Han ride

Chapter 213
"I didn't expect this Mr. Jinglue to have such an experience. It's really impressive!" Mou Hanlin's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "It's just how he got Dengzhou, which is the old camp of the rebels. Needless to say, the soldiers and horses inside, Dengzhou City is high and deep, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that cannot be attacked, how did he capture it?"

"I don't know either." Mrs. Mou showed some thought on his face, finally nodded and said: "You are right about one thing, this man named Li Xin is definitely a character. Maybe we will have to rely on this person in the future, listen It is said that this person has already provided disaster relief in Dengzhou, alas, it is a pity that the imperial court has such a person, but it cannot be used, but it has used some incompetent people."

"It would be great if this person could get Qixia." Mou Hanlin sighed, "It's really rare for such a hero to regain Dengzhou in a short time. I really want to see it."

"It will be a matter of time before he hits Qixia." Old Master Mou said with a smile: "Now that Dengzhou has been recovered, and Laizhou is still in the hands of the imperial court, the rebel army has become a rootless duckweed. All the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, just watch, these rebels won't be around for long."

"My lord, my lord. The imperial court has dispatched troops."

At this time, a servant in Tsing Yi broke in and said loudly.

"Little Gouzi, did you see the imperial court dispatching troops?" Old Master Mou said nervously, his eyes lit up.

"If you go back to the old man, that's exactly the case. The troops have already been dispatched, and they are heading towards Laizhou." The little dog's servant said loudly.

"Go to Laizhou? What does he want to do? Is it to attack Kong Youde's rebels?" Although Mou Hanlin has a good business, he is not a military strategist after all, and he doesn't know the mystery behind it.

"They're going to grab the credit." Old Master Mou said disdainfully: "They saw that Li Xin had occupied Dengzhou. Once Kong Youde in Laizhou got the news, he would definitely try his best to escape. That's why they attacked Kong Youde. They wanted to take the credit. "The old man is old-hearted and not good at fighting, but he still has a good grasp of people's hearts. He immediately saw that Liu Yulie and others thought that Li Xin had occupied Dengzhou. If the news spread, it would definitely affect the morale of Kong Youde's army. So taking the opportunity to attack, if Kong Youde can be annihilated, or defeated, the credit will fall to Liu Yulie.Thinking of this, Mrs. Mou couldn't help but secretly scolded the other party for being shameless.

"It's really shameless." Mou Hanlin also heard it.

"The trapped beast is still fighting, this Liu Yulie has no strength to subdue the tiger, hehe, maybe he will be injured by the tiger." Old Mrs. Mou's words were full of disdain for Liu Yulie.

"Father thinks that Kong Youde will definitely counterattack?" Mou Hanlin's face changed when he heard the words, and he said nervously: "If Liu Yulie fails, what should I do? The rebels will sweep the entire Shandong."

"Don't worry, the old man has already made arrangements." Old Master Mou said with a smile: "We will also leave and go to Dengzhou. There is Li Xin in Dengzhou. This person is different from Liu Yulie and others. Since he can defeat Jiannu, he is a A powerful character, the rebels will not defeat this person so easily, and after Liu Yulie's failure, only Li Xin is the most important person in Shandong, and Shandong has to obey orders. All the armies from all over the country will follow his lead, no Where he dares to resist, with soldiers and horses, do you think he will be afraid of the rebels? Hurry up and clean it up, clean it up now."

"Go to Dengzhou?" Mou Hanlin's complexion changed when he heard the words, but seeing the old man's serious face, he immediately knew that the old man had made up his mind, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly ordered someone to pack up some things, and he was ready to go to Dengzhou.In fact, apart from the Mou family, the rest of the gentry also packed their bags and prepared to leave Qixia.

On the official road to Laizhou, the army meanders and stretches for several miles. In front of it is not only the banner with the word "Ming", but also the banner with the characters "Liu" and "Wu". It is Liu Yulie and Wu Anbang who set off from Qixia The two of them are leading thousands of soldiers and horses towards Laizhou.

"Haha, General Wu, this Li Xin has some skills. He was able to quietly occupy Dengzhou. He copied Kong Youde's old lair. If this is passed on to the imperial court, it will be a great achievement!" Liu Yulie dressed in white and rode Holding a steed, it is a bit elegant.

"Haha, Lord Liu, even if Li Xin has made great contributions, so what? Don't look at him as a Shandong manager, in fact, he was appointed by the emperor on purpose. Isn't Li Xin invincible? How can he win a battle without soldiers in his hands? Even if he really pacified Shandong, so what? Will the court reward him?" Wu Anbang sneered: "This kind of credit can only be counted if it is placed in our hands."

"Even so, we have to be careful. Some time ago, you and I lost our troops, and now Li Xin, who doesn't know where he got the soldiers, actually occupied Dengzhou. It's puzzling! Could it be that he took the soldiers in the cloud?" Are the horses here too?" Liu Yulie shook his head and said, "But this is not right! There is no news from Shanhaiguan, could it be from Haishan? Where does he have so many naval warships?"

