Zhang Fu immediately opened his eyes, pulled out the knife from his waist, and shouted loudly: "The time has come to attack Duobang City!" Soldiers, rush! ”

For a while, countless people shouted loudly: "Rush! "The boatman paddled a few times and let the boat come to shore. Numerous soldiers then disembarked from the ship and rushed towards the city of Dobang.

Xu Jingchang led his thousand households to rush to the front. It stands to reason that their troops, which are mainly firearms, should be in a later position; But Xu Jingchang was eager to make meritorious contributions, and he didn't care about the instructor's usual teachings, so he rushed forward with the loaded musket in his hand.

His deputy Thousand Households and Sun Bingwen, who was also one of the Hundred Households, was sweating profusely and ran with him. He knew Xu Jingchang's true identity, or Xu Jingchang had no intention of concealing his identity from the beginning, and the entire Wei soldiers knew his identity. At the same time, they also knew that at least so far, Xu Zengshou only had one son, Xu Jingchang, and he was injured, and if he died here, he didn't think he would be better. Therefore, in addition to Xu Jingchang's several guards, Sun Bingwen led the hundred households under his direct jurisdiction to closely follow Xu Jingchang to protect him.

Sang Jing also noticed this, and was very frightened, and hurriedly sent his own guards to give Xu Jingchang an order, asking him to pause his pace and join several other thousand households.

Hearing Sang Jing's order, Xu Jingchang looked at the Duobang city wall about a mile away with great regret, unwillingly slowed down, and slowly walked to the side from the middle of the team, waiting for Sang Jing to lead his troops over. Although he can disobey Sang Jing's military orders, Sang Jing may not be able to do anything to him, and he may not dare to do anything to him, but he doesn't want to keep the hat of disobeying military orders on his head. Fortunately, because there were always about two miles from the landing place to the city of Duobang, these soldiers were also very experienced in warfare, and they all walked briskly and no one ran, and when they were about one or two hundred meters away from the city, it was easier for him to get out of the middle of the group.

But at this moment, suddenly the fire that had been lit at the west end of the city seemed to be extinguished, and it was not visible; At the same time, the sound of cannons roaring sounded at the head of the city, and then the sound of items breaking through the air was heard, and more than a dozen shells fell among them, and dozens of people were killed and wounded by the shells.

The crowd immediately panicked. Although the generals of the various guards did not tell them in detail how to fight this battle, when they saw the fire in the west of the city, they guessed that it was the internal response in the city that they dared to rush to the city of Duobang so bravely. But what's going on now?

Even Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment: 'What happened? Why was the fire in the west of the city extinguished? ’

Half an hour ago.

Nie Yi took the lead and rushed out of the forest path.

He looked around carefully, squatted down again, touched the soil on the ground in one place, and whispered to the people behind him: "There are no Annan guards here, and all the Annan people will be withdrawn at least three hours ago." ”

A few more soldiers came out of the path, still looking around very carefully, and did not see any sign of the Annamite suddenly jumping out, and shouted a few more times, and the rest of the soldiers of the advance army rushed out of the forest path.

Although there were 2,000 people walking, there was no sound except for the "rustling" footsteps, as if they were wolves about to hunt their prey.

Soon, all two thousand people came out of the forest path, and they stood in different places, their eyes flashing with vigilance, and they scanned the surroundings with steel knives in their hands.

Several hundred households walked up to one person and asked softly, "Master Chang, what should I do after that?" ”

The person they called Chang looked very young, that is, twenty-five or sixteen years old, very tall, only slightly thin, and his eyes looked somewhat similar to Yun Xi. This person is Chang Sheng's eldest son, Chang Jizong, and now Jin Wu Qianwei is the commander of the Qianhu and a thousand households, and this time he was selected to be the commander of the Xianden Army.

He listened to the men and said, "According to the words of the letter from Annan, let us go east along the edge of the woods, and at the end of the woods on the south side of the road there is a very tall kapok tree, and their men will wait under it. ”

"Send a few men to explore there first, see if there is anyone under the tree, if there is only one person, and if there is only one person, take him over."

Chang Jizong immediately ordered a few people to go to the front to explore the way, and most of them also slowly walked eastward.

After a while, several strong men pulled one of them back to the front of the group.

