Yan Hong didn't say much, changed the soldiers and horses of the right guard of Jinan to guard the city, and returned to the line with a cadre of people. When they arrived at the conference hall, the generals of various armies, as well as the left-behind civilian officials represented by Hai Rui, gathered together one after another and sent the battle reports from all over the place one by one.

It was a tough battle. Although the Fubiao battalion is an elite soldier whose combat effectiveness exceeds that of the Jinan Right Guard, the heavy losses are better than yesterday's Jinan Right Guard. And the people everywhere took part in the battle at the head of the city, they did not know how to fight, and many of them did not have their weapons in hand, so there were more than 2,000 people killed and seriously wounded in the battle. Of the fifteen battalion officers arranged by Yun Chuqi, four died on the city tower. Of the 150 captains, 13 were killed and 11 were seriously wounded.

Knowing this situation, the faces of several generals were not very good-looking. He Bingzhong said: "Today, our army has suffered too many casualties, and this is just the attack of the White Lotus Sect bandits. If the Mongols come again tomorrow, I am afraid it will be difficult to support. "He is responsible for guarding the Qincha, and he is most afraid that the Qincha will make a mistake. Therefore, according to his thoughts, it is best to retreat quickly, relying on the current military strength of Jinan, there are still thousands of soldiers, plus more than 100 cavalry of Jinyiwei and more than 200 green forest cavalry under Sun Lie, barely breaking through, it may not be impossible.

Wei Guoliang, the acting staff general of the Fubiao Battalion, also had two injuries on his body, but fortunately the injuries were not serious. He also said: "There is another important matter, today after the Qin sent to supervise the battle at the north gate and repelled the thief army, the last general watched the city, but saw that the siege equipment built by the Mongols and craftsmen had begun to take shape. If the last general's view is not bad, most of the things they build are return guns. If it is caused by the return cannon, it fires stone projectiles, which is very powerful. Therefore, it seems that the last general. Tomorrow Chin will not be allowed to go to the city again to supervise the battle. In case you get hit by a stone bullet. I can't apologize for my sins when I die. It is better to live in the city, dispatch troops and horses, and coordinate the overall situation, which is the right reason. ”

I think that after the Mongols went on an expedition to the Western Regions, they had to return to the method of cannon manufacturing, which was used in the war of invading the Song Dynasty, which was really invincible, and Xiangyang, which was known as the strong city in the world, was finally lost. Now the Mongols urged the craftsmen to hastily build the return cannon. Since it is not as powerful as the return cannon back then, but it can't stand the large number, if it really rains stone bullets at that time, the city is not a safe place, and the city will naturally be more difficult to defend.

These people say different things, but the core idea is the same, that is: Jinan really can't hold it. This is because the city has few soldiers and a weak force; Second, the reserves of various equipment in the city are insufficient, and if you really deal with this kind of offensive and defensive battle, you suddenly feel overstretched. Plus. Most of the gunpowder in the city was sold to the city, and it was in the hands of the White Lotus Sect. As a result, the city's gunpowder reserves were insufficient, and it was difficult for artillery firearms to play a role.

Under the action of several parties, Jinan, which was originally thought to be impregnable, now seems to be in danger of being lost at any time. In this case, everyone must consider the way out, needless to say, the local officials of Jinan, there is only one way to go through the martyrdom, after all, there are provisions in the Ming Law, and the loss of the city is a capital crime, and at present, this Ming Law has not expired.

However, if the Qincha also died with them, it would be very unbeautiful. Who of these officials doesn't have a family? If he dies and dies in the country, his family can get a pension, but if he spares Qin Cha, this is Yan Song's grandson, Yan Ge Lao was angry, and he hit with all his might, and his family still wants to live?

Therefore, the opinions of these people are also very unanimous, since Jinan may be lost, then Lord Qincha, you run away quickly, the farther you run, the better, the faster the better.

