Chapter 131: The First Battle of the Shadows
The moonlight at the beginning of April is not bright, and a crescent moon hangs over the branches.
It was already midnight, and under the hazy moonlight, in the east of the Wei family's courtyard, a small team of more than 80 people was approaching silently. They were dressed in black, covered with black scarves, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and when their feet landed, they would not make the slightest sound.
The occasional birdsong makes the silence of the night even more apparent.
In a few moments, they had reached the vicinity of the outer wall of the Wei family's courtyard.
The wall of the Weijia Courtyard is as high as three zhang, and the thickness of the top is about one zhang, which can accommodate three people at the same time, which is about the same scale as the city walls of many small counties. At this time, on the wall, there are two or three family martial artists from time to time, holding torches to patrol regularly.
At the four corners of the wall, and in the middle of each side, there was a watchtower resembling a tower, on which there were also people all the time. A few torches illuminate the wall.
There were still more than a hundred steps to go to the wall, and everyone had stopped at the action of the leader raising his hands and clenching his fists. Immediately afterward, everyone fell to the ground.
After Wang Zi observed carefully, he nodded to He Xi beside him, He Xi nodded again, and led the nine people to lurk towards the wall.
Zhu Yuan waved his hands, and more than ten shadow members stepped forward, took out their bows and arrows, squatted in a row, pulled their bows and arrows, and waited for Zhu Yuan to give the order.
The ten people of Hexi cautiously crawled forward, and once someone patrolled at this point, they immediately leaned over and did not move, and when they left, they began to move again.
Finally, after nearly a quarter of an hour, the fifty steps were completed, and they finally reached the bottom of the wall.
Ten people, in the action of stacking Arhats, four people on the ground floor, three people on the upper floor, two more on the upper floor, and one person on the last floor, stacked into a wall.
Zhu Yuan was the top, he gently verticalized, and his hands were already on the wall.
At this time, there happened to be three family members patrolling here. Zhu Yuan remained motionless, as if he had been born on the wall.
One of the three was muttering in a low voice, "Brother Niu, I heard that Zheng Gongzi was injured two days ago?" ”
Another urn-loud man said, "These things are not new to you, and you can inquire about them!" Well, I said I was injured by the guy we kept guarding! ”
The three of them talked, and gradually walked away.
Zhu Yuan listened to their conversation, and felt that his heart was about to jump out with joy! Tian Fan, it must be Tian Fan!
He listened carefully, and after sending no one down, he used his hands to exert force, and suddenly flew lightly to the wall. Look left and right, no one! He gestured down and tied a rope to the battlements on the wall, and when the nine men below saw it, they immediately went up one by one.
In a few moments, all nine men came to the city. Each of them carried a rope, and after going up to the wall, tied all the ropes to the battlements. Then, the nine took out the small bows and arrows they were carrying, formed a circle, and waited quietly.
Zhu Yuan took out the fire fold, blew it, and made a gesture into the distance. Seeing it in the distance, Wang Zi hurriedly raised his hand, except for the more than ten people who were on guard, everyone hurriedly ran towards the wall. Although he ran fast, he still didn't make the slightest sound!
After a while, they had already gone up to the wall one after another, and at this time, the ten people who had been on the wall in advance had already divided into groups of five and marched towards the two fronts! The clothes on their bodies are not much different from those of the Weifu family, except for a red dot on their left shoulder as a symbol, as long as the masked headscarf is removed, they will be transformed into a member of the Weifu family.
Wang Zi made a few gestures, everyone nodded, and immediately tied ropes to the battlements inside the wall, and dozens of people went down the wall along the ropes. Transformed into a family, they also became the dress of the Weifu family.
At this point, there were several faint noises coming from above the fence.
But the four people led by Zhu Yuan did it! They arrived at a city tower in advance, and there were four people on the city tower, and there was no suspense, and the four Wei Fu family members who saw strangers and had not yet spoken were immediately killed by them. …,
Their initial goal was to take control of the two towers and the city wall in between, and to kill all the warriors who patrolled here, and now it seems that this basic goal has been accomplished!
Although the Wei Mansion has placed a lot of martial artists in the courtyard, it is midnight at this time, except for the martial artists who patrol the wall and guard at fixed points, most of the rest of the people are sleeping, and in the courtyard, the security is not very strict, which gives the shadow a great chance!
