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While several people were talking, Ji Kui walked into the camp carrying two teapots.
"Deputy Master Zheng, let's eat something first!" Ji Kui put a teapot in front of Gao Zhongyun and handed the other to Tan Zaiwang.
After his hands were free, he took several tea jars from the people who came in with him, and handed them to Liu Qingzhou, Chen Yunhui and others respectively, and finally kept one for himself.
"Yes, let's eat first." Gao Zhongyun asked others to eat, and he opened the lid of the tea jar with his hands.
Steaming steam came out, and inside were two palm-sized pancakes, which looked oily.
He grabbed one from inside, put it to his mouth and took a bite. The juice of the meat inside flowed out from the corner of his mouth.
"Don't just look at me, you guys can eat too." Gao Zhongyun chewed the meatloaf and then said, "It would be better if there were a few more cloves of garlic."
Hearing this, Ji Kui smiled and said, "There is garlic, I'll get it."
As he spoke, he stood up and walked over to the wooden frame on the side.
Soon, he took out two heads of white garlic from the box on the wooden shelf and came back.
He put the garlic on the table.
"When eating this kind of meat stuffing, you must eat garlic, so that it tastes good." Gao Zhongyun picked up the garlic on the table and broke off a clove from it.
After peeling off the garlic, he put it in his mouth and took a bite. Then he took a big bite of the meat patty, chewing it with his mouth open.
Several people at the same table also reached for garlic, peeled the garlic and mixed it with the meat patties to eat.
Gao Zhongyun finished a piece of pancake, licked the oil on his fingers with his tongue, and then said: "The siege will begin in half an hour. The third battle camp has already had a day's rest, so it is up to you to take the initiative."
While speaking, he looked at Liu Qingzhou on his right.
"Okay." Liu Qingzhou, who was eating, nodded, and then said, "But I need the cooperation of the artillery team."
Gao Zhongyun said: "I will order the artillery team to fully cooperate with you, and the supply battalion will also serve as a reserve team to support you at any time."
"Then I have no problem." Liu Qingzhou swallowed the last bit of pancake in his hand.
Gao Zhongyun looked at Tan Zaiwang who was aside and said: "The task of your cavalry battalion is to pursue the fleeing officers and soldiers in the city after the city is broken, especially the generals in the officers and soldiers, and try not to let anyone escape."
"Yes." Tan Zaiwang nodded solemnly.
After making arrangements, Gao Zhongyun picked up the last cake in the teapot and ate it.
Two pancakes were not enough to fill the stomachs of generals like them who ate as much as cattle.
However, there will be a battle next, and neither the generals nor the soldiers and cavalry below should eat too much.
I feel sleepy when I am full, and I am in a daze when I am hungry.
Once a person eats too much, his mind will become dull, and his physical condition is not suitable for immediately going to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
Half an hour passed quickly.
The tiger-shaped flag army outside the city moved.
Four-pound cannons were pushed to the top of the city, and groups of soldiers with tiger flags lined up behind the artillery team, ready to go.
The cavalrymen of the cavalry battalion did not rest, and spread out in all directions, surrounding the city.
The movements of the tiger-shaped flag army outside the city naturally could not be concealed from the officers and soldiers guarding the city.
A commander on top of the city called for his subordinates and said, "Hurry up and inform the general that the bandits are preparing to attack the city."
After receiving the warning, the soldiers of the border army turned around and ran towards the city.
In addition to the soldiers and horses of the border army, there were also soldiers and horses of the Tiancheng Guard on the top of the city.
Similarly, one of the hundred households guarding the city on Tianchengwei's side also arranged for someone to go back and deliver the message.
Not long after, Wang Bao led a group of soldiers to the top of the city.
"General, I'm afraid the rebels are going to use artillery." The general guarding the city told Wang Bao his guess.
Of course, this cannot be regarded as speculation. The cannon has been pushed to the city. It is obvious that the opponent is going to use cannon.
Wang Bao put one hand on the crenel and stared at a cannon outside the city, his face becoming extremely ugly.
"Commander Wang, how do you think this city should be defended?" A commander of the Tiancheng Guard came to Wang Bao and asked Wang Bao with a worried look on his face.
Zhou Tong, the commander who was originally informed by Baihu, was too frightened to come when he heard that the bandits were attacking the city. He only sent one commander to participate in the defense of the city.
Wang Bao turned around and said to the commander of the Tiancheng Guard: "Where are the Tiancheng Guard's cannons? Why don't I see any of them? Go and transport all the cannons to the top of the city."
Although he is not the commander-in-chief of Datong, he also knows that such an important guard post as Tiancheng Guard has cannons.
"This!" Upon hearing that he wanted artillery, the commander of the Tiancheng Guard rubbed his hands in embarrassment.
When Wang Bao saw this, he frowned and said with dissatisfaction: "You can't even find a cannon in this guard station, right?"
"It used to be." The conductor said sarcastically.
Hearing this, Wang Bao's face sank.
He knew in his heart that Tianchengwei's cannons were probably gone long ago. As for why they were gone, he could more or less guess.
However, this was Tiancheng Guard's own business, and he, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, had no control over Tiancheng Guard. Even if the Tiancheng Guard commander gave him the power to defend the city, he was not qualified to ask about the whereabouts of Tiancheng Guard's cannons.
"Commander Wang, you see, we also have a lot of soldiers and horses that can be used to defend the city, and we don't have to have cannons." The commander on the side said cautiously.
Tianchengwei couldn't bring out the cannon. He knew that he was in the wrong, and the defense of the city also needed soldiers and horses from the border army, so he did not dare to fall out with the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu.
Wang Bao suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Without cannons, archers alone are not enough to fight against the cannons of the bandits. So, immediately arrange for people to dismantle the door panels, put quilts and leather jackets on them, sprinkle them with water, and send them to them as soon as possible." Come up to the city."
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away." Seeing that Wang Bao was not chasing the cannon, the commander secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then arranged for his men to prepare according to Wang Bao's requirements.
boom! boom! boom!
Before the door panels and quilts Wang Bao needed were delivered, the sound of cannon outside the city started.
A cannon hit the city wall, causing the people on the wall to tremble.
The commander standing next to Wang Bao was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground when he heard the sound of the cannon. His crotch was soon wet.
"Get him down, don't be embarrassed and conspicuous here." Wang Bao glanced at the commander at his feet with disgust.
The generals at the Guard were more useless than he thought.
The two soldiers from the guard station ran towards the city with their own commander Qian Shi in their arms.
"General, cannons have no eyes. It is too dangerous to stay on the top of the city. It is better to go to the bottom of the city to take shelter." Some soldiers advised Wang Bao not to stay on the top of the city.
Wang Bao did not object. Under the protection of several soldiers, he left the top of the city and went to the bottom of the city.
