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Text 247 [Seizing the city at night]

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    On the fourth watch, Tao Aizhi came down from the basket.

    Li Zheng camped several miles away, he had to run all the way, and he was so tired that he was out of breath after running two miles.

    Tao Aizhi put her hands on her knees, bent over and gasped for breath, slowed down and continued running.

    "Alas!"

    Suddenly, Tao Aizhi was tripped by someone, and when she tried to get up again, a knife was already pressed against her throat.

    The secret sentry of the Datong Army has been hiding in the grass.

    Tao Aizhi quickly said: "Take me to see the commander of your army quickly, and let us know if there is an urgent military situation!"

    As soon as this remark came out, the secret sentry did not dare to delay, and immediately searched Tao Aizhi's weapons, and then led him to his camp.

    Knowing Tao Aizhi's identity, Li Zheng was quite surprised, and couldn't help laughing: "You dare to go out of the city, aren't you afraid that the governor will kill your brothers?"

    "Whirring whirring¡­¡­"

    Tao Aizhi was almost exhausted. Although he was young and vigorous, he was a literati after all, and he had already exceeded his physical limit after running for several miles.

    After entering the camp, Tao Aizhi changed to walking slowly, and was still panting when he entered the handsome tent.  He slowed down for a while, a little calmer, cupped his hands and said: "I lied about surrendering, and made an appointment with the governor to lure the general to attack the city in three days."

    Li Zheng asked: "Then when do you think the city should be attacked?"

    "The general, please send troops immediately to attack the city at five o'clock tonight, the governor will never think of it!" Tao Aizhi said.

    Tao Aizhi left the city at 2:30 at night, running and stopping all the way, and it was almost 3:00 when he met Li Zheng.  He asked Li Zheng to attack the city at five watchdays, which was equivalent to the Datong army gathering at night, carrying the siege ladder and rushing for several miles. The total time-consuming must be about two hours.

    "Tonight?" Li Zheng didn't dare to gamble. He didn't know Tao Aizhi well, nor did he know much about the situation in the city.

    Most importantly, Tao Aizhi took his whole family into the city in order to gain the governor's trust, and Li Zheng had no hostages at all.

    Time was running out, Tao Aizhi said anxiously: "General, don't hesitate, tie me up quickly, and I will be the hostage myself. If the matter fails, kill me. Tonight is a great opportunity. The governor knows that I will leave the city at four o'clock. I will never think of the general."  Siege at the fifth watch!"

    Tao Aizhi was willing to be a hostage herself. Li Zheng was finally moved when he heard this, and asked, "Tell me about your strategy."

    Tao Aizhi quickly explained: "Governor Wang Zhiliang is very cautious. The more than 11,000 defenders in the city are divided into three groups to take turns defending the city, changing defenses every morning and evening. Moreover, only two quarters of an hour before changing defenses, let them  People know which regiments are defending where. The gates without Wengcheng are all blocked by him. The gates with Wengcheng are guarded by soldiers brought by him.¡±

    "You're someone who knows how to defend the city, no wonder you haven't done anything." Li Zheng nodded.

    Tao Aizhi continued: "Tonight my second brother guards one part of the south city, the third brother guards the north part, and the fourth brother rests in the barracks inside the city. I have already ordered that at five o'clock, three torches will be lit on the south wall  As soon as the general attacks the south city, the fourth brother will set fire to the city, the second brother will support the general in the south city, and the third brother will wait for an opportunity to disrupt the situation in the north city."

    "Aside from your four brothers, who else knows about this?" Li Zheng asked.

    "Only a few confidant house slaves know, general, don't worry, they will never leak the secret." Tao Aizhi said very firmly.

    Twenty years ago, there were only four men left in the Tao family, one of whom was an old man who was dying.

    The Tao family's tens of thousands of acres of land are all supported by confidantes and slaves.  They are afraid of troubles between house slaves and tenants, so they treat people very generously. The monthly money of house slaves and the land rent of tenants are the best for tens of miles around.

    Moreover, Tao Ai made a promise early on to those confidant domestic slaves in the army.  As long as they help the Datong army capture Changsha, they will be freed afterwards. These domestic slaves are more urgent than Tao Aizhi.

    "Assemble the army, without luggage, only with siege ladders, and set off immediately after assembly!"

    After Li Zheng made up his mind, he acted immediately.

    He didn't tie Tao Aizhi either, but just threw her in the camp and let the grain transportation team take care of it.

    In fact, Li Zheng didn't have many soldiers, only 1,500 regular soldiers and 1,500 peasant soldiers, and the rest were all civilian food transport teams.  Originally, there were 2,000 soldiers and peasant soldiers, but 500 each were divided into going south to help Huang Yao attack Xiangtan.

    There were only 3,000 soldiers left, but the 11,000 defenders were too frightened to come out.

    Because Wang Zhiliang, Wang Qisheng and others did not think that there were only three thousand bandit soldiers.  They also counted Li Zheng's grain transportation team, which in general had a strength of nearly 10,000.

    It is indeed possible to calculate this way. Li Zheng's food transport team, after entering the battle, is estimated to be more brave than the newly formed regiment in the city, at least the enthusiasm for fighting is much higher.

    &, a small number went to the city tower to help in the battle, and some escaped into the houses to hide.

    Wang Zhiliang wanted to gather troops to resist, but Tao Yunfeng suddenly jumped back in Beicheng.

    The fire and chaos in the city, the battle on the north wall, the battle on the south wall, created an illusion that there were rebels everywhere.  Those brave regiments who hadn't been trained for a few days were so frightened that they fled one by one. They left the city wall and wanted to run to open the city gate.

    Although the guards at the city gate were all brought by Wang Zhiliang, they also belonged to the regiment bravely organized temporarily.  Instead of stopping Kaesong, they took the initiative to open the city gate, and abandoned the city to escape in the darkness.

    "Surrender, we surrender!"

    The soldiers of the Datong Army led Tao's army and Zhang's army to defeat two groups of enemies one after another on the south wall.  The rest don't fight, they can escape if they can, and if they can't escape, they surrender and beg for mercy.

    Just as Wang Zhiliang was about to fight desperately, the soldiers around him fled one after another, and some of them were black-hearted, so they simply pushed Wang Zhiliang to the ground.

    "Surrender, we surrender, we have captured the governor!"

    Li Zheng glanced at the city, and said to Tao Jianzhi: "You take people to put out the fire, and all the officers and soldiers who surrendered should also go to put out the fire!"

    Wang Zhiliang stopped struggling, closed his eyes and waited for death, he felt that he was finally free.
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