There was news that Guiyang was captured by the Ming army before, and Liu Zhifu and Zhu Shijue, the guards of Shengjing, did not dare to be careless. There were noticeably more guards on the wall.

Seeing this, Luo Ren said to Guo Li Ai: "Commander Guo, now that the Shengjing Pass is heavily guarded, if we take the liberty of attacking, the army is afraid that the losses will be too large, it seems that we have to wait until the second half of the night to attack the fortification, and we can only reduce the casualties of the attack." ”

Guo Li Ai looked at the patrols coming and going on the wall, and said with a little numbness: "I also think it's best to tackle key problems in the second half of the night." ”

Guo Liai and Luo Ren were under the Shengjing Pass, discussing that they would attack again in the middle of the night. But Wang Xing, who was outside the leveling institute, didn't think so.

That night, Zhu Shouquan rushed to the Pingyi Station and relayed Guo Liai's words to Wang Xinghou. Wang Xing suddenly said angrily: "Okay, you Guo Li Ai, when we were in Guiyang City, we saw that you were pitiful, and we let you go for the sake of our colleagues for many years, and now we have humiliated Lao Tzu." ”

Wang Xing was the earl of Daming before, and his position and title were above Guo Liai, but now he was arranged by Zhu Youdong under Guo Liai, and he was already very unconvinced, but now he was provoked by Guo Liai's ulterior motives, and suddenly the nameless fire in his heart ran wildly.

Regardless of Zhu Shouquan's dissuasion, he said: "Brothers, the one surnamed Guo just ran into Hou Ye first and picked up a bargain." When it comes to the ability to fight, his surname Guo is not worthy of lifting shoes for me, and now he dares to laugh at me and others. We can't afford to give him the surname Guo a flat look. ”

Wang Xing's subordinates immediately shouted one after another, to fight a good battle to give the surname Guo some colors to see, and also let Pingyu Hou see who is the one who can fight.

Wang Xing saw that the army's heart was available, and immediately said to Zhu Shouquan: "We don't have to wait until dawn, just take advantage of the fact that the Qing army has not reacted now, and directly attack the Pingyi Station." ”

Zhu Shouquan said: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate, we said that it is good to wait until dawn to launch an attack." If we attack the city now, will it affect Guo Li Ai and their attack on the victory pass? ”

Wang Xing waved his hand and said: "No, it is very beneficial for us to attack the city now, the Qing army is defenseless, and now the Qing army is very lax." Besides, if we attack the city tomorrow, the Qing army will know our strength at a glance. Even though you have brought 3,000 men, it will be difficult for us to capture a city with more than 5,000 defenders. And I don't know how many real Manchurians there are in the city. ”

Zhu Shouquan was also a little dissatisfied with Guo Li Ai before, and when he saw Wang Xing say this, he thought for a while and said: "It's okay, now we still have some advantages while the night is dark, if we wait until tomorrow, there are Manchurians in the city to press, it is estimated that it will not be easy to fight." ”

Wang Xing said with a smile: "That's right, look at Guo Li Ai's villain's powerful appearance, he really thinks that he is your and my top boss, and he speaks in an official tone." When we capture the level, if he can't conquer the victory pass. When the time comes, we will see what kind of face he has to be this commander. ”

Zhu Shouquan was not optimistic and said: "It's better not to spoil the big things, I think this Pingyu Marquis is not a good person, and he knows things in the army very well." ”

Wang Xing said: "Whatever, as long as we make meritorious contributions, he can still blame us." "After that, he began to deploy the army and let the various departments prepare for the siege of the city.

Zhu Shouquan said: "Anyway, I think it's not that simple to let Guo Li love lead the army this time." It's not that Marquis Pingyu doesn't know Guo Liai's nature, but this time he really made him the main general. ”

Wang Xing said while arranging people: "Do you really believe in him Guo Li Ai?" Look at the people in the army? Most of them are Miao people, and even Han people are mostly old people before the Restoration Army. Otherwise, Guo Li Ai can lead the army to the battle? ”

Zhu Shouquan shook his head and said, "Yes, but no matter what, he still let Guo Liai lead the army, does Guo Liai have that ability?" I really can't understand it. ”

Wang Xing said: "Don't look at Guo Liai's fast climb now, can he command these troops?" The other generals of the Restoration Army were all determined by the Marquis of Pingyu, but this Guo Li Ai was transferred with a military order. This sentence is like a military order, and if the matter is not done well, it must be done by military law. ”

