Li Yujiang himself could not step forward to join the battle, but he also had his own way of boosting morale.
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards.
Ten kilograms of grain is really a lot.
As soon as the Hongzhou soldiers heard that they were going to kill people and give them food, they all started to fight back hard.
Although he is still at a disadvantage due to his unfamiliarity in combat skills, he will no longer be crushed in a one-sided manner.
Li Yujiang looked at Shen Dan who was coming to support him in the distance, and he was even more relieved. There were still two thousand people on their side.
Shao Han, who was fighting with the Hongzhou soldiers, had a look of disdain on his face.
Although he failed to achieve any substantial results, this battle was easily suppressed with one thousand against five thousand, which was already the biggest result.
He didn't wait for Shen Dan's two thousand people to approach, and immediately stepped back.
"Retreat!" Shao Han shouted, and the thieves abandoned their opponents and retreated.
As for the Hongzhou soldiers, they did not dare to pursue them at all.
On the top of the city, Liu He looked at the other three leaders around him and said with a smile: "How? Do you still need to evacuate?"
"Haha. Of course there is no need. I didn't expect that the Fengzhou soldiers were so weak, even worse than the Changsha defenders."
"As long as the general is willing to take action, Hongzhou can be easily captured!"
"Yes. Why don't you write to the general and ask?"
The three leaders agreed on one thing and did not intend to withdraw. They even wanted the Liu brothers and sisters to bring the main force to take down Hongzhou.
Liu He thought about it for a while and said, "Okay, then I'll write a letter. As for the general's decision... let's just wait for the news."
As soon as Liu He's messenger sent the message, Shao Han came back with his men.
"Congratulations to Leader Shao for your great victory!"
Liu He held a wine glass in his hand and toasted with a smile.
"Haha! These Hongzhou officers and soldiers are simply vulnerable! You have also seen that I can handle one against five with ease! If we kill them all, we will definitely defeat these birdmen!"
Shao Han laughed loudly.
Liu He and the three leaders also laughed, but no one had any intention of joining Shao Han in a direct group stud.
After all, most of the soldiers under his command now are considered private soldiers, and every one of them will die.
Even if the Hongzhou soldiers are annihilated, their vitality will definitely be severely damaged.
Instead of doing this, it is better to wait for the opinions of the Liu brothers and sisters before making any plans.
The bronze drum messenger rushed back to Changsha in one day.
At this time, the Liu brothers and sisters also returned to Changsha.
The first contact battle with Shaozhou ended in failure.
This was their first defeat since coming out of Yuezhou.
Although it was just a pity to lose, it was indeed a defeat.
There are many guards left in Shaozhou, and the people are well trained.
The most important thing is that the guards and civilians are familiar with the terrain and have a home field advantage.
From time to time, there would be a sneak attack on the team of the Liu brothers and sisters.
The hit caught them off guard.
When the harassed Liu brothers and sisters were exhausted, they launched two more head-on confrontations.
Shaozhou's soldiers were extremely brave, but the Liu brothers and sisters had trouble advancing, so they had to withdraw their troops and return to Changsha first.
Fortunately, the number of soldiers in Shaozhou was small, and there was enough self-protection but not enough attack power, so the Liu brothers and sisters were able to retreat calmly.
"Second brother, fortunately there is some progress in Hengzhou, otherwise we might really be trapped in Tanzhou." Liu Manqing said with a grimace.
"It would be great if there is progress. If we can capture Hengzhou, then Shaozhou can also be captured if we are flanked by both sides."
"That's all we can do. I'll take a day off and go to support Hengzhou tomorrow."
While the brother and sister were talking, the bronze drum envoy arrived.
"Hongzhou's army is weak? One thousand defeated five thousand?" Liu Jinpeng said with a strange expression.
"Sister, do you think Jiangzhou soldiers are just showing up?" Liu Jinpeng looked at his sister and asked.
