Chapter Eighty-Seven: Patiently Prepare for the Night Attack on Xiangyu Castle

Old Qiu knew in his heart that it was impossible to knock down all the castles here in Qinshui. If that were needed, just two regiments would not have been sent.

However, the old owner of Hewan Village asked a question, which made both the old owner Qiu and Yang Jing stunned, "Is the reason why you attacked our castles because of disobedience to you?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Qiu Laodong said: "In fact, everyone understands the reasons, and we can also find various reasons." But one thing is enough, in the past, due to the endless banditry, it was natural for everyone to rise up to defend themselves, but now the banditry is gone. You castles are still mercenaries, and you are suspected of rebellion. Since we have been ordered by the emperor to govern the localities, we must disarm these illegal weapons. We cannot be polite to those who do not obey the armed confrontation. Although we Mr. Zhang do not agree with the method of exterminating the Nine Clans, in order to prevent future troubles, we will not leave anyone behind in the castle, and those who do not kill will be moved. The wooden cage prisoner carts we built were prepared for this. ”

After turning all the castles and villas along the Qinshui River, Qiu Laodong and Yang Jing quietly returned to Yangcheng County. In Yangcheng County, Qiu Laodong and Yang Jing hid in the county government and did not show up again.

Yang Jing saw that the old boss Qiu didn't take any action when he arrived in Yangcheng, and he was a little puzzled, "I said the old club, didn't your old man let me accompany you here to raise fat, right?" ”

"Alas! I'm old, I've been tossing for so long, my body is not good, I have to take care of it! Old Uncle Qiu squinted and leaned on the recliner and said.

"Come on, your spiritual head still needs to nourish your body, what should you do?" Yang Jing obviously understood that the old club must have a good idea.

"Boy, want to hear about it?"

"I want to hear about it."

"Then you can learn a little from me," said the old man Qiu, "you see, we are so mixed up." Those people are waiting for us with their spirits, should we rest? ”

Yang Jing didn't understand, "Old club, we have two regiments over there in Qinshui!" ”

"Yes! As long as our two regiments stay there for one day, those people along the Qinshui shore will have to be nervous for a day. Qiu Laodong said, "If we suddenly disappear, it is equivalent to a stick raised high, and they don't know where we are going to hit them." Do they get more nervous, you say? ”

"That's right." Yang Jing nodded and said.

"Then let's take a good rest and recuperate, and when they are tired of waiting, we will shoot again, do you think it is better?" Old Uncle Qiu's eyes didn't open when he spoke.

"Yes, then we will be able to do it by surprise, easier hands." Yang Jing said, "If we decide to move the Xiangyu Castle, I don't think we should let my SWAT team bring their equipment first?" ”

"Don't worry, we'll wait at least three days before we talk," Qiu said, "Your people just need to be ready a day in advance, and the team can move that night." ”

"Well, it's up to you." Yang Jing said.

"Yang Jing, do you know the origin of this Xiangyu Castle?" Old Qiu asked.

"I don't know much, but it looks newer than the other castles." Yang Jing said, "Our people have made the internal and external structure of the castle clear. This castle is built on the slope of the north side of the Xiangyu River valley, the flow of the Xiangyu River is not large, and it flows west close to the city wall, becoming the moat of the ancient city. The castle is 280 meters long from east to west and 100 to 150 meters wide from north to south. It is built on a hill and is divided into an inner city and an outer city, and the main buildings in the city are divided by two streets from east to west and nine lanes from north to south. The city wall is built on the stone wall and the steep slope, the height is between more than ten meters and more than twenty meters, and it opens three gates in the east, west and south. To enter the south gate, you must cross a bridge over the Xiangyu River. It should be said that this castle is still very distinctive, and if it weren't for us, it would not be easy for others to break in. ”

"Huh! You've done a very detailed reconnaissance," said the old proprietor Qiu, "but you're right when you say that this castle is new. It has just been completed, that is, more than ten years, less than twenty years. It also has a name called 'Sandu Castle'. This Xiangyu was formerly known as Xianggu Village. It is the hometown of the Sun Juxiang of the household department in the Wanli period, the right deputy capital of the Imperial History Sun Dingxiang, and the Sun brothers. Because Sun Dingxiang ranked third among the brothers, and served as the right deputy imperial history of the Imperial Palace, the former residence was called 'Sandu Hall', and Xiangyu Castle was customarily called 'Sandu Castle' because of its personal presiding over the construction. That's why I chose it as my first target. ”

"The old boss is smart, you kill the chicken to show the monkey, just let those other people who think they have to rely on and have a backer to see, no matter what background your family has, we will not be polite. No wonder they have so many lands and pay very few taxes. It turns out that there is a relationship in the imperial court. Yang Jing said.

