After Luo Ti'er returned to Yidu, it was another two-day bloody battle, and the Yuan army had almost no commendable results except for causing greater damage to the northern city of Linqu and the Shuntian army once again paying hundreds of casualties.

Even though they were suffering inside and outside the city, on this day and night, an arrow was suddenly and secretly shot into the city in the west of the city.

At this time, the generals of the Yuan army were all troubled, and the two-day bloody battle did not gain an inch, but nearly a thousand soldiers were folded, if it were not for the fact that Yidu had several batches of reinforcements coming over, the casualties of these few days alone had to be turned from offensive to defensive!

On this day, Meng Jiaqi honestly stood in the back row, he has seen the bloody battles on the battlefield in the past few days, and many Yuan army soldiers no matter how superb their martial arts are, they are generally not much cheaper in siege warfare. The other party's rolling wood and stones fell from the city like raindrops, and several of his own guards were directly smashed into meat sauce, and those who were lucky to hurt their hands and feet will be disabled for the rest of their lives. If it weren't for the more thorough guards, his life would have been surrendered to the city a long time ago. He originally complained that his father Meng Qing had always left him in the rear camp and did not let him go to war to make meritorious contributions, but now he deeply understood what Meng Qing said to him before the war.

If it was said that Meng Jiaqi was still not convinced by the defeat in the field battle with the Jing'an army that day, and when he saw the blood-stained city of Linqu today, the anger and contempt in his heart had been thrown out of the clouds.

"Although the imperial army has taken the lead this time, the bones of the thief army have not been damaged, especially the city defense should be well-equipped, if our department is ordered to attack the city in advance, the casualties will not be small, your third brother has not been killed in the hands of thieves, how can I bear to let you fight in advance? As long as the commander doesn't speak, you must not take the initiative to ask for battle! A few days ago, Meng Qing had warned earnestly, but Meng Jiaqi didn't take it to heart at the beginning.

"Ginger is still old and spicy!" Meng Jiaqi sighed silently now.

Meng Qing and others knew in their hearts that at the beginning of the siege, they did not want the Yidu official army to suffer a huge blow at the beginning, so the siege battle in the early stage of gnawing hard bones must be dominated by the Meng's, Tian's and other local rebels, and the official appearance of the Yidu official army was only after the enemy and us were exhausted.

Now also shilling overnight siege city, Meng Qing faintly guessed that he was worried about the Juzhou camp, as the senior generals under the account of Ye Xian, Meng Qing and Tian Hui both received a report from the Military Intelligence Department, knowing that Yu Zhilong was secretly going south, and the scouts came to report that they had found the traces of Yu thief's southward movement, but there had been no news from the Juzhou camp for several days, and Meng Qing was also worried. Yesterday, when I saw a Biaoyuan army pulling out the camp and heading south overnight, I knew that I couldn't rest assured about the situation in Juzhou.

Looking at the tired faces of the generals in the tent and their expressions were gloomy, Jiang Bin brushed his beard and said slowly: "General, all the departments have been fighting all night in turn, and they are now tired, and they will rest for a while, and the whole army will fight again later." ”

Also the prophet Jiang Bin said well, the current soldiers are not only tired, but also many people are timid, this night the Han army actually folded a thousand households, five hundred households, although the city was destroyed by a thousand holes, it seems that it is almost a kick in the door, it can be taken down, but the bloody battle of the various departments for a long time, morale has been lost, it is indeed necessary to rest for the time being, regroup. Moreover, the crossbow bolts and stones consumed this night were huge, almost exhausted, and urgently needed to be replenished.

also forced this slight smile first, and said: "Although the city was not broken tonight, the thief army was also exhausted, and it was only in the evening to take the city. ”

The generals listened and said, "No." "They all went out of their accounts.

Yexian's face gradually lost his smile, and he looked at the rising sun in the east, and fell into deep thought.

Jiang Bin came to Yexian, followed Yexian's gaze and looked at the red sun in the sky, the cold autumn wind blew all over the barracks, blowing the military flag outside the tent.