Liu Manqing shook her head and said: "No way. Didn't the battle of Xiangyin involve some weird weapons?"
Liu Jinpeng actually attracted Hongzhou's attention.
Originally we didn't want to attack Hongzhou mainly because Jiangzhou's military front was to the north.
They don't want to face Jiangzhou's strong soldiers.
However, Hongzhou's soldiers were so weak that it would be easy to capture Hongzhou.
Since the Hongzhou soldiers are so weak, will their neighbor Jiangzhou soldiers be as weak?
Liu Jinpeng had an idea and wanted to test Jiangzhou's strength.
After all, in the previous battle in Xiangyin, the Jiangzhou soldiers relied solely on the loud noise, and the two sides actually did not meet each other.
Liu Jinpeng didn't believe that a war could be won without a face-to-face meeting.
"Sister, let's go to Hongzhou and take a look. We don't want to say whether we can capture Hongzhou or not. At the very least, we can repel the Hongzhou soldiers and completely stop Tonggu."
"The Bronze Drum is the gateway to the west of Hongzhou. Standing on the Tonggu, you can advance, attack, retreat or defend."
Liu Jinpeng pointed at the map and said.
Liu Manqing looked at the map. From the perspective of strategic location, it was very necessary to get the bronze drum.
After taking the bronze drum, the threat from Hongzhou will be eliminated.
Now that the autumn harvest has begun in Tanzhou, Liu Manqing doesn't want Hongzhou to come and ruin the harvest.
"Okay! I won't go to Hengzhou tomorrow. I'll go to Tonggu to fight off the Hongzhou soldiers first!"
In order to stabilize the situation in Tanzhou, Liu Manqing also agreed to reinforce Tonggu.
In fact, King Songying of Hongzhou had never thought of coming to Tanzhou, let alone harassing the Liu brothers and sisters' autumn harvest.
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The autumn harvest is also in full swing in Jiangzhou and Ezhou.
On September 25th, autumn harvest work began in almost all areas under Song Yang's control.
In particular, the counties in Jiangzhou have been carrying out the campaign for some time, and around the 20th, they entered the stage of a comprehensive autumn harvest campaign.
In order for the autumn harvest to proceed smoothly, Song Yang ordered that in addition to the necessary reconnaissance forces, all the Renaissance Army and Minzhuang should be transferred to the autumn harvest work.
All industries in the city also temporarily put aside their work and devoted themselves to the autumn harvest.
In the field, Song Yang was shirtless and waving his sickle crazily.
His work efficiency is more than two or three times higher than that of ordinary people.
Seeing how enthusiastically the prince was devoted to his work, the common people also burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm for work.
There was a craze for scythe waving in the fields.
In the entire Jiangzhou City, apart from those working in the fields, only some people responsible for logistics support were still in the city.
However, they are also very busy, running between the city and the fields, transporting food and drinking water.
Tiejiang Wang's family is responsible for the logistics work.
In addition to repairing farm tools, they are also responsible for delivering water to the fields.
Brother Wang Jinshi pushed the waterwheel to the end of the field.
"Your Majesty, the water is here. Please rest for a while."
"Yeah. I'm a little thirsty."
Song Yang wiped the sweat from his head and drank a large gulp of clear and cool well water.
"Your Majesty, do you want something to eat?"
Xiaoqian also came, and she was responsible for leading the Women's Federation to cook for the laborers in the fields.
"I'm not hungry. I'll eat later and see what everyone needs first." Song Yang said with a smile.
Everyone is working hard and he is in a good mood.
"Your Majesty, the new version of the musket was made last night!"
Soon, Wang Jinshi sent him another happy event.
The new version of the muskets are two muskets that have been improved based on the results of previous experiments.
One has a thickened barrel, and the other has a double-layered barrel.
The two muskets were assembled at the same time last night.
"Huh? That's a good thing! We're done for the evening and let's go try out the gun!"