Chapter 42: The Dart Trap

Sun Lin soon came back from the palace, and the three of them gathered in the house and discussed for a while, since they had notified the garrisons of Jiujiang Port and Misukou, as long as the reinforcements could arrive as soon as possible, it would be difficult for these people in Yuji to occupy Anhuikou. It's just that Sun Lin and Yuan Mutou have seen the garrison in Anhuikou, these sergeants are demoralized and lazy, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist for a long time, and it is not easy to hold on until the reinforcements come.

The three decided to stay and help resist Yuji, waiting for reinforcements to arrive before leaving.

Deep in the barren mountains and dense forests, Shi Jin and Shi Yu brought back a lot of garrisons, Zhang Da and a group of opera troupe members stepped up to bury blood spells, refining puppets, at noon, nearly five hundred blood curse puppets have been refined, these puppets are as stiff as iron and have no pain, once they fight, they only know that they are desperate to slash forward, and their combat power is extraordinary. Yu Ji saw that more and more puppets were refined, and he smiled on the side, Yu San and Yu Si had already entered the city, and he planned to personally take these puppets into Anhui tonight, and kill Feng Xunzhi, Sun Lin, and Yuan Mutou at the same time.

Sun Lin and the three of them immediately rushed to the outside of the city, and saw that there were scattered sergeants erecting obstacles to resist horses, Yuan Mutou saw this, sighed, very helpless, although he had long known that these soldiers were lazy and had no fighting spirit, but now it seems that there is no need for Yuji to attack at all, and a team of blood curse puppets can scare these sergeants away. The three of them had no choice but to go back to the city and go around, and saw that many people and garrisons had packed their luggage and were ready to leave the city.

Yuan Mutou said to Sun Lin and Feng Xunzhi: "The soldiers have no morale, they will have no decision, and I am afraid that they will not be able to resist for a while." ”

Feng Xunzhi smiled bitterly: "You say too much, don't talk for a while, as long as Yuji's demon appears, the mouth will be self-defeating." ”

Sun Lin really didn't know what to do, he could only hope that the Jinfan Army in Jiujiang Port would come over soon, Lin Zhenba, the commander of Jiujiang Port, ranked fifth in the Nanbang Army and was the top figure in the East Vietnamese Army, and the Jinfan Army under his command was also the absolute main force, stationed in Jiujiang Port for a long time to resist the Western Wei. I believe that as long as the Jinfan army can come over in time, it is still very possible to hold Wankou, but Jiujiang Port is two days away from Anhuikou, and Zhu Gang only sent people out this morning, and they will have to defend it for at least four days. The three of them walked in the city for a while, Sun Lin suddenly saw the dart game that had an accident before, and he had always wondered what the team of darts had to do with Yuji, so he walked straight over, trying to find out what goods the team of dart masters were escorting.

After the accident of the dart game, a mourning hall was erected in the hall, and many women and children dressed in sackcloth were crying on one side, presumably the wives and children of the dead dart masters. Someone in the dart game saw Sun Lin and the three of them coming, so they greeted him and told them that something had happened in the dart game and that they would not take the dart for the time being.

Sun Lin said that they didn't come to support the dart, but wanted to ask the dart master who had the accident at that time, what was abnormal. After hearing Sun Lin's intention, several people in the dart game immediately became alert, and at this time, a middle-aged strong man came out of the inner hall, who looked like he should be in charge, he looked at Sun Lin and the three of them, and asked, "Who are you?" Sun Lin took out the wooden sign of the military department again and told him that he was a member of the military department. The strong man paused for a moment, and then invited the three of them into the inner hall.

Yuan Mutou saw Sun Lin's wooden card for the first time, and he wondered why Fu Zhi and Zhu Gang would call him a general at that time, but now he saw that Sun Lin was originally a lieutenant general of the military department, but when they met for the first time, Sun Lin made it clear that he did not want to be an official, and he was extremely sincere when he saw him, and he really couldn't figure out the purpose of his deliberately concealing his identity.

