In less than half an hour, the soldiers of the Ma Youshui Department were already lying on the grass about a mile outside the East City Gate, where there were no trees to cover them, and the moonlight was very good tonight, so they did not dare to move forward any further.

The soldiers of ten hundred households were quieter than when they were completely asleep, and there was not even a sound of snoring.

Ma Youshui crouched at the front of the team, staring motionlessly in the direction of the city, except for himself, there were at least ten soldiers, who did not even blink their eyes, staring at the city head in front of them.

The moonlight has stagnated, time has stopped, and the city in front of them has also stopped, only the slight night breeze in their ears shows them that this is not a virtual world.

Less than three miles behind them, hundreds of cavalry were dying, and the cavalry stroked the neck of the war horse from time to time, lest they be frightened, once the war horse neighed, it was not only the silence of the night that was broken, but also Li Zicheng's sneak attack plan.

At the moment of the great enemy, no one dares to ignore it.

I don't know how long it took, Ma Youshui seemed to hear some sounds, listened attentively, but couldn't hear anything, he frowned, and prayed silently in his heart: The ranger must not go anywhere else!

Suddenly there was a little fire in front of him, although it only lasted for two sneezes, but it was enough for Ma Youshui, and the fire at this moment, like the gospel of God, showed him the way and shone on him to go ahead to fight.

He didn't even have time for the fire to appear again, he had already rolled over and got up from the grass, "Brothers, the rangers are ready, hurry up and prepare!" ”

Ma Oushui's voice was not high, but in this dark and quiet night, it could still drown out the cheerful insect chirping in the distance, and it was conveyed to the ears of Mei Yi's eighteen people, who got up from the grass and began to pack up.

At this moment, the fire appeared in front again, flashed three times in a row, and then extinguished again, judging from the position, it was still at the head of the city, Ma Youshui suddenly pointed the waist knife in his hand to the sky, and shouted: "Brothers, hurry, seize the city gate!" ”

"Da Da Da ......"

There was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance behind him, and Ma Youshui knew that Li Guo, like himself, couldn't wait, he had to hurry into the city and then make way for the cavalry.

The ranger who had been following Ma Youshui's side was as fast as an arrow from the string at this time, "Ma Qianhu, I'll go and talk to the brothers at the city gate." ”

"Well, go ahead, hurry up, once the brothers rush up, they will not be able to stand on their feet."

Only a mile away, the soldiers just straightened their waists, has come to the city, at this time the rangers in the city have opened the city gate, in the night with a few soldiers, rushed to the front, seeing that the ranger just now is still there, he immediately relieved his heart, "Ranger brothers, you have worked hard!" ”

"Ma Qianhu marched day after day, and you have to attack the city in the middle of the night, so you are working hard!" Ranger hehehe

The rangers received the horses and entered the city, and the soldiers behind them, like the tide that had just opened the gates, suddenly swarmed in, although it was midnight, but the moon was bright, and the soldiers did not step on each other, more than a thousand soldiers, but a soak in the time of urine, had all entered the city.

Ma Youshui didn't have time to order troops, and shouted under the moonlight: "According to the plan, leave one auxiliary soldier to guard the city gate, and the rest of the auxiliary soldiers, along both sides of the city wall, seize each city gate respectively, and receive the cavalry outside the city gate into the city, and the soldiers will be killed in the military camp in the city with me in a hundred households!" ”

At this time, Li Guo's cavalry had also rushed to the city gate, and the auxiliary soldiers then entered the city one after another, and they also killed the military camp in the south of the city.

Follow Dongmen Street, cross the center of the street, and then turn into Nanmen Street, only two miles, is the station of Lanzhou Wei.

Since Cao Wenzhao drove away the thieves, it has been several months since Lanzhou Chengping, and the officers of Lanzhou Wei have finally lived a few days of stability, and they are in the city, and there are no soldiers on duty at night, even if they are arranged, at this moment, if no one checks the post, I am afraid that they will have already fallen asleep.

The pace of the Mandate of Heaven finally woke up the sleeping Lanzhou guards, but it was too late, the Mandate of Heaven cavalry and infantry had already surrounded the barracks, and not far away, there was a large number of horses' hooves, which came clearly.

There were plenty of torches, and in the faint light of the fire, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven began to shout.

"Lanzhou City is broken, you are surrounded!"

"You have only one way, and that is to surrender!"

"Those who descend will not die, otherwise they will be killed!"

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Most of the soldiers of Lanzhou Wei had already gotten up at this time, and under the leadership of the officer, they confronted the Heavenly Mandate Army, but they didn't know who they were, let alone how many enemy soldiers came, except for surrounding the officer and asking for a little comfort, they really didn't know what was going on, and they didn't know what to do next.

Faintly, an officer of Lanzhou Wei stabilized his mind and asked loudly, "Who are you?" Why raid Lanzhou? Are you not afraid of the armies of the imperial court? ”

"The army of the imperial court? The army of the imperial court is still in Shanxi, you don't pretend to be a tiger, give you a soak in urine, if you don't surrender again, once we break into the barracks, the entire Lanzhou guard will not be left behind! ”

The officer was speechless for a while, knowing that he had encountered a new thief, and it was useless to say more, and he didn't know what kind of gang it was, why did the thieves enter Lanzhou and he didn't get any warning?

