At night, the sky is like ink, dotted with some stars, as bright as gems.

Su Chen returned to the mansion and chatted with Bai Susu, Peng Jingjing, Liu Mo Nong and others for a while. The girls were still a little worried about the Song army's attack on Changzhou.

"Brother Chen, I heard that the Wu Yue soldiers are already attacking Changzhou. Can Changzhou be defended? Is Runzhou also dangerous? My tribe members are still in Runzhou City." Bai Susu was a little worried.

Because Wu and Yue bordered the Southern Tang, fought for generations and accumulated a lot of hatred, the Tang Dynasty's troops attacked Wu and Yue several times, and the Wu and Yue soldiers also helped the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and took several ruthless attacks against the Tang Dynasty, and more than a hundred battles were fought, and each other was injured. Therefore,

, have been in trouble for decades.

This time, the Wu Yue soldiers attacked the territory of Tang. Once the city was broken, they would definitely be burned and killed. The rich and powerful families in the city would definitely suffer and be looted and ravaged.

The Bai family is a huge businessman in Runzhou. Even though they have hundreds of guards, they cannot resist the rush of tens of thousands of Wu and Yue soldiers. There is no other way except to pay a huge sum of money to buy their lives.

Unless you escape from Runzhou City now and go south to take refuge.

But in this era, when migrating to other places, the foundation is unstable and unable to take away too much supplies, it instantly hurts the family foundation. Therefore, many gentry and merchants are still unwilling to lose the accumulation of generations of families just like this and leave themselves just like this.

Familiar city.

Su Chen thought about it. He had heard of Liu Cheng, which seemed to be in history. Li Yu sent this person to the eastern defense line to guard Runzhou and serve as the governor, hoping that he would block the Wu Yue army and defend Runzhou.

Before Liu Cheng left, Li Yu said to him: "You have never left me, and it is difficult for me to part with you. It is really your fault for this trip." His reluctance shows the relationship between the two.

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When Liu Cheng took office, he loaded all the gold, silver and treasures in his family with him. Facing the puzzled eyes of others, he explained: "This is all given by the emperor. I will take it to Runzhou now and prepare to disperse all the money.

Make achievements for the country.”

As a result, shortly after Liu Cheng arrived in Runzhou, Wu Yue was at the city, and the enemy was in front of him. After less than a month of fighting, Liu Cheng betrayed his faith and did not fulfill his previous promise - to disperse all his wealth and serve the country with loyalty. Instead, he quickly led his troops.

He surrendered; before surrender, he summoned his subordinates, made some persuasion work, and all turned against him.

Later, the news of Liu Cheng's surrender reached Jinling. Li Yu, who was kind-hearted, wanted to make a fuss, but the governor Chen Qiao firmly demanded that all Liu Cheng's parents, wife and children be executed. Liu Cheng has a daughter who is very beautiful

, He had already betrothed, but he had not yet gotten married. During the execution, Chen Qiao wanted to pardon her, but she said, "I am a descendant of a traitor, so what's the face to survive?" So he went to death with great mercy. It can be seen that Liu Cheng was rebellious.

Even his family could not forgive his behavior. When Ma Ling, a native of the Song Dynasty, he also included Liu Cheng in the "Biography of the Rebellion".

When Su Chen thought of this, he no longer had much hope for Liu Cheng.

Maybe he will surrender to the enemy, or maybe he has limited ability and cannot stop the attack of Wu Yue soldiers.

"I don't know yet, and I need to wait for a while. At present, 50,000 Wu Yue soldiers attacked Changzhou, but there were 30,000 troops stationed in Changzhou. If I stick to the city, it would be enough to deal with it. Later, there were food and grass in Runzhou and Jiangyin areas.

As long as the generals appointed by the court are reliable, they can block the attack of Wu and Yue soldiers."

After Su Chen finished speaking, he suggested: "If you are worried about the safety of your tribe, why not bring Jinling? At least this is the capital. Unless the Song army attacks the city of Jinling, it should be much safer."

Bai Susu sighed softly: "The Bai family has been operating in Runzhou for decades, and the tribesmen are unwilling to leave. They fantasize that Wu Yue soldiers can enter the city and restrain the three armies and do not attack the local tribes. The rich gentry can take out some gold, silver and treasures. As a safety fee, no one feels at ease whether it can be done or not.”

Su Chen also showed a solemn look. Runzhou had certain feelings for him. If Changzhou fell, he hoped to take Runzhou to help defend the city.

He is young and, to outsiders, has never entered the military system and is the top scholar talking on the public paper, unless he can let Han Xizai convince Li Yu that he can go to Runzhou to defend, which is safer.

The military generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty withered. Except for Lin Renzhao, the other generals were not very famous, which was very different from the situation of the fierce generals in the early Northern Song Dynasty and could not be compared at all.

"An emergency plan should be made. Once the city is broken, your Bai family should change their identities, go to the poor house to hide, or enter the hiding room, and have a plan to escape the danger so that they will not be passive and have a life. worry."

Su Chen's words were recognized by Bai Susu.

"You are right. My Bai family should prepare more plans to escape from danger. We cannot place the lives of the tribe's people on the kindness of Wu Yue soldiers." Bai Susu seemed to understand Su Chen's concerns, and her face was still a little worried.

As the war approached, Su Chen chatted with the girls and the topic became heavier.

Only Peng Jingjing was eager to try and wanted to take the top scorer in martial arts.

"Su Chen, can you be the leader? In this way, I can be your pioneer and charge."

Peng Jingjing knew that she was her daughter's house and could not take charge of the command in person. Now she was looking forward to Su Chen being in charge of the battle. After all, when she was in Shu, Su Chen was planning and led his troops to kill the enemy. Peng Jingjing fought bloody battles with her. That feeling made She misses it.

"No!" Liu Mo Nong exclaimed.

"No!" Yang Ling'er also hurriedly stopped him.

The two women were both opposed to Peng Jingjing's instigation of Su Chen to take charge of the battle.

Liu Mo Nong felt sorry for Su Chen and didn't want her man to go to war. Now she is Su Chen's concubine and becomes the Su family. Before she had a wife, Liu Mo Nong was Su Chen's only woman, so she was very worried about Su Chen. Do such a dangerous thing.

In addition to worrying about the safety of his righteous brother, Yang Ling'er's stopping also had another purpose, which was that she and the restoration forces agreed to help the Song army and Wu Yue soldiers destroy the defense line of the Tang Kingdom, accelerate the demise of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and achieve the realization of The purpose of restoring the country and revenge.

If Su Chen went to Runzhou and Changzhou blocked the Wu Yue army, then Yang Ling'er would not be able to be cruel and destroy Su Chen's army to lead the army to fight. Moreover, with his righteous brother's talent, he might defeat the Wu Yue army and save the fate of the Tang Dynasty. , This is something Yang Ling'er doesn't want to see.

Bai Susu glared at Peng Jingjing and said, "Don't laugh at me when I sleep in the battlefield. How many people have returned from the battles in ancient times? The battlefield is too dangerous. Su Chen is the top scholar in the Jinke, not a general. It is not his turn to go on the battle with such a sword. There is no need to go on the risk in person.”
Chapter completed!