Chapter 480 Asking for Help
However, it was said that Yong'er and his party entered Laiwu City with great noise. Hu Yanzhuo and others were surprised when they heard this, thinking that reinforcements from the Qingzhou thieves had arrived.
After standing on the Chao Chao and observing for a while, Hu Yanzhuo got off the Chao Chao and sent someone to invite Shan Tinggui, Wei Dingguo, Han Tao and Gao Gao to discuss the military situation.
Hu Yanzhuo was the first to speak: "It is already difficult for us to attack Laizhou City. Now the Qingzhou bandits have increased their troops. Do you generals have any ideas?"
Shan Tinggui said: "Now the sergeants here like us are not as good as the Qingzhou bandits. We only rely on the chain of armor and horses to be able to defeat the bandits in Songjiang. Now that the Qingzhou bandits are getting stronger, we should invite the vanguard of Dongdu to take charge of Goujing East Road to suppress the bandits." Mr. Zhao helped me.”
After hearing this, Wei Dingguo said: "He is now joining forces with Zengtou City to besiege Laiwu prison. I'm afraid he won't come here."
While everyone was talking, a spy from the army came to report: "General, there is a bamboo pole on the top of Laiwu City, carrying Zeng Tu's head."
Han Tao was surprised when he heard this: "The Laiwu prison was defeated?"
Hu Yanzhuo quickly asked: "How do you know?"
The sergeant said: "The Qingzhou thieves at the top of the city shouted that all the officers and soldiers who invaded Qingzhou were defeated. Let's see what skills we have."
Wei Dingguo hesitated and said: "Could it be that a few boys from Zengtou City sent troops to attack Qingzhou?"
After hearing this, Hu Yanzhuo quickly ordered a few of his confidants to gallop to Laiwu Prison to inquire about the news. Hu Yanzhuo and others only asked the sergeants to guard the camp, and several people were waiting anxiously in the camp.
After half a day, the sergeant who went to inquire reported back, and Hu Yanzhuo and others knew that, just as Wei Dingguo had guessed, the Zengtou City sergeant's sneak attack on Qingzhou was defeated, and Zeng Tu was shot dead.
Fortunately, only this road was lost, Liangshan Prefecture was not defeated, and some people were rescued and moved to Yizhou. Now Laiwu prison is still surrounded by the army. Although it cannot be attacked for a while, the Qingzhou bandits will not be released to help.
Shan Tinggui said: "A few children in Zengtou City have acquired martial arts skills, and many villagers raised in their families do not take us and two of them seriously. It's a pity that they have never been in a battle, and they don't know how high the sky is. They dare to call themselves the "Five Tigers of the Zeng Family". Now that they have lost troops and generals, they can't blame anyone else."
Wei Dingguo also said: "After all, the Zeng family has contributed to the country, why do brothers have to talk so much."
Han Tao interjected: "For now, we still have to rely on Brother Gao Gao to fire cannons to force the Qingzhou thieves out of the city. Otherwise, we will have no chance of winning the siege."
After hearing this, Gao Gao said: "After a long attack, most of the gunpowder and cannons brought have been consumed, but the general has to buy them early to prepare for consumption."
Hu Yanzhuo said: "I have sent people to Bianjing to submit a letter to the Taiwei for dispatch, but the artillery cannot stop."
With that said, Hu Yanzhuo asked everyone to return to their respective camps and restrain the troops. Hu Yanzhuo personally edited the book and sent it to Gao Qiu in Bianjing to explain the situation.
Besides, outside the prison city of Laiwu, Zeng Sheng returned to his camp and said to Zeng Mi with a gloomy face: "Second brother, the eldest brother was shot and killed by Qingzhou thieves. I only regret that I never took back my brother's body."
Zeng Mi was already reckless. After listening to Zeng Sheng's words, he decided to attack the city regardless of his wounds. Zeng Sheng quickly tried to persuade him and then gave up.
Zeng Mi said: "Fifth brother, I must avenge my eldest brother!"
Zeng Sheng said: "Second brother, now many soldiers and warriors have been lost. I'm afraid I won't be able to rely on myself. Unless the Liangshan army can be persuaded to help." After hearing this, Zeng Mi couldn't help but get anxious: "Where can this bullshit sir come from? Willing to attack the city. During the siege, he never left the camp. If he was asked to send troops, I was afraid he would not."
