When the two armoured soldiers were dispatched, the snow was getting tighter and tighter. The snow on the ground had accumulated half a foot, covering the stone city, which contained ten miles of Qinhuai and countless pavilions, was swept in a wild and wild flower roll. And because no one cleaned it, the Suiyuan house with pink and green tiles was covered by the snow, leaving only a white outline.

More than 60 people, including Wu Ni and Lan Chun, who led the team, were wearing iron helmets. The helmets were covered with large thick cotton hats and heavy cloth iron armor. In addition, a layer of two or three inches thick cotton armor was also hung outside the armor, which was more than 40 kilograms, and they were bloated like bears.

There was no way. Wu Ni and Lan Chun, who had been to the battlefield outside the customs, knew that the North Navy's continuous rapid guns were powerful, and neither of them thought it was enough. However, for these elite soldiers in Jingkou, wearing such a piece of clothing was the limit. If they were to penetrate it, not only could they not be able to lift the bow, but they could not even swing the knife.

Speaking of which, many people in later generations thought that in the mid-Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners soldiers only wore cotton armor containing iron leaves when fighting, and the Green Camp did not even have armor. In fact, this view was very wrong, and they were deceived by film and television dramas.

At least during the Daoguang period, the Eight Banners soldiers still had to wear iron armor when fighting. Because of the large number of people and poor treatment in the Green Camp, the iron armor could only be obtained by generals and a few elite soldiers. Specifically for the Eight Banners soldiers, bird gun soldiers and infantry soldiers had to wear cotton armor containing iron leaves in order to facilitate their activities. In addition to wearing mail, the vest soldiers also had to wear a pair of cotton armor or felt on the outside.

Otherwise, why could thousands of Soren soldiers in the Qianlong era cry out in the Burmese soldiers who were killed with bows and arrows in Laoguantun cry out for their parents? Chasing Hezhuo and fighting to the Pamirs? Gorkhas fought in the Himalayas and ran away with their heads?

On the one hand, being brave and fearless is one thing, and the protection of double armor is also very important.

After paying the money, Prince Ding Mianen did not return to Mancheng, but went to Yongqing Temple. He had already explained to Wu Ni and Lan Chun that if the two teams were going well, he would send a large group of troops to press forward.

For the Wooney team to the south, the smooth progress means they have to pass through the vegetable fields, cross the garden, and then enter the peach blossom embankment from the bamboo wall; for the Lanchun team to the north, they just need to walk through the bluestone road outside Suiyuan and then enter the gate of Suiyuan.

The reason why Mianen took care of the latter was because Lanchun's Ama was his breast brother. However, what surprised him was that Lanchun and his soldiers had a very difficult journey in just over a mile.

Speaking of which, when Yuan Mei was designing Suiyuan, in order to create the effect of "winding paths and secludedness", he designed the section from Hongtu Bridge to the main entrance into a "S" shape.

In other words, if you want to reach the Suiyuan gate from the Hongtu Bridge, you must first travel 150 meters west, then turn left and walk south for more than 300 meters. During this period, you have to pass through a simple and elegant wooden door, turn right and walk west 50 meters before you can reach the gate of Suiyuan.

The problem is that if it is just a bluestone road, the key is that there are dense bamboo forests on both sides of the road. These are planted by Yuan Mei decades ago, and now they have grown into towering trees, with branches and leaves covering the sky.

Such a road is of course very interesting to the guests who visit, especially in the hot summer, which makes the heat disappear. However, for Lan Chun, every step forward, he is cautious, for fear of shooting a hidden arrow from the bamboo forests on both sides.

There is a saying that only one who is a thief for thousands of days, but not one who is a thief for thousands of days.

Just as the three armored soldiers walking in front turned into the intersection where they were heading south, a trip rope that was almost close to the ground and was hidden by the snow and dead leaves was triggered by the armored soldiers walking in the second position.

With a crisp sound of "Dang", a grass-green egg-shaped object popped out of a thick bamboo tube covered with dead leaves and snow, and rolled onto the stone road. Before the armored soldiers could see clearly what it was, with a loud "boom", the three of them were instantly engulfed by a ball of fire.

