Meng Ge laughed when he heard this: "In the middle of the night, how can a steamed bun shop open? Besides, now that the army is in chaos, who can afford to eat meat buns?"

Da Kui said: "Brother Meng doesn't know, those who do small businesses get up very early. Wherever we go, it's time for them to get up and get busy. After a pause, Da Kui continued: "The noodles they make steamed buns are white flour mixed with barley, and the meat is the meat of the livestock, and the generals who guard the city in the east of the city will take care of the business every morning, so until now the business of the small shop is still booming." ”

While the three of them walked eastward, Sledgehammer said with a smile: "Lord Zhang lies on the bed every day, how do you know so much?"

Da Kui smiled: "I'm bored at home, listen to what Xiaohu said." ”

Meng Ge quipped: "It seems that my family's Lord Zhang doesn't worry about armaments every day, nor does he care about political affairs, but he only thinks about eating." ”

The three of them couldn't help laughing, but the conversation and laughter of the three people on the quiet street seemed a little abrupt.

Legend has it that this was the time when the tigers in the mountains appeared.

The two brothers Houji and Hou Yong were on duty at the east gate tonight, and Sun Qian specially recommended these two to stay in Lanzhou before leaving, the purpose was to receive the expansion of Timur's army into the city. Timur placed 40,000 troops in the east of the city in order to enter the city from the east of the city, and the inside and outside should take Lanzhou, and the day of the siege was set at the end of the night.

According to the agreement, Hou Ji held a light on the city, and waited until the army of Timur arrived, Hou Ji drew the bridge, and Hou Yong opened the city gate with a few cronies under the city.

I don't want Hou Ji to be shaking with a lantern in one hand on the city, but he was really seen by the three Dakui who were walking to the east of the city. From a distance, the figures in the city gate cave swayed, and the horse rejection rifles that were originally blocked in front of the city gate cave were also moved to the side. Seeing this situation, Da Kui secretly screamed badly, and immediately instructed Meng Ge and Ou Da Hammer to take advantage of the dark night to touch it.

Hou Ji was still holding a lantern and shaking it, and Da Kui was already standing behind Hou Ji. Hou Ji waited for a full cup of tea before he saw a little fire in the wilderness outside the city, and the fire flickered a few times and then went out. Hou Ji is a thief in the end, and he took the lantern and looked around.

This look almost scared out of the pee, and Da Kui behind him looked at Hou Ji with a smile: "General Hou is so busy." ”

"Zhang... Mr. Zhang. Hou Ji had already reached out and pressed the handle of the knife as he spoke, but Da Kui pretended not to see it, but covered his mouth with his hand and coughed lightly twice. Da Kui is reminding Hou Ji: I'm sick, not light, you can do it quickly.

When Hou Ji heard Da Kui's light cough, he couldn't help but suddenly realize: 'I Hou Ji Rong has been a horse for half my life, and my martial arts are exquisite. You can still be afraid of a sick man. Thinking of this is not only evil to the guts.

With a soft sound, the sword light has appeared. Hou Ji took Da Kui's throat with a knife, and tried in vain to cut his throat with a knife and ended Da Kui's life. Unexpectedly, the figure in front of him flickered, and he was already close to Da Kui. Without waiting for Ji's reaction, Da Kui was already wrestling his wrist and subduing Houji. Hou Ji's wrist was in severe pain, and he couldn't help but snort.

Da Kui smiled slightly: "Even if I, Zhang Dakui, am terminally ill, it's not that you can wait for three indiscriminate moves." As he spoke, he slammed his palm on the side of Hou Ji's head, and Hou Ji fell to the ground softly without humming. With Da Kui's current physical strength, if he wants to take Hou Jiti down the city, it is wishful thinking, and the action just now is already Da Kui's full strength.

looked left and right, and there were no soldiers guarding the city in the city, presumably they were broken away by Hou Ji. Da Kui stretched out his hand and pointed at a few acupuncture points in Houji, so that even if someone came to save him, it would be just a puddle of soft mud.

