Chapter 61: One Hundred Secrets and One Neglect
Li Changgong led people out of the Qinglou, stopped a carriage on the street, showed the student token, ignored the coachman's plea, carried Qin Rufeng and others into the carriage, closed the curtain and drove away, and threw a piece of broken silver before leaving, and asked the coachman to come to the temporary camp of the team.
The coachman held the silver in his palm, three or two, not enough to buy a horse leg, this group of students looked like bandits, they didn't dare to get the carriage, and ran to the city lord's mansion to report the case.
When the street robbery, the suspect is a student soldier who participated in the war, the leader of the patrol who stayed behind did not dare to slack off, and soon there were student soldiers in the Qinglou to make trouble, and the head of the investigation led people to bomb and suppress has not yet returned, and now there is a group of student soldiers to rob, this Jicui City has to toss in the future, and in desperation shouted to gather people, to see that there are close to hundreds of people, and then he took the coachman to the standard team camp to catch up.
The reason why Gao Yuan asked Li Longbow to lead people to escort the wounded back to the camp was that he knew that this friend was good at using chicken feathers as arrows, and would never honestly carry people on his back.
Li Changgong got into the carriage, saying that he was taking care of the wounded, and let the others follow the guards on both sides, and the horses of the pro-guard team stayed at the gate of the city, and they had to work hard in the city to run away, and the pro-guard team had nothing to say.
In the carriage, Qin Rufeng lay side by side, almost filling up the small space. Li Changgong moved with his toes looking for a gap, pulled out the dagger and started to dismantle the seats on both sides, and let him protect the four walls vertically with large and small wooden boards, and arranged a simple shield, he still felt uneasy, took off the soft armor on himself and Qin Rufeng's personal soldiers, tied them to the door plank in several layers, protected them all behind, and saw that there was no more protection available, squatted down in the corner gap, and took out a short crossbow to check the poison arrow while cursing in a low voice.
"Lao Tzu became the chief of this herald, the expected benefits have not been obtained, the drudgery is one after another, leading the snake out of the hole, you kid said it well, but if there is a giant python, don't you give the master an urn to catch turtles, bah bah, Lao Tzu has nothing to do how to curse himself. ”
The guards were on foot, and the carriage was not moving fast, attracting the attention of pedestrians on both sides, but it was possible to see that this group of cadets were all unsheathed with long knives, and they only dared to point in the distance, and no one stepped forward to ask for trouble, even the patrolmen and sergeants they met pretended not to see it. The trainees did not violate the law and discipline, and if they went up to interrogate in case of misunderstanding, if the tight strings of the trainees who were about to fight suddenly broke, the long knife in their hands was not a child's toy, and the cold light flashed at a glance It was a high-quality soldier, and it was the patrol patrol who suffered at that time, so why bother to compete with a group of people who were about to go to the stage of life and death.
In the restaurant, several tables of banquets were exquisite and sumptuous, Gao Yuan and Li Jian accompanied Yan Zifei and Cha Hunt Tou, and the other four students and patrols pushed glasses and exchanged glasses. After a long time of getting a reply, Gao Yuan calmed down, as long as the senior brothers were safe, could they lead out the assassins, with the previous words of the head of the arrest, he was not in a hurry now.
It's not that he doesn't care about the safety of his senior brother, he confronted the patrol before, Gao Yuan had to stay, and after the swallow flew to the scene, he seemed to say a few jokes casually, how could it not be a reminder that the real power in Xiangyun County was the county king's mansion, this war didn't know how long it would take, and the military affairs such as the purchase of grain and grass to replace equipment and other military affairs after the standard team had to go through the noble fiefdom to reach the front line, without the cooperation of the county king and the officials of the subordinate cities, it was impossible to persist for a long time, so he had no choice but to get along with the patrol, and he benefited a lot from a conversation, and he really wanted to build a good relationship.
Escort Qin Rufeng, it doesn't make much sense to have more sentry around him, Gao Yuan is not in the escort team, the assassin has to worry about hiding a back hand, even if he shoots, he doesn't dare to fight for a long time, Li Longbow They are safer, not to mention that when they came, they told Dugu's deputy envoy that the reinforcements of the standard team have converged with Li Longbow, and the assassin killer does not dare and is unable to challenge the entire standard team.
Takagaki had a detailed idea, but he still didn't understand the assassin killer, let alone the meaning of the dead, everything was considered from the perspective of an officer, and he would attack only if he advanced and retreated.
