The news of the capital's request for help quickly spread throughout the country, and troops stationed across the country set out one after another and gathered towards the capital area.
Of course, not all troops have to come here. For example, those troops guarding the border at this moment cannot move.
For example, some people with ulterior motives felt that the capital city could definitely not stop the Liao and Jin cavalry, so they were considering whether to rescue the capital city or wait on the route that must be taken to retreat from the capital city.
As to whether they were there to pick up the people evacuating from the capital or to kill them, only they themselves knew.
Lu Chen was not idle either. Since he gained command of all the troops and government offices in the capital, Lu Chen has entered the commander mode.
Various fortifications were designed and various defensive equipment were placed on the city walls.
The entire capital city has entered war management mode, not only imposing a curfew but also controlling strategic materials.
The suddenly tense atmosphere made the people in the capital feel like a storm was about to come.
Many people were considering whether to flee south, but ever since Li Xiang stood on the top of the city and shouted that as the crown prince, he would fight the enemy together with everyone on the city wall, the pride of the people in the capital was aroused.
Everyone donated money if they had money, and donated things if they had things.
Lu Chen also specifically asked Zheng Xiurong and Ding San to connect with the people in each market town and organize the civilian forces to ensure that there would be no problems when the fighting broke out, and they could even provide help.
In addition, Lu Chen also sent two letters, one to the Buddhist and Taoist sects, asking them to immediately organize manpower and rush to the capital to provide assistance.
The second letter was addressed to the martial artists. It was an open letter, hoping that the martial artists could unite at this time and, under the leadership of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, sneak into the rear of the army to attack the Liao and Jin grain transport teams. It would be even better if they could assassinate their senior generals.
The imperial court will not let everyone work in vain, and will definitely reward them according to their merits after the task is accomplished.
Don't underestimate this kind of intrusion from the rear. Didn't a certain famous team once cause chaos in the enemy's rear?
Of course, to truly win the war, we must rely on head-on confrontation.
If the capital city cannot be defended, then everything will be in vain. So during this period of time, Lu Chen has been doing everything himself, keeping an eye on all kinds of defenses, and even personally inquiring about the rotation system of the guards at the city gates and the identity verification of these guards.
There was no way. Lu Chen didn't dare to bet that Yangxuzi was the only one who wanted to surrender to Liao and Jin.
He said that Yangxuzi planned to use the name of setting up an array to cooperate with Liao and Jin from inside and outside. This kind of thing was not something he said casually.
When he was on Earth, he had read relevant historical records and was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped on his feet.
Therefore, the city gate must be inspected in detail. If there is any problem here, the consequences will be unimaginable.
As Lu Chen's arrangements became more and more complete, the smell of war in the entire capital became stronger and stronger.
Finally, on the seventh day, the vanguard of Liao and Jin finally appeared outside the capital.
The Liao and Jin armies had just arrived here and could not start attacking the city immediately. They needed to set up camp and rest for a while.
Lu Chen did not have enough manpower, so it was impossible for him to do something stupid like leading 20,000 people to charge against hundreds of thousands of people, so the two sides lived in peace for a while.
During this period, Yelu Song actually sent an envoy to deliver a so-called letter of credence, hoping that Li Zhuo would not be ungrateful and open the city gates and surrender as soon as possible.
Upon hearing this, Li Zhuo was so angry that his three corpse gods jumped up and down, shouting that one day he would definitely reach the capital of Liao and Jin, invade their homes, and make the Liao and Jin people feel this humiliation.
Since there is nothing to talk about, the only thing left is fighting. The Liao and Jin sides announced that they would attack the city in three days. Because the Great Qi Dynasty listened to them, they stopped fighting ten days after the city was broken.
This was obviously to put psychological pressure on the people in the city. There were still some smart people among the Liao and Jin armies.
But Lu Chen scoffed at this strategy. When it comes to propaganda and psychological warfare, it's not that he looks down on these Liao and Jin people. He can beat these grandsons!
Did the Liao and Jin people think that scaring the people of Da Qi like this would make them lose their will to fight? This is ridiculous!
If this trick is used in other cities, it might be effective.
But where is this place now? This is the capital! It is the capital of the entire Da Qi!
Once this place falls, Da Qi will be destroyed.
Even if Li Zhuo could escape and establish a new regime in the south, he would still have to change the country's name.
The people in the capital are all proud, and they will never allow such a thing to happen. So no matter what psychological warfare tactics the Liao and Jin sides use in this battle, the people of Da Qi will not be afraid!
There must be spies from Liao and Jin in the city of Da Qi, and the results of the psychological warfare were soon delivered to Yelu Song.
Seeing that psychological warfare was not effective, Yelu Song snorted, burned the letter in his hand and said, "Get ready, attack the city!"
When the Liao and Jin generals heard this, their eyes welled up. Some even laughed out loud, "What's this about psychological warfare? It's just a bunch of fancy tricks. In the end, we still have to attack the city. We Liao and Jin are all good guys. This battle will definitely make those Da Qi bastards flee in panic!"
This remark caused the Liao and Jin generals to burst into laughter. With the great victory in Bazhou City, they were simply inflated to the extreme at this moment.
So now many generals have stepped forward and expressed their willingness to lead the troops to attack the city.
Are you kidding? That’s the capital of Da Qi, and Da Qi is famous for its wealth!
During this period, many of them enjoyed the good things coming from Da Qi.
Although they have the money, it would be great if they could make these things their own.
If they can be the first to attack the top of the city, according to the rules, they can take whatever they want from the city.
That means countless wealth. As long as they can make such a fortune, they won’t have to worry about the rest of their lives!
More importantly, the spies in the city have already brought news that there are only 20,000 garrison troops left in the entire capital.
Hundreds of thousands of people versus twenty thousand people, their advantage is enormous!
In their opinion, there is no need for any tactics, just a desperate charge forward, even if they are tired, they can tire those 20,000 people to death!
After some arguments and even fighting, the order of attacking the city was finally determined.
The entire Liao and Jin army was ready to fight, and they first let the people from Bazhou City who were driven over walk in the front, and let these people go forward and cry!
Behind them are the Liao and Jin swordsmen and siege teams!
Lu Chen looked at those people who were originally from Da Qi, but there was no trace of pity in his eyes.
He knew the siege had begun!
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