I only vaguely heard the guards on the city wall say: "I'm afraid the city patrol division can't sleep well." "What do you say again" Go to the east, there is a city patrol division, and the brothers should go down." As he spoke, several guards walked along the city wall into the distance.

Listen to the sound above the walls of the palace far away.

Yu Liyan was so frightened that he held his breath, for fear that he would make a noise and alarm the guards above. At this time, I couldn't hear the movement above, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Nan heard that a few guards above had walked away, so he continued to walk west with a few more people. Although it was under the city wall of the palace, the dwellings under the city wall were also densely built, and when there were still dozens of zhang away from the west city wall, Zhou Nan finally stopped.

To the south of this place is the wall of the imperial palace, about seven or eight zhang high, and on the east and west sides of the city wall are two houses, but they are all darkened. To the north, there are three or four houses separated from Danzhou Street.

A burst of "gurgling" bird chirping came from the city wall, and Gao Shouxiao raised his head up at this time, and also "gurgling". After screaming a few times, he threw a rope from the city wall, and Gao Shouxiao first tied the rope around his waist, then grabbed the rope and climbed up the city wall with his feet. The rope was also pulled upward, and soon Gao Shouxiao was pulled to the edge of the city wall, and a hand stretched out from inside to bring Gao Shouxiao into the city wall. Soon one end of the rope was dropped from the wall again.

Zhou Nan grabbed the end of the rope, looked at Yu Liyan and the silver bottle, and saw that both of them were a little nervous, so he directly bypassed the rope from Yu Liyan's waist, and tied it tightly with the waist belt on the outside of the clothes, so that Yu Liyan grabbed the rope with both hands, and said, "Hurry up and don't move!" Then he pulled the rope downward, the rope tied to Yu Liyan's waist tightened, and Yu Liyan began to slowly rise, Yu Liyan just grabbed the rope on his chest, didn't move, and was dragged to the city wall in a blink of an eye.

The ropes were thrown down in turn, and the silver bottle and the ancient capital of Hudu were dragged up, and Zhou Nan grabbed the rope and finally went up to the city wall.

When I got to the top of the city wall, I saw why I chose to cross the city wall here. This is the part where the palace wall and the west city wall of the capital are connected, but in order to isolate the inside and outside, the palace guards built a high platform in the direction of the city wall of the capital, blocking the passage of the two city walls, and here has become the most remote corner of the palace city wall, and they have the men and horses who patrol the city to guard the west city wall, so the guards rarely come here. From here, climb over the high platform, reach the west wall of the capital, and then use the rope to go down the city wall, cross the moat, that is to go out of the city.

This was what Gao Yuan's old sheep slave friend told them, so that day, Zhou Nan, Gao Yuan and others made a rescue plan according to this escape secret route, and when they came here, almost the entire plan was almost completed.

But Zhou Nan went up to the city wall only to find that their plan had been blocked again. It was so chaotic tonight that it alarmed the officers and soldiers patrolling the city, and finally the guards in the palace. Now, according to the plan, they have reached the top of the city wall, and Gao Yuan and Gao Shouzhong are driving the carriage to the east of the city to swagger through the city. This time, the officers and soldiers who defend and inspect the city in Yanjing City are afraid that they have been tossed. Just like on the west city wall now, the old sheep slave said that there are few people patrolling and guarding the west wall of the imperial city, and there will be no one in the second half of the night, so they all go down to sleep.

But now, on the western city wall, there are three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and there are teams of officers and soldiers patrolling back and forth; Standing on the east of the high platform and looking east, I saw the majestic Yanjing City lying prone at the feet, just a black silhouette, and from the west city wall to the north, east, south, west, extended, the lights on the city wall formed a circle of bright bands, enclosing Yanjing City. The streets of the city were full of officers and soldiers with torches and wind lanterns, and many of the people's homes were already lit up. The eastern half of Yanjing City is already full of fire, but it is too far away to see it really.

In front of the Minzhong Temple in the west of the Yingchun Gate in Yanjing City.

Two teams of cavalry blocked a covered wagon in the middle, one behind the other. The north and south are surrounded by house walls, and there are no streets and alleys to pass through; On the east and west sides, two groups of men and horses armed with knives, guns, and torches surrounded them. The carriage in the middle was not opened, the wind lamp was still inserted in the lamp base in front of the wheel, and the horse was restlessly stepping on all fours. Just now, these cavalrymen followed the people who patrolled the city and the infantry barracks all the way over, and they didn't expect to be blocked here.

"People in the car, get out quickly!" A leader-like man on a horse shouted.

It was still quiet in the carriage. The man who looked like the leader suddenly shouted, "Go and see!" ”

Immediately, three or four soldiers with spears rushed over, and several guns stabbed the door of the carriage open at the same time, and there were a few "woo, woo" sounds inside, only to see a flash of cold light, and the soldiers surrounding the west side of the carriage suddenly fell six or seven, all of whom were shot by crossbow arrows.

There was no one in the carriage, only a strange multi-layered wooden frame with several straps tied to it.

"Anti-thief cunning! Go to the West Side! The chieftain did not care for the soldiers who were lying on the ground, and hurried on horseback and led the men westward.

"The city wall can't be crossed, fourth brother, you are more familiar with this than us, is there any other way out of the city?" Zhou Nan looked at the chaotic Yanjing City and asked Zuo Xiaosidao next to him.

Zuo Xiaosi shook his head and said: "There is only this road, and there is the palace in the south, and there are many guards in it, so it's not a trick." ”

Gao Shouxiao said softly: "If you don't wait, maybe they will go down in a while." ”

Zhou Nan said: "No! Wait a little longer, and it'll be almost dawn. ”

Gao Shouxiao said anxiously: "If you don't wait, can Brother Gao and my eldest brother come over?" ”

"Haven't they arrived?" Saying that, Zhou Nan pointed down, only to see that not far away, along the direction they came from, two figures were running over quickly. Soon there was a "gurgling" cry below.

"I'll pick them up." Gao Shouxiao said and went to the city wall, and Zuo Xiaosi also rushed over to help.

Zhou Nan just frowned, staring blankly at the defenders on the western city wall, the night sky was already dark blue, not as dark as just now. This indicates that in half an hour, the east will reveal the whiteness of the fish's belly, and immediately after, the sun will rise and the sky will be bright. If they can't get out of the city by then, their plan will fail.

Through the faint light in the distance, Yu Liyan could almost see Zhou Nanying's eyebrows furrowed, his eyes staring blankly at the defenders on the city wall, and his white face was tense because of his clenched teeth. Yu Liyan couldn't help but say, "Da Lang, you can go out of the city from the palace." ”