The king behind the empress

Chapter 387
It only took Mo Zizai one day to take down Zhaoyuan City, but it took him ten days to rest and recuperate in Zhaoyuan City. The number expanded to 3.

Although the strength of the newly recruited soldiers is not comparable to that of the original soldiers, as long as the number increases and with the blessing of the accelerator, their strength will catch up sooner or later.

And the reason why he spent ten days resting was that besides wanting to train these newly enlisted soldiers, he also wanted to give Xu Boyuan more time to operate in Yining City. After all, Yining City was also ready to defend to the death. , if there is a strong attack, the casualties of the Yuzhi army must be not small, so even if they are defeated, it will not be worth the loss.

Of course, Mo Zizai did not put all his hopes on Xu Boyuan. During these ten days, he asked the craftsmen in the city to build a lot of siege equipment. To storm the city.

In this way, even if Xu Boyuan made any mistakes, the siege would be much easier.

As soon as the ten days were up, Mo Zizai's army set off directly. The [-] army transported enough food, grass and siege equipment, and went straight to Yining City.

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In the Sheriff's Mansion in Yining City, Hu Mingduan was sitting at the top, while the former Sheriff sat at his lower seat, but the officials of the Sheriff's Mansion seemed to be used to this scene, and everyone didn't even have the same expression .

"Everyone, I believe you have also received the news that Mo Zizai's army is already heading towards Yining City."

Hu Ming glanced at the dozen or so officials present, and said calmly, "How to fight this battle, do you have any good suggestions?"

"Sir, the imperial court is powerful, so don't fight recklessly."

Yuanjun Lieutenant heard Hu Ming's question, and quickly got up and replied: "The humble official received news that Xing Jun sent 5000 people out of the city because he underestimated the enemy and sent 5000 people out of the city. The entire army of people was wiped out, and I believe that we must not repeat the mistakes of Xingjun."

"What Captain Li said is true."

Immediately after the county lieutenant said this, someone followed suit and said, "Our city is deep, we have enough food and grass, and there are far more soldiers than the imperial court. As long as we stick to the city wall, Mo Zizai will definitely have nothing to do with us."

"As long as we hold back the main force of the imperial court for a while, the forces in the other counties will definitely not do this. We just need to wait until those forces come out to stand on their own again, and the crisis in our Yining City will naturally be resolved. "

"Extremely, extremely. Mr. Zhao's words are mature and prudent, and the lower officials agree."

The rest of the officials also nodded repeatedly, obviously agreeing with the two of them. One of the more clever officials did not forget to flatter Hu Ming, and said: "Mr. Hu is guarding the city, let alone a few Month, even if Mo Zizai is given a few years, he will not even think about entering Yining City."

Seeing that these people were either fearful of fighting or stalking others, Hu Ming couldn't help feeling bored.

These days, under his iron-fisted management, although Yi Ning City has temporarily become one, it doesn't mean that these aristocratic families and officials are of the same mind.

Each of these aristocratic families has their own plans. Although due to their own power and the reason why Mo Zizai's army is about to attack the city, they did not oppose him on the surface, but secretly they kept making small moves, which made him very annoying .

Sometimes he wanted to learn from Mo Zizai, and simply cut off all these troublesome families.

But this kind of thing can only be thought about. After all, Mo Zizai can do this kind of thing because he is the orthodox court and has a strong army in his hands, so he dares to turn against the family and is not hesitating to be an enemy of the world.

But I can't do it myself, I rely on the aristocratic family, if I cut off these aristocratic families again, what will he use to resist Mo Zizi.

Therefore, although he was disgusted by the people in front of him who only thought about intrigue, he had to hold his nose and bear it.

"You guys are right."

Hu Ming took a deep breath, put aside those complicated thoughts in his mind, and then said: "However, the news from Zhaoyuan City said that Mo Zizai's subordinates are very likely to have many golden body warriors, so I want you to send some more people to help defend the city, it is best to be a master, what do you think?"

"Mr. Hu, this is definitely fake news deliberately spread by Mo Zizai."

Hearing that Hu Ming wanted to ask them for someone, some of the officials present immediately objected, "You must know that even a warrior with a golden body is qualified to be the commander of the three armies. It is nonsense to have a golden body, and more than one golden body."

