Chapter 234: Escape from the Army

On the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, Zhao Ta ordered the three armies to be rewarded and winter clothes were awarded, but the enemy was currently strictly forbidden to drink, and although there was no killing yesterday, it still caused a strong shock in the Shaanxi army, and it was much more honest from top to bottom. There is no pop-up window on the net to update quickly// Zhao Ta knows that with his current ability and status, he can't interfere too much in the affairs of the Shaanxi army, that is Tong Guan's forbidden place, and it is also his bargaining capital in the court, he dares to reach out at this time to provoke this guy to chop his hand, and only in moderation, as long as the Shaanxi army temporarily obeys his orders, these people will be recalled by Tong Guan soon, and the sixteen states of Youyun are calling them to fight, and Fang La is still waiting for them to crusade!

There is no moon on the night of the full moon, there is only the autumn rain outside the house, Zhao Ta's residence is of course the most luxurious building in Dongguan Town, and I don't know which big man's villa in Xixia is the road of the Song Dynasty, this is a courtyard imitating the nobles of the Song Dynasty, there are many pavilions and pavilions, so that Zhao Ta can't help but feel like going home, his 'moon' dinner is placed in the highest attic in the garden, at this time he is accompanied by only Jianxi and Zhao Xin, the two closest people, plus the family' The little lady who sold it to him is a poor person, everyone is very nervous these days, Zhao Ta let the others relax, who doesn't want to relax during the big holiday.

The rainy night in the northwest of the Mid-Autumn Festival is already very cold, the four corners of the house are lit with braziers, so that this bleak rainy night is more warm, there are four kinds of seasonal fruits on the long table, seven or eight kinds of dishes, but there is no moon in the sky, there is no wine on the table, this banquet seems a little dull. Everyone gossiped for a while, and Jianxi told a few small jokes, trying to liven up the atmosphere, but several people seemed to be preoccupied, and his efforts failed.

Zhao Ta got up and walked to the window, pushed open the attic window, and the cold wind blew in with cold raindrops, making his heart jump a few times, through the continuous rain and fog, he could see the summer army camp on the other side of the Yellow River. "Zhao Xin, why are there so many lights on the other side tonight?" In the past, the Xia army would also light bonfires and lanterns around the camp every dark. But tonight was a little different, he turned his head and asked.

"Second master, let's celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, maybe Xia Jun is also having it!" Zhao Xin picked up a pomegranate and said while peeling it.

"Not true. The lights on the opposite bank are placed regularly, bring the binoculars! Zhao Ta did not agree with his reason, and looked at it for a while and said.

"Folded girl, you have dealt with Xia Jun a lot, can you understand what they mean?" Zhao Ta took the telescope and observed it carefully for a moment. Pointing to the flickering lights on the other side, he asked.

"Lord Wang, I don't understand it very well, but it seems to be a signal to command the movement of the army!" Zhi Meiluan looked at the lights on the other side that were constantly changing colors, and said uncertainly.

"Lantern Language!" Zhao Ta and Zhao Xin exclaimed at the same time, at this time, the troops relied on flags during the day and lights at night, and they also had their own set of lantern languages, and the two immediately thought of it.

"What does Xia Jun want to do? Do you want to cross the Yellow River at night?" Zhao thought to himself. But he didn't know what Lu Dao was, and the night that brought him to this world suddenly flashed in his mind. And the body's first reaction was to dodge and close the window, reach out and touch the waist...

'Bang' Zhao Ta's gun rang out, a black shadow fell from the tree, and at the same time, an arrow broke through the window, so dangerous, the arrow was coming towards his throat. If you are shot by this arrow, you don't know which era you will be sent to. Of course, it's better to go back to a previous life.

"There's an assassin...", seeing an arrow coming in from the window, Miki immediately shouted at the top of his voice. He was also used to following the prince to be frightened, and he knew how to deal with it, and quickly blew out the lights and candles in the house. Zhao Xin immediately pulled out his gun and rushed to the side of the prince, and he was not ambiguous, although he only had a short sword with him, he also held it in his hand and stared out the window. …,

"It's all masters!" Zhao Ta poked his head out of the window slightly, only to see more than a dozen black shadows jumping out of the darkness and rushing towards the attic where they were. There are at least five sentry posts from the inner courtyard to the attic where Zhao Ta is located, and there are patrols constantly patrolling back and forth on the road, they can quietly evade the strict security and touch the core area, they are by no means simple characters.

Hearing the sound of gunshots, the guards from all over the place quickly rushed over, and the four personal guards such as Wangfu who were guarding downstairs had already rushed upstairs to protect the prince, and the guards in the courtyard had already exchanged fire with the assassins, and the sound of gunshots and swords colliding became one, and several places in the surrounding courtyard were on fire. Zhao Tan's guards are all stationed in Dongguan Town, only the inner guard squadron is in the inner courtyard, the other four squadrons are in the outer courtyard, and there are only more than a dozen people on duty in the attic.

"Be careful, there's someone on the roof!" Without waiting for Zhao Ta's words to fall, Wangfu and the others raised their guns at the same time and fired a shot at the roof, and there was a chaotic sound, and two dead bodies rolled off the roof and fell into the courtyard with broken tiles.

