Mr. Tong smiled and said: "You are doing things for Wang Juren, but the silver is gone, how can you explain to your master?" ”

The man smiled and said: "Staying outside the city is gone, the silver is just something outside the body, if the lord is sympathetic to the subordinates, he will not pursue it, if it is investigated, it is a big deal that the silver of our people this year has been deducted." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The general manager asked casually, and when the money is in hand, how to deal with it is their own business. He glanced at it and said casually: "You went out this time, and you brought a lot of people, Wang Juren really has a big family!" ”

Everyone who entered the city stiffened when they heard this, and their right hands subconsciously reached into their sleeves. Cold sweat broke out on the head of the leader, but the smile on his face did not decrease: "The military master smiled, this trip is a little tricky, so there are a little more people......"

Just thinking about how to explain, the general waved his hand impatiently: "Don't talk nonsense, leave quickly, the city gate is going to be closed." If we are seen from above, we will all eat and hang. ”

The men breathed a sigh of relief, nodded their heads and thanked the defenders, hurried into the city, and soon disappeared into the night.

The gates creaked and closed with a bang, and the defenders returned to their positions as if nothing had happened.

In a corner where the lights could not be lit, the man who claimed to be the chief attendant of Wang Juren trembled and said to the others: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have already brought you in, so will you let me go?" ”

This person is indeed a descendant of the Wang Ju family in the south of the city, and it is also a fact that he went to Chuzhou to do business, but on the way back to Hezhou, he strayed into the camp of the displaced people and was taken down. It was a good trick for the outcasts to infiltrate the city, and when they saw that a local was caught, they did not cut it down, but stayed in the camp in case of emergency. After the siege failed during the day, King Chuang ordered to try to infiltrate the city, and someone thought of this captive, so there was the scene of breaking through the north gate at night. The defenders only knew that the Liukou were from Shaanxi, Gansu, and Henan, and it was impossible to be familiar with the situation in Hezhou City, but they did not expect that there was a local person as an internal response, and with the bribe of silver, the city gate was easily opened.

A person who spoke Shaanxi replied: "Brother, I'm sorry, if I let you go, you will all suffer, so I have to wronged you......"

Before the man could react, someone covered his mouth behind his back and stabbed him. The man's eyes were wide open, his mouth was covered and he couldn't speak, he made a few "whines", struggled, and then fell limply.

The group carried the body into a well and threw it down, then disappeared into the night.

Night attacks were a taboo for all armies in ancient times: the defending side was certainly afraid, because at night they did not know which direction the enemy was attacking from, and they did not know how many people were coming, and they could not be guarded; On the other hand, the attacking side also had scruples, with the nutrition level and lighting conditions of the ancients, many people had night blindness and could not see at night, and in addition, in order to conceal the inability to use torches or lanterns, it was also impossible to use flags and other command markers, which caused a great obstacle to the coordination between the command and the troops, and they may have been confused before they reached the opponent's formation. Therefore, the commander of the army will not easily launch a night attack unless it is absolutely necessary, especially in large-scale battles that require more mutual coordination.

Both the offensive and defensive sides did not want to do anything at night, and the first night of the Gao and Zhang coalition army's attack on Hezhou City seemed to be spent so peacefully.

However, in the large tent of the Chinese army of the coalition army, the lights are bright, and the two leaders are discussing plans on how to attack the city the next day.

Zhang Xianzhong said: "King Chuang, the news came back just now, our people have already mixed into the city from the north gate, and they have already said that they will set fire everywhere as soon as the time passes tomorrow, let's take advantage of the chaos to attack the city, and we should cooperate with the outside to ensure that we can take it in one fell swoop." What are you worried about? ”

Gao Yingxiang shook his head: "Changing to a mediocre general in charge of city defense, this trick may be tried, but today this general is very good at guarding the city, I am worried that even if it is lit, it may not be able to make the city chaotic......"

Zhang Xianzhong stood up irritably: "It's not okay to attack hard, and it's not okay to set fire, how can I do it?" ”

Gao Yingxiang did not answer this question, but wrapped his robe tightly, and said to himself: "It seems to be getting colder this day, much colder than during the day......

"King Chuang?" Zhang Xianzhong's eyes widened, and he looked at Gao Yingxiang, what about discussing the major affairs of the military aircraft, why did he suddenly get cold? I didn't think he was so out of tune before.

Gao Yingxiang turned his head and ordered one of his subordinates: "Go and get some salt." ”

His subordinates were a little inexplicable, but he didn't dare to disobey King Chuang's words, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he made a big account.

After a while, he brought a bowl of salt and asked inquiringly, "King Chuang, is this enough?" ”

Gao Yingxiang nodded: "That's enough." ”

Under the puzzled gaze of Zhang Xianzhong and his subordinates, he grabbed a handful of salt, went to the burning brazier, and sprinkled the salt into the fire.

The orange-red flames quickly devoured the snow-white table salt, and there was no movement except for a small blue flame. Gao Yingxiang watched the salt disappear into the flames, and raised his head with a smile: "Tomorrow's siege is ninety percent certain!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong was confused and burned a handful of salt, what does it have to do with the siege?

He was about to ask what was going on, but unexpectedly Gao Yingxiang gave an eviction order: "Go back to the camp tent as soon as possible and sleep, raise your spirit and attack the city tomorrow, if you have anything to say, I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”

Zhang Xianzhong's words were blocked back, so he had to go back to the camp stupidly.

Nothing was said all night.

On the second day, before dawn, Zhang Xianzhong hurried to Gao Yingxiang's tent, but found that he had come out energetically, neatly draped, and put on iron armor.

Seeing the question on Zhang Xianzhong's face, Gao Yingxiang smiled and said, "Do you have a lot to ask?" What does it have to do with colder nights than during the day, burning salt with fire, and besieging cities? ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded again and again.

Gao Yingxiang explained: "The night is much colder than the day, that is, the temperature drops greatly; The salt was burned on the fire without sound, it was humid and there was water in the salt. Dry salt has a crackling sound when it is burned, while wet salt does not. So, it's going to be foggy today! His words are explained in modern terms, that is: the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the air humidity is high, after these two conditions, the air on the ground is cold to a certain extent, and the water vapor in the air will condense into fine water droplets suspended in the air, which is commonly known as fog. The higher the humidity, the greater the fog.

Zhang Xianzhong looked around when he heard this, although the sky was not bright, but by the light of the torches, he could also see the white expanse around him, but he didn't pay attention to it just now. couldn't help but be overjoyed: "God really helps me, the king is clever, and my brother admires it so much." "The dense fog is an excellent cover for the besieging side, no wonder Gao Yingxiang said that the siege is ninety percent sure.