When the last afterglow of the sun disappeared on the horizon, night finally fell, and the entire Dingshan County was shrouded in endless gloom.

At this moment, the south city tower is brightly lit, and hundreds of new disciples in charge of logistics are carrying boxes of ammunition and constantly running back and forth above the city, and the atmosphere of tense preparation for war is very strong.

Duan Shaojun stood at the highest point of the city, with a grim face, holding a scope and constantly looking outside the city, as long as there was any abnormal situation outside the city, he would command the disciples on the city defense to react at the first time.

At this time, Sun Monkey, who was in charge of the south city gate, came behind Duan Shaojun silently, "Tell the master, twenty-five heavy machine guns have been readjusted, thirteen are deployed on the city wall, twelve are deployed under the city wall, and at present, next to each heavy machine gun, three thousand rounds of ammunition have been prepared!

Duan Shaojun put down the scope, turned his head to look at him, and said in a slight mutter: "Sun Monkey, you wait for someone to go to the North City Gate and several other key city defenses, and once again remind everyone to take strict precautions and be vigilant tonight!"

"Yes, Master!" Sun Monkey nodded respectfully, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Master, do you think the disciple should strengthen the defensive force in the area of the South City Gate?"

Duan Shaojun raised his eyebrows and said, "Why do you say this?"

Sun Monkey thought for a while and said: "According to the report of the spies tonight, it is very likely that the regular army of the state city will be killed from the south city gate, and at that time, the defensive pressure in the area of the south city gate will definitely be very great, on the contrary, the north city gate does not have much defensive pressure, so the disciple thinks that there is no need to deploy too many firearms at the north city gate like the south city gate." ”

Duan Shaojun nodded and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, I also considered this just now, however, the enemy has not yet appeared, according to the deployment of firearms at the South City Gate now, it should be enough to deal with it." Tonight, we will arrange this for the time being, and if the situation is not good, some heavy machine guns will be drawn from other places to support. ”

Sun Monkey was very happy when he saw that the head of the sect had adopted his suggestion, "Yes, the head of the sect, the disciple will arrange it later!"

At this time, Duan Shaojun turned around and looked outside the city again, and suddenly asked, "Sun Monkey, you said that we can lead a team of men and horses to attack the camp of the regular army outside the city now, can we succeed?"

Sun Monkey tilted his head and thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that it will be difficult to succeed?"

Duan Shaojun's heart moved, and he turned his head to look at him, "Why?"

Sun Monkey's expression was a little serious, and he said: "According to the disciple's knowledge, the overall strength of the regular army in the state city is very strong, and all the soldiers of the regular army are at least the strength of the third-level gangqi warriors, and they are well-equipped and agile, which is not at all comparable to the rabble of the county garrison." ”

Hearing this, Duan Shaojun frowned and said, "The strength of the Flying Eagle Spy is strong enough, right? But the last time we ambushed in the Wild Bear Valley and wiped out the entire army they killed, could it be that the combat strength of the regular army in the state city will be stronger than that of the Flying Eagle Agent?"

Sun Monkey saw that the head of the house seemed to be a little displeased, and hurriedly explained: "Head, although the strength of the flying eagle secret agent is much stronger than that of the regular army, they are just a group of spies who are good at spying and assassination. ”

Duan Shaojun was a little surprised in his heart, and said, "Since the regular army of the state city is so difficult to deal with, we should sneak attack their camp and win by surprise." ”

Sun Monkey smiled bitterly: "The head doesn't know, this matter is not as simple as you think." Whenever the regular army goes to war, there will be a Taoist priest from the Heavenly Master Sect accompanying the army, the Heavenly Master Sect is the state religion of the Great Song Dynasty, and the disciples in the sect are all proficient in some strange arts, which are difficult to deal with. Before, the disciple had accidentally learned that it is said that every time the regular army goes out to camp in the wilderness, the accompanying Heavenly Master Taoist priests will lay strange spells near the camp, as long as the enemy approaches the camp within ten miles, it will arouse the vigilance of the army, so it is difficult to succeed in the sneak attack!

Besides, we have too few manpower, and the strength of the Gang is far less than the soldiers of the regular army, if the sneak attack is revealed, they will be intercepted and assassinated, because among the regular army in the state city, there are many elite soldiers, all of whom carry broken darts, all of which are made secret by the imperial court, and when they are launched, they are silent, especially at night, and they are even more unguardable. ”

As soon as these words came out, Duan Shaojun took a deep breath and frowned.

