Luzhou City.

The atmosphere in the city is not very good. Ever since it was captured by the rebels, the city has been filled with an atmosphere of terror.

Ordinary people hardly dared to go out. The streets were deserted, with scattered bamboo baskets and a few small items scattered everywhere. The few people who were forced to go out to buy things usually walked cautiously, sticking close to the walls. Seeing the soldiers in armor, they dared not even breathe.

Although the rebels also strictly disciplined their soldiers, many incidents of burning, killing and looting still occurred. For this, the rebel leader even killed several disobedient soldiers to serve as an example to them.

Luzhou City had become relatively stable during this period, but the atmosphere was still tense. Because it had always been a strategically important military base, the rebels naturally valued it very much. She Chongming sent a trusted confidant to garrison there: She Yin.

As the son of She Chongming, She Yin had absolute authority in Luzhou City.

Inside the original Luzhou prefectural government office.

She Yin sat in the main seat, and below him were the subordinates he brought this time, on both sides.

She Yin glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "I'm sure you all know about what happened in Zunyi City, right?"

Everyone present nodded silently.

Although She Yin was only in his twenties, no one present looked down on him. Even though She Yin was fair-skinned and not stout, no one would look down on him. This situation never changed.

Compared to his father, She Chongming, She Yin left a bad impression on everyone. He was a young, scheming man, ruthless and merciless, and no one dared to offend him. Everyone knew that if they offended She Yin, they might appear to be friendly on the surface, but they would probably die in the blink of an eye.

Perhaps it was because of this that She Chongming asked She Yin to guard Luzhou.

Everyone present knew how important Luzhou was to them. In the words of their own king, Luzhou was everyone's solution.

After taking over the whole of Sichuan, we can go through Luzhou and enter Guizhou, so we occupied Zunyi. Zunyi is a bridgehead. Once Sichuan is taken, we can enter Guizhou from Zunyi.

When that time comes, the whole of Guizhou and Sichuan will belong to the king. He can even enter Yunnan, or continue to the north, and then he will be able to conquer a vast territory.

A bearded man sitting on the right said, "Young Master, what happened in Zunyi City isn't too surprising. After all, no one has occupied Guizhou, so Zunyi is alone."

She Yin turned his head and looked over. He was familiar with the person who spoke. It was Fan Long, a trusted subordinate of his father. Sitting next to him was Fan Long's younger brother Fan Hu. Both brothers were trusted subordinates of their father and were also top-notch generals.

Only Fan Long dared to say this. If it were someone else, She Yin would definitely not have such a good attitude.

She Yin did not lose his temper, but said coldly: "The person guarding Zunyi City is Zhang Tong. Everyone should know who Zhang Tong is and what his abilities are. Even so, Zunyi City was not able to be defended."

"According to my spies, the Guizhou army is heading our way. We estimate they'll attack Luzhou next. So everyone, go back and prepare. Implement a curfew and tell the people in the city to stay out of the streets unless necessary. Also, prepare food supplies, as this battle might last a long time."

Everyone looked at She Yin, no one dared to refute, and quickly said respectfully: "Yes, Young Master."

After seeing everyone agree, She Yin turned to Fan Long, who had just spoken, and said, "General Fan, the city still has sufficient manpower. I will give you 3,000 men and horses to leave the city. Find a place to hide and wait for my signal. Once there is an opportunity to counterattack, we will work together inside and outside to destroy the invading Ming army."

"At the same time, send someone to tell father that the Ming army has come to attack Luzhou. But please rest assured, father, I will wipe out the Ming army's reinforcements under the city of Luzhou, so you don't have to worry."

After hearing this, the bearded general Fan Long frowned and said hesitantly, "Young Master, isn't this a bit inappropriate? The Ming army is powerful. As you just said, Zhang Tong is very capable and has a lot of troops at his disposal. But he didn't even have time to report the news. This shows how powerful the Ming army is. Although there are enough troops in the city, there are only less than 30,000. If the Ming army attacks, leaving only 15,000 to defend the city will probably result in omissions."

"In my humble opinion, what we should do now is not to think about how to completely annihilate the Ming army, but to defend Luzhou City. As long as we can defend Luzhou City, it will be enough. Once the king has captured Chongqing, conquered Chengdu, and occupied all of Sichuan, it will not be too late to send troops from Luzhou."

In Fan Long's opinion, dividing the troops at this time was a decision that could not be more stupid. Although he did not know why She Yin gave such an order, he did not want to carry it out.

Fan Hu, who was sitting on the side, glanced at his elder brother and sighed helplessly.

My eldest brother is good in every way. He values ​​loyalty and trustworthiness, and is also loyal to the king. As for marching and fighting, he is also a brave and valiant general.

But the problem is that this brain is always a little bit unclear. Since the young master wants to divide the troops, does that mean he really wants to divide them?

It was obvious that he wanted to get rid of the eldest brother. Firstly, he didn't want to share the credit with the eldest brother, so he wanted to suppress him; secondly, he didn't like having the eldest brother around and wanted to drive him away.

If Big Brother was hiding too close to the city walls and was discovered and annihilated by the Ming army, it would be Big Brother's fault and he would deserve to die. Moreover, it would affect the Young Master's plan. If that happened, the Young Master could still put the blame on Big Brother.

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