surnamed Wang

Chapter 168
"Master Wen, why are you here in the middle of the night?"

As soon as he entered the city, a hundred households walked up to him. From the tone of his voice, it was obvious that he knew Wen Dehai.

Wen Dehai said calmly: "There is an order from above that a batch of weapons will be sent to An Dongwei. I thought I haven't seen Brother Cao for a long time, so I came along along the way."

"Oh, then should I sue Mr. Cao?"

"Forget it, let him fall asleep first, and report it tomorrow morning."

"Okay, everyone, please follow me."

The Baihuming subordinates took over the carriage with weapons, and then ordered them to treat the hundreds of soldiers who came with them well, while he took Wen Dehai and Wang Quanquan to an inn.

"Master Wen, you can spend the night tonight, and I will pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Okay, go get busy."

Wen Dehai bid farewell to Qianhu at the door, then changed his serious expression, and looked at Wang Gangquan beside him with a smile on his face: "My lord, are you satisfied here?"

"Whatever, I don't choose."

After Wang Gingquan said a few words, he entered the inn first, followed by Liu Luming, who followed behind.

The three of them each chose a private room on the second floor, and the rooms were lined up together.

Wang Quanquan picked the one in the middle and walked in. When he was about to enter the door, he seemed to think of something, he paused, and said to Wen Dehai:

"Brother Wen, you don't need to be so polite to me in the future. What I admire most in my life are bloody people like you."

After speaking, he went straight into the house.

Wen Dehai froze for a moment, then said "Hey!" in a voice that only he could hear clearly

The reason why Wang Gangquan said this is not because the other party's story is so wonderful, no matter how wonderful the story is, it is not ruled out that there are elements of fabrication.

Before leaving Beijing, he already knew the route in advance, and went to the Ministry of Officials to check the information of officials along the way.

Wen Dehai's life is not just as simple as what he said.

The part that the other party hides intentionally or unintentionally is precisely the most exciting part.

Apart from good luck, most of the reason why he was able to get the seat in the government office was because of his military exploits. The five years at the border gate were not as easy as he said.

Wang Gangquan lay on the bed, no longer thinking about it, soon, there was a heavy snoring sound in the room.

In this silent night, several figures appeared in a dark alley in the city.

Outside the city, a large number of figures appeared from all directions at this time.

……

In the early morning of the next day, just after the crowing of the rooster, the city suddenly heard the loud sound of gongs and drums.

Liu Luming, who was "making face to face" on the bed, turned over, muttered "It's so noisy", and then went back to sleep.

Just then, the door was pushed open.

"Don't sleep, it's a war."

It was Wang Bingquan who came. He walked to Liu Luming's bedside and threw off his quilt.

Liu Luming opened his eyes in a daze, and muttered, "What war are you fighting?"

Wang Gangquan leaned close to his ear and whispered, "The Japanese pirates are coming."

Liu Luming, who was still sleepy, immediately became alert when he heard the words. On the way here, Wang Gangquan told him about the ferocity of the Japanese pirates. Now when he heard the Japanese pirates came, he was subconsciously surprised.

Wang Gangquan did not lie to him, the sound of gongs and drums just now conveyed the military situation.Just now when he was falling asleep, Wen Dehai pushed the door open and told him the news. His expression at that time was the same as that of Liu Luming now.

The two left the inn together and headed straight for the city wall. They saw Baihu from yesterday at the foot of the city. Baihu knew that they were brought by Wen Dehai, so they let them go up.

At this moment, the top of the city wall was already full of soldiers, each with a bow and arrow in their hands, aiming at the bottom.

"Master Wen, what's going on?"

Wang Gingquan saw Wen Dehai at a glance, and there was a middle-aged man standing beside him at this time, who should be the Mr. Cao mentioned yesterday.

Seeing that it was Wang Bingquan, Wen Dehai nodded first, and then said in a deep voice, "The Japanese pirates surrounded this city overnight."

"In the middle of the night?"

"should be."

Wang Gangquan who got the answer felt lucky that they entered the city close to midnight, if it was later, they might have to meet these pirates face to face.

At this time, Liu Luming took a bold look down, and immediately his calves trembled with fright, "Why are there so many?"

At this time, at least a thousand Japanese pirates have surrounded the city, and their hundred or so people are not enough for the opponent's teeth.

Wen Dehai frowned and said, "It's true that there shouldn't be so many. The Japanese pirates who have been active in Donglu all the year round only cost eight or nine hundred to death. According to the trend of the city, they are still gathering here, plus those who stay in the dark The real number of ambush soldiers is very likely to reach more than [-], or even [-]."

"Lord Cao, how many troops does An Dongwei have?"

Wang Gangquan asked the middle-aged man at the side, and logically said that the other party had no reason to besiege a guard, and each guard had at least 5000 people.

Even if the opponent has 2000 people, it is completely crushed.

"Less than two thousand..."

Master Cao showed bitterness.

"How could this be?"

"Yesterday, a secret letter came from Lingshan Guard, saying that they were invaded by a large group of Japanese pirates, and they needed An Dong Guard to send [-] troops to help them resist.

At that time, I didn't think much about it, and directly sent troops to support it. At this time, it is estimated that the 3000 people have not yet arrived at Lingshanwei. "

"For today's plan, we can only stick to it."

As soon as Wen Dehai finished speaking, the Japanese pirates below made new moves.

I saw them coming to a few carriages, and there was something in the carriages.

When they walked in, Wang Gingquan, who had the sharpest eyes, was the first to see the appearance of the things on the car. He said in disbelief, "Where did they get the artillery?"

However, Wen Dehai's answer shocked him even more: "They made it themselves."

Seeing that the other party was so surprised, Wen Dehai explained:

"The Japanese pirates are not as simple as we think. They are a group of organized and disciplined gangsters. In order to fight against the imperial court, they even built their own ordnance factory."

Hearing this, Wang Gangquan felt a little bit dumbfounded, the gang of Japanese pirates who co-authored him were more motivated than the imperial court.

But if you think about it, doing business with your head pinned to your trouser belt all day must be exhausting.

"Then can you hold on now?"

"Although the opponent has artillery, there is no need to worry too much. The thickness of our city wall can completely withstand it."

Wang Gangquan nodded upon hearing this.

The walls of the guardhouses of the dynasty were at least five meters thick. The exterior was covered with bricks and stones, and the interior was made of rammed earth. The rammed earth is a mixture of mellow soil, sandstone, and lime, and it is also mixed with glutinous rice juice, Tung oil, etc., this kind of city wall built regardless of cost can indeed be unbreakable under the attack of artillery.

While everyone was talking, the former hundred households hurriedly came to the city wall, and opened their mouths to reveal a shocking news:
"It's not good, my lord, spies have infiltrated the city, and all the pigeons have been let go."

"what?"

Before Mr. Cao asked, another soldier ran up.

"It's not good, my lord, the city gate was opened from the inside."

This time it was too late for everyone to ask, Master Cao directly issued an order: "Assemble, prepare to attack!"

(End of this chapter)