Chapter 579: Clever Counting
On the wall of the Tiger Prison Pass, a team of about 200 people, dressed in armor, Xingyang Zheng soldiers patrolled with torches.
"Alas, Master Chen, it's really boring for us to patrol here day by day!" A young man in silver armor yawned and said lazily to a middle-aged man walking in front.
"Shut up!" The middle-aged man, who was called Chen Ye, glared at the young man viciously and said, "The patriarch handed over the matter of patrolling the city wall of the Tiger Prison Pass to us, and during the time we patrolled, we had to do this job well, and we must not make any mistakes!" ”
"Master Chen, aren't I just whining? I didn't say I couldn't patrol well! The young man pursed his lips weakly and continued: "This time we are also unlucky, and we have such a thing!" ”
"Alright, you can say a few words!" Chen Ye turned his head to look at the brightly lit tent three miles away, and whispered, "I hope that this time, our Xingyang Zheng clan can get through this difficulty!" ”
"Alright, cheer up, we'll be back to rest in half an hour!" Shaking his head, a smile appeared on Chen Ye's face, and said, "I'll go back later, Lao Tzu will invite you little cubs to drink, so you can warm up!" ”
"Oh, that's great, Master Xie Chen!"
All the patrolmen shouted hello.
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At the base of the city wall, hearing the cheers of the patrols on the city wall, Cheng Chuliang subconsciously glanced up at the city and found that the Zheng patrols had gone away.
"Let's go, let's go, it's time for us to get on, right?" The young man couldn't wait to urge Cheng Chuliang to get up.
"Okay, you're in a hurry!"
Cheng Chuliang glared at the soldier angrily, and then motioned to the brothers to take out the strong crossbow from their arms. This strong crossbow is different from the bow and crossbow usually used for attack, but I see that the inside of this strong crossbow is hollow, and a small powder line is stuffed inside, and in the middle of the hollow strong crossbow, it is completely possible to stuff the flying eagle hook claw into it.
"Whew, dangchang!"
With a few soft sounds. The flying eagle's hook claws were firmly attached to the battlements of the city wall more than ten zhang high, and they had already gone away, and the patrol soldiers of the Xingyang Zheng clan who were patrolling did not hear these two sounds, and went farther and farther.
Fold the crossbow and stuff it on his waist, Cheng Chuliang tugged on the steel rope vigorously, and then nodded to the brothers.
"Bang Bang!"
These soldiers are all the elites carefully selected by Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda from the whole army, and they are all masters who have experienced a hundred battles. It's just a wall about ten feet high, for these soldiers. There is no difficulty, just waste the strength.
After about a quarter of an hour, a hundred elite soldiers had climbed the high city wall while they were hiding their bodies while climbing.
Hidden in the shadow of the battlements of the city wall, Cheng Chuliang pulled out the short horizontal knife hidden at his waist, and according to the previous allocation, he divided the team of 100 people into groups of ten people, and each secretly touched the other garrison points on the city wall by taking advantage of the dark moonlit night.
"Stop!"
I walked up the city wall for about ten feet. Cheng Chuliang made a stop gesture. And they saw five armoured soldiers standing by the wall of the city in front of them.
Cheng Chuliang gestured to four of the brothers in the team. At the same time, he was short, and his body scurried out like a leopard.
Before the five guards could react, the short horizontal knives had already appeared under the necks of the five soldiers.
"Poof!"
For a while, blood splattered, and Cheng Chuliang led the four brothers to kill the five soldiers, and at the same time quickly changed into the armor on their bodies. In order to distinguish themselves from the other soldiers, a small strip of white cloth was tied to each of their left arms.
As for the five, they were stripped naked. The corpses of the soldiers were directly thrown from the city wall by them, which was indeed the best way to dispose of the corpses.
"Quick, let's move fast!" Cheng Zhu straightened the helmet on his head. Turning his head to look at the remaining ninety or so brothers, he said, "You guys are here later, let's go and collect some armor for you!" ”
After all, Tiger Prison Pass is a military location, so the designed city wall is not only high but also very long, and the guards on the entire city wall add up to 200 people, and it will really take some time to solve them quietly.
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It is said that the night is dark and the wind is high and the night kills people, and when the journey is bright, all the hundred people have changed their armor, and it is already half an hour later.
At three o'clock in the ugly hour, in the middle of the moon, the time for the change of the patrol team of the Tiger Prison Pass has finally arrived, and this time period is precisely the time when people sleep the deepest.
"Gone, gone, brothers! It's time for a shift change! Chen Ye led a patrol of two hundred people to earn a circle and returned to the city wall, "Today, Lao Tzu invites you to have a meal at the best restaurant in the city!" ”
"But...... Master Chen, Master Zuo, they haven't come yet, is it appropriate for us to leave now? In the midst of Chen Ye's group of soldiers, a young man who followed closely behind him frowned and said, "If we leave now, what can we do if something happens?" ”
"Zheng Hua, you kid is too timid, otherwise, with your father's status in our family, how can you be just a small soldier?"
