However, he said that not long after Zhuo Sicheng's farewell that day, a marshal mansion invited Yu Bo into the hall to visit.

After Yu Bo entered the hall and bowed, he also put down the stack of documents in his hand and asked him in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Yu Bo bowed and said: "I heard that the Linqu thief army has invaded Yizhou and other places since it was small, and the invasion was like fire all the way, and Ji Xiancheng of Linqu was ready to move. ”

In the early stage, Yu Bo and Tan Ziqi had many clever strategies, Jiang Bin, Gu Kai, and even Zhuo Sicheng praised them, and gradually paid attention to them. Although these Han scribes are pedantic and stubborn, and even greedy, there are indeed many talented and practical people among them, such as Jiang Bin, Ji Zongzhou, Yu Bo and others. If the imperial court didn't have these people to operate with their hearts, the Great Yuan world would have known what it would look like! Therefore, although they are high-ranking Mongolian generals, they are also given a certain courtesy. Today, Yu Bo came to worship, and it is expected that he will have a saying. I also ordered the audience first, listened quietly, and saw what Yu Bo had planned.

Yu Bo was a little depressed and sad in his heart, and his colleague Tan Ziqi was young and capable, and he acted vigorously and resolutely, but after his boss Gu Kai was unjustly escorted to Beijing, he was depressed and heroic, and he persuaded him many times, but it was ineffective. Now only two of Master Gu's remaining personnel still uphold Gu Kai's entrustment and continue to contribute to Yidu Road. The rest of the subordinates saw that there was no hope of promotion here, and the chief officer was detained again, so most of them simply went out of the way and returned to Beijing to go somewhere else.

It's a pity that Tan Ziqi has become depressed!

"Last time, the stubborn thieves in Linqu relied on Jiancheng to reject the king's division, and after a long delay, the king's division was tired. Less than the thief took advantage of the gap to kill, Fang Zhi's great handsome success was defeated. Today, it is less than the thief to invade the east, Zhao Shi thief and south Kou, Linqu only left Ji thief. If the enemy dares to go out of the city and fight with the king in the countryside, the officers and soldiers will come out together, and the victory will be in hand! Yu Bo lowered his eyebrows, whispered, and looked at his face obliquely.

I also thought deeply at first, and nodded slowly. "And the plan will be released?"

Ji Xiancheng is not a fool, of course he will not leave the nest easily. Thinking that when the thief was about to invade the east, he would inevitably tell him a thousand times. If the two armies fight in the field, it is natural that the officers and armies have more chances of victory. It's just that Ji Xiancheng and the others can be tempted to go out of the city, what kind of bait is needed?

Yu Bo looked sideways left and right, speechless, and suddenly alerted, and quickly waved his hand impatiently, and the waiters and generals on both sides immediately quietly retreated.

All sides of Yidu City are in full swing, preparing for another fight.

In the past few days, the surrounding enemy situation detected by Linqu has increased significantly, and the military envoys who rush to the direction of Rizhao every day are like flowing water. In addition, the Jing'an soldiers on horseback in Yishui, Juxian and other places are constantly going back and forth, and the liveliness on the official road is even felt by the villagers and wild men on the roadside.

Although Yu Zhilong left Linqu, the military and political affairs of these places and many other miscellaneous things were reported to him daily by the official offices and garrisons he established for approval. If it is an urgent matter, it is an urgent 300-mile rush and must not be delayed.

At this time, the battle at the head of Rizhao City was beginning.

At the head of Rizhao City, the nervous Yuan army stood densely behind the high battlements, and a middle-aged man dressed in the county Yin costume stretched his neck vigorously, accompanied by a strong man with a helmet and armor, watching the movements of the Jing'an army under the city intently. The strong man saw that the other party's master would lead the crowd out slowly, carefully observe the defensive situation at the head of the city, and beckoned: "Come on, hang that thief at the head of the city!" ”

The people on the left and right responded and dragged out a corpse, tied it to the ankle with hemp rope, and hung it on the flagpole of the main gate city wall.

After Wu Xingde under the city took his hand and carefully identified it, he couldn't help but whip it, pointed directly at the city, and scolded: "Liang Si villain, why bother to embarrass people, you are full of benevolence and righteousness, full of sages, but brutal as a fight!" ”

He recognized that the corpse that was hanging in the city tower was the cronies he had arranged last night, and asked him to bring his own handwritten letter to persuade Liang Si to surrender. This cronie has been with him for decades and has a deep relationship, and now he can't help but be angry when he sees him hanging in the city.

