After Zhu Yaoshi recruited the amnesty, he gave gifts to bribe important officials in Jinling to secretly train troops to inquire about information. Over the past year, he has made it clear about the defense in Huaibei, Huainan and even Jinling. Except for the tens of thousands of people led by Zhong Zhiming, the rest of the place is like an empty city.

After Zhong Zhiming took 20,000 people to Luoyang, Zhu Yaoshi led his army across the river to attack Xinli City.

Several expansions of Xinli City have reached the point where it is surrounded by water on three sides, so it is extremely difficult to attack.

Zhu Yaoshi loaded the cargo transport vehicles into the soldiers and followed other caravans into the city at the gate of the city. After entering the city, he lurked until late at night and collided with the army outside the city to capture Xinli City.

The defenders in the city didn't know how many men there were in the middle of the night, so they fled in panic. Zhu Yaoshi had already asked the Goryeo soldiers to ambush outside the South Gate. When Liang's army left the South Gate, the Goryeo soldiers rushed forward, and the general was killed and injured, and only a very small number escaped.

After taking down Xinli, Zhu Yaoshi left thousands of people to defend the city, and led 30,000 troops all the way south. The counties and counties passed by were all surrendered and fled. Along the way, Goryeo General Wei Meng complained that Zhu Yaoshi failed to let the Goryeo soldiers plunder in various cities, and said that many of the Goryeo soldiers died along the way, and that they had to rest for half a year, so on.

Zhu Yaoshi pointed south with the whip in his hand: "After the city of Jinling is broken, General Guard can lead troops to plunder for three days! Our army stationed outside the city, and will never delay the general and you all making a fortune."

When Wei Meng heard this, he immediately became energetic: "My Goryeo soldiers and horses are like dragons and horses and tigers, and I go up the mountain like monkeys and go down the water like otters. It's only a matter of breaking Jinling. General Zhu is so generous, he is indeed a trustworthy person."

When Zhong Zhiming returned to Xinli, Xinli was already in the hands of Zhu Yaoshi. Although there were only 3,000 people guarding the city, Ling Yun, a female general under Zhu Yaoshi, stepped up patrols day and night, and the navy was waiting for assistance on the Lishui River at any time.

Zhong Zhiming attacked the city for three consecutive days, but he still failed to get on the city wall. It was unwise for all the staff to persuade Zhong Zhiming's army to stop under the strong city, and asked Zhong Zhiming to return to save Jinling.

Zhong Zhiming drew his sword and inserted it on the ground: "What I want is to break Xinli and cut off the rebels' retreat and block the rebels' retreat. Most of the rebels are cavalry, while most of us are infantry. We want to pursue them and they can't catch up at all, but Jinling can't defend them at all. Only by abandoning the city and going up the river can there be a glimmer of life."

At this time, the imperial envoy in Jinling City sent an urgent edict to ask Zhong Zhiming to return to Jinling. Zhong Zhiming sighed to the sky and had to ask the deputy generals to lead their troops to retreat south, and he took the chariot camp behind the hall to prevent the enemy from pursuing it in Xinli City.

At this time, the families of the aristocratic families in Jinling City were busy preparing to flee to the west and pack up the property and people of each family. The new crown prince Liu Ke, who was established not long ago, was also preparing to move west with the families of the aristocratic families.

At this time, no one cared about the emperor's life and death, and even some of the eyeliners that had been installed had gone home to pack their luggage. It became a consensus among everyone that could not keep Jinling City.

It was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, but Jinling City was busy making plans to escape. They all planned to escape to Jiangling and even Bajun in the west after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On August 15th, the moon rises at the beginning of the bright moon, and the bell and drum tower that has not sounded for decades made continuous loud noises. Everyone looked at the bell and drum tower.

Under the moonlight, Emperor Liu Xuan stood on the roof in military uniform and looked at the subjects in the city. In fact, Liu Xuan could no longer stand at this time, so he asked several internal supervisors to tie him to the pillars on the roof to support him. Before coming, Liu Xuan had already accepted the pills he had found in the cold palace, so he did not cough and was radiant.

The ministers and military and civilians have not seen the emperor for a long time, and this is the first time that many people know that the emperor is standing on the roof, and it is because of the Huangluo umbrella behind Liu Xuan that covers the emperor's flag.

Led by the yellow-clad inner guard sent out in advance, the people of the whole city knelt down the mountain and shouted long live. Liu Xuan was extremely happy under the moonlight at this moment. On this day, he was the real emperor and saw the common people who had only a few numbers on the memorial.

Liu Xuan suppressed his excitement and reached out to signal everyone to stand up: "All up, you are all the people of Daliang, all my people. Now the rebels are about to invade. You can run west to escape. I will survive and perish with Jinling. From today on, I will eat and live in this bell and drum tower, and fight with the rebels until the last soldier!"

Before the people below could think too much, many people shouted: "Defend Your Majesty to the death!"

"Your Majesty doesn't leave, we won't leave!"

"I wish to live and die with Jinling!"

"The people outside the city are here to wipe out the rebels!"

"Put down the rebels, wipe out the rebels!"

As soon as the person started to incite, he couldn't stop. The yellow-clothed guards who were mixed into the crowd shouted again: "The Xiao family swears to follow His Majesty to the death!"

"The Xie family swears to follow His Majesty to the death!"

"The Wang family swears to follow His Majesty to the death!"

"The Yuan family swears to defend Jinling to the death!"

"The Chen family swears to defend Jinling to the death!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is willing to protect His Majesty!"

