Zhu Huanzhang saw Wang Chen pondering, and said: "In the opinion of the following officials, even if the Kuten invasion is imminent, and the brigade cannot be mobilized, why don't Lao Duxian send two or three thousand soldiers and horses to rush into Lu to help, so as to live up to the high expectations of today's family." "Whether Jinan can be saved is a matter of ability, but whether or not to save Jinan is a matter of attitude. Anyway, I sent some soldiers, even if I did my kung fu, even if the heavenly family blames and Yan Song seeks revenge, I will also take the responsibility and count it.

Wang Chen shook his head and said: "Sending two or three thousand soldiers and horses into Lu is perfunctory, what is the use?" If the Shandong Tartars are weak, these thousands of people will go in vain. If Jinan can't hold it, these two or three thousand soldiers and horses will also be sent to death. Moreover, at this moment, the northern defense line is full of alarms, even if a thousand soldiers and horses are transferred, I am afraid that there will be flaws. ”

Yes, now Kuten Khan's whereabouts are strange, according to the transfer, it is almost a nest dispatch, and the strength of the troops is far stronger than before. If one is not careful, I am afraid that it is not the loss of a few tunbao, but the risk of collapse of the entire Jiliao. And after the collapse of Jiliao, the Mongols' troops could directly aim at the Beijing division, burning, killing and looting along the way, poisoning the people, wouldn't they become sinners through the ages?

Thinking of this, Wang Chen gritted his teeth and said: "Thunder, rain and dew, all are Jun's grace." If he really wants to be surprised, the old man will bear it. As for Wang Xuan's matter, he was recognized as a fellow sect at the beginning, but it was because he helped with food and salary, which was beneficial to the country, and there was no contact with other countries. Is he a White Lotus bandit, and what does he have to do with the old man? The old man is upright, why is he afraid of the traitorous villain making rumors and slander? The gentlemen will not mention this matter again, and it is better to think about how to prevent Hu Qiqi from committing crimes. ”

Turning his head, Wang Chen instructed his staff to prepare a recital. It shows that the current border is urgent. Unable to draw troops into Lu. Please directly transfer the officers and soldiers of Shandong to relieve the siege of Jinan.

Zhu Huanzhang also knew that the old governor had such a temper. Since he had made up his mind, he had no reason to change it, so he had to sigh and say no more. So Wang Chen continued to deploy a military strategy to deal with Kuten Khan's invasion. It's just that between commands, there is always a lingering cloud in my heart. Several loyal subordinates and staff members also secretly sweated in their hearts.

As a result, the long-awaited border army of Jinan City temporarily canceled the rescue of Jinan in the action plan.

In the city of Jinan. The soldiers and civilians below Yan Hong, who had not yet known the bad news of Lu Dao, began a hard third day of fighting. Early in the morning of this day, Yan Hong supervised the battle at the head of the city as usual, but saw that the White Lotus Sect soldiers had been surrounded from all sides by dense after a night, and it seemed that they still planned to charge from various city gates and city walls.

It's just that their ranks are still disorganized, and they seem to look worse than they did two days ago. Not only were the troops huddled together, but those in front were quite cowering, taking two steps and stopping one step.

So the battle began again according to the fixed pattern. Two miles away, the cannons at the head of the city opened fire. Defeat a swath of enemy troops. Due to the deliberate need to conserve ammunition, muskets and bows and arrows were fired only when the enemy had almost reached the city. Accompanied by the rattle of bowstrings and the roar of firearms. Naturally, it was the death and wound of the enemy troops under the city.

However, Zhang Qingyan's eyes were sharp, and he pointed at the city and said, "Qincha, this is not right!" ”

When she said this, the officers and soldiers in the city took a closer look. It turned out that the White Lotus Sect army that rushed to the city, and the first group was all old and weak, women and children. They were crying and screaming, forced to hold sticks in their hands, and were carrying ladders forward. Walking a little slowly, there were White Lotus disciples with knives behind them, and when they slashed at each other, their heads rolled off.

"Damn, these White Lotus Sectists actually caught the women and children of the common people to rush to the front! Did you learn this from the Mongol Tatars? Wei Guoliang slapped the battlements.

Yan Hong couldn't help but gasp. This trick is really ruthless, but it seems that there is no way to crack it. By the way, I seem to have an impression before I crossed over...... He ordered the soldiers around him: "Hurry up and invite Shao Daxia to come." ”

At this point, the climbing siege began again. The women and children who were beating the head of the city were forced to climb the wall with trembling on the ladder. And among them, there are some fanatical followers of the White Lotus Sect. While climbing, the old men and women shouted: "The officials in the city, don't let go of the arrows, we are good people!" ”

Hearing the people shouting like this under the city, the soldiers of the Fubiao battalion were inevitably a little soft. But these "good people" were still forced to climb up while crying. Wei Guoliang said angrily: "Good people, good people, let me go down as soon as possible!" Shoot the arrows! ”

The officers and men of the Fubiao Battalion didn't care whether you were a good citizen or a fanatic, and tried their best to push away or smash the long ladders that came up one by one with poles and wolf tooth slaps. Or shoot arrows at those who charge. However, the city's stockpile of ammunition and arrows was already limited, so it was a waste of valuable equipment on the people of Pingtou. At the same time, the White Lotus Sect members who were mixed in it also began to shoot arrows into the city. From time to time, officers and soldiers fell to the ground with arrows at the battlements.

