Xie Ming

Chapter 178 Take action!
It was the evening of April 30th, and the night was dark!

The wilderness north of Baoding City was originally quiet!
suddenly!

The horse neighed and the scouts galloped past!

Like a sharp sword, piercing through everything dense and still around!
The speed was so fast that it was difficult to see what was happening. All one could see was a cloud of dust raised behind it!

Until four quarters past midnight (0: pm).

The scouts rushed to Liupan Mountain.

Sun Peizhong received the news and immediately reorganized his troops!

It is said that speed is of the essence in war. The line from Liupan Mountain to the north of Baoding City is only fifty miles away.

There is less than an hour and a half left until the scheduled assembly time!

"Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu, and Wang Chuanwu."

"Add Ma Minglu to temporarily lead Li Huchen's unit!"

"Our four armies will immediately march to the designated assembly point!" Peizhong camp deployed.

"There is less than an hour and a half left until the first quarter of the Yin hour given by the general!"

"It's probably impossible for everyone to arrive!"

"Everyone!"

"Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers!"

"Each unit should be led out on their own and run for their lives!"

"Don't worry about the soldiers who fall behind or run away!"

"Take off all the useless equipment you have!"

"time!"

"Time is the key to this battle!"

"Everyone, please!" Peizhong ordered.

"Yes! We understand." Everyone replied with gritted teeth.

When the generals finished their work, they all ran back to their teams without paying attention to formation or array!
So people began a forced march, running for the designated assembly point at a mound ten miles north of Baoding City!
The night is as dark as ink, the moonlight is as silver, and the stars are twinkling!

To the northeast of Liupan Mountain, the branches and leaves of the trees were rustling. Soldiers from four groups were holding straw and their horses were holding muzzles. There was no noise but only the tense sound of flying birds!

When passing through the border, flocks of birds were startled, and they flew into the air in a panic and fled in all directions.

At the hour of Yin in the early morning, in Gaojia Lane, Hengxiang Street, east of Baoding City, inside the villa of Li Jiantai's concubine Qian'er.

Xiao Jingchuan and the other four did not sleep all night!
Gu Changting sneaked in at the beginning of midnight, and then hid in the main house in the courtyard with the other three. He was on high alert and did not dare to relax for a moment!
After the first quarter of the morning, Xiao Lang ordered Hu Chen to wake up Li Jiantai and his concubine Qian'er, and began preparations before departure!
It’s a murderous night with a dark moon and high wind!

By threatening and making wishes, Li Jiantai was finally able to be controlled.

This old thief is afraid of death and is incompetent!
Under the coercion and inducement of Xiao Jingchuan and others, Li Laohuo agreed to return to Ming Dynasty and fully cooperate with Xiao Lang's orders!
After getting this result, Xiao Lang did not dare to relax at all.

He then ordered the chief judge to put his clothes back on and wait for him to leave.

In the early hours of the morning, five trusted men were supposed to be on duty in the courtyard of Gaojia Lane.

But now, it was past midnight, and everyone was exhausted. There were originally five guards, but now four of them had fallen asleep in the corridor, leaving only one person to guard the night!

Xiao Lang spotted the right opportunity from inside the house, and ordered Chang Ting and Sang Menxing to attack instantly!

Masters fight each other, chopping melons and vegetables!
These five men didn't even have time to make a sound before they were attacked and killed one by one!

Simple and neat!

After cleaning up the situation in the courtyard, Xiao Lang, Hu Chen, Chang Ting and Sang Men Xing hurriedly put on their trusted uniforms and pulled down their hat brims.

Fortunately, it was dark at night, and in order to avoid any mistakes, Xiao Lang used his pistol to hold Li Jiantai's waist back.

That's it!

Xiao Lang and his five companions, led by the old thief Li, opened the gate of the villa wide at night and walked out!

Outside the courtyard, there were more than a dozen guards on patrol at the door. Li Jiantai was forced to maneuver, and it didn't seem like he had to put in too much effort.

