In the face of the defeated soldiers, Guangfang jumped like thunder, like a mad female monkey, suddenly drew his sword, and slashed twice at the two soldiers who tried to escape beside him, "Stop me!" Stop! Don't retreat, keep going! Retreater, slash! ”

"Captain, the battering rams have been destroyed by Tianwei, and we are powerless to fight against them!"

"Yes! I saw it, just now the Fang Shi on the head of the city pointed casually, and the battering ram was directly destroyed by Tianwei, and even the dog's body was shattered by the explosion. ”

"Captain, withdraw! Gaomi County can't be captured. ”

"Woo woo woo, I don't want to be killed by Tianwei."

"Captain ......"

Guangfang shook his armor, kicked over a fleeing soldier next to him, filled with righteous indignation, and scolded angrily, "Ridiculous! We represent the Son of Heaven, the will of heaven is in Jiaodong, and the power of heaven is in Jiaodong! Keep going! No retreat! ”

Looking at the soldiers fleeing like a tide, he waved his hand, "Where is the Overseer?" Slash the retreating soldiers! ”

"No!"

Instantly

"Boom!" A bang.

A line of soldiers with iron swords glowing with silver light rushed out of the rear in unison.

"Buzz!"

The sword is out, ready to kill.

A slightly old voice came from the rear of the army: "Stop!"

When Guangfang heard this familiar voice, he immediately turned his head and said unwillingly: "County guard!"

Ma Ning lowered his brows, narrowed his eyes slightly, and covered his bloodshot pupils under his eyelids, "The army retreated twenty miles!" The whole army is repaired, and tomorrow we will fight again! ”

"But at this time, the thieves in Gaomi County are tired, and they will take advantage of the victory to pursue, and within two hours, they will definitely be able to take the south gate."

Ma Ning flicked his sleeves angrily, and pointed with his right hand at the Jiaodong soldiers who had fled, "Take a good look at you!" After those earth-shattering voices just now, can our soldiers have the strength to fight? ”

Guangfang bit his lip with his upper teeth, and looked at the whole scene unwillingly, and found that all the soldiers were fleeing, and no one continued to charge at all.

The black-pressed fleeing party forced the charging soldiers to turn around and retreat, or else they would be trampled into pulp by the fleeing army.

"Ahem, ahem!" Ma Ning coughed twice sharply and said in a deep voice: "You saw it? The army is unstable, how to fight again? Immediately retreat and rest your army! In addition, immediately transfer troops from other places and transfer all the soldiers who can fight in Jiaodong! ”

He breathed heavily, and seemed to be frightened by the explosion just now, his voice seemed extraordinarily vicissitudes, and he ordered: "Only scouts and 100-strong troops will be left at the north gate and east gate, and the other soldiers will be transferred to the south gate!" Tomorrow, I want to join the power of the counties in Jiaodong to break through this city! ”

Guangfang's face changed, and he said worriedly: "The east gate and the north gate are not guarded, what should I do if they escape."

Ma Ning snorted coldly, staring at the figure at the head of the city with a gloomy gaze, "Hmph, isn't it in the eastern boundary of Wujiaodong if you run away?" If he goes out of the city, it will give us a chance to surround him! Let's not forget that, according to intelligence, they have only a thousand people. As long as it's not a siege war, I don't believe that these 1,000 people can fight against my army of 10,000 people! ”

He paused, his voice cold and cold, "Of course, if they try to cross the river in vain...... Jiaoxi Congress will do it! I just asked the scouts to cross the river to Jiaoxi, as long as there are a large number of troops on the Huai River, Jiaoxi will directly use the bed crossbow! ”

"Jiaoxi has a bed crossbow?"

"Yes! At the beginning, after the overlord of Western Chu forced Gaozu to hand over Xianyang, he looted Xianyang's arsenal, and the remaining thirty bed crossbows were brought to Ludi by him! Ma Ning's voice trembled, I don't know if it was because of excitement or panic, "More than seventy years have passed, can the world still remember the power of the Great Qin Bed Crossbow?" ”

Guangfang sighed and said, "County Guard, why don't we borrow a few bed crossbows to attack the city?"

"It's not that I don't want to borrow it, but every time the bed crossbow moves, it must be approved by Chang'an! King Yu of Jiaoxi did not share the benefits of salt production, so it was naturally impossible to risk his life and send the bed crossbow to Jiaodong County! You are content, Jiaoxi can send troops to block the Huai River, and it has already given face to King Kang of Jiaodong. ”

Guangfang clenched his fists unwillingly, let the fists "rattle", and sighed heavily, "Alas! ”

He unwillingly put away his sword and gave the order to retreat, "Mingjin, collect the troops." ”

"No!"

After a while, the sound of gongs echoed across the battlefield.

"Dangdang, dang!"

"Dangdang, dang!"

……

On the city wall of Gaomi County,

Bai Mingzhe heard the sound of Mingjin, saw the enemy retreating, sat on the ground, and after taking a long breath, he said happily: "It seems that this attack is our success."

