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Liang Peijun sat on the edge of the bed, propped up on the bed with his hands, his cherry lips biting slightly, and from time to time there were one or two soul-devouring moans.

"Lady, can you be quiet, I'm afraid the brothers won't be able to stand it......" Mo Li laughed.

"It's not all your fault...... Liang Peijun's pretty face was hot, her cheeks were dizzy, and at the same time, she overflowed with a full of warmth and emotion from the bottom of her heart.

At this time, Mo Li was sitting on a chair in front of the bed, holding Liang Peijun's delicate and white three-inch golden lotus with both hands, placing it in a plate of slightly hot water, and kneading it gently for her.

It turned out that it had been snowing heavily for several days, and the cold was unbearable, and Liang Peijun's little feet were frozen out of chilblains, and it hurt a little uncomfortably when he walked.

Mo Li didn't know that after dinner, he saw that her walking posture was a little strange, so he asked, and Liang Peijun told him in a twisted manner.

So, Mo Li asked people to boil a plate of hot water, add some salt, and personally washed Liang Peijun's feet, rubbing her ankles while washing, relaxing her muscles and invigorating her blood.

Originally, Liang Peijun was unwilling to let Mo Li wash her feet at first, because in this era, this is not allowed, in a society where men are inferior to women, it seems natural for women to serve men, but if it is the other way around, if men serve women, they will be strongly criticized and blamed by feudal defenders, especially washing women's feet, which is often considered unlucky.

Therefore, Liang Peijun insisted on refusing to ask Mo Li to wash her feet at first, but in the end, she still couldn't resist Mo Li.

The just right water temperature, coupled with the kneading of the ink in place, made Liang Peijun feel very comfortable, hot and itchy, and couldn't help but scream.

Liang Peijun looked at this considerate husband, and couldn't help but be moved and emotional, remembering that a year ago, when he first met him, his appearance made him feel very bored, and he couldn't imagine that in just one year, he had changed so much.

Liang Peijun looked at Mo Li's face and seemed to have a hint of worry, remembering that Li Guo couldn't levy food, so he said with some concern: "Husband, this high dive seems to have seized this rare opportunity to put you to death, this is not a way!" ”

Thinking that her husband had to think about the future of the brothers in the whole team, working day and night, Liang Peijun felt a little distressed. At the same time, I also began to understand why Mo Li had to carry out such a cruel eleven smash law, and he was forced to this Jedi by Gao Qiqian.

If you can't have a team with a certain strength, it will be difficult to survive in the current quagmire, and you will either be defeated by the rebels, or you will be killed by Gao Qiqian by taking the opportunity, and there will never be a good end.

"Peijun, you don't have to worry, we'll be fine." Mo Li said while helping Liang Peijun rub his ankle.

"However, we don't have much food, if we can't collect any more food...... Liang Peijun didn't continue.

Mo Li laughed and said: "Money can make ghosts grind, have you forgotten, we just got a batch of gold and silver, husband, I am a rich man now, I don't believe it, can I still see money in this world?" ”

Liang Peijun nodded slightly, Mo Li was also reasonable, there were few people who were not greedy for money these days. Besides, it's useless to worry here now, she believes that Mo Li will solve the problem, I don't know when it started, she has begun to trust this husband who once had no shape.

After washing his feet, Liang Peijun felt much better, and the night was late, so he said shyly: "Husband, you are tired for a day, the slave family serves you to go to bed early and rest." ”

As he spoke, he had to help Mo Li untie his clothes.

Mo Li held her little hand and said with a smile: "Lady, you are also tired, just go to sleep first, and come by yourself for your husband." ”

"Husband, you ......" Liang Peijun was a little stunned, and then moved, she knew that Mo Li's ** and ability were very strong, even if she was marching and fighting, she would still love her from time to time at night, which made her feel very satisfied every time.

Mo Li found two dry towels, put them in his arms to warm up, and then wrapped Liang Peijun's feet and covered them with quilts.

Mo Li took off his coat, quickly got into the quilt, and slept honestly.

Liang Peijun snuggled in his arms, feeling warm from his heart to his body.

The next day, the army rushed to the boundary of Qingzhou Mansion, Mo Li once again ordered Li to go over to Qingzhou Mansion to ask for support for grain and grass, and after going for a long time, Li Guo came back with a stomach full of anger, and sure enough, he did not collect grain.

The prefect of Qingzhou didn't even see Li Guo, and the little officials in the government complained that the grain in the store was almost consumed during the previous disaster relief, and he didn't know how to spend this winter now.

No matter how hard Li Guo grinds and hardens, Qingzhou Mansion is a reply: there is no food.

As a result, Li Guo took people to the grain store in the city and asked a few, and the boss also said that there was no grain to buy, and now the price of grain is ridiculously high, and the key is that there is no price in the market.

Everyone wondered, although this Qingzhou City is not very prosperous, it seems that it is impossible to even have no grain to sell in all the grain stores, right? What do the people of Qingzhou City eat?

But after thinking about it, everyone actually knew that this must be Gao Qiqian's trouble, since he was determined to put Mo Li to death, he must have used all means to force Mo Li and the new Liao army.

For two days in a row, Mo Li asked people to go to the local prefecture and county to collect grain and buy grain, but they didn't get their wish.

"Damn, this thief is really vicious and sinister, and he is extremely shameless!" Xiao Yang has a fiery temper, and he couldn't help but scold after understanding that he was a potential ghost.

