In Meng Qing's tent early this morning, Meng Qing got up early, inspected his own volunteer army camp, and was reviewing and sorting out the documents in the tent. Suddenly, it was reported that thousands of households of the Han army had come to visit.

Meng Qing hurriedly put down the book and went out to greet him. Zhanping is one of the four heroes of the Han Army on Yidu Road, and is listed with Mingxiong, Tang Zheyi, and Jia Daozhen. His tactics and tactics are indeed talented, and Meng Qing has joined forces with him to fight these times, and he has praised his ability to govern the army.

The two met, saluted each other, flattened and laughed, and entered the account first.

"General Meng is really a diligent person, and he will not rest after returning to the account after the inspection?" Zhanping saw a stack of papers on the case and asked casually.

Meng Qing invited him to take a seat, summoned his guards to serve him tea, and explained: "It just happens that there is nothing to do, and I took the opportunity to look at some of the proclamations and governance terms of the Linqu bandits. ”

Zhan Pingqi said: "These thieves are just posting some sensational articles, bewitching the foolish people to go against the government, what does it mean?" ”

"Not necessarily, less than a thief is not only brave, but also good at confusing people's hearts, and all kinds of measures are still very easy to win the hearts of the peddlers." Meng Qing replied with a slight solemnity.

These two people were ordered to guard the small village together, and the arch guard was also the first big village, which was not only the horn of the Yuan army, but also could spy on the west of Linqu City, and even the road in the south of the city, which played a great role, Ji Xiancheng had tried to attack several times, and they were all resolved by the two.

Although Zhanping is a thousand households in the Han army, it does not discriminate against the righteous army of Meng Qing's department, so the two can work together. This is also because Meng Qingbu's combat strength is not weak, and Meng Qing's subordinates have a good way, so they have to be flattened and pushed.

"This is less than after the thieves entered Linqu, abolished, nuclear acres, divided the fields, gathered the displaced people and even the subordinates to reclaim the famine, and returned to the water conservancy, one by one measures are not chaotic at all, as far as the current situation seems to be at least tens of thousands of acres of new land outside the city, and tens of thousands of displaced people can build huts to shelter. According to the homeless people, the small thieves will live in associations with the homeless people, and the concentrated use of cattle and horses has greatly accelerated the steps of rejuvenating the peasants; if it were not for the fierceness of our army, which interrupted the steps of its tuntian army, by the autumn of next year, once the thief army collects grain, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to cure! Meng Qing frowned and explained slowly. These documents were all sorted out by Meng Qing's collection and questioning of displaced people and prisoners in the past few days, and their contents are naturally credible.

Zhan Ping responded, and said: "This son is also a character, and Staff Officer Yu and others also praise him, but the more talented he is, the more dangerous he will naturally be to the imperial court, if he is not eliminated early, it will eventually be a trouble!" ”

The two chatted a few words and talked about how to deal with the current situation, but there was no good way for a while. The army has been holding out for a long time, not only is it difficult to continue the grain, but even the morale has plummeted, not to mention that the day before yesterday, Yu Zhilong beheaded hundreds of Tang Wuwei prisoners outside the camp in one go, and the bloody scene really shocked many Yuan soldiers.

The masked people are afraid, but they empathize. The Han soldiers in the Yuan army were more or less excited, or gloating.

The main reason why the Yuan army was so passive was that after Tang Wuwei was annihilated, there was an urgent shortage of a large number of formed cavalry, and only a small number of cavalry could not compete with the thousands of Jing'an cavalry. After that, although the Yuan cavalry fought with the opponent several times, the final strength was not good, and there were many losses, so he had to temporarily defend the state, even if the back road was seriously harassed by Yu Shichang and others, he tried not to camp.

Compared with the grievances and chagrin of the Yuan army's generals, the lower-level soldiers secretly said that this was Tang Wuwei's own fault. At the moment of the great enemy, it is better to save your life.

Meng Qing looked at the city of Linqu, where the city wall was being repaired, although it could not be restored, but it could be seen that the extremely damaged city wall had been repaired somewhat.

"It's a pity Jia Qianhu! fell into the hands of thieves, and still don't know whether he is alive or dead. Meng Qing sighed.

