In his heart, he was confident in Wang Junlin's current strength, but he also believed that Wang Junlin could not go far, so he was quite worried about this. However, he was even more unpredictable about the Far East Army. There were so many Far East troops hidden in Yangzhou City without knowing it. The soldiers' hands showed that they had been fully prepared in advance.
Xu Jingzong and his people have been inseparable from him. Huang Weiyang knew that it was to monitor him to ensure that no problems would arise. Huang Weiyang had been mentally prepared for this, but when the matter came, he still felt nervous. Thinking of this, he looked through the half-open door He opened the door and glanced at Shen Guang's back at the door.
Shen Guang sat quietly at the door of the attic facing the city gate. He already knew the situation of this city well. The perimeter of Yangzhou City was nearly twenty miles, and the height of the city wall was the same as that of Chang'an, Luoyang and other big cities in the north. It was three feet and five feet long. It is two feet thick, and is entirely covered with bricks and stones. The moat outside the city is two feet wide and one foot deep. It is indeed a strong city. If there is no internal response, if you want to capture this city, even the Far Eastern Army's combat power will be much greater than that of the defenders. , but there will also be considerable losses.
Huang Shaoqiu only had 30,000 men, and he left 10,000 men to garrison the navy camp. He dispatched 20,000 men, and later he had to welcome the main force led by Yu Wenzhiji to counterattack.
The main force of the Far Eastern Army is thousands of miles away, and there are many forces in between. It is very troublesome to support it. Of course, it is also possible to use waterways, but it is inconvenient to transport cavalry by waterways.
Besides, the Far East Army is about to start a war on two or even three fronts in the north, and it faces Li Yuan and Li Shimin, the father and son who are the most difficult to deal with. Behind the Li family group are most of the powerful families. Wang Junlin has never looked down upon these people.
In short, under the current circumstances, the possibility of the Far East Army sending further support is very slim.
Therefore, when the war has just begun, the Far Eastern Army cannot afford to lose manpower in Jiangnan.
In the hall on the first floor of the city tower, Huang Weiyang had also been on the battlefield. After a while of hesitation and random thoughts, he calmed down when the matter came to pass. He asked Xu Jingzong: "Master Xu, when will we open the city gate?"
Xu Jingzong replied calmly: "Don't worry, General Huang. When it's time to open the city gate, I will tell General Huang that when the time comes, General Huang just needs to try to control his subordinates for a moment and don't let them affect us in opening the city gate." "Then what?" Huang Weiyang asked again.
Xu Jingzong said: "Then we will naturally hold on to the city gate with all our strength and wait for our army to break through. Well... don't worry, as long as we hold the city gate for a while, our army will arrive."
Huang Weiyang was about to ask again when his younger brother hurriedly came over to report: "Brother! Mr. Liu sent a confidant here with a hundred elite soldiers. It seems that he will guard the north gate with us."
"This is trouble." Huang Weiyang muttered to himself, turned to look at Xu Jingzong, Xu Jingzong's eyes flashed and said: "Let this person come here."
After a while, one of Huang Weiyang's subordinates led a burly man into the tower, followed by eight soldiers. After entering, he bowed his hands to Huang Weiyang and said: "General Huang, Mr. Liu asked me to come and assist General Huang in guarding the north gate. .”
The door was closed without leaving a trace.
The confidant sent by Liu Zhifei was named Ma Daxiong, and Huang Weiyang recognized him. He was Yuwen Zhiji's master guard.
Huang Weiyang knew that this man was very brave and highly skilled in martial arts, and his subordinates were also elite soldiers who had been on the battlefield. He looked at Ma Daxiong's face carefully and knew that Liu Zhifei was probably worried about all the generals guarding the city gate, so he sent his confidants Go to several city gates to supervise.
"General Huang, on the order of Mr. Liu, I will be in charge of the defense of the North City Gate from now on. General Huang will lead the people to assist in the defense." Ma Daxiong saw Huang Weiyang's strange expression and thought he didn't understand, so he further explained.
Huang Weiyang stared at Ma Daxiong without saying a word. Ma Daxiong licked his lips gently under his gaze. Before he came, Liu Zhifei said that he was worried that the generals guarding the city gate would surrender and rebel, so he was asked to come.
If he really wanted to surrender and rebel, they might take action against him, but he was very confident in the strength of himself and the eight personal guards who followed him.
In this hall, the opponent had three or four more men than him, but he did not think that Huang Weiyang's soldiers could be his opponent.
Huang Weiyang was even more worried. He was worried that Liu Zhifei had already suspected or even knew about the secret collusion between himself and Wang Junlin's people, so he sent Ma Daxiong to take over the defense of the North City Gate. Now he was just here to stabilize himself and his subordinates.
The men and horses will have to wait until they have defended several waves of attacks and have their hands free before taking care of themselves.
Huang Weiyang's thoughts swirled in his mind, and he finally said: "Why did Mr. Liu suddenly ask General Ma to replace me?"
Ma Daxiong said: "General Huang, don't worry, Mr. Liu has his own reasons for making this arrangement."
Huang Weiyang's eyes began to change. Xu Jingzong stood at the door, facing Huang Weiyang. He could clearly feel that Huang Weiyang seemed to have some bad thoughts. Xu Jingzong did not expect that Liu Zhifei would send someone to take over the city gate at this juncture.
defense.
Liu Zhifei deserves to be known as being cautious in doing things, and he does things without leakage.
But Xu Jingzong could not persuade or threaten Huang Weiyang now. He also wanted to kill Ma Daxiong and eight of his soldiers immediately, but he was worried about alerting Ma Daxiong's 100 people outside and Huang Weiyang's 1,000 subordinates who didn't know what was going on.
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The best way now is for Huang Weiyang to readily agree to Ma Daxiong for the time being and stabilize him later. But Huang Weiyang seems to have changed his mind.
Xu Jingzong must not let Huang Weiyang rebel. Not only would the plan be ruined, but those of them here might also suffer heavy casualties. Although there are still many people from the Military Intelligence Office, Blue Guards, Wulin Guild and Xiaoyu Theater in Yangzhou City, they still have
There are preparation plans, but the cost will inevitably increase a lot.
He slowly put his hand on the side of his leg, and a large double-barreled pistol hung on the side of his leg. It was Wang Junlin's reward for his achievements in Jiangnan. When he went to Fanyang County to report on his work last year, Wang Junlin personally
rewarded to him.
Xu Jingzong has always regarded it as a magic weapon after trying it, but his first action had to be to lift the skirt armor, so his hands gently grasped the edge of the skirt armor.
Seeing Huang Weiyang's expression, Ma Daxiong gradually became suspicious and impatient, and said, "Is it possible that General Huang wants to disobey orders?"
Huang Weiyang lowered his head, with thoughts swirling in his mind as he made the final hesitation.
Huang Weiyang's seven personal guards in the hall were all informed. Seeing Huang Weiyang's hesitation, they thought that their general might change his mind, so after winking at each other, they turned slightly to the outside and looked at Xu Jingzong and the six others from the corners of their eyes.
The master of the blue guard also put his hand on the handle of the knife.