Chapter 22: Brothers in and out of the belly (1)
Yin Zhengli returned to the room, only to see the lights flickering, the shadow of the night was reflected on the window paper, and she was staring blankly at herself in the mirror. Zhengli chuckled, walked behind her and pressed her shoulder, and said, "It's always like this, can't you see enough?" Ye looked at the two faces in the mirror and said, "Strange, every time you come into the mirror, I think you look better than me!" Zheng Li smiled: "How come!" Ye turned around, looked at Zheng Li carefully, and asked softly, "Are you having fun with the fourteenth brother?"
Yin Zhengli smiled and said: "You are so smart, I don't say that you all know what I do!" "The smell of alcohol is not very heavy, but I know my husband and wife!" She gently wrapped her arms around Yin Zhengli's neck, pulled him closer to her, and kissed him gently.
Yin Zhengli kissed her for a while, let go of him at night, looked at his somewhat gloomy eyes, and asked softly: "What's wrong?" Zhengli said: "You can't do it now, you can see my heart by looking at my eyes!" He sighed: "The third brother has been arrested, and we will go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang tomorrow to save people." ”
When Yelai heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Brothers, can you teach the Mongolian Tartars to find out?" Zhengli nodded, and Yelai couldn't help but say: "Yin Cong just came back, everyone is not happy, this third brother has an accident again! We are really not going well this year!" Zhengli said: "It's good to wait until the third brother is rescued!"
Yelai sighed for a while, stood up, and took off his coat for Yin Zhengli. As soon as the clothes were hung up at night, Zhengli gently hugged his wife. Zhengli looked at the night in her arms, she always looked at herself so obsessively, and her heart couldn't help but be happy and moved. He reminisced about the old things today, and felt more and more that his happiness today was not easy to come by, and he couldn't help but cherish the night even more. At this time, he looked at her tenderly and affectionately, and couldn't help but whisper: "Come at night, we will never be separated." ”
Yelai smiled lightly and snuggled into her husband's arms.
The next day, Lu Yusi, Lu Yincong, Song Wenxuan, Ren Zhao'er, Yin Zhengli, Zhao Xiaoyu and Qiao Luo led the 35,000 soldiers and horses to Jiangsu, Zhejiang Province. At this time, although it was already early spring, Huo Taifeng was captured, and everyone was still worried in their hearts, and they couldn't feel the warmth and warmth around them at all.
Ren Zhao'er patted his horse to Song Wenxuan's side and asked, "Is there any good way to save the third brother?" Song Wenxuan shook his head and said, "After arriving in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I have to listen to the situation of the fifth brother and their side, and then make a plan." Ren Zhao'er said angrily: "If those Mongolian Tartars dare to let the third brother have three longs and two shorts, I have to kill them all!" Song Wenxuan said: "They won't do anything to the third brother, they want to send the third brother to the capital." Ren Zhao'er suddenly said: "Yes, they want to take the third brother to Dadu, and then interrogate him about our affairs!" Song Wenxuan said: "Maybe we will use the third brother to lead us out!" He continued: "We are now going to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to meet everyone, and then inquire about the news, to see if the third brother is still in Hangzhou, if not, we have to go to Dadu." In this case, then this danger will be added to the tens of millions!" Ren Zhao'er frowned and said, "Then we must save the third brother before he leaves!" Song Wenxuan nodded and said lightly: "I hope we have such good luck!" He sighed: "We know the big secret of the Mongols, we could have used this to do a great cause, maybe we can drive the Mongols out." But now we are at a critical juncture!" Ren Zhao'er said: "If the third brother can't be saved, let's not walk on the rivers and lakes!" Song Wenxuan looked at his wife frowning slightly, her face was slightly angry, and she was indescribably honest and upright, and her heart couldn't help but move with tenderness. He held Ren Zhao'er's hand and said softly, "Don't worry too much, I will definitely find a way!" Ren Zhao'er stared at him carefully and nodded slightly, as if telling infinite trust.
Lu Yusi took the lead, Lu Yincong and Yin Zhengli were in one place, followed by Zhao Xiaoyu and Qiao Luo, and Song Wenxuan and Ren Zhaoer were last. The crowd traveled for eight days, and finally arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces on February 25. As soon as everyone arrived in Hangzhou, a general led dozens of people to meet them. This person has a thin figure, a capable face, and two Emei thorns on his waist, which is none other than the tenth general Yan Jinhua. When he saw everyone, he shouted: "The general master, Yin Cong, fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, sixth brother, eleventh brother......" He rushed forward, Yin Cong shouted with a smile: "Ten brothers!" He almost didn't see these brothers, he was very happy in his heart.
