The first month is the most lax time of the city defense, the gentry and people inside and outside the city have to visit the door for the New Year, the officials and guards also have to rest for the New Year, and this cold New Year, the bandits and horses are also resting, so the city gate is open for a relatively long time, and the guard is very lax.

Guerrilla Le Qianhu of course knew the attitude of the local government towards the officers and soldiers, and he and his cronies below and the generals of each battalion had made arrangements, after arriving in Suzhou, he should not do official business first, but quickly control the city gate, otherwise it is very likely that the city gate will be closed in this place to block the officials and soldiers from entering, everyone knows that the officials and soldiers will enter the city, and the burning and looting will not be less, and the gentry and the people will suffer.

It is said that when I came at noon, the city gate was also open, but I didn't expect to see that the city gate of Suzhou was closed, and the scattered people outside the city did not see a trace of popularity, and it was extremely deserted.

Could it be that this Suzhou city was taken by Xuzhou thieves? Otherwise, how could the city gate not be opened during the day, and it was impossible to rush over to control the city gate, but it was necessary to let the scout horse get close to see, and as a result, the horse returned quickly after the horse, and the report said, the city head guard is the local township brave and strong, and several leaders of the Suzhou military room pressed the formation on it, and there were indeed no Xuzhou thieves after the inquiry.

As soon as he heard this, the guerrilla Le Qianhu became a lot more courageous, and hurriedly asked the guards to raise their banners, shouting that more than 100 horsemen would crowd themselves to the south gate of Suzhou, since there was no way to rush in, they could only enter the city on official business.

After arriving at the city, the guards first put the shield in front of Le Qianhu, be careful first, if there is anything in the city, you can withdraw in time, but Le Qianhu looked up at the people in the city, but he didn't feel cheating, although he didn't know each other, but he could still see that these people in the city were the local officials and people in Suzhou, if it was Zhao Ziying or something, it shouldn't be so lax and slack.

"This official is the guerrilla Le Qianhu under the subordinate of the eunuch Cui Gonggong of Zhongdu, leading the army into Xuzhou, to enter the city for preparation, open the city gate quickly, and let me and others enter!" Le Qianhu shouted angrily, with his identity, these words should be shouted by the guards, but the time is urgent, and he can't care about anything.

Naturally, there is no way to believe it just by shouting, but this guerrilla flag and the various flags of the standard camp, this can't be faked, the military generals and cavalry equipment in Fengyang, the capital of the city, are quite neat, and others can't fake if they want to, and with this shouting, the thousands of officers and soldiers behind him have already driven over, this momentum itself represents a kind of power, and it proves that what Le Qianhu said is true.

But what the officials and soldiers under the city didn't expect was that the people at the head of the city looked down and looked back, but no one paid attention, although the city was a few feet high, the voice of the Coke Qianhu must be heard clearly, and the officers and soldiers below could even see someone in the city making gestures, signaling everyone to ignore it.

Counting the grade, the Qianzong and the camp officers in the official army are at the same level as Zhizhou, and everyone reports and requests to enter the city according to the rules, how dare you be so lazy in this Suzhou place, Le Qianhu didn't say anything, and several of his personal soldiers who surrounded him were immediately furious, and shouted at the city: "You dogs are blind, or deaf, my family will talk to you well, talk back quickly, otherwise when Grandpa Cui is blamed, don't talk about this position, you can't even save your life." ”

Not to mention foul language, Le Qianhu waved his hand again and again, what temper do you have after entering the city, now if you provoke the other party, you will freeze and have no follow-up, I didn't think that a middle-aged man dressed as a clerk came to the battlement and looked out, and retreated expressionlessly.

At this moment, even the guerrilla Le Qianhu was furious, and roared below: "This Suzhou city must have been controlled by thieves, shooting arrows at the city, preparing to attack the city!" ”

He gave the order, the guards around him immediately took off the bow and arrow, stretched the bow and shot up to the city, these soldiers are elite, the bow and horse are very skilled, the strong bow and long arrow immediately shot to the wall, the city head is chaotic, and there are screams and screams, but everyone did not gather at the battlement of the city, the arrows are thrown in, it is difficult to hurt people, hearing the scream, the officers and soldiers under the city are even more angry, thinking that we must have heard the shout just now, how dare we ignore it.

"Ladies below, don't shoot arrows, the little one will reply." A panicked voice finally sounded at the head of the city, it was very quiet on the city wall of Suzhou, and the city was also restrained by the generals, and the noise gradually subsided, but everyone knew the direction of the sound, but they couldn't see the person who spoke, thinking that it was hidden somewhere behind the city wall.

"What the hell are you talking nonsense, let the grandpas into the city!" Since the generals below have been let go, they will be directly presumptuous, and there will be countless scoldings below.

"Soldiers, this city won't let you in, just find a place for yourself!" The voice of the man above trembled a little, but he still shouted back, which made the officials and soldiers in the city silent, what are these words? Is this still the local government of the Ming Dynasty?