The generals were also angry, but they had nothing to do, and they all looked at Mo Li, not knowing how the general would respond.

Mo Li frowned, he didn't expect that even if the government didn't provide grain and grass, he couldn't buy food even if he had money. If this continues, these thousands of people will have to starve to death.

What to do? Do you continue to march towards Dengzhou to destroy the rebels, or do you turn around and question Gao Qiqian? I went to Dengzhou only because I was afraid that the rebels had not been wiped out, but I would starve myself to death first, after all, Kong Youde is now full-fledged and has gradually become a climate, and if you want to exterminate it all at once, it is impractical to rely on the strength of the new Liao army alone.

As for going back to Gao Qiqian to ask for food, it is not very feasible, since Gao Qiqian wants to take the opportunity to destroy himself, it means that he must have something to rely on, and when the time comes, he deduces that there is no food and grass and there is nothing to do with him.

As for tearing his face, Gao Qiqian must have been prepared, Moli guessed that Gao Qiqian's gang had already joined Zu Dacheng, and the joint soldiers were staring at him after him!

Mo Li's guess was right, Gao Qiqian and Zu Dacheng's soldiers and horses had joined forces and hung in the back to keep an eye on Mobu, not only that, because Dengzhou fell, the situation changed greatly, Gao Qiqian also asked the imperial court to transfer soldiers and horses from Jimen and other places to come to encircle and suppress the enemy.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses in Shandong, Hebei and other places were also controlled by Gao Qiqian and unified command, and they wanted to strangle the rebels in Denglai.

These Mo Li didn't know, but he knew that if he tore his face or withdrew his troops, Gao Qiqian would definitely mobilize all kinds of soldiers and horses to kill him.

Continuing the march to Denglai was in danger, and the new Liao army had fallen into an unprecedented predicament.

Mo Li paced back and forth for a few steps, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Since this is the case, then let's prepare in two ways, Xiaobei, you send a few people back to Lingchuan City, let Madame find a way to raise grain and grass, and send people to Jinan Mansion to buy grain, and strive to buy grain as soon as possible." Damn, we can't be killed by this thief! ”

"Yes! General, I'll go. He Zhenbei nodded, and then went out.

Everyone suddenly realized, and their expressions suddenly relaxed a lot, the world is so big, I don't believe that we can't find people who are willing to buy food for us.

The next day, the army entered the ground of Laizhou Mansion, and Moli ordered all the soldiers to be vigilant and enter a combat state at any time.

According to the Tanmalai newspaper, it was said that the rebels besieged Laizhou City on a large scale two days ago, and even dispatched 15 Hongyi cannons and dozens of Western cannons, in addition to the original Dongjiang cavalry who surrendered to the rebels, the original Dengzhou infantry left battalion infantry 2,000 foot soldiers, the newly attached 15,000 thieves from all over the country, and the newly attached horse thieves formed more than 3,000 horses, a total of more than 20,000 people, and slaughtered Laizhou City.

The leaders were Li Jiucheng, the newly elected marshal of the rebels, as well as dozens of large and small generals, such as his son Li Yingyuan, Dongjiang veteran generals Zhang Tao and Mao Yufeng.

When Li Jiucheng first led his troops to Laizhou City, he immediately ordered people to line up 15 Hongyi cannons and 40 Western cannons around the Laizhou City Gate, and the muzzles of the cannons pointed at Laizhou City with black holes.

Subsequently, Li Jiucheng began to order people to persuade the defenders of Laizhou City to surrender, hoping to use the ferocity of Hongyi cannons and Western cannons to subdue the defenders of Laizhou City, and occupy Laizhou City without blood.

However, Jiang Taicheng, the prefect of Laizhou, Xie Lian, the political envoy, and Xu Congzhi, the guard general, refused to surrender because the city of Laizhou was extremely strong, and the grain and grass were sufficient, and there was no Liao army to cooperate with the outside world, so Li Jiucheng persuaded him to surrender to no avail, so he decided to attack.

Li Jiucheng had expected that Jiang Taicheng would not surrender easily, because when he and Kong Youde led their troops east to Dengzhou and passed through Laizhou City, Jiang Taicheng refused to let them enter the city. Therefore, he prepared for a strong attack at the very beginning, bringing dozens of advanced artillery pieces from Dengzhou.

Behind the artillery array, there were 17,000 rebel infantry led by Li Jiucheng, the marshal of the rebel army, and on the two wings of the infantry were the 3,000 horse team newly formed by Li Jiucheng's son Li Yingyuan, and Zhang Tao's 2,000 Dongjiang cavalry.

With Li Jiucheng's order, the artillery team began the first round of salvo fire, only to see the sound of artillery rumbling, deafening, a cannonball with terrifying power and pervasive gunpowder smoke towards the city of Laizhou, only to explode the city of rubble, blood and fire dance.

Li Jiucheng originally thought that this first round of salvo alone would be enough to collapse most of the walls of Laizhou City. You must know that Sun Yuanhua pays attention to Western learning and respects firearms, not only pays a lot of money to build Western artillery, but also invites the Portuguese officer corps to train and teach, the firearms of the Dengzhou defenders are very powerful, and these firearms and troops are now all in the hands of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, making their strength soar.

But when the smoke cleared, Li Jiucheng was surprised that the current Laizhou city wall had not collapsed due to artillery fire at all, and in his sight, Laizhou City was still standing so tall......