The gates of Pucheng, which had been silent and closed, slowly opened after a rumbling war drum. A flaming red Ming military flag, held high by a tall and fierce Zhang family's children, marched out of the city gate in the wind, as soon as the fiery red flag appeared outside the city, it was immediately exchanged for a burst of cheers from the guards in the city, and the originally low morale began to soar.

As soon as their cheers fell, another cheer resounded through the heavens and the earth, but this cheer turned out to be from the camp of the hostile side, and the sound of cheers far overshadowed the officers and soldiers on the city, which was somewhat funny.

In this burst of cheers from the enemy camp, the Zhangjia banner hesitated for a moment, but turned to move on. Under the guidance of the banner representing the king's division, a team of capable villagers, dressed neatly, holding a snow-bright sword and gun, and holding a huge shield painted with a monster totem, walked out of the dark city gate in a row, and then, under the leadership of the leader of the total hundred households and other leaders, lined up on both sides in turn, just in front of the city gate, formed a square team.

A general Da Xu, who was slightly shorter than the Ming military flag, appeared at the gate of the city, and with the display of the banner, the military column was divided on both sides, and a group of young generals with bright clothes and armor and riding tall horses appeared in front of the queue.

Zhang Fifteen, this is the first time he has led the army alone, he is both nervous and excited, looking at the thieves who began to form a team on the opposite side, and then looking at the fierce army of 3,000 behind him, there is a lot of pride in his heart.

This battle will definitely let the thieves understand the power of the Zhang family.

"Generals, this battle will definitely play the military prestige and morale of our Zhangjia army, and the shame of the battle of blocking the door in a snowy spring." Zhang Shifu sat on the horse, straightened his waist, and shouted loudly to a group of brothers and cronies behind him.

All the brothers were inspired by this scene with infinite enthusiasm, raised their swords and guns together, and shouted together with the garrison Zhang 15: "Shame before the snow, shame before the snow." ”

Driven by these brothers, the soldiers who went to war, as well as the defenders of the city, involuntarily followed and shouted together, and for a while, the morale soared again, and at this time, these people had the appearance of a little dignified official army.

But in this burst of cheers, only Yang Fan couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, silently lying on the head of the city to be lively, the real strength comparison is there, but to play up the shortcomings and avoid the strengths, isn't it self-inflicted?

glanced at the excited brothers beside him, then shrank his body under the city saucer, pressed the helmet on his face, and fell asleep soundly - I was too tired to patrol the city last night, and at this time, I had already calculated the result, so what were you worried about? Go to sleep.

In the camp gate, there were just bursts of calm waist drums, which sounded clearly, and then soon the camp gate opened, and a team of archers went out first, along the wall of their camp, standing steadily, the long bow was mounted on a huge giant arrow that made everyone frightened, pressing the position to prevent enemy attacks.

Immediately afterwards, rows of black-armored spearmen, with a face full of excitement, steadily walked out of the camp, a team in front of the bow and arrow battalion neatly arranged, behind each row of spearmen, there was a team of 100 sword and shield soldiers, one hand snow swords, the other hand black shield, stood behind the spearmen with a relaxed expression. Then, inexplicably a team of colorful flags spread out, covering the battle formation, and I don't know what kind of mystery is being made.

A banner was stretched out, and a big Geng character on it flew in the wind, and under the flag, a general, sat on a horse with a tall figure, observing the entire battlefield with a serious expression.

At this time, as soon as the general came out, there was no one in the thief's camp to fight, Zhang Shifu silently counted the number of the other party in his heart, one thousand archers, one thousand two teams of spearmen, two hundred sword and shield men, a total of two thousand two hundred men and horses, and the other party's banner seemed to be just a bluff, not counting.

He sent 3,000 troops, and the other party who was attacked only dispatched 2,000 men, this is a kind of contempt, definitely a contempt.

But since you despise me, I should take advantage of your contempt for the enemy to discourage the thief.

At this time, the war, where is it like storytelling, the two sides have to come to the common name first, it is a game of the nobility in the spring, and there is no after the Warring States, since the war, it is fought.

When Zhang 15 saw the other party fighting, he immediately waved his hand, and the snare drum behind him immediately rumbled, and a battle was about to begin.

Outside the city, watching the whole team of thieves fight in an orderly manner, the Zhang brothers show off their might, inside the city, Pucheng County Ya, Liu Guoxiao County Zun is like an ant on a hot pot, restless and restless, it is already late autumn, the tall and gloomy lobby is even more gloomy and cold, but Liu Guoxiao now feels like he is in an infinite flame, sweating all over his body, wiping the sweat on his forehead, cold and cold.

Look at the sky outside, and listen to the movement outside the city, but it is too far away, and there are city walls to separate, but nothing can be heard, which is even more worrying.

"Go, send someone to transfer some soldiers to the guard, strengthen the garrison and patrol of the streets, definitely, must not be sloppy." To a master who was following him, he commanded again, and repeated the two words a few times.

"Yes, proprietor." The master had no choice but to turn around and go out again, carrying out the order that had been carried out many times, and now, his legs were numb and sweating profusely when he ran.

"That's right." Liu Guoxiao suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly stopped the master who was about to leave the lobby.

