In the Yazheng Hall of Anren County, the county commander Li Jing and his son Li Tao are carefully accompanying a man wearing cotton armor and being arrogant.

The man was a burly middle-aged man with curly hair and a large beard, a large purple face, a pair of blue eyes and a high raised nose. It's not talking, it's just hard to find his big mouth.

The se-eyed man looked at himself and said in a whisper, Li Jing and his son didn't understand a word, but they still pretended to listen carefully. This man of color is from the Western Regions, and he is clearly in the voice of his own people.

There was also a Han military captain beside the Semu people, who explained to Li Jing and his son from time to time for the words of the Semu people.

"Hehe, Lord Benzama said that it is your honor to come this time. Honor Lord Benzama and his men. Seeing that the Li father and son looked dazed, the Han military captain said with a smile.

"Adults come from afar, and filial piety is the proper duty. It should be, it should be. Li Jing agreed to the explicit request of the Semu people.

"Captain Lu, I don't know what kind of filial piety Lord Benzama likes?" Li Jing's son, Li Hun asked with a shy face.

The lieutenant smiled and said, "Lord Benzama is the personal soldier of Lord Daru Thorn, from the distant Western Regions. This time, Lord Wuxiu was very appreciative of Lord Li's wise move, but because there were many affairs in Jiangzhou, Raozhou and other places, he couldn't take a break, so he sent me to lead the troops to help him pacify the place. This Zama has always been brave, has the courage of ten thousand people, belongs to more than ten people, are the elite of a hundred battles, when the umbrella has accompanied the Mongolian army to the west, conquer and suppress hundreds of tribes, until the end of the western sky, destroy countless countries, and repeatedly make military exploits. Don't look at Lord Benzama, although he is a ten-division commander, but in the army, General Lu and Wu Wanhu are also respectful. Captain Lu ignored Li Hun's words and continued to introduce Benzama's lazy situation.

"Thank you Lord Wu for your appreciation, and thank you to Captain Lu Mei and Lord Benzama for leading the army to help. Waiting for some unsuccessful tribute, I hope the two of them will laugh and accept. Li Jinggong argued.

"Haha, Master Li is just knowledgeable, I have a straight friend of yours. With me here, Xie Fang is not worried. Captain Lu laughed, got up and patted Li Jing on the shoulder, and then whispered: "Gold and silver are not busy, but Lord Benzama's favorite is the delicate beauty in the land south of the Yangtze River." Find more, the brothers came all the way from Jiangzhou, and they were also suffocated. ”

"This... This Li will send some to him in a while. Li Jing's face twitched, but he still agreed with a smile.

"Good! Master Li is straightforward, and I like it. Captain Lu grinned, raised his hand and patted Li Jing's shoulder hard, patting the weak Li Jing so that his body swayed, Li Jing had a bitter face, and he laughed.

Captain Lu turned around and shouted at Benzama again. Benzama's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to hug Li Lei's father and son warmly, and his short beard stabbed the father and son's faces.

"Oh, Lord Benzama is very pleased. He was so happy that he had beauty, gold, and was overjoyed. In them, entertaining guests with their wives and daughters is the most honorable courtesy. This is to treat the two as good brothers. ”

Finally broke free from the enthusiasm of the Mongolian adults, Captain Lu explained with a smile on the side.

This, to give his wife and daughter to these wild people for sexual pleasure? The father and son smiled and wept.

"Haha, Master Li doesn't need to worry. This wife serving guests is the custom of Lord Benzama, and we don't pay attention to it. When you meet Lord Benzama, you can take some of the concubines with you, and for the rest, you can find some women at will. Captain Lu smiled.

"Okay, okay. Hun'er, wait for the banquet below, and you will call those fragrant and glamorous people in your room to accompany Lord Benzama, and then find some women to serve Captain Lu. Li Jing hurriedly agreed.

"Yes, yes..."Son Li Hun twitched his face and nodded again and again.

"Haha, Lord Li is so enthusiastic, which shows that Lord Li has abandoned the dark and turned to the light. Lu was disrespectful and suffered. Lord Li's father and son are in the heart of Meng Yuan, and Lu will definitely report to tens of thousands of households. In the future, your father and son will definitely be high-ranking officials, horses will be ridden, and you will be rich and rich. Lu is here to congratulate. Captain Lu smiled and arched his hand.

"Where, where, you still need a lot of kind words from Captain Lu." Li Jing smiled and thanked him.

Benzama next to him looked confused, and Captain Xie hurriedly said a few more words to him, Benzama was overjoyed and shouted repeatedly: "Oak, brother, good brother." As he spoke, he stepped forward to hug the Li father and son.

The Li father and son smiled bitterly and dodged away. Today, I have lost all my face, but I am helpless. The way of heaven has changed, and the Mengyuan people will never look at the Han people, especially the literati themselves. According to the plain, he was born as a Jinshi, not to mention the two vulgar martial artists in front of him, who are the generals of the unified army in the court, and he didn't look at it in his eyes.

