Just when Tang Qianhu in Neixiang County was just breathing a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that the rebel army that had gone around to the south and south was stationed, and he came back to attack the city again.

Moreover, they dispatched a larger number of people this time, as many as a dozen or so hundred-man squads, constantly shooting guns and arrows at the city wall, and the momentum was very great.

This toss naturally scared the officials and gentry in the inner countryside and cities.

You must know that if the rebels break the city, they will first attack them, the rich men who usually act as powerful men. Naturally, their lives are difficult to protect.

Lord Yang, the magistrate of this inner township, is also a rare official, and now seeing that the danger has not been lifted, he hurriedly sent more messengers to go out to ask for help.

Based on his own observations and the reports of those below him, he wrote down in detail the number and appearance of the rebel army.

In order to prevent being intercepted by the rebels outside the city, he sent three groups of messengers to make these people who were familiar with the local geography all take the path.

The messenger originally thought that he would be intercepted by the rebel sentry, but he didn't expect things to go unexpectedly smoothly, and he didn't even see the shadow of the rebels along the way, so he completed the task smoothly.

Like the people sent out to deliver the letter from Neixiang County, Lu Xiangsheng, who commanded the Tianxiong Army, also successfully received the military report sent by Wang Rui and the white pole soldiers.

Both Wang Rui and Ma Xianglin said in the letter that they would resolutely obey the command of Lu Xiangsheng as a supervisor, and at the same time they also asked Lu Xiangsheng to show his action strategy as soon as possible.

After learning that there were two strong armies in the world, the White Pole Soldier and the Dengzhou Army, could come to help, Lu Xiangsheng was so excited that he almost jumped up regardless of his image.

He stroked his beard and smiled at his two close disciples, Lu Xiangtong and Lu Xiangkun: "Okay, good! With the help of these two strong armies, my brother will definitely be able to exterminate this group of rebels and thieves in one fell swoop! ”

"Big brother, it's either that the foolish brother is arrogant, or there are no white pole soldiers and Dengzhou troops to help, just with our Tianxiong Army, we can also extinguish this gang of thieves!" Lu Xiangkun interjected.

Lu Xiangtong and Lu Xiangkun were only in their twenties at this time, and they were young and vigorous, and they were still unconvinced by the world-renowned white pole soldiers and Dengzhou army.

"Xiangkun, don't say anything like this in the future. Do you really think that the captives of Liaodong are papier-mâché lanterns? Break with a single stab? You must know that underestimating the enemy is a taboo for marching and fighting! Lu Xiangsheng retracted his smile and scolded.

"The foolish brother is frivolous!" Lu Xiangtong and Lu Xiangkun both lowered their heads in shame.

"Alright, alright! It's good that you have this kind of motivation and self-motivation. Let's neither be arrogant and arrogant, let alone arrogant. Lu Xiangsheng patiently taught his two younger brothers.

"Yes, yes, yes! The younger brother saved it. "The Lu brothers admire their eldest brother very much, and they have always been obedient to their words.

"By the way, what's new about the rebels?" Lu Xiangsheng turned to the two and asked.

"Oh. There was one thing I almost forgot. The messenger sent by Lord Yang of Neixiang County is still outside, saying that the rebel army has arrived outside Neixiang County. Lu Xiangtong replied.

"Hurry, hurry! Pass my orders and tell them to come in and ask questions. Lu Xiangsheng ordered anxiously.

After a while, the two messengers sent by Lord Yang of Neixiang County were called in. In addition to handing over the letter of Yang County's order, they also told Lu Xiangsheng about the situation of the rebel army in a vivid manner.

"Good! The officer got it. Xiang Tong sent them some broken silver, and asked them to bring the letter of Bendu to Lord Yang. Let's just say that the official will immediately lead the army to rescue the inner countryside and let them guard the city carefully! Lu Xiangsheng finally commanded.

After the two messengers from the inner countryside left, Lu Xiangsheng handed over the documents he had written to the sentinels of the Tianxiong Army, and asked them to quickly send them to Ma Xianglin of the White Pole Soldiers and Wang Rui of the Dengzhou Army, and let them lead the army to come from the east and north to participate in the encirclement and suppression.

All the arrangements stopped, and Lu Xiangsheng did not delay, and immediately led the army to speed up the journey to the county seat of Neixiang.

How many troops and combat effectiveness there are in a county like Neixiang, Lu Xiangsheng knows better than anyone else, and if he can rush past a quarter of an hour early, he may be able to save the people of the whole city.

