There was delicious wine and food on the table, and there were many beautiful prostitutes singing and dancing to help the fun, but all the rich families had no appetite, and they barely waited until Liang Si's subordinates collected all kinds of donations from each family, so they dared to promise one by one and left the table one after another.

Among them, a wealthy family who returned home in a hurry immediately gathered close friends to discuss.

"This city is unfortunate, everyone has planned early, or they may be able to save their lives." He waited for everyone to arrive, closed the doors and windows, and whispered.

The cronies were surprised and asked, "Brother said the day before yesterday that the fortified city is unbreakable, how can it change so quickly?" ”

This person said helplessly: "Liang Gong is stubborn, Meng Sanjie is good and happy, Wu Yaner is greedy, if he concentrates on holding on to a city with all his strength, and the walls outside the city are clear, he may be able to wait for the thieves to be tired, unable to attack the city and retreat to the city." However, from a certain point of view, within a few days, the officers and soldiers suffered huge losses and their morale was low, and if it were not for our donation of money and encouragement, it would not be said that the righteous followers would be afraid of the people, even the officers and soldiers would have fallen into the hearts of the army. Now that the last reward is almost gone, but the reinforcements have not yet arrived, Liang Gong called us again tonight to collect donations. What's more, countless arrows and books entered the city tonight, and it was clearly the thief army's internal contact, and it was thought that it would be launched within Xun Day! ”

The companion exclaimed: "If you knew this, why don't you sail to sea?!" ”

"The thief army is besieged, how can you get out of the city and go to the sea?" Someone immediately retorted.

"Don't bother to speak, and listen to my brother's orders."

This person looked around and said slowly: "I heard that the Jing'an army killed many Mongolian magnates, bullies and inferior gentry, and a certain self-thinking daily business is fair, and he has not detained the people too much. The former has Jing'an thief Wen, only to drive out the Tartars, restore China, not like the demeanor of ordinary grass cowards, if we can help it break the city, we may not only get rid of our lives, we may also have a world. ”

Defection to the Jing'an Army? Everyone is a little hesitant, the foundation of everyone's wealth is not very clean, I heard that Jing'an thieves are extremely biased towards mud legs, and treat the rich unceremoniously, if it is as rumored, their hot face is pasted with a cold ass, everyone's net worth is not guaranteed!

However, this city seems to be difficult to defend, and it is the best policy to find a way out as soon as possible.

This person looked at the hesitant faces of the people, and persuaded with a smile: "I am just a small wealth in the world, incomparable with Meng Sanjie and Wu Yanerduo, and even with the huge wealth of almost enemy countries such as Gu Bangyan. In my opinion, this Jing'an army can be regarded as a person who practices loving the people and saving the country, and I heard that the people who have settled outside the city have received a lot of relief, at least they can survive this winter safely! And I heard that as long as the daily evil deeds are not obvious, those who are willing to join the Jing'an army will have nothing to do. As long as we contribute to the siege of the city this time, I think General Nafei will always take care of us! ”

Everyone finally made up their minds and shouted: "We all look to my brother's horse, as long as it is what my brother points to, my brothers will not spare their lives!" ”

"Without further ado, I'll go and make a secret appointment with a helper, just when the time comes, I'll launch it."

A group of people closed the doors and windows, and the more they talked, the more excited they became, and some people simply brought out a few jars of fine wine, and everyone drank it in a big bowl.

On the second day, the Jing'an army marched out of the camp again, and Yu Zhilong and others suddenly found that hundreds of bloody human heads had been hung on the city.

