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After resting, Zhao Zhen ordered his troops to break out of camp and set up camp again three miles outside the south gate of Xintai.

After settling in properly, Zhao Zhen was in no hurry to attack the city. In the big tent, Zhao Zhen was discussing the next steps with Wu Yong and Liu Huiniang.

Hu Sanniang brought Chen Liqing to the big tent.

Hu Sanniang said: "Husband, Li Qing and I must lead the charge this time."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "How can we use female cavalry to attack a city? Just wait and watch on the outside."

Chen Liqing snorted and said, "When it comes to martial arts, the two of us are as good as the others, so why can't we take the lead?"

After hearing this, Wu Yong rolled his eyes and said: "Master, what the two ladies said is that today is late at night, and you can view the terrain of Xintai. Tomorrow, please come forward and challenge the two ladies to let the bandits on the other side have a look. I The female cavalry can defeat him here. If they don't dare to fight, the morale of the bandits will be low."

Zhao Zhen listened and nodded in agreement.

Then, Zhao Zhen, Wu Yong, Liu Huiniang, and Qiao Daoqing visited the city under the protection of the pro-military camp. Although the city wall is only two feet long and is surrounded by mountains and rivers, there is a moat five or six feet wide outside the city. If we attack the city, I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties.

On the second day, the army came out of camp and formed a formation.

Chen Liqing stepped forward first to challenge. She saw Chen Liqing wearing a phoenix-winged cloud helmet and silver chain armor, riding a rouge horse, holding a pear blossom gun, and immediately placed a Tayuan treasure carved bow and a pot of carved feathers. Wolf Fang Arrow, ran to the front of the formation and shouted loudly: "Unprovoked grass bandits, betrayal of madmen, the heavenly soldiers are here, and they still don't surrender. They will wait until their flesh and bones are turned into mud. How can I regret it!"

Although Chen Liqing is dressed in military uniform, she is actually beautiful. She has two lines of poetry:

The Weaver Girl left the Yinhan Realm without permission, and Chang'e escaped from the Moon Palace.

Zhao Zhen saw it and said to Lin Chong who was standing aside: "Master, if Li Qing is in trouble, please protect me."

Lin Chong nodded in agreement and drove his horse to the front, preparing to respond.

On top of the city, [Death-seeking Ghost] Wang Feibao and [Flying Centipede] Wu Qian were supervising the defense of the city. This Wu Qian was a lustful person, and when he saw Chen Liqing's appearance, he became lustful.

Thinking that his junior brother was also in Liangshan and saw Liqing's beauty, he said to Wang Feibao: "Brother, Zhao Zhen of Liangshan is so rude. He took advantage of me when I was not prepared and robbed three cities. Now I and I are guarding him." If we don't fight against a city, it will make us weak and useless, and we can't even fight against it."

"Brother, guard the city. I went out to capture this girl. Firstly, I will boost morale. Secondly, she will be treated as a hostage so that Liangshan's army will not dare to act recklessly."

Although Wang Feibao was not angry, he still remembered Song Jiang's instructions and strictly ordered the two of them to guard the city and not to fight in vain.

He hesitated and said: "Brother Gongming has strictly ordered to guard the city. If I leave the city without authorization, I am afraid that I will be punished in the future."

Wu Qiandao: "Brother, as long as the city is not lost, how can brother Gongming punish us? I only led a thousand people out of the city. After leaving the city, brother closed the city gate, so everything is safe."

Wang Feibao, after listening to Wu Qian's words, raised his head and looked down the city again, and saw Chen Liqing galloping back and forth, showing off her power. The Liangshan army shouted and shouted, their morale was high, and the minions guarding the city were talking about it. So he nodded and said: "Brother, be careful."

After Wu Qian heard this, he ordered 1,000 strong men, drove the horses out of the city, and deployed the army horses along the city wall.

Wu Qiandao: "There is no one in Liangshan, but a woman is allowed to fight in the battle. When I capture you, I will become the wife of the stronghold."

