"Can't Linfen City be able to be defended?"

When Yu Sheng heard that there was a reproach in his words, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Pei Yuanhao looked at him coldly: "I just want to know what the situation is going on over the city gate. You can explain it clearly first, and then talk about forgiveness."

Yu Sheng still knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "Mr. Zhang and the others are still trying their best to resist, but tonight - because the enemy used that kind of catapult cart, it really made us a little tricky."

I frowned and said, "But I see, the city tower has not suffered much damage."

“…”

"Can't it be that the city gate can't be kept?"

Yu Sheng could only say: "They used the catapult cart to continuously bombard the city gate. Now the city gate has burned into a sea of ​​fire. Because the offensive is too strong, we have no time to put out the fire. If this continues, the city gate will be burned through!"

"oh?!"

I was stunned for a moment, then looked at Pei Yuanhao, and he frowned, and turned his head to look out the window.

The fiery red light in the sky turned out to be the enemy outside the city burning the city gate. No wonder the flames were so high that even a large area of ​​the sky was burned red.

The city gates are naturally made of heavy wood. Although the possibility of being set on fire by the enemy in war is considered, the city guards are condescending, and it is very easy to put out the fire. Therefore, burning the city gates is generally not included in their consideration. However, this time, because the enemy outside the city used such catapults, the offensive was several times stronger than the impact of ordinary soldiers, and the people on the city tower could not stand firmly, so there was no time to put out the fire.

In this way, once the city gate is burned through, Linfen City may really be lost!

Thinking of this, my face turned pale. Yu Sheng knelt in front of Pei Yuanhao and said in a deep voice: "I deserve to die if I am guilty of the crime, but I beg the Emperor——"

"You need to say nothing!"

Pei Yuanhao took advantage of his face and interrupted him: "Since I decided to go to Linfen and stay in Linfen, I have no intention of evacuating it when it is time to war!"

"But--"

"Besides," his eyes narrowed slightly, and a little light came out: "I still believe in Zhang Ziyu."

“…”

"He will definitely be able to defend Linfen City."

"emperor……"

Although he was not talking about himself, Yu Sheng was also Zhang Ziyu's subordinate after all, and he was the one he brought out. He heard that the emperor could trust Linfen's defenders and trust them at such a critical moment, which was also extremely encouraging for him. His face turned red for a moment, and he looked at Pei Yuanhao unable to speak.

Pei Yuanhao said calmly and calmly: "You go and tell Zhang Ziyu what I said. I will wait for him here. When he guards the city gate, I will go and reward him in person!"

Yu Sheng's eyes turned red, he kowtowed, then stood up, turned around and walked out.

The rumbling sound in my ears was still ringing. I thought about it and winked at Zhesheng and the others. They immediately felt sorry for it and hurriedly followed.

When they all left, I turned to look at Pei Yuanhao and said softly: "Your Majesty..."

He also turned to look at me.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to stay here?"

"..." He didn't answer me immediately, but was silent for a while before slowly saying: "Can you still leave now?"

“…”

It seems that he has also done several considerations.

Staying in Linfen is actually the only reliable choice now. After all, Zhang Ziyu is a veteran. It will not be useless to stay in Linfen for so long. Besides, I am only considering leaving now, where can I go? Once I leave the city gate, it is just the target of the catapult.

However, it has reached this point, which has indeed shocked me.

Seeing my face turn pale, he was silent for a while and reached out to cover the back of my hand. I was touched by the hot temperature in his palm and trembled. He was about to retract, but he grabbed my hand and whispered: "Don't move!"

“…”

I didn't know for a moment whether I should move or not, so I just looked at him with difficulty.

At this time, I need support, and a guarantee that someone told me "Nothing will happen, everything will pass".

But in fact, he also needs it.

But no one can give it to him.

I gritted my teeth and told myself not to move. He held my hand tighter and tighter, and my finger bones were so painful that I could only bear it. I heard the rumbling sounds slowly decrease. However, there was a panic sound outside. I hurriedly leaned out the window and saw a group of soldiers guarding the city running over hurriedly, as if looking for something everywhere. Some people even kicked open the closed doors and windows of the people, or broke into other people's courtyards, and went to move things directly.

What are you doing? Are these people going to start causing trouble in the city before the city gate has been broken?

I hurriedly looked at Pei Yuanhao: "Your Majesty!"

He also frowned, but was calm and calm: "Don't move for now, see what they are doing!"