"It's their relationship in the court," Qiu Laodong asked: "But this castle is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, how are you going to fight this castle?" ”

"Prepare with both hands, one is the best to sneak attack, and if it doesn't work, attack strongly. We can beat them honestly with artillery fire. This time we brought a lot of ***, of course, it's better not to use it. Too many people will die if they use it. ”

"You kid don't understand, a few more people die in one place, and there will be fewer deaths in other places." Qiu Laodong said, "I'm not worried about how many people die in front of me, it's troublesome." After we conquered this Xiangyu castle, many castles would soon surrender to us because they were afraid of us. But they came down out of fear. Their strength will not be weakened by this. If there is a stir, they will take action. The people under their rule still dare not come into contact with us, and our work still cannot be carried out. ”

"Then take it one step at a time, let them hand over all their weapons first, and kill those who don't follow." Yang Jing said, "The second step is to divide their land first. Without land, they could not oppress the local people, so that the peasants followed us and saw the benefits. Nature embraces us. ”

"The problem is that Mr. Zhang doesn't want to do land reform now. This will not be done until we have decided on something. Qiu Laodong said, "Let's take one step at a time, if it doesn't work, we will take measures to get rid of their whole families as farmers and landlords." It's a nuisance to leave them behind. ”

"It's better to knock them down one by one, in that case, when they are knocked down, they can be destroyed together." Yang Jing said.

After listening to Yang Jing's words, Old Boss Qiu opened his eyes, looked at Yang Jing and said, "Boy, you said this well. And when he struck, he destroyed them, leaving no trouble. ”

Looking at Qiu's old owner, Yang Jing said: "Extinguish it, leave no trouble!" Yang Jing understood that the owner of Xiangyu Castle had to be killed.

After waiting patiently for three days, Li Jing sent a telegram to the special police officers who remained in Qinshui County, and they sent a team of special police officers to pretend to be businessmen, and drove the carriage to Yangcheng with their equipment and weapons.

When they arrived in Yangcheng, Li Jing immediately assigned them a task. On the fourth day, Qiu's family sent a telegram to the troops waiting in Qinshui. The telegram had only two words: "Action!" ”

Qiu Laodong and Yang Jing took people and left Yangcheng in front of the gate of Yangcheng. Before leaving the city, Qiu's old boss sent a telegram to Yaogang, and the content of the telegram was: "Do it tonight!" ”

When it was dark, the army stationed outside Qinshui City sent people out of the camp to clear out the spies who had already been reconnoitred and sent by the castle to monitor them. After the cavalry regiment led the horses out of the camp, they got on their horses and galloped, and went straight to the meeting place they had agreed with Qiu Laodong. On the way, I encountered those checkpoints blocking the road, and I didn't care about them and rushed straight over. Now, those castles along the way knew that the kiln people were going to act. But they only know the direction of their actions, and they don't know where they are going. Besides, they didn't receive a call for help, and they didn't want to come forward.

The cavalry regiment rushed ahead, followed by the infantry regiment with a brigade of long wooden cage prisoner wagons. When the news of the infantry's follow-up with the wooden cage prisoner cart was reported to the owners of the farms and castles, they really began to be afraid. At this time, the performance of these people is different, some people began to think about how to dredge with the kiln gang people, and some people were heartbroken, and the organizers wanted to resolutely guard the castle and were determined to fight with the kiln gang people.

However, their news was too late to inform Xiangyu Castle. Qiu Laodong and Yang Jing met on the bank of the Qin River on time with the son of man, and then headed east and marched towards Xiangyu Castle together. When it was not far from Xiangyu Castle, Yang Jing stopped the team, and Qiu Laodong took the cavalry commander to dismount and walk quietly to the south of Xiangyu Castle. Yang Jing's special police officers had already arrived at Xiangyu Castle in advance, and they were lying behind the trees on the bank of the Xiangyu River, observing the situation in the castle. After Qiu Laodong and Yang Jing arrived, the captain of the special police team who arrived in advance came over and said: "Everything is normal in the castle, the people outside are concentrated in the castle, and there is a watchtower on that bridge with a few sentinels. ”

Yang Jing said: "Okay, let's implement it according to the original plan." ”

"Yes!" The SWAT team leader said yes and walked back. After a while, the SWAT officers quietly came over and ambushed this wood.