At the end of the day, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Tianxiong Army under the command of Lu Xiangsheng hurried to a place called Qiliping, ten miles south of the inner countryside.

Considering that it was late at this time, and the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army were exhausted after driving down fifty or sixty miles, Lu Xiangsheng asked Lu Xiangsheng and others to find a place to camp.

After the two brothers, Lu Xiangtong and Lu Xiangkun, took people around in a big circle, they finally selected a camp by the river to the north.

Lu Xiangsheng frowned, and finally nodded in agreement. To be honest, he felt that this place was extremely inappropriate.

Except for the relatively flat position in the north, the other three sides of Qiliping are all rugged shallow mountains, which are the terrain where ambushes can be laid.

"Xiangtong, Xiangkun, we are only ten miles away from the rebels, and we must set up a guard post at night. Relax the exploration horse a little, except for the north, you should also be careful in the rest of the aspects! Lu Xiangsheng patiently admonished the two younger brothers.

"Yes, big brother!" The two hurriedly agreed. Lu Xiangsheng saw that the two of them were being taught, so he was satisfied and walked towards the position of the Chinese army with his hands behind his back.

From the time the Tianxiong army set up camp, the rebels in the north began to move, and successively sent four or five groups to investigate, shouting and provoking around the camp of the Tianxiong army from afar.

"Big brother, why don't we attack it in one go?" Lu Xiangtong was annoyed by the flies of these "rebels".

"No! All you need to do is send a team of horses to drive them away. You can't take the plunge! "Lu Xiangsheng is good at military affairs, and he can see at a glance that there is fraud in it.

Lu Xiangsheng was not mistaken. Before the time came, the rebels sent thousands of men to attack the camp.

However, fortunately, the Tianxiong army had already arranged for this, and the rebels' attack ended up with a loud rain and small thunder: although the momentum was very large, it had no effect, and it was shot back by the Tianxiong army's arrows.

After this failed night attack, Lu Xiangsheng and Lu Xiang and other officers and soldiers of the Tianxiong Army cheered up, and everyone took turns sleeping on duty, always ready to deal with the sneak attack of the rebels.

Don't say it, this rebel army did not disappoint the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army. In the middle of the ugly hour, they came to attack the camp in great form.

This time, they not only lit lanterns and torches, but also beat gongs and drums and shouted, not afraid that the Tianxiong Army would find out.

Lu Xiangsheng had no choice, so he had to let Lu Xiangguan take the soldiers on duty to be on duty.

"Big brother, let's just chase it out! Wipe out this gang of leper dogs in one fell swoop. I see that they are messing around, and they don't seem to have much combat power! Lu Xiangkun suggested.

"No, I can't. For my brother's estimation, this must be the enemy's trick. They just want to lure us out, and then send out an ambush to attack! Lu Xiangsheng said what he was thinking about.

Half an hour after Lu Xiangguan went out, the rebels seemed to have nothing to do, so they actually put their guns sporadically for a while, and then turned around and left.

"Dog thing! If you have the guts, come and attack the camp! After Lu Xiangguan returned to the big tent, he scolded with hatred.

"Humph! I don't believe they can toss for a night. Big brother, go to bed first, I'll keep vigil. Lu Xiangkun said angrily.

"Good! Go and tell the soldiers that this is just a tired ploy of the thief army. If it's not your turn to be on duty, give me a good night's sleep! ”

Just when the Lu brothers thought that the rebels would die down, they didn't expect that at the beginning of their arrival, the rebels came to harass again.

They were still the same as the previous two times, they didn't hide any traces of themselves at all, and they made a louder noise, obviously not wanting the Tianxiong Army to rest well.

"Humph! Sure enough, the eldest brother was right. This army of thieves is a bunch of scoundrels! If you want to use the tactics of tired soldiers to deal with us, you want to be beautiful! ”

Watching the lights of the rebels disappear into the night, Lu Xiangkun was exhausted and rubbed his aching temples and scolded contemptuously.

As exhausted as he was, there were most of the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army.

They were as tired as dogs after a day's journey, and at night they were so troubled by the night that the "rebels" sent by Chen Song were so nervous that they couldn't sleep at all.

Fortunately, after the night attack at the beginning of the day, the rebels did not come again, and everyone began to fall asleep groggy.

The entire barracks of the Tianxiong Army were full of loud noises, and even the soldiers in charge of guarding arranged by Lu Xiangguan and Lu Xiangtong were holding iron guns and big knives, dozing off with chickens pecking rice at the gate of the camp.

Just when the Tianxiong army camp was quiet, to the south of the camp, an army of more than 6,000 people was quietly approaching them in full arms.