The assassin killer may find another opportunity if he misses the blow, just like the group of people of the Emerald Flower Fairy, who immediately retreated when they heard that reinforcements were coming, and did not seek to kill before preserving their strength, and would leave a way to escape beforehand.
The dead soldier only wants to complete the task, and puts himself to death before making a move, believing in killing the benevolent, and unfortunately the Sunset Empire decided to behead and take revenge, and the dead soldier sent was not one but a team of people, Li Longbow hid in the carriage and almost became a turtle in the urn.
As the carriage approached the city gate, the guards sheathed their knives, not wanting to cause misunderstanding among the defenders of the city gate, and even if it was safe to get here, there were hundreds of soldiers at the gate to check the pedestrians, and the assassins were simply asking for their own death.
"Stop, get checked. The defenders of the city gate raised their spears to stop the carriage, and the captain of the squad who acted as a coachman hurriedly took out the student token and stepped forward to contact, and the rest of the team members were close to both sides of the carriage, and there was also a sentry behind him who turned his back to the carriage to guard.
Li Changgong sulked in the car, the journey was safe, the errand ended here, out of the city gate and stepped on the war horse, even if there were assassins in the back, they could only eat the dust raised by the horses' hooves.
In front of the city gate, an old man with a few half-grown young people lined up in the line, slowly moving forward with the flow of people, carrying all kinds of goods on his shoulders, looking like a small family housekeeper who entered the city to buy goods, and the sergeants who maintained order next to him, seeing their old and young, all carrying heavy loads, kindly reminded them to stay by the carriage closely, so that they could get out of the city quickly.
"Thank you, Master Jun, the old man is grateful. The sergeant did not doubt him, thinking that the mountain people were habitually afraid of the patrol sergeant, and saw that the sentry commander had checked the student token, waved his hand to let the carriage go, put away the spear and arranged the old man: "Follow quickly, no need to check." ”
The carriage walked through the doorway in the middle, which was the privilege of the barracks and the government, the old man thanked him while leading people to the carriage, and the sergeants who passed by smiled and did not stop them, who did not have a few distant relatives and poor friends, and used their power to help a little, this kind of thing was commonplace in the city gate guards.
The guard sentry commander who was driving the car found a few people coming and was about to make a noise to stop him, but the guard sentry who checked the token smiled and said: "Little brother, do the brothers a favor and take them out early, life is not easy for people outside the city, so help if you can." The sentry commander of the personal guard did not refuse in person, nodded and drove the horse forward, and the other guards saw that there were a few people, young and old, and there were defenders interceding, so they acquiesced to let them pass with the car.
The carriage drove out of the city gate hole, not far away the guards guarding the war horses waved and shouted to their partners, the old man shook off the goods on his back and shouted, his voice was clearly a young man, the head of the guard post felt that there was a change, the knife flashed in front of him, and he instinctively flipped out with a pain in his chest, avoiding the short knives of several young people, but invisibly exposed the car door in front of them, and no one was on the side.
The change was too sudden, when the guards on both sides of the carriage reacted from their stunned, the horses driving had been stabbed to death, several young men came over with knives, the crossbow machine in the old man's hand was pulled, and a few short arrows drew black light into the carriage, and the sound of hitting the wooden board came out, and the old man jumped into the carriage with a cruel smile.
The short arrow shot on the wooden board of the carriage, no one screamed and no one rushed out of it to intercept it, it can be seen that there is no one to defend in the carriage except for the wounded, and the heaven-sent opportunity should not be missed, as long as you go up and cut off Qin Rufeng's head, whether you can get out and bring it back to the Japanese Empire, this mission is considered to be successfully completed.
The guards underestimated the cunning and ferocity of the enemy, so that the assassin easily approached the carriage, and after reacting, he roared and surrounded it, several sentry commanders were worried about the safety of the wounded in the carriage, and without hesitation, they took out a short crossbow and pulled the crossbow machine, shooting several young people over the spot, and more than a dozen long knives were cut down, and there was no complete corpse on the ground, but the old man took this opportunity to get into the carriage, and the faces of the guards outside turned pale instantly.
The killer took advantage of the weakness of the inexperience of the soldiers, and even got the help of the defenders unintentionally, the screams of several covering companions came, the old man ripped off the disguise, and the short knife was protected in front of him and got into the carriage, Qin Rufeng and the others were seriously injured and unconscious, and it was difficult to save his head.
