Chapter 10: The Night Raid Begins
There was no room for hair, and a big hand reached out from his side, unkempt, holding the shaft of the arrow!
The triangular arrow was only three inches away from the skin around General Yan's neck, and it was dark and translucent.
"It's Morrigan!"
Chang Sihao abandoned the arrow, swept down the city, touched the ground with his toes, and rushed more than ten zhang out, chasing northward!
The night street was empty and deserted, and there was not even a single person.
It is common knowledge for assassins to move their position immediately after a strike, even if the target is not exposed.
Mo Rigenguo is worthy of being a middle and high master, and he chased him so fast that he didn't even touch his side! Chang Sihao quickly observed the surroundings, and suddenly smelled a faint smell in the air, and his heart was happy.
The Tartar grabs beef and mutton for food every day, and the smell on his body is very strong, and Mo Rigen still leaves a flaw after all.
Chang Sihao followed the smell and chased north, passing through two streets and alleys, the smell suddenly disappeared, he jumped on the wall, looked around, observed the corners of the house and the wall, but found nothing.
Chen Sheng chased after him with a torch: "Xiaohao, how is it?"
Chang Sihao leaned down and said, "I didn't even touch the shadow." ”
Chen Shengyi was a little surprised: "This person is just a Tartar, is it higher than you and me?"
Chang Sihao was also puzzled, wrinkled his nose, and said strangely: "Why doesn't this smell go away?" Smelling it carefully, the smell seemed to come from the wall.
Chen Sheng raised his torch to shine it, only to see a faint wet line on the wall.
Chang Sihao rubbed it with his fingers, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and exclaimed: "It's butter!"
Chen Sheng's eyes flashed: "It seems that before he made a sneak attack, he had already left traces on this street, so as to lead us to chase this side, and he was deceived this time!"
Chang Sihao smiled: "What a weird guy! It seems that the nickname without a shadow is not in vain, his light skills may not be able to catch up with us, but his brain is not in vain!"
At this time, a team of sergeants behind him chased after him, and Chen Shengyi ordered a group of five people to search along the street as a small team, and told the enemy to be powerful, not to be left alone, and the army dispersed. Chang Sihao said: "Brother Chen, the old lady's body has not recovered yet, you go back to guard him, and by the way, protect General Yan, this shadowless guy will be handed over to me!" Chen Shengyi responded: "Okay!"
Chang Sihao flew up the wall, jumping between the ridges, searching for suspicious movements, and suddenly saw a rocket in the direction of Shanhua Temple in the south rising straight up and down into the sky, with a sharp whistle, exploding in the air, bursting green fireworks, vaguely in the shape of a moth, just the same as the figure on the tartar collar found in Huayan Temple. He ran south quickly according to the position corresponding to the fireworks, and when he reached the place of the incident, he saw that it was a dark alley, and there was no half of a figure.
There were four arrows stuck upside down in the alley, a Ming military bow thrown aside, and a stone with a thin line tied to the ground and a small section of arrow shaft still burning, with a pungent smell of oil.
Chang Sihao saw that there was nothing unusual around, he went down to the alley, picked up the bow, there were four three-edged pits at the bow handle, he contrasted these four pits, and put a pair of arrows on the tip of the arrow that was inserted upside down on the ground, and immediately understood: the signal rocket was not launched manually by Mo Rigen, but he made a time-delay device here, supporting the bow body with four arrows, pressing the string with stones, and the bottom side was pressed against a small section of the arrow rod that burned after being oiled. But how did this rocket ignite? His eyes fell on the string tied to the stone, and he picked it up and put it to smell it, and there was a smell of gunpowder, and he thought to himself, this rocket is just a variant of fireworks, and there is a kind of "cannon" in the fireworks, that is, it can be detonated when the string is thrown.
Chang Sihao looked up at the surroundings and the sky, and chuckled lightly, thinking that this Mo Rigen could make such an ingenious design with the simplest things, and there was really some way.
