also nodded first, and then said to an adjutant general beside him: "This general will only take the Meng Department and the personal guard battalion out of the camp, you immediately gather all the departments in the Chinese army, strictly guard the camp, and never lose anything." The lieutenant knew that the responsibility was heavy, and knelt down to receive the order, saying that he would never take it and entrust him first.

He also said to Mr. Jiang first: "Mr. will help me to defend the Chinese army, and all the crossbows and stone cannons should be withdrawn to the camp for defense, and then send people to Yidu to send a message to inform the enemy of the changes in the situation, and if there is spare strength, please ask the prince to send troops to help quickly." ”

This time to the south, Yidu Road has almost evacuated all the troops and horses nearby, and there are only a small number of garrison troops in the city, and he and Jiang Bin know it well, and they are not hopeful about the possibility of coming to help, but they still hope for an unexpected surprise.

This side was also assigned to stop first, and the generals immediately returned to the headquarters, and the camp was soon in chaos. The sound of the trumpet sounded and the whole battalion was heard. At this time, fierce battles were raging at various barricades in the city, and Qian Zheng was standing beside Ji Xiancheng, nervously watching the battle situation in front of him.

At this time, all the streets in the city, at every intersection have temporarily piled up about two people high wooden and stone low walls, since last night, the whole city has mobilized, and at least dozens of barricades have been built in this not very large city, fortunately, there are many soldiers and people in the city, especially the various units of the Shuntian Army and a large number of people who have withdrawn from outside the city, some of them are manpower.

Qian Zheng followed Yu Zhilong south, and finally returned secretly with Yu Zhilong and others yesterday, because the north and south gates were controlled by the Yuan army, so he secretly sneaked to the west side of the city wall on the order of Yu Zhilong, and shot arrows, which attracted the attention of the soldiers on guard at the head of the city.

Qian Zheng saw the fierceness of the fierce battle in the city, far beyond expectations, seeing Qian Zheng come back, Ji Xiancheng, Qu Bo, Wan Jinhai and others were overjoyed, Wan Jinhai pulled Qian Zheng's arm, tears and tears, just don't let go, everyone eagerly asked Yu Zhilong's movements, whether reinforcements have arrived?

According to the best estimate of Ji Xiancheng and others, that is, if they can hold on for two more days, they can only break through after two days, and as for how many people can rush out, no one can count in their hearts.

Looking at these dozens of haggard faces and hopeful eyes, Qian Zheng nodded heavily and choked up: "Fortunately, General Fei is back!" We're back! ”

Counting the days, Yu Zhilong and the others should have returned two days in advance, but since turning into the mountains and changing to the narrow mountain road where Zhao Shi used to sell smuggled salt, it began to rain in the mountains, and then there was a continuous drizzle, the mountain road was originally rugged and difficult, and now the road is slippery, and there are thousands of war horses and pack horses in the team, and this road is even more difficult.

After a day of walking, in front of a big cliff was completely blocked by the mudslide that had just erupted, looking at the rolling and turbulent muddy water in countless large and small stones in the rapid tumbling, hitting each other, making a loud bang, Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi and others were secretly frightened, if the spies in front of them found it early, they immediately warned and retreated, this time at least hundreds of soldiers died in this sudden mudslide. If that's the case, the secret southward raid plan will basically be in vain!

Even with the warning, the dozens of people in front of the team were still swept away by the turbulence, presumably with their lives in danger.

"What now? Are you just waiting here? Yu Shichang asked unwillingly. He was the vanguard of the whole army, and almost all the people who were damaged were his subordinates, and Yu Shichang's heart was extremely uncomfortable. Seeing that the raging mudslide showed no sign of stopping, and the drizzle was still falling, the army stopped in front of the rapids.

Yu Zhilong helplessly looked at the left and right terrain, the mountains here are undulating, the mountains are mostly broken, the rocks are seriously weathered, because there is less soil, less trees and more grass, and the grass and vegetation have a lot less grasping effect on the surface of the mountain, so under the continuous rain, this mudslide was caused.

Time is precious, dare not delay, Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi, Qian Zheng, Wu Side, Yu Shichang and others discussed, since this place is temporarily impassable, simply take a detour.

This time, according to Zhao Shi's recollections, following the general direction, the whole army went around a big circle, and walked an extra thirty miles of mountain roads before reluctantly returning to the right direction. But there was a delay in time. Along the way, I encountered steep terrain and had to use ropes and other assistance.

The soldier can use it to stabilize his body when climbing, but the trouble is that the horse is difficult to pass in the steep place, so he can only rely on manpower to pull in front and push in the back.

Finally, at one of the steepest points, the horses had to be blindfolded with a cloth to prevent them from being frightened. Along the way, more than a dozen horses stumbled and fell into the mountain stream! Zhao Shi had walked a lot of dangerous roads in the past to sell smuggled salt, and this time he couldn't help but sweat in his heart, and only after the army had passed the dangerous roads did he gently let out a hot breath.

Wu Side is big and reckless, and he almost fell down the mountain stream when he passed here, if it wasn't for Yu Zhilong reaching out in time to grab the corner of his clothes and pull him back, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

Wu Side didn't shoot to death, but he died in such a daze, he felt that it was really a nest, after passing the dangerous road, Wu Side sat on a big rock with palpitations and sighed: "My dignified five-foot man, I didn't die on the battlefield, if I fell down the mountain and died today, I won't be laughed to death!" Yu Zhilong smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "I don't want to change a rider so soon!" Let's go, we've been delayed for too long. ”

After another day's travel, the striker finally arrived at the meeting point agreed by Zhao Shi, which was a large valley that could accommodate at least thousands of people, surrounded by a circle of mountains, where the grass and trees were sparse, revealing large chunks of stones of various colors. Yu Zhilong and the others followed the forward into the valley and found that there were already a group of big men standing in the leeward waiting here.

