After these twenty-three dead soldiers gathered one after another, Li Dingguo looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the biggest point and the most critical factor in this operation is to act quickly. Only before the Qing army comes to its senses, our army can take the lead and take action, which is the key to winning by surprise, so for this operation, the general's arrangement is ......"

With solemn expressions on their faces, everyone listened carefully and listened carefully to Li Dingguo's explanation of the specific arrangements for the entire operation.

Li Dingguo explained the main points of this operation in detail three times, and after each dead soldier remembered it in his heart, he shouted and asked again: "Okay, this general has finished speaking, do you all understand the arrangements for this operation!" ”

"Got it!" Below is an almost uniform shout.

Li Dingguo nodded with satisfaction, turned his head to look at Zhao Jiu again, and ordered: "Very good, then let Zhao Jiu be the person in charge of this operation, and Captain Zhao will be responsible for the entire operation arrangement, and everyone should listen to his command." ”

Hearing that Li Dingguo made him the person in charge, Zhao Jiu's face showed surprise, but he soon had a solemn and serious face, solemnly gave a military salute to Li Dingguo, and said loudly: "Yes, under Zhao Jiu, I guarantee the smooth completion of the appointment, please rest assured." ”

That night, the black clouds covered the whole sky tightly, and although the ground was still full of snow, it was only a slight reflection of snow, and the degree of visibility was greatly reduced. And in such a dim night, it is a good time to act.

By midnight, the action team led by Zhao Jiu, in a secret room, according to Li Dingguo's request, everyone wore a piece of armor similar to that of the Qing army, and only wore a white cloth scarf on their arms as a sign. Each carried three hand-thrown mines, firebolts, and arquebuses, as well as a sharp detoxifier for melee combat and quick movement.

After these warriors finished changing their costumes, they were about to start their actions, when Li Dingguo, accompanied by a group of guards, silently came to the room.

He brought a large jar of rice wine, and when he came into the room, he sifted a cup for everyone.

Li Dingguo raised his wine glass, the glass was half-ended, standing like a wood, under the dim candlelight, you could see that the corners of his mouth were twitching slightly, and there were faint tears in his eyes.

"Brothers, Ben will not say much, it is all in the wine." Li Dingguo's voice trembled and said: "I hope that everything will go well for you here, you can successfully blow up the Tartar artillery, solve the worries of the defense of the inner city of our Tang Army, and let my Tang Army Pingnan Town A Battalion finally leave some seeds." Ben will be here, first of all, with this glass of wine, thank you. “

After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he held a cup in one hand and supported the bottom in the other, and toured everyone, then raised his neck and drank it all.

Then, he slammed the glass to the ground, and with a pop, the fine porcelain glass was shattered.

Everyone had tears in their eyes, but they didn't speak, but they drank the glass of wine one after another.

Then, everyone slammed the wine glasses in their hands to the ground, only to hear a crackling sound, and the broken wine glass dregs were all over the ground, shining a faint glow under the reflection of the candle flame.

Seeing that everyone had finished drinking, Li Dingguo threw his fists to everyone, and after giving a military salute again, he re-emphasized the main points of the operation to everyone again, and then came to Zhao Jiu's side and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother Zhao Jiu, please." Li Dingguo said in a deep voice.

"Mayor Li, don't worry." Zhao Jiu's face was resolute, and his answer was crisp and powerful.

Zhao Jiu saluted Li Dingguo again, and then ordered the twenty-three dead soldiers to leave the room, come to a courtyard, open a seemingly abandoned manhole cover, light a torch, and walk down the stairs along the well.

Li Dingguo stood by the well, silently watching them go down the well, and after everyone was in the well, he slowly raised his hand and solemnly saluted him.

Under this waste well, there is a secret door, Zhao Jiu led everyone, pushed the door in, and there was a deep dark passage in front of him, and as soon as this door was pushed out, a cold tide came with a thick earthy smell.

Under the leadership of Zhao Jiu, the group held torches and went deep along the stairs, and along the way, Zhao Jiu was still emphasizing to everyone that they were waiting for the main points of action.

"Brothers, listen up, we will wait for a while, we will come out at the junction of a horse face on the west gate city wall, this position, Mayor Li has also explained to you, not far from it, there is a horse road up the city wall. From here, we sent two troops, one from the horse road to the city wall, and blew up more than ten artillery pieces on the city wall, and the other way, along the city wall, to blow up all the artillery under the city that had not yet been transported to the city wall. “

"Don't worry, Captain Zhao, we've made a note of it."

