Night gradually enveloped the valley city, and the mountains outside the city, in the night, only a hazy shadow remained.

There are no more than half pedestrians on the noisy streets during the day, and the shops on both sides of the road close their doors when it gets dark. In the quiet streets of the city, you can only hear the wind brushing the ground, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground, and the "rustling" of the leaves against the bluestone slabs.

The cool wind swirled across the street, swept over the bluestone pavement, and disappeared into the shadows around the corner.

With a soft "rustle" sound, more than a dozen black shadows, standing on tiptoe, quickly ran along the street in the direction of the prison in the city.

More than a dozen black shadows, each holding the sword at their waist as they ran, although they ran extremely fast, their eyes still kept wandering on both sides of the street.

About to run to the end of the street, the leading black shadow suddenly stopped, raised an arm, and raised a move towards the more than ten people following behind him, stopping everyone's movements.

Seeing his gesture, everyone quickly stopped and quickly dodged and hid in the alleys on both sides of the road.

No sooner had they taken cover than the sound of neat feet on the ground could be heard at the end of the street. A patrol of twelve Luoyang soldiers turned a corner and walked towards the street.

The twelve Luoyang soldiers who came over, holding a Pu knife and a shield in their hands, took exactly the same steps when they walked, and whenever their feet stepped on the ground, they could only make a muffled sound of "pop".

If it was in the daytime, the sound was not harsh, but in the quiet night, the footsteps of the soldiers of the Luoyang Army were extremely dull, exerting an inexplicable sense of depression in the hearts of the men hiding in the shadows.

A man hiding in the shadows grabbed the hilt of his long sword and glanced at the leader of the man.

The leading man who was lying dormant in the corner of the alley was watching the Luoyang army walk by without blinking, and he didn't notice the look of the man behind him.

Seeing that the leading man ignored him, the man holding the hilt of the sword clenched his fist tightly, looking annoyed.

There were only twelve Luoyang soldiers walking in front of them, and in terms of numbers, the dormant men still had a slight advantage, and if they suddenly killed while the Luoyang army patrol was not aware of it, they might be able to end the battle in an instant.

But the leading man obviously didn't want to cause more trouble out of nothing, and his slightly narrowed eyes kept staring at the Luoyang Army patrol that had just passed, until the Luoyang Army was far away, and then beckoned behind him.

Along the way, this group of people met several patrols of the Luoyang Army, and the leading men all relied on their keen awareness to let everyone hide in advance, avoiding all the Luoyang troops they encountered along the way.

The prison in Zhuyang County was built in the northwest corner of the city. There were no houses near the prison, and the road leading to the prison was an open road.

When the prison was built in Zhuyang County, the nearby houses were deliberately bulldozed to prevent people from robbing the prison.

Looking at the bluestone pavement glowing white in the night, the leading man frowned slightly, and looked around for a while.

There was silence everywhere, not even half a figure, the leading man raised a hand, stretched out two fingers, and gestured towards the two men behind him.

The two men nodded, pressed their hands on the hilts of their swords, and sprang out of the corner, and ran swiftly in the direction of the prison.

Hiding in the corner, watching the backs of the two men running out of the curl, the nervous forehead of the leading man was covered with beads of sweat.

It wasn't until the two men rushed to the corner of the prison that he let out a long breath, beckoned to the group of people behind him, and led everyone to jump quickly in the direction of the prison.

Two ropes with grappling hooks were thrown up the wall, and the two men standing under the wall pulled the ropes vigorously to make sure that they had been hooked strongly, and then let go of their hands and nodded to the leading man.

The leading man who had just rushed to the corner of the wall saw the two nodding, and then waved behind him, and the other two men immediately stepped forward, grabbed the rope, and quickly climbed the wall.

The two people who climbed the wall first squatted on the top of the wall, looked into the courtyard wall, and found nothing unusual, and then beckoned to the people under the wall.

Seeing the two people waving, the leading man was completely relieved, and hurriedly waved his hand to urge everyone to climb up the wall quickly.

All their movements were completed in silent gestures, and more than a dozen men climbed onto the top of the wall and jumped towards the wall one after another.

These men are tall and big, and they weigh a hundred or dozens of pounds, although they have tried to lighten their movements as much as possible, when they landed, they still made a slight noise.

The sound of the men landing on the ground did not alarm the guards in the prison, but made the leading man sweat all over.

When everyone had jumped off the wall, he raised his hand, stopped everyone's movements, and did not give the order to rush immediately into the prison.

Squatting in the dark corner of the wall, and observing for a while, the leading man waved his hand and took the lead in jumping towards a row of low cells not far away.

The prison cells in the county town were not as well-guarded as those in the state and county counties, and the cells where the prisoners were held were just two rows of low rooms facing each other.

