Zhong Jizhao led the troops back and forcibly attacked the city.

Lou Qu hurriedly asked Li Zhi how to defend the city.

Li Zhi thought for a while and said to him: "The Fuzun soldiers are not as good as Zhong Jizhao, so they can only win by quantity!"

"What does it mean to win by quantity?" Lou Qu asked.

"Zhong Ji Zhao is strong, this is peaceful. Our army is defending the city for the sake of geographical advantage. Li Zhi said, "The people of the whole city are soldiers, and the people can be recruited to help defend the city!"

"Omen: The people are helping to defend the city?" Lou Qu said worriedly, "This official has just taken office, how can the local people help me?"

"There is a good saying, under the heavy reward, there will be brave men!" Li Zhi replied, "You can use the official warehouse to recruit militiamen." ”

"In that case, please ask Mr. to do it for you!" Lou Qu gave power to Li Zhi and asked him to recruit militiamen.

Li Zhi got the power, opened the official warehouse to recruit militia, and sure enough, he recruited thousands of men and horses and brought them to the city gate to assist in guarding.

Although the generals are not as elite as the enemy, they are better than the number of people.

The number of troops in the city was increased, and Zhong Jizhao could not attack it, so he temporarily retreated.

Although the losses were heavy, but the enemy army was successfully repulsed, Lou Qu was overjoyed, and said to Li Zhi: "Thanks to Mr., I can hold it, but the loss is too much, Zhong Jizhao will attack again, and the lives are not enough." How can we defeat it once and for all?"

Li Zhi thought for a while and said to him: "Zhong Jizhao is stationed in the lower reaches of the Beng River, and the whole army drinks the water of the Beng River. It is better to send someone to quietly go upstream and poison the river. When the enemy army drinks the poisonous water, they can go out of the city to attack it and annihilate it in one fell swoop! However, the water of the river has poured into the city, and the people must be informed not to drink it without permission. ”

Lou Qu heeded the suggestion and sent people to secretly rush from the east gate to the upper reaches of the Yan River and secretly poison him.

On the same day, Zhong Jizhao was thinking about a strategy to break the city, when someone suddenly reported that many people in the army had abdominal pain.

Zhong Jizhao was shocked and was busy with military doctors for diagnosis and treatment.

After the diagnosis, the military doctor informed Zhong Jizhao that the soldiers had been poisoned and did not know the source of the poison for the time being.

Zhong Jizhao has rich experience, and immediately said: "Our military discipline is strict, and the soldiers have never slackened. From this point of view, the poison came from the mouth. Either there is a problem with the military rations, or there is a problem with the water!"

An investigation was immediately ordered, and it was quickly concluded that the soldiers had symptoms after drinking water.

"Where is the poison in the living water?" the medic wondered.

"It must be the enemy who deliberately poisoned it!" Zhong Jizhao had a flexible mind and quickly figured it out, "Order the whole army to abandon the water of the river and leave not a drop!"

So all the water taken out of the river was poured out, and the utensils were put on hold for the time being.

Left and right said: "General, Lou Qu is shameless, he actually poisoned the water! Fortunately, it was discovered in time and did not harm the whole army." It's better to attack the city again and let him know that it is powerful!"

Zhong Jizhao thought for a while and rejected this suggestion: "Although our army is elite, only Louqu occupies a favorable location and can recruit people to help defend the city. Our soldiers are attritional and have nowhere to recruit. The previous time the enemy had few troops and tried to storm the city. Now that the other party is recruiting people, our army can't consume it. You can do what you can to lure the snake out of the hole!"

"What's the general's plan?"

"Since Lou Qu has been poisoned, let him think that our army has been poisoned and will definitely leave the city!

The whole army was arranged according to Zhong Jizhao's order, and a large number of patrol soldiers were withdrawn, pretending that the whole battalion was poisoned, and making a panic.

The scouts reconnoitred and reported the chaos in Zhong Jizhao's camp to Lou Qu.

