In the middle of the night, there was silence both inside and outside the city.

These days, the soldiers surrounded Nanping, the thieves never fought at night, the reasons are many, most of them are from poor backgrounds, there is little meat, and the phenomenon of blindfolded birds is quite common.

And Wu Baipeng in the city did not choose to attack at night, after all, the troops are insufficient, and they can still rely on strong troops to gain the upper hand during the day, once they fight at night, the ghost knows what will happen, Wu Baipeng does not want to lose a small number of troops.

But this night, it was quiet in the dead of night at the beginning, and after that, the officers and soldiers in the city and the thieves outside the city were scolding my mother.

"Here we go again!"

A thief soldier who was on vigil rubbed his sleepy eyes tiredly, and watched the fire rise at the head of the city, followed by the thunderous sound of drums.

Not daring to scream, not daring to run, not daring to do anything, the thieves cowered in a corner, and two quarters of an hour ago, a fellow villager shouted at the sight of the fire, which caused chaos in the camp, and was finally struck by the leader.

Or a quarter of an hour, or two quarters of an hour, or three quarters of an hour, every once in a while, the head of the city was like a big opera, and there was a commotion in the camp of the thieves outside again and again, and the leader inspected the bullet pressure, and there were also two large-scale camp roars.

"Does it work?" Liang Sheng was a little uneasy, this was his own toss, if it didn't work, even if Wu Baipeng, who agreed, didn't say anything, but the reputation of the Qian family's guards would be lost in Fujian.

On the side was the guard brought by Wu Baipeng from Hangzhou, smacking his lips and laughing: "It can't be learned from the Three Kingdoms Commentary, right?" ”

Liang Sheng snorted, gritted his teeth and said, "The hour is almost up, you go and call Lord Zhongcheng." ”

A quarter of an hour later, the east gate was once again ablaze with drums? Shouts of killing? Wu Baipeng picked up the binoculars and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "It's better to talk than nothing." ”

Glancing at the ignorant Liang Sheng, Wu Baipeng explained: "Not for a night attack? Just to entangle the thieves? Don't let it go east? The night disturbance is enough, and tomorrow Zhang Lian will definitely not dare to pull out the army to the east. ”

Waiting for Wu Baipeng to rest again? Liang Sheng was a little unwilling, and pulled the guard to whisper a few words? The latter shook his hand repeatedly.

When the sky was bright, when Wu Baipeng went to the city again, his eyes fell on the pile of bamboo baskets full of heads for the first time.

"What a bunch of killers!" The guard smiled bitterly and whispered: "The adults have said that they can't attack at night, where do the villains dare to open the city gate, they fell down from the city......"

Wu Baipeng said angrily, "A group of killers, if something happens?" Zhancai didn't come to Fujian to find trouble! ”

"But it's really good, like a monkey? How agile are you going up and down the city? More than 20 people entered the camp in the dark...... "The guards admire it very much?" "Everyone has a head tied around their waist to go back to the city? After returning to the city, the camp of the thieves was in chaos for a quarter of an hour, and the whole army camp almost roared. ”

Wu Baipeng sighed and turned his head to look? Liang Sheng's audacity was still boasting triumphantly, boasting about the slashing and killing in the camp last night.

"It's a pity, it's only more than a hundred heads, and there's really no way to ...... We don't have an eight-foot waistline, how many heads can we tie!? ”

"It would be nice if it was to cut off the ears, many thieves were cut down and didn't have time to cut off their heads, hey, even if they were cut off, they couldn't bring it back!"

"Hey, the young master didn't tell me, did these thieves also exchange their heads for thirty taels of silver...... Oops! ”

Wang Yi, whose face was pale, simply kicked Liang Sheng from behind with a sharp kick, "Before leaving, the young master explained that everything was cautious, and he listened to the assignments of Lord Zhongcheng, General Yu, and Qi Guerrilla, who let you out of the city!" ”

"Victory is fruitless, go out of the city and take the guilt." Wang Yi turned around and knelt on one knee, "Please punish Lord Zhongcheng." ”

Wu Baipeng glanced at Liang Sheng, who still felt aggrieved, "It is worthy that I have only been with Zhan for a few years, but I am arrogant, too, I heard that Shangyu won a great victory, you Liang Sheng charged with armor, and took the lead in breaking the formation, if you join the army, you are not weaker than Jimei and Yang Wen." ”

"But I haven't joined the army yet, and it's not Wu's turn to be punished."