It was Liang Si who was dressed in the county Yin costume, Liang Si pressed the battlements with his hand, and echoed: "Liang has read the books of sages and sages, and he only wants to serve the country loyally in his life, how can he be in the same stream with the thieves?" You pretend to be a good man, and now you don't fight to the death with the traitor, but you persuade Liang to mislead the country, where is your conscience? ”

Wu Xingde was annoyed, his face turned even redder, and he scolded with a halberd: "Since the Yuan Court regards me Han people like a pig dog, how can I complain that the Yuan Court is not as good as an enemy?" Since you are the son of the Han family, you don't want to drive out the Tartars and help the Han family, but you are willing to be a Tartar eagle dog, and you would rather not see the underground ancestors! ”

These words were scolded ruthlessly, Liang Si in the city ignored the strange eyes around him, his forehead was bruised, and he pointed at Wu Xingde with trembling anger, but his mouth was dry for a while, and his voice was hoarse like a cold and it was difficult to shout.

"You are just a merchant who sits on the ground and collects money, how do you know the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the sage Siyan? Liang is blind, he doesn't know your wolf ambitions, and he called you a brother and brother in vain, but today Liang is a thief for the country, and he has nothing to do with you! Liang Si snatched the saber of a soldier beside him in shame, cut off the corner of his official shirt, threw it hard, and threw it down the city. This is called cutting off the robe and cutting off righteousness.

The two of them knew each other a few years ago, Wu Xingde was generous, repairing bridges and roads in Rizhao territory, repairing schools, helping students and the elderly, and other good deeds such as helping students and orphans did a lot of money, which made Liang Si, who was born in the imperial examination, greatly appreciated. Liang Si's maintenance of local farmers and merchants is quite fair, the Wu family is dedicated to running business routes, seeking business profits in troubled times, and having more money, naturally arouses people's eyes and jealousy, thanks to Liang Si's care, it can develop so far. Wu Xingde thought that with all these years of friendship, he should be able to impress Liang Si, but it was a big miscalculation.

"The thought of a fool, vainly being a son of the Han family!" Yu Zhilong said angrily on the side, "The great rivers and mountains have been occupied by the Tatars for a hundred years, and you are willing to serve the tiger as a child of the Han family, and you are not ashamed!" ”

Liang Si sneered at each other: "You are a child in the grass, and you also know that heaven is fair, and the monarch and the minister are righteous?" The first lord entered China, but he ruled the world with the Han Dynasty, and he should be the co-master of the world. In addition, Liang should share the worries of the holy monarch! Today, the Great Yuan army is fierce, and the world is irresistible, so I advise you to abandon your weapons and surrender as soon as possible, so as not to lose your lives. If you report to the court, you can pardon our sins, or those who can serve the country can enjoy wealth and wealth! ”

Yu Zhilong is dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, surrounded by many generals, and some people have already identified them in front of Meng Sanjie and Liang Si, this is the thief who wants to eat his flesh.

"Lord Liang, why bother with this thief, and wait for me to prepare the gunpowder, and greet the thief first!" Liang Si beside Liang Si, a Guan Jun who explored the Ma Red Army, went down to 10,000 households, and first asked the strong man Meng Sanjie for battle.

Yesterday, Rizhao received an urgent report, the Jing'an army invaded the east in a big way, and the garrison Wanhu Meng Sanjie, Liang Si and others urgently discussed, in addition to immediately sending a letter of help to Jiaozhou and Yidu, but also urgently summoned the people outside the city to quickly enter the city, and the walls were cleared. The artillery and other firearms in the port were immediately transported back to the city to assist in the defense. The garrison outside the city and the young and righteous servants of the wealthy clan also urgently entered the city to assist in the defense.

According to the meaning of some people who manage the army of thousands and thousands of households, with so many artillery guns, they must always fight with the Jing'an army on the way to extinguish the arrogance of the other party first.

Wanhu Meng Sanjie wanted to attack the Jing'an army at night. However, Tanma and the subsequent local wealthy men secretly reported overnight, saying that they had discovered a group of thieves sneaking up at night and wanted to ambush the officers and soldiers in front. Meng Sanjie was shocked and quickly dispelled his thoughts. Pity Yu Shichang kept a hard watch in the field all night, and had to return after dawn. He joined Yu Zhilong halfway, and Yu Zhilong comforted him with kind words, and ordered him to lead his subordinates back to the camp to rest first.

Today, when he saw the purge of all units of the Jing'an Army at the head of the city, like a forest, Meng Sanjie was slightly afraid in his heart, but relying on the sharp and large number of artillery at the head of the city, he thought about firing a few rounds of artillery first, which not only extinguished the arrogance of the other party, but also gave himself courage.

