After listening to the old servant's story, Ma Desheng and Li Zhun looked at each other and were speechless. After a long while, Ma Desheng spoke: "Master Li, what do you think?"

Li Zhun frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Where is Commander Guan?"

A tall man walked out of the crowd, hugged his fists and said, "Guan Xin is here, what do you want Master Li to order?"

Li Zhun said: "Commander Guan, can our brothers from the Flying Tiger Battalion find a way to enter the hall and see the situation inside?"

Guan Xin looked at the sky-high fire, shook his head and said, "Lord Li, it's not that our Flying Tiger Camp is greedy for life and afraid of death, it's just that the fire is too big now, and it's really difficult to enter." But rest assured, the lower officials have arranged for manpower to look out at the nearby vantage point, and once we find that the fire has weakened, we will immediately set up ropes and ladders to enter the hall to save people. ”

Li Zhun nodded and sighed: "So far, it can only be like this." I hope the people in the church can hold on until we go to the rescue. ”

Time passed like this, and after the efforts of thousands of people on the scene, it took half an hour for the fire to ease slightly.

Seeing this, Guan Xin said to Li Zhun: "Lord Li, I just received a report that the roof on the northwest side of Xuanzheng Hall has collapsed, and now the fire is a little slowdown, I plan to gather a few dead soldiers and break into the hall to see the situation." ”

Li Zhun said happily: "This is very good, although a few strong men go to save people, other things are left to me Li." ”

What Guan Xin wants is Li Zhun's words. Rushing into such a fierce fire means nine deaths and one life, and with Li Zhun's words, the aftermath of his brothers is also guaranteed.

There was not much time, and the eight sergeants of the Flying Tiger Battalion stood neatly beside Guan Xin, Li Zhun looked up and down, and saw that the eight of them were all in their early twenties, with broad shoulders and strong arms, tiger eyebrows and leopard eyes, and all of them were sturdy young men.

Li Zhun couldn't bear to let these young warriors die in the fire like this, so he turned around and asked, "Commander Guan, are there any other candidates?"

Guan Xin said: "Lord Li is worried about the skills of these people?"

Li Zhun shook his head slightly and said, "No, every brother in the Flying Tiger Battalion is an elite selected from the patrol army, and I am very relieved of their skills. It's just that these brothers are too young to be afraid of ......"

Guan Xin understood what Li Zhun meant, and before he finished speaking, he whispered: "These people are all orphans and have not yet started a family, so they won't cause too much chaos." ”

Li Zhun listened, nodded, and said loudly to the eight people in front of him: "Brothers, you went deep into the dangerous situation and saved people from the flames, Li deeply admired! You can rest assured, as long as you return safely, I, Li, promise you that each person will be rewarded with 200 taels of silver, and if you can rescue people, you will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver for each person saved!"

When these eight people heard this, their morale was high, and they were all gearing up and eager to try. Ma Desheng ordered people to prepare eight heavy cotton clothes, and asked several people to change them, and found fine silk and linen from the house, soaked them in water, and blocked their mouths and noses. Everything was ready, and the Flying Tiger Battalion also set up the rope ladder on the big tree on the northwest side.

Ma Desheng has never seen a rope ladder, only heard that it is a tool for plundering the land and attacking the city, and when it is used in field warfare, it can fly over the moat and ditch outside the city, and land directly on the enemy's city wall. The Flying Tiger Battalion is the vanguard unit of the Jinling Patrol Army, which is specially responsible for attacking the city and plundering the land, and it is natural for them to be familiar with such a small task as erecting rope ladders.

I saw two thick ropes firmly lassoed the roots of the tree, and the two slender ropes hung down naturally in the shape of a ladder across the canopy, and there were sticks tied in the middle of the ropes, and there was a pit in the middle of the sticks. Ma Desheng didn't know why, and asked, "Commander Guan, why is there a pit in the middle of this stick!?"

Guan Xin said: "This is to facilitate the climbing of our brothers in the Flying Tiger Battalion, and the depression here is just enough to fill in the foot, which is more convenient when climbing the wall and climbing the city." ”

When Ma Desheng heard this, he smacked his lips and said, "It is worthy of the Flying Tiger Battalion, and the things used are really exquisite!"

