The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 174 This is what it looks like

Chen Qiyu looked at the shackled death row prisoners in front of him. They were the death row prisoners he had selected from the cities around Qingyang. Most of them were still the bandits who had been captured.

Ling Ling and Zong Zong totaled a total of four hundred people.

Four hundred men, if they were to charge on the plains and face the Kitchen King, would definitely not be enough, not even enough to fill the gaps in the Kitchen King's teeth.

Because thousands of people were easily slaughtered by the Kitchen King.

Not to mention these four hundred people.

But now, the Kitchen King actually came and wanted to attack Qingyang.

When facing the Kitchen King's siege, these four hundred people were enough.

Because the Kitchen King possesses a magical weapon with an extremely long range and extremely accurate range, which can kill people almost hundreds of steps away.

However, this magic weapon has a huge shortcoming, that is, it can only kill one person at a time.

Therefore, the Kitchen King only used this magic weapon to kill the generals who defended the city. At that time, he asked these four hundred people to pretend to be generals and come to the city in turn.

The Kitchen King's magic weapon kills one person at a time, and it takes four hundred times to kill them all.

This period of time is enough to wait for the armies of the other four provinces to encircle. When the army is encircled, even if the Kitchen King has the magic weapon, he will be unable to defeat the four hands with two fists.

"I'll give you a chance to survive."

Chen Qiyu stood in front of the death row inmates and said, "You just need to do what you do, and when it is done, you will not only survive, but you will also have endless glory and wealth."

He ordered his men to open the boxes of silver. The white silver made the eyes of these death row prisoners light up.

But they also know that money is not so easy to get.

However, they have already fallen into this situation and have no choice.

"You just need to take turns standing at the top of the city, wearing the armor of the city defender, and pretending to command from left to right."

Chen Qiyu told what these people were going to do, which immediately made the people below a little less confident.

One by one, they pressed their ears, thinking they heard wrongly.

Originally, they thought that what awaited them this time was a near-death mission, such as being the first to attack the city. Who knew that they were actually required to wear the armor of the city defenders, pretend to command left and right, and take turns commanding.

Defend the city, not attack it.

What could be dangerous?

At most, it is because of the generals that the opponent will take special care when attacking the city, but the prerequisite for that is that the opponent attacks the city wall.

Unless this high official wanted them to garrison a certain city that they wanted to abandon.

But that's even less likely.

They knew that the high-ranking official in front of them came to Shaanxi to suppress bandits. His mission was to guard the land of Shaanxi, wipe out the bandits, and seize the cities occupied by the bandits.

How could it be possible to give up the city voluntarily?

Even if they use Zhuge Liang's empty city strategy, their mortality rate will be very low.

"There is such a good thing."

The prisoners on death row were all happy.

But soon they even began to wonder if this was a scam, because this task was so simple, as simple as giving them money for free and stripping them of the identities of death row prisoners.

Chen Qiyu dispelled their concerns, "Some of you are locals from Qingyang. Your parents, wives and children are all here watching, looking at the things I promised you. No matter whether you can survive or not, I will give it to you." prosperous profits."

Chen Qiyu pointed to some people watching in the distance.

The expressions of some of the death row inmates changed. They were not extremely evil people in the first place. They were sentenced to death because of some accidents and did some wrong things. Now that they saw their parents, wives and children, they burst into tears.

After all, there are only a few people like this, but they are enough to set an example for other death row inmates.

Seeing that all the prisoners on death row were in high spirits, Chen Qiyu nodded with satisfaction. He believed that his measures had worked.

Aroused the emotions of these death row prisoners.

Liu Zhenhua spread out a map of Qingyang Mansion.

Qingyang Mansion has a unique geographical location, unlike Yan'an, which is surrounded by county towns.

To the east of Qingyang Prefecture, the three counties formed an arc, forming a vague barrier.

Defend Qingyang Mansion at the back.

If you want to capture Qingyang, you must capture these three counties first.

What puzzled Liu Zhenhua was that during these days, there was not much movement in Qingyang, and the governors of the three sides also did not make any move.

His reconnaissance team didn't even see small groups of soldiers coming in and out around Qingyang. Occasionally, one or two horses left the city, and one or two horses were just passing orders at most.

