The arrival of night was not a painful end for Li Guangbi's army, although the day had enough of the harassment of the other party, but the night was even more difficult. The nightmare of last night was still vivid, so even though the camp had been retreated for several miles, and a large number of men had been assigned to dig trenches in front of the battle during the day, and set up tripping horses to keep away horses, etc., the tense atmosphere still enveloped the entire camp after dark.

Of course, Li Guangbi did not dare to slack off, he knew that if there was another attack from last night, the morale of the army would collapse and the morale would fall to the bottom. In view of this, Li Guangbi ordered the soldiers and horses of the front battalion to prepare to defend against the enemy, and mobilized tens of thousands of Chinese troops to prepare for support. At the same time, a large number of scouts were sent to the perimeter of Tongzhou City to closely monitor and react immediately if the other party showed signs of action.

The only 20,000 cavalry in the army also took advantage of the darkness to return to both sides of the camp, and if it was found that the other side had pushed long-range weapons out of the city and bombarded the camp in the same way as yesterday, then Li Guangbi would fight with these 20,000 cavalry and rush to the city to destroy these terrible long-range weapons.

However, what Li Guangbi didn't know was that Wang Yuan had no plans to attack the camp tonight. On the one hand, all the tiger squat cannons have been installed on the city wall, and it is not convenient to move them back and forth. On the other hand, the number of exploding shells is not much, and there are a lot of iron ball shells, but they can't cause too much damage to the opponent, and they just consume the life of the Tiger Squat Cannon in vain. Moreover, the fool also knows that the other party will be ready to fight tonight, and he is ready to fight, how can he go to meet the tip of the opponent's knife again.

Just because you don't attack the camp doesn't mean you don't harass them. On the contrary, it is necessary to use the pressure brought by last night's attack on the camp and today's harassment during the day to make the opponent uneasy and disturb them. The so-called virtual is real, the real is virtual, and it is necessary to play some tricks to scare people.

Therefore, after dark, Wang Yuan ordered Zhao Qing and Tan Ping to lead part of the personal cavalry out of the city and began to drive and hunt the scouts around the city. The purpose of this is to make the opponent deaf and blind, when the opponent does not know what military movements are under the city of Tongzhou, they will be more suspicious, and they will not dare to relax for a moment.

Zhao Qing and Tan Ping were stimulated today, and when the marshal commended the barbarians, both of them were not very happy. Although those barbarians performed well today and deserved this commendation. And the armor and weapons that were rewarded to them were already equipped by the guard battalion. But when I listen to the handsome man praising the barbarian, I always feel uncomfortable. The big handsome also rewarded them with the title of a shadow hunter's style, which made people even more jealous.

You must know that Zhao Qing and Tan Ping have long wanted to give the Guards Cavalry Battalion a mighty name. The two thought of a lot of names, what 'Flying Tiger Battalion', 'Wolf Warrior Battalion', 'Black Panther Battalion', 'Flying Dragon Army' and other popular names wanted to get Wang Yuan's approval, but they were all called back by Wang Yuan with the four-character test language of 'vulgar and unbearable'. asked the marshal to give one, but he refused. It's good now, those barbarians have won the title, and it's really infuriating.

Zhao Qing and Tan Ping sprinkled all the fire in their stomachs on each other's scouts. Each of them led a cavalry around the city, and when they encountered the opponent's scouts, they chased them lifelessly until they hunted their opponents. On several occasions, in order to hunt down a few cavalry scouts, Tan Ping even led people to chase them in front of the opponent's camp and shot the opponent in front of the barracks, which was not good.

Of course, the means of the cavalry guards were fierce, and the hundreds of scouts sent to the city soon died and fled, and they could not gain a foothold at all. In this way, Li Guangbi's army became deaf and blind. In desperation, they could only continue to send people to reconnoiter at the risk of death. The scouts sent did not dare to stay long, and fled back after a glance. Rao is so, send a hundred, back to less than fifty, the other horse is fast, it is like a demon asking for his life.

After coming and going, the scout battalion in charge of probing the news had 1,000 scouts killed and wounded, and the rest were unwilling to die anymore. However, without probing the news, he could not grasp the movements of the enemy army, and the matter fell into a dilemma. Hou Fu, the leading general of the scout battalion, really had no choice, so he found Dong Yuanshu, the former commander of the battalion, to ask for additional manpower, and sent people to assist in receiving the scout's investigation news, so as not to be hunted by the other party unscrupulously.

