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Seeing how the people described it like this, Ru Hai sighed in his heart, but he couldn't help it, so he could only shout loudly: "My lords, since we are ministers and return to the local parents and officials, we must do our best when we encounter problems, and I will serve the Holy One. Next, I will appease the people, how can I behave like a child!" After saying this, he first asked if he could send the matter to Jinling immediately, and he heard that he had already dispatched it, and then ordered the housekeeper to bring tea, and then ordered He waved away all the servants and stood alone outside the door. Fang himself sat upright at the head and looked at all the officials.

Seeing Ru Hai's speech and behavior, the officials gradually calmed down, but their expressions were uncommonly strange and a little flustered. Only one military officer in the Yangzhou garrison called Duan Mingcheng had a normal expression from beginning to end. There was a bit of anxiety in that calmness, but it wasn't panic and fear, but a little eager to try.

Looking at this scene, Ru Hai thought about it for a while, because he thought to himself: I am not a local official, even though I have a high position and no leader among the dragons, I should not be too involved. Moreover, this period of Ming Cheng has always been quite famous, and he was also a generation who made contributions in the Northwest, not that kind of incapable of supporting things.In this way, it is better to let this section of Mingcheng take the lead, do the food and grass by himself, and secretly suppress the panic in the city. If you want to do such a helpless move, after the imperial censor knows about it, you can't say much.

With this kind of thinking in mind, Ru Hai took a steady attitude again, and calmed down everyone gradually, and then said with Duan Mingcheng and another thousand households: "This class of people Turning into a riot is originally a matter of the military family, and it belongs to you, so I don't know what you two are thinking about?"

That An Tanyuan is hereditary, although his ancestors are skilled in horse bow and horse, and fought hard to create a family fortune in the blood and fire, he also knows a little about bow and horse, and has a little bit of military strategy, but he has always been mediocre, but relying on his ancestors It's just face.He is usually honored and honored, so he is inevitably lacking in courage. At this time, his face is already pale. Hearing Ru Hai's words, he only thinks that he also has the intention of evading, and An Tanyuan doesn't care about others. It was a bit sharp, but the breath seemed a little weak: "The mob has tens of thousands of people, I have no more than a thousand soldiers under my command, and even the garrison has only five or six thousand people. The enemy is strong and we are weak, so what can we do! " Having said that, his lips turned slightly blue, and he spit out the last sentence, his complexion turned a little gray: "It's just waiting for help!"

Jinling is not far from Yangzhou, it is the most important prefecture, and there are many soldiers and horses, they only need to defend the city for more than ten days to get reinforcements, although such a tenacious defense is difficult, it is easier than going to war, and there is nothing wrong with it .

Hearing these words, Ru Hai was not surprised, but seeing An Tanyuan's expression, he shook his head inwardly, as if his will was taken away by others, he might not even be able to point out the defense of the city.As a result, he never looked at An Tanyuan any more, and only turned his head to look at Duan Mingcheng: "Duan Shoubei also thinks the same way?"

"My lord!" Duan Mingcheng got up in a hurry when he heard the words, stood there with a resolute expression, and his voice was as loud as a sword striking each other. There are many powerful people, but one is that the rumors say it is only tens of thousands, who knows how many there are; two, they were originally ordinary people, and they were hungry and cold, and they are by no means brave. Such a mob, what fear? Although there are enemies If there are few words to say, you might as well take advantage of the chaos to attack and kill."

Hearing what he said, Ruhai actually had the intention to pull out his army to kill the enemy, but he had no intention of defending the city, so he couldn't help feeling a little bit in his heart.Although this Mingcheng's words are quite reasonable, but looking at the officials in the house are so flustered, if it really does what he said, I'm afraid that the city will turn upside down immediately.What's more, it is very unwise to ruin the boat like this. He thought about it again and then said: "The theory of the enemy and ourselves is just like what Mr. Duan said, and it is absolutely impossible to attack. You must know that the people in the city are terrified, and there are tens of thousands of mobs. At this time It is absolutely impossible to do the same thing. However, it is not a good strategy to besiege the city and let the people outside the city let it be overwhelmed."

"What do you mean, my lord?" Hearing Ruhai's words, all the others breathed a sigh of relief, but Duan Mingcheng heard some other meanings, he was stunned at first, then happy again, unavoidably Some leaned out, their eyes only staring at Ruhai, their eyes were piercing.

Seeing his urgency, Ru Hai was a little surprised. After thinking about it for a while, he finally said: "The urgent report will arrive in only a day or two, but the mob must not be like this. I was thinking about it, and one of the people outside the city was sent According to the distance, return to the city earlier, and you can also fortify the wall and clear the country; secondly, Lord Duan might as well lead a group of troops to set up an ambush and attack on the way. .If you can't return immediately, I can't open the city gate again. Do you dare to issue a military order?"

When Duan Mingcheng heard this, he thought about it for a while, then raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Why don't you dare! The next official must do his best to repay the grace of God!"

