"Brother Li, why are you slowing down? If you are late, let Bo Cheng'en take the lead..."

When Li Gui led 3,000 people out of Ningxia City, he only led the army to gallop for fifty or sixty miles. Then he asked the entire army to slow down their march, and then marched towards Pinglu's position almost at a walking speed.

go ahead.

"Haha, I said we are the same brothers. Do you think the Pinglu Station is in the hands of the Tatars or the Ming army now?"

Ignoring the anxious expressions of several Qianhu and Baihu officials, Li Gui asked them about the ownership of Pinglu Station with a smile on his face.

"Needless to say, since Bo Chengen has gathered a group of Tatar tribes to prepare for rebellion, the place of peace must be in the hands of the Tatars at this moment."

Without thinking, someone spoke up and expressed his suspicion.

"That's not necessarily true. No matter how powerful Bobai and his son are in Ningxia, they can't cover the sky with just one hand. Otherwise Bobai wouldn't have to pretend to disband the Cangtou Army and then attack and seize the city at night! So I thought that this Pinglu

So it is definitely still in the hands of the Ming army, at least on the surface!"

Seeing that someone was cooperating, Li Gui also took the opportunity to express his opinion.

"Brother Li, what does this have to do with us slowing down our march? Don't be pretentious and just tell us!"

After hearing what Li Gui said, the impatient man naturally didn't bother to guess anymore and directly asked Li Gui about the medicine in the gourd.

"Brothers, think about it, no matter whether the Pinglu Station is in our own hands or not, at least the Pinglu Station is not big, right? Moreover, the defense of the entire city is heavy in the north and light in the south. Why don't we..."

At this time, Li Gui revealed the reason why he slowed down his march.

"Well, Brother Li, this is a good idea, let's do it! When it gets dark...as long as we occupy this prison camp, whether it is to block them or drag them away, the initiative will be in our hands."

…

Pinglu Station, also known as Pinglu City. In the early years of Yongle, a sentry and horse camp was set up and a city was built here, which was called Pinglu Station. In the sixth year of Jingtai, more than 100 troops from the Qianhu Station were assigned to live here. In the sixth year of Hongzhi,

, built a new city; in the 30th year of Jiajing, it was upgraded to Pinglu Guards Station for Thousand Households, and Pinglu Post was also upgraded to Pinglu City.

Although it was upgraded from a sentry post to a city, Pinglu City is actually not very big. The entire city has a circumference of only three miles, and the east and west are twice as long as the north and south. Even the city gates only have two gates in the north and south. However, the city wall is not low, with a height of three feet and five feet.

In addition, there is a moat outside the city that is one foot deep and two feet wide.

There are 350 horse and infantry officers and soldiers stationed in the city. The city is equipped with chariots, French cannons, firecrackers and other firearms. Coupled with its geographical advantages, since its completion, it has become an insurmountable and insurmountable barrier for the bandits.

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However, no matter how well-defended the fortress is, it cannot prevent the enemy from conquering it from the inside. Therefore, at this moment, Pinglu City has already been firmly controlled by Bo Chengen by taking advantage of the opportunity to lead the troops out of the pass.

in hands.

Fortunately, Zenglu City is not big and cannot house an army of tens of thousands of horses. In addition, it is necessary to cover up others' eyes and ears. Therefore, at this moment, the tens of thousands of Tatar tribal coalition forces gathered by Bo Cheng'en and his son are not stationed in the city, but are stationed in the city.

Outside the border wall ten miles north of Pinglu City.

Therefore, in the entire Pinglu City, there are only Bo Chengen and more than a thousand rebel confidants who are loyal to their father and son.

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"I asked, did you hear any strange noises?"

In the darkest night before dawn, on the Pinglu City with torches lit, a rebel flag officer suddenly asked several patrolling sergeants.

"No? It's almost dawn, where is that sound coming from?"

After several patrolling rebels stopped and listened for a while, they looked at the leading flag officer with puzzled expressions.

"Take a torch and shine it to see if there is anyone under the city, but don't let anyone touch it!"

I don't know if he had a guilty conscience, but after hearing the negative answers from several patrol sergeants, the flag officer was still worried. He and several patrol sergeants held up torches and leaned out half of their bodies to shine a light on Chengxia.

"Boohoo!"

However, what these rebels didn't expect was that just when they were looking down with torches, something suddenly changed. As a few cold stars flashed by, a few feet-long trees appeared.

The feather crossbow arrows pierced into their throats with incomparable accuracy.

"Ho~ho..."

Because the crossbow arrows entered their throats, several rebels who fell to the ground could only cover their necks and watch helplessly as several men in black climbed to the top of the city.

Afterwards, the men in black who climbed up the city tower did not leave the city or open the city gate. Instead, they took several rolls of rope from their bodies, put them on the battlements and threw them down.

He used the shadows to touch the other rebels who were sleeping soundly on the tower.

'Which part of the Ming army is this?'

When they saw a Ming soldier carrying a gun climbing up along the rope thrown by the man in black, several rebel soldiers with arrows in their throats were filled with deep doubts and

Reluctantly, he closed his eyes.

Needless to say, these Ming troops climbing up are naturally the vanguard of the Yulin Guards led by Li Gui!

…

"Gah~"

In the silent night, along with the rotation of the door shaft, the sound of the heavy city gate opening and closing was particularly harsh.

"Who can open the city gate without authorization?"

"Boom!"

What answered him was a clear and crisp sound like fried beans!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"

Like a hornet's nest being stabbed, after a crisp blast of gunfire, countless shrill "enemy attack" sounds instantly resounded throughout the small town. Dozens of Yulin Guard sergeants who climbed into the city were finally betrayed.

The army discovered it!

However, when faced with their identities exposed, these Yulin Guard sergeants did not panic at all. Instead, after lowering the suspension bridge, they calmly formed two neat small square formations and blocked the way.

On both sides of the open city gate, waiting for the army to enter the city.

"Quickly, kill them and close the city gate!"

Just when these dozens of Ming troops had just formed their formation, a roar came out, and hundreds of rebels rushed over with swords and guns drawn.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!"

Facing these swarming rebels, the Habayashi Guards, divided into two groups, calmly took turns firing and throwing grenades, forming a tight fire net in front of the city gate, firmly blocking hundreds of people.

The rebel attack.

"The Habayashi Guards? It's the Habayashi Guards! Run quickly, the Habayashi Guards are here!"

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree! When they found that hundreds of their own could not break through the opponent's blockade of dozens of bird cannons, these rebels finally remembered the Emperor's personal army, the Yulin Guards!

"Why are you panicking? Isn't it the Yulin Guards? Someone, bring up our gunners!"

Seeing that his sergeants were frightened by the Habayashi Guards, the general commanding this group of rebels finally remembered the musket in his hand.

"Rumble, rumble..."
Chapter completed!