Governor please stay

Liu Yishou is obviously the latter.

This man, if he is your enemy, then this enemy will be very difficult to deal with.It's not that the kind of rough people with big arms and round waists are powerful people.

Liu Yishou didn't know the specific situation in Lingnan, but Mrs. Xian understood what it means to be a king when she saw Liu Yishou's handling of people tonight.

"When I came here today, I will hand over my Tiger Talisman to the King of Wu. If there is any dispatch in the future, please send someone to Gaoliang County with the Tiger Talisman and a letter from the King of Wu. I will definitely do what I can."

Madam Xian took out half a tiger charm made of rhino horn from her cuff, presented it with both hands, and handed it to Liu Yishou.

This is an expression of loyalty to the Jiankang court, even if the move has only some symbolic meaning.

Let me ask you, the limbs are all grown on the human body, if the human is not willing to move, what use is the tiger talisman?But it is said that it is naturally better than empty teeth. The most basic and difficult relationship between people is trust, isn't it?

Madam Xian is very sincere when she comes to Jiankang this time.

"This thing, I hope I will never use it. But I still thank Mrs. Xian for everything she has done for the people of the two races.

It's getting late now, Mrs. Xian please stay at the palace for one night first, the king will arrange to buy what Mrs. Xian needs in the next few days, and ship it to leave Jiankang, please don't dislike her. "

"In this way, there will be King Wu."

Madam Xian was not polite, she had already achieved her goal in this trip, and after returning to Gaoliang County, she also knew how to deal with the increasingly tense situation there.

After arranging Mrs. Xian to stay, Liu Yishou went back to the study, picked up the half piece of rhinoceros and tiger talisman, and played with it carefully in his hand.

"You guys are really restless!"

Liu Yishou put the tiger amulet on the table and sighed faintly.

Many things, if you have a hunch that something will go wrong, then the final outcome must be a big problem, because people will always think things in a more favorable way.

When Xiao Ying, Chen Baxian and others were brought to the south in the first place, it was hoped that they would fight internally with the local powerful chieftains.Now it seems that this idea has indeed been realized, but it also completely merged some of the clan forces of the Xiao Clan.

It is naturally a good thing for the Jiankang court, because in this way, those unstable factors can be wiped out.

But for the local people, this may not be the case.The life and death of these ordinary people is not worth mentioning to the superiors.

Liu Yishou could only be silent about this, unable to defend himself.To some extent, he is not a good person.

A few days later, Jia Sixie received Liu Yishou's order, came to Jiankang, and had a detailed talk with Madam Xian for a day.After implementing the other party's ideas, a list of purchases was made.

Liu Yishou asked Chen Yuankang to buy through the decree of the Minister's Mansion, and arranged for the large ships of the navy to transport them to Lingnan.

Seeing that Liu Yishou fulfilled every promise, Mrs. Xian was greatly moved and admired from the bottom of her heart.Before returning to Lingnan, Mrs. Xian proposed to marry Liu Yishouyi to Jinlan, and they were called sisters and brothers.

She also promised to persuade her husband Feng Bao and the Feng family who had settled in Lingnan for three generations to support the decrees of the Jiankang court and resist the agitation of the vassal kings after returning to Lingnan.

If the imperial court wanted to send troops to quell the rebellion, they would secretly cooperate in the name of Austrian aid.

In order to reciprocate, Liu Yishou also proposed to open up the sea route from Jiankang to Lingnan, so that the two sides can communicate with each other.The special products from Gaoliang County and Yazhou, such as coconuts and pickled seafood, were transported to Jiankang for sale, and then Jiankang's agricultural tools, porcelain, silk, etc. were transported to Gaoliang County.

The Jiankang imperial court set up the receiving place, and used the "official protection price" slightly higher than the market price to be responsible for the unified purchase, so as to prevent the slang merchants from being deceived by illegal traders and suffering losses.

After Jiankang's goods were delivered to Lingnan, Mrs. Xian also directly took over the goods and then distributed them by herself.

After the two sides are closely connected, the hostility and estrangement between the Han people and the slang people will definitely fade over time, and eventually they will not be separated from each other.

Liu Yishou's thoughts coincided with Madam Xian's, and he handled things fairly, but Madam Xian didn't think so deeply.

