At this time, Wang Feng didn't dare to slack off, and while wearing his clothes, he instructed the leader of the guards, who had also been awakened by the howl in the outer room: "San Lang, you quickly go and gather the guards in the courtyard to standby, and I will personally wake up my father-in-law." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey." Wednesday Lang agreed, quickly got dressed, picked up a gun and rushed out of the room.

Behind Zhou Lang, Wang Feng was also fully dressed, carrying the package that was extremely important to them, carrying a Type 95 pistol and following out, and went straight to the room where Zhong Youpeng lived.

When Wang Feng came out of the room with Zhong Youpeng, who was still a little confused, the not very large courtyard of the secret stronghold was already full of guards armed with rifles and guards from the "Dark Feather" Gu'an branch who were holding long knives and were responsible for guarding the secret stronghold.

Seeing Wang Feng and Zhong Youpeng coming out, the hall master of the "Dark Feather" Gu'an branch hurriedly stepped forward, bowed to Wang Feng and said, "Twenty-seventh master, the spies who are in charge of the periphery guard have just come to report that there is a team of more than 100 Khitan cavalry coming to our side, and at most half a cup of tea will arrive at the door." ”

Hearing that it was a group of more than 100 Khitan cavalry coming to his place, Wang Feng's first reaction was that someone leaked secrets, and the second reaction was that the person who came must be Cao Jiyun's subordinate. However, no matter who leaked the secret, and no matter whether it was Cao Jiyun's people or not, what Wang Feng had to decide now was how everyone should deal with the current situation. After all, the time for half a cup of tea is quite limited, but a few minutes, that is fleeting. As far as Wang Feng's intentions are concerned, he is very unconvinced of Cao Jiyun, who suddenly came out halfway and sabotaged the surrender of Gu'an County's surrender - although the committee had already explained in the phone call the stakes of this matter to the crossing team, Wang Feng was still very disgusted with this Cao Jiyun. At this time, the other party took the initiative to attack him, planning to use the advantage of "strike first to be strong" to carry out a surprise attack on himself, his father-in-law, and the guards and agents in the hospital. In this way, you can kill Cao Jiyun's majesty, and second, you can test the effect of firearms against cavalry in street battles. Therefore, Wang Feng instructed the hall master Wang of the "Dark Feather" Gu'an branch and the leader of his own guards, Zhou Zhoulang: "Hall Master Wang, you quickly withdraw all the secret posts scattered around to the courtyard, and guard all corners of the courtyard with the spies in the courtyard, so as to prevent the enemy from climbing over the wall in the darkness of the night. Saburo, you take all the guards to the walls on both sides of the front of the courtyard, and prepare to block the enemy's attack. ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey." Hall Master Wang and Wednesday Lang bowed down to receive the order, and turned around to go and arrange according to Wang Feng's instructions.

At this time, Zhong Youpeng, who had fully sobered up, hurriedly said to Wang Feng: "A virtuous son-in-law must not act recklessly. ”

Hearing this, Wang Feng waved his hand to stop Hall Master Wang and Zhou Lang, who were about to leave, and then looked at his father-in-law, waiting for the other party to give him an explanation.

Zhong Youpeng saw that Wang Feng didn't let Wang Tang Master and Zhou Lang leave, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and continued to say to Wang Feng: "The old man knows that the virtuous son-in-law is not angry with that Cao Jiyun for ruining the good thing of Gu'an County's surrender, and wants to teach him a lesson. But did the virtuous son-in-law think about it, even if the virtuous son-in-law could defeat or wipe out the hundred or so cavalry with the force in his hand, how much help would it be to the situation in this Gu'an county.

