Ming Zuo

Chapter 216

Dengzhou, Laiyang.

Under the scorching sun of midsummer, the flames of war soared into the sky.

Countless rioters yelled noises they couldn't understand, held all kinds of weapons, and rushed towards the city wall with simple long ladders.

The moat has already been filled, using countless soil, and there are countless dead bodies.

Those who defend the city are numb, and those who attack the city are also numb.

No one would have thought that a small Laiyang has now become the focus of Dengzhou.

Xu Yaqing stood on the high hill, watching with great anticipation that the rebel army rushed towards the city wall again.Dozens of long ladders were erected, and people began to climb up.

Suddenly, someone poked his head out of the city, and stones the size of watermelons fell on his head, causing the besiegers to scream and fall.

But the stone thrower was also shot to death by the archers below the city, and then fell down.

After a while, puffs of thick smoke suddenly appeared from the top of the city, and immediately after that, several gaps visible to the naked eye appeared among the chaotic army charging.

The chaotic army that had been rushing forward immediately retreated with a yell, and a wave of siege battles calmed down.

"Trash, it's all trash. There is not even a county magistrate in such a small county, and it has not been captured after five days of attack."

Facing her reprimand, Li Mengming's expression turned ugly.

"Holy aunt, our army is newly formed. It is naturally incompetent to attack a strong city without training. In my opinion, we might as well leave Laiyang and attack all the way east. I have already inquired about Fushan, Rushan and Ninghai in the east. There is no defense in the state, and we can go down sooner or later. When our team grows stronger, we will fight back."

Xu Yaqing's face was ashen, and she shouted: "Zuo Menggeng's army has already entered Qingzhou Mansion, and will rush over in a few days. If you go east, will he be driven into the sea?"

Dong Dacheng didn't care.

"The subordinates have already inquired, and the officers and soldiers who came here are only three thousand. Even if we join forces with Zhang Keda, there are only more than eight thousand. We have tens of thousands of horses, are we really afraid of him?"

Xu Yaqing scoffed.

"Really think you chickens and dogs can be a blow to the army?"

Several leaders were scolded and furious, but they obviously didn't take Xu Yaqing's words seriously.Coupled with the heavy losses of various ministries in the past few days, resentment has formed in their hearts.

Seeing this, Xu Yaqing looked arrogant on the surface, but sighed inwardly.

Since the death of his father, the White Lotus Sect has been in disarray.

Is this painstaking planning really going to fall short?
In the midst of grief, the maid came over and said in a low voice, "Holy Aunt, the man is awake."

Xu Yaqing was shocked, and went straight to the back tent regardless of the leaders.

Seeing her leave, the leaders were all happy and relaxed, and quickly signaled Ming Jin to withdraw.

Laiyang today has ushered in peace.

All the way back to her handsome tent, Xu Yaqing saw that the person she rescued in Dongchang Mansion had already sat up.

This person is quite majestic, looking up close, he looks like a vicious tiger.Even walking in the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that he is also a famous hero.

"you're awake?"

The man looked over with indifference in his eyes.

"Is it the saint who saved me?"

Xu Yaqing walked to the stool in front of him and sat down, proudly said: "When I was employing someone, I saw that you were a hero, so I brought you back with great kindness. You must know that your life is I saved it. From now on, you must repay him well, you know?"

The man smiled coldly, with a sarcastic tone.

"What's the repayment? Are you playing tricks with all of you pretending to be ghosts?"

The maid behind Xu Yaqing was furious when she heard the words, and scolded: "Bastard, what are you talking about?"

The man laughed even louder.

"You pretending to be gods and ghosts, it's impossible to get things done. Give up as soon as possible, and be your gophers."

Xu Yaqing stopped the maid who was about to make a move, and said bitterly: "Since I think my holy religion can't be done, why use it to sneak in?"

Seeing that man's face was cold and silent, Xu Yaqing's eyes narrowed.

"What's your relationship with Zuo Menggeng?"

As soon as this name appeared, that person immediately possessed himself like a vicious tiger, and his whole body was filled with bloody aura.

"That's grandpa's private matter, what has it got to do with you? What's the matter, do you want to hand grandpa to Zuo Menggeng in exchange for a chance to survive?"

Xu Yaqing giggled and her voice was charming again.

"You have an enmity with Zuo Menggeng, right? Coincidentally, my Holy Cult also has an enmity with him. Why don't we... how about we cooperate?"