After saying that, Wu Qian pulled out a pair of swords and drove his horse straight towards Chen Liqing.

Chen Liqing was furious when she heard the contempt in Wu Qian's words, and wanted to show off her martial arts skills in front of Zhao Zhen. Therefore, she used her life's martial arts skills, using a long spear, which was quick and slow, strong and soft, and Wu Qian could only parry.

Wang Feibao on the top of the city was shocked when he saw it.

He and Wu Qian had also competed in martial arts. If it was a foot fight and Wu Qian was agile, he would be defeated at fifty. Ma Zhan relied on his own strength, and he could defeat him at thirty. But he couldn't be like this female general in the city, who beat Wu Qian to the point where he couldn't even use his swords.

With this, Wang Feibao quickly asked people to ring gold and opened the city gate.

Wu Qian, who was under the city, never expected that this woman was so powerful. With just one shot, he was so shocked that he almost dropped his shuriken. After fighting for more than ten rounds, his hands were trembling. Hearing that the city was buzzing with gold, Wu Qian was in a hurry to get away from Chen Liqing, so he couldn't help but slow down with his sword. Chen Liqing saw it, gave a sweet shout, and stabbed Wu Qian in the right arm.

Wu Qian yelled, abandoned his sword, covered his arm and was about to walk back. Chen Liqing caught up and stabbed Wu Qian in the back of the neck, knocking Wu Qian off his horse and dying before his eyes.

Zhao Zhen saw it, pointed his spear, and the cavalry rushed forward.

The thieves below the city rushed toward the city desperately. The horse army caught up and fought for a while. The gates on the city were closed, and crossbow arrows were shot down randomly from the top of the city.

The horse army reined in their horses and returned. The female rider stepped forward, grabbed Wu Qian's seat, and returned with Wu Qian's body on her back.

They swept the battlefield, killed hundreds of people, trampled on each other, squeezed into the moat, and drowned, but only two or three hundred people were drowned, which was not as good as the nearly four hundred people who poured into the city gate. Seeing that there was no way to escape, they had to surrender. There were a thousand minions, but less than 200 people fled into the city.

Zhao Zhen did not come to attack the city, so he ordered people to beat the victory drum and return to camp. The troops returned to camp and recorded their achievements. Chen Liqing also stepped forward to hand over the order. Zhao Zhenrang cut off Wu Qian's head and prepared to ask the court for credit.

Chen Liqing took off her armor and only wore a military uniform, and said proudly: "This leader of Song Jiang's men is just a country chicken and a dog. The court is really useless. Not even a single bandit can be wiped out."

Zhao Zhen glared at Chen Liqing and said: "The battle formation is child's play, how dare you look down on others. These people in the tent are all famous in terms of martial arts."

After hearing this, Chen Liqing lowered her head and said nothing.

Hu Sanniang saw it and said: "Sister, the officials are also worried about you. Seeing that you have no armor, they asked the weapons supervisor to change the silver chain armor to be smaller overnight. The younger sister went into battle to fight, and the officers asked Coach Lin to raid the battle, lest my sister would suffer a loss. ”

After hearing this, Chen Liqing blushed and said, "Why should he worry?"

After saying that, he hid behind Hu Sanniang.

Everyone saw it and laughed.

After laughing, Lu Zhishen said: "Master, if we have siege weapons today, we can capture the city. But we need to send people to cut down trees and build siege weapons?"

Wu Yong stepped forward and said, "There's no rush. It's not difficult to break this city. Now there are several troops coming in. Yuntianbiao and Wei Tianbao from the north can only protect the city."

"Gaofeng on the south road has lost Yishui and can only protect the city. Huyanzhuo on the middle road is blocked, so we are making rapid progress here. However, the imperial court thinks that we are a Jimi state and have not allocated any grain, grass and equipment. How can this be true in the world. "

"I discussed with the senior officials and asked Shi Qian to go to Bianjing to report his victory, and also asked the court to allocate a reward. We cannot wait here to risk our lives and fight without seeing any benefit."

