After Li Laiheng left Suizhou with his army, although He Jin and Bai Wang stayed behind, the people of Suizhou were still worried and confused.
Over the years, the Central Plains has experienced frequent wars, floods and droughts, and countless poor people have died from military disasters and famines. The people are longing for stability, just like they are longing for a severe drought. Ever since Li Laiheng laid the foundation stone for Suizhou and established officials
Since the administration, De'an Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture have seen signs of recovery, and the citizens of Suizhou have placed their favor on Li Laiheng.
His departure really made people feel disappointed and unsettled.
However, after Chen Kexin took office as the pastor of Suizhou, he immediately calmed people's hearts and stabilized the situation in a very short period of time. Now, the lives of the people in Suizhou are stable. Although it cannot be said that all industries are prosperous, the streets are bustling and the shops are trading normally.
Things like robberies and fights happened.
Luo Bin and Li Weiqun, the chiefs of the City Gate Military Department, were both first-term students who graduated from the Suiying School. Li Laiheng did not take away all the old soldiers of the Chuang Army, but left some of them to assist in the defense in Suizhou. In addition to these first-term students,
, instructors and officers such as Li Polu also stayed in Suizhou City.
Luo Bin once sent food to the lobby of the state government. He mentioned that a couplet in front of the lobby was refreshing and made people feel a new atmosphere.
"A couplet? How to write it?" Li Weiqun was not as poor as Luo Bin, who was born in a gentry family. However, during his studies at Suiying School, he had gradually learned about poetry, couplets and other literati things, and became interested in them.
"The couplet is hung on the pillar of the hall, and it says: 'If you hold a seal in Suizhou, autumn will come and spring will return; if you receive half a penny from the people, there will be natural and man-made disasters.'"
"Okay, well written!"
Before Li Weiqun could answer, Li Fengwu, the brigade officer in charge of their city gate, praised his background. Li Fengwu, like Li Polu, the tutor who manages the Suiying School, was both an officer in the Baoding Army. He was also in the Suiying School.
They are teaching, and now they are being transferred together to help defend Suizhou City.
"teacher!"
When Luo Bin and Li Weiqun saw Li Fengwu, they both stood up straight and gave him a military salute that was common among students in the camp academy. The military salute is a hand-raising salute, where the palms should be placed straight near the eyebrows to show respect.
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After Li Fengwu returned the gift to them, he emphasized that now Luo Bin and Li Weiqun were no longer students at the camp school, but important officers at the headquarters level in the army, and they could not show such frivolous behavior.
After he said this, he asked again:
"Qing Ping, were the couplets written by Chen Zhoumu himself?"
"Yes." Qingping was Luo Bin's cousin. He stood up straight and replied, "When I sent food to the state government, Mr. Zhoumu even made a meal of dumplings for me. Unfortunately, the fillings were all vegetarian.
, Zhou Mu is a bit stingy. In addition, Chen Zhoumu is really prudent in dealing with things. I heard that he also visits people everywhere to calm people's hearts. He is already well-known among the officials and people of Suizhou."
Li Fengwu nodded. He was quite old. He looked to be in his thirties or forties. He had a goatee and spoke with a strong Beizhili accent. He said:
"If all the state and county officials in the Chuang Army can do what Mr. Chen does, there is no need to worry that we can't deal with Zuo Liangyu."
The text of the couplets is relatively simple, and even Li Weiqun, who does not read much, can understand it. He really liked the sentence in it about not receiving half a penny from the common people, and sighed:
"If the officials in my hometown in Dabie Mountain were like Mr. Chen, my father and mother would not have been beaten to death by the rent and grain collectors."
Li Weiqun was a tall and energetic warrior, but as he spoke, his eyes became moist and almost shed tears. Luo Bin was born in a gentry family, so it was difficult for him to completely sympathize with Li Weiqun's experience, but although Li Fengwu was from the Wei Institute
He was a hereditary officer, but when he joined the army, the military system of the guard station had been corrupted. He himself was often bullied by his master's servants in the army, and he understood where Li Weiqun's sadness lay.
Li Fengwu was about to say something to comfort Li Weiqun, but suddenly he heard a shrill horn piercing the silent sky over Suizhou City. Looking from a distance, he saw a small group of intruders galloping back to the city at night, waiting for
After the city gate soldiers identified the seals, faces, identities, and clothing, Li Fengwu quickly ordered Luo Bin and Li Weiqun to lead their troops to open the city gate and not enter the city at night.
"The left thieves are coming to attack the city!"
This news was expected by the defenders. The defenders were so prepared and prepared for the attack of the left army. However, when the soldiers and horses of Zuozhen actually arrived, people still felt very unconfident.
The greatest victory of Li Laiheng's army against the official army was the defeat of more than 10,000 Chu troops led by Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, in the Battle of Juma. However, the victory in the Battle of Huangma was based on the internal strife between the official army and Shenzhuang army, not to mention Zuo Liangyu's
The military strength was three times that of Song Yihe, and the combat effectiveness of the Zuo Army was far superior to that of Song Yihe's Fu Biao.
