At noon, a scout who sneaked to the county town returned to report, and found that the two city gates of the county town had sent additional soldiers, and strengthened the inventory of people and carriages and horses, sundries, etc., and the fine work that set off into the city yesterday was not discovered by the city gate guards, and all sneaked in. Because soon there was an order in the city: no more people were allowed to buy and sell into the city, but there was a purchase in the city, but there must be a special person in the city to go out of the city to purchase, basically to eliminate the possibility of outsiders entering the city.

The scout had not entered the city, but had carefully observed the guards at the gates in a hidden place outside the city, and then went around the road outside the city to another gate to investigate again. Finding that the two city gates were like facing a great enemy, the soldiers and yacha looked nervous, and repeatedly checked the people they did not know, especially the outsiders. This scout is not a local, and he is worried that the different accents will easily arouse the suspicion of the city guards, so he has not stepped forward.

Then the scout pretended to be a passer-by to inquire about several people who went out of the city to procure, and it was rumored in the city yesterday that a large number of rogues had approached the city, and they would attack the county seat in the near future, and many people in the city who had family businesses wanted to take refuge in the city with their families and assets, but they were all blocked by the county Yin and the county's Daru Huachi Lord after they knew about it, and now the city is recruiting volunteers to renovate the city defense! As for the city, I have not heard of any thieves infiltrating, nor have I heard of any conspiracy in the city.

In addition, in order to strengthen the garrison in the city, hundreds of volunteers have been transferred to the city to assist in defense.

This scout was careful, and also found that the two city gates were defended by two hundred households, and the banner of the south gate was Mingxiong. Seeing the longing of the figures on the city wall, and the endless stream of servants carrying wood and stones, the scout left a few companions to continue to monitor outside the city, and always pay attention to whether there are people in the city to contact the city, and he hurriedly galloped to Shiyu Village to report.

After listening to his description, Yu Zhilong praised his ability to investigate, and immediately rewarded him with five taels of silver and let him go down to rest.

Yu Zhilong ordered his soldiers to find Zhao Shi, Wu Side, Qian Zheng, Mu Chun, Ji Xiancheng and others, and told everyone present the news of the scout's investigation. Qian Zhengxian said: "The day before yesterday, Ming Shijie and several people have taken advantage of the lax customs to sneak into the city, if there is a response in the city, it should be generally determined today, but now the inventory is strict, only some procurement people who are inspected by the government can enter and exit temporarily, not only strangers and others can not enter and exit the city gate, but even the villagers who enter the city to sell vegetables and firewood are not allowed to enter. If we were to select the available people from among the captured yacha, first, they were familiar faces of the locality, and the city already knew that they had fallen into our hands, so it would be difficult to explain the escape and return to them, and secondly, it would be difficult to find suitable people to use for a while. Ming Shijie is a special case, but it is indispensable. Therefore, how to send people into the city to contact Ming Shijie and others needs to make a good living. ”

Ming Shijie was originally a government errand in the county, and Mingxiong was in-law with 100 households, because Mingshijie was willing to join Yu Zhilong, and was willing to be an internal response, and entered the city to oppose Mingxiong, so Yu Zhilong sent him and some scouts and others to secretly send into the city yesterday.

"Yes, there are still few soldiers and horses in the city, and there are no reinforcements outside the city for the time being, so this is a good time to take it! If it is delayed, not only will reinforcements appear, but the city defense will also be reinforced, and our army is newly built. Zhao Shi nodded.

Chang Zhi said: "Since the scouts have found out that the city has asked the nearby volunteers to enter the city to assist in the defense, can our army pretend to enter the city?" ”

"Hey, this plan is good, if you can get in, you can not only contact Ming Shijie and others to start an incident at the same time, but also enhance the power of internal response, and the army will have a better chance of winning when it enters the city!" Wu Side praised.

"No, no, if our army wants to pretend to be a rebel outside the city, it must be eliminated before it has a chance, how to keep it secret on the way is difficult to do, even if it is to the ground, surround and eliminate it, how to do it without losing a volunteer, and the movement of this battle is too big, and the villagers or passers-by along the way may find out about the movement of our army; In addition, for a while, we did not have anyone familiar with the volunteers to pretend, and it would not be beautiful if we were startling the snake. Yu Zhilong took a brief examination and put forward different opinions.

