In the second half of the night, the canal became quiet under the darkness of the night, and the boat that had been towed ashore a few days ago was found, and the captured boatmen were ferried again, and these people also knew that if they did not follow the rebels now, they would not be able to return home.

Fortunately, the rebels were not bad to the people and could eat well, which was exactly what the ordinary people expected and longed for, so these boat people quietly transported the two and a half battalions of the rebels across the river.

The rest of the people will be slowly transported in the future, and the reason why there are two and a half battalions is because the remaining nine battalions are all in a state of shortage of more than 100 people, so they go with the logistics troops.

And Li Qingyuan took this two full battalions and one half-formed battalion to the north of Linqing City, Li Qingyuan's method was very simple, that is, to pretend to be the Qing army again to open the gate of Linqing City.

Although Li Qingyuan also knew that this strategy was rotten, he felt that the first time was a surprise, the scene was so chaotic at that time, and people who knew the situation should be almost damned.

The second Linxi estimates that these soldiers in Linqing have not yet figured it out, even Shu Hede does not know, because they did not go to Linxi City at all but went directly to Qinghe.

In fact, this is also Li Qingyuan's no better way, after all, he does not have as many soldiers as Qing soldiers, saying that the Qing army is a dish, but his subordinates are simply farmers.

Therefore, if Li Qingyuan wants to win, he can't expect these people to fight a tough battle, but Li Qingyuan also knows that the same strategy has been used again and again, and it is estimated that the probability of failure is very high, so this time Li Qingyuan also sent people to infiltrate the city to instigate the prisoners to rebel.

As long as there is chaos in the city, even if the city gate is exposed, the pressure to forcibly attack the city is much less, to say that the Qing army has not been captured recently, and there are almost more than 5,000 rebels or people involved in the rebels in the entire Linqing Dynasty have been arrested.

As long as these people are mobilized, then most of the 3,000 defenders in the city will be mobilized to suppress it, so even if the city fails at that time, Li Qingyuan can still choose to attack.

In the second half of the night, several courtyards near the county government in Linqing City were brightly lit, and Qing soldiers patrolled the courtyards, while the houses in these courtyards were used to house bandits who had been captured from Tucheng and other places.

The more people are more likely to be sleepy at this time, the vigilant Qing soldiers are leaning on the pillar to nap, and the patrol team is also listless, and under the root of a courtyard wall, several people are stacked and look inside, only to see only two napping soldiers in the courtyard.

The two men quietly climbed over the wall, quietly approached the Qing army, covered their mouths from behind the Qing army, and then quickly plunged the short knife into the throats of the two people.

The two soldiers stood up twice and then didn't move, the two dragged the Qing army to a dark place, and stood in the position of the two with a swagger, it turned out that the two were also wearing the clothes of the Qing army, which was also the skill explained by Li Qingyuan, including covering his mouth and inserting his throat just now.

Then more than a dozen people on the courtyard wall turned in and began to open the door from house to house, and went in to talk to everyone about the method of action for a while, and then arranged for these people to walk towards other courtyards, until they got three courtyards, only because of the failure of the operation.

But at this time, the rebels released had more than 500 people, and everyone launched together, attacking other courtyards to release more people, and for a time several courtyards where slaves were held were broken one after another, and the slaves rushed out of the courtyard to the county government to kill.

When the rebels attacked the county government, the suppression force of the Qing army was late, and a large number of soldiers were transferred from each city gate, and there were only more than 100 people left in the north city gate that Li Qingyuan focused on.

Li Qingyuan straightened his official uniform at this time, lit a torch, and walked towards the north gate of Linqing, and when he arrived at the city gate, the soldiers on the gate saw that it was a friendly soldier and shouted: "Which part are you from?" ”

Li Qingyuan shouted: "We are the superintendent of Lord Taibao, open the door quickly, there is urgent military affairs to be communicated." ”

The city hesitated for a moment and shouted: "Your Excellency, forgive your sins, your lordship has ordered that the entry and exit guards must be strictly checked, and please provide a seal letter, otherwise we will not dare to open the door." ”

Li Qingyuan scolded angrily: "Bastard thing! You can also check the seal letter of the master! See the yellow coat on the master's body! This is the best seal, you'd better open the door for the master quickly, otherwise wait for the master to go in and see how I clean you up! ”

The people in the city hesitated again and said, "Wait a minute, my lords have entered the city to quell the chaos, and I will report that the adults are coming to open the door for you." ”

Li Qingyuan saw that this gate could not be opened for a while, and immediately ordered the soldiers behind him: "Let the troops attack!" ”

Li Qingyuan himself continued to scold and swear under the city to attract attention, while the sturdy soldiers selected by Li Qingyuan approached the city wall from other places with hooks.

Li Qingyuan performed hard at the city gate, and these people also quietly threw flying claws on the city wall, and the flying claws wrapped in cloth were thrown on the city wall with a slight sound, and after the rope was stabilized, the soldiers began to bite the knife and climb up.

It wasn't until Li Qingyuan scolded for more than ten minutes that the city suddenly heard the Qing army shouting: "The bandits have gone up to the city wall!" ”

Li Qingyuan saw that the matter was revealed, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, attack the city with me!" After saying that, a large army of rebels in the distance attacked this way.

Because of the urgency of the matter, Li Qingyuan only brought twenty ladders, if he couldn't attack the city wall in the first time, then it is estimated that it would be difficult for this operation to succeed.

When Li Qingyuan was nervously watching the progress of the siege, he suddenly saw a familiar white suit quickly climbing up the city wall along the ladder, killing the besieging Qing army, and the rebels below began to rely on this ladder to quickly climb up the city wall!

Li Qingyuan scolded angrily, this woman is really making trouble, how dangerous it is, and hurriedly sent all the archers to suppress the city wall, but fortunately, with the addition of Wu Sanniang, the righteous army is not only greatly enhanced, but she alone can be worth more than ten.

After more than a dozen people came up on this ladder, Wu Sanniang went to defend another one, including those rebels who had just secretly gone to the city, all formed a formation to protect the ladder, because Li Qingyuan had explained to them that only by protecting the ladder can more people come up and win, and going to the city wall is not killing indiscriminately, the first priority is to protect the ladder!

After thirty or forty rebels came up from the city, I don't know who in the Qing army shouted, 'The bandits have entered the city, everyone run!' Then the Qing army, which had been fiercely resisting, dispersed.

Wu Sanniang led the people to open the city gate, and the soldiers in and out of the city shouted the slogan of 'Sanniang is mighty', and when Wu Sanniang saw Li Qingyuan, Li Qingyuan looked at her with a tense face, and she lowered her head a little embarrassed.

Li Qingyuan sighed and said, "Has the wound cracked?" ”

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid that everyone's siege won't go well, so I'm ......." Wu Sanniang hurriedly explained.

Li Qingyuan waved his hand: "Now is not the time to talk about this, quickly order the soldiers to support the army in the city, and drive the Qing army out of the city, close the city gate, we only have one night today, and one day tomorrow, and we have to leave Linqing tomorrow night." ”