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Three days later, on the evening of May 11th.

There were a few groups of about six or seven Niulu Tartars, five or six thousand people, who were rushing to the west and north of Haizhou City, and were full of vigilance to inquire about the movements on the head of Haizhou City.

Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong quickly got the news and cooperated with the military supervisor Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang to come to the city to investigate the situation.

"You traitors who have been killed these days! Let me go, let us go! You, you are really hateful than the Tartars! Lord Junjian, Lord Junjian, you are close ministers of the Emperor! You, you must save us!"

Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang have not appeared these days.

After all, it would be fine if they didn't see the Han people in the city "coerced" to be slaves, but they could not see it, but they could not think it was known.

But when they really saw it, just like at this moment, they were very embarrassed. This statement was not true, nor was it true if they did not express their opinions.

At this time, among the crowd who were carrying defensive equipment under the city wall, a fat man in his early fifties couldn't help but shout loudly, snot and tears, and kowtowed to Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang desperately.

Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang obviously did not expect that such a thing would happen. The fat man was obviously a sensible person, and he suddenly aroused everyone's emotions.

In a moment, the more than a hundred Han slaves who were working put down their work and kowtowed to Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang desperately.

"Sir, save us, save us!"

"We are also people of the Ming Dynasty..."

The weather is very cool today, the breeze is very soft, not very hot, but in a moment, the cold sweat on Wei Liang's forehead oozed out, and he hurriedly looked at Li Yuanqing, "Li Shuai, this, this..."

Zhang Qiliang also wanted to pee, so he hurriedly looked at Li Yuanqing, wanting to say something, but he moved his throat but did not say it.

Although he was also close to Li Yuanqing, he was the supervisor of Chen Zhong's army after all. At this moment, he naturally did not dare to appear easily.

After all, some things are better for Wei Liang.

Li Yuanqing glanced around lightly, and his eyes stayed on the fat man's face for only two seconds, but there was not much turbulence on Yingting's face.

After a moment, he directly chose to ignore the fat man and the people, and smiled at Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang and said, "Two military supervisors, please come here. The Tartars are in a big momentum this time, we must deal with it closely."

Why didn’t Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang understand what Li Yuanqing meant at this time? They didn’t dare to stop here for a moment, and quickly climbed the stairs of the city wall.

Behind him, a crisp sound of a whip and a scream of horror and pain came suddenly.

"Dogs, do you want to eat? You're still not going to work quickly? If you say a little longer, I'll beat you to death!"

"Master, my little one knows that he is wrong, I will never dare to do it again."

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When he arrived at the city, Wei Liang calmed down a little, but when he saw the flags of the Later Jin army that were stretching like a forest not far away, his nerves suddenly became tighter and he hurriedly said, "Ship Li, this is the enemy, but we are inside... what should we do?"

"internal?"

Li Yuanqing suddenly smiled faintly, "Mr. Supervisor, our Haizhou city is now as solid as a rock. How can we worry about it? If Supervisor doesn't believe it, you can check it out again."

"Uh?" Wei Liang was stunned and instinctively walked quickly to the city wall to check.

After a moment, he suddenly realized that various Han slaves were working hard under the strict guard of the soldiers. As Li Yuanqing said, where did they come from?

"What Li Shuai said is very true. It is because my servant has made a mistake. I would like to ask Li Shuai Haihan, and I would like to ask Li Shuai Haihan." Wei Liang hurriedly bowed to Li Yuanqing repeatedly.

Li Yuanqing smiled faintly, glanced behind him, and said, "That's true, two military supervisors, let's pay attention to the situation of the Tartars in front of him. Looking at this way, the main force of the Tartars will be here in the next few days."

However, although he was dealing with Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang, Li Yuanqing felt a little uncomfortable.

Li Yuanqing was actually tolerant enough to these Han slaves. Although they confiscated their personal property, they protected their lives and did not convict them again and killed them all.

But at this time, the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty was about to approach, and at this critical moment, someone still jumped out.

Moreover, this person obviously understands and wants to take advantage of this critical moment to find things.

Even with Li Yuanqing's mind, he was a little nervous for a moment.

It is no wonder that the wise men said, "The scholar will rebel for ten years."

The "elites" among these Han slaves are not very good at using them, but unfortunately, they have never used the real place.

How could Li Yuanqing forgive these people?

Even if they don’t take their lives, they have to understand what the bottom line of being a human being is.

The Han slaves causing trouble were just a small episode, and Li Yuanqing quickly focused his attention on the battle formation of the Later Jin army ahead.

At this time, in the west direction of the city, there were about four Niulu troops, two inlaid yellow flags, one inlaid yellow flag and the other inlaid white flag.

Although they were two miles apart, it could still be seen that they were quite tired, with the horses under their crotch constantly sniffing, and the bright colors of the clothes on many people were covered by heavy soil.

Chen Zhong said: "Yuanqing, Huangqi, and Niulu from Zhenghuangqi have all come here. I guess the old slave is not far away. This old guy is so capable of making trouble. His old bones can really withstand the trouble!"

Li Yuanqing nodded, "I am a man, and I am a man. For this battle, we must not be careless."

