Chapter 203: The enemy is numerous and we are few

Liu Zeqing, who was standing on the inner city wall, felt that his eyes were dark. He hugged the two female actors Hu Tian and Hu Di, who were sent by the salt merchants in Huaihe for a night. He wanted to lead his troops to Sishui in three days, but who would have thought that Chunmeng woke up and the army was already surrounded by the city, and it was still in the inner city.

A soldier next to him whispered:

"This thief..."

Liu Zeqing turned around and kicked him, cursing in anger:

"What a thief? This is the official army, the Li Meng's team..."

He was wearing a robe he was wearing in a hurry. His movements were a little bigger and he sneezed when the cold wind blew. Liu Zeqing was furious, but the trusted generals around him were still calm and carefully hid behind the battlements of the city wall to observe the army below.

Li Meng aimed the general of Caozhou with a Qianli Miles at the city. At this time, the telescope could not be too high. However, it was less than three hundred steps away. It was a fat man with a curly bearded face. He couldn't see the so-called strong and fierce look. He had a fat face. He put down the Qianli Miles and whispered to Wang Hai:

"Take him with a musket."

The distance between the two sides is not far, so you can try it. Wang Hai immediately conveyed this order. Among Li Meng's personal guards, he was only selected by skilled in all kinds of weapons. He immediately found the most accurate one in the musket and nervously loaded ammunition for the musket.

Liu Zeqing looked at the military horses below at the city, and was really shocked and angry. The reason why he survived to his current position was that he ignored the laws of the court and annexed friendly troops and sent people to assassinate civil and military officials, local gentry, and desperately plundered local areas, and levying heavy taxes were all one of the reasons for his success.

I thought that Li Meng, a new general, might not be as clear as he could see through and be shameless. Who would have thought that the younger waves of the Yangtze River pushed the older waves and the other party would directly fight into the city and surround the inner city.

Even the general was confused, he understood that the 1,500 soldiers and horses in Sishui should be tricks to attract his attention. However, in order to siege there, his troops were already moving towards or preparing to mobilize them. Within ten hours, he might have to rely on the direct old camp.

While thinking about it, a cavalry rushed towards the inner city. Someone in the city took out the bow and arrow, thinking that this must be the one who called out, and shooting him with one arrow was also considered to be a hit on the other party's morale.

Who would have thought that the cavalry's horse was very slow and controlled to move forward. The knight on the horse held the shield and looked out of his position. He slowly reached the deep trench and looked up at the head of the city. The military academy built by Zhang Gong on the city also put down the bow and arrows. This distance would definitely not be shot.

I saw the cavalry take out a small flag from behind the shield and throw it directly on the ground, then turn the horse's head, speed up the horse's speed this time and run straight back to the formation.

Everyone was very confused about the army under the city doing these things. Liu Zeqing didn't care about the coldness on his body, so he carefully poked his head out and shouted:

"The city is General Li from Laizhou Prefecture. You and I have some misunderstandings in the past, but the trouble is so big that I am afraid I will startle the Chao..."

His voice was sufficient, and he could hear clearly below him. Li Meng frowned and gave a few more commands. The order was quickly passed. A personal soldier in charge raised the flag in his hand and shook it a few times. The soldiers from Jiaozhou camp below shouted in unison:

"Breaking through Wang Yijun, eliminate the harm for the people, break through Wang Yijun, eliminate the harm for the people!"

He immediately drowned the calls from the city. Seeing the other party determined to refuse, Liu Zeqing's face suddenly turned pale. The soldiers under the city had a basis for advancing and retreating. Although they were civilians, they could still see that they had a unified patriarchy. How could such an army be a rioter? It was just that the other party did not recognize his identity. It seemed that the situation today was endless.

At this time, in the shouting team under the city, another person trotted out with a stick or something. The officers and soldiers on the city were a little curious. Anyway, the opponent's brigade was about fifty steps away from the trench, and the trench was even more far from the walls of the inner city, so I didn't worry about anything.

I saw the soldier trot to the place where the small flag was planted. I took out the fire media tube calmly, unplugged the plug and put it on the medicine pool, and then picked up the stick at the position where Liu Zeqing was.

The Ming army's musket was not that shape and could not be distinguished for a while. Besides, the soldier's movements were too calm, and it didn't look like he was facing the enemy, but growing farm work in the fields. The people in the city had no reaction and were watching there.

With a "bang", a stream of white smoke came from the "stick" held by the man under the city, which was a musket! Liu's troops and others in the city realized that many people subconsciously hid behind. The position of the small flag was almost 150 steps away from Liu Zeqing's location. The musket was indeed not accurate, and it was difficult to hit it.