But he saw Yun Chuqi come out of the column and said: "Rank up the boss, and listen to the contemptible words." If the border army arrives in a few days, if it abandons the city and leaves, will the hundreds of thousands of people in the city be ravaged by thieves? There is a famine in Shandong for thousands of miles, could it be that the millions of loads of military food in the city are burned, or the enemy? If that is the case, we are all sinners of the country. Nowadays, although there are few soldiers in the city and all the bullets are exhausted, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city of Jinan, who are loyal and brave. In today's battle, the Minzhuang team fought bravely to kill the enemy and defend the four gates. Therefore, in the opinion of the contemptible people, as long as the people are given strong weapons and weapons to help them defend, then Jinan will be able to defend for another month, and there will be no hindrance. ”

Hai Rui said: "Mr. Yun, the previous Qin sent a message that the people should not be put at risk with swords, but now why do you mention this idea?" It is our duty to wait for the king's death, and we must not do anything that affects the people. ”

Yan Hong didn't expect to dig a pit by himself and jump by himself. But listening to Yun Chuqi, he said respectfully: "The teachings of Lord Hai are very admired by the students. Yan Qincha had an order before, but it was also to protect the people and love the people. However, now the city defense of Jinan is in danger, if the city is broken by thieves, I am afraid that the people of the city will be slaughtered. Rather than that, why not let it kill the thief with a knife in self-defense? Since the defense of the ancient city was in danger, Hugh said that all the men went to the city to defend, even the old and weak, women and children, and they also had to carry earth and stones. It is better for everyone to work together to defend the city than to be killed by Tartars and demon thieves, and it is better to be coerced to go elsewhere and go to the city! ”

Yun Chuqi's words came out, and Hai Rui also felt reasonable. Yan Hong hurriedly said: "If this is the case, it must be made clear that these people recruited are all strong people in the city of Jinan, cooperating with the garrison, not recruiting officers and soldiers." Although, the remuneration for killing the enemy in this battle, and the compensation for the dead and wounded, can also be given in comparison with the officers and soldiers. Zhang Lao Lingyin, you still have to take the lead in this matter. Once the war is over, they should be dismissed immediately, so that the people will not suffer from the army again. What does Boss Hai think? ”

Hai Rui nodded: "This also makes it." ”

However, Qin Delu, the acting commander of the right guard, said: "Mr. Yun, although what you said is reasonable, but how many people can be recruited if you recruit troops in the city tonight?" These people have not been in battle formations, have not been trained, and they can't even set up a queue formation, so when they really get to the battlefield, what use can they do? The night before, they besieged the rebel party on the streets of Jinan, and tens of thousands of people besieged one or two thousand. Now it is difficult to resist the White Lotus Sect bandits head-on. ”

Yun Chu said: "General Qin, the people of Shandong, Su Duo practiced martial arts. And at the beginning, Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from the grass boat, and these tens of thousands of loyal and brave righteous people were always hundreds of times stronger than the straw man. Although they suffered heavy casualties today, it was also due to the lack of weapons and their haste to go into battle. It's not a boast, if Qin Cha allows it, Yun trains the people to be strong and help the officers and soldiers defend the city, but it is still useful. ”

Yan Hong was overjoyed and said, "Brother Yun, tell me how you practice?" ”

Yun Chu said: "Three days ago, Mengqin sent Jinkou, and Yun organized and trained the fifteenth battalion of Minzhuang. Based on these fifteen battalions, every day. Put a camp in each of the four gates. Put a battalion on each of the four corners and the two wings of the wall. Where the eight battalions. These eight battalions of people are the head of the city to help defend them, carrying soil and rocks, boiling water and cooking on weekdays, but they are also equipped with weapons. If the military situation is urgent, listen to the command of the local generals and defend the city. The other seven battalions were in the city as a reserve, and if they could not resist it, they went to support. ”

Although Yan Hong does not understand military affairs. It's also reliable to listen to this method. What is especially wonderful is that such a nominally only the people of the county are strong, and they help the officers and soldiers resist in the war, and they do not commit the taboo of "recruiting troops privately". He asked again: "I wonder how many people Brother Yun can raise?" ”

Yun Chu said: "My fifteen battalions are strong, and there were more than 15,800 people when I was recruited. There were many dead and wounded in the city today, and there were about 13,000 of them. I wanted to recruit the people from the new, so I was assigned to these 15 battalions, and the old and the new were combined. In the city of Jinan, among the single disaster victims, Ding Zhuang is no less than 100,000. Recruit first tonight. If 5,000 people can be raised, there will be nearly 10,000 people in the city tomorrow. Recruitment will be gradually carried out in the future. ”