Yan Jinhua said: "Everyone is finally here! We are dying in a hurry these days!" Everyone led Qiao Luo and Yan Jinhua to meet, and both of them were very happy.
Everyone followed Yan Jinhua to a secluded outskirts, where there were less than 10,000 soldiers of the Haihui Sect. Lu Yusi asked the horses to be stationed here first, and led the generals into the main tent.
I saw three generals in the tent. One with loose hair, frowning slightly, and a dignified complexion, giving people a sense of not being angry and arrogant, this person is the fifth general Xiao Yisun. The other two sat together, but they were the only pair of brothers in the Huihaihui, the eighth general Liu Guangzhi and the thirteenth general Liu Guangao. I saw that Liu Guangzhi was twenty-four years old, with a delicate face, looking at the ground in front of him; Liu Guangao had just turned eighteen and his expression was immature, and he was frowning at this time, probably worried about Huo Taifeng.
When the three of them saw everyone coming in, they hurriedly got up and called in unison: "The Lord of the Chamber!" Everyone introduced Qiao Luo to the three of them, and the four of them immediately called each other brothers. Liu Guangao was especially happy, took Qiao Luo's timid arm, and called "Brother Fourteen" a few times affectionately.
The people sat down according to their seats. Lu Yusi asked, "Fifth brother, what's the situation now?" Xiao Yisun said: "After the third brother was captured by the dog tartars, we sent someone to investigate. The spies came back every other day to report that the third brother was still in prison. We've got quite a few people over there. Lu Yusi breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, the third brother is still in Hangzhou!"
Song Wenxuan said: "The idea of the Tartars is nothing more than to use the third brother as bait, and then lure us to the rescue! They must have arranged heavy troops now, just waiting for us to go over and capture us!" Liu Guangzhi asked: "How many people have we brought with us now?" Yin Zhengli said: "Thirty-five thousand!" Liu Guangzhi smiled and said: "If the Tartars think that we don't have so many people and underestimate us, then we will have a chance!" Song Wenxuan frowned and said, "I'm afraid that someone has been transferred from the imperial court!" He continued: " Although the third brother is now locked up in a prison in Hangzhou, maybe the Tartar has changed his mind and wants to escort him to Dadu, then it will be very troublesome for us to rescue him! And we don't know if the imperial court knows about this now, if we know about it and transfer people, we will not have enough people!" Yin Cong said worriedly: "Then we will rush to the imperial court and rescue the third brother before the third brother is escorted away!" Song Wenxuan nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason." ”
Lu Yusi said: "We don't know much about the Tartars now, and we have to send some more people to investigate, if we fight with the soldiers in Hangzhou, we must also understand their situation first!"
In the evening, the spy came back and said, "There are almost 20,000 soldiers in Hangzhou who are practicing outside, but I don't know if they are all of them." Song Wenxuan said: "Can you find out who the officials in Hangzhou are?" The spy replied: "I didn't find out about this." Lu Yusi asked, "Have you seen any sharp weapons for fighting?" The spy said, "I saw thunderbolts, earth-shattering thunder, muskets, and copper generals." Lu Yincong frowned and asked, "What about the Mongolian Tatar General Tong?" The spy said, "There are many, all of them are new." Yin Cong said: "We also have the firearms they have, but this copper general, our copper general doesn't seem to be very easy to use." Yin Zhengli said: "Our bronze fire gun doesn't seem to shoot very far, but it's no problem to hit the enemy at close range." Xiao Yisun asked, "Don't they have assault rifles?" The spy said, "Yes, there are only muskets, no assault rifles." Xiao Yisun smiled and said, "If there is no assault rifle, then what kind of battle will they fight!" but ......," he continued, "It is possible that the Tartars hid the assault rifle." ”
Song Wenxuan asked, "How high is the city wall?" The spy replied, "The main wall is less than five zhang, and the other three sides are almost a little more than three zhang." Song Wenxuan frowned: "It's still quite high." ”
Liu Guangao asked: "Fourth brother, do we still want to attack the city head-on?" Song Wenxuan said: "As a last resort, it is better not to attack the city head-on! Not to mention that this city wall is so high, we don't know how many brothers we will have to fold." ”
Zhao Xiaoyan said: "Yes, now the third brother is still in Hangzhou, we must outwit it first, we can't attack the city at the beginning, in case we lose the battle, this will affect our morale too much!"
