The warning was sent to Deng Ming's central army tent before dawn. After hearing the incident, the four people who were playing mahjong ran out to observe the situation. The unanimous conclusion they came to was that there was no threat to the Qing army. When they ordered the process to be reported at any time, the four people planned to go back and continue playing cards. Ren Tang also told the guards not to wake up Deng Ming. In addition to being polite to the superiors, they had already played overtime, for fear that Deng Ming would blame him after he found out.

Tonight, Zhao Tianba made a big profit, Mu Tan won a small victory, and Zhou Kaihuang and Ren Tang lost both faces. Otherwise, because of these two people, Zhao Tianba would have been ordered to go to bed long ago. While Ren Tang ordered not to wake up Deng Ming, Zhou Kaihuang even made another proposal: "Let's just sit in the prefect for the admiral until dawn to avoid any mistakes."

Although the situation is obviously not urgent, not waking Deng Ming means someone must be on duty. Zhou Kaihuang’s proposal is reasonable, but he suggested that the four of them not go to bed but make a collective decision, which obviously had ulterior motives. Zhao Tianba and Mu Tan were embarrassed to ruin Zhou Kaihuang’s dream of turning things around. Since they had a legitimate reason to explain to Deng Ming that they could stay up all night, they nodded and agreed.

The reports sent subsequently did not exceed the expectations of the four lieutenant colonels. The Qing army had no chance of crossing the Yangtze River and threatening Deng Ming's central army. If their targets were Liu Tichun or Dang Shousu, the four card players felt that there would be no progress in the evening. It would not be too late for the Ming army, who had the advantage of the water, to deal with them after dawn tomorrow. In the next hour, these four guys lived a very guilty life, not because they were not sure about the movements of the Qing army on the other side - there was a big river barrier in the middle, the Ming army had absolute water surface advantages, a solid camp, and a sober officer on duty were always ready to handle the reports sent in; but because they were worried that using this reason to explain that the collective did not go to bed, but that the decision to stay at night together was a bit far-fetched and might not be accepted by Deng Ming - Deng Ming would probably retort that in this case, there was no need for four people to watch the night together, and gathered together to play numb and pass the time because of nothing.

After the messenger sent Wu Baoping's report, it was said that the friendly troops on the other side had ordered the entire navy to be dispatched, Mu Tan was in shock and jumped up from the chair: "This darkness, let alone the Qing army did not have the courage, even if there was, it would not be able to fight."

But at this point, Mu Tan couldn't stay any longer. He hurriedly followed the subordinates who came to report the news. When Mu Tan left without looking back, Ren Tang looked at his good hand with grievances... "Three Dragons and Seven Pairs!" Long after Mu Tan left, Ren Tang, who was in tears, burst into tears, burst out this extremely sad and angry roar. He just realized that he could actually touch it in the next round.

After Mu Tan left, Ren Tang was on duty, and Zhao Tianba and Zhou Kaihuang immediately went to bed. There were too many people working, and there were too few urgent official duties that needed to be handled. It was a question whether there would be any official duties. There was no need for them to stay here to compensate Ren Tang and stare blankly.

When a cannon sound came from a distance, Ren Tang went out and turned around again. Standing on the wall of the camp, he saw clearly that the fire was on the river surface and was ignited near the south bank. Ren Tang became suspicious: "What are you going to do? Did you really fight? Or did Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu go to attack the Qing soldiers on the canal, so the water camp also participated in the war?"

After hesitating for a moment, looking at the white Dongfang, Ren Tang still did not order to wake up Deng Ming.

...

The messenger rushed in to report: they saw the Ming army fleet in dawn raising the battle flag, and Ren Tang realized that the situation was completely beyond control, but until now, he still could not imagine what happened that required the Sichuan army to intervene so highly.

"Go and wake up the Duke of the People, Lieutenant Colonel Zhao and Lieutenant Colonel Mu." Ren Tang knew that he could not wait any longer, so he himself hung up. In the morning glow, he walked up to the camp wall again, looked towards Guazhou for a long time, and finally shook his head in confusion: "How did this fight?"

Soon the entire Sichuan Army camp started to operate. After Deng Ming took over the command, Zhao Tianba and others rushed back to their troops, while Mu Tan ran back from the river to report to Deng Ming what he learned about the progress.

"Wu Baoping said: The Qing army was dressed up as our army, and then wanted to sneak attack General Liu's camp while General Liu was sleeping. He and General Party had launched an offensive and defeated the enemy in the east of Guazhou. Now they are taking advantage of the victory to approach Guazhou to restrain the enemy and reduce the pressure on General Liu. Well, he also said that Jiang Nan had led troops to reinforce, but according to his observation, Jiang Nan was caught in a fierce battle."

Mu Tan repeated the report of the envoy sent back by Wu Baoping, and then began to repeat Jiang Nan. The two were almost exactly the same, that is, the characters and situations were transferred over, and Jiang Nan discovered that the Qing army was planning to dress up as the Ming army to sneak attack the Dang Shousu's army. Wu Baoping, who rushed to reinforce, seemed to have fallen into a tough battle. Seeing this, Jiang Nan immediately landed with Liu Tichun and launched a fierce offensive, defeating the Qing army west of the Guazhou camp, and believed that it could share a lot of pressure for the downstream friendly forces.