Lou Qu was overjoyed and said to Li Zhi: "Sir's plan is very good, the enemy army is poisoned!"

Li Zhi said with a smile: "With the presence of a military doctor, this poison cannot kill people, but it can make the enemy lose its combat strength and be slaughtered by others!

When night came, Lou Qu opened the city gate, led a large army to kill, and rushed to the enemy camp.

It turned out that the camp was empty, and then he heard the sound of gongs and drums everywhere, and Zhong Jizhao ambushed his soldiers, which caught him by surprise.

Lou Qu's army was defeated and fled in a hurry.

Zhong Jizhao led his troops to chase after him, wanting to capture Lou Qu alive.

Lou Qu's companion Ma Chun saw that the situation was not good, and said to him: "Take off your clothes and armor quickly and swap with me!"

Knowing what he meant, Lou Qu was also decisive, and quickly changed clothes and armor with Ma Chun, and exchanged mounts.

Ma Chun turned around and fled to the other side, and the pursuers only recognized Lou Qu's armor in the night, so Zhong Ji Zhaojun chased after him.

Lou Qu was able to escape and returned to the city in embarrassment.

Zhong Jizhao caught up with Ma Chun, found that it was not Lou Qu, and killed him on the spot.

Lou Qu returned defeated, hurriedly found Li Zhi, and asked for countermeasures.

Li Zhi thought about it carefully and said to him: "Zhong Jizhao has been fighting for many years and has a lot of experience, so it seems that he will do what he wants. Now that he has won a big victory, his morale is high, and it is very likely that he will raid at night and take the city by force!"

"How should this be?" Lou Qu asked busily.

Li Zhi replied: "We should consolidate the city defense and strengthen the guard. In my opinion, it is better to prepare more gold juice and wood. ”

"This gold juice is easy to get, it's a big deal to collect it from the people's homes. Lou Qu frowned, "There is not much left of the sassal wood." ”

"It's okay!" replied Li Zhi, "the empty houses in the city can be demolished, and the wooden beams can be used as sassers." ”

Lou Qu heeded the advice and ordered the whole city to collect "golden juice" and demolish the empty houses near the city gate.

In the middle of the night, Zhong Jizhao really led his troops to attack the city, wanting to take advantage of the defeat of Louqu, the morale was low, and the defenders were tired to capture the city gate.

As a result, the defenders of the city were well prepared, and when Zhong Jizhao's army approached the city gate, the wood and gold juice immediately fell.

Zhong Jizhao saw that he could not attack, so he resolutely withdrew his troops.

Successfully defended, Lou Qu breathed a sigh of relief.

When it was dawn, there was sudden chaos in the city, and the school captain Niu Hao led the troops to rebel and killed all the way to the Taishou Mansion.

It turned out that when Zhong Jizhao attacked the city last night, he ordered someone to shoot arrows in the city, and there were documents on the arrows to persuade him to surrender.

In the face of the pressure of Zhong Jizhao's army, many people in the city had ideas, and this Niu Hao was one of them, and he took action first, wanting to seize Lou Qu and surrender the city.

Fighting to the Taishou Mansion, Lou Qu personally led the troops to quell the rebellion, fought with Niu Hao for more than 20 rounds, and beheaded him off his horse.

The rebels were put down, only suffering heavy losses, further weakening the defenders of Wolf Mountain County.

There was something about Niu Hao, worried that there were other people who would learn the same, Lou Qu asked Li Zhi.

Li Zhi suggested increasing military salaries and appeasement for the time being.

Lou Qu listened to the suggestion, opened the official treasury and distributed money and food, and boosted morale in person.

Finally stabilized the situation, in the next few days Zhong Jizhao harassed repeatedly, the army charged to the city, once the defenders in the city returned fire, immediately retreated, and waited for the laxity to attack again.

Every day, Lou Qujun was unbearable and tired.

They come even at night, sometimes just after nightfall, sometimes late at night, sometimes in the early hours of the morning, sometimes in succession.

The defenders in the city were so tormented that they couldn't sleep well, and they were all in a trance.