He used the excuse he had planned earlier, pretending that something happened at the government gate, and then, with the garrison troops behind him, he rushed back to the Zhili Governor's Office overnight!

I don't know if there is anyone among these guards who can really see the clues!
It was not until 3:30 am that Xiao Jingchuan led the four people and finally entered the Governor's Office!
After entering, Li Jiantai ordered all the servants, guards, and soldiers in the courtyard to leave the courtyard!
Changting slammed the door of the Governor's Office shut!
There is a bang!

The first and second stages of Xiao Lang’s plan may have been accomplished!
Half a quarter of an hour later, Changting came out of the Governor's Office as planned!
He found a fast horse beside the gate, pretended to be following Li Jiantai's instructions, dismissed the attendants in front of the government office, mounted the horse, and headed towards the north gate of the city!

The horse galloped quickly, and after turning the corner, Qi Gang, who led the remaining eight soldiers who had been secretly guarding outside the yamen gate, also rushed to meet Gu Changting!

A team of people, rushing to the north gate together!
As the saying goes, even the wisest man makes a thousand plans, but he is bound to make mistakes!
What's more, Xiao Lang's plan is far from being comprehensive.

So after Gu Changting rode out on his horse, someone among the soldiers guarding the courtyard of the Governor's Office noticed something was wrong!

It is not surprising that these guards can detect flaws. The key is that the soldiers here have little influence and even if they see any clues, they cannot take charge of the situation.

So, after discussion with several personal soldiers transferred from the East City Barracks, the matter was quickly reported to Li Hongsheng, the commander of the Thousand Commanders in the East City Camp!
At 2:15 pm, in the east city infantry battalion, captain Li Hongsheng appeared in front of his tent.

"Report——"

"Report!"

"Brother Qin! Quick! Let me in!"

"I have something important to report to the commander!"

"If you're any later, it might be too late!"

In front of Li Hongsheng's tent, Ding Wu, the current garrison guard of Li Jiantai, is eager to break through.

"what"

"Qin Jing, who is that?!" Li Hongsheng asked, yawning.

Today, his troops did not have the responsibility of guarding the city in shifts, so from the captain down, more than a thousand soldiers all stayed in the infantry camp east of the city and slept.

"Oh, General Qian!"

"It's Ding Wu who's back. He said he has something important to report!" In front of the tent, Deputy General Qin Jing bowed and replied to Captain Li Hongsheng inside the tent curtain.

"kindness?!"

"Dingwu?"

"Wasn't he assigned to serve as a guard in the tent of Governor Li?!"

"Why did he come to my place so late at night?"

"Quick, call him in!"

Li Hongsheng thought about the seriousness of this place, his eyes suddenly opened, and he felt something was wrong, fearing that something was going to happen.

"Report!"

"Captain Qian, something happened!" Ding Wude let Qin Jing in, rushed into the tent and knelt down.

"Oh? What's going on?"

"Ding Wu, tell me quickly!"

Li Hongsheng put on his middle clothes, got up from the couch and sat down in front of the desk.

Looking at the man, his face is dark and his pair of tiger eyes are quite captivating!
He is tall and strong, with a belly and waist like a fierce general!
"Captain Qian, we will guard today and escort Governor Li until nightfall. We will go to the concubine's courtyard somewhere in the east of the city to rest!"

"But, but just two quarters of an hour ago, Governor Li suddenly came out of the courtyard, and it seemed that there were four unfamiliar faces following him!"

"General Li has ordered the entire team to follow him back to the Governor's Office!"

"However, after arriving at the government office, he actually ordered everyone inside the government office gate to retreat outside the courtyard!"

"Then he closed the door again!"

"This, this kind of behavior is totally unreasonable!"

"We ordinary garrisons have little influence, and Governor Li's personal followers are all gone!"

"Several of our former Thousand Generals have been discussing privately, and I'm afraid something bad is going to happen!"

"Sui Xiao hurried all the way here to report to the commander!"

"General Qian!"

"I'm afraid that Governor Li has been kidnapped!"

(End of this chapter)