In the eyes of the city lord, his strategy of the enemy coming and leaving, and the enemy leaving and returning is very successful, and now Mengmi City is still his, although he doesn't know what the result of the battle is, but he got the news that Mengmi City was not occupied, and he quickly analyzed a result, the gang of thieves did not have extra troops to garrison Mengmi City, and he took the opportunity to recapture the city, and it would definitely be a great achievement at that time.

As for the loss of the city, the elite of the royal capital have all lost, is it possible that he can still be blamed?

So he came back, and with great fanfare, order in the city was quickly restored, and he set his sights on the barracks outside the city, which seemed to him to be the place where the enemy's wounded soldiers were recuperating, and he had to take the opportunity to do it, and if he didn't do it, he would be sorry for God's love.

Cheng Xiaolian quickly got the news of the city lord's return to the city in the big camp, and then he immediately understood how dangerous his situation was, there were only more than 100 people in the big camp who could go into battle now, and the rest were wounded soldiers, and it was absolutely unrealistic to deal with the people in the city with this little force alone.

And at this time, Yang Youcai was escorting the treasure and grain and grass to rush back, and the degree was much slower than when he went, even if Cheng Xiaolian asked someone to send him a message to explain the situation, but at least half a day or more than a day, the people in the city would definitely go out of the city, and only by surviving the current crisis could they persist until Yang Youcai came back.

Of course, there is no problem for Cheng Xiaolian to run, and even Mu Xiaodi suggested that he should return to Meng Guangcheng quickly, but there are still many wounded soldiers in the battalion, so he has left so many brothers behind, I am afraid that everyone will know in the future, although he doesn't say anything, he will mutter in his heart, so he can't take this step unless he has to.

He asked the Jinyi guard in front of him, "How many people did the city lord bring back?" ”

"More than three hundred."

"Meng Ke, can you deal with these three hundred people?"

Meng Ke scratched his head: "Your Highness, don't say it's three hundred, even five hundred, I can deal with it, but this person has entered the city, I'm afraid that I can gather a thousand people with a wave of my hand, and then it's too late for us to run." Let's go first, no one can protect all the brothers in this situation, and no one can blame you. ”

Cheng Xiaolian shook his head: "Comrades in the army, living and dying together, is not just talking. It's easy for us to run now, but it's hard to pull people behind us and give us their lives in the future. ”

"But there are only about a hundred of us."

"Are you sure to kill the city lord?"

"If he goes out of the battle, he is naturally sure, but what if he doesn't go out and just shrinks back?"

What Meng Ke said is also very reasonable, this city lord can not even want the city, naturally he will not rush forward first, even if Meng Ke hides behind, he will not be able to touch his body.

Cheng Xiaolian was a little anxious, the number was extremely inferior, no matter how many conspiracies and tricks there was no soil for survival, besides, the big camp was a few miles away from the city, and the movement of the big camp could basically be seen at a glance on the city, and it was not realistic to ambush people.

Meng Ke saw Cheng Xiaolian's anxious look and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, it's a big deal that we fight to the death, I don't believe that the city lord is so afraid of death, can the people under him not be afraid of death?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, if we all die in battle, it will be meaningless to stay, all I want to think about now is not only to fight, but also to win." ”

"Your Highness, this is not realistic."

Cheng Xiaolian pondered about what advantages he had, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Did Yuan Zonghao bring gunpowder from Mengyang City?" ”

Meng Ke scratched his head: "I don't know. ”

"Check it out immediately and see if there is any, whether we can win depends on the gunpowder."

For a later generation, the ability to understand gunpowder is far beyond the people of this era, for example, people in this era are still learning Shaolin Changquan, Cheng Xiaolian has seen the subtlety of the eighteen palms of the dragon, and the level of the two sides is naturally not the same.

Soon Jin Yiwei walked in: "Your Highness Qiqi, I have already checked, there is indeed gunpowder, and there are a few things that I have not seen." ”

"Hurry up and get it."

Presumably Yuan Zonghao brought it over to show Cheng Xiaolian, but Cheng Xiaolian was seriously injured, so he forgot about it, and soon they came over with firearms.

Cheng Xiaolian couldn't help flashing excitement in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help laughing: "Meng Ke, I'll teach you a new way of playing." ”

After the city lord in the city calmed the people's hearts, he immediately ordered his troops and horses, he didn't want to change later, and first killed this wave of people in the military camp outside the city, so as not to block his heart in front of his eyes.

So he took 800 people out of the city, but except for 300 henchmen, the rest of the people here were just soldiers and food. At the beginning of the crisis, the city lord left them and ran alone, and naturally they would not have the heart to die for the city lord.

When he went out, the soldiers at the head of the city said to the city lord: "Lord Qiqi, I have been observing the enemy's movements, and they have not done anything other than digging in front of the camp gate. ”

The city lord sneered: "Even if they dig a river today, can they stop me?" ”

Immediately commanded people to rush to the opposite camp to kill, of course, the city lord was not only not the first to rush to kill, but even stood at the end of the entire team.

In his opinion, this is just a small storm, and he can't capsize in the gutter and make the people in the royal capital laugh at that time.

The soldiers in front of him did not have much courage, in his opinion, his fate was only to shield the brothers behind him, and the city lord behind him was not worth his life, no matter who encountered such a thing, he would not be in a good mood.

So he didn't run fast, and there was no murderous aura on his face, just a sad face, and he said in his heart that he should not be born in a poor family in the next life, and his life was as cheap as grass.

The city lord also showed that the morale of the soldiers in front of him was not high, but they were still of great use, and they couldn't be anxious, so the city lord shouted: "If you break the camp first, you will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver!" The rest of the people were rewarded with three taels of silver each. ”

For a while, all the elite soldiers around him ran out, in their opinion, there were only a few soldiers in the camp, and the rest were all wounded soldiers, these two hundred taels of silver were like falling from the sky, how could they let those stinky people in front of them beg for food! As the city lord's own soldiers, they really treated the other soldiers as if they were begging for food.

But the soldiers in front of them did not do anything, well, send us to death, and when it was time to earn money, you rushed out, what is it, so they also spread their feet and ran in the direction of the camp. It's just a pity that what they didn't expect was that the first to arrive at the camp was not necessarily the lucky one, and the one who ran slowly was not necessarily unlucky.