When Shen Fang and Liu Sheng entered the palace to meet Guo Kun in Bianliang City, the adventure of Lin Jue and his party had just begun.
Under the cover of night, Lin Jue, Bai Bing, Sun Dayong and three good men selected from the cavalry left the camp. This morning, when the discussion ended, Bai Bing did not leave, but turned back. He followed the Jurchen soldiers and horses escorting Wanyan Mingyue and his son for a long time. With Bai Bing's hand, the other soldiers were completely unaware in the lush vegetation. Bai Bing watched them enter Puyang City, and then he was sure that Wanyan Mingyue and his son were He was escorted into Puyang City.
After hearing the news, Lin felt that he finally decided to risk the rescue tonight. Because it was much easier to do it in the city. If it was in the Jurchen camp outside the city, the risky rescue plan would basically be impossible. .In the important place of the military camp, experts like Bai Bing dare not say that they can come and go freely, but they have to be cautious. What's more, they have to rescue a mother and son Wanyan Mingyue from trouble. Being entangled by the enemy's soldiers, even gods can't escape. And in In the city, even if the opponent is heavily guarded, there are houses, trees, walls, streets and other movable terrain as cover, so you can attack quietly. Even if your whereabouts are exposed, there will be no place to hide.
Even if they knew that Wanyan Mingyue and her son were in Puyang City, it was impossible for Lin Jue and others to head directly to Puyang City in the northeast. The rescue operation had to be carried out unnoticed, so the six of them sneaked to the due north with the intention of It's very simple, just go back to the west or north of Puyang City and sneak into the city to do things.
However, after traveling less than five miles north, a cavalry barracks was discovered in a low depression. Needless to say, this must be a Jurchen cavalry camp, because the camp was full of bonfires. A campfire full of bonfires is the most common way for Jurchens to set up camp. They will drink, chat and sleep around the bonfire. Even on such hot summer nights, their habit has obviously not changed. In fact, you can guess this without looking at the bonfire. Of course it is the Jurchen cavalry camp. And in this direction, there is such a military camp several miles away from the main Jurchen cavalry camp. It is obvious that Wanyan Agu dispatched troops and horses to disperse in all directions, preparing to attack the Luoyan Army's camp from all directions. .
Wanyan Aguda did not lie, he was already ready to attack. Of course, Lin Jue did not guess wrong. Wanyan Aguda must use this attack method in order to greatly reduce the power of his firearms and let his army Being surrounded by enemies on all sides, the role of firearms is greatly weakened and cannot be used.
It took the six people more than half an hour to bypass the military camp, and they had to be extra careful because they might bump into the opponent's scouts in the wilderness, which made the movement much slower. Fortunately, the six-person team had a very easy target. He is small and very cautious. Although there are six people traveling together, Bai Bing takes the lead on Xuehua walking a hundred steps away, using his sharp hearing and vision to detect danger in advance. The two personal guards are a hundred steps away on the left and right. Marching, Lin Jue and Sun Dayong were released at the end. In this way, the size of the already small six-person team became smaller, and the scope of detecting dangers became wider.
Everything went smoothly. After one and a half updates, Lin Jue and others finally saw the few lights on the horizon and the outline of Puyang City in the dark night. Although Puyang City is the seat of Kaide Prefecture, Kaide Prefecture itself is a small prefecture, with only five counties under its jurisdiction, so the scale of Puyang City is not large. The entire Puyang City had less than 100,000 people at its peak. The city's moat was only ten feet wide, and the city wall was only ten feet wide. The height of 56. Among the many cities in the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the city defense of Puyang City is considered to be the strongest.
The kind of times.
There were Jurchen soldiers and horses patrolling the city wall, but there were not many. On one wall, there were only three or five teams of patrols patrolling in sections. For six people, it was not difficult to go up to the city. Sun Dayong shot a hook and hooked the battlements, and everyone filed in
Then I went up to the city wall. I leaned on the crenellations on the other side of the city wall and looked into the city. The city was dark. The scattered lights on the street outlined the prototype of the neighborhood. There was no noise of soldiers and horses, and more leaks were heard in the silence of the city.
It was already the third watch.
Lin Jue was not surprised that there seemed to be no soldiers and horses in the city. Most of Wanyan Agu's soldiers and horses should have been transferred out of the city and were distributed in the wilderness, ready to attack at any time, so the city naturally became deserted.
This is exactly what Lin Jue wants to see. The city is noisy and filled with soldiers and horses, so how can we save people?
Everyone found the steps and climbed down the city wall, disappearing into the shadow of the street. They sneaked along a long street towards the center of the city. Along the way, the houses on both sides were dark and silent, and almost no human sounds could be heard. If they had not known that the Jurchens were heading south,
The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been fleeing to death. If you know that the cities and towns in the north must be empty of ten houses, you may think that you have entered a ghost town. Many of these houses are no longer occupied.
Where I live, the whole street is filled with the smell of feces and urine, as well as the smell of fishy mutton. This is basically the case wherever the Jurchens go. War horse feces and urine are everywhere, and no one cleans them up. The Jurchen soldiers themselves are also everywhere.
After excreting and peeing after eating beef and mutton, there is a fishy smell in their poop and urine. In addition, they do not like to be clean, and their bodies are also smelly. Therefore, wherever they go, the fishy smell is unpleasant and lingers for a long time.
