Although everyone knew that the little eunuch's plan had many uncertainties and loopholes, taking advantage of the fact that seizing the city was a surprise attack and a dangerous move, and there was no way to refute it, so they hurriedly made preparations.

Chang Yu's personal guards are all experienced battlefield soldiers, the kind that goes and fights almost without preparation, and the situation is tough to greet everyone, prepare bows and arrows, shoulder knives, turn over and go out of the city, not long Jin Shenghuan also led the troops to pull out, his cavalry just now has a strategic loss, but not much, plus Xu Hongji and others' family, more than 1,000 people marched along the west riverbank towards Wuhu in the rain, and then Lu Daqi, the original 3,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, and the wounded stayed in Dangtu, although they were tired, they still had to grit their teeth and insist on advancing south in the rain! Of course, in order to boost morale, he informed the friendly army that he was crossing the river to attack the city, and we went to help, and if we were late, we might not even be able to drink soup. Otherwise, if you take them to attack Wuhu City, which has tens of thousands of thieves, there are few who are not weak.

When the situation was tough and led the troops from when Tu went south, Wang Zamao in Wuhu City had not yet received the news of the defeat, at this time his energy was as Chang Yu expected to be on the officers and soldiers on the other side, this day from the morning on the opposite bank of the action continued, although it was a rainy day when the river was rolling and rapid, but thousands of boats were ready to move, Wang Zamao guessed that the officers and soldiers were very likely to cross the river today, so he transferred eight or nine out of ten troops in the city to the west of the river, of course, most of them were cannon fodder, and the regular thief army he brought over was only three thousand and five hundred let Chen Dafa go north to be Tu.

However, he guarded the river in the west of the city for a day, but only saw the officers and soldiers thundering and raining little, perhaps because of the big waves or other reasons, he had not crossed the river and waited for such a day, but let the thief army be drenched in the rain for a day, Wang Zamao also scolded and returned to the city, and told his subordinates to report as soon as possible if the wind and grass were blowing.

As for why the news of Chen Dafa's defeat and killing has not yet reached Wang Zamao's ears, this is caused by many factors, first of all, Chen Dafa's light enemy, before the war did not send a horse to step on the point carefully, and the rainy day horse did not try his best to be attacked before and after, the army was defeated like a lost dog and fled, and because the west is the Yangtze River, they all fled to the east when they broke through, some were captured and some escaped to cross the river east to hide in the Daqing Mountain, where did they have the courage to go out and report the news, Even the professional meticulous work was worried that the outcrop would be caught by the officers and soldiers probing the horse, and wanted to wait for the rain to stop before leaving, but the rain kept falling and getting heavier and heavier, and the two places were more than 70 miles apart, and when he fled for his life, he lost his helmet and abandoned his horse, leaning on his two legs, how could he transmit the news back so quickly.

Coupled with the scouts of the officers and soldiers who were already active around here, after the war, there were a large number of Jinyi guards, Dongchang Fanzi joined, and laid a strict monitoring net between the two cities, even if there were fish that missed the net and wanted to go back to report the news, they would inevitably be intercepted and killed, so that nearly two hours after the defeat, Wang Zamao still knew nothing about the war in the north.

However, when it was getting dark, Wang Zamao finally became suspicious, Chen Dafa hurriedly sent troops last night and should have arrived in Dangtu at this time, whether he fought or not, there should be news coming how but there was no news, this is not in line with common sense, so he invited Yan Xuming to discuss, this dog-headed military advisor also felt strange, didn't he have encountered or even defeated the officers and soldiers? It can be that the officers and soldiers will only hide in the city when they find that the thief army is coming, how dare they go out of the city to fight, and even if the fight starts, Chen Dafa suffers a big loss, then there should always be news, and the whole army will not be wiped out.

Maybe this guy is attacking the city, thinking about sending good news after taking it, the two guessed so, but for the sake of insurance, they still sent someone to find out the news.

The sky is getting dark, the four cities of Wuhu are closed to the third, only the west gate is open to facilitate the transmission of news, of course, there is Wang Zamao's henchmen and thieves guarded, seeing that the rain is getting heavier and the sky is dark, it is unlikely that the officers and soldiers will cross the river at this time, Wang Zamao thought about whether to transfer the soldiers and horses back to the city, after all, it is not a matter of the wind and rain on the riverside, of course, he is talking about his regular thief army, and he doesn't care about the life and death of those cannon fodder.

However, Yan Xuming has a different attitude towards this, no one dares to guarantee that the officers and soldiers will not go the other way, but cross the river at night, those are just paralyzing during the day, Wang Zamao almost obeys the words of this dog-headed military division, and when he thinks about it, don't let a few pigs go outside the city to reward those subordinates, and promise that there will be a big reward after defeating the officers and soldiers!

His brothers were blowing wind and rain by the river, and Wang Zamao was leisurely in the city with Yan Xuming holding a woman in the county office, but suddenly someone outside shouted: "General, it's not good, the officers and soldiers have crossed the river."