At the same time, several fragments of different sizes also shot out with the shock wave. One of them happened to hit the Eight Immortals table wrapped in a wet quilt, making a muffin sound.

This movement not only scared Lan Chun and the other soldiers, but even the Wonnina team, who were still in the vegetable field in the south, were panicked, and some soldiers fell directly into the snow.

There was no noise pollution in the cities in these days. In addition, today, the whole city of Jiangning is martial law, so the people cannot take to the streets at will, so the entire Nanjing city is much quieter than before. The explosion of Hongtu Bridge basically heard it from Gulou to Banbian Street, from Ganheyan to east and to Beimen Bridge, a large area of ​​merchants and residences.

The problem is that since the failure of Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition, Jiangning City has not experienced war for more than 130 years. The people have no idea about firing firecrackers. Therefore, the first thought in many people is who is full and is full of firecrackers. This is still far from the New Year!

"Help! Save me! I can't see anything!"

After a while, Lan Chun and other armored soldiers, who were squatting behind the earthen tank, felt the buzzing sound in their ears less, and then they heard the call for help. He trembled with half of his head from behind the earthen tank table, looked around for a moment, then bent his bow and arrow, and walked carefully towards the explosion position with a few armored soldiers.

The explosion scene was very tragic. Although the three armored soldiers were wearing thick double armored clothes, they were not Kevlar's body armor after all, and the fragmented grenades were far more lethal than bows and muskets.

The armored soldier closest to the explosion site had bloody chests. One foot was blown away, and blood was flowing all over the ground, leaving only half of his breath; the other had a hole in his forehead, his brain was flowing out, and his body was bleeding; the lucky guy was injured by shrapnel on his face. Because of the shock wave, he was bleeding in both ears, eyes and nostrils. He was the one who shouted just now.

Just as Lan Chun ordered people to carry their three subordinates away, an armored soldier keenly noticed something on the snow on the roadside. He reached out and touched it and pulled out a thin line from the ground. The armored soldier widened his eyes and stroked it along the thin line. Finally, he found the bamboo tube as big as a bowl tied to a bamboo.

"Sir! Look!"

Lan Chun walked over and took the bamboo tube and looked over and over for a while. Seeing a dark steel reed at the bottom of the bamboo tube, he instantly understood that the crisp sound just now was made by the reed.

"Damn it!" Lan Chun threw the bamboo tube out angrily.

"Sir, let's continue walking in?"

Lan Chun glared and said, "Why don't you leave? You guys, go and unload the table in the car, and then use the car to send the injured brothers out. We're waiting here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a black crossbow arrow shot silently from the depths of the bamboo forest on the west side of the road. The arrow with a black triangular blade emitted a cold and cold light, and with a "bang", it penetrated into the chest of an armored soldier holding a bow and arrow in charge of warning. The force was so strong that the pruning arrow only exposed a piece of red tail feather.

The armored soldier who was caught in the arrow was hit by the force of the crossbow arrow and staggered backwards, fell to the ground with his butt, staring blankly at his chest, and then tilted his body and fell to the ground.

"Enemy attack!"

Lan Chun and other armored soldiers were shocked again, and more than a dozen armored soldiers holding bows and arrows were panicked. They didn't even think about it, and they shot in a mess in the bamboo forest. For a moment, the feathered arrows in the bamboo forest on both sides of the road were like locusts, and the sound of bow strings and the whistling of arrow branches were endless.

Deep in the bamboo forest, a member of the action team wearing a white camouflage from head to toe was lying on the snow on his back. He stepped on the front of a strange-shaped crossbow with his left foot, pulled the two ropes tied to the crossbow string with both hands, quietly completed the winding, and then took out an arrow from the quiver hanging under the crossbow and put it into the groove.

Then he slowly straightened his upper body, ignored the feather arrows flying over his head, glanced at the upper body of a Qing army on the road for a moment, and then pulled the trigger...

At this time, in Tianfeng Pavilion in Suiyuan, Gao Liugeng, who had heard the explosion, was contacting the two groups in front through a walkie-talkie. Although it sounded like someone was setting off firecrackers in the distance, Gao Liugeng knew it was his grenade.

When he learned that it was only the Qing army that touched the mechanism and did not launch a fire, his originally hung heart fell.