Qin Mingdao: "We are not the forbidden army of the imperial court. The imperial court always behaves like this. Every time there is an incident, all the prefectures will send troops first, and the local governments must prepare their own food, grass and weapons. The 800,000 forbidden troops in Bianjing never move lightly. This shocks all the state capitals, and no one dares to rebel. In the eyes of the imperial court, grassroots bandits everywhere can't achieve great things. What's more, if the state capitals cannot resist the enemy, it is a plan to kill two birds with one stone."

Dong Ping also said: "Who can say otherwise? The imperial guards never come out lightly. In recent years, they have rarely even cleared the fog along the official road."

"It's not like the current Imperial Lieutenant Gao only promoted his confidants, and those who were capable were not allowed to be promoted." Lin Chong snorted from the side.

Chen Liqing revealed her head and said, "I heard from dad that Captain Gao once revealed that he wanted Gao Yanei to serve as the governor of a state."

Lin Chong heard this and said, "Mrs. Chen, do you know where this guy is going to work?"

Chen Liqing said: "He is just a loser. He only lives around Bianjing. Captain Gao can still take care of him all the time."

Lin Chong said: "This guy has done me a lot of harm. If he falls into my hands one day, I will definitely chop him up."

Wu Yongdao: "When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. There is nothing to say. I have never heard of such a person in this dynasty. I heard that this Gao Yanei was more than thirty years old. He just teased cats and dogs every day and caused trouble. He actually Once he reached the high position of knowing the state."

"It is these people who have ruined the world. In the more than twenty years since the current official family took the throne, there have been four major bandits. It sounds ridiculous."

Zhao Zhen said: "This matter is beyond our control. Now that we can gather together in the same place and protect one side, it is not in vain."

Lu Zhishen said: "That's it. Without the flies and dogs, you can be happy every day, which is exactly what I want."

Everyone laughed after hearing this.

Zhao Zhen asked: "Xuetuo, what do you think will happen next?"

Wu Yong said: "Sir, although we are waiting for a reward from the court, Xintai County cannot let him be safe. Please send some soldiers and horses to bypass Xintai and go to the north gate of Xintai."

"First, we need to tell the garrison in the city that reinforcements from the direction of Laiwu Supervisor cannot come easily, so that the thieves in the city should always be on guard. Secondly, we also need to ask Laiwu Supervisor Song Jiang to mobilize troops and horses to prevent us from joining forces with Hu Yanzhuo and attacking Laiwu from two directions. "Supervisor."

"In addition, we have to trouble Brother Ling Zhen to lead the artillery capital every day and bombard the city wall every night. We don't want to kill people, but only want peace in the city. In addition, we send civilians to cut down trees in the mountains, recruit craftsmen, and build siege equipment. Let the city defenders think that we are preparing to attack the city and ask for help early, forcing Song Jiang to come to the rescue."

"Although Song Jiang may not come to rescue him, he can find ways to mobilize troops and take the initiative to fight Hu Yanzhuo. Regardless of victory or defeat, we can reap the benefits."

Liu Huiniang said: "My lord, [Flying God Thunder City] has built forty of them now. We can use this time to test our calculations. Those who are accurate should be given some rewards. If everyone can calculate, In the future, when this flying divine thunder is fired, the damage will be considerable."

Ling Zhen shook his head after hearing this and said: "Senior officials, I'm afraid this won't work. Not many of these soldiers are literate, and not one of them knows how to calculate."

Zhao Zhen heard this and said, "That's right."

Liu Huiniang said: "Officer, there are many students in the county school. Wouldn't it be good to pick some who are well-calculated and teach them personally, and serve as the instructor of Feitian Shen Lei Capital, and then follow the army to calculate the placement."