If this cavalry is really the one sent by Cao Jiyun to arrest us, then it means that he has insight into the connection between Ren County Commander and us, and knows or at least guesses that Ren County Commander and us people want to do things that are not good for his Khitan court. Then, in the old man's opinion, while he, Cao Jiyun, sent someone to arrest us, I am afraid that he has already sent someone to arrest Ren County Commander and his cronies. In this way, the entire Gu'an County is already under his Cao Jiyun's control. It was easy for the virtuous son-in-law to repel the more than 100 cavalry he sent, but there were still 5,000 defenders in Gu'an County. If Cao Jiyun sends these people to arrest us, can the virtuous son-in-law be sure to repel these 5,000 defenders as well? ”

Of course, Wang Feng was not sure that he would be able to repel the 5,000 defenders of Gu'an County, otherwise, he would not have to plan to assassinate Cao Jiyun, he would have led his subordinates to attack the door, wipe out Cao Jiyun and his 500 Khitan cavalry, and help Ren Wufu regain control of Gu'an County. Therefore, after Wang Feng was stunned by Zhong Youpeng's question, he immediately understood the meaning of his father-in-law's words, and understood that now was not the time for him to be a hero. Although the twelve guards relied on the rifles and machine guns in their hands to kill the hundred or so cavalry who captured them, the consequence of doing so was bound to attract Cao Jiyun's brigade, who had already controlled the entire Gu'an County. At that time, it was said that there were 5,000 Gu'an defenders, and Cao Jiyun sent the remaining 400 Khitan cavalry, and it was difficult to destroy the other party with the ammunition he carried with him. ,

In the end, no matter how unwilling Wang Feng was, he had to give up his plan to fight Cao Jiyun and choose a more secure retreat. But retreat is retreat, and it is not possible to retreat in such a hurry and swarm. Although there are tunnels dug in this secret stronghold of "Dark Feather", it leads directly to the outside of the city wall not far away. However, the width of the tunnel is not large, and it can only allow one bend to pass, and now there are no less than thirty people gathered in the secret stronghold, and it will take a certain amount of time to evacuate one by one - besides, before evacuating, the people of the "Dark Feather" Gu'an Branch will have to spend a certain amount of time to destroy some of the confidential information here. Second, the sudden disappearance of a courtyard of people without a trace will definitely arouse the suspicion of the Khitans who came to arrest them. The other party will inevitably search the entire courtyard, and it is only a matter of time before they discover the tunnels - and even if they can't find the tunnels, they can deduce that they escaped through the tunnels. In that case, the other side would have sent cavalry out of the city to chase after them, and it would have been impossible for their own side, which was walking on two legs, to retreat to safety before dawn. At that time, these people will have to fight against the Khitan cavalry in the field, and it is better to stay in the stronghold, with high walls and deep courtyards, and the enemy can be maneuvered for a while longer. Therefore, while the people are retreating, someone must be outside to stop the enemy, and they will not try to get out until everyone else has withdrawn - if they still have a chance to get out.

However, although Wang Feng is relatively reckless, he is very quick to make up his mind at a critical moment. After a moment's thought, he said to Hall Master Wang and Zhou Lang: "Hall Master Wang, you immediately arrange for a few safe and careful subordinates to destroy all the objects, letters, scrolls, and other similar things related to the 'Dark Feather' or 'Qingyuan' brothers in this house, and you must not leave a trace of it.

Saburo, you lead the first combat team and the machine gun team to stay, and together with the guards in the house, you are responsible for stopping the enemy. The Khitans must not be allowed to enter the house until everyone has safely withdrawn from the city and flares have been fired. ”

"My subordinates understand." Wang and Tuesday replied in unison.

Among the two people Wang and Zhou, Hall Master Wang is better, and all he has to do is to arrange for his subordinates to destroy confidential information, and then evacuate with Wang Feng and others. But what Zhou Lang has to do is to play with more than a dozen people against more than 100 cavalrymen, and it is difficult to say whether he can get out and join Wang Feng and others after that. Therefore, unlike the serious expression on the face of Hall Master Wang, Zhou Lang's face showed a completely resolute look at this time, which meant that he was different from Wang Feng.

This Wednesday Lang has been working by Wang Feng's side since he joined the pro-guard team, and the relationship between the master and servant is still very deep. Now that Wednesday Lang is going to fight the enemy, Wang Feng will naturally feel uncomfortable. However, no matter how uncomfortable it is, the task of leading the team to block the attack must be completed by the leader of the guards. The only thing Wang Feng could do was to stop Zhou Lang, who was about to turn around and leave, and tell him to be careful, as long as a signal was sent from outside the city, his side would immediately try to break away from the battle with the Khitans, withdraw from the city through the tunnel, and not be a hero, blindly fighting with the other party.