"Brother Luo, you are also half a local, the leader of the Liujiazhuang volunteers, do you think you have the opportunity to pretend to be a volunteer soldier to enter the city?" This is Ma Rulong asked.

Luo Cheng thought about it carefully and said: "Yu Qianhu said very much, although there are some volunteers outside the city, but there are many villagers among the various departments, if it is to be surrounded and annihilated, the news is very easy to leak, and if you want to enter the city, you must receive an order from the city." Besides, the little one doesn't know much about the rest of the volunteers, so it's really unwise to pretend to have too many loopholes! “

However, the villain knew that Na Mingxiong had several relatives in the west outside the city, and he also moved around every day. If you pretend to be a relative and take refuge in the city, is it easier to enter the city at the gate guarded by Mingxiong? Luo Cheng continued. Luo Cheng fought yesterday, because of his martial bravery, inspiring the soldiers to fight to the death and not retreating, which made everyone admire, and Luo Cheng also dared to make suggestions on the spot at this time.

"There is no need to pretend to be his relatives, the elite of our army only needs to pretend to be his domestic servants and coerce his family members to enter the city together. Just in case, leave some of the family outside the city as hostages, and if you dare to make ghosts, kill all the hostages! Wu Side's face was fierce.

Zhao Shi continued: "If Ming Xiong is willing to respond with us, Ming Shijie will definitely try to go out of the city to contact me, we will choose a few shrewd locals, who can pretend to be people who sell vegetables and firewood to wait outside the city, if we can contact the best; As for the plan to enter the city pretending to be Mingxiong's relatives, it can also be carried out at the same time. "Everyone said yes.

Everyone discussed for half an hour, and Yu Zhilong saw that everyone's thoughts were basically unified, and finally made up his mind, stood up and finally deployed.

"Since everyone's plan has been decided, I will go to discuss with Liu Da's family, this time it is better to seize the city sooner rather than later, I will suggest that Liu Da's family should be stationed in the western mountain range to prevent the chasing soldiers in the rear from suddenly appearing, and my plan will be ruined, and our department will also stay here to respond to the three hundred households. Attacking the county seat is a major event, and the rest of the departments are only afraid that they have the idea of entering the city to make a big profit, and you must also restrain your subordinates when you turn back, and it is strictly forbidden to disturb the people after entering the city, even if the house of the gentry in the city is not to enter, everything will be decided by the unification of Liu Da's family after the success of the city. I will also suggest that the big bosses should restrain the military discipline of the whole army and strictly prohibit looting wealth after entering the city. ”

Everyone listened to the order and did not dare to disobey, especially Mu Chun and Huang Er remembered the incident of Liujiazhuang that day, and they were even more worried in their hearts. Zhao Shi, Wu Side and others also knew about Liu Jiazhuang's execution of the soldiers who violated the order, and knew that Yu Zhilong hated those who violated the military order, and secretly reminded them in their hearts.

"In this operation, according to what Luo Baihu said, Sun Xing Baihu cooperated with Luo Baihu. Now I will choose forty elite soldiers from Zhao Shiqianhu's personal soldiers, led by Luo Baihu, and go directly to pretend to be a grain convoy, control Mingxiong's relatives' family, detain some of the hostages, and explain the benefits to them, but don't be rude. Even if there is a discord, we can only kill the people who play the ghost, and do not harm the rest of the family. I have told Ming Shijie yesterday that as long as Ming Xiong is willing to respond, I will ensure that his family is okay in Zhilong, and he will be appointed to a thousand households. ”

"Today, according to the law of Luo Baihu, see if you can enter the city again, if it is successful, according to the code and place of yesterday's contact, as soon as possible to get in touch with the details of entering the city in advance, the time of the incident will be based on the beginning of tomorrow. Our army outside the city will hide outside the southern city gate and wait for the signal. If Luo Baihu can succeed, he should raise two torches at the head of the city and wave them left and right at the same time. If the incident is not secret and is discovered by the enemy in advance, our army must also prepare ropes and bamboo ladders to forcibly attack the city! ”

