Chapter 51: The Capture of the City 1
At this time, when the child is approaching, there is no moon and no stars.
Near the station where Mingxiong's 100 households were being detained, the group found a hidden place to get together. Luo Cheng said to Mingxiong: "Lord Ming, according to the plan, our troops are divided into two roads here, Shijie and Lord Shi go to the soldier station, you find a way to gather the old department, and bring as many people as possible to respond." During the day, we and the others who had already discovered the old department of the adults were all detained inside, but all the weapons were confiscated, and now there is only one Mongolian sign headed by more than a dozen people to guard it. ”
"This time, in order to rescue the adults and sister-in-law, we had to sneak attack the county prison, although it has not been discovered yet, but after a long time, it is inevitable that people will be discovered. According to the agreement, at this time, my family's men and horses are already waiting outside the city, and I have decided to do it now! The officers and soldiers were caught off guard, and the chances of winning were greater. In order to avoid the distress of the sister-in-law, the sister-in-law can be temporarily taken care of by Xiao Guo. Sun Baihu, you take people to seize the city gate, pay attention, you must go neatly and quickly! I took Shijie and followed Ming Hero to contact his old department. Luo Cheng arranged for a few more subordinates to follow Sun Xing.
"Lord Ming, if your subordinates are unwilling to respond, try to stop them and delay them in the station, we will wait in hiding near the city gate, after passing the two pillars of incense, whether you succeed or not, we will launch an attack on the city gate." Sun Xing added.
"Ming has now fallen to this, I just want to avenge my beloved wife, since the world treats him so unfairly, I will kill him upside down!" Mingxiong hugged his wife tightly and said in a hoarse voice. He patted his wife on the back gently, signaling her to relax, and kept whispering comfort to her. Along the way, Mingxiong carried her on his back, Ming's wife was timidly hugging Mingxiong's neck, unwilling to let go, although she was very traumatized, she subconsciously knew that Mingxiong and others were doing great things to resist the government, so they never screamed in horror. Only by snuggling up tightly with Mingxiong can Ming's wife's heart be more secure and safe. Seeing that Mingxiong left himself, Mrs. Ming was horrified, and she hugged Mingxiong's neck and didn't let go, Mingxiong had no choice but to whisper comfort, and promised that she would only go back temporarily. Luo Cheng, Sun Xing and the others were not easy to come forward to persuade, so they had to nervously watch the surrounding movements, and be careful if there were any officers and soldiers patrolling the city. Fortunately, Mrs. Ming finally eased her spirits, and after listening to her husband's whispered persuasion, she was reluctant to let go of her hands, and was reluctantly helped by Guo Fengrong to walk through the hidden places in the streets and alleys.
Guo Fengrong stepped forward and carefully picked her up, and said softly: "Uncle Ming, although rest assured, the little nephew will try his best to protect his aunt!" ”
Looking at the figure of his wife gradually disappearing away, Ming Xiong's heart was tormented, he had always been forbearing, being careful, and doing things in a low-key manner for more than ten years, and he never thought that he would fall to this point today. It is said that the tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, and he was only suspected of rebellion by the government, and his wife was humiliated. Since there is no way to avoid it, it is better to draw a knife and be angry, and kill a way out!
"Today's things are really forced by the situation, you will follow me as you wish, and in the future, Ming should treat it as a brother!" Mingxiong turned around and whispered to a few of his own soldiers, Ming Shijie and a few other broken people.
"I am willing to follow my uncle, and there will be no two hearts!"
"I've put life and death aside as soon as possible, and I'm willing to show my ambitions from adults!" More than a dozen people behind him whispered.
Ming Xiong didn't say anything more, hugged his fist to Sun Xing, said cherished, and walked to his original station first, and Ming Shijie and others followed one after another. Guo Fengrong moved to a darker and darker place with Mrs. Mingxiong in his arms to observe the movement.
After breaking up with Luo Cheng and Mingxiong, Sun Xing made a gesture and led everyone to quietly continue to move to the depths of the streets and alleys that had been observed during the day, which was closer to the south city gate. Before this departure, Sun Xing drew a sketch of the south city gate in advance according to the method taught by Yu Zhilongzeng, and according to the detection signs, the sentries and the number of guards patrolling and standing guard upstairs outside the gate, as well as the houses where the soldiers rested under the city gate, once again briefly explained to everyone the plan of the operation, and assigned personnel and their respective tasks.
In the whole plan, the key is how to sneak attack the soldiers on the gatehouse, as late as possible to alarm the soldiers resting in the house, as long as the officers and soldiers under the city do not enter the battle in advance, the certainty of taking the city is much more certain.
Sun Xing and the others waited quietly in the dark, and after about two pillars of incense, Sun Xing no longer waited, and watched the last team of patrolling soldiers leave the city gate and turn to other streets and alleys, Sun Xing said: "Up!" "Sneak to the gate tower first.
There were ten elite soldiers selected by Sun Xing in this group, as well as a few young people who were fighting, and they all followed Sun Xing to solve the few officers and soldiers standing guard on the tower of the city gate. The other group, consisting of eight elite soldiers and twelve marching men, quietly approached the doors of the two houses where the officers and soldiers were resting under the gatehouse, and divided into two teams to temporarily block the gate, and if the officers and soldiers inside were alarmed and ran out, they would block them in the house as much as possible.
