Kai Fu Han

Chapter 559 Chips
On the evening of May [-]th, with the arrival of a wave of uninvited guests, Hangzhou was destined to be unstable tonight.

After the curfew, there was no movement of people on the streets, except for the occasional night watch soldiers and watchmen who walked by in formation.

Gao Yuan led [-] soldiers and climbed over the wall into Hangzhou from a secluded corner of the city wall.

After entering the city, the night attack team was immediately divided into eight groups, and then Zhao Nan's men led the way to the eight predetermined gentry families.

If you want people to not know, unless you do it yourself!
If only one or two soldiers sneak in secretly, they will definitely be able to do so without anyone noticing.

But in this operation, there were more than 400 people. Even if they were divided into eight teams, the target was still too big.

Gao Yuan led a team of 50 people and sneaked towards the mansion of a gentry named Tian. He walked through the streets and alleys, avoiding the soldiers on night patrol. He had just walked half way when he heard several loud noises coming from the south. Shouted, and then the shouting became more and more loud.

On the street next to where Gao Yuan and others were hiding, a group of night patrol soldiers ran in the direction of the shout.

"Minister, are we going to help?" the subordinate asked.

Needless to say, some team must have been discovered by the night patrol soldiers and failed to eliminate them quickly, causing the night patrol soldiers to sound the alarm.

"No, continue to complete the mission." Gao Yuan rejected the suggestion to help. Taking advantage of the night patrol soldier's attention being attracted, he led his men to sneak towards the target mansion quickly.

With the high level of powerlessness of the soldiers, if they wanted to leave, they would not be able to stop them without thousands of troops.

Coupled with the cover of night, even if there are tens of thousands of troops, they can still leave whenever they want.

The most serious consequence for the team that is discovered is that they will not be able to complete their assigned tasks and will not be in any other danger.

Soon, the team led by Gao Yuan arrived at Tian Mansion and quickly assigned tasks:
"You lead two people to guard the back door, you lead two people to guard the side door, and the three of you guard the front door. The others follow me in. Be careful, only the male named Tian is captured. The main attack method is to stun."

"Yes!"

They are all elite naval officers with very high execution ability. As soon as Gao Yuan finished arranging the mission, everyone had already dispersed before even taking a breath.

Gao Yuan led three people and rushed directly towards the backyard.

At this time, it was no longer possible to hide the figure. The servants and servants in the big yard were alarmed, woke up, and got up to check.

Fortunately, before he could see clearly, he was hit on the head and neck, and fell to the ground unconscious.The unfortunate man came out with weapons to check, and when he saw a stranger he was about to cut him down, but the soldiers counterattacked, causing injuries and death.

Zhao Nan's men walked in front of Gao Yuan and quickly led Gao Yuan to the bedroom of the head of the Tian family.

Kicking the door open, the owner of the house had woken up and was lighting candles.

The faint light of the candle brought some sight to the people in the room.

It can be seen that the head of the Tian family is quite capable and not obese. Lying on the bed is a middle-aged woman of the same age as the head of the family, who must be a loving couple.

Based on this alone, the character of the head of the Tian family will not be much worse.

"who are you?"

"Tian Zhiyin?" Gao Yuan asked directly without answering.

"What do you want to do?" The owner of the house looked calm. After being called by name, he knew that these uninvited guests tonight were well prepared.

"excuse me."

After confirming that this person was Tian Zhiyin, who lived in the Tian family, Gao Yuan stepped forward and knocked him unconscious. He ignored Tian Zhiyin's wife's cries and had someone carry Tian Zhiyin on his back and began to retreat.

On the way to retreat, from time to time other soldiers followed up with a man on his back. These men were tall or short, fat or thin, and of different ages, but they all had one thing in common: even the pajamas they were wearing were. The silk and satin look very noble.

Many servants were lying scattered in the courtyard, not knowing whether they were alive or dead. Everyone returned to the gate and waited for everyone to arrive.

"There are soldiers on night watch coming this way." A subordinate reported.

"Go and lure them away." The two soldiers ran away. After a while, various shouts and screams came from the distance, and then the voices ran away to the side.

"Everyone is here, and a total of thirteen men from the Tian family have been arrested."

"Enough, retreat!"

At this moment, the whole city of Hangzhou seemed to have been suddenly awakened. There were noises everywhere, "Help!", "There are thieves!", "Here comes someone!"... all kinds of shouts came and went.

Gao Yuan's team ran rampant on the street and moved quickly towards the city wall.

Whenever someone blocks the road, two or three soldiers will step forward to deal with it to ensure the team can pass quickly.

During this period, some other teams were joined, the number of people increased, and the march became more stable.

Throughout the entire army, people left and returned from time to time.

Soon, the team came to the base of a city wall. A rope ladder had fallen down from the top of the wall. The soldiers carrying the "hostages" quickly climbed up the city wall with the help of the rope ladder and jumped outside the city.

"The Hangzhou defenders are already gathering." A spy from the city came over to report.

"Send the signal and everyone retreat quickly."

On the way back, Gao Yuan made preliminary statistics and found that five companies had successfully raided. The other three companies did not evacuate from this city wall due to different directions, so the results are not yet known.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, a firework rose from the city and exploded in the night sky. The red firework was very eye-catching in the night sky.

In order to ensure that the order was delivered accurately, there was not just one fireworks. After receiving the signal, fireworks were also raised at two other locations in the city, the same red fireworks.

"Let's go back to the fleet."

Everyone took turns carrying the "hostages" and trotting away.

The dark night had no effect on the soldiers of the Xinghan League. Instead, it became an obstacle for the pursuing troops in Hangzhou City, and the pursuing troops were quickly thrown away.

When they arrived at the shore, all eight separate teams had reunited.

"Statistics!"

At the final count, [-] soldiers and [-] local spies from Hangzhou were all in place, and no one was left behind. It was a miraculous achievement.

The operation would have been perfect if dozens of people weren't injured.

The ship that received the signal approached the shore, and everyone stepped on the beach and waded into the water to board the ship.

The corresponding ship set sail and sailed eastward, joining the fleet led by the Taishan half an hour later.

"How is it?" Ye Chuan asked impatiently.

"It went very well. Although something went wrong along the way, we brought back all the hostages from the eight families." Gao Yuan replied.

"We don't have any of our people staying in Hangzhou, right?" Ye Chuan breathed a sigh of relief. With these chips in hand, this mission to the south can be guaranteed to be completed.

"No, there are only some spies in Hangzhou City who are still lurking." This was Zhao Nan's answer.

"Zhao Nan, the rest is up to you." Gao Yuan patted Zhao Nan on the shoulder.

"no problem."

(End of this chapter)