Chapter 790: Moths to the Fire
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Wang Chao and the others subconsciously put their hands on the hilt of the knife, ready to kill at any time, Su Jin stabbed the waist of the thin seal of the head and motioned him to turn around and answer.
The head of the fine seal hurriedly stopped and turned around and said, "Lord She, what's wrong?" ”
Lord She frowned and glanced at the dozen or so people in front of him: "You should have twenty-five patrol soldiers, why are there only thirteen people here, including you, where are the twelve?" ”
Su Jin secretly called it a fluke, it turned out that it was not that he and others showed their flaws, but that half of the number of people was detected by the others, but fortunately, this matter had already been explained to the head of the fine seal and had been dealt with.
"My lord, it turned out that this was the case, I was so ignorant, I forgot to explain it to my lord, and this is how it happened...... That one...... When Shi Cai was patrolling the west, he met Li Dutou at the gate of the city at the junction, and they were searching for three people who had climbed into the city, and they were not familiar with the terrain near the left side of the barracks, so they had good intentions...... The humble duty also helped them search for a while, if not, how could they miss the handover time? I feared that the delay would be too long, so I ordered the twelve brothers to lead them around and continue their search, and then hurried back to hand them over; They will come back in a few moments, and ask Lord She to let them go. ”
Lord She frowned and said: "How did the group of grandsons who guarded the city gate come to borrow our people, but the terrain of the northern city is more complicated, and there are many abandoned houses and alleys, so it's no wonder that those guys who only know how to eat, drink and have fun are dizzy; I know about it, so go. ”
"Thank you, Lord She." The fine seal was sweaty, not only because he almost showed his feet, but also because the dagger in the back of his heart had pierced the skin and ached, but fortunately he was good at lying on weekdays, but he didn't expect this ability to come in handy today and save his life.
The thick and tall camp gate rumbled and closed behind him, completely isolating everyone from the outside world, Su Jin peeked left and right while walking, there were not many soldiers on night duty behind the door, about fifty or sixty people, all of them were clay sculptures and wood carvings with weapons standing in the dark, but the pressure brought by the two arrow towers on the left and right was really not small, and the strings of wind lanterns hanging on the arrow tower illuminated the aisle with a piece of snow, looking up, they couldn't see the situation on the arrow tower at all, but everyone knew in their hearts that behind the dazzling light of the wind lantern, Perhaps dozens of bows and arrows were aiming their jet-black arrows at themselves.
After walking through the passage of the camp gate, the fine seal said with a trembling voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, the villain can only take you here, the little one knows that you want to enter the inner camp, but the villain in the inner camp has no right to enter." ”
Su Jin said in a low voice: "Where do you usually go after patrolling?" ”
The fine seal said: "You can only go back to the barracks to rest, and you can't walk around at will." ”
Su Jin said: "How many troops are stationed in the outer camp and the inner battalion?" ”
The thin seal of the head said: "I don't know how many small ones are specific, the villain is just a small capital, where do you know too much; There are about 2,000 people in the outer camp and about 500 people in the inner camp, but only two of the inner battalions are responsible for security, and the other three are responsible for the supervision and distribution of materials, and the storage of books and other logistics duties. ”
Su Jin said: "Under what circumstances can you enter the inner camp?" ”
The fine seal said: "That...... Only if there is a disturbance in the inner camp, you can only enter it with the help of the outer camp. ”
Su Jin thought for a while and said, "Okay, take us back to your barracks first, your task is complete." ”
The head of the fine seal begged: "Heroes, spare your lives, I fully cooperate with all heroes, please don't kill me, I promise not to make a noise." ”
Su Jin smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill you, don't be verbose, lead the way." ”
The head of the fine seal was worried, dragged his lead-filled legs, and led everyone to walk in the rows of snoring barracks with thunder, and finally arrived at a barracks; It was empty, and it must have been the residence of twenty-five members of the patrol, and there was a large bunk in it, and there were some clothes and bedding piled up on it, and the house was stinking.
Su Jin made a look, and Wang Dynasty waved a palm and slashed at the neck of the head of the fine seal, knocking him unconscious; Several of his men quickly tied his hands and feet strongly, gagged him with a large mass of clothing, and shoved him into the darkness that lay down, not killing him, but not giving him a chance to shout bad things.
