Chapter 20: One Blow
Since he has decided to betray the "Flying Dragon Army", and he also wants to kill the leader and set up his own mountain, he naturally has to discuss with the people of Botong and his group. In addition to clearly thinking out and explaining the preparations before the operation, the jihua during the operation, and the retreat after the operation, it is also necessary to try to solve the problems of the families of these leaders who participated in the rebellion.
Although there are not many people in the room who have already started a family, only Xiang Botong, Gao Trance and Shen Chong are really married, and the others are still living a free and easy single life with only good friends and no wives, but Xiang, Gao, and Shen are the leaders of this rebellion. If the issue of the families of the three of them cannot be resolved very quickly, then it will certainly interfere with them, so that they may be afraid of the situation after the incident, thus affecting their judgment of the situation and their decision to act.
Comparatively speaking, among the three, it is precisely Xiang Broadcom, the chief figure, who is the least concerned. Although he has married several wives and concubines, he has never had children. For a person like him, who has been mixed on the green forest road for many years, his nerves have long been exercised quite rough, and his heart has long been sharpened, if he were to choose between "career" and "wife and concubine", he would definitely choose "career". Therefore, in the process of discussion, he has always suggested that everyone should throw away those useless altars and jars, as long as he and this group of people can be saved, why worry about not being able to find a woman and not be able to have children.
Xiang Botong has a wife and concubine and no children, so he can naturally make such a suggestion without scruples, but Gao and Shen can't help but think about their wives and concubines and children. Therefore, after a long discussion, the three of them reached an agreement and decided to fight once, on the premise of ensuring that they could kill the Yellow Sea, arrest Huang Shan, Xin Feiyu, Yuan Aiguo, Zhong Tao and others who came with the Yellow Sea, and then use the lives of these four people to exchange the lives of these four people for themselves and the families of more than 100 soldiers under them, so as to eliminate their worries and create their own "foundation" with one mind.
After solving the most worrying family problem, Xiang, Gao, and Shen discussed with other officers and decided on the specific implementation plan and contingency method of the operation.
It was decided that when the deliberations were over, they would immediately return to their respective camps, gather all their cronies and henchmen, and convey to them the decision to rebel. After gaining the support of these cronies and henchmen, it is necessary to try to control all his men in the shortest possible time, whether they want to or not, to involve them in the rebellion. On the one hand, now that they have a limited number of liliang and manpower, the support of one more soldier will be one more liliang. On the other hand, it can be used to determine the attitude of his soldiers towards rebellion, so that they can cut off dissidents and stabilize the ranks.
As for how to control the team and how to convince these soldiers, it was a question for Gao Jing and Shen Chong and others. Xiang Botong believes that with the talents of Gao and Shen, this little thing is naturally not a problem. He did not give careful consideration to this matter, nor did he conduct an inspection of all the soldiers of the Eighth Company, but only told Gao and Shen a few words, asking them to observe carefully and not leave any hidden dangers.
Once the effective control of the entire company was completed, the men divided into three lines and attacked the small courtyard where Huang Hai lived with the second platoon led by Botong. First, it was to kill the Yellow Sea, and secondly, it was also to rescue his younger brother who was being taken into custody - to rescue Xiang Boyuan, to inherit the family lineage, this is the fundamental reason for Xiang Botong's rebellion, and Xiang Botong will not change this goal.
When Xiang Botong led his team to attack the place where Huang Hai and the others lived, Gao Jing led a platoon to block all the roads leading from the bay to the outside world, so as to prevent someone from escaping and reporting to the salt pan - although Xiang Botong and the three were bold but not arrogant, it was by no means what they wanted to see when they fought against a battalion of "Flying Dragons" in a single company.
While Xiang and Gao were acting, Shen Chong led the three platoons to control the passage from the camp to the seaside ship mooring and select the boss and sailors of the Haode ship from the pirate captives in advance, leaving a back road for himself and a way to save his life.
All the other officers involved in the rebellion had to do was to cooperate with Xiang, Gao, and Shen to carry out the action step by step.
From summoning his subordinates to their own residences to discuss with Botong, to making a plan of action for everyone to go back and prepare, it took a total of one hour, and when the officers completely controlled their ranks according to the previous Jihua, found a suitable candidate to sail for themselves, and were sure to launch a rebellion, the time had already reached the next day, that is, the end of the morning of the 28th month of the lunar calendar, and the beginning of the morning (about 5 o'clock in the morning). ,
Although it is winter and the dawn is late, there is still an hour before the sun rises. Although the rebel side has an absolute advantage in numbers, Huang Hai and the others are not ordinary people after all. Except for Huangshan, who didn't like to practice martial arts, the other four people were all very high in martial arts, and their use of firearms was far more proficient than the ordinary soldiers of the Eighth Company. In addition, there is nearly a squad of elite guards around them, once they drag the battle until dawn, their side loses the cover of darkness, and in the face of the guards who rely on the mansion, their own losses will inevitably increase greatly, and this is the result that Xiang Botong and others absolutely do not want to see - of course, this time is not without benefits. At this time, everyone slept the deepest and guarded the most lax, and the chance of a successful surprise attack was much greater.