The master grinned, so he had to turn around again and return to Liu Guoxiao: "The proprietor, what else do you command?" ”

Liu Guoxiao walked back to the back of the official case in the lobby in a few steps, picked up a brush and brushed for a while, wrote a notice, and then did not look at the mistakes and omissions, directly picked up the big seal and stamped it, handed it to the master waiting below, and hurriedly said: "Take this, quickly find some books, copy multiple copies, order people to post them everywhere, and ask the third class of officials and helpers to strictly implement it." ”

The master took the notice, only glanced at it hurriedly, and then gasped, and the notice once again stipulated: "Civilians in the market, if more than three people walk and gather, they will be punished according to the crime of gathering a crowd to plot treason, and they will not be killed." ”

I don't know how many announcements are directed at ordinary people, each one is more harsh than the other, and each one is becoming more murderous. Can such high pressure really suppress those untouchables?

"Is there anything wrong with that?" Liu Guoxiao stared at the master fiercely, and asked in a somewhat nervous voice.

"No, no, the county lord is resolute, and the students are convinced." The master sincerely bowed down in fear.

"Then you won't do it?" Liu Guoxiao roared, waving his hands indiscriminately, and his expression was becoming more and more hideous.

Seeing this, the master immediately turned around and ran out, walked through the gate, accidentally tripped over the high threshold, and rolled down the tall steps like a rolling gourd, and did not dare to exhale pain when he reached the bottom, so he was covered in dirt, and limped away.

Watching the embarrassed master disappear outside the lobby, Liu Guoxiao seemed to be drained of his muscles and bones, and his weak butt made it to the middle of the lobby.

When I sat down, I felt that the blue brick floor was cool and shady, and a cold breath was cold all over my body, reaching the top of my head.

After several non-stop quarrels, in the end, under the struggle of the Shaozhuang faction and the heavy pressure of the governor, the conservative county commander Liu Guoxiao still chose to compromise and agreed to fight the arrogant thieves inside and outside after uniting with He Renlong.

However, this battle is only set to show the military prestige and boost morale, and it is by no means a decisive battle, this is the bottom line of Liu Guoxiao's thousands of instructions, a decisive battle with the thieves, with his own 5,000 poles, 1,000 guards, 1,000 Zhang family soldiers and village bravery, and some gentry's family guards, all of them are put together, but only 10,000, and 40,000 soldiers and strong thieves are decisive? Ren knew the result with his heels, and if he suffered heavy losses in a battle out of the city, then the strength of the defending city would be weakened, which was absolutely not allowed.

Pucheng's gains and losses have been closely linked to his net worth and life, and Pucheng can't afford to lose.

But Pucheng is not lost, the real strength to defend the city has to rely on 5,000 recruits and 1,000 guards, as for the signing, to be honest, Liu Guoxiao County Zun really doesn't dare to use it with confidence.

If it was attacked by other poles, those signatories also knew that when the rogues entered the city, of course, it was the rich gentry who suffered, but they would definitely not be spared.

So, as soon as he agitated again, he would give birth to a common hatred for the enemy, 20,000 strong, with thousands of military households, and the brave family of the rich township, he was fully confident that he could resist the attack of 100,000 rogues, and he could also fight him a counterattack.

It's a pity that the people who are besieging the city now are thieves, what are the thieves? What he did in the seven counties in the north is already known to everyone, and now, not only does he not dare to count on Dingding to help defend the city, but he also has to send officials to patrol the city with knives and guns at all times.

I didn't listen to the neighborhood children's songs: "Looking forward to the king of heaven, worship the king of heaven, the king of heaven goes to heaven." ”

What is the Celestial King? Word of mouth, that is the reincarnation of the thief Lu Shi, he Liu Guoxiao is not ununderstood, folk songs are the hearts of the people, now, Pucheng, including the entire Weinan, has been floating in the hearts of the people, and the restless people will only need to come as long as the thieves arrive, it will be an outbreak.

"Alas-" Liu Guoxiao let out a long sigh, this feeble sigh echoed around in the empty hall, "When did the people of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, who were favored by the emperor, begin to turn their hearts to thieves?" Since this is the case, is there any hope for the 300-year-old dynasty? ”

Thinking of this, Liu Guoxiao became infinitely powerless, "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and those who win the hearts of the people-" muttered in a low voice, and suddenly, a fist with blood-red eyes smashed on the ground, "Bullshit people's hearts." As soon as he turned over and got up, he ran frantically in the lobby: "This brilliant Ming Dynasty is not controlled and supported by those lowly people, it is countless scholars, countless gentry, the prince, the emperor, the Ming Dynasty will not die, the Ming Dynasty still has a million troops, and the gentry who are all over the world are dedicated to the court, the little Lu Shi is just an ant, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Tatars invading Gyeonggi and the army's inability to encircle and suppress it. Just wait. Liu Guoxiao gritted his teeth and said: "When King Qin's army returns to the division in triumph, strangles you, it is an ant." Thinking of the army that was about to return to the division, Liu Guoxiao's face was full of red light, and he ran in the lobby excitedly: "Hold on, as long as I hold on and complete the plan and entrustment of the governor and Lord Hong, then, saving the country and danger, flying Huang Tengda is just around the corner." ”

Standing still, with his hands behind his back, facing the north, he smiled: "Thief, make trouble, whatever you want, it's just a stepping stone for me to get promoted and make a fortune, hahahaha"