Not long after, the guests who came to visit late at night were brought into the quiet room of the inner house, and compared with a few months ago, Lu Sijian became a lot fatter, and regained his fairy-like demeanor.

Lu Sijian was half-lying on the soft couch, and the two beautiful maids were beating his legs, at this time, the housekeeper brought the person into the room, and the person bowed and saluted, "Little nephew, see Uncle Lu Shi!" ”

"It's a little monkey! Did your father ask you to deliver the letter? ”

"Exactly!"

The young man Jiang Yu, the second son of Jiang Changhei, a wealthy family in Zhao County, came to deliver a letter on his father's order, Jiang Yu took out a letter and respectfully presented it to Lu Sijian, Lu Sijian took the letter and read it again, he suddenly sat up and waved his hand, "You all go down!" ”

The two maids retreated, and Lu Sijian looked at Jiang Yu with blazing eyes, "Is the news exact?" ”

"My father said that the news was accurate, and one of the guards was once the general of our Jiang family, and it was he who revealed the news."

"I know, go back and tell your father, after the matter is completed, I will definitely report his credit to Zhang Xuan."

"Thank you, Uncle Shi!"

Jiang Yuxing bowed and retreated, Lu Sijian pondered for a while, then got up and walked out of the door and ordered: "I want to go to Anyang County, prepare the carriage immediately!" ”

As soon as dawn, an urgent eagle letter arrived in Qinghe County, Zhang Xuan received an urgent letter from Wei County, Zhang Xuan immediately issued an order, a team of 300 scout elite cavalry galloped all the way to the north, two days later, this Sui army scout cavalry arrived in Gucheng County.

Gucheng County is located at the junction of Zhao County and Boling County, which is surrounded by mountains and mountains, making the county seat appear very remote, and the population of the county is not large, only more than 1,000 households. Most of them make a living from farming, and although the days are very poor, the residents are accustomed to the life here, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, living a leisurely and peaceful life.

There is a small temple in the northwest of the county. It is called Chong'en Temple, built in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties when Buddhism flourished, there are more than 30 monks stationed in the temple all the year round, and bear the incense offered by the residents of Gucheng County.

However, in the past two months, the gate of the temple has been closed, and a notice has been posted outside the gate that the temple is repairing its premises and will not accept incense for the time being.

The Sui cavalry arrived in Gucheng County in the afternoon, and they did not alarm the inhabitants. Instead, they hid in a dense forest, waiting for nightfall.

The cavalry of the Sui army was led by a captain, whose name was Song Renjie, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, a native of Fengyi County, Guanzhong, who was born in poverty, and was also an old scout soldier with more than ten years of experience, who participated in the wars between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks and Tuyuhun. took refuge in Jang Hyun on the battlefield of Goguryeo, and in just a few years, he was promoted from a fire chief to a school captain.

This time, Song Renjie was ordered to come to Gucheng County to seize Dou Jiande's wife and children. According to the information sent by Anyang County, Dou Jiande's wife and children are currently hiding in the Chong'en Temple in Gucheng County.

At the end of the first watch, two scouts who had gone to Chong'en Temple returned to the woods, and they brought back an old monk who lived outside the temple and was in charge of growing vegetables.

Two scouts reported to Song Renjie: "There is indeed a tightly guarded place in the east courtyard of the monastery, and we saw more than a dozen soldiers guarding the gate, and there were also secret sentry posts on the wall. We don't dare to startle the snake, but the captain can ask the monk about the specific situation. ”

The old monk was timid and afraid, trembling with fear under Song Renjie's fierce gaze, Song Renjie tried his best to say in a gentle tone: "We just want to know about the situation of the detainees in the monastery, as long as you answer honestly." We won't hurt you, and of course, if you dare to conceal and deceive, once we suffer losses, then you won't survive. ”

"Don't dare! Can't! The old monk was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again.

Song Renjie nodded and said, "Then let me ask you, how many people are imprisoned in the temple?" How many guards are there? ”

"General Hui, I just heard the abbot say a little, there are two people imprisoned in the temple, it is a mother and son, we don't know who they are, we only know that they were sent two and a half months ago, and there are about 30 soldiers guarding them, and our temple is also forced to close the gate, it seems that it will take half a month to leave."

Song Renjie was already sure that the people who were detained should be Dou Jiande's wife and children, and the intelligence said that Bohai would change places every three months, which was completely consistent with the old monk's explanation.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Will the guards be on patrol outside the monastery, I mean at night." ”

The old monk hurriedly shook his head, "They never go out of the gate, every ten days there will be a few ox carts to bring them food and daily necessities, and they don't disturb the temple, they lock themselves in the east courtyard all day long, if the general wants to save people, I suggest that the general directly break through the wall from the periphery." ”

Although the old monk was selfish and did not want the Sui army to destroy the temple, his suggestion was indeed reasonable, and it was the best way to break through the wall directly, and to use this method, Song Renjie must understand the specific location of Dou Jiande's wife and children being held.

