Not to mention how Li Xuan arranged things outside the city, let's talk about the South Gate in Xingquan Mansion. Wang Mazi was still drinking and bragging with several garrison generals stationed at the South Gate, and the shameless flattery went out as if it was for free.
Spraying has no intention of saving at all.
"According to me, there is no one in Xingquan City who has contributed as much as you, Brother Chen!" Wang Mazi showed his clothes and said with an expression of protest: "Who can save the lives of nearly 20,000 people in the city now, isn't it Brother Chen?
As for you, you endure hardships here and guard the city gate so that the puppet Tang bandits outside can't get in, don't you think so?"
The man surnamed Chen who was sitting opposite him chuckled, showing a look that he didn't dare to take seriously: "No, no, I just didn't stick to my duty. The fact that I was able to defend the city is naturally the credit of the adults above." As he said,
, he even bowed his hand.
After Wang Mazi heard this, he had a smile on his face, but he secretly thought in his heart: "I originally wanted to win you a fortune, but since you stick to your duty so closely, don't blame me.
You’re welcome!”
When Wang Mazi drank with Chen Baihu with evil intentions, the helpers he brought also drank and drank with the soldiers guarding the city gate.
This time Wang Mazi came over, claiming that he had given orders to the superiors and brought food and wine to work for the army. However, the superiors naturally could not tell the truth.
Moreover, he paid for these food and drinks out of his own pocket. Speaking of which, in order to make these city gate defenders eat more happily, he spent a lot of money and brought them all good wine and food, but it cost him more than ten taels of silver.
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Hearing that the adults above had sent people to express their condolences with wine and food, Chen Baihu and the Ming soldiers who left for the Ming Army naturally did not suspect too much. In addition, they would not have the chance to eat such fine wine and food on weekdays!
This free food and wine will naturally taste more delicious!
However, not everyone drank and ate meat to their heart's content. A few were more cautious, but a few soldiers near the city gate always refused to drink, saying that they would get into trouble if they were drunk.
However, it’s okay if you don’t drink wine. You have to eat rice. Look at this rice. It’s all white rice. Look at this meat, how fat and fragrant it is!
What, they haven’t eaten yet?
is it possible?
For people these days, let alone these soldiers, even small landowners cannot smell the smell of meat several times a year.
For people in this era, especially ordinary people, the attraction of meat is absolutely huge. There are definitely a few soldiers who can resist not eating meat, and they are extremely rare.
Therefore, although those Ming soldiers who resisted drinking said they had always refused to drink, they did not refuse the food, and they ate it no slower than the others.
Wang Mazi looked at the defenders who had all drank and eaten. After eating the food and wine, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. People could tell with just one glance that this person must be a bad guy, a super villain. The little girl saw it.
The kind who would shout "bad uncle".
Either he has done something bad, or he is planning to do something bad, such as stealing the bellyband from a good family, or planning to steal the bellyband from a good family.
His weird smile was so explicit that Chen Baihu, who was sitting opposite, naturally saw it too. Chen Baihu was not stupid either. After seeing Wang Mazi's weird expression, he followed Wang Mazi's line of sight and saw that most of his own body was
The soldier was already drunk.
This scene doesn’t seem very good!
At this time, he also felt dizzy in his head. What's going on?
You must know that you can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. You usually don't get drunk so easily after drinking with others. Why do you feel dizzy now? It seems like you are drunk. Even if you think you have drunk a lot, there is only a few on the table.
It was only a small pot, and Wang Mazi drank this pot of wine together, so why did he get drunk!
At this time, he was already alert, and he stood up directly, and then said to Wang Mazi with a fierce expression: "Wang Mazi, what's going on with this wine?"
Wang Mazi had a smile on his face at this time. He did not answer Chen Baihu's question. Instead, he asked: "Brother Chen, did you have a good meal tonight? You know, you know, this is my little brother."
It’s specially prepared for you!”
Sure enough, there was something wrong with this wine. This Wang Mazi suddenly appeared at the city gate and gave him the problematic wine. He didn't know what this Wang Mazi wanted to do, but he was able to make a preliminary judgment. This Wang Mazi was definitely not bad.
Kindhearted.
Maybe they just wanted to open the city gate to welcome the puppet Tang rebel army outside the city.
And his guess was indeed correct!
But he didn't know yet at this time, it was just a guess, and he shouted loudly: "There is something wrong with the wine, stop drinking, and take down all these people!"
But after he finished speaking, he didn't hear the response from his subordinates. He looked outside and saw that his soldiers were already staggering around. Even the few soldiers who didn't drink and only ate food.
Likewise, only a few people staggered and tried to stand up, but in the end they fell to the ground again with a plop.
