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Wen Shi and others have been guarding the Drum Tower for more than three days, precisely because she paid attention that night.

Therefore, as soon as the mutiny occurred in Yuzhou City, manpower was organized to resist, and Jinyiwei was successfully dispatched to allow Yanzhou to prepare early.

Yuzhou is the state of Zhili, where the three divisions were established. The division of the political envoy, the division of the procurator, and the commander of the capital are all located here.

Chief Minister Yao Yuanwang is a close confidant of the emperor. After hearing that he came to Yuzhou, he has been working in the Chief Secretary. Because of the investigation of cases, he also cooperates with the procuratorate a lot.

Only Xun Jian, the commander of the capital, had only a few contacts with him as a mediator for the gentry.

Xun Jian's background is clean, and he was born in Linxia Academy. He came to power slowly after the Jiangnan officials were purged a few years ago, so there is no doubt about it.

However, after Wen Shi came to Yuzhou, he discovered that he had many connections with Baiyun Villa in private.

I don't know whether to say luck or misfortune, but the premonition of bad knowledge came true before dawn.

Commander Xun Jian of the capital opened the city gate that night, led troops into Yuzhou, and pointed directly at Cheng Xuan's political envoy and procuratorial envoy.

The Chief Secretary and the Procuratorate are in charge of administration and justice, and the combat power of the yamen servants and arresters cannot be compared with the army under the commander of the capital.

What's more, in such a defenseless situation, hand-to-hand combat can only be defeated like a mountain.

The only good thing is that due to Wen Shi's cautiousness, Jin Yiwei detected the situation earlier and reported it to Wen Shi in time.

Before Xun Jian led his troops to the two divisions, the only troops of the two divisions were successfully merged under the leadership of the chief envoy and the inspector, and were transferred to the drum tower under Wen Shi's suggestion.

In Yuzhou City, only the Drum Tower is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they have firearms in their hands, so they may be able to suppress and hold on for a while.

Wen Shi, Huo Wutong and others are of extraordinary skill, if they take advantage of the rainy night, they may not be able to take advantage of the chaos to escape.

However, most of the officials and their families of the two divisions are old, weak, women and children. If they and Jin Yiwei can escape, where can these people go?

So Wen Shi only sent a few Jin Yiwei to report to Yanzhou, but he stayed behind and faced the enemy with Yao Yuanwang and others.

Xun Jian was not a brave and foolish person. The firepower of Jian Wenzhi and others was so strong that they couldn't capture it in a short time, so they immediately changed their strategy. The rebels not only quickly took control of Yuzhou, but also quickly "attacked" the three states in the south of the Yangtze River. They just besieged and did not attack, trying to consume them to death in the Drum Tower.

It has to be said that Xun Jian's strategy was very effective, but after only three days, Wen Shi and the others were already in trouble.

More than 200 people hurriedly moved to the Drum Tower. Although they brought some dry food as much as possible, the food was still extremely scarce.

Thanks to the heavy rain for several days in a row, Wenzhi asked people to collect as much rainwater as possible to ensure the source of drinking water.

Xun Jian sent people to harass and attack day and night. Hundreds of archers and more than a dozen crossbow carts were waiting in formation.

Wen Shi has no doubt that if the sky is fine, the opponent will definitely use the method of fire attack.

"Master Wen, you should eat something."

Huo Wutong handed the steamed bun to Wen Shi, but Wen Shi just shook his head.

"Food is given priority to the elderly, the weak, women and children. I have internal strength, so I can bear it for a few days without any problem."

"Even if you save money, we only have less than two days left of food. And although we have done emergency treatment, there is no way to clear the excrement. If it takes longer, I am afraid it will cause cholera."

Huo Zisu stood on the top of the wall and looked into the distance, angrily said, "If you want me to say, don't sit here and wait for death, let's rush out and fight a bloody path!"

More than [-] people moved to the Drum Tower overnight, but they had the foresight to order people to bring all the food they could bring, so that they could last for a few days.

Huo Wutong is really convinced of Wenzhi now.

"Senior sister, stop messing around, and hear everything from adults."

Huo Zisu was a little annoyed when she was stopped by her junior sister - she was so tender and affectionate to her a few nights ago, so it was all a lie!

"How can I mess around? If this continues, the old people and children in the building will not be able to hold on.

At worst, I'll take the lead. Could it be that our martial arts can't cure these soldiers who only know how to fight? "

"Miss Zisu, don't be impatient..." Wen Shi frowned and looked at the soldiers waiting in formation around him, and sighed, "The scariest thing about the army is never a single soldier, but the team effect under the increase of the array of tactics.

One of them is no match for you and me, and if ten of them are out of order, it may not be a problem for us.But if they make a formation, five men can cause us problems. "

"The imperial court has been guarding against martial arts for a long time, do you think there will be no special means in the army to deal with martial arts people?

They line up troops, if a few people can't cooperate, then there are a few more people, if ten people can't work, then 20 people, there is always a way to restrain you.

In addition to Jin Yiwei, you and I are the only two who have some kung fu, and there are no more than 80 to [-] people. How can we compete with these hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have received formal training?

We have firearms in our hands, and they also have arrows in their hands. We can't take advantage of this rain. "

"What's more, there are ordinary civil servants and officials' family members. Even if they fight a bloody way, can they escape? Don't forget that there are thousands of rebels outside this city."