"Poof!" Uncle Zhang stood up, "drank", spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and arched his hand, "Bai Gong Shenwei!" They are already frightened, and they will not organize any more attacks in the short term. ”

Bai Mingzhe nodded and said in a deep voice: "Even so, don't take it too lightly. Immediately arrange for someone to collect the bodies of the fallen soldiers, count the names and places of origin of the dead people, and hand them over to Ye Chuping. After the war is over and Jiaodongjun is completely taken, we will personally raid Ma Ning's home, take out a part of the gold and silver he embezzled, and distribute it to the families of the fallen soldiers! At least 1 gold per person! ”

"In addition, gather the pigs and sheep in the city together, and all the soldiers participating in the battle today will have two catties of meat per person, and the wounded soldiers will have one catty of wine per person. In the same way, when the war is over, I will give them gold and silver, at least 5,000 yuan each! ”

"No!" Uncle Zhang was overjoyed and bent over.

Those who are soldiers pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers just to eat and exempt their fathers and elders from forced labor.

Now Bai Mingzhe gives meat to eat, wine to drink, and money!

With such a commander, can the soldiers not sell their lives?

However, before the two of them were happy, bad news came.

"Report !!"

The footsteps were hurried, "Dada......"

"Report !!"

Suddenly, a lieutenant ran up the city wall panting,

"Bai Gong, school captain, it's not good!"

This made Zhang Bo, who was just about to leave, suddenly stopped, and Bai Mingzhe's heart beat violently, and he had a bad premonition.

"What is it that alarms you so much?"

"Bai Gong, school captain, Song Xiang is gone!"

"What?!" Bai Mingzhe and Zhang Bo's faces changed in an instant, and the two of them glanced at each other and screamed at the same time.

Without waiting for Uncle Zhang to react, Bai Mingzhe stepped forward, put his two hands on the shoulders of this lieutenant sergeant, looked anxious, and hurriedly asked: Why is it gone? When was this? ”

"Back to Baigong, because the enemy army attacked the city, the soldiers of Liang Guo only left two people to guard, and the other brothers went to the city to defend it. Perhaps because there were few people and the defense was too weak, the brother guarding the cell was wiped with a sharp knife, and the lock on the door where Song Xiang was held was broken. According to the inmates in the surrounding cells, he was rescued by a group of men dressed in black. The specific time of rescue should be an hour ago! The lieutenant sergeant cried with a sad face, "We really didn't expect that someone would be desperate to rescue Song Xiang." ”

"Everyone has been rescued for an hour." Bai Mingzhe's eyes were cloudy, and he stomped his feet angrily, "Damn, something is wrong!" ”

Ye Chuping didn't know why, and whispered: "Bai Gong, even if Song Xiang is rescued, it won't affect anything. The weapons of his subordinates were confiscated, and the more than 800 men were also held in a clearing. Even if Song Xiang and his soldiers converge, they would not be able to make waves! ”

Bai Mingzhe smiled bitterly, "If only it were really that simple!" Although we are busy defending the city and have relatively weak guards over the prison, it must not be a simple character for those men in black to sneak into the cell quietly! I'm afraid that it was the powerful and big landlords in Gaomi County who intervened. ”

"Since Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the descendants of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, except for those who were forcibly relocated to Xianyang by Yingzheng, the rest have taken root in the original land. More than 100 years have passed, and the one that has developed among them is called Haoqiang! The slightly weaker ones are also at the level of big landlords! ”

After a pause, his tone was heavy, "This group of people, once they exert their strength, it is difficult to deal with!" If they pull out the slaves and retinues of the house, it will be enough to form an army of a thousand people! Although the Han Dynasty strictly forbade private hiding of armor and weapons, this place is far away from Chang'an, and it is backed by Ma Ning and Song Xiang, who can say for sure? Judging from the fact that Song Xiang was quietly rescued, they ...... The means in Gaomi County are almost all over the world! ”

"If this group of men leads the slaves and followers to storm the arsenal...... Even if they are outarmed in weapons, we must divide three hundred, or more, to defend because of the large number of men. I don't want to see this scene. ”

He turned his head to look at Uncle Zhang, and his voice was low, "Gong Zhang, I suggest that Liang Guo's soldiers be sent to guard the weapons depot immediately to prevent the inner ghosts from secretly transporting the weapons out!" At the same time, immediately arrange for a hundred newly recruited people to search the city, and be sure to find Song Xiang's location. If we let him join his guards and men, it will be very troublesome for us! ”

"Finally, send lobbyists to the mansions of the powerful and landlords in the city, and tell them: I promise in the name of Taiyuan Jun that as long as they hand over Song Xiang, after successfully defending the city, they will never move a penny of their family property, and at the same time, after the matter is completed, I am willing to give them more salt production management rights!"

Zhang Bo didn't talk the slightest nonsense, pressed the saber at his waist with his left hand, and nodded, "No." ”

He waved his hand at the soldier who had just come to report, "Shi Ze, immediately recruit fifty brothers, follow me!" ”

"No!"

Bai Mingzhe glanced at the direction of the retreat of the Jiaodong army again, and whispered, "Feng Ju, don't let me down, there are a thousand horsemen among the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom." Whether I survive or not is up to you. ”

Ye Chuping served aside, "Bai Gong, the city is windy, please go down to the city to rest, when the rebels attack the city, your subordinates will notify you." ”

"Hmm." Bai Mingzhe nodded, "Chu Ping, hurry up and arrange credible people to continue to collect the things I asked you to collect before, the more the better." Remember, the production process must be kept strictly confidential. All soldiers involved in the production must be registered! ”

"No!"