Rizhao was originally a small city, and there were not too many artillery, but there was a Yuan Army Sailor Wharf in the port, equipped with dozens of large and small artillery, which were transported to the city by Meng Sanjie at this time, and now there are more than 60 large and small artillery pieces in the city, and there are some firearms.

The Jing'an army only came here with 6,000 military horses, and most of them were young and strong. In fact, they recruited at least tens of thousands of people along the way, but for the old and weak, Yu Zhilong did not stay, and they were all placed in batches in various towns and towns, giving them acres of land to cultivate, and at the same time leaving a small number of people to garrison, and selecting reliable personnel as local leaders.

The sources of land, grain, and livestock were mostly seized government grain depots, as well as the direct expropriation of the family assets of local gentry and bullies. Those rich gentry and big businessmen who are willing to pay for their goods, Yu Zhilong is temporarily at his convenience.

At present, Yu Zhilong still lacks a capable governance team, and has to retain a large number of Yuan court officials for the time being. Those local big families and wealthy families who are inextricably linked to the Yuan court, as long as they are willing to submit to and transport military supplies, Yu Zhilong still tries to keep it as it is. As for those who are not long-sighted and dare to resist the Jing'an army together with the Yuan court, after the victory, they will naturally raid their families and exterminate their clans. None of the men remained, and the women were rewarded more to those who had meritorious service in the army, and they were allowed to enjoy them. But there is one rule, you can be a slave, or even a concubine, but you can never be a wife.

The Jing'an army invaded all the way east, and at least more than 100 large households were destroyed. In the past few months, the evil deeds and bloodshed of thieves have been talked about in various mansions in Yidu City, which can simply stop children from crying at night.

Yu Zhilong is not a person who loves to kill, but in this era, the local concept of the clan is extremely strong, and it is necessary to eradicate the roots, otherwise, there will be endless troubles. If the Yuan court officials and troops win, the sergeants and family members of the Jing'an army will naturally be equally killed.

What's more, the Jing'an Army is growing stronger day by day, and the daily expenditure is an astonishing figure, and all the expenses such as military merit rewards, salaries, personnel placement, and spring plowing in the coming year can only be temporarily squeezed from these wealthy big households.

Liang Si was a civilian official and did not understand military affairs, so when he saw that a military attache proposed, he turned his head and asked Meng Sanjie. Meng Sanjie had this intention, he gave an order, and the soldiers of the city's head artillery team acted one after another, constantly adjusting the muzzle of the artillery, the high and low firing range of this kind of artillery is generally not large, and it has to use the huge gun carriage and the thick solid wood pad of the tailbase for debugging.

The preparation of the Yuan army was quickly discovered by Yu Zhilong and others, and in the face of the swarthy muzzle, everyone was naturally worried. Yu Zhilong didn't dare to hold it up, and urgently ordered the troops to retreat quickly.

Under the order of the commander, the soldiers of each department turned back more than three hundred paces, and at the same time gradually widened the distance between the departments.

The Jing'an army had not yet completely retreated, and the artillery at the head of the city was already roaring. "Boom, boom, boom!" Dozens of large and small artillery pieces fired two rounds in succession, and for a time the smoke was filled. This was the first time that the Jing'an army faced an artillery attack head-on, and the soldiers of all units were naturally frightened at first, if it were not for the loud reprimands of the commanders of the hundred households, the ten commanders, and so on, many of the soldiers would have turned around and fled in horror.

Yu Zhilong sat upright on the horse, and his back did not move at all. The so-called general is brave, not to mention that he is the commander of an army, if he shows cowardice before the battle, how can he command the army again. If he doesn't move, the generals will naturally not dare to move, and the handsome flag will not move. Seeing that the commander was standing still in front of him, the soldiers of the various departments slowly suppressed their panic.

After dozens of roars, the thick yellow-white gunpowder smoke at the head of the city gradually dissipated, Liang Si, Meng Sanjie and the Yuan generals looked nervously, hundreds of meters ahead, the Jing'an army array was almost unchanged, and the banner was not chaotic!

"What's going on?" Liang Si was shocked, and turned his head to look at the thousands of households.

"Eighty percent of the thieves are too far away for bullets to reach!" That Yuan army Qianhu Tie blushed and said. He also did not expect that the artillery set up at the head of the city would not be able to reach the enemy troops hundreds of paces away.

In fact, if the gunpowder filled is genuine, the range will not be so close, not to mention the blessing of the height of the city. In any case, it is still achievable to reach three or four hundred steps.