Seeing that many guards were pouring towards this courtyard, the Assassins immediately concluded that there must be an important person living here, leaving a few people to fight with the guards and restrain them, and the rest of the people rushed to the attic, two Assassins rushed downstairs and jumped high, and two others quickly stepped forward and raised their hands to support their feet and sent them to the Lu, and with the help of the force Xiang Shang had already grasped the edge of the window, the people below immediately put their knives in their mouths, climbed their bodies towards the Yan, and instantly jumped into the window, 'Whoosh...' released several crossbow arrows.

"Protect the prince!" Zhao Xin snorted, everyone surrounded and protected the prince in the middle, but Zhao Ta didn't care so much, raising his hand was a shot, no matter how high his martial arts were, he was afraid of kitchen knives, not to mention the gun, the fire from the muzzle of the gun instantly illuminated the dark room, Wangfu and others also saw the assassin's location clearly by the firelight, and immediately opened fire, they were equipped with shotguns, swept one by one, and several assassins were beaten into a hornet's nest before they could gain a foothold.

"Zhao Xin, see Xi, you stay behind and organize people to eliminate the assassins; Wangfu, you gather the guards, and we will go to the city immediately! Zhao Ta was already uneasy in his heart, and the Shuai Mansion was attacked by assassins, which made him even more sure that this night would not be peaceful.

"Second master, it's dangerous outside!" Zhao Xin grabbed the prince and said hurriedly.

"Xia Jun may have a big move tonight, I'm really not worried, if I am not careful, the whole army will be wiped out, these assassins can't help me, so I'll leave it to you!" Zhao Ta turned around and went downstairs, at this time the guards had all arrived, searched for the assassin, controlled the key points everywhere, Zhao Xin knew the temper of the prince, and now the scene had been controlled, so he had no choice but to put on a big cover to cover him, ordered a team of internal guards, and ordered Li Shuo's squadron to accompany the guard, and then commanded people to extinguish the fire, clean up the scene, and search for the assassin.

After the expansion of Dongguan Town, the north city is only 100 steps away from the ferry, and the river can be controlled by artillery fire, sinking the boats exercising on the river, here by the tiger general led by the loyal soldier Zhao Zhong and an artillery team stationed, if you add the prince's guards to reach 6,000 people, it can be seen that Zhao Ta attaches great importance to here.

Zhao Ta climbed to the top of the city and looked in the direction of the Yellow River, but except for the sound of surging water and the looming lights and vast rain and fog on the opposite side, he couldn't see anything on the black surface of the river, "Lord Wang, there was an assassin entering the mansion just now, are you okay?" "Just now, a fire broke out in the prince's camp, and gunshots rang out, so Zhao Zhong ordered the whole city to be under martial law and blocked all the intersections, but he got the news that the prince went to Beicheng, and he hurried over.

"I'm fine! Zhao Zhong, the lights on the other side of the river are abnormal, and my camp was attacked, it will not be a coincidence, I am worried that the Xia army will take advantage of the dark night and wind and rain to cross the river, but the river is too dark to see anything clearly, so I ordered the artillery battalion to fire flares at the river! Zhao Ta looked at Jiang Mian and said. …,

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Zhao Zhong immediately gave the order to let the artillery battalion fire, but because of the wind and rain, in order to prevent the gunpowder from getting damp, the artillerymen had to block it, and the loading speed was much slower.

"There is Xia Jun on the river!" The sentry on the watchtower quickly spotted the anomaly and shouted a warning.

Zhao Zhong hurriedly ordered to fire flares intensively on the river surface where Xia Jun was found, and the river surface was illuminated, only to see that the upstream of the ferry was densely filled with rafts, and was rowing down the river towards the ferry.

"Lord Wang, it's the Xia Army's 'Hun Detached Army'!" When Zhao Tazheng wondered how the Xia army, who was inland, dared to cross the Yellow River on a stormy night, Zhe Meiluan, who was following him, suddenly said.

"Hun out of the army?!" Zhao Ta was even more strange, how could Xia Jun still have such a military branch, he had never heard of it, and he had never seen it in the history books.

"Lord Wang, the Hun De Army is the water army in the Xia Army, they are proficient in water, but they don't have the giant ships and big ships of our dynasty, they all use 'Hun De" instead of ships, so they are called Hun De Army..."

Listening to Zhe Meiluan's explanation, Zhao Ta gradually understood, 'Hun Tuo' is a tool for swimming, the party people do not open the belly when slaughtering the sheep, but take out the flesh and bones and internal organs from the neck, leaving an intact skin, and then soak the sheepskin in nitrate water for three days, wait until it can smell the smell and take it out, dry it for a day, remove the wool, rinse it, and then tie the limbs tightly with hemp rope, pour half a catty of green salt from the neck, and then pour a catty of water to drink half a catty of sesame oil, and then tie the neck to death after the most canny, and put it in the scorching sun for five days. When the skin is reddish-brown, untie the hemp rope on one limb, several people pouting their butts and blowing in turn, and wait until the drum is blown and tied tightly with the hemp rope, and it is a complete sheep 'muddy'.

The largest one is the cow 'mud', which is made in the same way, except that it doesn't need to be blown off, but just stuffed with hay. The sailors can swim across the river and attack the enemy by holding the sheep under their armpits, or lying on the ox and paddling hard with their hands. If many cattle and sheep are tied together, they become rafts by tying wooden rafts to them.