Daming kill

Chapter 167 Raid on Huangpi
On the 16th day of the first lunar month in the [-]th year of Chongzhen reign, at the dawn of Buddha, in the tower above the Jingfu Gate in Huangpi County.

Ge Laosi was woken up by urinating.

Since he was not on duty at night, he retreated to the city to rest and drank some messy wine before going to bed.Now when I wake up, I feel that the lower part is very swollen and hard, and of course my head hurts too.

While continuing to crave reluctantly in the warm bed, Ge Laosi heard some strange movements outside.

But he didn't think much of it.

His brain is still in a dazed state, which is also the state that ordinary people's brains often have when they wake up from Buddha's dawn.

Out of curiosity, and also because he had to drain the water, Ge Laosi, wrapped in a quilt, carefully avoided the dead pig companions who had slept on the floor and walked to the door, preparing to open the door a gap and get out.

But suddenly, the door was gently pushed open from the outside.

While evasively dodging, Ge Laosi saw a black figure suddenly appear in front of him.

This person is very familiar.

Ge Laosi, who had a good memory, immediately recognized that this was the black fat man who was leading the horse directly behind Liu Dui during the day.

In surprise, a white light flashed.

Ge Laosi was about to open his mouth and lost the opportunity to ask questions, and then he found that everything around him began to rotate, and the observation point actually flew out of the tower and fell to the ground outside.

But strangely, he didn't feel the cold outside, nor did he feel any pain.

Then, Ge Laosi saw a headless body falling limply to the ground in front of the black fat man whose back was turned to him.

That figure is so familiar, yet so strange.

When his gaze could only continue to roll on the masonry ground outside the tower, Ge Laosi noticed that several familiar companions who were supposed to be on duty were lying around bleeding, and then a group of people were stepping over them and rushing towards the tower within.

Ge Laosi seemed to understand something.

It's just that his world has come to an end and endless darkness has begun.

Dong Jiangpeng in the cabin of the boat has been watching the tower nervously, he is very nervous.

This is the first time he has directly participated in combat operations.

When the torches on the city wall finally stretched out after a while of noise and began to shake, he immediately began to get out of the cabin and paddled desperately.

He had to reconnect the pontoon bridge that had been disconnected for a long time last night as soon as possible.

Many small boats were rushing towards the center of the river at the same time as him.

But there were also some boats that did not move. The teenagers and a small number of adult men who got out of them just tied white scarves around their necks and wrapped white cloth strips around their heads, and pulled out the weapons hidden in the bottom of the boats and jumped to the south bank.

A large group of knife-wielding men with white scarves around their necks and white cloth strips on their heads rushed out of the temporary and messy campsite not far from the shore. As soon as they approached the convoy, they immediately took over the same The long weapons handed over by the man in costume.

Chaos soon erupted.

The other hundreds of people in the temporary camp who hadn't entered the city during the day finally woke up one by one.

Astonishment, confusion, anger, resistance and fear intertwined fiercely among them, and caused certain troubles to those who were controlling the pontoon bridge.

But not a big deal.

They are just a group of loose sand without any organization and complete lack of mutual control, unable to stir up big waves.

When dozens of white-collared scarves held spears that reflected the cold light and completed the assembly of the battle line at the bridgehead, there would be no more suspense.

At this time, the gate of Jingfumen also opened slowly, and the sporadic clashing sounds of weapons inside the gate and occasional shouts of killing began to be heard clearly outside the city.

At this time, Ma Lan, who had basically controlled Jingfumen, stood at the top of the city, looking anxiously at the distance outside the city.

But the faint mist that Foxiao raised along the water made him unable to see anything.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to wait and see into the city restlessly.

Although he knew very well that even if they approached secretly, it was impossible for the large army to get too close to the city last night.

Moreover, in order to ensure the suddenness of Malan's seizure of the city gate and to allow a certain amount of time for possible accidents, it is unlikely that the large troops that should gather at the predetermined location on time will start approaching the city very early.

Seizing the city gate is the basis of all actions, and it is a prerequisite. Any action inside and outside the city must be launched after the battle to seize the city gate.

This is a strict order and a guarantee of victory.

It's just that Ma Lan is very worried about the enemy now. There are too many enemy cavalry in the city.

And cavalry usually means both the elite and the speed of enemy reinforcements.

But at present, there are only dozens of people around Ma Lan, not counting the people who are controlling the pontoon bridge outside the city, which is very unreliable.

