Ming Zuo

Chapter 219 Divine Soldier descends from heaven
Laiyang.

The originally blue-gray city wall has now completely turned crimson.

It was the result of countless blood stains.

The White Lotus Sect bandits came up wave after wave, seemingly endless.

The defense on the top of the city also tried its best.

In the entire county, everyone participated in the defensive battle, no matter men, women, old or young.

Everyone knows what it means to be broken by the White Lotus Sect.

After throwing stones, the house is demolished and thrown with bricks and tiles; when the gold juice is gone, the wood is wrapped in fire oil and thrown down.

The Bailian sect bandit rushed to the top of the city again and again, and was beaten down again and again, and then rushed up again, and was beaten down again.

Looking down from the air, Laiyang County looks like a reef in a huge wave. It looks precarious, but it still stands tall.

Who would have thought that a small county town would last for thirteen days?

But today, the power to defend the city has reached its limit.

A scholar who was nearly thirty years old was holding a scribe's sword in his hand, and kept running and shouting, so that everyone cheered up and persisted.

Once a breakthrough was made, he rushed to reinforce with the people around him.

Taking advantage of the fierce battle at the top of the city, the bandits pushed some brand-new wooden carts closer.

After a while, boulders weighing tens of kilograms were thrown onto the city wall, smashed and rolled, and blood flowed out.

Seeing this, the scribe was furious. He rushed to the side of the cannon and shouted, "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you fire the cannon?"

The defenders hurriedly bombarded the catapults with artillery, and quickly destroyed several of them.

But the loading speed of the artillery can't be compared with that of the trebuchet. Seeing the flying stones sweeping across the city, the scribe was anxious and stepped forward to operate the cannon himself.

"boom……"

The shells flew out, but the barrel also flew up.

The cannon... exploded.

The tumbling barrel immediately swept away all the nearby people, and even the scribe was wounded in the shoulder by the flying gravel and flew upside down on the ground.

When the bandits in the city saw this scene, they immediately shouted.

"It's bombing!"

"The cannon at the top of the city is gone!"

The morale of the bandits was greatly boosted, and the charge became more fierce.

Xu Yaqing and others who were watching the battle from a distance also saw this scene and laughed heartily.

"Tell the sons, and fight together. Attack into the city and reward for three days."

Li Mengming couldn't help moving forward, just waiting for the city to be broken before looting.

The city was in complete chaos at this time.

The explosion of the artillery made the defenders terrified, and they dared not operate other artillery.

"Zhongji, are you okay?"

Several people rushed over, helped the injured scholar up, and hurriedly stopped the bleeding, but all of them looked sad.

The scribe didn't care about his injury, and shouted: "Leave me alone, go and fire the cannon, and don't let the bandits climb up."

Those people hurriedly dispersed and joined the defenders.Only one person was left, and he was bandaged.

This scribe was really stubborn, he was wounded, but he didn't care, he returned to the artillery, and shouted to those soldiers who were cowering: "Today, the city is destroyed, and the cannon is blown up. You are dead anyway, and you are afraid." what?"

The soldiers were overwhelmed by what he said, their fear was gone, and they ran back and started firing cannons.

But in any case, after such a delay, many rioters had rushed to the top of the city.

The scholar looked around, seeing more and more bandits climbing up, he couldn't help but feel powerless.

Just in desperation, there was a commotion in the distance, and then many defenders began to run around.

"Xiancheng Jiang is dead!"

As if struck by lightning, the scribe almost couldn't stand still.

There is no county magistrate in Laiyang, only a county magistrate surnamed Jiang temporarily acting as county affairs.

When the White Lotus Sect attacked Laiyang, it was the county magistrate Jiang who saw through the internal response, and then tried his best to organize the defense.

It can be said that Laiyang was able to defend for more than ten days as an isolated city, and the Jiang County Prime Minister contributed a lot.

Now that Dinghaishenzhen fell, could it be that Laiyang really couldn't hold it?

A few scholars ran over in embarrassment, grabbed him and wanted to leave.

"Zhongji, hurry up, I can't hold on anymore."

"Zhongji, it's too late if we don't leave."

The scribe was full of bitterness, pointing at the boundless bandits outside the city.

"Go? Where are you going?"

The few scholars couldn't help but paused, knowing that there was no way to escape.

One of them picked up the knife casually and shouted: "Since there is no way to recover, let's die here today. We have read the books of sages and sages, and died today to protect the environment and the people. It is a proper death."

The other person also had a determined face.

"It's a pleasure to meet you for a lifetime. It's a pity that I can't compete with my colleagues in the south of the Yangtze River. Let's take a step first and wait for you under the spring."

After speaking, he ran to the wall, obviously planning to jump into the city to seek his death.

