In the cavalry battalion, a group of "archers" with poor archery skills coaxed each other, the last wounded soldier who could still breathe was finally turned into a hedgehog by five or six arrows, and died in front of his companions with his eyes rolled white. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and several Niu Lu Zhangjing could only swallow their anger. Only the winner has the right to speak, who makes them unable to beat others? If you argue a few more words, maybe the corpse will not be allowed to pull.

Ma Wei looked at the corpses that were loaded onto the wheelbarrow and transported away with regret, and sighed: "These Tartar heads are worth a lot, it's a pity." It's no problem to exchange a real tartar for fifty taels of silver. The heads under these walls must all be cut off, which can scare the officials in the imperial court to death--the Ming Dynasty has not killed so many true Tartars for many years......"

"Be content, even if you take these heads and change them to guerrillas and generals, it may not be more than the current cavalry battalion commander's salary." Su Bu said, "Besides, we recruits, it's okay to defend the city, but the field battle is very dangerous to the Tartars, if you are greedy for silver and military merits, open the city gate and go out of the city to cut the head, if the Tartars take advantage of the situation, then there is a danger of annihilation, it is not worth it." ”

Ma Wei also knew this, although the Tartars suffered defeat, but did not retreat, camped, eyeing the tiger, in this case the risk factor of going out of the city to cut the head is too high, although the reward and military merit are important, but life is the most important. And Su Thick Legs is right, maybe with these heads, he can change to a guerrilla and a general, but in terms of serious income, he is still inferior to the cavalry battalion commander (equivalent to a thousand generals).

After a fierce battle, the attacking and defending sides entered a standoff, in siege mode, to be precise. Abatai made a desperate bet, and he concluded that the rations in the city would not last more than three days, which was why he dared to disobey the military order and not go north in time. As long as he annihilates the hungry defenders in five or six days and captures those sophisticated firearms, then he will have a bargaining chip to defend himself when he returns to Beizhili to join Azige, and after returning to Shengjing, he may be rewarded by Huang Taiji.

Lin Weiye, Su Thick Leg and others guarded a month's worth of grain and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. If Abatai saw the amount of grain stored in the castle, he would have vomited blood.

The news that tens of thousands of Tartar troops had entered the territory of Dengzhou reached the city of Dengzhou, and the officials and people were half frightened to death, and the wealthy families began to think about fleeing by water to other places for refuge.

Xie Sanbin was also taken aback when he heard the news, but he was relieved when he heard that the Tartars surrounded the new military camp outside the city, and the target was not Dengzhou City. At this time, he deeply realized the benefits of stationing a strong army locally, if it weren't for the strength of Lin Weiye's soldiers and horses, who could compete with the Tartars, the Tartars would go straight to Dengzhou, and it would be himself who would be besieged.

At this time, he remembered that Lin Weiye had come to ask for military rations, and he couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, he didn't discount anything, and gave enough 800 stone of food, which was enough to support the Tartars until they retreated. In this way, Lin Weiye can be regarded as a "deputy general".

Dengzhou city is in chaos, the people want to take refuge elsewhere, officials burn incense and pray to the Buddha to pray that the Tartars will not come to Dengzhou City, send troops to support, the inside and outside should be combined, no one has thought at all, the prestige of the Tartars is too strong, no one dares to touch the stone with eggs, to risk their lives.

The governor of Denglai did not send troops, and Jinan, Dongchang, Gunzhou and other prefectures would not send troops to rescue, and Abatai was a lone army, so grandly began to besiege the city willfully in the presence of enemies on all sides, without any obstruction and harassment, which was extremely unreasonable from a military point of view, but it just happened.

Rewind the clock to a dozen days ago. Lingao, South Park.

The newlywed Yan Er Xia Nan was reading the imperial court's newspaper as usual - in the age when there was no Internet and media, this was the most reliable source of information about the situation on the mainland, and he had to formulate a plan of action for the Qiong Navy according to the development of the political situation.

In the past, he read these Di newspapers by himself, and screened the information that was useful to him, but now, he can lie on the Taishi chair in a leisurely manner, let Chunlan and Xia He fan himself, feed himself fruits and snacks, and someone will help him read the Di Bao, so he doesn't need to read it himself.

The "personal secretary" is the newlywed wife Xie Wenjun. Xie Wenjun is not only well-read and full of wealth, but also has a much stronger political sensitivity than ordinary men, and last summer, Nan made up his mind to send troops to Shandong to participate in the counterinsurgency and successfully made the trip, which is the credit of Xie Wenjun -- she analyzed the pros and cons for Xia Nan, came to the correct conclusion, and used her father's connections to give the most appropriate reason for arranging the troops.

It is most appropriate for her to read the newspaper and sift through valuable information, and Xia Nan trusts her mind and vision very much.

After Xie Wenjun read several newspapers about the war in northern Shaanxi, he commented: "Hong Chengchou's ability is beyond doubt, and after several victories, the momentum of the Liukou in northern Shaanxi has been suppressed and has entered Henan. ”

Xia Nan said lazily: "He has the ability to do it, and your father-in-law's silver also plays a role - my loan of 200,000 taels is not a small amount." ”

Xie Wenjun pursed his lips and smiled, and continued to read the next newspaper.

"After the captive chieftains Azig and Abatai entered the Kou, Lianke Changping, Dingxing, Baodi and other counties won all 56 battles, captured the general army Chao Pichang, beheaded the Ming Dynasty Zunhua Santun camp guards, and captured more than 100,000 people and animals......"

Xia Nan shook his head: "There are millions of generals in the Ming Dynasty, but they have been put into a no-man's land by tens of thousands of Tartars, and the officers and soldiers are corrupt and incompetent to this point, and they are really rotten wood that cannot be carved." ”

After Xie Wenjun saw the next paragraph, he sighed and continued to read: "...... Today, in the area of Yanqing, only Azig and the white flag were plundered, and the Abatai and Zhenglan banners entered the territory of Shandong after dividing their troops, passing through Jinan and passing through Qingzhou, and their whereabouts were unknown, and they did not know what they intended to ......"

"Abatai arrived in Qingzhou?" Xia Nan sat up suddenly, "Isn't it very close to the two states of Denglai?" ”

Xie Wenjun nodded: "Qingzhou also belongs to the three eastern prefectures, and it is also under the rule of my father, and after Qingzhou, it is Laizhou." ”

"Isn't that Lao Lin in danger?" Xia Nan stood up, frowned, and paced back and forth, "He whimsically built a military camp outside Dengzhou City, and according to his personal character, he must have personally commanded on the construction site, and the Tartars are mainly cavalry, coming and going like the wind, from Qingzhou to Dengzhou is only a few hundred miles, and it will be a few hundred miles away, and he can't hide in a few days......"

"Xianggong wants to save Master Lin?" Xie Wenjun calmly helped him analyze, "Di Bao arrived in Guangdong, it has taken some time on the road, if Tatar wants to go to Dengzhou, I am afraid that it has already arrived at this moment." And Xianggong set off from Lingao, no matter how fast the boat is, it can't quench the thirst of the near water, but I'm afraid that Master Lin will ......"