Wang Ermazi immediately asked someone to invite Gan Hui and Li Shitou to discuss how to defend the city.

After listening to Wang Ermazi's simple description, Gan Hui frowned and said, "If the Donglu really launched tens of thousands of troops, I am afraid that Laizhou will not be able to defend it."

He paused and said, "Gan did not have the ambition to others before the war and destroyed his prestige. In fact, the gap in military strength is too great. Laizhou is only 40,000 to 50,000 people, and Jiaozhou Bay has only 20,000 troops at most. How can it withstand the siege of more than 100,000 people?"

In the face of absolute military strength advantages, even the advantages of firearms cannot be reflected.

What's more, just with the dozens of small cannons left by His Royal Highness the Prince, the Ming army could not even have an advantage.

"It's okay, everyone can express their opinions."

Wang Ermazi said with a smile.

Gan Hui is a general left by the prince. How dare he offend him?

"General Li, what do you think?"

Wang Ermazi turned to Li Shitou and asked.

"Well, it's really not easy to defend, but we still have to try our best to defend. But we must make a good alternative plan. If we can't defend, we must be able to evacuate in time."

"It's easy to say. Jiaozhou Bay is right by the sea. If we can't hold on, we can just leave the city from Shuimen. There are many ships docked in the bay, and we can take us to Dengzhou."

Wang Ermazi explained.

“That’s good.”

Li Shitou's voice seemed very unconfident, which made Wang Ermazi feel relieved.

No matter how you look at Li Shitou and Gan Hui are not optimistic about being able to defend Laizhou, could they really have to evacuate to Dengzhou?

No matter what, Wang Ermazi still wants to give it a try.

After all, they finally took over Laizhou, so how could they give it away?

Something that can't be beaten is something that can't be beaten.

"Do you two follow me to inspect the military camp? Let's see how the men are practicing."

The more tense the atmosphere, the more Wang Ermazi got used to going to the military camp.

He has tried this and tried it out.

Gan Hui nodded, and Li Shitou also agreed.

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But the situation in the military camp was much worse than Wang Ermazi imagined.

I don’t know who made the news that the soldiers knew that Ji Xiha had mobilized a large number of green camps from Henan.

As a result, people are panic.

This is also human nature. After all, no one can be truly calm when they know that the number of enemies is several times their own.

"General Wang, are we going to die here, right?"

"Yes, General Wang, we can only die in Laizhou in battle."

"How can we have a chance of winning with so many Tartars?"

"If you continue to fight, you will die. Why don't we retreat to Dengzhou early?"

Faced with the soldiers' siege, Wang Ermazi stomped his feet hard and said, "Shut up, a bunch of unpromising things. More than 100,000 people came to the Tartars, and they feared you like this? I want to see who is peeing his pants here!"

Wang Ermazi glanced at everyone hard and saw that everyone had their heads hanging down, he took a deep breath and continued: "The number of Tartars is much more than ours, but there is nothing scary. Because we have a strong city to defend. What's the use of Tartars? They can't attack!"

Wang Ermazi himself didn't believe this.

After all, when Jixiha attacked the city last time, the Qing army's artillery put great pressure on them, and many of the battlements on the city wall were blown away.

But he can't make such a hole.

If he was the first to be timid, the soldiers would feel even more unsure.

Originally, Wang Ermazi came to the military camp to seek psychological comfort, but who would have thought that he would come to comfort these soldiers. It was really funny.

"This battle has not been fought yet, how can you admit defeat? You are always with your hands, don't be like a sissy."

Wang Ermazi was originally a bandit, so he naturally spoke very roughly.

But in his opinion, if he doesn't fight, he will withdraw directly, which is really a pity to Brother Seven's trust.

"I think you are the first offender, so I will not pursue this time. From now on, if someone shakes the morale of the army again, I will punish it with military law."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang Ermazi raised his voice and said, "Did you hear it clearly?"

"I heard it clearly!"

Wang Ermazi felt distressed, but he couldn't show it.

"Do it well, the Tartars are not indestructible bodies, they can't survive even if they are poked with holes."

After encouraging the soldiers, Wang Ermazi and Li Shitou and Gan Hui left the barracks.

As soon as he left the military camp, Wang Ermazi immediately said embarrassedly: "I'll let you laugh at me, it's all because I'm not strict in governing the army."

Gan Hui cleared his throat and said, "General Wang does not need to blame himself, this kind of thing is inevitable. We just need to try our best to guard it."

Wang Ermazi felt a slump in his heart when he heard this. Gan Hui said that he would try his best to keep it, not necessarily to keep it.

It seems that in Gan Hui's heart, Laizhou can no longer be defended.

Forget it, he just needs to do his best to keep it. If he really can't keep it, there is nothing he can do.

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Amid the rumbling drums, the Qing army's war machine started again.

But this time the momentum was obviously much bigger than the last time.

Ning Wan, I ordered the arrest of the strong men in Jinan Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture. The youngest of these strong men who had just been arrested were in their early teens, and the older ones were already covered in white hair.

They were doing the hardest chores, responsible for pulling food and supplies forward.

If you stop for a moment, the Qing army's whip will be mercilessly thrown off.

Those strong men were covered in blood and did not dare to complain, otherwise the more ruthless whip would continue to be whipped off.

It will bring disaster to the people, and it will make people suffer even more.

The Tartars are really not humans. They treat them like animals. If they are not satisfied, they will beat and scold them.

From the moment they were arrested, they knew that most of them could not return home alive.

It’s time to live for a moment. If you can breathe, you can’t give up on yourself, right?

Of course, Jixiha, who was riding a tall horse in the central army, would not pay attention to the lives and deaths of these strong men.

He waited for so long and finally arrived at the Henan Green Camp. At this moment, he couldn't wait to go to Laizhou to fight to the death.

The last time he suffered a fall outside Laizhou City, he wanted to get all the money and interests back this time.

After the city of Laizhou was broken, he wanted to kill all the rebels and use his head to build a Beijing temple to warn the world.

These thieves who don’t know how to live or die actually think that they can shake the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, but they don’t know that the Qing Dynasty is the one who inherits the will of heaven and destiny.

Jixihab wanted to use practical actions to tell these thieves that the Qing Dynasty was the lord of the world.

Ning Wan, I did not follow Jixiha to fight. In his words, his old bones really couldn't stand the intensity of the march.

Ji Xiha was naturally happy to see this. It would be best if I didn’t follow Ning Wan, otherwise he would have to fight Ning Wan with me. Haha.

Now his military is his one-man show, and it feels great not to be restrained by Ning Wan.

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