Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 358
After discussing with Qin Feng and others, Dai Zhifan asked Ding Sixi to explain some details that should be paid attention to, and soon formulated a perfect rescue plan.At this time, he and Ding Sixi went down from the mountainside and came to the mountain road, and then followed Ding Sixi up the stairs and slowly climbed to the front of the Taoist temple.

More than a dozen Qing soldiers patrolled the Taoist temple with torches, appearing heavily guarded.A group of Dai Zhifan who had always noticed the climbing stairs couldn't help but suddenly drew his waist knife and shouted loudly: "Who is it? Why did you go up the mountain?"

Seeing this, Dai Zhifan, as Ding Sixi said, the Qing soldiers in Guannei should all be Zhang Cunren's personal guards, and they looked extremely elite, so he couldn't help but be more careful.

"Wang Bazong, don't panic, it's me~" Ding Sixi shuddered in front of more than 20 Qing soldiers who suddenly drew their swords and drew their bows, and Ding Sixi shuddered, but still trotted up hurriedly, and said with a smile.

Mr. Ba was obviously very familiar with Ding Sixi. In the darkness, he didn't see his face clearly, but he just heard the voice, and the sword he clenched tightly in his hand relaxed, and then he said with a smile, "It turned out to be Master Ding, why did you come here so late."

"The governor has an order to convey to Mr. Zhao Qian, so he had to run overnight." After the initial nervousness, Ding Sixi was no longer so afraid. He climbed the stairs, came to Mr. Zhao, and asked Said: "Mr. Zhao Qian ever slept?"

At this time, Dai Zhifan and several others also followed, Mr. Wang glanced at them, saw that there were only nine people, so he didn't care, so he said to Ding Sixi: "I should have not fallen asleep yet, so I will take Mr. Zhao with me." past."

On the mountainside in the distance, a Ming soldier saw Dai Zhifan enter the temple with a torch held by the Qing soldiers at the gate, and immediately returned from a long distance, came to Qin Feng, knelt down on one knee and said: "Report to Qianhu, Hou Grandpa has successfully entered the watch."

Qin Feng was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Very well, everyone follows the plan. First tie up the ladders, and then split up. As soon as the general sends a signal, they will immediately jump over the wall and enter."

"No~" All the Ming soldiers clasped their fists in response immediately.

At this time, Dai Zhifan and his party had already entered the temple. They came to the main hall of the Taoist temple. Two Qing soldiers were standing guard in front of a house. Not in the house, but went to the West Wing, Mr. Ding can wait here for a while, so I will report it!"

Hearing this, Dai Zhifan frowned, and quickly used his only remaining eye to wink at Ding Sixi. Ding Sixi understood, and immediately said: "Don't bother, I will do the same when I go to the West Chamber."

When Wang Bazong heard the words, he hesitated for a while, and his eyes fell on the Ming soldiers behind Ding Sixi.Seeing this, Ding Sixi shuddered slightly, and quickly pretended to be calm and said: "Dai Si, you follow, the others are waiting here, please trouble Boss Wang to lead the way!"

Seeing this, President Wang couldn't say anything more, so he led Ding Sixi and Dai Zhifan to the West Chamber.

The Taoist temple is not very big, and after a while, the three of them arrived at the west chamber, and saw two Qing soldiers standing in front of a room, and two voices came from inside.

"His Royal Highness Tang, now that he is captured, he should take care of himself, take good care of his body, eat some food and drink some water~"

"If I drink a spoonful of water from you, how can I see the late emperor in the ground!"

The Qing court has always refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Nanming regime. It denounced Emperor Anzong as a false king of Fu and Emperor Longwu as a false king of Tang. The legitimacy of revenge is to show the legitimacy of the Qing court's succession to China's great rule.

For such a conspiracy, future generations should see through it, but many emperors nowadays also believe that Chongzhen is the last emperor of Ming Dynasty, and ignore the Nanming regime that has persisted in the south for many years. Then how many loyal ministers and righteous men fought to death in Nanming for more than [-] years? What is the point of fighting?Are they traitors?

Dai Zhifan was shocked when he heard the sound, His Majesty was indeed locked in the West Chamber.

At this time, he secretly observed and remembered the layout of the West Chamber in his mind. After all, Emperor Longwu was not an ordinary person. With Empress Zeng in the West Chamber, all conditions were much better. The defense of the Qing soldiers was also tight on the outside and loose on the inside. Enough space to move around.