Liang Si and Meng Sanjie laughed at the head of the city: "Less than a thief, Wang you have exhausted your organs, we have expected that there will be foolish and unscrupulous people in the city to work for you, today's hanging head, can you recognize it?" ”

Yu Zhilong, Wu Xingde and others drove their horses to take a closer look, Wu Xingde was shocked, and said to Zhilong: "This is mostly Wu's friends in the city, and I originally wanted to persuade them to serve in the army. ”

It turned out that the Jing'an army shot arrows into the city last night, and there were many secret signs in it. Wu Xingde thought that there were many old friends in the city, and there were many people who had a gap with the Yuan court, so he made a special suggestion to Yu Zhilong and wanted to act with him. Who knew that this Meng Sanjie and the others acted decisively, and would rather kill their mistakes than let them go. Seeing that the officers and soldiers were in dire need of gold and silver, he simply killed them all of them that were not pleasing to the eye on weekdays, and all his family wealth was confiscated. There are a lot of people in this city, and naturally there are many wronged people.

Cui Hu quietly approached and said, "General, the small one has taken a closer look, and there is no small old department." ”

Yu Zhilong turned to joy in worry: "Oh, what do you see? ”

"I don't dare to hide it from the general, from a certain point of view, most of them are rich Han people in the city. Presumably, most of them are friends of the lord of Wubao. ”

Wu Xingde said gloomily beside him: "My friends are six or seventy percent. ”

Mu Chun, Qu Bo and other generals had a worried face, looking at each other, worried that the morale of each department would be affected by it, and looked at Yu Zhilong.

Yu Zhilong pondered for a moment, his face turned pale, and he applauded and laughed: "Their army is low-hearted, and they actually rely on killing the heads of their own people to reduce the morale of our army, which is ridiculous and lamentable!" ”

"Meng Sanjie, but a Tartar eagle dog, Liang Si, just a rotten Confucian ear! My Jing'an army beheaded a Tartar captive and drank the blood of traitors! As a good man of the Han family, when a horse stepped on the mountain for 8,000 miles, he was a wolf for 600 years! This should be the fastest thing in life! ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be enthusiastic. Mu Chun shouted: "Seize the city today, a certain wish to be a pioneer, be a general, and capture the flag!" ”

Kong Ying, Meng Chang, and Jin Yan also raised their arms and shouted: "The horse stepped on the mountain for 8,000 miles, and the wolf lived in Xu for 600 years!" ”

Although Kong Bi is a rough man, he is also a descendant of the land of sages, and the achievements of the Han army in destroying the Xiongnu also made him admire.

All the troops felt the same way, raised their swords, guns, swords, halberds, and shouted: "The horse stepped on the mountain for 8,000 miles, and the wolf lived in Xu for 600 years!" The horse stepped on the mountain for 8,000 miles, and the wolf lived in Xu for 600 years! ”

The roar boiled in the sky and resounded in the sky. Shocked, Meng Sanjie and other Yuan army generals at the head of the city were speechless and stunned. Liang Si's heart was in a trance, like in a dream. When the people in the city and the soldiers of the Yuan army heard this, they looked at each other and trembled. This will make a lot of noise for the little thief!

"Drums! Strengthen our army! Yu Zhilong drank the order. More than a dozen cowhide drums in front of the army were hammered, and the siege orders came and went, Mu Chun was sexual, took off his shirt and armor, and was naked, and only tied with silk around his waist. He gave up his long weapon, held his customary sledgehammer in one hand and a small round shield in the other, shouted, and led the crowd to snatch it out first.

"Drumming! The front army pursues! Ji Xiancheng excitedly rode a horse and stood on the west bank of the Mi River, and ordered loudly.

At the water's edge, more than 100 small boats were rushing back and forth between the two sides of the strait, sending the Jing'an Army to the east coast in batches. More than a dozen watchtowers of the Yuan army near and far on the east bank have been cleared. There are still a few corpses of Yuan pawns with arrows stuck all over the place, like hedgehogs to the watchtower.

The front army, under the leadership of Hou Ying, was sweeping the Yuan army inside and outside the camp tent on the shore.

At night, the Jing'an army suddenly crossed the river and attacked, and suddenly defeated the Yuan army fortified along the river, and thousands of garrison Yuan troops were beaten and scattered. Gou Fugui's cavalry pursued quickly, capturing hundreds of soldiers in less than an hour and crushing the enemy troops who came to help.