Scout Ma Yan stepped forward alone to meet with the liaison first, and then followed the other party to those men to talk, and when he came back, he was a little hesitant, he said to Zhilong: "General, these people are the people who agreed with their subordinates at the beginning, they are all strongmen in the south, and now they have set up a stockade to compete with the government." Looking at their expressions, these people are very arrogant, but they are a little troublesome. ”

Ma Yan was ordered to explore the road in front, and yesterday's flash flood was discovered by him in time, and he returned to the police, and Yu Zhilong specially promoted him to 100 households.

Yu Zhilong first looked at these people from a distance, more than a dozen men were wearing robes, with different robes inside, and many of them were not in the right size, and they were obviously robbed. A few people were still wearing long robes, presumably because they thought the hem of the placket was in the way, so they simply cut the hem and turned it into a short shirt. Only a few of them have bright light armor under their robes, and the one in the center is wearing scaly bright armor, although they are covered with a coat, they can still have delicate armor pages, which should be the leader of the other party.

"Now that we're here, let's meet first, discuss it early, and we'll have a big job! Brother Zhao, let's go up and say hello. Yu Zhilong called Zhao Shi to step forward together. Ma Yan led the way.

There is a shallow stream on one side of the valley, the water is not deep, the deepest part is less than a foot, but the water surface is wide, the more there are two zhang, and the rest is a shallow layer of gravel and yellow mud. The rain is coming down from the mountains, and by this time the water has slowed down a lot. Because of the long-term flow of mountains and rivers, the large and small gravel at the bottom of the valley has been polished round by the water of the mountain stream, and the yellow mud ground accounts for less than half.

The ground is hard, the space is vast, and the environment is also hidden, making it a good place for a large army to rest. At the beginning, Zhao Shi made an appointment to meet here, and the army rested, it was because of this factor, because it was far away from the official road in the mountains, and the scope of the Yuan army scouts could not reach here.

A few people walked forward on gravel, and a few guards followed closely behind the guards.

"You're the boss?" The people on the opposite side had not seen Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi, and when they saw that several people were not wearing any armor, they were just dressed in coarse cloth and short clothes, and they came over slowly, so they asked questions first. The person who started the other party was only in his early thirties, and when he saw that Zhao Shi was powerful and the oldest, he thought that Zhao Shi was a leader, so he asked Zhao Shi.

Zhao Shi smiled slightly, arched his hand and said: "This brother is invited, he is just the deputy of my general, surnamed Zhao Mingshi, this is the commander of my Jing'an Army, General Yu!" More than a dozen people on the opposite side were surprised, but the coach turned out to be such a young person.

After everyone looked at Yu Zhilong carefully for a while, the leader pouted and said, "You guys are so big, you actually made us wait in the wind and rain for a day!" ”

Yu Zhilong was stunned for a moment, and said unhurriedly: "The drizzle on the road continues, the mountain road is steep and slippery, and I encountered a mountain torrent and rockflow, so I had to take a long detour, so it is late, please forgive me!" I don't know if this brother's name is great, is your eldest brother here? ”

"My eldest brother is such a hero, how can he wait here? If this brother has anything to say, I'll tell you! "This leader has been waiting here with his subordinates for a long time, and he has long been impatient," thanks to the heroes on the rivers and lakes who can afford me, give me the nickname Tai Sui Pang Biao is also. ”

Zhao Shi frowned slightly: "On that day, I met with the owner of your village here to participate in the grand event, I don't know if the people from your village have arrived?" Now that the military situation is urgent, I hope you will see the owner of the village as soon as possible! ”

Yu Zhilong and the others came late because of the weather and mountain roads, so it was not good to urge them at this time, just thinking that this Tai Sui could transfer the information to the other party's big leader as soon as possible, and quickly agreed on the next plan.

A few days ago, someone rushed to Qingfeng Village to report the news, saying that the uprising people in Linqu County were willing to contact this side to discuss the attack on the Juzhou camp, and as for the terms of cooperation, everything was easy to discuss.

The owner of the village and others are worried about the winter food and clothing of thousands of people and horses in the village, although there are many people and horses in the village, but the real soldiers are only half, and there is a shortage of weapons and armor, the vast majority of them are farmers and displaced people who are forced to fall into the grass for their livelihood, because there are many officers and soldiers in the county, Qingfeng Village is simply unable to attack, and some large fortresses scattered in the countryside are not easy to shake Qingfeng Village.

These days, some brothers patrolling the mountains have reported that a large number of imperial military horses have suddenly been stationed in a mountain pass dozens of miles away from the cottage. The north-south road was completely blocked, and everyone in the village began to be frightened, thinking that the officials and troops were going to take advantage of the winter to blockade and search the mountains to encircle and suppress. There has been no movement for several days, only to see the officers and soldiers increasing their troops and reinforcing the camp wall, but there is no appearance of dispatch. After many investigations, it turned out that Linqu County had fallen into the hands of an accomplice known as the Shuntian Army, and the officers and soldiers were ordered to block the north-south road to prevent the Shuntian Army from fleeing south.

The people in the village were relieved, but seeing the stacks of grain and grass in the barracks, each stack was at least dozens of stones, everyone's hearts were like cat's claws scratching their hearts, and they hated to immediately snatch these grains and grasses into the mountain, but the strength of the thousands of officers and soldiers in the camp was not at all what Qingfeng Village could compete with, and everyone only had greed.

At this time, someone came to contact and annihilate the enemy, and someone sent a pillow when he was really sleepy, and the owner of the village and several other leaders were overjoyed, hoping to have the opportunity to make a big profit.