It was quiet for a moment, and before the other officers and soldiers could scold, the guerrilla Le Qianhu roared angrily and said: "Don't be ashamed, let the general and his sons go in, otherwise they will be attacked today, go in and live happily for three days, and let you cry for this New Year!" ”

When these words were shouted, the officers and soldiers shouted in unison, went in and lived happily for three days, burning, killing and looting, this is all happy to think about, but this threat shouted out, the voice of the man at the head of the city did not tremble, and shouted there: "This general, this city will not let you enter, this city has mobilized thousands of people to defend the city, if you want to fight, let's fight, there is a saying that should not be small, our Suzhou is much closer to Xuzhou than Fengyang!" ”

The shouting and scolding continued, but Le Qianhu's face was gloomy when he heard this, four thousand officers and soldiers attacked a state city that was not small, and the other party mobilized the people, and the city gate was closed.

"Scatter the probe horses, find the nearby Zhuangzi and villages, go quickly, report back immediately after you find it, don't use the probe horses, you riders all go out, quick!" Le Qianhu gritted his teeth and said in a low voice.

The generals who heard this order were stunned for a moment, and then they understood, and they each nodded and shouted to beat their horses and come out, they suddenly dispersed like this, not only the people on the head of the city probed to see, but even the officers and soldiers of the battalions behind were in an uproar, and thought that the generals left themselves and ran away first, thanks to the fact that the Le Qianhu did not go, and the flag did not move, which barely maintained order.

The horses scattered in all directions, Le Qianhu ordered the officers and soldiers to demolish the nearby houses, fake to build siege equipment, and threatened the people on the city head, so that they should at least provide a batch of grain and materials, just throw it off the city, I thought that the other party would agree to accommodate if I could take a step back, but I didn't expect the people on the city to refuse, so angry that Le Qianhu was furious, but the worry and anxiety in his heart gradually surged, his own threat was true, but Suzhou City was so gritting his teeth and dying, there must be a more terrible threat.

It didn't take long for the cavalrymen who had gone out to investigate to return, and not from one direction.

"General, there is a small Zhuangzi fifteen miles west of Suzhou City, and there are 2,000 households from a distance, and the scale is not small."

Before he could finish speaking, another person interrupted and said, "General, a large group of men and horses have been killed from the north, almost 3,000 people!" ”

Hearing this, Le Qianhu almost sat on the ground, and his voice trembled when he spoke: "What? 3,000 soldiers and horses, is it an official army? Is it cavalry? ”

"It's not an official army, there are more than 100 horsemen, it looks neater than us, although there is no flag, but it looks like a family in Xuzhou!" The man who gave the report was also anxious.

"Ambush, sure enough, it's an ambush, let the brothers pull out the camp, quickly, quickly, turn to the Zhuangzi in the west, and line up there to defend the palace, go quickly!" Guerrilla Le Qianhu also lost his bearings, and roared there.

Hearing that there are Xuzhou soldiers and horses are rushing over here, the generals who just came back are all discolored, this Suzhou city is probably not only not open the city gate, maybe there will be Xuzhou thieves in ambush, when the time comes, the inside and outside, I am afraid that there will be big trouble, everyone is scolding, thinking that their own officials and troops are not going north to encircle Xuzhou? How do you feel like you're surrounded by yourself!

But at the moment of life and death, no one dared to slack off, each went back to urge the soldiers and horses to the west of Zhuangzi to advance, by this time, the morale of the officers and soldiers had been reduced to the lowest, originally thought that they could enter the city of Suzhou, but after the hard work was turned away, and now they were driven to the west by the generals, even if they didn't know what was happening, they felt that there was no good thing.

With the exploration of the horses kept coming back, there were a lot of manors everywhere, the west fifteen miles should be the nearest one, the three thousand people and horses who came close to know more and more details, for example, only more than 100 horses, but there are a lot of cattle and horses, the queue is neater than this side, and they don't chase after seeing the officers and soldiers exploring the horses, etc., etc., but this is already shocking, they originally thought that they were going to deal with the Suzhou regimental camp of the Xuzhou thieves, which was only a thousand foot soldiers, why did they suddenly come out with 3,000 people, could it be that the Xuzhou thieves also moved the brigade?

Thinking about the south and the Xuzhou cavalry to the north, everyone felt shuddered, the only way is to hold on and wait for help, otherwise such a team and morale, if attacked in the march, will be defeated directly, at that time it is a big disaster, find a Zhuangzi to hold the important thing first.

This side is always the boundary of Daming, and when the time comes to ask for help, the Xuzhou thief does not dare to stay for a long time, but this idea is just to comfort himself, looking at the current situation, the Xuzhou thief is already a rebellion.

"Everyone calm down, if you really can't hold it, let's go to Henan and return to Defu along the Yongcheng side"

"General, the Guide Mansion is also occupied by the Xuzhou thief."

"Xuzhou, the straight mother thief, it's okay, let's run to Kaifeng along the Guide Mansion, the thief is too big, we can't resist!"

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