Xingyi County is located among the mountains. The county town is built along the mountain. A long and long building forms the Xinyi County town, like a silver snake hovering among the mountains. Due to the terrain, no city walls were built here, but its steep terrain was a natural barrier. On the main traffic road leading to the county town, some forts and chest walls were built. These walls were only half a person high from the inside, but for outsiders who want to enter the county town, it looks unattainable from the outside. The staggered small stone fortresses connect these chest walls. The chest walls built according to the terrain naturally cover the surfaces that can be launched, without any blind spots, which is more threatening than some deliberately built city walls.

However, Xingyi County has been peaceful for a long time. Most of the old buildings built in unknown years are covered with thick moss. A short distance away will be found. On the tops of some stone forts, bird droppings and various garbage are piled up in thick layers. The areas that were originally easy to defend and difficult to attack are now full of loopholes.

There are thousands of towns in Xingyi County garrisons. They were originally distributed in various villages to maintain public order and prevent bandits. Of course, they had to be small groups. Big bandits like Bailian fled after hearing the news. Xingyi County was originally remote and did not have much strategic significance for Bailian to conquer Xiangzhou City. Hongniangzi's soldiers passed by but failed to enter, went straight to Fukang, and left Xingyi County. For Hongniangzi, as long as she captured Xiangzhou City, wouldn't it be decided by Xingyi County?

But even so, Zheng Zhiyu, the county magistrate of Xingyi County, and Zhou Jie, the garrison guard stationed in Xingyi, were so scared that he was out of his mind and hid in the county town. He did not go out of the gate, and did not step on the two gates, burned incense and worshiped Buddhas, praying for the blessings of gods and Buddhas in the sky, and it would be best if the White Lotus bandits forgot this place.

Hong Niangzi really didn't care about this, but Xingyi County was still being missed.

After the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Expedition Army landed, it decided to use Xingyi County as its base. First, it was indeed remote, mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Once it gained a foothold, it was very easy to defend steadily. Second, Xingyi County was surrounded by rivers, and there was a harbor that allowed five-masted ships to be parked. This also met one of Yunzhao's requirements for the Fifth Battalion to cross the river, ensuring that there was a riverside port to lay the foundation for crossing the river in the future.

With these two elements, it was successful for the Fifth Battalion to capture Xingyi County.

Meng Gao was not an excellent general, but he was a solid general. After landing, he built a camp for the continuation troops, and followed the previous plan. He led 1,500 soldiers to Xingyi County. He had a map of Xingyi County drawn for him in advance and various defense facilities. When he saw this defense map, Meng Gao was indeed shocked. The terrain of this county was too special. Only a 51,000 defenders were stationed, and the attackers were afraid that they would have to pay several times the price to take it. Although the sting of Xingyi County was well aware of the situation in Xingyi County, he even snatched the combat effectiveness of the town army. However, Meng Gao carefully formulated a plan for a night raid.

From the landing point to Xingyi County, the straight line distance is not too far, but it takes hundreds of miles to walk around the mountains. With three days of dry food, Meng Gao set off.

Although a large number of sentry detectives were sent to prevent the news from leaking, these sentry detectives had almost nothing to do. A distance of hundreds of miles, they did not find an opponent's sentry detective, but found many abandoned checkpoints. Judging from the new and old levels of the facilities in the checkpoints, this was abandoned not long ago.

Although all the evidence proves that this attack will be about ten fingers pinching snails, the cautious Meng Gao still holds the idea of ​​not being afraid of ten thousand, but fearing the situation. He strictly estimates the schedule, so that when he reaches the vicinity of Xingyi County, it just happened to be at night. A long light strip that stretches for more than ten miles appears halfway up the mountain, like a street market in the sky. From a distance, it is a good scenery.

"The whole army rested and started attacking at midnight!" Meng Gao issued an order, and 1,500 soldiers from the Fifth Battalion sat down in the woods with their weapons silently.

Meng Gao's ability is not outstanding. Among the many generals of the Northern Army, it can even be described as mediocre. Many people believe that Meng Gao's ability to be promoted to his current position is related to his special identity, because Yun Zhao needs a person of the mountain ethnic identity to show his importance to the Northern Army, so as to promote the Northern Army and accelerate their integration into the Yue people.

Yun Zhaofu smiled at these speculations. He had a different view of Meng Gao's evaluation than everyone else. Meng Gao may not be able to stand alone, but he is the most reassuring person to execute tactics. If you give the order goal, he will complete it without fail and be cautious. Although it has caused him to change flexibly and establish a great achievement, it also makes it less likely to defeat the battle. Everything is based on the safety of the entire army. This is also a characteristic of Meng Gao. There are many generals under his command, but there are not many like Meng Gao. If an army is lacking such generals, it will not work.

