Wanyan Pingtao thought that becoming a famous general would be his ambition in life, otherwise with his family background, he would not have to endure hardships in the army at all.

When he listened to Bai Shijie's strategy to deal with the bandits, his eyes suddenly lit up.

What makes Wanyan Pingtao appreciate the most is that Bai Shijie can accurately grasp the enemy's lifeline, and then he arranges the strategy with this lifeline as the core, this strategy has a conspiracy in the plan, and an ambush in the ambush, the enemy has seen through a layer, but there is still a layer hidden below, the most important thing is that this strategy is not complicated, and it is not difficult to implement.

For Wanyan Pingtao's invitation, Bai Shijie was a little surprised, but also a little embarrassed, it stands to reason that Wanyan Pingtao's family background is much higher than the Tai'an Prefecture Thorn History he is following now, and following this person is naturally more promising, but he is deeply promoted and maintained by the Thorn History, if he votes for another master, he will have a bad reputation.

Therefore, the last time Yan Pingtao mentioned this, Bai Shijie used the procrastination trick.

This time, seeing that the war was about to start, Wanyan Pingtao mentioned it again, and it seemed that he could not be allowed to shirk.

Bai Shijie took a deep look and said: "I am deeply favored by Wang Thorn Shi in Xia, and now Wang Thorn Shi is getting older, and his heirs are not successful, if he leaves him in Xia, I am afraid ...... The general appreciated it, Bai Moufei didn't know what to do, it was really ...... Don't dare to agree. ”

Wanyan Pingtao nodded when he heard this, and said: "In this case, if a certain transfers Wang Tingshi to Fucheng, gives a rich and noble idle errand, gives his eldest son Yin a loose official, and finds a leisure post with sufficient oil and water, and settles down, I wonder if Bai Tuiguan is willing to accept a certain invitation?" ”

When Bai Shijie heard this, he said: "If this is the case, Bai Mou doesn't know what to do, and he doesn't dare to refuse." ”

Wanyan Pingtao nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

The two said some more details, and Bai Shijie said goodbye and left.

Back in Baifu, Bai Shijie organized people to hang the lanterns that had been made long ago along the road, from the front of Wanyan Pingtao's military camp to the front of West Zhuangzi, and from West Zhuangzi all the way to the woods south of Zhuangzi.

Before dark, all the lanterns were lit.

In this era, as soon as the sky is dark, it is pitch black everywhere, and in the night when it is completely dark, any bit of light is very conspicuous.

The lanterns hanging outside the West Zhuangzi can be seen even if they are more than ten miles away, and they can be seen at the outpost on the hillside north of the new Zhuangzi arranged by Chen Xian.

But first, separated by more than ten miles, these lanterns are dim in light, and they look shadowy, not obvious, and secondly, West Zhuangzi began to hang lanterns from more than half a month ago, although it is hung outside Zhuangzi today, but the difference is not obvious from a distance, these three, at night, the post and Zhuangzi only rely on different colors of lanterns to communicate, can only play a warning effect, can not report too detailed things, the lantern that has been hung for half a month in the distance, even if it is a little different, can not make the soldiers in the post rush to the obvious threat, Naturally, there will be no warning to Zhuangzi.

This is also the reason why Bai Shijie must knock out the pier in front of Chen Xian, if the pier on the south bank of the Yi River has not been knocked down, it is only four or five miles away from Xizhuangzi, and the location and direction of these lanterns can be clearly distinguished......

After dark, Wanyan Pingtao and the other two thousand households each organized their own soldiers, and followed the guidance of the lantern to touch the West Zhuangzi.

The lantern is dimly lit, but it is enough to guide the way, and with the lantern to guide the way, even if you are blind at night, you will not go wrong.

After the army followed the lantern to Xizhuangzi, it was divided into two, and the two Meng'an infantry troops entered the woods north of Xizhuangzi, where there were newly opened roads and lanterns to guide the way.

A Meng'an cavalry under Wanyan Pingtao followed another line of lanterns into the woods south of Zhuangzi.

