Lin Hu's divine soldier rushed into the battle formation like a heavenly fall, raised his stick and slammed into a golden soldier who had ascended first, and the golden soldier hurriedly erected a round shield in his hand to block. Lin Hu, as the helmsman of the beggar gang's righteous rudder, a martial arts master at this level like him, regardless of external and internal strength, how can thirty years of immersion and cultivation be resisted by ordinary soldiers, I saw that he swept with his internal strength and swept with a stick, knocking the golden soldier to the ground with a shield, and the golden soldier was beaten to the chest and spitting blood, where is there a way to live.

Lin Hu let out a long roar and knocked down two golden soldiers one after another, and the opponent's circle formation was torn open a big gap and immediately broke, and many Song soldiers followed Lin Hu and swarmed in, and soon killed all the remaining golden soldiers who were fighting separately at the head of the city.

The two sides fought fiercely for half a day, the Jin soldiers attacked the city wall many times, but they were quickly driven down by the Song army, the generals of the Jin army seemed to be unwilling to suffer too many casualties, and rang the golden bell of the retreating troops in the array, and the Jin soldiers who were besieging the city heard the sound of gold and retreated like a low tide. Wei Qing also threw the wooden rolling stones at the head of the city today, and also cooperated with Cao Lu to stab a golden soldier from the battlements with a wooden stick, he killed the rise, saw that the golden soldiers wanted to retreat, so he was busy picking up a pair of bows and arrows left by unknown people from the ground, and quickly approached the wall to calm down the bow and arrows, aiming at a Jin soldier who was left behind, shouting "Look", and the sharp arrows in his hands should be off the string.

Wei Qing had been practicing the Three Care Methods for several months, and his strength after carrying enough internal strength was far superior to ordinary people, and an arrow shot through the iron armor on the golden soldier's body, hitting his right chest, the golden soldier fell to the ground and screamed, and his companions around him hurriedly dragged him backwards. Wei Qing pulled out another arrow and was about to shoot again, but was pulled back by Cao Lu, Cao Lu lowered Wei Qing's body and hid behind a door panel, and said: "Brother Qing, if you want to kill the Tartars, you can't be careless with your own life, now that Fangou has begun to retreat, their archers will soon come forward to cover."

As soon as Cao Lu's words fell, there was a burst of "beep" arrows on the door panel where they were invisible, Wei Qing couldn't help but praise and said: "Senior brother, there is really you, I think if you didn't join the beggar gang but joined the army, you will definitely become a powerful general", Cao Lu laughed and said: "I also listen to those veterans, if you want to say that you are not bad, before you said that you can shoot arrows, I was still boasting about you, but it turned out to be true." At this time, the sound of arrows gradually stopped, and the Jin soldiers slowly retreated back to the camp in the distance, and the soldiers and civilians defending the city cheered in unison, and Wei Qing and Cao Lu also jumped and shouted happily, enjoying the joy of victory.

That night, most of the officers and soldiers who participated in the war were arranged to go down to the city to rest, leaving only some of the Jiedu who did not directly participate in the defense of the city during the day, so that the soldiers and the people guarded the city. Wei Qing and Cao Lu are both teenagers, after the cowardice of the first battle passed, the excitement filled the whole body, and they refused to go back to the rudder to rest, they had to sleep in the city, but they faintly looked forward to the night attack of the Jin soldiers.

It is really what you want to come, after the change of time has just been knocked, there was a sudden burst of shouts outside the city, Wei Qing got up and rushed to the battlements to look at the battlements, only to see a person rushing out of the night and rushing towards the city gate, and more than a dozen Jurchen cavalry behind him were desperately pursuing. Cao Lu picked up the bow and arrow and handed it to Wei Qing, and said urgently: "Hurry up and release the arrow to respond", Wei Qing took it and raised his hand to "swish" an arrow, and several Song soldiers also rushed over to take out the crossbow arrow and shoot it into the distance. The Jurchen cavalry did not dare to chase too close when they saw the arrows in the city, and they could not see clearly in the dark night, but they did not cause casualties.

Cao Lu poked his head out of the city and asked loudly: "Who is coming", the man under the city replied impatiently: "Under is the Hejian Mansion Taishou Uncle Zhang's night tent under the Marquis Li Hansheng, quickly open the city gate", Cao Lu stretched out a torch and shook it to the city, and in the dark night, he could only vaguely see a man in his early thirties, wearing a short battle robe, with his hands on his waist and half bent over, panting heavily.

In the night, in order to prevent the enemy from sneaking attack, the general who defended the city ordered someone to hang a large bamboo basket from the city and pull Li Hansheng up. After Li Hansheng went to the city, he grinned and scolded: "It's really unlucky, I've come so far, but when I came to the city, I met the ambush soldiers, alas, it hurts me to death", I saw an arrow on his back shoulder, and the old man was still bleeding on his thigh.

Wei Qing hurriedly pulled out the arrow for Li Hansheng, fortunately it was a light arrow in him, the arrow was not big, Wei Qing took out the gold sore medicine and dressed two wounds for him. Li Hansheng laughed heartily and said: "When I was walking through the forest, I met two ambush soldiers, and I was accidentally given a moment by them on the leg, and then I was shot by the chasing soldiers of Fangou, but fortunately, my life is big, and I finally missed the big thing."

Wei Qing interjected and asked, "What's the big deal", Li Hansheng patted him lightly on the head and said: "Boy, why are you asking so much, but you can't tell you what the hell is going on, take me to see Lord Lu."

