Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 168 Chapter 174: Rescue Operation

Li Yuanzhong had just left for a while, and suddenly returned to the courtyard. Li Hao was taken aback when he saw this, blinked his eyes at him, and asked, "What are you doing here again, I can't speak well?"

Immediately afterwards, another person entered the yard, and it was Lu Yun who was dressed in black. Lu Yun entered the yard and said, "Master, I asked him to come back."

"Oh?" Li Hao was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and suddenly realized, he hurriedly asked, "Is the closure of the grain store related to Cao Tian?"

Lu Yun nodded and said: "Young master, you said that Cao Tian would not give up so easily, and you even sent me to keep an eye on the Cao mansion every night. Last night, I found out that there was a change in the Cao mansion. More than a dozen minions of the Cao family quietly mobilized , went to the house of Shopkeeper Li of the Longchang Grain Shop, and robbed Shopkeeper Li's youngest son, Li Xiaobao, who just turned four years old, and that was his only lifeline."

"So that's how it is." Li Hao suddenly realized when he heard the words, and quickly asked, "Do you know where they robbed people?"

"I know." Lu Yun said, "After robbing people, they quietly left the city, all the way to the north, entered the desert and traveled more than 160 miles, and sent people to Wuerhe Fengcheng, where a group of horse thieves were stationed."

"Wind City of Wuerhe?" Li Hao was surprised when he heard the words. The Windy City of Wuerhe in the north of Tingzhou had traveled there in his previous life. In the future world, it will be one of the wonderful landscapes in Xinjiang. It is also known as the Devil City. It is not a city, but a unique wind-eroded landform. Its shape is weird, and it looks like a spooky city from a distance, hence the name Devil City. A mountain group in the north, said: "It should be here."

Lu Yun looked at it, nodded and said, "It's here."

"How many horse thieves are there?" Li Hao asked.

Lu Yundao: "There are a lot of people. I dare not get too close for fear of being discovered. According to preliminary estimates, there are no less than 300 people."

"300 people." Li Hao muttered, frowning, "Devil City is not on the Silk Road, even if there are horse thieves, there should not be too many. 300 people is the limit. This Cao Tian really has contacts with horse thieves."

Li Yuanzhong, who had been silent all this time, asked anxiously: "What should I do, my lord, why don't the humble officers lead people to raid those horse thieves."

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Surprise attack? How many troops will you bring?"

Li Yuanzhong thought for a while and said, "Two hundred is enough!"

"Hehe." Li Hao sneered, "Cao Tian won't be able to see 200 people leaving the city? If Cao Tian saw it, wouldn't he notify the horse thief?"

Li Yuanzhong was startled when he heard the words, and was immediately speechless.

Lu Yun's eyebrows were furrowed, yes, to deal with so many horse thieves, a large number of people is necessary, but if a large number of people are dispatched, Cao Tian in the city must know that Cao Tian is an accomplice of horse thieves, this problem is more difficult than that , is simply incomprehensible.

Unexpectedly, Li Hao raised his head suddenly, squinted his eyes slightly, and said slowly: "The task of rescuing the hostages naturally requires special forces."

At noon, 28 people gathered under the boulder on the edge of the desert fifteen miles north of Tingzhou City. Although these 28 people were dressed in civilian clothes, they also concealed their murderous aura. Yes, these are Li Hao's 28 special forces. Dressed up as civilians, they went out of the city one after another, and then met here. Li Hao had given them tasks, first: protect themselves; second: save the four-year-old son of the shopkeeper Longchang.

After the battle in the ancient city of Loulan, Li Hao realized how important these special soldiers are to him. Of course, their skills also proved their value, so Li Hao specially told them that it doesn't matter if they can't save anyone, and they must come back whole. , such a simple sentence from Li Hao made the noses of these 28 iron-blooded men feel sore.

After the 28 men and horses had assembled, they set off on their horses and headed northward. At the same time, they also brought Li Hao's magic weapon - the military binoculars.

That night, the moon and stars were thin, so Li Hao climbed to the tower of Tingzhou, and looked far to the north with his hands behind his back. He saw that everything he could see was black, and the bright moonlight covered the border city with silver gauze. Li Hao thought of a poem that fit the current mood, and he couldn't help but slowly chant: "In Qin Dynasty, the moon is bright, and in Han Dynasty, the people of the Long March have not yet returned. But if the Dragon City Flying General is here, it is not called Humadu Border Pass."

When he was in Chang'an, he used this poem to pretend to be coercive, but at that time it was just for pretending to be coercive. Now he really stands on the border city thousands of miles away, looking at the desolate scene under the cold moon, feeling emotional in his heart Wanqian, although what he did in Tingzhou is not comparable to Wang Changling's soul-stirring and passionate spirit of defending the border of the country to the death, but he is indeed guarding the tranquility of the border. The common people are fed, clothed warmly, and rich. A country must not only resist Huma, but also prevent internal turmoil. If the common people cannot even eat enough, then they have other options besides rebellion. Well, the corruption within state officials is really ten times more terrifying than Huma. At least he knows that the Song and Ming dynasties were destroyed by a group of corrupt civil officials.

28 batches of fast horses galloped all the way, and finally saw the shadow of a huge ancient city appearing in the desert ahead in the dark night, like a giant beast, crawling in front, Feiying picked up the binoculars and looked, and saw strange stones everywhere in the Devil City , Some are like towers, some are like palaces, some are like giant statues, so many strange rocks are naturally eroded by wind, which makes people have to sigh the uncanny craftsmanship of nature.

"There are still six miles away." Feiying took off the binoculars and said slowly, "There are too many strange rocks, blocking the line of sight, so I didn't see the enemy."