After a while, the SWAT team leader came over and said, "Okay, it's already in the water." ”

It turned out that a special police team of 12 people, wearing diving suits, had launched from the lower reaches of the Xiangyu River. They were the key to this sneak attack.

The Xiangyu River flows under the south wall of Xiangyu Castle, and there is only this bridge in the south to enter the castle through the Xiangyu River, as long as you look at this bridge, outsiders cannot enter the castle. How did they know that someone would dive from the bottom of the river to swim under the city?

The special police officers went into the water and swam against the current, swimming across the Xiangyu River, and leaned against the west wall of the south gate of Xiangyu Castle. The water of the Xiangyu River was not very urgent, and the team came to the city without a sound. After the team leader got out of the water, he listened to the city, did not hear any abnormal sounds, waved his hand, and everyone leaned under the city wall, took off their diving suits, and put away their diving equipment. Took it out and loaded it with a *** pistol. One of the SWAT officers took out a rubber-covered flying claw, shook it and threw it onto the city wall, pulling it tight with his hands, and then listening to the sound of no anomalous sounds. The SWAT officer climbed to the wall with both hands on a rope. When he came to the city, he turned over and crossed over to the city. He crouched on the wall and saw a sentry snoozing with a spear. He crept over, slit his throat with a knife, helped him to the ground, took his spear and signaled to the city chief, and stood guard for the sentry. The eleven men under the city also climbed up to the city along the rope, and lay down on the wall of the city for a while, and they left one man standing guard with a spear, and the others followed the wall, from west to east. Along the way, he killed one sentry after another with a pistol, and cleared all the sentries on the southern city wall. Then go back to the city gate building, go down the corridor to the city, enter the city gate hole, remove the top door bar, and quietly open a gap. The three special forces climbed out of the crack in the door, climbed directly to the bottom of the watchtower on the bridge, and suddenly got up and used **** to kill several sentries standing guard.

After clearing the watchtower, the special police took out a flashlight and shook it across the river, sending a signal to Yang Jing and them.

Seeing the signal, Yang Jing let out a sigh of relief, waved his hand and said to the SWAT captain: "It's up to you, it's best not to make a move!" ”

"Don't worry!" After speaking, the SWAT captain quietly crossed the river along the small bridge with the SWAT officers, and entered the city one by one along the south gate that was not wide open. According to the plan, part of the people climbed the city wall along the corridor. At this time, the advanced city special police had already gone straight to the inner city, because the people in the castle believed too much in the safety of their castle, the inner city was almost unfortified. It didn't take much effort for the SWAT officers to ascend to the inner city and open the gates of the inner city. Just when they went straight to Sandutang to behead according to the plan. The other Zhuang Ding standing guard on the east and west city walls saw that there were many people running in the castle, felt that something was wrong, and raised an alarm. They beat gongs and drums, and they startled the whole city. There was no way, and the special police officers who entered the city had no choice but to open the killing ring. There was a burst of gunfire in the city.

Yang Jing, who was outside the city, heard the gunshots inside the castle and knew that the beheading operation had been exposed. He immediately ordered the cavalry regiment to go into the city to support.

Without the cover of the castle, except for a few firearms in the city, that is, broadswords and spears, there was no suspense in fighting with the special police and cavalry of the kiln gang, and the gunfire had stopped before dawn. However, the special police did not find the castle owner in Sandutang.

This made Qiu Laodong and Yang Jing, who entered the city, very angry, because if they ran away from him, they would leave ** annoyance.

At this time, Yang Jing was very calm, he knew that a big family like the owner of the village was very concerned about the safety of his life and property. They must have noticed that the situation was not good, and they all hid in the secret room.

However, all their family members were interrogated, but they were not asked where the secret room was.

Qiu Laodong said: "Today is to dig three feet into the ground, and we have to dig them out." ”

"Yes!" Yang Jing said to the SWAT captain, "Send people to block all the crossings outside the city and prevent anyone from running out." ”

However, Yang Jing knew that it was difficult to find the secret room with such a blind search. When they designed the secret room, they thought that someone would find it this way.

