"The adults are used to being busy!" Lu Bing smiled and said, "It's good to take a break."
"Hey, what Master Lu said is true." Qi Jingtong sighed: "Beijing is indeed comfortable, but thinking of the Japanese pirates in Jiangnan and Dengzhou, thinking of the troubled people in Shanxi, and looking at the blooming flowers in Beijing, I I can't sleep peacefully!"
Lu Bing heard about Japanese pirates from the Jiajing Emperor and other people many times. At this moment, Qi Jingtong heard about the Japanese pirates. He couldn't help asking: "The Japanese pirates are just bandits in the final analysis. Are they so powerful?"
Qi Jingtong has been a military commander all his life. After listening to Lu Bing's question, he was really bored for a long time, and he bluntly said: "This chaos in the world is not chaotic, it is all inextricably linked. The first chaos in the world is the army of chaos. The White Lotus Sect is inseparable from the Rebellion Army. The White Lotus Sect is pervasive, and their figures are everywhere. No matter how they are suppressed, the White Lotus Sect is not clean. However, the main activity of the White Lotus Sect is in the Central Plains, which is not the mainstream in the South, because the main turmoil in the south, The problem lies in banditry. The Ming Dynasty did not have maritime trade, but if you move at sea, it is gold ten thousand taels. As long as there is interest, how can you stop people? Therefore, there are many maritime merchants over there, which are said to be maritime merchants. In fact, they are merchants who go ashore. Going to the sea is a pirate. Why did the Japanese pirates not be wiped out cleanly? Because nine out of the ten Japanese pirates were not true pirates! Those sea merchants had a turbulent relationship behind them, and often pretended to be pirates and looted them. How could this pirate be wiped out cleanly?"
Lu Bing knew that Qi Jingtong had been a military commander in Jiangnan, Dengzhou in Shandong, and Daning in Shanxi. He knew all about the military force under this big tomorrow. Hearing Qi Jingtong's complaints today, he noticed in his heart.
This southern maritime merchant...how does it sound similar to the horse market in the north...
Lu Bing's thoughtful characteristics emerged again.
Qi Jingtong complained and felt a lot more relieved, and then asked Lu Bing how to be here.
When Lu Bing saw that Qi Jingtong had touched his heart, he didn't conceal it, and briefly talked about the cause and effect of the incident.
When Qi Jingtong heard this, he was very angry, and said: "The bold bandits dare to attack the imperial order officer. I really don't know how to die! This officer will return to Beijing to play the holy master. I will personally bring the Shenji camp to annihilate them!"
"Thank you for the general's kindness!" Lu Bing said gratefully: "However, Shenjiying is a Beijing camp and cannot be moved lightly. The lower officials have made arrangements and will certainly not let them slip through the net."
Qi Jingtong still wanted to stay as a helper. Lu Bingwan rejected Qi Jingtong's suggestion to stay as a helper. On the same day, Huang Duxian came to Qingliang Temple and said that tonight the five thousand elite soldiers from Datong would come to Zhuolu, and Li Jin personally led the army.
After hearing what Huang Duxian said, Qi Jingtong stopped talking. After setting up Qi Jiguang in Qingliang Temple, he left two entourages and returned to the capital.
Sure enough, Li Jin went to Qingliang Temple that night and asked to see Lu Bing.
As soon as Li Jin saw Lu Bing, she knelt on one knee and pleaded guilty: "My lord, you are guilty of being subordinate."
"Forget it, get up, it's not easy for you." Lu Bing knew that Li Jin had pleaded for not coming to save Zhu Liu immediately, but Lu Bing understood that Li Jin was the general soldier of Datong, so naturally he could not easily transfer troops, and there was pressure from the North. , Li Jin cannot be blamed.
Li Jin was grateful to see Lu Bing understand this way.
"It should not be too late, we immediately surrounded Heifengzhai, first punish Wei Zhentian and Huayezhu, and then spread out the horses and search for Zhu Liu!" Lu Bing decisively ordered.
Lu Bing didn't want to delay. If the news of the army's arrival in Zhuolu spreads, Wei Zhentian might flee away from the wind. If he wants to catch them back then, I'm afraid it will be impossible.
Li Jin was ashamed in her heart, but now she is eager to do her best without any delay. She immediately rectifies the army and starts to pull out immediately.
Master Xiu De said to Lu Bing: "Let the old Natuer stop anger and go with you. He is familiar with the path and can take you a shortcut to Heifeng Village in the wild boar forest."
"I want to go, I want to go too!" Qi Jiguang was still young after all, and immediately became lively as soon as his father left. His senior brother was an honest person, and he was very tolerant of this young junior. Naturally, he quickly gained the trust of Qi Jiguang. The two of them became acquainted with each other quickly.
At this moment, I heard that the brother was going to fight the bandits with the army, and listening to his father and his friends telling stories about battles on the battlefield when he was a child, Qi Jiguang's curiosity was also ignited, and he wanted to follow him.
In the end, it was Master Xiu De who kept Qi Jiguang and said that he wanted to teach Qi Jiguang the basics of Liuhe Boxing, so that Qi Jiguang dispelled the idea of following.
Lu Bing and the others gave up their horses. Under the leadership of Jie An, Datong's long-fighting elite soldiers, in the form of tigers and wolves, went straight to Heifengzhai in the wild boar forest of Dongling Mountain.
Within two hours, Lu Bing and others arrived at Heifengzhai.
This Heifengzhai is built on the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but fortunately it is not large in scale. Li Jin asked these five thousand people to assemble on all sides, set up patrols, cross and repeat patrols, so that there are bandits in any place. There will be two thousand people acting immediately to support each other.
Five thousand troops surrounded the Heifengzhai, but the canine teeth built in the Heifengzhai were like hedgehogs, and there was nowhere to go for a while. Moreover, it was late at night, and I couldn't see my fingers in the woods, and I couldn't observe the detailed structure of the stockade. For the Datong soldiers who came here for the first time, they did not occupy a favorable position.
When Lu Bing saw that the bandits were all retreating into the stockade, he told him to camp and wait until dawn.
In the cottage, Wei Zhentian and Huayezhu were not drowsy. They did not expect that the five thousand elite soldiers, like the sky, had only returned from Qingliang Temple for three days.
The two looked at each other, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes until dawn, and they couldn't think of a good way.
After dawn, with good vision, Lu Bing and Li Jin decided to attack after observing the terrain of the cottage.
Both of them knew that trapping Wei Zhentian and the others was the best way to survive. But they don't know if there is grain in the cottage, and how much is there? How many days can it last
In addition, the five thousand court soldiers had been unable to surround a bandit den of more than 300 people for a long time, which was a bit embarrassing. What's more, now that Zhu Liu's whereabouts are still missing, Lu Bing has no intention to wait any longer, and Li Jin is also eager to make contributions, and the two decide to attack!
Li Jin collected materials on the spot and used the surrounding trees to quickly build siege equipment and simple trebuchets.
In the early morning of the next day, the gangsters in Heifengzhai saw more than a dozen tall trebuchets standing outside the stockade, and big stones with human heads had been put into net bags made of ivy.
There are also several ladders and sharp, thick bumps on the shoulders of the strong and powerful soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
The Central Plains and the grassland people have fought for thousands of years, and are extremely good at defending cities, and naturally they are also extremely good at attacking cities.
When did these inland bandits have seen these siege equipment used by the regular military