All the nursing homes are a lot easier, this murderer is strong in martial arts, he killed more than ten nursing homes just now, although Wanfu's salary is good, but there is no need to work hard for Wanfu, now that the strongman is gone, it is naturally a good thing, and there is no need to work hard.

When the courtyard was quiet, they heard the screams of the mother-in-law's maids, and one of the mothers-in-law cried out, "The spring crow girl's child can't be saved." Everyone looked at it, and saw the spring crow lying on the path of the small stones, on one side was the broken stone fence and pavilion, and the falling beams were almost all pressed on the spring crow's body, and now the spring crow was covered with blood, and several mothers-in-law were running, panicking.

Everyone looked at Wan Zhichao on the side, what to do now, Wan Zhichao had to make an idea, whether to report to the official, etc., everyone looked at Wan Zhichao who was holding his son, at this time Wan Zhichao stood by the water of the lotus flower, ignoring the water on his son's body wet clothes.

Wan Zhichao suddenly screamed heartbreakingly: "My son, ......" The voice was like a night owl, miserable and gorgeous, regardless of the fact that this was the official residence area of the officials, at this time his eyes were full of bloodshots, his mouth was open wide, and the flesh on his face was squeezed into pieces and twisted together, showing an extreme shout-like distortion.

When everyone looked, a sharp-eyed nurse saw that the handle of a knife was not behind the gorgeous silk vest of his young master, and blood was flowing down the hem of his clothes, and he was all over his feet.

It turned out that the dog left just now and threw it at Wan Zhichao's son, his hand strength was very accurate, this knife pierced Wan Zhichao's son, but it didn't wear Wan Zhichao, of course the dog left could kill both of them, but the dog left made up his mind and slowly killed the family.

This time it was a mess, Wan Zhichao's husband's Wan cried, several concubines pretended to help, the spring crow rolled on the ground, no one cared, the dog was deliberately kicking off her child, but it didn't hurt her, while the mother-in-law and the maid and the people were in a mess, and the nurses were at a loss.

Wanfu was in chaos.

Since Xiao Ming Wang Se Gongzi sent troops to attack Licheng, along the way, the officers and soldiers in Pingyin, Changqing and other places fled, and lost all the fortresses to the wandering militia behind, and there were also small-scale small spontaneous resistance, and the resistance of the local people Yong and Dingding, but they were all defeated by the army of King Xiao Ming, and most of the militia were uprooted.

Now the road to Licheng is full of fleeing officers and soldiers and rich gentry, squires, etc., now the king of Xiaoming has not yet reached the point of fighting for the rich gentry landlords, the policy is still the method of roasting salary, these people can only give up the foundation, to the north of the direction of Licheng with many soldiers and horses, along the way Deng Dezhi Department, Zuo Mingyu Department and so on to take the lead, these two departments are better mobile, the combat power is stronger, Hu Quan's army followed, and finally Hu Haima and other departments behind the palace, the army stretched dozens of miles.

There was panic in the city right now.

Licheng, the officers and soldiers guarding the city will shout on the city tower: "You wait to turn elsewhere immediately, don't try to enter the city again, Lord Cui has an order, in order to prevent spies from entering the city, the city gate will be closed, if you don't go away, you will be treated as the White Lotus Sect demon soldiers." The official above shouted dozens of times, but there were more and more people in the city, and many exiled old Baiwa jumped to their feet and scolded, pointing to the sergeant in the city and asking to open the door, but Cui Guiyuan had already given a strict order and sent his own standard battalion to guard it, and the gate of the urn city and the gate into the city, as well as the drawbridge were not controlled by one officer and soldier, but were scattered to different officers and soldiers belonging to the three departments, in case a single general really opened the city gate in private.

Now Cui Guiyuan has transferred a total of more than 35,000 field troops in the city into the city, the formation of these field army chiefs, some time ago Long Shizhong Tiyi took advantage of the Xiao Ming Wang's forward department to attack Changqing Fort with cavalry speed, annihilated the vanguard of Xiao Ming Wang, one dampened the spirit of the militia, and the other assisted Changqing Fort to withdraw the defenders in Changqing Fort to Licheng, and now Changqing Fort Luo Yigui also took more than 1,000 soldiers and people to defend it, blocking the vanguard of the militia, this plan is completely feasible and of great significance, so that many old Baiwa can run away—They are now running to Licheng and even farther away, but Cui Guiyuan didn't think about it and scolded Long Shizhong, this plan can't be done, and then Zu Tingnian and Zheng Mingshi, the general soldier of Mao Bing, put forward a strategy together, to station field soldiers outside the city, and the defenders of the city rely on each other, this method was also vetoed by Cui Guiyuan, Cui Guiyuan's idea is to use a big stone to block the four major gates of Licheng, and then defend it, this is a negative way to play, is the best way Cui Guiyuan can think of now, but in this way, the field army is no different from the people, in the defense of the city, it is a great waste to put the field soldiers on the city wall and throw stones and arrows downwardAt that time, there were only less than 1,000 soldiers left in Tai'an, and Zhang Congzhe caught up with the people in the city to catch up with the city wall, and under the leadership of a small number of officers and soldiers, it also played the same role.