"Did you see any problem?" Deng Ming asked Mu Tan.

"Well, their rescue operations were all very smooth. Now they have probably met in front of the Guazhou camp?" Mu Tan guessed cautiously.

"It may even be defeated." Deng Ming said.

After Li Laiheng and other Kuidong League troops found that friendly forces on the other side needed reinforcements, they had already rushed to the rescue. Deng Ming's Sichuan Army was most confident, and his four lieutenant colonels did not order preparations as early as other friendly camps, so at this time, the Sichuan Army was still moving in place except for the water camp.

"Let's go, go to Guazhou to see what happened."

While setting off, Deng Ming also ordered Zhao Tianba and others to dispatch their entire army and cross the Yangtze River with all the equipment and equipment.

"It may seem like a misunderstanding." Mu Tan said as he accompanied Deng Ming to the riverside.

"It is very likely, but the reason for the misunderstanding is not us, but the enemy is intentional-" When he said the last few words, Deng Ming deliberately emphasized his tone: "This misunderstanding is likely to cause casualties to our army. Therefore, even if it is a misunderstanding, I have to figure out what is going on and what the enemy has; if Lin Qilong has a ill-intentioned intention, hum."

The Sichuan Navy traveled across the river, sending the Ming army continuously across the Yangtze River, and Deng Ming was at the forefront. Not long after he landed, Zhao Tianba and four other lieutenant colonels arrived. At this time, the Qing army around Guazhou had been completely defeated. The Ming army formed a semi-encircled Guazhou camp and the city, and captured all the canal ships docked on the riverside.

After learning that Deng Ming and five others had landed, Wu Baoping and Jiang Nan rushed over. When they saw Deng Ming, they both lowered their heads and started apologizing as soon as they saw the commander.

"You are going to apologize to me? Because you attacked the enemy?" Deng Ming interrupted the two of them in a surprised tone: "Don't you know that we are the Imperial Army?"

Deng Ming's voice was loud, which made the imperial officers and soldiers around him hear it clearly: "Last night, a fire appeared in front of our army, and a fake dressed up as an allies of our army appeared. Of course, the imperial army would feel strange. It is natural for us to ask for the truth of the matter and confirm whether it would pose a threat to our army."

Deng Ming said that Wu Baoping and Jiang Nan's behavior was to ask questions and ask the other party what they wanted to do: "There should be one way to inquire about the Imperial Army, that is, 'fire a shot first, then ask'. Maybe someone doesn't understand what this means, so I'll explain it: It's like when you go home and see a stranger breaking in from your home, you can ask: 'Hello, who are you, what are you doing in my home?' This is right, but it's not the way to ask the Imperial Army. Our way to ask the two legs of his first and then ask: 'Are you a robber? If not, what are you doing in my home?' The way to ask the question was that Major Wu and Major Jiang were very correct last night. I hope our army must seriously learn their questioning skills."

At this time, someone came to report that Lin Qilong sent an envoy to ask the Ming army to explain. However, Deng Ming did not agree immediately, but quickly swept the faces of everyone. He saw that many people showed a slack expression.

"How do you know that this is not a delaying strategy?" Deng Ming shouted sternly. His question made many people feel puzzled. The other party was about to collapse at a touch, and obviously there was no premeditation. The Ming army killed and injured the Qing army that had an agreement with them in the previous offensive. Although he knew that the other party dared not retaliate, how to calm their resentment and let them still cooperate with them sincerely seemed to be a problem.

"You still don't have the awareness of the imperial army." Deng Ming shouted angrily and pointed at Guazhou City not far away: "Lin Qilong set fire to his ship last night and sent someone to dress up as our army. His behavior was very suspicious. Moreover, when our army came to ask about the reason, they resisted fiercely and killed the soldiers of the empire."

Speaking of this, Deng Ming paused for a moment and turned to look at Wu Baoping.

"Well, the resistance is very fierce. So far, our army and friendly forces have confirmed that three people have been killed, and the injured...well...number of them." Wu Baoping replied.

"Lin Qilong has suspicious behavior and acts of resisting the Imperial Army. It is only because of the strong combat power of the Imperial Army that his resistance looks like a joke. So, I have reason to suspect that the messenger he sent was just to delay time in order to gain more preparation time for his intention to fight against the Imperial Army."

Deng Ming refused to meet with Lin Qilong's envoy, but just asked him to go back and tell Lin Qilong that due to the hostile behavior of the Qing army, the imperial army had to rise up and defend itself. Deng Ming asked Lin Qilong to immediately hand over the Guazhou city and camp and surrender to the Ming army. The Qing army in both places must also be disarmed immediately and gathered at the location designated by the Ming army. If the Qing army rejected the peace request of the imperial army, all the consequences that occurred later would be borne by the Qing army.
Chapter completed!