As for the other people who sneaked into the city, they can't be counted on at present.

Not everyone can sneak out to gather in time and smoothly, and the task of infiltrating everyone in the city cannot only capture the Great South Gate, at least only the Small South Gate that is on the same section of the city wall as them and the closest to them is involved. Many people lived there.

At this time, inside the gate of the county government, the skinny monkey Ma Xiaotian wiped blood from a spatula on a dead body.

After that, he scanned a few of his companions and dozens of strangers who were watching him nervously.

Some of these strangers were loyal servants of wealthy families who were captured by the bandit army to serve the bandit general, and more of them were strong men with courage and a strong sense of revenge who were imprisoned in prison.

Thanks to Zhu Yuanzhang's hobby of unifying and standardizing everything.

The county offices of the same size in the Ming Dynasty were often all similar, and the office, accommodation, and prison cells were all together, and the location and layout were similar.

This allowed the thin monkey and a few companions to secretly kill the drunk general, and get a lot of helpers along the way.

Thin monkey is also quite speechless about the special hobby of the leader of the peasant army who likes to stay in the county office and is also the bed of the county lord.

The conditions of the county government in the Ming Dynasty were often dilapidated due to the peculiar face and official voice culture. Anyway, they were much worse than ordinary rich families. They liked to sleep, eat, drink and have fun here. taste.

Of course, it is impossible for the county government office to house only the chief of the peasant army.

In fact, there are more than 20 peasant troops living here together.It is not only responsible for providing basic guards for their leaders, but also responsible for guarding the crowded crowds of officials and wealthy people in the cells.

Then, many peasant army troops were stationed next to the county government office.

Moreover, all these enemies are not recruits and young chickens, nor are they fools.And the possibility of those who served the bandit soldiers here with him who the thin monkey didn't know at all could sleep peacefully because of the fear of the past few days was zero.

These have brought great challenges to the thin monkey's task, and it is not easy at all, and it is almost impossible to complete.

Assassinating the enemy's mind has never been easy, and success has always been a small probability event.

It was originally planned that this was just a tentative task, and it was up to the thin monkey to decide whether to do it or not to do it.

But the thin monkey not only successfully completed the top priority task of beheading the enemy general, but also successfully killed all the peasant army guards in the entire county government.

Very incredible.

Most of the soldiers of the Peasant Army were actually fast asleep, and it was only one of the reasons why they were still there.

The thin monkey only knew that he was very lucky, and he was very lucky to be so lucky.

As expected, there were many problems with his actions from the beginning, which attracted the attention of those around him.

But the thin monkey didn't want to give up easily.

As an old frontier soldier who has fought many battles, he knows too well what it means to knock out the enemy's mind.

What's amazing is that although many of those serving the bandit soldiers noticed the changes of Shouhou'er and the others, they all chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and some of them even directly helped out.

As a result, the thin monkey who thought he was about to fight a fierce battle found that not only all his actions were completed inconceivably, but all of them were completed silently.

"Check the white cloth on the head and neck carefully again, the sword and arrow are ruthless, otherwise don't blame me if you die unjustly." The thin monkey explained to those strange faces.

After saying these words, the thin monkey looked at the sky and the south.

The county government of Huangpi County is at the northernmost part of the city, that is, the side without the city gate, and the farthest from Jingfumen.

The silence of the city highlights that there is some movement at the south gate, but it is not large. Most of the city is still very quiet. The defenders on duty at the east and west gates probably have not realized what happened, or they are still there. Not sure what happened at the south gate.

At least they didn't sound the gong for a city-wide warning.

Malan's mission should have been accomplished extremely well, and the others who blocked and disguised should have also achieved their goals.

If the thin monkey and his men rush out of the county government office now, they still have the conditions to make a surprise attack on the cavalry unit of the peasant army closest to them.

To do it, he had to do it as early as possible, and some vigilant enemy veterans must have woken up.

The thin monkey's judgment was not wrong.

The movement near the Great South Gate has attracted the attention of a small number of peasant troops, such as Liu Duizheng who is in charge of the sentry mission.

Although he drank some wine with the head of the county office last night and went crazy for a while, the professional characteristics and years of military service still woke up this weathered man.

After only listening for a moment, he realized something was wrong.

Glancing at the sleeping woman next to him, he didn't hesitate anymore, immediately put on his clothes, picked up the knife and rushed out of the house.

