Outside Jiankang City, in the military camp of Shizigang, all the soldiers were indignant when they heard the news.

Gao Yin was even more angry.

Amei is now far away in Chang'an and has nothing to do with the war here, but she is involved in this way by Murong Die.

Not only that, it is obvious that his extraordinary and even almost crazy words and deeds were nothing more than a blatant insult and provocation to Li Mu.

Gao Yin was a little worried about Li Mu's reaction, but when he arrived, it was already night, and he was exhausted and even skipped the placement. He went straight to find him to discuss matters. It seemed that Murong Di's extraordinary actions had no effect on him at all, so he felt relieved and immediately gave up his military tent, gathered the generals overnight to discuss countermeasures.

Everyone arrived soon.

Siege is not the most difficult thing. The most difficult thing is how to ensure that the hostages are rescued before taking the other party.

What's more, in addition to the people of the court, there are countless people in the city.

With Murong Di's madness and a group of crazy and profit-oriented rebels, if they really start fighting, no one can guarantee what will happen then.

Everyone was excited. Just as you were talking and talking, suddenly, there was a faint sound of clamoring sound from the outside city. The soldiers soon heard the news that the rebels captured many people and threatened to retreat outside the city, otherwise they would start a massacre.

Everyone was furious and rode over. They saw the fire on the top of the city, and the rebels were dancing like demons, extremely arrogant. The people tied to the top of the city cried endlessly. They couldn't bear to hear it. After they came back, they felt like they were blowing up again, and there was a lot of curses in the tent.

Gao Yin frowned.

He knew that many people in the army advocated a strong attack.

He also knew the reason why kindness did not control the army.

Although the opponent is a group of people who gather for profit, they are like scattered sand, but they are similar to beasts. Repeated concessions will not only fail to solve the problem, but will make the opponent more arrogant.

If there could be a way to protect the hostages to the greatest extent and solve the rebel cancer, he would naturally not be able to seek it.

But obviously, such a method does not exist.

Before Li Mu arrived, he had the intention of attacking.

Even if the price is paid, part of the life price is better than doing nothing, and I can watch Jiankang be so depressed.

All he needs is a sure thing.

He couldn't help but look at Li Mu and said, "In my opinion, only the current plan is to attack. But I wonder what the Grand Sima wants?"

In fact, given today's situation, he should no longer call Li Mu the Grand Sima, but he was unable to change his words for a while and blurted out, and he was not aware of it.

The others stopped talking and looked at Li Mu.

Li Mu nodded and looked at Gao Yin: "What you said is not bad. You must attack the city if you break it. But there is one thing that I want to prove to you. Have you ever heard of a secret path leading directly to the outside of the city in Jiankang Palace?"

"If there is really a secret way to borrow, the inside and the outside can work harder, and the result will be twice as good as half the effort. In addition to forcing the city to break through, the casualties in the city can be minimized as much as possible."

Throughout the years, when founding and starting businesses built the palace for themselves, they often set up a secret escape path in the palace to the outside of the city. Especially in this chaotic era, this approach is even more common.

When Gao Yin was a child, he did hear of such a secret Tao in Jiankang Palace.

It is said that at the beginning of Xiaoshi's transiting south, Emperor Yuan considered the weak imperial power, and when building the palace, he secretly built a secret path that directly connected to the city so that in the future, he could leave a way out for himself. This matter was extremely secret, and only the emperor knew the location of the entrance and exit. Nowadays, except for a very small number, there were only a few people who knew about this matter.

If the rumors were true, when it reached Emperor Xingping, he was suddenly sick and could not speak, and the secret would be buried. Emperor Taikang, who succeeded him, and Gao Yongrong, who is now, would naturally not know.

In fact, Gao Yin had thought of this these days. Out of the idea of ​​giving it a try, he sent many soldiers out and conducted a large-scale search in places outside the city where it was possible to build an exit, hoping to find the secret exit in his rumor.

If there is such a secret path, you can enter the city by following the exit.

But he also knew that the rumors might not be true. Even if they were true, this move was like looking for a needle in a haystack. He didn't have any hope. Unexpectedly, Li Mu would suddenly ask this, and was surprised and told the truth.

Li Mu didn't say anything after hearing this, as if he was concentrating on thinking about something.

Gao Yin did not dare to interrupt him and waited by the side. After a while, he slowly said, "Didn't the rebels force us to retreat? You might as well follow their requests, retreat a little, and make preparations. Send more people to continue to look for the exit of the secret passage. Three days later, if you still can't find it, there is no other way, and you can only attack. Fight quickly and take Jiankang, so that the casualties of hostages in the city will be minimized."

What the generals waited for was his words, and they all said that.

Gao Yin slowly let out a breath from his chest.

In his opinion, it was impossible to find the secret passage within three days.

The strong attack is a foregone conclusion. By then, casualties will inevitably occur in the city, including those senior officials and nobles of the Southern Dynasties who have been trapped in the pit for many days.

From his position, this is by no means a scene he wants to see.

But he knew that this was the only right choice that the coach could make after weighing the trade-offs.

He was about to nod, but Li Mu seemed to have seen what he thought and looked at him: "General Gao, if you were the Yuan Emperor and wanted to create a secret escape path in Jiankang and the exit, would you choose to choose land or water?"

Gao Yin was stunned, pondered for a while, and said, "Because it is for the sake of escape, it is easier to get out of it."

"Yes, I also imagined it. In addition, the palace is located on the north side of the city. If a secret road is built, it is naturally short and straight."

