Delgado quickly slipped back into the city in the darkness of the night, pinching his throat and learning a few bird calls. After a while, someone peeked out from the battlement, and Delgado took out the fire and shook it twice, so that the people on the walls could see him.

"It's Delgado, Captain, it's Delgado's back!" the people above deliberately suppressed their voices, but they still clearly floated to Delgado's ears in the silent air. He smiled wryly, knowing that his presence would probably cause a small mess among the city's defenders. After all, the defenders of the city all pinned their hopes on reinforcements, but they went and returned in a day and a night, and it was obvious that it was impossible to complete the task of asking for help in such a short time.

Soon a rope ladder was lowered from the city wall, and Delgado grabbed the ladder to climb it, and finally climbed over the wall with a weak foot and almost fell. Although this city wall is not high, it is estimated that it will inevitably fall into a fracture and concussion. If it were a normal day, the athletic Delgado would never have made such a low-level mistake, but he had been in a state of high mental tension since before his departure last night, and he had almost no time to rest after the departure, and he exhausted the energy of his whole body when he was chased by the Haihan soldiers in the early morning. For the next few hours, he was interrogated non-stop, and he was extremely mentally exhausted. It wasn't until Minami Takahashi personally assigned him the task that he was fortunate enough to get food and just two hours of rest, and such treatment obviously did not allow him to fully return to his normal state.

"Delgado, why are you back!What about the others? Did anyone break through?" López, who rushed to hear the news, was also very surprised by Delgado's return, but his primary concern was still whether the rescue plan was successful.

"My lord, none of our fighters have been able to break through the blockade of the Haihans, their defensive line is very tightly arranged, since last night, I have spent a day observing, and I have not found a chance to break through. Delgado had a dejected expression on his face, not in the slightest pretentiousness, because in fact he had not only observed, but also tried, and personally felt the awesomeness of the Haihan soldiers. This is indeed a big blow to Delgado, who has always been confident in his ability to do things in the field. His reactions now are all from the heart, not fake.

The swaying light and shadow from the torches made it difficult for Delgado to see the expression on López's face, but judging by the sound of his heavy breathing, López's mood at this time was obviously not very good. For López and the city of Santo Domingo as a whole, Delgado and his chosen messenger were the last hope, but that hope lasted only one day before it was dashed.

"Delgado, in any case, your current behavior is a fear of war and a runaway, and you must be punished accordingly. According to wartime decrees, you will be hanged tomorrow when the sun rises. Suppressing his anger, López announced his decision to deal with Delgado in as calm a tone as possible. As harsh and unsympathetic as this sounds, there is really no doubt that Delgado did not complete his mission, and that his choice to return to the city was undoubtedly a fear of war, and that the severity of the punishment was only a matter of the slightest thought of López, who clearly did not want to forgive Delgado, a loser who had dashed hopes.

Just as López was about to have Delgado taken away and locked up, he heard the unlucky man actually say, "Captain, I have a way to get the Haihan people to withdraw on their own initiative." ”

"Looks like you really want to live!" López looked at him disdainfully, believing that this was just a makeshift trick by Delgado to save his life. In the afternoon, López also saw the giant siege cannon appearing outside the city, although he didn't want to admit it, but he couldn't deny that it was indeed a heavy blow to the morale of the defenders - with the adobe walls of Santo Domingo, it would definitely not be able to withstand the continuous bombardment of such cannons, and it would only be a matter of time before the walls collapsed, and without this barrier, would López still be able to command his troops to fight street battles in this small city?

In fact, even if Delgado's plan succeeded, López did not think that Santo Domingo City would be able to hold out until the day when reinforcements arrived. The Haihan people even crossed the sea with this kind of heavy artillery, and obviously did not intend to leave any room for maneuver. After the siege cannon is deployed, it will take at most a day or two to break through the city defenses, and the sporadic resistance after that can play an extremely limited role, which is nothing more than a slight delay in the time for Haihan to completely control the region. By the time reinforcements arrived from the Chicken Coop Harbor, the sky here had already changed color. It was precisely because López realized that it was difficult for the tide of the battle to change much, that he did not want to believe that Delgado could still have any way to retreat.

"Captain, I really have a way, please give me a chance, if you think it's impossible after listening to it, then it's not too late to order me to be hanged. Delgado's tone was very calm, not like a man on the verge of drowning, desperately trying to grasp a life-saving straw. He knew that López, though hard-mouthed, would not really give up hope of life - even if he was dead set on the outcome of the battle, his men might not follow suit.

Sure enough, someone next to López immediately suggested: "Captain, you might as well listen to what he has to say, if it is really feasible, then we can also try it." ”

Now that the trend of the battle situation can be understood by anyone with a discerning eye, it is indeed unlikely that the defenders will have a chance to reverse the situation, but if there is really a way to force Haihan to withdraw on his own, even if the probability is only one percent, who will take the initiative to give up this hope?

López hesitated for a moment, and several other people expressed similar suggestions to him, which was nothing more than saying that the situation was urgent, and since there was no other way out, it was better to be a dead horse and a live horse doctor, and listen to Delgado's method first.

"For the sake of so many people interceding for you, I'll give you a chance to make amends!" López finally failed to resist the temptation to get Delgado to say what he called his "withdrawal plan".

