The people from Sheyue are in the Governor's Mansion.

Ye Chaoxuan, the governor of Xuzhou, was executed by Qin Xiao in public. Naturally, people were frightened.

However, Qin Xiao also said in public that he would only punish the first culprit and not the accomplices.

She Yue naturally knew that Li Chengqing's death was nothing. After all, Xuzhou officials did not even know of his existence. However, Ye Chaoxuan's death had a considerable impact on Xuzhou. If people could not be appeased quickly, there would be internal chaos in Xuzhou.

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They are all worried that Xuzhou will suffer another purge in the future.

Although Qin Xiao promised that he would not pursue the case, everyone did not dare to completely believe it. After all, there have been many precedents in the past for first appeasing and then settling accounts later. Everyone was afraid that after Qin Xiao took control of Xuzhou, he would raise the butcher's knife.

She Yue was also aware of this, so he quickly sent orders to all the yamen in Xuzhou in his own name, once again reassuring everyone that they did not have to worry about being implicated by Ye Chaoxuan.

In everyone's eyes, Qin Xiao is a martial artist, and has even become a military leader in the Northeast. No one dares to fully believe Qin Xiao's promises, but everyone believes a lot in She Yue's words.

After all, She Yue is the princess of the Tang Dynasty. Now that she is raising the flag to revive the Li Tang Dynasty, she is even less likely to go back on her word.

Therefore, after She Yue's order was issued, Xuzhou quickly stabilized.

However, She Yue also moved directly from the high tower to the Governor's Mansion to take charge.

Firstly, it’s because she knows that she can’t stay behind the scenes all the time and must stand up to handle affairs. Secondly,

It was also because she was under house arrest in a tower before, which made her very taboo about that place, so after moving to the Governor's Mansion, not only would she feel much better, but it would also be easier to handle official duties.

When Qin Xiao arrived at the Governor's Mansion, he found that She Yue had summoned some officials and generals to prepare for a meeting.

In the main hall of the Governor's Mansion, the civil servants and generals were separated on both sides, with She Yue sitting on top. After Qin Xiao entered the hall, everyone couldn't help but bow their hands to Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao turned the tide and defeated Li Chengqing's conspiracy. For She Yue, it was natural that he took the greatest credit. In everyone's eyes, Qin Xiao was naturally She Yue's well-deserved confidant and the pillar protecting Xuzhou at the moment.

, so it is natural to have awe of Qin Xiao.

After Qin Xiao saw him, Jiang Ke, the commander of the Jiangnan Army who was standing at the head of the military generals, took the initiative to take two steps back, naturally giving up the first place to Qin Xiao.

Although Qin Xiao has been psychologically prepared to preside over the battle of Xuzhou, he is still nominally the commander-in-chief of the Long Rui Army and has no qualifications to control the various troops in Xuzhou, so it is not easy to go directly.

Seeing Qin Xiao's slight hesitation, She Yue naturally understood Qin Xiao's thoughts and turned to wink at Chen Xun who was standing not far away.

Chen Xun and the four great spiritual towers will protect She Yue under the orders of the Great Heavenly Master, so naturally they will entrust their lives to She Yue.

Several people also knew that although Ye Chaoxuan was eliminated, there would inevitably be remnants loyal to Ye Chaoxuan in the city. They were afraid of Qin Xiao, but they might not be willing to assassinate She Yue to avenge Ye Chaoxuan, so Chen Xun and others protected him day and night, which they would never dare to do.

There is no slightest oversight.

The eldest grandson Yuanxin has not yet been buried, and he is accompanying him in Shek

Sun Meier, the eldest son beside Yue, has been accompanying her brother these two days, so Chen Xun became the attendant beside She Yue.

At this time, Chen Xun had already held up a written order in both hands, unfolded it, and said in a clear voice: "The order of Princess Sheyue of the Tang Dynasty: Although the rebel Ye Chaoxuan was killed, General Sun Yuanxin was killed and suffered. Now the enemy is approaching, so the order is

Qin Xiao is in charge of Xuzhou’s military affairs and controls all the troops in Xuzhou. I hope Qin Xiao can pull down the generals in the building, command the three armies, and severely defeat the rebels!"

This order was expected by everyone. After Chen Xun read it out, everyone present turned to Qin Xiao and said in unison: "Congratulations to General Qin. We are willing to obey General Qin's orders and fight against the rebels together."

, I will not give up even if I die!”

Qin Xiao was already prepared to take on the heavy responsibility, and without any pretense, he held his hands and said: "I am willing to fight the rebels with all the soldiers and serve the Tang Dynasty!"

"Qin Xiao, now is an emergency. The heavy responsibility of protecting Xuzhou will be entrusted to you." She Yue said softly and without nonsense, "I just received an urgent report two hours ago. Dan

Tai Xuanye had already dispatched troops from Yuzhou. The Shence Army left a thousand soldiers and horses in each of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, but almost all the local garrison troops in the two states were assembled, and the total force exceeded 30,000. In addition, he

A large number of civilians were recruited from Yuzhou for logistics and transportation, and there was sufficient food. It seems that they are determined to capture Xuzhou."

Many officials present were not aware of such a military situation. After hearing what She Yue said, their expressions suddenly became solemn.

Qin Xiao thought for a while and then said: "Your Highness, the officials of each department have their duties and there is no need to stay to discuss military affairs. I would like to stay with the commanders of each battalion to discuss countermeasures and make departmental decisions."

Department."

She Yue knew that Qin Xiao was ready to discuss the battle plan. Many officials came today. Qin Xiao obviously did not want too many people to participate in the military discussion, so he ordered: "The commanders of each battalion will stay for now, and everyone else will deal with their own affairs first."

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After the officials resigned, only a few generals were left.

