427 Retirement
In the dark, Li Dingguo held a telescope in his hand and nervously watched the old man walk step by step towards the cave where the Hongyi cannon was hidden, and his heart was tense.
There is no free lunch in the world, and there is no silver sent to the door in vain, the old guy picked up the silver, in fact, it was a design by Li Dingguo, it was originally designed to put the silver on the road for him to pick up, or directly slaughter him, and send someone to replace him, but if you think about it, the old guy is dazzled, and the sight in the dark night is not good, if you can't see it, you will be busy in vain, in addition, find a strange face to send supper, I am afraid that those pro-soldiers will also be suspicious.
After thinking about it, Li Dingguo decided to use this trick to drop the silver under his nose, but he didn't expect the effect to be really good, and the old guy didn't doubt it.
This set of armor of the Qing army was not used along the way, but I didn't expect it to be used to deceive an old cook, which really made people laugh and cry, but the more you go to the top of the mountain, the more lax the defense becomes, and there is even a situation where the soldiers fall asleep on the sentry.
This kind of thing is rare in the Sichuan army, but it is not a big deal in Hong Chengchou's team, the replacement rate of soldiers in ancient times was large, and some were forcibly pulled by strong men, and the su zhì was uneven, after all, you can't ask all soldiers to be elite soldiers.
Li Dingguo could see clearly that when the old guy was humming in front, there were two ghost-like subordinates behind him, who were ready to act and quietly followed behind the old guy.
"Who?" The old man had just approached the cave where the Hongyi cannon was placed, and immediately heard the sound of soldiers shouting.
"It's me, old man, the military masters have worked hard, and the supper is coming." After speaking, the old man took two steps faster and let his old face appear in the firelight.
After confirming that it was the old guy who delivered the supper, the group of pro-soldiers suddenly relaxed, and someone put away their weapons and said with a smile: "Old guy, what delicious food did you bring today?" β
"It's two quarters of an hour late to-day, old man. Where did you go to be merry and happy? β
"Merry and merry? Just the old man's smelly hands, the pockets are cleaner than the face, where are the women close, maybe they drugged us. β
These guys, the dog couldn't spit out ivory from his mouth, and the old man pretended to be angry and said: "Yes, yes, I put sweat medicine in the hot soup and meat dishes, just to poison you, you better not eat and drink, leave it to my old man." β
Got hot soup?
The eyes of the guards suddenly became eager. Alcohol is forbidden in the army, hot soup has become the best drink to keep out the cold, and it is also the most popular supper.
The weather is cold, the sea is high, and the mountain wind is strong. The guy's craftsmanship is not bad, and a sip of hot soup is simply refreshing.
Just when everyone was scrambling to drink the soup, the old man took out the plates of supper in the food box and set them up. Turning around and greeting: "Ladies and gentlemen, you can enjoy it." β
"Smack"
"Smack, smack......"
One by one, the guards kept falling to the ground, and a guard closest to the old guy pointed at the old guy. Gritted his teeth and said, "Old man, you ......."
Before the sentence was finished, there was a "snap". He fell to the ground again.
"Bang", no one fell to the ground this time, because the guards present had already fallen horizontally, this time it was the spoon in the old man's hand, the old man was stunned, and the spoon in his hand fell to the ground, he really couldn't understand, why did these military masters drink the soup they made and all fell down?
What the hell is this?
With a "snap", the old man suddenly covered his throat with both hands, and fell down unwillingly, just when he wanted to scream, there was a long slender blue needle in his throat.
After the old man fell, Li Dingguo patted a subordinate who was fiddling with a blowpipe next to him and made a gesture of appreciation.
Finally cleared the obstacles, Li Dingguo made a signal to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and soon, out of the grass, the woods came out of a black shadow, these hidden in the darkness of the "ghost" under a warrant from Li Dingguo, the ghost became life-threatening, they pulled out the dagger, and began to give the Hong Chengchou personal guards who fell to the ground one by one, one in the throat and one in the heart, to ensure that there was no life.
These guards are different from the old fire heads who have fallen, they have just fainted from sweat medicine, and in order to prevent them from waking up and adding trouble in the process of blowing up or escaping, as long as they are made dead, it is safest.
To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself, and Li Dingguo knows this truth very well.
Looking at his subordinates cleaning up the mess, Li Dingguo felt infinitely in his heart: although he arrived here safely, he paid a lot, from the observation to confirm the goal, I don't know how much thought was spent, and he discussed many times in the middle, and vetoed more than ten plans before and after.
Lying on the ground motionless, cold to the bone, early insect bites and snake bites are silent, many people are red and swollen, in addition, there is water in the ditch, what is the taste of soaking in water in winter It is estimated that few people can understand, when acting at night, many people's skin is soaked white and loose, although they took the secret anti-cold pill before the action, but there are two people with poor physique, or they are frozen to death.
