Ma Jiu turned around, and several people dressed in water leaning stepped forward and knelt down on one knee with the breath of river water:

"Yu Ma Ye, Second Master, we went up to the other side and divided into two roads, all the way to the front of the camp, and saw the soldiers and horses from the east entering the camp from a distance, and the soldiers and horses in the camp went out, for some reason.

A group of people also went to check on the dock, and there were a total of eleven sampans and three sand boats moored, and there were about forty or fifty guards on the side. There are two sentry posts on the pier, which are very loosely guarded.

Listening to the sentry chatting, it seemed that someone else was about to be transferred to take over. A hundred steps from the pier there is a little water village, where it seems that the boatmen and sailors live."

"Do you want to get rid of the water village too?" Second Master Zhu looked at Ma Jiu.

"No, our purpose is the dock and the boat, nothing else. Without these two things, the people in the water village would be useless!" Ma Jiu judged that if there was an alarm or a fight, it might affect the plan to seize the ship, so he rejected this idea.

"Okay, I understand, then so-and-so is going to get a boat, please inform Tan Yingzheng that they are getting ready to board the ship as soon as possible. I reckon four round-trips can send them all over!"

After speaking, Zhu Erye hugged his fists and gave his hands, and Ma Jiu also hugged his fists to wish him success. Zhu Erye left with his subordinates and soon disappeared into the night.

In summer, the pond is always the most lively place, with the sound of insects and frogs, the occasional sound of fish jumping out of the water, and the murmur of various birds in the grass.

A small green snake crawled carefully, it stared at the movement ahead, it was a lizard that came out to feed at night, but the snake did not know that in the canopy above its head, the owl was impatiently clawing backwards, and it was not sure which one to eat tonight.

Suddenly, all this was interrupted by a boisterous human voice. A large string of torches is coming from far and near, and this procession is spectacular.

People happily cross the trail, scatter into branches on the ridges, and then converge between the ponds. These people were talking about how to eat after they had seized the grain, and they were arguing about how to loot unbridled after the occupation of Guangxin.

Almost all the creatures were frightened by the bright, bright torches and swords, and the crops and reeds shook desperately, indicating that they were all running for their lives, and running as far away from these rude and reckless men as possible.

The owl lost its goal of dinner and disappointed spread its wings and flew into a larger, quieter woods in the distance. Maybe there are more and fatter prey out there that are worth trying.

As it flew into the woods, it landed on a branch that looked good, and when it looked around, its round eyes widened in surprise.

In the grass and behind the trees, men with swords and guns crouched, and some of the chiefs and sentinels in armor exchanged heads and ears in low ground.

Looking at the torches and crowds that were getting closer and closer, the owl was finally a little disappointed, and was about to go hungry tonight.

It cooed twice in dissatisfaction, and suddenly saw a bow with a bow looking back at this direction, and it was so frightened that it almost fluffed upside down, and immediately did not dare to make any more sound.

Well, as long as you don't me, I'll see who of you wins and who loses in the end, it's always okay, right?

The owl turned its little head to look here and there, but no matter how you looked, there were not so many people in the forest, which made it a little anxious for the people below.

Well, those guys who store away my food are hateful, but you can't beat them, can't you count them yourself?

At this moment, a man bent over and ran silently, shouting in a low voice as he ran, "Let Brother Jean, borrow it!"

He ran up to a tall black shadow, who whispered, "Sunshine."

"Daji!" The man replied, and with a wave of his hand, the shadow led him into the low lying behind the two curtains, and the owl noticed that it was the only place around the area where there was any light, and because the curtain obscured it, it would not have been visible unless the owl had been on a high place.

"My lord, they're coming!" The man just now knelt down on one leg and reported. There was a person leaning against the tree, taking off the headscarf that covered his face, and Li Dan's face was revealed in the sparse moonlight.

"Five thousand?"

"We secretly caught one of the stragglers, and it is said that there are some people left in the village who are urging the people to load supplies, and it is estimated that they will be one step later as a rear team.

This

There are less than 1,000 people, and the main force that has already descended the mountain is 5,000, but the actual old bandits are only 4,000, and the rest have been coerced or recruited in the past two months.

There are less than 3,000 people who go to Dayuandu, and there are about 1,000 old bandits, and it is said that the Lou family gave Dayuandu to Yintuo, and they were ordered to receive it."

"How about the inspection, it's all right!" It turned out that there was a man on the other side of the tree. At this time, I heard the horn of the cow horn blowing in the direction of the pond.

"The enemy must have spotted the retreating migrant workers and blew the horn to chase after them." After Zhao Jingzi finished speaking, he seemed to laugh.

"Xianfu, it's good that we adjusted in time, otherwise Mao Cai would not have had time to get out of the city. Are all the teams in place?" Li Dan asked the sentry to go down to rest, twisted his head and said behind him.

"Except for the fact that the trial hero and Douzi Wan have not yet reported in place, the rest have already arrived.

Oh yes, when you fell asleep, Shen Wu came back, and he had completely handed over the affairs of the winery to Jia Mingjiu and Qin Jiuhu. I'm wondering if I should let him spy on Dayuan's enemy village?"

