Wang Weizhen got up and clenched his fists, and then said to everyone very complacently: "This time, my Wangjiazhuang responded to the order of the defense lord, and there were a total of 1,300 people in the dun army, including more than 800 elite armor soldiers and more than 100 cavalry soldiers in Dapan Fort, and I also brought hundreds of my own family members, which can be described as strong. In this battle, the top and bottom of the hundred households in my Wangjiazhuang are to report to the imperial court, comfort the people, and share the worries of the defense adults! ”

Dai Jingbin sneered and said: "It's nice to say, if Wang Baihu's words are true, then it is even stronger than the defense of adults, is this considered the strength and weakness of our Qianhu households in Xiahe Village?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Wang Weizhen said angrily: "I see that Dai Baihu didn't bring a few soldiers over, are you going to kill the thieves with a single sword?" ”

Jia Hongyu, the chief flag officer on the side, said in a strange manner: "What are these words, my lord, what kind of person is Dai Baihu, where does he have the ability to go into battle to kill the enemy, in the opinion of his subordinates, Dai Baihu's so-called ability is just to speak quickly here." ”

Dai Jingbin was not to be outdone, and stood up directly to prepare to quarrel with Wang Weizhen and Jia Hongyu.

Seeing this, the defensive officer Zhang Hailin was furious, slammed the table, and said loudly: "What are you doing!" The big war is imminent, and you don't want to fight the enemy with one heart, but you are fighting for tat here, is this going to be infighting? ”

Wang Weizhen and Jia Hongyu hurriedly clenched their fists and pleaded guilty, but the two of them were still very unconvinced when they looked at Dai Jingbin. Dai Jingbin was the same, and he also glared back fiercely.

Zhang Hailin saw that the two sides were still unconvinced, and was about to preach to everyone, but saw a small flag officer rushing into the camp in a panic, and said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, the scouts have found a small group of thieves, just north of the Ancient Town Inspection Division, it is estimated that the main force of the thieves is not far from the north!" ”

"What!"

Zhang Hailin was taken aback, at this time the sky had already darkened, and it would be night soon, at this time, the army of thieves had arrived, whether to fight this battle or not?

Zhang Hailin subconsciously looked at Wang Weizhen, Liu Yan and others, after all, at this time, the strength of Wangjiazhuang Baihu was the strongest in the army, and their opinions must be sought.

"Wang Baihu, how do you think you should deal with it now?"

Wang Weizhen was asked by Zhang Hailin suddenly, and he was also a little flustered, after all, the more than 3,000 menacing thieves on the opposite side didn't dare to speak casually, so he clenched his fists and said: "Lord Qiqi, my subordinates are foolish, at this time, it is better to respond to all things without change." ”

Zhang Hailin couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard these ambiguous words, then looked at Liu Yan and asked, "What about Liu Zongqi's opinion?" ”

Liu Yan pondered for a while, then clenched his fists and said: "Lord Qiyu, my subordinates think that the thieves will definitely not attack tonight, after all, the thieves are mostly a rabble, and the night battle of attacking the camp will definitely not be done, and they will not attack until tomorrow daytime at the earliest." ”

Zhang Hailin nodded in agreement, and the rest of the people also agreed.

"Well, go on."

Liu Yan said: "But if the enemy doesn't attack, it doesn't mean that we can't attack!" The army of thieves has been looting and running everywhere for a long time, and those thieves must have been very tired, so they must not let the army of thieves camp peacefully and recuperate, and must give a fatal blow when the enemy is most tired! ”

Zhang Hailin's eyebrows were almost twisted together, and he said, "What does Liu Zongqi mean is that he is going to send troops to rob the camp tonight?" Will it work? ”

Since Liu Yan has made up his mind to win the first merit of this battle, he must be willing to give up his capital, and he must also make a decision immediately and believe in his own judgment, so he said: "The subordinates ask the adults to fight, and tonight, the subordinates will lead the soldiers of Dapanbao to attack, and the adults will command the soldiers of all departments to respond." ”

Zhang Hailin was excited when he heard this, stood up abruptly and walked a few steps towards Liu Yan, and then asked again: "Are Liu Zongqi sure he can succeed?" ”

Liu Yan said loudly: "The subordinates and the soldiers of Dapanbao have put life and death aside, and if this battle is not successful, they will become benevolent, and they will clear the way for the adults at any cost, and break the camp of thieves in one fell swoop!" ”

"Good man!"

Zhang Hailin couldn't help but admire, and then adopted Liu Yan's suggestion.

However, Wang Weizhen and Jia Hongyu next to him were worried, they didn't expect Liu Yan to be so radical, and it was too late to dissuade them.

Song Gongming, the inspector on the side, also looked at Liu Yan, with a hint of admiration in his eyes, he didn't expect Liu Yan to be really a well-known man, and he dared to fight such a vicious battle!

Zhang Hailin returned to his seat, and then said loudly: "Everyone! Since General Liu was determined to fight a night attack, the official adopted this plan and attacked the camp of thieves at night with the soldiers of Dapanbao, and the officers led the soldiers of each department to follow up. Mr. Liu, how? ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "The deployment of the adults is detailed, and the subordinates have no opinions. ”

"Good! Without further ado, go back and prepare now. Liu Zongqi was ready to set off an hour later, and the rest of the soldiers gathered in the west of the ancient town inspection Sibao City an hour later, ready to support the north at any time! ”

At the same time, Bai Miao led an army of more than 3,000 thieves to the north of the Guzhen Inspection Division, stopped at a hill five miles from the fort, and then began to set up camp.

The general Bai Dazhuang took 100 soldiers and horses from the old battalion of the army to inspect everywhere, urging those thieves and victims of the uprising to dig trenches, build wooden walls, and settle tents.

