Qidong County, known as Little Jinan, is an important wharf after the Yellow River enters Shandong, and all ships going to Jinan from the downstream will replenish supplies in Qidong. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now that Liu Zheng occupies this place, whether it is the counties north of the Yellow River that belong to Jinan Prefecture, or the ships of the three prefectures under Liu Zheng, the passage has been stopped, and the section of the Yellow River into the sea after entering Shandong is almost blocked.

It's not that Liu Zheng is arrogant and domineering, but the ship bosses are very consciously not sailing, the reason is that the four county towns of Yi, Shanghe, Wuding Prefecture and Binzhou in the north are full of imperial army troops.

"This area is full of alluvial plains, small river divisions are very wide, these are nothing, a slightly larger river is the Shang River, it is not a difficult thing for us to cross the pontoon bridge, and this crosses Shanghe County, divides Shanghe County into two, just like Linqing, the role of the city wall is very limited, if the sluice gate is not closed, you can enter the city along the river!"

"Although there are no rivers in other counties through the county, there are several rivers nearby, and the underground water source is abundant, if the siege is unfavorable, it is not feasible to enter the city through tunnels, only to attack, of course, I just said so, the two-zhang high city wall is not a matter for us!"

Liu Zheng stood in front of the sand table and pointed at these cities, smiling and pointing while talking, Jiang Mingda, Wei Boyuan, Zhou Yun, Zeng Kaiyu, and Qin Haiqing wrinkled their eyebrows and pondered on the side.

As soon as Liu Zheng's words stopped here, Zeng Kaiyu picked up and said: "Lord, if you really want to fight, with the strength of the division we have now, it will definitely not be enough, at least transfer my 103rd Division or 104th Division!" ”

Liu Zheng smiled and said, "Senior Commander Zeng, you also said it, is that a real fight?" I didn't say anything about really fighting from beginning to end, I just planned to scare and scare them, send a brigade to Shanghe to scare and scare, and they will retreat by themselves! ”

Zeng Kaiyu looked at Liu Zheng with some surprise, thinking that Jingying was indeed erosive, but no matter how rotten it was, it didn't rot enough that you scared him and ran away, right? It is said that the lord is a little inflated, and I didn't believe it at first, but it seems that it is really true.

Liu Zheng didn't know that Zeng Kaiyu was slandering him in his heart at this time, and he took the command rod and nodded above Shanghe County as soon as Zeng Kaiyu finished speaking, and said: "The reason why I chose Shanghe County to fight is not only because of the proximity, but also because the messengers we sent over are still being detained by them, and we have to find them to get people back!" ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, what does this mean, if you want a messenger, you don't need to be so excited, right?

Seeing the puzzled expressions on everyone's faces, Liu Zheng took out the letter from Jingshi that Pei Qiu sent him, and handed it to Jiang Mingda, who was closest to him, Jiang Mingda glanced at it a few times and gave it to Wei Boyuan, Wei Boyuan looked carefully, delayed for a while, and after reading it, he gave it to Zhou Yun next to him, Zhou Yun read it quickly, and after reading it, he folded the letter in half twice and gently threw it to the opposite side of the sand table, and Zeng Kaiyu over there took the letter easily, and read it with Qin Haiqing after unfolding it, the two looked at each other and frowned.

After reading it all, Zeng Kaiyu put the letter aside, looked at Liu Zheng and said, "Lord, this Beijing battalion dispatched eighteen battalions to suppress Li Mingyi, is it coming for us?" ”

Liu Zheng nodded and said: "Although there is no direct evidence to prove this, you must have received the news from your subordinates, now there are a lot of Jianghu people in Qidong County, nine out of ten of these people are coming to me, taking advantage of your illness to kill you This is a famous saying in the rivers and lakes, I am not only sick, but also seriously injured, almost died, if the old dog of the six doors does not do it to me at this time, wouldn't it be too wasteful of opportunity?" ”

The expressions on everyone's faces were all awe-inspiring, and they did receive a lot of such news during this time, they didn't care about it at first, but after asking, they learned that these faces were not people they were familiar with, and they sent people to contact, and they were only beaten by the other party Haha, which made people have to think more.

Now hearing Liu Zheng say this, I feel a little angry in my heart, today's Liu Zheng can be said to represent the largest force in the rivers and lakes, starting from the heroes of the rivers and lakes, the green forests and grass, and doing such a vigorous thing, not to mention to help, but instead to the side of the court, helping to abuse, it is really a shame of martial arts.