"What to do? Childe! It seems that the inner camp is not easy to enter, if you break into it directly, it will inevitably alarm these many Western Xia soldiers, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to get out. Wang Dynasty whispered.
Su Jin climbed up the bunk, approached a window and looked out, but saw a high wall between the inner and outer barracks looming, and there were wind lamps hanging on the wall at intervals, and there was almost no place for people to hide.
"Of course we can't force it, we have to sneak in, we must not alarm the defenders before the food and materials are ignited, once the fire is lit, our fire oil bag can make the fire burn fiercely, the wind in the night is very strong, it is not easy to extinguish when it burns, and when they react to save it, I am afraid it is already a monstrous fire; The question now is how to avoid the two towers near the wall, our actions are under their noses, and we can't let them sound the alarm. Su Jin groaned.
"Son, that's easy to do, let's kill the people on the arrow tower first, they are the eyes of the inner camp, let's go blind." Mahan muttered.
"It's light, how do you get it? Swaggering up to kill someone? Before he could get close to the wall, he was discovered. Wang Dynasty rebuked.
Mahan scratched his head and said, "What should I do?" ”
Wang Chao spread his hands and said, "How do I know? ”
Su Jin suddenly clapped his hands and chuckled: "Yes, Ma Han's method is good, first poke their eyes blind." ”
Everyone looked at Su Jin in amazement, not knowing how Su Jin could agree to Ma Han's unreliable method.
"It's very simple, the arrow tower is illuminated by the wind lamp, we have to find a way to extinguish the wind lamp, they are blind, as long as the movement is not too big, they should not warn people; Aren't your bows and arrows quite accurate? There are several bows and arrows here, and if we try to blind the wind lantern of the arrow tower on the west side, we can quickly climb over the wall from the southwest corner, while the people on the arrow tower on the east side should not be able to see the southwest corner. ”
"But the wind lamps on the walls will expose us." Zhang Longdao.
"The same thing is that as soon as the lanterns on the tower are extinguished, while they are stunned, we will blind the lanterns in the southwest corner to him in one go, and they should not notice."
"Okay, just do it, although it's a bit risky, but there's no other way, you can't wait here." Wang Dynasty Road.
Su Jin said: "Time is pressing, more delay will be more dangerous for a while, today's things can only succeed and not fail, and hesitation will not succeed; Mahan is responsible for infiltrating the left side of the arrow tower to extinguish the wind lantern on the tower, it is a string of lanterns, you must shoot the top suspension cable, in order to extinguish all the wind lanterns, with your archery skills in Bagong Mountain to shoot the suspension bridge suspension cable, it should not be a problem. ”
"Look at me, Childe." Mahan patted his chest and said.
Su Jin patted him on the shoulder and said: "This time I did it successfully, I will give you a great credit, and I will go back and pick a beautiful woman brought from Yangzhou to serve you in the Bianliang ready-to-wear shop, aren't you worried that you will be disfigured and unable to marry a daughter-in-law?" I'll give you a beautiful concubine for you to enjoy. ”
Mahan squirmed: "This ...... How is it good? ”
Dynasty Zhang Long and Zhao Hu teased one after another: "Congratulations, congratulations, I'm going to be a real man, fart. The eye groove is facing upwards. ”
Ma Han blushed and waved his hand: "Go and go, don't be happy with me." ”
Su Jin said with a smile: "Go back and drink the wedding wine, and do the right thing first." ”
Mahan took off several bows from the wall, tested their strength, and chose a satisfactory one to carry behind him; Wang Chao and the others equipped all the remaining ones, and everyone walked out of the barracks lightly, tiptoeing along the walls of the barracks to the west; Halfway through, Ma Han walked all the way and approached under the arrow tower.
Su Jin and Wang Chao and the others came to the root of the last row of barracks walls without danger, hiding in the shadows and holding their breath, the wall between the inner and outer camps is more than ten steps away from the barracks, this open space must not be revealed, once it appears, it will be discovered, only by waiting for Ma Han to succeed, and then shoot out a few wind lanterns on the head of the wall, in order to obtain temporary dimness.
There was silence in all directions, night insects chirping, and more than a dozen moths flew around the outer wall of the wind lamp on the wall, and from time to time they slammed the outer cover of the wind lamp, making a soft bang; Everyone was a little nervous, and the sound of the pounding heartbeat seemed to be audible clearly.