Chang'an City.

It has been ten days since Zhu Youzhen and Xu Fu started attacking, and the end of the year is getting closer and closer, but the battle in Chang'an is far from as smooth as Xu Fu thought.

The strategies that Zhu Youyu's plan to be planned by Sheng Zhonghuai for him were playing a huge role. The Chang'an City under military control was forcibly tied to Zhu Youyu's chariot by Sheng Zhonghuai.

Almost all the families of the imperial guards who had a little influence were detained in the palace, which made these generals afraid of the weapons. Even if they were interested in Zhu Youzhen, they had to care about the safety of their families. Once something happened, it would be a disaster. All the food in Chang'an City was confiscated. Whether you were a high-ranking official, noble and wealthy family or a commoner, the food needed to survive every day was allocated according to the plan. The only way to obtain food was to become a member of the defending Chang'an, whether you were a military combatant or a loss-giving person.

A large number of young and strong men were mobilized to defend the city, and the elite imperial guards were used as troops to fight in the city. They repeatedly went out of the city to fight while both sides attacked and defended.

The sufficient food guarantee and sufficient manpower supplement made the Battle of Chang'an seem confusing for a while.

Zhu Youyu is more political or capable than enough, but he is still a qualified military commander. Even at the moment when he is so desperate, his military command ability still makes the enemy outside the city helpless.

Another round of offense and defense ended, and the city gates were wide open. Dai Chao, who was fighting out of the city, led thousands of troops to return from outside the city, and there was a sound of cheering on the city and below the city.

Because they once again thwarted the enemy's attack.

The soldiers who go out of the city are carefully selected. Each one is dragged down in the city. When the son is in the city, the father goes to fight, the wife is in the city, the husband is in the city, and the brother is in the city, and the brother is in the city. The soldiers selected in this way are particularly brave when fighting outside the city.

Zhu Youyu, who was wearing armor, stood above the city and personally welcomed the return of the army that was fighting in the city. Under the city, the big radish baskets were made into small hills, and Huang Cancan's copper coins were equipped inside. The returned soldiers could pick up two slabs of copper coins from the radish basket as their reward.

This money was all the money Zhu Youzhen had collected from Chang'an City.

After all these days, the morale in Chang'an City has been getting higher and higher day by day.

"The morale of the military is available!" Zhu Youyu looked at the cheering military and civilians, and excitedly looked at Sheng Zhonghuai beside him.

Sheng Zhonghuai by his side was not as optimistic as Zhu Youyu and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't forget, our purpose of fighting is still to promote harmony through war."

Before the war began, Zhu Youyu adopted Sheng Zhonghuai's strategy and sent an envoy to Zhu Youzhen and proposed a reconciliation strategy, that is, Zhu Youzhen recognized Zhu Youyu's status as emperor, and Zhu Youyu named Zhu Youzhen the prince who was the chief of the government. The two Zhu joined forces to share the world to fight against the Li Tang army led by Li Ze in the north.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen did not agree. In his opinion, he was almost certain to win this battle, and there was no need to bargain with Zhu Youyu. But Zhu Youyu was happy. Whenever he defeated Zhu Youzhen's attack, he would send an envoy to mention it again. The people he sent were also amazing. Basically, they were old ministers of Xuanwu or subordinates of Jingxiang. These people are now imprisoned and acted as envoys, but it was amazing. Even if these people never returned, Zhu Youyu didn't care. He just wanted to convey a message to Zhu Youzhen that you can't fight hard in Chang'an. Over time, the Li Tang army in the north would definitely attack. At that time, we two brothers would become brothers and brothers. You would not have the chance to enjoy what I couldn't get.

This is equivalent to threatening Zhu Youzhen with the things from their Zhu family.

Either we enjoy it together or it will be smashed to pieces, no one can think of it.

Every time Zhu Youzhen's attack was defeated, Zhu Youyu felt that he was one step closer to achieving his goal.

The situation has come to this point, and Zhu Youyu has no choice but to do it. This is his only way to survive. As long as he overcomes this hurdle, he will have hope of turning the tables in the future.

Although he issued an edict to Zhu Yougui, the second son of Shannan West Road, promising a high position so that Zhu Yougui could send troops to Chang'an and help him attack Zhu Youzhen, although Zhu Yougui did not directly refuse, he still pushed him and stopped him. Until now, he had not yet sent a single army and could not count on him at all.

"Zhu Laosan is so determined!" Zhu Youyu said angrily: "Now the morale of the army in Chang'an City has increased greatly. It is not impossible to defeat him. I have a strong city to defend, but they are frozen in the snow and ice, but they can see who can stand up. At worst, we are burning together."

Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, millions of soldiers and civilians in Chang'an City are consumed every day, and it is difficult to count. Now that the traffic outside is cut off, we are like eating up the mountain. There is no need to rescue the outside, and there is no need to defend the inside, unless we take the initiative to attack on a large scale and completely defeat the opponent. But at present, we dare not go out of the city to fight!"

Zhu Youyu suddenly fell silent and went out of the city to fight on a small scale to assist in defending the city. Of course, there were still people who could later come out, but once he wanted to go out of the city to fight on a large scale, he had to consider the loyalty of these soldiers who went out of the city to fight. Once the battlefield turned against him, it would be out of control at all.

"The third brother doesn't want to talk about it at all now!"

"You can talk." Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head and said, "As long as the Tang army makes big moves and really touches the pain points of the Third Prince, he has to consider discussing with us. He will never really think that his brothers will kill each other and will eventually make wedding clothes for Li Ze!"

"But after the Tang army took the balance, it no longer took action. It was obvious that we were going to kill each other. They were good for fishermen to benefit!" Zhu Youyu said angrily. "Did you see it today? Another general flag is the Tianping Army of Cao Xuan. Obviously, Cao Xuan and the others have stabilized the situation and confirmed that the Tang army will not attack, so that they can draw troops."

"The pain point of the Third Highness is in the south!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "In Huainan and Wuning, once these places change, the Third Highness will inevitably be unable to sit still. Before that, Li Ze sent his wife, General Liu Ruyan, the Right Qianniu Guard, to lead 5,000 troops to reinforce Yangzhou, and there will definitely be some intentions."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "There is not only the power of the Third Highness in the south, but also the Lingnan Xiangxun is vigorously carrying out annexation. If Li Ze does not expand his power and stabilize his territory in the south, he will be easily swallowed by Xiangxun in the future. Li Ze will definitely refuse. Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity to take down the territory of the Third Highness in the south is Li Ze's inevitable choice. Once he touches this pain point of the Third Highness, he will inevitably change his course. Otherwise, he defeated us and won Chang'an, which will only replace Your Majesty's increase today."

"when?"

"I don't know!" Sheng Zhonghuai shook his head and said, "So while we are striving to defend Chang'an City, we still have to work hard to express our attitude towards peace talks."

Hao Ren returned to his apartment in a tired state.

As the king of the famous underground world in Chang'an City, he certainly would not be let go by Zhu Youyu. Now, he is leading a team of 5,000 people of Minzhuang to help defend the city. Although he is assisting in defending the city, he also fights bravely at critical moments. His core team of 5,000 people is his key force to rule the underworld in Chang'an, and his former thugs of about 1,000 people. Of course, among these people, there are too many Tang Dynasty inner guards. Gao Xiangsheng's subordinates basically occupy the key position of this Minzhuang team. If Gao Xiangsheng was not because he was too famous and had too obvious image, he would have wanted to go to the city to do a big battle.

This team of civil war gradually gained some fame, and gradually the trust it gained exceeded that of some imperial guards. You should know that these imperial guards were all under Xu Fu's subordinates, but He Ren was not. Moreover, these civil warriors had families and families and established their families in Chang'an City, so they were more likely to gain Zhu Youyu's trust.

Now, Hao Ren has been promoted to General Zhuangwu.

Because Hao Ren changed his body and his status was straight up, Gao Xiangsheng could also sit swaggeringly in Hao Ren's study without having to hide in the underground secret room like a mouse.

"Today I lost more than a hundred brothers!" Hao Ren put his helmet on the table and looked at Gao Xiangsheng, who was reading while roasting the fire in the room.

"A person will die, either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather!" Gao Xiangsheng said with a smile.

"General Gao, do you think this is more important than Mount Tai?" Hao Ren was amused and crying.

"Of course." Gao Xiangsheng said with a smile: "Is Zhu Youzhen's loss today?"

"The loss is quite big!" Hao Ren sat down and said, "A few days ago, I finally figured out what the battle between the two armies is."

"Scared you?" Gao Xiangsheng laughed: "What's this? You have never seen a real scene of a confrontation between thousands of troops. Can you imagine a scene of a melee between tens of thousands of cavalry? The scene of the earth shaking when the two armies charged was enough to scare the timid people."

Hao Ren recalled the scene of the meeting today. At the most, both sides had only invested more than a thousand cavalry, and more were infantry offensive and defensive battles under the city. However, the battle between these thousands of cavalry also made him feel at ease on the city. What kind of scene would it be when tens of thousands of cavalry fight?

"Hao Ren, it's almost done." Gao Xiangsheng put down the book in his hand, "It's time for Zhu Youzhen to break the city."

"Ah?" Hao Ren didn't understand for a moment.
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