A team of more than thirty young and strong men took advantage of the darkness and entered the woods two miles outside the village of Tianchengwei. ,
This place, later known as Tianzhen County, was still home to two guard posts, Tiancheng Guard and Zhenlu Guard. However, there were only vacancies for Zhenlu Guard, and there was only one name left in the Ministry of War.
The commander of the guard station is the commander of Tiancheng Guard, and the two guards have become one guard.
"Is this right here?" A young and strong man leading the team asked the person next to him.
"Captain Cao, don't worry. Our Foreign Intelligence Bureau people eat this bowl of rice. We have already found out clearly that this is Li Kaiyang's Zhuangzi in Tianchengwei." The speaker was a young man in civilian clothes.
And the dozens of men around him were all wearing black cotton armor and holding fireguns in their hands. They were all five-foot-long flintlock rifles that could be fired without a match rope or a firelock.
"Don't call me Captain Cao from now on. Use the title of bandit. From now on we are bandits." Cao Guang said to the young man next to him.
The young man nodded and immediately asked: "Then when will we attack Zhuangzi?"
"There's no rush. We'll take action in the middle of the night when everyone is asleep." After Cao Guang finished speaking, he immediately asked, "How many guards are there in the village?"
The young man said: "More than fifty Tiancheng Guards are guarding the camp, and there is a general flag officer in charge. The rest are military households who work for Li Kaiyang."
Cao Guang turned around and said to the others: "Brothers, from now on, you are no longer soldiers of the Tiger Flag. You are all fucking bandits. When you enter Zhuangzi, don't be polite. Let go and grab. Those who don't leave will be burned, and the commotion will be loud, but I remember one thing. I said to withdraw, no one is allowed to stay, otherwise military regulations will be dealt with.,"
A man next to him said in confusion: "Captain, we have become bandits, how can military regulations still control us?"
"Bandits are also bandits of the Tiger Flag, and the military regulations of the Tiger Flag can control you." Cao Guang said, "No matter who robbed the things, they are not allowed to keep them privately. Half of them must be handed over to Lingqiu, and we will unify the other half. Distribution, the dead and crippled brothers will get an extra share, and the remaining brothers will get a share.”
The man said: "Captain, are we selling dog meat in sheep's clothing? We are said to be bandits, but in fact we are still soldiers fighting the tiger flag."
"You kid can't spit out ivory from your dog's mouth." Cao Guang cursed, "It's over if you know it. Don't call me captain again. I will be a bandit from now on."
The man chuckled and said, "Hey, bandits, let's eat a big bowl of meat and share the gold on a big scale."
Cao Guang glanced at him and said angrily: "When you were a fucking bandit in Daliang Mountain, when did you eat a lot of meat and divide gold on a big scale? It was only this year that you learned about meat in Hutou Village. What does it feel like!"
"Hey, isn't that what the storybook says?" The man scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
These people were all bandits in Daliang Mountain. Later, they joined the Tiger Banner and became soldiers of the fighting army. After a year of comfortable life, they could eat at least one meaty meal every day, unlike in Daliang Mountain. When I was a bandit, I lived a life of hunger and food.
Cao Guang said: "Stop reading those useless scripts from now on. It's not like you don't know what kind of life the bandits live."
"I don't want to live through those days again until I die."
Thinking of the days when they were bandits together in Daliang Mountain, the man shuddered.
This shiver was not because of how miserable life was as a bandit, but because if their leader had not surrendered, he would have ended up like the bandits in Erliang Mountain, being completely buried in Daliang Mountain.
"Everyone eat some solid food first, and don't lose strength when you start taking action. In half an hour, we will enter Zhuangzi." Cao Guang ordered the people around him.
No one started a fire. The thirty or so people only took out the dry food they carried, and they all began to eat the dry food in their hands without saying a word.
The dry food is pancakes and salted fish. It has already been cold in such a cold weather, but everyone eats very seriously.
You can gain strength by eating, and you can have a better chance of survival if you use your hands.
Being full, sleepy and hungry is a daze. This does not apply to people like Cao Guang.
Everyone was only half full, and with the cold weather and cold weather, everyone was shivering from the cold, not to mention sleepy, and kept breathing into their hands. If they weren't afraid of attracting the night guard in the village, they would probably have eaten it early. There were people walking around in the woods to keep warm.
Fortunately, we didn't wait too long. The young man in civilian clothes said, "The people in Zhuangzi sent a signal."
Cao Guang kept staring at Zhuangzi in front of him, and saw a light flashing in the direction of Zhuangzi, appearing three times in a row before disappearing.
He knew that this was the signal agreed between Zhuangzi's secret agents and them.
"Everyone is active and ready to enter Zhuangzi."
Cao Guang turned around and said something to the others, then stood up, inserted the handgun on his belt, and checked his rifle again.
The sky was a little gloomy, with neither moonlight nor starlight. Instead, there was the light of a torch in the direction of Zhuangzi, illuminating the direction.
Cao Guang led people to walk in the fields. The fields were very frozen in winter and did not stick to your feet when walking on them. It was easier to walk on than on the road. The key was to walk on them and step on the wheat seedlings, which could cover up the sound of footsteps very well.
More than thirty men quietly touched the outside of Zhuangzi's outer wall.
At this time, there were people waiting outside Zhuangzi, holding lanterns in their hands, but the fire of the lanterns had been extinguished and was not on.
"Is it Captain Cao?" the man holding the lantern in his hand shouted in a low voice.
"I am." Cao Guang, who was walking in front, agreed.
The man in cloth in the team took two steps and came to the man holding the lantern. He took out the bronze medal and gave it a look, and the other man did the same.
After both parties confirmed that everything was correct, the man holding the lantern came over.
Cao Guang asked, "What's the situation with the guards in Zhuangzi?"
The man holding the lantern said: "All the guards in Zhuangzi are asleep. There are still a few night watchmen in the first half of the night. In the second half of the night, those night watchmen have also gone to find a place to sleep."
"So there aren't even any night guards in Zhuangzi?" Cao Guang showed an unbelievable look.
You must know that in their Tiger Flag, whether it is in the camp or other places, as long as there is a team of soldiers, there must be a sentry for twelve hours.
If it is discovered by the military law team that the guard post is absent, the absent soldier will be punished with ten lashes and his monthly salary will be withheld. The captain of his team will be demoted to an ordinary soldier and will be fined ten lashes. The captain of his team will be demoted to deputy captain.
Therefore, there are always people at the guard posts of the Tiger Flag, whether they are fixed posts or mobile posts, there is never a shortage.
The man holding the lantern said: "They are all soldiers from the guard station. They can't compare with us Tiger Flag people. These guards have always been lazy when they can. What's more, this is Zhuangzi, the deputy general of the army. No one dares to come and take advantage of this place." .”
"It will be more convenient for us to do things." Cao Guang showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth. 11
