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"You've all fallen asleep, haven't you?!" Hao Laoba, who was dressed as a monk, asked Geng Laosan, who had just returned from inquiring about the situation.

Geng Laosan nodded: "Everyone in the yard has slept, and the medicine we put in the meal is not heavy, and we haven't slept to death until now." The guards responsible for the vigil on the periphery are all concentrated in the West Courtyard, there are a total of sixty people, this gang of Shanxi Laocai is really cautious, and they sent so many people to keep vigil without sleeping at night! ”

"If you were the one in charge of the escort, you would be more cautious than they were." Hao Laoba glanced at him and then continued: "Let the brothers start, although we are a little invincible in doing this, but for the sake of the Grand Governor, we can't care so much!" ”

"Good!" After hearing this, Geng Laosan immediately waved his hand to the action team members beside him and made a gesture, and the action team members immediately left and began to give action orders.

The total number of the eight imperial merchants in Beijing this time was as many as 400 people, and the carts carrying silver and some other things totaled 110 taels, and each cart was assigned three guards. In addition to the residence of the monks of the temple, the other guest rooms of Linghui Temple are all full, this is far from enough, there are nearly two hundred people lying in the central hall, but at this moment these people are snoring like thunder, one by one unconscious, and a single movement outside can not be detected.

"Move fast!" There were forty-six members of the squad, but thirty of them scattered into the rooms, covering the guards with one hand and sticking a dagger into their hearts with the other. These actions have become an instinct for these members of the action team who have been fighting outside for a long time, and there will be no one who misses. There is no effort for a stick of incense. A total of 300 guards in each room were killed. The saddest thing is that the children of the eight imperial merchant families like Fan Yongsheng and Wang Hongsheng are still dreaming of being promoted to become rich in their sleep, but they ascended to heaven in a daze.

Soon, Geng Laosan and Shen Laoda's two teams began to make peace, and the team led by Hao Laoba totaled seventy-two people to surround the entire Western Courtyard, but they were all hidden in the dark, and they did not act rashly before receiving the order. After several teams reconciled, Geng Laosan and Shen nodded to each other. Then the order for action was given.

The west courtyard is lined with horse-drawn carriages, all arranged against the wall, and there are three large fires lit in the open space near the door, which illuminates the west courtyard of Linghui Temple. About thirty guards sat beside the fire, and by this time they had taken off their hats, revealing their bare heads and slender pigtails of money behind them.

As everyone got closer and closer, looking at the thirty guards who were constantly walking back and forth not far away, Geng Laosan nodded slowly, stretched out two fingers and made a firing posture. Everyone understood, and immediately ten people appeared on the roof. That is, ten squad fighters equipped with bows and crossbows, and at the same time pull the crossbow machine.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Ten powerful crossbows were fired at a patrol of thirty men. Basically, the arrows were not missed, and the hit rate was quite high for these long-trained squad members at such a close distance, and more than twenty people fell in an instant from the thirty-man patrol.

And just when the ten people on the roof came out and started the big launch, the team members below had already touched forward with the help of shadows, and when they touched a piece of wall, they immediately hid under the corner. The bright light of the fire in the courtyard made the outside of the courtyard even darker. At this time, they were still about twenty paces away from the guards, and twenty of the members of the task force slowly pulled out two black cylindrical objects from the cloth bags behind them.

It turned out that these were two grenades made in Fuzhou, in fact, these things could be made by the craftsmen and supervisors of the Qing court with some effort, but they were not as powerful as theirs. On the other side, he immediately took out the fire fold, and then slowly unscrewed the lid of the fire fold, and blew it lightly a few times, and then the originally dim fire fold slowly lit up, and the brothers around him glanced at each other and nodded to each other, and at the same time put the lead under the grenade to the fire fold, and then a burst of white smoke accompanied by a faint sound of "snort" came up. The crowd did not dare to slack off, and quickly leaned out from under the wall and threw the grenade in their hands towards the fire.

At this time, the team members on the roof had already fired crossbow arrows, and a scream sounded, accompanied by the fall of dozens of Shanxi guards. Such a big movement also startled the thirty or so guards in the middle of the courtyard, but at this time, twenty grenades crossed a beautiful arc in the dark night and landed next to the guards, and at the same time there was a clear "click" sound, and the guards turned their heads to see a black thing rolling under their feet, emitting white smoke and making a "snort" sound.

The guards who were roasting the fire by the fire were also alert, and although they didn't know what they were when they saw these two black things, they were also the elites of the perennial runners who had seen blood, and they all had beast-like intuition in their blood, and they immediately jumped up reflexively.