Zhu Shouquan said: "Don't worry about it for now, your army is now divided into several gates to feint, this main attack will be left to me, and you will take the rest of the army to press me in the back." ”

Wang Xingdao: "What are you talking about?" I'll give you a press, and you can figure it out. Forget it, don't say who will attack the formation, you will attack the west gate, and I will go around the east gate. Then we attacked the city on both the east and west sides at the same time, so that we could not only disperse the forces of the Qing army, but also hit the morale of the defenders. ”

Zhu Shouquan said: "Okay, you will also bring all the people from Ximen, and we will attack the city at the same time in half an hour." Wang Xing was not polite, and immediately rushed to the east gate with a thousand people.

After Zhu Shouquan waited for Wang Xing to leave, he looked at the city wall of the Pingyi Institute and said to the soldiers: "Add more of our camouflage, and then look for vines around to make some tools for climbing the city." ”

The surrounding soldiers immediately became busy when they heard this, and now it is the twenty-fifth day of the winter moon, and it is about to enter the wax moon, and the weather is already very cold. The defenders of the city were supervised by the generals a few days ago, and the patrols were also very diligent, and the soldiers couldn't stand it for a few days, and the generals were not willing to patrol.

Seeing that the generals did not come to patrol, the patrol posts in the city were also lazy. Most of them hide in the castle tower to roast the fire, and even the patrol post takes a long time to come out.

Zhu Shouquan watched that more than half an hour had passed, and with an order, he took the soldiers of the Restoration Army and slowly approached the city wall. Due to the scarcity of people patrolling the city, all of the Restoration Army were camouflaged, and it was impossible to see a large army approaching in the dark night.

At this time, a patrol in the city yawned and came out to patrol slowly. Seeing this, Zhu Shouquan immediately asked all the soldiers to stop, and then all squatted down. In this way, it looks pitch black from a distance, and even if someone with good eyesight sees it, it is only a large patch of branches and leaves.

Someone in the patrol complained: "On such a cold day, it is said that the Ming army is coming to attack the city, and the Ming army is also a person, how can it be that it came." ”

Someone replied, "Yes, all the rulers are making fires in their houses, but we have come out to suffer this sin." At this time, the captain said: "Say a few words, after this patrol is over, you can have a good rest." It was not until the middle of the night that the Manchurians came to check on the post. ”

Go to the man first: "I said the captain too, you see that those people are not out on patrol, you just let us come out." You talk about the Manchurians coming, how many more things do we have? ”

Another said: "Yes, in the past, when the Ming Dynasty was the most fierce time in the world, there were no such constant patrols day and night. Seeing that the moon is about to be paid, I don't know when the silver will be paid. ”

The previous man said: "Yes, in the past when the Ming Dynasty, the King of Jin sent us a few sons, but now that it's good, the Qing soldiers don't care about us directly, and only urge us to work every day." ”

When the captain heard this, he shouted in a low voice: "Ma Da Face, what are you talking nonsense? Can you be called King Jin now? You have to call the thief Li Dingguo, your family doesn't want to live anymore. ”

Ma Da smiled and said, "Oh, captain, don't be serious, didn't I mean to slip my mouth?" The captain said, "Don't talk too much, hurry up and patrol around, and go to the city tower." People are going to freeze to death in this weather. ”

Seeing this, the rest of the people stopped talking, and walked over quickly with their hands in their hands and spears. Zhu Shouquan's pair of patrols went far away before letting the soldiers of the Restoration Army get up and continue to lean under the city wall.

Zhu Shouquan led people to the city wall, and Zhu Shouquan saw that the time was about the same, so he waved his hand to the soldiers around him. The soldiers of the Restoration Army immediately leaned the ladder they brought against the city wall, and people kept climbing up.

Just a few steps up, the patrol that had just passed came back. One of them said, "Captain, let's hurry up, listen to this sound is windy, and it may snow tomorrow." ”

The captain said, "What nonsense, do you feel the wind?" At this time, Ma Da said with a big face: "Captain, don't you listen to this rustling sound, isn't it the sound of the wind blowing leaves?" It must be blowing the wind. ”

The captain said, "No, I can't feel the wind at all." As he spoke, he took off his hat and felt that there was no wind for a long time. Taking advantage of the time to feel the wind, the captain also heard the rustling sound outside the city, and said, "There is indeed a rustling sound, like the sound of the wind blowing." ”

When Zhu Shouquan saw that the sneak attack was about to be discovered, he immediately became nervous, and asked the patrol to climb up from a distance. I still thought in my heart: "This Wang Xing said that he was heavily guarded, and now he was easily touched under the city wall, which is still strict?" ”

But now I didn't rush to think about this, and I heard the captain on the city wall say, "Bring a torch and see what is going on under the city." The man named Ma Da Face immediately stretched out the torch in his hand.

