Chongde County.

On the street outside the county government office.

Qian Yuan looked at Sun Kehong and Lu Shude powerlessly, and the two guys stared at him with eager eyes.

Qian Yuan could not leave them behind because of his feelings or reason.

Yesterday I went to Xiang Mansion to pay homage. After the news of a large number of Japanese pirates attacking in Yuhang this morning, Qian Yuan immediately prepared to leave, but an hour ago, Lu Bin's arrival made Qian Yuan stop acting.

Lu Bin brought two news.

First, a large number of Japanese pirates rushed from all directions, Jiashan County was lost, the magistrate fled, and the Japanese pirates massacred the city.

Secondly, the waterway from Jiaxing to Songjiang was cut off, the Cixi Wharf was occupied by Japanese pirates, and Japanese pirates also appeared in Xuedian Lake.

Lu Bin was defeated outside Jiashan County and had to retreat to Chongde County. His subordinates were less than 300 soldiers.

These two news made Qian Yuan give up his attempt to return to Songjiang. Although he was anxious, he could not do anything now.

However, Sun Kehong and Lu Shude's eyes lit up after seeing Lu Bin. In their opinion, Lu Bin joined forces with Qian Yuan to defeat the Japanese pirates last time, and this time it would be fine.

Faced with the expectant eyes of these two guys, Qian Yuan was really unable to complain, so it was not that simple!

At this moment, a sharp howling came.

"The Japanese pirates are here!"

"The Japanese pirates are here!"

What followed was the burst of crying and riots spread throughout the city in a very short period of time.

Chongde County is very small, with only two city gates. If there is no obstruction of buildings, you can almost see the East Gate from the West Gate at a glance.

At the east city gate, more than a dozen Japanese pirates were wielding long swords and slashing and killing. More than twenty yamen runners, although the constable did not escape in all directions, they had almost no power to fight back.

"It's okay." Qian Yuan looked around and breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, "Hurry!"

In fact, there was no need for his instructions. Dozens of personal soldiers around Lu Bin had already pounced on him, and Yang Wen also picked up his spear and took the guard to force him from the other side.

"Good gun technique."

Wang Yi's praise came, Qian Yuan turned his head and looked at it carefully. A long spear suddenly poked out from the city gate, poking three Japanese pirates in a row in a elusive way.

"Awesome." Qian Yuan pulled the corner of his mouth, making the gun an old man with a gully face. Although his hair was vaguely gray, he was extremely fierce. The tip of the gun touched the throat and chest.

Lu Shude had already lying on the side, vomiting so hard that he was dizzy. Sun Kehong had passed the battle in Jiading, and looked at it with his toes a few glances and said in a low voice: "Mr. Liu is dead."

Qian Yuan remained silent and took Lu Bin aside after a while, "Are you going to leave or stay?"

"I don't know." Lu Bin said frankly, "Jiashan County is lost, and the court will inevitably hold it accountable. Although I am just a small boss,..."

Qian Yuan nodded in agreement, "If you want to leave, let's go together, if you want to..."

The word "官" was still in his throat and the two clerks over there ran over with sad faces.

"General Lu Ba, the magistrate ran away!"

The scene became silent and fled before the battle. This was a timid and unwieldy magistrate.

Qian Yuan swallowed and asked in a low voice: "Before, were you outside the city or inside the city?"

Lu Bin's face was ashes and replied with difficulty: "Outside the city."

"The magistrate escaped, the county magistrate died." Qian Yuan grabbed his hair, "You are in the city now..."

"If I leave too..." Lu Bin added: "If Chongde is lost, then I will definitely be the one who is asking for the crime..."

Qian Yuan stopped talking, it was obvious. If there was a magistrate and the county magistrate, it would be easy to say whether Lu Bin left or stay. Now he ran away and if Lu Bin left and Chongde was lost, if he was slaughtered like Jiashan County, the blame would definitely be on Lu Bin.

"Stay." Qian Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Close the city gate, organize the troops, and prepare to defend the enemy."

"Actually you can..."

"Don't leave." Qian Yuan shouted coldly.

Lu Bin's stiff face finally loosened, and he vaguely returned to the battlefield outside Jiading City. He seemed to see the young man from Songjiang who opened the city gate and appeared in front of the fire.

Among the people gathered were veterans who participated in the Battle of Jiading last year, the yamen runners and clerks from Chongde County. Everyone had the same expression as Lu Bin on their faces. They were truly a hero who was praised by Duke Zhenchuan.

Qian Yuan nodded gently to the surroundings and looked at Lu Bin again... Where can I run without you escort?

He gathered several clerks, two captains, Wang Yi and several veterans of the Lu family together, and Qian Yuan whispered, "The first thing to do is to collect weapons, there are no garrisons near Chongde County."

"When I retreated from Jiashan County, I brought some of it." Lu Bin nodded, "Anyway, I am defending the city, so I don't have high requirements for military ordnance, and it's time to make temporary production, but manpower and materials are required."

Qian Yuan turned to look at the captain named Liu, "Helping the township man to demolish some houses."

"My fellow villagers..." Captain Liu hesitated.

"Give the money, don't worry about money." Qian Yuan replied concisely and continued: "The second thing is to collect and count the food."

"Even if the Japanese pirates attack the city, it won't last long." Uncle Li, a veteran of Lu Bin, shook his head, "No need."

“It’s necessary.”

Qian Yuan was about to explain in detail when a sound of horse hooves suddenly came.

"Who!" Lu Bin stood up suddenly, and before he could look carefully, he shouted: "Close the city gate, close the city gate!"

Several yamen runners were about to close the city gate, but a tall horse suddenly broke open the city gate. The knight fell from the horse in a mess. The horse also neighed and fell down, sliding on the ground and knocked over the two yamen runners.

"Come!" The knight forced himself to the ground and jumped up, "Hurry, call the doctor!"

Lu Bin, who took the spear from his personal soldiers, took a closer look and hesitated: "It's Li..."

"I am Li Liangqin." Li Liangqin looked back anxiously and looked out of the city.

Lu Bin knew this man, who was always guarding Yu Dayou, and couldn't help but say happily: "General Yu is here to help?"

But Qian Yuan's face changed. Not to mention that Yu Dayou's departure from Songjiang would lead to any changes in the situation in Huating, it is obvious that Li Liangqin looks like this and is anxious to find a doctor. I'm afraid Yu Dayou's situation is worrying.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Qian Yuan's guess was verified.

Under the escort of more than 200 soldiers, Yu Dayou, who had a long arrow on his shoulder, was helped into the city with a pale face.

"This is..." Sun Kehong's voice was trembling.

Even if Sun Kehong knew nothing about military affairs, he could still know that something was wrong with the limping soldiers, bandages wrapped around his body, and the long arrow on Yu Dayou.

"Close the city gate." Qian Yuan grabbed Uncle Li and said word by word: "From now on, no one will open the door. Have you heard it clearly?"

"Listen to Mr. Qian." Lu Bin, with an ugly expression, whispered.

Yuhang was besieged by Japanese pirates, Jiashan County was destroyed and slaughtered, Yu Dayou was defeated and was shot without knowing his life or death...

Qian Yuan took a deep breath and the situation might be worse than he thought.
Chapter completed!