Dong Yuanshu also understands the importance of the matter, if he can't find out the movements of the other party's soldiers and horses, he has no bottom in his heart. After all, last night's attack, the soldiers and horses of his former battalion did not cope effectively, and there were heavy casualties. It was easy to take advantage of the urgent need for the imperial court to employ people, and a small five-grade general was promoted to three levels in a row to become a former battalion general commanding 100,000 soldiers and horses, and of course he had to cherish his current high position.

"Which of you would like to pick up some of your best men to help the scout battalion?" Dong Yuanshu asked his subordinate generals.

The generals were silent, who was willing to help the scouts do all this dirty work. The person sent is basically a death, who wants to send it to death. It is definitely useless to send recruits, and it is reluctant to send elite veterans, and now in the army, veterans are the backbone, that is, fragrant gluttony, and if one dies, there will be one less.

"What? Doesn't anyone want to? It is extremely important to detect the enemy's situation, and if you don't know the enemy's movements, how will you deal with it? If you don't want to take the initiative, the general will be appointed. Dong Yuanshu said displeasedly. The low morale and the negative generals really made him feel angry.

“……”

The generals are still reluctant to come forward, so they will be assigned, and whoever is sent is unlucky, dozens of generals, they may not be the unlucky guys.

"Okay, since that's the case, the general will be assigned." Dong Yuanshu said angrily.

"General, the twisted melon is not sweet, since the brothers here are unwilling to go, I am willing to lead the troops and horses of my headquarters to assist General Hou to spy on the enemy." A general stood up and said in a loud voice.

Dong Yuanshu was overjoyed, he knew that the general, it was a general named Zeng Guozhong who was transferred from the southern state capital. Generals from the south had little status in the army. Most of the generals in the army are now transferred from the Dragon and Tiger Praetorian Guard. So these people were grouped in the army, and the generals from the south looked out of place. Dong Yuanshu currently has only three generals from the south, one is Zeng Guozhong and the other is Qian Gaozhi. These two are both generals from Yangzhou Prefecture, because they have defended Yangzhou, so they were able to obtain the position of intermediate generals in the army. The two of them each led 6,000 soldiers and horses in the front camp, and their performance was decent. Another general from the south was Wang Changling, the king of Jiangning, who was transferred from Jiangning. He was a literati, but he was also sent to lead the troops, and he was also his deputy, which Dong Yuanshu was extremely dissatisfied with. Fortunately, Wang Changling was also knowledgeable, and he knew that he could not lead the army, so he asked to be responsible for logistics scheduling and supply, and he was also competent.

"Good! Or General Zeng knows the overall situation. Hehehe, you will select some soldiers and horses to help General Hou's scout battalion to investigate the enemy's situation. If this matter is done well, I will ask Li Shuai for credit for you tomorrow. Dong Yuanshu said happily.

"Thank you, General. Humble to complete the task. Zeng Guozhong said.

The generals secretly scoffed, and they all thought in their hearts: You fucking want to make heroic contributions. I'm afraid that you have a life to make meritorious contributions, but you have no life to suffer. You people from the south love to be in the limelight, you can go if you like, and the old men will not be grateful to you.

Zeng Guozhong and Hou Fu turned around and walked outside the tent, and when they walked to Qian Gaozhi's side, Zeng Guozhong glanced at him. Qian Gaozhi nodded slightly expressionlessly. Zeng Guozhong smiled at the corner of his mouth and walked out quickly.

Zeng Guozhong returned to his barracks and selected a thousand soldiers to follow him to the front of the camp. Hou Fu was already waiting in front of the camp. Seeing Zeng Guozhong, Hou Fu arched his hand and said: "Thank you General Zeng for your help, those guys are not things, they are all shrunken turtles, only General Zeng is a man." I will remember this love. ”

Zeng Guozhong said with a smile: "Why did General Hou say this, it was all for the victory of the army, but there is no need to care about this." General Hou is free to choose his own personnel. In addition, I have a suggestion, I am willing to lead some soldiers and horses to help reconnoiter the enemy's situation, I once served as a captain of the scout battalion in Yangzhou, you and I are one north and one south, so that we can not only echo each other, but also spy separately to shorten the time and reduce casualties. ”

"That's great, General Zeng is really face-saving, but it's a little dangerous." Hou Fudao.

