Liu Xiu and others looked at each other's red eyebrows and laughed in unison. They did not go through the main entrance and quietly slipped out through the back door of the inn.
There was an alley outside the back door of the inn, and there were quite a few thieves in the alley. Suddenly, they saw a large group of "my brothers" with red eyebrows coming out of the back door of the inn. Everyone was stunned and didn't realize what was going on.
Just when they were in a daze, Liu Xiu and others suddenly attacked and charged towards the rebel army. The rebel army in the alley was caught off guard. As soon as the two sides came into contact, a lot of people fell down on the rebel army.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining rebels turned around and wanted to run away. Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Long Bu, Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei chased the rebels with their backs and chased them down in succession.
Stabbed to the ground.
Seeing that the rebels had dispersed, Liu Xiu greeted everyone and ran towards the fork in the alley. Not long after they ran away, a large number of rebels came from both sides of the alley after hearing the news, but there was no Liu Xiu here.
The figure of Xiu and others?
The leading bandit general pointed his sword westward angrily and shouted: "Chase!"
The bandit general was very confident that Liu Xiu and others were running to the west. In fact, it was easy to understand. The trapped people finally broke out and of course they were running out of the city. But he never dreamed that Liu Xiu and others were running to the west.
The purpose of showing off these people is not to leave the city at all, but to the county government in the center of the city.
Let's talk about Liu Xiu and his party, who did not walk in the streets, but walked in small alleys. Even if they occasionally encountered scattered bandits, seeing that they were all "ours", the two sides just nodded and passed by without any conflict.
Not long after, Liu Xiu and others were close to the county capital.
The county seat is located in the center of the city and is also the most prosperous area. There are many pavilions around it, including brothels and restaurants.
Liu Xiu and others got into a small alley and looked around. Liu Xiu raised his hand and pointed to a two-story pavilion not far away.
Fu An and others understood and nodded one after another. Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "Zhiwen, come up with me and have a look!" Fu An agreed, walked to the wall of the alley first, raised his head, looked up, and jumped up.
He grabbed the edge of the wall with one hand and kicked off the wall with one foot. He jumped directly onto the courtyard wall. Then, he squatted down and reached down. Liu Xiu jumped up and grabbed Fu An's hand.
As the latter raised his hand forward, Liu Xiu also landed lightly on the wall.
The two of them walked forward along the wall for a distance and approached the edge of the pavilion. They both jumped and landed on the eaves of the first floor of the attic. When they got here, Fu An took out the flying claw and threw it upward.
The rope was hung on the cornice of the second floor. He grabbed the rope and quickly climbed up. Liu Xiu followed closely and climbed to the roof of the second floor. The two of them bent over, walked to the back of the roof, and lay down.
He lay down and looked out.
The back of the roof of the pavilion is seven or eight meters high from the ground. Lying down here, you can clearly see the situation of the county government. A large number of thieves have already surrounded the county government on three floors inside and three floors outside.
, the water is blocked.
Many rebel soldiers were trying to climb up along the courtyard wall, while the county soldiers on the top of the wall either shot arrows downwards or thrust downwards with spears, desperately resisting the rebel army's attack. The two sides fought fiercely and bloodyly.
, cannot be opened.
Judging from the situation on the battlefield, there are no more than a thousand county soldiers in the county government, while the number of rebel troops besieging the county government is no less than 10,000 people. There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides.
If it weren't for the high and thick walls of the county government, which gave the county soldiers a greater geographical advantage, this battle might have ended long ago.
After looking at the situation at the county government, Fu An frowned and whispered: "It seems that the county government can't delay it too long!"
Liu Xiu nodded. In the current situation, it would be difficult for the county soldiers to hold on for half an hour. His eyes slowly scanned the battlefield, searching for the leader of the rebel army.
On the outskirts of the county government, there were several rebel generals, but each of them was in a different position, commanding a large group of subordinates to storm the county government. It was impossible to tell who was the leader and who was the auxiliary.
Just when Liu Xiu was patiently observing, he saw a thief general raising his hand and calling a thief soldier to come to him.
He bent down on his horse and said a few words to the thief. Then, the thief saluted, turned around and ran away quickly.
Liu Xiu stared at the departing soldier intently.
The rebel soldiers passed through the crowd and ran to a pavilion on the right side of the county government. Under the pavilion, there were many burly rebel guards. Seeing someone approaching, one of the guards raised his arm and shouted to stop.
Someone comes.
Then, the burly guard said something, and the running thief replied. After hearing this, the burly guard put down his arm, waited for the other party to come to him, and exchanged a few words, the burly guard stepped aside, and the latter quickly
Step into the attic.
Liu Xiu moved his eyes upward and looked at the second floor of the pavilion. He saw a thief general standing in a window on the second floor. Due to the distance, he could not see clearly what he looked like, but he could clearly see the thief.
Military generals wear armor.
The weapons and equipment of the bandit army are not complete. Most of them are patchwork. Even the generals are dressed in various styles. It is not easy to see generals wearing neat armor.
Liu Xiu's first reaction was that this person was most likely the leader of the bandit army. He narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered in a low voice: "It's a pity that he couldn't hear the command he just gave!"
Fu An withdrew his gaze and said seriously to Liu Xiu: "Sir, the traitor guard just said 'Changshui'!"
Liu Xiu's eyes flashed and she asked in surprise: "Zhiwen, can you hear them from so far away?"
The two pavilions were at least dozens of feet apart. Even Liu Xiu, who had taken gold liquid and had such extraordinary six senses, could not hear the other party's voice at such a long distance.