Guan Xin sighed and said, "General Ma praised it." The experiences you see today are the result of countless brothers who have paid for their lives. When the Holy Ancestor founded the country, there was no rope ladder, and our brothers in the Flying Tiger Battalion relied on people to step on people and people to step on people, and they laid down Jinling, Chang'an, and even the entire country......"

Li Zhun saw that Guan Xin was getting more and more excited, and hurriedly interjected: "Commander Guan, it's important to save people now, I think the brothers are ready, let's go." ”

Guan Xin nodded and said in a loud voice: "The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion!"

Everyone said in unison: "Yes!"

"Come with me!"

"Yes!"

Ma Desheng saw that the sergeants were neat and their morale was high, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "It is said that there are two most elite teams in the patrol army, one is the pioneer battalion, and the other is the Flying Tiger battalion. In my opinion, the Flying Tiger Battalion in front of me is the representative of the strongest combat strength of the patrol force, how can those wine bags and rice bags in the pioneer battalion be the same as the Flying Tiger Battalion with strict military discipline?!"

As soon as the order was given, the Flying Tiger Battalion immediately took action, and the eight dead soldiers climbed the rope ladder one by one, while the rest grabbed the foot of the ladder separately and waited for Guan Xin to give the order.

Seeing that everything was ready, Guan Xin turned his head to Li Zhun and said, "Master Li, I don't know which direction we will search first after entering the hall?"

Li Zhun didn't know either, and turned to look at Ma Desheng. Ma Desheng scratched his head and said: "It stands to reason that they should eat in the main hall, but after the fire, they will definitely not stay still, as for where they can now......?" I don't know. ”

Guan Xin frowned when he heard this: "The Xuanzheng Hall in your mansion covers an area of hundreds of acres, not to mention the thick smoke billowing in it now, even when the lights are bright, it is difficult to find someone." If our eight brothers really go in, wouldn't it be like looking for a needle in a haystack?"

The two sergeants in the back were stunned, and in this stunned kung fu, the long sword had arrived, and there were two crisp sounds, and the sergeant looked down and saw that the spear in his hand had become a short gun.

Pan Suxuan knew that these sergeants were the elite of the patrol army, so he couldn't bear to hurt their lives, and he just wanted to take advantage of the way, and there was no need to kill, so he just used his internal force to cut off their spears and kill their sharp energy, so that everyone could retreat.

The battalion commander was shocked, seeing that Pan Suxuan was about to rush in front of him, he hurriedly whistled three times, and the people and horses on the north and south sides came out together, surrounding Pan Suxuan in the middle, and dozens of spears were pointed at Pan Suxuan's chest.

The battalion commander said, "Thief, don't you get off your horse and surrender?"

Pan Suxuan raised his head and said: "I am a guest in the General's Mansion, not a thief!"

The battalion commander sneered: "Ignoring the curfew, committing armed violence, colliding with officers and soldiers, and violently resisting arrest, isn't this a chaotic party?!"

Pan Suxuan didn't want to talk to him more, his wrist shook slightly, the long sword drew a circle on his chest, and cut off the spears around him again, and at the same time, he jumped up from his horse and rushed straight towards the battalion commander. As the saying goes, if you want to quickly control this elite force, you can only take the leader first, so Pan Suxuan is a killer move as soon as he makes a move, and the long sword turns into a cold light and goes straight to his heart.

Seeing this, the battalion commander was so frightened that he instinctively leaned back, rolled directly off his horse, and fell to the ground with a clatter. Pan Suxuan's crotch stepped forward, and the tip of his sword went straight to his throat, and shouted, "Let them dodge!"

When the sergeants saw that the leader was captured, dozens of spears were raised at the same time, stabbing at Pan Suxuan from all directions. Pan Suxuan was not in a hurry, and sent the long sword in his hand forward, and the battalion commander immediately howled like a pig: "Stop...... Stop! Are you going to murder your own officials?!"

When the sergeants heard this, they did not dare to move again. Pan Suxuan said to the battalion commander: "If you want to live, tell your men to disperse, and prepare two fast horses for me." ”