Kai Fu Han

Chapter 11 Night Attack
At Xu time (20 o'clock) in late autumn, Liujiabao's 22-man night attack team, enhanced by the possession of military commander cards, appeared outside the south wall of Liujiabao.

The weather is very good tonight. The moon, which has just passed the fifteenth day, looks quite round. The moonlight is shining on the ground, and the visibility is quite high.

Everyone in the team was lying on the ground. In the dim night, most people couldn't see clearly from more than three feet away.However, in the eyes of the team, the fortress wall fifty feet away was still clearly visible. It seemed that the attributes of the general card were comprehensive, and one of them was night vision.

"Brother Xin'ang, do you still remember the location of the secret door on the south wall?" Liu Qi lay next to Liu Xin'ang and asked softly.

"How could I forget? I will never forget even if I die. I remember it very clearly." Liu Xin'ang looked in the direction of the fortress wall and replied repetitively, with gritted teeth, as if the Jurchen Tatar who killed Uncle Zhixuan and his tribe were standing right next to him. before.

"That's good, let's sneak in through the secret door and try to see if we can make a sneak attack."

"Brother Xin'ang and I sneak in first to see if there are sentry posts. When we clear the sentry posts, you can come in through the secret door when you hear the signal." Liu Qi turned around and said to the team members lying behind him: "Don't be distracted. , keep an eye on where the two of us are entering from, and don’t fall behind. The signal is the cuckoo’s call, and if you hear it, follow immediately.”

The cuckoo is a bird that sings in spring. If you hear a cuckoo in this late autumn, it must be a human cry. However, this knowledge point is generally only known to the farming people. The Jurchens are a fishing and hunting people, so they may not know it.

The cuckoo call was chosen to prevent the real bird from chirping, which would mislead the team members behind, causing them to act in advance and alert the enemy.

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Liu Qi and Liu Xin'ang, short and stealthily sneaked towards the secret door. When they reached the base of the fort wall, they found that the secret door that was destroyed at noon was not blocked.

Liu Qi picked up a small clod of soil and gently threw it in through the doorway.

"Crack!...Crack!..."

The sound of clods of soil hitting the wall and then bouncing to the ground was very small. Then Liu Qi listened carefully. No other sounds came from it. It seemed that there was no one guarding the door.

Liu Qizhi told Liu Xin'ang to wait a moment, and carefully walked in the door with a crossbow in his hand. After entering the door, he immediately glanced around, and saw a few figures lying on the ground in the alley, motionless, and walked over gently. They are the corpses of clan members.

Liu Qi felt his blood rushing to his head. He really wanted to go in immediately and kill all the Jurchen Tatars to avenge his people.But with a short manpower, the overall situation is still the most important.

He took a few steps around again, checked carefully, and after confirming that no one was there, he coughed lightly.After receiving the signal, Liu Xinang also followed in.

"You pay attention to the northwest, and I'm looking to the northeast. Let's slowly move toward the sunbathing area. Lean against the wall. If you see a Tatar, shoot directly. You don't need to signal me, I will cooperate with you." Liu Qi said softly to Liu Xin'ang, What Liu Xin'ang took was the horn recurve bow and the one-stone war bow left behind by the Tatars that Liu Qi had killed before.

"Okay." Liu Xinang returned softly.

After saying "Let's go", Liu Qi walked along the west wall, facing northeast and slowly walked north. Liu Xin'ang also followed the east wall, facing northwest and walked slowly north.

Along the way, I encountered the corpses of several tribesmen from time to time, and I also saw several corpses in the yards on both sides of the alley.Liu Qi endured the anger in his heart and carefully checked his surroundings while heading towards the drying area.

We walked all the way to the entrance of Shaichang and didn't meet a single Tatar.

Liu Qi poked his head out from behind the wall beside the drying yard and looked towards the drying yard. He saw a lot of supplies placed on the drying yard. A large number of horses were tied up in the northeast corner of the drying yard. The specific number was due to the darkness at night, so Liu Qi added There are relatively few attributes, so I can’t see clearly. There must be hundreds.

A big fire was lit in the middle of the sunbathing area. Around the fire, a dozen Jurchen Tatars were lying or sitting, eating, drinking and chatting. In the distance, the ancestral hall was brightly lit, and loud shouts and laughter could be heard from far away. Accompanied by screams.

Liu Qi made a retreat gesture to Liu Xin'ang and slowly retreated into the alley, Liu Xin'ang also retreated.

"You go out to pick them up and come directly here." Liu Qi told Liu Xiang: "Except for the dozen or so Jurchen Tatars who are drying themselves in the field, all the other Jurchen Tatars should be in the ancestral hall."