Zu Tingnian looked at the boiling crowd below, these old Baiwa were wearing colorful clothes, some were driving carriages, some were pushing carts, women were holding children, and the donkeys held by the men were all the property of their own families, these people were crowded in the south of Licheng, and they all pointed to the city tower and scolded, scolding Zu Tingnian for being timid, these old Baiwa did not know the system of the court, only knew that there was a big banner with the word "ancestor" in the city, and only knew that the officials of this baby "ancestor" were not allowed to enter.

On the one hand, there is Zheng Mingshi, the chief soldier of the Mao soldiers, Zhu Wanliang, the general and the local garrison Jiang Bi, the guerrilla He Shigong, etc., these are the officers who discussed with Zu Tingnian a few days ago to ask Cui Guiyuan for salary, but in the end, Long Shizhong's relent, let everyone be defeated, and the salary was not obtained.

Zheng Mingshi said: "Do you know that the guerrilla Wang Yongfang in Pingyin surrendered, and this is the first general to surrender the rebels. He Shigong spat out a mouthful of saliva and said, "Let's mention what he does, it's very embarrassing." Zhu Wanliang said: "Now it's up to Luo Yigui, if Luo Yigui can hold it, then these old hundred babies can run away, if Luo Yigui can't keep it, these old hundred babies will all be wrapped up in the militia." Although Zu Tingnian is now a general soldier and has a higher official position, because he is a guest soldier, he didn't talk much, and when he saw that Long Shizhong had not arrived among the people below, he said: "Why don't you see Long Shizhong." Zheng Mingshi said: "He felt guilty and didn't want to see everyone, two days ago he proposed to take the initiative to raise troops to save Luo Yigui, which was also because he was ashamed." Zu Tingnian said with a smile: "There is a word, there is a word, even if there is no him, it is estimated that we will not be able to get military salaries from Lord Cui." "Zu Tingnian doesn't dare to speak nonsense now, although everyone is a military general, but maybe he said something unpleasant, so he asked people to report to Cui Guiyuan, although these generals can say it on weekdays, but they are not allowed to have Cui Guiyuan's people among them.

The old Baiwa under scolded together, Zheng Mingshi poked his head out, and yelled at the Baiwa below: "Flee north, don't be in front of the city, King Xiaoming's army is coming, presumably they will not cross the city to chase you, you run away, if it's too late, it's too late." When the people below heard this, they scolded even louder, and threw a few stones at the head of the city, but the city wall was three feet high, how could this small stone be thrown up.

Zu Tingnian said with a smile: "Lord Zheng, it's useless for you to scold like this, I have a better way, you lead the troops out to rush, and then you will say that you want to rob these people's property, and ensure that they will flee north immediately, and then they will definitely be able to escape from the army of King Xiao Ming." Zhu Wanliang said: "General Zu said that he laughed, everyone knows that now Master Cui has issued a strict order, not to allow soldiers and horses to go out of the city, and those who go out of the city will be killed, how do you want General Zheng to go out of the city." Zu Tingnian smiled: "But I forgot, when people are old, they just can't remember things." ”

The sergeants below put a few arrows, and the old Baiwa below dispersed in a hurry, some fled to the landlords further north, and some stayed not far from the city gate, expecting the officers and soldiers to suddenly open the city gate, but the sky slowly became dark, and they did not see the city gate wide open, and finally only saw the torches on the city tower and the soldiers walking around, after Zu Tingnian and a group of generals discussed, the generals who were not defending this section of the city wall returned to their own defensive lots, leaving Zu Tingnian alone.

Zu Tingnian looked at the figure in the darkness below, it was the old Baiwa who was not willing to leave, and wanted to wait for the city gate to open, Zu Tingnian sighed, now he can't, the righteous son Zu Zehai on the side stepped forward and said: "Father-in-law, Lord Cui is so law-abiding, we can only defend and not fight back, if the militia is determined to besiege the city, our grain and grass will eventually run out one day, what will happen?" Zu Tingnian said: "I also know, so I inquired about the grain and grass, and I think I can also carry it until the opposite side of the army has no grain and grass." Zu Zehai said: "Father-in-law, we don't build acropolises, small fortresses, or rejecting horse ditches outside the city, this kind of play, I heard that Lord Cui still wants to block the four city gates, how can this be done." Zu Tingnian said: "What do you know, Cui Guiyuan is most worried that others will say that he doesn't know soldiers, this Cui Guiyuan is a big mistake with all the soldiers, and it is the way to speak." But when it came time to really fight, he didn't know anything, he only knew that he would defend the city after the method of Zhang Xun of the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't know that this method was based on the method of completely unable to fight head-on, and he did this, just to show that he knew the soldiers, if you ran to him and said this, he would inevitably hold a grudge, and he would definitely be sent out to die. ”