After entering the inner hall, the middle-aged strong man said to the three of them: "My name is Wang Biao, and I am the dart head of this dart game, what do you want to know?" ”

Sun Lin immediately asked, "What was the dart escort that the dart masters were escorting before the accident?" Where did you go? Is there anything out of the ordinary? ”

Wang Biao didn't think much about it, and answered Sun Lin's questions one by one: "That dart is to transport a batch of porcelain to Qujiang, and unlike ordinary darts, this dart has a return dart, that is, you need to bring another cargo back." ”

When Yuan Mutou heard that there was goods brought back, he immediately asked, "What is it?" ”

Wang Biao was a little hesitant, there were inevitably some shady transactions on the rivers and lakes, so some people would spend more silver taels to support the dart to avoid the government's investigation. Sun Lin vaguely felt that there might be something strange about these goods, and also added: "Don't worry, what is the situation in Wankou now, everyone knows it, and the three of us will not tell you about your business." Wang Biao looked at Sun Lin and saw that his expression was quite sincere, so he spoke: "Sulfur, saltpeter." ”

When Yuan Mutou heard this, he was furious, grabbed Wang Biao's collar with his hand, and shouted: "You dare to escort these goods." "Sulfur and saltpeter are important parts of the world, and they are also materials for Jiuli to set up the array, and the four countries of the Central Plains are extremely strict with their control, Wang Biao's expression was a little gloomy, and he said with a trace of sadness: "I knew that I would fold so many brothers, even if I gave more silver taels, I would not accept it." ”

Sun Lin pulled away Yuan Mutou and Wang Biao, and asked again: "Who is the person who holds the dart?" ”

"Zhu Gang!" Wang Biao's words directly shocked Sun Lin and Yuan Mutou speechless, and Feng Xunzhi suddenly felt that there was something strange around him, and hurriedly said: "It's not good, go quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, a team of garrison sergeants and Yu San and Yu Si suddenly broke in. Sun Lin and the others knew that they had been ambushed, and it was estimated that someone had been following them since they came out of the restaurant, so it was obvious that Zhu Gang had already been co-opted by Jiuli, or that he was most likely Jiuli's person.

Feng Xun knew that he was closest to the garrison and Yu Sanyu Si, and then waved his hand to split out two blazing knives, and the scorching energy suddenly made the inner hall warm up a little. Sun Lin and Yuan Mutou couldn't take care of Wang Biao, and the two jumped out from behind Feng Xunzhi at the same time and greeted Yu San and Yu Si. The inner hall space is narrow, not accommodating too many people, Feng Xunzhi after a few palms, he knocked down a lot of garrison sergeants, and rushed out of the door directly, Sun Lin and Yuan Mutou saw this, and did not entangle with Yu Sanyu Si, the three of them quickly left the inner hall of the dart bureau and ran to the front hall compound.

As soon as they arrived at the courtroom, they saw a group of garrison sergeants raising their bows and crossbows waiting for the three of them. As soon as the three of them appeared, the bow and arrow came to meet them, Yuan Mutou cursed, stepped forward and shook the knife, blocking most of the bow and arrows, and then jumped high, and a domineering sword slashed out, crashing straight into the garrison sergeant. The sergeant was slashed back by the sword, and the team was in disarray, and the three of them hurried towards the gate of the dart board. Who knew that there were also many garrison sergeants gathered at the door, Feng Xunzhi planned to break in, but Sun Lin stopped him. There was a garrison outside the door, and Yu Sanyu and crossbowmen had already surrounded him. The trio was attacked on both sides. Sun Lin has been a big tree on the east side of the courtyard, Feng Xunzhi and Yuan Mutou understand. Feng Xunzhi and Yuan Mutou swung their strength at the same time, forced back the crossbowmen, and quickly ran towards the big tree.

Yu Sanyu was extremely angry, and ordered a group of garrisons to chase after him, and when the garrison came to the east side of the courtyard wall, the three of them had disappeared without a trace.