"Don't worry, general, your subordinates see that this city is already in tatters, and it won't take half a day to completely destroy it, and when the army enters the city, it will definitely encircle and annihilate all the thieves! The subordinates have a plan to ask the general to decide, taking advantage of the break in the big battle, why not surrender before the battle, even if it can't make the thief mess up, it can greatly reduce his morale? ”

"Yes, our army only needs to concentrate all its strength, and next time we will definitely take the thief's den! It's a certain anxious. ”

He also smiled first, after several days of bloody battles, the losses of the thief army will never be small, and now the number of soldiers available in the city will never exceed three thousand, and his own soldiers are three times that of the enemy, so there is really nothing to worry about. The art of war is ten times surrounded, and the various departments of the thief army in the city will be long, and according to Liu Qi's statement, they are not subordinate to each other, and they will inevitably be unconvinced by each other, under the pressure of the Yuan army, this person is separated from his belly, maybe there will be people with different aspirations, if he works harder, he said that maybe there will be people who escape and surrender.

"Someone!" also said first, a hundred guards came in and stood with their hands down.

"Pick a few with a loud voice and shout in front of the battle. It is said that the city has been broken overnight, as long as they surrender, the court is not to blame, if there are people who are afraid of being coerced by stubborn people and cannot surrender to the official army, as long as they think of it as a snake in the battle, they can not help! All surrendered soldiers can be given five taels of silver each, and the officers will vote, and the officers will be promoted to one level! Give a hundred taels of silver! "This is not a generous reward.

Jiang Bin added another sentence: "If a soldier beheads his thief and attaches it, he will be given the position of the thief leader!" ”

also praised first: "Sir's words are very good! The hundred households took the order and left. Soon, there was a group of guards in the north of the city, repeatedly announcing the announcement of the first.

So far, the losses on both sides have been very amazing, and they have also driven the people forward several times, so that at least thousands of people have died.

The Yuan army repeatedly announced, and the city was as silent as death.

When the war resumes a day later, the first thing to do is to continue to raise the level of praise and motivate the troops to go to the city bravely. Due to the heavy casualties of the rebel armies of each department, they temporarily ordered the rear formation to form a whole team, and the Han army in Yidu was holding a ladder and pushing a nest cart to roar into the city.

Several sections of the north city wall were completely damaged, and the Yuan army poured in, but Ji Xiancheng had already built a breast wall with stones, green bricks, etc., and the chest wall was divided into multiple roads before and after, and the Yuan army broke through one layer, and there was another layer not far behind. At this time, the two sides were completely hand-to-hand, and corpses continued to fall inside and outside the wall. Linqu is a small city, there is no urn city behind the two city gates, Ji Xiancheng yesterday ordered the noble department to collect bricks and stones and build several simple stone walls along the streets in the north of the city, leaving only narrow passages in between, at this time these obstacles began to play a role. However, it is not known how long it will last in front of the excited Yuan army entering the city.

"Hexi-sama, the city is broken today!" Jiang Bin was happy to say yes first. Looking at the pawns who continued to pour in from the breakthrough, he also laughed first: "The merits of this battle are all your ears!" On the day of peace, I will drink with you! "The generals on the side have given the first congratulations, all saying that the merit of destroying the thief this time is not also the first handsome, and the generals can be the tail of the tail is really a blessing for three lives!

In the compliment, the first general suggested that more obstacles should be set up in the south of the city, so that the thieves would not break through and escape. He also smiled and waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it is to force him to abandon the city and flee south, if the thief army is stubborn in the city, wouldn't it be more than a break for our soldiers?" Outside the southern city, there was already an ambush by Li Commander, and a certain one was worried that the thief army would not want to leave the city. Tell Commander Li to order the cavalry to retreat ten miles, and the main force of the infantry army south of the city will be gathered back to the camp! The generals were amazed when they heard it.

In the Dexiang Building in Yidu City, the vast hall on the first floor is already crowded at the moment, and the boxes on the ground floor and the second floor are all crowded with spectators.

