The sun is still very scorching, and the flowers and trees by the lake are drooping their heads, not to mention people, and it doesn't take much to shed their skin under the scorching sun, but even so, the people of Chizhou City have to grit their teeth and work hard to dig fortifications for the thief army.

Bai Wang stood on the watchtower and held a clairvoyant mirror to observe the officers and soldiers opposite, but found that it was unusually quiet compared to yesterday, and it was faintly visible that outside some patrols by the river and lakeside, only nearly a thousand officers and soldiers were logging in the woods by Tianping Lake, and there was almost no action left.

"It seems that we attacked and disturbed all night yesterday, and they are all asleep at this time, why don't we take the opportunity to give them a hard time?" Yuan Sanzhong beside him was eager to try, Bai Wang was very entangled, and he shook his head in denial: "That dog eunuch's methods are too yin, and the truth is unpredictable, the ghost knows if he is playing an empty city plan, it seems that he is all sleeping, but in fact, he is grinding knives and waiting for us." What's more, at this time, it is clear at a glance within more than ten miles of the day, and the slightest movement on our side cannot escape their ears and eyes, and we are ready before we land on the shore......"

That's it.

And the officers and soldiers continued to be in this state all day long, and there was no other action except for logging and regular patrols, which made Bai Wang a little puzzled, it was obvious that this was not the style of the little eunuch who liked to find trouble.

Unconsciously, night fell, since it was time for the thief army to be active again, hundreds of boats and soldiers divided into two routes, all the way to the north of the Yangtze River, all the way from Pingtian Lake, ready to launch an attack in the middle of the night, the shoreline on both sides of the water is more than ten miles long There are too many places to land, tonight it is still necessary to let the officers and soldiers sleep all night, and with the experience of last night, the thief army has increased its strength today and is preparing to attack in many places at the same time, disturbing its ears and eyes, maybe it can take the opportunity to kill its camp and set it on fire.

After a long night of sleepless sleep, Bai Wang naturally wanted to climb high and look into the distance to appreciate the burning of the officers and soldiers, and climbed onto the high platform with Yuan Sanzhong, chatting with the night breeze and waiting for good things to happen.

A few loud bangs pierced the silence of the night, and Bai Wang and Yuan Sanzhong on the high platform subconsciously shrank their heads and squatted down: "What's the matter?" ”

"Marshal, the officers and soldiers have set off their cannons" Yuan Sanzhong poked his head out to watch, and more than ten artillery pieces of officers and soldiers on the other side fired at once, and the shells smashed on the earthen wall, causing bursts of panic.

Isn't it that the officers and soldiers want to attack at night? Bai Wang was shocked, but immediately denied this idea, the officers and soldiers just arrived yesterday and could not prepare so quickly, and they only fired more than ten artillery pieces, this should be to avenge last night's attack.

Bai Wang poked his head out and looked at it for a while, the position of the opponent's artillery should be close to the water's edge, otherwise it would be impossible to hit the earthen wall or even after the earthen wall, Yuan Sanzhong was about to organize the crossbowmen to return fire and was stopped by him, the officers and soldiers were playing a surprise attack, and when you returned fire, he naturally withdrew out of range, why should he be led by the nose.

Sure enough, the sound of the cannon became sparse, and the impact point was getting farther and farther away from the earthen wall, and a smile appeared on the corner of Bai Wang's mouth, and he secretly felt that he was too smart.

It's just that suddenly, the northeast sky suddenly brightened, and more than a dozen bonfires were lit within a few miles of Pingtian Lake, and the fire was raging and illuminated the surroundings, Bai Wang was a little stunned, raised the clairmile mirror and looked at it, and it was vaguely seen that there were dozens of fishing boats in the water more than 100 meters away from the lakeside, which should be the rebels who were preparing to land and sneak attack...... Suddenly, dozens of rafts were pushed down from the shore, and the officers and men rushed up to meet the fishing boats......

! While attracting the rebels head-on with the sound of artillery, the officers and soldiers launched an attack from the water, or was it just to snipe the sneak attack troops of the rebels......

