Brocade tears

On the third day of November, at the beginning of the evening, today's horse market is about to close, and everyone rushed to the right time, so they started to act immediately.

Meng Kuang and Guo Dayou took the lead to enter the city. They led their horses, put armor and weapons on their horses, wore felt hats and pretended to be livestock merchants, and entered the city through the inner pass.Pretending to circle around the horse market, the two split up.Meng Kuang led his horse to the military office in the southwest of Guancheng, preparing to sneak in and ambush.

And Guo Dayou went to the turret in the northeast corner.

Meng Kuang tied his horse by the road at the back door of the military yamen, and with only a dagger on his body, climbed over the wall from the blind spot of the guards guarding the yamen, and under the cover of the vast white snow, she walked silently into the military office.The place where she turned in happened to be a corner of the school field. At this time, there was no one on the school field, and the ground was covered with thick white snow, and there were no footprints.She leaned against the wall and went to the main hall of the military office, which should be Li Xing's residence.

The whole infiltration process was extremely smooth. She avoided some junior sergeants walking in the military yamen, touched the main hall, and successfully found Li Xing who was warming up on the kang, drinking and eating meat.The old guy is over sixty years old, with a big plate face that looks like a Mongolian, with a gray beard, drunk, red cheeks, and drunken eyes.

This state is really in Meng Kuang's arms. I'm afraid that if you are sober, now you are drunk by yourself.

Meng Kuang saw the scene in the main hall from the window. She covered the window, jumped onto the roof of the main hall lightly, and squatted softly on the shade of the roof ridge. Looking far away, she could see the northeast Corner of the turret, where she was waiting for the signal.Of course, she couldn't see the people on the turret clearly, even with her eyesight, because they were too far away, and the sight was blocked by wind and snow.What she was waiting for was the sound of the horn. If the defenders of the Guancheng were accidentally alarmed, Guo Dayou would blow the horn above the turret to sound the alarm.Once the alarm is received, Meng Kuang will immediately turn over the roof and break into the house to kidnap Li Xing.

On the other side, Guo Dayou led the horse to the bottom of the turret.The turrets are built on the city walls, and the thick walls of Guancheng are very wide and can be used for horse racing.There is a slope to the top of the city wall, which is called "Horse Race Road".As for the Paoma crossing, there are soldiers guarding it. If Guo Dayou wants to go up, he has to pass this pass first.

Guo Dayou hung the reins of the horse on a flag post beside him, heaved a sigh of relief and rubbed his slightly frozen hands, standing on the spot like an idler waiting for a buyer, looking around.All the while his attention was on the guards guarding the crossing of the racetrack.It was a veteran, of medium build, with a vicissitudes on his face, and he was not standing upright, leaning against the wall, with a wine gourd hanging from his waist, obviously a drunkard.

Guo Dayou had an idea and made up his mind.He entered the horse market first, found a wine shop and bought a jug of wine, then held it in his hand, pretended to be wandering back to the flagpole, then opened the jug, smelled the wine, and sipped the wine intoxicated After drinking the liquid, he deliberately made a refreshing sound of "Ka~", indicating that he had drunk a good wine.

Sure enough, his hard-working performance attracted the guard, and the guard moved towards him.Guo Dayou knew that it was almost time for the city guards to change their shifts, and there would be city guards on night shift changing their guards soon. This alcoholic guard must be slack, and he had been standing outside for two hours, so the wine gourd around his waist was probably empty Oh, my hands and feet are numb from the cold now, I must come to ask for wine to warm up.

"Brother, do you want a drink?" The guard approached Guo Dayou and said confidently.

Guo Dayou hugged the jug into his arms, shook his head, and said naively: "I bought this with money, so I can't give it to you for free." He spoke with a Shandong accent, which didn't mean much to him. Difficulties, he served as a soldier in Shandong for many years in his early years.And it is quite normal for people with a Shandong accent to appear in the Liaodong area.

"I'll give you money, you give me two drinks, don't be petty." The veteran was ready to dig out his pocket.

"I don't want money." Guo Dayou said again.

"Huh? Then what do you want?"

Guo Dayou pointed to the turret above the city wall and said, "I want to go up and have a look."

"No! You can't go up." The veteran immediately shook his head and refused.

"I'll go up and have a look, and I'll come down after a while." Guo Dayou said.

"You can only go up if you are a soldier. If I let you go up, I will lead the baton." The veteran said, and then he wondered, "Why do you always think about going up?"

"I just want to look far away. My mother was buried in the Jurchen land in the northeast. She was taken away by the Jurchen. Today is her death day. I will go up and kowtow to her and offer incense. Stand If it is higher, my mother can see me, and I can see my mother." Guo Dayou said slowly with tears in his eyes.

