Suining City, surrounded by mountains on all sides, the highest elevation of the peaks of the Danan Mountains in the south, the remaining three sides are relatively low continuous hills, there is the Wushui River, a tributary of the Yuanjiang River, passes through the city in the city, the main city city Huan is built on the north bank of the Wushui River, outside the south gate of the city wall, there are also many dwellings along the banks of the river, there are two ferries on the river in the east and west so that the people can come and go, so enter the city from the south, the Wushui River must be crossed first.

There is an official road along the Wushui River out of the east gate, all the way winds to the east for fifty miles, and enters the territory of Wugang Prefecture after crossing the remaining veins of Xuefeng Mountain, which is the main passage of Suining to the outside world.

And out of the city to the southwest to the direction of Jingzhou, although there is also an official road, but intermittent and mostly barren mountains and mountains, plus there are many mountain bandits, so pedestrians and business travel are extremely rare.

At the end of the day, the sun has just set, the sky has already darkened, and a waning moon at the end of the month has hung up the canopy, and in the early spring of February, the weather is still very dry and cold.

More than five miles south of the city, in a hilly place full of big trees, a team of soldiers wearing jungle camouflage combat uniforms and holding modern firearms emerged from their hiding places one by one, and the leader was Lin Xiao, behind him, followed by Zhu Yujia, and the leaders of the Chitose Army in tights.

"Big boss, it's getting dark, in two hours, let's do it, I don't know if the brothers in the city are ready."

Lin Xiao put down the telescope he was holding in his hand, his face was calm, and he asked lightly.

Visibility will be very poor tonight, it can be said that the moon is dark and the wind is high, when killing people and goods, although the wind is not very strong, but the wind direction is ideal, the time and place are favorable, the three are the second, it is a good time to act.

"Commander-in-chief, rest assured, those brothers are all local snakes, and they are very familiar with the situation in the city, so there will be no mistakes." Chu Fang blurted out, looking at the familiar Suining City in the distance, her throat was a little dry, and her deep eyes were shining.

"Yes, commander-in-chief, these brothers are all experienced in battle and used to doing things, so they can't make mistakes." Behind him, Zhang Meng echoed continuously.

"That's good, the torches are all set, right? At least 10 of them should be pierced for each person, and it is best to fill all the mountain paths. ”

Lin Xiao pondered for a moment and asked.

According to Lin Xiao's plan, the Chitose military first sent Yuan Zuocai with more than 300 people to sneak into the hills in the west and south of the city with torches.

"There's my eldest brother greeting over there, absolutely no problem."

Zuo Wenzhao paused and said, his eldest brother has never made a mistake in doing things.

"Okay, after my people take down the city gate, your brothers and sisters will each take five hundred people and attack from the west gate and the south gate respectively, and the action must be fast, and the goal is to seize the county office."

Lin Xiao thought about it and admonished again.

"Understood, it's all set." Zhang Meng and Zuo Wenzhao responded in unison.

"Big boss, you brought two hundred people to attack the tulou in the north of the city, are you sure you don't need my people to help you?"

Lin Xiao knew that the tulou was Chu Fang's hometown, but he was still not at ease, although due to the terrain, there was no large number of Qing troops stationed in the north of the city, but he might also encounter fierce resistance.

"There is no need for the commander-in-chief, there are less than a hundred Tartars there, and with the help of my fathers and fellow villagers, I will be able to recover smoothly." Chu Fang answered confidently.

Zhu Yujia on the side glanced at her after hearing this, hesitated for a moment and said:

"I've got a lot of people here...... If there is any surplus, will you send a class to follow you? Although there were not many Tartars there, I was afraid that they would have firearms. ”

"It's okay, the safety of our Fangfang Chitose is not a trivial matter, so it's decided...... Now that everything is ready, let's wait quietly. ”

Without waiting for Chu Fang to express his position, Lin Xiao immediately clapped his hand and said, he had already seen Zhu Yujia's thoughts, and of course he didn't mind contributing to his good deeds.

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Suining City at night, it is dark and you can't see a little light, and there is not even a beating man on the empty street, if it weren't for the vague sight of some people walking back and forth with torches on the city gate, I'm afraid that people who don't know still think it's a dead city.

In the west of the city, near the eaves of a house in the Manchu camp of the Qing army, there were two figures curled up motionless in the night.

The two people who looked like dead men were the soldiers of the Chitose Army who had infiltrated the city under the guise of Taoist priests. At this moment, although the two of them were motionless, their eyes were fixed on the direction of the city gate, and in the dark place not far from them, firewood and fire oil had already been prepared.

If someone observes carefully, they will find that around the Qing army camp, there are several pairs of the same two partners, they are all waiting quietly, as long as the fire starts in a certain direction agreed in advance, it is the time for them to start.

In the shadows of several dwellings not far from the city gates, there are also several pairs of people lurking quietly, according to the plan, as long as they see people holding torches on the city tower to draw circles continuously, or there are gunshots, it is when they step forward to lead the way.

With Lin Xiao's order, the six squads of the special operations brigade were divided into three groups, and they quietly touched the riverside one after another, and Lin Xiao gave them a time limit, demanding that the northern, western, and southern city gates be taken down within half an hour, and that they were not allowed to shoot in principle.

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At the end of the hour, on the tower of the West Gate City, the torches in continuous circles came as promised.

Suddenly, two people burst out of the darkness, and the sound of the "creaking" doorway shaft was heard, and the heavy city gate had been opened, and one of them rushed forward to meet it, while the other turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

Soon, somewhere outside the Qing army camp, the fire oil in the tank was poured on the fence and the piled firewood, and after a while, the fire rose to the sky, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the fire was raging towards the Qing army camp in an instant.

Not long after, not only were fires broken out everywhere around the Manchurian camp in the west of the city, but there was also a raging fire outside the green camp in the east of the city. The shouts came and went, resounding in all corners of Suining City.

The Qing army patrol who was the first to find the fire was startled, and before they could react to whether it was a fire or someone arson, they heard the shouts of the Ming army killing the whole city, and there was a faint sound of "knock, knock, knock!" from outside the city in the distance. The sound of drums.

Some people raised their eyes in panic and looked at the mountains outside the city, and were suddenly frightened stupid, there were torches everywhere on the hills outside the city, and it seemed that countless soldiers and horses were rushing towards Suining City.

When they opened their eyes, there was already fire all around, and the smoke was swept wildly into the camp tent by the heat wave, choking them so much that they couldn't stop coughing violently.

"There was a fire! There was a fire! ”

The Qing soldiers who had not yet reacted only said that the barracks were on fire, and some people who rushed out first even carried wooden barrels to prepare to put out the fire, but the fire was too big, and the fire that rose in the air looked beyond the power of manpower to extinguish, and seeing that the smoke was about to hit, they could no longer care about fighting the fire, and threw the wooden barrels and ran out of the camp shouting.

Some of the Qing soldiers, who had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, were still foolishly scrambling to get dressed in the tent, and when they got dressed and rushed out, they were surrounded by fire and smoke, and they were so anxious that they were screaming for help while scurrying around.

But here there was fire and smoke everywhere, who could still care about saving people, the camp was full of people scurrying around like headless flies, but they couldn't find a way to escape, some people began to cry in despair, and some people knelt on the ground in a daze and looked at the fire in a daze.

(Question: Lin Xiao's special operations brigade has two squadrons and six squads, and which three combat groups are each squad divided into?) ）

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