At this moment, in the small city tower, the soldiers who did not have their turn to keep vigil were sleeping in the barracks of the city tower. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And those soldiers who took the turn to keep vigil, because they were relaxed and tired, fell asleep in the stone houses on the city wall, some lay on the stone tables, some leaned against the wall, and some simply lay on the ground, snoring like thunder, and fell into a sweet dream.

The sharp-eared soldier had difficulty sleeping due to his high level of nervousness, so he volunteered to stay with the night watchman when it was not his turn.

"Rustle~" "Click~"

The mixed sound reached the ears of the guards at the tip of his ear, which was faint at first, and he pricked up his ears for a moment to find that the sound was getting clearer and closer. He could conclude that it must have been the footsteps of an enemy sneaking up, and that the enemy was not far from him.

He hurriedly pushed the other soldiers who were napping next to him, and said urgently: "Brothers, wake up, the enemy is coming!" ”

"Let him sneak attack! Don't disturb my sleep! One of the soldiers muttered, rolled over, and fell asleep again.

Suddenly, the footsteps seemed to disappear suddenly. The soldier cautiously walked to the battlements by the wall, looked around in horror, and in the moonlight, saw several black figures swaying among the trees beneath the wall.

"Not good! Enemy Sneak Attack... He cried out in terror, but no sooner had he been halfway through than his mouth was covered tightly by a large, powerful hand, and he could no longer make a sound.

"This coward, why is he always noisy and yelling, and he doesn't let people sleep?" One of the soldiers in the stone house was awakened by his shouting, and raised his eyes from the stone table on which he was lying, and cursed in his mouth.

The moment he raised his eyes, he saw that the city wall was full of men in black, holding various weapons in their hands, and the weapons shone in a cold light under the moonlight. The soldier with the tip of the ear had been knocked unconscious and fell to the ground.

"He's numb, the enemy is really coming to sneak attack! Brothers, rise up and fight! He screamed loudly.

Mao Yong flew over and pointed his sword at his neck.

"How can you..." The other soldier muttered, but soon he was sober with fear.

For the enemy had entered the stone house, and the sword was already resting on their necks.

The guards in the small tower were all prisoners in their sleep, their limbs bound by ropes, their mouths gagged with rags, unable to move or make a sound. The battalion officer was no exception.

They all looked apologetically at the sharp-eared soldier, who was now lying unconscious on the ground tied up as he tried to scream and was knocked unconscious by the enemy.

"Yay!" Song Qi's brothers cheered in a low voice, "Next, we can take the Iron Horse Pass!" ”

There is a small flat land next to the castle tower, which is probably used for the guards here to practice in peacetime. Next to the flat ground is a cliff.

The crowd stood on the edge of the flat ground and leaned down to look down. The black houses of the Iron Horse are like a calm black lake under the moonlight. Only a few sporadic lights peeked through one of the tallest buildings in the city, like a fishing fire from a fishing boat on a lake.

The gate of the Iron Horse Pass is a mile away from here in the mountain pass, the city tower is towering, and the golden roof on the city tower shines in the moonlight.

There was silence, only the sound of insects chirping one after another, without the slightest laughter.

The cliffs at the edge of the flat were about the same steep and high as the ones they had just climbed. But to climb down from here with bare hands, this is not possible at all. This is the best commentary on the saying that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down.

"General Song, what now?" Bagan took a few steps closer to Song Qi and asked in a low voice.

Song Qi glanced back at the hundred or so brothers around him, thirty with ropes, thirty with bows and arrows, and thirty with kites (since one brother fell, there were only twenty-nine kite soldiers left).

Song Qi thought for a while and began to divide the troops.

Song Qi raised his hand and pointed to the city tower in the distance, and said to Bagan: "You take more than 20 strange soldiers to fly down with kites, go straight to the Iron Horse Pass Tower, open the city gate, light the fire as a signal, and let our army enter the city!" ”

"Yes!" Bagan happily agreed, took the order from Song Qi, led his strange soldiers to line up on the edge of the cliff, and then jumped down to the bottom of the cliff one by one without hesitation. Since they are completely condescending dives, and they are already very skilled in their movements, they do not need to be assisted in pulling the rope to pull them up.

Like a big black bird, the kite swooped down the cliff, flapping its huge wings, and when it was about to approach the roof below, it suddenly sprang up and flew towards the castle tower in the distance.

Song Qi stared at the direction in which the kite flew, visually measured the distance they flew, stretched out his hand and pointed to the tallest building in the city that was still lit up, turned back to Mao Yong Ao Leopard and the soldiers with ropes and said, "Brother Mao, a few of you will use ropes with me and these thirty brothers to go straight to the general's mansion in the city and take down Zang Long in one fell swoop." Only by taking down Zang Long can his ironclad chain horse be completely dead! ”

"Yes!" Mao Yong and the others agreed, and each took a rope to prepare. They tied one end of the rope to the big roots of the trees, and the other end hung down from the edge of the cliff. The rope was long enough to carry them down the mountain.

Song Qi turned his head to look at Li Su again, and ordered in a deep voice: "You take the remaining brothers to guard the edge of this cliff and closely observe the situation below. If there is any movement from the enemy below, you can suppress them with your bows and arrows and give us cover! ”

"Yes!" Li Su heartily agreed.

Song Qi threaded the long rope around his legs twice, tied a slipknot, grasped the rope firmly with both hands, and then carefully descended backwards down the cliff, his feet against the cliff, hanging in the air, and the others also followed his method, dangling in the air, lined up.

"Are you all ready?" Song Qi asked softly.

"Ready!" The others also replied in low voices.

"Down!" Song Qi let out a low sigh, the hand pulling the rope loosened, and the center of gravity suddenly fell on his legs, the rope on his legs whirred, and his body also fell.

Seeing that he had fallen two or three feet, he grabbed the rope again, hung his body in the air, and stared at the cliff with his feet.

Everyone also painted the gourd.

"When I went up the mountain just now, I could actually use a rope to hang everyone up, so I didn't have to climb so desperately!" A soldier thought it was too easy and comfortable, so he made a joke.

"What's the use of hindsight!" The other creep muttered back.

"Oops, why didn't I think of that!" Song Qi took out a free hand and patted his head, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Yes, just now it was completely possible to let Mao Yong and the others go up the mountain first, and then hang down the rope, so that everyone can go up the mountain very easily, without so much tossing. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel deep guilt in his heart for General Lai and the little soldier who were injured in the fall.

Everyone didn't speak again, and no one wanted to accuse Song Qi or embarrass him for this incident. After all, no one thought of doing this at the time.

After several descends, everyone landed smoothly and smoothly to the ground.

Mao Yong and a few other family members can actually go down to the bottom of the mountain without a rope, but the sneak attack is very important, and there can be no mistakes, so they also came down with a rope. (To be continued.) )