The gunfire was sparse, sporadic and continuous inside and outside the Qibao camp of the Wu army, and when it was close to evening, the gunfire stopped for a while, as if the battle was over.

The soldiers on both sides of the war did not think so, and taking advantage of the last afterglow of the sunset, the soldiers of the Wu army in the Qibao camp just seized the time to drink water and eat, rotate the troops of the sentry and guard the position, and receive dry food and torches for the night battle, preparing for the more brutal and bloody night battle. The Taiping Army, which has gradually changed to exert force at night, is much the same, and is also seizing the time to rotate the participating troops and prepare for night battles.

Usually at this time, Tan Shaoguang also had to seize the time to inspect the night defense situation of the camp of the army, and he planned to do the same today, but just when Tan Shaoguang led the pro-army team and was about to leave the account, the herald of the front battalion suddenly came to report, saying that the patrol guard of the Taiping Army had caught a man outside the camp, claiming to be Li Tiancai, the younger brother of Li Tianfu, the defender of the Hongqiao stronghold of the Wu Army, and came to contact the Taiping Army on the order of his brother, hoping to meet with a Taiping army general of sufficient weight and report a major event in person.

"The sentry officer of the demon soldier Hongqiao camp? What do you want to do when you reach out to us? ”

Tan Shaoguang was a little curious, but the identity difference between the envoy and Tan Shaoguang was too great, so Tan Shaoguang didn't plan to meet him in person, but just ordered: "Take him to see Wu Xijiu and tell Oh Tianyan that if there is an important situation, it is not too important for him to watch it." ”

The herald took the order, and the loyal Tan Shaoguang also continued to take his own team to inspect the night defense situation of the camp of the army, and then at the end of the inspection, when the sound of guns and cannons came from Qibao's side again, Wu Xijiu suddenly sent someone to contact Tan Shaoguang, saying that Tan Shaoguang was asked to return to the Chinese army's tent immediately, and there was an important event to report in person.

"Is there really anything important?"

Tan Shaoguang had expectations in his heart, and hurriedly returned to the big tent of the Chinese army with his own soldiers, but as soon as he returned to the big tent, Tan Shaoguang saw that his most trusted Wu Xijiu had already arrived first, and immediately greeted him excitedly and said: "Jian Tianyi, it's a good thing, just now I tried that demon soldier to surrender, and his own brother sent Bao Wu, the main general of the Hongqiao camp with some people to kill the demon soldiers, and gave us the Hongqiao camp." ”

"Reliable, isn't it? Could it be a trick of demon soldiers? Tan Shaoguang hurriedly asked.

"It should be reliable." Wu Xijiu replied: "It's just that we want to be ready to respond, their brothers will kill Bao Wu first, and then send a signal to inform us that there is not much risk for us to help us take down the Hongqiao camp of the demon soldiers." ”

As soon as he heard about this good thing, Tan Shaoguang naturally asked Wu Xijiu to introduce the details, and Wu Xijiu also told Tan Shaoguang that Li Tiancai, a soldier of the Wu army who took the initiative to surrender, and his brother Li Tianfu were both from Qingpu, and his brother Li Tianfu had competed with his current boss Bao Wu for the position of battalion officer, but Bao Wu had successfully taken the position of relative, and deliberately retaliated against the Li brothers after taking office.

"Jian Tianyi, there is another important matter." Wu Xijiu added: "Li Tiancai, who came to surrender, said that the demon soldiers were in the cellar of the Hongqiao camp, and there were still some fast-firing demon cannons, fast-fire gun bullets and palm mines, and the cellar door was very strong and not easy to open, and the key was personally carried by Bao Wu, and when the Li brothers killed Bao Wu, they would also try to bring the key together, so that the other demon soldiers could not get the weapons in the cellar, and strive to dedicate those weapons to us." ”

Tan Shaoguang was even more moved when he heard this, and after thinking about it for a few minutes, he ordered to bring Li Tiancai, who took the initiative to surrender, into the big tent of the Chinese army. After meeting, Tan Shaoguang also personally untied Li Tiancai, who took the initiative to come to surrender, shush the cold and ask for warmth, and comforted with kind words, and the flattered Li Tiancai answered all questions, not only retelling the previous explanation in front of Wu Xijiu word for word, but also couldn't wait to say that as long as Tan Shaoguang accepted the surrender of his brothers, his brothers would kill Bao Wu no matter what they could do, and help the Taiping Army take the Hongqiao camp of the Wu army.

