"Good!" When Fang Qifei saw Demon King Zheng like this, a stream of blood immediately surged into his face, he stood up suddenly, and shouted loudly: "From tomorrow morning, everyone will take turns to attack the city, starting with me, and the rest will be taken to catch lots, and the baggage will be transported back to Hangzhou by boat first, and the Demon King's will stay at the back, and when the troops are withdrawn, everyone will be cut off!" ”

"Okay!"

"Just fight to the death!"

Everyone in the tent responded one after another, looking enthusiastic, but no one noticed that Li Xu, who had the loudest voice, had a strange look in his eyes.

It was already the third watch and the fourth watch, and it was the most difficult time for those on duty at night. Beside the wharf of the canal, six or seven Manichaeans were dozing off around the fire with bamboo guns, and in a farther place, Liu San was dozing off on an old locust tree, when suddenly a few night birds in the tree croaked and flew away, waking him up with a spirit, he rubbed his confused eyes, tightened the straightness on his body, and looked at his companions by the bonfire with some envy. At this time, there were footsteps of several people not far away, Liu San raised the bamboo gun a little nervously, and shouted to the place where the voice came from: "What person? ”

"It's me!" A voice came from where the footsteps came, and Liu San saw four or five people coming out under the shaking light and shadow, led by a young and strong man, with a yellow silk scarf wrapped around his head, it was Li Xu. Liu San hurriedly put away the bamboo spear, and saluted with his crossed hands: "Leader Li, why did you come out so late?" ”

"If you can't sleep, just come out for a walk!" With a bitter smile on his face, Li Xu pointed to the wine jar held in the hands of several entourages behind him, and said, "Come out and have a drink with the brothers that night to pass the time." Why are you the only one on duty tonight? What about the others? ”

"Thank you, Chief!" Liu San hurriedly saluted again, pointed to the six or seven men beside the fire behind him and said, "Everyone else is over there!" ”

"Oh!" Li Xu nodded, with a relieved expression on his face, and turned back to the entourage behind him and said, "A few of you bring the wine over, and I will say a few words to this brother before going over!" ”

Those few people answered, and walked towards the fire, Liu San was a little flattered and talked a few words with Li Xu, and suddenly there were a few strange sounds behind him, and he turned around to find that the few men who delivered the wine had already thrown the clay pot on the ground, and pulled out their knives to cut down their sleeping companions by the fire one by one. Liu San was about to open his mouth and shout. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in his heart, and he turned his head with great effort, only to see that Li Xu's face was already full of murderous aura at this time.

Li Xu panted and pulled out a wrist-dissolving knife from the corpse on the ground and wiped it on the corpse. Stand up and return the knife to its sheath. Not sure why. Those few blows just now consumed a lot of his physical strength. At this time, the short massacre by the fire had ended, and the man in charge ran to Li Xu's side and whispered, "Head." Kill them all! Didn't alarm the people outside! ”

"Good!" Li Xu nodded, took out a piece of white silk from his arms, tied it to his right arm, and said coldly: "You bring our people here immediately, first set fire to the granary, and then set fire to the camp." The one with a white cloth tied to his right arm is his own person, and the rest are all killed! When the last word "kill" was spoken, the voice seemed to be squeezed out of Li Xu's teeth. He pulled out the saber at his waist and said loudly: "Everyone's net worth depends on tonight!" ”

On the upper floor of Xiuzhou South Gate, Zhou Ping stood behind the female wall, staring at the enemy camp in the distance for a moment. Although he tried his best to pretend to be calm, it was not difficult to see the excitement in this man's heart at this time from the muscles of his cheeks that twitched from time to time.

"How many days is it?" Zhou Ping asked in a low voice.

"It's still a moment before the fourth watch!" Chang Zongtian behind him replied in a deep voice, he looked at Zhu Lei, who was a little nervous on the side, and said in a low voice: "Prison and patient, this kind of thing can't be rushed!" ”

Zhou Ping nodded, did not answer, and after about half a sound, he said in a low voice: "Fetch water!" ”

"Water!" Luo She'er on the side hurriedly handed over the water hyacinth, Zhou Ping pulled the stopper, drank two sips, and the cold water flowed into his mouth, making him shiver. At this moment, someone was suddenly heard shouting: "It's on fire, it's on fire!" ”

"What?" Zhou Ping's hand trembled, the gourd in his hand fell, he struck twice on the female wall, and rolled down to the outside of the city wall, he didn't care so much, he threw himself on the female wall and looked in the direction of the enemy camp, only to see more than ten pillars of fire rising in the direction of the Manichaeans in the night sky, and the fire was still rapidly expanding and spreading, obviously this was the result of man-made arson.

"Something's up, Li Xu is in trouble!" Zhu Lei's voice was already a little hoarse, Zhou Ping was surprised to see that this person's face was already full of tears, and he was stunned for a moment before he realized that this person should be the most stressed of all the people on the city tower, the reason is very simple, if there is nothing to do overnight, as a contact, he is likely to become the object of his anger. Thinking of this, Zhou Ping couldn't help but smile to himself, whether it was himself or this man named Zhu Lei, his life was in the hands of others at this time, when would he control his own destiny and run rampant under this vast sky?

