Wang Shouzhong only realized that something was wrong on the night of November 14.

The attack of the Cheng German army on the Ziqing border is not the norm, but it is not uncommon, and the situation has been more in the past two years, after all, there is a great drought in the north, and he knows very well the situation in the three towns of Heshuo, and the Cheng German army and Wei Bojun are a little unable to hold on.

Wei Bojun is slightly better, after all, there is still a big beam to support, and the German army has a bad impression of the big beam, so it is not easy to get some extra money and food from the big beam.

Therefore, if the miscellaneous army other than Zhang Chujin's own soldiers wants to mix, they can only fight grass valleys everywhere.

Therefore, Wang Shouzhong didn't care too much about the Chengde army's attack on the Ziqing border area, and the 12th Army of the Pinglu Left Army attacked and expelled.

However, this time the situation was slightly different, that is, the scale of the Chengde miscellaneous army that attacked was larger than usual, and almost at the same time it launched an attack on the Ziqing border, and the 12th Army did not achieve much success in attacking, and was dragged on the line of Bochang and Gaoyuan, and even with Zizhou, an army was dragged.

But this is nothing, Wang Shouzhong believes that as long as the miscellaneous army has grabbed enough, or realizes that there is no benefit, those guys will naturally leave, so when Linqu said that the Taishan bandits came over and attacked the big households on the outskirts of Linqu, he also sent the 11th Army of the Pinglu Left Army.

When it came from Qizhou that Zhu Mao, who was entrenched in Jeju, suddenly attacked Qizhou, Wang Shouzhong was a little surprised and nervous.

Surprised how dare Zhu Mao go to Jeju, Zhu Mao fled from Yanzhou to Jeju, there are two cavalry armies in the four armies under his command, only two army infantry troops, with two army infantry troops to attack Qizhou, which is also two army infantry armies and a cavalry army, Zhu Mao was kicked by a donkey with his head?

Obviously, Zhu Mao's purpose is not to fight Qizhou, but to drag down the soldiers and horses of Qizhou, if this is also that, then the Chengde miscellaneous army attacked the Ziqing border and contained Zizhou and the two armies sent by himself, maybe it is not as simple as fighting the grass valley, maybe it is promising.

What about the Taishan bandits who have wandered over? If this is also arranged by someone with a heart, it will be really creepy.

Therefore, Wang Shouzhong immediately ordered the fast horse to immediately recall the 11th Army of the Pinglu Left Army in Linqu, and at the same time, the other fast horse went directly to Bochang, ordering the 12th Army of the Pinglu Left Army and the 9th Army of the Pinglu Left Army, which was originally stationed in the baggage, to return to Qingzhou immediately.

It should be said that Wang Shouzhong is still quite decisive, and he even feels that if Huaiyou really intends to do so, then even if he abandons Zizhou, he must first strengthen the defense of Qingzhou.

It's just that all this seems to be a little late, and the Chengde miscellaneous army, which should have left a long time ago, seems to have become extremely fierce and difficult this time, and they desperately surrounded the Pinglu army on the front line of Bochang and Gaoyuan, making it impossible for them to get out.

In fact, even if he did, the 11th Army of the Pinglu Left Army would not be able to leave Linqu, unless the 12th Army of the Pinglu Left Army felt that it could confront the same number of cavalry in the field.

When the alarm came, Wang Shouzhong had already begun to strengthen the city defense system of Qingzhou City, rolling wood and stones, golden soup and poisonous juice, as well as strong crossbowmen and catapults, everything was operating in an orderly manner, which was the confidence of the Pinglu army.

Wang Shouzhong was not afraid that the Huaiyou Army would attack Qingzhou, but he was a little worried that the Huaiyou Army would trap Qingzhou, so he took the opportunity to join forces with Zhu Mao to capture Qizhou, or attack Zizhou, which would cause a lot of losses to the Pinglu Army.

But when he saw the overwhelming Pinglu Army surrounding the entire Qingzhou Four Gates, he understood that the Huaiyou Army had no other plans at all, and even everything it did on the line from Linyi to Yishui was a show, that is, to drag his tens of thousands of troops on the line of Linyi and Yishui.

But will this be able to capture Qingzhou City?

Wang Shouzhong didn't think that the Huaiyou Army could do it, he still had 10,000 troops in his hands, and they were all elites, and he temporarily gathered from the gentry and garrison army in Qingzhou City, and recruited some masters, and he could also get together three or five thousand people, of course, the combat effectiveness was definitely not comparable with his own tooth army.

Qingzhou City, which was guarded by more than 10,000 troops, even if the Huaiyou Army was five times larger than himself, Wang Shouzhong did not think that he could take Qingzhou.

What's more, as long as Mizhou and Haizhou find an abnormality, they will quickly send troops back to the division for reinforcements, and he doesn't believe that he can't hold it for even a month.

Hurriedly walked up the stairs of the city wall, and the middle-aged man with armor in armor greeted him, "Lord!"

"LaCrosse, how's the situation?"

"The enemy is coming very fiercely, all four gates have discovered the Huai Right Army, looking at its banner, it should be the Huai Right Left Army and the Wuning Left and Right Army have come. After all, it occupies Haizhou and inevitably fights with the Huaiyou Army, so the Pinglu Army's understanding of the Huaiyou Army is also in place.