Bayonet heard the words and said: "Then send someone to investigate."

The cheetah nodded when he heard the words, and then said: "Zhang Han, you must be careful when you go to investigate."

"Yes!" A special soldier in the cheetah team led out and ran towards the Devil City.

Flying Eagle kept watching him with binoculars until he got into the devil city and disappeared.

After a long time, Zhang Han's figure appeared in the binoculars again, and he left Devil City and began to run back. Soon, Zhang Han returned to the front of the team, and Feiying hurriedly asked, "How is the situation?"

Zhang Hanhui reported: "Going seven miles northward after entering Devil City, there is a relatively tall palace-shaped hill. There is a huge flat cave at the bottom of the palace-shaped hill, which can shelter from the wind. The horse thief's lair is there."

"Okay." Feiying nodded when he heard the words, "The owner has explained this rescue operation, and it can only be outsmarted, not forced, because it is too dangerous, and it is very likely to hurt the lives of the hostages. We had better be able to Disguised as a horse thief, mixed in among the horse thieves, and then acted according to circumstances."

The bayonet heard the words and said: "What the master said is indeed a good idea, let our bayonet team go and mix among the horse thieves."

The cheetah shook his head and objected: "No, there are too many people. When we were in Lantian, the master gave us a lesson on rescue tactics. It is better to mix in with the enemy with two or three people, because few people are not easy to be exposed, and there are people who can interact with each other." Take care."

After hearing the words, Feiying thought for a while, nodded and said: "Everyone get off their horses and formulate tactics."

In Devil City, there is indeed a huge palace-shaped hill, about 300 meters high, about one mile wide, and the bottom is hollowed out, forming a large groove. After arriving here, they built a camp in the hollow, and built a very thick windshield wall outside the entrance. This wall is more than three meters high and five meters thick. It not only blocks the wind, but also blocks all the enemies who want to invade. , because there is no door at all in this wall, and they usually rely on the three springboards above the wall when they want to go in and out. It weighs a thousand catties.

From the outside, this den of thieves looks like an impenetrable castle.

Devil City is a strong wind area, with strong winds raging all year round, and there are many strange rocks around. During the day, you can see those strange rocks and the sediments on the bottom of the lake on the hills, which makes people horrified. The shadow, combined with the sound of the wind roar, makes people shudder.

The group of horse thieves chose such a place as their lair. It was indeed very safe. After all, ordinary people would not dare to approach such a terrifying place. The name Devil City was not just for fun.However, Li Hao's special forces are not ordinary people. Although the Devil City is scary, they don't care at all. They only have one thought in mind, to rescue the hostages.

A group of black shadows shuttled among the hills and quickly approached the horse thief's lair. On the ten-meter-long wind wall, two horse thieves were patrolling back and forth. Although they occupied such a safe terrain, the vigilance of these horse thieves was still very high. , This undoubtedly added difficulty to the rescue plan of the special forces.

Facing the direction of the horse thief's lair, there is a tower-shaped stone hill, about ten meters high, and 30 meters away from the wind wall. At this time, a group of black shadows are climbing up the cliff behind the stone hill. , is a member of the Flying Eagles.

After a long time, all nine Flying Eagle members climbed up the tower-shaped stone hill. Flying Eagle stood on the top and observed the horse thief's lair with binoculars. Behind the wind wall was an empty martial arts training ground. The left and right sides are houses.

In addition to the two sentry posts on the wind wall, there are also four horse thieves standing guard on the training ground. There are many horse thieves drinking in the hall, and there are orchids dancing in revealing clothes. The scene is very lively, but unfortunately they are too far apart. It was far away, and the sound of wind howling in the canyon was constant, they couldn't hear what the group of horse thieves were saying at all.

Feiying observed carefully for a moment, put down the binoculars, and said coldly: "Prepare the rope crossbow."

As soon as the words fell, the two special forces immediately took out a relatively large crossbow and assembled it. After the assembly was completed, they saw that the crossbow was really big, one or two times larger than the fast-firing crossbow they usually used. It is nearly 1.5 meters long. This is the big crossbow that Li Hao specially designed for them, also known as the rope crossbow. Although this crossbow is heavy and slow to load arrows, it has one feature, which is very powerful. Li Hao designed this crossbow It's not for killing people, but for shooting rope.

There are often scenes of special police teams operating in movies. Those special police have a kind of crossbow that shoots the rope fork, shoots the rope fork into the wall, and then slides from one building to another through the sliding rope. Li The rope crossbow designed by Hao basically has this function.

After the members of Flying Eagle team tied the rope to the arrow of the rope crossbow, they said, "Captain, it's done."

Flying Eagle took the crossbow, aimed for a moment, and pulled the trigger. The crossbow arrow shot out with the rope, drawn a beautiful arc, and was nailed to the cliff above the training ground, only three meters high from the ground, and it was in the In the dark corner to the left of the hall entrance, the arrow was shot perfectly.

There was a sound when the arrow was nailed into the stone wall, but because of the loud noise in the hall and the sound of wind howling outside, the four horse thieves standing guard in the training ground didn't notice it at all.

Feiying asked the team members to straighten the rope with him, and then tie it to a boulder weighing several thousand kilograms on the top of the mountain, and the "rope bridge" was completed.

Everyone took out their rapid-fire crossbows, stringed them up, and then each took out an iron hook, with a three-inch-long rope attached to the bottom of the iron hook. "Action." Flying Eagle took the lead to hook the rope bridge with a hook, grabbed the hook with his left hand, and slid forward suddenly. The whole person flew to the horse thief's lair, and the other team members followed closely. Nine people streaked across the sky like ghosts, Slide down the rope to the horse thief's lair.

(End of this chapter)