"After a while, I quietly walked to the east. When I saw you coming, I rushed out to attract their attention. Then you rushed out together, first pushing the Tatars in the drying yard, and then rushed directly into the ancestral hall. At this time, we are in close combat, and the Jurchens cannot take advantage of their bows and arrows, so we have a great chance of victory."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Liu Xin'ang replied.

"Go ahead and give them a clear explanation outside. When we come in, we'll start directly." Liu Qi said again.

"Okay, I'm leaving." After Liu Xinang finished speaking, he walked towards the secret door.

After Liu Qi saw Liu Xin'ang leave, he used his familiarity with the surrounding yards to sneak to the east of the drying yard, then sneaked to the side of the drying yard and stared at the alley entrance to the south, waiting for action.

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Secret door in the south wall.

After Liu Xinang went out, he imitated the cuckoo call twice to the hiding place of the small team.

After waiting for a few breaths, he saw the team members rushing over softly. When everyone gathered around, Liu Xinang made arrangements.

"From here to the drying yard, there is no follower along the way. We will pass quickly later. There are more than a dozen Jurchen Tartars on the drying yard. The other Jurchen Tartars should all be in the ancestral hall."

"When we arrived at the sunbathing field, Liu Qihui first attracted the attention of the Tatars from the east, and then we rushed out immediately. The one with the bow and arrow shot first, and then everyone quickly followed up and killed the Tatars on the sunbathing field first. , rushed directly into the ancestral hall without stopping, and when they saw the Jurchen Tatars, they chopped them down until they all lay down."

"Do you understand?" After finishing speaking, Liu Xinang asked softly.

"Understood" everyone replied softly.

"Let's go," Liu Xin'ang said, took the lead and got into the door and ran towards the drying area.

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Liu Qi, who was staring at the entrance of the alley to the south, saw Liu Xin'ang sticking his head out there, and rushed directly into the drying area. He first raised his crossbow and shot two arrows at the Jurchen Tatars, and shouted: "Dog Tatars!" .Then without looking at the result, he threw himself to the ground.

On the Tatar side, because they were resting at night, they were not wearing armor. Two people were shot directly by Liu Qi. One was shot in the back of the heart and died directly. The other was shot in the shoulder and cried out in pain.The others noticed that there was a sneak attack and looked eastward together, looking for a place to hide.

Unfortunately, they were hiding in the wrong direction, and were guarding the east.

Seeing Liu Qi's action, the members of the sneak attack team rushed out. They first shot a wave of arrows at the Jurchens, shooting down seven or eight people. Then they drew their swords and rushed forward quickly. At a distance of more than ten feet, these super The warrior passed by in the blink of an eye.

"Puff, puff" the sound of the knife piercing the flesh came one after another, and the Tartars screamed one after another.Before half of the soldiers saw blood on their swords, all the Tatars outside had been killed.

"Don't stop, rush directly into the ancestral hall and avenge your clan members."

At this time, there was no need to hide. Liu Qi shouted and took the lead in rushing into the ancestral hall.

Unexpectedly, the Tatars in the ancestral hall were still drinking and having fun before they could react.Only a few Tatars closest to the door looked out with doubts, but did not get up to check.It was bright inside the ancestral hall, but dark outside, so they probably couldn't see anything clearly.

Liu Qi rushed through the door, looked at the nearest Tatar, and slashed his neck with a knife. The Tatar didn't even react, and his head was chopped off with a knife.

Then, the soldiers who followed rushed in one after another, drowning the group of drunken Tatars like a flood.

After killing another Tatar, Liu Qi looked around and found that there were not many Jurchen Tatars left standing.

"Leave a few alive," Liu Qi shouted.

Hearing Liu Qi's shouts, the remaining warriors surrounding the Tatars adjusted their movements and tried their best to avoid the Tatars' fatal parts with their swords.

Gradually, the shouts in the ancestral hall became lower.

"Tie them up first. Let's clean up the Jurchen Tatars in the fort first, and then come here for interrogation." Liu Qi ordered again.

After all the living Tatars have been tied up.

Liu Qi looked around and found that the 21 tribesmen who followed him in the night attack were all standing, with complete hands and feet, and no one was seriously injured.

Looking at Liu Xin'ang, he found that the rattan armor on his upper body was damaged in many places, and the clothes on both arms had been cut into tatters.Liu Qi stepped forward and lifted up the torn pieces of clothes. There were small wounds on the skin of Liu Xinang's damaged clothes, but they were no longer bleeding.

It seems that this should be a reflection of the "defense" in the attributes. Since Liu Xinang was slashed with so many knives and he was still standing vigorously, "defense" should include resistance to blows, resistance to knife cuts, and greatly enhanced recovery.