"Haha, Lord Li's father and son are brothers, good brothers." Seeing that Li Jing's father and son were a little embarrassed, Captain Lu hurriedly stopped Benzama. After a moment of enthusiasm, he sat down again.

"Captain Lu, let's report below, General Xie Fang of Xinzhou will come to Anren soon, what does General Wu command?" Li Jing asked cautiously.

This is not a concern for Li Jing. Anren is located in the key places of Xin, Fu and Rao, and the Xinjiang River traverses the county border, which is actually the main road of Jiangdong traffic, and has always been a place where soldiers must fight. A few days ago, there was a news from Xinzhou that General Xie Fangde led an army to Anren. If Anren loses, he will be lucky not to die if he is a minister who has just surrendered to the Mengyuan Great Song Dynasty, and he will do nothing in the Mengyuan court in the future.

This Mengyuan court is very rough, and everything is only based on profit and righteousness. If there is a city or a soldier or a horse to accompany him, he will be allowed to be sealed. If you lose a city or a soldier or a horse, you will fall into disuse, or you will be reduced to a messenger of surrender. In these days, persuasion is not easy to do. When you meet a person who is not strong-willed, you will make this merit, and when you meet a person who is loyal to the court, you will be beheaded.

"Lu came with an order, but I didn't hear about any arrangements for Lord Wanhu. However, the 300 Han troops that Lu couldn't bring this time were all elite in the army. Lord Benzama's team of Tanma Red Army is even more than a hundred, which is by no means comparable to the newly assembled township soldiers of Xie Fangde. If Xie Fang doesn't come, if he comes, he won't be able to return to Xinzhou City. Captain Lu said.

"With Lord Lu and Lord Benzama here, Li is relieved." Li Jing nodded, "This Xie Fang doesn't know the general trend, and he tries to resist the heavenly soldiers, but he is killing himself." However, if he dares to come, he will inevitably gather many village soldiers. In case of failure, Li felt that he needed to gather more township soldiers to defend the city, and when the soldiers of Wanhu or Lu arrived and Xinzhou was at his fingertips. ”

"It's fine. Master Lee just do it. If we summon thousands of village soldiers and don't wait for the adults of ten thousand households to come, we can also march into Shinshu. If the land of Shinshu is obtained, Lord Li's father and son will be added to the rank and knighted at that time, and the future will be bright. Captain Lu said.

"Li was originally a person of Anren, and he also had some power in the countryside. Since Lord Lu said so, I will let Xiao'er go back to the countryside and gather the clansmen to come. I just don't know how many people to recruit? ”

"The more the merrier, just go for it. Let your son lead the first of those who are invited. Captain Lu waved his hand.

"Thank you, Lord Lu." Li Jing and his son were overjoyed. In these years, there is a tendency for soldiers to be recruited, and this township soldier is recruited, and he can be regarded as having some power.

"Hun'er, why don't you call your family to accompany Lord Lu and Lord Benzama. This banquet should be prepared, you should go and see. ”

"Okay, son, I'll go and see." Li Hun was also overjoyed, hurriedly agreed, and went out to gather his wife and concubine.

………..

More than seven or eight miles outside Anren City, the wharf of Jinjiang Town is moored with 20 merchant ships in a chaotic manner.

The once busy marina is now particularly deserted.

Master Li of the county government has recently taken refuge in Mengyuan Tartars, and there is a legend that many murderous Tartars have also entered the city, and the county is in chaos, and the people are at a loss, so they have to carefully close their homes.

The merchants on the ship, who were originally going to Anren, did not dare to get off the goods and go to Anren City, a few miles away, while inquiring for news, they were planning to untie the cable and leave at any time. The Chen family's fleet is large, although it is a little eye-catching, but it is just when Li Jingxin has surrendered to Mengyuan, and Anren is undecided, and it is nothing to do when it is moored by the dock.

In Chen Yuan's cabin, all the generals gathered and were making final plans for the siege.

"My lord, brothers. News has come from the city. There was indeed a group of Meng Yuan soldiers who entered Anren City. There were about 300 people, who came from the direction of Poyang. Everybody is armoured. Lieutenants and lieutenants of the army all have mounts, wearing fish scale armor, and sergeants wear leather armor. In addition, there are more than ten red warehouse curly hair, blue eyes and high nose Tanma Red Army, wearing leather armor, carrying a long bow, hanging a scimitar at the waist, equipped with two horses. These people should have been sent by Wuxiu to cooperate with Li Jing to guard the city. Zhao Zhong introduced.

Everyone took a breath and frowned.