Wan Jinhu, Xia Houen, Huang Er, Luo Cheng and other troops were busy cleaning up the team and crossing the river by boat in turn. The beacon fire that was lit high in the camp on the other side crackled in the wind, and the aroma of pine resin wafted from it. This should be the fact that the fence and other objects in the camp have been ignited. The soldiers on this side of the excitement jumped to their feet and looked.

Now the Yuan army in Juxian County has been defeated by Zhao Shi several times, and Linqu no longer has to worry about the southern defense.

The Intelligence Department has conducted countless investigations and found that the main force of the Yidu Yuan Army is mostly stationed in the south of the city, and the defenders in Weizhou and other places are obviously weak, and most of them are miscellaneous, the new army, as long as Ji Xiancheng can seize the opportunity to play a time difference and take Weizhou, the situation will inevitably be reversed!

"Target, Weizhou City!" Ji Xiancheng once again urged all ministries to speed up the river crossing. Once Weizhou City is taken, it will be able to cut off the connection between Yidu City and Banyang Road, which is not only extremely beneficial to Zhilong's attack in Rizhao and other places, but also if Weizhou's military funds and grain and grass are obtained, the one-year livelihood of the Linqu military and civilians will also be settled.

"Sister Lan, why do you have to cross the river?" Huang Er was loudly urging his subordinates to arrange the order, and when he found Yulan and the other women coming behind in the carriage, he couldn't help asking.

"Second brother, this army is moving forward, it is inevitable that there will be casualties, and we are going to ambulate us." Yu Lan, who had a delicate face, came over to greet her. Under the leadership of Yu Lan and others, at least 100 young women, all dressed in white, with blue collars and blue headscarves, are extremely eye-catching in the army.

"That's not right, the war has just begun, how can I let you go? When there is a letter ahead, it's not too late! Huang Er's head shook like a rattle.

Yu Lan said: "It's okay, we just follow behind, we won't go to the front line, and if we have Brother Tong to take care of it, it will be fine." "Brother Tong is the head of the Jing'an Army's baggage battalion, and he also has guards under him. Yu Lan and the others mainly followed the activities of the baggage camp.

Huang Er still doesn't agree, others don't care, what is Yu Lan's identity? In case there is a mistake, if Yu Zhilong comes back, will the generals still be alive? Besides, the thick-eyed and big-eyed woman behind Yu Lan obviously began to get angry.

"Noise! Look down on people? Liu E stood up impatiently and shouted loudly.

Huang Er's other women are not afraid, but they are only submissive to their mother-in-law who has not yet married into the door. Seeing Liu E shouting angrily, he quickly straightened up in front of the army, and said: "As soon as the war starts, the swords and guns have no eyes, and I am worried that the guards will not be able to do so." If you have to go, you need to wait for General Ji's permission. ”

"That's nature." Yu Lan smiled, "Everyone has fought, this is needless to say." ”

Liu E stepped forward, took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, and unfolded it to show Huang Er: "No, this is General Ji's warrant!" Look, is there something wrong? ”

Huang Er said shyly: "Do you know that I can't read-"

The group of women couldn't help but chuckle, attracting the attention of the sergeants lining up not far away.

The literacy class in the army has been set up for several months, and Yu Zhilong has ordered officers at all levels to eradicate illiteracy, and it has achieved some results. But officers like Huang Er, who are not bright-headed, can barely recognize dozens of commonly used words, and if they write, they will never be able to. Ji Xiancheng's warrant is no less than twenty or thirty big characters, where can he recognize it all!

"Second brother, don't worry, we are only behind the army, and we will never risk rushing forward." Yu Lan continued, turning her head to stop the chuckle of her female companions.

Huang Er patted his chest, "Then I'm thankful!" Then he mounted his horse and returned with his guards.