"Get up."

Wu Baipeng said expressionlessly: "Zhancai has always protected his shortcomings, if Wu is punished, I am afraid that Zhancai will be held accountable." ”

Qian Yuan's reputation for protecting the short is no less than his scathing words, not to mention the rest, the five Jingguan are all piled up in the name of worshipping the dead guards.

Liang Sheng knelt on the ground with a bitter face, "Please punish your lord." ”

Liang Sheng has been following Qian Yuan for several years, and he has never been big or small, and he is very trusted by Qian Yuan, knowing that his young master and the Fujian governor in front of him are close friends.

Wu Baipeng snorted coldly, turned his head to look outside the city, carefully observed the dynamics of the thieves, and said after a while: "Half an hour later, open the north city gate, and you choose two hundred armor soldiers to fight." ”

Liang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then jumped up happily, shouted yes, and strode down the city to select the soldiers.

Half an hour later, Wu Baipeng at the head of the city showed a smile, "Among the leaders of the Qian family's guards, Yang Wenzhi and Yong are both of great use, Zhou Ze, Zhang San, and Peng Feng are either brave and good at fighting, or have expertise, but Liang Sheng is the only one, so brave and ruthless, he is really a killer!" ”

Wang Yi smiled bitterly: "Originally, the young master asked Liang Sheng to stay in Zhenhai and lead the escort team into Fujian with Peng Feng, but Liang Sheng wanted to die or live...... In the end, the young master asked Wang to press him into Fujian together. ”

Although Liang Sheng is brave and ruthless, but he is not brutal, two hundred armor soldiers did not immediately raid after leaving the city, but lined up outside the city, thieves rushed up to try to take the opportunity to seize the city gate, but unexpectedly there was a loud bang, fire and smoke.

Liang Sheng ordered the armor soldiers to carry forty bird guns to hide in the middle, and suddenly a volley of salvo shot the rushing thieves into a thousand holes, and then led the armor soldiers to attack from the flank.

When the two hundred armor soldiers did not rush out of the front of the smoke, but appeared on the flank, the already chaotic army of more than 1,000 thieves immediately collapsed, and Liang Sheng killed all the way from the north gate to the east gate, and met almost no resistance.

Sending troops to meet the entry into the city, Wu Baipeng was overjoyed, and joined hands with Liang Sheng to climb the city and pour three glasses of wine as a reward.

On the same day, Nanping County successively fought four times from the east and north city gates and the water gate, beheaded more than 500, killed and wounded countless, and its own casualties were only dozens of people, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city was greatly boosted, and the name of the Qian family's guards spread all over the city.

Without waiting for dusk, Zhang Lian led the thieves to retreat more than ten miles north and set up camp, not daring to besiege the city at close range.

Wang Yi, who personally went out of the city to check the military situation, rushed into the city and strode up to the city, "There is no sign of eastward, the morale of the Jinri thief soldiers has declined, if Zhang Lian forcibly orders the east, I am afraid that the camp will be bombed." ”

Wu Baipeng nodded slightly, carefully asked the location of the thief camp, and said after a long time: "Jimei and Zhifu are all strong soldiers, it is not difficult to break the Xiao night, we still need to pester Zhang Lian for two days." ”

Wang Yi said with a smile: "Although Qi Guerrilla has always been by the young master's side, he also inherited the teaching of General Qi, Shangyu was victorious, and the Qi family army was like a tiger, and it defeated Xu Hai in three quarters of an hour; General Yu is cautious and experienced in his use of soldiers, but he is not lacking in courage, if General Yu has already gone south, presumably before dusk tomorrow, the victory will come. ”

Wu Baipeng glanced at Wang Yi, among the leaders of the Qian family's guards, Wang Yi was the most obscure, but he had always relied on Qian Yuan, and judging from Jin Riqi's understanding and command of the battlefield, he didn't look like a novice.

In fact, Zhang Lian and Wu Baipeng outside the city are all playing the same idea, entangled each other, and did not let them go east to rescue.

Zhang Lian hopes that Xiao Wan can break Gutian County and cut off the Minjiang River, and when the news comes, Nanping County may be self-defeating.

And Wu Baipeng hopes to entangle Zhang Lian, and when the news of Xiao Wan's defeat comes, he will lead the army to attack again, and maybe he can fight in a battle.

Therefore, the key to this battle is not in Nanping, but in Gutian.