Hearing what he said, the veteran seemed to be touched at a chord.He thought for a while, then looked up at the sky, and finally at the wine in Guo Dayou's hand.Guo Dayou took the opportunity to uncork the jug, handed it to the veteran and said:

"I'll give you this jug of wine. Let me go up for a while, and I promise to come down soon."

The veteran swallowed his saliva, hesitated for a while and finally said: "Sure, you go and come back quickly, you have to come down before I finish drinking this pot of wine."

"Hey, thank you, Lord Jun!" Guo Dayou was overjoyed, then generously gave the wine pot to the veteran, turned around and was about to walk towards the city wall.The veteran took the jug, thought for a while, and followed Guo Dayou, monitoring him behind him.

The two walked along the race track to the city wall. The veteran was addicted to alcohol and couldn't hold it back anymore, so he followed Guo Dayou up the city wall while drinking.At this moment, there are also guards on guard on the turret, so he has to say hello.Who would have thought that the more you climb the track, the softer your feet will become, and you will feel dizzy before your eyes. What kind of wine is this?With such great energy, he, an old alcoholic, was beaten up all at once.

When he climbed up to the top edge of the racetrack, he suddenly spun around, rolled his eyes, and fainted.The moment before he lost consciousness, he only saw Guo Dayou standing on his feet in front of him.

Guo Dayou turned around, dragged the fallen veteran and hid him under the wall seam in the blind corner of the turret, took off his uniform and put it on himself, and then strode into the turret.At that time, the guards in the turret hadn't noticed this place yet, so he strode up the turret, and when he heard someone going upstairs, the soldier looked down, and was caught off guard, and his throat stiffened as soon as he sucked it in. , My eyes turned white, I couldn't see anything clearly, and I couldn't even make a sound.He struggled to blow the horn to sound the alarm, but a big hand pinched his neck. The huge force sent him away from his consciousness, and he passed out quickly.

Guo Dayou stood in the most conspicuous place of the turret, took out a red scarf from his arms, waved it to the sky, and then quickly put it away.

Chen Danggui, who had been observing the northeast corner building at that time, saw Guo Dayou's movement of waving the red scarf with his excellent eyesight.So he immediately led the team to the city.His team had the most people, besides himself and the other nine Jinyiwei elites, there were Sui'er, Li Laosan and Zhuyan.A group of 13 people pretended to be a business travel group and slowly entered the city and entered the horse market.

Following them, after a distance, the second and third teams also entered Guancheng smoothly not long after.They wandered around the horse market, then left the horse market and went to the east gate of Guancheng. The east gate is the main gate of Fushun Pass, facing the territory of the Jurchens.

Chen Danggui had been observing Guo Dayou's movements, and saw Guo Dayou raised his right hand and made a fist, which meant that he could pass.So he immediately led the team to the east gate.When they arrived at the east gate, they saw that they were dressed as Han people, and the gate guards stopped them and said:

"What about the customs clearance document, why do you want to leave the customs?"

"Jurchen has relatives there, so it's convenient for the military master." Chen Danggui smiled, and took a piece of silver and stuffed it into the hands of the guards.

There was money to talk to, the guard didn't think much, and let him go.In fact, in this Fushun Pass, it is common for the Han people to leave the customs and the Jurchens to enter the customs. Most people are not eligible for the ultimatum, because more goods need to be smuggled and sold. Regulation and exploitation.The guards knew this well, blocking people was following orders, and letting people go was even more tacit, as long as they could afford the bribe money, they could come and go freely.If you can't afford it, then I'm sorry, I have to deal with business.

In this way, the first team passed the customs smoothly.Sui'er was mixed in the team, and her heart was pounding when she exited the customs, but the smooth exit was somewhat beyond her expectations.It is good to be able to exit the customs smoothly, but the lax defense here made her feel a little chilly.No wonder the Jurchens have already infiltrated into the mainland of Ming Dynasty. If Liaodong, the frontline, can't hold on, how can there be hope inside?

As they planned, the second, third, and seventh teams all passed the level in the same way.The number of Han Chinese leaving the customs today is obviously slightly more than usual.The guards at the east gate were also aware of it, but they didn't care. The more people leaving the gate, the more money they could get, which was a good thing for them.

When the eighth and ninth teams entered the horse market, there was only a quarter of an hour left before the market closed, but the tenth team outside the west gate of Guancheng suddenly found the pursuers with the Li character banner behind them. They arrived suddenly, and the observers on the turret of the West Gate discovered the thousands of troops, so they blew the horn for warning.

The leader of the tenth team was Wang Xu, who was raising eagles. Since Guancheng was built on a high hill, he could see the fast-approaching pursuers on the plain below.He saw a cavalryman with a command flag behind his back was taking his hands off the reins, using only his legs to control the horse, and raising the command flag with both hands began to signal the flag to the observation guards on the corner tower of Guancheng.

"Closing the city gate, entry and exit are prohibited." Wang Xu narrowed his eyes, moved his lips, and read out the banner softly.Knowing something was wrong, he immediately stretched out his arms and released the falcon standing above his arms.

