Chapter 446, Sneak Attack (4)

The Jianxuan of this era is far from being the children of the Eight Banners later, and their military discipline is still maintained very well. Although Jinzhou is not the front line now, the soldiers who patrol the city at night do not go to sleep. It's just that at this time, these conscientious Eight Banners soldiers failed to find the Model Army commandos who were approaching. Because, at this time, there was no moon, and looking down from the city walls, it was completely dark, and it was impossible to see anything at all. Instead, the people below take advantage of the slightly brighter sky to carry their backs. Jing, it is easier to see the people in the city clearly.

The commandos soon reached the edge of the moat. The team members carefully entered the water, as little as possible to make a sound. The moat is not wide, and the soldiers of the Model Army commandos have good wateriness. Everyone went into the water with a wooden basin with a lot of things, and they dragged the basin and swam silently across the moat.

Zhao Tianba, the commando leader who took the lead, dragged the wooden basin ashore, and then quickly leaned under the city wall. He raised his head and carefully observed the situation on the city wall, and then listened to the movement above, but there was no sound on the city wall.

Zhao Tianba waved his hand at the few commandos who were following him, and then picked up a hook with a rope from the wooden basin. He took the rope in his hand, and then made the hook with the rope make several vertical circles in the air, and as soon as he let go, the hook flew straight up with the rope, and then with a soft snap, it fell to the wall.

Zhao Tianba listened to the fact that there was no movement above, so he pulled the rope again, and the rope quickly straightened. He tugged again, and it was sturdy, and it seemed that it was firm enough. So Zhao Tianba grabbed the rope and was the first to climb up. Some of the other commandos watched from below, and Zhao Tianba quickly climbed up and went up to the city wall, and when he looked around, there was no one around. This is also a normal thing. There are not many garrisons in Jinzhou City, and at most there are a few soldiers keeping vigil near the city wall at night.

Zhao Tianba saw that there was no one around, so he stretched out his hand and shook the hook rope a few times, and the second commando began to climb up along the rope. The commando also brought several ropes with him, and he hung them one by one on the battlements, and more commandos quickly climbed up, and finally they pulled up the oilcloth-wrapped contents of the several wooden basins below.

These things wrapped in oilcloth are mainly like this. First of all, the armor, the assault team only had a few dozen people, but they had to quickly kill the defenders near the city gates, open the city gates, and hold out until the army entered the city. Although, according to judgment, there would not be too many troops near the gates, and if their attacks were very successful, most of the enemy would not be so quick to react and immediately organize a counterattack. But the whole plan cannot be entirely pinned on the fact that the enemy is pig-headed, but must be estimated in the worst-case scenario, that is, after they have climbed the city walls, fail to complete the surprise attack, and have to take the city gate by storm, and hold on to the large army, then whether they have a strong armor will become extremely important.

In addition to armor, there are all kinds of weapons, mainly swords and short-barreled shotguns, as well as crossbow arrows.

These weapons are specially made for the commandos, whether it is swords or armor, they are made of the best crucible steel, in order to ensure concealment, the outside of the armor is also carefully pasted with a layer of dark green cloth, so that at night, it is not as easy to be seen by the enemy because of the reflection of ordinary armor.

The commandos had all been trained to put on armor and weapons for themselves in a dark-lit environment, and Zhao Tianba made a gesture, and everyone began to put armor on themselves in the dark. In a few moments, the armor was put on and the weapons were ready. Zhao Tianba looked up at the stars, in the east, the morning star had already risen, and the sky was about to dawn, but this was also the period of time when people slept the deadliest.

Zhao Tianba waved his hand, and everyone touched the low female wall one by one, towards the direction of the city tower. It was dark all around, except for the two lanterns lit in the tall tower, which looked a little brighter.

Of course, these two lanterns also illuminated the two Qing soldiers who were still patrolling the night. If it is a model army, here in the city tower, in addition to the open post, there should also be a dark post. However, Zhao Tianba observed for a while and found that there did not seem to be a secret whistle. I think it was because the Qing army didn't expect Jinzhou to be attacked at all, so they somewhat relaxed their vigilance.

Zhao Tianba and several other teammates picked up the crossbow together. The arrows used in this crossbow are poisonous. Zhao Tianba heard that the poison on this arrow was specially made by people from the Americas east of the sea, a kind of flower toad, the poison was very violent, Zhao Tianba once used this poisoned arrow to shoot a wild boar, after the wild boar was hit by the arrow, the speed of death was almost the same as the death speed of giving it a shot with a musket against the brain. And in the process, the wild boar didn't even have time to make a sound.

There is no antidote to this poison because it works so fast that you don't even have time to use any medicine. Therefore, when loading such a poisonous arrow into a crossbow machine, you must be extra careful, otherwise, a finger may kill a person.

Zhao Tianba, Wu Kaibian, and Lu Dingyi aimed at the Qing soldier on the left, while several other teammates also aimed at the one on the right. Zhao Tianba saw that everyone was aiming, so he said in a low voice: "Shoot!" ”

Bang bang, a low sound made when the bowstring vibrated sounded in Zhao Tianba's ears, and he stared at the two Qing soldiers with wide eyes. In an instant, the two Qing soldiers were stuck with several arrows. And the two Qing soldiers who were hit by the arrow were just like the wild boar that Zhao Tianba had shot before, and they didn't snort, and fell straight down.

Zhao Tianba put down the crossbow. bow, pulled out the waist knife, and touched it.

There were more than a dozen Qing soldiers in the city tower, all of whom slept soundly. Zhao Tianba and the others touched it, stabbed them one by one, and killed them all. Zhao Tianba led people down to the city gate cave again and opened the city gate, and at this time, the commandos who stayed on it also lowered the drawbridge. Zhao Tianba walked out of the city gate, then lit two fireworks sticks used to send signals, and waved them towards the dark field, and after a while, he saw a torch lit on the opposite side, and then heard the sound of horses' hooves. The sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, and the last large group of dragoons rushed into Jinzhou City.