Standing in the small inner courtyard outside the house, the noise from the direction of the south city has become very clear, and the horses in the carriage yard of the outer house are obviously commotioning.

Liu Duizheng's expression changed drastically.

At this time, several subordinates who were resting in the next room also rushed out one after another with confused expressions on their faces. They looked at Liu Duizheng with doubts and nervousness in their eyes.

"Wake up all the brothers, something is going to happen..."

But Liu Duizheng hadn't finished speaking when several familiar "ah... ah..." shouts suddenly came from the outer courtyard and interrupted him.

Duizheng Liu and these subordinates rushed out of the small inner courtyard in shock, and then bumped into Zhao Dongdong coming out of a room in the large courtyard next to the small inner courtyard with a knife covered in blood.

The two sides looked at each other in astonishment.

Looking at himself alone, and then looking back at the direction of the Chariot and Horse Courtyard where the movement suddenly increased, Zhao Dongdong looked depressed.

Others can sneakily make some preparations in advance, or just sneakily start, but he can't do it here.

He is also a scout, and Zhao Dongdong is very clear that his best choice is to do nothing until there is no big commotion at the city gate, so as not to let the most elite and vigilant enemy soldiers and horses overwhelm the whole city. The enemy warns.

As for the raid in Jingling County again, don't even think about it!
The tasks are different, the situations are different, the conditions are different, there is no comparison at all.

But the most terrible thing is not these!
Although Malan took only one person and slipped away to do big work first, he left the others behind.

But they were still only eight in total.

But what they have to face is nearly no. 30 people from the enemy scouting team. This is definitely a terrible job.

Of course, Malan also confessed.

The situation is not good, don't think about anything, save your life first.

As long as the enemy's horse can be let go and they have no horse to ride, it is considered a great achievement.

But Zhao Dongdong didn't want to only do this at such an important moment.

After being lucky enough to quietly kill the enemy guards in the Chariot and Horse Yard, Zhao Dongdong left others to deal with the horses, while he decided to grope into the inner courtyard, planning to secretly kill a few more.

But looking at it now, I dug a big hole for myself.

No sooner had he killed one enemy in one room than the other woke up and nearly killed him back.

And now, he seems to be one-to-many, or even one-to-group.

In the surrounding rooms and the innermost inner courtyard, there were also a large number of sounds of enemies waking up and taking weapons.

He is in big trouble, this is the rhythm of death.

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

Suddenly, the sound of two arrows piercing the air came from behind Zhao Dongdong.

In a shock, Zhao Dongdong saw the enemies at the gate of the small courtyard opposite him all staring angrily and hastily hid in the small courtyard.

It's just that the two arrows missed nothing at such a short distance.

Archery is really bad enough!
"Run, platoon leader."

When Zhao Dongdong turned his head, he saw two subordinates waving desperately to him at the gate of the courtyard where he was, holding bows they had snatched from nowhere.

Zhao Dongdong didn't think any more, and ran away immediately.

Run away if you can't beat it, there's nothing to be ashamed of!Those who don't know how to advance or retreat and are blind to their abilities are fools.

And the two subordinates with bows and arrows continued to shoot arrows randomly and quickly into the yard again, and caused the enemies who were trying to rise up to scream.

But these two minions also further exposed and confirmed their poor skills.

At this time, the violent neighing of several horses in the side yard pierced the sky above the already restless county town, and then the chaotic sound of horseshoes began to sound.

Zhao Dongdong hastily greeted the two subordinates who wanted to shoot a few more arrows and ran away.

The three of them passed through the two courtyard gates, ran to the avenue outside, turned over and jumped on the galloping horses.

When Zhao Dongdong, who was deliberately postponed, looked back, he saw that Yuan Ye, who was only driving the horses behind him, shot a sharp arrow precisely on the head of Liu Dui, who had just rushed out of the mansion.

"Clang, clang... clang, clang..."

On the way Zhao Dongdong rode his horse to Jingfumen, a rush of gongs finally sounded somewhere in the city.Then, more gongs and other loud and strange sounds gradually resounded in various parts of the city.

The county seat finally boiled over completely.

Several peasant infantrymen in a rich mansion were in a state of shock as they were dressing and touching their weapons in confusion in the house, when the door was suddenly knocked open, and then a group of masters and servants who used to be like sheep in the house held kitchen knives He rushed in with Hatchet...

At this time, the cavalry led by Wang Huqiang and Zhang Qing were also rushing into the city from Jingfumen.

(End of this chapter)