The business worth eight thousand taels was completed in Pengzhou City, and Liu Ximing couldn't help but sigh a little, now he finally knows why Yingjiang likes to fight so much.

It's one thing to seize these benefits from oil, but it's also one thing to show off the performance of your products to arms buyers around the world.

As for whether selling the cannon will pose any threat to himself, Liu Ximing thought carefully in his heart.

According to the current momentum of his obscene development, it is estimated that there will not be any conflict with the official army for a long time.

Besides, as long as there is no mature manufacturing process, this thing is to break one less one, Liu Ximing doesn't believe it, if you really want to compare, who can have more guns than himself.

As the thieves retreated, the head of Pengzhou City soon fell silent.

In the middle of the night, the patrolling soldiers noticed movement outside the city walls and threw two incendiary grenades to illuminate it.

It turned out that it was nothing more than some of the thieves who had been coerced to carry the corpses, and after the Long Xiang battalion was frightened and shot and killed three people, the men retreated.

In this way, Liu Ximing couldn't sleep well, and around midnight, Mu Jingnan came to report that a scout from Hou Liangzhu's camp came to deliver the handwritten letter.

By the time Liu Ximing arrived at the front hall of the county government, He Duan and the others had already gotten up.

Seeing him coming, He Duan handed him the paperwork in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "The governor has a big appetite." ”

What did Hou Liangzhu say?

Liu Ximing took the paperwork with some curiosity, but heard the sergeant who came to report the news kneeling on the side.

"This gentleman, Hou Dudu sent an order, please He Guerrilla must intercept Zhang Xianzhong's troops in Pengzhou, and wait for the rear army to arrive and then flank and defeat this thief."

"How far is the army of Hou Dudu from here?" , Liu Ximing quickly swept the contents of the paperwork, looked up and asked the sergeant.

"There are still seventy miles or so to go."

Liu Ximing looked at He Duan, "In this way, you only need to block it for one day at most, Brother He, what do you think?" ”

"What else", He Duan had a wry smile on his face, "Since the governor has an order, let's do our best." ”

Early in the morning, Liu Ximing observed Zhang Xianzhong's camp in the mist through a telescope.

Thin wooden fences, haphazard tents, and rogue rogue make the camp look a bit chaotic.

But the camp of 40,000 people seemed to be boundless, which made Liu Ximing's heart beat a little bit.

At the moment, there are many puffs of white smoke rising from the camp, apparently making a pilgrimage meal.

Liu Ximing observed for a while, and exhaled a white gas in the air.

"Fortunately, the thieves don't look like they're going to attack the city."

Huang Zongxi didn't go to the city last night, but now he saw the appearance of the thief camp and smiled at Liu Ximing: "Last night, there was a lot of artillery, I heard that Brother Xian's subordinates are powerful again?" Thinking about it, these bandits were also frightened. ”

Liu Ximing pursed his lips, "It's just a surprise, Zhang Xianzhong shouldn't be frightened, it depends on how he handles it." ”

"The virtuous brother's equipment is so profitable, if it is supplied to the officers and soldiers, why is the world uncertain, have you ever thought about it?"

Huang Zongxi's words made Liu Ximing laugh a little, since he saw the Longxiang camp attacking the city yesterday, he has been chattering like this, which makes Liu Ximing a little helpless.

"Brother Taichong, is the reason why the world is in chaos because of thieves? What if the officers and soldiers wiped out all the rogues? Now that the people have no place to stand, although the officials and the army can win for a while, can they still win for a lifetime? ”

Huang Zongxi was in a trance when Liu Ximing asked, "Is there no salvation in this world?" ”

Liu Ximing looked at him with a straight face, "It's not that it's not unsaved, if you can use the wealth of the world to help the people as the younger brother said, and use thunderbolt means to govern the officials, then the world may not be unsavable." ”

Huang Zongxi had a wry smile on his face, how could this be possible, let the gentry of the world spit out the meat that they ate in their mouths again, who would do it?

"Second brother, there is movement in the thief camp."

Mu Jingnan's voice came, breaking the somewhat awkward atmosphere between Liu Ximing and Huang Zongxi.

Liu Ximing hurriedly walked to the wall again, picked up the telescope and observed.

"It's not good, Zhang Xianzhong wants to escape", Liu Ximing looked at it a few times, put down the binoculars and shouted.