Lou Qu, as the main general, is the same, and even has dark circles under his eyes.

Zhong Jizhao's attack tactics gave him a headache, so he asked Li Zhi how to deal with it.

Li Zhi didn't have any good way, so he only asked Lou Qu Duoduo to recruit people into the army to supplement the city defense.

If this situation continues, there will be problems in the city again.

Many people feel that they can't hold the city like this, and they will be broken by Zhong Jizhao, and they will surrender for the sake of self-secrecy.

So someone ordered his subordinates to sneak out of the city while they were on duty, contact Zhong Jizhao, and make an appointment to open the city gate.

Zhong Jizhao led his troops to attack the city, and Lou Qu commanded the defense on the city wall.

During the fierce battle, a fire suddenly broke out in the city, and someone opened the city gates.

Zhong Jizhao took advantage of the situation and led his troops into the city.

Lou Qu was shocked and led his troops to retreat to the inner city while resisting.

Zhong Ji Zhao's army occupied the gate of the western city and began to storm the inner city on this basis.

In the face of Zhong Jizhao's army, there were internal rebels who set fire to the rear, and Lou Qu gradually couldn't resist.

In the chaos, Li Zhi was shot dead by the rebels, and Louqu's troops suffered heavy casualties.

The enemy army should enter the city with the outside, and the strategist Li Zhi, who was finally found, was also shot dead by the rebels, and there were few companions left around him, and Lou Qu was at a loss.

"Big brother!" Seeing that the situation was not good, his companion Zhu Yi said to him, "I'm afraid that Wolf Mountain County can't hold it, you quickly escape from the east gate, and I will come to the palace!"

"If you stay here, you will definitely die!" Lou Qu said hurriedly.

"Big brother, I'm waiting to come here with you, although the time is short, they have all become officials, eat and drink well, wear silk and satin, and enjoy blessings! Where did you dare to think before?" Zhu Yi said, "Everyone is a beggar, if it weren't for the eldest brother, how could there be today? Now there is no regret, death is death! The eldest brother fled back, remember to avenge us!"

Lou Qu was extremely moved, and turned around and fled under the persuasion of his brothers.

Zhu Yi and others led their troops to defend to the death, blocking Zhong Jizhao's army.

Lou Qu fled all the way to the city, there were only two or three brothers left and right, and most of the 5,000 people brought from Yuyin County died in the war, and half of them were blocking Zhong Jizhao in the back, and they would definitely not survive.

Thinking of Ma Chun, Zhu Yi and others who did not hesitate to save their lives, they felt that they ran away like this, and they really had no righteousness.

After thinking about it, I felt that if the brothers came together, if they were the only ones who lived, what was the point?

But to kill it like this is tantamount to death.

In a hurry, he took people to the official warehouse and moved all the money and grain out.

Anyway, Wolf Mountain County was attacked by Zhong Jizhao, and the money and grain in the official warehouse would become owned by the enemy. It's better to use it up yourself.

He ordered his subordinates to beat gongs and drums to announce to the people that all the money and grain in the official warehouse would be distributed, but anyone who was willing to help him would receive ten times his military salary, and there was no restriction on men, women, and children, as long as they dared to take up arms to fight, they could receive it.

The desperate behavior caused hundreds of people to follow them frantically, and soon 70,000 or 80,000 people gathered around them, holding hoes, pitchforks, sickles, sticks and other agricultural tools, and even many women with rolling pins and brooms.

Lou Qu took this wonderful army and turned around and slaughtered in the direction of Xicheng.

Zhong Jizhao and the rebels should cooperate with the outside world, and they were about to take the defenders behind the palace, when they suddenly saw Lou Qu appear with such a huge army, even if the other party was all people dressed in cloth clothes and without any armor, but the momentum was amazing, and he was stunned for a while.

Lou Qu personally took the lead and led this army to kill Zhong Jizhao.

Seeing this, the besieged defenders were greatly boosted in morale, and they all used all their strength to counterattack the enemy army.

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