Chen Zhong nodded quickly, "Don't worry, Yuan Qing. I will keep an eye on it in the city."

As he said that, he suddenly had an idea, "Yuan Qing, the Later Jin army has not yet established a stable foothold and has not yet set up a camp. Look, at night, can we sneak over and take their nest?"

Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang also cheered up and hurriedly looked at Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, but slowly shook his head, "Although the Later Jin Dynasty is tired, they are all cavalry. It is hard for us to cross the distance between the two miles. The war has not yet begun, so we should still be on the safe side."

Chen Zhong naturally understood what Li Yuanqing meant and nodded quickly, "Damn it, it's such a pity. If we had war horses, how could we make these dogs and Tartars so arrogant?"

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At this time, the Ming army was inquiring about the Later Jin army, but the Later Jin army was also inquiring about the Ming army on the top of the city.

The commander of the Later Jin army opposite was nothing but Tan Bai and Meng Gang who had met Li Yuanqing in Dajianshan before.

Looking at the Ming army flags flying in the wind on the top of the city, a red flag with the word "Li" was particularly conspicuous. Tan Bai was about to bite his teeth and said in a silence: "Li Yuanqing, this bastard, is now on the top of the city!"

Meng Gangdu also saw Li Yuanqing's banner and felt hatred in his heart. However, the fire in Dajianshan camp burned out all his seven souls. Facing Li Yuanqing again, although he had a lot of hatred in his heart, he had more fear.

He hurriedly said, "Mr. Tan Bai, Li Yuanqing defended the city very closely, and we have no chance."

Tan Bai slowly let out a long breath and nodded, "Li Yuanqing is a man among the people. Unfortunately, this guy has ruined my great affairs several times, so how can he tolerate him? This time, this guy dares to come to Haizhou City wildly, how can we let him go?"

Meng Gangdu hurriedly said, "Mr. Tan Bai, may you have any good plans?"

Tan Bai suddenly sneered in a dark voice, "There is no hurry to do this. Dahan and the others will not come here in the future. We have time to play with Li Yuanqing slowly."

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After inspecting the situation at the city gate, Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang went back to rest, while Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong came to the river channel under the city gate.

Unlike other cities, there is a big river in Haizhou City that runs through the city from east to west, enters the west gate and exits near the east gate, connecting the river water of the entire moat.

After these days of hard work and repairing the city, Li Yuanqing basically couldn't find any flaws in other aspects, but Li Yuanqing was a little worried about this river.

"Yuanqing, don't worry. It's summer now, and this river not only does not need to be a problem for us, but it will be of great benefit. Unless it is the Tatars that block the river in front and release water to rush the city?"

Chen Zhong said, Muran was shocked.

Back then, in Fuzhou City, Huang Taiji used this tactic to build a dam by drinking water from the river, and then rushing down.

Fortunately, Li Yuanqing was well prepared and built a drainage channel underground in advance, which made Huang Taiji's trick fail.

But at this time, the rainy season is coming soon, and they have no time to dig out the drainage tunnels again.

Li Yuanqing shook his head, "Brother, I'm not worried that the Tartars will let the water rush into the city. Once they intercept the flow in the upper stream, we can easily see it. Moreover, the consumables are exhausting. Old slaves are not Huang Taiji, so he would never choose this way."

"Hmm? It seems that the same is true. Then, Yuan Qing, what are you worried about?" Chen Zhong looked at Li Yuanqing.

"Drain."

Li Yuanqing said directly, "Although most of the people in the city drink well water, most of the livestock drink the river water directly. If the dogs and Tartars do their best in the river water, even if the underground mud and sand layer can filter out some impurities, it will still make people feel uneasy."

"Silt layer? Filtration?" Chen Zhong couldn't touch his mind for a moment and looked at Li Yuanqing awkwardly.

Li Yuanqing suddenly came to his senses. With Chen Zhong's knowledge overview, how could he understand these things?

However, this matter is of great importance, and Li Yuanqing still patiently explained the filtration process of groundwater to Chen Zhong in detail.

After a long time, Chen Zhong finally came to his senses and said hurriedly: "Yuan Qing, are you saying that if the Tartars were doing their tricks in this river, then our well water would also be polluted?"

Li Yuanqing nodded, "That's right, brother. So, in this regard, we must be very energetic and take good precautions."

Since the establishment of the Changsheng Camp, Li Yuanqing has always attached great importance to the food and hygiene and safety of the soldiers.

With the experience of later generations, he deeply understood that once a seemingly inconspicuous minor illness is spread, especially in the army, it can easily cause devastating consequences.

After finally working hard and sacrificing the lives of countless brothers, he earned the small achievements today. How could Li Yuanqing allow himself to capsize in the gutter?

At this time, the river seemed inconspicuous, but summer was coming, and the number of mosquitoes began to increase. Although the Later Jin army on the west side was in the downstream at this time, they would never let go of the east gate.

In this way, even if they don’t make any moves with the river, even if they simply throw the horse manure from the war horse into the river upstream, it will be a very difficult problem for the Ming army.
Chapter completed!