Zu Zehai's face darkened, and he said, "Father-in-law, when I think of doing things under such a person, I feel a sense of injustice in my heart. Zu Tingnian said: "You are still young, you have not experienced the closure of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion back then, it was really bloody and bloody, from the time of the first emperor began to suppress the military generals with civil ministers, when I was young, whether it was to fight the female straight or to fight the Turks, not to say that our Great Zhou soldiers can be one soldier ten, but one is still okay, our Great Zhou soldiers and the same female direct soldiers, The Turkic soldiers meet each other, there is no need to be afraid at all, but in the past 20 years, I have watched the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty are not as good as day by day, and the current army of the Great Zhou Dynasty often has to be three or four times larger than the opponent before they dare to confront the female straight and Turkic soldiers head-on. ”

Zu Zehai said: "Father-in-law, doesn't the emperor know? If the emperor hands over the power of mobilization, the right to command troops, the right to logistics, grain and grass, and the power of strategic decision-making to his father-in-law, the militia will not last for three months. Zu Tingnian smiled: "You are still young, you don't know some things, who do you say this world belongs to?" Zu Tingnian suddenly changed the topic and talked about it elsewhere, Zu Zehai didn't understand it for a while, and said: "The world is naturally the emperor." Zu Tingnian said with a smile: "What you said is exactly, the world belongs to the emperor, the emperor is most worried, in fact, it is our generals, of course the emperor knows that using civilian officials to manage the army will make the combat power decline, but put the power on the generals, the emperor is not at ease at all, so he stripped us of the power to transfer troops, formulate strategies, and logistics, he is not worried about fighting one or two small defeats, he is worried that we have won a big victory, and there is no reward for it, and it will take over the world." Zu Zehai's face turned a little pale, and he said: "Then what else are we going to fight, anyway, the emperor doesn't really want to win the battle." Zu Tingnian said: "The emperor still hopes to win, but he wants to win, and he wants to hold all the power in his own hands, you remember, this world is the emperor's world, we do it according to the emperor's will, it is inconvenient to worry too much, I saw how many amazing generals died at the hands of the sword and pen scribes, you said that I can defeat the exile army in three months, hum, if those people still have one or two, three days can go straight to the lair of King Xiaoming." Zu Zehai said: "But what should we do if we are defeated?" Zu Tingnian said: "It doesn't matter, if I don't win the battle, it's simple for us to live, with my decades of experience, can't we still run away? Zu Zehai lowered his head and claimed to be.

Changqing Fort dozens of miles away from Licheng, the circumference of this Baozi is only three miles, the height is not more than one zhang, and it is not built up with bricks, just piled up with mud, the rain is beaten, it will flow a lot of mud from the wall, now this earthen wall has been washed by water one ravine after another, half a brick can not be seen inside, it is all black mud, the money to repair this fort has been divided between the eunuchs of the prison army and Cui Guiyuan, of course, there are officials from the cabinet department, down to the officials of the Licheng Provincial Department, but also established a seriously shrunken project, completed the task。

Luo Yigui is now more than sixty years old, from his teens as a soldier, he, the garrison officer, is the same generation as Zu Tingnian, he has experienced the era of the greatest military achievements of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when he was just a small army commander, in the Great Purge incident did not harm him, after decades of accumulation of qualifications let him finally become a garrison.

A hundred households below stepped forward and said: "Lord Luo, this wall can't withstand the rush, the small one looks at it, it's full of mud, if the other party uses a rushing car, as long as he rushes to the bottom of the wall, a pillar of incense can dig down the wall." Luo Yigui shouted: "What about the crossbow machine in the fort, drag it out, why don't you drag it out." The hundred households made a difficult look on their faces and said, "There are only some old armor bows and arrows in the warehouse, and there are no ballistas. Luo Yigui said angrily: "Bold, Ben will clearly see on the list that there are forty crossbow machines in the warehouse, eight hundred black-backed bows, one thousand bright helmets, one thousand heavy armor, and three thousand stones with thick faces, why don't you drag them out." The hundred households whispered: "My lord, that's the number on the books, in fact, we only have more than 400 black-backed bows, only more than half of the armor, and only a little more than one-third of the grain and grass." Luo Yigui's face turned pale, he pulled out his knife, and wanted to behead the hundred households under him, but he didn't do it after all, he also knew that it was not only the fault of the hundred households guarding the warehouse, but most of it was lost when it was transported, even if he was killed, it would be useless, thinking of this, Luo Yigui sighed: "You go down, send down all the things in the warehouse, don't drink the blood of the soldiers." "The hundred households are the old men under Luo Yigui, and when they heard this, they kowtowed, and went down.