"Marshal, report urgently before the army! The thief army in Linqu City has finally moved! Ye Xian was playing chess with his staff, and when he heard the report, Huo Ran got up, "Really? When? ”

"Last night's four watches. The garrisoned Meng Ge and Liu were all defeated by thieves, and now they are retreating to the northeast and southeast. Lord Wanyan and several others are said to have fallen into the hands of thieves. ”

"Idiot! What do you want them to do? I can't even support it for two hours! "I also listened to the battle report first, and the Yuan army guarding the Mihe River was almost crushed with one blow.

"Marshal, can you send troops if you want?" Staff asked.

He also pondered for a while, and slowly shook his head: "Don't worry, the thief army is in full swing and has never been far from the lair, so Haikun A and the others can attack first, slowly block the enemy, and lead it to Weizhou." ordered the departments in the south of the city not to move, and ordered him to guard Weizhou according to the plan. The cavalry and others intensified their harassment of Linqu and must remain positive. I am summoning the generals of all ministries to come to the meeting! ”

"Also, Mr. Jiang has been planning this matter for a long time, so I still invite him to come to see it in detail."

The staff said with a smile: "The little one is here first to congratulate the big marshal on his victory!" ”

"The child has seen his father" The Meng family strode into the camp tent and immediately respectfully saluted his father Meng Qing.

"My son is here! Come, come and meet Uncle Ouyang. Meng Qingzheng sat on the chair and excitedly talked with a middle-aged man in a long shirt with a slightly dark face. Seeing that the child Meng Jiaqi suddenly came in, he didn't think it was strange, and happily pointed to the person sitting down, so that he hurried to salute.

This person sat in the lower seat, facing Meng Qing, his face was dusty, his expression was quite respectful, and his waist was straight.

"Uncle Ouyang is healthy!" Meng Jiaqi looked sideways, was overjoyed, took two steps forward, and bowed down to the tiger's waist.

The man hurriedly stood up, left his seat and hugged Meng Jiaqi, and Meng Jiaqi's bow was half done.

"I can't do it! I can't help it! The fourth son has tormented the little old man! The man laughed, supported Meng Jiaqi hard, and nodded again and again: "The fourth prince has followed the old man before and after the horse, and it has been really hard in the past few months. A certain learned the good news of the master and the fourth son in the village, and was very relieved, it is really a tiger father without a dog! ”

Meng Jiaqi secretly looked at Meng Qing's face and said, "My father's teachings are in my ears, and I dare not forget the moment I am young!" A little hard work, why is Uncle Ouyang worried! ”

"A certain person happened to return from a camp inspection, and heard that a large number of baggage had arrived at home, so he quickly returned to the camp, and saw the flag of his family in the camp, and was overjoyed.

Ouyang Wenqing is Meng Qing's chief steward, and he plans military supplies, equipment and personnel replenishment for Meng Qing in his hometown, which is very important to Meng Qing. Meng Qingde's sons and wives and concubines all called him uncle. This time, because Meng Qing's army had a large amount of food, grass, ordnance, and soldiers, Ouyang Wenqing did not dare to slack off and personally escorted him.

Meng Qing was overjoyed this time, and when he heard Meng Jiaqi take the initiative to admit responsibility, he waved his hand gently: "Today's Wenqing is a great joy in our army, and I don't blame you this time!" ”

"Thank you, father!" Meng Jiaqi hurriedly bowed his hand, "It's just that my father has always had strict military discipline, if he is loose because of me, how can he serve the public?" In the past few days, he has taken on the position of waiting and guarding Uncle Ouyang, not only to accept punishment, but also to listen to the teachings in front of his uncle. ”

"You have a heart. It's up to you! ”

Ouyang Wenqing said with a smile: "There is the fourth son of Lao!" ”

The three of them exchanged a few words, sat down according to the guest of honor, and talked about everything.

Ouyang Wenqing escorted thousands of loads of grain and grass this time, and replenished thousands of soldiers, plus the first two replenishment of soldiers, the scale of Meng Qing's volunteer army was restored, and now the battalion heads add up, about 4,000 people, becoming the most powerful volunteer army in Yidu City.