However, this army of thieves is a patchwork of soldiers and horses, except for the more than 800 soldiers and horses of the old camp of thieves led by Bai Miao and Bai Dazhuang, the rest of the soldiers and horses such as thieves are basically without anything, no tents, no supplies, and they will not set up camp.

So after a lot of busyness, the sky was already completely dark, and the camp of thieves was still only a rudimentary form, an intermittent, shallow and deep trench outside, and a camp wall composed of branches, stones, and a small number of carts inside, basically had no defense.

And there are not many tents of those thieves, except for the 800 thieves and horses, the rest of the people are just digging a nest to keep out the cold, and they are like a large group of wandering victims.

After settling down, Bai Miao frowned and patrolled the camp, and said to Bai Dazhuang, who was following him: "The current situation is a little different from what I expected." ”

"General, what do you mean by that? Didn't we successfully kill the Ancient Town Inspection Division, tomorrow we will break through here, loot the money and food in the fort, and our men and horses can at least double, and then kill Wangjiazhuang Dapan Fort, and the general's intention will be realized? ”

Bai Miao shook his head and said: "First of all, I didn't expect the reaction of the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village to be so fast, and they actually gathered people and horses to the ancient town first, it is estimated that tomorrow will be a fierce battle, and our more than 3,000 people will inevitably suffer a lot of losses." ”

"Secondly, look around here."

Bai Dazhuang looked in the direction of Bai Miao's finger, and saw that the surrounding camps were not built at all, so he suddenly said: "The general is worried about this matter, most of these soldiers are from bandits, and there are no rules." ”

"Here's the problem, except for more than 800 old battalion officers and soldiers in the army, the rest are rabble who can only fight with the wind. What about the men and horses on the Ming army's side? What if the Ming army has more soldiers and horses than us, or if the fierce battle will be too fierce tomorrow? If it's ...... tonight."

Speaking of this, Bai Miao froze in place, and then looked vigilantly at the dark night in the south, and his face became very ugly.

"General? What happened to you? ”

Bai Miao said with a hint of horror in his tone: "If that Liu Yan is really as strong as Sun Qian said, then he will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to attack tonight!" ”

Bai Dazhuang suddenly exclaimed: "The Ming army will attack at night tonight? ”

"Whether it will be or not, immediately let all the departments gather ......"

Before the White Temple finished speaking, he saw a sound of neat footsteps in the night to the south, as if it was an army of elves in the dark night, attacking this side.

"Enemy attack!"

Bai Miao suddenly roared, and shouted loudly in a sharp voice that he couldn't believe: "Everyone immediately formed a formation and gathered the soldiers of the eight hundred old battalions in the Chinese army to standby!" ”

Bai Dazhuang also blew up at this time, leaving a few guards here to protect him, and then hurriedly ran to mobilize people.

Bai Miao stared at the night in the south and muttered, "Liu Yan? Could it be you? Why should such a talent be committed to the imperial court, and why can't he follow King Chuang rampant in the world with me? ”

The words are divided into two ends.

At this time, Liu Yan led the five sentinels and the army had already touched a distance of about one mile to the south of the thief camp, and the outpost led by Chen Xun, the middle outpost led by Miao Shao, the left outpost led by Zhang Yi and the right outpost led by Wang Bo were lined up, and more than 700 soldiers formed a huge horizontal phalanx.

More than 280 spearmen and sword and shield bearers were in front, with a forest of spears and heavy armor, forming an impregnable defensive line.

Behind him, more than 190 bird guns followed, all the bird guns had been filled, and all the fire ropes had been lit. Fortunately, there was no strong wind tonight, which ensured that the bird gun could be fired normally.

Xu Ming, the small flag officer, led the cavalry sentry behind the horizontal formation, ready to wait for the opportunity to break into the camp of thieves.

The heralds of each outpost kept running behind the phalanx, passing Liu Yan's orders to the various departments.

"Order the drummers to blow the trumpet!"

"Order all units to speed up and get close to the thief camp as soon as possible!"

"Order the cavalry post to get ready, and after breaking into the camp of the thieves, kill the Chinese army directly!"

"After ordering the outpost to break into the camp of the thieves, immediately start setting fires."

After the orders were passed down, the muffled sound of the horn immediately sounded, which immediately woke up the entire camp of thieves.

Liu Yan followed in the middle of the outpost, looking at the camp of thieves in front of him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, and he secretly said in his heart: "It seems that the bet is right, although this group of thieves is huge, it is still a group of rabble!" ”

It stands to reason that Liu Yan led his troops to advance to this distance, and the average enemy army should have released arrows to block the enemy, or they should also send a small group of troops and horses to block the attack, so as to buy time for the main army to assemble and change formations.

But now there is only panic in the camp of thieves, with the help of the bonfire, you can see the crowd running around, and there is no enemy army to fight back and block at all, this situation makes Liu Yan's heart that has always been hanging down.

Liu Yan was down-to-earth here, but Bai Miao raised his heart to his throat.

At this time, Baimiao had returned to the Chinese army, but in the entire camp, the only soldiers and horses that were really assembled were more than 800 old battalions under his command, and the remaining more than 2,000 people were directly bombed under the surprise attack of the Ming army!

Bai Dazhuang rushed back panting, clenched his fists and said, "General, it's better for your subordinates to lead the old camp brothers to protect you and kill you!" ”

Bai Miao thought for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing and said, "I'm not leaving!" Isn't such a big battle exactly what I was looking forward to, fight! I want to see how capable this Ming army is. ”

"But what about the routs?"

"No matter!"

Bai Miao said indifferently: "As long as this Ming army is defeated, the thousands of households in front of the Xia River Village will be our world, and as many people and horses can be pulled up again." ”