Qin Haiqing snorted heavily: "The people of the Six Doors are really martial arts scum, except for this kind of shady means, there will be nothing else!" ”

Liu Zheng laughed and said: "Senior Commander Qin, it's not appropriate to say this kind of thing with your identity now, after all, you are the commander of a division, and there are 10,000 soldiers and horses under your command, so don't comment on right and wrong from the perspective of the people of the rivers and lakes!" ”

Qin Haiqing showed a hint of sneer on his face, and Zeng Kaiyu next to him smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

After saying Qin Haiqing, Liu Zheng turned his head and swept around the others and said: "Now we are different from the past, the small fights in the rivers and lakes and green forests have left us, now we are soldiers, we are upright teachers, how can we be afraid of these rivers and lakes?" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Zheng waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I already have a way to deal with this matter, let's not talk about this, let's talk about the eighteen Beijing battalions that have been opened, if their purpose is really us, eighteen battalions plus seven battalions across the river, this is twenty-five battalions, these twenty-five battalions are all infantry battalions, the standard number of each battalion is 3,000 people, not counting the auxiliaries there are 75,000 people!" ”

"Qidong, where we are now, is the most protruding city in terms of geographical location, if the other party sends heavy troops to surround us, it will become a lonely city, so I plan to take advantage of the fact that these eighteen battalions have just left Beijing to scare the people opposite us away!"

As soon as Liu Zheng's voice fell, Zhou Yun, who was a little far away from him, wrinkled his brows and said, "Lord, it's pointless to scare them off for us, right?" Even if they abandon these cities and retreat to Pingyuan, Lingxian, Deping, and Leling, what will happen? You can't send people to occupy Linyi and other counties, which will further expand our battle line and supply line, which will be even more unfavorable to us! ”

After Zhou Yun said this, Qin Haiqing immediately echoed: "Yes, lord, you always warned us before that the longer the supply line is, the more unfavorable it will be to the war, but now it will be ......."

Qin Haiqing didn't say what he said later, but Liu Zheng understood what he meant, nodded first, and then spoke: "I did this for two reasons, the first is ......"

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The weather in late September, the night has already felt a bit of the taste of winter, outside the original Donggao Academy in Qidong County, more than a dozen night vigil soldiers, all wearing a thin cotton coat in their armor, but even so, they still can't stop the invasion of the cold at night, and they keep hiding their feet one by one.

If it weren't for the fact that the lord Liu Zheng lived in the Donggao Academy behind them, they would have found a place to be lazy by this time.

When it was almost time, a team of soldiers came to the gate of the academy with a sigh of anger and scolding, and said a few words to the guards who kept vigil, and the original soldiers walked towards the academy with a sigh of anger, planning to go back and have a good night's sleep.

One of them trotted to a soldier who was dozing off the wall with his hands against the wall, and said with a smile: "Chief, it's cold this day, let's make a fire for the brothers, otherwise you will have to get sick after a night of coldness!" ”

The soldier who was called the leader raised his eyelids and glanced at the laughing soldier and said, "Roll the calf, and make a fire for you, why don't you ask Lao Tzu for a quilt?" ”

The scolded soldier turned his head back to his post stupidly, glanced at the head who was still dozing, and muttered in a low voice: "Enter your mother, you ...... yourself"

As soon as he muttered two words, he suddenly felt a darkness around him, and when he turned his head to see that the head was staring at him, the soldier hurriedly closed his mouth.

"Boy, you're scolding me, aren't you?"

"No, no, no......" How dare you admit it, it's strange that you can't be punished to death the next day.

"Hmph, Lao Tzu's ears are not deaf!" As soon as the leading soldier finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and slapped the back of the head of his subordinate: "Okay, I know that the big guy is hard, it's not easy to get up in the middle of the night to watch the night, we don't have much trouble here, you go pick up some firewood, let's go over there and roast for a while, and then come back to watch the night when it's warm!" ”

When the soldier heard this, he suddenly had a smile on his face, stretched out a thumbs up and said, "Boss, don't say anything, you are this, the little one will go!" ”

After a while, the soldier came back with a bundle of firewood and laughed, and the leading soldier whispered to his men, and a dozen soldiers came over with a smile.

"Boss, it's windy here, let's go over there, there's no wind over there, don't talk about it, and others can't see the fire!"

The leading soldier took a look at it and said, "Okay, let's go over there, it's not good to make a fire with this side to destroy the traces, it's not a joke to be caught by the grandson of the picket!" ”

More than a dozen night watchmen left their posts and went to a sheltered place next to the corner to roast the fire, and there was no figure outside the huge courtyard wall except for the few soldiers on night duty at the door.

At this time, in the woods not far away, more than a dozen pairs of eyes stared at the unattended courtyard wall, and after a while, one of them couldn't help but say, "Do you want to do it?" ”

The leader of the group in the darkness did not speak, but silently watched the light from the corner.

After a while, another person spoke: "We have been observing for several days, and this group of soldiers on duty is not pretending to be lazy, they are really lazy!" ”

When the words fell, another voice followed and said: "Two days ago, it was also this group of people, on duty at night, there were four or five people who were lazy to sleep, I watched here for two hours, they really slept, not pretending!" ”

The leader still didn't speak, but looked up at the dark night sky through the gap in the woods, and suddenly said after a while: "The wind is blowing!" ”