Wen Shi's analysis was methodical, Huo Zisu was speechless to refute, and asked after holding back for a long time: "Then what do you think we should do?"

"Wait……"

"Wait?"

Huo Zisu almost laughed angrily. After talking for a long time, isn't he still sitting still?

Wen Shi smiled slightly, took out a kit from his bosom, and said to Huo Zisu: "When I came to Jiangnan, Si Ming once made a fortune teller for me, saying that my trip is prosperous in the northwest. As long as I can seize the opportunity, It will surely turn bad luck into good luck.”

"Northwest? But we are in Jiangnan now, this is still southeast!"

"Then wait for a gust of northwest wind."

"It's almost freezing to death, and the northwest wind?"

In addition to food and water problems, the declining temperature also caused them a lot of trouble.

Huo Zisu blew a cold wind on the Drum Tower all day, even with internal strength protection, he was so cold that he almost shivered.

"Senior sister, why don't you go in and rest first." Huo Wutong hugged Huo Zisu's shoulders to shield her from the cold wind, "It will be dark in another hour, I'll ask someone to make some ginger tea for you."

Huo Zisu calmed down a little due to the concern of his junior sister: "What about you?"

"I'll stay here overnight with my lord."

Huo Zisu frowned: "Then I'm here too, the night is more dangerous, the three of us have the best martial arts here, and we should be on guard at night."

Huo Wutong stared at her face for a while, and then showed a meaningful smile: "Senior Sister is willing, that's naturally good, but if you get cold because of this, Junior Sister will feel uneasy, so let Junior Sister warm up for Senior Sister Body."

She increased the strength of her arm, and Huo Zisu realized that she had been hugging her all the time, and immediately blushed.

"I, I'm not that cold..."

He complained but didn't struggle away.

Wen Shi shook his head with a smile, feeling a little more relaxed, but at this moment, there were voices calling for surrender from under the Drum Tower.

This is not the first time someone has persuaded them to surrender. Representatives elected by the local gentry and Xun Jian have all come to call for it in person, but today this person has a different identity.

The opposite person claimed to be Yao Yan, and asked to have a conversation with Yao Yuanwang, Master Yao.

"It's really General Yao?"

Wen Shi was also surprised when he heard this name at first. The deeds of this northwest general who won by surprise, defeated many with less, and expelled the barbarians are known to everyone in Dayan. She had heard of it too.

"Wutong, hurry up and call Master Yao."

Wen Shi and others were trapped for several days, unaware that the rebels had already named Yao Yan.

He even labeled the court as persecuting Zhongliang in an attempt to justify the rebellion.

But his sense of hearing is so keen, as soon as he heard Yao Yan's name, he knew that something was wrong, so he might not have responded properly, so he hurriedly asked Nan Yao Yuanwang, an old acquaintance, to deal with it.

Chief Minister Yao was soon invited by Huo Wutong to the top of the Drum Tower wall, but for some reason he brought a ten-year-old boy with him.

Wen Shi had never seen this boy before, and it was only when everyone moved to the Drum Tower three days ago that they discovered that Master Yao's family had an extra relative.

She didn't think much about it at the time, but now she noticed the weirdness in it.

"Master Yao, who is this?"

The boy followed Yao Yuanwang with a timid expression. Yao Yuanwang touched his shoulder soothingly and said in a low voice, "He is Yao Yan's second son."

Wen Shi opened his eyes slightly, and stared at the boy for a while, but didn't ask further questions, just nodded to Yao Yuanwang: "The other side wants to talk to you, I will stand by, please don't worry."

Yao Yuanwang sighed softly, took the boy to the top of the wall, and said to the bottom, "Brother Yuanzheng, are you all right?"

Yao Yan was born in a reckless family, originally he only had a name but no characters, and Yuanzheng was a character gifted to him by Yao Yuanwang.The two became confidantes, and only Yao Yuanwang could call him by that name.

Yao Yan was wearing armor, with a solemn expression, cupped his hands to Yao Yuanwang and said, "Brother Yuanwang, at this moment you and I are in a situation, I should ask you if you are safe."

The boy in front of Yao Yuanwang seemed very excited when he saw Yao Yan, but Yao Yuanwang covered his lips when he was about to speak.

"I am blessed by heaven and loved by the common people. I look up to the sky and I am not ashamed of others. I can't be better."

Yao Yan didn't seem to see the boy in front of him, he laughed and said: "It's a good one who looks up to the sky and bows down to others. Brother Yuan Wang's integrity is comparable to Wen Yue, and his name will last forever."

Wen Yunsun was captured and would rather die than surrender, and Yue Pengju was wronged, and it became clear that even though his name went down in history, neither of them ended well.

Yao Yuanwang also laughed loudly: "I have no strong enemy outside of Dayan, and there is a Ming Lord, so even if I want to be Wen Yue, I'm afraid I will have no chance.

You wait for Xiao Xiao to be proud for a while, after today the elite soldiers and good generals of the imperial court will conquer the south of the Yangtze River and wipe you all out. At that time, the old man will come to ask you that you are safe and well! "

Master Yao is a literati, but he said these words with arrogance, which immediately attracted the applause of Jin Yiwei upstairs, and Wen Shi couldn't help but praise him.

On the opposite side, Yao Yan seemed out of breath after being insulted, and said loudly: "Since you don't know how to flatter, don't blame me for being merciful."