Zhan Ping drank the tea, and said leisurely: "Brother Daozhen's eyes and scheming are the leaders of his colleagues, and he must be able to turn evil into good fortune and become auspicious in trouble!" ”

Meng Qing knew that they had always compared each other, glanced at Zhan Ping lightly, stroked his beard and chuckled: "The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the country is in turmoil to show loyalty." Brother Daozhen is a cadre in the army, and everyone knows it, and Meng Mou looks at his back, and he can't reach it. ”

"General Meng is too modest, who doesn't know that the general has a good way of governing the army, and Yidu Road has the help of your righteous army, why worry about the small night?" Zhanping praised, "Since joining hands with the general to suppress thieves, Zhan knows that there is a sky outside the sky, but he hates Zhan Mou who prides himself on being capable, and he is ashamed today!" ”

Meng Qing sat upright in his clothes, and said that he didn't dare to say that he didn't dare: "Meng is just a rural man, shallow and ugly when he was studying, and he has a little ink on his chest." I have to show my brother's praise, I really don't dare to be! ”

The two humbled each other for a few words, and then talked about how to solve the current predicament, frowning.

Sighing, Meng Qing said: "Tang Wuwei is dead, our army no longer has a strong cavalry army, the enemy cavalry can be arbitrarily vertical and horizontal, the rice and grain in the camp are limited after all, I am more worried about the low morale of the army, if it is not handled properly, the future is worrying." ”

Flattening is the same way.

Yu Zhilong was busy at this time, and after paying tribute to Liu Zhengfeng and other fallen soldiers, he carefully comforted Liu Qi, Qin Zhanshan, and Liu Zhengfeng's generals and soldiers, although Ji Xiancheng had done a lot of things to win people's hearts before, but he was not the head of the Jing'an Army after all, and the hearts of the newly attached people were still a little unstable.

After another day, the two sides were at peace, the Yuan army did not leave the camp, and the various departments of the Jing'an army urged the people to repair the city, and even returned to repair the houses outside the city, so that the displaced people could live temporarily. Due to the chaos of Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan's remnants, Yu Zhilong simply reorganized them and merged them into Ji Xiancheng, Mu Chun, Mingxiong, Hou Ying, Wan Jinhai, Xia Houen, and Qu Bo.

Then the whole army was rewarded, including the surrendered Han army, each of whom could get a few taels of silver, and Yu Zhilong promised that when the Yuan army retreated, he would be rewarded for his meritorious deeds!

When the Japanese army thundered with joy, seeing that the Yuan army could not shrink out, and there was no longer the original arrogance, the soldiers and civilians in the city felt that they had almost escaped and ascended to heaven, as for the people who were killed, this time Yu Zhilong beheaded hundreds of yuan prisoners, which won the hearts of the people; Yu Zhilong then instructed Xie Lin to follow the lawsuit of the day, and authorized the families to give rice grain, cloth, silver and other pensions, which made the people burn incense and kneel down on the street, and chanted that General Fei was the incarnation of King Kong, and wished that General Fei would kill demons all the way and cause a great cause!

Xie Lin saw that Yu Zhilong was almost day and night, and he was surrounded by soldiers, so he didn't know how to wait, so he offered two well-behaved maidservants to make beds and quilts for him and take care of the house. He knew that Yu Zhilong didn't like prosperity and luxury, so he told the second maid to just tidy up the sundries during the day, clean the house and courtyard, wait for food and drink, and go back to the bedroom to rest at night, and not to nag Yu Zhilong.

A small courtyard in this county was originally provided by Xie Lin for Yu Zhilong's overnight stay, and after the war, Yu Zhilong stayed in the Jing'an military camp outside the city, and now Yu Zhilong led the people back to the north and rested here again.

Yu Zhilong saw that Xie Lin was considerate, and no longer shirked, but the maid was not allowed to enter the inner room, and there was a sergeant on duty outside the door. Military Chinese books, notes, etc. are all sorted out by themselves and their guards in the inner room, and outsiders are not allowed to enter and read privately.