"Who knows!" Wu Anbang shook his head and said, "It's also fortunate that this person occupied Dengzhou and stole Kong Youde's lair. Otherwise, we really don't know when we will find an opportunity to attack Kong Youde. Master Liu, if we can defeat Kong Youde, I'm afraid Mr. Liu's servant is going to take a step forward."

"Haha, let me borrow the general's auspicious words." Liu Yulie laughed, very happy, and cupped his hands and said: "To defeat Kong Youde today, I am afraid that I need to borrow the power of the general!"

"Hmph, now that Kong Youde heard that Dengzhou was taken, I'm afraid it's because of the lack of morale in the army. At this time, our army from outside, Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian inside, attacking from both sides, is enough to destroy Kong Youde. As long as Kong Youde is defeated, is there anyone else who can take it away?" If we can’t take credit for it, then it’s fine if Li Xin admits it, but if he doesn’t, we will even kill him. I believe the court, especially Zhou Yanru, must be very happy to see this scene.” Wu Anbang proudly Said.

"What General Wu said is very true. Hehe." Liu Yulie nodded again and again, but he looked at Wu Anbang in surprise. It's really unrecognizable.

"Come on, let's march quickly. I think that after Kong Youde learned that Dengzhou had fallen, the next step was to quickly return to Dengzhou. Although Li Xin occupied Dengzhou in a hurry, he didn't have many troops in his hands. He still took Dengzhou It is possible. It is good for us to defeat Kong Youde in Laizhou. If we let him escape, we can also have a credit for lifting the siege of Laizhou. Then we can gather Laizhou soldiers and horses, pursue Kong Youde, and annihilate him in Dengzhou. " Wu Anbang said with some pride.

"Extremely true. Speaking of which, I really hope that he can escape to Dengzhou. In this way, we can also take the opportunity to kill Li Xin in one fell swoop." Liu Yulie nodded repeatedly. He waved back repeatedly and said loudly: "Speed ​​up, speed up." Following his order, the army gradually accelerated, and thousands of elites rushed towards Laizhou.

Under the city of Laizhou, the army stretched for several miles, completely encircling Laizhou. The tall city walls of Laizhou were covered with blood, but the blood had long since turned black and exuded a stench. There were still some broken ladders scattered under the city. there.The moat of Laizhou has also been filled long ago, and it is covered with countless dead bodies.Beacon smoke and flames flying across the city are enough to show how tragic the battle in Laizhou was.

"My lord, the siege battle of the rebels seems to be a lot more intense these days!" On the top of the city, two people dressed as civil servants and a general stood on the enemy tower.Looking at the barracks outside the city.These four people were Xie Lian, the new governor of Shandong, Zhu Wannian, the magistrate of Laizhou, Yang Yufan, general of Tongzhou, and Peng Youmo, general of Shenji Battalion.

"With people like us here, what are you afraid of? What a pity Master Xu." Yang Yufan sighed.The people around were also silent when they heard this.To be honest, the reason why Laizhou has been able to defend until now is mostly due to Xu Congzhi's credit.

When Kong Youde attacked Laizhou, Xu Congzhi had just been appointed governor of Shandong, and Laizhou was in chaos, so Xu Congzhi entered Dengzhou City without hesitation.According to the division of labor, Xie Lian commanded the battle in Laizhou City, and Xu Congzhi was in Qingzhou to be responsible for reinforcements and logistics. However, in order to appease the people, Xu Congzhi still stationed in Laizhou and entered the forefront.Soon the rebels surrounded Laizhou tightly. In this encirclement, Xu Congzhi did not hesitate to gather Xie Lian, the governor of Denglai, Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, and Yang Yufan, the general who came to aid from Tongzhou, to guard the four gates.

In order to attack Kelezhou, the rebels mobilized almost all Hongyi cannons and bombarded Laizhou City from all sides. The artillery of these rebels had been trained by Portuguese officers and Sun Yuanhua before the rebellion, and the cannons were extremely accurate. Especially for stationary targets, bombarding the crenels of the city wall is as easy as shooting a target.On the other hand, the terrain of Laizhou City is not very dangerous, but fortunately, Laizhou City is a new city rebuilt in the 26th year of Wanli. , the south is called Jingyang, the west is called Wuding, and the north is called Dinghai. Under the city is a pond, which is two feet deep and four feet wide.Moreover, it also referred to the Western fortification method, and built a fort, because this place is also used to support the Guanning Army in Liaodong. The food, grass and weapons in the city are sufficient, but the disadvantage is that there are few heavy firearms, most of which are the Flang machines cast by Sun Yuanhua in the past. Cannons belonged to light artillery. They were fine for marching and fighting, but compared with the red cannons, they were much less powerful.And there are not many soldiers who know how to operate artillery.War has always been at a disadvantage.It is also because of the credit of these officials that they can support it until now.

(End of this chapter)