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Before dawn, the footsteps of soldiers running in Chaisang City sounded. They held torches in their hands and knocked on doors from door to mobilize young and strong people to participate in defending the city.

All the famous families, including Chaisang, are also mobilizing people with their respective interests to participate in the defense, which is undoubtedly more useful than the government's persuasion. For a time, Chaisang's young and strong sign up enthusiastically.

Two large flags were also raised at the north and south city gates of Chaisang, with the words "recruitment" written on it. This is Liu Jing's private army department who was generous in treating him with the money and grain required was borne by the Tao family, and the weapons and armor required were released by the Chaisang Arsenal.

The city of Chaisang was already in full swing, and everyone was in a state of uneasiness and turmoil, especially the young and strong men, who either joined the civilians to defend the city or signed up for the Jinggong's music department. In contrast, Liu Jing gave a treatment that was significantly higher than that of civilians, and even passed the regular army.

For a time, a long queue was lined up at the two recruiting units of the north and south city gates, and more than 2,000 people soon passed, while Liu Jing only planned to recruit 1,000 private soldiers.

For Liu Jing, this was an opportunity. He could take advantage of the opportunity of the Jiangdong Army to attack Chaisang and start to display his own private troops in the Qu family, and at the same time get strong support from the Tao family in terms of money and grain.

On the top of the city, Zhou Ling stared at Liu Jing recruiting private soldiers from the Qu family with complicated eyes. He also felt something was wrong. Logically, Liu Jing was just coming to Chaisang to attend the Tao family's birthday, and was just a passerby.

But at this time, he actually began to recruit soldiers in the city. So what should these private soldiers do after the battle ends?

Will Liu Jing leave Chaisang and Zhou Ling can't help but think of Huang Zu's concerns. At first, he thought Huang Zu was worried about nothing, but now it seems that Huang Zu's concerns are not groundless.

"General, it should be the army recruiting soldiers, how did it become Jinggong's private recruiting soldiers?"

A confidant chief said worriedly: "Should we stop him from doing this overreach of power?"

Zhou Ling shook his head, "Let's talk about it later."

He was worried and thought of another big thing.

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As the sky gradually became brighter, the Jiangdong army was also ready to attack. Although the Jiangdong army did not carry heavy siege weapons such as ladders, it did not mean that they could not attack the city. The Jiangdong army spent a night cutting down several tall, strong and straight bamboos, each of which was six or seven meters long, far higher than the city.

They used bamboo rafts to build more than ten rafts, and then used large iron nails to fix thick wood on the rafts, so that their feet could trample on the rafts, thus forming simple bamboo raft ladders to climb the city.

The sky was bright and the fish belly was white, the morning light was bright, and a thin layer of morning mist surrounded the head of the Chaisang City. Xu Sheng stood on the bow of the boat and stared at the tall and strong city wall not far away. The opponent used fire attack, and it became unrealistic to attack the water city gate.

He decided to attack two differently, one as the main force, directly attacking the city, and the other as the auxiliary, and still attacking the Watergate. Dongfang is not bright and the West is Liang, and he believes that one side will work.

"General Xu"

A soldier rushed to report, "General Pan is ready to attack the city."

General Pan is the general Pan Zhang. Like Xu Sheng, he served as Sima of another department. However, Pan Zhang was from the north. Although Xu Sheng was also from Langya County, his wife Lu was a famous local family in Wu County and had stronger local connections than Pan Zhang.

Sun Quan finally appointed Xu Sheng as the main general and Pan Zhang as the deputy general, and ordered the two to take down Chaisang.

Xu Sheng nodded slowly and resolutely ordered: "Tell me my order, beat the drum and gather troops."

Dongdongdongdongdong

The huge sound of war drums sounded, and the soldiers from Qianjiangdong quickly gathered by the Caohe River. The armor was bright and the spears were like forests. Although the sneak attack failed, it did not affect the morale of the Jiangdong Army. They were still very strong and murderous.

On the top of the city, five soldiers were holding bows and spears, and were ready to fight. In addition to the five soldiers, there were more than 2,000 civilians in white clothes to assist the army in defending the city.

