Quyang County belongs to Dingzhou, Zhending Prefecture, is a treasure land of outstanding people, Lin Xiangru, Du Bi, Wang Anzhong many prime ministers, Li Zuoche, Li Jin, Di four brothers and other more than 30 marshals, generals, Huang Shigong, Du Taiqing, Yang Qiong and other dozens of philosophers, historians, military strategists, strategists and carving artists are from Quyang County.

In particular, Huangshi Gong, according to legend--- Zhang Liangzhi's teacher, and Huangshi Gong, who is as famous as Guiguzi, wrote the "Carving Book of Heaven", which is why someone created stone and wood carving on Huangshan.

By the time of the Western Han Dynasty, carving had flourished, and Quyang County was praised as "the hometown of carving" by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Since then, Quyang stone carving has entered the glory, the skills are becoming more and more exquisite, and the carving artists have come out in large numbers. During the Yuan Dynasty, the famous carving master Yang Qiong carved "one lion and one tripod" was called a mastery by Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty.

At this time, outside Quyang County, Li Dingguo was playing with a stone fishing boat in his hands, and on the exquisite fishing boat, there was a fisherman and two ospreys, which were very expressive.

Ai Nengqi on the side was sitting on the ground, looking at the thieves who were attacking the city in the distance, only to see that three hundred artillery pieces were bombarding the city wall in a salvo, the city defense of Quyang County had been destroyed, and the defenders in the city were even more dead and wounded.

"General, the scouts have been dispatched, it is estimated that we will receive news from Xingtang County later tomorrow, should we make some preparations in advance?"

Li Dingguo said: "Ready? I think our best preparation is to respond to all changes with the same and wait for the next song

After the county, we will be stationed in the city, wait for the rear soldiers and horses to arrive, and then advance north together. ”

Ai Nengqi said: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not agree, according to the strategy, our firearms battalion is the vanguard of the army, and there is only one goal, that is, to attack north, until the city of Beijing." If we stop and delay the attack, we will definitely be punished. ”

"That can't be helped!"

Li Dingguo said: "I always feel that the situation in Xingtang County is not optimistic, so before we figure out the situation, let's stop first, so as not to form a lonely army." ”

Ai Nengqi nodded, that's fine, anyway, in the Dashun Army, the firearms battalion is used to take the lead, and he is not Li Zicheng's henchman, if he doesn't think about himself, who cares about the life or death of the firearms battalion soldiers?

Rumble!

Suddenly, the Nancheng Tower of Quyang County in front of him was collapsed by artillery, and the dust and rubble in the sky fell violently, and the city gate also fell directly after a loud bang.

Ainengchi stood up excitedly and said loudly: "The city is broken!" ”

Li Dingguo is not as excited as Ai Nengqi, this Quyang County is already in his bag, if it weren't for Li Dingguo's intention to train soldiers, as early as two days ago, the firearms battalion soldiers and horses would have been able to take the city.

"You first enter the city with 20,000 armor soldiers, control all parts of the city as soon as possible, and I will lead 10,000 firecrackers into the city later, and the cavalry and artillery team are stationed outside the city."

"Order!"

Then Ainengqi got on his horse and rushed forward with a strange scream, and the guards of the brigade also rode their horses to follow.

At this time, it was close to dusk, and after Ai Nengqi led 20,000 armor soldiers into Quyang County, it was only less than halfway

In an hour, the Great Bright Sun and Moon Jintao Banner on the head of the city was taken off by the thieves and thrown to the bottom of the city, and then replaced with the black military flag of Dashun and the firearms battalion.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo ordered all his troops to lead 10,000 musketeers into the city to assist in the defense, and at the same time ordered 15,000 cavalry and artillery teams to camp in the south of the city.

After entering the city, Li Dingguo looked at the inside and outside of the city that had been bombarded by 300 cannons, and he felt very uncomfortable, and the people in the city also suffered a lot of casualties because of the shelling.

