The defenders in the city and those township soldiers mobilized from various townships and villages to help in the battle, the combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as these rebels who lick the blood from the knife edge, once the city wall is collapsed, then the rebels will definitely concentrate their forces from this gap to rush in, and when the time comes, with those Shandong soldiers in the city, as well as those township brave regiments, they will definitely not be able to stop the rebels.

In this way, Muping County will be completely finished, and after the rebels enter the city, they will definitely massacre the city and cause the lives in the city to be ruined, in that case, it is useless to say anything.

After adopting this method, the defenders of the city temporarily stabilized the situation, held the city walls, and repeatedly engaged the rebels.

In two days, the rebels launched several fierce attacks, but they were barely blocked by the defenders, but both times the rebels attacked the city wall, but fortunately, Zhao Zhizhou sent reinforcements in time to repel the rebels.

But everyone knew that they would not hold out for long, and if no reinforcements came, they would probably not be able to hold on to this section of the wall any longer, and the area around the south gate would definitely be conquered by the rebels.

The rebels also realized this, concentrated almost all the elites outside the south gate, and forcibly recruited a lot of people to use them as human shields, and also drove the refugees, got a large amount of firewood and wood, and prepared to launch a final assault to capture the county seat of Muping in one fell swoop.

Although in the past two days, he also asked Li San to mobilize some Xishan Village soldiers to help in the battle, but every time Li San only sent fifty people, that is, a platoon of troops, to come here to assist, which is far from enough.

So seeing that the situation was in crisis, Zhao Zhizhou hurriedly sent someone to invite Li San, so that he could talk about the interests and disadvantages, and asked Li San to transfer more soldiers from Xishan Village to the south of the city gate to assist in guarding.

Li San sent people overnight and sneaked back to Xishan Village to ask Liu Wei and Wu Shengtian how to reply to Zhao Zhizhou's request, which happened to be the first night when Zhang Tao's rebellion was defeated and returned to Muping County.

Knowing Li San's news, Wu Shengtian discussed with Liu Wei overnight, if according to Wu Shengtian's intentions, whether Muping County is broken or not has nothing to do with their sea wolves, on the contrary, the instructions given by the headquarters did not ask them to assist in guarding Muping County, and even vaguely, happy to see Denglai more chaotic.

However, Liu Wei had another opinion on this, although the upper peak of the headquarters did not ask them to assist in guarding Muping County, but whether Muping County was safe or not still involved the safety of their Xishan Village.

Once the county seat of Muping is broken, the rebels can free up their hands and attack Xishan Village again, although they are not very afraid, but once the county seat of Muping is broken, the rebels may come a lot, which will become a protracted war.

The task given to them by the headquarters is to collect refugees, and after the beginning of spring, a large number of them will be transferred to the south, once they are surrounded by rebels for a long time, then they will not be able to do this.

Therefore, Muping County, in Liu Wei's opinion, is necessary to help them a little, and there is another point, that is, the relationship between them and Zhao Zhizhou, the officials of Ninghai Prefecture.

At present, since Liu Yi came here, it can already be said that he has established a very deep relationship with this group of people, if these people can't figure out that Zhao Zhizhou will commit suicide by martyrdom after the city is broken, and the others are estimated to be unable to keep it, even if the rebels are pacified in the future, then it will be necessary to change a group of new officials to come here.

At present, Liu Wei has finally raised these officials, once the time comes, he will have to start all over again, which is not only a matter of money, but also involves energy and time, and there may be great other uncertain factors.

What's more, during this time, the movement they made here is really not small, it is difficult to guarantee that some people will not see that their origin is unknown, and there are other plans, so it is better not to change people, so everyone is familiar faces, this time he has helped Ning Haizhou a lot, when they act here, they can be more smooth, and the local officials will also turn a green light on them, at least they can turn a blind eye to their actions, and everyone will be safe.

After considering this layer, Liu Wei thought that it was better to help this favor, not only to help, but also to simply send the Buddha to the sky, and completely sell an adult to the government here.

The two of them argued fiercely for about an hour and a half, and then they made up their minds, Wu Shengtian, as the military commander, had to listen to Liu's different opinions on other things, although this time it was a military operation, but it also involved many other affairs, so in the end Wu Shengtian had to make concessions.

In the end, the two of them agreed to transfer three more infantry platoons from Xishan Village and Tuweizi to reinforce Muping County, and they would do what they said they would, and they would act overnight.