He really didn't expect that among the regular army in the state city, there would be so many strange doorways hidden, so it seems that it will definitely not work to sneak out of the city at night to attack their camp, and the only thing he can do now is to stick to the city tower, with the help of various modern arms and weapons, it is difficult to teach those regular troops to go further.

Thinking of this, Duan Shaojun nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, our current manpower is too small, and the overall strength is not as good as the regular army of the state city, so we can't do anything that is too risky, from now on, we just need to stick to the city." ”

Seeing that the head finally gave up the idea of sneak attack, Sun Monkey secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bent down and arched his hand: "Master, please rest assured, the disciple will definitely obey your command and do his best to stick to the county seat." ”

Duan Shaojun waved his hand absentmindedly and said, "You go and get busy, you must be more careful about the city defense, and you must not make any mistakes." ”

"Obey, master!" Sun Monkey arched his hand and then withdrew.

After the monkey left, Duan Shaojun's face suddenly became gloomy.

If the combat effectiveness of the regular army in the state city is really as strong as Sun Monkey said, then in the next few days, there will be a bloody battle under the county seat of Dingshan.

Looking up at the dark and endless night sky, Duan Shaojun muttered to himself: "Lao Tzu has fifty Gatling heavy machine guns, forty bazookas, and thirty light mortars, and he really can't hold this small Dingshan county ......."

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Before I knew it, two hours had passed, and the night had finally arrived.

During this period, Duan Shaojun had been waiting on the top of the city tower, constantly holding a scope to observe the movements outside the city.

Outside the county seat, it is still dark, and so far, there has been no suspicious movement.

At this time, Duan Shaojun was suspicious in his heart, "Could it be that the regular army of the state city will not attack the city tonight, could it be that they will not appear until the day?"

Suddenly, at this moment, three fast horses outside the city were galloping towards the south gate.

Da Da Da ......

Seeing this scene, Duan Shaojun hurriedly picked up the scope and looked over, and found that the three fast horses were the scouts sent by his own side to investigate the news, and suddenly, he ordered loudly: "Open the city gate, it's our scouting horses!"

More than a dozen disciples guarding the city gate, after hearing the master's order, immediately opened the city gate in advance.

At this time, from a distance, the three spies shouted urgently, "Oh no, no, the army of the imperial court has crossed the Centipede Ridge and is galloping towards the south gate at this moment!"

Hearing this, the more than 200 Dingshan disciples guarding the tower in the southern city changed color.

Duan Shaojun's face sank, and he ordered loudly: "Let those three spies come up to see me quickly!"

A moment later, three spies in black suits rushed up to the city tower with anxious expressions and came to Duan Shaojun.

"Disciple meets the ...... master"

"Excuse me!"

Duan Shaojun waved his hand, looked at them with a serious expression, and said, "What is the situation outside the city? ”

"Yes, boss!"

The three spies arched their hands again, and one of the spies who took the lead reported: "Just now we found an army of 3,000 people in Centipede Ridge, judging from their armor and clothing, it should be the vanguard of the regular army of the state city! At this moment, it must have passed Centipede Ridge, and at most one hour, this team will appear outside the county seat!"

"Three thousand vanguard army, is it possible that there is a big army behind?" Duan Shaojun's face sank, and he said, "How did you judge that the team of three thousand people is the vanguard army of the regular army of the state city?"

At this time, the spy who took the lead said respectfully: "Back to the master, the disciple hid in the Centipede Ridge before, quietly observed for a while, and found that among the team of three thousand people, there was a 'Wind Flag', and the 'Wind Flag' is the banner of the vanguard army in the regular army of the imperial court!"

"I see, you're observing carefully!" Hearing this, Duan Shaojun exclaimed, secretly glanced at the spies who took the lead, and asked casually, "What's your name?"

"If you go back to the master, the disciple is called Xingguan, and Ding Yuanzong of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion is the disciple's master. The leading spy bowed his head respectfully.

Duan Shaojun smiled slightly: "It turned out to be Yuanzong's apprentice, it's really good, after returning to the mountain this time, remember to come to Fuyunzhai to find me, I happen to have a firearm, which is very suitable for you to use!"

Hearing this, the leading spy called the star official was flattered and said: "The disciple is grateful to be appreciated by the master......

Duan Shaojun waved his hand to interrupt his repeated thanks, and asked a few of them to retreat first.

On the way, the other two spies saw that the star official was so appreciated by the master, their eyes were red, and they were unwilling to let the star officer invite him to drink wine, and the star officer was also happy and nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Duan Shaojun stood on top of the city tower, and once again observed the outside of the city with a scope, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "The battle, is it finally going to begin?......"

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