Xie Ming

Chapter 227: Fixing the Leakage

Chapter 227: Fixing the Leakage
On the night of the seventh day, at the end of the hour of Hai, the enemy troops finally stopped their attacks and returned to camp for the night.

On the city wall of Baoding North Gate, the official reported urgently, and then Peizhong persuaded Xiao Lang to go down to the city to rest temporarily.

"Haha, Peizhong!"

"Tonight is different from yesterday!"

"I'm afraid it's not just me who can't sleep. You guys, don't even think about taking a nap!" Xiao Lang shook his head and laughed at himself, smiling bitterly.

"Oh? Why is this happening?" Peizhong asked, puzzled.

"Hey! You don't know something!"

"Just now, Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong) and I went to Dengdao to discuss the matter."

"Right now, the enemy may have run out of food!"

"Chang Ting received news from the West Gate, saying that the northwest city is full of people, and the Hu Chen army has won a victory, killing more than 3,000 enemies!"

"In this case, if Wu Sangui returns to the camp tonight, I predict that the news of the defeat of the Guanning Army will surely make Ajige take risks!"

"First, Jizu intercepted and destroyed the baggage, and now the whole city has no food or grass left!"

"His Jiannu troops have pursued us all the way here, deep into the southwest, and their logistics must have been completely unattended."

"Hey, cut off the food supply! That means cutting off the enemy's lifeline!"

"They can't hold out any longer!"

"If we don't attack tonight or tomorrow morning, then we will most likely withdraw our troops!"

"so!"

"Do you understand how dangerous tonight is?!" Xiao Lang explained.

Upon hearing this, Peizhong took a breath and was shocked.

"Oh my, that's how it is!"

"This this"

"Then tonight, if we attack again, it will definitely be a desperate fight with the entire enemy army?!" Peizhong extended his thoughts.

"Correct!"

"It would be best if everything goes well tonight!"

"Once there is a war, there will be a roar of mountains and seas, and all the enemy troops will come!"

"Pei Zhong!"

"Now that the enemy's attack has ceased, I was just about to ask you."

"Have you sent people to carefully inspect the walls on both sides of our northern gate?!"

"Are there any damaged or collapsed areas that need to be repaired as soon as possible?!"

"If you don't have time to send someone to investigate, be sure to give the order immediately!" Xiao Lang pinched Peizhong's shoulders again and asked him in a serious tone.

"Oh, oh!"

"Report to the General!"

"I sent soldiers to inspect it in the evening."

"There is a place in the west section. During the day, we tricked the enemy soldiers into doing something tricky. We used explosives and fire bombs to blow up a small hole!"

"It's not big at all, just two fists wide."

"The enemy's attacks were frequent throughout the day, so there was no time to fill the gap!"

"Don't worry, General. I will order someone to bring the bricklayers there right away!" Peizhong replied.

"Yes, that's right!"

"Pei Zhong, besides this, you'd better assign a few people to check the whole section again!"

"Better safe than sorry!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan attached great importance to it and hurriedly issued another order cautiously.

"Yes!"

"I'll go and mix it right away!"

"While it is dark at night and the war has stopped, it is a good time to act!"

Peizhong bowed and was ready to take action after he finished speaking.

"Hey! Peizhong, wait, wait a moment!" Seeing this, Xiao Lang quickly called him back.

"besides!"

"Repairing the city walls is only one aspect!"

"We will fight to the death tonight, and the outcome will be decided in one battle!"

“Everything can be prepared, but nothing can be relaxed!”

"You will also need to assign people to carry the bodies of the brothers and the wounded and sick in the city down to the city!"

"Just before I came up, I had already ordered Death Star to go to the city to find Minglu!"

"Later, he will lead the team up with military supplies!"

"Please arrange for people to distribute and transport the entire section!"

"Starting from now!"

“This is the most difficult time of this battle!”

"Call the soldiers to cheer up!" "Tell them that if the enemy is really alone, attack the city!"

"Then, it is during this hour!"

"All soldiers at the North Gate will take turns to rest and recuperate. The city defense equipment must be replenished as soon as possible!"

"We lost Jingzhou due to carelessness. The entire army is responsible for this. Even if you are on rotation and rest, you must all keep your ears open!" Xiao Jingchuan ordered.

"Yes! I will understand!"

Peizhong took the order seriously and dispatched troops as ordered!
The night is dark and the moon is high in the sky!
1:45 am in the second half of the night (late night).

Outside the city gate in the wilderness, corpses were scattered all over the ground and the place was in a mess.

A cold wind blew through the area, and under the cover of darkness, groups of rats gathered from nowhere and shuttled among the corpses of the enemy soldiers. The hungry ones had already begun to gnaw on the broken limbs and flesh!

Squeak! Cluck!
The black rat's mouth was full of blood as it ate. Its sharp incisors gnawed on the human bones, making a series of creepy crunching sounds!

call!
At this moment, a line of black shadows swooped down from the horizon, stirring up the air flow, but without making any sound!

Its sharp claws reached down, and instantly! A big black rat died on the spot! It didn't even have time to scream!
In the dim moonlight, this creature had wide-open eyes and was as big as a copper bell, which was extremely terrifying!
The night owl's cry is strange and unpredictable!
Following behind was a black flock of crows.

Cackling and cawing!

It seems like being lured by the blood on the ground!

For a moment, the dark night in front of the pass seemed even more terrifying, making people shudder!

At the same time, somewhere in the northern Guanxi section, there was a click!

There are still a few hemp ropes hanging on the city wall!
Then, as the hemp rope swayed, it seemed that two people quietly climbed down along the battlements on the city wall, pulling the rope and sliding out!

After a while, two figures were seen sitting on a wooden board, supporting themselves against the wall!
"Hey! Uncle!"

"How many times do we need to fill this gap?!"

"We, we are almost there!"

"There are dead bodies under our feet!"

"I, I feel so scared in my heart!"

"If I had known you were going to take on this kind of job, no matter how much money you gave me, I...I wouldn't do it!"

The young one, in shorts, with his sleeves and trouser legs stained with mud, was shivering and crying in a cowardly manner.

"Oh, my nephew, why are you so timid?!"

"Who did you take after? Your father wasn't like that!"

"Hey, get to work!"

"If I had known you couldn't do this, I wouldn't have taken you with me!"

"Just working without putting in any effort!"

"You want me, an old man, to take your job?!"

"Why are you so scared?!"

"What's a few dead people? If you don't look down, you will be intercepted! "

The other old man had a shabby look on his face, and started working with his tools in his hands. He also deliberately glanced at the young man nearby with a bad look on his face.

"Hey! Uncle, you, you can't say that!"

"Yes! I am naturally timid!"

"But, but this is the battleground!"

"How many people are as fearless as your son and rush to join the army?!"

"I am just an ordinary citizen. I live a peaceful life!"

"What did I do wrong?!" The timid young man didn't like what the old man said, so he stiffened his neck and refuted.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Second kid, you just treat me like an uncle and I don't have any words, okay?!"

"We're all here!"

"Stop looking down!"

"Hurry up and do it!"

"Finish early and go home early!"