This can be said to be normal, or it can be said to be abnormal, but it is still a bit abnormal overall.
Seeing Zhu Ting fidgeting here, a person next to him clasped his fists and said, "General, why are you so irritable all of a sudden?"
Zhu Ting raised his head and looked at the sky, "It's almost the second watch. I've been out secretly for so long, but no one has come back. There seems to be something wrong."
But the man suddenly laughed and said, "General, you are overly worried. There are only dozens of villagers. What's there to worry about? Maybe the villagers didn't move much, so they felt there was nothing worth reporting, so they didn't come back."
After hearing these words, Zhu Ting nodded, "I hope so. Wait one more night. If there is no news tomorrow, we will have to go and take a look."
After the second watch, Ma Han and others had been drinking in the tavern for more than an hour.
They were patiently waiting for the arrival of the third watch, but the tavern owner couldn't hold on any longer, "Guys, there is a curfew on the third watch, so you should go home early and go to bed."
Mahan smiled indifferently and slapped a broken piece of silver on the table, "With this attitude, we are alive today, but we don't know whether we will live or die tomorrow. How can we sleep? I'm going to drink all night. Just close the door and we'll drink in the room."
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The shopkeeper had no choice but to shake his head and retreat. He would have to wait until the middle of the night to close the shop.
But at this time, there was movement outside the south gate.
On the city wall, the soldiers on duty suddenly noticed a black shadow moving in the distance.
"Brothers, look at the black shadow over there, is it moving?"
Several soldiers looked at it carefully, "Yes, it is moving, it looks like a human figure!"
A soldier immediately came over with a bow and arrow. The bow and arrow were wrapped with flammable objects, and after lighting them, he shot them in the distance.
With the faint firelight, I could see clearly that it was indeed a human figure, with armor glowing with dark light.
"Quick, there are enemy troops outside."
Following this shout, someone immediately rushed to the county government office to report to Wang Heng.
Soon Wang Heng arrived with his people. When he saw the dark shadows moving outside, he frowned.
"Assemble more archers to prepare for the battle, and go to other doors to see if there is any movement."
It didn't take long, and the soldiers sent to the other gates all came back. The other three gates were quiet and there was no movement at all.
Wang Heng touched his chin and frowned.
It stands to reason that there are only 50,000 of the 100,000 troops outside. If you want to attack the city, you should besiege it on all sides. It is obviously wrong to attack only one side.
"Yes, it must be a temptation."
Thinking of this, Wang Heng had an idea, "You light more bonfires and make the formation bigger. The bigger the better. If they get close, shoot arrows. If they are far away, don't worry about them."
After saying this, Wang Heng turned around and left.
In his opinion, this was Prince Xiao Jingyun's plan to harass him. He didn't want him to be safe, so he went back to eat and sleep when he should.
Returning to the county government office, Wang Heng took off his armor and sat down on a chair tiredly.
Although they have seen through Prince Xiao Jingyun's plan, if things continue like this, they will definitely tire out the defenders in the city.
While he was worrying, he heard the sound of bang bang in the distance at midnight.
It's midnight, sleep, sleep. Wang Heng yawned, lay down on the bed, and pulled the quilt away.
In the tavern, Mahan and others heard the sound of banging at midnight and stood up with a smile.
"Shopkeeper, the curfew is here, we have to leave."
The shopkeeper was stunned, "Everyone, if you go out now and are caught by patrolling soldiers, you will be arrested and put in jail."
Mahan raised his hand and patted his shoulder, "Thank you for your concern. Let's go."
Seeing everyone staggering away, the store manager sighed deliberately.
"Drinking makes things worse, and I have a few more enemies."
In fact, the drunkenness of Mahan and others was faked.
Immediately after leaving the tavern, everyone was full of energy, hid in the darkness next to them, and waited quietly.
Outside the city, the leader of the Lotus Church had already been waiting in the darkness outside the north gate. When he heard the sound of bangs, he took out two daggers from his waist.
The body suddenly jumped up, which was more than a foot high. He aimed his hand at the crack in the bricks of the city wall and suddenly swung it out. The dagger was accurately inserted into the crack.
When I step on the dagger, it rises more than one foot.
Then perform the same operation with another dagger, insert it into the foot of the city wall, step on it again, and jump directly to the top of the wall.
On the city wall, the soldiers on duty had already dozed off. After all, nothing happened here.
The leader of Lotus Hua looked around and saw that there were only five people present, three were asleep and two were awake. As soon as she raised her hand, the two awake people were immediately hit by cow-hair needles and collapsed to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, the three sleeping soldiers were also sent to see the King of Hell.
After taking care of the defenders on the city wall, the Lotus Cult leader tiptoed down the steps, killing all the soldiers he saw as he went.
After everything was settled, Liu Rumei put her little finger in her mouth and whistled.
Upon hearing the signal, Mahan and others immediately rushed out from the darkness.
The Lotus Leader waved to everyone and pointed to the city wall.
Mahan was the first to rush forward, tearing open his robe as he rushed. It turned out that a string had been coiled around his waist.
After untying the rope and tying it to the battlement, Mahan waved his hand, and everyone behind him filed down.
Mahan's men were all martial arts practitioners. They moved quickly and soon they all got down to the bottom of the city wall.
Seeing that Mahan had also gone down, the Lotus Leader smiled slightly, picked up the torch on the battlements of the city wall, walked up to the observation deck and put it on the smoke, and then it floated down.
The so-called wolf smoke is a pile of damp wood. When lit, the smoke is extremely strong. Even at night, it can be seen from a long distance away.
Soon someone discovered the signal here and hurried over to check it out.
The news was sent to the county government again. Before Wang Heng fell asleep, he was called out again.
Hearing that something happened at Beimen, Wang Heng was so anxious that he slapped his head.
I am really stupid. Yesterday it was the east gate and west gate, and today I was feinting outside the south gate. I can figure it out with my feet. I should strengthen the defense at the north gate.
Alas, I am such a pig-brained person.
I came to the scene and looked at the dozens of dead soldiers. After careful inspection, I found that the method of death was exactly the same as Ximen's death yesterday. There was a little blood on the temples. This was because someone had hit them with a hidden weapon.
Wang Heng became irritable again.
"Check it for me overnight."
But where to check? Everyone was confused again.
Someone next to me whispered, "General, please don't drag out the people from Baihualou again."
When Wang Heng heard this, he let out a long sigh and threw away the scimitar in his hand, "Forget it, they are just girls from brothels, so they probably don't know anything more."
"Pass my order, the curfew will start from dark tomorrow, and anyone seen walking on the street will be arrested."