Chang Jizong walked a few steps quickly to the front of them and looked at them with an inquiring gaze. One of them immediately said, "My lord, he was the only one when we quietly approached the kapok tree. We also searched his belongings and there was nothing suspicious. ”

"Then hurry up and loosen the tie!" Chang Jizong said: "Look at how you tied him up like this, and his body should be swollen in another quarter of an hour." ”

They immediately loosened the rope that had tied him to the man and pulled the rags out of his mouth.

As soon as the man was released, he coughed incessantly. These pathfinders were tied too strongly, and when they dragged him, they didn't mean to take care of him, and their mouths were gagged again. He felt like he couldn't breathe, and for another quarter of an hour, his body would swell, and he might even suffocate.

When he coughed, Chang Jizong apologized: "Our army is in a dangerous place, we have to be cautious, I have offended your Excellency, and I will forgive you for the offense." ”

"Adults don't have to be like this, and small people understand." The man said as soon as he took a breath. He knew that he would be a Ming man from now on, and he couldn't offend a Ming army general who must be very trusted by the commander of the Xiandeng Army.

Chang Jizong apologized a few more words and asked about business.

"This strong man."

"Lord Qiyu, my name is Ruan Chengqi, and adults can call me Xiao Ruan."

"Ruan Zhuangshi, what should we do next?"

"My lord, my lord Mo Yuan was originally arranged to garrison the city wall near the west city gate, and planned to wait for the soldiers to quietly come to the city of Duobang and find a reason to meet the generals stationed at the city gate, and kill them in a violent attack, open the city to receive all the warriors of the first army to enter the city, and then set fire in the city to make the city chaotic, and meet with the two lords of Modi and Mo Tunnel, and then rush to the north city to seize the cannon, even if they can't capture the cannon, they can also make them have no time to take care of the great soldiers who attack from the north, so that the heavenly soldiers can take the city of Duobang."

"Isn't that great? Why, if there is a change, it will not happen? ”

"My lord, there have been some changes. In the late years, Nguyen Renlie reassigned the garrisons of the various armies in the city, and the headquarters of Lord Mo Yuan was changed to patrol in the northwest of the city, no longer guarding the city wall, and the place he inspected was too far away from the city gate of the west city, there was no reason to meet the generals stationed at the west city gate, and the original plan could not be continued. ”

When Ruan Chengqi said this, he suddenly heard a voice from behind Chang Jizong: "What do you mean by this?" Is tonight's action canceled? ”

Ruan Chengqi didn't dare to speak for a while, Chang Jizong looked back, and saw that it was Nie Yi from Jiangzhou Qianhu who spoke, and immediately reprimanded: "Nie Qianhu, at such a time, how can you interject at will!" Don't quit yet! ”

He turned his head again and said to Ruan Chengqi: "Ruan Zhuangshi, what is Mo Yuan going to do?" I don't think it's possible for you to just let us know about it at this time. ”

"My lord, of course Lord Mo Yuan will not be like this. Fortunately, Lord Mo Yuan was about to send someone to inform Da Ming that the original plan had been canceled, when he suddenly found a hole in the city wall he was inspecting. The entrance to the cave was about two feet high and two feet wide, enough for the average person to fall down and pass through. Originally, this hole had been blocked, and my lord Mo Yuan dug it up again, and only a few stones were blocked on the surface to hide from others. ”

Lord Mo Yuan asked the little warrior to quietly go to the cave entrance, and when the people at the head of the city were changing, he approached the city wall and entered the city through the hole. Then the two armies set fire to the city together to disturb the order in the city, and then took advantage of the chaos in the city to approach the northern city, seize the cannons, and plan the army to enter the city. ”

"But," Speaking of this, Ruan Chengqi glanced up at the many soldiers behind Chang Jizong, and said, "Lord Mo Yuan didn't expect that Da Ming would send so many people here. Lord Mo Yuan originally expected that Da Ming would send a maximum of five hundred warriors to sneak into the city while there were three or five shifts, but now that there were so many people, he would definitely not be able to enter the city soon. ”

"Since this is the case," Chang Jizong immediately said, "Since Mo Yuan estimates that it is five hundred, we will send five hundred people into the city from that hole and set fire to the city with Mo Yuan's soldiers." As for the rest, I will decide what to do after I enter the city and discuss with Mo Yuan. ”

Of course, Nguyen Chengqi will not object. That's it for now.

Immediately, Chang Jizong took Ruan Chengqi as a guide and led the 2,000 people to the city of Duobang.