"Wait, I'm going to send him somewhere else. I expect that Yintuo should stop after suffering losses and wait until dawn before attacking, so I plan to let Shen Wu and a few people take advantage of their retreat to blend into the enemy camp!

You tell him to eat and drink and rest for a while, and then bring him to me." Speaking of trial five, Li Dan suddenly thought: "Is there any news from Sanqianzi (Feng Shen)?"

"Not yet, I wonder if it's because the enemy can't move around?"

"It doesn't matter, for Lou Zishi, we just need to grasp the general direction, it doesn't matter if it's early or late. I judged that sooner or later his father and son would withdraw their troops. If we defeat Yintuo, he will have more reason to retreat, right?"

"Well, even if he can take the opportunity to collect some of Yintuo's troops, he won't be able to digest them for a while, and the food will be even more scarce, even if he doesn't want to retreat, he has to retreat!" Zhao Jingzi was obviously grinning, because the moonlight shone out a mouth full of white teeth.

"Yo, Zhao Xianfu is getting better and better, not bad!"

The two looked back and saw Wu Mao coming out of the darkness, and smiled and arched his hand: "It's too late to come back, don't blame the inspection!"

"Where!" Li Dan hurriedly motioned to Brother Mao to bring a horse and invited him to sit down, and asked, "How is the situation in the city?"

"It's fine. More than 6,000 stones of grain have been transported, and the people's hearts are a little settled. Bows, armor, and weapons delight the general.

I explained to them that the fire guns and the general's guns were brought in after breaking the enemy, as well as the 20 or so bandits and thieves we picked out who were full of blood debts, and the prefect said that he would be punished later and the law was rectified on the spot, which was also to boost the morale of the people in the city."

Li Dan nodded as he listened, he knew that in addition to these, Wu Mao had also handed over more than four thousand taels of silver worth of gold and silver and jewels collected from various battles.

However, this wealth was quietly transferred, and the only people who knew about it were the prefect and the general.

"I heard that Yintuo hurried back down the mountain, why, they're almost there?"

"There is no problem with the city gates, but what about our people and vehicles?" Zhao Jingzi hurriedly asked.

"Don't worry, the gates of the city will be closed when we come out. Nearly 300 people remained in the city, and they had to help put the grain into the storehouse. The rest came out, and we ran fast in the wagon, and the torches were a mile behind us."

"So, they must have seen you, chasing you by the tail?" Zhao Jingzi got up and walked up to the high place to see the current position of the fire dragon.

"You bait is very good, Yintuo must be angry." Li Dan smiled and said, "Now they have to chase even more, otherwise all the grain on the other side of the river will be retracted back into Guangxin City, won't they be empty of bamboo baskets?"

"Are the walls of your bridgehead strong enough? That's 5,000 men, and it's the first time we've faced so many enemies in one battle!" Wu Mao wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve and said.

"You can take your head and bang it yourself." Li Dan made a joke, and both of them laughed silently.

"Patrol, the enemy is still two hundred and fifty steps from the fort wall!" Zhao Jingzi suddenly shouted softly from above.

"Hey, how does he know how far away he is in the night?" Wu Mao was surprised

asked.

Li Dan led him up to the top and explained, "He built a bag with stones two hundred paces away, and put a sign on it that said, 'Come to the tomb of the bandits.'" I guess those guys should walk in front of the sign."

After speaking, he came to Zhao Jingzi's side, took the binoculars from Mao Zai's hand and looked at it, but he didn't notice that Wu Mao listened behind him and shook his head for this childish move.

The camera is not very clear in the night, but fortunately the enemies are all with torches. A firework burst into the air from the direction of the ferry, and then burst into the air with a "pop".

The procession at the bottom of the hill stopped to look up, and under the light of the fireworks, everyone suddenly spotted the obviously high stone pile in the middle of the road and the sign on it.

Some people dared to step forward and point, and then Li Dan saw a leader who stepped forward, pulled away the onlookers, and asked someone to look up and down the sign with torches, and suddenly pulled out his knife with a strange cry and waved the wooden card into two pieces.

The people around cheered, and then they became excited, and each of them raised his weapon and rushed towards the ferry, along the rut marks in the dirt.

"Very good, the show is about to begin!" Zhao Jingzi muttered excitedly.

Wu Mao pondered in his heart, I don't know what kind of "good show" he said? He stared at the leader running at the front with his binoculars, and his eyes widened.

In the footage, the ground seems to have cracked open, and people are constantly being pushed and falling into it by the flow of people coming from behind. The cries and screams suddenly startled all kinds of birds from the grass and woods.

It wasn't until the people who were about to fill up the back that they realized that something was wrong, and they quickly stood still, and faintly heard someone shouting: "Pull people up and see how many people are still alive!" The man in front of him reached out and tried to pull out his wailing companion inside.

"What are you...... What kind of magic is it cast?" Wu Mao was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Where is the demon magic?" Zhao Jingzi smiled hesitantly: "It's just that Gu Da and the others took people down to dig a ditch. Well, there are a lot of wooden stakes and bamboo sticks erected in it."