Under the strong operation of Liu Yishou, the Jiankang court decreed: Because of Feng Bao's meritorious service in educating Lingnan, he was named "Marquis of Protection", and the post of Gaoliang prefect remained unchanged; his wife, Mrs. Xian, was named "Mrs. , the governor of Gao and Ya two states of the military.

This appointment was rather strange, but it hit the weaknesses of those Xiao clans in Guangzhou and Gaozhou who were preparing to rebel.Let Madam Xian hold the festival, in fact, it means to let everyone know that Madam Xian was sent to Lingnan by the imperial court, but in terms of public power, she overwhelms the local Xiao clan.

Although Mrs. Xian knew that Liu Yishou's appointments had selfish motives, she had no choice but to accept them.

Because she didn't accept it, the Feng family in Lingnan would do everything possible to ask her to accept it.Could it be that Mrs. Xian is deliberately avoiding suspicion, Xiao Ying, Chen Baxian and others will let the hundreds of thousands of people drift away from their control?

The answer is obvious.

It is one thing not to have power, but quite another to have power without having it.Mrs. Xian could not abuse her power, but she had to consider the issue of self-protection for her and the Lingnan Feng family.

Liu Yishou has already dug a pit of suitable size for her, and she has to jump if she doesn't jump.Although His Royal Highness King Wu is young, he can play Yangmou very well.Mrs. Xian admired it from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't express any disgust.

……

In the big camp outside Yubi City, Gao Huan drank a few more glasses because of the "celebration banquet", and lay on the camp bed in the commander's tent, dazed but unable to sleep.To be honest, excitement is a little bit exciting after all. Who would have thought that the deputy city at the gap in the south would be captured within three days of starting the siege?

The capture of the other two vice cities is only a matter of time, right?

At this moment, Duan Shao ran into the commander's tent impatiently regardless of the obstruction of his own soldiers, and shouted at Gao Huan: "There is something wrong with King Gao! The defenders of Yubi City began to fight back to seize the city, and General Zhang Baoluo has already fallen into the city." Fight to the death, lost contact with us!"

Duan Shao was sweating profusely, now there are many officers and soldiers in the camp who are full of food and drink, it is not easy for them to support Zhang Baoluo!

"Huh? Is there such a thing?"

Gao Huan sat up from the bed suddenly, most of the wine was sober.

Chapter 482

Numerous bloody and painful lessons in history tell us that it is an extremely dangerous thing to open champagne at halftime, or cheer for victory in the middle of a chess game.

I don't know how many heroes have overturned in this gutter.

While Gao Huan was "boosting morale" in the big camp, Wei Xiaokuan, who was located in the vice city in the east of Yubi City, was preparing to make a final desperate fight, and deep down in his heart he also had the awareness that if he fails, he will be benevolent.

The water well was opened up at a critical moment, which undoubtedly injected infinite courage into the defenders of Yubi City.

After all, this is the most direct proof that I am immortal.

Wei Xiaokuan organized the remaining soldiers into two teams.As the main team, they put down the rope ladder, and when there were not many enemy troops in the gap in the south of Yubi City, they quietly assembled and ambush, listening to orders to make a surprise attack.

And another small group of death squads composed of the most elite backbones went to the blocked suspension bridge above the vice city. There was a mechanism there, as long as the suspension bridge was destroyed, the boulder above could be lowered.

These big stones will completely block the south gate of Yubi City!

The retreat to the east vice city was too hasty. The defenders had no time to destroy the suspension bridge connecting the east and west vice cities, but blocked the upward passage to prevent the enemy troops below from breaking into the interior of the vice city above.

At the beginning of the design, this rock-falling mechanism was intended to be used in extreme situations to completely block the south gate of Yubi City.Wei Xiaokuan also did not expect that the so-called extreme situation would come so soon.

When the second team burned down the wooden suspension bridge structure, it would definitely attract the attention of Gao Huan's army who broke into the city.As soon as Gao Huan's men were attracted, the first team immediately began to regain lost ground!

At the same time, Wei Xiaokuan personally commanded at the top of the city, lighting the beacon fire at the top of the city at a critical moment!Cai You, who was trapped in the west city, should not be indifferent when he saw the beacon fire warning and noticed the scuffle below the vice city.