Among the defenders in the city, there are also many Zuo and Zhi two battalions whose combat effectiveness is unreliable.
People can't help but worry.
Luo Bin and Li Weiqun, both of them were on the battlefield for the first time to witness such a big scene. Their nervousness made their hands and feet somewhat uncontrollable, making their moves appear erratic. But Li Fengwu was an experienced officer, and he used quick
, the calm and effective organization led all the defenders on the city wall.
Everyone who graduated from the first batch of the Suiying School was familiar with this reliable old instructor. Under his guidance, Luo Bin, Li Weiqun... and many other Suiying School graduates and young soldiers were all calm.
Angry.
Bai Jiuhe, who also served as the military envoy and the director of the Ordnance Academy, supervised the construction of the small red barbarian cannon, which was highly effective in killing the enemy. The Chuang army was able to initially master the technology of casting small red barbarian cannons, thanks to Ken Deji's work in
Zhang Guang, a Fujianese recruited by Huangzhou, was engaged in tea business in Huangzhou Prefecture, but he was a rare Catholic in the mainland. He had learned Latin and mathematics from missionaries.
With Zhang Guang's help, the Chuang Army was able to cast a small and usable red barbarian cannon in a relatively short period of time.
Although the weight of the artillery shells was still relatively low, the gunners of the intruder army had been taught by Fang Yiren and Li Shiwei, and their shooting skills were much better than those of ordinary army gunners. They killed many left soldiers in an instant.
The longer range and better shooting range of the defenders' artillery can attack the left army's rear formation at a long distance, disrupting their organized attack. A burst of artillery fire will bombard the left army trying to get closer to the ditch and city wall.
They could no longer stand and retreated one after another.
However, there were still some courageous old Zuozhen servants who rushed across the ditch with ladders like crazy and got close to the city wall. Grassroots officers such as Luo Bin and Li Weiqun organized the city defenders to use iron hooks and hooks.
, wood-rejection and other tools are specially designed to deal with enemies on ladders.
When they climbed up the city wall and were about to board the city, they would suddenly come out from their hiding place and hook them into the city with scratching hooks to kill them, or they would unexpectedly dig a hole in the city wall and use a piece of wood to overturn the ladder and everyone together.
Make those who climb the city fall to the ground and die.
A more direct method is to use grease, pine firewood, hay and other easily flammable objects, light them on fire and throw them down the city, and then use a bird gun with higher accuracy to concentrate the fire and shoot.
On the one hand, they attack fiercely without caring about their own lives; on the other hand, they defend without risking their lives.
The soldiers of the left army all heard that there were mountains of grain in Suizhou, and they all rushed forward crazily to seize the grain. They showed an astonishing fighting will that was eye-opening to the intruders. A few of them climbed up the ladder first.
The soldier has stepped onto the shelf placed on the city wall.
However, the soldiers of the invading army were not afraid. Li Weiqun personally led three sword players to grab the shelf to prevent the enemy from entering the city. The two sides fought on a shelf less than a foot wide, dozens of feet above the ground.
It was a life-or-death struggle. There was no room for turning around or escaping on the shelf. As soon as the swords were exchanged, one of the left soldiers fell to the wall, while the remaining people twisted into a ball with each other and turned slightly.
A soldier from the rebel army and a soldier from the left army fell at the same time, and they both fell to death.
The battle became more and more intense. The Zuo soldiers attacked the city so fast and violently that the Chuang army was almost unable to parry it. Since the mining soldiers led by Miao Lichen were raided by the Zuo army in Zaoyang and suffered great losses, the Chuang army could not resist.
In Suizhou, they used their proficient tactic of "defending danger but not defending the city", but could only adopt traditional defensive methods and compete with Zuo Liangyu for consumption.
The flames of war were raging, smoke was billowing, and after several continuous booms, the left army also began to fire artillery. The left army had a large number of artillery pieces. Although their shooting skills were poor and their accuracy was poor, it was certain that several shells hit the city wall.
Three or four battlements were blown to pieces by the cannons. The flying stones knocked down seven or eight soldiers in an instant. Luo Bin's chest was also scratched by the flying stones. He quickly asked the soldiers to prepare straw, cloth and quilts.
Be prepared for flying rocks to splatter in all directions.
"Haha!"
Li Weiqun, who was physically strong, pushed down all the enemy soldiers on the shelf, and then the army set fire to it, burning many ladders to ashes. The flames shot up into the sky, blocking out the day.
"Zuo Liangyu is really spending enough money!"
Three members of the Suizhou leadership team were standing near the city head. Bai Wang was also shocked by the Zuo Army's crazy offensive. It had been a long time since he had seen such a fierce fighting will among the officers and soldiers. The Zuo Army's
The power of death is indeed astonishing.
But what He Jin was more worried about was not the front city wall. Liu Xiyao, who was originally from Huguang and was more familiar with water warfare, expressed King Zuo Jin's worries:
"The ferry and water gate in Suizhou are even more critical. The left army has a navy but we don't have a navy, so we can only let ourselves be beaten instead of standing out to fight back."