After receiving the news of the preparations from the officers involved in the rebellion, Xiang Botong, Gao Trance and Shen Chong immediately ordered the operation to be.
As the order was issued, more than 100 people in three different locations of the sub-division immediately took action. Although the rebellion was carried out, and although the officers and soldiers involved were quite nervous, the strict training of the "Flying Dragon Army" was still reflected at this time. The entire rebel contingent was busy but not chaotic, and the soldiers, under the command of officers at all levels, quickly formed combat groups that could cooperate with each other in accordance with the combat drill rules. No sound could be heard during this time, except for the low, powerful voice of the officer and the footsteps of leather boots on the ground.
After the platoons were completed, they hung the red lanterns prepared by the deputies on high poles and raised them into the air to report to Xiang Broadcom, who had quietly arrived at the second platoon station. After the first platoon and the third platoon raised the red lanterns, Xiang Botong also instructed his subordinates to raise the red lanterns containing the dual meaning of preparing and starting the operation, and then led the second platoon to leave the station, and according to the route of Jihuahaode in advance, they rushed to the predetermined target, the residence of Huang Hai and others.
The second platoon's station was very close to the residence of Huang Hai and the others, but it was only a few dozen paces away, and if the soldiers ran at full speed, it would only take a breath or two to reach it. However, in order not to startle the snake, Xiang Broadcom did not let the second platoon rush forward, but divided the troops into three ways. Two of them flanked from the left and right, while the third went around in a circle and flanked from behind.
Under the cover of night, the three groups of people quietly approached the small courtyards where Huang Hai and the others lived. At this time, it was the end of the month, the moonlight was very dim, and Xiang Botong, who was hidden in the corner of the house, could only observe the situation in front of several small courtyards by lighting the fires lit in the open space outside the doors of each small courtyard for lighting and heating the sentry.
Maybe it was because the number of guards was small and more personnel could not be arranged, or maybe Huang Hai and the others felt that there was nothing to worry about when the major events here were decided, or maybe they thought that there was a platoon of soldiers stationed not far in front of them, so there was no need to arrange so many sentries. Whether it was because of Weishenme, anyway, with Xiang Botong's vision and experience, at this time, outside the small courtyards where Huang Hai and the others lived, he only found a personal guard patrolling and being on duty back and forth. Moreover, the patrol range of this guard is very small, basically he just walks five or six steps and then turns around, and a little farther away from the fire is no longer in his patrol range. As for the secret sentry posts, mobile sentry posts and other sentry posts, none of them can be seen, and the defense is quite lax.
Looking at the lonely sentry outside Huang Hai's residence, as well as the other party's careless patrol attitude, Xiang Botong secretly shouted God bless him, Huang Hai's guy was too big, and only one sentry was arranged to guard him. On the other hand, he was even more dissatisfied with Huang Hai, secretly scolding this guy for being completely different from others and himself. His younger brother only arranged for one sentry, and as a result, he was severely dealt with by Huang Hai, and he himself did the same thing at this time, but no one could deal with him, which was quite unfair.
Xiang Botong forcibly suppressed his anger and carefully observed the movement of the sentry for a while, and then called one of his cronies, who was the best at touching the sentry, and motioned for him to bring someone over and restrain the patrolling guard so that the brigade could attack.
As a result, the cronie and his two subordinates did not take a few steps, and the patrolling guards suddenly stopped for some reason and stood still in place. If it weren't for the fact that the guards were facing away from the rebels who were touching the sentry at this time, Xiang Botong would even think that the actions of his subordinates had alarmed the guards.
Just when the rebels were a little confused, the guard moved again. However, unlike just now, the guards did not continue to patrol, but turned around and pushed open the courtyard gate and walked into the small courtyard where Huang Hai lived. As a result, Xiang Botong, who had put his heart down a little, became nervous again, for fear that the guards would find out about him and plan to go to the hospital to report the news. ,
At that moment, Xiang Botong even had the idea of ordering his subordinates to act immediately and rush to the residence of the Yellow Sea with the whole platoon. However, this thought was only fleeting, and Xiang Botong quickly calmed down, and motioned to his cronies and subordinates who had already walked a few steps back and waited for the situation in the small courtyard.
