In Deqing City, the news that Luoding was occupied by bandits had already spread, and it was Jiang Er, a partner of Lu Changyuan's family, who reported it.

Jiang Er got the orders of the master's family, took advantage of the night to sneak out of the gap in the Luoding city wall, and then went straight to Deqing, on the way really suffered a lot, fortunately, there was no danger, and finally arrived in Deqing safely.

After entering the city, Jiang Er did not report to Luying first, but went straight to the Deqing County Ya, because Lu Gongming of Deqing Zhixian County was the uncle of his own family, and he had this kind of kinship, so it was easy to say.

As soon as he heard that Luo Ding called the bandits to occupy, Kong Guoliang, the commander of the garrison green battalion, died, and the bandits were blackmailing and blackmailing in the city, and none of the gentry let go, Lu Gongming was so angry that his beard was cocked, and without saying a word, he took the county Chengwu Changshou and went straight to the green camp station, and asked the garrison Zhang Dade to quickly send troops to suppress the bandits.

I don't want to, Zhang Dade has no interest in sending troops to suppress bandits, because most of the bandits run away after robbing, and they won't wait stupidly for the officers and soldiers to come to suppress them. Besides, he is the garrison of Deqing, not the garrison of Luo Ding, and Luo Ding asked the bandits to occupy what matters to him.

If it was not the bandits but the Ming army that captured Luoding, Zhang Dade would have to send troops to fight immediately no matter what, of course, the premise was that the other party was not Li Dingguo's soldiers and horses. It's really Li Laohu's soldiers, he Zhang Mazi doesn't dare to touch the tiger's ass even if he eats the bear's heart and leopard's gall, but if it's those Nanming's miscellaneous cards, it's to touch his Zhang Dade's tiger buttocks, don't fight for nothing.

Why are the bandits not interested in fighting, but the Ming army is interested?

The reason is to fight bandits, that is to protect the territory and the people; Fighting the Ming army, but it was to open up territory for the imperial court. The difference between the two is big, the former can't slaughter the city, but the latter can slaughter the city in the city afterwards, not only can he rob a special windfall, but also be rewarded by the imperial court, such a good thing, which one is not willing to do it?

Zhang Dade specially asked Jiang Er again, and after confirming that the gang were bandits under the banner of Li Dingguo, he was not hearted at all, and he was about to send off the guests lazily.

The garrison set the tone, and the thousand generals at the bottom and the general natural experience were all shouting that this soldier could not come out, and if he wanted to send troops, he could take the warrant of the chief soldier plus the food and salary of the troops! Otherwise, the brothers in the Green Camp would not have had the time to make a trip to Luoding.

These don't know what to do!

Lu Gongming, who was born in Chongzhen's fourteenth year, was really angry with these martial artists and didn't dare to speak, so he forced his temperament to talk for a long time, but Zhang Dade was unmoved at all, and refused to send troops if he said anything.

In desperation, Lu Gongming had no choice but to go back and write an official document overnight and send it to Zhaoqing Mansion, in which Zhang Dade really scolded him, and asked the Zhaoqing prefect to quickly inform the general army to issue a document to suppress the bandits, so as not to make the people of Luoding suffer from banditry.

Jiang Er couldn't wait for the green battalion to leave, and he was anxious, but no matter how anxious he was, what could he do if the green battalion didn't send troops, so he could only stay in the county office and wait for news.

On this day, just after lunch, Lu Gongming was holding a tea bowl to eat, and Song Tong, the chief of Xihe Town, broke in with a shout: "County Zun, the big thing is not good, the Ming army is coming!" ”

"What? The Ming army is coming?! ”

"Bang dang", the tea bowl fell to the ground, Lu Gongming jumped up, full of panic, he has been an official for several years, what he is most afraid of is to hear the Ming army calling, which means that his life is not guaranteed. The imperial court decrees are very strict, and the lost land and abandoned land are all going to be cut off heads, and the Ming army is not good at stubble, and they have to take their Qing officials to sacrifice the flag at every turn, and it is really bitter to be sandwiched between the two ends of his county

"The little one saw with his own eyes that the Ming army crossed the West River and went to the county under the banner!" Song Tong was out of breath, but he ran enough all the way, but he finally told what he saw.

Haven't hit the county seat yet?

Lu Gongming was somewhat relieved and asked Song Tong: "How many soldiers and horses does the Ming army have, and whose banner is it fighting?" ”

Song Tong said with a bitter face: "County Zun, the little one is in a hurry to come back to report the news, where do you dare to get close to see, I really don't know how many people there are, but the small one who has a small banner can see it clearly, what is it called Taiping Camp!" ”

"Taiping Camp?"

Lu Gongming quickly turned around in his mind, confirming that he had never heard of the battalion head of this Ming army, nor was it the battalion head of Li Dingguo's soldiers and horses, so he no longer panicked at the moment, muttered for a while, and led people to the green camp station

Before he entered the house, he heard the sound of a horse hanging from the house.

"Bump!"

"Thirty thousand!"

"Huh!"

"My lord is so lucky!"

"Haha, don't pat yourself on the back, hurry up and bring the silver, take the silver"

“”

These Qiu Ba are really interested!

Hearing the sound of horses hanging in the house, Lu Gongming was furious, pushed open the two personal soldiers guarding the door and broke in, and said eagerly: "Lord Zhang, the Ming army is coming, you hurry up and lead people to defend the city!" ”

Playing with interest, Lu Gongming broke in coldly, looking like a dead father and mother, and said that the Ming army had called, which made Zhang Dade, who had just made a big name, angry, and slapped the table and said angrily: "Nonsense, my soldiers are watching at the head of the city, there is really a Ming army coming, can they not come to report the news?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Dade didn't believe it, Lu Gongming was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "The Ming army just crossed the West River, but it didn't reach the city!" ”

"Really?" Zhang Dade was stunned and wondered: "Where did the Ming army come from?" ”

"Luo Ding is coming from the direction!" Lu Gongming pointed to the west with his hand.

"Luo Ding?" Zhang Dade was stunned again, and was even more confused, "Isn't that land occupied by bandits, where did the Ming army come from?" ”

Where did Lu Gongming know what was going on, "My lord, let's hurry up and lead the troops to the city to take a look, don't let the Ming army break the city!" ”

"Fuck it!"

Zhang Dade pushed away the cards in front of him, scolded angrily, and shouted at the subordinates who were still looking at him stupidly: "What are you still sitting for, don't go to Lao Tzu!" ”

"Hey! Phew! ”

Only then did a group of subordinates react, and they rushed out in a panic, and after a while, they rushed out of the camp with their respective green battalion soldiers.

Lu Gongming followed Zhang Dade to the city wall, but before he reached the city wall, he heard the bell ringing on the city gate.

There is a large bell hanging on the tower of the city gate, which usually does not ring until the enemy is found outside the city. Listening to the bell, Zhang Dade and the others were all shocked, convinced that there was really a Ming army coming, where did they dare to delay, and hurriedly went up to the city wall.

After going to the city, I saw that there was a Ming army outside the city that was slowly approaching the city wall, playing the banner of "Taiping Camp", and the soldiers were all dressed as Ming troops, and there were a few officers on horseback at the front. However, the number of people is not much, and after a rough sweep, there are only 100 people.

"That's it?"

Zhang Dade and Lu Gongming asked at the same time: How dare the Ming army fight Deqing at such a point?