"What are you afraid of danger, you will choke to death if you drink cold water. If there are no objections, let's settle it. I'll take a hundred men in the direction of the North City, and you can choose your own people, and the rest will take cover in the rear. Zeng Guozhong said with a smile.

"Good, good." Hou Fu nodded in agreement.

Zeng Guozhong beckoned, and a hundred soldiers quickly rushed to his side, Zeng Guozhong was not verbose, and with a wave of his hand, the hundred soldiers followed him towards the night outside the camp. Hou Fu was grateful, but at the same time a little guilty. This Zeng Guozhong is a good person, but if he goes, he will die. But there is no way, even if he dies, he will burn some more paper money on his grave, and the task of reconnaissance will always be completed, and besides, he is also because he wants to make meritorious service, and if he wants to make meritorious service, he will have to take risks, but there is nothing to say.

Zeng Guozhong took a hundred soldiers and quietly marched to the city of Tongzhou. When he was two or three miles away from the camp, Zeng Guozhong waved his hand, and a hundred soldiers followed him and made a big bend in the open space to the north, and bowed down next to a small dirt slope.

"Brother Zhao, Brother Ma, you two and your brothers are waiting here, don't show your head, so as not to commit manslaughter. After half a pillar of incense, he sent someone back to report the news once, so as not to arouse suspicion. Zeng Guozhong commanded in a low voice.

"Yes! Is it really appropriate for General Zeng to go alone? Otherwise, take a few brothers. ”

"There are many people with big goals, but it is not easy to act. I'll go alone. ”

"It's okay, General Zeng must be careful. They don't know it's you, and the bow and arrow have no eyes. ”

"Don't worry, I'm not so unlucky. But be careful. If you encounter the soldiers and horses of the Divine Army, you must not engage them, and when you see them, you will flee. When I meet Wang Dashuai, things will be easy. ”

"Inferior obedience!"

Zeng Guozhong nodded, poked his head out from behind the dirt slope, looked around and saw that there was no movement, so he walked out lightly and went straight to the northeast corner of Tongzhou City.

Soon after, the silhouette of the dark city in the distance appeared in the darkness, and it was already within the range of the city. The sound of horses' hooves rattled all around, and from time to time, the cavalry of the Shence Army roamed the dark land, looking for the opponent's scouts to hunt.

The sound of horses' hooves in the darkness in the left front is getting closer. Zeng Guozhong lay motionless in a dirt pit on the ground, and sure enough, he trotted in a short time and went straight to Zeng Guozhong's hiding place. Zeng Guozhong waited for him to come closer, suddenly jumped up from the pit, grabbed the waist of the cavalry with both arms and pulled him off the horse, and whispered in his mouth: "Don't shout, your own people!" ”

The personal guard cavalry was obedient, turned his elbow upside down, slammed into Zeng Guozhong's head, and shouted: "Come on, there are enemy soldiers here." ”

This voice shouted, and suddenly the surrounding horses' hooves shouted and shouted, and more than a dozen cavalry near the left galloped forward. Zeng Guozhong's head was hit by the soldier and he couldn't really kill him, so he had to strangle his head and neck, pointed a dagger at the soldier's temple, and said in a loud voice: "It's my own person, I know you Wang Dashuai, I'm from Yangzhou." ”

"Don't be long-winded, kill if you want to, don't want to capture me alive." The guard shouted, his body writhing.

More than a dozen horsemen came in an instant, and more than a dozen crossbows were aimed at Zeng Guozhong. One of the cavalry guards shouted, "Either you kill him or you let him go." Gives you a choice of three breath time. The cavalry guards of our Shence Army do not accept any coercion. You'd better kill him so we can shoot you into a hornet's nest. ”

Zeng Guozhong said hurriedly: "Don't do it, I said that I came to see Wang Dashuai." ”

"Don't come to this set. How can my handsome man recognize you? One of the guards shouted.

