Xintai County is located at the eastern foot of Taishan Mountain, less than 50 kilometers to the north is Laiwu County, to the west is also less than 50 kilometers is Tai'an City, all belong to the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture, but now they are occupied by thieves, showing the "product" shape of each other's watch, in the case of light equipment, even the infantry can arrive in one day.

Xintai City is built according to the standard of the county, the circumference is about four kilometers, the city wall is seven meters high, the top is four meters wide, there are four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, there is no urn city, and the defense can only be regarded as average.

Today's Xintai City is guarded by Zhao Quan himself, with nearly 8,000 men. Since Xu Jin recovered Surabaya County, Zhao Quan has been intensively strengthening the city defenses, storing food and materials, and clearing the wilderness, making a posture of defending the city.

However, this is exactly what Xu Jin wants, because in contrast, Xu Jin is more worried that Zhao Quan will lead people to wander around, which will not only cause the officers and soldiers to be exhausted, but also inevitably cause the lives of the people to be miserable. Since Zhao Quan chose to defend and counterattack, it would be better, so that Xu Jin could calmly deploy his troops to encircle.

There is a good saying that barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, when they can't afford to wear shoes, people are usually not afraid of dirty feet, even if there is a sea of and urine in front of them, they dare to go through it, and once they put on shoes, they begin to love clean.

Now Zhao Quan is like this, he finally laid the ground, and naturally he refused to give up easily, in a vain attempt to build Xintai, Taipress, and Laiwu counties into a solid anti-Ming base area, and in Zhao Quan's view, it is more advantageous to defend the city, which can consume a large amount of the Ming army's vital force.

It's just that Zhao Quan seems to have ignored one point, the little territory he currently occupies is really insignificant to the Ming Dynasty, and in the case of being isolated and helpless, he will only play himself to death in the end.

On the sixth day of October in the sixteenth year of Ming Zhengde, the weather was bleak!

The flags outside the city of Xintai were unfurled, and the shouting of killing shook the sky, not that the Ming army was attacking the city, but that it was just a daily exercise. In fact, as early as two days ago, Xu Jin had personally led nearly 7,000 troops to the south of Xintai City, but he had not yet launched an attack on the city.

At the same time, more than 5,000 horses of Anton Wei also came to the east gate of Xintai City, as long as Xu Jin gave an order, the Ming army of 12,000 people would launch a thunderous attack on Xintai City.

However, Xu Jin spent two days outside Xintai City, just letting the Ming army practice as usual every day, and did not order the siege of the city, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd.

At this time, in the camp of the commander of the Ming army, Xu Jinzheng and a group of generals gathered around the map to discuss matters, including Huang Qi, the commander of Dewei, Jiao Zhenwu, the acting commander of Yanzhouwei, Hao Chen, the commander of Anton Wei, and Qi Jingtong, the commander of the cavalry.

Just as everyone was expressing their opinions, a herald walked in and said loudly: "Report to Lord Qincha, good news has been sent from Yi County, the anti-thief Pan Jinliang and his gang have been exterminated, more than 600 people have been beheaded, more than 200 people have been captured, and the bandit leaders Pan Jinliang and Pan Jingui have been beheaded." ”

When all the generals heard this, they all looked happy, and Xu Jin nodded and said: "Okay, the order is rewarded, so that Yanzhou Weiji Qianhu will continue to stay in Yixian County to eliminate the remnants of the anti-thieves and maintain local law and order, and order Xuzhou Zuowei to guard Weishan Lake, and let Xuzhou Wei immediately set off to Surabaya County to standby." ”

"Order!" The herald received the order and withdrew from the camp and rode to Yixian to deliver the order.

It is said that since the outbreak of Pan Jinliang's rebellion in Yi County, Yanzhou Prefecture at the end of August, Xu Jin immediately sent 2,000 Yanzhou guards to suppress it, but most of the month passed, and the 2,000 Yanzhou guards not only failed to suppress Pan Jinliang, but also lost some soldiers and horses.

