"My lord, my lord, another 2,000 soldiers and horses of General Li Meng have entered the city!!"

A personal soldier of Governor Yan Jizu ran into the yamen of the governor of Dezhou without his life, and the personal guards in the hands of the governor and the supervisor added up to less than 200 people, and they couldn't even talk about the so-called "capital", they could only be regarded as subordinates who were called.

Hearing the pro-soldier shouting there, Yan Jizu, who was busy over there, raised his head with a frown, and asked:

"If you enter the city, you will enter the city, what a big deal!"

"My lord, but he blocked a few streets, and it doesn't look good!"

"It's the streets of the Yamen that are blocked?"

"It's not, it's the street where General Qiu is blocked."

"Get down, don't make noise in front of the official, their martial arts are their own business, what does it matter to the official, get down, get down."

The soldier who hurriedly came in to report the news touched his nose, and was reprimanded inexplicably, he was really dizzy, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to retreat in a huff.

The situation is similar to that of Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the prison army, but Liu Yuanbin does not have the gentleness of Yan Jizu, and it is said that the pro-soldier who reported the news was slapped a few times and scolded bitterly.

In the north of Dezhou City, since Qiu Lei returned here, it has been deserted, and almost everyone who can run has run, and there is even such a saying that he would rather be caught by the Tartars to be a cow and a horse, than be harmed by Qiu Lei's soldiers and horses, to say that Qiu Lei, the chief soldier of Shandong, should really be proud. Although he did not fight with the Qing army, in the hearts of the people, he had a "great name" that was not inferior to that of the Tartars, and he should be a little proud. Of course, Shandong's literati notes, which many people mention, have been mentioned many times in later generations as an example of spicy satire.

The sun is just west, and the north of the city is unusually quiet, and in the past, nearly 2,000 Qiu Lei's soldiers and horses were stationed here, and it seemed that tens of thousands of people were stationed here. There was a few days ago when most of the Qing army and the captive population passed through Texas, and some of the Tartar soldiers below who knew Chinese shouted "send away without work" under the city. Wanton provocative teasing. Qiu Lei's soldiers and horses were unusually quiet, and they didn't even have the courage to get up and scold back, but the squires and civilians in the city were ready to resist. Prepared masonry and timber to defend the city at the critical time.

It is not necessarily true that it is quiet at this time, because there are always people there who shout:

"Drop your weapon and put your hands on your head. Lin Lei marched in line according to your usual line, and walked out in a team of fifty people, don't act rashly, how are you poor compared to your own soldiers in the general army! ”

"Hurry, hurry."

The soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion looked at the soldiers in front of them with fierce eyes, although the street was narrow, but the spearmen and axe gunmen were blocking the gate of the street. And the firecrackers all climbed onto the roof. After the ammunition was loaded, he aimed at the officers and soldiers below.

These soldiers and horses of Shandong General Soldier Qiu Lei have become a mess inside. The soldiers were nervously discussing countermeasures there, but no one thought to ask Qiu Lei, the chief soldier in the watch, this way broke and fled, the prestige of Qiu Lei, the chief soldier of Shandong, had disappeared, and the reason why these soldiers still ran with him was nothing more than that they still had something to eat.

"What to do, these evil stars are shouting outside, get an idea!"

"What else do you think, ***, who is doing something harmful outside again, those tigers are coming to take people again."

"Who is going to do something hurtful, this time when I come back, everyone is a cat in the yard, and they can't get out with a whip, and they all eat and wait for death."

"I'm so angry, I'm fed up, if I don't fight with them, we also have swords and guns in our hands, why are we afraid of their Denglai military households!"

"Fight a ghost, I went out just now to take a peek, and the cannons over there were all pulled over, if I don't go out, I'm afraid it will be a bomb!!"

The gossip here turned into a very unified action in the end, and the Qiu Lei soldiers stationed in this circle all obediently threw their weapons on the ground according to the shouts of the Jiaozhou battalion outside, reported their heads with both hands, and walked out of the garrison dejectedly.

As soon as the fifty people came out, someone immediately escorted them out of Dezhou City and went outside the city to take care of them, and there were also people there to count the number, and after almost an hour's effort, the leader of the pro-soldier ran to the nearby Li Meng to report, and the matter reported was also clueless, but he just said:

"There are less than three hundred people left!"

Li Meng nodded, shouted at Wang Hai on the side, and the soldiers on the periphery began to withdraw, but Wang Hai led eight hundred personal soldiers into this area, controlled the vital position, and surrounded the house in the center.

At present, the pro-military battalion of the Jiaozhou battalion led by Wang Hai, many people still have minor injuries, and many of them have been newly made up, even Wang Hai himself still has a bandage on his forehead, and the pro-military camp is not as bright as before, but it is a little more murderous than before.

