There were no less than 2,000 Qing troops stationed in Sishui City, and this was also a food and grass transfer station for the Qing army. Tens of thousands of Qing troops heading east along Sishui all had their logistics supplies for Sishui.

Who said that this is the nearest county town on the west side of the Yimeng Mountains?

But at this moment, the prefect of Jinan, Yu Yijian, was very worried.

The Qingshui Sect soldiers and horses were obviously advancing westward, but Wang Zhen led hundreds of troops and shouted loudly outside the city, fearing that the Qing army would not notice them. Is there no ghost among them?

The Sishui magistrate is right. Where can there be hundreds of people in this world provoking more than two thousand people? There must be ghosts inside.

No one in the civil and military affairs in the city felt that as soon as more than 2,000 people came out, they could beat hundreds of rebels outside into meat paste in the blink of an eye. Just as the Qingshui Sect's unique skill - is human-like bomb fake?

Once the battle situation is stalemate and Wang Lun's army will come from all sides, the Qing army will be in trouble.

Many Qing army officers standing behind Yi Jian did not speak silently.

They don't want to leave the city.

Why are you going out? Going to get a human bomb?

In the past year, facing the Qing army that had an advantage in all aspects, Qingshui scholars launched "human bomb" offensives many times in the battle to gain a glimmer of hope.

Although the Qing army's all-round advantage cannot be completely offset by a human bomb, a terrifying impression has already emerged in the minds of all the Qing army.

This is an unequal war, on a spiritual level.

Just like the war between the Qingshui Sect and the Qing army in reality, the gap between the two sides is too great.

On the spiritual level, as for the Qing army's bear-like appearance, they will never be able to use the unique skill of human bombs, and they will not even be able to withstand the damage caused by explosions.

Therefore, almost all the Qing army was willing to fight defensive wars.

I stood far away, just shooting guns and shooting arrows, and my body and mind were at peace. Wouldn't it be nice?

The Qing army officers in Sishui City all expressed their conscience. As long as Yu Yijian was not speaking out, they would not have left the city even if they died.

Even Yu Yijian didn't want to move from the bottom of his heart.

But the problem is that to the west of Sishui is Qufu, the hometown of the saint. Once Qufu changes, it will be a major change that shakes the world. Yu Yijian will never be able to bear this responsibility.

But he was also afraid that the Qingshui Sect's advance west was just a bluff. In fact, Wang Lun's army was still ambushing around the county town, waiting for him to send troops to the trap.

If his command caused the official army to be defeated, suffered heavy casualties, and even lost Sishui County, even if his brother was named Yu Minzhong, Yu Yijian would not be able to bear such a responsibility.

Yes, Yu Yijian, who has an average ability and an average official reputation, was able to take the position of Jinan prefect at a young age. Now he has become a military officer who urged the logistics supply of tens of thousands of Qing troops on the West Road. Not only was his own position safe, but he also made great contributions after the war. The whole thing was his elder brother Yu Minzhong.

But that's true. His intelligence and wit are as clever as Yu Yijian and never greedy for merit are the most prominent labels in his many years of official career.

He doesn't need to be greedy for merit at all. As long as he honestly does not make any mistakes, he will be among the top in the end.

The long-term habit has developed Yu Yijian's character of not seeking merit but seeking nothing wrong. Now he looks at the hundreds of rebels shouting outside the city and feels really contradictory.

Because he knew that even if he didn't want to send troops, he could not remain indifferent.

Yu Yijian's eyelids were twitching, but he had already made a decision in his heart. He had to leave this soldier. After all, Qufu is on the west side of Sishui. But he could not take the blame after the defeat, which was quite likely.

"In my opinion, I still have to send troops to try the final result. You must know that the westward direction is the hometown of the saint. If the spirit of Confucius in heaven is disturbed by these bandits, we will not be able to redeem our sins after death."

Yu Yijian first showed a reason that no one could deny or refute it, and indeed told the group of officers around him and the Sishui magistrate to show a look of eating shit.

They knew that there was a minefield ahead and they might have touched it, but they had to go!

The sword of the Qingshui Sect thieves is a sword, and the sword of the imperial court is also a sword.

"But Sishui County is of great importance, so we must not prevent the thief army from designing the official army, intending to mobilize our army to take advantage of the situation after leaving the city. Therefore, I thought we should leave a group of people to guard the city."

"Minister Liu, and you all, what do you all think?"

"No!" Almost everyone scolded Yu Yijian in their hearts. Dogecoin thing, do you have the ability to go out and lead the troops yourself?

That is obviously impossible!

The magistrate of Sishui turned his head and looked at the bitter ginseng general. Thank you for your hard work.

The third-rank genital general was sent by the fourth-rank magistrate, which was not a big deal in the Qing Dynasty, but it is rare for the fourth-rank genital general to send the third-rank genital general in an absolute tone.

There were many children of "rich families" in the Qing Dynasty who could do this, and Yu Yijian in front of him was exactly one of them.

There was a brother of the foreman of the Military Discipline Inspection Department standing in the capital. Not to mention a small general, even the governor would be polite.

And he, a little seventh-rank magistrate, stood like an ant!

Wang Zhen outside the city looked at the Sishui County Town in front of him. When he was bored, he started betting with Yang Wu and Li Shijie, betting whether the Qing soldiers in the city dared to attack.

"Haha, look, look, isn't this coming out?" Wang Zhen pointed to the city gate and laughed.

No longer visiting Yang Wu, Li Shijie and his two men strode to the front of the formation with a little worried look, shouting: "Brothers, please listen, let the Qing soldiers come out, and we will retreat from half a mile away when they enter. When they lead them to the ambush circle, we will cure them well!"

The morale of the rebels was excited, although there were less than 200 ambushers behind them.

Yu Yijian suddenly let out a surprise on the top of the city, and immediately raised his telescope and buckled it on his eyes, "Are you really retreating?"

"What are the thiefs doing?"

He asked the officer behind him.

Did the Qingshui Cultivation Army lure the Qing army into the trap, or did they just bluff before, but now they retreated when they see the official army overwhelmed?

Yu Yijian cannot judge.

He couldn't figure out the lawsuit behind him, and he didn't dare to make a decision.

There was also the general who led his troops out of the city, who also looked back at Sishui City, and Yu Yijian was speechless. What else could he do? He could only grit his teeth and put on the throne.

"Send the order and the entire army moves forward. All departments obey orders and are strictly prohibited from attacking without authorization-"

General Gan closed his eyes and prayed to God. There was already a general named Wen in Qilu, who was in great trouble, so he wouldn't be the second one, right?

At this moment, the Qingshui Doctrine Army was shooting and shouting in front of them, and the number of people was far greater than that of them was followed by them, and did not dare to act rashly.
Chapter completed!