Xie Ming

Chapter 519 Night Attack
Xiao Xing organized his troops and marched quickly to Changzhou in one day.

By evening, there were still more than thirty miles of flat road left to the county seat.

In order to avoid trouble by sneaking into the city at night, Xiao Lang decided to camp outdoors to have a good rest first, and make plans tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, just before midnight that night, Xiao Lang, who was sleeping in his tent, suddenly heard a commotion in the camp.

He stood up and walked out of the tent, and when he saw Changting, he realized that someone had attacked the camp at night!
"What?!"

"Night attack?!" Xiao Zi was stunned. In the middle of the night, the torch in his hand reflected a pair of tiger eyes.

"Ah! Yes, it's a night raid!"

"General, what on earth is this?"

"This place is so unreliable!"

"What the hell is this world!"

Chang Ting replied affirmatively, with a tone of complaint.

Hearing this, Xiao Lang became even more suspicious, and hurried forward to inquire and ask another question.

"So, what's the current situation?!"

"I looked around and there was no sign of movement or fire. Could it be that only a few people came into the camp to cause trouble?"

"What is the specific situation?!" Xiao Xun.

"Ah, yes!"

"It's strange to say, there aren't many thieves who sneak in during the chaos!"

"According to my estimation, we have only killed about a dozen people!"

"General, do you think these people are local bandits who saw us hiding here and wanted to come and blackmail us?" Chang Ting had his own plan and made a judgment and analysis based on his findings.

At this time, Xiao Lang hesitated to speak, but did not say any more.

After all, he had just come out of the tent, and he had no idea what the situation was with that group of thieves, how they got into the camp, and what methods they used, so it was naturally difficult for him to make an accurate statement.

"Ugh!"

"It's hard to say right now!"

"I just heard that you ordered Qin Jing to lead people to chase westward?!"

"Hurry up, quickly deal with the enemies outside the camp, and send a few scouts out to the east, south, west, and north."

"How dare a little guy like you barge into my camp? You have no idea what you are doing!"

"There's no guarantee that there won't be an outflanking situation!" Xiao Jingchuan ordered calmly.

"Yes!" Chang Ting received the order and was about to leave.

However, Xiao grabbed the man again.

"besides!"

"Hurry up and call Qin Jing back."

"The situation is unclear at the moment, so we should not pursue rashly."

"If the enemy has an ambush, I'm afraid they'll be tricked into leaving the mountain!"

Xiao gave the order carefully.

"Okay, I understand, General!"

After he finished speaking, Chang Ting did not stop talking. With the general at the helm, he felt more confident and had a backbone.

He was quite agile, and the guards brought by Xiao Lang were all veterans who had just been brought back from the Shandong front.

These elite soldiers are highly skilled and well-trained in tactics and strategies.

There were no more than a dozen people who attacked the camp in the dark, but they took advantage of the situation and gained a two-point advantage.

However, facing Xiao Lang and his group was just asking for trouble. It was like throwing meat buns at a dog, which was purely a waste.

Afterwards, the chaotic scene in the camp did not last long.

In a flash, another quarter of an hour passed.

After Qin Jing returned to the camp and the scouts who were scattered out reported back the news, there was no one else causing trouble in the area.

Only then did Xiao Jingchuan order more torches to be lit in the camp.

Changting also managed to gather the bodies of this group of thieves.

Whoosh, whoosh

In the night wind, the flames of the torches flickered and crackling sounds occurred from time to time.

The soldiers in the team gathered the bodies of the thieves together. Xiao Lang had already reached out with a torch in his hand. He kept silent and squatted down, scanning the bodies one by one, examining them carefully.

"Eh?!"

"My Lord, these people are all wearing black clothes with their faces covered. Although there are not many of them, they don't look like ordinary bandits, right?!"

Yue Xiu, who was following Xiao Lang and also leaning down to observe carefully, raised his voice in doubt.

"Yes!"

"General, although these people are not proficient in the tactics of attacking the camp, their own skills are still good enough!"

"Yes, there is more!"

"When they saw that their attack failed, some of them could not escape and they slit their own throats. They must be afraid of leaving any survivors!" "This" Changting also reminded and added a comment nearby.

Hearing Changting's words, Xiao was very surprised and suddenly turned his head to look back.

As he pondered, he couldn't help but frown, and was filled with doubts.

"oh?!"

“Fear of leaving anyone alive”

"Hey, Lao Ma, come here and take a look too!"

"Look, do you know anything?!"

Xiao Jingchuan was thinking about it, and when he thought of this, he saw that Ma Weimin was the only one who knew the local situation, so he quickly waved his hand and asked him to come and argue.

Hearing the call, Lao Ma was stunned. He knelt on the ground with difficulty. In the middle of the night, with the help of the firelight, he carefully looked at the corpses one by one.

After a long while, he hesitated and replied helplessly.

"Uh, Brother Xiao!"

"I really don't know anyone!"

"But, looking at the way he's dressed, haha, he seems to be well prepared!" Ma Weimin replied.

"Alas." Hearing that he didn't understand, Xiao Lai sighed.

"That's right!"

"This group of people are well-dressed. They are definitely not ordinary bandits."

"Although we are staying in a deserted place right now, we have all the horses and manpower."

"It's normal that no one would be so blind as to recruit someone like us."

"Since you are rushing in, come in."

"I'm afraid he's looking for someone!"

Xiao Lang thought as he spoke
"Old Ma, you've been in the South for a long time, so you must have a lot of enemies, right?!"

Suddenly, Xiao Jingchuan began to consider the possible purpose of this incident.

If it is a special night raid assassination, then there must be a target.

Now, except Yue Xiu and Ma Weimin, the rest of the team have just come from the north. They have no roots or origins here, so there is no reason for them to be harmed by others.

As for Yue Xiu, he was an unknown little-known figure in the Jinyiwei, and it would be unlikely for him to have any connection with the group even if he went there.

Therefore, the target is probably Xiao Lang himself and Ma Weimin.

"what?!"

"Hey! Enemy."

"Humph! When I was in this position, I offended many people!"

"Brother Xiao, do you mean that these people are coming for me?!" Ma Weimin replied bitterly.

"I don't know." Xiao couldn't say for sure at the moment and shook his head.

"Anyway, if this matter is not directed at you, then it must be directed at me!"

"We haven't even arrived in Changzhou yet, and haven't even properly taken over the task, and yet this kind of thing has already started happening!"

"Changting! Qin Jing" Xiao Lang has received an order to wait.

Just then, Gu Changting and Qin Jing also came closer and whispered.

"I am here!" The two sides bowed.

"The trip to Changzhou is imminent."

"At this moment, there are actually people who can't sit still and take action against us!"

"When we took a break in the afternoon, you were right, Old Ma!"

"It's easy to hide from open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows!"

"This time, the thief may have been careless and did not succeed."

"However, this matter must also attract our attention!"

"It seems that the Southern Court, the government and the people are all in danger."

"We can't just sit there and wait for death."

"From today on, no matter whether you stay in the city at night or not, all sentries on night duty must be alert!"

"Damn it, assassination! Sneak attack?!"

"You're playing that on me!"

"Then I must wade into this muddy water!"

Bang! As he finished speaking, Xiao Lang slapped his thigh and stood up suddenly.

"Tomorrow morning, Changzhou County will enter the city as usual!"

"Changting, these bodies must be buried on the spot!"

"Yes!" Changting also responded urgently.
(End of this chapter)