On this night, there were endless bloody battles outside Lingzhou, with countless casualties, and inside the city, there was also chaos and panic.

Although the officers and troops had already surrounded the granary, their several strong attacks were not effective at all, but they lost dozens of lives inside, and at the same time sent a lot of weapons to the Jurchens inside.

Later, the officers and soldiers also released a lot of random arrows into the warehouse, but the Jurchens hiding in the corners of the warehouses were not threatened at all, unless they used rockets, but under the rat trap, this was a completely excluded means.

So until dawn, this drama of hundreds of officials and soldiers encircling and suppressing less than ten Jurchens was still difficult to end, which made the people in the city even more uneasy, for fear that these Jurchen thieves would come out and kill in the city again.

At this time, Governor Weng, who had never shown up, had already led people to come in a hurry, his face was particularly gloomy, and after seeing those township soldiers, he reprimanded: "Are you waiting for dry rice?" Not only did I let the Jurchen spies steal into my Lingzhou City, but I haven't been able to hold them until now, and this official must severely punish you and others. And that Chu Mingsheng, why isn't he sitting here? After he swept around and found that the capital supervisor Chu Mingsheng was not present, he even used the topic to play.

Governor Weng has always had a prejudice against Chu Mingsheng, because he also has a backer in the court and has made military achievements in the west, so he is not like the military attachés of other state capitals to be submissive to his prefect, and he obeys his words, and sometimes some military measures are also decided by him. In the past, Governor Weng didn't have much to do with him, but now that he has caught the handle, he will naturally not let it go.

"Back to Futai, don't you know, now there is a big enemy coming outside my Lingzhou City, it is said that a large number of Jurchen thieves are about to attack my Lingzhou, and they are also colluding with Zengtou City outside the city, so for the sake of safety, Chu Dujian does not dare to leave the city lightly." The main general here, Wang Shouzheng, the marquis of the army of Bencheng and Township, hurriedly stepped forward to explain.

These words immediately made Governor Weng's face sink, and he shouted: "Ridiculous! Outside the city, the Zeng family is a representative of the local gentry, how could they do things to collude with foreigners? You must not talk nonsense and disturb people's hearts here! Also, you will send troops to attack the warehouse for me, if you can't take down these thieves, this official will only ask you! Obviously, he didn't want to say too much about the affairs of Zeng Tou City, and it was difficult to say whether it was due to his weak heart.

Although Wang Shouzheng felt embarrassed, he did not dare to disobey the prefect's order, so he could only give the order to attack the granary again.

It's just that after this night's temptation and competition, the officers and soldiers have long been afraid of the Jurchens inside, even if their own generals have issued military orders at this time, the actions of the officers and soldiers are still slow and cringe. It was easy to get under the high wall, and before they could really get up and climb over the wall, an arrow shot out of it, and they were immediately frightened into a burst of exclamation, and they went straight back with a hula, and this time the movement was much faster than when they stepped forward.

The Jurchens inside had scared off the attacks of hundreds of officers and soldiers with only one arrow, and if they hadn't seen this scene with their own eyes, I'm afraid no one would dare to believe it. Shi Qian and the others, who stayed on the side to rest, looked even more stunned, this is also an official army, this Lingzhou City actually depends on them to defend it?

"Commander, it's better for us to attack it once, at least we still have the confidence to kill it......" Some of the brothers in the scout battalion of the Qingzhou Army couldn't stand it anymore, and whispered to Shi Qian.

But Shi Qian shook his head lightly: "No, even if we can get in, we may not be the opponents of those Jurchens, and we sacrificed our lives in vain." The purpose of our visit is only to find out the identities and targets of these Jurchens, and as for how to deal with them, it depends on the defenders of the city. "After several years of training in the army, especially after the defeats in Sun Tu's absence, Shi Qian has gradually matured and steady, and he is more and more like a general who can take charge alone.

This embarrassing performance of the Lingzhou official army not only made the Qingzhou army feel ugly, but even the local servants and others also showed disdain, and the Weng prefect was even more gloomy, and after glancing at them, he asked: "This is the soldiers and horses that Chu Mingsheng brought out, is it incompetent to such a point?" Wang Shouzheng, are you guilty? ”

Wang Shouzheng, who was already nervous, was even more in a cold sweat at this time, and Ai Ai couldn't give a reasonable explanation for a long time, so he could only ask for guilt again and again.

"Hmph, it's not good for this official to deal with you as a Marquis, this matter is Chu Mingsheng's culpability, you call him quickly, if he doesn't come to him within half an hour, and he can't take down the thief within an hour and keep the grain in the warehouse, then he, the Lingzhou Metropolitan Prison, doesn't have to be the prisoner anymore!" Taking advantage of this opportunity, Governor Weng planned to directly remove Chu Mingsheng's official position.

was already suppressed by civil officials and had no chance to turn over, coupled with the fact that he was really at a loss this time, so Wang Shouzheng didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly sent someone to report to the Chu capital supervisor in the city. Up to now, beware of the Jurchens outside the city is secondary, and solving the problems inside the city first is the key.

