After all, Zhu Shiyou was just a vassal king. In this era, there were as many vassal kings as dogs, and royal relatives were everywhere.

Although he was the legitimate hereditary King Su, this prince was not worth a lot during the Chongzhen era.

Unexpectedly, a small local general on the other side was actually under the command of the current crown prince. Those soldiers of the Eastern Palace Guard were directly under the crown prince.

Princess Yan couldn't help but be secretly surprised. King Su was really confused. If he had left these people outside the city, let alone Jiannu came to capture Lanzhou City in one fell swoop.

Even if Jiannu retreated by luck, just by refusing to enter the city by rejecting Song Xiance and others, you will have a bond with the current crown prince. In the future, the crown prince will ascend the throne, and will you have good fruits?

King Su Zhu Shiwei's attitude towards Song Xiance and others changed greatly. He arranged for Song Xiance and others to come to the city to assist in defense and assisted the soldiers guarding the Lanzhou city to defend Lanzhou together.

Zhu Shiwei was stupid, and Lanzhou garrison Lu Daoyuan was also a timid mouse. When he heard that Jiannu was coming to attack Lanzhou, he was so scared that his legs were trembling and stammered: "Jian, Jiannu, the bastard slave has reached Lanzhou City, what should we do? Your Highness, Prince Su, you, think of a solution! It is said that Jiannu is cruel and better than the bandits. What should we do?"

Zhu Shiyou was timid, but he couldn't stand his subordinate Lu Daoyuan as cowardly as himself. He said angrily: "You are the guardian of Lanzhou City, without any courage, so you can lead troops like this. A soldier will be a general. A general like you are so timid, do you still expect your soldiers to fight to defend the city for the people of Lanzhou?"

Faced with Prince Su's anger, Lu Daoyuan dared not reply. Although he was dissatisfied with the boss, we should not say anything to each other.

Zhu Shiyou looked down on the Lanzhou garrison Lu Daoyuan. At the critical moment, Lu Daoyuan was useless. If Jiannu soldiers came to the city, he wouldn't be scared to pee his pants.

Zhu Shiyou, who became more and more angry, couldn't help but say coldly: "You are the generals of the three armies. If you are afraid of fighting, what will I want you to do? Remember, if you can't defend this Lanzhou City, everyone will have to finish playing. Today, I sent General Song Xianke to assist you in defending the city. General Song is the prince's man. The road is long, so this Lanzhou City is up to you."

Lu Daoyuan couldn't fight, but he was doing well in the officialdom. When he heard that Song Xiance was the prince's man, he immediately changed his smile: "Oh, it turns out that it is General Song, so I'm lucky to know."

Song Xiance hurriedly replied: "I admire you for a long time."

The princess Yan was more dignified. She smiled and said, "Two generals, if you need help, just speak. Our prince is willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver to support the soldiers guarding the city. As long as everyone works hard to defend the city, the prince will still be rewarded."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, the prince!"

After hearing this, Zhu Shiyou couldn't help but grin. Five thousand taels of silver, and he was so painful that he shivered. The lady was too impulsive and didn't even ask for her opinion.

But if the city was destroyed, not to mention 50,000 taels of silver, my entire palace belonged to others, and more than 200 people in the whole clan would be destroyed.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shiliui felt calm.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards, which is also one of the ways to inspire the soldiers to fight to the death. When Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng Prefecture, this was how the vassal kings of Kaifeng Prefecture defended.

Originally, Song Xiance was worried that he would have a conflict with Lu Daoyuan when he assisted in defending the city. Unexpectedly, he exposed the title of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in an unintentional way, but instead played a big role.

At this time, Lu Daoyuan immediately became a licker after learning that Zizhi, Song Xiance and others were the prince's men.

Song Xiance had no stranger about the suggestions that Lu Daoyuan put forward to defend the city, which surprised Song Xiance. But this was also a good thing, either Lu Daoyuan was a powerful general and had his own way to defend the city.

Or, this is a mediocre person, and this kind of person is easier to control. It seems that Lu Daoyuan belongs to the latter.

If Song Xiance had his own way to defend the city, it would not be so easy for Huang Taiji to easily take down Lanzhou City.

First, they rectified the three armies. Lu Daoyuan accompanied Song Xiance to patrol the city walls of Lanzhou. Although he had expected it, Song Xiance and the others were still surprised.

Lanzhou City's defense is slack, and the soldiers have no combat power. These soldiers who defend the city have been lacking training for a long time and their military preparations are slack.

Such a team will have major problems when facing Huangtaiji, the Qing army attacked fiercely.

Song Xiance frowned: "General Lu, you can't do this. If this continues, Lanzhou City can be defended again."

Lu Daoyuan didn't know what happened. He sighed: "General Song, I really can't do anything about this. Anyway, the guards in the city are like this. They have been here since the Tianqi period. Everyone can't see any hope. To put it bluntly, they have lost their morale."

"How many people are you working on?" Song Xiance asked.

Lu Daoyuan sighed helplessly again: "There are about 22,000 people in the process. In fact, if Mandarin can stand on the city wall, there are probably less than 7,000 people."

"What!" When Song Xiance learned about this number, he was shocked.

It is common for soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to eat empty wages, but the fact that they eat empty wages is so serious is beyond his expectations.

"Why are there only 7,000 people on your city wall with more than 20,000 people? General Lu, are you, you just a few people guarding you!" Song Xiance was a little angry.

In fact, Lu Daoyuan was also full of grievances: "What's the solution? Since the Tianqi period, the armed forces in our places have been like this. The more people they report, the more military pay the court can pay. Otherwise, if I report fewer soldiers, the less military pay the court will not be enough for the brothers."

Song Xiance was silent, and he knew the system of the court. Even Zhu Cilang was helpless and even powerless about it.

In fact, since the Wanli period, the phenomenon of empty salary in the Ming army has become very serious, and the court is also aware of it.

Therefore, local generals tried their best to report the number of people. The court was not a fool. The military pay and food provided to local people were generally distributed according to one-third of the number of people reported.

In other words, if an army reported a full 30,000 people, and the court will only allocate 10,000 people of military pay, food and supplies. In this regard, both sides reached a tacit understanding.

But the emperor did not know about such a thing. Once a war broke out, something big happened.

For example, the emperor sent 30,000 people to fight, but the enemy only had 8,000. He thought he would easily defeat the enemy and could kill the opponent with the advantage of the number of people.

However, after this battle, the Ming army was often defeated. The emperor himself was puzzled. Why did so many people have the advantage of so many people but they could not defeat the opponent's only a few thousand people?
Chapter completed!