Zeng Sheng also said: "Second brother, don't worry, I have visited him many times in the past few days. Although Liangshan Prefecture has many soldiers and generals, it is as large as the Song Dynasty's imperial army, but it also lacks horses. One prefecture only dispatched less than 2,000 horses, which is less than We are not allowed to wait for Zengtou City. Our family already sells horses. If we promise to sell some horses to him, I don’t believe that he will not be willing to help us attack the city.”
Zeng Mi said: "Although my family started by selling livestock, we sell very few war horses."
Zeng Sheng said: "What's the matter? Now in order to avenge my eldest brother, my father will naturally not disagree."
After the two discussed it, Zeng Sheng led a few confidants and rode to Zhao Zhen's camp.
After some crying, Zeng Sheng revealed his intention.
Zhao Zhen asked: "It is not so utilitarian, but I do lack war horses here. If Zengtou City is willing to sell war horses, I will naturally be happy to send troops to help the young general take revenge. I will not take advantage of you, so I will exchange tea for you. How about waiting for the war horse?”
Zeng Sheng said: "My lord is benevolent and righteous. Please give the tea to us first. I will send people back to their hometown and send war horses."
Zhao Zhen was about to speak when Jie Zhen, who was on duty, came to report: "My lord, Commander Shi Wengong sent a message and found the body of General Zeng. Because we were afraid that the Qingzhou thieves were still ambushing us, we temporarily went to Yiyuan to rest."
"What?" Zeng Sheng asked hurriedly after hearing this.
Seeing that Zeng Tu's body was indeed found, Zeng Sheng burst into tears, and Yang Zhaozhen sent someone to bring Zeng Tu's body.
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Zhao Zhen said: "Don't be anxious, young general. I will send people to escort the body of General Zeng. Then I will send people to deliver the tea. You can return to Zengtou City together. I have also prepared equipment here. As long as the transaction is completed, I will Naturally, we are also preparing to attack Laiwu Prison.”
After sending Zeng Sheng away, Zhao Zhen carefully considered and drafted a memorial. After printing it, he still sent Dai Zong to Bianjing to deliver it. The letter deliberately exaggerated the losses in the sneak attack on Qingzhou and asked the court to allocate more war horses and equipment.
Three days later, Zeng Tu's corpse was delivered together with the steel gun he used, and Zhao Zhen handed them over to Zeng Sheng for collection. Zeng Sheng sent a team of more than a hundred troops to escort Zeng Tu's body. They also received the thousand-stone tea prepared by Zhao Zhen at Dongping Mansion, and then passed through Qizhou Mansion and returned to Zengtou City.
Not to mention the daily fighting here in Laiwu, but to say that Gao Lian on the North Road was commanding all the armies and preparing to attack Qingzhou. Yun Tianbiao and Wei Tianbao followed Gao Lian and told them everything about the situation inside and outside Linzi City.
After hearing this, Gao Lian shouted: "Now that the Qingzhou thieves are blocking the Zihe River, how can you just sit idly by and ignore it?"
Wei Tianbao said: "My lord, I am not just a young general waiting to watch. We have gathered the boats on both sides of the Zihe River at the shore. In the early spring of this year, a leader named [Hunjianglong] Li Jun came and commanded more than 3,000 bandits. He sailed the boats Fighting, we are not good at water fighting, He won twice, and many of the ships were burned by him, and the rest were snatched by him. Now all the ships on the Zihe River are occupied by thieves. Manager Yun and I made many attempts to lure him ashore, and we fought twice. , and told him to flee back to the river."
"In these days, we can only prepare everywhere to prevent them from coming ashore to attack. The two of us speak softly and cannot directly reach the sky. Now that my husband is here, I ask your husband to make the decision and mobilize the navy to escort us across the river."< br>
Gao Lian heard this and after inspecting the Zihe River, he had no choice but to write a letter explaining the reason to Gao Qiu and requesting naval aid.
Zhao Zhen, Hu Yanzhuo and Gao Lian sent memorials to Bianjing.
(End of chapter)