The general Mengyuan and Han soldiers wore cotton armor or directly battle robes, and few wore fish scale armor and leather armor. The cotton armor is also called the cloth face armor, the outside is covered with cloth, the inside is filled with some cotton wool and debris, and the key parts are stuffed with iron sheets to fix. It is simple to make and light to use, but the protection performance is poor. According to Chen Yuan's understanding of ancient weapons, although this kind of cotton armor appeared in this time and space, it was manufactured in large quantities because of the use of firearms such as bird guns. Although the protective performance of cotton armor against bows and arrows, knives and guns is poor, it has a certain protective effect on the lead bullets fired by gunpowder, and it is better than being light and cheap, which is very common in the army after the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The lack of armor in the army has always been a problem for Chen Yuan. Although cotton armor is simple, it takes dozens of days to make a set. Moreover, Chen Yuan has always pinned his hopes on making plate armor, although the cotton armor has been made, but the investment is not much.

In the army, the most scarce thing is often not swords and guns but armor. The situation of armor in the army often represents the level of combat power of this army. Now there are not many armor in the army, and only officers above the company wear armor, most of them are also this kind of cotton armor, and ordinary soldiers are still in battle robes. This is still the result of Chen Yong and others' search everywhere.

The sudden arrival of Meng Yuan Tartar, and the fact that he was also Meng Yuan's elite soldier, was a situation that everyone did not expect.

"My lord, what should we do now, shall we fight or withdraw?" Chen Xiong asked.

"There's no hurry." Chen Yuan waved his hand and asked, "What about the other situations?" How many Xiang troops and village soldiers are there in the city? ”

Because of Li Jing's defection, most of the original Xiang army and township soldiers were scattered. Now there are only two or three hundred township soldiers in the city, led by Li Jing's son Li Hun, and most of them are also Li Jing's clansmen and township party. The combat power should not be strong. Zhao Zhong continued.

"Well, in other words, if it weren't for the sudden arrival of the Mengyuan Han army, we could have easily taken Anren City."

"Yes. In the morning, two squads of brothers of our army had mixed into the city in batches, and now they are concentrated in the Chen family business in the city. As long as our army attacks the city, they will create chaos in the city and seize the city gate, and cooperate with most of the outside of the city to take the city gate. With the combat strength of our army, we can easily take Anren. ”

"Can you send some more brothers into the city?" Chen Xiong asked.

"Nope." Zhao Zhong shook his head, "According to the report from the city, about three hundred Mengyuan and Han troops entered the city in the morning, and order in the city has been significantly restored. The city gate is now guarded by Han soldiers, although people can still enter, but weapons cannot enter the city. And as soon as there are many people entering the city, it is easy to be discovered by the city, and the grass and snakes will be startled, and the brothers who enter the city will definitely not be lucky. ”

"There are more than 20 people who respond, and that's enough." Zhao Yong also nodded.

"The city is not very well defended right now. Since our army has been hidden in the merchant ships, and the city of Anren has not yet been discovered, our army can still suddenly launch, and the inside and outside should be combined to seize the city gate. The only worry is how to solve the Mengyuan Han army when entering the city. After all, these Han troops have strong combat strength, and once they are defeated, our army will suffer great losses. To fight or not to fight, please show me. Zhao Zhong looked at Chen Yuan and asked.

Chen Yuan also groaned. In the first battle, he encountered the elite of the Mengyuan Han army, which was indeed a little unsettling.

"My lord, let's fight. There are only more than 300 people in this Mengyuan Han army, and our army finally arrived here, how can there be any reason to retreat without a fight. Although the brothers are squatting in the general cabin these days, the morale is very high. If you retreat and your morale is low, it will be difficult to mobilize. Chen Xiong said.

"Yes, my lord, let's fight." Zhao Yong and others also pleaded.

"Well, Zhao Zhong, what do you think?" Chen Yuan looked at Zhao Zhong, who did not say anything.

"In this battle, our army still has a certain chance of victory. But it can also be hugely costly. To fight or not to fight, adults don't need to make up their minds as soon as possible. If there is no fighting, our army should quickly retreat back to Yiyang or the estuary, and fear of change. On the contrary, if there is a war, it is necessary to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the new Meng Yuan soldiers to quickly capture Anren. Zhao Zhong still threw the ball back.

"Hmm. Then let's fight. After thinking for a while, Chen Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Good. Don't worry, this time, I will personally lead my brothers up and take down Anren City. Chen Xiong said.

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to be pioneers. If you die, you will also take down Anren. ”

"My lord, let me go first."

………

Chen Xiong and the company commanders asked for their lives.

"Okay, the brothers can jump to the battle, Chen is very pleased. This is the first battle of our security regiment, and it must be won no matter what. ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured, the 1st Battalion will fight to the last man, and it will never retreat. Promise to take Anren down to the adults. Chen Xiong solemnly promised.

"Well, Anren must be taken, but the brothers can't lose too much." Chen Yuan said, "This time we came in secret, and the brothers hid in the cabin all day long, but they suffered a lot. We must give full play to the momentum of our army's surprise and strive to take the enemy army by surprise in Anren. Study more and how to fight this battle cleanly. ”

"Yes." Zhao Zhong and the others responded in a deep voice.