If it really came to that situation, the Duan army would not be able to stop it no matter what.

Duan's army is now less than 8,000 men, and it is a long journey, and the number of enemies in the city is not yet known.

It is normal for these generals to be worried, but Bailikang is not worried.

The generals of the defeated army and the defeated soldiers, even if there are many, since they have already defeated it once, Bailikang is completely sure to defeat it a second or third time.

Armies are like this, often at the hands of the same enemy several times, as if they were infected with the plague, and they will continue to be defeated a second and third time.

It may have something to do with morale, but it's not really.

The reason why Bai Likang dared to let the Duan army come to the city was because he was so afraid that the enemy would not come out.

If the enemy really retreats out of the city, Bailikang really has no way to attack hard.

Ten thousand people want to attack such a fortified city, looking at the towering city wall, Bai Likang feels incredible when he thinks about it.

Bailikang even wanted to retreat, but this last war, Bailikang didn't want to miss it.

Between the dilemma of advancing and retreating, Bai Likang chose this way, that is, to use Duan's army to lure the enemy out of the city to attack and harass.

Bai Likang didn't care about the survival of the Duan army, what he wanted was victory.

Under the premise of victory, even if the soldiers of the Ming army are sacrificed, Bailikang will not frown.

He did just that in Xiangxiang-Liling.

Bai Likang asked all the 3,000 Ming troops to change their clothes with the Duan army, and then mixed with the 1,000 Duan army to make a detour to the north gate.

The Duan army was stationed three miles away from the east gate and formed a defensive formation.

When night falls. The detachment of 4,000 people who had actually returned to the north gate was camped outside the north gate, and at this time, according to the order of Bailikang. Among them, 3,000 soldiers of the Ming Army quietly left the camp in the second half of the night, turned north and then turned south to ambush behind the Duan army at the East Gate.

And the 1,000 Duan clan troops who remained outside the North Gate began to bluff, creating the illusion that 4,000 people were still in the camp.

The bureau began to be laid out, and Bai Likang was not sure that the defenders in the city would be deceived, but he relied on the dead horse as a live horse doctor, so he could only use this way to lure the defenders to attack the Duan army outside the east gate.

Destroy the living forces of the defenders of the city to alleviate the resistance to the siege in the future. That's all Brilikang can do at the moment.

Bai Likang is very anxious, if he can't capture Tengchong City in a short time, then what will happen to Dali City?

After all, the main forces of the rebels have gone to besiege Dali City. Bai Likang began to worry about Xu Shouren's safety.

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Gao Zhiping led 6,000 crossbowmen to flee back to Tengchong Mansion, and the cold reception he received can be imagined.

The Gao family, Gao Fang is the patriarch, and there are no less than dozens of uncles and brothers. Even Gao Zhiping's own brothers have as many as four. And Gao Zhiping is just a second son.

Everyone's eyes are on the position of the heir, so there are constant disputes within the Gao family.

Gao Zhiping lost his troops and returned in a fiasco, giving these people a good excuse to criticize, they didn't care about how many people Gao Zhiping lost, what they cared about was Gao Zhiping's defeat.

This defeat is likely to lose the opportunity to wrestle the patriarch's heir.

But this is civil strife after all, and now there are external enemies. The people of the Gao clan still have a clear distinction between the most important and the more important, and they still temporarily follow Gao Zhengli's orders. Because Gao Zhengli is Gao Fang's younger brother.

Gao Fang led a large army to the expedition and handed over Tengchong Mansion to Gao Zhengli, who trusted his younger brother very much, because, when Gao Fang followed Duan Siping to fight, Gao Zhengli saved his life once.

The friendship with Gao Fang, coupled with the brotherly relationship, makes Gao Zhengli have a decisive influence in the Gao family, and it can also be said that in addition to Gao Fang, Gao Zhengli is the most powerful person in the clan.

Everyone has a lot of respect for Gao Zhengli, including Gao Zhiping.

But Gao Zhiping now wanted to disobey Gao Zhengli's order in his heart, and Gao Zhengli didn't embarrass this nephew too much when Gao Zhiping came back, and he didn't even say a word of weight.

Even the 6,000 crossbowmen brought back by Gao Zhiping were still under his jurisdiction.

It can be said that benevolence is the best of righteousness.

People have the problem of cranky thinking, especially after being frustrated, they will turn gray in their imagination, and they will often think towards the worst.

Gao Zhiping is like this, because of his own defeat, and his uncle did not blame him, he was surprised, so he thought that Gao Zhengli had a son, and then thought of Gao Zhengli's power, and even thought that if his father Gao Fang had an accident this time, then .......

People, once they drill the tip of the horns, they will naturally think hard to one place, Gao Zhiping is very smart, but smart people often think too much.

People who think too much do less, and those who do less tend to fail.

Practice brings out the truth, and most smart people are lazy, so they are prone to failure.

Gao Zhengli's order was to hold Tengchong City and not to go out of the city without permission to fight.

And Gao Zhiping needs a victory, even if it is a small victory, in order to restore the dignity he feels has lost.

Dignity often belongs to the winner, and the loser has no dignity, and even if there is, it is also given by the winner.

Dignity is the final result, and it doesn't matter in the process, just like Han Shin, who was humiliated by his crotch, he didn't have dignity at that time, because he was weak at that time, and the weak had no dignity.

But Han Xin, who became Huaiyin, found the butcher in the future, and the butcher was very scared, thinking that Han Xin wanted to kill him to take revenge, and then Han Xin had dignity, because he became a strong man, and the strong man at the beginning became a weak man.

Unexpectedly, Han Xin treated the butcher well and named him a guard, and he said to the butcher that without the "humiliation of the crotch" back then, there would be no Han Xin today.

No matter how dignified the butcher is, even if he is treated well by Han Xin and made a guard, it is still the dignity of the victor's charity.

The dignity of alms is not dignity, but a humiliation.

It shows the benevolence and generosity of the strong, and highlights the humility and weakness of the weak.

Therefore, Gao Zhiping wants to regain his dignity, he longs for victory, and regains his lost dignity in front of the parents and villagers in Tengchong City.

He believes that the dignity of being given by Gao Zhengli is not dignity, and only by himself can he regain the dignity that he has lost.

Gao Zhiping launched a night attack.

This night attack was in Bailikang's expectation, and it was unexpected by Bailikang.

Bailikang hoped that the defenders would attack at night, one would destroy their living forces, and the other would explore the reality of the forces in the city.

But Bailikang did not expect that the planned night attack would be a stalemate and a war of attrition.

Because Bailikang still misestimated Gao Zhiping's energy.

Although Gao Zhiping is Gao Fang's second son, he has always been regarded as one of Gao Fang's successors because of his intelligence since he was a child.

Such people are generally followed by more or less people, whether they are doormen or officials with real power, they will stand in line. (To be continued......)