At this time, Wang Mazi showed a proud smile: "Haha, Brother Chen, you will definitely not guess that there is actually nothing wrong with this wine!"
As he spoke, he picked up the wine bottle on the table and took a big sip!
"There's no problem with side dishes to go with wine!" As he said that, he took his chopsticks and added a side dish.
"But..." When Wang Mazi said this, his proud look became even more unbearable: "This rice has been added with ingredients. You don't have to drink the wine and eat the vegetables, but this
You have to eat the food!"
After saying that, Wang Mazi was so proud that he finally couldn't bear it any longer, and the smile on his face turned into a wild laugh: "Hahaha... You are as smart as me..."
But at this time, Chen Baihu was swaying, and he was about to fall over if he couldn't stand firmly. He finally held on to the table, raised his head and said, "Wang Mazi, why are you doing this?"
Wang Mazi snorted coldly: "Of course it is to open the city gate to dedicate it to our emperor and welcome the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty into the city!"
"You are actually a traitor!" Chen Baihu's eyes were full of anger, and he took out his sword with one hand and said, "With me here, you can't even think of succeeding!"
As soon as he said that, he was struck with a knife!
This knife was so fierce that Wang Mazi almost didn't dodge. He was so frightened that he took two steps back with a look of fear on his face: "How can you still do it..."
Chen Baihu said: "Didn't anyone teach you not to talk too much nonsense?"
Wang Mazi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Really not!"
But at this time, Chen Baihu struck with another knife. Wang Mazi was so frightened that he quickly dodged and blocked with his knife. At the same time, he complained in his heart, Damn, that charlatan in Dongcheng is really a liar. He said that this medicine is worth ten.
Even a strong man can be knocked unconscious by medicine, but Chen Baihu still doesn't fall down?
You must know that he specially added double the amount of medicine to Chen Baihu's rice, just to ensure that no accidents would happen.
However, although Chen Baihu also showed signs of poisoning, he was still very vigorous, which was different from what he expected.
While dodging Chen Baihu's knife, he swore a poisonous oath that he would chop up the charlatan who sold him counterfeit medicine and feed it to the dogs.
However, after dodging several times, he found that Chen Baihu on the opposite side had slowed down. After jumping a few steps and looking at the man carefully, he saw that Chen Baihu had stopped on his own and was holding the knife.
Standing there stupidly.
What's going on? Is this a scam?
But just when he stepped forward to test him, he found that Butcher Chen fell to the ground with a plop. After a few breaths, a thunderous snoring sound resounded through the entire South City Gate!
Seeing Chen Baihu fall down and grunting, Wang Mazi was still a little worried. The few blows made by Chen Baihu just now shocked him, and he thought he was going to have a fight with Chen Baihu.
, he has no confidence.
If there was a real fight, it was very likely that he would die!
He walked over carefully, first kicked the knife away from Chen Baihu, and then kicked Chen Baihu a few times. After seeing that he was sleeping like a pig, he finally couldn't help laughing anymore.
Then he shouted loudly and energetically: "Young men, open the city gate and send the signal. When Master Wang enters the city, I will take you to enjoy spicy food for the rest of your life, and the ladies in Yihongyuan will sleep with as many as you want!"
Some of his men are bandits who followed him back in the past, and some are green-skinned hooligans who have been recruited in the city in recent years. In short, few of them are good people, and all of them are more than ten bad people with pus.
There is no psychological burden at all when a traitor opens the city gate to welcome the Tang Dynasty King.
Many people's faces were even flushed by Wang Mazi's promise. Everyone went to open the city gate with quick hands and feet, and some began to light torches and initiate the light signal agreed with the Tang army outside the city.
The huge city gate was slowly opened, and the lanterns flashed and flickered to convey the signal that the city gate was open. At this time, several Tang Army sentries who had been watching the south gate outside the city immediately reported the news to
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Soon Li Xuan also walked out of the tent, and then saw the flashing lantern signal on the top of the city!
The guard next to him also said to Li Xuan: "The internal intelligence in the city has sent a signal. They have captured the south gate. Do you want us to enter the city immediately?"
Li Xuan said with confusion on his face: "Why was there no movement at all just now? If there had been a fight, there would have been quite a lot of movement!"
However, although Li Xuan was doubtful, since the signal had been sent out, he naturally could not ignore it. He quickly sent an order for more than 300 people who had prepared in advance to rush to the city gate and prepare to seize the south gate.
At the same time, he also sent an order to the entire army to prepare for battle immediately, ready to rush into the city or meet the vanguard at any time!
After Li Xuan's order was issued, more than 300 Tang Army soldiers with the Second Mixed Battalion as the core ran towards the South City Gate!