Seeing the two of them talking to each other, the officials on the side saw that they wanted to settle the matter, and they couldn't help feeling flustered, so they said one after another: "My lords, there are only a few thousand people in Yangzhou City, and the guards are here. If it is not possible, how can we still kill the enemy? If it is not successful for a while, and even breaks the city, wouldn’t it be a failure to live up to the grace of the saints, and then bring disaster to the people?”

Ruhai understands the importance of it, and it is better to be still than to move. No matter what, defending the city will not make mistakes. If you go out of the city to attack, it will be successful. Now that you are easily blamed, there may not be any good results.If his daughter Daiyu is depended on for the rest of his life, he would just steal his life for a while, just to get some time to get along with her, that's all.But he is now a rotten wood, Shen Ke, and his current plan will definitely damage his lifespan. The dying person has no heirs, and the censor in Beijing will slander him. Gong Gong left a little favor with his daughter Daiyu.

With these thoughts, Ru Hai became more determined, and said slowly: "Don't you know that if you stick hard, you will be able to defend the city?"

"In conclusion, in conclusion..."

Seeing them, Ruhai said again, "Let them invade the surrounding area? If the Holy One asks, what should we do? We have a strong city wall, and we will select brave men from the countryside to defend our home and country. How can we not?"

After hearing these words, all the officials felt that Hai'an was as normal as before, and their hearts gradually became more stable. They couldn't help but think about it in their hearts, and then they felt that it might not be impossible to do things like this.Even An Tanyuan said a word at the end: "Your Excellency's words are true, we will definitely serve."

For example, Haifang and Duan Mingcheng said: "For the defense, go and get some troops, take two or three thousand, and leave adjutants to wait for the city to guard. Once the food and grass are needed, it will only take two or three days, and I can arrange them immediately. It is appropriate, and leave the number of items and so on, let me take a closer look." Duan Mingcheng saw that he was so vigorous and resolute, his heart became more and more impressed, he hurriedly took the pen and ink, wrote more than ten items and the number, and sent them to Ruhai before.

If you look at it carefully, it's nothing more than useful items, but there are one or two things that are not commonly used, such as horses, bows and arrows, and kerosene. If you look at the number again, it is also compared with the two thousand five or six horses. Forget it, he just nodded and said: "As soon as I need it, I will search for it and send it to the barracks."

Seeing him like this, Duan Mingcheng's remaining scornful feelings disappeared, instead he looked at Ru Hai's thin, pale complexion, which seemed to be sickly, and said: "Your Excellency, take care of yourself." After finishing speaking, Say goodbye again, then stand up and leave.

Ruhai looked at the people in the house, and according to what he knew in the past, he explained in detail how to appease the people, collect luggage, recruit village braves, etc., and then distribute them. Do it one by one.On the other hand, he changed his clothes and went up to the city wall. After surveying, he found that the city wall was acceptable, and he saw that there were only two or three faint stars in the dark sky. Although there were torches around, the fire was extremely bright He could not help but sigh in his heart, and thought to himself: In this situation, there are dark clouds overwhelming the city, but the light of the sky is close at hand, as long as the preparations are made, there is no need to be afraid !

Thinking in her heart, Ruhai ordered her to return home, but Daiyu didn't sleep peacefully all night, she just sat alone in front of the lamp and waited.Hearing his return, she hurriedly put on the cloak outside and rushed over, her heart was anxious and worried, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only call out with tears: "Father!"

"Yu'er hasn't slept peacefully yet?" Seeing her coming, Ruhai cheered up his tired spirit, and saw that her eye circles were red and she was crying, but she didn't dare to cry. Hugging her in his arms, he patted her on the back like when he was a child, and said: "But Xiao Xiao, you have your own opinions as a father, but you don't have to worry about it."

Daiyu heard Ruhai's words, although she was convinced, after all, she was well aware of the nature of father and daughter, and Ruhai's current situation, so how could she not be worried?It's just that looking at Ru Hai is exhausted now, she doesn't want and dare not let her father worry about her anymore, and the more she worries about herself, she can't help but cry, and said in a low voice: "Father, even though you are so It's a big deal, take care of your health, otherwise, daughter..." At this point, she couldn't help herself, and she shed two tears, but she tried to hold it back.

Under the shadow of the lamp, her complexion was slightly pale, her eyes were flushed, and she had a peerless appearance. She was sincere, pitiful and lovely, and really loved her.

Seeing Daiyu like this, Ruhai felt a little sore in his heart, after thinking for a while, Fang said: "Father has his own plans, don't worry about it. It's just that you have to take care of him for a while in the house, and you have to take care of your body. Don't worry too much about it."

After talking like this, and worried about each other's health, the father and daughter went back to rest, and waited for the next day to start, and they were in a hurry for several days.

Daiyu sees that her father is too busy to speak every day, and is often on the go, his complexion is getting worse, he is often worried and weeps, and he arranges some food and other things for recuperation, but it is nothing more than nothing.And five days later, Duan Mingcheng returned, saying that she had returned with a great victory. Although she was in her boudoir, she sent someone to reply every day early. After learning about it, she was relieved and was about to rush to meet her father again Let me talk about it in detail, but I heard the housekeeper report that Ru Hai has fallen ill and has a high fever.