Chapter 37: Reconnoitring the Castle of Agra Entering the castle is difficult

Agra Castle glowed red in the light of the rising sun, which stunned Li Jing at once.

The special forces also poked their heads out and looked at the magnificent red castle in front of them.

Just as everyone was excitedly looking at the castle in front of them, the sentry sent a signal that someone was coming. The special forces immediately went into hiding.

Soon a group of Mughal Empire patrols wearing red turbans walked along the Yamuna River, laughing and laughing, and the special forces watched the approaching patrols through the trees.

When the patrol came up to the special forces, they suddenly stopped and looked around to see what was on the shore.

Li Jing was shocked in her heart, thinking that something had fallen on the shore and was discovered, and thought again, "No, the place where they went ashore is not in the hidden place now." ”

At this time, the patrol leader said something "Wow Wow Wow", and the patrol soldiers smiled and walked forward again.

There was a false alarm, Li Jing was sweating a little, he was not afraid of these soldiers, but mainly afraid that after being discovered, it would affect the task.

But the messenger they had brought with him came and said awkwardly, "The patrol says that an enemy ship has entered the Yamuna River, and you should be careful!" ”

Li Jing understood that it was the Mughal Empire that discovered that a warship was coming, and they sent patrols to inspect it, which showed that Shah Jahan and they would definitely strengthen their defenses.

Liu Jun suggested: "Master, we should inform our warship to go back downstream and come back quietly at night." The waterway has already been walked once, and it is familiar to me, and there is no big problem in sailing without headlights at night. ”

"Hmmm! The kid was right! They should be allowed to relax. Li Jing agreed, "Send a telegram to the warships immediately, asking them to go downstream first, so that the Mughal Imperial Army knows that our ship is gone!" ”

Soon after the telegram was sent, the warships of Yaogang drove downstream with black smoke "boom". At this time, there were already many people on the riverbank, and he had never seen such a boat, and they were all pointing and looking at the boat. Some small boats on the river also stopped and looked at the big boats like mountains.

Not far from Li Jing's hiding place was a wharf, and there were more people on the wharf, all crowded on the wharf to look at the boat.

The warship walked downstream as if no one was around, leaving many people there to talk.

Jiang Wei smiled and said, "This time Shah Jahan should know that it's okay!" ”

Li Jing said: "Let's work!" ”

Li Jing and the general carried a large basket, and Liu Jun and a special soldier carried another large basket, and in the basket were some prepared fruits. Seeing that there was no one around, they walked out of the woods and along the Yamuna River in the direction of the pier.

There are a lot of people on the wharf, and there are many large and small boats coming and going, and there are those who cross the river to the other side, and there are also those who go upstream. There are also a lot of vendors on the docks, but the people here seem to be friendly, and the people who walk in front of them are constantly greeting people they don't know. Tong Shi chose an empty place and put the basket down, and Yoo Jun followed suit.

At this time, Liu Juncai felt really uncomfortable under his feet, because they all learned to do things barefoot. Only the best people can wear shoes here, and it is impossible for the fruit vendors to wear shoes.

Li Jing and Liu Jun couldn't think about these fruits, but they were just the general ones, dealing with the passing guests who asked for the price. Tongshi didn't plan to sell much fruit, and the customers asked about the high price and left.

Li Jing saw that this pier was really an important passage through Agra Castle, and people passing by here had everything like that. There are the high-spirited rich and officials, and the poor in rags. The boats docked at the pier are also luxurious and shabby. There was a commotion on the docks, and no one paid attention to them selling fruits.

The general slowly introduced to Li Jing which ones were officials and which ones were rich. Gradually, Li Jing could also distinguish which were the rich businessmen and those officials.

The weather was too hot, and in order to stay awake, Li Jing constantly adjusted her internal qi to calm her mind, and soon became much refreshed.

Until the afternoon, from the direction of a castle came a splendid carriage, followed by a group of cavalry of a dozen people, a group of people surrounded by a richly dressed man, and got out of the carriage, and a man humbly held an umbrella to shade him. When Li Jing saw this person, she was very well maintained, in his forties, very rich, in stark contrast to those black and thin people on the dock.