Tan Shaoguang's reply made Li Tiancai overjoyed - Tan Shaoguang not only agreed to the Li brothers' request to surrender, but immediately asked someone to bring 20 silver yuan to Li Tiancai, promising to give a heavy reward, and also agreed with Li Tiancai on the spot to do it the next night, and the inside and outside should take Hongqiao. Li Tiancai was overjoyed, thanked Tan Shaoguang again and again, and mixed a good meal in the Taiping Army camp before leaving and returning to Hongqiao.

Of course, after Li Tiancai left Tan Shaoguang, Wu Xijiu, who had been waiting on the side, immediately asked, "Jian Tianyi, do you think it's true or false?" ”

"I can't see it yet." Tan Shaoguang shook his head, smiled again and said: "But it doesn't matter to us whether it's true or not, it's true of course it's best, if we take Hongqiao, we can not only get closer to Shanghai, but also isolate the demon soldiers' Qibao stronghold, so that we can take Qibao faster." Is it fake....... ”

"Then we will plan and set up a trap for the demon soldiers." Wu Xijiu added to Tan Shaoguang with a comprehension, and suggested: "I think we should keep an eye on the elite main force of the Shanghai demon soldiers, the demon soldiers must use them to make a fuss if they want to play tricks, if they have any big moves, they will definitely prepare in advance, as long as they keep an eye on them, it is not difficult to know whether the demon soldiers will play tricks tomorrow night." ”

Tan Shaoguang smiled and nodded, not only agreeing with Wu Xijiu's opinions, but also very confident in the intelligence ability of the self-army - because of the existence of the concession, the Taiping Army's activities in the Wu Army's controlled territory in Shanghai are not ordinary rampant, and it is indeed difficult to hide the actions of the main force of the Wu Army that must be stationed outside the city to protect the streets and docks.

Then, in addition to ordering to strengthen the monitoring of the elite of the Wu army in Shanghai, Tan Shaoguang took the initiative to send people to contact Huang Zilong and Lu Shunde, the commanders of the friendly forces on the two routes, and took the initiative to tell his comrades the news of the secret surrender of the Wu army in Hongqiao. As a result, Tan Shaoguang was very pleased that Huang Zilong and Lu Shunde not only reminded him to beware of fraud, but also said that as long as Tan Shaoguang needed it, they would definitely provide full help in combat.

Considering that whether the Hongqiao Wu army surrendered or not, there would definitely be a big battle the next night, Tan Shaoguang also temporarily adjusted his tactical plan, giving up the plan to launch a large-scale attack on the Wu army's Qibao camp that night, and did not rotate the front-line army the next morning, intending to stay and prepare for the night battle. It's a pity that Tan Shaoguang was disappointed that just after noon the next day, accurate information was sent from the concession that the elite main force of the Wu army had signs of secret preparations, which indirectly proved that the Hongqiao Wu army's initiative to surrender was probably just a trap.

But it doesn't matter much, since Hongqiao Wu's surrender is likely to be fake, then Tan Shaoguang only needs to arrange a trap for Wu Jun in turn, and the gains on the battlefield may not be as good as taking Hongqiao directly. Therefore, Tan Shaoguang was not frustrated, and immediately pulled Wu Xijiu and other powerful generals to discuss and negotiate, and quickly studied the corresponding countermeasures.

At the same time, when it was time to consider how to arrange a trap to ambush the Wu army, Tan Shaoguang found that the strength in his hands might be a little insufficient, especially when the main army was very tired, and it was really a bit beyond his power to ambush the elite of the Wu army who didn't know how many would be dispatched, and to ensure that he could inflict heavy damage on the Wu army or even strive for direct annihilation.

Fortunately, this is also not a big problem, after the messenger for help was sent out, Huang Zilong quickly sent a reply, and agreed to send troops to cooperate with Tan Shaoguang to attack the Wu army, and then Lu Shunde on the east bank of the Huangpu River also personally promised to help, and promised to send an elite soldier to the west to the pontoon bridge at night to wait for orders, so that he could enter the battlefield at any time to help Tan Shaoguang break the enemy.

Of course, Tan Shaoguang's reply made Tan Shaoguang very happy, and Tan Shaoguang couldn't help but sneer and muttered to himself, "Dog demon soldier, have you seen it, your discordant plan has come to naught?" As long as I convince people with virtue, no matter how much you sow discord, it is useless, and I can't stop the concerted efforts of our heavenly army! ”

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