"The comer is not good, it seems that the Huaiyou Army really wants to take Qingzhou City in one bite. Wang Shouzhong snorted lightly, "From this point of view, Zhu Mao's attack on Qizhou, Chengde's attack on the northern border, and even the landing of the East China Sea pirates in Denglai, and Linqu's attack by Taishan thieves are all means to attract our attention. ”

"Your Majesty, the little tricks are still not on the big stage after all, we can fight them with the current strength in the city, and there is no return, our Pinglu Army is not a probation army, let alone the Taining Army, if you want to gnaw Qingzhou, you have to be ready to break a few big teeth!" The strong man raised his head confidently, "I'm afraid that the Huaiyou Army will be overwhelmed and withdrawn if the situation is not good for two days, it will be too disappointing." ”

"Junyue, don't be careless, Jiang Feng can sweep Huainan and Huaibei in two or three years, it is no accident, Yan Si is right, Jiang Feng is a bold and reckless man, and he has gambled heavily every time, and he has won every time he has been gambled by this guy before, so they want to do the same in Qingzhou. ”

Wang Shouzhong still felt some worries, Liu Yansi's reminder was still echoing in his heart that day, although Jiang Feng was a good gambler, he was by no means abrupt, he must have made sufficient preparations, which can be seen from the previous things, without a month or two of careful preparation, he could not do this.

"Hmph, Qingzhou is not Yanzhou, let alone Xuzhou! There are only the Pinglu troops who died in battle, and there is no Pinglu army that is scared away!" The strong man pouted contemptuously, "Those hillbillies in Huaiyou, it's okay to scare Zhu Mao and Shi Yu, in front of the Pinglu army, they are not enough to see!"

"Of course we are not afraid, but we can't be careless. Wang Shouzhong groaned: "I wanted to immediately send people to Mizhou and Haizhou to send troops back, but I was worried that the Huaiyou army would take advantage of the situation to ambush, Junyue, do you think ......"

"Your Majesty, there is no need, the situation of Huaiyou is actually not good, Nanyang and Caizhou have long been eyeing it, they are so aggressive to come, just want to fight quickly, we can't do what he wants, with our troops in the city, it is more than enough to hold for a month, if you are anxious to urge Mizhou, it is easy for Huaiyou to take advantage of. "A strong man is not a simple-minded person, and he is also very cautious in considering the problem, "If you are still not at ease, you might as well introduce the situation to Erlangjun and Yanji to understand, and everything is decided by Erlangjun and Yansi according to their own facts." ”

These words are also pertinent, Wang Shouzhong is very satisfied, "Well, Jun Yue's words are reasonable, so I will arrange it like this." By the way, Jun Yue, you and Jian Qiu are afraid that they will have to work hard, and in addition, let He Wenzong and them prepare, haven't they been shouting that the magic has been buried together, this time I will give them a chance to see how the way of magic can prove themselves. ”

The speed of the advance of the Huaiyou army was not too fast, especially the baggage equipment troops behind, almost calmly arrived outside Qingzhou City along the official road, and then began to prepare at the four gates according to the arrangement.

Prior to this, the detailed intelligence diagram of Qingzhou City's urban defense system had been placed on Jiang Feng's desk, that is, the question of how to attack.

Qingzhou City has four city gates, and there is also a protruding gate, which takes advantage of the protruding gate, of course Jiang Feng is also very vigilant about this, don't be used to being a hunter, but in the end he is bitten by the prey, it will become a joke.

The Fourth Army of the Wuning Cavalry was stationed near the Tumen Gate and was specifically responsible for dealing with the surprise attack of the cavalry in the city.

At the same time, the offensive arrangement for the four doors is also being adjusted.

Whether it is siege equipment or magic equipment, there is some emphasis on the attack on the four gates, the east gate and the west gate of Qingzhou City are the main gates, and the north and south gates are relatively small, and it is estimated that they have been filled to death now.

Of course, it doesn't mean that you can solve the problem by filling the gate hole to death, and there is never a besieging party that can avoid the siege just because you fill the gate hole to death.

The main direction of the attack is, of course, the East Gate, because traditionally the East Gate faces the direction of Denglai, which has always been the hinterland of Pinglu, and the west side is facing the direction of Qizhou, and the traditional enemy, such as the Three Towns of Hebei or Daliang, is likely to come from the west, so this is the focus of the defense.

For Huaiyou, it is almost the same to attack Qingzhou City from any direction, but the main direction of attack is always determined, so as to facilitate the tilting of equipment and magic power, and Huaiyou also determines the south and east.

These two sides will be the main direction of attack of the Huaiyou Army, and that side is the real direction of breakthrough, but this needs to be determined as the battle progresses and the situation changes.

The Huaiyou Army, which arrived at the city of Qingzhou, did not rush to attack, and even seemed a little rash, the master and the baggage soldiers set up tents in an orderly manner, the bases of some equipment and vehicles began to be assembled, and the stones needed for catapults and fire dragon cannons also began to be collected on a large scale to prepare for the next battle.

On 16 November, the Huaiyou Army began to enter a state of silence.