Otherwise, the more than 100 people they sent during the day may be difficult to break through the blockade of the rebels and break into the county town of Muping.

Therefore, if you want to reinforce Muping County, you can only set off in the second half of the night, before the early morning, so as to break through the rebel blockade and enter the north gate before dawn.

Otherwise, this reinforcement operation will be a suicide charge.

After making a decision, Wu Shengtian immediately went down to start arranging, and drew out a marine platoon from the earthen enclosure, and two other infantry platoons, each carrying an excess amount of ammunition, in addition to his own use, but also to replenish some ammunition for Li San's side.

In addition to these, they were given two snow plows, two horses, ammunition for some shells, and some ammunition for rifles, which were sent into the city, and if there were casualties along the way when the blockade was broken, the wounded could be taken away by the way by the snow plows, so as not to leave the wounded on the battlefield.

By the time they had arranged and assembled their personnel, it was already midnight, and if they didn't leave, it would be difficult for them to get to the city before dawn.

So Wu Shengtian and Liu Fei personally sent these reinforcements out of Xishan Village, and solemnly said to them, these people did not light torches, and with the faint moonlight above their heads, they protected the snow and climbed the plow towards the north gate of Muping County, which was more than ten miles away.

The weather temperature at night was extremely low, and people felt choked when they took a breath, but under the leadership of a platoon commander led by the group, they still separated and quickly walked towards the goal.

Each of them tied some straw rope to the cotton boots under their feet, so that they could not be slippery, and they would not throw off the boots when they were running, and if they didn't have boots in this weather, their feet would definitely be frostbitten, so it was necessary to do so.

In addition, in order to reduce the load, these people did not wear armor except for the ammunition and materials and guns that they had to carry, and all of them traveled lightly, so as to ensure that they had enough body to run ten miles in a short time, but each person was issued a large piece of white cloth, draped over his body, wrapped his whole body, and stood in the snow, under the faint moonlight, a little farther away, it was impossible to see their figures, which provided them with quite good cover, under normal circumstances, as long as they did not walk face to face, Even if there are torches to light up at night, it is not easy for ordinary people to find their figures without walking in front of them.

Before these people set off, they all drank a big bowl of broth that was temporarily boiled for them, added a lot of ginger, and the unique chili noodles of the sea wolf, so that they could replenish enough calories, so when they set off, everyone was hot and felt very comfortable.

One hundred and fifty people, stepping on the thin snow, silently under the leadership of the officers, creaked and made a low footsteps, no one spoke in the ranks, everyone stared at the people in front of them, step by step forward.

Ten miles of road, in time and usually there, it also has to walk for an hour, let alone at night, even without lighting a lantern, walking is even more difficult.

Many people will slip or trip while walking, and if they are not careful, no one will exclaim, no one will scream, even if the fall is not light, they will grit their teeth and be pulled up by their companions, and continue to walk silently.

Under such circumstances, a team of more than 100 people walked to the outside of Muping County in less than an hour, and from a distance, you can clearly see the lanterns and torches on the gate tower of Muping County and the city wall.

But the man who was walking in front suddenly raised his hand, stopping the soldiers who were following behind, and all of them immediately fell to their knees on one knee, bowed their bodies and waited for the officer's instructions.

About three or four hundred meters in front of them, some thick tents appeared, and some rebels were wandering around the tents, all of whom were night posts left by the rebels, in order to prevent the people in the city from trying to escape.

But relatively speaking, the defense of Beiguan is relatively weak, because the main force is now concentrated in the area of the South Gate, waiting for dawn to launch the final blow to Muping County, so the rebels are also relatively relaxed, in their opinion, although someone may sneak out of the city at night, but in this ice and snow, even if they run, they can't run far, where can they run?

Now the surrounding area is controlled by the rebels, and the rebels are everywhere at night, as long as the people who escape sporadically after dawn will soon be discovered by the rebels who do not collect them at night, and it will be difficult to escape death at that time.

Therefore, the rebels are relatively lax at night, which is also the reason why Li Sanneng sent people back to Xishan Village as soon as it got dark, one or two people, be careful, it is easy to cross the blockade line of the rebels, but if it is a brigade of more than 100 people, it is difficult to use this method to cross the blockade of the rebels and enter and exit Muping County.

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