"Apart from the abbot, who else has been to the East Courtyard?"

The old monk shook his head, "Except for the abbot, they won't let anyone else in." ”

The most important reason why Song Renjie was sent to carry out this mission was that he had a steady personality, was thoughtful, and would never act hastily and recklessly.

Song Renjie pondered for a moment and decided to establish contact with the abbot of the temple first and get accurate information before acting, and the old monk could be sent back first, so as not to startle the snake, but at the same time, he should send someone to monitor him.

Thinking of this, he said a few words to several of his right-hand men.

At noon the next day, the scouts finally got the layout plan of the east courtyard from the abbot of the temple, and in front of a big stone, Song Renjie pointed to the layout map and deployed tasks for several brigade commanders.

"The house where the target is held is located in the east, rebuilt with bluestone, it is estimated that the ground is also paved with bluestone, it is obviously unrealistic to directly dig holes in the ground to save people, but you can dig holes in the ground to the side of the house, the soil here is very suitable for digging holes, this is God is helping us succeed, and we will act immediately as soon as it gets dark."

Everyone agreed in unison, and they soon developed a perfect plan to save people

Night fell again, twenty black shadows quietly touched the high wall of the east courtyard, with the help of the cover of the wild grass, they began to quickly dig the hole, they must dig this tunnel before dawn the next day, the purpose of digging the tunnel is to protect Dou Jiande's wife and children, once effective protection is established, then it is easy to deal with more than thirty guards with three hundred elite cavalry.

With the close cooperation of twenty soldiers, the excavation went very smoothly, and at the fourth watch they dug through the tunnel, the exit of which was located on the side of the stone house where the prisoner was held, under a pile of wheat stalks.

A soldier observed for a moment and came back to report to Song Renjie: "Captain Qiyu, there are six guards outside the stone house, and the rest of the guards live in a row of houses opposite, but the windows of the stone house are covered by a curtain, so I can't see the situation inside, I don't know if there are guards in the house?" ”

Song Renjie pondered for a moment, after all, this is Dou Jiande's wife and children, not ordinary prisoners, and it is most likely that they should be placed under house arrest, the conditions in the house should be good, and there will be no guards.

He looked at the sky, it was already five o'clock, and he couldn't drag it out any longer, he immediately said to the dozen or so men who were preparing to assault: "Shoot quickly, be ruthless, don't hesitate a little, once you start to act, I will act at the same time outside." ”

"Please rest assured, there will be no problems!"

Eighteen of his men said yes and immediately went into the hole, and there were six guards in total, that is, three against one.

In front of the stone house, six guards are lazily leaning against the wall and napping, Dou Jiande's wife and children have been hostages of the Bohai Society for almost four years, in order to prevent Dou Jiande from robbing people, since two years ago, the Bohai Society will transfer the hostages every three months, and this is also the top secret of the Bohai Society, which is directly responsible for the head of the society, Gao Lie, and even Gao Hui does not know.

There are a total of fifty guards, all of whom are selected by the Bohai Society, all of them are loyal, but no matter how strict the measures are, there will be gaps, and this time the information leaked was that one of the guards gave the hiding place to his original owner, and finally revealed it to the Sui army through Lu Sijian.

Eighteen Sui soldiers had already come out of their holes and were prostrate on the ground, only seven or eight paces away from their target, when one of the guards stood up and seemed to be about to urinate.

At the moment when he just got up, eighteen soldiers shot a powerful crossbow at the same time, without any preparation, eighteen quenched crossbow arrows pierced the heads of six guard soldiers at the same time, and the six guard soldiers fell to the ground together, without even screaming.

Eighteen soldiers jumped up at the same time, threw themselves at the stone house, kicked open the door, and rushed in, and at the same time, a crossbow shot out of the wall, and at this time, at the signal to move, a hundred soldiers outside the wall hugged the giant wood and slammed into the high wall.

Everything happened between the rabbit and the falcon, and at the same time as the Sui army broke into the door, the secret sentry hiding in the high wall noticed the anomaly, and immediately shouted and screamed, and the piercing wooden drum suddenly sounded, and dozens of guards rushed out of the opposite room.

At this time, only a loud noise was heard, "Boom! "The dust was flying, and a large hole was knocked into the high wall, and I saw a group of Sui cavalry emerge from the dust, and they shouted and killed the guards on the opposite side. (To be continued.) )