Six Hundred and Fifty-Nine: 1 Tongwanzhou (12)

The second-in-command killed "Wei Ci", which not only cut off his own retreat, but also won the trust of the Red Lotus Sect.

When the second-in-command invited the top leaders of the Red Lotus Sect to the city to discuss the big plan, the Red Lotus Sect agreed without thinking.

However, they were also a little more careful and brought two thousand soldiers into the city together, and the other 30,000 soldiers and horses were still gathering outside the city.

If there was anything wrong, these 30,000 people would rush into the city as soon as possible.

The second-in-command and the Red Lotus Sect's military advisor were not on good terms, and both of them were tired of each other, but now the situation was special and they had to work together.

The scholar had secretly made up his mind that when they defeated Liu Xi, he would first arrest the second-in-command and ask for punishment.

Now, for the sake of the overall situation, he could only be patient for the time being... Haha, let this reckless man jump around for a few more days.

People's hearts are separated from their stomachs. The scholar secretly calculated, how could he know that the second-in-command was also calculating him?

Although the scholar and his men brought two thousand men, these two thousand men were no match for the thirty thousand troops in his city.

The two pretended to be friendly on the surface, but they had their own plans.

No matter how the drums outside the city were beating, the second-in-command still stayed in the city and ordered the soldiers guarding the city to curse loudly outside.

In the city, the second-in-command held a banquet, asked the dancers and singers to sing and dance to entertain, and asked a group of prostitutes to serve.

The drums outside the city were like thunder, and even at such a long distance, you could still hear them if you listened carefully.

After three rounds of wine, they started to talk about the main topic.

The second-in-command had a bitter face, rubbed his hands secretly, and grabbed the scholar beside him to complain.

He didn't dare to tell everyone that he had kidnapped the leader, so he could only talk about other things and say how difficult it was for him. Everyone, seeing that they were from the same lineage and were as close as brothers, must help him beat back Liu Xi outside the city...

The scholar's smile was very stiff. He wanted to pull his hand back, but the second-in-command held it tightly and it was difficult to pull it away.

"Don't worry, Liu has only more than 10,000 soldiers, how can he be our opponent?" The scholar forced a smile and comforted, "In fact, as long as our two families put aside their past grudges, work together, occupy the convenience of the city wall, and hold on, Liu will automatically withdraw within half a month."

The second-in-command said,

"But now, they are shouting ugly, if we don't fight, won't it be a loss of face?"

The scholar said, "How much is face worth? As long as Liu Xi is beaten back, our sect will be famous all over the world."

After that, the scholar analyzed Liu Xi's embarrassing current situation in detail, as if he was pointing out the world, and his words were well-reasoned.

Everyone in the hall kept flattering the scholar and patting his horse, making him feel elated and forgetting the failure a while ago.

Outside the city, no matter how Jiang Pengji sent people to challenge him, the people in the city always held their ground and refused to come out, determined to be dumb.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Jiang Pengji's eyes also became a little more frosty.

Yang Si hurried over, with rapid steps and heavy breathing, and shouted, "My lord - my lord, I have found out the exact news. Not long ago, there was an unusual movement in the Red Lotus Sect camp, and about two thousand people entered Qiuyu County. It seems that they are ready to join forces."

Jiang Pengji's eyes flickered slightly, with a slight smile on the corner of her lips.

"Two thousand people? Are there any important people among them?"

She crossed her arms and looked up at the sky, thinking in her heart and calculating silently.

Yang Si was well prepared and said, "According to the report from the scouts, the leader is probably an elite high-ranking member of the Red Lotus Cult. However, the distance is too far, and the details are not clear. However, judging from their clothes, there may be 23 high-ranking members."

The Red Lotus Cult is not a regular army. Most of the members are poor people. They wear whatever they have. Many clothes are stripped from dead bodies and wrapped around them casually. As long as they can keep warm and not freeze to death, who cares about whether they are clean or beautiful?

Therefore, in the Red Lotus Cult, those who have armor or bright clothes are basically well-known.

The scouts can't get too close, but judging their identities by looking at their clothes, they are almost 80%,\/90% accurate.

Jiang Pengji narrowed her eyes, her eyes were slightly dangerous, and she murmured again, "Twenty-three?"

Yang Si said, "Although it is not clear how many high-level elites the Red Lotus Sect has, just looking at this number, most of them are probably taken away."

Jiang Pengji sneered, "In other words, the Red Lotus camp is basically in a state of being leaderless now? Jingrong, what do you think is our chance of winning if we sneak attack their camp in the middle of the night? I think that the other side has 30,000 soldiers and horses, and we can still fight."

She has fewer troops, but the overall conditions are much better.

There are sufficient cold-proof clothing, sufficient military rations, relatively good military equipment, and well-trained soldiers... The number of people is only one-third of the other side, but in the middle of the night in the cold winter, the advantage of numbers will be greatly weakened. They sneak attacked in the middle of the night and caught the other side off guard. In addition, the overall quality is crushed. The Red Lotus Sect is still in a state of being leaderless. She thinks there is a great chance of winning.

Yang Si smiled and said, "In my opinion, maybe Zixiao, the fox, is planning this."

Jiang Pengji crossed her arms and sighed.

"Zixiao has already instigated the forces in Qiuyu County to rebel, and the Red Lotus Sect has brought two thousand soldiers into the city... Hehe, there will be excitement tonight." The camp outside the city was attacked by Jiang Pengji, and the city was surrounded by enemies and ambushed from all sides. The Red Lotus Sect deserved to die.

After making a decision, Jiang Pengji ordered the soldiers to continue to challenge for a quarter of an hour, and then called off the troops.

Because the city refused to fight for a long time, Jiang Pengji shouted for an entire afternoon, so that the morale was somewhat sluggish.

She asked the logistics to prepare sufficient dinner for the soldiers, and let them rest in batches in advance, so that they could have enough energy and raise their morale again.

That night, the bright white moon was covered by dark blue clouds, and there was not much light on the earth.

Jiang Pengji led the entire army to leave the barracks. In order not to arouse the vigilance of the city, the torches in the camp were still burning.

The Red Lotus Cult camp was a full hour's walk from their camp. Now it was dark again, the road was difficult to walk, and the pace was even slower.

The soldiers guarding the city wall still did not find anything unusual.

First, the torches in the camp were still burning.

Second, when Jiang Pengji led the troops away, she went out from the back of the camp, and the guards on the city did not have such good eyesight and could not see.

At the same time, the city was brightly lit, with birds singing and swallows chirping, and graceful dancing figures could be seen in the shadows.

Everyone reached a consensus, and they were in a good mood, drinking with open stomachs.

The clinking of glasses and the rough thunderous sound drifted far away from the main hall.

The second-in-command was drunk, his cheeks were stained pink, and his nose was red.

He rubbed his stomach, and the urge to urinate rushed to his head, so he stood up and pushed away the dancer who was clinging to him.

He said in a loud voice, "You guys eat and drink first, I'm going to pee first."

Everyone didn't doubt it. Who among the people present didn't get up three or four times to pee in the middle of the meal?

They drank too much, and they were holding their urine there, which was very uncomfortable.

They smiled with a lot of connotation, turned around and had a hot relationship with the woman in their arms, not caring about the whereabouts of the second-in-command.