But the matter has come to this, the rebels have no choice, no matter what, this battle must be fought, and it must be fought hard, if this time if they still can't capture Muping County, their military rations will not be enough to continue to besiege the city here for a long time, then they must withdraw the siege, and then move to other places.

If they can't capture Muping County, they will definitely not be able to explain this time, so Chen Guangfu hates the people in Xishan Village at this time, but he is jealous.

After dawn, the rebels had a full meal of war, began to fish out of the camp, gathered towards the south gate, and gathered into a large area outside the south gate, in addition to the soldiers and horses led by Chen Guangfu in the past few days, Zhang Tao brought back the remnants of the defeated generals from Xishan Village, and also put them into this battlefield, which made their troops increase a lot.

Thousands of rebels gathered outside the south gate, people neighed and screamed but also murderous, so that the defenders of the city, are a little numb, many people secretly prayed, God to bless them, must let them withstand the attack of the rebels, once the city is broken, they are estimated to die, and their families in the city, I am afraid it will be difficult to live.

These damn Dongjiang rebels are all ruthless, and they hate them Shandong people to the core, once they enter the city, they will never be merciful, so the defenders in the city at this time are also regarded as the same enemy, and they still retain a little morale.

Just after the rebels began to assemble, Zhao Zhizhou also personally came to the south gate to supervise the battle, everyone knew very well in their hearts, this battle is probably a battle that determines whether Muping County can hold, once the city is broken, everyone will play collectively, so the officials have spared no effort, to roll up their sleeves and personally do a big job, whether it is for themselves, or to be noble, for the sake of loyalty to the court, for the tens of thousands of people in the city, they have no way out.

A large cauldron was erected, and the firewood was insufficient, so the house, the door, the bed board, in short, the things that could be dismantled, used as firewood to boil water, and the limited tung oil and other oils were also gathered and prepared to be heated to resist the rebels.

If the rolling wood and stones were not enough, they demolished the courtyard walls, demolished the houses, transported the bricks and stones to the city wall as stones, and carried the roof beams up to the city wall as rolling logs, and some of the house beams were also nailed with iron nails, tied up with ropes, and hung on shelves, acting as Lei Yiye, in short, taking out all the things that could be taken out at hand.

The only few old cannons in the city have also been cleaned up and carried up on the city wall, bowl mouth guns, tiger squat cannons, and exterminating cannons, they are all some magic things, and two cannons are actually a hundred years old, but they can't care too much at this time, as long as they can be lit, as for whether to blow up or not, they can't take care of it.

Just when they were preparing, a team of men and horses appeared neatly on the street inside the south gate, this team of people and horses looked like more than 200 people, almost a standard infantry company of sea wolves, all carrying the same color of "bird guns", in the whistle, moving neatly and silently marching on the street, towards the south gate.

Everyone looked at this team sideways, but their faces showed eager looks, and some ordinary people even had tears in their eyes, knelt on the side of the road and kowtowed, and shouted to them: "Heroes of Xishan Village! We're counting on you! You must defend our city! ”

Some big households, at this time, may also be found by conscience, or moved by the heart, sent someone to send some food, and had to fortress to these "village soldiers" in Xishan Village, so that they would accept it no matter what, but the two hundred people who walked in front turned a blind eye to this, one by one, their chests were stacked, their eyes were not squinted, and they continued to move like a mechanical shift in precise steps, making a roaring footstep, and marching towards the front in the whistle.

There is only one person who looks like a general, and he rides a horse in a big way, and from time to time the people who welcome them on one side of the team and the two sides of the road to welcome them frequently hug their fists and thank them, and repeatedly promise that they will do their best to defend the county seat of Muping.

As for someone sending them things, this guy is not polite, followed by fifty villagers who don't look very neat, pulled two big carts, and loaded the things that people sent along the way, all loaded on the carts, swaggering through the city, basically it can be said that those who come do not refuse, especially as long as they see big families sending things, they must accept all the orders, and even hold their mouths to express that they are not very satisfied, and the number is too small.

Li San's triumphant posture has attracted the contempt of many of his subordinates, but they like to see Li San's villain's dedication, their current identity is only a village soldier, but they can be so respected, this is all the result of their spelling these days.

These days, they are like firefighters, ready to help in the city, but wherever there is a tight fight, they will appear there, and the rebels will often be defeated and retreat as soon as their guns are fired.

So these days, they have made a name for themselves in Muping County, and they have also played a prestige, and they have become the psychological pillars of everyone in Muping County, even far more than those serious officials and defenders in the city.

