The Ming Dynasty talker in the box

Chapter 44 You beg me
Li Hengqu clicked on Long Jiu's full-length portrait, and the scene around Long Jiu immediately appeared on the screen.

I saw the monk untying Long Jiu, the captain and sailors untying Da Wa and the others, and the refugees who formed a temporary army pressed the seven soldiers to the ground.

Li Hengqu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Long Jiu was rescued.Ma Jiben, you are in big trouble.

"Did they hurt you?" Li Hengqu asked Long Jiu.

Long Jiu rubbed his slightly red and swollen cheeks: "No, but they put strips of cloth in my mouth, and now my whole face is stiff."

"Ivar Zhang, take off everyone's socks, including your own."

Although the monk didn't understand why Master Yi made this request, he still complied with it honestly.

After the monk, the four big boys, and the eight captains took off their socks, Long Jiu wrinkled his delicate nose and couldn't help but retched.

Li Hengqu felt a strong fishy and sour smell through the screen and subconsciously covered his nose.

"Xiao Longjiu, who put the cloth in your mouth?"

"Uh, it's him." Long Jiu pointed at a rough-looking man and said.

Li Hengqu could tell by looking at this man's appearance that he was the owner of the voice that had been threatening Long Jiu before.

Are you the only one who still wants to have bad thoughts about Long Jiu?

"Ivar Zhang, put all the socks in his mouth."

"But I guess his mouth can't fit so many socks."

"If you can't stuff it, stuff it all into your own mouth."

"Uh, my Buddha is beginning, the young monk looks at this guy's wide mouth, he will be able to stuff all his socks in."

When the rugged man saw the monk walking toward him with his smoking socks in his hands, his eyes were full of fear and despair.

From time to time, a heart-stopping whine emitted from the room.

Long Jiu looked at the brutal scene in front of him and blinked his big crystal eyes, thinking that Master Yi's protective nature has not changed at all.

Li Hengqu was thinking about other things at the moment. He moved his vision to the vicinity of Gaojiabao and found that it was dark and nothing could be seen. This meant that Gaojiabao was no longer within Er Ming's sphere of influence.

He can see Longjiu, which means that the territory that previously belonged to Er Ming will be relit after being occupied.

"Ivar Zhang, you take 200 people to Gaojiabao. It is occupied by others. Go and take it back."

"Occupied? I think at the beginning, the refugees under my command probably won't be able to capture Gaojiabao."

"Don't worry, Gaojiabao only has a few enemy troops at most, or even no one at all. You try your best to persuade them to surrender and avoid casualties among the people."

"Okay, I promise to complete the task!" The monk suddenly felt confident.

"Xiao Longjiu, go to Li Hengqu and let him protect you."

"Yeah!" Long Jiu nodded obediently.

Li Hengqu put his hand into the box and then appeared outside the group's house. After Long Jiu came out, he gently picked it up and brought it to the carriage.

"Brother Li!"

"Come in!"

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The battle situation in Jiaozhou West City was a bit fierce at the moment, and the two gaps in the city wall were crowded with soldiers from both sides.

People outside tried their best to get in, and people inside naturally tried their best to prevent them from entering.

Zhang Dayou stood on the city wall, directing the soldiers to use bows, arrows and firecrackers to greet the crowded places. In this case, precision was no longer needed. Each volley was accompanied by the fall of a large number of soldiers.

"Free Fire."

After Zhang Dayou gave the order, he couldn't help but use a fire blunderbuss, but he didn't fire it after tinkering for a long time.He threw the blunderbuss aside in disgust, took his treasured bow, then set it up and shot an arrow. With every arrow he shot, a Dashun soldier fell down with a groan.

There was a proud look on his face, and the drinking and debauchery did not dull his brave side. The generals around him also praised Big Brother for being as brave as before.

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Ma Jiben was riding a horse and standing on the high ground in the distance, with dozens of elite guards around him responsible for protecting his safety.

He frowned at the moment because the battle situation did not develop in the direction he expected.

After the surrendered soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty had their heads shaved and their hair braided, their combat effectiveness seemed to have been qualitatively improved, and they did not look as decadent as they did in the previous dynasty.

The battle had lasted for an hour. He had replaced several groups of fresh troops in an attempt to break through the gap and enter the city, but except for the increasing number of casualties, they had not made any progress.

He ordered the archers to fire volleys at the guards on the city wall, hoping to suppress their firepower, but it goes without saying which one is more efficient, the archers standing in the open space without any cover, or the archers with battlements for defense.

As the number of casualties among the archers increased, Ma Jiben had to order them to withdraw. If they did not withdraw, the entire archer army would be wiped out.

He was a little regretful at this moment. In order to improve the efficiency of his march, he did not carry trebuchets and ballistae for siege.

He thought that with Li Hengqu's city wall broken, there would be no need for these baggage, but the trebuchets and ballistae could not only destroy the city, but also suppress the enemy's firepower.

I still underestimated the enemy too much. Since I raised my army, I have fought dozens of battles with the Ming Dynasty army without losing a single defeat. So I thought that these surrendered generals would still be as vulnerable as the previous dynasty. Unexpectedly...

"The situation is not good, Master Ma."

Li Hengqu drove his carriage leisurely to Ma Jiben's vicinity.

Ma Jiben's personal guards all showed awe after seeing him, because they heard that this somewhat frail young man could summon gods. The walls of the West City were destroyed by the gods he summoned. However, their awe-inspiring eyes showed that Still vigilant.

"Let him come over." Ma Jiben ordered.

The guards moved aside, Li Hengqu jumped off the carriage and walked to Ma Jiben's horse.

He stretched his neck and looked at the battlefield in front of him. The fire was soaring into the sky, and the screams and roars were endless. The soldiers on both sides were crowded into the gap in the city wall in a fan shape, and no one could move forward one step further.

"The situation is not good. Your soldiers are crowded under the city wall like this, and they can only become cannon fodder one by one. If this continues, even if you take the city, you will suffer heavy losses. Why don't you disperse your troops to attack other city walls? "

"I didn't bring a ladder." Ma Jiben replied coldly.

"...We don't use ladders to attack the city. Are you out of your mind, Mr. Ma?"

Although Ma Jiben didn't understand what Watt meant, he could tell from Li Hengqu's bitter tone that he was mocking him.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions that were on the verge of exploding, and said:

"You said before that if I let Miss Longjiu go, you would help me clean up the Qing troops in the city. I agree now."

Li Hengqu felt a little funny, because Long Jiu was in the carriage not far from them.

Ma Jiben didn't know that Li Hengqu had no constraints now and that his fate was no longer up to him.

"You don't want the money anymore?"

"Since Mr. Li got the money first, there is no reason for me to ask for it." Ma Jiben said through gritted teeth.

"No help!" Li Hengqu did not give the answer that Ma Jiben thought was natural.

"Don't you want to know the whereabouts of Miss Long Jiu?"

"In no mood!"

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"Mr. Li, how can you help me?"

"You beg me!"

(End of this chapter)