The mouth of Anhui is not big, and the three of them ran for a while and hid in a dyeing workshop. Wait until the sound of the garrison outside fades away. Sun Lin said to Feng Xunzhi and Yuan Mutou helplessly: "I shouldn't have gone to the dart game, I almost fell into an ambush." ”

Feng Xunzhi patted Sun Lin and said lightly: "If you don't go to the dart game, how can you know that this Zhu Gang is actually the person behind the scenes." ”

Yuan Mutou didn't care about the dart bureau, he analyzed very calmly: "Zhu Gang is a person from Jiuli, he will definitely not send people to Jiujiang Port and Weixukou to ask for help, now Wankou is a lonely city, waiting for Yuji to harvest, as for those garrisons, I am afraid that they will become blood curse puppets, and there are a lot of sulfur and saltpeter, I am afraid that they will be used to trap everyone." ”

"Everyone?" Feng Xunzhi was a little puzzled, but Sun Lin understood, and explained: "Sulfur and saltpeter must be used in some strange formation to isolate the mouth of Anhui. ”

"We have to find a way to get out, we can't be in the city anymore." Sun Lin said with great certainty. Feng Xunzhi and Yuan Mutou both nodded. The three of them rested for a while, secretly came out of the dye shop, and ran to the exit of the city.

Zhu Gang came to the mansion with a swagger at this moment, he no longer pretended, Yuji sent someone to inform him that he would enter the city tonight, and he had also sent someone to settle ** outside the city to block the rest of the people who came in and out. What he wants to do now is to solve Fu Zhi first, you must know that Fu Zhixinna's concubine he has coveted for a long time. Fu Zhi saw Zhu Gang's relaxed expression, thinking that there was some good news, so he hurriedly came over and asked, "Is there any good news?" Zhu Gang sneered at him, Fu Zhi suddenly felt that something was abnormal, and before he could think about it, he was deeply stabbed into the abdomen by Zhu Gang, his eyes widened angrily, and he wanted to say something, but Zhu Gang twisted the handle of the knife, and then pulled it out, Fu Zhi's whole person immediately collapsed to the ground, and with a large pool of blood behind him, he lost his breath in an instant. Zhu Gang kicked Fu Zhi, and the sergeant under his command stepped forward to capture Fu Zhi's family one by one, Zhu Gang saw the concubine, showed a wicked smile, grabbed the concubine's waist, and ran into the inner room regardless of the concubine's struggle.

Yu Sanyu searched in the city for a while, but there was no whereabouts of Sun Lin and the others, and the two expected that they wanted to get out of the city, so they went to the government to find Zhu Gang. Zhu Gang heard the report from his sergeant, and hurriedly came out of the inner hall with his pants. Yu San was very annoyed: "When is it, you still have the heart to do this, you are not afraid of the bad things of those three people." ”

Zhu Gang apologized again and again, and said, "I will immediately send someone to step up the search for these three people." ”

Yu Si said on the side: "You send people to guard the two entrances out of the city in Anhui." Hearing Yu Si's words, Zhu Gang immediately called the entourage sergeant and ordered him to go down.

Yu San looked at the entourage sergeant who left and asked Zhu Gang, "How many people are there in your garrison?" ”

"There are about 2,000 people, and not all of the people who ran out of the city before were captured by you, so that's the only thing left in the city." After all, Zhu Gang was the main general, and he was quite dissatisfied with Jiu Li turning his soldiers into blood curse puppets.

"Alright, let's go back first." After Yu San finished speaking, he and Yu Si turned around and left, heading out of the city.

Zhu Gang waited for the two to leave, scolded for a while, and then turned around and went to the inner hall, ready to toss the concubine again, and let out this evil breath.

Sun Lin and the three of them were in a hurry to leave, the mouth of Anhui was not big, they soon arrived at an exit from the city, Yuan Mutou carefully observed the surroundings, there were obviously many more sergeants here, and it was not difficult to break out. Just as he was about to make a move, there was a loud bang not far away, followed by various wails.