Horse on the World

Chapter 712 Works
In the early morning, the mist cleared, and amidst the sound of rumbling war drums, the Xingzhou army who rushed up did not encounter any resistance, and easily boarded the city wall. On the city wall, the still burning lanterns swayed with the wind, as if It's laughing at them for being a big fool.

The straw figurine was dressed in armor and stood upright holding a gun. Liao Bin held the straw figurine, looked at Zhang Liang, and smiled wryly: "80-year-old mother and child, we two have fought for a lifetime, and in the end we were killed by a little-known The guy got scammed all over the place."

Zhang Liang also shook his head slightly, "This guy is really cunning, he actually did something like that last night, with a tragic and impassioned appearance, whoever he is will be fooled."

Both of them were a bit depressed. Although they had won the battle, it was as if they swallowed a fly in their stomachs. They were so disgusting that they couldn't spit it out.

The military scabbard stepped on the stone street, and the houses on both sides, a little closer to the city wall, were already smashed to pieces by the catapult. , It was a barrier built up by sandbags one by one. It seemed that the opponent was going to fight a street fight with them after the city was broken.

"It seems that their sudden retreat was also improvised!" Zhang Liang said, "Shuai Liao, I have sent thousands of cavalry to pursue them, but the enemy has been gone for most of the night, and they are infantry, and they can climb mountains and ridges to take trails. In vain!"

Liao Bin had regained his breath at this time, and said: "It's okay, Shang Shoufu said that there is no regular army stationed in the whole prefecture except Qingyang, and Wang Qinian was attracted to Qinling. State, cut off Li Qing's return route, cut off the connection between Dingzhou and the Central Plains, and let the Guoshanfeng Group be isolated in the Central Plains, so that His Majesty the Emperor can take action. This cavalry just happened to surprise the opponent with lightning speed. The Minzhou iron cavalry is unparalleled in the world, but this time we have to see our Minzhou iron cavalry sweep the entire state!"

Zhang Liang laughed loudly, "Taking Quanzhou, soldiers and horses from the Central Plains poured in, and the whole state was densely covered with heavy troops. Let's see how Li Qing will deal with it? Congratulations to Shuai Liao, he will return to his hometown soon!"

A smile appeared on Liao Bin's face. He escaped from Quanzhou like a rabbit after being beaten by Li Qing, and now he can finally come back with pride.

"Shuai Liao!" A soldier ran over from the front with a strange expression on his face, and saluted the two of them.

"Well, didn't you ask you to inspect the Qingyang Yamen and arrest the remnants of Dingzhou?" Liao Bin looked at him and said.

The visitor coughed dryly twice, "Shuai Liao, there is a big mansion in front of it, it's the son of Qian Duo's mansion who was former magistrate of Qingyang County, but, just brothers, they dare not break in at will!"

Zhang Liang said strangely: "Most of this money is from Qingyang locals. It used to be the garrison of Minzhou in Qingyang, and then surrendered to Li Qing. What's the matter, why is it inconvenient for you to enter such a traitor mansion? This money Many families have a lot of money, which happens to be used as military funds."

The visitor smiled wryly, "The two adults should go and have a look first!"

Liao Bin glanced at the other party suspiciously. If the person in front of him was not his confidant and his old family member, he would have already whipped him and beat him to the teeth.

After reading the note Qian Duo posted on the gate, Liao Bin was so angry that his eyes turned black, and he almost fell to the ground. He lifted the whip in his hand tremblingly, and whipped the person who had reported earlier. Fell to the ground, "Bastard, what a hero Liao is, how can he be threatened by such hooligans." He raised his foot, kicked the door open with a bang, and was about to break in.

As the gate opened, there were several exclamations from inside, obviously someone was hiding inside, watching the movement outside the temple.

Zhang Liang also found it funny, and stretched out his hand to grab the furious Liao Bin, "Shuai Liao calm down!"

"What's the matter, do you also think that I, Liao Bin, will be threatened by this person?" Liao Bin said angrily.

Zhang Liang smiled, "Why does Liao Shuai have the same knowledge as this little bastard, but then again, such a little bastard is really difficult to deal with. Liao Shuai's ancestral grave is indeed in Quanzhou. Li Qing is also a hero in the world, so naturally he won't To disturb the resting place of your ancestors, but this kind of little bastard might secretly dig up your ancestors' hut, wouldn't it make the ancestors of the Liao family feel uneasy in the underworld?"

Liao Bin gritted his teeth, "Could it be that I'm really threatened by this bastard and dare not step into his house? If so, my ancestors of the Liao family will die of shame under the underworld."

Zhang Liang laughed and said: "Right now Qingyang is in my hands, and Quanzhou is at our fingertips. When we take down Quanzhou and catch this arrogant thing, you can slowly concoct him. Right now, why don't we send troops to guard this place?" In the mansion, wouldn’t it be wonderful to bring this person here and go in in front of him after capturing this person?”

Liao Bin calmed down slowly. Zhang Liang was right. Gentlemen are easy to bully and villains are hard to deal with. If I really let that bastard go dig up my ancestral grave, I really feel ashamed. At this time, I am very grateful to Zhang Liang for giving me A step, so that I can get down without hurting my dignity.

