Borrow the day to change the day

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Luanzhou co-prefect Zhang Wenxiu and garrison Li Jiquan stayed at the head of the west city after Namthai led the battle, waiting eagerly. As Namthai said, the Ming army was vulnerable and returned triumphantly.

In their hearts, even if Namtai and the Ming army died together, they would be happy.

The two of them watched Namtai leave with confidence, and looked forward to the good news with hope.But when it was dark and there was still no movement, Zhang Wenxiu became irritable.

No news is the most tormenting person. When you think about it, you will think of the worst. You can scare yourself and scare people to death.He first scolded the family members who came to invite him to dinner, and then kept walking back and forth, dazzled Li Jiquan.

In the end, Li Jiquan couldn't stand it any longer, so he advised Zhang Wenxiu to be calm and not to be impatient: "The decisive battle between the two armies will definitely not be decided so quickly. After winning the battle, it will take time to chase down the Ming army running around. "

Zhang Wenxiu stopped when she heard the words, looked at Li Jiquan and said, "Then what if we are going to lose?"

Li Jiquan was silent for a while, and then replied: "It is impossible to annihilate the whole army even if it is defeated. There will always be those who escaped. Now that no one has been seen, it means that the battle is still going on."

Zhang Wenxiu felt a little relieved after hearing this, and ordered his family to deliver the food to the top of the city, and he had to wait while eating.

It was completely dark, and the torches on the arrow tower at the top of the city were flickered by the cold wind. Fortunately, there were many torches, so the arrow tower was brightly illuminated.

After Zhang Wenxiu's family set out the meals, they went to close the window, but he stopped them.He would rather drink the cold wind and open the window to watch the movement outside the city.

As soon as the two of them sat down, and before they had time to eat, they heard sporadic and hurried hoofbeats from outside the city, and then there was a burst of chugging and yelling.

When Zhang Wenxiu and Li Jiquan heard it, they stood up at the same time with a "huo", and even bumped into the edge of the table, and the dishes on the table "ping ping" did not pay attention.

"Jurchen!" The two said in unison.The outcome of the battle was about to be revealed soon, and both of them were a little panicked, so they quickly went down from the watchtower and lay down on the city wall to watch.

The two sides talked about each other, and then a translator who knew a little about Jurchen first met the Jurchen's request and opened the door to let him enter the city.

Then after face-to-face communication, I realized that Namtai was defeated.The news was like a bolt from the blue, knocking out Zhang Wenxiu and Li Jiquan's souls, and they didn't even know that some of the Jian captives had fled back one after another.

Jianlu gathered at the head of the city and did not disperse, trying to wait until Namtai to make plans.During the period, when he smelled the aroma of rice wafting from the watchtower, he scrambled to grab it first and started to gobble it up.

Zhang Wenxiu's family wanted to stop him, but his master was kicked like a dog before he had eaten, and was ordered to bring another meal.

After an hour or so, about 200 Jianlu came back.This lifted Zhang Wenxiu and Li Jiquan's spirits, as if the defeat was not as serious as expected, they were expecting that Namtai would bring others back.

There were fewer and fewer Jianlu who fled back, and there were no more in the second half of the day. The group of Jianlu and Zhang Li began to restless again.

There were two Niulu in Jianlu. After discussing with each other, they guessed that the large force should be led by Namtai and went directly to Yongping.

So, they didn't hesitate anymore, and in the middle of the night, regardless of Zhang and Li's begging, they went down the archery tower, opened the city gate, and headed north under the watchful eyes of many surrendered Ming soldiers.

In the end, everyone turned their attention to their leaders, fellow acquaintance Zhang Wenxiu and defender Li Jiquan, expecting them to come up with an idea.

Li Jiquan looked at the situation, then looked at Zhang Wenxiu, who was in a daze, and quickly said loudly to the people around him: "They are going to Yongping to rescue the soldiers. The road is not smooth so they go together. Before the Khan left, he told him to guard the city. Dajin We won’t give up on Luanzhou. All we have to do is hold on until the arrival of Dajin’s reinforcements.”

After he finished speaking, he asked his cronies to go to other places to preach according to what he just said, and then dragged Zhang Wenxiu back to the county government.

After entering the county government office, the two sat silently.

After a while, Zhang Wenxiu said, "What you said at the city gate was to appease their ignorant soldiers?"

The two of them had been with Jianlu all the time, knowing that those Jianlu were actually running away, they never said anything about asking for reinforcements.

