This time, everyone paid attention to one point, that is, Sun Chuanting also went out of the city together and joined them. This gave them a clear hint: there would never be much danger in this operation, otherwise, people are living well, why should they be sent to death!

The family is the patriarch of the Sun family, and Langzhong, who resigned from the imperial court and returned to his hometown, is a figure respected by the county in Dai County, rich and powerful. And he has already made a contribution by defending the city, if he is not sure, can he give up all this and stab the thieves outside the city again?

Originally, Sun Chuanting's prestige in Dai County was good, and the fact that he trained them during this time and successfully defended the city made his prestige even higher. As soon as these factors were added up, those hesitant young soldiers or something all strengthened their minds and expressed their intention to follow Sun Chuanting.

"The patriarch has to personally kill the enemy, what else do I have to say, go!"

"Yes, I can trust the patriarch, and I'm going too!"

"Master Sun's wisdom and courage are unparalleled, and he is willing to follow left and right!"

“……”

Seeing these people in the courtyard transform, Sun Chuanting's face was still very cold. Actually, none of them knew him. To be honest, there are definitely a lot of dangers when he goes out this time, but he still has to go. It's because everything in front of him is very good in the eyes of these people, but in his own opinion, it is far from enough.

When I resigned and returned to my hometown, I was forced to do so. After all, isn't that scholar studying hard to be an official? Even if you say it for high-sounding reasons, you have to have an official position for the country and the people!

Sun Chuanting paid for what he had learned, and he was by no means worse than others. But now he is just staying in a small Dai County, which is definitely not what he wants. Even if he has already made the merit of defending the city, he will be remembered by the imperial court and reinstated, and the position of Langzhong will never be satisfied.

After entering the chat group, he saw such an opportunity, so he decided to give him a go. As long as it can succeed, a war that the imperial court is so concerned about must be a stepping stone for him Sun Chuanting to re-emerge from the Ming officialdom!

In order to carry out this matter smoothly, Sun Chuanting did not even inform his wife, and only told the county order about it after coming to the county office, and asked for strict confidentiality.

At this time, seeing that things were developing as he wished, he began to arrange the details.

At the same time, in the thief camp in Balipu, Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng were also still together. After thinking through the whole plan again, they also made the corresponding arrangements. Everything was discussed, and when Liu Guoneng was leaving, he couldn't help but sigh: "I originally thought that we were forced to fight for a way out, but I didn't expect that a civil official would be so ruthless, and when we see him in the future, we must be careful to serve!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong also nodded, but there was a look of approval on his face: "This is also the most powerful civil official Zhang has ever seen." Even if he is compared to King Hongyan, I believe he will not be inferior. After this battle, he will surely be exalted! ”

Liu Guoneng listened and sighed, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Dingguo on the side, his eyes were full of envy, and even touched his head thousands of melon seeds, and then left.

As soon as he left, Zhang Xianzhong took Zhang Dingguo and began to act.

They didn't sleep, and there were also people in the barracks of the Datong army, who were not very far from them. He is the general soldier of Datong, and he was named Wu Xiang of Datong.

After nightfall, the thieves on the opposite side lit a bonfire to keep warm, and the number of bonfires dotted with stars has always been deeply imprinted in his mind. At this time, Wu Xiang deeply regretted why he was greedy for merit and reckless, so that there was such a huge disparity in strength. Therefore, he has sent messengers to urge the infantry to hurry up.

But even so, he couldn't sleep well. He simply went out of the camp and inspected the thieves while inspecting the barracks.

The generals on duty couldn't help but feel a morale boost when they saw that the lord had personally inspected the barracks, something that had never happened before. However, they didn't know that Wu Xiang's focus was not to inspect the military camp at all, but to worry about the thieves in the distance.

At this time, it was late at night, and Wu Xiang saw that there were still so many thief bonfires in the distance, and there were still a lot of torches moving, which made him even more suspicious. Don't know what the thieves are up to?

He was born as a businessman, and only after making too much money did he seek an official position, and he started his family by donating money to officials. Although he also stayed in the Guanning army long enough. But at that time, most of them hid in the city, relying on the strong defense of the city. For him, there is very little experience in actual battle formations and experience in fighting the enemy. His thinking is more of a businessman's thinking.

Because of this, his fear of the thieves made the Chinese generals who accompanied him feel it, and in order to reassure him, he hurriedly explained in a low voice: "Sir, that is the patrol post of the thief, they are all composed of their own mountains, they should not worry about others, so they have their own patrol posts, so I look at the moving torches more." ”

Seeing that Wu Xiang looked at the thief again after hearing this, and seemed to be observing carefully, the general of the Chinese army comforted him again: "In this night, the more people there are, the more difficult it is to act. Moreover, most of the thieves are from peasant backgrounds, and they will be more frightened if they can't see clearly in the night. In this case, it is already the best situation if the thieves can prevent the camp from being bombed. ”

Wu Xiang's heart moved when he heard this, so he asked the general of the Chinese army in a low voice: "What if we take advantage of the night to sneak attack?" ”

"Sir, look at those patrol torches, most of them are in the front army of thieves." The man pointed his finger to Wu Xiang, and at the same time continued to explain, "The last general dares to guarantee that the thieves must have taken precautions against our army, and there are elites in the dark to prevent possible robbery of the camp at night." ”

When Wu Xiang heard this, he thought about it. Among the thieves were many border rebels, and they must have had the common sense to camp at night. If it is replaced by himself, he will definitely put the elite troops at the forefront to prevent accidents. Otherwise, if you put some miscellaneous soldiers, as soon as you are attacked by the officers and soldiers, you will definitely be in chaos.

He was thinking about this, and when he was worried, suddenly there was a movement from the back of his military camp, which startled him, and he hurriedly sent someone over to check.

After a while, he brought back a sweaty man, one of the messengers he had sent earlier. Before Wu Xiang could ask, the man had already said with a little trepidation: "Sir, there are many rogue foot soldiers in the rear of our army, they cut off the way, and the subordinates and others can't break through, and only one of the five people has returned. ”

In other words, there is no contact with the infantry here. This made Wu Xiang nervous, he was a little panicked, and hurriedly asked: "How many thieves are there, how is the combat effectiveness, what are they doing?" ”

"Back to the lord, there are a lot of them, it should be those who fled into the mountains and forests before, and they all came down from the mountains."