"What Madam is saying is that I have taken in many homeless children in the county school. I have selected some of the older ones and taught them personally. These people are the most loyal. Sending them to the army is also a way out."

Ling Zhen said: "If this is the best, the few craftsmen I brought can prepare the gunpowder and build the artillery. Only two of them can calibrate the artillery."

At that moment, Zhao Zhen ordered Lu Zhishen to lead 1,000 infantry, Dong Ping and Qin Ming to lead 1,000 horse troops, and then make a captain lead 10 Fo Lang machine guns to fire at the north gate.

The plan was decided, and seven heroes, with more than two thousand soldiers and one thousand civilians, set up camp along the city wall to the north gate.

Wang Feibao in the city watched helplessly as the civilians dug trenches and erected walls in an orderly manner, but did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

That night, Sister-in-law Gu protected Liu Huiniang, and Bai Sheng followed Ling Zhen. The four of them sat in two waves on either side, carrying the flying divine thunder, and fired cannons everywhere around Xintai County.

The city was in a state of panic all night, fearing that Zhao Zhen would attack the city at night. Bonfires were lit on the city walls for lighting, but they provided Liu Huiniang with a place to land her cannonballs. Thunder rumbled for a while, and there were wailing all over the city walls.

Wang Feibao saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly asked people to put out the bonfire. Fearing that Zhao Zhen would attack the city, it was not clear in the dark, so he asked all the soldiers to go up to the city, and they kept their armor on, and went to the temporary shacks to guard the night.

This happened every day for three consecutive days.

Wang Feibao saw that the soldiers were tired, so he had to force the strong men in the city to guard the city. The soldiers took turns to go down the city to rest. A night patrol team was also set up, and three shifts took turns to patrol the city walls at night.

At night, three waves of soldiers and horses were sent down from secluded places in succession with baskets.

However, under the city of Yizhou, after Song Qing surrendered and accepted the rebellion, he led five Wu Jiao masters and apprentices, and eight leaders including Ren Yuan, Zhang Da Neng, and Zhao Fu, with 15,000 soldiers and horses, and attacked the city in a hurry.

Although Wu Jiao had created fog, Ren Yuan and his men still could not attack the city wall.

Firstly, the walls of Yizhou were tall and strong. Secondly, after Gao Feng retreated, he had moved the people from the surrounding villages into the city early, gave them weapons, and went to the city to defend together.

Song Qing attacked for ten consecutive days but could not break the city. Seeing that the troops were seriously damaged, his brother Song Jiang urged him to return to the north and go to Laiwu to prepare to resist the Liangshanzhou army.

At Wu Jiao's suggestion, Song Qing hurriedly withdrew his troops and ambushed ten miles outside the city. When Gao Feng sent Huang Kui, the military commander, to pursue them, they killed a lot of people. Ren Yuan killed Huang Kui in the battle and took the opportunity to attack Yizhou Prefecture.

Unfortunately, Gao Feng's defense was proper and failed to break through.

Song Qing then calmly gathered his troops, burned villages along the way, recruited fugitives in the mountains, gathered 20,000 troops, and retreated to Yishui County.

Leaving 3,000 men and horses to make up 5,000 people, Li Zhong was still stationed in Yishui, and Song Qing led the army to Laiwu Prison.

In the camp at the south gate of Xintai City, Zhao Zhen encountered a difficult problem. After listening to the words of the soldiers who reported the news, Zhao Zhen asked Wu Yong: "What do you think?"

Wu Yong also frowned and said: "Sir, this Zhaojia Village is an independent place, not subject to the county's management, and Song Jiang's troops have never been subdued. Although the owner and his wife are very powerful, if I really want to fight him, I can naturally defeat him."

"But, after all, Mengyin is a court place, not under the control of the sir, it is not worth fighting for this Zhaojia Village."

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "That being said, the officers and soldiers sent by Wu Song to collect the autumn tax were tied up and beaten for no reason, but we can't just let it go."