"This time things are urgent, a certain one only brought 300 sets of armor, 200 war horses, and a number of swords, guns, arrows and shields. The list is here, please take a look at it. Ouyang Wenqing carried one of the book folds and presented it to Meng Qing.

After Meng Qing read it, he sighed deeply: "It's hard to be a scholar!" It's not easy to raise these things in such a short time! ”

"Praise sir! It's just that I heard a military report at home, and the court has rewarded us a lot, why is there still a huge gap in weapons and armor in the army? ”

"It is true that there are a lot of gifts from the imperial court, but the army of Fucheng urgently needs to replenish soldiers and combat equipment. Most of the weapons and horses were given to the officers and soldiers, and we and the rebels could only be left behind! ”

Meng Jiaqi interjected: "I think that the Marshal's Mansion is biased! Several times to suppress bandits, my father contributed the most, the most difficult battles experienced, and the losses of our troops were no less than those officers and troops in Fucheng. Although the imperial court was gracious to me afterwards, it was mostly a name, but the actual military supplement was far from enough! ”

Meng Jiaqi didn't know, and now he was somewhat afraid of Meng Qing's strength. Therefore, in the allocation of military funds, we have secretly made some allocations to the lower levels.

In addition, the cost of weapons, armor, and war horses is extremely high, and the current pressure on Yidu Road's financial resources is also a heavy burden, even if all the officers and soldiers cannot be replenished at will, let alone the rebel armies in various places?

In fact, the Yuan army camp in Yidu has been restored neatly, and the weapons are also complete, but the complete set of armor is expensive, and although the first is strictly reprimanded by the Maker Division and others to rush to make it day and night, it is only 5,000 sets, and nearly 1,000 sets are reluctantly distributed to the righteous army from all walks of life, and the rest are all given to the officials and soldiers of the imperial court. Although Meng Qingbu was the most numerous in the rebel army, he only got 200 sets.

Similarly, the cost of the bow is not low, the preparation of a good bow is time-consuming, laborious and expensive, although the arrows are not expensive, but the number of arrows has come up, and the cost is naturally high. Now Yidu Road's financial resources are exhausted, and it is difficult to support a major war.

As for the war horses, they were all allocated to the officers and soldiers, and the rebels from all walks of life could only raise their own funds.

In troubled times, there is no shortage of soldiers, but it is extremely financially expensive to carry baggage, armor, weapons, war horses, etc., not counting the battalion drills, and miscellaneous expenses such as recruitment and distribution of various people. Therefore, in the troubled times, it is often the visionary and profound heroes who can lead the way to stand out, and most of the reckless heroes take advantage of the situation, and a few waves in the long river of history are just gone.

In order to prepare for the war this time, the cadres of the governor's office were busy with anxiety. If the official army is defeated again this time, I am afraid that many people will have the heart to cry to death!

Meng Qing ordered the wine to wait, and the three of them talked about it again. Meng Qing saw that Ouyang Wenqing's face was tired, and after a few rounds of drinking, he persuaded him to go down and rest. Ouyang Wenqing gave a salute and retired.

Meng Jiaqi naturally accompanied, and the two arrived at the back camp, Meng Jiaqi ordered the guards to strictly guard the account, and outsiders were not allowed to approach without orders.

After entering the account, Meng Jiaqi hurriedly thanked him again. Ouyang Wenqing refused, and the two shirked back and forth, and finally exchanged courtesies. After sitting down, the Meng family saw that there were no outsiders, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, how is the family?" ”

Ouyang Wenqing knew his intentions, and whispered: "As expected by the fourth prince, a certain person secretly noticed that the slut really had an affair with him, if it wasn't for a certain expectation, now that slut is afraid that there is a seed of evil in his belly!" ”

"Really?" Meng Jiaqi was pleasantly surprised, "If there is a certificate, a big thing can be done!" ”

"It's not there at this time, but according to Chunmei's secret report, that slut is lazy today and likes to eat sour, especially the Lang Zhong who asked for a consultation a few days ago is nowhere to be found, it's really strange."