Nodded, "General Zhang is right, when the time comes, I will let the bastard come into this world!" This sentence came out of Liao Bin's mouth word by word, so eerie that it made people Zhang Liang couldn't help feeling chills, he couldn't help mourning that Qian Duo fell into Liao Bin's hands, he was afraid that life would be worse than death.This guy in front of him is definitely a cruel and ruthless person. Back then when Li Qing invaded, the tricks he used were jaw-dropping, and the final burning of Quanzhou City even made General Zhang Aimin shake his head.

At this time, Qian Duo, who still didn't know that he had succeeded in his scheme, was galloping along with Xu Kexing. His huge body was riding on the horse, but the tall horse seemed arrogant and small. He turned his head frequently while running, obviously still worried about his little ones beauty.

"Okay, old Qian, it's useless to think too much. We'll call back in a while, run away quickly! Keep the green hills, and don't worry about running out of firewood!" Seeing Qian Duo's mournful look, Xu Kexing asked again. Angry and funny, this is so much money, it is really hard to see through.When he was a bachelor, he was very clumsy, but in a blink of an eye, he became so lazy again, not at all like a good man who can afford to let go.

Zunhua, the destination of Xu Kexing and others' trip, is already crowded with people. Zunhua City is larger than Qingyang City, and the city walls are also higher. Since Long Xiaotian issued the mobilization order for the whole state, there is an endless stream of people rushing here every day Jue, three days after setting up a flag outside his Caolu Prefecture Yamen, Long Xiaotian had already gathered fifty thousand young adults. Of course, there were also quite a few old men over sixty years old and underage children. .

Without hesitation, Long Xiaotian immediately rushed to Zunhua with this army dressed in various clothes, carrying hoes, poles, sticks, and nailing targets. Once they arrived, they immediately began to dig trenches and build fortifications outside the city. The giant trees were downturned and turned into horses and antlers, and the entire Zunhua city was completely turned into a large construction site.

Countless stones were crushed and moved up to the city wall, and piled up like a mountain on top of the city wall. All the fats and oils of all the country houses, villages and people in the county were collected, and behind the city wall, on the temporary stoves, A mouthful of cauldrons are already placed.

The door panels of countless people were unloaded, painted with mud, and erected on the city wall as shields. Almost all the blacksmiths in the whole prefecture were concentrated in Zunhua, making weapons day and night. All the iron utensils that have been raised are melted, and they are made into the simplest spearhead, and a wooden handle is attached to the back, which can be used as a spear.

Long Xiaotian sat on the tower, anxiously waiting for the Qingyang defenders to withdraw.

Long Xiaotian has never led troops to fight, but he has been in charge of logistics for the army. He knows that those things are needed for the war. Now he can only desperately raise these things. The reason why Qingyang Xu Kexing was withdrawn was because Long Xiaotian Right now, there is really no general to command the battle. Moreover, although these people are very ambitious, once they see the blood and the cruelty on the real battlefield, they are very likely to collapse. He also desperately needs a real army to support him. These young men made a demonstration, and at the same time became a pinning sea god needle.

Long Xiaotian hoped that Xu Kexing could withdraw as many Qingyang defenders as possible. This is currently the only regular army in the whole prefecture with a strong defense force.If Xu Kexing couldn't come back, Long Xiaotian would really despair.

Xu Kexing, who made Long Xiaotian hopeless, finally appeared under the city of Zunhua on a summer evening. Seeing the scene of Zunhua, Xu Kexing couldn't help being startled. Where are there so many people?Zunhua City is completely changed.Seeing Xu Kexing appearing with the army, not only Long Xiaotian, but also all the young and strong cheered loudly. At this time, the appearance of a regular army undoubtedly gave these people a shot in the arm.

"I finally expected you to come?" Long Xiaotian held on to Xu Kexing's hand, and said eagerly: "General Xu, Zunhua was handed over to you. How many people did you bring back?"

Xu Kexing withdrew his hand, and looked at Long Xiaotian in a disciplined manner. In terms of status, he was just a general, and he was much lower than Long Xiaotian: "Let Long Zhizhou worry, we are in the Qing Dynasty. Yang fought bloody battles with the enemy for three days, and suffered a lot of losses, I brought back everyone who was still able to fight, counting the lightly wounded, there are still two thousand left as zero."

"Okay, it's very good!" Long Xiaotian said happily, "I can't sleep at night these days, I can't eat, I'm afraid that something will happen to General Xu in Qingyang, auspicious astronomy, auspicious astronomy!"

Xu Kexing said with a smile: "Long Zhizhou, I heard that you have gathered an army in Zunhua. I wonder if the general in command is the one from Dingzhou?"

Long Xiaotian smiled, held on to Xu Kexing's hand and walked up the tower, pointing to the young and strong men above and below the city, "This is the army I raised, General Xu, now Zunhua has gathered [-] young and strong. Not the one who dares to die, look, look!" Following Long Xiaotian's finger, Xu Kexing stood on the high tower, vaguely seeing that there were still a continuous stream of people coming here. "I can assure you that within a few days, we can gather an army of [-] in Zunhua."

Xu Kexing's heart sank when he saw these young men standing among the crowd carrying hoes, rakes, brazing poles, pot covers, and even a kitchen knife.

"This is the army you mentioned?" Xu Kexing stammered.

(End of this chapter)