Yes! Wang Zamao was shocked and pushed away the woman next to him, and glanced at Yan Xuming beside him: "Brother Yan is really a god, it really doesn't surprise you" said and kicked the table in front of him over: "Let him have no return" said and rushed out.

Outside, pouring rain, Wang Zamao took the coat handed by his subordinates, put it on, looked up at the dark night sky, and couldn't help scolding: "his grandmother, she really knows how to pick the time", and then went out of the county office, turned over, got on the horse, and ran towards the west gate with Yan Xuming and a few personal soldiers.

More than 20 thieves in the West City Gate Cave were pouring wine around the fire inside, saying that the girls who played the day before yesterday were so tender, which attracted bursts of obscene laughter, Wang Zamao scolded angrily: "One by one, they are all fucking drunk, and they are killed by people who cut off their heads and don't know how to die."

These thieves disagreed, and smiled: "Is the general going out of the city so late?"

"The officers and soldiers of the dog day are going to cross the river, what if you don't go out, you are all clever to look at the door for Lao Tzu" Wang Zamao scolded and scolded, and the thief army was shocked when he heard it: "Such a heavy rain, are the officers and soldiers crazy." ”

"Lao Tzu likes mad dogs" Wang Zamao drove the horse out of the city, saw that there were many refugees on both sides of the door to avoid the rain and did not bother to scold, looking to the west, vaguely visible on the opposite bank of the fire flashing, you must know that here is still a few miles away from the Yangtze River, and it is a rainy day and you can see a kind of fire, indicating that the opposite bank is already on fire.

"the movement is not small, I'm afraid that Lao Tzu doesn't know if you cross the river" Wang Zamao scolded while beating his horse and galloping towards the riverbank, staring at the river but only seeing a few scattered points of light, and a little puzzled in his heart: "How many boats?" ”。

"The general knows how many ships are hidden in the dark" Yan Xuming felt that this was an opportunity for the officers and soldiers to secretly display their positions, deliberately set fire to the opposite bank to attract attention, and secretly sent a large army to disperse across the river, and it may even be possible to expand the battle line for more than ten miles, so he told Wang Zamao to be flexible and mobile, and to deploy troops to expand the defense line and strictly guard against it, so that it could not be easily landed.

Wang Zamao thought so, and couldn't help but get nervous in his heart, although it was difficult for the officers and soldiers to cross the river on a rainy night, it was also not easy for him on the defensive side, and he couldn't see it clearly, and he didn't know where the main force of the officers and soldiers landed from, and he didn't know how many troops the other side had.

The position on the riverside was noisy, and the movement on the other side made everyone nervous, whether it was thieves or cannon fodder, they all knew that the officers and soldiers were about to start fighting, and for a while, the preparations for war shouted and shouted, and they made a mess.

After Wang Zamao arrived at the riverbank, he climbed onto the lookout and watched for a while, and saw more than ten boats with lights shaking violently in the middle of the river, which showed that the river was turbulent, and he said in his heart that these officers and soldiers were really bold. The boats were moving slowly, and they were still jolting in the center, and it seemed that they were affected by the wind and rain and the waves were so fast, how could they come so easily.

"Look at this situation, the officers and soldiers are only afraid that they will return to work in vain tonight" Yan Xuming smiled beside him, but Wang Zamao raised his eyebrows: "Lao Tzu hopes that they will come over smoothly, otherwise we will be busy in vain."

"General, general......" At this moment, a thief soldier shouted loudly under the high platform: "Twenty miles to the north, I found an army of nearly 1,000 cavalry officers and soldiers, and they are rushing towards this side!" ”

What's that? Wang Zamao was stunned for a moment, stared at Yan Xuming and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Yan Xuming was also confused, more than 1,000 cavalry, isn't this the reinforcement from Nanjing as mentioned by the intelligence the day before yesterday, how did you sneak here? Didn't Chen Dafa lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to intercept it yesterday, why did he copy it to the back, Chen Dafa's waste is no wonder there is no news coming, it seems that he has not encountered it by staggering with others!

"What should I do?" Wang Zamao was angry and anxious, and it was very tricky for the Ming army to come to reinforcements at the moment when the Ming army crossed the river and landed.

Yan Xuming snorted, and his face was relaxed: "Don't be dry, general, how can officers and soldiers have such courage on weekdays, marching alone on rainy nights?" The reason why this is so abnormal is that it is still necessary to disturb people's ears and distract our energy and troops, and to assist the officers and men on the other side of the river to cross the river.

Wang Zamao felt that this was the reason, so he urgently ordered a small leader to lead more than 1,000 miscellaneous troops to stop the officers and soldiers, although he was no longer flustered, he was a little puzzled, how could the officers and soldiers cooperate so tacitly? The one on the other side is just about to cross the river, and the one on this side is coming to disturb!