Wei Guoliang heard this. couldn't help but applaud first: "Mr. Yun is really a good plan." If the city gives me eight or nine thousand more people, everyone is armed with swords and guns, plus my Fubiao battalion, this will be no problem to defend Jinan City. ”

Qin Delu said with a smile: "General Wei, today the Fubiao Battalion has a bloody battle, but tomorrow it will be my Jinan right guard on top, and it will be rotated again in a day." ”

Zhang Qingyan suddenly said: "Since the Mongols have built the return artillery, it is estimated that they will use it to attack the city in a few days." But we should take precautions, and prepare timber and cowhide to build protection, or prepare cover in the city towers and city walls as a precaution. These utensils are quite troublesome to manufacture. Fortunately, there are hundreds of thousands of victims in the city, and there are enough people, and it is necessary to ask Lord Hai to arrange capable personnel to supervise the construction. ”

Yan Hong couldn't help but be happy when he saw that everyone had confidence. With a stroke of his pen, he allocated tens of thousands of taels of silver to reward the sergeants and compensate the dead and wounded, so as to boost the morale of the soldiers. If he is seen by the head of the household, he is afraid that he will vomit blood in anger.

That night, Yun Chuqi did not sleep endlessly, rushed to the accommodation area of the victims, agitated like a spring, and recruited the people again. The victims of the disaster in Shandong were originally grateful to Yan Hong and Hai Rui, otherwise they would not have collectively followed Yun Chuqi to besiege the rebellious Shen Yu soldiers and horses. At this time, although it was a risk to lose one's head to fight in the city, everyone had also heard that the common people outside the city were coerced by the White Lotus Sect to attack the city, and they died horribly one by one. Compared with the two, there is a group of enthusiastic people who join Minzhuang. Therefore, after Yun Chuqi came down overnight, he actually recruited more than 9,000 people, which greatly exceeded the estimate. He reorganized these 9,000 people into the original 15 battalions, and the number of the entire Minzhuang contingent reached more than 20,000.

The next day, the offensive and defensive battle of Jinan began the fourth day of fighting. The White Lotus Sect is still divided into four gates and each city wall, like a wave rushing, rolling up. However, on this day, they did not use the people to advance, and in addition to the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses of the right guard of Jinan, more than 10,000 people sent by Yun Chuqi were added to the city, and the defensive strength was suddenly much more sufficient. Although most of those people were hungry people who had been hungry for a long time, they had neither training nor physical strength, but they could still do such things when they stood at the head of the city and threw stones at the White Lotus disciples under the city, or guarded the battlements and stabbed the enemy soldiers in the head.

Therefore, on this day, although the White Lotus Sect attacked fiercely, it was not dangerous. Throughout the day, there were not many serious dangers to the four gates and four walls, and after a few places were broken up by the White Lotus Sect, they were quickly blocked by the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, Shandong Lvlin and Minzhuang who were ordered to support. It's just that Minzhuang's team lacks combat experience after all, and in these tug-of-wars, more than 1,000 people were killed and wounded.

In the following days, the White Lotus Sect besieged day by day, but the defenders, who had been strengthened by the Minzhuang team, did not give an inch. The White Lotus Sect soldiers attacked for many days, suffering heavy casualties. From the sixth day, the return cannon built by the White Lotus Sect soldiers was gradually put into use, and stone bullets were thrown upwards, causing the gravel to splash at the battlements, and the officers and soldiers who were hit often had their heads broken and died miserably. Although the defenders had prepared protective equipment according to Zhang Qingyan's suggestion, it was only a slight reduction in damage.

In this case, Yun Chuqi urged the people to be strong, while helping to defend, while stepping up the repair of the city wall, still maintaining the situation of not advancing or retreating, but the casualties in the city are getting worse day by day. The Minzhuang team was replenished with the battle, and there was not much left of the initial batch. The long-awaited rescue of the border army is still no news. (To be continued......)