Zhou Lang couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and said, "Twenty-seventh master, don't worry, your subordinates can save it." The subordinates still have to follow you to fight in the south and the north, and fight in the east and west, and they will never let a hundred or ten Khitans be trapped. ”

After speaking, Zhou Lang solemnly clasped his fists and saluted Wang Feng, turned around and took his subordinates and the seven or eight guards of the secret stronghold to push up two four-wheeled carriages that had unloaded the horse harnesses, and walked out of the gate of the stronghold.

The secret stronghold of the "Dark Feather" Gu'an Branch is in the west of Gu'an County, not far from the city wall, on a north-south street that is not too wide. Wednesday Lang and his men pushed the two four-wheeled carriages out of the gate of the house, divided them into two strands, one left and one right, and pushed the two carriages forty or fifty paces away from the house, and placed them horizontally in the middle of the road, blocking the street, which was not too wide. In this way, if the Khitan cavalry wanted to pass through the carriage, they had to abandon their horses and walk and climb over. With a light machine gun, four rifles, and a number of grenades in the hands of Zhou Lang and other personal guards, plus four hard crossbows and four long knives in the hands of the guards of the secret stronghold, they can still hold out for a while against the Khitan cavalry who can only charge on foot one by one. In addition, Wednesday Lang also ordered several piles of reed fires to be lit fifty or sixty paces away from the carriage to benefit the shooting of his own shooters. ,

Just as Wednesday Lang and the others had just formed a defensive formation relying on the carriage and the buildings on both sides of the street, three or four people ran over from the north side of the alley. Judging from the fact that they turned their heads to watch as they ran, and kept blowing the whistle in their hands, these people should be the secret sentinels responsible for guarding the perimeter of the secret stronghold. Behind them, there was the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, incomprehensible shouts, and the sound of arrows breaking through the air.

However, whether the foot runner is the secret sentry of the "Dark Feather" Gu'an branch still needs to be confirmed by the head of the guard of the secret base. Therefore, Wednesday Lang glanced at the leader of the secret stronghold guards beside him with an inquiring look, and the answer given to him by the other party was yes. Seeing this, Zhou Lang no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered his men not to shoot the foot runners in front of them, and let them come.

At this time, the few people running in front had already run to a place where they were only a dozen steps away from the carriage. When they first saw the carriage in the middle of the road, they paused visibly, until the leader of the guard of the secret stronghold behind the carriage waved to them again and again, and they reacted, knowing that their alarm had worked and that their own side was ready. Several people looked at each other, and they all had expressions of relief on their faces. Then, several of the dark whistles, who had been exhausted, exerted a little strength of their zuihou and rushed towards the carriage.

At the same time that several secret sentinels ran to the carriage, the Khitan pursuers behind them had also caught up. However, due to the narrowness of the streets and alleys, the originally scattered pursuers had to readjust their formation, line up in three columns, and march in order, which slowed down their speed. In this way, several of the sentries saw hope, and felt that they had time to climb through the carriage and escape.

However, several dark sentinels were overly optimistic about the situation, and although the Khitans' marching speed slowed down, the speed of their bows and arrows did not change in the slightest. With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, several feathered arrows flew from behind several dark sentinels, and immediately hit the two of them. One of the sentry who had been hit by an arrow in the shoulder fell to the ground in pain, but he gritted his teeth and insisted on getting up, and with the help of two other companions who were not hit by the arrow, he was very embarrassed but very quickly turned over the carriage and entered the safety of the area. The other sentinel, who had been hit by an arrow, was not so lucky, and an arrow hit his vest impartially, knocking him to the ground. The sentry fell to the ground and had a few convulsions before stopping, apparently hopeless.

Although he didn't know the sentry who was killed by the arrow, this scene still made Wednesday Lang angry. He raised his left hand, waved it fiercely, shouted "hit me", and was the first to pull the trigger. Immediately, crisp and dense gunfire rang out in this narrow alley in the west city of Gu'an County, harvesting the lives of those Khitans who came on horseback.