Prior to this, a Han sergeant on duty under the gatehouse had already been touched from behind by a capable scout, covered his mouth and nose, and quickly solved it with a dagger!
In the distance just now, Sun Xing and the others had already carefully observed the defense of the city tower. In order to guard against night attacks, dozens of torches were tied to the battlements inside and outside the city wall, and strings of huge lanterns were hung on the four corners of the city gate tower, illuminating the city wall near the bright hall.
Seeing that the guards under the city were solved, Sun Xing and the others tiptoed and climbed up with their bodies down along the road to the city. Approaching the city wall, Sun Xing waved his hand to stop, he first poked his head out to look at the soldiers on duty on the city wall, counted the number of people, there were four people, the nearest one had a gong beside him, a hammer was inserted into the waist of a person, and the distance between several people was ten steps away. The soldiers patrolling the walls had gone elsewhere along the corridors on the walls. Before the time came, the four of them were still in good spirits, and they laughed from time to time. Unbeknownst to him, there was already a group of thieves hiding behind him.
Sun Xing estimated the position and distance of these four people, if they rushed up, no matter how fast they were, it would be impossible to solve all these four sentinels at once. I don't have crossbow arrows in my hands, and no one is a master of throwing knives, so I have to find a way!
Bowed his head and pondered for a while, waved his hand and beckoned two subordinates, these are all veterans in the scout team before, reconnaissance and fighting are quite familiar, Sun Xing grabbed the heads of the two, the three of them leaned together, Sun Xing whispered in their ears, and the two nodded.
Just now Sun Xing and these two subordinates went to the county prison in their uniforms, and now this shirt has not been taken off, but after fighting in the prison, the clothes are inevitably stained with some blood, but fortunately, it is night, and it is not easy to be found if you don't look carefully.
Sun Xing made a gesture to the companion who stayed behind, everyone knew each other well and knew the meaning of the gesture, after the companion nodded, Sun Xing and the three of them stood up, coughed slightly, deliberately made some noise under their feet, and slowly climbed the city wall.
"Who?" The two closest people were the first to notice the movement, and with one hand picked up the torch stuck in the battlement of the city wall, and held it up to look this way. One of them picked up the gong and was on guard.
"Brothers, you have worked hard, we are subordinates of Lord Yin of the county, after the Ming Baihu was arrested and interrogated today, my lord was worried about the city defense, worried about any omissions, and sent me to wait to see the movements outside the city." Sun Xing came out from behind the city wall, his face did not change, his hands clasped into fists and saluted, and he slowly leaned forward.
These four soldiers belonged to the Han army, and did not belong to Mingxiong's department, at this time Mingxiong's subordinates were all imprisoned in the garrison, and another Han army Baihu, who was originally in the city, naturally led the team to take over the south city gate.
Seeing that it was the county's yacha, a few Han soldiers felt a little strange, but they didn't think much about it for a while. Today, Mingxiong was arrested and interrogated in prison by the beggars, and at this time the news has spread to every household in the city, and they are a member of the Han army, so they naturally know faster. It was rumored in prison that Mingxiong was secretly plotting to commit a thief and conspire to sacrifice the city, but he was seen through by Lord Beggar'er and arrested him in time.
The Han army knew what was going on with the beggars, so they scoffed at this rumor. It's just that this happened at such a moment, and everyone was still uneasy. Mingxiong's ability, all the officers and soldiers know, in the Linqu Han army is also a leader, with him, the Han army departments are still a little at ease, now the thieves are watching outside, and Mingxiong was detained, did not go to war and lost a general, how is it not a good sign.
Now that the whole curfew is there, even the Mongolian people and Semu people in the city have been mobilized, and they have barely formed a team of 100 households, and have become a small spare army and horses in the city, of course, the actual number of soldiers is barely more than forty or fifty people, as for those rebels who entered the city to assist in defense, everyone is generally not optimistic. According to the military system, the Han army is stationed in the field, and the local soldiers are never allowed to be stationed in the local area, because the morale of the Han army is low, the organization is not effective, when the war comes in these years, the Han army has repeatedly collapsed and escaped, in this critical moment, it is the government because of the need to protect the homeland, in the determination to defend the Han army in this city can obviously be more reassured.
"What can happen now? There was no movement outside the city! The two soldiers facing the outside of the city spoke first.
"I don't know if Ming Baihu confessed? Everyone doesn't believe that the Han army will collude with the thieves. ”
"My lord naturally doesn't believe it, so he persuaded Lord Daru Huachi not to use the punishment anymore, and now he is interrogating a few slaves and maids in the family of the hundred households!" As Sun Xing spoke, he had already approached a few soldiers. "This time, my lord knows that you are working hard, and whether you can hold the city depends on your brothers in the end. No, the lord specially gave today's bounty silver, let the small ones be divided among the brothers on duty today, the ugly words are said first, these are just for the brothers on duty, and the next class of bounty will be distributed by a few people who will take my master, but you are not allowed to detain it privately! It's going on here, and the little ones have to go to Beicheng to do something. After Sun Xing finished speaking, he took out more than a dozen silver patterns from his arms, stretched out his palms, and by the light of torches and lanterns, the silver patterns of white flowers were particularly dazzling.