The shouts in the crowd became louder and louder. The inner guards took the opportunity to bring some loyal and righteous people to settle the four gates in the city, and directly took iron from the blacksmith shop to cast the city gate. They then led people to control the various yards and alleys, opened the arsenal and distributed weapons. This time, not only organized a 50,000-strong army to defend the city overnight, but also made everyone unable to leave the city.

Qin Gou'er and Qin Zhong stood alone with Liu Xuan, each holding long swords.

Next, from the prince to all the ministers, they handed over a secret letter to persuade the emperor to let the prince go to Jiangling to organize a large army to recover the lost territory. Liu Xuan read a few books and threw them all into the fire.

The changes in Jinling City soon reached Zhu Yaoshi's army that was advancing. When Wei Meng heard that there were more than 50,000 defenders in Jinling, he wanted to withdraw. Zhu Yaoshi laughed: "The mob that was temporarily pieced together, and he sealed the city gate and could not escape. Our army just needs to wait for their own changes. What we have to worry about now is Zhong Zhiming's pursuit behind him."

Wei Meng was still a little hesitant, and Zhu Yaoshi said again: "No of the aristocratic families in Jinling City can escape. The biggest wealth in the world is in Jinling City. If you want to withdraw your troops, I will take it yourself."

Wei Meng gritted his teeth: "It's so good. No matter how hard he is, we will attack the iron gate and wall!"

The words were divided into two parts, each occupying some points. Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling were far away in Shazhou. The two worked together to pick out 1,800 elite riders from Tuyuhun's division, and practiced various tactics of shooting and rushing into the formation every day.

With people, skilled tactics, and strong horses, they are just not enough weapons. In fact, it is not enough. The steel bought by Tuyuhun from other countries is all inferior products, and the swords they created are easy to break and damage. For this weapon, Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling and the others racked their brains.

Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling took people to the West Sea to practice tactics. On the West Sea, they saw some people digging salt blocks in the ground with wooden sticks, and sighed: "If there are excellent iron tools, digging salt will be much faster."

Murong Ling sneered: "This salt is soaked

If there are too many, the iron tools will break. However, these wooden forks and wooden sticks are soaked in tung oil and are not afraid of salt or breakage. They are much better than iron tools."

Li Xiaofei suddenly shouted: "I have it, I have it."

Murong Ling slapped him: "You can't be so entangled, are you?"

Li Xiaofei hurriedly hugged Murong Ling: "Murrong, aren't the wooden forks and sticks you just mentioned the best weapons?"

Murong Ling laughed: "You guy seems to be less and less like a fool, maybe you are lucky."

Li Xiaofei couldn't wait to get the wooden fork sticks, and when he took it, he felt very heavy: "Is these really wood?"

Murong Ling smiled: "It's wood, but not ordinary wood. It's all made by soaking in tung oil for half a year, then drying it, and then soaking it in the first half of a year. The disadvantage is that it cannot be chopped."

Li Xiaofei smiled: "We can't chop and chop, so we can practice sting and stick techniques, or use a wooden fork to poke the enemy over on the horse's back. It is indeed not fatal to deal with light cavalry and infantry, but it may be the best to hit heavy armored cavalry."

Murong Ling was extremely talented and made a weapon that tied stones to this wood soaked with tung oil, similar to an axe and a sledgehammer.

The two went back to report the good news to Murong Longhun. Murong Longhun was overjoyed: "I will never have to buy other people's scrap iron at a high price."

Li Xiaofei looked serious: "King, I still need iron tools. These are just taking advantage of the situation. If we conquer Gaochang Kingdom in the future, we can make iron tools on a large scale."

Murong Yuanzhong interrupted: "The Chief Executive is such a bad statement. In the future, we will definitely go east to take Guanzhong. We can compete for the Central Plains and retreat to seize the country."

Li Xiaofei knew that he was from Liang and was inconvenient to say more, so he smiled: "Anyway, I'm training troops. Where to fight is the king and you. I'm just making an example. It's the same where to smelify iron and make weapons."

But King Bailan refused to follow Murong Yuanzhong's statement: "Gaochang Kingdom has killed our tribe members many times, so this hatred must be avenged first!"

Murong Yuanzhong refused to want to: "A small impatience will cause chaos in the big plan. Gaochang is a small country. You can fight at any time. Only by winning Guanzhong can you have the opportunity to build immortal achievements!"

Murong Ling saw that they had their own opinions and poured cold water on him: "Before the child was born, you two are competing for the surname of whom. So, I and this fool Li are better off leaving now."

After Murong Ling said that, he pulled Li Xiaofei out. King Bailan and Murong Yuanzhong came over to pull the two of them together: "Brother of the clan, we are all confused. We will not fight anymore. Without you two, we can't fight anywhere, we will never fight anymore."

Murong Ling asked the two to swear to the sky and swear to stop fighting again, so she stayed again.

It was a harmonious group tomorrow, but the White Lan King Murong Longhun privately sent someone to draw the tactics they practiced every day. The Prime Minister Murong Yuanzhong was not idle either and also bribed some soldiers who participated in the drill.

This is exactly the sword fighting the sick dragon in the east, and the sword grinding the tiger in the west. The army of Zhu Yaoshi had already captured the city of Shou County, Xiang Xiaoyu and Meng Crow returned to pick up Hong Rui and his son before they left the city.

Xiang Xiaoyu Meng Yu and Meng Yu took their old subordinates to the city tower and saw that the enemy's chief general turned out to be Zhu Yaoshi. Zhu Yaoshi also recognized Xiang Xiaoyu: "Sir Xiang, are you okay? Is General Li also in the city? Today, when old friends meet, how many drinks can you drink?"

He bowed to Xiaoyu and laughed: "You can drink wine with General Zhu, but please ask General Zhu to retreat first!"
Chapter completed!