Da Kui got out of the city and came to the city gate hole, Meng Ge and Ou Da Hammer had already put Hou Yong and more than ten other people on the ground. Da Kui said, "You two are waiting here, and there is another one in the city, and they will also move here together." As he spoke, he took out his gold medal from his bosom and continued: "This is the official seal, and the city defense troops can be mobilized." I'll come when I go. ”

Da Kui handed over the token to Meng Ge, and immediately turned around and ran away, Da Kui's speed not only made Meng Ge and Ou Da Hammer staggered.

Da Kui rushed all the way to Zhang Wen's city guard mansion, and a team of soldiers in front of the door saw that it was Da Kui, and they all hurriedly bowed down: "I've seen Lord Zhang." At this moment, where would Da Kui still have the leisure to engage in these red tape, and immediately walked to the door and said: "Quickly invite General Zhang Wen to come to see me, there is a big matter to discuss." ”

The soldier hurriedly said: "General Zhang Wen has stayed in the army for the past few days, not in the house. ”

Da Kui knew that there was a military camp in the north of Lanzhou City, which was very close to his residence. At present, Dakui is no longer delayed, and he is rushing all the way to the north of the city.

In the Chinese military tent, Zhang Wen has not slept yet. The expansion of Timur's army is coming, Lanzhou is not safe, how can Zhang Wen sleep peacefully?

Just when he was worried, the soldiers outside the tent came to report: "Lord Zhang Dakui of the Imperial History of Zuodu has arrived." ”

Before Zhang Wen could speak, Da Kui had already entered the big tent by himself. Zhang Wen took two steps forward to salute, and Da Kui waved his hand and said, "Give me saliva to drink first." Zhang Wen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to pour a cup of tea.

"Lord Zhang, please take a seat. Zhang Wen put the teacup on the main general's case and stretched out his hand to invite. Da Kui not only complained: "When is it, it's useless to get these." As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed the teacup, and drank it in one go, regardless of the heat or cold.

Zhang Wen was stunned for a moment, but Da Kui said: "The two brothers Houji and Hou Yong collaborated with the enemy, and tonight they will open the east gate to receive the expanded Timur army into the city." Zhang Wen was not only shocked when he heard this, but he was one hundred and twenty convinced of Da Kui's words, that is, Hou Ji Hou Yong's brothers collaborated with the enemy, which was naturally true.

Zhang Wen immediately summoned the captain on duty outside the tent and ordered: "Quickly take 500 soldiers to the east city gate and capture the two Houji Hou Yong brothers and their henchmen to see me." ”

Seeing this, Da Kui said: "Hou Ji Hou Yong has been restrained by me, and he can't make waves." After a pause, Da Kui said: "There are two things to come here tonight, one is to promote two thousand presidents, who came to find me from Yingtian. One is called Meng Ge, the other is called Ou Zhengyan, nicknamed Ou Da Hammer. In the past, these two were both subordinate generals under General Chang Yuchun. ”

When Zhang Wen heard Da Kui talk about Meng Ge and Ou Da Hammer, he not only asked in surprise: "But the sword tiger and the thunder tiger?"

Da Kui couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Zhang also knows about these two people?"

Zhang Wen smiled shyly and said: "General Chang Yuchun is a pioneer of the Ming Dynasty, and no one knows about the five tigers under him? ”

Da Kui smiled: "You saw it at my residence that day, and I will definitely introduce you another day." ”

Zhang Wen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and asked in an instant: "Lord Zhang is here tonight, what else is there?"

Da Kui suddenly realized, and then said: "I'm thinking, why don't we just plan and kill Timur by surprise?"

When Zhang Wen heard this, he was indeed a little embarrassed, and immediately said: "Attacking it unprepared by surprise was originally a superior strategy, but unfortunately there are few major generals in Lanzhou, how to do it?"

Da Kui laughed and said: "There are not many soldiers, but there are two good generals at the moment." Why didn't you do anything?"

Zhang Wen thought for a while, and then asked, "I don't know what the adults think?"

