Zhu Gui's reminder made Zhang Ziming glance north, and sure enough he did not see Chen Dashi and his party.
"Send some people to the mountains on both sides to prevent them from sneaking back to Tianma Castle!" Zhang Ziming ordered.
His plan was to pretend to be Yong Jun and sneak into the fort. The most important thing was not to reveal his secret or let the news leak out.
There were only fifteen Yong soldiers who died on the cart, which meant that they could only get in fifteen people.
Therefore, Zhang Ziming hoped that Chen Dashi would fight to the death and resist, even if thirty or forty of his men were sacrificed. Zhang Ziming would annihilate Chen Dashi and his party in exchange for the opportunity to bring ten more people into the fort.
Soon, the group of them changed their costumes. Among the fifteen people, Zhang Ziming was the leader, Ma Cheng and four others were responsible for pushing the cart, and the other ten people were lying on the cart.
In addition to the "bodies" of the people, the cart also contained their weapons and kerosene that they carried with them.
After carefully looking at the waist card in his hand, Zhang Ziming said to Ma Cheng and the others: "Remember the identity on the waist card, and don't reveal it!"
Ma Cheng was actually reluctant to go deep into the tiger's den. This task was too dangerous.
But as long as he dared to say no now, Ma Cheng knew that Zhang Ziming would definitely kill him, so he could only hold back his pain.
"Brother, we all have strange faces, what if someone recognizes us!" Ma Cheng couldn't help but say.
Seeing that other subordinates were also worried, Ma Cheng explained: "Our identities are the guards of Prince Yong's Mansion, and we are not familiar with the defenders of Tianma Fort. At this moment, our faces are all bloody, so they won't recognize us!"
"But how can we set fire to Tianma Castle when there are so many people watching!"
Although Ma Cheng talked a lot, Zhang Ziming was not impatient because this was what he wanted to explain.
"We only want to sneak into the fort, but we will not set fire to it immediately!"
After saying this, Zhang Ziming glanced at Zhu Gui and said: "We will enter the fort in a while. Brother Zhu, you can lead people outside to harass Tianma Fort, or even feign an attack... By then, the troops stationed in the fort will definitely be attracted by you.
The fort wall, we can set fire to it when the time comes!"
Having said this, Zhang Ziming looked at Ma Chengdao again: "When the time comes, we will fight directly out of Tianma Castle on the grounds of asking for a fight!"
Although the plan is simple and rough, as long as every step is done well, it is a plan that is very likely to succeed.
At this time, Ma Cheng had nothing to say, so Zhang Ziming immediately ordered to set off.
Fifteen of them went to Tianma Castle first, while Zhu Gui and his people arrived behind them.
Along the official road, Zhang Ziming and others pulled the cart slowly forward, encountering zombies one after another along the way, but they were confused.
To be honest, this is not the strength that the guards of Prince Yong's Palace should have, and this is precisely the easiest way to reveal their secrets.
Fortunately, when they approached Tianma Castle, there were no zombies around to cause trouble, so they could move to their destination with peace of mind.
But at this moment, the defenders on the wall of Tianma Fort discovered the whereabouts of Zhang Ziming and his party.
"Sir, look...it's the royal guards!"
The commander-in-chief on duty heard the sound and walked out of the gatehouse. He supported the parapet and saw Zhang Ziming and his party in the distance.
"How long have we been out? How come a group of people have come back!" Jiang Da murmured.
As Zhang Ziming and his party gradually approached, they discovered that the cart was transporting corpses.
"this……"
"Send someone to inform Lord Baihu that the guards are back and it seems they have encountered a strong enemy!" Jiang Da ordered.
The safety of Tianma Fort is of vital importance, so the troops stationed here are so vigilant. Of course, this is because Qin Hao's command is appropriate.
At this moment, Zhang Ziming and his party had arrived ten feet away from the fort gate.
"Open the door... open the door!" Zhang Ziming shouted.
Jiang Da ignored it and asked: "What's going on? Where is the food?"
From this sentence, Zhang Ziming learned that these royal guards were going to transport food.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Ziming replied: "We met the bandit army on the road and killed some brothers in the battle. Your Excellency asked us to bring back the bodies of our brothers!"
"Are there any pursuers behind?"
"No!"
"What is your official position?"
"Prince's guard, Xiaoqi officer, Yang Jin!"
Seeing Zhang Ziming's fluent answers, Jiang Da nodded and immediately ordered his subordinates to open the door.
In fact, no matter whether it was the number of people standing on horseback or the number of people loading corpses on the cart, they were all extremely nervous at this moment.
As the fort door slowly opened, there were at least a dozen soldiers standing in two rows inside. This scene made several people's legs weak.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Ziming shouted: "Let's go...send the brothers back to the castle!"
Everyone pushed the cart slowly inside, with soldiers standing solemnly on both sides. Ma Cheng and the others simply lowered their heads and did not look.
Only Zhang Ziming walked in front with his head held high and his chest held high, with a look of sadness on his face.
General Banner Jiang Da walked down the fort wall, looked at Zhang Ziming who was approaching slowly, and suddenly asked: "Why should the body be brought back?"
This sentence actually stopped Zhang Ziming in his tracks.
Isn't this the practice of Yong Jun? If so, why would there be such a question? If not, what is the reason?
Could it be that these people who died had any special background in the military?
There could be many answers, but Zhang Ziming did not dare to answer randomly, which meant that the plan could not keep up with the changes.
Seeing him frozen in place, several people behind him felt their scalps go numb. At this moment, they were ready to fight tooth and nail.
The most terrible thing is that they brought back a large number of corpses, attracting more people to watch the fun.
People came one after another, and at least fifty Yong Army soldiers gathered.
Zhang Ziming was extremely anxious at this moment. Just when he was ready to reveal his secret, he heard Jiang Da sigh: "You Baihu are kind people and take good care of your brothers. We admire you!"
Zhang Ziming breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded and said: "Yes... we are blessed to have such a Shangguan!"
Jiang Da smiled, then pointed to an open space on the west side of the fort and said: "Place the body over there first, and we'll see what Lord Baihu says later!"
Zhang Ziming solemnly clasped his fists, and then said in a deep voice: "Thank you very much!"
Then he continued to move forward, boldly facing the eyes of the onlookers, and led his men forward.
Behind them, Jiang Da ordered his men to close the fort door.
With the "bang" sound, Zhang Ziming and others trembled in their hearts, which meant that they had no way out and their plan had to succeed.
Everyone came to the open space, but they were not in a hurry to lift people out of the car. After all, their guys were hiding underneath.
Now they just wait for Zhu Gui and others to launch an attack so that they can execute the plan.
At this time, every moment passes very long, and everyone's heart is extremely heavy.
But unlike others, Zhang Ziming did not sit idle. Instead, he carefully looked at his surroundings and thought about how to escape in the worst case scenario.
When everyone was under great pressure, shouts of death finally sounded outside, and it was Zhu Gui who came to kill with his men.
As Zhang Ziming expected, the attention of everyone in Tianma Fort was all attracted by the attack outside the fort.
Even Qin Hao from the Hundred Households also walked out of the granary at this moment. He was talking to Zhang Yang just now.