"The following officials see that this must be the false information that Mo Zizai wanted to disturb our army's morale. Mr. Hu can ignore it."

"Extremely so."

The official who echoed it just now echoed it again: "My lord Wang, this is an old-fashioned and solemn statement, and the lower officials agree."

Looking at the attitudes of these people, Hu Ming couldn't help but clenched his hands behind his back tightly, but thinking that he would have to rely on the power of these people to defend the city, he clenched his clenched hands little by little. He let go slowly, then looked at the agreeing official, and said in a cold voice: "Lord Sheriff, do you only say that it is extreme?"

Hearing that Hu Ming suddenly made trouble for him, the slightly fat sheriff couldn't help but innocently blinked his small eyes, and he didn't say anything, he just echoed a few words, why bother him? Can you find someone who speaks against you.

But he can only think about these words in his heart, after all, among the people present, he is the weakest, so he knows that Hu Ming is taking his anger out on him, so he can only bear it silently.

When he first became the sheriff, he was quite happy in his heart. He felt that he had no background and no outstanding achievements. It was really lucky to be able to become the sheriff. Let's not say that he is as clean as water, but he can barely be considered a good official, at least he can still think of making decisions for the people in his heart.

As a result, as soon as Hu Ming came, he, the sheriff, was immediately dismissed, and his subordinates, even servants, who were respectful to him on weekdays, turned their faces in an instant.

Seeing this situation, how could he not know that his county guard is a puppet who specializes in blocking guns for others, so he is stupid and has never seen it. It is no wonder that no matter how he governs Yuanling County these years, he has not done anything Changes, the subordinates are all other people, it is strange that Yuanling County can change.

Thinking of this, Liu Ruqian, the county guard, couldn't help laughing at himself. Over the years, he was played and applauded without knowing it. These people probably think of him as a buffoon.

However, he is more powerful than others, and he has nothing to do. At this moment, when he heard Hu Ming scolding himself, he didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Don't blame Mr. Hu, I also think this news is too exaggerated. After all, the golden body It’s not a big turnip, it’s all over the place.”

"The sum of the Golden Body Realm on the entire Great Zhou's face does not exceed ten fingers. Even if Zizai Wang has veterans left behind by the former emperor, it would be good to have a Golden Body Realm. It is absolutely impossible to have a few. If there are really a few Golden Body Realms, he still won’t take down all the Eastern Realms.”

"Then what do you mean, the information delivered by my spies in Zhaoyuan City is wrong?"

Hu Ming glared at Liu Ruqian angrily. In fact, in his own heart, he didn't believe that Mo Zizai could have several golden bodies under his command, but whether he believed it or not was one thing. one thing.

These aristocratic families in Yining City have secretly raised many private soldiers, and some of them are quite powerful. If they can gather these private soldiers, then the defense of the city will be safe this time.

"Forget it, forget it, Mr. Hu didn't say anything when he was an official."

Seeing Hu Ming's anxious face, Liu Ruqian spread his chubby hands and said, "I don't know much about military affairs, so I won't express my opinions randomly on these matters."

"Let's chat first. I will go and see the recruited civilians first, so as to avoid any accidents when defending the city."

After finishing speaking, Liu Ruqian didn't wait for Hu Ming's consent, and walked directly outside the Sheriff's Mansion, but just as he reached the door, two guards blocked his way, Liu Ruqian was not surprised, he turned his head and glanced at Hu Ming. Bright.

Although Hu Ming was a little dissatisfied with Liu Rugan's behavior of leaving the table directly, but after thinking about it, it was really useless to keep him here, so he nodded slightly, signaling the soldiers to let Liu Rugan go out.

After receiving Hu Ming's hint, the two guards immediately took back the weapons that blocked Liu Ruqian, but after Liu Ruqian went out, several soldiers followed immediately. Protecting Liu Rugan.

But if you observe carefully, you will find that these soldiers are driving Liu Ruqian almost in step. This attitude is more accurate than monitoring.

After Liu Ruqian left, Hu Ming continued the topic just now, and asked: "Regardless of whether Mo Zizai has many warriors at the golden body level, it is a fact that Zhaoyuan City was destroyed in one day. Strengths we don't know about."