Fu An smiled at him and said: "Master, I didn't hear their conversation, but I can read lips. Unfortunately, the thief who reported the news had a side face, and I couldn't see his lips clearly.
shape."
After a pause, he said cautiously: "The word Changshui is a bit weird, maybe I didn't pronounce it correctly!"
Liu Xiu shook his head thoughtfully and said, "It should be right!"
Seeing Fu An looking at him in confusion, Liu Xiu explained: "This group of thieves includes both the Five Schools Army and the Tanxiang Army. Does Zhiwen know what the Five Schools are?"
His question really stabilized Fu An, who shook his head and expressed ignorance. Liu Xiu said: "Tuen cavalry, infantry, Yue cavalry, Changshui, and shooting sound. These are the five schools. If the opponent's command is up
If the sentence is Changshui, then the next command must be one of Tunqi, Infantry, Yueqi, or Shoot!"
Fu An suddenly realized and murmured: "That's it!" After a pause, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "If the password of the thief army was obtained from the fifth school, then the leader of the thief army is probably from the fifth school.
A general in the army."
"Yeah!" Liu Xiu nodded, he also judged this way. After the observation was almost complete, he shook his head to Fu An, and the two of them crouched and stepped back from the roof of the pavilion.
The two returned to the alley. Liu Xiu drew a simple topographic map on the ground and said, "I suspect that the leader of the bandit army is in this pavilion. We have to go around it!"
Everyone nodded in unison and said, "Sir, we all listen to you!"
Liu Xiu erased the outline on the ground with his feet, waved to everyone, and walked along the small alley, detouring towards the pavilion he had located.
As they were walking forward, a band of thieves came up in front of them.
Both sides looked at each other, and Liu Xiu nodded to the band of thieves. The bandits did not doubt that he was there and nodded in return. Just when the two sides were about to pass each other, Liu Xiu suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
Following his voice, Fu An followed him. Long Yuan and others didn't understand what was going on. They either drew their swords or picked up their spears. The band of thieves were startled, and they instinctively raised their spears.
Spear looked at Liu Xiu and others in confusion.
Liu Xiu held the sword under his ribs, walked up to the group of thieves, looked them up and down, and said, "Changshui!"
Hearing his words, the band of thieves all breathed a sigh of relief and put down their spears. At the same time, they rolled their eyes at Liu Xiu and shouted dissatisfied: "We are all brothers, so we don't need to give orders to each other, right?!
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Liu Xiu's face darkened, he pulled out half of the sword from his ribs, and shouted loudly: "Anyone who doesn't know the password is a craftsman! Changshui!"
"Shoot!" The leading bandit captain glared at Liu Xiu and cursed, "You really used chicken feathers as arrows!"
"Which one are you from?"
"You're not done yet, are you?"
"Let me ask you, which one are you from?" Liu Xiu walked up to the captain and stared at him with electric eyes.
The captain of the bandits was full of anger and dissatisfaction, but seeing that there were many people on Liu Xiu's side, he did not dare to make too much of a mistake. He suppressed his anger and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "We are the subordinates of General Zheng Yingzheng!"
"Oh! It turns out they are General Zheng's subordinates!" Liu Xiu's face softened a little after hearing this. He pushed the half-drawn sword back into the scabbard, waved and said, "You can go!"
Who the hell are you, how dare you order me?!
The bandit captain's nose was almost twisted with anger, and his eyes were about to burst into flames when he glared at Liu Xiu, but in the end he didn't say anything more, waved his hands fiercely at his subordinates, and walked away angrily.
When they were far away, Fu An came to Liu Xiu and whispered: "Young master, the password is really long water, shooting sound!"
Liu Xiu patted Fu An on the shoulder and nodded to him appreciatively.
No matter how far apart you are, as long as you can see the other person's lips, you can know what the other person is saying. This ability is quite powerful. People in the world still have their own unique features.
The discipline of the rebel army was loose, and even if passwords were set, the soldiers below were not very good at enforcing them seriously. This is why Liu Xiu and his party encountered several groups of rebels and never followed the passwords.
If he hadn't seen that the rebels below the pavilion had the corresponding passwords, Liu Xiu would not have known that there were passwords within the rebel army.
Now that they had obtained the complete password, it was easier for them to approach the attic. They didn't even hide their heads and tail, and just walked to the door of the pavilion in a swaggering manner.
On the door of the attic, there is a plaque with the three characters "Yuxiang Pavilion" written in capital letters.
Just by looking at its name, one can guess that this pavilion should be a brothel.
Liu Xiu walked toward the main gate as if there was no one around. In front of the main gate, stood several burly rebel guards. When they saw a large group of them walking carelessly, they all frowned. The leader of the rebel army raised his hand and shouted: "Stop!"
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"We want to see the general!"
"Long water!"
"Shoot!"
"Which department are you from? Why do you want to see the general?"
"We are subordinates of General Zheng Yingzheng. We have urgent military information to report to the general!" Liu Xiu replied fluently.
"What kind of emergency military situation is it?" the bandit guard asked with a frown.
"While we were patrolling, we encountered a large number of county soldiers. They retreated into a house and it was difficult for us to break through. This matter must be reported to General Ming!" Liu Xiu said categorically with a serious look on his face.
Zheng Ying was indeed responsible for the inspection on the west side of the county government. During the inspection, he encountered a brigade of county soldiers and came to report the situation, which was completely reasonable and reasonable.
There was no flaw in Liu Xiu's answer. The bandit guard turned sideways, waved his hand and said, "Go in! Just go up and report it alone. Everyone else is waiting here!" wavv