In this action, Meng Gao perfectly interpreted Yun Zhao's evaluation of him with his own actions. Even when facing a team of fish-bottomed soldiers, he still showed the power and caution of the lion fighting against him.

"General, the weather has changed!" Zhenwu Captain Liang Zhenying walked to Meng Gao, who was leaning against a tree and resting with his eyes closed, "It seems to be raining! The mountain roads here are dangerous, so why don't we launch an attack in advance!"

"It's good to rain!" Meng Gao opened his eyes, looked at Leung Chun-ying, and smiled: "The heavier the wind and rain, the less the enemy will be guarded, and the less our casualties will be. What's the point of letting brothers bleed, wet a little rain, and slim down some mud? I'm looking forward to it!"

As he spoke, the wind gradually became louder. The wind swept across the treetops and made a whimpering cry. After a moment, a flash of lightning crossed the sky, and the rumbling thunder sounded immediately. The rain gradually fell down and hit the leaves, making a crisp sound. The rain gradually became louder. Through the gaps between the leaves, it dripped like pearls, landed on the soldiers' armor, making a snap sound.

With the lightning, Meng Gao swept across the soldiers sitting or standing in the forest. No expression was seen on each person's face. It seemed that the heavy rain fell from the sky had no effect on them. Meng Gao nodded with satisfaction. This was the iron army and the invincible guarantee of the Northern Army.

"Zhenying, it seems that there will be a while of rain. Half an hour later, you will lead the commando to attack first. I will follow up. After entering the county town, the brothers of the ranks will lead us to attack the county government, barracks and the residences of important figures in the county town. Take these places down. Xingyi County will be ours." After estimating the time, Meng Gaodao.

"Yes, General Meng!" Liang Zhenying wiped the rain on his face and nodded in response. Looking at the few spies of the staff dressed in civilian costumes behind Meng Gao, "Thank you all!"

Several spies nodded to him with a smile.

Half an hour later, the lightning gradually faded, but the rain became heavier and heavier. All the soldiers were already wet inside and out. Meng Gao stood up. As he stood up, the soldiers in the forest suddenly raised their chests and looked at their commander.

Without any extra words, Meng Gao raised his sheathed sword and waved it heavily downwards.

"attack!"

Liang Zhenying saluted Meng Gao with a bang, pulled his knife out of the sheath with a choke, and strode towards Xingyi County in the distance. Behind him, teams of soldiers followed closely.

The attack on Xingyi County by the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Expedition Army was officially launched.

About five hundred commandos were hunched and rushed towards the light strip that looked blurry on the hillside in the heavy rain. The heavy rain made the road muddy and couldn't walk far. Almost all of them turned into clay figures. From time to time, someone fell to the ground with a loud bang, but immediately got up and followed the team silently.

Half an hour later, it was the middle of the night. Five hundred commandos touched the wall and the stone fort about 500 meters away from the chest. When they moved forward, they would enter the range of the opponent's powerful crossbow. Due to the terrain, they might be attacked by the opponent's bow and arrow from 150 to 200 steps. This section of the road is the most dangerous.

Liang Zhenying lies on the muddy road, waved his hand, and dozens of soldiers immediately jumped up from the ground, spreading into a fan surface of dozens of meters, and touching these chest walls in the heavy rain.

The anchor hook in his hand flew up, and with a jingle, the iron anchor grabbed the obstacle behind the chest wall and tried to tighten it. The soldiers immediately used their hands and feet and climbed upwards. Because of the heavy rain, the stone-built chest walls were extremely slippery, and the places covered with moss were even more unbearable. Many people climbed three steps and two steps, and climbed upwards with extremely difficult difficulties.

Liang Zhenying looked nervously at the figures that were squirming upwards in the heavy rain. If they were discovered by the defenders at this time, these people would be dead.

Finally, a figure disappeared from his vision, and the man flipped over the wall. Liang Zhenying let out a long sigh. Then, dozens of soldiers flipped over one after another. After a while, there were bursts of crows croaking in the heavy rain. Liang Zhenying stood up suddenly. He was a little unbelievable. It was so simple? He controlled this section of the city wall. He had no expected fierce fighting, and even a slight sound was not made. With an unbelievable mood, Liang Zhenying waved his hand, and the soldiers in the heavy rain immediately jumped up from the ground and rushed towards this section of the city wall.

Rope ladders were thrown off the chest wall, and the soldiers came one by one. In a moment, all five hundred soldiers had passed this city wall that was originally thought to have experienced fierce competition in the Northern Army. The rain was still falling, but the soldiers in the rain were all excited and surprised. No one expected that the battle would go so smoothly? The entire Xingyi County was simply an unguarded place.

"Notify General Meng that everything goes well and you can start the general attack!" Liang Zhenying ordered a soldier and climbed up the rope ladder himself.
Chapter completed!