On the north side of the building, there is a half-height stage, both sides are covered with green cloth, the curtains of the left and right passages are hanging, more than a dozen musicians are already in place, flute, sheng, flute, suona, sanxian, pipa and other musical instruments are held in their hands.

In the open space facing the stage, there are at least 40 tables in the middle, and there are dozens of benches at the back, and at this time, no less than 300 people of all colors are sitting next to each other, sipping melon seeds, sipping tea, and chattering.

In the eight boxes upstairs, the officials and eunuchs in the city are waiting for the drama to start one by one, in addition to the small servants in the building who come in from time to time to greet and add tea, there are also their domestic slaves and subordinates waiting carefully on the side.

Before the gong started, a few small people downstairs who served tea and poured water were tiptoeing, carrying large teapots, and were busy adding tea and pouring water to the visitors with a full face. Although it was early winter, the little ones were only wearing single clothes, but their foreheads were sweating, and the lower edge of their heads was already wet.

Tonight's first drama is "Han Palace Autumn", which is Hong Fuban's tenth scene in Yidu City. A few days ago, Hongfuban took a boat from Jianghuai all the way along the seaside, from the Yellow Water Ocean, through the East China Sea, into Laizhou Bay, and came while performing. Because Yidu is a big city in Shandong, here is the place where it focuses on making a reputation, although it caught up with the Linqu war, but in the eyes of the world, after all, it is a county that made trouble, Yidu City is only nervous for a few days, and it resumes the scene of busy traffic and tourists.

This Hongfu class also has real skills, blowing, playing and singing are good, and the performances of each drama are vivid, especially the students and Danjiao in the class, not only look delicate and handsome, but also have a clear and tactful figure and singing tone, which is very popular with the audience, and it has become popular all over the city in just a few days, and even many people outside the city are also admired.

"Shopkeeper Lu, get rich, get rich. Do you have sex again today? A chubby middle-aged man greeted a man at a table next to him.

"Hey, shopkeeper Liu, rejoice, rejoice. I heard that this Hongfu class's singing skills are very famous, no, I specially brought the Hun family to take a look. The shopkeeper who spoke had a thin face. The two families have always been in contact with each other and know each other well.

Shopkeeper Lu saw the lady of the Liu family and said, "The lady of the Liu family, it's a shame!" ”

"Hail Fu, Sir!" The Liu family hurriedly got up and returned the salute. The children of the two families then came to meet each other's elders.

Lu and Liu's furniture are from the city, they run a grocery store, and they are waiting for the time when the play starts, and the two families chat from time to time.

"Brother Liu, the price of grain and rice in this city rose by one percent yesterday, and this is the third time in a row that it has risen for nearly a month! I don't know if your business is good now? ”

"The small shop has a small profit, and these two months have been really difficult. Recently, more and more treasure money has been received, if you don't collect it, you will only have to pay more credit to individual customers and regular customers, after all, who will have a lot of broken silver and copper plates in a small family? Shopkeeper Liu sighed quietly, "Our family has collected a lot of treasure money, and we will pay as much paper money as possible when we buy from outside!" ”

Shopkeeper Lu turned around and saw the two ladies chatting with Zhenghuan, and approached the shopkeeper Liu and said: "The paper money is frequently depreciating, and it is impossible to make ends meet. The shop of the brother is still larger than the younger brother, and the brother will not be less than that. ”

"It's not a secret, it's a loss of nearly two hundred taels." Shopkeeper Liu was very helpless, "Not to mention the price of grain and rice, even this salt has risen by eighty percent this month." Besides, the goods sold by this seller are mixed with more mud and dust, and there are more gravel than in previous years. Speaking of which, the heart of this Yan family is too poisonous! ”

"Shhhh Upstairs is the people of the Yan family. Beware of getting into trouble! Shopkeeper Lu hurriedly signaled, and pointed obliquely at the box behind him with his right hand. The two couldn't help but glance there, only to see eight or nine people sitting or standing in the box, a young man on a high couch, and a gorgeous maid on the left and right were next to him, diligently peeling melon seeds for him and sending them to his mouth. This son is the third son of the Yan family.