"Be careful!"

One of the guards screamed and sent out a warning signal in Shanxi dialect, followed by a cry with a hint of panic, "Boom, boom! Twenty huge explosions rang out one after another, and dozens of small iron beads placed in the grenade instantly flew in all directions at a speed faster than the sound under the impetus of the huge kinetic energy. Although the guards around the fire are all very well equipped, they all wear thick cotton armor that can only be found in the army, and some even wear heavy armor at the captain level, which is just like the army. But none of this helped, and the fragile body was still pierced by the flying explosives.

When the loud explosion was accompanied by flashes of light, seven or eight stumbling figures stumbled out of the confused smoke. An explosion caused the loss of more than half of the thirty-odd guards, and all of them were injured when they ran out of the smoke. With just such a cup of tea, there were less than twenty people left in the night guard of more than sixty people, and few were intact.

By this time, the fighters of the action team closest to the door had also rushed out, their speed was very fast, and the sabers in their hands stabbed the dozen or so guards who had not yet recovered from the explosion and crossbow arrows, and the two guards in front fell in a slightly aching "flutter" sound

When the explosion sounded, Geng Laosan and Shen Laoda, who were ambushed outside, immediately drew their sabers and rushed into the courtyard, the choking smoke was still in front of the house, and the fire had been blown away by the shock wave of the grenade explosion, and the yard was suddenly darkened a lot, plus the smoke that had not yet dissipated, the visibility was even lower. When all the fighters gathered in the courtyard, the battle inside was over, the real life-and-death fight was like this, there was no fancy fight, every knife and every shot was so bloody, and many times the kung fu fight was over in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the corpses in this place, Hao Laoba frowned and said, "The injured brother should quickly bandage the wounds, and the others will act as originally planned!" ”

"Hurry up, although this temple is not close to the village and is relatively remote, but the explosion of the grenade is not small, let's be cautious, we must leave here as quickly as possible." Elder Shen shouted loudly.

The crowd sprang into action and ran quickly to the backyard, ready to lead the horses from the backyard stables and put them on the carriage. Five of the team members helped the injured brother to the side, pulled out a first-aid kit sealed with an oilcloth, and quickly began to bandage the wound. The first-aid kit is a special effect item developed and invented in Fuzhou, which is a first-aid tool made by Geng Jingzhong to allow soldiers to save themselves in emergency conditions by imitating the first-aid kit of later generations. It included sterilized bandages, cotton, a small bottle of sterilized spirits, gold sore medicine to stop bleeding, and needles and threads to close the wound. The kit was an instant hit with all the horsetail fighters, especially the Einsatzgruppen members, who were often out on dangerous missions and could save their lives in many cases.

"Hao Tou, where is the place, our brother will lead the way, right?!" Geng Laosan saw that all the carriages with silver had been set, and asked Hao Laoba in a loud voice.

"Yes, Hao Tou, our brothers are not familiar with this place, where is the brother arranged?" Boss Shen also asked.

Hao Laoba was also very happy at this time, the task was finally completed, but there was still one last step left. "What's in a hurry, of course there is an arrangement. First pull the carriage to the edge of the waterfall river, and then transfer to a boat to send all these things into the reeds and throw them into the water. Don't be stunned, there are still more than ten miles to go, don't worry about horsepower, it doesn't matter if these horses are all dead tonight, hurry up! ”

The goal of the carriage operation is too obvious, and the rut marks left on the ground alone can make the Qing court officers and soldiers who react find the target along the way, but it is different by water, there is no trace after walking, and it is difficult for the Qing court officers and soldiers to track it down. There happens to be such a big river here, which is replaced by the South Juma River. This river is the only continuous river in Zhili Province, and it is quite important as the source of irrigation for the surrounding land.

The river eventually converges on the Daqing River and then flows into the sea from Tianjin Bay, but its tributaries also lead directly to Baiyangdian, which is also 30 meters wide at its highest point, allowing ordinary riverboats to navigate the river without hindrance. The Mawei Army had already made its fortune in the navy, and the Ministry of Intelligence also had a branch in Tianjin, and it was only two hundred miles away from Tianjin, and it was easy to prepare a few ships if the order was issued.

Don't look at the carriage can only pull one and a half tons of three thousand catties of weight, but the boat is different, this is just a ten-meter-long ordinary river boat, each can carry thirty tons is not a problem, and thirty tons of silver put together, it is only three cubic volumes, very inconspicuous. In this way, the boxes of silver were all loaded onto five riverboats before the end of the third watch and the fourth watch, and then left one after another! (To be continued......)