Zhong Jizhao led his troops back and forcibly attacked the city.

Lou Qu hurriedly asked Li Zhi how to defend the city.

Li Zhi thought about it and said to him: "The military generals of the mansion are not as good as Zhong Jizhao, so he can only win by quantity!"

"What does it mean to win by quantity?" Lou Qu asked.

"Zhong Jizhao's strong army is a harmonious person. Our army defends the city and is a good place." Li Zhi said, "The people in the city are all soldiers, and they can recruit people to help defend the city!"

"Suggestions that the people help defend the city?" Lou Qu said worriedly, "I just took office, how could the local people help me?"

"There is a saying that there must be a brave man under heavy rewards!" Li Zhi replied, "You can use the official warehouse to recruit militias."

"Since that's the case, please ask sir to do it for you!" Lou Qu delegated power to Li Zhi and asked him to recruit militias.

Li Zhi got the power and opened the official warehouse to recruit militias. Sure enough, he recruited thousands of troops and brought them to the city gate to assist the guards.

Although the soldiers and generals are not as elite as the enemy, they are defeated by many people.

With more troops in the city, Zhong Jizhao could not conquer several times, so he temporarily retreated.

Although the losses were heavy, Lou Qu was overjoyed and said to Li Zhi: "Thanks to the sir, it was just that he was able to defend it. It was just that he had too much loss. Zhong Jizhao attacked again, and his life was not enough. How can he get rid of it all once and for all?"

Li Zhi thought for a while and said to him: "Zhong Jizhao is stationed in the lower reaches of the Beng River, and the entire army drinks the water of the Beng River. It is better to send someone to go upstream quietly and poison the river. When the enemy drinks the poisonous water, he can go out of the city to attack it and annihilate it in one fell swoop! However, the water of the Beng River flows into the city, and the people must be notified not to drink it without any drink."

Lou Qu followed the advice and sent someone to sneak from the east gate to the upper reaches of the river and secretly poisoned him.

On that day, Zhong Jizhao was thinking about a plan to break the city, but suddenly someone reported that many people in the army had constant abdominal pain.

Zhong Jizhao was shocked and hurriedly ordered the military doctor to treat him.

After the military doctor diagnosed, he told Zhong Jizhao that all the soldiers were poisoned and the source of the poison was not known for the time being.

Zhong Jizhao was experienced and immediately said: "Our military discipline is rigorous and the soldiers have never slacked off. From this point of view, this poison comes from the mouth. Either there is a problem with the military rations or the water is a problem!"

He immediately ordered an investigation and quickly concluded that these soldiers all had symptoms after drinking water.

"Where are poisons in the living water?" The military doctor felt strange.

"It must be the enemy's intentional poisoning!" Zhong Jizhao's mind was flexible and quickly figured it out, "I ordered the entire army to abandon the water of the river without leaving a drop!"

So all the water taken out of the Dahe River was poured out, and the vessels were put on hold for the time being.

The left and right said, "General, Lou Qu is shameless and poisoned the water! Fortunately, he found out in time and did not cause any harm to the entire army. It is better to attack the city again and let him know that it is amazing!"

Zhong Jizhao thought about it and rejected the suggestion: "Although our army is elite, Lou Qu has the advantage of territorial territory and can recruit people to help defend the city. Our army's soldiers are too exhausted and there is nowhere to recruit. The enemy soldiers in the previous period tried to force the attack into the city. Now that the other party recruits the people, our army can't consume it. Instead, we can use the tricks and lead the snake out of the hole!"

"What's the general's plan?"

"Since Lou Qu was poisoned, he thought that all our army was poisoned and would definitely leave the city! Then he could be wiped out in one fell swoop!"

The entire army was arranged according to Zhong Jizhao's order, and removed a large number of patrol soldiers, pretending to be poisoned by the entire battalion, and panic.

The scout returned to reconnaissance and reported the internal chaos in Zhongjizhao Camp to Lou Qu.