Soon they came to a place about twenty or thirty feet from the city of Dobang. Chang Jizong looked up and saw countless torches lit at the head of the city, and through the light of these torches, he could see countless Annan soldiers patrolling back and forth.

I don't know how long it took, Ruan Chengqi said softly: "It's time for a shift change, my lord hurry up and follow me with a hundred warriors to quietly approach the city wall of Duobang." ”

Chang Jizong immediately took the first batch of soldiers to enter the city and followed Ruan Chengqi quietly close to the city wall. In order to prevent the reflection of the moonlight from causing the people at the head of the city to notice that someone was going to walk outside the city, they took off all their armor and wrapped their weapons in cloth.

Soon, they crawled into the city through the hole and met Mo Yuan.

Mo Yuan has been waiting here for a long time. When the 100 soldiers of the Xiandeng Army crawled out of the cave and were still patting the dirt on their bodies, he couldn't wait to ask, "Which one is the commander?" ”

"In Xia Chang Jizong, he is the commander of the first army." Chang Jizong immediately walked over and said.

"Chang Jizong?" Mo Yuan lost his voice and said: "But the eldest grandson of King Kaiping? ”

"Exactly down there." Chang Jizong did not hide his identity and said calmly.

"Mo Yuan has seen Master Chang." Mo Yuan said excitedly. This is the cousin of the Ming Emperor, the future Zheng Guogong, the only person in the third generation of the Chang family who is now promising. He has already decided to follow Da Ming in the future, and with this experience of fighting side by side, he will be able to rely on the Zheng Guogong Mansion in the future and take refuge under the door, the benefits are too great.

"I've seen Master Mo." Chang Jizong also replied.

"Lord Chang, according to Ruan Chengqi, there are a total of 2,000 soldiers in the Xiandeng army led by your lord tonight?" To Chang Jizong's surprise, Mo Yuan immediately got down to business, without the slightest intention of continuing to be close to Chang Jizong.

Chang Jizong said while saying: "Master Mo, I have brought a total of 2,000 soldiers today, and I want to sneak into the city to cooperate in taking Duobang City. "While thinking in his heart: 'It seems that Mo Yuan still has the demeanor of a general.'

"Lord Chang, the guards on the city wall change shifts every two quarters of an hour, according to one shift, a hundred soldiers can quickly walk to the city wall without being discovered, and two thousand people need twenty shifts for five hours. Five hours later, it was already dawn, so there was no way to let all the 2,000 soldiers enter the city. ”

"According to what the minister sees, according to the original plan, let the five hundred soldiers of the Xiandeng army enter the city five times, and the ugly time can be reached in an hour."

"Five hundred people of the Xiandeng army and more than eight hundred people of the minister's department set fire to the city together, and then took advantage of the chaos to attack the artillery team of the northern city, so that the great tomorrow soldiers could break through the city of Duobang."

"As for the other fifteen hundred men who will go to the army first, it is better to go around to the northern city, and when we attack the artillery team of the northern city, we will send our men to hang ropes on the city walls and let these soldiers enter the city." Mo Yuan said.

"No." Chang Jizong thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Master Mo, what is the difference between those 1,500 soldiers and the army that landed from the northern beach?" It was not at all useful to be the first to enter the army. ”

"Then what is Chang's plan?" Mo Yuan couldn't think of any way. He was originally not known for his talent among the three brothers, in fact, he was the last of the three brothers, but he had a brute force and martial arts, so he would come out to command the army.

Chang Jizong first glanced at the hundred households of the Ming army who entered the city with him, and the hundred households replied that everything was normal, and he was relieved. Although Chang Jizong was the first to follow into the city, he had been very cautious, and after they entered the city, they uncovered the cloth wrapped in weapons, and the soldiers' hands were all near the handles of the weapons, and the musketeers had already filled the projectiles and gunpowder, and fired warnings once they found something wrong. It wasn't until he was sure just now that Mo Yuan really had no intention of doing anything to them, that he relaxed his vigilance.

Chang Jizong then began to think about how to use the other 1,500 soldiers. It's obviously unrealistic to let them all burrow into the city, but it's not good to just go around to the north. 'What the hell?' He was deep in thought.

But at this moment, someone's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Master Chang." ”

Chang Jizong looked up and saw that it was an ordinary soldier under Jinwu Qianwei, named Lin Yurong, who was a little thin, but his martial arts were not bad, and his training was also very serious on weekdays.