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"The Lord County Lord said that reinforcements will arrive soon, we just need to hold on!"

"Are there any reinforcements? That's great!"

"..."

Zuo Yingxuan faintly heard these excited words and frowned immediately. He immediately turned to Liu Yamen, who was protecting him, and said, "Go and see what's going on?"

"Yes, sir!" Liu Yamen agreed and quickly got off the arrow tower.

After a while, Liu Yamen, amidst the cheers getting louder and louder, hurriedly came back with a gloomy face and reported: "The people in the city are saying that reinforcements are coming, and they are the troops of the Shanhaiguan Ancestor General. The villain checked. Next, it’s... it’s... the rumor spread by that woman in the villain’s family!”

He has always been with the county magistrate, and he can be sure that the county magistrate has never said such words, so he can immediately confirm that Prince Liu is spreading rumors.

Having said this, he suddenly knelt down, looked up at Zuo Yingxuan, and said sincerely: "The villain just beat her, and it's because of the villain's inability to discipline her. It's just that the mother-in-law is ignorant and ignorant. Please punish the villain." Bar!"

When Zuo Yingxuan figured out what was going on, his brows immediately wrinkled. But before he could express his position, he heard Li Shiqi whisper: "Your Majesty, look!"

When Zuo Yingxuan heard the sound, he turned around and saw that the morale of the defenders on the city wall had obviously improved a lot. They were exhausted and seemed to be more energetic again. Can't risk going to the top of the city.

Obviously, this rumor is very beneficial to the current defense. Zuo Yingxuan turned his head in silence and said without any emotion: "Get up!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked outside again, focusing on the battle situation. But I sighed secretly in my heart, it would be great if reinforcements really came. However, it is obviously impossible to say that the reinforcements are Zu Dashou's Guan Ning Army.

A few days ago, Nazu Dashou didn't even stay in the capital and ran back to Shanhaiguan overnight. How could such a person come to save this small county!

This rumor is just poison to quench thirst. If we don't see the arrival of reinforcements later, morale will become even lower. Hi, Mrs. Liu Wang, Mrs. Liu Wang, you really created a problem for this county. How do you want this county to deal with this matter afterwards?

Outside the city, Azig couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the sudden increase in morale on the city. After a while, when one of his subordinates came over to report the news, he couldn't help but grin and laugh, obviously not believing it.

However, after he finished laughing, he ordered to step up the siege of the city and strive to defeat it in one go. At the same time, he sent out exploration horses to spread an extra ten miles in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

The war in Changli continued to rage, and in the capital, the war also kicked off.

Hu Guang was in the arrow tower, listening to the thundering drums of the Jianlu camp, and watching countless Jianlu troops marching out of the camp gate in order. It has to be said that Jianlu's military discipline is really good, at least in terms of marching formation, it is much better than that of Jingying.

On the top of the city, military orders were passed down from Mangui's office, and the soldiers on the top of the city began to move.

Hu Guang walked to the rear and took a look. On the spacious street, thousands of soldiers selected from the Beijing camp had gathered. Behind them, there were thousands of civilians, led by Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyi Xiao. The captain and the soldiers of the Fifth Army's Soldiers and Horses Division watched, and loudly ordered them to line up and stand in line.

He also saw in the distance, factory guards and groups of Minzhuang slowly gathering here.

It can be seen that among these strong people, they are dressed in different styles. There are servants in brocade clothes from various prefectures, as well as refugees and poor people who are fully patched, etc. The factory guard's scolding was mainly aimed at the slaves in brocade clothes, telling them to be more at ease. At the same time, there were several factory guards with loud voices saying something loudly, which attracted many Minzhuang to look over. Many people who heard it had excitement on their faces.

Hu Guang could probably guess that the person who was good at defending the city would have the opportunity to become a fan of Dongchang.

Further away, a group of soldiers could be seen pushing a catapult towards this side. It seemed a bit heavy and moved slowly. This should be because the Ministry of Industry rushed out to build one and then sent one over.

Hu Guang watched the overall situation from the top of the city. Although the city was a little panicked, there was generally no big problem. It was barely orderly, and everyone was performing their duties!

He walked back to the outside and looked outside the city. In just a short time, the number of Jianlu troops arrayed outside the camp exceeded 8,000, and Jianlu troops continued to emerge from the camp gate.

The Jianlu outside the camp gate was roughly divided into three square formations. Pretty much the same layout. Those at the front were mostly Jurchens and Mongolian Tatars wearing leather armor. Basically, there are no long weapons on these people, only long bows on their backs.

Behind these Tatars were groups of soldiers. Hu Guang knew that most of these people should be Han slaves. They will also be cannon fodder for the first wave of Jianlu siege. Then Chen Er may be among these people. I hope he will have a good life!

Behind the soldiers were well-equipped Jianlu. These Jianlu were carefully selected in terms of their size and belonged to the type that charged into battle.

In addition, groups of cavalrymen ran out from the camp gate from time to time and gathered on both sides of the phalanx. The rumble of horse hooves mixed with the thundering drums made the battlefield look even more desolate.

Suddenly, another group of Jianlu came out from the gate of the Jianlu camp. These Jianlu pushed one cart after another and slowly and very eye-catchingly arrived at the front of the phalanx. The number is staggering.

Under the winter light, the shield cart reflects the luster of metal. It is obviously made of iron, or at least covered with iron sheets. It is far from comparable to the jade carts temporarily built by Azige to deal with the head of Changli City.

Li Fengxiang, the admiral of the Beijing camp, was not surprised but overjoyed when he saw it. He quickly came closer to Hu Guang and introduced: "Your Majesty, the shield on Jianlu's carriage is made of thick wooden boards covered with cowhide and iron sheets. Jianlu is very fond of this kind of carriage. The requirements of the car are that small bricks and stones cannot be hit by it, large bricks and stones can roll down when hit, and firewood cannot be burned by throwing firewood. It is also very effective in defense against firearms such as the fire blunderbuss of the Ming Dynasty, and is basically difficult to penetrate. It is a Jianlu A big killer!"

When Hu Guang heard this, he immediately looked at Li Fengxiang with curiosity. He didn't expect that Li Fengxiang, who he thought was useless, could actually know so much.

When Li Fengxiang saw it, he immediately felt happy. It seemed that he had made the right bet. The news he heard from Man Gui could win His Majesty's favor.

He was more energetic at this time, and hurriedly introduced to Hu Guang: "There are regulations in Jianlu. For every oxulu, every 100 people must be equipped with four such carts, operated by thirty people. Jianlu relies on this Carts were used to capture the Ming Dynasty's cities many times and break through the military formations assembled by the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Jianlu soldiers had military orders not to go into battle if they did not have a car to support the enemy. Some generals were even punished for not carrying a car to fight. examples."