The soldiers of Lanzhou Wei whispered, for the thieves, they have been photographed many times, nothing more than for silver and food, there is Su Wangfu in Lanzhou City, that is the richest place, as long as they get rid of their own people, they will pounce on Su Wangfu, the current thieves, just bluff.

There was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind Ma Youshui, and it turned out that Li Zicheng also entered the city with him, "There is water, how is it?" ”

"My lord, the enemy has not yet surrendered!" Ma Youshui estimated that the time for a soak of urine just now had almost arrived.

"So what are you waiting for? Is the rifle in your hand used to hunt pheasants? Li Zicheng took advantage of the moonlight and pointed forward with his hand, "Shoot this group of soldiers first!" ”

"Yes, my lord," Ma Youshui was also angry, these blind guys had to wait until the Metropolitan Governor personally came out, "Brothers, shoot this group of blind guys, and leave no one behind, to set an example!" ”

"Bang, bang, bang......"

There was a burst of gunfire, and the group of dozens of soldiers who had just burst into the front and were most likely to resist suddenly fell in a pool of blood, and some of the soldiers who were not yet dead were rolling on the ground, shouting, and the screams were sent far away in the quiet night......

The officer who spoke just now was stunned for a moment, what kind of thief is this, the fire # gun in their hands is more deadly than the fire # gun in the guard, this time in the blink of an eye, dozens of brothers are gone...... He asked tremblingly, "You are not thieves, who are you?" ”

Li Zicheng said loudly: "We are indeed not thieves, we are the Xining Army, and now we are called the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

What is the Mandate of Heaven Army, the officer didn't understand, when he heard that it was the Xining Army, his courage grew again, "Since it is the Xining Army, why did you come to Lanzhou and kill my brother?" ”

"You don't know too much," Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "You only have two choices, surrender or die!" Seeing that the officer was still hesitating, Li Zicheng said again: "It seems that you want to be loyal to the imperial court, okay, I will fulfill you, brothers, and prepare to shoot." ”

The distance between the two sides is more than 100 paces, even if the Lanzhou army wants to use bows and arrows, fire # guns, it is also outside the range, so far, except for a few soldiers because of fear, the arrows in their hands are out of their hands, the Lanzhou army is not ready to fight back, 100 steps away from their range, except for emboldening, let the other party laugh, there is no threat to the enemy.

The Destiny gunners had already raised their rifles and began to aim ahead, this time, their muzzles were aimed at the officer who had just spoken to him, as long as he pulled the trigger, the officer would never survive under the random gun.

"Wait!"

Behind the officer, a person suddenly walked out, slowly came to the officer's side, and pulled out the waist knife he was wearing, and when everyone didn't know why, his waist knife was slashed, and a clear arc was reflected in front of him.

"Woo ......" a bloody sword, drawing a circular arc, erupting from his neck......

The officer held his neck in one hand and a knife in the other, but he could not speak, his legs went limp, and his body slowly fell, and his fingers were still pointing at his murderer.

This was just a momentary thing, everyone was stunned, even the gunmen forgot to shoot, Li Zicheng also felt strange, why did his own people fight? Could it be that he was scared by a rifle and lost his mind?

Wang Anping pulled the reins, quietly came to Li Zicheng's side, and said in a low voice: "The Governor of the Metropolitan ......"

Li Zicheng suddenly understood that the man was a ranger, or that he had been bought by the ranger, so he asked softly, "What's his name?" What is the current position? ”

"Lord Hui, his name is Qiu Shike, he is the guerrilla general of Lanzhou Wei, and the person he just killed is the chief officer of Lanzhou Wei, with the rank of general."

"Huh? Has Lanzhou Wei become a soldier? How could there be generals and guerrillas? ”

"Back to my lord, after Cao Wenzhao integrated Longyou, because he was worried that the thieves would come to Longyou again, he reported to the Ministry of War and configured the guards of Longyou according to the establishment of soldiers!"

"Oh! That makes the brothers stop shooting for a while! ”

Li Zicheng's words did not fall, but when he saw Qiu Shike, he raised the waist knife in his hand to the sky, and said loudly: "Brothers, what is coming from outside is the Mandate of Heaven Army, their firearms have too long a range, and they can't even compare to the armies of the Beijing Division and Liaodong, how can we Lanzhou Wei shake it?" The general must be loyal to the country, but he cannot drag his brothers to die together, because the brothers have parents, wives and children to support, and they cannot be buried for him......"

The soldiers were all at a loss, just now they did see the firearms of the Heavenly Mandate Army, it was really against the sky, and the general was dead, and now it was useless for him to say anything, even the general's own soldiers did not stand up to speak for him.

Qiu Shike continued: "We are all sergeants, I don't know who is right and who is wrong, but when we are soldiers and fight, we have to eat our bellies, and we have to feed our families with food, but which of you can eat a full stomach?" Who can feed his parents, wife, and children? What do we follow him for? ”

Speaking of food, the soldiers who had been silent because of their fright just now suddenly whispered, because they were not hindered by the Heavenly Mandate Army, their voices became louder and louder.

Qiu Shi could see that most of the brothers were complaining, and he suddenly became interested, he shouted, and it seemed that there was a sudden explosion in the night: "Brothers, on the contrary, join the Heavenly Mandate Army, anyone who joins the Heavenly Mandate Army can have a full stomach, can support their parents, wives and children, what are you waiting for?" ”