This stunned the people in the room! It turned out that after they defeated Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng in Shahe, they did not plan to go to Laizhou at all, but camped on the spot. It's convenient to clean up the battlefield and rest. Zhu Dadian originally planned to go to Laizhou again tomorrow. It was estimated that Kong Youde and other rebels would retreat that night, so they did not rush to inform Laizhou.

originally thought that Laizhou might not dare to open the city even if he knew that Kong Youde had withdrawn his troops, but he didn't expect that the Laizhou prefect of Laizhou City would actually take people out of the city! It seems that Kong Youde did escape with people overnight.

Hearing that the Laizhou prefect was coming, others didn't think anything about it, but several civil officials present were very impressed in their hearts! I think this Laizhou prefect is a bold one! Although the rebels retreated, there may be a few people left, and this prefect will be unlucky if it collides!

And Zhu Dadian himself is a civil official, so he naturally takes good care of the courageous civil officials. He immediately said, "Invite someone in immediately!" ”

A moment later, the soldiers came in with two men. The first is Liu Pei's father-in-law, Wang Changde. Behind him was Qi Qitao.

Wang Changde looks fine, but his face is pale and he has lost a lot of weight. But the spirit is good. Qi Qitao behind him is different! Not to mention black and thin, his neck and arms are obviously still wrapped in gauze. There are also multiple abrasions on his face. It looks like it's been a hard fight!

Without waiting for Zhu Dadian to speak, Liu Pei hurriedly stepped forward to meet Wang Changde. After saluting, Wang Changde looked Liu Pei up and down, and saw that Liu Pei had nothing to do, so he said again and again: "Okay!" Good! It's okay! ”

Wang Changde knew that Liu Pei was worried about Qi Qitao, so he staggered and let Qi Qitao out. Liu Pei stepped forward and touched the two wounds and said, "It's not a big deal, right?" ”

Qi Qitao laughed in a low voice: "It's all from the stones blown up by the artillery, it's okay!" ”

The scene in front of me stunned the people in the room! Because no one expected that the governor didn't speak, Liu Pei greeted him first, and Liu Pei also called the Laizhou prefect his father-in-law!

At this time, Liu Pei and Wang Changde also knew that this was not the time to greet each other, so Wang Changde patted Liu Pei's arm and signaled him to retreat into the shift. Subsequently, Wang Changde took Qi Qitao to formally meet Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian.

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After the ceremony, Zhu Dadian asked: "It turns out that Lord Wang and Liu Shenjiang have a relationship with Weng and son-in-law!" That's a rarity! I didn't expect you two Weng and son-in-law to be so good at both literature and martial arts! ”

Gao Qiqian also nodded and said, "That's really the case!" As a military attaché, General Liu is naturally not a problem to conquer the city! But I don't want Lord Wang, as a civil official, to defend the city through thick and rain! It seems that you Weng and your son-in-law have become a beautiful conversation in Shandong! ”

Wang Changde hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Gonggong Gao's words make the lower officials ashamed!" The officials who defend the city don't know anything. The preservation of this city depends on the blessings of the saints, and the soldiers use their lives!

Zhu Dadian also nodded and said, "I see!" Seeing that the person behind you is quite majestic, I think he was born as a martial artist, why didn't he wear an official uniform? “

Wang Changde said: "The name behind me is Qi Qitao, and he is a fellow villager of my son-in-law. It is the background of Yu Ding of the guard. It really depends on him that this city can be defended! “

After speaking, Wang Changde talked about the process of defending the city. Although Wang Changde got Liu Pei's news in advance, he made a lot of preparations. But after all, that was a secret preparation, and it was certainly not enough. But it's better than not being prepared.

The 2,000 people gathered by Wang Changde in the countryside in advance really came to great use! Moreover, Wang Changde was very clever in selecting some people in every surrounding village. Before the rebels arrived, he scattered the people out, so that the villagers could flee, and those who could not escape hurried into the city, and also took this opportunity to gather a batch of grain in the countryside.

Wang Changde had just prepared, and then the rebels besieged the city! The rebels took advantage of the situation and planned to capture the city of Laizhou in one go.

Those rebels thought that these soldiers in the interior were like mud, and said that the city of Breolai could be taken in one go! But I didn't expect it. Due to his insufficient preparation, he attacked for more than ten days in a row and did not take down Laizhou City! Instead, it gave the city a chance to train soldiers! Let the soldiers defending the city from panic to calm and sophisticated exercise! That's how the first difficult moment was over!

But I don't know why, it may be due to Wang Changde taking over as the prefect of Laizhou, plus Liu Pei's series of actions affecting the changes in history. As a result, there were a lot of casualties among the military attaches defending the city!

Originally, the rebels had never climbed the city in normal history. As a result, under the command of Li Jiucheng, the rebels rushed to the city several times! At this time, the soldiers led by Qi Qitao played a decisive role!

You must know that in the early days of the siege, the soldiers defending the city not only did not have the skills to fight, but also did not have the courage to fight. The military attachés had to take the lead in rushing upwards, and as a result, the losses were very large! As a result, several times the rebels almost gained a foothold on the walls! It was Qi Qitao who led people to beat them down!

After Qi Qitao entered the city, he was prepared under the care of Wang Changde. In the end, it was used by Wang Changde as a general reserve and a firefighting team. But it did work wonders! In this way, when the military attachés in the city were almost dead or wounded, Wang Changde had to order Qi Qitao to serve as a garrison and be responsible for the unified command of the defense of the whole city. Although some people are not satisfied, no one has come forward to take the risk at this time

Later, the rebels continued to attack Laizhou, so they had to resort to the method of siege. At the same time, small-scale offensive activities were carried out. Under the organization of Qi Qitao, he used the artillery on the city to constantly bombard the rebels, and selected and maintained the firearms in the city's arsenal for the city head.

Fighting against the rebels who rushed to the head of the city, the soldiers defending the city are obviously not opponents! Qi Qitao didn't want his subordinates to suffer too many casualties. I had to use firearms, and it worked well!

During the siege, the rebels tried their best to siege the city. Not to mention the mobilization of a large number of artillery, even the method of attacking the city in the cave has been thought of. It's a pity that Wang Changde sent people to dredge the moat before, and the local groundwater is relatively shallow, and the tunnel dug by the rebels was permeable and collapsed, drowning more than 300 people, and no one dared to dig the tunnel anymore. That's why I came to Laizhou City and insisted on it until now!

And not long ago, Zhu Dadian sent Xizuo into the city to inform Wang Changde that reinforcements were about to arrive. After that, Wang Changde and Qi Qitao observed the activities outside the city very carefully.

By the evening of this day, the soldiers defending the city suddenly found that the rebels had begun to evacuate on a large scale, and Wang Changde and others felt that it should be the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court, forcing the rebels to evacuate. But they did not dare to be careless, and after repeated sentry checkouts, they made sure that the rebels had indeed gone far, so they went out of the city to find reinforcements from the imperial court.