This person said a few words, "wah, wow, wow", and with the help of the person, he boarded a gorgeous boat and walked offshore.

When this man was on the dock, many people who did business here lowered their heads and did not dare to look up at this man.

After these people left, the general said to Li Jing quietly: "The person who is just this is a Subadar!" ”

"Oh! I said so! Li Jing muttered to herself. He had already heard Qin Peng introduce him to the situation of the Mughal Empire. In this huge empire, the military and political power was concentrated in the emperor, and the country was divided into fifteen suba (provinces), and the subba was called subadar (**). This was already a big official in the Mughal Empire.

The governor pointed to a splendid boat on the dock and said, "That kind of boat is Subadar's special boat." ”

"That is, there is still Subadar in the castle and did not leave?" Li Jing asked.

"Yes, almost every day Subadar is doing all sorts of things inside the castle. They all live inside the castle! ”

"These Subadars must be very familiar with the situation inside the castle?" Li Jing asked.

"Needless to say, the people who can serve as Subadar are all nobles, and most of them grew up in the castle!" The general said.

"Alright, let's close the stall!" Li Jing said.

Liu Jun and the special forces had been impatient for a long time, and when they heard Li Jing say that they were going to close the stall and leave, of course they jumped up.

Li Jing glared, "Hold steady!" Then he asked, "Do you know why you went back?" ”

Of course, Liu Jun knew that Li Jing was deliberately testing herself, and said with a smile: "Master, do you still need to ask about this matter?" Come back in the evening to get a boat! ”

"Huh! Kid is ok! Li Jing was very happy, "I thought you were asleep there!" ”

"Oops! Let you say, when did I delay my business! Liu Jun said proudly. Liu Jun didn't dare to be careless about this kind of thing, but with Li Jing here, Liu Jun didn't have to worry so much.

Li Jing and the others returned to the middle of the special forces in the hiding place, and Jiang Wei asked anxiously: "Head!" Did you find a solution? ”

Li Jing nodded and said, "Hmm! Act tonight. We need to take some time to hide and tell the brothers not to be in a hurry. ”

"Don't worry, our people are all trained!" Jiang Wei said, "It's just that it's easy to have problems after too long." It's too close to Agra Castle. ”

"So, tonight we will go and get two boats, and sandwich the boat of Subadar (**) on the dock, and we will take action when Subadar (**) leaves the dock by boat."

After speaking, Li Jing carefully arranged tonight's action.

After getting dark, Li Jing and Liu Jun each took two people, also carrying a large basket, to the vicinity of the dock. Leaving the two to look at things, they went down into the water of the Yamuna River and walked along the bank in the direction of the dock where the boat was parked.

Yoo Joon quietly came to a boat not far from the ship of Subadar (**) and heard a sleeping snoring sound from the boat. Liu Jun held the dagger specially made by the special forces of the kiln gang with his mouth, and supported the side of the ship with both hands, Liu Jun turned over and jumped over the side of the ship, and lay on the deck of the ship. As soon as the ship rocked, the snoring in the cabin stopped. Yoo Jun didn't move, and after a while, he snored again.

Liu Jun quietly walked into the cabin, heard the sound of three people in the cabin, suddenly struck out, knocked the nearest person next to him unconscious, and then jumped over to knock the second person unconscious. At this time, the third person obviously heard that the voice was wrong, got up and muttered something that Liu Jun didn't understand, and Liu Jun went over, covered his mouth and stunned him.

At this time, Li Jing also snatched the other boat over. According to the plan, the two went back to pick up the two guards with the equipment, and they carried the large basket and quietly put the equipment on the two boats. Three people in one boat, two people pushed in the water, and one person went out of the mountain to support the two boats, and moved these two boats to the sides of the boat of Subadar (**). Li Jing untied a small boat with no people, put the two boatmen on the boat, and pushed the boat hard to the main channel of the Yamuna River. So the river will carry the sleeping boatman down the river. The rushing river would wash them far away overnight. When they find the boat and come back, it won't matter.