Thinking that although the Jing'an Army was abolished and the master-slave contract was terminated, the master's family hired subordinates to work, as long as they were paid, it was still allowed, and the previous regulations on this were harsh, Yu Zhilong asked Xie Lin to change it, and immediately issued a notice inside and outside the city. The labor deeds of these two maidservants were all set up by Xie Lin's mansion, and they thought that there would be bed pillows to serve them after they came, but unexpectedly, to the expectations of the two women, they only had simple cleaning and cleaning work for several days, and their daily lives were more leisurely than Xie Mansion.

Xie Lin also has a heart, and the looks of the two women he chose are only average, so as not to be criticized by others.

Yu Shichang and other leading cavalry troops finally returned, and this way swept the past, although the results were not large, the momentum was not small. Yu Zhilong praised the crowd, Pang Biao also had a light on his face, this time he followed the Jing'an army down the mountain, and the harvest was great, especially the battle in front of the army, it was really happy! Thinking of living in a cottage, worrying about the attack of the official army day and night, or worrying about the supply of grain, rice, oil and salt in the village, it is too aggrieved.

He talked about this matter with the brothers, and everyone felt the same way, but Wu Sheng frowned secretly. It is not easy to envelop the soldiers and horses in the cottage, although this trip has gained a lot, but the brothers in the village have seen the scenery and blood of the Jing'an Army, and their minds have been greatly affected, and it may not be a good thing for Qingfeng Village, so they need to say hello and turn around!

After the third watch at night, Yu Zhilong in the city had just fallen asleep, and suddenly there was an urgent report, saying that the people and horses in the Tartar military camp outside the city had moved, and the scouts had reported that it was the Yuan army that had abandoned the camp tent and grain at night, and was quietly returning north as a team!

Yu Zhilong got up in a hurry, ordered the generals to gather at the county government immediately, and then ordered the scouts to continue to explore the movements and routes of the Yuan army in detail.

Not long after, Ji Xiancheng, Mu Chun, Hou Ying, Qian Zheng, Huang Er, Ma Rulong, Wan Jinhai, Qu Bo, Xia Houen, Yu Shichang and others arrived one after another, only to know that they were about to take advantage of the cover of late night to quietly retreat.

Huang Er came out and shouted: "The Tartar will be cold when he escapes at night, but please give me a piece of men and horses, and I will definitely sacrifice the head of the thief chieftain!" He failed to save the Xin family that night, and he was ashamed to see Yu Lan, and although he tried his best to kill the enemy in the city, he finally felt that he could not make up for it.

Yu Shichang was eager to avenge his mother, and then asked to go together. Wan Jinhai and others have been trapped in the city these days, fighting aggrieved, and they are also screaming and pursuing.

Yu Zhilong didn't answer first, and waited for the follow-up scouts to report the enemy situation one by one, and then he generally knew that he would deploy first.

It turned out that after midnight, Yidu received reinforcements from hundreds of Han cavalry, and the troops patrolled outside, covering up for the retreat of the Yuan army, the Yuan army abandoned the camp tent, did not raise torches, did not sound gongs and drums, people were ranked, horses were wrapped in hooves, and the troops went out of the camp in order, and walked for more than half an hour before being discovered by the scouts of the Jing'an army.

According to the meaning of the first, it was supposed to get backup, and then choose the opportunity to fight again. But this time, the slaves were shocked by Yu Shichang's cavalry harassment, and urgently ordered them to retreat, and first defend Yidu before making plans.

At the same time, the Privy Council sent a military plane, there is no large number of officers and troops around Yidu Road can be transferred, Jinan Road, Jining Road and other military horses are all the way, it is impossible to come to help quickly in the short term, and the Beijing Division has recently changed, and the military horses around the country need to strictly guard the station, unless the Privy Council and Emperor Yuan have orders, they must not be moved lightly.

The setback of the Linqu official army is just a disease of mustard, and it is still difficult to enter the center and the eyes of the imperial family, and under Gaoyou is the place of thousands of attention. In the end, the Privy Council only issued an order to send hundreds of Han cavalry to help.

At first, he was helpless, the morale of the army had been lost, and he was constantly harassed by the Jing'an army on the back road, and continued to confront the enemy, the gains outweighed the losses, and after thinking about it, he had to organize various units to return north in order at night.

Fortunately, with the side response of hundreds of Han cavalry, it was not possible to resist the cavalry attack of the Jing'an army with all the infantry troops.