Chen Ye seemed to look down on this young man named Zheng Hua, he snorted coldly and continued:
"When my tiger prison was locked in the Great Sui, it was a copper wall and an iron wall, not only the city wall was as high as ten zhang, but even the city gate was once reinforced with fine iron. How difficult is it to break into our Tiger Prison Station? Since you don't want to go down, then wait for Zheng Zuo here! ”
Speaking of this, Chen Ye turned around and walked behind, without the slightest hesitation, and the other soldiers were not ambiguous, and followed closely behind Chen Ye.
As for Cheng Chubi, they are following the crowd, since you all go down, then it would be good for them to go down together, anyway, they will always go to the city, but their characters have not yet been completed?
The young man, Zheng Hua, saw that the people on the city wall had abandoned him, and his face became cloudy.
At this time, another patrol came to the city wall, and when the leader saw Zheng Hua, he was slightly stunned, and seemed to be a little shocked.
"Zuo Ye, you're here!" Seeing the leader of this patrol, Zheng Hua's eyes lit up and greeted him.
Zheng Zuo was a young man in his thirties, he took a few steps forward with his brows twisted, looked at Zheng Hua and said, "Xiaohua, why are you still on it?" Didn't Zheng Chen just go down? Why don't you follow him? ”
"I didn't see Zuo Ye, where do I dare to go down?" Zheng Hua laughed and said.
"Okay, I know that your kid is much more cautious than Zheng Chen's old thing!" Zheng Zuo patted Zheng Hua on the shoulder and said, "Xiaohua, because of Wang Jun's matter, your position in the family is very embarrassing, but sometimes you have to endure it!" As long as Uncle Bai can become an elder in the family this time, what kind of thing is he Zheng Chen? ”
A bitter smile appeared on Zheng Hua's face, he shook his head, and said, "Master Zuo, I understand what you said!" But ......"
"Alright, alright, nothing else!" Zheng Zuo waved his hand and said, "Go down quickly!" I heard that Zheng Chen has a treat tonight, this old thing is a treat, don't eat for nothing! ”
"Well, I listen to Zuo Ye!" Zheng Hua nodded and walked quickly towards the city.
Looking at Zheng Hua's figure in a hurry, Zheng Zuo shook his head slightly and said, "I hope this time, our Zheng family can survive this hurdle!" ”
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Tiger Prison Pass is located in Bishui Town, so it is also known as Bishui Pass.
Although due to the blockade of the five surnames and seven hopes by the Tang Dynasty, the Zheng family of Xingyang has shrunk in the land of Xingyang, but in some important military places, or where the interests of the five surnames and seven hopes are hoarded, they are still prosperous.
Bishui Town is such an existence.
Because of the existence of the military stronghold of Tiger Prison Pass, most of the people in Bishui Town are from the Zheng family.
This time, the main forces of the five surnames and seven wangs were stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass, in order to let the soldiers with the five surnames and seven wangs eat and drink well, the town implemented a night curfew.
Located in the very center of the town, there is a restaurant with a large area.
At this moment, the first floor of the restaurant was in a hurry, and the thirty tables were full of Zheng soldiers who had just returned from the change of duty on the city wall.
"Master Chen, the Tang Army has been stationed outside our Tiger Prison Pass for three days, neither attacking nor retreating, what do you think they think?"
A chubby-looking guy grabbed a pig's trotter in his hand, gnawed so much that his mouth was full of oil, and his mouth was grinding and chirping.
"Zhu San, can you kid have a snack?" Zheng Chen glanced at the fat boy angrily, and said, "The wall of the Tiger Prison Pass is so high, unless the Tang army grows wings, otherwise, they will definitely not be able to enter!" If they don't spend it with us like this, what else can they do? ”
"But, Master Chen!" Zhu San swallowed what was in his mouth and said, "I heard that there is a strange weapon in the Tang Army, it is said that that the power of that weapon is very great, and it can blast a big hole in the thick city wall from a long distance, if they use that kind of thing to attack the Tiger Prison Pass this time......"
Zhu San didn't say the rest of the words, but he could think about it.
"Such an evil thing, I don't believe it!" Zheng Chen pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "What's more, these things are just hearsay, none of us have ever seen them." Besides, if this thing really exists, then wouldn't the Tang Army have used that thing to blast open the gate of our tiger prison long ago? ”
"Yes, third brother, you are just too timid!"
"Hehe, this tiger prison is an iron wall, forgive them Datang doesn't have this ability!"
After hearing Zheng Chen's words, the people at this table all began to laugh at Zhu San. (To be continued......)