It was getting late, but Snake Mountain had not yet been captured.

Governor Xiande took the opportunity to reprimand Gao Laibao Yitong, all of which were words that were afraid of war, and said that he wanted to go back to Wuchang City, report the truth to the court, and participate in his crimes, and ran back to Wuchang City after speaking, in fact, the real reason was that he was already timid and did not dare to continue to stay at the foot of the mountain.

Gao Laibao really didn't care about it at this time, and after beckoning the remaining Qing soldiers to set up a camp and make a fire to cook, he began to go around to inspect the military formation, mainly to prevent the enemy from sneaking up at night.

After the execution of two Qing soldiers who did not answer the correct orders one after another, no one dared to relax in the entire Qing army's position, and they tightly surrounded the foot of Snake Mountain, neither attacking nor retreating.

In Gao Laibao's view, it is difficult to attack the mountain with the current 3,000 men, and now he can only wait for the arrival of reinforcements before launching a new offensive. Therefore, after arranging the defense under the mountain, he sent his own soldiers to report to the governor Manpi.

When the soldiers arrived at the governor's palace, Xiande was complaining, and his words were extremely useless in his words, and he couldn't delay it before the battle, and he was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, so that he would be defeated, and if the general was replaced, he would definitely win.

Man Pi was a little suspicious in his heart, and was about to send Xiande away, but unexpectedly, the personal soldiers sent by Gao Laibao also arrived, and they wanted to come in to report the military situation, so they had no choice but to let the other party in.

"Tell Lord Dutai, General Gao sent a villain to deliver a message, saying that the guns and artillery of the Snake Mountain rebels are very good and difficult to overcome, and now he has led the soldiers and horses to gather the local regiments, and when the adults send reinforcements, they can be eliminated in one fell swoop." The soldier said with a worried expression, and he could feel the anger in his heart.

"Rubbish! Eater! Four thousand! Four thousand people are helpless even a few hundred bandits! This is my soldier of the Qing Dynasty! The Han people really can't be trusted! Man Pi was so angry that he didn't care about anything and said this.

When Xiande heard this, he had a score in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Lord Dutai, this Gao Lai Bao is still loyal to my Qing Dynasty..... It's just that I'm not used to the terrain and climate of this lake, so it's naturally not effective to command, I'm afraid I still have to send a capable general over! ”

Man Pi was angry and angry, and naturally understood that the overall situation was now important, and it was difficult to change generals in battle, and sighed: "If it is a change of generals, I am afraid that I will have to ask Admiral Wang to lead the troops to come, although there are 3,000 admirals under his command, but after all, they are far away in Yichang Mansion, if they come, I am afraid that things will be big!" ”

This is indeed a solid word, from the beginning, Man Pi and Xiande both hoped to control the matter in one place, and there would be no big problem if they were quietly solved, but now they forced the Ning family to rebel, not to mention, but also forced Wuchang to occupy Snake Mountain, which itself pierced a hole in the sky, and I don't know how many people are writing a recital to impeach them.

That's it, if the bandits are eliminated in the shortest possible time, they can also be rounded, but the green battalion soldiers under his command are all a bunch of rice buckets, the first formation folded the Fu Biao, and the second formation folded half of the Governor Biao into it, but the bandits' heads were not seen, if they were stabbed to the court, these two would probably be cut off by Kangxi.

Man Pi was both hateful and angry in his heart, and said indignantly: "If you hadn't handled the beginning and end at the beginning, how could there be such a big fork?" What did you do to catch Ning Zhongjing from the beginning? This Ning Zhongyuan didn't catch it, so there was such a big mess! ”

Xiande was also wronged in his heart, this matter was pulled into the water by you from the beginning, if it weren't for your old boy who coveted the Ning family's property and Huitong Qianzhuang, and he was still in charge of the governor at this time, how could there be such a big mess? I thought so in my heart, but I didn't dare to talk back, so I had to sigh.

Man Pi didn't want to tear his face at this critical time, so he had to say: "Brother Xiande, this matter can't be left like this, I will write a letter to Admiral Wang to send troops, you also have to keep an eye on Snake Mountain, you just leave five hundred in the city defense camp, and take the rest to Snake Mountain, you must capture Snake Mountain, this Gao Lai Bao is Han after all, this is really reliable, and we have to have people!"

After hearing this, Xiande also understood what Man Pi meant, let's attack with my life, how many people die are all a money man, it's not worth fighting, as long as they are captured, the two of them can still save their lives, as for the black cauldron, who will carry it? Hmph, aren't these Yue Lingfeng and Gao Lai Bao ready-made.

After the two made a plan, Xiande didn't say much, and set off at dusk with five hundred city defense battalions, the original city defense battalion was only two thousand people, divided into four battalions, front and back, left and right, and this time 1,500 people were sent to Snake Mountain, and only the rear camp of 500 people was left in the city.

If it was usual, these five hundred people would naturally be enough, but what Man Pi and Xiande didn't expect was that the five hundred city defense battalions going out of the city were clearly seen.

At this time, in the Chunxiang Building in the city, there were more than 80 men in civilian clothes standing densely in the backyard, their faces were very ordinary, and they didn't look inconspicuous at all, and these men were the shadow members created by Ning Yu.

The general contact point of the shadow organization is in the Chunxiang Building in Wuchang, and all orders will be issued here, if the Chunxiang Building is discovered, then it will be transferred to the alternate contact point as soon as possible.

The shopkeeper's surname is Li, no one knows what his real name is, and his true identity is only known to Ning Yu, who has made great contributions in the process of the creation of Shadow.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is news from the base camp, the battle is going well, and the next step is for us to respond in the city, mainly to set fire to attract the city defense battalion, and to rescue No. 3."

The men had short knives in their hands and short crossbows strapped to their arms, all the forces that the Shadow could muster at the moment, and they had never used them after a long period of training, and this was their first mission.

They lowered their heads slightly, clenched their right fists and struck their left chests with a slight thump.

"Yes."

In the shadows, it can only be said that there is no other answer.

Shopkeeper Li waved his hand, and these men left from the secret passage in batches, some put on short clothes, some put on long shirts, and some held folding fans, like a drop of water, gathered into the sea, and it was difficult to distinguish each other.

Only each of them understands what their mission is, and this mission has been passed on since the beginning of the Shadow.

They are a group of warriors who fight in the shadows, patience is their true color, low-key is their disguise, melt into every shadow, hide, hide deeper, only when they receive orders, will they come out of the shadows, turn into the sharpest blade, and plunge into the heart of the target.

This is the shadow.