Gaozhou Mansion.

Under the high city tower, Kuang Ye, Guan Ying, Ma Wei and Yu Guang and others are standing here looking into the distance.

"Is the news true? Those Miao Jun really slowed down? Kuang Ye stood in the middle of the crowd and said with a solemn face.

The Miao army came to the city, but they did not attack the city immediately, but went around the city and went to Leizhou Mansion first. In this way, it seems that Gaozhou Mansion is temporarily safe, but Kuang Ye knows very well in his heart that the reason why these Miao troops did not trouble them is just because they are afraid of the mercenaries under the city.

It should be that Yang Chendong's name of the God of War was passed out, which made the other party a little jealous, and he did not act rashly in line with the idea of fighting steadily.

In this way, Kuang Ye had to sigh, smart people are indeed everywhere, originally he also expected Miao Jun to take the initiative to provoke mercenaries, and then lead to a death battle between the two sides, so that he didn't have to think so much about asking Yang Chendong to send troops.

The hope of the moment was dashed, and Kuang Ye could only wait for news from the imperial court. It can be said that except at the beginning, Kuang Ye was surprised when he heard that Yang Chendong also took a fancy to the king with a different surname, and even thought that this was too demanding and impossible to achieve. But as time passed, this idea changed.

Xiping Wang Mu Bin can be crowned king with a different surname, why can't Yang Chendong?

Speaking of credit, just by virtue of the fact that Yang Chendong had saved Yingzong's life on the battlefield, I am afraid that no one can already reach it. It's just a pity that the emperor is unpredictable, maybe he is used to being high and thinks that everything everyone does for him is deserved, but it makes them slowly forget what is called gratitude and what is called gratitude and gratitude.

But in any case, after Kuang Ye calmed down, he thought that Yang Chendong's matter of becoming the king could still be decided. Not for anything else, just because Nanming now has nothing to choose, even if this is the case, sealing a king with a different surname may solve the crisis in front of him, so why not? Not to mention that Yang Chendong's health seems to be very bad, if this is the case, then sealing a half-dead person as the king is not a big deal, and the obstacle should be much smaller.

I was looking forward to it like this, thinking that I was going to Yang Chendong to talk about it when the emperor's decree came down. Unexpectedly, a scout suddenly came to report today, saying that the 10,000 Miao troops who went to Leizhou Mansion had returned, and not only that, but when they came to the neighborhood, the speed of walking slowed down.

Who is Kuang Ye? can become the secretary of the military department, even if he didn't catch up with the war in peacetime and didn't go to the battlefield, but at least he is a person who knows the army. Miao Jun's unusual behavior quickly attracted his attention, and after a brief discussion with generals such as Guan Ying, Ma Wei and Yu Guang, he came to the conclusion that it was likely that Miao Jun would take action tonight.

"Yes, Master, we have already investigated, and it is true, presumably they must have their own purpose in doing so, but we can't confirm whether they want to do it against the mercenaries or if they want to deal with us." Guan Ying stood up and told the results of the investigation with Ma Wei, Yu Guang and others.

"There's no need to confirm it, it must be done to the mercenaries." At this time, Kuang Ye was very confident. They were in the city, and it would be more difficult to attack the city in the middle of the night than in the daytime. Of course, he will also take some precautions, for example, once there is an internal response in the city, it is not impossible to open the city gate at night to lure the enemy into the city.

"In this way, tonight, the three generals worked hard, kept an eye on the four cities, and told the soldiers below that without the old man's order, even the three of you have no right to order the city gate to be opened." Kuang Ye's voice was firm and powerful. Take the power into your own hands, so that you can ensure that the gates are not lost. As for doing this, and whether such doubts will chill the brothers below, I can't care so much about them in extraordinary times, but fortunately, there is only one night today, plus he is the secretary of the military department, and he is now the prince and the prince, there are too many officials than these people, and there is still authority.

Sure enough, when Kuang Ye said this, Guan Ying was better, but Ma Wei and Yu Guang's expressions were a little unnatural. But considering Kuang Ye's identity, even if the two of them were to be completely taken over, they could only pinch their noses at this moment and nod their heads in agreement.

"Teacher, even if you see that these Miao troops are going to attack the mercenaries, do you want to send someone to remind the loyal and courageous prince? Although they did not agree to send troops against the bandits, they are still our allies. After Guan Ying saw Kuang Ye so sure, he wondered if he would take the opportunity to show goodwill.

