Huang Shu was not moved by them, and just said to them in a cold voice: "Do you think that by handing over the people of Kaifeng at this time, you will be safe and sound? The emperor has paid so much for Kaifeng, but he was easily ruined by you.
Not to mention whether Kaifeng will fall because of this, just because of your behavior, are you not afraid of the emperor settling accounts?"
Then, he looked at the eunuch representing King Lu, and said with the same disgraceful face: "If His Highness King Lu is sorry for the imperial court and the country and country left by his ancestors, the emperor has given an explanation. Either the city will be destroyed and the country will be destroyed, or the country will be relocated."
Go to Zhongdu."
At this point, without waiting for the eunuch to answer, he pointed to the city and said coldly again: "Prince Lu's Mansion occupies half of the city, and the people who enter the city have no place to stay. Go back and tell His Highness Prince Lu that it is best to make room."
, and the whole city must be in the same boat, otherwise when the city is destroyed, he will end up like a lucky king!"
Seeing him being so angry, even His Royal Highness King Lu didn't take him seriously, and other officials did not dare to speak.
Again, they actually have no way out.
They were unable to surrender to the bandits, and faced heavy pressure from the court. They had no choice but to advance or retreat.
In desperation, they could only start doing things according to Huang Shu's order. Even King Zhu Changzi of Lu jumped around in his palace and scolded Huang Shu. In the end, he had no choice but to free up a garden to house some people.
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Seeing that there was no movement in the city, the bandits outside the city naturally stopped talking nonsense and began to attack Wei Huifu City.
Three days later, the bandits who attacked the city left corpses all over the place and retreated to the distant camp.
The defenders on the top of the city completely lost their cheers when they repelled the bandits at the beginning. They all had heavy expressions on their faces as they collected the bodies of their companions and treated their injured companions.
Huang Shu basically didn't sleep a wink in the past three days.
He really had no choice. Wei Hui did not have a general as capable as Chen Yongfu, so the pressure to defend the city fell entirely on him.
If not for this, the bandits would probably have attacked the city.
But even if he put in all his energy, he has now reached the end of his strength.
Around Huang Shu, Wei Hui's civil and military officials once again gathered, all of whom were complaining to him.
"Sir, the bandits show no signs of retreating. Wei Hui may not be able to survive!"
"Yes, sir, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties and there are not many troops left!"
"Look for yourselves, sir. Do you still have morale now? Otherwise, just send the people of Kaifeng out of the city. We have tried our best, and the emperor can give us an explanation!"
"Yes, yes, sir, we tried our best!"
"..."
This time, Huang Shu did not scold them again, but turned his head and looked around, looking at the defenders on the top of the city, and then at the bandits outside the city, and sighed helplessly in his heart.
The bandits failed to capture Wei Hui for two days. Instead of withdrawing their troops, they increased their numbers. Now there are about 40,000 bandits outside the city.
Judging from this posture, it seems that Wei Hui will not retreat until Wei Hui is defeated.
It seems that they are bound to win against the old and weak in Kaifeng City.
This can also explain that the bandits are helpless against Kaifeng, so they want the old and weak of Kaifeng City to threaten the defenders of Kaifeng City.
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from outside the city.
Hearing the sound, he turned around and saw a group of thieves galloping toward the city. It immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the city.
When the celebrity thief came closer to the city, he shouted loudly: "People on the city, listen up, our military advisor has said that as long as you release the people from Kaifeng Prefecture, we will not fight you."
"If you still want to protect those outsiders, we will definitely defeat Weihui City!"
"Think about it for yourselves, is it your wife and children who are more important, or those immigrants from Kaifeng? Do you really have to give up your wealth and life for these immigrants from Kaifeng?"
"..."
On the top of the city, I heard the bandit outside the city shouting with the accent of Wei Hui Mansion. For a moment, no one spoke, let alone spoke back.
After the thief finished shouting, he turned his horse and went back. When he arrived at the leader of the thief, he reported to one person: "Come back to the military advisor, I have shouted it again according to your instructions!"
This military advisor was Song Xiance. After hearing this, he smiled and said to the generals around him: "I think the morale on the city is not high. What I said today will definitely shake their military morale again."
Speaking of this, he said to one of them: "You lead the team away quietly at night, and then come over with a big fanfare at dawn tomorrow to make the defenders on the city think that we are coming for reinforcements again. That will be the final pressure."
The straw that breaks them!”
When Yuan Zongdi heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Okay, everything will be done as the military advisor said!"
In fact, Li Zicheng's side allocated a total of 30,000 elite old thieves to this side, and no more.