So Li Dingguo ordered to allocate some money and grain from the army to appease the people in the city, and then ordered Ai Nengqi to go outside the city to lead the cavalry and artillery team, build a strong camp as soon as possible, and he rushed to the county government in the city first, and then deployed the defense in the city.

Li Dingguo divided the 10,000 musketeers into four teams, stationed on four city walls, and 20,000 armor soldiers were divided into five teams.

This deployment made the 30,000 soldiers and horses who entered the city very mobilized, and until nightfall, the deployment in the city, as well as the barracks of the cavalry and artillery outside the city, did not complete the deployment and construction, and there was a lively scene inside and outside the city of Quyang County.

But at this time, Li Dingguo looked at the map in the county government and thought about the occupation, especially what the situation in the direction of Xingtang County was, which always bothered Li Dingguo. In addition, where is Liu Yanbu's more than 100,000 troops, and why can't the scouts sent out by the Dashun battalions find any trace of Liu Yanbu?

"It's messed up, it's all messed up!"

Suddenly, Ainengqi strode in angrily,

said: "These bastards started to have fun as soon as they entered the city, and now the armament of all departments is not in place, I am really angry!" ”

Li Dingguo frowned slightly, and said, "Isn't it just camping outside the city for a few days, just entering the city, this is not good!" Immediately lead people to inspect the inside and outside of the city, and anyone who delays deployment and does not obey orders will be killed! ”

Ai Nengqi was slightly stunned and said, "This, isn't it?" Anyway, there is no war now, so it's okay to let the soldiers take a breath. ”

Li Dingguo was a little angry and said, "No war? Liu Yanbu still doesn't know where he is wandering, what does it mean that there is no war? Go now, immediately rectify military discipline! ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that Li Dingguo was angry, Ai Nengqi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to patrol the city.

Soon it was time to turn on the lights, Li Dingguo stared at all places on the map, and always felt that Liu Yanbu should not be in the north, but in the south, otherwise with the scout efforts of the various battalions of the Dashun army, Liu Yanbu's traces must have been discovered.

"General!"

At this time, Ainengqi strode in and said, "All the departments are basically in place. ”

"That's good."

Li Dingguo asked, "Have all the scouts sent out come back?" ”

"They're almost all back, but the scouts who went south haven't heard of it yet." ”

"What!"

Li Dingguo asked sharply: "Why didn't you say it earlier!" ”

Ainengqi's face changed, and he said, "I thought it should be the scout from the south who was delayed on the way, so I wanted to wait a little longer." ”

"It's already time to turn on the lights, when are you going to wait!"

Li Dingguo's face was already very ugly, and he said to Ainengqi:

"There are more than 30 scouts sent out to the south, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for none of them to come back to report the news, they must have encountered the officers and soldiers who did not accept it at night!"

"Officers and soldiers? Where did the officers and soldiers come from? ”

"Who else? Liu Yan! ”

Ainengqi's face also changed drastically, and he said, "Liu Yanbu killed from the south? ”

Li Dingguo's eyes were fixed on the map on the table, gritted his teeth and said, "It must be so!" It's just that where is Liu Yan and where did he go north from? Where the hell is it! ”

In the south of Quyang County, Xingtang County on the west side, Xinle County in the center, and Dingzhou in the east, Li Dingguo is eyes kept changing on the three black dots on the map, and suddenly said loudly: "It won't be Xingtang County, that side is the focus of my Dashun battalions, and Liu Yan will never stay in Xingtang County." ”

"Dingzhou will not, it is too far to the east, Liu Yanbu should have fought with Houying in Xingtang County before, it is impossible to rush to Dingzhou in such a short time."