Everything went on quietly, and the boatmen on the Subadar (**) were sleeping like dead dogs, not knowing what was going on outside. Li Jing and Liu Jun each took two people to spend the night on two boats.

At dawn, Jiang Wei led people to follow the general and came to the dock to sell fruits.

The day here is extremely hot, and someone came to Li Jing and Liu Jun to ship goods, but they shook their heads and refused, not daring to speak. Fortunately, nothing else happened.

When it was almost noon, Li Jing and Liu Jun saw Jiang Wei on the dock sending a signal to them.

Li Jing and Liu Jun immediately came to the stern, and a special soldier picked up the sail and pretended to tidy it up, blocking the sight of the people on the dock, covering Li Jing and Liu Jun to bring a special soldier to prepare for diving and dive into the water.

The four men dived into the water and immediately used steel hooks to hook the bottom of the boat and did not move.

After a while, an officer with an extraordinary bearing and bright clothes came to this beautiful ship surrounded by people. The men on the shore untied the cables, and the boatman lifted the boat to the shore, and the boat slipped into the river, and today the boatman felt that the boat was much heavier than before, but he did not dare to say it, for he was afraid that his master would think that he was troublesome. When entering the river and going downstream, the boatman changed to a big boat to steer the boat, which actually went down smoothly, that is, controlled the direction.

Leaving the dock, the boat went down the river quickly and steadily, and the owner of the boat ate some fruit and wanted to take a nap.

The boatman also tried hard not to get sleepy at this midday time. Suddenly, the boatman heard the sound of water coming from both sides of the boat, as if it were a big fish, but there could be two big fish at the same time on both sides, right?

Before he could look in either direction, two monsters appeared on both sides at the same time, and the boatman screamed in fright.

These two monsters, one is Li Jing and the other is Liu Jun, they are wearing diving goggles and snorkels. I had never seen this thing, and it came out of the water again, and the boatman had heard many stories about the monsters in the river, so he was naturally scared.

At this time, the underwater divers used their bodies to push them up, and Li Jing and Liu Jun took advantage of their strength to come to the boat. He ignored the collapsed boatman, quickly unhooked his diving gear, and reached out to pull the two people under the water up.

The person in the cabin heard the shouts of the boatman, put on his clothes and came out to see, there were four more people on the boat, he didn't know what was going on, but he saw that the four people who were not ready to dive were not very well-dressed, they must be inferior people, and immediately shouted: "Bold! Do you know whose ship this is! ”

Li Jing and Liu Jun could not understand what he said, but they knew that this person must not know his situation. Yoo Joon went over and punched him in the face, knocking the guy all over his face. This guy is not stupid either, he knows that he has encountered a robber. This man cursed in his heart that these stupid thieves did not know who they were robbing. I can't let these guys die well!

Li Jing gestured and ordered the boatman to pull the boat to the shore.

This Subadar (**) is now scared, screaming why he didn't go ashore. Liu Jun tapped him on the armpit with his finger, and this guy went ashore honestly.

The boatman couldn't stay, and the special forces gave him a good time. Then carry the boat into the river with a saddle and let the boat continue downstream.

took this Subadar (**) to the woods, and Li Jing used the radio to contact Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei replied that it would be there immediately.

After waiting for a while, Jiang Wei came here with that general to meet Li Jing.

According to Li Jing's request, the general asked this Subadar (**): "If you don't want to be offended, listen to us, understand?" ”

"Understood!"

"You're Subadar (**)?"

"Yes, I am Subadar (**), please treat me as if you were a superior person!"

"Okay! Are you familiar with the situation at Agra Castle? ”

At this time, this Subadar (**) felt that the situation was wrong, only one of these people spoke the language of the Mughal Empire, although there were too many languages in the Mughal Empire, but there were few others who spoke it. He understood that these people were likely to be from the Ming Dynasty. They asked about the castle of Agra, and it seemed that they were going to attack the castle.

Ryu Jun looked at the man's eyes and knew that he was thinking about how to deal with this interrogation, so he took out a dagger and suddenly stabbed him in the leg. This Subadar (**) screamed in pain.