First, there were so many people that it was inconvenient to cross the river; second, Li Zicheng's focus was still in Kaifeng, and it was impossible to send more troops elsewhere.
Song Xiance had already used false troops once before, and now he obviously wanted to use them again to scare Wei Hui's defenders.
"With the resourcefulness of a military strategist, I think you, Wei Hui, must be scared!" Gao Yigong heard this and immediately laughed and said.
As long as he takes down the old and weak in Kaifeng and conquers Kaifeng with this, he will be the first to succeed.
This time, Li Zicheng hoped to capture Kaifeng City, so he sent all his capable men, and the leader was his number one general Liu Zongmin.
At this time, Liu Zongmin was heard saying with excitement: "Let me tell you, this Wei Hui is obviously much weaker than Kaifeng. The general might as well come and attack Wei Hui. After all, there is a vassal king here!"
After hearing this, Song Xiance shook his head and said: "Kaifeng is the most important to us. After the Central Plains is stabilized, we can attack Wei Hui again."
At this time, Li Zicheng had begun to get rid of the previous roaming warfare method and began to pay attention to establishing his own territory, and the Central Plains was his base.
The slogan of equalizing farmland and freeing grain has also been shouted.
For these, these generals still don't know the meaning, but as Li Zicheng's military advisor, they know it very well.
Their lord is no longer satisfied with living, but has begun to plot the world!
Just like that, the bandits began to prepare for a new round of siege.
Early the next morning, Yuan Zongdi came with great fanfare, led his troops, and appeared in the sight of Wei Hui's defenders.
This time, Wei Hui was really frightened.
Civil servants, military generals, local tyrants, country squires, and envoys from the feudal prince's palace all came to Huang Shu's side and started talking in all directions.
This time, many of them no longer spoke in a low voice, but were "filled with righteous indignation", as if Huang Shu was their enemy.
"Master Huang, have you seen that the bandits have increased their troops again! They are bound to win over the people of Kaifeng!"
"Sir Huang, do you really want to drag all the people of Wei Hui to death with you?"
"The lives of the people in Kaifeng are their lives, but the lives of our people in Weihui are not our lives?"
"Master Huang, don't want to cause public anger!"
"..."
Facing the aggressive "request", Huang Shu sighed in his heart.
At this time, he knew very well that in the face of the pressure from the bandits outside the city, he had to agree whether he agreed or not.
With this in mind, Huang Shu looked at the movement of the bandits outside the city cheering for the arrival of reinforcements, then turned back and said to these civil servants and generals of Wei Hui: "Stop talking about it, I have my own way to make Liu
The thieves retreat!"
After saying that, he left the arrow tower and headed down the city.
Seeing his movements, these civil and military officials of Wei Hui were a little curious, so they followed him one after another, wanting to see what plan he had for retreating.
When he saw Huang Shu, he went to the square in front of the Yamen in the city, where the people of Kaifeng were settled.
Of course, it is just a square and cannot accommodate 100,000 people. On both sides of the larger streets, Kaifeng people are also camping. In addition, there are also a small number of people at the feudal prince's palace.
As Huang Shu passed by, he saw that everyone on Wei Hui's side was cursing at the people of Kaifeng. Even when they saw him coming, they obviously didn't give him face to express their respect for the people of Kaifeng.
of anger.
The people in Kaifeng were basically old and weak. Perhaps they knew that they were in the wrong, but they did not dare to talk back when Wei Hui was scolding him.
Living in today's world, it doesn't matter if you are scolded a few times. If you can survive until the thieves retreat, and can return to Kaifeng to reunite with your family, that is your greatest hope. As for the rest, you can tolerate it.
When Huang Shu came to the square in front of the Yamen, the Kaifeng people here saw him coming, and they all shouted "Master Huang" with expectation.
They hoped that Mr. Huang, who was taking them north to cross the Yellow River, would help them.
However, Huang Shu looked at them, looking at the expectant eyes, and he said to them: "You must all know that the bandits outside the city are here for you. The reason why they did this is
It must be because we cannot defeat Kaifeng, and we want to arrest you to threaten the Kaifeng defenders. Tell me, can you let such a thing happen?"
Upon hearing this, the people in Kaifeng became excited and expressed that they definitely did not want this to happen.
When those Wei Hui officials who followed Huang Shu heard this, they all frowned. They thought that Huang Shu was ignoring their requests and was still protecting these old and weak people in Kaifeng.
This means that I am afraid that I will break my face!
Anyway, privately, King Lu also said that as long as Wei Hui was not lost, he could come forward to explain to the emperor in some cases. For example, Huang Shu died for his country.
While they were thinking about it, they heard Huang Shu say something that made them stunned!