"Well, you can send someone there to let you know. But from the old man's point of view, I'm afraid that the loyal and courageous duke has already seen it, hehe, if he doesn't even have this ability, how could the Yellow Bandit Army be wiped out by them so quickly. When Kuang Ye said this, he originally had a serious old face, and then he had some smiles.

But he just went to send someone to the ward Yang Chendong, if you say anything about sending troops to support, forget it, after all, he doesn't have much troops in his hands now, and the situation is unknown, if he opens the city in the middle of the night, who knows what kind of accident will happen?

The sun had set, and it was starting to get dark. At this time, several people seemed to be waiting, waiting for the sky to be darker, so as to fulfill the desire of some people to kill people in the dark night and high wind.

戌時. It is equivalent to more than eight o'clock in the evening of the current time, and the Miao army, which was originally marching slowly, began to speed up.

Suddenly, the acceleration made it possible to reach the mercenary camp in half an hour and steal the camp, which means that the actual time they set for the attack was between nine and eleven o'clock in the evening.

This time period is not said to be the best time to camp secretly. Because most people haven't slept yet, or haven't slept deeply, they can react immediately if something happens.

However, after Zhang Zeng knew this, he had to do the opposite, which is exactly what he thinks is clever.

At first, he slowed down his march to make people think that it was late at night when they arrived at the mercenary barracks. In order to ensure sufficient energy at that time, if he led the army, Zhang Zeng would arrange for the sergeant to go to bed early and then wake up before midnight.

Considering that he would definitely do this, Zhang Zeng sent people to watch the meal time of the mercenary camp, and sure enough, the fireworks that were raised were a little earlier than usual, which was a signal to eat early and go to bed early. In this way, Zhang Zeng is full of confidence in his heart. I plan that you are preparing to fortify late at night, and I might as well wait for you to launch an attack in advance, so that there will be a time difference.

In this way, there is a sudden acceleration of the hour. The Miao army, which had already been prepared, and had even eaten in advance, moved and ran forward at a very fast speed, and these people were extremely excited, as if this time they were not going to fight, but to get gold and silver treasures.

One of the advantages of this kind of marching speed is that even if it is discovered, it will not take enough time to prepare for defense. This is also the reason why General Zhang Zeng gave the order to attack so confidently after learning that the mercenary camp had not deliberately strengthened the defense.

Normally, such a change is discovered by the scout first, and then he will fly the news back, and then the general who learns the news will arrange for the army to prepare for defense, and it will all take time. Such a time may be far away from the two sides and they can still be ready, but once the distance is extremely close, like now, when there is less than half an hour, it seems a little rushed, or even too late.

As a result, such raids often have a very good chance of success.

If such a high-probability event happens, it is still aimed at mercenaries, which is destined to make the probability of victory smaller, not to mention, and may also lead to the battle going in another direction, that is, the failure of the camp, which is what everyone calls stealing chickens and rice.

Not to mention that mines that can make people fly into the air have already been buried outside the barracks, just inside the mercenary barracks, as early as when he learned that Miao Jun was going to pass by the barracks when he returned, Yang Chendong gave the order to rest and sleep, so except for some companies that had to be on duty, most of the other soldiers entered a state of making up for sleep.

As Hu Mang said before, the other party may not really come late at night, and it is very possible to take a step ahead in order to carry out a surprise attack.

Yang Chendong agreed with Hu Mang's analysis very much, and was even very pleased. A strong army, or even a strong country in the future, cannot rely entirely on itself, it needs to rely on everyone's efforts, and only when more loyal people improve their ability can they do a great thing together.

Yang Chendong agreed with this analysis, naturally Leng Feng only rested for half a day, and when he was in the middle of the day, he had already gotten up one by one and began to eat the warm rice that had been heated before.

Refuel for the big battle. The entire barracks was quiet, but in fact a monstrous murderous aura was forming.

It's just that this kind of murderous aura can be seen, and only when you are in it, maybe you can feel it, it belongs to the kind of existence that cannot be seen or touched.

Not to mention this monstrous murderous aura, just after the 10,000 Miao army marched for nearly half an hour, they could already vaguely see the mercenary camp with torches on the periphery. As mentioned earlier, whichever army enters first will get more wealth. Under such a military order, the arriving army did not even move the whole team, and rushed straight to the front of the barracks like a swarm.

Everyone did their best at this moment, as if they were afraid that if they took a step at night, the benefits would not be their own.