"Sir, I don't know where Mrs. Mingyue and the young master live. I'm afraid it's impossible to wander around like this. There must be patrols on the street. If they are found, it will be troublesome." In the shadow of a cross street, Sun Dayong whispered.
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Lin Jue nodded and said in a deep voice: "We need to catch a Jurchen and ask. It is really not allowed to break in."
Sun Dayong nodded, and everyone walked a hundred steps forward. When they turned a corner, there was a brightly lit place in front of them, and loud noises could be heard. It seemed that someone was quarreling. Everyone stopped and listened carefully.
, only to realize that it was not a quarrel, but a loud noise that seemed to be caused by drinking too much.
"That's a tavern. It seems that there are Jurchens drinking in it." Sun Dayong said in a deep voice.
Lin Jue took out his telescope and looked around, and saw that in a simple tavern, two Jurchen generals were drinking and laughing loudly. An old Han man in Dazhou costume stood beside him blankly.
The shopkeeper of the tavern. After a while, the two Jurchen generals drank a bottle of wine on the table, wiped their mouths and left. The old man stepped forward and seemed to say something, and one of the tall Jurchen generals raised his hand.
It was a mouth that kicked the old man to the ground. When he was about to hit him with his fists, another Jurchen stopped him. The two of them laughed and went out. One of them walked to the street far away. The one who hit him
But they happened to be walking in the direction of Lin Jue and others.
"It's him, take that guy." Lin Jue ordered in a low voice, and he and Bai Bing retreated to the alley next to them. Sun Dayong and his three brothers huddled under the shadow of the eaves and waited with bated breath.
There were heavy footsteps on the street. It seemed that the Jurchen had drunk a lot of wine. She was walking staggeringly while humming a tune in her mouth. I don't know what she was singing, but it sounded pretty good. Walking to the shadows
From there, Sun Da bravely jumped out, grabbed the man's head and neck, and strangled him.
The Jurchen's singing stopped suddenly, and he struggled fiercely, trying to reach the scimitar at his waist. Three Luoyan Army guards had already rushed out, one person grabbed his arm, and the other two lifted his feet, and instantly lifted the Jurchen up.
After a while, no one could be seen on the street, as if nothing had happened.
In the alley, the Jurchen was put down, and just as he was about to yell loudly, a bright and cold thin sword blade was pressed between his eyebrows. He was suddenly so frightened that he was so drunk that he collapsed on the ground.
"You...who are you?" the Jurchen asked in a trembling voice.
"You can speak Dazhou dialect? That will be easy. What's your name?" Lin Jue asked in a deep voice with a smile.
"I...my name is...Wanyan Pingkang...spare my life, spare my life." the Jurchen general said in a trembling voice.
"Answer me well and I won't kill you. Is this Wanyan Pingkang? What is your official position? Who is your general?" Lin Jue asked softly.
"I...I am the captain of General Wuermu's tent in the rear camp. Whatever you want to ask, I will never hide it." Wanyan Pingkang was obviously a coward and replied in a trembling voice.
"Okay. Tell us, where do your Jurchen Princess Golden Flower and her son live?" Lin Jue said.
"Princess Golden Flower? This...I don't know. How could I know such things? You...who are you?" Wanyan Pingkang said.
"He doesn't know, just cut him off." Lin Jue said coldly.
Sun Dayong stretched out his hand to draw the sword. Before the sword came out of its sheath, Wanyan Pingkang quickly shouted: "No, no, no, don't kill me. I really don't know. But... I heard that Princess Jinhua lives with the big leader.
.The big leader used to live in the government office, but now he doesn’t know about it.”
Lin Jue nodded and said, "Where is the government office?"
"It's right in front...not far away. There are still two blocks to go." Wanyan Pingkang said.
"Very good. How many soldiers and horses are guarding the government office?" Lin Jue nodded and asked.
"This... I really don't know." After Wanyan Pingkang said this, he saw Sun Dayong draw his sword again from the corner of his eye, and said hurriedly: "All the soldiers and horses have been mobilized out of the city in the past few days, and there shouldn't be many government offices.
Guarded by soldiers and horses. There are only less than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the entire city."
Lin Jue nodded slowly, knowing that there was nothing more he could ask. At least he knew where Wanyan Mingyue's mother and son lived. They lived in the government office before, and they should be there now. As for how many people were guarding him, he actually didn't care, and he didn't follow them anyway.
They fought tooth and nail instead to sneak in.
"By the way, why did you hit the old man in that tavern just now?" Lin Jue asked.
Wanyan Pingkang was stunned, not knowing why the other party asked this question.
"Speak quickly!" Sun Dayong shouted in a low voice.
"Yes, yes, we went to drink, and that old guy... no no... my husband... asked us for drink money. So I... beat him." Wanyan Pingkang said hurriedly.
Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "It's true. You drank other people's wine and didn't pay for the wine. How can there be such a barbaric person in the world as you? You Jurchens invaded our land, bullied our people, and killed people."
Those who set fire to clean up the bad things deserve to die. Dayong, please kill them, this kind of thing does not deserve to live in the world."
After Lin Jue said that, he walked towards the alley. Wanyan Pingkang was shocked and was about to beg for mercy. Suddenly, he saw a cold light hitting his face. He felt his throat was cold, his head had already flown out, and his body fell to the ground with a pop.
Sun Dayong wiped the blood on the long knife on the corpse, returned the knife to its sheath, and followed Lin Jue closely.
