Chapter 62: A Night of Coolies at the Docks
Shen Bing took a breath and climbed onto the bookcase. The instructor said that this spear hook is still very primitive, and it will save everyone more effort in the future. The most powerful player in the team can only use it eight times, and it will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of both arms.
Qin Lei strictly limits the use of more than three times a day. What makes the team members incredible is that even if they don't seem to have to fight today, he didn't ban it.
With the help of a special spear hook, Shen Bing easily got rid of the pursuers. And according to the route given by Shen Qing, there was no time to be surrounded or encountered. Only then did he realize how useful the instructor's arithmetic lesson was.
After jumping three times, he happened to jump onto the bookcase by the window, and Shen Bing came out of the window. There were several patrolling Assassins on the eaves, and when they saw him, they drew their swords and rushed over. Shen Bing didn't do much entanglement, ran a few steps on the eaves, and got into the third window. Disappeared into the jungle of bookcases again.
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In the halls, the leader of the operation paced around with a few men. Shame on you! As the most promising young officer of Great Qin at that time, he did not continue his promising official career. Instead, he resolutely left the Imperial Forest Army five years ago and secretly joined the Prince's Mansion. The goal of becoming an unranked, rankless, or even stateless assassin leader is to train a team that can compete with the Li family's bloodthorns.
In the past five years, he has not failed his duties for a moment, and he has not even returned to his home in Zhongdu once. Throughout the day, he either studied with the masters invited by the prince, or led the team to train hard. But he doesn't feel hard, because he believes that every day of perseverance will be one day closer to success.
The prince trusted him and never asked about the details of his training. For the first time in five years, the prince, who was responsive to this team, made a request, and the leader remembered the prince's instructions word for word: "Defeat Qin Lei cleanly." Show him what he's capable of. ”
Everyone was excited, and they saw this mission as a big test for them by the prince. As the chief said: "Defeat the enemy and tell His Highness the Crown Prince that we can be trusted." ”
No one expected it to be like this. At the end of the day, he started to act, and now that the time has passed, only four people have been arrested. Two of them were caught exposing their bodies during the initial warning in the park. And the people who are caught are not of much use, and if you can't ask questions, you can't torture these tomorrow's colleagues to extract confessions.
He knew that the Fifth Highness had the right time and place, and his subordinates were well-trained, so the situation would get worse and worse if it continued. complained in his heart that the prince did not understand military affairs. was exploited by the cunning Five Highnesses. Originally, everyone defaulted to assassination and defense, but now it has become a farce like hide and seek. The Assassins were unable to exert their powerful combat power
The leader of the Assassins tore off his masked scarf, revealing a square face covered in scars, and his eyes were blazing under his thick and intermittent eyebrows. He muttered, "Brother Tie, it seems that your Highness is really powerful. A personal entourage on the side was surprised when he heard this: "None of the nineteen personal entourages of the Fifth Highness are surnamed Tie. ”
The leader remembered that he had heard a while ago that the man had returned to battle at the front. His heart was gloomy, and his face was uncertain. After a long while, he said resolutely in his heart: "I don't have your life, and I won't have a chance to be beautiful in this life." But I'm not going to lose to you. ”
He said to his followers, "Gather them all." Then he walked to the table and drew in circles while thinking about the structure of the library that the prince had given him.
A quarter of an hour later, he was in front of a neat line of two hundred Assassins. Five years of hard training has indeed turned his team into an iron army. Although I was tired for an hour and a half, and although I was hit by a sense of loss that I couldn't find, under the two hundred masked black scarves, there was not the slightest negative emotion such as frustration, discouragement, and helplessness in the two hundred pairs of eyes.
In fact, it would be more appropriate to say that it was 200 pairs of eyes without emotion.
The leader didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Divide into ten teams, each team of twenty people." ”
There was a sound of footsteps scraping against the ground, and two hundred Assassins formed ten teams of twenty each. The movements were no slower than Qin Lei's guards.
The leader looked at his subordinates with some satisfaction, he knew that he couldn't catch the enemy, first, the rules were limited, otherwise a fire would be more effective than anything. The second is that he is a derelict leader, and he has nothing to do with his elite subordinates.