Yoo Joon told him through a general that this was a punishment for not answering the question.

This Subadar (**) was sweating with pain, and said again and again: "Don't do this, I answer and I answer!" "This one, who has always been pampered, has received this there.

"Okay! Are you familiar with the situation at Agra Castle? ”

"Familiar, familiar!"

"Alright, now that you have pen and paper, please draw a diagram of Agra Castle!" "If we test that you drew wrong, we will give you a punishment that you can't stand it!" ”

"Good! I draw! ”

Actually, Li Jing and the others just wanted to know where Shah Jahan lived, but they couldn't ask that. When this guy finished drawing the inside of Agra Castle, Li Jing asked this guy everywhere what these places were for, and naturally it was clear where Shah Jahan lived.

It was impossible for this Subadar (**) to stay, and when he finished drawing the map of Agra Castle and finished asking the question, Li Jing glanced at a special soldier who suddenly broke his neck. Then a pit was dug and he was buried.

Li Jing said: "The stakes are very high, and we still need to arrest people to verify whether this picture is correct or not!" ”

Liu Jun and Jiang Wei both felt that Li Jing's caution was right.

However, for verification, such a high-level person is not necessarily needed. Just those who have been in and out of Agra Castle.

In this way, it was simple, Jiang Wei led people to capture the two guards who had just left the castle before the gate of Agra Castle was closed. The two captives were forced to confirm the map drawn by Subadar (**), and after confirming that it was basically correct, the two captives were disposed of.

Li Jing said to Liu Jun and Jiang Wei: "Now the first question is, how do we get to Agra Castle. With two tiers of walls, two ditches and sixteen castles, Agra is a solid city. It was not difficult for us to cross the wall of more than 20 meters, but there were still many guards in it, and we were passive if we were a little alarmed along the way. And the palace where Shah Jahan lived, how do we get in? We also have to think about the fact that we killed Shah Jahan in order to create unrest in the Mughal Empire, and for this we must also kill his sons who can inherit the throne. Otherwise, his sons who are looking forward to succeeding him will soon be on the throne, and we will be busy for them. ”

"This is a problem!" Jiang Wei said, "Rushing at more than 30 of us can't kill many people." ”

Li Jing said firmly: "Without a complete plan, we can't take action!" ”

"But after a long time, we will let them know about the killing of Subadar (**)!" Jiang Wei said.

Li Jing asked Liu Jun, "Liu Jun, you haven't spoken, what do you think?" ”

"We should evacuate here and find a way to come back," Yoo said. I suggest retreating to the Taj Mahal on the other side and then choose a place to hide. Make a plan and come back! It's useless to be in a hurry! ”

"Hmmm! I agree with Yoo Joon. After a while, it was dark, and we asked our warships to come back and send us across the river! Li Jing said.

At this time, the general said: "We have also seen in the past two days, that there are still people who can enter Agra to do business." It's just that those people are well-dressed people. Can we find a way to blend in? ”

Li Jing looked at the dark and swarthy general in front of her a little differently. He had this idea, but because he was not familiar with the situation here, he did not dare to think about it.

"If you can get in, it doesn't matter how much money you spend!" Li Jing looked at the general matter and said.

"Cross the river first, I want to find a way!" The general said.

After crossing the river overnight, they stopped in front of a relatively large courtyard in this town, climbed over the wall and opened the gate, and a group of them came to this compound. Forcing these family members with a sharp blade, the general told the owner of the house: "As long as you keep quiet, we will give you a very good sum of gold." ”

Li Jing directly took out a piece of gold and gave it to the man, saying, "If you let others know, I will set fire to your house and kill all your family." ”

The man nodded hurriedly and said, "Don't say it, don't say it!" Despite being afraid, he took the gold in Li Jing's hand.

Li Jing thought to herself, just be greedy for money!

"What do you do for a living?" ”

"I'm a silk seller, and I make a living by selling silk to Agra on the other side!"

After listening to the words, Li Jing looked at Liu Jun and said in her heart, why does God care about us so much!