Unfortunately, if Qin guerrillas were allowed to insult outside the city gate, the guards on the city wall were not involved.

"General, let him come in. This guy escaped from the thief camp so quickly, and he might not have been the thief." The deputy general was a little embarrassed and persuaded Xie Shigong to put Qin Guang in.

Xie Shigong said with a gloomy face: "I am not worried that he will follow the thief. What I am worried about is that there are thieves ambushing around the city gate. The sky is so dark. Even if some soldiers are ambushing some of them, we are very good on the city wall.

It is difficult to find out, but once the city gate is opened, the bandits will follow the trend and enter Tianmen Pass, and Tianmen Pass will be difficult to defend."

"You can put down a hanging basket and let Qin Guang ride it into the city alone. The person who escaped with him will remain outside the city for the time being. After dawn, it is confirmed that there are no ambush outside the city, and then arrange them to enter the city." The deputy general said.

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Xie Shigong said coldly: "Even if there are no ambush outside the city, he has fought such a big defeat and only brought a few people back. I have already taken advantage of him without chopping his head."

Although I can't see clearly whether there are ambushers a little far away from the city gate, I can still see the seven or eight horsemen in front of the city gate when standing on the city wall.

"Qin Guang was ordered to attack the thief camp after all. The matter was not done, so it would be fine if he didn't escape. Now he ran back but did not allow him to enter the city. If the other generals in the city knew about it, he would inevitably feel heartbroken, even if it was relieved,

It’s better to let him go into the city.” The deputy general continued to persuade Xie Shigong to change his mind.

Hearing this, Xie Shigong hesitated for a moment.

I felt that what the other party said was that if Qin Guang was really left outside Tianmen Pass, if something happened, it would indeed cause the hearts of the guards in the city.

Thinking of this, he said, "Forget it, since you want to let him into the city, then use a hanging basket to send him into the city, but others must stay outside the city and the city gate is not allowed to open."

A step back.

"I'll make arrangements for this." The deputy general saw that Shigong agreed and did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly arranged for someone to use a hanging basket to drop Qin Guang from outside the city.

Shortly after Qin Guang was sent to the city wall by a hanging basket, a team of cavalry with the tiger flag appeared outside Tianmen Pass.

Although Qin Guang entered Tianmen Pass, the few cavalry who escaped with him remained outside the city gate, and were all killed outside Tianmen Pass by the cavalry with the tiger flag.

Seeing this scene, Qin Guang's legs were weak and his body was filled with cold sweat.

Just a little short of it, he became the wronged soul under the sword of the bandit.

"Go back and rest first! There is still a big battle to fight after dawn." The deputy general didn't want to say anything to Qin Guang anymore, so he asked him to go back and rest.

"The last general will leave." Qin Guang bowed to Xie Shigong and the general respectively, and then he stumbled down the city wall.

As soon as others left, the deputy general turned around and looked at Xie Shigong and said, "This sneak attack failed. The bandits will definitely take more precautions in the bandit camp. It is probably impossible to attack again."

"The court has sent reinforcements. As long as we hold on for half a month, I believe that once the reinforcements arrive, it will be time to turn the situation around." Xie Shigong said.

Relying on the troops at Tianmen Pass alone, he knew that he was not the opponent of the bandits outside the city when he left the city to fight. For him, he had the only option to stick to Tianmen Pass.

The deputy general sighed and said, "I just hope that reinforcements can arrive soon. We have also seen the cannons taken out by the bandits during the day. The last general is afraid that Tianmen Pass will not be able to hold on for long."

Xie Shigong remained silent.

The powerful cannons in the bandit army have always been the gloom in his heart. If the bandits' cannons are not removed, it will be difficult for Tianmen Pass to hold them for too long.

He knew very well that if the bandits repeatedly bombarded Tianmen Pass with cannons, at most four or five days, the city wall of Tianmen Pass would inevitably collapse, and at that time they could only rely on human lives to fill it.

The fish belly in the east turned white, and there was a hint of light on the ground.

Outside the city gate of Tianmen Pass, several corpses were scattered on the ground, and the blood flowing from the body had already frozen with the soil.

Several hanging baskets were put down from the city wall.

The guards who came down with the hanging basket gathered the bodies outside the city gate and sent them to the city wall through the hanging basket.

If the war begins, no one will care about these corpses. However, before the bandits attack Tianmen Pass, the bodies of the defenders in the city will be thrown out so casually without anyone taking care of them, which will damage the morale of the defenders in the Tianmen Pass.

"The bandits are here, the bandits are here." The guards on the city wall found a large army of tiger-shaped flags coming from afar, and quickly rang the gong on the top of the city.

The defenders climbed the city wall.

Xie Shigong, who had just rested for a while, woke up from his sleep and went back to battle.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Soon, guns rang out outside the city.

One by one, the cannons were sent from the outside of the city to the city wall, and one of the city walls was the target of the cannon attack, with most of the cannons falling around.

Faced with the shelling outside the city, the defenders on the city wall could only hide again.

The cannon sound continued until noon before stopping.

"Damn it, how much medicine does the bandits have, enough to consume them like this." Xie Shigong spat on the ground fiercely.

Although he was scolding, he was envious in his heart.

"I wonder how many soldiers the general allowed the last general to take out the city?" Qin Guerrilla knew that he had no choice, and the position of the left-road general was enough to make him take this risk.

Xie Shigong said: "Of course there should be no too many soldiers and horses when attacking, otherwise it will be easily discovered by bandits in advance. You are allowed to bring one hundred cavalry and no more than five hundred infantry, how about it?"

"The last general will receive the order." Qin Guerrilla took over his errands.

One hundred cavalry and five hundred infantrymen are no longer small, and no matter how many people are, they will easily reveal traces.

Seeing that the other party agreed, Xie Shigong smiled and said, "Go back and prepare now, and set off when the ugly moment. Someone will arrange for you to leave the city at the city gate."

"Yes." Qin Guerrilla agreed and turned around and left.

The deputy general on the side looked at Qin Guerrilla's back as he left and said, "Do you also need to prepare for other troops in the city? Once the Qin Guerrilla attack camp is successful, we can send a large army to expand the results of the battle."

"You can make arrangements." Xie Shigong said to the deputy general beside him.

The wind is cold on the top of the city.

After the beginning of spring, the weather that should have been warmer was two consecutive heavy snowfalls, so that Shanxi is still in the cold winter, and this winter is longer than in previous years.

There were already piles of bonfires rising on the city walls, and many guards surrounded the bonfire and kept warm.

"Report to the general, Yangqu sent people here." A guard came to Xie Shigong to report.

Hearing this, Xie Shigong hurriedly said, "Come on, come here quickly."

Not long after, a man dressed as a soldier was brought over.

"I have seen General Jie." After the visitor approached, he saluted Xie Shigong.

Jie Shigong said: "Who sent you here?"
Chapter completed!