Zhou Xian nodded slightly and asked Li Kai about other things. Overall, neither Jining nor Shandong nor Luxi had lost control.

In the meeting, a young man with a documentary appearance walked up to the city wall and handed a piece of paper to Li Kai.

After seeing it, Li Kai frowned slightly and said to Zhou Xian: "The military gate and Ding Guerrilla sent back news. Late last night, Li Yan had led nearly 4,000 cavalry to leave Shandong and urgently returned to Jining. Now the thief in Shandong is led by surrendered general Mei Yingyuan."

Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment and said, "Mei Yingyuan first rebels Ming, then Liu Zeqing. Now he returns to Li Yan, and can be valued by him. This shows that this person has some ability." He thought for a while and said, "Since Li Yan left here, it means they have no intention of attacking Jinan. Li Kai, you will lead 3,000 elite troops out of the east gate to go to the north of Lu tonight. Upload my flag, pretend to be the soldiers returning to help, and attack the rebels scattered in northern Shandong. In addition, let the defenders in Yucheng and Pingyuan dispatch, attack the rear of the rebels with a small number of elite troops, and disturb them as much as possible."

Li Yan said: "Why don't the military gate wait for reinforcements to return and then attack together to remove the thieves on the other side of Qinghe? They don't have many troops and cannot fight. If we act quickly, we should be able to destroy them all."

Zhou Xian shook his head, "If we cannot take down Jining, even if the thief who severely damaged Mei Yingyuan, the situation of our army will not change at all. At this time, taking down Jining and protecting the safety of southern Shandong is more important than anything else. I will order the return-to-supporting army to Jining first to help Bai Zhu take down Jining City as soon as possible. As for the northern part of Shandong, it is enough to force Mei Yingyuan to leave, and there is a chance to deal with him in the future."

The rumbling cannons continued, and shouts came one after another. Since the Ming army began to attack Jining, it has not been as stingy as it is now. Zhao Yu cannons, Flang machine cannons, and Tiger Zun cannons continuously bombarded the east gate. The arrow tower had already been smashed into pieces, and most of the city tower collapsed, and several battlements were broken, and Yuecheng was also bombarded with a gap of nearly one meter.

The defenders initially had several old artillery guns, but they were all destroyed when they siege the city on the first day. Although He Jin experienced the previous lessons and tried his best to reduce the number of defenders on the city, there were still many casualties. Moreover, from time to time, shells crossed the city walls and bombed into the city, destroying many houses. The city was like Shura hell, with fires ignited and burning smoke everywhere, illuminating the whole sky was gray. The people in the city hid in the house and resigned to fate, and screams of horror were heard from time to time.

After the five rounds of cannons, Bai Hu waved the flag, and the infantry on both sides of the left and right formed a torrent. Some carried the ladder, while others pushed the siege cars and rushed towards the city wall in a charge posture.

He received nearly 10,000 reinforcements. Zhou Xianyan ordered that the city must be broken within three days, and this was the last day. So many soldiers were killed and injured, and if he could not take Jining City in the end, he would probably be held accountable by Zhou Xian as soon as possible. Moreover, even in the face of a thief with so many troops less than him, he would not win. This would be a shame for his life.

More than two thousand soldiers in the front spread along the wall, laying cloud ladders on the collapsed battlements or the moon walls, shouting and bravely moving forward. The rebels at the top of the city dropped stones, rolled wood, and kept shooting with bows and arrows. The soldiers of the two armies were constantly shot, making a muffled groan and falling from the wall.

The casualties of soldiers were gradually aggravated, but the official army continued to reinforce, suppressing the rebel army in terms of numbers and combat power. Bai Hu gradually threw all his troops into the battlefield, and attacked fiercely regardless of losses, and vowed to take Jining.

Under such a strong attack as the official army, the rebels on the city wall began to feel fear and fear. The strong attack in the past ten days had almost exhausted their strength and spirit, and was gradually suppressed by the official army in terms of momentum. Faced with the rushing official army, they began to panic, and gradually some scattered individuals fled to the city. However, there were still soldiers in the rebels who were struggling to support and tried their best to resist the official army.

Until the sky turned white, the official army finally completely cleared all the rebels on the city wall on the east side, and opened the city gate and let the main force of the official army enter the city. Countless official army gathered together, like long dragons, rushing into the city with anger, and rushing forward along the streets and alleys. The rebels began to collapse, some were killed on the top of the city, some were killed in the alleys, and the bodies of the dead could be seen everywhere. The remaining people opened the other three doors and fled to death.

In the end, the Ming army occupied the other three walls and closed four gates. They posted notices to appease the people, and it was not until almost noon that the city completely returned to peace.

Under Juye City, after listening to the soldiers' rewards, Li Yan said nothing for a long time, and felt a little disappointed between his eyebrows. After a long time, he asked, "What about General He now?"

The soldiers replied: "General He was seriously injured and was escorted out of the city by his brothers from the west gate of Jining. Now he has arrived in Dingtao. Our army suffered heavy losses and only nearly a thousand infantry and cavalry were safely withdrawn. After the official army occupied Jining, they did not send troops to pursue him. Instead, a group of people came to this side. General He sent his subordinates to ask Mr. Li to prepare early."

Li Yan nodded slightly, "I understand, you go down and rest!"

Li Huajing asked in a low voice: "General, do we still want to continue attacking Juye?" After Li Yan arrived, Li Huajing did not dare to cheat and attack Juye with all his strength. However, the Ming army did not retreat and defended tenaciously. He did not take down thousands of soldiers who died or injured. At this moment, he heard that the Jining city was broken, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yan sighed and said, "No need, they will retreat automatically. Bury the dead, treat the injured, and let the brothers have a good meal. Send more people to monitor the movements of the official army in the city. When they withdraw from the Juye, it is the time for our army to pursue." After that, without waiting for Li Huajing to react, Li Yan turned around and walked towards the back camp.

At the third update of the night that day, the Juye defenders abandoned the city, and the remnants of Xiao Yuan camp retreated first, behind the cavalry camp. The entire army left from the south gate and quickly retreated towards Jining.

After Li Yan received the news, he ordered the army to enter the city and personally led thousands of infantry to pursue. The two armies fought from time to time on the road, and the official cavalry camp was seriously injured. When they were caught by Jining reinforcements, there were less than 200 cavalry left. Moreover, the cavalry of the rebel army broke into the retreating official army infantry formation, killing and injuring the official army in large numbers.

When they arrived in Jiaxiang, the official army from Jining was caught. The two armies fought fiercely, and each suffered casualties. When it was dawn, Li Yan saw that it was difficult to get a advantage, so he took the wounded soldiers and retreated to Juye with his captives.
Chapter completed!