Now that he has entered the courtyard, the rest is to find Tian Fan!
Everyone gathered together, a group of fifty or sixty people, in the hazy moonlight, and hurried towards the inner courtyard.
In the courtyard on the first two floors, there were no accidents, and occasionally a few family members who came out to patrol the night were shot directly in the throat, and they couldn't even make a sound, so they died with a whimper. And the fixed-point guard martial artist at the gate of the wall was also removed in the same way.
These men use bows and arrows, not crossbows! In the army, there is a saying that there is a crossbow with a bow and five bows, which means that a skilled archer can send out five feathered arrows in a row in the time that a crossbowman of the same proficiency fires one feathered arrow. The Shadow members have been trained to the point of brutality, and for them, there is no difference in accuracy between using a crossbow and using a bow, so naturally, they choose to use a bow!
Until entering the third courtyard, suddenly, in the other direction of the courtyard, a sky-high fire broke out! The fire is developing very quickly, and it seems that it is either in the kitchen or in the stables!
"Fight the fire! It's on fire! A miserable cry broke the silence of the night.
For a while, there was a shout in the Wei Mansion, and the family martial arts and servants, the maids, were startled!
Wang Zi and He Xi glanced at each other, and immediately thought about it, Wang Zi shouted: "Fight the fire, it's on fire!" Let's put out the fire! ”
After shouting, a group of people had an epiphany, shouted after him, and rushed towards the inner courtyard!
At this time, there was already chaos in the Wei Mansion, dozens of members of the Dark Night gathered together, rushing in the direction of the fire, and no one noticed their difference at all.
Seeing that he had entered the third floor of the courtyard, Wang Zi glanced at He Xi, He Xi nodded, and took two people out of the team, and after a while, they came back, and they also brought a person dressed as a steward!
He Xi said to Wang Zi: "Catch one!" ”
The steward was obviously frightened, he had just come out of the house, he was not even fully dressed, and was about to call someone to put out the fire, but he was tied up by He Xi. Looking at it now, good guy, there are dozens of people on the other side, and they are all wearing the clothes of Weifu, carrying bows and arrows on their bodies, how can this not make him frightened?
Wang Zi nodded, looked the steward up and down, and asked, "Where is the man you arrested?" ”
The steward had a look of trepidation on his face, and when he heard this, he quickly shook his head and stammered, "Little ...... Small...... No...... I don't know! ”
Wang Zi grabbed his hand, exerted his strength slightly, and shouted in a deep voice: "Say, or don't say!" ”
The man screamed and said, "I said, I said!" Wang Zi made him feel that his bones were about to crack, how could he dare to continue to be hard-mouthed?
So, under the leadership of this steward, a group of dozens of people slowly rushed towards the inner courtyard and the hut where Tian Fan lived.
I had just walked a few steps when I heard someone in front of me shouting, "What are you doing?" Why not go and put out the fire? Go to the inner courtyard and want to steal something? ”
Everyone stopped suddenly, and Wang Zi looked ahead, dozens of martial artists, with a few torches, under the leadership of a big man, came this way.
At this time, the other party had also stopped, and the two groups of people were about ten steps away. When the big man led by saw them, he found that he didn't know each other at all, especially when he saw that the other party had a lot of bows and arrows on their backs, and suddenly, he suddenly drew his waist knife and shouted: "There are enemies!" Prepare for battle! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zi's side had already moved! Wang Zihexi took the lead, the long sword opened the way, and dozens of people rushed up! In the blink of an eye, there were bursts of bloody rain! …,
How could the other party's small martial artist be the opponent of this group of soldier kings? What's more, these martial artists get up late at night, they are here to put out fires, not to kill, and many of them don't even bring weapons! In a short time, dozens of martial artists have been slaughtered. When the rest of the people saw it, they hurriedly shouted: "Kill! There are assassins! "Turn around and run away! Wang Zi didn't let people chase them, the purpose of their coming was not to kill people, but to save people!
For Wang Zi and others, the trouble has just begun! The terrible howls of these martial artists before they died and the exclamations when they fled alarmed many nearby martial artists, so these people came here with torches and shouting.
At this time, the area of the fire has expanded a lot, and it seems that it is difficult to control!