Now Wei Xiaokuan can only hope that Cai You will not lose the chain at a critical moment.Sending troops to the east and west side cities at the same time can basically drive or kill 100% of the enemy troops in the lower south.

If only the deputy city in the east sent troops, the outcome would be unpredictable, and the outcome is still a matter of fifty or five!

The arrow was on the string and had to be fired, although I couldn't figure out why Gao Huan didn't take advantage of the night to pursue the victory and attack the city regardless of casualties.But Wei Xiaokuan knew that tonight might be his last chance.

At dawn tomorrow, Gao Huan's army will divide his troops, besiege the east and west vice cities, and defeat them one by one!At that time, even Han Xin came to the scene in vain and was powerless.

The moon does not come out tonight, and I can hardly see my fingers.Wei Xiaokuan stood at the top of the city and watched anxiously, waiting anxiously for the second team to ignite the suspension bridge connecting the two cities.

This task seems simple, but in fact it tests not only the tactical actions tonight, but also whether the plan for designing the city is complete.It would be bad if the drawbridge burned and the boulders didn't fall, or didn't fall on the city gates.

"General Wei, the middle section of the suspension bridge is on fire, and Gao Huan's soldiers and horses have not responded!"

The soldiers beside him pointed to the small flames that had just risen in the distance and said.

Wei Xiaokuan looked in the direction, and sure enough, the wooden fence where the fallen rocks were placed had already started to burn.

"Send the order down, go down to the city now, and break into the gap."

Wei Xiaokuan calmly ordered.

Gao Huan's army staying over there will surely be shocked and be in considerable chaos when they see the wooden suspension bridge above their heads on fire.At this time, it was a great opportunity for Wei Xiaokuan and the others to counterattack!

If they waited for the falling rocks to block the city gate before making a move, the soldiers trapped in the city would fight desperately.

Going too far is not enough, encircling three and missing one is the way of war.

Wei Xiaokuan made a decisive decision and ordered the first team of soldiers to go down to the city immediately, gather troops in the dark place under the ledge, and after lighting the beacon fire at the top of the city, they immediately mopped up the soldiers and horses of Gao Huan's army in the city.

The small city at the gap was already very small, Gao Huan only left [-] soldiers and horses behind, and the remaining defenders in Yubi City were at least several times the number of the opponent!

This may also be one of the sources of Gao Huan's self-confidence, because the occupied city is too small to use with soldiers and horses, so why do so many people stay in the village?It's just one night, and it's impossible for the defenders to come back.

"Look! It's burning!"

"Go and report to General Zhang!"

"Don't panic, the Yubi defenders didn't fight back!"

Gao Huan's soldiers and horses below made a commotion, but they didn't arouse their vigilance.Everyone didn't understand what the defenders meant by burning the suspension bridge.

Looking down from the heights, seeing Gao Huan's soldiers holding torches gathering around, Wei Xiaokuan lit the beacon fire at the top of the city with a torch.

……

Cai You, who was trapped in the west city, actually blamed himself very much. The reason why the south city below was attacked by Gao Huan's army was because he underestimated the power of the charging car and overestimated his own defense methods.

When the city was about to be broken, Cai You quickly ordered to block the passages from the south city to the two high-level secondary cities, and hurriedly led his troops to retreat to the west city where Wei Xiaokuan was not there, and had no choice but to cut off contact with the other side.

But in fact, he has been waiting for Wei Xiaokuan's order to send people to closely observe the movement of the vice city in the east not far away.

In the middle of the night, Cai You discovered that Wei Xiaokuan sent people to burn the suspension bridge. Because he was familiar with the structure of Yubi City, Cai You had already understood Wei Xiaokuan's countermeasure, which was to burn the suspension bridge first to block the city gate to prevent Gao Huan's reinforcements from entering.

Then send troops to drive and kill the soldiers and horses of Gao Huan's army trapped in the city, and take back the southern city below.

In this way, simple means can be used to re-build the passage connecting the two auxiliary cities in the east and west, and then improve the defense of the city step by step.

In other words, success or failure only depends on tonight.

Soon after, exactly as Cai You thought, the beacon tower of the city tower in the east was lit, and the extremely dazzling fire was so eye-catching in the dark night.