"Our army set off secretly tomorrow night, first marched east to take Wujing Town, turned north, took Zhifang Town, left a small number of men and horses to control the market town, and strictly prohibited news leakage. Then it can be divided into two parts, Mu Chun, Luo Cheng, Hou Ying and other departments led by Zhao Shi deputy Qianhu, led a cavalry army of 100 people, 300 foot troops, lightly armed, to the east of the county Jiaochang Village, control the official road, one is to block the county from the north gate of the fleeing enemy, the other is to benefit the enemy to the south to rescue the enemy, to see how many people and horses are there, if it is few, can be intercepted halfway, if it is invincible, then disturb, be sure to delay its marching speed, for our army to seize the city to buy time. ”

"The rest of the people will take the city with me!"

The generals received the orders one by one, Luo Chengxian and Sun Xing went to pick forty elite soldiers, pretended to be porters, etc., pulled eight carts, put on mules and horses, loaded some rice millet and other sundries, hidden sharp blades, and set off first.

Zhao Shi and the others will return to the headquarters, train the soldiers, sharpen the knives and guns, and wait for the results of the discussion between Yu Zhilong and Liu Zhengfeng. Noble there is a full effort to prepare dinner and flatbread and the like, which will be used for the meals of the soldiers today and tomorrow.

Yu Zhilong hurriedly entered the village, found Liu Zhengfeng, and briefly stated the plan to seize the city, and Liu Zhengfeng immediately convened Liu Qi, Ma Rulong, Wan Jinhai, Xia Houen and other thousands of households to meet and discuss, Yu Zhilong once again briefly stated the plan to attack the county seat tomorrow night.

Everyone didn't expect Yu Zhilong to say that he would fight, and they were a little caught off guard for a while, and they heard that Yu Zhilong had arranged for a detailed entry into the city yesterday to contact the internal affairs of the incident, and so far everything has gone smoothly and is naturally overjoyed. However, Yu Zhilong suggested leaving a group of men and horses to garrison at the dangerous places in the western mountains, in case everyone was not active when they were chasing.

Everyone wants to follow the county seat and get oil and water. This was the first time everyone had taken the city since joining Yu Hai's team, and every leader was very excited; But if you are on the stall blowing the mountain breeze in the mountains and watching the scenery, then there is no good mood.

Liu Zhengfeng looked at the faces of these big leaders left and right, knowing that they were unwilling to go to the back of the mountain, and in desperation, he expressed his willingness to leave a few of his henchmen and hundreds of households to lead the team to garrison the mountain, and the rest of the troops were led by himself and cooperated with Yu Zhilong to capture the city together.

Before the end of the discussion, Yu Zhilong asked Liu Zhengfeng to affirm the military order in the whole army, if he entered the county seat, he would not disturb the people, rob, or rob women.

Now that the plan has been decided, Liu Zhengfeng left all the baggage and the old and weak people in Shiyu Village, while the rest of the people packed up and rested well. In order to improve the morale of the soldiers, Liu Zhengfeng and other leaders also took some of the money they had just received and gave each soldier a few taels. These soldiers have been fighting for many days, and it is difficult to have any seizures and rewards in normal times, but now they are very happy to have the silver in their hands, and then they heard that they followed Yu Zhilong to attack the county seat, and they were so happy that they scratched their ears and cheeks, as if they were already looking for things. Seeing that the morale was available, several big leaders were overjoyed.

Liu Zhengfeng received a scout report in the afternoon, the original rear road pursuers still fell dozens of miles away, according to the distance of the mountain road, even if the speed of the march is accelerated, at least tomorrow night can reach Shiyu Village, at that time the troops have already set off to capture the city! What's more, the scout returns: After receiving the news of the defeat of Meng Qingyi's soldiers, the pursuers on the rear road have slowed down the pace of pursuit.

There was nothing to do in the back, Yu Zhilong and Liu Zhengfeng and others were relieved.