The Ming Dynasty talker in the box

Chapter 41 Attacking Jiaozhou City

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Li Hengqu wiped the tea from the corner of his mouth. He had just narcissistically thought that his methods of flirting with girls had improved, but he was teased in the face instead.

Just when he was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond, the monk knocked on the door and said that Ma Jiben had come to pick him up in person and had arrived at the city gate.

Come on, don't spend the last month.

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"Mr. Li, we are going to fight. Isn't it appropriate for you to ride in a carriage?"

Ma Jiben was a little helpless. His own fine horse with shiny hair was detained by Li Hengqu, and then he was forced to act as the groom.

"Horse Shoe Brigade, you don't let people sleep at night. It's not appropriate to drag people to fight, right?" Li Hengqu retorted.

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"Actually, I'm a little disappointed." Li Hengqu said suddenly.

"Oh?"

"You have a chivalrous temperament. I always thought that people like you should act aboveboard, but you did such a dirty thing, so I am very disappointed."

Ma Jiben was not upset when he heard that he was scolded:

"In troubled times, it is difficult for people to survive if they don't do this. Mr. Li, on the other hand, although he has the help of Master Yishi, he may not be able to achieve great things."

"Really? Why do you see that?" Li Hengqu was curious about what else he couldn't do with the help of the box.

"You have such a soft personality"

"soft?"

"Thirty thousand people for one person, no matter how you calculate it, it is not good for me, but in the end, you were still coerced by me."

Haha, you may not know how stingy I am. When Long Jiu returns to my side safely, you can think carefully about whether my character is soft or not.

"Is there any more?" Li Hengqu asked.

"When I returned to the military camp, I found that although you injured nearly a thousand of my soldiers, you didn't hurt any of them." Ma Jiben smiled and said: "How can you accomplish great things in such troubled times with a personality like yours?"

"I didn't think about doing anything big. I just planned to unify the world." Li Hengqu replied calmly.

"Unify the world?"

"I told you, you don't understand. Anyway, your situation is only so big." Li Hengqu stretched his hand out of the door and made the gesture that Korean men hate most.

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The two fell into a brief silence, and then Ma Jiben's calm voice came into the carriage.

"Mr. Li, I have a doubt in my mind. Are you the beginning of the human world, or are you the beginning?"

Li Hengqu's heart trembled after hearing this.

This person is really thoughtful. He only had contact with me for a short time before he had doubts about my identity.

You must know that I used the box only after I deliberately called Mr. Yishi's name when I was near him.

This guy is not one of our own. If he discovers my secret, it will be too dangerous for me.

This child cannot be kept!Li Hengqu immediately made a judgment on Ma Jiben's fate. He calmed down and then asked a question.

"The Horseshoe Brigade went to attack Jiaozhou City, presumably to save a very important person."

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The two were silent again for a while, and a dangerous aura condensed in the moonlight, causing the skinny horse pulling the cart to neigh uncontrollably.

However, this scream also dispersed the dangerous atmosphere, and then Ma Jiben laughed, his voice getting louder and louder, and Li Hengqu also laughed.

A carriage and two people, laughing like madmen on a desolate road.

More than half an hour later, Li Hengqu saw a long moving dragon in the carriage from a distance. It seemed to be endless. It was Ma Jiben's army marching under the moonlight.

"Horsepaw Brigade, the moonlight is too bright tonight. If you want to attack the city in the dark and windy night, I'm afraid I won't be able to do as you wish."

Ma Jiben chuckled and said:
"It's Zi time now. When we march to the foot of Jiaozhou City, it happens to be Yin time. At that time, the moon has set and the sun has not yet risen. It is the darkest time of the day, and it is also the time when people are deepest asleep. Do you think How about attacking the city then?"

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After the two merged into the main force, Ma Jiben went to lead the army, and the carriage was driven by a groom.

Li Hengqu tried to find Long Jiu on the screen, but Long Jiu was still not within a radius of 500 meters.

He clicked on Long Jiu's blackened full body image, and then called her several times. A whining sound came from the screen, and it was clear that something was stuffed in Long Jiu's mouth. "If you don't be honest, I will be really rude to you. If it weren't for the strict order issued by Master Zhang, do you think you are still intact now?"

A man's rude voice came from the screen. It was the same as the voice last time. It seemed that this man had always been watching over Long Jiu.

But the sound seemed to echo, as if it was coming from inside the house. Could it be that Long Jiu was not in the army?If not in the military, where would you be?
"Xiao Longjiu, don't be afraid. Have a good night's rest. Li Hengqu will pick you up tomorrow."

Li Hengqu said a few comforting words to the screen, and then brought up the full-length portrait of the monk.

"Ivar Zhang!"

"Now, at the beginning of my life, what are your instructions?"

"You lead two hundred people into four groups and search villages within a radius of twenty miles to find the whereabouts of Long Jiu."

Li Hengqu had arranged duties for the refugees earlier, and it came in handy now.

"I, Buddha, don't you know the specific location of Miss Longjiu?" the monk asked boldly.

"Stop talking nonsense, do as I say, don't sleep tonight, and everyone will be given one tael of silver as overtime pay afterwards."

"Overtime pay?"

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After arranging things, Li Hengqu decided to close his eyes and rest for a while. After all, it was still three or four hours away from Jiaozhou City.

I don’t know if this group of volunteers with low morale will still have the energy to fight after walking for several hours.

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"Mr. Li!"

Ma Jiben's voice came from outside the carriage.

Li Hengqu opened his eyes. Although the sound of horse hooves and the scraping of armor outside was quite harsh, he almost fell asleep several times.

However, he refrained from sleeping. After all, he was in the enemy camp and he had to guard the box.

"Are you here?" Li Hengqu asked lazily.

"Then I'll rely on Mr. Li."

After Li Hengqu heard this sentence, he noticed the sound of horse hooves gradually disappearing.

He opened the door of the carriage and saw that Ma Jiben had already ridden away. Then he found his carriage parked alone on the plain.

Nearly a kilometer in front was the tall and majestic Jiaozhou City, and nearly a kilometer behind was [-] soldiers watching him, and he was caught in the middle of the two.

This is too much. Is it so obscene?Ma Jiben, can you at least arrange a driver for me?

Li Hengqu sighed helplessly and tried to drive the carriage.

The thin horse pulling the cart was a little confused by him. After spinning around in circles for a few times, he finally understood and walked towards the city.

"Slow down, slow down, you are in a hurry to visit the grave."

Li Hengqu kept shouting to the thin horse that it would be great fun if the carriage rushed under the city wall all of a sudden.

After walking and stopping like this for a while, Li Hengqu finally stopped the carriage 400 meters away from the city wall.

"The defenders in the city shouldn't regard my little carriage as a threat, right?"

"But since there are no cannons, I shouldn't be in too much danger at this distance."

Li Hengqu comforted himself and then got into the carriage.

The lights on the city were brightly lit, and it seemed that Ma Jiben's army had been spotted.

Zhang Dayou, the governor of Shandong in the Qing Dynasty, stood on the top of the city in his regular clothes, holding a cup of sobering tea in his hand.

He was a little annoyed at the moment, because he had been very busy these days and finally got free tonight.

He planned to enjoy the chicks presented by the gentry, but he was disturbed by Ma Jiben after they had only bloomed a few.

He patted the barrel of the red cannon that was shipped yesterday and looked at Ma Jiben's army not far away with a cruel expression.

"Get closer and then fire!" he said to his general.

"Huh, even the gods can't save you this time."

(End of this chapter)