The purpose of Guo Dayou letting him be the rear is to let him fly the falcon as soon as possible if the pursuers catch up, or if other accidents happen that prevent the personnel from leaving the customs.

Wang Xu let the falcon fly, and immediately led his team to the west gate of Guancheng.At that time, the guards on the turret had just received the flag, and they were not as quick as Wang Xu, and hadn't fully understood the flag, so they didn't order to close the city gate, but the guards at the gate were a little vigilant, looking out.He didn't pay attention to Wang Xu and his team of ten people, so he let them in like this.

And Guo Dayou, who was far above the northeast corner building, suddenly heard the sound of the warning horn, and then observed the high-flying falcon.

So he immediately took out the red cloth, shook it quickly, and cooperated with sign language to increase the range of motion.The leaders of the eighth and ninth teams, who had been observing the northeast corner building, immediately received the signal. Without caring so much, they led the team to speed up and rushed towards the east gate.And the tenth team followed closely behind, and the three teams immediately gathered in the Guancheng to form a team of 30 people, and hurried to the east gate, full of murderous aura, so scared that many business travelers looked at them with strange eyes.

At that time, the observers on the west corner finally deciphered the flag and hurriedly blew the horn again. This time the sound of the horn changed.The observers on the rest of the turrets responded immediately, and collectively began to blow the triple horn.However, Guo Dayou on the northeast corner of the building did not blow the horn. He observed the situation of the 30-person team below.

What's worse, the guards at the east gate who heard the sound of the three-stage trumpet reacted very quickly, and immediately began to close the city gate, and pulled up the poles to block the way out of the east gate.

The team of 30 people was immediately blocked in the east gate and could not get out.But at this time, not only were they blocked, but also dozens of business travelers who were about to leave the customs were blocked. They mixed in, which was not a complete exposure of their identities, but they were uniform and somewhat eye-catching.

"Brothers, get ready to fight." The leader of the eighth team is a Jinyiwei Baihu, named Liu Ang, a master of swordsmanship in the Beisi Inspection Office.He whispered, and put his hand under the saddle of the horse beside him.Almost all of them made such an action like him, and all of their weapons were hidden in it.

At this time, at the west gate, thousands of pursuers had rushed to the gate, and the leading officer was shouting to the generals on the tower.Guo Dayou knew in his heart that he had to rush out before they could react.So he made a decisive decision, and at the moment when the three-duan horn had stopped, he suddenly turned up to the sky and blew the long-tone horn.

And Meng Kuang, who had been waiting for a long time on the eaves of the main hall of the Southwest Army Yamen, suddenly raised his head. What she was waiting for was this horn!

She stood up, with a cold light in her eyes, and the white snow covering her body shook off one after another. She jumped off the roof, twisted her body immediately after landing, and walked into the main hall. Inside, she was so frightened that her hands shook, she screamed, and the basin full of hot water was knocked to the ground.It alarmed Li Xing who was sleeping soundly on the kang in the inner hall.

"What's wrong?" Dazed Li Xing didn't even hear the sound of the horn before, and he was still dazed at this moment.The next moment, he was held against the throat by a cold blade, and then he was kneeled on the kang, his hands were cut behind his back, and he was tied tightly by a rope.

"Follow me, or I will cut your throat." Meng Kuang said coldly, lowering his voice.

Li Xing didn't dare to breathe out, cold sweat broke out all over his body for a moment, and the wine suddenly woke up.

"who are you?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Say what I told you to say!" The cold blade was embedded in the skin of Li Xing's neck, blood seeped out, and his jaw trembled in pain.The man behind him was full of murderous intent, and Li Xing had no doubts about this man's murderous intent.

"Okay, okay, don't be impulsive."

Meng Kuang didn't say anything more, dragged him out of the main hall, hijacked him all the way to the back door, alarmed many servants and guards in the yamen along the way, but because Li Xing was kidnapped, they didn't dare to act rashly .Meng Kuang hijacked Li Xing out the back door, then threw him on a horse, and controlled him to ride to the east gate.Behind them, the guards in the military yamen also got on their horses in a panic and chased them away.

At that time, because Guo Dayou who blew the horn on the northeast corner building attracted everyone's attention, his identity was immediately exposed, and immediately a guard officer led people to the northeast corner building on his side.

Guo Dayou calmly, went down the turret, and met the guards who came head-on. He drew out a pair of iron maces from his waist, and strode forward to meet them.

The west gate of the city has been opened, and thousands of pursuers have rushed into the city.The 30-man team at the east gate was in danger, and there was no time to wait. Liu Ang, the leader, immediately drew his knife and shouted:

"rush!"

Thirty gleaming knives were pulled out in an instant, and the 30 Jinyiwei mounted their horses and charged towards the east gate of Guancheng.