"Yes!" Gao Yin was reminded.

"There is Yuanwu Lake when going out to the north of the city! After Emperor Yuan crossed the south, when he built the palace, he specially mobilized civilians to communicate with the Yangtze River and widen the waterway!"

Li Mu nodded: "So I infer that if there is really a secret path that extends from the palace, in most cases, the exit should be in the Yuanwu Lake area. In the past few days, there is no need to look for other places. Just take a gamble and send someone to search near Yuanwu Lake. You can't skip a single inch of it!"

The generals of the Guangling Army in the tent had admired Li Mu very much. As soon as he arrived, Gao Yin, who was in the position of command, gave up his central position. Gao Yin did a natural job, and others did not realize it was abnormal at all, as if this was a natural thing - as long as Li Mu was there, he would be the focus and soul of everyone, and everyone, whether consciously or subconsciously, was like this.

After hearing his words, everyone showed a sudden look and agreed.

Time was tight, so Gao Yin immediately ordered to dispatch more personnel to go to Yuanwu Lake overnight to search carefully. Several generals were left and together with Li Mu, they formulated a strong attack plan overnight.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the preparations for forcing the city were ready. The search in Yuanwu Lake was also coming to an end.

According to the return of a deputy general in charge of this matter, he had been ordered to lead people to search everywhere, some possible places, and dig three feet into the ground. However, he found several caves buried by soil and stones. However, when he walked in, the walls were all shallow caves and there was no underground secret passage that could extend.

This result was already in Gao Yin's expectation, and although he was disappointed, he had to give up. He summoned several important generals again and discussed the siege of the city tomorrow to ensure that everything was foolproof and that Jiankang could be controlled as quickly as possible according to the plan.

In the past three days, there were constant fire in the city, and the rebels almost robbed the whole city. The sound of carnival was heard all night long outside the city, but according to the spies, the defense near the city gate was not slackened. The rebels kept monitoring every move outside.

After all, having money requires having life, and it is your own. Everyone knows this principle.

This battle tomorrow will not be easy.

The whole city is full of quality, and in all the wars Gao Yin has experienced in the past, there has never been such a difficult situation.

As long as the fight starts, there will undoubtedly be bloodshed and casualties outside the warriors.

Among those people, although there are those who are not to be willing to die, more are innocent people who should not have been involved in this kind of tragedy.

He was in a heavy mood. He also understood more and more why Li Mu went to Yuanwu Lake tonight despite his persuasion.

After the reconsideration, it was already late at night. Gao Yin saw that Li Mu still had not returned. After thinking about it, he rode over there and rushed over.

The large group of soldiers who were originally sent to search here have retreated to prepare for tomorrow's siege. Only a small group of people remained, and they remained here with Li Mu.

When Gao Yin found Li Mu, he was standing on a deserted hill, looking into Jiankang's direction, and his figure was motionless.

Gao Yin hesitated for a moment and said in the morning of Qiu: "Sima, it's getting late! It's time to go back to the camp to rest."

Li Mu turned his head, looked at him, and asked, "Are the soldiers ready?"

Gao Yin said: "Don't worry, Grand Sima, everything is ready, and soldiers have been arranged to rescue the people in the city as much as possible."

Li Mu was silent for a moment and shouted at the dozens of soldiers scattered near the hills who were still searching.

When everyone heard the call, they knew they were going to return to the camp and ran back one after another. When a soldier passed by a wild field with weeds, he suddenly tripped by something under his feet and fell to the ground. His chin just hit a sharp stone buried in the weeds. A hole was knocked out on the spot, and blood flowed. Seeing this, his partner hurriedly helped him.

Li Mu and Gao Yin walked over and asked about the soldier's injury.

The soldier felt ashamed. While covering his wound, he said it was okay.

Li Mu asked someone to help him stop the bleeding. He glanced at the ground of the soldier. With the moonlight, he saw that there was a neatly carved stone on the ground. His eyes moved slightly and he pulled open the weeds and vines on it. He saw that it was a broken monument.

Li Mu squatted down and identified the inscriptions on it, as if they were erected by a temple.

He stood up, looked around, and asked Gao Yin if he knew where this place was before.

Gao Yin had also looked at the stone tablet and said, "If this was a temple in the past, it would have been Xingshan Temple."

"It's Xingshan Temple! It's just that it's been decades!"

A local man who was called to be a guide couldn't help but interrupt. After saying that, he saw Li Mu seemed interested, and hurriedly said: "Xiaomin also heard what his father said when he was young. He said that Xingshan Temple was in full bloom. Unfortunately, the court encountered a fire after two years of crossing south. The temple collapsed. The palace was being expanded. The people were hoping that the court could rebuild the temple together, but the court did not respond. He also said that the place was suppressed and it was not suitable to make ground. At that time, the temple was rebuilt in another place, so the place was left to be abandoned and ordered that no one was allowed to approach. If anyone dared to trespass and was caught, it would be a serious crime. It was only these years that no one had mentioned this rule, but people from all over the countryside and the surrounding area still did not dare to do this..."

The man was spitting out loud, and Li Mu and Gao Yin looked at each other and immediately ordered the excavation in this area.

Half an hour later, several soldiers worked together to move away a stone buried by soil and weeds, and suddenly shouted loudly: "There is a hole here!" The voice was full of excitement.

Gao Yin's heart jumped suddenly, rushed over, and came to the hole that was exposed on the ground.
Chapter completed!