Delgado's speculation is indeed accurate, and when it comes to the next plan, López is afraid that it will be difficult to distinguish the true from the false, and most of them will be baited. He sorted out his thoughts a little, and then said: "After the villain sneaked out of the city the night before, he witnessed those teams being hunted and killed by the Haihan army one by one, so he didn't act rashly, and spent the whole day lurking in a farmhouse outside the city to observe the movements of the Haihan army. Originally, the villain planned to try to see if he could cross the blockade of the Haihan Army after nightfall, but during the day, the villain observed an important situation, so he changed his mind and came back. ”

"Getting to the point!" López wasn't in the mood to listen to Delgado ramble on unimportant details, he just wanted to know what the chances Delgado was talking about.

"The commander of the Haihan army will arrive at a farmhouse outside the city during the day to reconnoiter the situation at the head of the city, according to the villain's observation, it should be within the range of the city's artillery, if we can seize this opportunity, we may be able to directly eliminate the commander of the other party. At that time, the Haihan army will be leaderless, and this battle will naturally not be able to continue. Delgado succinctly laid out his plans. Of course, to be precise, it was Minami Takahashi's plan.

"How do you know who is the commander of the Haihan Army?" López was not an easy to dismiss, and immediately questioned this.

Because the farmhouse where he lurked happened to be where the villain was hiding, and it happened that the villain could understand Chinese, his men called him a general. It is impossible for an army of so many men outside the city to be commanded by several generals, right?" Delgado explained reasonably: "The villain was lurking above their heads and did not come down until they left. After thinking about it, the villain felt that he should come back and inform the captain of the news, so he came back overnight. ”

"Are you sure he'll be there?" López's pupils contracted involuntarily, and even his breathing became rapid. If Delgado can keep track of exactly what is going on with the other side, it might be an opportunity to take advantage of.

"Definitely, because the general, surnamed Gao, thought that the farmhouse was the best vantage point, from which he wanted to observe the effects of the artillery siege. So tomorrow before the Haihan army began to fire artillery, he would arrive at the farmhouse and give orders from there to direct their artillery to fight. The more Delgado spoke, the more certain he became, as if even he believed that it was fact and not fiction. As he spoke, he not only admired Minami Takahashi's tricks, but this setting was indeed an irresistible temptation for the commander of the garrison who had no other choice, and it was difficult to think of not taking the bait.

"Then we can probably send a team of soldiers to ambush there first, and then capture him when the general of the Haihan Army goes tomorrow, or just kill him. López immediately conceived a course of action.

"Captain, this probably won't work. Delgado shook his head in disagreement, and when Takahashi informed him of the plan, he had prepared the rhetoric to deal with all kinds of contingencies to ensure that things could go according to the plan he had made.

"Why?" López asked with a frown.

"Quite simply, they left someone to guard the farmhouse. The villain also slipped away quietly while the guards went to pee, and it was impossible to go in with a group of people to spend the night. Tomorrow if the guards didn't give a signal, their general wouldn't have ventured to attack. Delgado followed Takahashi's advice and gave sufficient reasons for his objection.

"Then we can only find the right time to shell that farmhouse?" López felt that this plan was a bit unreliable, but it seemed that there was no better way to achieve the combat goal at the moment.

"Captain, please rest assured, when the time is right tomorrow, the villain will point out the location of the farmhouse, and after the lord recognizes it, he can command the gunners to aim there together, and the other party is not guarded, and there is still a great chance of success. "Delgado's heart is that the Haihan people only leave you such a way, no matter how you struggle, you will eventually jump into the pit by yourself.

López still felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say a specific reason. It's just that under the current situation, there is not much room for him to choose from. After dawn tomorrow, the siege artillery of the Haihan people will be deployed in place, and if there is no big killing move to change the situation of the battle at that time, the defenders will really have to wait for death. In this case, Delgado's proposal really seems to be the only viable solution, and although the probability of success is not particularly high, López can't think of a better solution.

Thinking of this, López decided to keep Delgado for the time being, after all, it was up to him to point out the key location of the farmhouse after dawn.

"Delgado, I have decided to suspend your sentence, if tomorrow's plan succeeds, then you are the hero of the rescue of the city of Santo Domingo, if it fails...... Probably we all have to die in this place to be worthy of the status of soldiers!" López waved his hand a little tiredly, "Take him down, give him food and a place to sleep, I need him to be able to appear in front of me in the best condition tomorrow." ”

Delgado also felt a little unbearable when he saw López's tired face, although López was very mean to him, but as a soldier, he had admirable professionalism. But if López doesn't die, the battle will have to be done in the bloodiest way possible, and Delgado himself may not be able to save his life. What's more, he is bent on getting a chance to get ahead, and López is the name he is about to hand over to the Haihan people, if Delgado wants to make a contribution, then he can't let López live through tomorrow.

The next day, Delgado was taken by the guards to the city walls to join López. Although he knew that the Haihan people should have been prepared outside the city at this time, he couldn't help but feel nervous when it came to the end. Later, he will show his head on the city wall with López, and if the Haihan people do not abide by the agreement and directly use artillery to target the place where they appeared, then he will probably bury López on the spot. Even if the Haihan people acted according to the agreed approach, Delgado was not sure what the chances would be, because the plan of action proposed by the Haihan people seemed to him to be unthinkable.

"Delgado, the safety of the city of Santo Domingo depends on your performance! After López finished speaking, he raised his hand and motioned for him to go to the battlement to observe the situation outside the city.

Delgado cautiously poked his head out of the battlement, and saw that there was a mark made by the Haihan people on the roof of a house far outside the city according to the agreement, indicating that he was ready, which made him feel a little soothed.