Lou Qu was overjoyed and said to Li Zhi: "Mr.'s plan is very good, and the enemy's troops are all poisoned!"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "With a military doctor here, this poison cannot take lives, but it can make the enemy lose its combat power and be slaughtered! When the night comes, the Lord of the Mansion only needs to lead the troops to attack and win in one battle!"

As night came, Lou Qu opened the city gate, led a large army out, and rushed towards the enemy camp.

As a result, he found that there was no one in the camp. Then he heard the sound of gongs and drums everywhere, and Zhong Jizhao ambushed out, which caught him off guard.

Lou Qu's army was defeated and fled in a hurry.

Zhong Jizhao led his troops to chase him, hoping to capture Lou Qu alive.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lou Qu's companion Ma Chun said to him: "Take off your armor quickly and exchange it with me!"

Understanding his meaning, Lou Qu was also decisive and quickly changed his clothes and armor with Ma Chun and exchanged mounts.

Ma Chun turned around and fled to the other side. In the night sky, the pursuers only recognized Lou Qu's armor, so Zhong Jizhao's army chased him reluctantly.

Lou Qu was able to escape and returned to the city in a panic.

Zhong Jizhao caught up with Ma Chun and found that it was not Lou Qu, so he killed him on the spot.

Lou Qu returned in a bad defeat and hurriedly found Li Zhi and asked for countermeasures.

Li Zhi thought carefully and said to him: "Zhong Jizhao has been fighting for many years and is quite experienced. It seems that he is taking advantage of the situation. Now he has a big victory and his morale is strong. He is likely to raid at night and force the city to defeat him!"

"What should I do?" Lou Qu asked hurriedly.

Li Zhi replied: "We should consolidate the city defense and strengthen vigilance. According to my opinion, it is better to reserve more gold and pick up wood."

"This golden juice is easy to make, and at worst it can be collected at the people's homes." Lou Qu frowned, "but there is not much left in the wood."

"It's okay!" Li Zhi replied, "You can demolish the vacant houses in the city and use the wooden beams as skeletons."

Lou Qu followed the advice and ordered people to collect "golden juice" throughout the city, and at the same time demolished the empty rooms near the city gate.

Late at night, Zhong Jizhao led his troops to attack the city, trying to capture the city gate while Lou Qu was defeated, his morale was low and the defenders were tired.

As a result, the defenders in the city were ready. When Zhong Jizhao's army approached the city gate, they immediately sucked wood and the gold juice fell.

Seeing that Zhong Jizhao could not capture the attack, he decisively withdrew his troops.

Lou Qu breathed a sigh of relief after successfully defending it.

When dawn was dawn, the city suddenly became in chaos. The captain Niu Jung led his troops to rebel and rushed to the prefect's mansion.

It turned out that when Zhong Jizhao attacked the city last night, he ordered people to shoot arrows into the city, and there were documents to persuade surrender on the arrow.

Faced with the pressure of Zhong Jizhao's army, many people in the city had ideas. Niu Qi was one of them, and he took action first, trying to catch Lou Qu Xiancheng and surrender.

After fighting to the prefect's mansion, Lou Qu personally led his troops to quell the rebellion, fought with Niu Jun for more than twenty rounds, and knocked him down.

The rebels were pacified, but they suffered heavy losses, further weakening the strength of the Langshan County garrison.

When something happened to Niu Yu, and worried that there would be other people who learned it, Lou Qu asked Li Zhi for advice.

Li Zhi suggested increasing military pay and pacify for the time being.

Lou Qu followed the advice and opened the official warehouse to distribute money and grain to boost morale in person.

After finally stabilizing the situation, Zhong Jizhao harassed repeatedly in the next few days, and the army charged to the city. Once the defenders in the city counterattacked, they immediately retreated and waited until the slack attacked again.

Every day, Lou Qujun was extremely tired and extremely tired.

Even come at night, sometimes come just after night, sometimes come late at night, sometimes suddenly arrive in the early morning, and sometimes appear one after another.