It’s not his fault that he was worried that the drone was not used so much snow, and the specific movements of the Qing army were unavailable. Besides, the opponent had a large number of people, and there were only ten people on his side, and the ammunition was limited. Although some traps were set up, they could only cause some damage, which was not a problem for the whole. Besides, there were always times when the traps were used up.

What he was most worried about now was that the Qing army launched a fierce attack, taking advantage of the snow to launch multiple rounds of attacks, and sacrificed his life to fill it. If that were the case, he would have to take Yuan Mei's family out of Qingliangmen.

Yes, before he came, he specially arranged two people to guard a flat-bottom boat on the pier outside Qingliangmen, so that he could not stand it and ran away by boat.

Although Gao Liugeng and his team members are very good at it, several of them, including him, are all masters. But when they went to Beihai Town and witnessed a company-level exercise, they realized that no matter how high their skills are on the battlefield, they are useless. At most, they can rely on their flexibility and have more chances to survive than others.

He came to the window facing south on the second floor, opened half of the fan, and secretly looked at the dense bamboo forest on the southern foot of Xiaocang Mountain. He thought about how to pass through this bamboo forest without being discovered, and then eliminated the two mountain-splitting cannons on the top of the mountain. That is, it was snowing so the Qing army gunners on the mountain could not see clearly and could not aim.

The team member responsible for operating the drone has now turned into a radio operator. He saw him holding the receiver in one hand and slowly turning the band knob on the portable radio station with the other. A few minutes later, he brows spread and said to Gao Liugeng: "Captain, it's connected."

Gao Liugeng rubbed his cold hands, closed the window and came to the table. He picked up the receiver and just said "feed" when he heard someone on the other end saying: "I am Wang Changsheng..."

A few minutes later, Gao Liugeng put down his receiver and said to the radio operator: "You can stay here first, I'll go out for a while, and contact you anytime if you have any situation."

"yes."

After Gao Liugeng finished speaking, he took out two wooden grenades from a backpack placed on the ground and inserted them into the hanger bag on his waist. Then he inserted two magazines into the magazine bag in front of his chest, tied a white hooded hood. Finally, he took the walkie-phone and pinned it on his chest, and picked up the short black submachine gun on the table.

Speaking of which, the weapons provided by the Intelligence Agency to the operation team are not only daggers made of good steel, darts, flying knives, sleeve arrows, flying needles, and composite crossbows from another time and space and a small number of automatic weapons with mufflers, such as AKS-74U.

The best thing about this gun is that it is short and capable, with a quick disassembly silencer. The total length of the butt stock is only 0.49 meters after it is folded, which is very convenient for hiding. It has fierce firepower and sufficient penetration. It is really a must-have tool for traveling and secret operations.

Not only the Intelligence Agency, but also the main weapon of the North Navy Special Operations Battalion. After all, holding a standard rifle in the jungle is not conducive to quick gun launch, but people use improved models equipped with red dot scopes, and some are also equipped with a 30mm silencer grenade launcher.

At this time, on the first floor of Tianfeng Pavilion, Yuan Mei's family of seven, who were unaware of the explosion in the distance, were squeezed into the east house, and the door was closed; while several servants of Yuan's mansion, the chef and three tenants, were crowded in the hall, surrounding two charcoal braziers to keep warm. At this moment, except for the crackling sound of charcoal burning, everyone in the hall was listening quietly, listening with their ears prickly listening to Yuan Mei's story in the room.

"...I was about to be captured, but suddenly a divine weapon descended from the sky, which pointed him out a way to escape. The general really escaped from the sky, so he kowtowed to the sky and asked the god general Gao's name and where the immortal book was. He vowed to burn incense and kowtow every day after returning home, and offer fragrance flowers and water. The god general was moved by his sincerity and immediately appeared, claiming to be the 'Duzi God'."

At this time, a woman in the room interrupted: "Master, what is the 'Duzi God'?"

Another male voice said: "My mother is the target for archery."

The woman said "Oh" in surprise, and her tone sounded strange. At this time, she heard Yuan Mei continue to say in a hoarse voice: "Although the general is grateful, he is quite puzzled. So she asked the god, "I don't know what kind of virtue is the subordinate, and dare to help Duozi save him."