But Liu Zhenhua always felt that the other party was plotting something.

It's just that he hasn't discovered it yet.

Traveling eastward, Liu Zhenhua's team arrived at a place located ten miles east of Heshui County in the evening.

This place is very desolate, with no villages even within a radius of five miles. The army is stationed here, preparing to launch an attack on Heshui County tomorrow.

"Kitchen King, the gates of Heshui County are closed, and we already know our intentions."

Zhang Heizi cupped his hands and said.

"This is natural," their team barely concealed their whereabouts. Those walking in front of the army were all on official roads, as if they had official status and the imperial court was the rogue bandit occupying the city.

Liu Zhenhua glanced at the sniper rifle he placed on the table. This thing is a great weapon for siege. After sniping and killing the opponent's generals defending the city, the opponent's army will basically be demoralized. When the time comes, let the militiamen and village warriors rush in. In one rush, he basically won it.

Moreover, Liu Zhenhua also brought over the two red cannons that were captured last time.

Liu Zhenhua didn't have high requirements for gunners, as long as he didn't hit his own people on the head.

"Send the order and attack the city early tomorrow morning."

Liu Zhenhua said, and Zhang Heizi, who was standing in front of him, was about to leave when he was stopped by Liu Zhenhua again, "Xiao Heizi, wait a moment."

"Let your men expand the area of ​​exploration. In addition, there is no need to waste time around Qingyang City. Just leave a small team of people to observe between Qingyang and Heshui."

There is almost no movement in Qingyang. Now that they are approaching the river, if the leader of Qingyang knows how to use troops, he will definitely not give up on Heshui and will definitely send troops to support.

Or perhaps, the opponent had already ambushed troops and horses in Heshui, just like Ganquan, but Liu Zhenhua's scouts did not detect it.

"There's nothing else, let's go and do it," Liu Zhenhua patted Zhang Heizi on the shoulder. Who among his men worked the hardest, and it was the scouts who were running back and forth.

There was hardly any time to rest.

Feeling the strength of the Kitchen King's hand, Zhang Heizi nodded excitedly. The Kitchen King had never patted anyone on the shoulder, but the current contact with him was enough to show that the Kitchen King valued him.

Combine water.

One hundred and ninety-nine death row inmates looked at the death row inmate in front of them.

It's just that this death row prisoner's current costume is a bit special.

Wearing a general's uniform, he looked majestic, and even looked a bit handsome after cleaning his face.

"It's true that a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle." A prisoner below lamented that almost every one of them had been groomed and dressed up, from head to toe, only their clothes were slightly dirty.

However, if they were to put on those general uniforms, they would still look good.

The death row prisoner wearing a general's uniform looked very proud. He looked up and down at his general's uniform, and occasionally raised his head and looked at the people on the left and right with disdain. Combined with the downward smile at the corner of his mouth, he seemed to have thought he was a general. .

"Listen up, the enemy will attack the city tomorrow, so do your best!"

He put one hand on the knife at his waist, and pointed left and right with the other hand, pulling and commanding.

The faces of the condemned prisoners below showed disdain.

"You bastard, you are really out of breath. You really think you are a general."

"Yes, you kid, I watched you eat bed bugs in prison."

The death row inmates below cheered.

"quiet!"

He Renlong, the general responsible for defending the city, roared.

The surrounding prisoners on death row slowly became quiet after being in chaos for a while.

If it were normal times, how could they be obedient? After all, they would all be dead.

But now, the glory and wealth they have at their fingertips are still in the hands of these officials, so they have to obey.

He Renlong looked at these death row prisoners, and Chen Qiyu patiently told him to make these death row prisoners look like generals, whether they were good generals or bad generals, at least not to be seen as a death row prisoner.

"This man did a very good job just now. Tomorrow, you will do this on the city wall. You will scold and command left and right. Don't worry about the soldiers around you. Do you listen to your orders? Your orders cannot be stopped. Always maintain the status of this person."

He Renlong's eyes roamed among these death row prisoners.

He knew the functions of Kitchen King's powerful weapons. If it weren't for these people, he would be the general who defended the city, and he would be the one who would die.

He should be grateful to these death row prisoners.

"There's nothing else. If you still have any questions, you can ask me."

