It was around one o'clock in the afternoon on the second day after Xi Changzhen's envoy left Xingyang County.
The soldier looked happy and hurried to the government office to see Hu Zhiguang.
Not long after, Hu Zhiguang came to the hall wearing clothes and armor. After seeing the expression on the soldier's face, Hu Zhiguang immediately asked: "Looking at your happy look, is there any news about Li Zhen's army?" Previously, Hu Zhiguang got Xi Changzhen's name. According to the order, soldiers were sent to pay close attention to the movements of Li Zhen's army. Some people monitored the movements of Li Zhen's army camp day and night, so they asked the soldiers whenever they saw them.
This is the advantage of Li Zhen letting Lu Shaochuan leave in advance.
Otherwise, Lu Shaochuan's subsequent departure would fall into Hu Zhiguang's eyes.
The soldier reported respectfully: "General wise, he did find out the situation in Li Zhen's barracks. Last night, Li Zhen led the army to leave Xingyang County. It is estimated that Li Zhen took about two thousand soldiers with him, and the remaining About a thousand soldiers stayed at the barracks. The soldiers followed to investigate and found that Li Zhen and his soldiers were heading towards Nanming Pass. At the same time, when the soldiers who inquired about the news came back, they found that Li Zhen's barracks remained the same as before, and the tents had not been reduced. , cooking stoves, etc. have not decreased, nor have the number of soldiers at the gate of the camp decreased."
"Hahaha……"
Hu Zhiguang laughed and said: "Okay, good discovery."
At this moment, Hu Zhiguang was walking back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, feeling quite contented.
In his mind, he was already thinking about winning the battle.
The soldier continued: "The military camp outside the city has been deliberately kept in its original state. I think it is to make the general mistakenly think that their number has not been reduced, so that the general does not dare to attack. It is a pity that their every move is exposed to the general's eyes." Down there, I couldn’t escape the general’s sight.”
Hu Zhiguang patted the soldier on the shoulder and said, "Brother, our opportunity has come."
The soldier was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Hu Zhiguang meant.
Seeing that the soldiers could not react, Hu Zhiguang waved his hands impatiently and ordered: "With your little brains, you don't understand. Come on, get Xu Yun and Lin Ping immediately." The soldiers were confused and went away. The order was sent, and soon two of Hu Zhiguang's confidants arrived.
Lin Ping bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "General, you hurriedly invited General Beizhi and Xu Yun here. What happened?"
Hu Zhiguang said: "It is a big event and a good thing."
Lin Ping was still confused and asked: "General, what is going on?"
Hu Zhiguang smiled and told Li Zhen about withdrawing his troops to Nanming Pass.
Lin Ping said: "It is indeed a good thing."
Hu Zhiguang nodded and said excitedly: "Now, Li Zhen's army has left Xingyang, leaving a thousand soldiers guarding an empty shell. Do you think this is an opportunity for us to destroy this part of the soldiers? Wait until we destroy them." In order to save the thousand soldiers left behind, we can also pretend to be soldiers left behind, and then go to Nanming Pass to attack Li Zhen. Hehe, I am really a genius. In this battle, we can only win, not lose. We cannot lose to Zhou Chen and Huang Bai. You must run ahead of them."
Xu Yun was very happy and said loudly: "General, if you take action, you will succeed immediately."
This little flattery made Hu Zhiguang even more satisfied.
Hu Zhiguang ordered: "Go and mobilize your troops immediately, and we will attack the soldiers who are left behind."
Lin Ping rolled his eyes and persuaded: "General, I think the time is most suitable at night. Let's raid there. They are small in number, and most of the soldiers left behind are still sleeping. This will allow us to maximize the number of soldiers. Capture the remaining soldiers to prevent them from escaping."
"Well, Mr. Lin's suggestion is good. That's it. Night attack."
Hu Zhiguang determined the time and immediately asked the two of them to prepare.
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Xingyang County, inside the city.
South of the city, inn.
Inside the room, there were about ten people gathered together.
"The president's plan has reached the most critical stage, and we are an extremely important link in this most critical stage. Therefore, we cannot be careless in the slightest. We must always pay attention to Hu Zhiguang's movements. Once Hu Zhiguang leads his army out of the city, we will Let’s start taking action, understand.” The leader of this group said.
"Understood." The others replied.
"I won't say any more. Let's all go out and take our places and do our own thing." The leader said again.
The people put on different clothes and then all left.
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After night falls, a full moon hangs in the sky, and the cold moonlight falls down, shining on the county seat of Xingyang County, dyeing the streets in the city with a silvery white light.
"Tap, step,,."
The sound of dense footsteps sounded on the street, and an army was running quickly.
This army was actually 5,000 elite soldiers under Hu Zhiguang. This time when they went out to fight in the city, Hu Zhiguang left the original magistrate of Xingyang County behind and took Xu Yun and Lin Pingping with him. After all, everyone knew that Li Zhenzhen's army had elite weapons and powerful combat effectiveness, so even though Hu Zhiguang knew that there were only a thousand soldiers left behind, he took it very seriously and rushed out with his soldiers.
The army arrived at the city gate, and as the gate creaked open, the army quickly left.
Under the cover of night, the army quickly disappeared from the sight of the soldiers defending the city.
After Hu Zhiguang led his army to approach Li Zhen's barracks, he asked the soldiers to slow down and advance quietly. After the army hid outside Li Zhen's barracks, Hu Zhiguang looked at the situation in the barracks from a distance. At this time, the firelight swayed in the barracks, and patrols The soldiers patrolled meticulously, and the soldiers who were stationed were stationed, but the rest was empty, and all the soldiers had gone to bed.
Hu Zhiguang raised the corners of his mouth and said in a cold voice: "It's a lie to have so many tents."
He raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger hard.
"boom,."
A gunshot broke the tranquility of the night.
Hu Zhiguang stood up with a cry, took a step forward, and shouted: "Kill, fight in." Hu Zhiguang shouted with a gun, and rushed forward at the lead. The soldiers around him also attacked. The sudden change made the Chinese soldiers stationed in the camp stunned for a moment before they fired back. However, facing the attack of five thousand soldiers under Hu Zhiguang's command, the few soldiers stationed in the camp were not enough to watch and kept retreating.
Soon, Hu Zhiguang led his troops into the camp.
Hu Zhiguang looked around and found that there were indeed no soldiers in many camps.
Even so, Hu Zhiguang didn't care, and still yelled: "Kill me, kill all the soldiers staying in the barracks." The soldiers under his command continued to search, and after several minutes of searching, no soldiers were found in any tent. This is strange.
At least, there are still soldiers left behind.
Hu Zhiguang suddenly thought of a possibility, and his heart skipped a beat. He must have fallen into a trap.
Before he could give the order to retreat, he saw countless torches burning around the camp. Then, the sound of bows and arrows piercing the air was heard, and burning rockets were shot one after another, landing in the camp. The camp was set on fire, and along with the rocket fire, machine guns were placed outside the camp to fire, preventing Hu Zhiguang's soldiers from breaking out.
Hu Zhiguang understood that he had really fallen into a trap.