Zhou Ling held the hilt in his hand and looked at the Jiangdong Army in the distance nervously. It was dim and he could clearly see the situation of the Jiangdong Army, especially seeing dozens of siege raft ladders, which made him feel even more heavy.

"General, the problem should not be big."

A village chief whispered to Zhou Ling, "There are still a thousand recruits in Gong Jing, and there are only a thousand people on the other side. Relying on the strong city, you should be able to defeat them."

Zhou Ling looked to the other side of the city wall, where there were five new recruits, led by Wang Tai, the subordinate of Liu Jing, and Liu Jing led five other people to guard the water gate.

Zhou Ling sighed in his heart, his determination to resist was a little shaken. If the city of Chaisang was destroyed, not only would he be unable to save his life, but his family would be over. This time he had only five people, and the possibility of defending Chaisang was small.

He lowered his head and thought to himself: It seems that he should write a letter to Jiang Dongjun.

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Next to the Shuitu Gate in Wengcheng, Liu Jing led five new soldiers to guard both sides of the Shuitu Gate. They were wearing armor, holding crossbows, arrows and spears in their hands, and were all focused on the Caohe River outside the city.

Among these five new recruits, at least some are servants of the Tao family. They have received strict training. They are all skilled in martial arts and extraordinary skills. At the same time, they are loyal and strictly guarding military orders, which makes Liu Jing very satisfied.

He was already considering whether the warrior should be returned to the Tao family after the battle ended.

Liu Jing also changed into armor, holding a green shadow gun in his hand, and arched on the back, staring outside the city with bright eyes.

According to his division of labor between him and Zhou Ling, half of the 1,000 people he recruited went to defend the city, while the other five were responsible for defending the Water Gate. No matter what kind of siege the Jiangdong Army used, the Water Gate was their must-attack.

At this time, Liu Jing suddenly saw Wang Tai and a large group of soldiers coming down the city, and he was stunned, "What's going on?"

"Mr. Zhou County Magistrate does not allow us to defend the city and drive us down."

Liu Jing frowned, what does Zhou Ling mean? He drove all his people down from the city, what does he want to do

Liu Jing had already clearly felt Zhou Ling's rejection of him and did not give him any chance. It seemed that Zhou Ling had noticed it and he had to implement the plan as soon as possible.

He thought of a plan and waved to a confidant, and said a few words to him. His subordinates understood and immediately ran away.

Zhou Ling drove all the subordinates of Mrs. Liu Jing down from the city and immediately summoned several confidant generals to discuss.

"I don't want to fight this battle anymore."

Zhou Ling expressed his thoughts to everyone openly.

Everyone looked at each other, and a general couldn't help but say, "County Magistrate, we have 1,500 people now, and there are thousands of civilians, and there are only 1,000 people on the other side. I think..."

"Stop talking"

Zhou Ling coldly interrupted him, "Thousands of people are just vanguards, and there are still tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops on Pengze. They will arrive soon. How can I resist at that time?"

Everyone dared not say anything again. At this time, a soldier rushed over and whispered in Zhou Ling's ear. Zhou Ling nodded and said to everyone: "Let's do this first and then look at the situation. If it doesn't work, we will surrender. There is no need to lose our lives for others."

The others here refer to Huang Zu, and he no longer wants to work hard for Huang Zu...

Zhou Ling and two personal soldiers quickly walked out of the city and walked into an alley near the North City Gate. A person stood at the entrance of a small courtyard and saluted Zhou Ling and said, "I have been waiting for the magistrate Zhou for a long time."

Zhou Ling turned around and ordered his two subordinates: "I'll come soon after hustle here."

Zhou Ling followed the other party into the courtyard. He always believed that Jiangdong must have a spy hidden in Chaisang, otherwise how could the other party take the opportunity so accurately? Only now he knew that Jiangdong's spy was actually hiding here.

A young man stood at the entrance of the courtyard hall. He smiled and bowed to Zhou Ling, "Mr. Zhou is indeed sincere and willing to surrender to our Jiangdong."