Outside the west chamber, there were twenty Qing soldiers closely guarding it, but there were only six Qing soldiers watching inside.

At this time, the voices in the room stopped, and then a Qing general came out of the room angrily, just in time to bump into Dai Zhifan and his party.

The general was none other than Zhao Zihao from Qianhu who was in charge of guarding the Purple Light Temple, he was the cousin of Zhang Cunren's concubine, he was quite shrewd and was highly valued by Zhang Cunren, that's why he was asked to guard Emperor Longwu.

At this time, Zhao Zihao bumped into Ding Sixi, couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and then asked: "What is Master Ding doing here?"

Ding Sixi quickly bowed and took out the letter from his chest. Of course, the blood-stained envelope had been replaced. He handed it to Zhao Qianhu, and then said: "Your Excellency has important orders for Zhao Qianhu, so let me send them in a hurry. .”

Zhao Zihao took it, and the soldiers immediately leaned on the torch. He pulled out the letter paper and saw that it was Zhang Cunren's notes, so he looked carefully.

"Haha~" Zhao Zihao finished watching, the anger disappeared immediately on his face, and he said with a smile: "Master Ding brought good news! That master doesn't eat or drink, and he wants to learn from Emperor Chongzhen. It’s easy to explain, I have to come to see it three times a day, and now I can finally send it down the mountain, which can be regarded as a heavy burden. Let’s go, go back to XX’s residence, Master Ding will accompany XX to have a drink.”

Now Dai Zhifan had no choice but to leave the West Chamber again, and was arranged to rest in the backyard by the Qing soldiers.

In the blink of an eye, the fifth watch was approaching, and more than 100 black shadows quietly touched outside the west wall, hiding under the cover of weeds.

At the same time, outside the east wall, the same scene just now took place. A Qing army patrol team of dozens of people passed in front of them, but they didn't notice it at all.

In the backyard of the Taoist temple, nine black shadows quietly touched the high wall outside the west chamber, and hid themselves with the trees and rockery in the courtyard.

Dai Zhifan's first task was to protect Emperor Longwu. As long as he kept the emperor by his side, it shouldn't be too difficult to kill two hundred Qing soldiers with three hundred elite Ming soldiers.

At this time, Dai Zhifan called several Ming soldiers to his side, and then ordered in a low voice: "There are six Qing soldiers guarding the west chamber, but there are at least 20 people outside! After we turn in, we must attack quickly and ruthlessly." Spicy, don't hesitate a bit, once you succeed, immediately swarm into the house to protect His Majesty, and then send out a signal, understand?"

The Ming army who came in with Dai Zhifan, either the general flag or the small flag, were all capable men, they immediately responded in a low voice: "Please rest assured, Lord Hou, there will be no problems!" Several people agreed, and immediately followed Dai Zhifan Standing up, he jumped over the eight-foot-high wall with both hands and fell into the west chamber.

The fifth watch is a time when people sleep soundly. The six guards stood there all night, all a little listless, but they were obviously much more elite than ordinary Qing soldiers, and they did not slack off.

Dai Zhifan and others jumped into the courtyard. A Qing soldier who was closer immediately aroused a trace of vigilance. He drew his saber and walked towards the dark corner to see what was making the noise.

And the moment he came with the torch, Dai Zhifan opened his bow and set an arrow, and the poisoned arrow shot directly through his throat, and the soldier immediately fell to the ground clutching his throat.

"who?"

The few Qing soldiers left in the yard suddenly screamed, but several feathered arrows were shot at the same time, and the remaining five Qing soldiers fell to the ground without even screaming.Dai Zhifan and several Ming soldiers jumped up at the same time and rushed towards the west chamber. He kicked open the door of the room and rushed in. He saw a figure sitting up from the bed in the darkness. Worship: "Minister Dai Zhifan came too late to save you, please forgive your majesty~"

At the same time, a rocket shot out of the wall, making a crisp sound in the night sky, and then exploded in mid-air. It could be seen from ten miles away. This was the signal to attack. With a strong finger, he yelled "Kill!" The soldiers of the Ming army immediately set up long ladders, and entered from the east and west sides over the wall.

All of this happened in an instant. When the Qing soldiers outside the west chamber heard the shouts from the courtyard, they were about to enter the courtyard for support, but they heard a sudden killing sound outside the Taoist temple, and immediately shouted. In the room, nearly a hundred soldiers also rushed out in disheveled clothes.They panicked for a while, seeing hundreds of Ming troops jumping over the wall and rushing in, they were immediately frightened.

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