"Hiss......!" Wu Mao felt that his hairs stood on end, and before he could say his comment, he suddenly heard the "crackling" fire bolt below, and he couldn't help but tremble.

This ditch happened to be about ninety steps away from the fort wall, and Zhao Jingzi had already walked through it himself when he dug the ditch in advance.

According to the agreement, as soon as the enemy fell in, it was a signal that Liu Hongsheng's men could shoot, and the gunners immediately raised the guns to pull the trigger, and even the platoon commander's whistle was omitted.

"The second platoon of the general gun listens to the order, ignites and launches according to the calibrated target!" After the platoon commander on the platform gave the order, the igniter lit the fuse, then quickly jumped back two steps, crouched down and covered his ears. "Bang"!

Because of the recoil generated by the shot, the gun car retreated backwards, but was pulled by the towing cable on the ring spike that was driven into the ground in front, and the wheel took a few steps backwards and rushed to the rear dirt bag, and then reached a certain height on the inclined plane and stopped, and then moved forward again under the action of gravity, but was pulled by the towing cable that was also fixed on the ring spike behind, and it could not be back and forth, and had to return to the original place after a few swings.

Six tractors immediately came over and grabbed it to its place, making sure the tow line was okay.

The filling squad came to clean, dry, insert new kits and wood chips, put in the projectiles, punctured the packets and implanted the fuse, and then the radiology squad men aimed, calculated, adjusted the angle and height, and finally shouted, "Ready to be released!" ，

After the platoon commander gave the "ignition" command, the igniter stepped forward. In this way, the whole platoon of fifteen people proceeded in a tense and orderly manner.

But that's not all, there are also five people in the transport and ammunition squad who are responsible for transporting ammunition and towing and driving the carriage at any time.

Chen Sanwen stared at the movements of the general and shook his head constantly, it was too complicated for so many people to operate, and the interval between the two launches before and after was indeed as Li Sanlang said.

He felt dissatisfied in his heart, Li Sanlang was right, there should be a way for five or six people to operate a copper gun, and the interval between two launches can be shortened from one tea to half a tea, or even shorter!

He stared intently at the launch of the general's gun, constantly recording his thoughts. Be attentive in others

During the battle, Chen Sanwen ran from one platoon to another, paying attention to observing and comparing their operations.

The general's gun was set in advance, aiming at the stone pile at the 200 paces, and hitting the opponent's team that was still behind and didn't know what was happening ahead.

Hearing the shouts and screams in front of him, he was still in shock, and the projectile fell, and two bloody alleys were created in an instant.

Some people came to their senses, and when they saw the miserable deaths of their comrades and the severed limbs and arms all over the place, they immediately screamed in horror. Someone turned around and tried to run away and collided with the others.

At this moment, there were two more "bangs, bangs", and at the same time, the fire was fired again, and the team became more and more confused.

Fortunately, the sound of gold sounded in the rear, and the crowd retreated as if they had been pardoned, discarding their weapons, flags, and snorting wounded along the way.

Yintuo in the back was inexplicable, he and his soldiers walked in the middle of the whole army, and they couldn't figure out what happened to the front team at all? He was shocked to hear the screams and the sound of gunfire, and to smell the blood and the smoke of gunpowder.

Shadowy could see from the firelight that there seemed to be a wall and some pillars on the other side, and someone came running to report that the front team had been attacked.

Can...... I don't know the situation, because no one dares to come over and find out. What's going on? He angrily called to his lieutenant officer, "Deng Huzi, go find someone who understands and ask what happened?"

It doesn't matter if you don't ask, Deng Huzi ran back after inquiring and reported to Yintuo in a low voice, which really scared him.

"What did you say? In just one moment, more than 300 people have been lost?" He was so angry that he didn't mean that the vanguard had let people kill almost half of them?

"What about Chen Bandouren? Why didn't he come to report, didn't he dare come to me?" Yintuo roared angrily, turned around and tried to call the leader of the pro-soldier team to arrest someone.

"General, don't bother. Chen Bandou was the first to fall into the pit, and he would have gone to hell by this time." Deng Huzi whispered to him.

"Bastard, damn it!" Yintuo puffed out his mouth and cursed for a long time, and then asked, "But someone can see clearly, what is the situation on the other side?"

"They built a castle at the head of the bridge, and at least three or four towers, with fire guns and two generals' guns."

"It's only been a few days, and they've built a fort? Net nonsense! I think it's a muddy fence at most, didn't Lou Shiyong say that they used bamboo to make a fence in Nanshan?

This group of dogs was frightened, and they casually made it up to coax Lao Tzu!" He snorted and snorted, and tapped his boots lightly with his horsewhip, which was his habit of thinking.

"Dao Chief, do you think Lou Shiyong didn't hide something from us?" He finally asked.

"Probably not." The purple-shirted Taoist shook his head with his beard: "Naturally, it is beneficial for the Lou family for us to defeat this group, what good can we do for his family if we lose?"

Lao Dao thought about it again, and then said, "General Deng has asked, how big is the fort?"

"Oh, it's not big, it's less than a hundred paces wide."

"What? That's the size?" Yintuo looked at it in disbelief.