"Do you smell anything?"
On the city wall, an officer and soldier guarding the city shrugged his nose vigorously, and finally his eyes fell in the direction outside the city.
"Did you smell it too?" An officer and soldier holding a long gun replied to him.
In addition to the two of them, there were many people on the city wall who looked outside the city. Some even pressed their bodies in front of the crenellations, breathing heavily.
"What are you doing! Why are you all crowded together? Spread out!" Shang Kexi came up from behind and drove away several officers and soldiers at the crenel.
Mao Wenlong was taken to the capital, and Shang Kexi also returned to Lushun from Pidao, and his name was changed from Mao Yongxi to his original name.
At this time, he was less than thirty years old and was already a Dusi in Lushun City. However, a large part of the reason for his status as Dusi was that he inherited the position of his father Shang Xueli.
When the nearby guards saw Du Si coming, they all stepped aside.
Shang Kexi came to the place where the city guards had stood before, looked outside the city, and asked, "What were you looking at outside just now? You were all so fascinated."
The outside of the city was deserted, and only the spots of fire in the direction of the Tiger Flag's camp could be seen in the distance.
"When you return to Dusi, you guys are smelling the smell of meat." A guard next to him replied.
After hearing this, Shang Kexi shrugged his nose and said, "How can I not smell the smell of meat?"
"General, please look in the direction of the tiger thief." The guard pointed out.
Shang Kexi smelled it again, turned around and said to the guard: "The tiger thief's camp is so far away from us, you can actually smell the aroma of meat, must you be hysterical!"
He didn't smell any fragrance, so he thought the soldiers guarding the city were crazy for wanting to eat meat, and everything smelled like meat.
"It's a real general. You can smell it if you stand here for a while." The guard quickly assured him.
But Shang Kexi was not interested in doing as he said. Instead, he said: "Okay, even if there is any meat smell, someone in the city stewed the meat. What does it have to do with the tiger thief? The tiger thief is so far away from Lushun City, even if there is The aroma of the meat also blew away halfway and couldn’t come back.”
He obviously didn't believe what these guards said.
Not only that, he also drove these guards away, preventing too many guards on the city wall from gathering in one place.
The guards on the city wall did not dare to disobey the command of Shang Kexi, and dispersed one after another and returned to their original positions.
Soon, the area around Shang Kexi became empty, with only a few soldiers following him.
When these soldiers studied under Shang Xueli, they were the personal servants of the Shang family. After Shang Xueli died, they followed Shang Kexi and became Shang Kexi's personal servants.
"General, it clearly smells like meat, why did the general tell the people below that it doesn't?" A soldier following Shang Kexi looked puzzled.
Hearing this, Shang Kexi looked at the Tiger Flag camp in the distance and said: "It is precisely because the tiger thieves are eating meat that I have to deny this, otherwise the people below will know that the tiger thieves eat so well there. , it’s inevitable that your heart will be moved.”
"I see, my subordinates understand." The soldier suddenly realized.
I only heard Shang Kexi say again: "The tiger thief started eating meat as soon as he arrived. It seems that tonight will be a bit harder, in case the tiger thief comes to sneak attack in the middle of the night."
"General, you are overly worried. Lushun City is not easy to attack by surprise, and there is no internal response in the city. If the tiger thieves dare to attack by surprise, my subordinates will definitely tell them to never come back." The soldier said.
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Without internal assistance, and with defenders on duty on the city walls, it would be almost impossible for the enemy to successfully attack a large city.
Shang Ke said happily: "We still need to be more prepared. Since the tiger thieves dare to send a large army to attack Lushun, they must be certain. Who can be sure that there are no internal agents of the tiger thieves in the city."
Shang Kexi is very cautious.
He knew that he had earned his position as Governor by relying on the merits left by his father. If he had not been the adopted grandson of Governor Mao at the time, he would not have had this opportunity. This also made many generals in Dongjiang Town look down upon him.
Now that Governor Mao has been captured and taken to Beijing, he has lost his backer in Dongjiang Town.
Once the person who was raped by the tiger entered Lushun City from the city wall where he was stationed, he would not only lose his own face, but also the face of his father Shang Xueli.
Chen Jisheng's General Military Mansion was still brightly lit even though it was dark.
All the generals gathered in the General Military Mansion.
No one dared to underestimate the invading Tiger Flag army, even those generals who had never fought against the Tiger Flag were still worried.
Mao Wenlong ended up in jail at the Ministry of Punishment because of the tiger-character flag. No one wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Especially Chen Jisheng, as the second-generation general soldier of Dongjiang Town who succeeded Mao Wenlong, did not want to end up like Mao Wenlong.
There were more than 10,000 Ming troops in Lushun, but there were less than 8,000 soldiers and horses in Lushun city. This was because they knew that the Tiger-Character Banner had begun to mobilize troops on various islands. In order to prepare for the Tiger-Character Banner's invasion, they mobilized the soldiers and horses stationed nearby in advance. Enter Lushun City.
"The tiger thief first arrived today, so the camp must be in panic. I wonder who is willing to take advantage of the tiger thief's unstable footing to seize the tiger thief's camp." Chen Jisheng looked at the generals present.
Although he did not agree with Huang Long leading his troops out of the city to fight the tiger bandits, he was still willing to support it if they could sneak attack the tiger bandits' camp.
No one in the seats spoke.
Chen Jisheng looked at Huang Long.
Huang Long just lowered his head, pretending not to notice.
"Lieutenant Huang, you don't want to go out of the city to fight the tiger bandits during the day. If you are willing, I will allow you to go out at night." Chen Jisheng, who did not wait for a response, had to mention Huang Long's name in public.
Seeing that he could not escape, Huang Long had no choice but to say: "The general will ask for a fight during the day because the tiger thief has just arrived and has not yet established a stable footing. It is the best time to defeat the tiger thief head-on. This is two different things from a sneak attack in the middle of the night. If the general wants to sneak attack the tiger thief Daying, let’s change it to someone else!”
He rejected Chen Jisheng unceremoniously and did not give him any dignity.
Chen Jisheng knew very well that he, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, did not have the prestige of Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town, but Huang Long's disregard for his face still made him look very ugly.
"The general also doesn't agree with the sneak attack on the tiger bandit camp tonight." Guerrilla Wang Tingrui suddenly said.
Chen Jisheng looked at him and frowned slightly.
Just listen to Wang Tingrui continue to say: "When the tiger thieves first arrived, they must have thought of the possibility that we would sneak attack on their camp, so the tiger thieves will probably be on guard tonight. If we go for a sneak attack at this time, we might fall into the tiger thieves' trap."
"General Wang is right."
The generals present nodded in agreement with Wang Tingrui's words.
When it comes to sneak attacks on the enemy's camp, not only can't you bring too many soldiers and horses, but the opponent must also be prepared, otherwise the people who go to sneak attack on the camp may not come back alive.
It can be said that out of ten sneak attacks, at most only one or two will be successful.
No one is willing to do such a risky thing.
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