But as soon as he put his hand on the brick pile, he couldn't help being stunned.Afraid that he might be mistaken, he rubbed his eyes again and pointed it out to everyone.

"Then... what is that?"

Several other people were waiting to die, and when they heard this and followed his instructions, their desire to die immediately disappeared.

The scribe rushed to the wall, and saw a troop of soldiers approaching the Gongjiazhuang area to the southwest.

"Over there... there are also over there."

The scribes looked along again, and saw that there was also a troop of soldiers and horses approaching the Wulong River in the southeast.

After a while, the soldiers and horses approached.Blue jersey, big hat and helmet, although there are not many flags, but the identity can be clearly seen.

The scribes were overjoyed and shouted frantically.

"Reinforcements are coming!"

Several other people narrowly escaped death, also inexplicably surprised, and shouted.

"Reinforcements are coming! We are saved!"

The shouts quickly spread throughout the city wall, and many defenders who were already frightened looked out of the city and became ecstatic.

The Bailian sect bandits who attacked the top of the wall also saw the officers and soldiers appearing. They were so frightened that they jumped down from the top of the wall immediately without caring about anything else.

The head of the city is higher, so you can see far away.

The people on the city found the reinforcements and their morale changed, but the people below the city didn't know it yet.

Seeing that the gangsters who had finally attacked jumped down again, Li Mengming was furious.

"Why did you retreat? There is no military order, no retreat!"

But soon, he knew why.

In the southeast and southwest directions, more than a thousand officers and soldiers appeared in each.Already starting to organize in the open area, ready to attack.

On the Bailian sect's side, Xu Yaqing was really frightened.

Looking at the familiar military uniform, familiar array, and even more familiar guns, how could she not know that it was Zuo Menggeng who killed him.

But just because she knew it, she couldn't accept it.

"How is this possible? How is it possible? Zuo Menggeng is clearly in Qingzhou Mansion, why did he suddenly come here?"

No one could answer her question, only the person she saved sneered and said, "You should think about it, how to escape?"

Xu Yaqing shuddered and rushed to find Li Mengming and Dong Dacheng.

"Hurry up and retreat. Otherwise, you will die here."

Dong Dacheng snorted and sneered, pointing to the surrounding terrain.

"The holy lady said it lightly, so many people, how can it be so easy to retreat?"

They are located in the south of Laiyang County, the roads to the west and south have been blocked, and the Xian River is to the east.The river is ten feet wide, and without tools, it is impossible to swim across.

And to the north is Laiyang County, which happens to block all directions.

Li Mengming didn't think there was any danger at the moment.

"There are more than [-] officers and soldiers in the area. They are not armored yet, and they are full of firearms. I will gather them together and wipe them out."

Xu Yaqing was going crazy.

"This is Linqing Zuo Menggeng's department, you are no match for him."

She tried to persuade her with good words, but Li Mengming immediately realized that this was an opportunity.

A good opportunity to regain power and attack Xu Yaqing's prestige.

Xu Yaqing was annihilated by Zuo Menggeng's army in Dongchang Mansion, and became a lonely family.If it weren't for the name of Sister Bailian, Li Mengming would have turned his back on it a long time ago.

If Zuo Menggeng was defeated this time, wouldn't it be a judgment call against Xu Yaqing?
Thinking of this, he immediately regained his spirits and shouted: "Send down the order, the whole army will regroup, and kill all the officers and soldiers."

He also glanced at Xu Yaqing provocatively.

"Avenge our holy lady."

Xu Yaqing understood.

Li Mengming has turned his back on him, he is preparing to take the opportunity to build his prestige, and he will deal with himself in the end.

It's a pity, it's still unknown when death is imminent.

She has a vicious heart and sees that she can't do anything, so she doesn't persuade her.After returning, he said to Xue Ji and the maid: "Let's find a way, we can't be buried here."

The maid was worried.

"Holy aunt, where are we going? Are we going to find Guardian Guo?"

Xu Yaqing was at a loss as she watched the new army complete its formation and began to push forward step by step.

Seeing the person he saved out of the corner of his eye, he couldn't help asking: "Liang Yue, tell me, where should we go?"

The man's eyes were just staring at the approaching ranks of new troops, as if he wanted to engrave the strict ranks in his heart.

"Go to Shanxi and find those rebels in the northwest. After training a strong army, come and settle accounts with Zuo Menggeng."

Xu Yaqing thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "It happens that I have a brother in Shanxi, so it's a good place to go."

At that moment, several people rode horses, quietly left the brigade, ran along the base of the city wall to the east gate, crossed the bridge and disappeared far away.

Everyone inside and outside the city waited for the outbreak of the war, but no one noticed their whereabouts.

(End of this chapter)