Yang Jing asked in the ear of Qiu's old boss: "Old boss, can you find your secret room like this?" ”

"Huh!" Qiu Laodong smiled and said, "I have already looked at the location of my family's secret room, and I haven't found it." Their secret chambers will not be found by ordinary people. But it's better to get things done today. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble. ”

Yang Jing asked, "Is this castle still left?" ”

"No, I didn't stay." Mr. Qiu said, "We're going to make a show for them." How can you show a monkey if you don't kill a chicken? ”

"That's easy," no matter what kind of secret room they have, they will leave a vent so that they can hide people. They can also hear outside through the vents. We first put the people in their village into the prisoner cart, and then buried them everywhere. Finally, he filled all the Sandu Hall with fierce fire oil and shouted to them. When they did not come out again, they set fire to them. "Yang Jing is a dead hand.

"Okay, the kid is ruthless enough." Qiu Laodong said.

There are now nearly 2,000 men, women, and children gathered, and they are all crying there. Hearing Yang Jing's order, the SWAT captain shouted at them with a loudspeaker: "Hurry up and get in the car!" You're welcome to do otherwise. ”

None of these people moved. Yang Jing said impatiently, give everyone a quarter of an hour, and kill if you don't get in the car.

At this time, the SWAT captain also launched a fierce attack and shouted, "I will tell you one last time." No more getting in the car, we shoot. But no one moved.

The SWAT team leader asked a young man to be pulled out and asked to get into the car, but the man resolutely did not get into the car. There was no way, the SWAT captain had to wave his hand, and a SWAT officer went over and shot him in the head. The gunshot caused a commotion in the crowd. They thought that the law did not blame the public, they didn't listen to it, and the kiln people couldn't do anything. After killing two people in a row, the people here knew that they couldn't fight it, so they all got into the car one after another. Still, a few hundred people were determined not to get on the bus. The SWAT captain shouted: "In the last quarter of an hour, kill those who don't get on the car!" ”

Slowly, these people began to get on the bus. In the end, there were still dozens of people, I don't know if they were really not afraid of death, or thought that the kiln people didn't dare to kill them, so they just didn't get on the bus. The SWAT captain looked at Yang Jing, a little unable to do anything, Yang Jing glanced at Qiu's old boss.

Old Qiu said: "If you don't hurry up, wait for the other castles to react, and things will be in trouble." ”

Yang Jing waved his hand, and the SWAT captain shouted: "Kill!" ”

The automatic rifles in the hands of the SWAT officers were shot together. Killed all those who resisted to the end. When they got into the car and entered the cage, there was another cry.

"Tell them that each family can go back to one person and bring out their things. We're going to blow up this castle soon. Yang Jing said to the SWAT captain.

The special police captain used a loudspeaker to shout Yang Jing's words to the people in the prisoner car. The people in the car stopped for a while, and then let out a burst of crying. Many people got out of the car and ran towards the castle. After a while, they ran out with their belongings. Some people want to go back, but they don't have the chance. The SWAT officers have buried ** all over the castle and poured fierce fire oil into the courtyard of Sandutang.

The captain of the special police team shouted at Sandutang with a loudspeaker: "Master Sun, listen, we have put ** everywhere in the castle." Your Sandu Hall has also been poured with fierce fire oil. All we need is a little fire, and this castle will be blown to the ground. You will also be burned to death in the chamber. You still have a chance to come out now. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it. Please come out, we're going to light the fire! ”

Not to mention, Yang Jing's hand really works. Maybe it was the Lord of Sun Castle, and they smelled the smell of fierce fire oil in the secret room. Someone in Sandu Hall shouted: "Don't light the fire!" Don't ignite the fire! Let's go out. ”

After a while, more than a dozen people, young and old, came out of Sandu Hall. All of them stepped on their feet with fierce fire oil, and some of them had sticky faces.

Yang Jing said to Qiu's old owner: "We can't kill him in front of so many people!" ”

"You can't kill it now, we'll talk about it on the road." Qiu Laodong said, "He should pay for the lives of those dead Zhuang Ding!" ”

"Okay!" After speaking, Yang Jing said to the SWAT captain again, "Send someone to transport all the things in the secret room." Be careful not to have any fireworks, otherwise no one will be able to run away from the fire. ”

The captain agreed, and commanded a squadron of special police officers to follow him to Sandu Hall. They used shovels to clear a passable road to Sandutang. After the castle lord and his family came out of the secret room, the door of the secret room was not closed. The captain instructed everyone to go in, and then Yang Jing, who came with him, said, "Slow down, be careful to see if there is a hidden weapon inside." ”

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".