"What do you say?" , Yu Yongkai and the others repeatedly picked up the binoculars and observed after hearing this, but they didn't find anything, only saw that the thieves were gathering.

"They didn't prepare siege equipment," Liu Ximing pointed to the bandit camp anxiously, "You see they are only concerned about assembling, but no one is going to carry those ladders and other equipment, I think they are preparing to abandon the camp and leave." ”

"Artillerymen, hurry up and prepare, send orders to the fleet, let them see the opportunity to intercept the shooting."

The Long Xiang battalion quickly took action, and He Duanbu was alarmed by their movements, but he didn't know what to do.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

He Duan ran over with a steamed bun, and when he saw the artillery of the Longxiang battalion shifting positions again, he was so frightened that he pulled Liu Ximing and asked nonsense.

"Let your people assemble under the city wall, Zhang Xianzhong wants to run." , Now that the city is in chaos, Liu Ximing has no time to talk to him slowly, and while talking, he pulls him towards the city downstairs.

"Brother, you don't want to pursue, do you?" , The steamed bun in He Duan's hand shook off and fell to the ground, his face full of horror.

Liu Ximing rolled his eyes over, "Don't chase?" How can you complete Hou Dudu's order, first bombard and disrupt their team, let's bring someone to stop it, if it doesn't work out, return back. ”

He Duan took a few breaths, with an overly frightened expression, "Brother, you are my brother, there are more than 40,000 people outside, are we going to send death with such a small number of people?" ”

"Don't worry, just hold them back." , Liu Ximing saw He Duan's cowardice, and hurriedly opened his mouth to comfort.

He does have a little idea of making great contributions now, let's see if he can raise Yu Yongkai's position further, after all, a hundred households are really still a little out of the table.

Of course, he didn't plan to fight in waves, there were indeed too many unstable factors in the field pursuit, especially now that the recruits of the Longxiang battalion accounted for more than half.

However, Liu Ximing believed that with the help of muskets and grenades, it should not be much of a problem for the Longxiang battalion to hold out for a few hours.

Besides, the young eagle always has to fly high, especially after a while, he will take someone to Shaanxi to investigate, there must be a big battle to fight, rather than being damaged by then, it is better to pay some tuition now.

"Array"

Zhang Xianzhong, who had already packed his bags and wanted to take a detour, was shocked to see that the east gate of Pengzhou City had been quietly opened.

Groups of soldiers in blue waist-length armor were leaving the city in an orderly manner and began to assemble outside the city.

"Boom" "Boom"

The unsettling sound of artillery was heard again, and although the first round only reached the edge of the camp, it still terrified the rogues.

"Thief, your mother", Zhang Xianzhong looked back on his horse, and was so angry that he whipped the flower out.

"Is there no one to bully Lao Zhang, the one surnamed Liu, turn around, break his mother first."

Li Dingguo eagerly pulled Zhang Xianzhong's horse reins, "Grandpa, the official army just wants to hold me back, and Hou Liangzhu will come if he doesn't leave." ”

Zhang Xianzhong was in a hurry to be robbed by him, and whipped him in the hand, "How to go now, these straight thieves are following behind, and our rear team can't run away, fight first, beat them down and then leave." ”

The sound of the whining horn spread throughout the bandit camp, and the bandit veterans who were about to retreat began to assemble.

However, the Longxiang camp was obviously much faster, and in about a quarter of an hour, 3,000 people had already assembled outside the city, and at this time, except for the elite old thieves, the rest of the thieves were still messing around outside the camp.

This is the point where the artillery of the Longxiang battalion also began to move forward, and seeing that the camp of thieves was startled by the shells, Liu Ximing waved his right hand fiercely.

"Forward"

The shield-bearers in the first row immediately began to move forward, and the entire team of 3,000 people was divided into six phalanxes and began to follow, and Liu Ximing also left a regiment as a reserve force.

Liu Ximing also knew that although the musket was more powerful than the bow and arrow, the range was not as good as the bow and arrow, so he specially equipped the first row with a large shield.

Sure enough, although the bandit camp was slightly chaotic due to the shelling, Zhang Xianzhong had already organized his archers, and hundreds of arrows rained down as scheduled.

Although the Longxiang battalion was equipped with shields, and the helmets of the soldiers were also made of fine iron shells and large caps lined with cotton cloth, dozens of people were still shot to the ground, causing a wave of chaos.

Liu Ximing felt distressed in the rear, but he finally endured it, and he was reluctant to let the child catch the wolf.