Xie Ming

Chapter 114 The Enemy is Coming
"We didn't dare to delay for a moment. We risked our lives and ran all night long. Finally, we arrived at the foot of the mountain and met the general!"

"General! What we said is absolutely true!"

"I hope the general can lead his troops to attack quickly!"

"Oh, the city, there is also General Sun Qian from Baoding Prefecture in the city who is here to escort the money!"

"He was in the city with more than 500 soldiers!"

"Ming Gou lied that there was a mutiny in the army and used trickery to gain entry through the west gate."

"At this moment, I'm afraid... I'm afraid Yi County has already been lost!"

"Yi County is a small city with low walls. If it is just a small city, then there is no need for us to be so anxious!"

"But, that Sun Qianzong entered Yi County with military pay for the capital!"

"Now they are being bumped into by Ming Gou!"

"Little one, little one, little one is afraid. I am afraid that if there is any mishap with the fundraising money, the Ming dogs will take it away!"

"Then, this matter will become a big deal!"

"What if this is investigated?" the defeated soldier said.

"Ah? What did you say?!" Yu Tanzhi was also shocked.

"Damn it, Yi County is very close to Laishui, why don't you go to Laishui for help?!"

"It's been a whole night! If you delay the opportunity to pursue us, I will chop you alive!" As Yu Tanzhi spoke, he urged his horse forward, raised the whip, and whipped the fleeing soldiers.

"Hey, hey! General, General, spare my life!"

"Then, to the northeast of Yi County is General Liu Zongmin's division!"

"We, we are afraid that they will not help us!" The defeated soldier was whipped and begged for mercy in a hurry.

After hearing what he said, Yu Tanzhi felt helpless, so he took his anger out on the Ming army.

"Damn it! These thieves are so cunning!"

"Humph! So what if we have a team of a thousand people?!"

"They are nothing but wax spear tips that look good but are useless!"

"The Ming Dynasty is doomed!"

"Pass the order down, the entire army will march quickly and head straight to Yi County!"

"I want to see who is so bold as to come into our army's territory and attack the county town!"

"Quick! The whole army should march quickly and head straight to Yi County!"

"Quick! Quick!"

Yu Tanzhi saw that the situation was urgent, especially the military pay that was being escorted by Baoding Prefecture. He thought that the amount that would be sent directly to the capital would not be a small amount.

If it cannot be recovered as soon as possible, it may indeed have a negative impact on Shangguan Cihou Liu Fangliang.

Therefore, Yu Tanzhi did not delay any longer and quickly mobilized his troops to go up and recover the silver they had pledged before these Ming dogs escaped from the sphere of influence of Liu Fangliang's troops!
In a blink of an eye, it was already 9:45 in the morning.

In Yi County, the relief grain has already been distributed and recruitment of soldiers is also in progress!
The sky was covered with dark clouds again. The rain had stopped for over an hour in the morning, but now it started to drizzle again!

"Report——"

"Report!"

Suddenly, outside the county government office, a scout came back to the city to report the news urgently!
At this time, Xiao Jingchuan, Qiu Zhizhong, Gu Changting and others were discussing matters in the front hall of the government office. Suddenly, they heard an urgent report from outside the door, and Xiao Lang jumped up from his seat in shock.

"Report!"

"General! General!" The scout ran into the front hall, knelt down and reported.

"Enemy, the enemy is coming!"

"Southwest of Yi County! A large number of enemy troops are heading towards Yi County!"

"From a rough look, there are both light cavalry and infantry, at least 1,500 of them!"

"We are now less than ten miles away from Yi County!"

The scout sentry panted and reported firmly.

"Oh? Old Xiao, it looks like it's coming from the direction of Zijing Pass!" Qiu Zhizhong walked over and interjected.

"Well, it's very possible!"

"Okay, I got it. Go and investigate further and report back!" Xiao Jingchuan ordered.

"Yes, sir!" The sentry received the order and turned and ran.

"General, the enemy has arrived, how should we deal with it?" Xu Jizu, who was also in the front hall, came over and said, "Alas, it has been raining heavily since last night. I thought that even if the enemy soldiers were to march, the roads would be muddy and difficult to move, so they would not be so fast!"

"It seems that the situation is indeed worse than expected."

"Changting!" Xiao Jingchuan was still talking. As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head and called Changting.

"Yes! What do you want, General?" Chang Ting bowed in response.

"Go, call Ma Minglu to me immediately!"

"Yes!"

After saying that, Chang Ting rushed out. Ma Minglu was currently at the recruitment point at the alley outside the county government office, not too far away.

After a while, Ma Minglu arrived.

"General! You called me." Minglu stepped forward and waited.

"Well, how is the recruitment going?"

"How many people have been recruited?" Xiao Jingchuan asked, his brows furrowed.

Ma Minglu looked at it and thought that something must have happened, so he told him without any delay.

"General, after the 700+ militiamen who were detained were released, about 600 of them signed up again."

"In addition, there are also young people who have just arrived from among the people."

"In total, as of now, we have recruited more than 1,100 militiamen!" Ma Minglu replied respectfully.

"One thousand and one hundred, well, that's pretty good!"

"Has the money been distributed to the An family?!" Xiao Lang asked again.

"Well, don't worry, General. We will give out money to each person we recruit!"

"All the funds raised have been distributed!" Minglu also replied.

"it is good!"

"Minglu! The scouts just reported that a large number of enemy troops are attacking from outside the city, and they are less than ten miles away from Yi County!"

"We can't stay here any longer! We must evacuate immediately!"

"Minglu, the recruitment point is closed. We have recruited more than 1,100 people. You must quickly organize the troops and head to the east of the city to wait for orders. Wait for me to complete the marching deployment and then leave with the main force!" Xiao Jingchuan ordered.

Hearing this, Ma Minglu was startled, but the situation was urgent, so he did not ask too many questions. He bowed hurriedly to accept the order, then turned around and went to do his job.

"Gu Changting!" Xiao Lang spoke again after Ma Minglu left.

"exist!"

"Go to various places in the city right now and call Sun Peizhong, Li Huchen, Liu Wenbing, and Gong Yonggu here for me!"

"Go! Quickly!"

"Understood!" After receiving the order, Chang Ting set out from the yamen gate again, mounted his horse and galloped away to report the news.

After another half a quarter of an hour, four deputy generals gradually arrived at the front hall of the county government office.

"General! General!" The four men bowed and saluted.

Seeing the situation, Xiao Jingchuan stood up, took out the military map from his arms, spread it on the prepared long table, and called everyone to come forward.

"it is good!"

"I won't say any more nonsense!"

"Just southwest of Yi County, scouts reported that the enemy had 1,500 soldiers marching quickly and were less than ten miles away!"

"Everyone come closer and take a look!"

As he spoke, Xiao Jingchuan pointed to the picture and continued.

"We are currently in Yi County, and there is a shallow river less than ten miles outside the east gate of the city!"

"This river was found by scouts sent by the Changting!"

"This morning I asked Hu Juncai and others, and they said that this river doesn't appear often. The reason why we can see it now is because of the heavy rain last night."

"This river is only about ten steps wide, and at its shallowest point it's barely wide enough to cover a horse's hooves."

"My idea is that we may be able to go up this river to the northeast!"

"This way, we can completely conceal our whereabouts!"

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