On May 19, the twenty-first year of Hongde's reign in Wei Dynasty, around midnight, in accordance with the plan of a certain Prince Su to capture Handan at night, the Black Crows participated in this task as a special team.
Compared with Duan Pei back then, Yang Yi and Ding Heng were both young people in their twenties, so after receiving this task, they were really a little uncontrollably excited.
Especially Ding Heng, he was originally the eldest son of Ding Gong, the leader of the hidden thief "Dingzhuang" in Yangxia. I think back when Dingzhuang's power was in Yangxia, although it could be called a powerful force, in the end it was still a small force fighting a small one.
However, now, he actually has the opportunity to participate in the prosperous period of "One Hundred Thousand King Su's Army Attacking Handan, the Capital of South Korea". This made Ding Heng, a young man who came from a small place in the countryside of Wei State, so excited that it was difficult to calm down for a long time.
"When I return to Yangxia, tell my brothers, I believe they will be jealous of me."
On the way to Handan, Ding Heng said to Yang Yi with a smile on his face.
The "gang of brothers" he refers to are the brothers from the original "Dingzhuang" force. They are not as lucky as Ding Heng. They were appointed by the leader of the black crows, Black Spider, and sent to Su Wang Zhao Hong.
He could only stay in the Yangxia area and painfully carry out the construction of the village of Black Crow Hidden Thieves.
After listening to Ding Heng's words, Yang Yi smiled faintly and felt a little emotional in his heart.
He agreed with Ding Heng's point of view. Looking back at Yangxia County now, Yangxia County was so small that Yang Ji couldn't understand why the Fuqiu people had to compete with the Yiqiu people for control of that county.
"If my adoptive father had not sent people to assassinate His Highness King Su, maybe we would still be nesting in that little Yangxia, sitting in a well and looking at the sky, as if we were competing for the entire world with the people of Yiqiu..."
When thinking of his adoptive father Jin Gou, Yang Yi couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Among the hidden thieves, there is rarely a pure relationship between adopted father and son. When Jin Gou raised Yang Yi, he was just like the leader of Dingzhuang, Ding Gong, adopted Ding Heng and others. He hoped that his adopted son would help him when he grew up. To put it bluntly,
He was used as a tool. But no matter what, it was Jin Gou who raised him from a young age and taught him various skills. Therefore, whenever he thought of Jin Gou, Yang Ji couldn't help but feel a little emotional: In the past, his adoptive father Jin Gou, who had deliberately tried to make friends with the powerful people of Wei,
Just because he was greedy for the 50,000 taels of gold, he finally turned against His Highness King Su and missed the best opportunity to clear his identity. So now, he and many of his brothers from the Fuqiu Clan have become members of the Black Crow Clan, serving as
That Prince Su served His Highness and had official protection, while Jin Gou had to live in exile in the Song Dynasty and was said to be in cahoots with the great thief Huan Hu.
"What's wrong with you?" Ding Heng asked with some confusion, as if he noticed Yang Ji's absent-mindedness.
"It's nothing." Yang Ji shook his head and explained: "It's just my first time to participate in such a grand event, so I feel a little emotional."
"Oh." Ding Heng nodded in relief. After all, he still couldn't believe that he, who was born in a small rural area of Wei State, was lucky enough to contribute to the capture of Handan, the capital of South Korea, by his country's most elite army.
Ding Heng has decided that when he gets old and has children and grandchildren in the future, he will definitely tell them about this and let them know that he played an indispensable role when the Wei army attacked Handan, the capital of South Korea.
With excitement, hundreds of black crows walked silently through the dark night and quietly arrived at the southwest corner of Handan City Wall.
At this time, Ding Heng had already put away his excitement. Like the other members of the Black Crows, he pressed his back against the city wall and listened attentively to the movements above the city wall.
To be fair, the Black Crows have been secretly observing the city wall defense of Handan City in the past few days, calculating the time for Korean troops to patrol and change defenses on the city wall. After all, unless under special circumstances, these are all traceable. But when it comes to
Now that he is using these things, Ding Heng can't help but feel a little uneasy.
After all, the Black Crows are responsible for the arduous task of "surprise attack on Handan and open the city gate" this time. If the action goes well, King Su's army can attack Handan City with twice the result with half the effort, but if the action does not go well, then King Su's army can only attack Handan. The difficulty is
It's far more than just doubling.
All in all, the Black Crows have a heavy responsibility this time.
"Tap, tap, tap -"
A faint sound of footsteps reached Ding Heng's ears, accompanied by several chatter in a deliberately lowered voice.
If Ding Heng guessed correctly, there must be a Korean city guard passing by above the city wall where they were at this moment.
"Don't look down, don't look down..."
Ding Heng muttered secretly in his heart.
In fact, the guards patrolling the city wall at night, whether Wei Jun or Han Jun, actually look at the distance outside the city a few times to see if there is any enemy. Very few people will go to the wall and stick their heads out.
Take a look under the city wall - directly under the city wall is a blind spot that is often overlooked at night.
Of course, having said that, there is no guarantee that some of the Korean soldiers patrolling the city wall at the moment will be full and hold on, and suddenly want to take a look down the city.
Therefore, whether it is Ding Heng, Yang Yi, or the other members of the Black Crows, the pressure in their hearts is very high at this moment.
Fortunately, God did not deliberately make it more difficult for King Su's army to attack Handan. It didn't take long before the patrol guard on the city wall walked away.
After that, Ding Heng estimated the time and said in a low voice to the dozen team leaders around him: "In thirty breaths, our team will start taking action, and we will act according to our pre-planned actions, regardless of whether the Korean army is aware of the action...