Meng Jiaqi suddenly got up and went back and forth several times in the tent.

"God help me, big brother, you have done everything you can, but you can't imagine that you will still be planted on this slut! Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous! ”

It turns out that Meng Qing's existing four adult sons, the eldest Meng Jiaxu, generally stay in Linzi Township to take care of family affairs, especially after Meng Qing's army began to go out to kill, it seems that he is already the best candidate for the Meng family to take over.

The fourth son, Meng Jiaqi, is not from the same mother, and the age difference between the two is nearly ten years old, and their personalities are very different from each other. When they gradually became adults, in order to compete for the family position, several sons intrigued with each other, and they became more and more intense.

Because of his belligerence, Meng Jiaqi has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and if it was a normal year, this successor would not have been able to take his turn anyway. But in recent years, the anti-Yuan trend in the world has swarmed, and the chaos of Yidu Road is unknown, and the imperial court has gradually been unable to suppress and suppress it, so it has to advocate the righteous army. Meng Jiaqi and the third brother Meng Jiashan have done a lot of martial arts and hard work since they followed Meng Qing with the army, and they gradually gained Meng Qing's attention.

Meng Jiashan died at the hands of the Jing'an army in the mountains, and Meng Qing focused more on cultivating Meng Jiaqi. This Meng Jiaqi is also a caring person, and he has long had the heart to compete for succession, and now that his situation is optimistic, he is even more careful to serve Meng Qing on weekdays, secretly contacting all kinds of people in the clan, etc., thinking that he is Austrian aid. Ouyang Wenqing is the biggest one of his clans.

The slut in Ouyang Wenqing's mouth is Meng Qingxinna's concubine, who is extremely beautiful, and she is very popular with Meng Qing. These Meng family sons were dignified on the surface, but secretly they didn't know how much saliva they swallowed. Because of human ethics, people dare not show their colors in front of them. Now listening to Ouyang say this, Meng Jiaxu actually had an affair with her, and even became pregnant, if this matter was known to Meng Qing, Meng Jiaxu's status would definitely be difficult to protect!

Ouyang Wenqing finally liked the fourth son, and he also made up his mind after repeated consideration.

The eldest son, Meng Jiaxu, is more than successful and not enterprising. If it is in the peaceful years, it will naturally be fine, but if it is chaotic today, it will gradually have the potential to burn the prairies. Although he doesn't have the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, he can also see some clues.

In addition, Meng Jiaxu is lustful and unscrupulous, gloomy, and mean to others, so he is not a good object to take refuge in. Since Meng Jiaqi gradually stood out and Meng Jiashan died again, the two hit it off.

As for the second son, Meng Jiaxun, he is a mediocre person, and Ouyang Wenqing naturally looks down on him.

"The fourth prince should also be careful, it is reported that the eldest prince specially prepared a few branches in the township, and secretly only obeyed his orders, this time I also came with a few branches, I want to fight for merit in front of the army, so as to show my face in front of the master!"

"Is the merit good? Otherwise, the third brother wouldn't-" Meng Jiaqi sneered, "Don't bother Mr. Lao, wait for me to show my father, find an opportunity, I will come to the palace, let them be the vanguard!" ”

"Report, the Shuai Mansion came to order, the Linqu thieves suddenly launched last night, and the Shuai Mansion summoned all the generals to urgently enter the city to discuss the military situation!" A personal guard hurriedly rushed over and knelt in front of Meng Jiaqi and said.

"Oh, God help me! Mr. took a short rest and waited for a certain to enter the Shuai's Mansion with his father. This time, we must completely defeat the Linqu thief, and my eldest brother's little caution doesn't want to succeed in front of the army! ”

"Major General, be careful! A certain is waiting here for the good news of the major general! ”