Lu Yusi asked, "Do you have any ideas, brothers?" he looked at Song Wenxuan and Xiao Yisun. Xiao Yisun said: "The general master, we must now know where the third brother is locked up, if we don't even know this, we will go in vain." I think it's just that when we find out where the third brother is, some of us will confuse the public outside and contain the Tartars, and the other part will go into the prison to save people!" Zhao Xiaoyu said: "But if we don't succeed, we will only have to fight with the Tartars in the future." Xiao Yisun smiled at Zhao Xiaoyan and said, "Yes, this is what I've been worried about, in case we can't save adults, we will alarm the Tartars, and we will have to confront the Tartars head-on......! Even if it's a tough one, what can we do! Are we still afraid of them?" Lu Yincong said: "Of course I'm not afraid, it's okay to kill a few more Tartars!"
Lu Yusi said: "Although I came here this time, I brought a lot of people, but I still have to save people, supplemented by killing Tartars." When the third brother is rescued, we can make a good plan on how to get rid of the Mongolian Tartars, but if we can't even save the third brother, we won't say anything about killing the Tartars!" Ren Zhao'er said: "The general manager is right, we must gather strength to save the third brother, don't be busy killing the Tartars first." ”
Song Wenxuan said: "The general master, I think the fifth brother's proposal is very good, so far, we can only do this!" Lu Yusi said: "Okay, then do it!" It's just that this secret operation must be extremely dangerous, all the brothers ......" The heroes said in unison: "In order to save the third brother, I will not regret dying!"
Song Wenxuan said: "I already have an idea!" Lu Yu Sixi said: "Hurry up and arrange it for all the brothers!" The group of heroes stood up with a "bold" voice, and Song Wenxuan said loudly: "Yin Cong, the eighth brother, the eleventh brother, and the thirteenth brother went inside to save the third brother; the fifth, sixth, tenth, and fourteenth brothers are outside to answer; the general master, me and Zhao'er will wait and see the overall situation." Among the brothers who went inside to save people, the eighth brother and the thirteenth brother pretended to visit their relatives in prison, the eleventh brother pretended to send an official document to the prison superintendent, and Yin Cong went inside to find the third brother carefully. Because the third brother is locked up in this Hangzhou prison, it must be heavily guarded, and the brothers who enter must not only look for the third brother carefully, but also be careful about the situation inside. I guess the prison supervisor inside is not the usual small prison boss, there must be some big man sitting there, eleventh brother, you have to be careful. Zhao Xiaoyan said: "Fourth brother, I will take care of it." Liu Guangzhi said: "What if I don't let me see it at that time?" Song Wenxuan said: "In that case, the eighth brother and the thirteenth brother can also pretend to be the ones who deliver the official documents." The brothers Liu Guangzhi and Liu Guangao agreed in unison.
Song Wenxuan continued: "The fifth, sixth, tenth, and fourteenth brothers, you pushed a few carts, pretending to be people selling firewood, basins, and peach combs, and walked around the outer streets next to the prison. Let's load this cart with sulfur, realgar, saltpeter and honey, and when the time comes, after Yin Cong and they find the third brother, they will definitely fight with the people in prison, and when you hear the sound, you will set fire outside, which will definitely contain some of the enemies, and can also stir them up inside and outside. The people in this prison can't take care of the outside, how can they still look at the people inside? Yin Cong and the others can take the third brother out to take advantage of the chaos. ”
Xiao Yisun said: "The things in the car can be bought in Hangzhou City, or I'm afraid of being detained by the Tartars guarding the city gate." Song Wenxuan nodded and said, "It's true that I want to buy it in the city, but I have to bring in the empty car." ”
Lu Yusi said: "In the end, I watched from a distance with my fourth brother and fourth brother and sister, and if things change, we will definitely send a signal flare, and we will evacuate quickly." "All the heroes.
Lu Yincong said: "We still need to send someone to find out how many people are stationed next to the Hangzhou prison and what position the prison is in, so that it is foolproof." Lu Yusi said: "I still need to free up some big cars." Also, if you want to pretend to be someone else's brother, you must think carefully about how to say this! Don't show your flaws!" Ren Zhao'er smiled: "Brother Starling is a cautious person, but Brother Thirteen is not. But with the starling brother here, the thirteenth brother can't go wrong!" Liu Guangao blushed and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, you are making fun of me again!"
The next day, the society sent several spies to find out the geography around the Hangzhou prison and how many guards there were outside the prison. Before noon, the spy came back and said, "The prison is on the west side of the main street, and there are streets running through the east, west, north and south, and many people walking. There were a few guards at the door, just the usual configuration, and I didn't see any more people. But it is possible that soldiers were ambushed inside. ”
Lu Yincong said: "I don't think it's going to be so simple, people must be ambushed inside!" Zhao Xiaoyan smiled: "I didn't expect Yin Cong to become so cautious now!" Lu Yincong smiled clearly: "Brother Eleven, you have to impress me!" Zhao Xiaoyan smiled: "I have always been right!"