The man was unmoved.

"Just because you ground mice want to deal with Zuo Menggeng? Hehe, his firecrackers, do you really think you are invulnerable?"

Xu Yaqing was also angry, and scolded: "You are a salty talent, can you get revenge? With your strength alone, you can't even get close to Zuo Menggeng's side."

The man was very bitter.

"You ground mice can't do it either. Zuo Menggeng's power has already been established, and if he wants to deal with him, he must have a large army."

Xu Yaqing felt that this person was more and more interesting, and said temptingly: "My holy lady now has tens of thousands of troops under her command. As long as you are loyal to me, I will make you a general. How about helping you avenge?"

The man laughed wildly.

"Tens of thousands of troops? Are they all those from Dongchang Mansion?"

It's good not to mention this matter, but when it was mentioned, Xu Yaqing couldn't help but blush and become angry from embarrassment.

With a sway, he threw himself in front of the man, and chopped his palm towards the man's throat.

The man sat on the bed, crossed his arms, flicked away her palm, then turned into a tiger's claw, and grabbed her back.

Xu Yaqing was a little careless, she didn't expect this person's kung fu to be so good that he grabbed her throat.

But the man snorted and didn't dare to use his fingers.

It turned out that Xu Yaqing's other hand held a dagger at some point, and it was already pressed against this person's rib.

The blade of the dagger was blue, obviously poisonous.

"Hmph, sure enough there is nothing more poisonous than a woman's heart."

Xu Yaqing didn't think it was disobedient, her laughter became even more seductive, she turned her head away from the man's fingers, and retracted the dagger at the same time.

"Now, can we have a good talk?"

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The new army marched very fast, and appeared under the city of Linzi that night.

The Bailian sect bandits in Linzi city were attacked by the new army without even reacting, and they had to run out of the city and flee south.

Zuo Menggeng intended to train the new army's ability and ordered the third regiment to pursue them overnight.

The next morning, the third regiment sent back a message that the remaining Bailian sect bandits had been trapped in a town near Zichuan County.

"Uncle, shall we go and have a look?"

Sun Yuanhua's journey is like a dream.

The helpless Bailian banditry in Shandong, in Zuo Menggeng's place, is like boiling soup and cutting tofu with knives, marching all the way to wipe out all the way, no bandit is the enemy of the new army.

Sun Yuanhua compared the new army with the Ming army, and sadly found that the Ming army was inferior to countless.

The more knowledge you have, the more balanced your mentality will be.

"Let's go then."

Leaving the first group to sweep around Linzi, Zuo Menggeng, Sun Yuanhua and others came to Zichuan under the escort of the guard company.

Unlike Linzi, Zichuan County was not lost.But the surrounding countryside has been severely damaged by the White Lotus Sect. Wherever they go, they can only see barren fields and destroyed villages.

There are occasional rotting corpses on the road, which might become the source of the plague.

Zuo Menggeng asked the doctor accompanying the army to bury all the corpses he saw. It is a good thing to avoid the outbreak of the plague.

In the afternoon, they rushed to the place, only to find that the town where the White Lotus Sect was trapped was surrounded by mountains on the east and west sides.In addition, there is a horizontal hill on the south side of the town, forming a very narrow opening with the mountains on the east side.

The [-]th Battalion of the [-]rd Regiment has already blocked this opening and the hillside on the south side, leaving the White Lotus Sect bandits in the town nowhere to escape.

Zuo Menggeng stood on a high place, observed the situation in the town with a telescope, and found something different.

"Is this town a mining area?"

He saw excavated potholes everywhere inside and outside the town, and smelting furnaces stood everywhere in the town.

Lou Fu, the Political Commissar of the Third Regiment, had already learned about the situation, and reported back: "Come here, this is called Yanshen Town. It is said that the entire town is mainly engaged in porcelain and raw materials."

Zuo Menggeng knew it as soon as he heard it.

The famous Yanshen Town, the glass producing area in the north during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Unexpectedly, all the way to suppress the bandits, they ran here.

However, Zuo Menggeng's heart skipped a beat when he thought of so many skilled glass craftsmen.

"Pass down the order, be careful when attacking, and don't hurt civilians. And find out all the artisans in the town, and protect them."

Nowadays, the glass industry in Linqing is developing by leaps and bounds, and what is most lacking are skilled craftsmen.

Since it took no effort to get it this time, Zuo Menggeng certainly didn't intend to let it go.

(End of this chapter)