Chapter Thirty-Eight: Breaking into the Bear's Den at Night
A mountain peak about 20 miles northwest of Chujiabao is one of the few peaks in this plain, the mountain peak looks towering into the clouds from afar, and it is slightly thick, just like a half-cut weaving shuttle, so it is named Suoyun Peak.
Suoyun Peak is separated from the surrounding mountains, and forms a steep cliff on three sides, but one side has a relatively gentle slope, leading straight to a platform with a circle of nearly ten miles at the top of the peak.
There is a small castle with a simple design, but made of huge stones, and the people of Chujiabao are currently hiding here, and the castle is overcrowded, and tens of thousands of old and young women and children are placed here.
There is a small courtyard composed of more than a dozen rooms in the center of the fort, and several people are sitting in the main hall, and the one in the center is Chu Yang's second uncle, Chu Xiong, at this time, Chu Xiong's face is anxious, and he looks at the sky outside from time to time, as if he is waiting for something.
The other people sitting around saw Chu Xiong's anxiety and felt even more uneasy, and they also looked out from time to time with Chu Xiong's gaze, and their buttocks twisted from time to time, as if there were nails on the chairs.
At this moment, a snow-white pigeon flew into the main hall, and when Chu Xiong saw a pigeon flying over, he was immediately overjoyed and reached out to grab it.
Chu Xiong removed a small bamboo bucket tied to the pigeon's leg, and then gently threw the pigeon into the air again.
After reading the information in the small bamboo bucket, Chu Xiong immediately slapped the wooden chair with both hands, and said loudly: "Okay! Finally back, this time I want to see what you Xiong Yanhui has the ability to dare to beat my Chu Jiabao's idea." ”
"Pass the order down, prepare for battle, let the rabbit cubs of Xiongyuan Fort see how powerful our Chujiabao is. Chu Xiong stood up and ordered.
When everyone around the audience saw that Chu Xiong had finally given the order to fight, everyone stood up excitedly and hurriedly gave their hands "yes".
At the foot of Suoyun Peak Mountain, there are dense tents, during which piles of bonfires are burning, and each pile is sitting around these dozen warriors in animal skins and black robes, all with eyes on the eyes, temples bulging, and a steel knife in their hands.
In the middle of the tents there is a huge tent, in which several people are sitting, the leader of the one, inch hair, Chinese face, eyes sharp, wearing a black animal skin robe, the left hand is gently supported on the leg, highlighting its mighty momentum.
This person is Xiong Yanhui, the castle owner of Xiong Yuan Fort, one of the best overlords in the Hanging Yang River Valley.
Suddenly, I heard a rush of footsteps outside the big tent from far and near, and after a while, I saw a big man also wearing a black animal skin robe burst in, and said, "Big brother! ”
The person who came was Xiong Yanhui's younger brother, Xiong Yi.
When Xiong Yanhui saw this person coming in, he immediately stood up and hurriedly asked, "Old Five, tell me what news is coming from the city!"
"Big brother, our people quickly reported that Chu Qi had rushed to support with a thousand men and horses, and according to internal information, most of this group of people were homeless people taken in by Chujiabao, and it should be that the Chu family in the city was also understaffed, so let the homeless people pretend to be stronger. Xiong Yi said excitedly.
When Xiong Yanhui heard this, he slapped his hands heavily, and said in his heart: "The military advisor is really like a god, and Chujiabao is nothing more than that, and the whole group of homeless people will make up for it." ”
Xiong Yanhui thought about it and looked at everyone and said: "Everyone has come here with me Xiong Yuanbao, we have only besieged and not attacked for many days, so everyone must have doubts in their hearts." ”
When everyone heard Xiong Yanhui say this, they all nodded.
Xiong Yanhui saw everyone's expressions, smiled and said, "Okay! Then I will tell you, I think my Xiong Yuanbao can be so strong thanks to the cooperation with the City Lord's Mansion, but no matter how strong we are, the City Lord's Mansion has not allowed us to provoke Chujiabao, saying that Chujiabao is strong, but the old man does not believe it, just take the opportunity of the conflict between Luojiabao and Chujiabao to attack Chujiabao, so the military advisor came up with such a clever plan, telling us to find a way to besiege Chujiabao's hideout, and test the reaction of Chujiabao in Hanging Yang City, today it seems that Chujiabao's strength is like this, haha!"
When everyone heard Xiong Yanhui say this, they all smiled and nodded, and a sense of disdain arose in their hearts.
"Okay! Since he doesn't have much strength in Chujiabao, then we will take this hiding place casually and kill all the old, weak, sick and crippled people left in Chujiabao, so as to avenge Luojiabao!" Xiong Yanhui said loudly.
After hearing this, three or two people in the crowd immediately clenched their fists, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of their eyes, presumably these people must be from Luojiabao.
Xiong Yanhui saw everyone's reaction, so he said: "Old Five, quickly send someone to inform all the people to attack, no need to hide anymore, the others go back to prepare for the battle, launch an attack before dawn, and kill his milk!"
"Yes!" everyone hurriedly complied, and then left to prepare.
The night hung over a vast plain, with rivers and villages, and as the night deepened, the starry lights began to dim in the distance, and then became less and less, and the night became darker.
No one noticed, two black figures, one behind the other, hurrying through the villages towards a huge castle dozens of miles away.
The castle is a tall walled castle that covers a vast area, and from a distance, it looks like a huge black bear prostrate on the ground and sleeping.
The two black gates were closed, torches were lit on the city gate, and more than a dozen big men stood in a line, motionless, very mighty.
At this time, the two black shadows also approached the city gate, found a low-lying place and hid inside, raised their heads slightly, and peeked in.
I only heard a sturdy black shadow say: "Young Master, this is Xiong Yuan Castle? Good guy, as expected, this castle is about to catch up with Hanging Sun City." ”
The other dark shadow nodded again and again.
These two black shadows are Chu Yang and Tie Cheng, since they secretly mixed out of Hanging Yang City, the two of them rushed to Xiongyuan Fort, and later they didn't even dare to ride their horses for fear of being discovered.
Chu Yang looked at the dark night sky, and then looked at the city wall behind the city gate, which was more than ten zhang high, and there was a cold smile on his face, "Xiong Yuanbao! Master is here, I will break into this Longtan Tiger's Den today!"
"Tie Cheng, according to the actions I told you on the road, once the city is in chaos, you will immediately enter the city and turn him upside down!" Chu Yang turned his head and said to Tie Cheng with a smile.
"Don't worry, young master, have you forgotten that I'm an ironsmith?! I'm an expert at playing with fire. Tie Cheng's heart sank when he heard what Chu Yang said, and then he said with a smile.
Chu Yang didn't say anything more, and took out a black mask prepared in advance from his luggage, which was also made by Chu Yang to Uncle Tie, and the whole body was pitch black, only there was a blood-red flame pattern between his eyebrows.
Chu Yang put on his mask and flew towards the city wall behind the city gate, where the torches could not shine.
Tie Cheng looked at Chu Yang's departing figure, and suddenly felt his right eyelid jump, and suddenly his heart sank, his fists clenched, and he whispered, "Young Master, you must be careful." ”