The rooms had no walls in front of them, but were lined with fine, sturdy wooden fences that the guards could see at a glance by simply passing by the road and being held in the cells on either side.

Jumping towards the two rows of cells, when more than a dozen people rushed into the path between the cells, the leading man's heart suddenly tightened, secretly screamed badly, quickly turned around, waved his hand at everyone, and gave an order to retreat.

The more than ten men who followed him saw that everything was going so well, and they were secretly rejoicing, seeing that the leading man suddenly gave an order to retreat, one by one was confused, and suddenly many torches were lit on both sides of the path, and countless Luoyang troops with torches ran out from both sides and blocked the road deadly.

The Luoyang army that flocked to both sides of the path, squatting in front were two rows of crossbowmen armed with crossbow arrows, followed by hoplites with swords and shields.

Each crossbowman was half-crouched on the ground, and the crossbow in his hand was slightly adjusted to the angle, so that if the crossbow arrows they fired failed to hit the dozen or so men who were stopped in the middle of the road, they would fly diagonally upward, and it was impossible to shoot their own people at the opposite intersection.

The heavy infantry, standing in formation behind the crossbowmen, held the round shield in front of them, and held the Pu sword, ready to charge at any time.

"Your Highness's expectation is really not bad!" Just when more than a dozen men were blocked in the path by the two teams of Luoyang troops, Tai Shici, who was dressed in armor, walked in from the side of the road they had just entered, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to this group of men: "You are afraid that His Royal Highness will know that it was sent by Gongsun Zhan, and he will definitely not leave the two of them to be interrogated by this general, and he will come to kill people and kill them." ”

When Tai Shi Ci said Gongsun Zhan's name, more than a dozen men were stunned for a moment, but no one spoke, just holding a long sword and staring at Tai Shi Ci coldly.

"Your Highness knows everything!" Tai Shici didn't intend to wait for them to reply, pressing the hilt of the sword with one hand, crossing his waist with the other, a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to the more than ten people who were blocked on the path: "Your Highness is benevolent, I don't want to kill all of you, I will give you a chance today, if you want to die, take a step forward, this general will send you on the road!" If you want to live, stay where you are, don't move! ”

As soon as Tai Shici's words fell, a scene that made him feel extremely shocked appeared. None of the more than ten men who were blocked in the middle of the road stood still, and all of them took a step forward, straightened their chests, and glared at him angrily, each with a look of generosity to death on their faces.

"Okay!" After staring at the more than ten men for a while, Tai Shi Ci shook his head and said to them: "Since you all want to die, General Ben can't force anyone to survive. ”

"Shoot the arrows!" As soon as the words to the men fell, Tai Shici shouted at the crossbowmen who were squatting in front and gave the order to release the arrows.

The crossbowman, who had already fastened the bolt to the string, received this command, and almost simultaneously deducted the spring.

As soon as the "whoosh" sound of the crossbow bolt cutting through the air sounded, more than a dozen men who were blocked in the middle of the road let out a muffled snort, and each of them had crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies and fell to the bluestone ground.

"Bring those two here!" Looking at the corpse lying on the bluestone ground, Tai Shi Ci waved his hand behind him and gave a faint order to the two soldiers.

The two soldiers standing behind him clenched their fists in response, turned and ran quickly, while the rest of the soldiers immediately dispersed, taking their positions at all angles of the cell, looking around vigilantly, lest there be any assassins lurking in the shadows undetected.

Walking in front of the more than ten corpses, Tai Shici kicked the corpses away one by one, and made sure that all the men had been killed by crossbow arrows, and then said to the soldiers at the intersection: "They are also some men, don't insult their corpses, tomorrow morning, they will be pulled outside the city for burial." ”

"No!" As soon as Tai Shici's words came out, the soldiers standing at the intersection hurriedly answered.

At the command of Tai Shici, more than a dozen soldiers entered the path and dragged the more than ten corpses out of the road like dead dogs.

Dragged by the soldiers, the arrows on the more than ten corpses were still trembling slightly, and blood was still flowing along the place where the arrows were shot.

The corpses were dragged out one by one by the soldiers, and the soldiers who had gone to escort the two prisoners were folded back. One of them pushed a sturdy man whose upper body was bound by hemp rope, and who was already covered in bloodstains from being beaten, and came to Tai Shici's side.

"General, the prisoners have arrived!" When they arrived at Tai Shi Ci's side, one of the soldiers pressed a man's shoulder with one hand, and grabbed the man's wrist tied with hemp rope with the other, and reported to Tai Shi Ci.

Turning his head to look at the two men who were screwed, Tai Shici waved his hand to the two soldiers, lowered his voice and ordered them: "Take it away!" ”

"No!" The two soldiers answered, and escorted the two men, who were covered in injuries and a little confused, towards the outside of the prison.