Jiaozhi City, the county magistrate's office.
At this moment, there were only four people left in the hall, namely the governor of Jiaozhi City and three supreme masters.
The four of them all looked solemn as they discussed how to fight against the Nanling rebels. Although they could survive with the help of the solidity of Jiaozhi City.
But if this goes on, anything could happen.
Each of these three supreme grandmasters served as the deputy general commanding the 200,000-strong army.
The original army general was surrounded and killed by the rebels through conspiracy, and Dagan had no new appointment, so now he could only serve as the temporary commander.
At this moment, he was wearing bright silver armor stained with black blood.
The Nanling rebels could attack at any time, so they never took off their uniforms even when they were in meetings.
The other person is the head of the Yue family, the largest family in Nanling, and is not considered a local family in Nanling.
Instead, they migrated from the Jiangnan region because the original power in Jiangnan was almost divided among the four major families.
Therefore, even if they produced a supreme grandmaster, it would be difficult to gain a piece of meat from their alliance, so they wanted to migrate to Nanling for development.
If you come at this time, you will be able to have the status of the four major families in Jiangnan in Nanling.
But the reality went against one's wishes. Even after hundreds of years, it was not completely integrated into the Nanling Mountains.
Most people in Jiangnan migrated from the north, but most people in Nanling are locals. It is difficult for the two to integrate, and they will ultimately be excluded.
The last person is the disciple of the old man Nanling, King Huan.
He was on good terms with Dagan, and when the old man Nanling did not speak, he took Dagan's side.
King Huan frowned. He thought that helping Dagan was a better choice. After all, Dagan's forces were much stronger than the rebels.
Likewise, he did not have a good relationship with his fellow disciples, which led to the Gu King not telling him about the dragon vein.
Without the temptation of heaven and man, he naturally stood on the side of Da Gan.
At this moment, a subtle impatience was revealed between his brows, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the rebels' offensive is getting more fierce.
The reinforcements from Dagan are like flowers in the mirror and moon in the water, can we urge them to come again?"
There was a hint of blame in his words. The current situation was somewhat different from what he had planned.
That is because Emperor Dagan was in seclusion and reinforcements were delayed in arriving.
Of course, they didn't know that the situation in the court was not peaceful at all and a bloody storm had already broken out.
The eldest prince is taking advantage of the rebellion in Nanling and the emperor's retreat to seize the military power. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to eliminate dissidents.
Many generals who were unwilling to surrender to him had been dismissed, and his own people had been assigned to various military supplies.
Amidst such internal strife and the intertwining of various interests, the so-called support from the court may be a distant prospect.
In their opinion, Jiaozhi City was strong and had more than half a year's supply of food and supplies. How could it be impossible for it not to hold out for such a short period of time?
The Yue Family Patriarch also shook his head, feeling worried, and said, "Also, during this period of time, for some reason, the legend of Wang Yangming has spread throughout the city, saying that he is the savior of Nanling.
I checked with the county governor and found that Wang Yangming was previously serving in the capital. He offended His Majesty by pleading for the Eighth Prince, and ended up in Nanling.
He said a lot, but the main point was to ask whether Wang Yangming was the eighth prince's man.
In his eyes, even if the general who pleaded for mercy for the Eighth Prince who was originally in the Heavenly Prison was not the Eighth Prince's man, he was one now.
Now that Wang Yangming is so famous, could it be that the Eighth Prince is fanning the flames in an attempt to take control of Nanling?
Or maybe this has nothing to do with the Eighth Prince, but is the plan of the rebels?
Upon hearing this, the county governor sighed deeply and was filled with worry: "Without the arrival of reinforcements, the people's morale is shaken.
And in their eyes, Wang Yangming seemed to be a reinforcement for Da Gan.
Under today's oppressive circumstances, people need a spiritual belief, and Wang Yangming just happened to meet that need.
All of this is really too troublesome and coincidental, and the public opinion is really too serious.
If Wang Yangming is a puppet planned by the rebels and suddenly joins the rebels, it will be troublesome."
They are now trapped in an isolated city, and any slight accident will cause their already low morale to fall apart.
"That's fine. If that's the case, it proves that he's nothing but a fraud.
At that time, we can say that Wang Yangming was killed by them and those rebels tarnished his reputation. Then we will surely unite against the enemy and become stronger.”
Commander Wang of the army shook his head and retorted that, of course, this plan also had risks. That is, if the so-called savior died, could it really generate too much morale?
The prefect nodded after hearing this, but didn't respond much. He then asked, "According to our investigation, Wang Yangming will bring nearly 20,000 refugees into the city. What should we do?"
Before he finished speaking, Commander Wang heard the war drums beating again outside. He picked up the weapon beside him and walked outside.
He said, "What else can we do? Even if there are spies or collaborators among the refugees, we have no way to stop them.
Even if Wang Yangming was praised as a saint, could he still lock them out? If that were the case, there would be no need to defend this city.
Isolate these people first, make sure they are okay, and don't let them move around freely.
As for reinforcements, the prefect needs to urge them again. If Nanling is lost, we will die with regret, and we are even more worried about the consequences for our families."
Just as they said, Wang Yangming led a huge group of refugees into Jiaozhi City, and the rebels did not stop them along the way.
After entering the city, the prefect of Jiaozhi City personally met with Wang Yangming and explained the current situation to him.
For safety reasons, they were placed in a separate area, guarded outside by the army.
With this arrangement, even if there are rebels among these refugees, it will be difficult to affect the entire Jiaozhi.
However, what they didn't expect was that among this group of refugees, nearly two thousand people had been poisoned by various means by the rebels.
And these poisons are also contagious.
For a time, the quarantine zone, which had been peaceful due to the sudden increase in supplies, became a place of panic.
The sick people could not get treatment, and the patients were wailing everywhere, with their groans of pain heard everywhere.
And it is naturally impossible for the people who are not sick to stay here and die.
But if we attack the army's defense line, there will be no way to survive.
In this case, the pressure on Jiaozhi City will be much greater, not only needing to send more soldiers to monitor the refugees.
And military doctors must be sent to treat these people.
All of a sudden, they all understood why the rebels wanted to let these refugees into the city.
They just want these injured and sick refugees to drag them down.
But in this situation, whether to save or not, it seems to be a dead end.
Among these refugees, there are many friends and relatives in the city.
There is also Wang Yangming. If he is not rescued, the morale of the people and the army will inevitably be shaken.
But if we rescue them, then defending the city will not be so easy.
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