Since the possession of the general card is so powerful, Liu Qi can safely let the team members disperse.Then he arranged for Liu Xin'ang: "Brother Xin'ang, take ten people to the north gate to see if there are any Tatars in the north, and kill all the Tatars found along the way. If you meet any tribesmen who are hiding, let them all come to the ancestral hall. .”

"Okay." After Liu Xinang finished speaking, he ordered ten people to leave the ancestral hall and walked north.

"Brother Xingang, take five people and head towards the south gate. There should be no Tatars there, but you can search carefully again. Likewise, if you meet clan members who are hiding, ask them all to come to the ancestral hall." Liu Qi told Liu Xingang arranged.

"Okay." Just after Liu Xing finished answering, he also ordered five people to leave the ancestral hall and walked south.

"Xinbao, count the Tatars in the sunbathing field and the ancestral hall to see how many there are in total." Liu Qi arranged for Liu Xinbao.

"Xinkuan, look at these living Tatars. Anyone who makes any move will be killed directly." Then he arranged for Liu Xinkuan.

Seeing that both of them started to take action, he said to the remaining two people: "You two and I will quickly untie all the clan members in the ancestral hall."

After speaking, Liu Qi walked directly towards a tribesman who was tied to a pillar.

The untied tribesman woke up and opened his eyes to see that it was Liu Qi who had rescued him. He asked doubtfully: "Xinqi, why is it you, and you have also been arrested? Where are the tribesmen in the hunting stronghold?"

"Don't worry, look around, we won, the Tatars are dead, and everyone is safe now."

The clansmen looked around and felt relieved when they saw the bodies of Jurchen Tartars on the ground.

"Since you have won, go to the cellar and take a look. Mr. Zhou is hiding down there with the old, weak and wounded. The Jurchen Tatars probably haven't discovered it yet. They tortured me before, but I didn't tell them."

When the clan was preparing for war, they hid most of their food and belongings in three cellars under the drying yard.Two of the cellars contain food and general belongings, and are known to most of the tribe.There is one person who hides valuables in the clan, and only the clan leader, clan elders and daily care and management personnel know about it.

"Which cellar is it?" Liu Qi asked.

"The entrance to the one where valuables are hidden is under the bed in the west wing of the ancestral hall." the tribesman replied.

"Okay, you can rest, I'll go right away." After saying that, Liu Qi picked up the tribesman and placed him on the straw mat that the soldiers had just brought in, and then walked towards the west wing behind the ancestral hall.

The layout of the west wing room is very simple. There is a cabinet standing against the wall opposite the door. On the north side of the cabinet, there is a wooden bed against the wall. The bed is not big, three feet wide and six feet long.

Liu Qi stepped forward and grabbed the edge of the bed, and moved the bed away with force. He saw that there was a normal brick floor under the bed, and the entrance to the cellar could not be seen.

Liu Qi unloaded the long spear on his back, and hit the ground with the barrel of the gun, "Boom, boom, boom..." He tapped back and forth several times, and found that the three-foot-square place close to the corner, the knocking sound Unlike other places.

Lying on the ground and looking carefully, I found that the brick joints around this piece of ground were indeed different from the surrounding ones. There was less dust than other brick joints around it, and it seemed to be artificially sprinkled and unevenly distributed.

After searching for a while, he couldn't find the mechanism. Liu Qi shouted to the ground:

"Mr. Zhou, I am Liu Qi. The Jurchen Tatars have been defeated by us. You can come out."

...

"Mr. Zhou, I am Liu Qi. The Jurchen Tatars have been defeated by us. You can come out."

...

He yelled four or five times in a row, but no one answered.

"Stop shouting. To prevent fraud, people inside will not respond to shouts from outside."

Looking back, it was the tribesman who had been rescued just now. He was helped in by a soldier and said to him.

"Then how to open this cellar?" Liu Qi asked.

"Attach the north wall, count from west to east, and the eighth brick can be pried up. Put your handle under the brick." The tribesman replied.

Liu Qi counted to the eighth brick according to his words, and lifted the brick with the tip of his gun. He saw that there was a layer of wood underneath. There was a shallow groove in the middle of the wooden surface where the brick was lifted, and the gap was filled with A piece of rope as thick as your thumb.

Liu Qi picked up the rope, grasped it with both hands, got into a horse stance, and lifted the board with all his strength. The entire board was about three feet long and wide, with 4*836 bricks stuck on it.

Lift the board and put it aside. Under the board is the cellar entrance, which is slightly smaller than the board.Looking down, Mr. Zhou was standing under the entrance, looking up. He saw Liu Qi looking down and asked:
"Did you really defeat the Tatars?" Maybe some dust fell when he moved the wooden plank just now, which blinded his eyes. Mr. Zhou's eyes were a little red.

"Really, come up quickly. It's safe." Liu Qi's eyes were a little red as he thought about the corpses of the clansmen in the fort.

(End of this chapter)