Da Kui said with a smile: "Now dig a big pit in front of the east gate of the city, and there are bamboo sticks and iron thistles inside. The pit was sealed with thin slabs of firewood and branches, and then covered with floating soil, and an ambush was laid around it, so that Timur's army could meet the attack when it entered the city. ”

Zhang Wen thought about it but shook his head and said, "Lord Zhang laughed, how big is that pit?"

Da Kui said: "It only takes ten zhang square." ”

Zhang Wen nodded and said: "Ten zhang square, only five hundred soldiers take turns to dig for an hour to do it, and the marshal left a strong bow and a hard crossbow and artillery before leaving." That's where it comes in, and I'll arrange it right away. ”

Da Kui then said: "In addition to the ambush in the east of the city, it is still possible to send surprise troops to attack the camp at night." ”

Zhang Wen said: "There are still 8,000 elite horsemen in the city, waiting for the dispatch of adults at any time. ”

Da Kui and Zhang Wen not only looked at each other and smiled, everything was ...... without words.

In order to dig a big pit and lay a trap as soon as possible, Zhang Wen actually mobilized a thousand soldiers to dig in turn on the street in front of the east gate of the city. At the same time, the eight thousand elite horsemen at the west gate were ready to go, and Meng Ge and the district sledgehammer were in armor and stood at the city gate, just waiting for orders.

Da Kui instructed Meng Ge and Ou Da Hammer to each bring 4,000 cavalry to enter the Yuan army camp outside the west gate of the city at night, just to defeat the Yuan soldiers in one fell swoop and then go around to the south gate, and then rush to the Yuan army camp in the south of the city with the momentum of thunder.

There were 20,000 troops stationed outside the west and south of the city, adding up to 40,000 troops. How could the 8,000 men and horses of the Ming Military Region defeat the 40,000 troops in one fell swoop? The mystery lies in the fact that the horses of the 8,000 elite cavalry all carried two large cloth bags, which contained a terrifying 'earth-shattering thunder'.

The earth-shattering thunder does not need to be triggered, just throw it out, and it will explode after being shocked after landing, and its power can be described as earth-shattering. And these two groups of Ming troops were lined up in a long snake formation, and each cavalryman held a Teng shield on one side. This Teng shield is a mountain rattan woven inside and outside two layers, with cotton wool sandwiched inside. This shield can be used for fire guns, bows, crossbows, knives, guns. And it's light and handy, it's really a must-have for attacking the camp in the middle of the night.

According to the plan, only when Timur's army expanded to the east of the city entered the city, the west gate of the city would be opened at the same time. At this time, there were 1,000 soldiers of the Ming army holding iron pickaxes and shovels on the east gate of the city to dig hard, and the excavated soil was sent to both sides of the pit to be piled up and tamped. In less than half an hour, a large pit with a length of 20 zhang and a width of 10 zhang appeared on a good street.

Moso bamboo was originally produced in the south, but because it was mostly used in the manufacture of bows and crossbows, it was carried in the Ming army. The soldiers used knives and axes to cut the bamboos into several parts, cut off and sharpen them, and inserted these bamboo sticks at the bottom of the pit to sharpen them upward. Zhang Wen came to supervise the construction, and when the bottom of the pit was full of bamboo sticks, Zhang Wen asked people to take dozens of barrels of tung oil and splash it into the pit. Now that it comes, it will take some trouble for the Yuan army to fall into the pit and want to get out.

Zhang Wen is on the top of the solid slope, and the audience is already very satisfied, just put some Zhuge crossbows at one end of the long street, and you can get twice the result with half the effort.

Da Kui stood aside but said: "The pit still needs to be filled with water, once the Yuan soldiers enter the pit and the dead fill the pit, the bamboo sticks will naturally be useless." Add some water to it, so that the tung oil floats on it. If necessary, set a fire. ”

Zhang Wen couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, but he still ordered someone to carry water to irrigate the pit according to Da Kui's words. After the trap was set, the Ming army covered the surface of the pit with thin slabs of firewood and sprinkled floating soil on it. In this way, everything can be regarded as ready, and only the Yuan soldiers are owed to fill the big hole.