He Renlong said that this strategy requires the full cooperation of these death row prisoners.

Therefore, he is also extremely patient with these death row prisoners.

"Master, I have something to say," a death row prisoner who looked a little thin and elegant said, raising his hand. His hand looked a little cracked.

"explain."

"Master, don't we have to take turns dressing up as generals? If we go up to the city wall, we won't die." The man spread his hands, "When the people from the other side attack the city and people start to die, then we can change our clothes, right?" Is it too late?"

They pretended to be generals on the city wall, and the other side didn't have any means to kill them, such as bows and arrows, etc. It was too difficult to kill them.

If they didn't dress up once during the siege of the city, then the reward they would give in the end wouldn't be less.

You know, those officials said that although they would be rewarded with silver coins as long as they went up, the final reward must be somewhat related to these.

He Renlong said in his heart, and the scapegoat gave these people the answer, "I know what you are worried about, don't worry, as long as you live and survive, no matter whether it is your turn to go up to the city wall to perform, There will be rewards.”

"However," He Renlong changed the subject, "If someone escapes from battle, not only will he die, huh."

His eyes swept over these death row prisoners with a chilling look.

The expressions of some death row inmates who still had their families changed, but those who were alone curled their lips and did not take He Renlong's threatening words to heart at all.

"Master, what you said is that we won't run away even if we are beaten to death," some of the prisoners on death row said with a playful smile.

They are not stupid. They may die only if the opponent climbs the city wall. Normally, they only need to wait for the rotation.

He Renlong did not reply, but looked at the death row prisoners again. It is not known how many of these death row prisoners will survive until tomorrow.

I only hope that Zao Wang can attack the city later, and the coalition forces from Henan and Shanxi Province are still on the way.

They need to hold Qingyang before armies from other provinces come.

You can throw it away when combined with water, but you can't throw it away so fast.

At least it should last for two days.

Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on He Renlong's face. Could a city like Yan'an survive two days?

They are a small county town and can last for two days.

"However, this time, with these death row prisoners, we may be able to survive two days."

He Renlong thought silently in his heart.

The opponent does not have any particularly powerful siege equipment. This time, the governor's plan is to hold out for two days and then retreat to Qingyang. The other two counties will defend the city. The opponent will either directly ignore Qingyang and attack Qingyang, or attack the other two counties. No matter what, The goal has been achieved.

Delay time and wait until other armies surround Kitchen King.

At that time, even if the Kitchen King has He Shui, he will not be able to defend himself when faced with so many teams surrounding him.

"Have a good rest tonight."

He Renlong said something to these death row prisoners.

These prisoners on death row will become scapegoats tomorrow and go to the city for him, and he only needs to command from below.

The night passed quickly.

At dawn, Liu Zhenhua led the army towards Heshui County. He was sitting on a horse and he was still at the front of the team.

Weapons in ancient times were limited, and there were no long-range sniping weapons. If you stayed behind, you would be easily bombarded, so you might as well be at the front of the team.

Although his sniper rifle can kill the defenders on the opponent's city wall from behind the team, there is no way to show off in front of others.

Everyone probably knows that this was killed by the Kitchen King.

But there is no need to pretend to be a sniper in front of others.

Ten miles and an hour after the team marched, the sun was already hanging in the sky. Winter in northern Shaanxi is almost sunny in the east.

Looking up into the distance, the city wall is faintly visible in the distance.

As the city guarding Qingyang Prefecture, Heshui has an important geographical location and good urban development.

The city wall is about four meters high.

Liu Zhenhua took a sniper scope and observed it. On the opposite wall, there was no artillery this time. "It seems that Emperor Chongzhen's support is not in place."

Liu Zhenhua sighed with emotion. At this time, the Ming Dynasty's firearms were still very developed, and the two artillery pieces were really a bit intrusive.

Ten sects and eight sects can still come together, but it is obvious that Emperor Chongzhen is not willing.

The army spread out outside Heshui County. The opponent had no artillery, so Liu Zhenhua felt free to let the troops spread out.

One by one, the soldiers built a platform for placing sniper racks. Liu Zhenhua stood behind and pointed the muzzle of his gun at the city wall.

(End of this chapter)