When Wang Zi saw this, he ordered: "Hexi, you can take twenty brothers to resist it, and use bows and arrows!" The rest of me go! ”
He Xi nodded and said, "Don't worry, they can't get in!" ”
Wang Zi nodded, took the rest of the people, escorted the steward, and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard.
The steward didn't dare to fool around at all, but just trembling and leading the way.
At each intersection, Wang Zi left ten people to watch, and when he arrived at the small courtyard where Tian Fan lived, there were only about a dozen brothers left.
The steward pointed to the hut and said, "It's in that little courtyard!" After speaking, he trembled and said like a convulsive: "You guys, don't kill me!" ”
Wang Zi nodded and smiled at him, a mouthful of snow-white teeth through the hazy moonlight, in the eyes of the steward, it can be described as terrifying! Before he could react, Wang Zi slapped him at the base of his neck, and immediately rolled his eyes and fainted.
At this time, Wang Zi also felt a little nervous in his heart, and he was about to see Tian Fan!
After he took a few steps forward, he suddenly realized that something was wrong! With a raise of his hand, the person following behind immediately stopped!
In the air, in addition to the slightest smell of fireworks coming from the fire in the distance, there is also a little smell of blood! After taking a closer look, he suddenly saw that three steps inside the entrance of the small courtyard, several people fell to the ground, looking at the dress, it was clearly the martial artist of the Wei Mansion! And about ten steps away from here, there was a corpse, dressed in white, but at this time, Wang Zi and the others would not notice it at all!
After entering the courtyard, they immediately found that there were also two corpses at the door of the hut in the courtyard!
And in the cottage, it is unusually peaceful, and the tranquility is unusual! When the fire caught fire in the house, the fire spread, and there were corpses outside the house, the hut was pitch black, and there was not even a trace of light, which ......
Wang Zi didn't think much about it, and hurriedly led people into the hut.
When I entered the house, I found that the hut was empty, and there was not even a ghost shadow!
Lighting the lamp, Wang Zi came to the couch, took a closer look, and suddenly found that this couch should be slept by two people! The two blankets were lifted from the pillow side at this time, and they were placed on the couch a little messily. I touched the bed, and there was still a trace of residual warmth!
Wang Zi saw from this little bit of information that Tian Fan had already escaped, just escaped, and he was not forcibly pulled away!
If someone forcibly pulled it away, then the blanket would definitely not be placed in such a way, and besides, he still had a person with him! Looking at the furnishings in the room, the women's toiletries, he was speechless for a while...... Tian Fan, are you really a pervert? At this moment, you have to take a woman with you even to run away?
But after thinking about it, he must not be able to escape far with a woman!
So, the two men at the door, as well as the men at the courtyard gate, were killed by him? Can...... Didn't you hear he knew martial arts?
After thinking about it, he turned around and said, "Let's go, let's withdraw first!" Mr. Tian has already left, looking at it like this, he is about to leave the Wei Mansion! ”
A few people nodded, turned around and followed him! After everyone converged, they killed Zhu Yuan without any suspense, and the martial artists he met along the way were either killed by their arrows, or they were killed by them at close range, and the Wei Mansion ...... Today is the blood mold that has poured for eight lifetimes!
After leaving the Wei Mansion, after checking the damage, it was found that 10 people were slightly injured, and none of them were seriously injured or killed. Wang Zi and the three couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, it seems that this cruel training was not in vain! There were no less than two hundred casualties in the Wei Mansion, and they only suffered ten minor wounds.
The reason why the losses are small, in addition to the disparity in strength, there is another factor, tonight's Wei Mansion is extremely chaotic, and there is no unified command!
Wang Zi told Tian Fan about the situation of his residence, and after the two of them were silent for a long time, Zhu Yuan said: "It seems that the adults are gone!" Well, let's go too, tell Li Tao about them, and let them pay attention to the search! ”
He Xi nodded and said, "I'm a little worried! I always feel that adults should be more dangerous outside the Wei Mansion! ”
The two nodded, and Wang Zi said, "Don't think about it, it's better to inform Li Tao of them quickly!" Wish...... Don't be a fool of the adults! ”
They all felt empty in their hearts, this punch, which can be said to be full of strength, hit the air, this feeling is really helpless!