There was a sudden earth-shaking shout of killing from the west of the city, and Chang Sihao listened attentively, it should be my troops who launched an offensive. Knowing that this rocket just now must have been a signal sent by Mo Rigen to the outside of the city, and the explosion of the powder magazine had caused considerable losses to the Ming army, he sent a letter to induce me to launch a night attack, on the one hand, it could reduce the pressure of the defenders to round him up, and at the same time, it could take advantage of the chaos to carry out other sabotage activities.
Time is pressing, Chang Sihao thought to himself that this Mo Rigen is elusive, it is easier to hide in the dark night, if you want to find him, it is better to go back to fight the enemy first, maybe Mo Rigen will make a plot, as long as he shows his head, there is a chance to catch him!
"Pour! pour! hahaha-"
The fire was blazing on the city, the smoke was billowing out, and far away, I heard Qin Jue's loud laughter, which was happy and crazy, making people shudder.
The sergeants and militiamen, under his command, poured barrels of oil in cauldrons, threw torches in a row, and the Tartars who had been killed by the corpses left behind during the siege during the day were all burned back as soon as they started the charge, and even the bravest men were helpless in the face of the fire. Qin Juexiang saw Chang Sihao going to the city, and laughed: "Big brother, your idea is fantastic, but it's a pity that there are only two carts of oil, if there is more, keep and burn all these dog tartars into meat skewers!"
Chang Sihao looked down at the battlement, the enemy was covered in fire one by one, screaming and rolling down from the pile of corpses, the tragic situation made people palpitate, looking into the distance, in the dark night in the sea of stars connected by torches, the golden handsome flag and the big red cover were faintly visible.
I replied that my white beard fluttered, and I sat on my horse, looking at the burning corpse volcano on the side of the city gate, my face was cold, and my fingers gently twisted the reins.
The eldest prince Huang Taiji said: "Father, change the route to attack from the south or the north!"
I replied as if he hadn't heard his words, and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order, increase troops to dig the earth, and cover the fire!"
The order was followed, and the Tartar sappers rushed up, digging up river mud by the moat, and the bows and crossbows on the city were fired in unison, killing and wounding countless people, and I replied to send three thousand archers to shoot at it, and the arrows were like weaving for a while, and the wind and rain were impenetrable.
Qin Juexiang hid behind the battlement and observed the enemy's movements, the Tartar sappers had cover, pouring their lives and strengthening, and after a while, the fire at the bottom of the corpse pile had been extinguished by the sludge, and the dry soil was piled on top, which was solid and solid, and continued to extend upward, as if to build a ramp to the head of the city.
Chang Sihao shouted: "How much oil is left!"
A sergeant responded: "Two barrels!"
Chang Sihao said: "Don't fall, give it to me!" The two sergeants used shields to block the arrows to cover, and the other two sergeants bowed and struggled to roll the two large wooden barrels over, Chang Sihao opened the barrel hole and put some oil out, and then tore off a piece of the corpse's sleeve on the ground and soaked it in oil, stuffed half of it into the barrel eye, half of it hung out, and thrust down with both hands to pick the edge of the waist and shout, Wu Di held the big bucket on the buttress, held it with one hand and shouted: "Take the torch!"
Qin Juexiang smiled evilly and stepped forward to set the sleeve on fire, the yellow and blue flames immediately spread, Chang Sihao gently pushed his hand, and the big wooden barrel fell down the city like a fireball, rolling down the fire slope all the way, and exploded in the Tartar army. Qin Juexiang was as happy as watching fireworks during the New Year, and according to this method, he lit another bucket and put it down, and there was another explosion, and a small sun seemed to light up on the edge of the city.
Qin Juexiang looked at the enemy soldiers who were burned to the ground, and laughed: "Big brother, this thing of burning tartars is really enjoyable!"
Chang Sihao said: "And don't be happy, the situation is not optimistic now, if the enemy's method succeeds, we will be in danger, why don't we fire artillery in the city?" Qin Jue said: "Lord Yan has given an order, in order to save ammunition, you are not allowed to use the cannon until the critical moment, you can come with bows and arrows first." Chang Sihao nodded, and suddenly heard the sound of cannons in the east of the city like thunder, resounding loudly!