The main reason for the short range of this time was that the management of these Yuan artillery units was sloppy, the officers and men were negligent, and many gunpowder packs were damp or their weight was reduced. But how can the Yuan army admit this kind of thing?

Visually, dozens of projectiles fell a hundred steps in front of the opponent's formation, once the projectiles landed, they immediately jumped forward, rolled, and encountered mounds, boulders and other obstacles, were collided, rebounded, and changed directions. Coupled with the constant decrease in energy, the speed decreases quickly. By the time they arrived at the Jing'an Army array, most of their energy had been exhausted.

Occasionally, more than a dozen projectiles did not disappear and rushed into the array, but unfortunately Yu Zhilong had already ordered the various departments to widen the distance, and many projectiles happened to rush through the gap in the array, without causing too many casualties. However, it still made the faces of the soldiers around him turn pale. There are also unlucky soldiers who are on the trajectory of the projectile, and their flesh and blood are broken by the cannons, and more than a dozen people are killed and wounded!

Yu Zhilong, who was under Shuai's banner, was too eye-catching, and there were about ten cannons aimed at him. The whistling projectiles came straight ahead, most of them were weakened halfway, or changed direction, and two projectiles grazed the armor of the guards and flew to the rear, knocking down several soldiers in the back row. Shocked that although Yu Zhilong's face was not waveless, a layer of cold sweat appeared on his back!

One of the projectiles that was in the direction of Zhilong flew to the front of the Guards during the final roll.

Lao Jingzao also strictly ordered dozens of guards to form four teams, listed four layers of shield walls, and strictly guarded Yu Zhilong. Seeing that Yu Zhilong was in danger, Lao Jing immediately grabbed a big shield and stepped out of the queue.

The projectile had already lost most of its strength when it arrived here, and it could barely see the trajectory of the bouncing projectile. Lao Jing's eyes widened angrily, his hands tightly grasped a huge hardwood shield covered with cowhide, looked at the direction, and took advantage of the decline of the projectile, at the moment of lightning, his arms competed, and pushed the shield obliquely outward. His muscles bulged high, almost tearing through the coarse cloth under his armor.

"Boom!" A loud bang shook the ears of more than a dozen people around, Yu Zhilong's mount was frightened, and suddenly shook his head, wanting to gallop with his hooves raised, Yu Zhilong hurriedly grabbed the reins with one hand, and gently stroked the neck of the mount with the other hand to stabilize its mind. Fortunately, this war horse has been in battle for a long time, and under the appeasement of its owner, it quickly regained its calm.

"Brother Lao, good strength!" Mu Chun couldn't help but shout when he saw it on the side. The rest of the generals also applauded.

Lao Jing slowly put down the big shield, and his arms were numb! The blood in his chest was surging, and a fishy smell was in his mouth, presumably because of bleeding gums. After the big shield was hit by this, the shield surface was obviously concave with a pit, and a crack appeared on the shield surface. If it weren't for the cushioning and blocking of several layers of tough cowhide, this big shield would have cracked. Lao Jing turned over and bowed to Yu Zhilong, and said loudly: "The last general is not effective in protecting the lord, and the general is disturbed!" ”

Yu Zhilong looked around, nodded again and again, and praised: "General Su Wenlao is mighty, I can see it today, and it is as his name suggests!" Come on, reward me with tiger fur! Military order, he will attack the city one day, the first person to go to the city, the first level of official, a reward of 100 gold! ”

Lao Jing dared to risk his life, and the army was in front of the commander to block the cannon pills, and Yu Zhilong immediately understood his thoughts. Since Lao Jing was in the army, he was valued by him and promoted to a hundred guards, although his position was not high, but his position was prominent, and the generals inevitably disagreed and envied him. Today, Lao Jing just took this opportunity to show his martial arts skills and courage! What kind of power was the impact of the cannon pill, how could it be easily blocked by human strength? If it weren't for Lao Jing's scheming, courage, and superior martial arts, he seized the opportunity to collapse the projectile obliquely, and ordinary people would not dare to act like this!

Rewarding the tiger in front of the army and awarding heavy rewards is a means for Yu Zhilong to take advantage of the situation to motivate the soldiers in public. Sure enough, after the guards rode in front of the arrays and loudly conveyed Yu Zhilong's reward, the sergeants were already amazed when they saw Lao Jing's deeds, and then heard Yu Zhilong's reward, and suddenly their fighting spirit was great, and they all raised their guns to beat the ground, or hit the shield with knives, and shouted in their mouths: "Take Rizhao City, dare to be the first person!" ”

"Take Rizhao City and dare to be the first person!"