Li Meng just wanted to try his luck, but he didn't hit it, but he hit the edge of the city wall beside Liu Zeqing. The splashing bricks and stone fragments wiped a few small holes on Liu Zeqing's face, making it so painful.

After the soldier was launched, he did not confirm the results of the battle. He ran straight back to the team and returned to the team. Li Meng shook his head and sighed and said:

"I'd better if the gun was there..."

After sighing this sentence, Li Meng turned his head and asked in a deep voice:

"How long will it take for the artillery to come?"

Standing next to Li Meng were several well-dressed gentry. In the year of a disaster, these people were still very rich. Except for the other people who closed the doors, the cavalry of Jiaozhou Camp dismounted and restored the horses to their horses. Only Li Meng was still on the way.

These gentry stood carefully next to Li Meng. When they heard Li Meng ask questions, the person in charge hurriedly said with a smile:

"Master, when the little people put the cannons outside the city, they were afraid that they would be discovered by the Liu thief, so they buried it a little deeper. They didn't know that the Master's magic weapon was so fast, so they arranged for people to dig now. They should be on the road... I hope the Master will not be surprised."

This is the first time that Li Meng was called "Master" by others. Anyway, these gentry knew that even though they called officials, they didn't like them. But when they looked at Li Meng's calm eyes, the man became more and more panicked and explained in a hurry:

"The villain will send someone to urge him, and send someone to urge him."

Wang Hai whispered behind Li Meng:

"Our military troops have also sent a lot of them, so we will definitely not waste time..."

Liu Zeqing, who was on the top of the inner city, changed into armor on the top of the city, lay on the squadron and peered down, and he didn't dare to stand up again when he was beaten to death. The trusted officer beside him spoke:

"The last general below just pointed the troops, but there were only 2,500 soldiers, and they must have been running overnight."

"These thieves have to block our three doors and divide their troops, but we have three thousand soldiers who have fought old wars. The general is better to pull them out and do something."

Several officers were analyzing the situation below. Liu Zeqing stared at the gentry who were talking to Li Meng below, and seemed to be about to spit out fire from his eyes, and said viciously:

"These bastards, after this, will destroy you all over the family. Without panic, you can't enter the inner city. After more than ten hours, we will destroy the thieves from Jiaozhou inside and outside. Go out to fight. There are many of us who guard the city and don't suffer any losses. At worst, we can't beat them back and guard them."

No matter when such officers were given priority to preserving their strength, the military academy around Liu Zeqing was excited after hearing the command of the commander, and hurriedly bent down and ran down the city, and began to summon troops and arrange tasks.

It seemed that the gentry digging cannons was very hard to do. Although Li Meng thought it was bad for the cannons, these big guys made of nearly a thousand pounds, and it was indeed difficult to carry them. When Li Meng's subordinates transported the cannons to the homes of those inner gentry in the name of transporting crude benzene goods, these people were scared. Li Meng could not afford to offend him, but Liu Zeqing, who was by his side, was also extremely vicious and could only bury them deep. Who would have thought that Li Meng would come so quickly? But to be honest, although these people were afraid of seeing Li Meng in the inner city, they still breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, he is a new general. Although there are only a few people, he still has to divide his troops to guard other inner city gates. At present, there are only about 1,500 people in front of the main gate of the inner city. Liu Zeqing and his military generals are secretly grateful in their hearts, while gritting their teeth and making a ruthless heart. Let you know the interests of grandpa later.

The gate of the inner city slowly opened and the suspension bridge slowly dropped. Who would have thought that the cavalry outside saw that the people inside were about to go out, and then made some incredible actions, all of them were going to retreat to the back. This action made Liu Zeqing and his military academy laugh. They were indeed rookies!

In order to establish the inner city, Liu Zeqing almost flattened the residential houses around the inner city wall. Li Meng's cavalry retreated 150 steps, leaving space for the other party to arrange the formation, and he could still maintain the formation.

Although Liu Zeqing's subordinates are old camps, Liu Zeqing is famous for his speculation, viciousness, and plundering money with plundering. There are only one or two hundred horses in total, and more than a thousand veterans with worn cotton mail. Liu Zeqing had fought with the treasury army and quelled the chaos in Shandong many times. The troops were considered to have been experienced in battle, and they had a bit of awesome temperament when standing there.

Li Meng was at the front of the team, but Liu Zeqing was surrounded by personal soldiers and on the suspension bridge. When the other party finished the array, Tang Er said:

"About 2,500 people."
Chapter completed!