Cai You, who had been preparing for a long time, ordered the rope ladder to be lowered, so that the assault team that had already been assembled would descend from the rope ladder to the south city below the high platform, and cooperate with Wei Xiaokuan's troops to capture the city.

The defenders of Yubi City on the east and west sides cooperated tacitly and launched the general attack almost at the same time.Zhang Baoluo, who was trapped in the city, felt something was wrong in an instant. While organizing manpower defense, he sent troops to the camp outside the city to ask Gao Huan for help!

However, his reaction speed was still a beat slow after all.In ancient wars, the communication command and dispatch required a considerable amount of advance.If it is deployed before the battle, the opportunity has already been lost and there is no way to recover.

When Gao Huan hurriedly led his troops to the gap in Yubi City, the battle was over.Zhang Baoluo, who was covered in blood, did not know whether he was alive or dead, and was rescued from the city by his own soldiers.

Now there are fires everywhere in the city, and the gates of the city are also blocked.The defenders of Yubi City had seized the southern city wall and waited in full force. Gao Huan's blood pressure rose and he almost passed out.

"Xiaoxian, what do you think?"

Gao Huan, who was riding on a horse, asked Duan Shaodao who was beside him. He was one of the few generals who did not drink tonight.

Although Duan Shao didn't drink, he didn't expect the defenders of Yubi City to be so courageous, and they dared to attack under the extremely unfavorable situation.

"King Gao, now that the opening to the south of Yubi City has been lost, the city gate is blocked, and the means of attacking the city are limited, so there is no way to do it. It is better to gather troops and horses for the time being, and it will not be too late to attack the city after the preparation is complete."

Duan Shao suggested in a low voice.

In fact, he felt that Gao Huan was too fragile psychologically.It is indeed a pity to win this battle and lose it again, but the proportion of soldiers and horses lost is not large.

The main force of Gao Huan's army was not damaged, and it was still quite powerful.Withdraw all the army to the camp, and re-arrange the siege after dawn. There is no need to hold on to this defeat and insist on getting back.

But he is not the chief general after all, it is good to understand many things in his heart, and he cannot say them.

"The enemy's foothold is not stable now, can't we take it back?"

Gao Huan turned his head to look at Duan Shao, and asked with a worried expression.

"King Gao, there is a celebration banquet tonight. Most of the soldiers are resting after eating and drinking enough. If they attack Yubi now, they may not be able to succeed. On the contrary, they may lose troops..."

Duan Shao was like a young daughter-in-law who just entered her mother-in-law's house, watching Gao Huan's face and talking, not daring to show any emotion.

Gao Huan looked at the gradually extinguishing fire in Yubi City, and seemed to have something to say, but remained silent all the time.

After waiting for a long time, Gao Huan sighed with emotion, but still didn't say anything.

At this moment, a soldier hurried over and said to Gao Huan: "General Zhang Baoluo woke up and said that the defenders were trapped and the beasts were still fighting. The city is not too late."

As Zhang Baoluo, who had fought fiercely with the defenders of Yubi City for several hours, he had the most say in this battle.The defenders of Yubi have been cornered, so why not fight to the death?If you don't use all your strength, the whole army will be wiped out.

On the contrary, Gao Huan's army had just attacked Yubi not long ago, and the whole army was not in a hurry.How can one win against a mortal enemy with a lazy heart?

I have to say that Zhang Baoluo's suggestion is very reasonable.In fact, Duan Shao thought so too, but it was inconvenient for him to say similar things.

People who have been injured in bloody battles will always pay more attention to their suggestions, which is also human nature.

"Pass down the order, the army will return to Gaowang City first, and you continue to guard the camp outside Yubi City. Not a single mouse can be released from the city!"

Gao Huan said to Duan Shao with a cold face.

"Order!"

Duan Shao bowed his hands and bowed, and immediately went to deliver the order, regardless of Gao Huan's bad attitude.

……

Two days later, Duan Shao was called by Gao Huan to Gaowang City for a meeting, and the topic was how to conquer Yubi.Of course, Gao Huan didn't want to hear about the conventional methods. What Gao Huan wanted to know was only "unique tricks".

In the newly built residence in Gaowang City, Gao Huan sat on the main seat without a smile on his face, and the generals in the lobby looked like their dead parents, and their morale was extremely low.