"No!"
A general next to him hurriedly stood up to dissuade him.
Hearing this, Lu Dongliang's face sank and he said displeasedly: "There are only a dozen riders outside the city. Chen Qianhu won't be afraid of even these dozen riders!"
"That's not what I mean." Chen Qianhu bowed and said, "General Wang, although it seems that there are only a dozen or so horses outside the city, who can guarantee whether there are more thieves hiding nearby. Once We opened the city gate, and the thieves hiding nearby took advantage of the situation and rushed into Lingbao City. I'm afraid Lingbao City will be miserable even for a day."
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After speaking, he looked at Wang Xingshan.
Unlike the general Lu Dongliang, he was from Qianhu in Lingbao City, and Lu Dongliang and others were the Ming army generals who arrived in Lingbao not long ago with the deputy general Wang Xingshan.
These Ming army generals who came behind were different from local families like him. His whole family was in Lingbao City. Once the Lingbao was lost, it would be difficult to save the lives of his family.
Lu Dongliang said unhappily: "What are you afraid of? The rebel army is still dozens of miles away. As long as we act quickly and kill these thieves and return to the city, the rebel army may not be able to arrive in time."
"Xiaoguan is talking about whether there are bandits nearby. Can General Lu Shen guarantee that there will be no bandits ambushing nearby?" Chen Qianhu asked.
Lu Dongliang's face sank when he heard this, and he said: "I think you are so frightened by the rebels that you don't even dare to leave the city. Do you think you can hold on to Lingbao until the rebels' tens of thousands of troops surround Lingbao?" Are you in Lingbao City?"
"As long as we hold back the rebel army until the imperial reinforcements arrive, we may not be unable to hold the Lingbao," Chen Qianhu retorted.
The two of you talk to each other.
One wanted to send the cavalry out of the city to surround and kill the thieves outside the city, while the other refused to open the city gate and go out.
In the quarrel, no one could win, and finally turned their attention to the commander-in-chief Wang Xingshan.
"Block all the city gates and no one is allowed to leave the city." Wang Xingshan gave an order directly.
Chen Qianhu took a step forward, bowed and said, "Yes, I will make arrangements right now. All the city gates must be blocked, preventing anyone from entering or exiting."
After saying that, he did not forget to look at Lu Dongliang proudly.
Once the city gate is blocked, it will be very difficult for people in the city to get out. This is equivalent to Wang Xingshan vetoing Lu Dongliang's proposal to send cavalry out of the city.
"General, block the city gate. Our cavalry will never be able to leave the city again." Lu Dongliang looked at Wang Xingshan with a puzzled expression.
At this time, what he was thinking about was not the dispute with Chen Qianhu, but blocking the city gate. If the Lingbao was lost, it would be impossible for them to escape from the Lingbao.
Wang Xingshan glanced at him and said, "I said that I will be loyal to the court, so naturally I will do it. Didn't you also promise me?"
Hearing this, Lu Dongliang suddenly changed his color.
Previously, he thought that Wang Xingshan was trying to boost the morale of the army, but he did not expect that the other party would really defend the Lingbao.
"Follow me and guard the city with all your heart!" Wang Xingshan raised his hand and patted Lu Dongliang's shoulder.
However, Lu Dongliang said with an ugly face: "General, Lingbao can't be defended at all, and the imperial court has never sent an army. With the small number of troops in the city, even if we hold on, we won't be able to hold on for a few days."
"I have said that you must either guard the Lingbao or die in the Lingbao. Do you think that what I said before is just a joke?" Wang Xingshan's face sank.
Lu Dongliang did not expect that Wang Xingshan was determined to die.
But now he was thinking about going back on his word, but it was impossible. If he wanted to escape from Lingbao City, he believed that Wang Xingshan would not mind using his head to kill the monkey and the chicken.
"The final general is willing to live and die with the general, and is willing to live and die with Lingbao City." Lu Dongliang said bravely.
After boarding the pirate ship, he knew he had no other choice.
Wang Xingshan looked at his promise, his face softened, and he encouraged: "Who can guarantee that we can't defend Lingbao City until the last moment? If you and I can survive this battle, I will personally defend you. Please take credit.”
"I would like to thank the general first." Lu Dongliang squeezed out a wry smile on his face.
To him, the other party's guarantee was just a piece of cake.
The rebels had an army of tens of thousands, but there were less than 3,000 defenders in the city. No matter how he looked at it, he didn't think they could defend Lingbao City. Unless the rebels' army of tens of thousands was a ragtag group of people, they would barely have the slightest chance of defending Lingbao City. .
But is this rebel army named Tiger Flag a mob?
It is impossible for the rabble to seize the land in Guanzhong, and it is impossible for the rabble to defeat the Ming army one after another. Among them are not only the border troops from the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Guanning soldiers and horses who defeated the slave thieves in Liaodong.
"Why don't you stay in Guanzhong and come to the Central Plains?" Lu Dongliang said bitterly.
If the Tiger-Character Banner army had not come to attack Henan, he would not have followed Wang Xingshan to such a dangerous place as Lingbao.
"The thieves are coming, the thieves are coming?"
A Ming army shouted loudly at the top of the city.
At this time, it was dark outside the city, like dark clouds covering the top. Looking around, the sky and the earth were covered by the rebel army, all of which were soldiers and horses of the rebel army.
Seeing this scene, Lu Dongliang had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead.
"General, general?" He looked at Wang Xingshan aside with a trembling voice.
Wang Xingshan, who also saw the situation outside the city, subconsciously swallowed the saliva in his mouth, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
He had seen the virtues of rogue bandits, but he could not connect them with the army outside the city.
If he really wanted to describe the bandit army outside the city, he could only say that the frontier troops on the nine sides were like this at most.
As the Tiger Flag army gets closer and closer to Lingbao City, the pressure on the soldiers in the city is also increasing.
"General, you have an idea!" Lu Dongliang asked eagerly.
I am not a drunkard, so I naturally know that Lingbao City is facing an elite army, an elite army that is even more elite than the Ming army.
"Be prepared to live or die with Lingbao City!" Wang Xingshan squeezed out these words from between his teeth.
He had just made an oath to stick to Lingbao City, but he still couldn't lose face, so he abandoned the city and fled.
"Report, a large number of cavalry were found east and west of Lingbao City."
There are cases where the Ming army brought back several other city gates.
"It's over!" Lu Dongliang rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall at the crenellation.
Lingbao City has been besieged by the bandits, and now there is no chance to abandon the city and escape.
Wang Xingshan glanced at him and immediately ordered: "This general orders that except for leaving five hundred people as a reserve team, all others will go up to the city wall to defend the city. Then tell the county magistrate to recruit more young men to defend the city." , the more the better.”
A Ming army ran to deliver the order.
"If Lingbao City cannot be defended, please ask the general to make plans for the sake of the people in the city." Lu Dongliang stepped forward to persuade.
He didn't want Wang Xingshan to fight to the death to defend the city, otherwise he would have no choice but to follow the opponent to defend Lingbao City.