The Guards underestimated the cunning and ferocity of the Assassins, but the Assassin leaders also despised Lee's patience and prudence. The short arrow slanted through the two layers of wooden planks behind the curtain from the bottom to the top, and the end of the strong crossbow was helpless to the soft armor that Li Longbow had arranged in advance, and he and the wounded number were unharmed, but the kid was motionless in the corner, his eyes fixed on the car door.
The leader of the killer was careful enough, although he felt that there was no one to guard in the car, the short knife was still protected on his chest when he got into the carriage, and he caught a glimpse of two black lights in the corner of his eye, and the short knife swung away, and then stabbed straight at Li Longbow's head, in a hurry, he was able to block the crossbow arrow at such a short distance, this strength was unmatched by the new patrol, but his performance ended here.
Li Changgong smiled, very happy, this was the last feeling of the killer leader, a crossbow arrow passed through his throat, and he didn't even leave a word before he died.
"Master never shoots all the short arrows at once, and always leaves one for backup. ”
Cut off the head of the leader of the killer with a knife, and then raised his foot and kicked his body out of the carriage, Li Longbow poked out half of his head from behind the curtain of the carriage, "Protect around the carriage, no one is allowed to approach, wait for reinforcements from the standard team." After speaking, he quickly retracted back into the carriage, the inside was far safer than the outside, and he could also plot to kill people and pick up military exploits, why not do it.
Li Longbow's caution once again defused a crisis, and another group of killers disguised as pedestrians secretly scolded the pro-guards for being too cunning, and saw the city gate defenders surrounding them, and escaped at the signal of the leader.
The guards were tightly guarded around the carriage, and the previously injured sentry chief had a painful sternum, if it weren't for the soft armor to protect him, he would have gone to hell at this time, and in anger, he took out his anger at the leader of the killer disguised as an old man, and cut his headless body into flesh and bones to relieve his hatred, and saw that the face of the defending sergeant guarding the periphery was colorless, this is still a student soldier of Xiangyun County, how can it be more cruel than the veteran of the border pass.
Commander Gentle Biao personally came with a cavalry patrol to respond, Hua Yue and Yan Ning followed closely, and Mei Ying also wanted to rush over and let Deputy Envoy Dugu stop him.
"You go only to make the situation more dangerous. Seeing that Mei Ying was still not giving up, he immediately added two sentences: "It will also make it more difficult for him, there are not many people in the pro-guard team to deploy." ”
"What does it matter to me whether he is embarrassed or not!" Mei Ying argued, but her footsteps moved to the military tent, and she no longer mentioned bringing people to the rescue.
Before Gentle Biao Chang and the others arrived, Qin Rufeng woke up slowly, reluctantly turned over and sat up, and scolded Li Changgong who was hiding in the corner and did not move: "How can Xiaoyuanzi have a friend like you, when I see that the master wakes up, I don't come to help him, and he hides in the dark like a poisonous snake to calculate people." ”
Li Changgong pointed at the head next to him with a short knife: "Senior, I just saved your life, and before the killer comes up, shoot a few short arrows below." As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Rufeng snorted and lay down behind the soft armor again, and cursed in a low voice: "Don't say it earlier, I want to kill the master, I wanted to take you to play next time, don't talk about it." ”
"It doesn't matter if you bring it or not, when I meet Senior Sister Huayue, do you ask me to report honestly, or pretend to be deaf and dumb, I will listen to the senior's arrangement. ”
Qin Rufeng heard the threat in his words, hehe sneered a few times and didn't say anything, Li Changgong began to give in: "Go play with you, I'm afraid that the assassin will even worry about me." The seniors are refreshing, just give some pocket money. So bargaining began in the carriage, Li Changgong received a few silver tickets, Qin Rufeng got an ally who helped him lie, and both of them were happy.
"Senior Feng was attacked when he inspected the terrain, and his injuries were not serious, but he lost too much blood, so it was not appropriate to speak at this time. ”
Taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others, Li Changgong did not wait for Hua Yue to ask, ran over and took the initiative to report, temporarily preserving the reputation of the senior, just at this time the coachman came with the patrolman, and the gentle standard chief's kind words and silver tickets were used at the same time, so the robbery was turned into temporary requisition, and he simply bought the carriage and rushed to the standard team station under the cavalry patrol.