After a while, a few soldiers walked out of a house. I vaguely saw through the firelight that they were holding something in their hands, as if it was - it seemed to be some broken firewood.

What are you doing? I haven’t seen anyone robbing firewood at someone else’s house.

I thought I had read it wrong, but more soldiers came from all over the place, holding some firewood sticks, and even carrying other people's dilapidated wooden doors. Several people gathered together and hurried to the city gate. The same thing seemed to have happened elsewhere. Some ordinary people were confused and thought that someone was going to break into the house and rob, so they all started crying.

We also saw that this matter was not that simple, but naturally we could not have any further details at this time, so we ignored it. I just waited for the news from the city gate to come back.

After about a cup of tea, I finally saw Zhesheng running back.

I hurriedly went up to me: "How is the situation over there!"

Zhesheng was sweating all over, but he saluted Pei Yuanhao and me, and then said, "Emperor, Senior Sister Yan, the leader Yu had just passed the emperor's words to Lord Zhang, and the soldiers guarding the city heard it. Everyone was deeply grateful to the emperor's grace. Lord Zhang ordered that he must stick to Linfen City and would never give in!"

I took a deep breath when I heard it.

Sure enough, it is indeed the last and best way to put all your hopes on them at this time.

These soldiers will inevitably fight with their lives if they receive praise from the emperor.

but--

Pei Yuanhao asked calmly: "What about the war?"

Zhesheng's face darkened slightly, and he said, "The city gate is about to be burned."

I asked hurriedly, "Then, what did Lord Zhang plan?"

"Mr. Zhang also asked his people to go around the city to look for things that can be burned, and they all piled up at the gate of the city, which was as high as half a gate, and thicker than the city wall."

"What? He, what is he going to do?"

"He asked someone to set fire inside the city gate!"

"ah?"

I was stunned and couldn't react for a moment - set fire inside the city gate?

Zhesheng himself frowned and said, "We don't know what Lord Zhang is going to do. If you burn inside and outside together, will the city gate be destroyed faster?"

“…”

"Not only the city gate, but also the city tower is on fire. Even if someone wants to put out the fire, it will be too late."

“…”

I thought about the scene he was talking about and suddenly understood something, and Pei Yuanhao had already said: "He is right to do this."

Tzesheng looked up at him: "Ah?"

I immediately felt sorry and nodded.

Zhesheng looked at me: "Senior sister, what does it mean?"

A little relaxed smile appeared on my face and said, "Mr. Zhang used this trick well. He also burned fire inside the city gate. The city gate was burned thoroughly, but can people outside the city break in?"

“…”

"The city towers have been burned down and must be constantly collapsing downwards. In this case, it is difficult for someone to rush in."

“…”

"So, the bigger the fire, the better!"

As I said this, I turned my head and looked out the window. The flames soaring into the sky were like a red pillar, rushing straight into the sky, as if even the sky was about to burn a big hole.

Sure enough, at this time, the catapult car outside the city also stopped, and no loud rumbling was heard again.

At this time, Zhesheng suddenly realized: "So that's how it is!"

After saying that, he happily said, "Mr. Zhang is really a god of military use!"

...

Indeed, Zhang Ziyu was able to come up with such a solution at such a critical moment, and was indeed a veteran who was relied on by the court, and his ability to turn the tide.

However, there is still a problem in front of you.

It is impossible for fire to keep burning.

Now that they cannot attack, it does not mean that they will never attack. The city gate has been opened. If the people outside the city do not retreat, then sooner or later there will be a head-on battle!

At that time, could Zhang Ziyu still resist?

Thinking of this, my heart that had already been relieved was raised again. As more and more soldiers were looking for things that could burn, the people probably knew what was going on. Some even started to tear down their doors and windows, and plucked the thatch on their roofs and handed them over to them.

The fire burned for a whole night!

Seeing that most of the city were taken away and burned, the fire was still lowered little by little.

The fire slowly faded, and a little light began to appear in the sky to the east.

It's dawn.

But the war drums began to be beat outside the city, and the strong wind blew me up, staggering and almost falling.

After a whole night of fierce battle, everyone was already at their limits. They didn't retreat and had to attack. It seemed that the people outside the city had made up their minds and must conquer Linfen this time!

I couldn't help but clench my fists.

This is a life-and-death battle!

The roars of the defenders in the city also sounded in my ears, and it seemed that the sound of war drums could still be heard. Zhang Ziyu must have summoned his troops to fight head-on with the army outside the city!
Chapter completed!