The campsite is still the same campsite. But in the early morning, the spirit of the high-spirited militia group was gone. It was like a pile of old and old people, and a smell of decay and weakness permeated the entire campsite.

There is also the screaming sound of the wounded, the sky is pitiful, when Li Zhao entered the Tumen Gathering, he was stunned that he didn't even think about bringing a doctor with the army. The current doctors were all taught a lesson two days ago, and Li Zhao had just come from Lushan County, and they only arrived yesterday afternoon. However, traditional Chinese medicine does not have very good treatment methods for trauma and gunshot wounds [Western medicine at this time is more barbaric], and these wounded soldiers of the militia can only stand up and be stabbed, and then accept the simplest bandage.

Li Zhao's office. The heads of the county militia were all present, but none of these people were injured, and compared with yesterday's military meeting, there was only one less Zheng Guanwei, who was killed by the Chen family's cannon. The man who shared the raft with him saw with his own eyes that there were two more bloody holes in his body, and he fell into the Yinma River, and he was never seen floating again.

The atmosphere in the tent was like a winter cloud, and an invisible pressure pressed a heavy stone on everyone's hearts, and no one wanted to speak, and no one dared to speak. No one dares to guarantee that if they touch this heavy pressure, they will not be crushed to death directly!

Li Zhao's face was like ice in winter, and his eyes were bright like a lone wolf foraging for food.

He was indeed holding back a fire right now, wanting to vent it. He was also the center of a low-pressure cyclone in the tent.

The hard-working raft was disrupted by the Chen family's two cannons, and the Chen family also organized shotguns and bows and arrows, and easily defeated the waterway militia. Li Zhao was sure that none of the waterway volunteers, who had lost forty or fifty people, had been able to cause damage to the Chen family.

As for the land route, so many people worked hard to carry the long ladder to the Phoenix Terrace, just because of the Chen family's two cannons, the morale dropped dramatically. The two big men under Zhou Qingyu, the leader of Baofeng's militia group, slapped their chests before the battle, clamoring to compete with Zheng Guanwei, but it was their turn to go into battle, because the guns of the Chen family were weak. When the guards of the Chen family solved the trouble of the waterway and turned the muzzle and muzzle of the gun to deal with the land, a swarm of pickers ran back to the main formation.

Li Zhao, who was angry and just wanted to vomit blood, then commanded the militia to attack, and found that he could no longer command the people.

The militia returned to the camp, counted the number of casualties, and finally obtained 76 casualties, of which 32 were killed, mainly by waterway, mainly by the Shouxian militia, 10 were missing, and 34 were wounded. Among them were twelve officials.

Li Zhao's face was blue and iron-blue, and the cold could scrape off a layer of frost. With such a big casualty, the land of the first county and state capital can't be covered, and the county militia groups are still cowardly and don't listen to the command, if he can still have a good face to the county militia leaders in front of him, then it will be called hell.

The Ruzhou militia did not have artillery, but there were a number of bird guns, and the militia also used bird guns to suppress the city during the siege.

Now there is a big problem in front of Li Zhao: how can he solve the Chen family, and how can he cover the dozens of casualties?

It's a terrible question. It is loyal to the country and reports to the governor's yamen. The arrogance of the Chen family's privately manufactured firearms must be eradicated as soon as possible, so as to spread the majesty of the imperial court and affirm the laws of the country. But in this way, his Li Zhao's future, and even Li Zhao's current official position, will not be guaranteed.

Or continue to hide it and let the Chen family make the second Qingtiaoling?

Of course, Li Zhao didn't want to leave the Chen family in trouble, so he once again summoned the leaders of the county militias, but the result disappointed him.

"Dong Weng, the Chen family has artillery in hand, and the location is advantageous, it may not be easy to eradicate its foundation in the short term." Li Zhao's staff still gave him face as the proprietor, saying that 'I'm afraid it's not easy', that fact is simply impossible!

Under the current circumstances, in order to eradicate the Chen family in the short term, it is first necessary to quickly break the Phoenix Terrace. Although Li Zhao did not know what the Chen family had used to build this fortress, the militia finally attacked, and he saw with his own eyes that the gun hit the wall and left only a small hole, and the hardness of the material used by the Chen family to build the fort was comparable to masonry. Therefore, the fortress in front of you is small in scale, but it cannot be underestimated. In order to break it quickly, it is necessary to mobilize artillery, that is, to mobilize the army of Nanyang Town, otherwise, with the tattered appearance of the Ruzhou battalion, let them fight the Chen family, and the effect will not be better than that of the militia group.

"Why don't Dong Weng temporarily stop the army and cultivate morale? Even if you can't exterminate the Chen family, at least you don't have to provoke the resentment of the people in Hezhou. Adults should also quickly communicate with Lord Zhizhou and inform Lushan County, this matter is no longer something that adults can do alone. "Who would have known that the Chen family even had artillery before the county militia was gathered? I thought that the Chen family only had a few broken shotguns and a bunch of knives and guns. There was no wind leaking out of Phoenix Terrace, and the Chen family was hiding too deeply.

Li Zhao's staff, if you let them slander and frame others, or shirk Li Zhao's own responsibility, it is a good hand. But if it is up to them to fight, Li Zhao will definitely be sad.

Now Li Zhao's staff began to give full play to their strengths to reduce the pressure on Li Zhao's shoulders as much as possible.

"Dong Weng, the Chen family actually made guns and forts privately, this is a far-reaching plan with ill intentions."

"Fortunately, Dong Weng and Wang Zhizhou had already seen that Chen Hui had a backbone in the back of his head, and they would take the opportunity to prevent him from being arrested. But the Chen thief is really brave, and his son broke the prison and robbed the prison, and actually rescued the Chen thief......"

It didn't take long for Li Zhao's staff master to think of a good excuse for Li Zhao. After what they said, Li Zhao and Wang Zhizhou simply had nothing to blame, and the dozens of deaths and injuries of the militia group could prove the fierceness of the Chen thieves. Lushan Zhixian Changrui will not have any big problems, this is the child of the Eight Banners, it is the foundation of the country, the Qing Dynasty, the roots are Miaohong, and he has just come to the local office, no experience, not only no fault but also great merit!

Of course, these are all their wishful thinking, and if things really go up, whether they can do it as they envisioned depends on the relationship and the money. The current governor of Henan, Asiha, is notoriously 'incompetent and greedy'.

This person is a disciple of the Yellow Banner, a self-official student who was awarded the Cabinet Examination, and was relocated to Langzhong in the Criminal Department, and Zhang Jing was charged as a military aircraft. More than 10 years ago, he was appointed governor of Jiangxi. But now it has been 31 years since Qianlong, and 15 or 6 years have passed, and he is still a feudal official at the governor level. The reason is that this man is cowardly, greedy, incompetent and unable to take responsibility. He was repeatedly corrupt and derelict in his duties, and was repeatedly demoted and dismissed, but because of his ancestors and family background, he was let go again and again by Qianlong, and he was reinstated again and again.

As long as the silver can be used, Li Zhao also thinks that the governor will cover this lid for Ruzhou.

I lost the battle, and this time I will be very bankrupt, but it is certain!