When Qin Xiao saw that Qiao Ji, the commander of the Xuzhou camp, was also present today, he couldn't help but smile and nod to Qiao Ji, but Qiao Ji immediately bowed and saluted, looking quite humble.

Qiao Ji was Ye Chaoxuan's confidant. After Ye Chaoxuan was killed, Qin Xiao did not pursue Qiao Ji, and did not even implicate many generals in the Xuzhou camp.

She Yue still let Qiao Ji command Xuzhou Camp, and even summoned Qiao Ji in person to comfort him. Qiao Ji obviously also knew that under the current situation, both public and private, the only way to protect himself and Xuzhou Camp was definitely

Be loyal to She Yue and share life and death with other soldiers and horses in Xuzhou City.

"Is there a map of Xuzhou here?" Qin Xiao asked directly without being verbose.

She Yue said: "It's ready." He ordered Chen Xun to bring out a map and hung it on the wall.

Qin Xiao and other generals surrounded She Yue and came to the map. They scanned it carefully for a moment and then said, "What do you think Tantai Xuanye will do after entering Xuzhou?"

Several generals looked at each other, and Dong Cheng, the commander of Yuzhou Battalion, said: "The western part of Xuzhou City is protected by the two counties of Mount Tai and Pengcheng. Previously, Her Royal Highness the Princess had an order to use defense as offense and defend Xuzhou City. For this reason, General Changsun

We have been waiting for these days to deploy the defense of Xuzhou. People from the villages around Xuzhou have dragged their families into Xuzhou City to settle down. We must strengthen the walls and clear the fields, so that

After the enemy troops arrived at the city, there were no available resources around them. At present, Xuzhou city defenses have been repeatedly reinforced, and deep trenches have been dug outside the city. The sergeants are training archery day and night, and a large number of arrows have been accumulated in the city. Even if Xuzhou city talks about

It is not impregnable, but if the enemy wants to break it, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky."

"Exactly." Hu Haibiao nodded and said: "Our army has formulated a strategy to hold on to Xuzhou City, so it has raised a large amount of food and grass from various counties in Xuzhou these days. Don't worry too much about the food and weapons in the city. It will definitely be useless to hold on for three to five months.

Problem. But just because we have to defend Xuzhou, the defense forces of other counties in Xuzhou are very weak, and the eastern counties have very few troops."

Dong Chengdao: "Previously, Ye Chaoxuan raised troops and General Changsun led the expedition. Our army has captured Taishan and Pengcheng, and hundreds of troops have been stationed in these two cities. After formulating a strategy to defend Xuzhou City, General Changsun himself

Wanting to avoid the enemy's edge, he also transferred the garrison troops and horses from the two cities back to Xuzhou City, but was opposed by Ye Chaoxuan. Ye Chaoxuan not only failed to transfer the two troops and horses back, but instead increased the troops to the two cities. The reason

After Tantai Xuanye comes and kills them, the two cities can hold on for a few days, which can buy Xuzhou more time to calmly respond to the enemy's attack."

"If we really want to consume the enemy's troops, we should send more troops to these two cities. Each city only has a thousand defenders. The strength is too weak to effectively block the enemy." Qin Xiao frowned and said: "The enemy

The army is coming with a fierce force, its strength is dozens of times that of the defenders, and those two thousand people who defend the city will surely die."

Dong Chengdao: "General Changsun was also

Such an idea. He was worried about garrisoning those two cities with weak troops, and almost sent those soldiers there to die. However, Ye Chaoxuan's reasons were not unreasonable, and he repeatedly persuaded General Changsun, and the general was finally persuaded by him and agreed to him

request." He stepped forward, pointed on the map and said: "So now there are a thousand garrison troops in Taishan City and Pengcheng, which are equivalent to the forward outposts of Xuzhou City."

She Yue glanced at Qin Xiao and said: "When entering Xuzhou from Yuzhou, the first place that will bear the brunt is Taishan County. Naturally, Tantai Xuanye wants to fight quickly and does not want to delay Taishan for too long, so he will attack Taishan with all his strength."

"Taishan and Pengcheng are horns with each other. Before the Shence Army captured these two cities, they did not dare to rush directly to Xuzhou City." Qin Xiao said: "If they want to attack Xuzhou City, their logistics can only come from Yuzhou.

If we cannot capture these two cities, our logistics line will be at risk of being attacked at any time."

"That's exactly it." Dong Cheng said: "So if there are no surprises, the enemy's strategy is also very clear. They will first attack Mount Tai. After taking Mount Tai, they will either stay behind in Mount Tai, and the main army will continue to attack Pengcheng southward, and then they can capture it.

After descending on Pengcheng, march eastward to fight over." He paused and continued: "But it is more likely that Tantai Xuanye will divide his troops to attack Pengcheng, and the main army will rest briefly in Mount Tai. After Pengcheng is captured, the two armies will

The soldiers and horses came to Xuzhou at the same time."

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "Tantai Xuanye will definitely find out the situation in advance. He naturally knows that Pengcheng's military strength will be very weak. After taking Mount Tai, he should send thousands of troops to attack Pengcheng."

"They must have

It has been proven that the main force of our army is gathered in Xuzhou City to defend the city." Dong Cheng said: "So we are not worried that our army will go to reinforce. And if our army goes to reinforce, it will play into Tantai Xuanye's hands."

Hu Haibiao clenched his fists and said: "Those two cities must not be defended. The brothers defending the cities are in a dangerous situation. But if we want to withdraw, leaving the two cities directly to them is unacceptable. And withdrawing now, if the people in the city are

The supplies have also been transferred out. It must be too late. Before they can evacuate to Xuzhou City, Tantai Xuanye's men and horses must have caught up with them, and the consequences will be disastrous." He looked at Qin Xiao and said: "General, if you hurry up now,
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