the cavalry cannot rush up, the infantry will not be so afraid. They hide behind the deer antlers, resist horses, protect their bodies with large shields, and then arrange powerful crossbows for long-range shooting. In the case of a large number of people, they can barely be able to fight.

After these five hundred people, another thousand people set out from the military camp outside the city, led by Shan Wei himself and headed to Changgan.

Du Yi led 500 people to stay in the county town.

In this way, Jianye seemed to gradually slow down during the tenth day of the first lunar month.

As noon approached, Du Yi even heard someone report the victory: a thief cavalry attacked near Qingxi Zhongqiao because he could not distinguish the road.

He was blocked in the alley, and the fifteen thieves broke through the encirclement and rushed out three people. The rest of the people were killed on the spot. The heads of the twelve thieves were hung near Qingxi, encouraging the morale of the military and civilians in the city.

Du Yi thought to himself who led the troops this time? It was a little too reckless.

If the cavalrymen crossed the river insisted on wandering around the city with rows of houses and complex terrain, they would probably not be able to survive.

As he sighed, the officials brought the lunch over and said happily: "Du Du, just now, the news came from the Taimiao that the imperial guards used crossbows to force a thief cavalry into the alley, besieged from front and back, and killed a member of the thief military academy and ten cavalrymen. At this time, the heads were chopped off, and a few good horses were obtained."

Du Yi smiled happily and said, "The King can still fight."

At this moment, outside the south gate of Danyang County, noisy defeated soldiers rushed in waves.

The guards at the city gate flew to the county government: Jianye ordered Qian Feng to raise troops to rebel, and led more than a thousand men from his servants and troops to break in from outside the Nanli Gate, and the attack made the Shanfu king caught him off guard and fled.

Du Yi stood up in anger and said, "Qian Feng is looking for death!"
Chapter completed!