"Do you want to open the gates?" It was Xue Liangyu who spoke, Zhou Ping had already controlled his emotions at this time, he looked at his eager subordinates lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, the soldiers eat and feed the horses, so that they can rest, and without my order, you are not allowed to open the city gate!" ”

In the Manichaean camp, there was already chaos, tongues of fire seemed to be alive, licking tents, grain stacks, wooden fences and everything else that could be burned, and under the firelight, groups of men with white cloth wrapped around their right arms, armed with torches, knives and guns, rushed into the camp, lit the tents, and then killed the men who had just come out of the tent and were still sleepy. The sky above the camp was filled with shouts of killing, screams, and the crackling of burning wood.

Fang Qifei rushed out of his tent, the flickering fire shining on his naked upper body, like a demon. But everything that was happening in front of him was like a nightmare in Fang Qifei's eyes.

"What's going on? Who is it? Who did it? ”

Fang Qifei's shout was accompanied by a cry, this strong man suddenly pulled out the saber in his hand, slashed a few times, and the sharp sound of the blade and the air made a sharp sound, but this could not change everything in front of him, he fell to his knees in despair, threw himself on the ground, and cried.

"Grand Commander, Grand Commander, Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother!" A familiar voice shouted, helping Fang Qifei up, and it was Chen Antian who appeared in front of him, only to see that his face was full of anxiety, and there were forty or fifty disheveled men behind him.

"Li Xu is the opposite, he killed the guards of the dock and set fire to several stockades, he should have already joined the official army!"

"What?" Fang Qifei was like a thunderbolt on the head, and then he got up from the ground, gritted his teeth and slashed: "You have to peel off the skin and bones of this villain!" ”

Chen Antian hurriedly grabbed Fang Qifei and said, "How can you find it among the chaotic soldiers?" Let's go, when the day dawns and the officers and soldiers in the city come out, it's too late! ”

"Let's go? Where to go? Fang Qifei pointed to the surrounding areas where the flames were scattered and crowded, and said sadly: "The current situation is not good, if we let the surrounding heroes see it, we will definitely take it to the government to receive the reward, rather than being humiliated like that, it is better to stay here and fight to the death, and after death, we will have the face to see Mingzun!" ”

"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, I saw it when I came, the camp over there is not chaos on the side of the Fang Demon King, let's go to his side!" Chen Antian made a gesture, and several of his subordinates stepped forward and dragged Fang Qifei out. Before leaving, he threw the torch at Fang Qifei's handsome tent, and the flames immediately flew up on the coarse cloth soaked in tung oil.

On the city tower of the south gate of Xiuzhou, several cloth barriers blocked the cold wind, and surrounded a vacant land, Zhou Ping and more than ten of his subordinates sat on the Hu bed in the cloth barrier, and the steaming broth, pickles, rice, and Hu cakes were placed on the small table in front of him. Zhou Ping was wearing a white straight embellished, and he was the first to pick up the dishes and chopsticks and said with a smile: "Everyone has a full meal, and then they go out of the city to kill thieves." Before the battle, there is no need for wine, and when you come back in triumph, a certain family and the monarch drink bitterly! ”

"Thank you, detaine!" The generals responded in unison. They also picked up the dishes and chopsticks and ate them, these people were not the first time to go into battle, and they didn't say much, they all bowed their heads to eat and drink, and they were full of chewing sound for a while.

Zhou Ping had just eaten a few bites, and a small colonel suddenly ran up from the city, saluted Zhou Ping, and said, "Prisoner, there is a person outside the city who claims to be a person who has surrendered to Cheng, saying that there is something important to meet the prisoner!" ”

"Oh?" Zhou Ping put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at Zhu Lei, who was standing on the side waiting: "Envoy Zhu, go and see who it is?" ”

"Whoa!" Zhu Lei responded, and hurriedly ran over with the little school, and after a while, he ran back with an excited expression, and said respectfully: "Tell the prisoner, it's the villain's brother-in-law Li Xu, I have something important to tell you!" ”

"Oh!" Zhou Ping showed an interested expression on his face, and made a gesture for him to bring it up. A moment later, Zhu Lei came up with a man with a dusty face, and he fell to the ground after a dozen steps to get together, and kowtowed after four or five steps on his knees: "Sinner Li Xu visits the captain!" ”

"Get up, please!" Zhou Ping looked the man on the ground up and down, only to see that this person raised his head and made contact with him, and then fell down.

"Li Xu has done such a thing, where can he stand in front of the captain!"

Zhou Ping smiled slightly, secretly thinking that this person was a character, listening to what Luo Sheer said when he came back, he didn't mean to surrender at first, presumably because he got some news, so he changed his name and voted for the government. But once the decision is made, he will be ruthless, look at the movement outside the city, the siege of Xiuzhou will definitely be solved, such a winter, and there is no food ship, the tens of thousands of Manichae thieves who can return to Hangzhou may not even have one-tenth, counting it is all lost in his hands, can be ruthless and endure, this kind of person must beware. (To be continued......)