The captain took the torch and stretched it out of the wall, and then put his head out of the wall to look at it. The captain was immediately stunned. The walls of the city are densely covered with tree branches, and when you look closely, you can see that there are people all under the branches.

Just as the captain noticed the situation, the branch in front of him suddenly fell out of the city, sticking out a head, and at the same time a knife was placed around his neck.

At this time, the captain saw clearly that the person who put the knife on his neck seemed to be wearing a Ming army uniform. There is also a large area of branches under the city, and it is impossible to see the head. The captain immediately stiffened his whole body, and his whole body was cold, and there was only one thought in his mind, that is, the Ming army was attacking the city.

But now the captain didn't dare to make the slightest move, he knew that as long as he dared to make a little noise, he would have to go to Lord Yama on an errand immediately. Seeing that the person in front of him signaled him to retreat slowly, the captain didn't dare to move too much, if he let the Ming army in front of him misunderstand, it would be troublesome.

The other people in the city saw that the captain was lying on the city wall and did not move, and they were curious, but they did not dare to urge, so they had to wait. After a while, I saw the captain slowly stand up and step back step by step. Then there was a sound of jumping, and a man covered in a tree branch was seen holding a knife to the captain's neck and approaching.

When the others saw this, they wanted to come to the rescue, when a large number of branches suddenly appeared in other parts of the city wall. Everyone looked at it, and there were all people under the branches, some wearing Ming military uniforms, and a large number of Miao people.

Everyone immediately panicked, this is someone coming to sneak attack, and now all of them are on the city wall. The Ming army that had just taken a knife to frame the patrol captain and attacked the city wall was a general flag. Now seeing that the Restoration Army has gone to the city, many people have begun to go down the city wall in groups to open the city gate.

The banner asked, "Who is the commander of this city?" How many people are there? Where are the guards now? "There are three questions in a row, and the patrol leader looks at the knife around his neck. I didn't dare to talk nonsense, so I had to answer one by one: "The guard is Liu Fangsheng, there are only more than 200 people in the city, and the other armies are in the city, and the Manchurians have sent all the women in the city to their camp, and the other armies are in the barracks." Now the guards could not stand the cold and roasted the fire in the castle tower. ”

This general banner didn't know who Liu Fangsheng was, and when he heard that he couldn't stand the cold and hid in the city tower to roast the fire, he immediately felt a little contemptuous, and said: "As long as you are obedient, my Ming Wang Shi will not hurt the people, nor will he kill the soldiers." But if you dare to shout and scream, I will kill you immediately. ”

The captain suddenly nodded again and again: "Don't worry, general, I won't shout." Then he also said to the other patrolmen: "You should also listen to the arrangements of General Daming, and don't move." ”

These soldiers patrolling the city were all locals, and when they heard the captain say this, they immediately said that they would be obedient. Seeing this, the general flag handed over the patrolling people to the people who came up behind, and ran to the city tower with a dozen people.

As soon as I was outside the city tower, I heard a person inside: "Ma Tian, you are looking for death, let you go on patrol, you are perfunctory to me like this, there are wolves chasing you outside, and you actually ran back directly." ”

The general flag didn't dare to answer outside, so he directly pushed the door and led people in. I saw a man in a Manchu coat, wearing a Qing court pipe hat on his head, sitting by the fire and roasting the fire. But he was dressed as a civilian official, and the general flag of the Restoration Army was also stunned, and he never thought that this guard general was a civilian official.

When the civil official saw that he had spoken, the patrolling man did not listen, but broke into the house, and immediately became angry and said, "You seem to be really tired of being alive, and you dare to disobey military orders." After speaking, he looked up and saw that it was not the patrol team sent out just now, and he immediately looked at the people of the Restoration Army in surprise.

Only then did he react and say, "Who are you?" Now that martial law has been imposed in the city, you still dare to run around, and you still run up to the city, come here, take them all down, and behead them tomorrow, and shock the people of the whole city. ”