Be quick!"
The dozen or so leaders nodded and scattered in all directions.
Seeing this, Ding Heng counted silently in his heart: one, two, three.
When he counted to thirty, he turned to look at one of the black crows beside him who had already taken out the grappling hook. The latter nodded knowingly, swung the grappling hook, and threw it high, only to hear a "click" sound.
, hung on the ten-foot-high city wall.
"very good!"
Ding Heng secretly praised in his heart, praising the grappling hook that the Metallurgical Bureau had prepared for them. This kind of grappling hook was wrapped with a layer of cowhide around the iron hook. Therefore, when it came into contact with the stone, the movement was much smaller than before.
"Get started."
After giving instructions to his left and right, Ding Heng took the lead and climbed up along the rope.
It's not that he doesn't trust the Black Crow brothers under his command, it's just out of his selfish motives: he wants to be the first Wei man to stand on the wall of Handan, the capital of South Korea.
In the future, I will rely on this to brag to my brothers in the Black Crow Clan.
However, the first person to climb the city wall often faces the greatest difficulty and pressure. No, when Ding Heng climbed up the city wall along the rope and took a look at the city wall, he was shocked to see another person on the wall.
A patrol of Korean soldiers approached from a distance.
"What to do? What to do?"
At that time, Ding Heng's face turned pale with fear. It was not that he was worried about his own safety. The problem was that if he was exposed, it would definitely affect the overall plan of His Highness Prince Su.
He couldn't afford the crime at all.
Suddenly, he gritted his teeth, took off the easily exposed grappling hook and bit it in his mouth. He climbed up the upper edge of the wall with his fingers, and his whole body hung on the outside of the city wall, motionless.
"Tap tap, tap tap."
As the sound of footsteps approached from far away, Ding Heng heard the low-pitched chatter of the patrolling Korean soldiers, probably talking about the Wei army outside the city and the friendly forces coming to support Handan.
"Walk faster, you bastard!"
Ding Heng hung on the edge of the city wall and cursed in his mind. After all, he felt that his fingers were about to break.
If he accidentally fell down, the height of ten feet would be enough to knock him half to death.
Seeing how pitiful the situation was, this group of patrolling Korean soldiers focused their attention on their conversations with each other. They did not expect that a Wei man was hanging on the outside of the city wall at this moment, gradually walking away.
At this time, Ding Heng could no longer hold on. He held on and used all his strength to climb over the city wall and hang the grappling hook back in place.
"Hurry!"
Glancing at the brazier used for lighting not far away, Ding Heng ignored the severe pain in his fingers and removed a loop of rope from his back, threw it outside the city, and quickly hung the grappling hook on the wall.
Not long after, several black crows climbed up along the rope.
These black crows all had several water bladders filled with water hanging on their bodies. After climbing up the city wall, they quickly poured water into the nearby brazier to extinguish it - they were noticed by the Korean soldiers on the city wall.
This is inevitable. What they want to do is to make Han Bing confused about what happened here.
"hiss--"
"hiss--"
Several nearby braziers were quickly extinguished by water, so that darkness enveloped this section of the city wall. Taking advantage of this opportunity, hundreds of black crows quickly climbed up the city wall along the ropes.
"Come with me!"
After giving the order, Ding Heng and Yang Ji took their people to the west and south towers respectively. During the operation, they deliberately brought more than a dozen black crows to pretend to be Korean soldiers patrolling the city. After all, for this purpose
During this operation, they were all wearing the light leather armor of Korean soldiers. If you didn't look carefully, you might not be able to distinguish them from the Korean soldiers on the city wall.
No, when they approached the tower on the west city wall, the Han soldiers stationed there saw Ding Heng and others walking over in a swaggering manner, and even took the initiative to talk to him: "Hey, brother, why is the brazier in the southwest corner extinguished? Look back.
Go and have a look.”
Because of the language barrier, Ding Heng did not dare to talk rashly. He just smiled and nodded, but kept walking forward with his legs.
Seeing this, the Korean soldiers felt something was wrong, and immediately shouted: "Stop!...Which team are you from? Which general is under your command?"
Ding Heng didn't understand the Korean dialect, so he tricked him and deliberately showed a horrified expression, pointing his hand at the backs of the Korean soldiers.
The Korean soldiers turned around subconsciously, and at this moment, Ding Heng and the black crows behind him swarmed up and quickly assassinated him with daggers.
It's a pity that even so, the Korean soldiers in the area of the tower were alarmed. The latter shouted "What happened?" and quickly swarmed over.
Seeing this, Ding Heng showed a helpless expression, pulled out the dagger from behind, licked his lips and whispered: "Kill everyone."
"clear."
The Black Crows behind him, including those who came to support him later, all pulled out their daggers and responded excitedly.
The Black Crows will not be afraid, because nine out of ten Black Crows are desperadoes.
"Swish swish——"
After just a cup of tea, three fire arrows flew into the sky from the west tower of Handan City.
Seeing this, the Yanling Army's deputy general Yan Mo, who had already been ready outside the Wei camp, sat astride his horse and moved his arms, and said hello to Sun Shuke, Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Zuo Qiumu and other generals: "What about Yan Mo?"
Just take the first step."
As he said that, in the envious eyes of all the generals of the Yanling Army, he led the Yanling Army's only two thousand cavalry and took the lead towards Handan.
In fact, all the generals present wanted to lead this cavalry, but they had no choice. Who would let Yan Mo be the deputy general? The rank of senior official would be overwhelming.