Zhao Jiu stared at everyone's faces red by the candlelight, and said again: "Everyone, the key to this operation is to fight quickly, if you encounter the Qing army patrolling the night, don't entangle, solve it immediately." In short, it is the most important thing to concentrate all efforts and blow up the artillery. “

"I'll get it."

After about a quarter of an hour of marching through the dark passage, they came to the end of the passage, and they came up the stairs to a hollow in the wall of the horses.

"Here, light the arquebus, put out the torches, and get ready to go." Zhao Jiu ordered in a deep voice.

In the dark, the fire rope draped on everyone's shoulders was immediately lit on the torch, and after all of them were lit, Zhao Jiu extinguished the torch, and in the dark, the fire ropes lit one by one were like dotted stars.

"Wait, I'll take a look at the situation outside."

After Zhao Jiu finished speaking, he first pushed open a small window-like movable brick, leaned over, poked his head out, and looked out.

He saw that because the weather was very cold, the Qing army at this time was already very slack, whether it was on the city wall or under the city wall, there was not even a single Qing army guarding it. However, near the inner city, there were Qing troops patrolling back and forth, as if to prevent the Tang army from coming down from the city.

Zhao Jiu secretly said in his heart, it seems that the Qing army is indeed self-assured, thinking that the Tang army has now been surrounded like an iron bucket, and the Tang army in the inner city will never break through, so he is so negligent and lax in vigilance. It's good that I just took them by surprise and gave them a ruthless and heavy surprise attack.

Seeing those cannons standing quietly under the faint snow light, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but sneer on his face.

He did not hesitate any longer, and immediately gave the order for the whole army to attack.

Twenty-three members of the team climbed out of this small window-like exit, and immediately marched in two ways, one way up the city wall from the horse road, and the other from under the city wall. As they ran, they lit the ropes of the hand-thrown mines with their arquebuses, and each of them sprinted towards the cannon of their choice.

The general of the Qing army who was responsible for defending these artillery pieces was Shi Mingxiong, the general of the Han army's Zhenghuang Banner Department and the subordinate general of Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun.

Although the Qing army strictly forbade drinking alcohol in the battle array, so as not to make mistakes in the battle. But Shi Mingxiong has always been arrogant and ignores these regulations, and he has also arranged for many cronies to guard outside the tent to ensure that no emergencies will occur.

In the dim light, Shi Mingxiong was munching, and next to him, a little maid dressed in women's clothes and wearing heavy makeup on his face was urging him to drink with a courteous face. Shi Mingxiong was smiling, and a pair of big hands covered with black hair were walking back and forth on this little guy, making the little guy more and more delicate. Shi Mingxiong was laughing, flirting with him vaguely, and at the same time kept drinking the glass of wine that the little guy had persuaded him.

Seeing that Shi Mingxiong's face was already red, this little guy deliberately said coquettishly: "General Shi, look at you, after drinking so much wine, what are you drunk, how can we be happy later, the slave family feels sorry for you." “

Shi Mingxiong sneered, turned his face, his greasy mouth, kissed him fiercely on the face, and a large ball of fat powder fell off, he smiled and said, "Sample!" The amount of alcohol this general, you don't know, where is this wine drunk, tell you, you will wash the chrysanthemum eyes to Lao Tzu later, Lao Tzu can't kill you tonight! “

The little guy hurriedly said: "Oh, General Shi is the most powerful, your thing is as thick and long as a promise, and it is so powerful, how can the slave family afford it." The slave family is just worried about the general. “

A sinister smile flashed at the corner of Shi Mingxiong's mouth, and he leaned down again, grabbed a handful of them fiercely, and showed a hideous and smug look on his face, and he whispered to this little guy: "Hmph, you guy, just make Lao Tzu comfortable!" Lao Tzu guarantees that you will eat and drink spicy food with me in the future, and you will enjoy endless wealth and glory. Let me tell you, after all these artillery pieces are transported to the city tomorrow, our Han army will make the first contribution in the battle against the inner city of Vladivostok. At that time, Lao Tzu will definitely be promoted to the rank of knight again, and if Lao Tzu is promoted, it will naturally give you benefits. “

When the little guy heard Shi Mingxiong's words, his eyes became more and more flattering, and he couldn't stop laughing, and shouted in his mouth: "Oh, the slave family knows that General Shi is the best for the slave family." On the contrary, the slave family was born as General Shi's person, and died as General Shi's ghost. In this life, the slave family doesn't want anything, as long as they stay by General Shi's side, the slave family will be content. “