The house where the chief soldier Qiu Lei is located is the house of a solid local family, and the soldiers outside did it according to the shouting instructions of the Jiaozhou battalion, but these pro-soldiers around Qiu Lei are one with their own commander, looking at the posture outside, they can naturally sense that something is wrong, but if they run away or beg for mercy, I am afraid that no one will take them in the future. And on the same day, the Jiaozhou battalion opened a posture and beheaded at the gate of the Texas Zhizhou, and the companions who were also pro-soldiers were cut and killed a lot, and they were also beaten by the other party.

What's more, looking at these Jiaozhou battalion soldiers who came over with great momentum outside, this murderous aura is actually stronger than before, it is really frightening, Qiu Lei's only remaining personal soldiers and guards have no slightest fighting will, so they have to shrink back, as a soldier, they can't run and run, and they don't dare to fight, so columsy, it's really shameful.

The general of the defeated army did not have the slightest morale and courage, and the general military style in Texas that day was also missing, and the courtyard where Qiu Lei was hiding was not big, and Li Meng's pro-military camp quickly surrounded this place.

Everything was set up, and it didn't take long for Chen Liu's subordinates to come over and report:

"The nearby streets have been blocked, both officials and citizens have been isolated, and Texans do not dare to approach, for fear of causing trouble, Qiu Lei's soldiers and horses have been escorted to the outside of the city to standby, and the city gates have been controlled by the Jiaozhou battalion."

Wang Hai got the news, turned his head to look at Li Meng and nodded, Li Meng immediately whispered a few words to the guards beside him, and the guards immediately stepped forward and shouted towards the courtyard:

"Li Meng, the general of the four prefectures, asked to meet Lord Qiu, the chief military officer of Shandong, and hoped to meet his subordinates in his busy schedule."

These words were shouted with full anger, the officers and soldiers inside and outside the courtyard could hear it clearly, I don't know what the people inside thought, the soldiers and horses of the Jiaozhou battalion outside all looked at each other, and some of them were lively and almost laughed, there was not much danger in front of them, and everyone was also relaxed in their hearts.

God knows what his own adults think, and after disarming the other party's soldiers and surrounding the other party's house, it is indeed ridiculous to politely learn the etiquette of the lower official to meet the upper official.

However, this word reached the ears of Qiu Lei inside, which was as if it was a direct humiliation of slapping the other party's face, and the other party could not resist, it was really relieving, the Jiaozhou battalion and the Qing army fought to the death, and the casualties were not serious, after arriving in Dezhou City, I knew that Qiu Lei, the chief soldier of Shandong, and his six thousand soldiers and horses, did not shoot an arrow, and one person did not fight.

Although the soldiers and horses of the two roads are incompatible, they are both the army of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion feel shameful and pathetic for each other, and they are full of resentment in their hearts.

But the strength and weakness of the two sides are too clear, even if it is such humiliation, there is not even a movement inside, several officers are looking back to ask Li Meng, Li Meng signaled that they do not need to act, just ordered their own soldiers to continue to shout, shouting about four or five times, only to hear someone inside whisper and say:

"General Li, Master Li, you have a lot of them, they have reached this point, don't force Qiu, Qiu is about to be arrested by the court and questioned, why bother?"

Hearing Qiu Lei's answer, Li Meng cursed in a low voice from the military academy and said:

"If you get out and cut you with a thousand knives, you're all light, what are you pitiful there!"

The soldier who shouted heard the response from inside, and shouted again at the top of his voice:

"Lord Qiu, the soldiers in your courtyard are withdrawn, and my family is willing to go in alone and talk to you."

After saying this, the audience was quiet, except for Chen Liu and Wang Hai, who had long known that Li Meng had arranged this, the rest of the people looked at Li Meng in shock, Li Meng smiled and nodded, indicating that this matter was indeed his own arrangement.

The courtyard hesitated for a while, only to hear Qiu Lei's hesitant voice say:

"Qiu is willing to do this."

At present, he can't choose what to choose, there is no suspense in the Jiaozhou battalion outside, it is better to agree to Li Meng's inexplicable proposal to go in alone, maybe things will take a turn for the better.

"Two hundred and eighty-nine people, come out one by one, don't play any tricks!"

Several pro-soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion shouted outside, and Qiu Lei inside was even more terrified when he heard it, how could the other party know such a clear number of these people around him.

All the people inside had already come out except for Qiu Lei, Li Meng sorted out the armor on his body, smiled and whispered:

"Anyway, they are all Shandong military generals, I'll go in and give him a ride!"