On the second day of the Lunar New Year, when the sky was gray and bright, the southeast of Beijing, the Tongzhou area, the camp where the Tongzhou camp was stationed, covering an area of several hundred acres, a team of soldiers were patrolling, wandering everywhere, vigilant very, waving flags, there were soldiers standing on the high watchtowers, always monitoring everything around the camp, dozens of meters of bare buffer zone, so that the sight of these soldiers was not affected. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A cannon is arranged in the barracks, close to the fences that surround it, the muzzles of the cannons are slightly tilted, pointing straight outward, and the surface is black and shiny, which shows that these cannons are newly equipped to the Tongzhou camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals were there, although it was about six o'clock in the morning, but no one was absent, from the wing commander, the acting wing commander to the forward general, down to the pen post, the forward and the committee forward, all in the list. At this time, as the supreme commander of the Tongzhou battalion, the voice of the wing commander sounded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the anti-thieves from the south are powerful, all the way to Hongcheng and plundering land, quickly crossing the Yellow River to the north, and entering Zhili, in this process, the imperial court has successively withdrawn a large number of troops from other regions, replenishing the three battalions and the capital, so far, just our Tongzhou battalion, the number of soldiers has more than doubled, more than 100,000 people, almost the total strength of the three battalions in peacetime."

"Now, the army of anti-thieves has come over, and the emperor's holy decree and the hand of the minister of the palm seal have been summoned for a long time, ordering our Tongzhou battalion to guard the east side of the Beijing division and protect the safety of the Beijing division, generals, do you have any views on the upcoming battle and how to deploy the defense?"

As soon as the words fell, the Wing Chief Forward General immediately said: "Colleagues, you must all know about those leaflets about yesterday's anti-thief, however, we have no way out, it is impossible to surrender and surrender, either we succeed or die!" ”

"As the children of the Eight Banners, we have our own pride and dignity, and the entire Tongzhou battalion is full of Eight Banners, in the face of such anti-thieves against our Manchurians, we have no choice, only to fight, die on the battlefield, fight to the fullest, and defend the Beijing Division, in order to keep our own status, to be worthy of everything the court gave us, worthy of our ancestors."

After saying a word, although the camp was quiet and no one responded, they all knew that they had a tacit consensus that as Manchurians and children of the Eight Banners, if they wanted to continue to have all kinds of privileges, they had to work hard!

Suddenly, a voice sounded among the generals, sonorous and powerful.

"Wing Commander, you don't need to say anything, just give an order, we will all listen to you, implement it, and there will be no discount, those anti-thieves must step on our bodies if they want to attack the Jingshi!"

"Yes, yes—" The tent began to buzz and commotion, and they all responded, echoing.

Suddenly, a smile overflowed on the originally straight face of the wing commander, and then he waved his hand and said loudly: "Okay, since this is the case, then I will order it directly!" ”

After a pause, after everyone was quiet and stood together, the wing commander said solemnly: "Forward, forward, listen to the order, you immediately send out the scouts, monitor all movements within a radius of ten miles from the barracks, triple the original number of scouts, and once there is any abnormal situation, come back and report it immediately, there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Yes, General, the last general commands!" Immediately, the two of them stood up, leaned slightly, and responded with fists clenched, the armor on their bodies rattled.

"Forward School, Deputy Forward School, listen to the order, the two of you are responsible for the security of the surrounding area of the camp, increase the troops, and patrol the surroundings of the camp to avoid being attacked by anti-thieves and harassed by small groups of enemies."

"Yes, General, the last general commands!" The two of them stood up again, behaved in the same way, and responded in unison.

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At the same time, five miles away from the Tongzhou camp, among the barren weeds, a whisper sounded: "Captain, the closer you get to the camp of the Tongzhou camp, the more secret posts and some scouts there are, in order to avoid being discovered, our actions must be slowed down to ensure the smooth operation of the operation, and there will not be a clear soldier who will be missed." ”

"Well, okay, just do as you say, notify the various squads, let them slow down the progress, and be steady, you must ensure that all the dark posts are cleared, otherwise, Zhuge Staff Officer's plan will not be implemented, and it will only startle the snake."

"Yes, Captain, I'll go."

The sound disappeared, and the sound of weeds rubbing against each other sounded, and soon, within five miles of the main gate of the Tongzhou camp, among the wild grass, there were swishing crossbow arrows from time to time, and then the dull sound of falling to the ground sounded.

All actions are carried out quietly, killing people invisibly.

Wow!

A slight voice sounded, and then, a black shadow came out of a dark whistle a meter away, the dark whistle only felt a slight sound, turned around and looked over, before he could react, he felt a flower in front of his eyes, and his neck was suddenly cold, and at the same time, a pair of big hands moved, one covered his mouth, and the other fixed the back of his head.

Poof!

Blood gushed out and flew into the air, Dark Whistle's body was a spasmodic convulsion, his hands were clutched, and soon, Dark Whistle stopped struggling, and gradually lost his breath, his body cooled down, and he died silently.

At this time, I saw a black shadow dressed in a withered costume, almost integrated with the withered grass around it, and it was difficult to find that except for the mouth and nose, the entire body was covered by this kind of clothing, mysterious and powerful, stunning and bloody.

The black shadow did not stay, the body kneeling on one knee moved slightly, carefully put the body of the dark whistle on the ground, and then, with a wave of his right hand, immediately, there was a slight movement around, the black shadow bowed and stood up, dodged and moved, and disappeared into the grass, the movement was extremely crisp and neat, and he was very skillful.

All this happened so suddenly, in the blink of an eye, but in the course of a minute, something similar happened in this dry grassland, and the secret hands of the Tongzhou battalion were either killed with their bare hands or shot with bows and crossbows.

It is not difficult to see from the air, starting from the east, every few seconds, or minutes, there will be a slight shaking of the barren dead grass, which will not be noticed at all if you don't look closely and look closely.

An hour later, in the barren grass dozens of meters away from the main gate of the Tongzhou camp, a black shadow flickered, lying on the ground, and the fake withered grass on the helmet was almost exactly the same as the withered grass around, and it was difficult to be found.

At this time, the lurking personnel raised their heads slightly, their faces were oily, and they couldn't see his appearance clearly, their eyes were deep and bright, and they looked solemnly at the direction of the Tongzhou camp.

After a while, he lowered his voice as much as possible and said: "Go and inform Staff Zhuge that you can act according to the plan, the radius of the Tongzhou camp is within a circle of 100 meters and 10 miles, and it has been mastered~"

"Yes, captain, my subordinates will go and inform Zhuge Staff to them."

Immediately, a figure slowly moved, lying on his stomach and retreating, as much as possible not to make any movement, careful and cautious, the movement was slight, not daring to be careless, so after retreating a few meters, he dared to get up, bow away, and disappear into the wild grass.