Shi Mingxiong laughed, pinched the little guy's ass fiercely, and said proudly: "You guy, you can solve the charm like this, and you can get my favor, and I will never treat you badly." And after the battle is over, the general will work with Song Guofu and Pan Xiaohe and the two generals to do that big thing. ”

Seeing that his face was grim and proud, the little servant didn't feel embarrassed, and whispered to him: "General Shi, you, General Song, and General Pan are really going to do anything with King Huaishun?" ”

"Hmph, that's nature, Geng Er, but it's just a miner in Shandong, I kill him, like killing a dog's ear!" Shi Mingxiong said with a grim face: "Such a reluctant and useless person is also worthy of a high lord like King Huaishun, what a fucking shit luck!" Lao Tzu is 10,000 dissatisfied with this immoral and incompetent person, and Song Guofu and Pan Xiaohe, the two generals, are also extremely contemptuous of this person. Originally, at the beginning of this year, we discussed that we would launch a mutiny in addition to this guy, but the imperial court's conquest of Liaoxi was imminent, and Geng Thief was transferred to the expedition, so we had no way to start, so we could only do it temporarily. But after this battle is completed, we will return to Shengjing, but it is necessary to kill this guy! ”

(Note: The incident of Shi Mingxiong, Song Guofu, Pan Xiaohe and the three people mutiny is contained in the "Qing Shilu", not made up by the author, but in real history, before the rebellion of the three of them occurred, Geng Zhongming noticed it, so he attacked first, and first beheaded Shi Mingxiong, Song Guofu, Pan Xiao, and the three and all their family members.) ）

After Shi Mingxiong finished speaking, he slammed the table hard, shaking the table of wine and food, and almost overturned.

Shi Mingxiong replied with hatred: "Originally, this general didn't want to be a deliberate enemy with this guy, but this guy didn't know how to raise it, and he actually punished Ben General for taking in the fugitives as slaves without authorization, so that Ben Jiang couldn't get off the stage and lost face, it's really hateful, Geng Zhongming is such a stupid boss who opposes me Shi Mingxiong, Lao Tzu naturally must get rid of him!" ”

When Shi Mingxiong said this, he paused for a moment, and then sneered: "If after the matter is completed, Ben will get rid of Song Guofu and Pan Xiaohe, who started the incident together, and the court will investigate it in the future, Ben will put Geng Zhongming's death on the two of them." Ben will once again regard himself as a loyal minister of the protector, and the title of King Huaishun is estimated to be in the hands of Ben General. Taking a step back, even if the court knows the truth of the matter in the future, but the raw rice is ripe, the court can only be helpless. ”

Seeing that he was devoted, intoxicated, the little guy hurriedly said: "General Shi, you just know this in your heart, you don't have to say it, you need to prevent the wall from having ears." Anyway, the slave family is determined to follow General Shi, General Shi, in the future, no matter whether you succeed or fail, no matter the result, the slave family will live and die. ”

Shi Mingxiong snorted, a pair of hideous eyes, with a rare tenderness, he put down the wine bowl, took the little guy into his arms, and muttered: "Well, it's hard for you, you have also followed Benjiang for so many years, your loyalty, Benjiang will naturally look at it, you can rest assured, Benjiang will definitely let you stay by my side all the time, and I will not wronged you." ”

When the little guy saw that he was emotional, he snorted and threw himself in him, and the two of them suddenly became lustful, Shi Mingxiong roared, and as soon as he carried him away from the wine table, he walked to the bed on the side.

Then both of them hurriedly stripped off their clothes, and after some teasing, they were about to enter, when they suddenly heard a deafening continuous explosion outside the tent.

The explosion was so loud that it almost burst Shi Mingxiong's eardrums. His originally high ** immediately shrank incomparably, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as almost impotent.

Shi Mingxiong's face was furious, he pushed away the panicked little guy below, hurriedly began to put on his armor, and shouted at the tent door at the same time: "Bastard! What did you guys do?! In the middle of the night, who the fuck is impatient to live and secretly fire a cannon here! “

Shi Mingxiong scolded loudly, but suddenly a cronie rushed in from outside the tent, and with a look of horror and sorrow, he shouted to him: "Oh no! Oh no! General Shi, there is a Tang army that came from nowhere, and it is blowing up all the artillery pieces of our army! “