"So in order to be safe, I still hope that you can send some people to help defend the city."

"Mr. Hu is worrying too much. From the point of view of the subordinate officials, the reason why Zhaoyuan City fell was entirely due to the arrogance of the guard, Xing Jun."

An official of the Sheriff's Mansion said: "The previous information said that Xing Jun sent [-] soldiers to raid Mo Zizai's camp, but in my opinion, the problem is most likely caused by the troops who attacked the city."

"Mo Zizai's Scarlet Flame Dragon Rider is Wushuang under the Heaven. If they follow these rout soldiers and chase them in, they will slaughter the city and destroy the city in one day, it will not be an accident at all."

"So as long as we're not as stupid as Xing Jun to go out of the city to fight Mo Zizai, we won't have any problems."

There are different opinions on the intelligence from Zhaoyuan City, and they can't be sure which one is true, but no matter how the city is broken in one day, it is impossible to let them out.

The private soldiers they spent a lot of money to cultivate are the capital for them to live and work. If they are sent to the city wall to defend the city, let alone whether they can survive, even if they can survive, do they still expect Hu Ming to kill these private soldiers? Give them back?If someone really thought so, it would be too stupid.

So it is impossible for them to do such a thing like meat buns beating dogs. Anyway, in their opinion, there are nearly [-] defenders in the city combined with civilian husbands. With so many troops, It is definitely no problem to defend Yining City.

That being the case, why did they hand over the forces they had worked so hard to cultivate?

Seeing how short-sighted these people are, Hu Ming couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he said in a bad tone: "Everyone, you all know the new policy of the imperial court. If the city is broken, it's a big deal for Hu to leave, but everyone's family Both industry and influence are in Yining City, if Hu can leave, can you also leave?"

"Mr. Hu, what do you mean by that?"

Hearing what Hu Ming said, the faces of these people in the Sheriff's Mansion could not help but change color, "Could it be that you are not going to guard this city?"

In addition to these officials who questioned Hu Ming, some family members who originally supported Hu Ming also had a faint dissatisfaction on their faces when they heard this.

Situ Yao has been in Yuanling County for many years. Many of these aristocratic families are under Situ Yao's influence. These aristocratic families control most of the power in Yuanling County. The sheriff was emptied.

It's just that they are a good force supported by Situ Yao, but their family business in Yuanling County is also real. Now hearing that Hu Ming actually intends to abandon the city and leave, how could they be satisfied.

"You are misunderstood."

As soon as Hu Ming said this, he felt a little regretful in his heart. Seeing everyone attacking him, he took a deep breath, and then slowly explained: "I mean, Hu can afford the price of breaking the city." , but you can’t afford it.”

"Therefore Hu Mou wants everyone to send out some private soldiers, it is completely out of public interest, and I hope you can learn from it."

Seeing that Hu Ming's words had reached this point, the county guard's mansion couldn't help but fell silent. Although what Hu Ming said was true, they felt a little unwilling to give away the power they had cultivated through hard work to others. .

After a while, a family member who supported Hu Ming stood up, looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I think what Mr. Hu said is very reasonable. If the private soldiers are gone, they can recruit again, but if The city is broken, I am afraid none of us here will survive."

"Therefore, I propose that each of our families send out 200 people to gather a guard team of 3000 people and hand it over to Lord Lieutenant to lead, so as to ensure the safety of Yining City."

Although this person suggested that these aristocratic families come out, he was worried about handing over these soldiers to Hu Ming, so he directly said that the county lieutenant should be in charge of these people, but the county lieutenant is the same clan of this person, so when he opened his mouth, Immediately someone stood up and objected.

"I don't think it's right. The county lieutenant is already a bit too busy to lead the soldiers in the county. If he were to lead the guard, wouldn't this add to his confusion? Therefore, I suggest that the guard should be handed over to Commander, Lord Chancellor."

"How can this be done, Mr. Juncheng is also busy with affairs, I think it should be handed over to..."

"No, no, it should be handed over to..."

For a moment, the entire county guard's mansion seemed to be turned into a vegetable market. In order to fight for the command of this team, these aristocratic family members were fighting for the command of this team. Ming's head is getting bigger.

(End of this chapter)