Thinking like this, Hu Xian sighed secretly in his heart, only feeling that what he was serving was not human, and his future was unknown. But although he thought so, he did not think that the battle would be lost, but it was not as clean as he had hoped.

At this time, several soldiers approached with a person. When he got closer, the man had already shouted repeatedly: "Lord Liu, Lord Liu, a certain is the housekeeper of the Zhou family, don't you remember?" ”

Liu Wenzheng looked at it, a little familiar, but now is not the time to get close, he asked with a calm face: "Are you from Crossroads Town, are you a spy or a lobbyist?" ”

The person complained helplessly, "Lord Liu, I can't help it, then Meng Jiucheng asked someone to send you a letter, and if you don't send it, you will cut off your head!" As he spoke, he shuddered and pulled out the letter.

Liu Wenzheng took it casually and began to read. In fact, he guessed the general idea without looking at it, it was nothing more than a threat to persuade him to surrender.

Hmph, after a few glances, Liu Wenzheng snorted coldly, threw away the letter, and reprimanded: "It is really nonsense to say that this official colluded with the Jin people and plotted to rebel. Come, take him up first, and wait until our army wins. ”

The soldier couldn't help but say, pushed and shoved, and took the messenger down.

"When the Red Turbans have firearms, they think they can be invincible." Liu Wenzheng turned to Hu Xian and sneered: "This time, let them see the power of our firearms." ”

"Yes, sir." Hu Xian responded, turned around and went to command the soldiers.

There are indeed some firearms in the Liu family's army, and they were made by recruiting craftsmen after hearing that the Red Turban Army relied on this to win. Among them, there are three kinds of Divine Fire Mixed Yuan Ball, Poison Smoke Ball, and Tribulus Fireball, which can be regarded as relatively advanced weapons at that time.

However, because of the wrong gunpowder formula, these three gunpowder weapons mainly use cautery and smoke to kill and injure the enemy, and the power of the explosion is very small.

For example, the mixed element ball is mashed into particles with sulfur, wohuang, and flame nitrate, and then the arsenic, powder, and yellow dan are ground into powder, and the dry paint is also hammered into powder, and the bamboo and Ma Ru are fried into pieces with fire, and then the yellow wax, pine resin, clear oil, and tung oil are boiled into paste with fire, and then the aforementioned powder is added and stirred evenly to make a pill shape, wrapped in thick paper on the outside, five layers inside and outside, and then tied with hemp rope, and the pine resin is melted and wrapped and fixed......

There are many ingredients, and the manufacturing is cumbersome, but looking at its formula, you know that it is mainly burned and smoked, and the power is not great, which is most suitable for defending the city.

However, as a local armed force, Liu Jiajun was able to make firearms, which was enough to make Liu Wenzheng proud and have sufficient confidence.

According to the normal history, there will be more than ten years before there will be a powerful explosive firearm made by Jin Guo, but the formula is not the best.

Liu Wenzheng shrank all his men, waited for him in Lingyang Town, and asked Liu Tingyu in the county seat for help, preparing to deal a heavy blow to the Red Turban Army.

Meng Jiucheng's side was going well, and Han Shouzhong led the vanguard to occupy two fortresses one after another, of course, they were empty and there were no characters. But this did not affect the progress of the battle plan, and the army continued to advance steadily, approaching the town of Lingyang.

"Liu Wenzheng is really a family dog, and he has no enterprising heart." Wang Zhongfeng and Meng Jiucheng walked side by side, and constantly received reports from the front, and made appropriate evaluations of Liu Wenzheng.

"That's what Master said." Meng Jiucheng smiled and said, "If it weren't for the fact that our sentinels had already been sent to the surrounding area and could quickly grasp the enemy's movements, I would have doubted whether Liu Wen was trying to lure the enemy deep or send troops to attack our rear!" ”

"It's just a dozen miles away, luring the enemy deep?" Wang Zhongfeng shook his head and asked with some doubts: "Jiucheng, are you sure that the general situation will not change unfavorably for us?" The reason why Liu is a little conservative is that he still can't see the situation clearly, and wants to wait and see what happens. ”

Yes, Liu Tingyu, Liu Wenzheng, and many landlords who only want to protect themselves are waiting for the final clarity of the situation. Whether to continue to fly the banner of righteousness, or to change the court and return to the Jin Dynasty, it is difficult for them to make a final decision.

But Meng Jiucheng sees farther than them, thinks clearly, and is best at taking action before the situation changes, but no one can compare to the advantage of taking the lead.

"Master rest assured, the apprentice has repeatedly deduced, even if there are some small deviations, it will not affect the overall situation." Meng Jiucheng smiled more confidently, "The first ones are rotten first, and there are large red jacket armies such as Yang An'er, Li Quan, and Liu Erzu, and the Jin army will not notice this small county." ”

"Although it is a small county, it is managed by you solidly." Wang Zhongfeng has also seen the situation of the Red Jacket Army outside, which seems to be powerful, but in fact it is quite empty, and when it comes to management, it is even worse.

"Master has won the award, and we don't even have a small county now!" Meng Jiucheng smiled, and he was a little complacent in his heart.

The vast majority of peasant rebel armies have always had the same shortcomings: they know how to attack, they are not good at management, and they are like rogues; The food and salary are not self-sufficient, and they do not know the art of war; plundering the property of people's wives and daughters, only knowing how to take it from others, but not raising it from the people......

This often results in a large territory that may be occupied, but the foundation is weak; It may seem that there are many generals and generals, and there are hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, but the combat strength is weak.

However, Meng Jiucheng has history as a mirror, and he is also well aware of the importance of the base areas, and he has worked the territory he occupies, and his population, production, and stability are naturally not comparable to those Red Jacket Army who possess one or several states at every turn.

Big and virtual, small and real. The level of ideology and theory determines that Meng Jiucheng will not have much reputation in the early stage of entrepreneurship, but people who are well aware of his internal situation will be impressed by his strength and potential.

The so-called accumulation and steady development are exactly what Meng Jiucheng thinks now and implements in the development strategy.

"Liu Tingyu, Liu Wenzheng, Rat Jier." Wang Zhongfeng pursed his lips disdainfully, "Let's occupy the whole county, just around the corner." ”

Meng Jiucheng nodded vigorously, and also thought that this judgment was correct.

In troubled times, people's minds change, and the strong and cunning feel that it is the time for them to develop. But how many people are ambitious and incapacitated, or who see the wrong situation and stand on the wrong team, and finally sink into the sand?

The men and horses advanced steadily, which was not only the confidence of winning the battle, but also gave Liu Wenzheng time to send people to ask for help. The partial division led by Xiao Ying and Zheng Si'an has already set off from the road, preparing to ambush the reinforcements from the county seat, so as to achieve a joint settlement of Erliu's operational deployment.

At nearly noon, Meng Jiucheng led the brigade to arrive outside Lingyang Town.

Lingyang Town, as Liu Wenzheng's lair, has been in business since the incident. Rammed earth construction was a common method at that time, and Liu Wenzheng was no exception. The current Lingyang Town is like a small walled city, with an earthen wall about four meters high and a radius of hundreds of meters, which looks quite strong. And this is also the reason why Liu Wenzheng is more confident.

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