In fact, he didn't know that the prefect Weng in front of him was also quite nervous, and at this time he was just supporting himself with a domineering appearance.

As the local chief, how could the Governor Weng be so closed to the news, and he didn't come to ask about it until a few hours later. He made a preemptive decision because he knew early on that the matter might be related to Zengtou City, and after learning that Chu Mingsheng had blocked the soldiers and horses of Zengtou City in Xicheng, he made a preemptive decision after weighing it and discussing it with his master.

Zeng Tou City's relationship with him was too close, and their actions at night were really weird, which made Governor Weng extremely uneasy, and he had to grasp Chu Mingsheng's handle before he could turn passive into active. And for now, it seems that his plan is still successful, at least the clumsy performance of the official army is enough for him to impeach Chu Mingsheng, the local capital prisoner.

Of course, our Governor Weng still selectively forgot that Lingzhou had just transferred thousands of elites to Qingzhou not long ago, and most of the recruits who stayed were recruits, in fact, they had not practiced a few times, and it was reasonable to have this performance.

When Chu Mingsheng received this order at the head of the city, his face suddenly showed annoyance: "There are spies in the city, shouldn't it be the responsibility of his government to make such a big disturbance?" Our township army also sent troops to ensure peace in the city, and to help him relieve the siege. He was good, but he turned around and bit me, which is really unreasonable! ”

"Eunuch, now he wants to take your official position as the prefect, if you don't obey the order, I'm afraid that there will be endless troubles......" The subordinates around him said worriedly.

"Damn, this old man is greedy and always can't get along with me on weekdays, but today he still wants to attack me, isn't he afraid that after I leave, this city will not be protected? Could it be that ......" Chu Mingsheng suddenly had a terrible thought in his heart, could it be that this local prefect had already colluded with Zengtou City and even the Jurchens, and wanted to take this opportunity to make Lingzhou fall?

Although this idea was really a bit crazy and unreasonable, for a while, Chu Mingsheng really couldn't think of a second more reasonable explanation. At this moment, he was really angry in his heart, and he was full of murderous intentions, and he hated that he could now slash with one sword, and he always wanted to suppress himself and calculate his own prefect.

But this was just the idea of that moment, he didn't have the courage to do so after all. After exhaling a long breath of turbidity, Chu Mingsheng sighed softly: "I'm not Sun Tu after all......" If it was him, presumably Weng Lao Greed at this time would have been in a different place, but how many people in this world could dare to kill court officials like Sun Tu, and they would not be held accountable after killing?

Just when he weighed it and decided to go over and deal with the enemy in the city first, a group of people and horses outside the city kept approaching, which made the soldiers of the township army who had been staring at the outside vigilant for a while, panicked, and shouted one after another: "There is an enemy attack, everyone be careful!" In an instant, everyone had already picked up their bows and arrows, moved out the stones and trees, and waited for the enemy to attack as soon as they approached the wall.

And Chu Mingsheng, who was about to get up, immediately put everything else aside after seeing this scene, and turned around and shouted: "Don't panic, my Lingzhou city is strong, but it can't be attacked by hundreds or thousands of Jurchens!" ”

With him there, these soldiers really didn't feel flustered, and it can be seen that Chu Mingsheng's prestige in the Lingzhou army is not low.

But as the army approached, and the sky grew brighter, the people were horrified to find that there were more than a thousand people, and at the rough sight, there were more than three thousand, which was more than three times the number of defenders at the head of the city......

Just when Chu Mingsheng was full of doubts and didn't understand where so many Jurchens came from, the army under the city stopped more than a stone's throw away from the city, and then one person stepped forward alone, came to the city, and shouted at everyone: "Can the Chu capital eunuch be in the city?" The last general, Zhang Yunfeng, learned that Lingzhou coincided with the invasion of the Jin soldiers, and Sun Du led a large army to come to the rescue, and he had already broken the thieves outside the city......"

As soon as these words spread to the city, everyone changed color, first surprised, then ecstatic, and even Chu Mingsheng, who was still worried, also showed a surprised smile at this time. Because he had already recognized that the person under the city was Zhang Yunfeng, the regimental trainer he sent to Qingzhou, and it was impossible for him to collude with the Jin people and deceive himself.

"Sure enough, Sun Du has arrived? The sound of killing outside the city just now is the Qingzhou army fighting a bloody battle with the Jurchens? Someone in the city asked excitedly and loudly.

"Exactly, please also ask the capital supervisor to open the city gate as soon as possible, so as to welcome the Qingzhou army after the bloody battle into the city!" Zhang Yunfeng said loudly. At this time, in order to confirm the truth of what he said, several soldiers behind him waved the banner of the Qingzhou Army and Sun Zi, which lifted the spirit of the army in the city.

At this time, Chu Mingsheng no longer had any doubts, so he waved his hand at the moment and ordered: "Put down the drawbridge and open the city to welcome Sun Dujian!" He really had an unreal feeling, he just thought of Sun Tu, and the other party actually appeared under his city like a divine soldier descending from the sky!