At this point, Yuan Mei suddenly stopped. Just when everyone was surprised, he said slowly: "Duozi Shen said that he came here to repay me specifically. I feel that you have never hurt me in the teaching hall on weekdays."

Everyone inside and outside the house were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter, which made the originally depressing atmosphere much easier.

Gao Liugeng has been practicing martial arts for many years, with clear ears and eyes. He stood at the stairs on the second floor and listened clearly. While laughing, he was also very impressed by Yuan Mei's calm attitude. However, when he went down to the first floor, the laughter of everyone in the hall stopped abruptly.

This guy is wearing jungle winter camouflage, with a steel helmet on his head, a tactical vest on his upper body, a dagger with a black handle and scabbard upside down on his left shoulder, a pistol hung on his outside of his right thigh, and a hand holding one in his hand, looking murderous. Not to mention people, the two dogs in the tenant family dare not bark, and they hurried under the feet of their masters with their tails shaking.

Just as he was staring at the big eyes, he heard a "creaking" sound of the door. Yuan Mei, wearing a crane cloak, walked out with the help of his eldest son Yuan Tong. The old man also ate the beggar chicken at noon, drank wine, and squinted for a short while. When he woke up, he saw that his family was full of worries, so he told a joke to make everyone happy.

"Nephew Renxing, are you?"

"Go to the bottom of the mountain for a walk."

The reason why Gao Liu Geng is called "Liu Geng" is because he was born on the day of the White Tiger in the year of Gengyin, and another name for the White Tiger in ancient China was "Liu Geng". "Yilin Fashan" says that Liu Geng is a white beast, the guest star above, and the harmful energy below.

After he donated his prison student, he asked the county's teaching officer to give him a word. The word "Renxing" originated from "The Book of Zhongxing of Jin", which says that the white tiger is a benevolent beast. The tiger is white, with a white body like snow, without any miscellaneous hairs, and the wind is prosperous when whistling.

Yuan Tong said with a worried look: "Brother Renxing, are the officers and soldiers here?"

Gao Liugeng knew that it was useless to hide it, so he nodded. In order to let the female members in the house hear it, he loudly told everyone: "If you hear the gunshots in a while, don't panic. In our eyes, the Tartar soldiers are just native chickens and tiles, and we must let them return in a defeat."

Although the Qing army was repelled once in the morning, the Yuan family knew that Gao Liugeng and others had great magical powers, they could not hide their panic when they heard the officers and soldiers coming again. Those were the officers and soldiers of the court, and there were thousands of them in Jiangning City alone! No matter how powerful Gao Liugeng and others were, there were only ten people. Even if they were covered in iron, how many nails could they produce?

Yuan Tong then asked again: "Brother Renxing mentioned that King Zhao sent his elite troops and fleets, and I wonder when will it arrive?"

Gao Liugeng winked at Yuan Tong, and waited for the latter to follow him outside the door before whispering: "We have contacted our superiors just now. Their ship has passed Wuzha east of Haizhou. They can get ashore from Rugao in the middle of the night and will arrive in another day. Also, the fleet sent by King Zhao will arrive at Huaniao Island tomorrow morning, which is only more than a hundred miles from the estuary of the Yangtze River. Do not make any statement about this matter, but you can quietly tell the Lord to make it feel at ease."

Yuan Tong couldn't help but nodded and said excitedly: "Brother Renxing, don't worry, Yuan knows."

Gao Liugeng raised his foot and was about to leave, but suddenly stopped and asked, "Is charcoal enough?"

Yuan Tong was a man who was not touching the spring water with his fingers, so he would not care about this. On the contrary, several servants in the house heard it, and one of them stood up and said, "I was in a hurry to go up the mountain before, and I put a bag of charcoal in it, but now there are more than 20 kilograms."

At this time, I heard the chef Yang Er say, "How can this little charcoal be enough? So many people need to eat, and it's so cold and you have to keep warm..."

Gao Liugeng interrupted without waiting for the other party to finish his speech, "I'll bring more from the warehouse in the mansion later. You can't let everyone get frozen, right?"
Chapter completed!