Liu Guangzhi said: "Yin Cong, Brother Eleven, Guang Ao, we will send someone to ask if we can visit our relatives when the time comes." Zhao Xiaoyan nodded and said: "That's right, if you and the thirteenth brother go to ask and then the Tartar says that you can't visit, then the two of you won't be able to pretend to send an official document." ”
Lu Yincong smiled and asked, "What are we going to write about this official document?" Liu Guangao smiled and said: "Second brother, just write that it was sent by the Tartar Emperor, and the supervision in Hangzhou Prison should be dealt with severely." The custody frightened them so that the second monk was confused, and he was scared to the point of urine. When they heard this, they all laughed.
Lu Yusi said: "Let's go to save the third brother now!" The brothers of the Kuhai congregation agreed in unison, and they all wore different clothes and got on their horses and walked forward. They all knew that their weapons would not be able to pass through the city gate, so they did not bring them with them.
Lu Yincong, Liu Guangzhi, Zhao Xiaoyuan, and Liu Guangao entered the Hangzhou city gate in batches; Xiao Yisun, Yin Zhengli, Yan Jinhua, and Qiao Luo timidly pushed the cart into the city gate; and Lu Yusi, Song Wenxuan, and Ren Zhao'er led their horses and entered the city gate last.
Yan Jinhua was a capable man, and as soon as he entered, he found a place to sell firewood and wooden combs, and filled all four carts. Immediately, they put saltpeter, sulfur, realgar, and honey they had just bought. When honey is heated, it turns into charcoal, and saltpeter and sulfur are mixed with charcoal to form gunpowder. This gunpowder is already very powerful, and if it is added with firewood, it will definitely cause a fire. Four men pushed carts and began to sell on the streets on all sides of the Hangzhou prison.
Lu Yincong pulled a person over and said softly: "Brother, I have something to ask you!" The man saw Lu Yincong's calm demeanor, suddenly lost his vigilance, and asked, "What's the matter?" Lu Yincong took out a handful of silver bills and handed them to the man: "Brother, I have a relative inside, who was arrested for a trivial matter, and I want to go in and see him." But I'm a bit timid, can you help me spy on him, just say I'm outside to help him operate, so he doesn't have to worry!" The man was surprised: "Little brother, you are so capable, can you still talk to the Mongols?" Lu Yincong smiled "hehe" and said, "It's not difficult! Brother, can you help me?" The man looked at the money, liked it, and said: "Help, what can't you help someone to explore?" I don't know what my brother's relative looks like?" Lu Yincong just asked this person to help him see if he could visit someone in Hangzhou Prison at this time, and he didn't really want him to visit anyone, so he casually said nonsense: "Ah, my relative, who is about the same height as me, has a short beard, a thin face, and is in his forties." When the man heard this, he agreed, took the money, and went to the gate of the prison.
Lu Yincong, Liu Guangzhi, Zhao Xiaoyuan and Liu Guangao watched from a distance, only to see that the man trembled and said a few words to the guards at the door, and then took out some money and gave each of the guards at the door a silver note. The guard opened the door, and the man stepped over the threshold and went inside.
When Lu Yusi saw this scene, he scolded with a smile: "Fuck, now these Tartar guards are all masters of goose plucking." Song Wenxuan said: "Fortunately, you can visit people." ”
After a while, Lu Yincong whispered to Liu Guangzhi: "Starling, you and the thirteenth brother can go in." Be careful! I'll go in in a moment, and the three of us will look for the third brother together!" Liu Guangzhi nodded, and walked towards the guard with Liu Guangao.
Liu Guangzhi said: "A few officials, my brother and I are going to go inside to see people. ......Liu Guangzhi hurriedly took out a hundred Wen and said with a smile: "A little courtesy is not a respect, give the brothers a drink!" When the two of my brothers come out in a while, there will be a thin gift to each other!" The guard kicked Liu Guangao lightly and said, "Just now a person went in and gave us fifty wen, a total of four hundred." The two of you, you want to go in for a hundred yuan?"
Liu Guangzhi saw his younger brother being kicked, and his heart was displeased, and his face darkened. It turned out that Liu Guangzhi's two parents died, and after several exiles, he entered this sea meeting, Liu Guangzhi knew that his younger brother was immature, and the two of them had no parents, because he loved Liu Guangao very much. Liu Guangao knew that his brother had always felt sorry for him, and when he saw that his expression was wrong, he was afraid that he would do something bad, so he hurriedly said: "A few officials, we still have a few silver bills left here, you all take them!"
The guard took the money, opened the door, and Guangzhi and Guangao hurriedly entered. As soon as the two entered, several guards came over and asked, "Come with us?"