He ordered the ten men standing at the front of the line: "Change your tactics now. We started from the ground floor. Teams A and B are still patrolling the rooms on the first floor, and as long as there are not more than ten enemies at the same time, they don't need to pay attention. The other eight teams were divided into two groups and blocked all the windows and vents in these rooms with bookshelves in the order I marked on the drawings! ”
As soon as he finished the task, the sound of drums came from outside. He looked at his men and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, there are still two hours left before the rooster crows. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is waiting for us to have good news. ”
Two hundred people shouted in unison: "Yes! After that, as the chief commanded, they went their own way.
This information was passed in the dark, and soon it was somewhere in the darkness. Qin Lei quietly crouched on a bookshelf, and whispered to Shi Meng, who came to report the news: "I don't know what elm pimple can come up with such a stupid method." The large bookshelf under him, nearly two feet high and three feet wide, was full of books. It can't be pushed without a dozen or twenty people.
Shi Meng was overjoyed, lowered his voice and said excitedly: "Then Your Highness, quickly think of a clever way to crack it." Brothers, I'm waiting for you to come up with a charter. ”
Qin Lei's face fell suddenly, and he said depressedly: "There are many flaws in tricks, and there are no ways to break the clumsiness." There are a lot of people, and we can't do anything about it. ”
Shi Meng thought about it, gritted his teeth and said, "The brothers fought with them." ”
Qin Lei kicked him lightly, rolled his eyes and said, "Take the wooden sword and the wooden sword?" If you cut it at someone, they won't fall. I won't give you a backhand yet. When the time comes, it is impossible to say who will cut down. ”
Shi Meng said angrily: "This can't do this, it can't work, it's not okay, is it just waiting here to be caught." ”
Qin Lei nodded and said, "That's right, wait." Go ahead and tell the team to go up to the second floor. Let those people move the prince first. ”
Shi Meng reluctantly took the order and left.
The noise on the first floor became louder and louder, and Qin Lei turned over and lay on the bookshelf, imagining what it was like to be pushed by the twenty big men downstairs.
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The leader had taken off his nightcoat and put it on his right shoulder, and he was leaning on the bookshelf with all his strength, shouting loudly. Twenty strong men followed his trumpet, pushing or pulling with all their strength, and finally let the huge and heavy bookshelves slowly move towards the window inch by inch.
Fortunately, the bookshelf was only six feet away from the window, otherwise Shen Bing would not have been able to jump from the bookshelf to the window at that time.
It took less than a quarter of an hour to block all three windows and two vents in a room. An hour is eight quarters of an hour, and the leader has eight groups. Theoretically, an hour and a half is enough to block all the rooms.
Every time they closed a room, someone reported it to Qin Lei, and Qin Lei drew a circle on the floor plan of the house. Qin Lei didn't believe that they could have enough stamina to keep coming down at this speed.
But he was shocked to find that when the first floor plan was full of circles, the hourglass at hand was only three-quarters gone. You should know that the first floor has the most rooms, with more than forty rooms.
Even Shen Qing couldn't bear it, so he came over and asked His Highness to think of a way. It's a terrible feeling to be unable to do anything and wait for the lasso around your neck to get closer and closer.
Qin Lei pondered for a long time, closed his eyes and spit out a word: "Wait." And he spoke no more.
Shen Qing and Shi Meng on the side glanced at each other helplessly, and turned back to their posts.
Qin Lei believes that since the strategy has been decided, it should not be changed at will. Especially when there's no better way. He sat in the dark, quietly waiting for the next guard.
During the second-floor move, the opponent's speed slowed down somewhat, and it took more than a quarter of an hour to close a room. When the second floor was completely cordoned off, there was still more than half an hour before the end of the day. On the third floor, there are only twenty rooms. As long as the eight teams on the other side move twice, they will block Qin Lei and them in the room.
The discovery was overjoyed by the Assassins, who had been tired all night. Although when they return from their mission, they will be ashamed of their night of coolie work on the docks.
Assassin is the most high-tech profession of this era.
Regardless, the Assassins who had been working all night were now exhausted and their strength was restored. It took a quarter of an hour to complete the first round of blockade.
There are also fourteen rooms.
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