"Don't talk nonsense"

Zhou Ling said coldly: "Who is the leader here? I want to talk to him."

"Just wait in the house, please wait in the Magistrate Zhou."

The other party made a gesture of inviting him. Zhou Ling straightened his waist and walked into the room with his hands. As soon as he entered the room, Zhou Ling was stunned. Liu Jing held a military crossbow and pointed it at him, with a smile in his eyes.

Zhou Ling suddenly understood and was so shocked that he was so shocked that he turned around and wanted to run away, but it was too late. With a click, a crossbow arrow shot out like a poisonous snake, hitting Zhou Ling's chest.

Zhou Ling screamed and fell to the ground and died. Liu Jing walked up and took out a letter from his arms. He opened it and looked at Zhou Ling's body again, and sneered: "If you don't have the heart to surrender, will you end up now?"

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On the top of the city, several soldiers gathered in one place. Liu Jing raised Zhou Ling's letter high and shouted sternly to everyone: "This is the evidence of Zhou Ling's affair with Jiangdong. This person's attempt to surrender in the city has been executed by me under military law. Some people are dissatisfied with this treatment."

Everyone was silent. More than a dozen generals in the front row lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. Liu Jing passed the letter to the generals to browse. Everyone began to talk in a low voice. Some literate people proved that this was indeed Zhou Ling's handwritten letter.

There were several officers who just participated in the discussion, and they knew it well. Although they were a little dissatisfied with Liu Jing's killing of Zhou Ling, the evidence was conclusive and they had nothing to say.

A Lao Tun chief named Sang Ming reacted quickly and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Zhou Ling is in charge of death, and we are willing to obey Gong Jing's command."

Everyone woke up and bowed together, "I wish to obey Gong Jing's command."

Several sergeants knelt on one knee together and shouted loudly: "I am willing to obey Gong Jing's command and fight against the Jiangdong Army."

Liu Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled. This was the effect he wanted.

He looked back at the head of the village who had just been loyal to him, and said loudly: "Where is Sang Ming?"

"The humble job is here" Sang Ming knelt on one knee.

"I appoint you as the Left Army Marquis and lead five people to defend the eastern section of the city wall."

"As for the order" Sang Ming was overjoyed. He was the first one to gain the profit after getting rid of Zhou Ling.

Liu Jing said to his confidant Wang Tai again: "General Wang can lead five other people to defend the city wall of the western section. If the eastern section is in danger, timely support."

"Abide by the orders of humble duties"

Replacing Zhou Ling's power, Liu Jing re-arranged the city wall and dispersed two thousand civilians. He was incorporated into the Eastern Section defensive army. At this time, the arrows of the Jiangdong army had been on the string and the war was about to reach.

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"Master, they are here," a soldier shouted in a low voice, pointing at the Caohe outside the city.

Everyone became nervous and stared at the Caohe outside the city intently. Liu Jing also saw a long, dark object slowly drifting towards the water gate, like a giant python floating on the water surface.

"This is the attack on the Rail of the Shuimen"

An experienced soldier recognized the object and explained to Liu Jing: "In fact, it is a solid tree trunk with sharpened front and wrapped in iron sheets to hit the water gate fence. Although it cannot break the iron gate, it can deform the iron gate and knock out a big hole."

"Where are the soldiers in Jiangdong hidden under the water?" Liu Jing asked again.

"Just hide under the siege ram and breathe with the reed tube."

Liu Jing also saw that there were more than a dozen thin black tubes on both sides of the long siege ram.

"Listen to my orders, prepare the crossbow arrows"

He picked up the military crossbow at the same time and aimed at the siege ram that was getting closer and closer. Just as the siege ram was about to approach the water gate, Liu Jing issued an order: "Shoot"

The arrows shot towards the siege ram at the same time. The arrows were strong, most of which were blocked by two iron fences, and some shots into the siege ram, but dozens of arrows were still shot into the water.

Blood came out of the water, dyeing the river water red, and corpses began to float up.
Chapter completed!