Zhang Wenxiu knew it in his heart, but he still held on to the last straw and asked Li Jiquan, hoping that he would deny his thoughts.

But he was disappointed, Li Jiquan didn't say what he wanted to hear, just sighed "ah", and then slumped on the chair weakly.

Zhang Wenxiu was in despair. With Luanzhou's defensive strength, he was no match for the Ming army anyway. Once upon a time, the Ming army, whose combat effectiveness had been reduced to scum, had forced the invincible Jin army away today.Why was I so unlucky, I thought I would hug an elephant's leg, but ended up hugging an ant's leg instead.

After thinking about it, he suddenly jumped up from his chair, pointed at Li Jiquan madly and cursed: "It's you, Qiuba, Wufu, who encouraged me to kill my colleagues, but surrendered to the barbarians. Damn you..."

With a "snap", Li Jiquan slapped the armrest hard and interrupted Zhang Wenxiu's scolding, he sat up straight and said coldly: "If you don't greed that Kuyin, don't pull me into the water, I will follow you!" Do you want to do this? Now we are grasshoppers on the same rope, and no one can run away. Don’t even think about going back, we killed our colleagues and took the initiative to seek refuge with Jianlu, so think about how to get through this!”

Although Li Jiquan's words were not loud, they calmed Zhang Wenxiu, made him speechless, and fell back on the chair in a daze.

After a while, seeing that Zhang Wenxiu was still in a daze, Li Jiquan cursed inwardly that the civil servant was wrong, so he said to himself: "We are different from those Tartars. They will be fine if they flee back to Yongping. If we abandon the city and run away, the Tartars will definitely Can't spare us."

When Zhang Wenxiu saw Li Jiquan was discussing important matters with him, she raised her head and looked at him, hoping that he would have a good idea.

"There is no way to escape, and there is no way to surrender, so we have to stick to it. As long as we can block the attack of the Ming army, after a long time, the Tartars of Yongping will come to rescue Luanzhou when they see hope. After all, losing the city is a big deal for them. Said, it’s not easy to explain in front of the Great Khan.” Li Jiquan analyzed a result that they had no choice.

"How to defend, the Ming army has Hongyi cannons!" Zhang Wenxiu has no confidence in being able to defend Luanzhou.

Li Jiquan also sighed. It would be great if there were no artillery. At this time, he is 1000 million Taoist priests who hate the inventor of gunpowder. It would be great if everyone used cold weapons to fight back and forth!

It's useless to hate, the Ming army has already brought the Hongyi cannon.There is no other way now, but to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor. With a gloomy face, he said to Zhang Wenxiu: "Now there is only a heavy reward, and if you can stick to it for a few days, it will be a few days."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wenxiu subconsciously said, "Who pays?"

"Are you out of your mind? The city is about to collapse, why are you holding on to your money!" Li Jiquan became angry when he heard Zhang Wenxiu's sloppy attitude, and directly sweared at a civil servant. I dare not even think about it.

After cursing, Li Jiquan calmed down a bit, then suppressed his anger and said: "You and I both have to hand over the money, we can't defend Luanzhou without heavy rewards."

After he finished speaking, he saw that Zhang Wenxiu was still in a daze, so he no longer wanted to talk to this miser, and only sighed that he was temporarily infatuated and got on his thief ship.

Li Jiquan stood up, and finally said to Zhang Wenxiu: "Think carefully, you have to take out the money tomorrow morning to reward the defenders, and leave!"

He patted his buttocks and left, leaving only Zhang Wenxiu sitting in the lobby of the county government office.

After a while, Zhang Wenxiu stood up in a daze, and muttered to herself: "Money, my money, I spit out everything I eat, and I have to kill my family. Why bother me! I'm obsessed, I damn..."

At ten o'clock at noon the next day, the main force of the Ming army finally appeared at the boundary of Luanzhou, and quickly surrounded Luanzhou county.

The defenders at the head of the Luanzhou city saw their former comrades lined up outside the city, with banners unfurled, and their momentum was growing, they couldn't help but turn pale.Although there is a piece of silver in their arms to warm their hearts, it can't warm their hands and feet, and many people's hands and feet are trembling.

Zhang Wenxiu, Li Jiquan and their confidantes were yelling and saying things to boost morale.However, under the invisible pressure of the Ming army outside the city, the effect was minimal.

Standing under the banner of the "Sun" character of the army outside the city, Sun Chengzong looked at the defenders on the top of the city, all of whom were still wearing red robes, but they were reduced to Jianlu's lackeys. He was quite emotional, and he ordered to persuade him to surrender.