In the forests on both sides, there were camps that had been cleared long ago and newly built straw huts made from local materials, and the army, led by Xi Zhuangzi Zhuang Ding, who was waiting in the woods, entered two camps that had been prepared long ago......

The soldiers were guided into the woods north and south of Zhuangzi, and the three generals were welcomed into Zhuangzi.

Bai Shijun and Bai Shijie personally took the three generals and their personal entourage into the White Mansion.

Baifu vacated the best courtyard, settled the three generals to live, and arranged for the most beautiful girl to warm the beds for the three generals.

The two generals who were fighting in the infantry army rested early, but Wanyan Pingtao waved away the girl who was accompanying him, and sent a message to Bai Shijie, asking him to send the two people who had said yes.

Hearing the words of his subordinates, Bai Shijie hurriedly took his generals and escorted the two prisoners to the courtyard where Wanyan Pingtao was.

Outside Yan Pingtao's guest room, two unclothed soldiers took the two prisoners from Bai Shijie's generals and personally pressed them into the hall.

In the hall, Wanyan Pingtao was still wearing a daytime suit, wearing a red cloak, and sat on the main seat with a solemn expression.

Bai Shijie also followed into the hall and explained to Wanyan Pingtao: "I thought that the general would saddle the horse and rest for a night, but I didn't expect the general to be so wasteful about sleeping and eating. ”

Wanyan Pingtao said lightly: "The battle between soldiers and families is the way of life and death, how dare I be the slightest slack, the confessions of these two people are related to the success or failure of this campaign, and it is related to your and my lives, how can you ignore it because of temporary comfort?" ”

Bai Shijie was suddenly a little embarrassed, he was complimenting casually, but he didn't expect the other party to take it seriously.

He hurriedly snorted, turned his head and said to the two prisoners: "This is the general of the imperial court, this time specifically for the extermination of the Chen bandits, you two will fight that day, 1510 said that the general knows, as long as the Chen bandits are exterminated this time, I will not only let you go, but also reward each of them with ten taels of silver." ”

The two prisoners said one after another, "Don't dare to deceive the officials." ”

These two prisoners were soldiers under Liu Erzu, Liu Erzu was defeated that day, and the battle dead were only two or three, and most of the others fled into the woods, one came and went, and the other Chen Xian was afraid that his men would be too damaged, so he stopped the pursuit, so most of the escapees escaped with their lives except for a small number of trampling and attacking each other.

These deserters fled all the way, stealing the crops of Xizhuangzi and Tangjiazhuang all the way to satisfy their hunger, and the two Zhuangzi sent Zhuang Ding to drive them away, killed a lot, and captured some alive, and these two people were captured alive by Bai Zhuangding at that time.

Wan Yan Pingtao carefully and repeatedly asked about the battle situation of the two that day.

Wan Yan Pingtao asked until late at night before asking the Bai family to escort the two away.

After escorting away the two prisoners, Yan Pingtao thought for a moment and asked Bai Shijie: "Bai Tuiguan, what kind of thing do you say that cannon is, which can scare these bandits for years?" ”

Bai Shijie thought for a while and said, "According to the lower officials, this cannon is probably an enlarged musket!" Since the musket can send out the lead with the size of a finger to kill people, then magnify this musket a hundred times, and I am afraid that it can also send out a lead shot with the size of a fist to hit people. ”

"Just like the stones thrown by ordinary people with their hands can only break people's heads and bleed, but catapults can throw hundreds of pounds of stones dozens of feet and smash people into meat cakes. I'm afraid the same is true of this cannon. ”

Wanyan Pingtao nodded when he heard the words and said: "The official is slightly the same as what I see, if this is the case, then this cannon is definitely a militaristic weapon, if this cannon is really the first initiative of Chen Xian, then I don't mind letting this person live, as long as he is willing to supervise the construction of this cannon for the imperial court." ”

Bai Shijie complimented: "The general is wise! ”