Xie Ming

Chapter 208: Bet, Zhou Changsheng & Lu Gucang

Ma Minglu explains the distribution of broth and advance preparations.

Hearing this, Xiao Lang and Zhi Zhong laughed loudly.

"Hahaha"

"it is good!"

"Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong), did you see it?"

"This Minglu, he is the Xiao He of my army!"

"With Ma Minglu here, my army has nothing to worry about! Haha, no worries!" Xiao Lang was happy and in a good mood.

Zhizhong on the side also smiled and agreed.

"Yes! Good!"

"Minglu, you did a great job!"

"A bowl of meat soup fills everyone's stomach with meat. I'm sure their spirits and morale will be totally different from before!" Zhizhong Zhuiyan.

"hey-hey!"

"Please stop embarrassing me, both of you!"

"It's just my job, you don't deserve such praise!"

Seeing the general and Mr. Qiu praising him so much, Ma Minglu scratched his head for a moment, feeling quite embarrassed.

"hehe!"

"Okay!"

"Eat and eat, drink and drink!"

"Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong), come on, get up and move around with me!"

"It's dark outside the city at night. Even though the attack has stopped, it's extremely dangerous at this moment. We can't be careless for a moment!"

"Where's Peizhong?!"

"Minglu, go find Peizhong and ask him to guard the North Gate. Feiyu, Sangmenxing, Mr. Liu and I will go on night patrol along the city wall!"

"By the way, tell Chang Ting that when he comes back, just wait for us to come back. There is no need to chase him. Just finish your meal peacefully!" Xiao Lang ordered.

Upon receiving the order, Minglu bowed and clasped his hands.

"Yes! General!"

After Minglu finished speaking, Xiao Jingchuan did not stop and led Zhizhong and the other two to patrol westward along the wall!
As he walked, Xiao Lang joked and laughed with the soldiers guarding the city wall.

"Haha, what's up?"

"Did you drink the broth?!"

"General! General!"

"Drink it, we all drink it!"

"It's beautiful!" When the soldiers on duty and dining saw the general coming, they hurriedly stood up, straightened their backs, and responded loudly from the bottom of their hearts, all with smiles on their faces.

Seeing this, Xiao Lang felt very pleased, so he patted their shoulders one by one, asked them to sit back down one by one and told them to continue eating.

"Haha, okay, okay!"

"It's okay! No need to get up, just eat your food!"

"After the brothers have eaten and drunk their fill, they must not relax their night duty!"

"Two shifts, keep your eyes open!"

"Did you hear that clearly, brothers?!" Xiao Lang took the opportunity to give his instructions with a smile.

"Yes! Don't worry, General!"

"General, don't worry!"

As Xiao Jingchuan and his companions patrolled and talked along the way, the soldiers responded in unison one after another.

Meanwhile, over there!
That night, Wu Sangui's deputy general, Wu Guogui, the general of the front camp, returned to the camp to reorganize his troops after receiving the order from the army commander Ajige. He led 2,000 cavalrymen from the Guanning Army headquarters and set off at night, heading straight to the northwest of Baoding Prefecture and swept through the city!

On the evening of May 6th, at midnight!
On the top of the east gate of the city, Li Huchen had just finished his night patrol.

In front of him, General Zhou Changsheng followed, complaining all the way.

"Oh, the commander!"

"You said, there have been gunshots in Baoding Prefecture for a whole day!"

"How come we haven't seen any enemy troops coming here yet?"

"This, there is no movement at all!"

"This this!"

"Captain, tell me, could it be that General Xiao's plan was wrong?"

"He is building a slave army, and he doesn't even care about our tiny little city?!"

"If that's the case, then, why are we even bothering ourselves here?!"

"Our entire army is staying here in Mancheng, watching the people in Baoding fighting happily, but we can't do anything at all!" Zhou Changsheng was very resentful.

"Hey!" "Fuck you!"

"Why are you acting like a woman?!"

"Can you please shut up for a moment? Why haven't you finished talking yet?!"

"Big chatterbox!"

"If you keep buzzing in my ear, I'll pull out your tongue first, do you believe it?!"

Li Huchen was also very anxious, and Zhou Changsheng was annoyed by him, which made him even angrier.

"Oh! Captain, I'm anxious too!" Changsheng had a sad face, like a bullied wife, unable to defend himself.

"You don't know, before the battle, I made a bet with that old Gu!"

"This battle will see who kills more bandits!"

"I've put all my newly-earned monthly salary on the line!"

Hearing this, Hu Chen's eyes widened, his brows furrowed, and he turned around to ask in confusion.

"Lao Gu? Which Lao Gu?!"

"It's Sun Peizhong, the personal adjutant under General Sun Qian, his name is Lu Gucang!"

"Oh, that old guy relied on the fact that he was from General Xiao's Shenji Battalion, and he often shouted at our brothers during joint training!"

"I'm just so angry!"

"Look, we were sparring together a few days ago, and we're going head to head!"

"The bet was made in front of hundreds of brothers!"

"Captain, when are we going to go into battle?"

"I can't even keep a head here. This... this is so embarrassing!"

Zhou Changsheng had a bitter face and explained the whole story.

After hearing this, Li Huchen became even more furious!

I really want to whip him a few times right now.

"Eh!"

"I said fuck you!"

"you"

unexpectedly!

Just when Hu Chen was about to beat him up and teach him a lesson, suddenly!
Right in front of the two of them was the gap in the battlements on the east gate tower of the city!
Suddenly, a black iron flying claw came from the direction outside the city and was thrown upwards!
click!
The flying claw hooks back!
It was fastened firmly on the gap in the parapet!

Immediately afterwards, the rope at the tail end of the flying claw suddenly straightened and began to shake frequently.

Seeing this, Li Huchen was immediately shocked!

"enemy!"

"It's an enemy night attack!"

"Changsheng! Quick!"

"Order the men to beat the drums and inform the guards at the four gates that the enemy is coming!"

"Set up more torches, light the incendiary materials we have prepared at various sections of the city wall and throw them down from the city!"

"quick!"

"I want to see how many people are there!"

As he spoke, Li Huchen drew his sword and cut off the rope of the flying claw in front of him!
Suddenly, a muffled sound of crashing was heard under the city!
That Hu Chen usually had a loud voice, and now, in a hurry, he yelled at the top of his lungs. The originally quiet surroundings at midnight!
When he shouted like that, all the soldiers on the city wall suddenly came to their senses!

In a short while, soldiers were busy at the east gate of the city.

"Light more torches, rockets, and kerosene!"

"Pour kerosene on the log and throw it over the city! Quick!"

"Move now!"

As Tong Huchen shouted loudly, arrows were shot up from below the city!
The scene became even more chaotic.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
War drums were beating, and soldiers at the four gates, especially at the East Gate, lit torches and rolled logs.

As the rolling logs and pouring oil were pushed down everywhere, the Guanning Army, which was attacked by Wu Guogui's troops at night, was gradually forced to reveal its true form under the East Gate of the city.

"Archers! Shoot them to death!" Hu Chen roared and gave orders again on the battlefield.

Upon hearing this, rockets were fired down from the city walls!

The enemy soldiers who were originally preparing for a surprise attack suffered a sudden increase in casualties.

Moreover, there were already many dead trees and weeds outside the city. Once the arrow head was shot out, it would gradually ignite flammable materials piece by piece.

The soldiers of the Guanning Army who had retreated to the city gate had nowhere to hide, and were clearly seen by the defenders on the city!
This situation is so sudden!

Wu Guogui was stunned and so angry!

(End of this chapter)