The generals who defended the city did not dare to leave without permission, so they asked Wei Qing and Cao Lu to take Li Hansheng to see Lu Deng, and after arriving at the Yamen of the Jiedu envoy, it happened that Lu Deng was discussing with a group of generals about defending the city tomorrow, and Lin Hu and Cheng Bin were also present. After Li Hansheng saluted Lu Deng and revealed his name, he said loudly: "Zhang Taishou has personally led 20,000 forbidden troops and 60,000 Xiang troops to the east of the city 20 miles away.

Lu Deng asked: "Can Zhang Taishou have a letter", Li Hansheng replied: "There is a letter written by Lord Zhang, please check it", after speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.

After reading it, Lu Deng nodded and said: "The handwriting and the seal are good, I did send someone to inform Zhang Taishou of the Jin people's southward journey, and asked him to prepare early, but I didn't expect him to come so quickly."

Li Hansheng responded: "My lord doesn't know, my family is too guarded by the Xiaochang military, and I have long been worried that the Jurchens may go south after destroying Liao, so they began to gather men and horses, gather grain and grass half a year ago, and immediately led troops to help as soon as they got the news of Lord Lu."

Lu Deng pondered for a moment and then asked: "Zhang Taishou must report to the imperial court when he sends troops, and it will take a month or two to wait for the imperial court to reply, but this joint is still not right."

Li Hansheng said: "Before coming down to Lu'an, Taishou had expected that the Jiedu envoy would ask this question, so he asked the villain to tell him on his behalf that the military situation was urgent, how could he stick to the old rules, and he had already sent a letter to the Ming court to send troops, although he did not wait for the approval of the imperial court, but as long as the siege of Lu'an Prefecture could be relieved, even if the imperial court blamed it, it would be borne by the Taishou", he paused and continued: "When Zhang Taishou exterminated the Liangshan bandits, he also recruited soldiers privately, and the adults must have heard of it."

Lu Deng had already heard that Zhang Shuye, the Taishou of Hejian, was a bold and knowledgeable person, and he recruited civilians from the people to form a military army without the express order of the imperial court, which was much unexpected by Song Jiang, the leader of the Liangshan thieves, and was suddenly cut off by Zhang Shuye, and successfully exterminated this gang of giants who had been a disaster for many years. Lu Deng thought to himself, according to what Li Hansheng said, it is also in line with Zhang Shuye's personality, and it is reasonable to say, not to mention that there is also Zhang Shuye's handwritten letter, but the stakes are very important, and it needs to be cautious.

Lu Deng asked a few more words about Uncle Zhang's appearance, family, and eunuch calendar, and saw that Li Hansheng was able to deal with it, so he asked his subordinates to take him out to eat and rest first, and asked everyone in the hall how to deal with it.

Wei Qing stood behind Lin Hu and saw that everyone was arguing, and he couldn't make up his mind, so he whispered to Cao Lu: "In the end, I still don't know if what Li Hansheng said is true or false, if it is true, of course it is good to go out of the city and attack, if it is false, you should naturally stick to it with peace of mind", Cao Lu also laughed softly: "You have suddenly become smarter, but the ghost knows whether what he said is true or false", Wei Qing muttered: "Send someone out of the city to see if the reinforcements are really coming."

Lu Deng's ears were sharp, and he always paid attention to the movements in the hall, although Wei Qing and Cao Lu spoke softly, they were still heard by him, Lu Deng knocked lightly on the table to stop everyone's discussion, and pointed at Wei Qing to signal him to come out and answer. Seeing this, Lin Hu got up and said: "Children don't understand the rules, Lord Lu don't be surprised, I'll just tell them out", Lu Deng shook his hand and said: "I listened to him reasonably, so I just called him out to talk carefully, and I really didn't mean anything else." Now that the war is urgent, everyone can't care too much about the false courtesy, and they urge them to speak quickly, Wei Qing stood up and repeated his thoughts, Lu Deng nodded after listening to it: "What you said is indeed good, but the details need to be carefully scrutinized."

Cheng Bin opened his mouth and said: "You can send someone to follow this Li Hansheng and then go out of the city, and after he leads the way and meets Zhang Taishou in person, he agrees on the relevant details of sending troops, and we must wait until our people return to the city before sending troops", Lin Hu continued: "It is best to send two groups of people, one in the light, all the way with this Li Hansheng, and the other in the dark, quietly follow behind just in case, if there is fraud among them, the people hiding in the shadows can also come back to report a message."

After hearing this, Lu Deng muttered: "It's just that the person sent is difficult to choose, this person must be careful first, so as not to fall for the trick but not know it, and second, he must be able to martial arts, otherwise it will be difficult to pass the defense line of the Jin people." Lin Hu immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "I am willing to go on this trip in person, no matter what, I will definitely investigate the bottom of this matter in detail, if there is fraud outside the city, even if I sacrifice my life, I will never be greedy and surrender, and harm the people in the city." When Wei Qing and Cao Lu saw that their master was asking for help, they also stood up and expressed their willingness to go out of the city with Lin Hu.

Lu Deng looked around the hall and said: "Master Lin Duo's master and apprentice Gao Yi is really a model of martial arts, and this official will definitely reward this matter to the Ming court, but I don't know who else is willing to go out of the city."

Cheng Bin secretly hated Lin Hu and stood up and said, "I am willing to go down here, and please let the adults do it", and then glanced sideways and gestured to Zhang Jingting who was standing behind him. Zhang Jingting's body shook slightly, but he immediately said that he was willing to go out of the city with his master.