The Shenji Battalion and the Jinyi Guard were all bewitched, and the generals led by Lou Yun, Zhang Chao, Chen Gao, and Lin Daye had already informed all the Jingying men and horses and the Jinyi Guard Captains and Lux of the countless gold and silver treasures in Dengzhou City.

The wealth is moving, and now Jingying and Jinyiwei are trying to complete the first climb, and strive to break into Dengzhou as soon as possible to seize the gold and silver treasures at their fingertips, so the enthusiasm for training ants to attack the city is high.

Zhu Dadian was a scholar who instinctively resisted the eunuch to interfere in politics, but Fang Zhenghua, the big eunuch, gave him a completely different feeling, because Fang Zhenghua never filled his own pockets, and personally led a group of eunuchs to participate in the drill and sweated profusely.

Therefore, even though Fang Zhenghua regarded the governor of Shandong as a subordinate envoy, in order to suppress the rebellion army with one heart and one mind, Zhu Dadian also suppressed his anger and endured it, he has always been worried about the food and grass of the army.

In February, the weather gradually warmed up, Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian used the clairvoyant mirror sent by Huang Han every day to overlook Dengzhou City in the distance on Hangbang Mountain, and dozens of people led by Lou Yun and Zhang Chao of Jinyiwei took 12 hours to pay attention to the dispatch in Dengzhou City.

Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian took care of the Jinyi guard captain on duty, once they found out that the Dengzhou rebels moved, even if it was the middle of the night, they had to report it as soon as possible, and they would take turns on duty.

Jin Yiwei used the clairvoyant mirror on the mountain to keep an eye on the water city around the clock, and when the rebels fled at night, the water city was brightly lit, and Jin Yiwei immediately noticed something unusual.

Dengzhou, which was besieged, was desperately short of all materials, even firewood was very nervous, and of course there were fewer candles and lamp oil, and at night, only the city walls were lit by torches, and the city was basically pitch black.

Now that the water city is suddenly so bright, of course, the rebels are preparing to make a move tonight, and the cannon fodder abandoned by Kong Youde has not yet realized that the main is about to escape, and the Ming army outside the city is the first to feel it.

Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian, who were notified at night, immediately came to the top of the mountain to look down on Dengzhou Shuicheng, and after watching it for a while, they judged that the rebels were going to flee tonight.

So the drums of the generals beat in the middle of the night, and the generals of the Ming army were dragged out of the bed by the family to put on their helmets and armor, and many generals were surrounded by the family and came to the Chinese army and still closed their eyes to make up for sleep.

The next shocking news woke up all the dozing generals, that is, the chief eunuch of the prison army was preparing to personally lead the Shenji Battalion, Jinyi Guard, and the generals to launch a surprise attack, preparing to capture Dengzhou City at night.

Fang Zhenghua said very demagogically, the confrontation between the Ming army and the rebels has not been fighting in the past two months, presumably the rebels have been slack, and they simply did not expect that the Ming army would suddenly launch a general attack tonight.

Li Ruolian also joked happily: "Generals, Gonggong Fang is well-planned, even the generals of our army came to accept the general's order in their sleep, and they all felt that this midnight raid came suddenly, and the reaction of the rebels can be imagined. ”

The generals, including Wu Sangui and his son, Zu Dabi and Zu Kuan, did not react, they all agreed that it was Fang Zhenghua, the great eunuch, and Jinyiwei who were talking about their dreams.

Our army also killed the head of Dengzhou City in one go, who is our army here? All the generals were thinking in their hearts, and they unanimously agreed that they should not take their subordinates to go crazy because of two neuropathies to send them to death in Dengzhou City.

Relatively speaking, the Guanning army was relatively calm, because they were iron cavalry, and no lord would use cavalry to attack the city.

Chen Hongfan, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Deng Xi, Mou Wenshou and other generals were all taken lightly at once, because the vast majority of their subordinates were infantry, and the work of the ant annex to attack the city would definitely be apportioned to them, could it be that it would be the main attack of Jingying and Jinyiwei?

Zu Kuan, Zhang Tao, Jin Guoqi, Zu Dabi, Wu Xiang and his son, Jin Guochen and other generals all looked coldly at Li Ruolian who was speaking, thinking that this person was exaggerating and only knew that he blindly patted the sycophants of the supervising army, which was really not a thing!

A group of generals all talked in a mess, they were suffering from the fact that Zhu Dadian, the highest-ranking civilian official of Shandong Governor, personally went to Laizhou to transfer grain and was not in the army, and everyone knew that only civilian officials had the capital to theorize with the chief eunuch of the supervising army.

Feeling that the eyes of the prison army were looking at him, Liu Zeqing, the deputy general of Shandong, who was talking to each other, suddenly felt that his anus was tight, and he immediately went out of work:

"The last general thinks that the attack is too hasty at this time, and the soldiers are not prepared at all, and when they go on the road by moonlight, they are likely to flee into the mountains to hide because of the fear of war, so late at night, the family members are unable to guard against it."

Deng Xi, the commander of the reinforcement and suppression, went out of class and echoed: "My lord, the lower official thinks that Vice General Liu is reasonable, and the Sichuan baby under the command of the lower official has never been afraid of death, and he will not die in a fight, but launching an attack on such a cold night will lead to complaints, please be aware of it." ”

Although Chen Hongfan, the chief military officer of Changping, the governor of the right capital, did not have many men and horses, and his combat effectiveness was not satisfactory, because he could drill the camp, his official rank was the highest among the generals, and he said:

"This official thinks that he knows that the rebels are already killing people and eating, and there is really no need to increase the casualties of our army in vain to storm Dengzhou, I believe that Dengzhou will be self-defeating in another three or two months, and this official asks my father-in-law to think twice."

Liu Liangzuo, Mou Wenshou, Zhang Tao, Jin Guoqi and other generals were also reluctant to do much, and went out one by one to admonish, believing that using time to trap the rebels was just around the corner, and there was really no need to risk a sneak attack on the city late at night.

At this time, only a few people in the Jinyi Guard disagreed, Li Ruolian and Lou Yun, Zhang Chao, Ai Guodong and others came out to ask for battle, Li Ruolian said:

"Seeing that there is no food in Dengzhou City, and the rebels are already killing people and eating, at this time the morale will definitely plummet, if you don't attack at this time, will the imperial army see tens of thousands of Denglai people become food for the rebels?"

Lou Yun said: "My lord, the lower officials ask for war, and tonight take advantage of the moonlight to kill and injure the head of Dengzhou City to save the people from hanging upside down!" ”

Chen Gao, Lin Daye and more than a dozen other generals of the Beijing camp also came out to salute and said in unison: "My lord, the last general is willing to launch a night attack to attack Dengzhou City at the cost of horse leather shroud!" ”

Gao Qiqian, Wu Sangui and his son, Zu Kuan, Zu Dabi, etc. all felt incredible, when did Jingying and Jinyiwei become so loyal and patriotic?

Fang Zhenghua laughed, and he resolutely said: "Okay! Good! Good! Loyal to the monarch, patriotic and pity the people, this prison army will definitely play the live battle tonight to the Holy Son of Heaven.

Since the Jinyi Guard and the soldiers of the Beijing camp are willing to attack, our family is as good as a stream.

This prison army ordered the rest of the battalions to hold the defensive line, if any of the generals ran away from the rebel army, the prison army would severely punish them, and the sword of Shang Fang in the hands of this prison army had not yet seen blood! ”

Except for Jinyiwei and Jingying General, all the generals and civil officials, including Gao Qiqian, thought that Fang Zhenghua was completely crazy.