Xu Jin was very annoyed by this, and immediately ordered Jinyi Wei to go straight to Xuzhou with the flag awarded by the Ministry of War, mobilize Xuzhou Wei and Xuzhou Zuowei to transit Shandong, and assist Yanzhou Wei to encircle and suppress Pan Jinliang, the anti-thief in Yixian County.

It is worth mentioning here that Xuzhou does not belong to Shandong, but is under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili, if there is no banner of the Ministry of War, Xu Jin has no right to transfer Xuzhou Wei and Xuzhou Zuowei across provinces.

Poor thief Pan Jinliang only pulled up more than 1,000 people, but was surrounded by Xuzhou Wei, Xuzhou Zuowei, and Yanzhou Wei, a total of more than 12,000 people, and finally was beaten to death, not ordinary miserable!

"Good news, good news came from Feicheng across the mountain horses, the horse thief Tang Jing and his gang were exterminated, beheaded six out of fifty, captured twenty-one people, captured forty war horses, and the bandit leaders Tang Jing, Shi Bodang, and Mu Man escaped."

Not long after the heralds of Yixian County left, the heralds of Feicheng also ran into the camp tent to report the victory, Huang Qi laughed and said: "Congratulations, double happiness!" ”

A group of generals also congratulated one after another, Xu Jinjian's eyebrows frowned imperceptibly, the three bandit leaders all escaped, and Ma Rong'er probably didn't catch it, but after all, she won the battle, nodded and said: "Summons and reward, order Linqingwei and Tai'anwei to send troops to Tai'an City to contain the anti-thief king hall." ”

The herald was ordered to retreat, but the generals were in great spirits, and Lord Qincha ordered Linqingwei and Tai'anwei to send troops to Tai'an City to contain Wang Tang, probably preparing to make a move on Xintaicheng.

Sure enough, Xu Jin's eyes swept over the generals, and said solemnly: "Go back and prepare, tomorrow at dawn to attack the city, whether you can take Xintai City in one fell swoop depends on the generals. ”

"Wan Sheng!" A group of generals shouted in unison, one by one, and spent two days outside the city, and everyone couldn't wait.

At this moment, Zhao Quan was standing at the head of the city, looking at the morale of the Ming army outside the city with a solemn expression, and behind him stood Qiu Fu, Jing Zhen, Meng Lun, and other backbone figures.

"Big brother...... The Ming army has more than 10,000 people, and the weapons are excellent, we can defend... Can it be kept? Meng Lun slurred and said.

The thin man Qiu Fu glanced at him and said, "What's the matter, under Xu Jin's hands, you have been scared to lose the battle?" ”

Meng Lun's face suddenly turned red, and he retorted: "Fart, the head is off but there is a big scar at the mouth of the bowl, if Lao Tzu is afraid of death, he will not rebel." Monkey, you just haven't seen how fierce the Ming army's siege weapons are, or you can't say this kind of bullshit. ”

Zhao Quan frowned, the big battle was imminent, Meng Lun's words were undoubtedly shaking the hearts of the army, and he said coldly: "The art of war has clouds, ten will surround it, and five will attack it." The strength of the Ming army is almost the same as ours, and it is not easy to break through the city. Senior Brother Meng should not grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige. ”

Meng Lun said curtly: "What Senior Brother said is true! ”

Zhao Quan looked at the Xuanhuang Regiment Dragon Flag flying high above the Ming army's camp, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, Meng Lun's words reminded him that the Ming army's siege equipment was sharp, and if he was just defensive, it would be too passive......

Everyone looked at Zhao Quan's gaze, and Meng Lun said with annoyance: "Outside Qufu City that day, I almost slaughtered that dog Qin and sent Xu Jin, but unfortunately in the end, it fell short, and Senior Brother Zhao took his life because of it. ”

At the mention of Xu Jin, the thin man Qiu Fu showed hatred in his eyes, and said coldly: "If it weren't for Senior Sister Xue, Xu Suanzi would have died under the assassin's fire, why would he be today!" ”

Zhao Quan had a flash of inspiration when he heard this, and a bold idea was born in his mind.