Zeng Guozhong hurriedly said: "Of course I know, when Wang Dashuai was guarding the city in Yangzhou, the last general assisted him under his command and was guided by Dashuai. If you don't believe, report it. By the way, I also know General Zhao Qing and General Tan Ping. And also...... The eldest lady of the Cui family is also by Wang Dashuai's side now, right? You can all ask. ”

"What? Do you know me? A black shadow sitting on a horse asked, "I am Zhao Qing, who are you?" ”

"Oh, Brother Zhao, it's me, why don't you know me anymore?" Zeng Guozhong shouted happily. As soon as the strength of his hand was loosened, the soldier who was strangled by himself suddenly exerted his strength, grabbed his arm and twisted it into a counter-grab, and pressed his knee against Zeng Guozhong's neck and pressed Zeng Guozhong into the dirt. snatched the dagger he dropped with his backhand, and stabbed Zeng Guozhong in the heart.

"Wait. Who are you? After talking for a long time, you should have reported your name. Zhao Qing frowned and shouted.

Zeng Guozhong spat out the dirt in his mouth and shouted: "It's my fault, damn it, I forgot to sign up, Brother Zhao, I'm Zeng Guozhong." ”

"Zeng Guozhong?" Zhao Qing was stunned, jumped off the horse and bent down to take a closer look at Zeng Guozhong's face. The guard's hand relaxed slightly, allowing Zeng Guozhong to turn his face sideways. Zhao Qing saw clearly through the glimmer, was it Zeng Guozhong or who?

"Ah, what a big mouth you had. Hahaha. Zhao Qing laughed.

Zeng Guozhong smiled bitterly: "Isn't it me?" Who else could it be? ”

Zhao Qing said repeatedly: "Let go of him, let him go, your own people." ”

One of the guards muttered, "Boss, he's from the other side, and he's got a guy with him." ”

Zhao Qing scolded: "So what? Don't you know General Zeng? Follow the marshal to guard Yangzhou. It's all a friendship of life and death. Also a good friend of mine. Loosen it quickly. ”

The guards hurriedly let go of Zeng Guozhong, and Zhao Qing hugged Zeng Guozhong and patted him on the back and smiled: "Haha, the water washed the Dragon King Temple." Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. ”

Zeng Guozhong also smiled: "I was mentally prepared and knew that it would be very troublesome. That brother, I really couldn't stand it just now, if I don't get close to you, I'm afraid I'll eat your bow and arrows. I don't dare to hold it up in front of your brother cavalry of the Divine Guard. ”

The personal guard was originally gloomy because he was attacked by Zeng Guozhong, but he was relieved when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "It's all a misunderstanding, it's okay." ”

Zhao Qing laughed and said, "Zeng Dazui, you are really in their army, what's the matter?" Is this to be the enemy of my Divine Army? ”

Zeng Guozhong hurriedly said: "The conscience of heaven and earth, I didn't kill anyone in the Shence Army. I'm all back in the back of the war. I was almost killed by you. Take me to meet the big handsome, it's easy to find a chance to get in touch with you. Fuck. I'm in a hurry. ”

Zhao Qing smiled and said, "The big marshal said it a few days ago. I don't know if the brothers in Yangzhou are on the other side, and I still want to check it out when I can get in touch. Well, now, finally connected. ”

Zeng Guozhong said happily: "Wang Dashuai also asked about the humble position? ”

"Of course, the marshal cares a lot. The Marshal knows that you will be incorporated into the army on the other side. Once the war starts, I don't know if I will kill you. Zhao Qing said with a smile.

Zeng Guozhong sighed: "It's really thanks to the big handsome." Brother Zhao, I am very short of time and need to see Dashuai immediately. Otherwise, I will be suspicious when I go back. ”

Zhao Qing was stunned and said, "What? Are you going back? ”

Zeng Guozhong said: "Of course you want to go back, there are so many brothers over there, how can you not care?" Besides, if I don't go back, will I not be a burden to them? Lee Kwang-pil will definitely be angry with them. I want to see Dashuai, please give him an idea. ”

Zhao Qing nodded yes. ordered someone to give up a horse for Zeng Guozhong to ride, and the two of them galloped straight to the city of Tongzhou.

Wang Yuan didn't sleep, although it was almost three watches, he was still thinking about how to further weaken the opponent's morale and further eat away at the opponent in the room. After a few days, after the opponent's siege equipment is successfully built, it will launch a siege battle. Until then, it is necessary to take advantage of the opponent and weaken the opponent. Otherwise, once the siege war started, Wang Yuan would not be sure of victory.

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