I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 425
"What time is it now?"

Inside Zhijin Pass, there is the study room in the back hall of An Mansion.

An Bangyan put down the writing brush in his hand, handed the written letter to the butler on the side, and started asking questions as if nothing had happened.

"It's already midnight. Your Majesty, it's getting very late. Everyone has already rested. You should rest quickly."

The housekeeper took An Bangyan's letter and put it in his sleeve. When he saw An Bangyan slowly getting up, he picked up a candle to illuminate An Bangyan's path and persuaded him to rest early.

An Bangyan stood up and stretched. When he heard the butler's words, he knew that it was getting very late.

"Hey, we are busy with the war. How dare we slack off. This letter is for An Xiaoliang of Weiguan Village. You will have it sent out later. There must be no mistakes."

"I understand, please don't worry, Your Majesty."

An Bangyan felt relieved when he saw this, and then waved his hand and let the housekeeper lead the way to his bed.

But along the way, he was still thinking about the war, whether He Zhongwei's suggestion was good, whether it was appropriate to send him there, and he didn't know whether the plan would come true after he led the troops the day after tomorrow, whether the Ming army outside the city would find out about the mobilization of troops in the city, etc. .

Many things disturbed him and kept him in a trance until a voice woke him up.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

An Bangyan suddenly came back to his senses and found that he had arrived in front of the bedroom door. The housekeeper on the side looked at the stunned An Bangyan and did not dare to disturb him too much, so he could only remind him cautiously.

Seeing this, An Bangyan slowly took a deep breath, wondering to himself what was wrong with him today and why he was so restless.

Maybe too tired.

An Bangyan calmed his expression slightly and said slowly:

"Tell He Zhongwei to wait for me in the main hall tomorrow at nine o'clock."

When the housekeeper heard the words, he immediately agreed. After An Bangyan said this, he didn't think about anything else, opened the door and prepared to fall asleep.

At this time, He Zhongwei has not yet fallen asleep, and has been busy since the discussion this afternoon until now, without stopping for a moment.

His proposal today was a bit hasty. King Luodian also stipulated that troops would be sent out the next day, so he had to come up with a suitable plan, so he has not finished his work until now.

"Let's go, go to the city wall and have a look."

He Zhongwei stretched himself. Since An Bangyan had not made further arrangements, he was still responsible for the city defense affairs of Zhijin Pass, so he lived at the city wall of Zhijin Pass.

Upon hearing this, the deputy general immediately accepted the order, found a cloak for He Zhongwei to put on, and then followed He Zhongwei out.

It was already midnight, and many people in the city had already slept for an hour or two. Now was the time when everything was quiet and the moon and stars were scarce.

Only the occasional sound of the watch and the torches held high by people around him made He Zhongwei feel alive for a moment.

But He Zhongwei was already familiar with all this. As the city gate guard, patrolling every night had long become his daily routine. He led his deputy to get familiar with the city wall.The city wall of Zhijin Pass is four feet high. When you climb up the city wall, you can feel the cool breeze coming, and the flames on the torches are constantly swayed by the cool breeze.

However, compared to the cold wind, He Zhongwei was more concerned about the army camp opposite. He looked around and saw that the lights of the army camp two miles away were dim, and he seemed to be asleep.

"Has there been any unusual movement among the officers and soldiers today?"

At this time, the sentry guarding the city wall had already stood beside He Zhongwei. When He Zhongwei asked, he quickly bowed and replied:
"Lord Qi, the Ming army on the opposite side is still firing with Krug cannons every day. It has been prepared a lot recently. Three cannonballs hit the crenel, and seven brothers died."

When He Zhongwei heard this, he looked aside and saw that there was a crenellation five feet away to his right that had no wall tiles, and there were several pools of blood behind it, which were very bright under the light of the torch.

"The crenels will be repaired tomorrow. The Ming army will not keep shelling. Don't take it lightly." "I understand this humble position."

The sentry officer on the side immediately took the order, and He Zhongwei ignored this episode and started patrolling the city wall again.He was leaving soon, so he wanted to inspect everything in detail this time without leaving any mistakes.

At this moment, under the city wall under He Zhongwei's feet, four or five soldiers from the Yongyi Battalion were carefully playing with more than 20 coffin-sized tinderboxes in front of them.

After stacking them neatly, they broke two of the gunpowder boxes and spread the gunpowder among the remaining gunpowder boxes. Then they picked up the gunpowder reserved beside them and slowly started to spread it out from the pile of gunpowder boxes. .

In fact, this process has already been done once, but just in case, they have to do it again.

As a few people slowly walked out, the entire tunnel was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.On the two-mile road, there were special soldiers responsible for spreading gunpowder every 200 meters, so they completed the task quickly and then walked out without looking back.

When they came out of the tunnel, they saw the three generals Yang Zhaoji, Jiang Lin, and Yang Yumao, as well as Huang Degong and others waiting at the entrance of the cave for a long time.

"Master Qi, it has been checked and it is correct. It must be foolproof. It is ready to be detonated at any time."

After hearing the report below, Huang Degong immediately looked at Yang Zhaoji and others. Yang Zhaoji nodded slowly to express his understanding, and then looked in the direction of Zhijin Pass.

At this time, just in front of them, Qi Jizu, Wang Jianzhong, Qin Yiming and others were already ready, waiting to detonate and charge.

"What time is it now?"

"It's past seven o'clock in the morning, and it's going to be ugly time (one o'clock in the morning) soon."

Hearing that the deadline was about to pass, Yang Zhaoji nodded, and the allotted time was getting closer and closer.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but start to imagine what An Bangyan was doing now, and he would give him a big gift later.

Time passes slowly, and a moment is fleeting.

"Lord Commander, the time has passed."

At this time, Huang Degong held a torch and waited for orders from Yang Zhaoji and others.

"Light it up."

Yang Zhaoji did not delay. He waved his hand in agreement, and then looked in the direction of Zhijin Pass. It seemed that he did not want to miss this grand occasion.

Upon hearing this, Huang Degong held a torch and came to the entrance of the cave. He looked at the black gunpowder on the ground and immediately stretched out the gunpowder.

"Pfft~"

A bright flame instantly lit up from the ground, accompanied by a "chichi" sound and bursts of pungent smell, and rushed deep into the tunnel like lightning and flint.

Huang Degong looked at the sparks disappearing deep in the tunnel, then handed the torch to the soldiers around him, and then walked slowly behind Yang Zhaoji and others.

Now that everything he can do has been done, God will decide the rest.

At this moment, everything inside and outside Zhijin Pass was quiet, but under this quiet night, there were two states in the city and outside.

He Zhongwei, who was still patrolling the city wall at this moment, never expected that the officers and soldiers outside the city would be lurking in the silent camp opposite, waiting for the explosion underground to pounce on the sleeping prey in the city.

As for whether he can survive, only God knows.

Because at this moment, the gunpowder under the ground has almost reached its end.

(End of this chapter)