"Not good! Commander, they want to take the ship! Yuan Sanzhong shouted, and Bai Wang stomped his feet: "Dog eunuch, it's for this!" ”

"The order is over, don't run into the officers and soldiers and lead them into the depths of the lake to encircle and annihilate, the raft can't run fast and can't catch up with you, but don't fight with them near the lakeside......" Bai Wang roared to the heralds under the high platform.

Seize the ship? does not exist.

Bai Wang's expectation was good, the raft was indeed cumbersome, and it could carry up to ten people on the top, and the draft speed was slow and unobstructed, so it was impossible to pursue the fishing boat, and if there were archers on the thief ship, they would become a live target.

But there is one thing Bai Wang didn't expect, the officers and soldiers are not stupid!

After being harassed by the attack last night, Chang Yu had to retaliate, not only ambushing the thieves on the shore to land, but also going into the water to toss them.

After the raft entered the water, the officers and soldiers opened their bows and shot fast, and the thieves had to flee in a hurry with no bows and arrows.

But when the officers and soldiers saw that the thieves could flee quickly, they just made it look like they were about to be caught up by you, and you were chasing me, so they knew that these shriveled calves wanted to play bad intentions.

You must know that Pingtian Lake is vast and boundless, and it is pitch black everywhere at night, and it is not looking for death only by dozens of rafts and lonely troops, so the officers and soldiers are not so stupid, so the people and horses of the two sides played a drama near the lakeside, chasing me and seducing each other.

This night was naturally another sleepless night, and from time to time small-scale clashes broke out along the river bank for more than ten miles in the north and the lake in the east for more than ten miles, some on the shore, some in the water, shouting, fighting, and occasionally the sound of artillery bombardment did not stop until dawn.

Of course, I don't know that the officers and soldiers didn't sleep well this night, and the thief army didn't sleep well at the same time, the sound of the cannon was like a pick, plucking the heartstrings of the thief army's panic from time to time, Bai Wang was also worried that the officers and soldiers would unknowingly cross a wooden raft from somewhere in the lake to a yellow dragon that would smash him.

With these lessons from the past, how could he not be on guard, and sent several groups of people and horses to patrol back and forth on the waterway, and did not dare to be sloppy.

It was dawn, and the two sides withdrew their men and horses as if they had discussed, leaving only some patrol soldiers and all the others to return to the camp for repairs, and then the officers and soldiers fell into a deathly silence, and they were not angry until it was nearly noon.

The appearance of the officers and soldiers that if you punch me, I will kick you and not be impatient made Bai Wang fall into a kind of fear, it seems that the officers and soldiers want to fight a protracted war, the problem is that they can afford it for so long?

Anyway, I can't afford it! But he also felt that the officers and soldiers could not afford to spend it, and the supply of tens of thousands of troops in the later period was not a small amount, and the surrounding towns had long been looted, and they had no oil and water to fish, so they could only supply from Nanjing.

But now the initiative is in the hands of the officers and soldiers, and it is not up to him to say whether to fight or consume, he can only wait for the other party to make a move!

I just have to work hard, and leave the rest to Providence! Bai Wang was in this state of mind at this time.

Compared with a while ago, he was worried about the battle situation on Anqing's side, and the situation in front of him made him even more frightened, since Anqing was besieged, not to mention that he couldn't pass on information, the spies couldn't even cross the river, there was no return, and one was arrested one by one, so he could only wait and see on the other side of Anqing to find out how many troops the officers and soldiers had, whether they had attacked the city, and whether they had captured this kind of peripheral intelligence.

Although Bai Wang didn't know the specific situation over there, it was certain that the officers and soldiers had not yet attacked the city, and Anqing was still in the hands of Cheng Niandong, and he believed that it was not so easy for the officers and soldiers to capture Anqing City.

Therefore, he has to concentrate on solving the thorny problem in front of him, either blocking the little eunuch or consuming it to death, as long as one of the two succeeds, the victory belongs to himself!

If you want to fight, we will fight, you will consume, Lao Tzu will gnaw the bark of the tree to satisfy hunger, and he will consume you to death here!

Bai Wang looked at the large camp of officers and soldiers in the distance, with a ruthless face!