In fact, when Li Banghua and Xue Laoer first persuaded him, Zhou Shixian had already seen the abnormal movements in the Panglun Camp in the east of the city through a telescope.

So what he said to Wu Xingye later was not that he was meticulous and prepared for things like a god. He just found a reason to explain it after seeing the result.

However, this reason is irrefutable, and the fact is indeed the case.

With the soldiers and gangsters in Panglun camp, he also felt that the Ming court was in a desperate situation and the imperial envoy went south, so he would definitely not lack gold and silver rewards, so he followed the flow and led his troops and horses to "show off" his muscles and give the outdated "instructor" in the city a warning.

After all, these riots are the only elite soldiers in the capital camp, and they still have battlefield experience. If they can not attack the city, they will naturally not take this risk.

Besides, does siege do not require equipment, does not require preparation, and does not require more troops?

They didn't even know where to find a cannon or a ladder. If they hadn't had any clues about where to find a car crash, they would have no idea. If Zhou Shixian hadn't been worried that the Shun Army would catch up, they would have been unable to wait, and defending the city well would have been enough to make these people helpless and collapse on their own.

As Pang Lun led his troops to the city, Li Banghua, Xue Laoer, Zhang Hong, Wu Xingye and others had nothing to say. Now there is no other way except for a battle.

Moreover, they were not completely at a disadvantage. Although there were only more than 250 troops who could send out the city to fight, the weapons and equipment and soldiers were integrated, and the escort troops under Zhou Shixian had an absolute advantage.

When Pang Lun was provoking under the city, as long as Zhou Shi was not weak, the other few troops would not dare to take the opportunity to attack the city. They would wait until the winner was decided before deciding which side to stand on.

This is why Zhou Shixian chose to go out of the city to fight, while Li Banghua, Xue Laoer, Zhang Hong and Wu Xingye did not stop him at all. They all knew what these military leaders were thinking in their minds.

You should know that only military victory can bring political strength, otherwise all the so-called "power schemes" and "means" are just fake styles.

This sentence is useful for the struggle between state powers and is also applicable to Zhou Shixian's current situation.

At this time, under Yongqing City, Pang Lun rode his horse to a place more than 300 steps away from the city gate. Seeing the "Imperial Army" who was leaving the city, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Among this imperial envoy army, Zhang Hong and Wu Xingye, the two tough characters, are naturally not inferior in combat power, but everyone comes from the Beijing camp, and Pang Lun doesn't think the other party can be much stronger, so he dares to show off his power.

Of course, it is just showing off his power. As long as the old man Li is tactful and meets his request, he will not actually attack the city.

Although Li Banghua has led the Beijing Camp, many people do buy his face, but in the same way, many people are disdainful of this civil servant. In this world, only a knife can work, what can a pen do?

And Pang Lun is the one who is not worthy of face. He relied on his knife to become a "hero" with nearly a thousand soldiers under his command.

Well, this was the uneven distribution of the spoils that day. After cutting down a hundred generals, Pang Lun was very helpful to his words and really felt that he had the potential to be a hero.

However, the soldiers and horses in the city actually dared to go out of the city to form a formation, which was completely beyond the expectations of the huge hero.

But even if all the soldiers and horses in the city came out, he was not afraid. He brought out nearly a thousand soldiers and horses in the camp. Although the opposite side seemed to have a neat line and a more complete armor, there were only more than two hundred people.

Moreover, he still doesn't know what kind of morality the Ming army is. Can the old brothers on the other side fight? Once the attack comes, he will shout a few more times in front of the formation, and he will probably turn against the battlefield.

However, after seeing all the guards and horses in front of him who had already left the city, Pang Lun turned his head and looked at the loose soldiers behind him and the dozens of thin war horses beside him, and he couldn't help feeling guilty again.

Even though these soldiers and horses are under his control on the surface, most of them are newly recruited. Everyone gives him face and praises him as the leader, so he can't ask too much for it to avoid being retaliated.

After all, although Pang Lun is not a so-called "hero", he is also a veteran and has led dozens of people. He still understands this truth.

In fact, this is also an important reason why he wants to lead troops to siege the city and show off his power - it is nothing more than to do something and enhance his prestige.

Moreover, if he can take the opportunity to subdue the other four defeated soldiers, whether he will go north to attack or take refuge in the mountains and seek a strong man, he will have more capital. He will not be able to be a garrison or even a general.

The so-called "Four Towns in Jiangbei" in history is this routine. It is hard to say whether there are two thousand elites under Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong and others!

This is why, in history, after the Qing army solved Li Zicheng, Duoduo was only 20,000 Eight Banners, and with 30,000 traitors, he could sweep across the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhou Shixian, who knows a lot about this history, naturally knows this. This is also the reason why he dared to go out of the city to fight Pang Lun, and it is also the reason why he had to bring so much money on his way to escape.

It would be useless to not train a strong army of oneself to run to the ends of the world. The military power of the Southern Ming Dynasty was unreliable.

"Damn it, let's see if I won't destroy you all today!" Pang Lun spat and said viciously.

"Brother, should you take this time and rush forward and fuck them?" An officer next to Pang Lun was eager to try. He also felt that he had a great advantage and did not take the team of imperial envoys in front of him seriously.

Similarly, the other soldiers could not bear it anymore, and even rushed to rush to the front, thinking about being the first to rush into the city, stealing money, and robbing women.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, Princess Kunxing and Princess Zhaoren, who had not appeared in Yongqing County, were also frowning and nervous at this time, and Emperor Chongzhen was so anxious that he was restless.

Princess Kunxing's eyes were full of worry. When she heard the news of the siege of the city, she began to worry about Zhou Shixian again, especially after she knew that the other party had stepped onto the city wall.

But now I want to ask, but I don’t know who to ask. The people in the county government seem to know what is happening on the city wall now.

Princess Kunxing was thinking about it all, and suddenly she heard a burst of rapid footsteps. A surprise flashed in her heart. She quickly looked up, but she saw that Wang Chengen hurriedly ran in, almost staggering, and fell at the threshold. She was about to raise her foot forward, but she shrank back.

Wang Chengen ran back from the city gate. At this time, he was so tired that he was breathing evenly. He could only hear him say intermittently: "No...no, no...no..."

Emperor Chongzhen hurried forward and said anxiously when he heard this: "What's the matter on the city wall? The rebels began to attack the city?"

Wang Chengen took a breath, but knelt on the ground, tears flowing out of his eyes: "Oh, the prince consort, the prince consort, the prince consort, he, he took two hundred people out of the city to suppress the chaos!"

"Ah!" Empress Zhou was so shocked that she stood up. They had just heard that there were at least two thousand riot soldiers outside the city.

"Ah... Come quickly, the princess fainted..."
Chapter completed!