Seeing that the people on the ladders were climbing higher and higher, Wei Guoliang shouted: "With Ben will send an order to four gates and four walls, those who dare to go to the city, whether they are coerced or rebellious parties, will be killed!" ”

Yan Hong couldn't bear to hear it, he still had a bit of a humanitarian spirit before he crossed over. He hurriedly shouted, "Wait! Wei Guoliang raised his head and said, "What do you command?" ”

Yan Hong swallowed: "This, these people are coerced after all, can they not hurt them?" If an officer or soldier injures a good person, it is not good after all. ”

Wei Guoliang stomped his feet and said: "Master Qincha, now that these White Lotus Sect bandits are rushing up together with the people, where can they tell the difference?" If you refuse to kill them, you will have to wait for the White Lotus Sect bandits to come and cut off our own heads!" ”

Yan Hong also knew that what Wei Guoliang said was reasonable, so he had to say: "In this case, I will ask General Wei to command." ”

At this time, the hero Shao Jing came to the city tower. Yan Hong seemed to see the savior, and hurriedly said: "Shao Daxia, please look at this city!" ”

Shao Jing raised his eyes on the platform and said angrily: "These ugly people of the Demon Sect actually coerce women and children to move forward, they are really not as good as beasts!" ”

Yan Hong said: "Exactly. This official has a plan, asking Shao Daxia to lead the heroes of the Loyalty and Righteousness Alliance out of the city to rush and kill for a while, and disrupt the back road of the bandits, so that the coerced people can take the opportunity to escape. ”

Shao Jing stared at Yan Hong as if he was looking at a nervous disorder: "Qincha, there are at least thousands of bandits outside the North Gate Tower, and there are only more than ten people in my Loyal and Righteous Alliance here, even if all of them go out and fight with thousands of enemies, it will be a lone sheep to a pack of wolves, and they will not be spared." Furthermore, even if these coerced people took advantage of the chaos to escape, and now that the demon cult is besieging the city on all sides, where did they flee to? ”

Yan Hong found out that he was deceived by Old Man Jin's Xiangyang War, how could it be so easy to save people. At this time, the women and children who were forced to drive forward had already reached the mouth of the battlements as fast as they could. The officers and soldiers of Fubiao in the city were naturally not polite, stabbing with spears and slashing with big knives. Those old and weak people have already gone to most of their strength to climb into the city, where can they resist? In the screams, the corpses rolled down one by one, and some saw the officers and soldiers killing with knives and guns, closed their eyes and climbed down the ladder.

Yan Hong was so angry and anxious that he raised his horn and shouted: "The people under the city, the White Lotus Sect and bandits are persecuting you like this, and you still obediently use them as a shield to climb the city?" It's a death to the left and right, so it's better to the guys and do it with them! ”

He stood here shouting, but the women and children in the city, anyway, had reached the point of ten deaths, and felt that compared to the arrows and rolling stones above his head, the big knife behind him was more threatening. Let's go up, it's good to live for a moment, if you don't climb the city, the knife of the White Lotus Sect next to you will be chopped off. Therefore, most people are still crying and climbing up. The few who tried to resist were immediately killed by the White Lotus Cultists.

In less than half an hour, more than 1,000 old and weak women and children who were coerced outside the north gate had all died. Most of them were killed by officers and soldiers during the climbing, and a few were hacked to death by the White Lotus disciples who supervised the battle. But in this process, most of the officers and soldiers of the Fubiao Battalion at the North Gate were also killed with a heartbeat, and several officers and soldiers were killed or injured by the hardcore disciples who were mixed with the old and weak.

At this moment, the White Lotus Sect not only did not retreat because of this, but continued to rush forward one after another, rushing towards the city in waves. Many craftsmen among the White Lotus Sect and the coerced people have been cutting down trees day and night for the past few days, and making all kinds of siege equipment on the spot. There are more ladders and rushing cars under the city today than yesterday, and there are even simple wells. There are also believers carrying sandbags and wooden boxes, constantly piling them up under the city, and borrowing to climb the city. A cloud ladder full of White Lotus disciples approached the city wall, and the disciples on it completely ignored the death and injury, and climbed the city one after another. The officers and men of the Fubiao Battalion wanted to destroy them one by one, but it was impossible. Not to mention, the bows and arrows shot by the White Lotus Sect soldiers under the city also formed a powerful suppression. In addition, the officers and men could no longer use muskets, bows and arrows regardless of the cost, and the battle became more and more difficult. Not long after, a large group of White Lotus Sect disciples had already rushed up to the city tower.

From afar, the White Lotus cultists and the great leaders of the Mongols were watching this thrilling siege battle. Not only the North Gate, but also several other gates and attack points throughout the city wall were similar. In several places, the two sides have already fought in the city. Seeing that the strategy of driving the people to attack the city worked, the White Lotus disciples rushed to the head of the city and couldn't help but look at each other and nod.

And Su Gui, the current commander-in-chief of the Shandong White Lotus Sect, also saw it clearly. From the very beginning of today, the firearms and arrows of the Ming army were not as fierce as they were yesterday. At present, as long as there is a way to completely repel the counterattack of the Ming army, and the best way to control the city wall is the city gate, then I have a little more hope for conquering the Shandong provincial capital.

Now that the two elders were killed by Shao Jing, Su Gui's gang did not lack courage, but they lacked brains and could not formulate a long-term strategy. So his idea is very simple. In his eyes, Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province, which has a large amount of grain, grass, gold and silver. Not to mention anything else, just the treasure savings of the Holy Sect for hundreds of years, plus the income from the gold mines they have stolen since Liu Cai took office, add up, I am afraid that it can at least top the financial income of the Ming Dynasty for a few years. If he could get it back, he would be able to recruit a large number of soldiers among the victims and become the first hero of the White Lotus Sect's revival. Therefore, Su Gui doesn't care much about the current tragic casualties.

"Hehe, there are only a few thousand soldiers in Shandong City, and there are tens of thousands of people in my Holy Sect. Once the white blade is deployed in the upper city, how do I think these thieves and soldiers can resist? Su Gui couldn't help but dance. (To be continued......)