Chapter 542: Tricked?
Qin Shuhuai and the three of them came to an alley, quietly climbed over the roof under the cover of night, and then quietly sneaked away.
After about three rooftops, they saw a compound underneath. This yard is surprisingly large, probably covering an area of at least three acres! There are many people guarding the yard inside and outside. These people did not wear military armor, but wore clothes similar to those of the family, presumably to hide people's eyes and ears from people to see that this was the granary of the army.
On the east and west sides of the courtyard, there are four large houses. According to the information of the White Lotus Sect, these four houses are the granaries of Gao Yingxiang's department, and they are full of grain.
At this time, Meng Wei lowered his voice and said, "No, these four big houses can hold a thousand quintals of grain at most, right?"
These words reminded Qin Shuhuai. He calculated in his heart that a load of grain in the Ming Dynasty was about 120 catties. Then 1,000 quintals is about 120,000 catties. If there is as much grain as the first and second stores, then the two grain depots add up to only 240,000 catties.
There are more than 40,000 soldiers in Shangluo City, and under normal circumstances, according to the consumption of one pound a day per person, 240,000 pounds of grain is enough to eat for six days.
It's a bit illogical.
At this time, Meng Hu said, "Could it be that the grain depot is relatively large? Most of them are stored there?"
Qin Shuhuai thought for a while and said, "There is such a possibility. However, there is also a possibility that there is a large cellar under this granary, and more grain should be placed there. As for the above, it's just a cover-up. ”
Meng Wei nodded and said, "What Master Hou said makes sense, if that's the case, then our plan will have to be changed." ”
Their original plan was to break the roof and sprinkle fire oil, and then set fire to escape. But since it is suspected that there is a cellar here, it is necessary to go in and find it.
Qin Shuhuai observed, there were seventy or eighty guards in the courtyard, and there were twenty or thirty people outside for regular patrols, the number was not much, it should be that Gao Yingxiang deliberately did not send more people in order to conceal it.
The three of them planned a little and immediately set to work.
They first put the basket full of bottles of fire oil on the roof, and then Qin Shuhuai jumped into the courtyard, pulled out the Heavenly Sword and began to kill the guards in the courtyard.
As soon as Qin Shuhuai appeared, the guards in the courtyard immediately shouted, and soon the soldiers outside also rushed in and surrounded him. However, these people are not vulnerable to Qin Shuhuai at all, and the role they can play is to entangle him.
Qin Shuhuai's long sword flew over, and the sword was like electricity, drawing out a line of white practice, and each white practice took away at least one rogue. However, there were still rogues who took advantage of his unpreparedness and released a red firework.
There is no doubt that this is naturally to inform the army in the city that the armor library has been attacked.
While Qin Shuhuai was fighting with the rogues in the courtyard, Meng Wei also stepped on the roof and entered the warehouse. But I didn't want to, there was nothing in the warehouse, but there were hundreds of rogues in ambush!
Meng Wei suddenly chuckled in his heart: Hit the scheme?
didn't have time to think, and in the face of the rogues who swarmed up, he had to pull out his long knife and fight for a while. However, the space in the room was too small, and there were hundreds of rogues, and they were crowded, so he used his knife technique to get in the way, so he was very passive for a while.
Qin Shuhuai was also shocked when he heard the sound of fighting coming from the house, and asked, "Old Meng, how is the situation in the house?"
Meng Wei shouted, "Master Hou, there is no food in the house, only ambush soldiers!"
Meng Hu stood on the roof and saw that Meng Wei had already done it, and immediately yelled, "Brother, I'll come!"
But I heard Qin Shuhuai shouting, "Meng Hu, smash the fire oil and burn them!"
When Meng Hu heard Qin Shuhuai's order to burn the house, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, it was only so much fire oil in total, wouldn't it be a waste if it was used to burn these empty granaries? However, he didn't dare to disobey Qin Shuhuai's order, so he immediately responded, "Okay!"
So he immediately took out bottles full of fire oil from his pocket, crackled and smashed them into the house. When he smashed it, he also used internal force, and many bottles smashed into the head of the rogue like a bullet, but all the rogue who smashed it was bleeding and dizzy, and some even passed out directly.
When the rogue in the house heard that the other party was going to burn down the house, how could they dare to fight? A group of people suddenly ran towards the door and window like headless flies, and the first runner was lucky, and they all went out, but the latter was wrong, everyone huddled together and blocked the doors and windows, and no one could get out. However, Meng Wei was much more relieved, and slashed at these people, and collected more than a dozen heads in less than a while.
There were a few rogues with good kung fu who wanted to jump out from the roof, but Meng Hu saw that he drew his knife and went up, and he also "picked up" a lot of heads.
Meng Hu smashed more than 20 bottles of fire oil into the house, and felt that it was almost over, so he immediately said to Meng Wei, "Big brother, come up quickly, I'm going to roast a suckling pig!"
Meng Wei let out a long roar, and his feet violently exerted force, and he suddenly jumped to the roof.
Meng Hu immediately took out the fire fold, lit a ball of paper, and threw it into the house.
"Boom!"
The fire burst into flames in an instant, and there were still twenty or thirty rogues in it who did not go out, and they suddenly screamed in the flames.
Subsequently, Meng Hu was responsible for transferring the remaining fire oil to a safe place, while Meng Wei went down to help Qin Shuhuai.
More and more rogue soldiers poured in from the door, and the ambush soldiers in the other three rooms were probably afraid that the other party would come to burn the house again, so they simply killed them, and for a time there were as many as five or six hundred rogue soldiers in the courtyard. Fortunately, this courtyard is surprisingly large and can accommodate so many people.
Although Qin Shuhuai and Meng Hu are both top masters, they can't afford such a style of play, and if they continue to consume it like this, sooner or later their true qi and physical strength will be exhausted.
Meng Wei said, "Master Hou, let's go first, shall we?"
Qin Shuhuai pointed to a big house that was not on fire and said, "Seeing that room, you can help me guard the door for a while, and I'll go in and have a look." ”
Meng Wei was stunned, "What?"
But I saw Qin Shuhuai's figure flashing, first took a burning wooden board from the burning room as a torch, and then flashed into the big house.
When Meng Wei saw it, he had no choice but to follow Qin Shuhuai's instructions, crossed to the door of this big house, and fought against four or five hundred rogue robbers with the strength of one person. At this time, Meng Hu also put away the basket containing the oil and immediately jumped down to help Meng Wei.
One of them guarded the door and the other guarded the window, and fought fiercely with a group of rogues. In the face of so many rogues, the two of them had a hard time coping. Fortunately, the level of these rogues was not comparable to that of the Qing army when they were in Luowenyu, so they were still able to hold out for a while. However, there are already people in the rogue who are shouting to find the crossbowmen, and if the crossbowmen come, the two of them will definitely not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, there was not much time they could give Qin Shuhuai to buy.