But they froze to death, they died in the cold without saying a word, and when Li Dingguo left, he found that when they died, they were still holding the handle of the knife tightly in their hands, looking like they were going to fight hard.
In normal times, Li Dingguo would have to cry a few times and arrange the aftermath for his subordinates, but now that he is on a mission, he can only hate them and leave them here for the time being.
"General, a qiΔ is ready." Just when Li Dingguo was still missing his subordinates, his subordinates came to report.
It really didn't take much effort to kill thirty or fifty unsung enemies and then put the grenades into the huge barrel, and dozens of people completed the above two steps in less than a quarter of an hour.
"Is it all cleaned up?" Li Dingguo asked.
"It's all taken care of."
Li Dingguo nodded: "Let the second team immediately release the rope and prepare to retreat." β
"Yes, General," the subordinate said, and then whispered: General, there is something small that I don't know whether to say or not. β
"Say," Li Dingguo replied simply and directly.
The subordinate licked his lips and said: "General, this is a forbidden place, so we are safe for the time being, now that the Hongyi cannon has fallen into our hands, the brothers have also found the shells they stored, and it will be a piece of cake for us to shoot the cannonballs, why don't we put a few cannons on the Shuai camp and bomb them round, so that we can breathe a good sigh of relief for the dead brothers." β
There are cannons, bullets, manpower, and put a few cannons under the enemy's surprise, the lethality is absolutely shocking, just think about it is exciting, as long as it succeeds, it will also be a proud talk in the future, this is a huge temptation, but just pondered for a moment, Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "Hong Chengchou led the troops out, not in the camp, without this big fish, there is no point for others, one qiqi put safety first, act according to the original plan, the second team connected the ropes and put them up, the first team set up obstacles, and acted immediately." β
IF THE HAN JIAN HONG CHENGCHOU WAS IN THE CAMP, THEN IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE WORTH FIGHTING, BUT THE QING ARMY WAS BEATEN BY ZHANG RUI IN THE DEEP MOUNTAINS, AND HONG CHENGCHOU HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED TO HELP, BECAUSE HONG CHENGCHOU WAS NOT THERE, WHICH PROVIDED A LOT OF CONVENIENCE TO LI DINGGUO, BUT IT WAS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF HIS ABSENCE THAT HE ESCAPED A CATASTROPHE.
I don't know if this is Li Dingguo's luck or Hong Chengchou's fate.
As for the rope, it was the escape route designed by Li Dingguo early in the morning, because the west side of Dingjun Mountain was very steep, like a cliff, no one could climb up, and it was precisely like this, the Qing army's defense in the west was also the weakest, Li Dingguo asked each soldier to carry a bundle of thick ropes, connect them to the inside, hang down from the mountain, and escape in the place where the Qing army could not think of it.
As soon as you descend the mountain, the Nighthawk will prepare a horse early at the bottom of the mountain, get on the horse and whip it, and escape from the enemy encirclement as quickly as possible.
"Yes, General." That subordinate is just a small Jianyì, and the decision is in the hands of Li Dingguo, once Li Dingguo decides, he can only faithfully implement it.
This is the military order.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the two black-clothed men walked in front of Li Dingguo, and reported that they had completed their tasks, Li Dingguo did not speak, came to the three Hongyi cannons, and gently touched the bright and thick cannon body, with some reluctance in his eyes, for a soldier, there is nothing more attractive than a good weapon, obviously grabbed three very precious Hongyi cannons, but could not transport it away, only to blow it up.
It's a bit of a pity.
In fact, the Hongyi cannon is about one zhang long and weighs more than two tons, which was a giant in ancient times, and Li Dingguo just got it out of his heart.
Just hesitated for a moment, Li Dingguo quickly walked out of regret, and personally lit three half-inch long incense sticks, and connected the tail end with the lead, which was the "timer" found by Lu Haoshan.
"Withdraw!" After doing this, Li Dingguo ordered softly.
Under an order, a group of soldiers took out the cowhide gloves specially used for the zipline, and slid down the rope one by one, as the main general, Li Dingguo resolutely insisted that he was the last, and when Li Dingguo slipped down about two-thirds, boom...boom, first a huge explosion, and then one after another explosions, it is estimated that when the bomb was exploded, the artillery shells piled up next to Li Dingguo and others were detonated, and the huge explosion made people feel that the ground was shaking, and the huge Dingjun Mountain was about to collapse.
Li Dingguo fell to the ground, turned his head to look, only to see the fire on Dingjun Mountain, and the explosion sounded from time to time in the firelight, it is estimated that the soldiers who came to check the situation fell into the trap specially placed by themselves, Li Dingguo showed a sneer on his lips, made a gesture of withdrawal, and quickly disappeared into the darkness with his subordinates.......... (to be continued......