Ainengqi broke out in a cold sweat at this time and said, "That's Xinle County!" If it's Xinle County, then we're in danger. ”

Li Dingguo also said with a solemn face: "Yes, we are in danger, judging from the current battlefield situation, our firearms battalion is now in a state of being alone in the depths, and the rest of the battalions are moving closer to Xingtang County, only we are in the north." ”

"Now Liu Yan is like a bloodthirsty wolf, hiding in the dark, waiting for the prey to be left alone, as long as the opportunity arises, he will launch a killing blow!"

"General, we must immediately send someone to contact Li Laiheng and ask him to immediately lead his troops to support!"

Li Dingguo nodded and said

Said: "You immediately go and arrange the people, and now set off overnight." I'm going to sit upstairs in the south of the city now and redeploy the defense of the ministries. ”

"Yes!"

It didn't take long for Li Dingguo to come to the Nancheng Tower with the personal guards of the brigade, only to see that although the firecrackers and armor soldiers deployed here were already in place, many soldiers were very lazy, most of them were resting everywhere on the city wall, and even many people were already wrapped in clothes and lying on the ground, falling asleep.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo was furious and shouted: "Get up for me!" ”

The guards of the brigade behind him stepped forward one after another, whipping the lazy soldiers with the weapons in their hands, and driving all the soldiers to straighten out the defense.

Li Dingguo strode through the chaotic crowd and said angrily: "All the soldiers of Dashun have experienced the rectification of the Hong Army, have you all forgotten? It's only been a long time, it's so lazy, undisciplined, this is a battlefield, you want to die, don't drag down this general, don't bury the future of Dashun! ”

On the city wall, all the soldiers did not dare to come out, and they all occupied defensive positions under the roar of their respective superiors, and the chaos on the city head gradually tended to order.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo nodded slightly, the results of the drills of the various units are still there, and the soldiers of the firearms battalions are still accustomed to the style of the former rogue bandits, and although they have tended to be regularized in terms of system and equipment, the psychology of the soldiers of the various departments is still accustomed to classifying themselves as "bandits."

Subsequently, Li Dingguo inspected the north, east and west successively, and at the same time sent people to give orders to Ainengqi, ordering him to do his best to rectify the cavalry and artillery teams outside the city, strengthen the night guard, and stay outside the camp

Inside and outside, double the scouts and open and dark sentinels were sent to guard against the surprise attack of Liu Yan's troops.

At this time, in the south outside Quyang County, after receiving the order, Ai Nengqi began to patrol the Xiaocai barracks and artillery barracks, constantly urging the soldiers of all units to strengthen their vigilance, and when they were preparing to send scouts, many captains and brigades rushed to "protest".

"General, we just took Quyang County, and the brothers didn't even have a hot meal, and they still have to go out on patrol? Isn't it too frustrating. ”

"Yes, now the military discipline is strict, don't let the brothers shovel the city, don't let the brothers loot, let alone play with women, it's not interesting to capture the city, now I can't even sleep, I have to go out to patrol at night, will the officers and soldiers still kill in the middle of the night?"

Ai Nengqi said angrily: "What nonsense! Whatever orders are given to you, you just do it, don't you want to disobey the military orders? ”

Everyone clenched their fists and didn't dare to shout, but Ai Nengqi could also see the disapproving expression on everyone's faces, and then added a sentence, saying: "You remember for me, the general has his own overall considerations, and if you don't understand, you must also implement the military order, otherwise something will happen, and you don't need to enforce military discipline by the general, I will cut you first!" ”

"Yes, my subordinates have orders!"

Officers from all parts of the ministry then began to dispatch men and horses to prepare to go out on patrol.

Suddenly, Ainengqi waved his hand to stop everyone, and looked vigilantly at the dark night to the south, looking through the wooden fence of the barracks, he could only see the dark night, but Ainengqi's heart had begun to beat violently.

"Send someone to the south to investigate!"

"Now?"

"Now! Fuck it! ”

“

Be! ”

A few moments later, a large number of scouts rode out of the camp and rushed south, and the black block disappeared into the night to the south.