Presumably, the guard was tired from patrolling and went back to his room to rest, or he was in a hurry to enter the yard for convenience. He didn't come out for half a day after entering the courtyard, and nothing special happened in the courtyard, it was still as quiet and peaceful as just now. A series of phenomena showed that the patrolling guards did not notice their movements, and Huang Hai and the others were even more unlikely to know about their arrival. Therefore, after waiting for a while, and waving his hand to Botong's side, a squad of rebels left their hiding place and, under the cover of darkness, touched the courtyard where Huang Hai lived.
After listening carefully to the sounds in the courtyard, the squad leader signaled his soldiers to take a ladder and send a soldier to the courtyard wall to observe the situation inside before preparing for the next move.
After a short time, the squad leader returned to the brigade and reported to Xiang Botong: "The courtyard is empty, only the room where the guards should live is still lit, and the other rooms are pitch black. Presumably, the room where the lamp was lit was the residence of the guard who had just entered. The guards should have gone in to bake the fire, and they didn't find out our intentions. ”
Hearing that the defense of Huang Hai and the others' residences was lax, Xiang Botong felt a burst of ecstasy. He hurriedly ordered the whole platoon to press up, occupy these small courtyards in the shortest possible time, and not let anyone in the courtyard escape.
As the order was issued, the soldiers of the second platoon quickly and orderly approached the residence of Huang Hai and the others from all directions, and quietly surrounded several small courtyards.
After making sure that there were indeed no sentries in the courtyard, Xiang Botong waved his hand to his subordinates and whispered: "Rush in with Ben and slash that kid in the Yellow Sea with one sword." ”
With Xiang Botong as an example, the soldiers were naturally also highly motivated, and dozens of people quickly rushed to the residence of the Yellow Sea.
It wasn't until he stormed into the small courtyard where Huang Hai lived that Xiang Botong was completely relieved, knowing that this rebellion was half successful. Xiang Broadcom looked around left and right, then waved to his subordinates, directing everyone to take action and rush to their respective targets.
Moments later, there was no sign of a fight in the other rooms, except for a brief fight in the lighted hut. Just as Xiang Botong wondered if this would happen, Cao Baochang, the deputy platoon commander of the second platoon, ran to his side and reported: "Brother Xiang, except for the brightly lit room where a guard is confronting our people, the other rooms are empty, and Brother Boyuan is nowhere to be seen. Moreover, it was not only this courtyard that was empty, but the others were all equally empty, not even a sentry. ”
"What? These courtyards are all empty, and there is only one big living person in total, and Boyuan is also missing? Xiang Broadcom asked in surprise.
"Yes, only the guard has been found." Cao Bao replied.
"You quickly send someone to take down the stubborn guard, brother, I want to ask him." Xiang Bo commanded.
"Yes, brother, let's go." Cao Bao took the order and turned away.
I thought that there were dozens of people on my side, and there was only one guard in the house, even if the other party was the elite of the elite, it would be easy to capture him, but the actual situation was not the case at all. As soon as the three rebels who had rushed in to search the room entered the door, they were conspired by the guard. The three were caught off guard, two dead and one seriously injured.
Subsequently, the three rebel squad leaders planned to shoot indiscriminately and kill the guards in the house. As a result, before he could make any moves, Cao Bao brought an order to Broadcom to interrogate the guard. Therefore, the squad leader had to give up the firearm attack, and instead under the command of Cao Bao, he readjusted the personnel and sent more soldiers to rush into the house to participate in the capture of the guard.
Under the leadership of Cao Bao, the remaining nine people in the squad, including the squad leader, rushed into the house in turn, and then froze there. I saw that the guard, who was originally standing in the room with a horizontal knife in his hand, had already sat on the chair with the knife in his hand. Next to him was a table with a large tray in addition to teapots and teacups. Since the tray was covered with a red cloth, I didn't know what was there.
Seeing eight or nine rebels rushing into the house with a platoon-sized officer, the guard understood that his limit was approaching, and he relaxed. He put the horizontal knife in his hand on the table, poured another cup of tea and drank two sips. Only then did he put down the teacup, glanced at Cao Bao and the others who were approaching him with disdain, and reached out to uncover the red cloth covering the tray. Underneath that, there was a bundle of standard grenades of the "Wyvern Army".
Just as Cao Bao and the rebels screamed, and you pushed me to flee out of the door, the guard took the bundle of grenades in his hand and pulled down the fire rope with a resolute expression. Moments later, with a loud bang, the guard was blown to pieces, along with the room he was staying in, along with the few rebel soldiers in the room who had not yet had time to escape.