The defenders in the city were so troubled that they couldn't sleep well, and they were all in a trance.

As the main general, Lou Qu is the same, and even has dark circles.

Zhong Jizhao's harassment tactics caused him a special headache, so he asked Li Zhi how to deal with it.

Li Zhi had no good idea, so he asked Lou Quduoduo to recruit the people to join the army and supplement the city defense.

If this situation continues, there will be another problem in the city.

Many people feel that if they can't defend the city like this, they will be defeated by Zhong Jizhao, and they will secretly surrender in order to protect themselves.

So someone ordered his subordinates to sneak out of the city while on duty, contact Zhong Jizhao, and agreed to open the city gate with his own connection.

Zhong Jizhao led his troops to attack the city, while Lou Qu commanded the defense on the city wall.

During the fierce battle, the city suddenly became popular and someone opened the city gate.

Zhong Jizhao took advantage of the situation and led his troops into the city.

Lou Qu was shocked and led his troops to retreat to the inner city while resisting.

Zhong Jizhao's army occupied the Xicheng city gate and began to attack the inner city based on this.

Facing Zhong Jizhao's army, there were internal rebels setting fires in the rear, Lou Qu gradually couldn't resist it.

In the chaos, Li Zhi was shot to death by the riots, and Lou Qu's troops suffered heavy casualties.

The enemy army joined forces inside and outside and entered the city. Li Zhi, the counselor whom he finally found, was shot to death by the rioters. There were only a few companions left by him, and Lou Qu was at a loss.

"Brother!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Yi, a companion next to him, said to him, "I'm afraid I can't defend Langshan County. You should escape from the east gate quickly and I'll come to the palace behind!"

"Stay here and you will definitely die!" Lou Qu said anxiously.

"Brother, I'll be here with you. Although the time is short, I have become an official. I have eaten and drunk, dressed in silk and satin, and I have enjoyed my blessings! How dare I think about it before?" Zhu Yi said, "Everyone is the life of a beggar. If it weren't for the elder brother, how could I be today? Now there is no regret, I'll die if I die! When my elder brother escapes, I must remember to avenge us!"

Lou Qu was extremely moved and turned around and fled after being persuaded by his brothers.

Zhu Yi and others led their troops to defend to the death to block Zhong Jizhao's army.

Lou Qu fled all the way to the city, with only two or three brothers left on the left. Most of the 5,000 people brought from Rongyin County died in the war, and half were blocking Zhong Jizhao from behind, so he would definitely not be able to survive.

Thinking of Ma Chun, Zhu Yi and others were willing to save their lives. They felt that they had no loyalty when they ran away like this.

After thinking about it, I felt that if the brothers came together, what else would it mean if they were the only ones who were alive?

But killing back like this is equivalent to killing death.

In desperation, he took people to the official warehouse and moved all the money and food out.

Anyway, when Langshan County is captured by Zhong Jizhao, the official warehouse and money and grain will become owned by the enemy. It would be better to use it up first.

He ordered his subordinates to beat drums and gongs to inform the people that all the money and grain of the official warehouse were paid. Everyone would receive ten times the military pay if they were willing to assist themselves, and there was no limit on men, women, young and old. As long as they dared to take up weapons to fight, they could receive it.

The desperate behavior actually caused countless people to follow each other wildly. Seventy or eighty thousand people quickly gathered around them, holding hoes, pitchforks, sickles, sticks and other farm tools. Many women even took rolling pins and brooms to mix them.

Lou Qu took this strange army and turned around and killed in the direction of the West City.

Zhong Jizhao and the rebels worked inside and outside, and were about to take down the defenders behind the palace. Suddenly, they saw Lou Qu appearing with such a huge army. Even though the other party was wearing civilian clothes and without any armor, they were astonishing and stunned for a momentum.

Lou Qu took the lead and led this army to kill Zhong Jizhao.

Seeing this, the besieged defenders were greatly motivated and they also used all their strength to counterattack the enemy.
Chapter completed!