Moreover, these Xishan Village Township soldiers, strict military discipline, never come around in the city, even if they have time to go to prostitution, they all give money according to the price, go to buy things, and even pay for it, never mess around, which makes the people in Muping County give a thumbs up to these Xishan Village Township soldiers.

Later, even some prostitutes said that as long as the village soldiers in Xishan Village were willing to come to prostitute them, they would never take money, and they would definitely serve them well, as long as they liked it, they could do whatever they wanted! It can be seen how high the prestige of the villagers of Xishan Village is now in Muping County.

What surprised everyone even more was that this time these township soldiers of Xishan Village actually came to more than 200 people at once, and only after inquiring did they know that a bang rang in the north outside the city last night was done by the township soldiers of Xishan Village, Liu Dashan of Xishan Village, after defeating the rebels one after another during this time, they actually sent a group of reinforcements to Muping County overnight.

At this time, Liu Da's reputation was different and rushed into the sky like a rocket, and almost everyone in the city praised him again and again, saying that Liu Dashan was a good man, in addition to being a good man, he was also a righteous man, an absolute righteous man, who could stand up at the time of national crisis, and did not hesitate to let him raise the township soldiers to save Muping County.

He did this, compared with other big households in Muping County, it really made the faces of those big households have no place to put it, look at what Liu Dashan did when he was in this difficulty, and then look at what the gentry usually did in the county, all of them did it, and they all had this account in their hearts.

Seeing that these Xishan Village villagers came to the south gate, after stopping, the original defenders on this side suddenly brightened, and their morale was boosted, Xishan Village actually came to so many reinforcements, so this battle seems to have hope, with these Xishan Village township soldiers, they feel that they have the bottom in their hearts, and they are no longer afraid of these rebels.

Zhao Zhizhou even greeted Corporal Yu Lixian from the city wall, and personally went to these Xishan Village Township soldiers to deliver an impassioned speech, greatly praising these Xishan Village Township soldiers, calling them righteous men and heroes! Let these sea wolf soldiers secretly can't help but feel a little fluttering, where did they think before, one day they would be so highly regarded by such a big official, and now after they follow Yu Xiaotian, they can all puff up their chests in front of the officials, and the psychological satisfaction in them is unknown to outsiders.

At this time, no matter how Zhao Zhizhou looked at this Li San, he felt pleasing to the eye, although Li San was a martial artist, not even a military general, just a general of a big family, but in his eyes, he still felt pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at it, and he didn't underestimate Li San at all, if it weren't for his daughter being married, he might even think about it at this time, and simply marry his daughter to this house slave who was not even a dog in his eyes before, of course, this is just to think about it, if he really let him do it, it will definitely not work, it is estimated that if he does this, will drown alive with saliva.

After tossing for a while, Zhao Zhizhou and other officials suddenly found that this time Li San led the crowd over, and there seemed to be a strangely shaped vehicle in the team, and this "car" was wrapped in oilcloth as a whole, and they couldn't see what was underneath, but some people roughly guessed that this might be a cannon according to the shape of the oilcloth wrap.

They didn't expect Xishan Village to come over this time, and they actually dragged a cannon, if it was changed to before, they probably wouldn't care much, but now they have seen those sharp bird guns in the hands of the township soldiers in Xishan Village, and now they are beginning to be full of longing for the cannon they dragged over, and they only hope that the cannon they brought can be as good as the bird gun in their hands.

Li San didn't talk nonsense, and after greeting Zhao Zhizhou and others, he went up to the city wall to check the terrain and the situation of the rebels outside the city, accompanied by Zhao Zhizhou.

After seeing the black and oppressive rebels outside the city, Li San also fell back to reality from a fluttering state, the number of rebels was too much, there were more than 4,000 people, and there were many people who were coerced, and the defenders who were defending at the south gate at this time, if they didn't bring his people, there were only more than 600 people, and in the state of ten to one, this strength was really disparity enough.

He took out the monocular he wore on his waist and began to observe the situation of the rebels, and soon searched for the location of the rebels' cannons, one Hongyi cannon and two Dafa.

Dafa Xi was erected at a distance of more than 200 steps from the city wall, and a simple bunker was built, but the Hongyi cannon was erected 400 steps away, which shows that the rebels still took this Hongyi cannon very seriously.

This time he came to assist in guarding this side, in fact, the biggest threat was these three cannons, and he was not nervous about the other weapons of the rebels.