Chapter 390 Night

Chapter 90

In the middle of the night, the officers and soldiers outside the North Gate suddenly launched an attack. A large number of archers rushed to the city and shot arrows in the city, shouting endlessly. Yang Hu, Qi Yanming and other leader of the thief soldiers panicked, and the thief soldiers at the head of the city also quickly shot arrows to defend, and immediately made a loud noise.

At the same time, under the faint light of the half-curved remnant moon, the simple village gate on the east side of the battalion of officers and soldiers opened, and five or six black shadows came out of the village gate and went east. After three or four miles, the sound of water in front of me came to a river.

"Master, this is the Surat River." The old mason's voice sounded.

Song Nan nodded and said, "Get ready, go into the water."

When everyone went down to the river bank, Li Daniu touched it slowly. As soon as he entered the water, he shouted, "The water is so cold that the old man doesn't know if he can stand it."

Song Nan bent down and stretched out his hand. The river was really cold and bone-piercing. He forgot that it was late October. If it was on the northern border, he might have ushered in the first snow of this year, but forgot whether the old mason could withstand it.

Unexpectedly, the old man stepped into the water without hesitation and said, "Is this also cold? In those years, I worked in the cold winter, which was several times colder than this. Now even if it is not as good as in those years, I can still stand this cold.

Song Nan pointed his finger and praised: "When you are old and strong, you will be impressed."

The crowd no longer hesitated and went down to the river one after another. Several of the people accompanying them were good swimers in the army. The two specially protected the old mason, and the two protected Song Nan. Li Daniu took the lead in exploring the way. Everyone left the river bank to the center of the river. After a while, they were taken by the strong current and drifted to the direction of Gozhou City.

The river is cold and piercing, and Song Nan only feels cold and can hardly breathe; the water flow in the center of the river is too rapid to resist the rapidness of the water flow. She can only try to keep her mouth and nose on top and drift with the waves.

It didn't take long for everyone to reach the left side of the city of Gozhou. Looking at the illuminated torch lanterns at the top of the city and the figures of the thief soldiers on the corner tower of the city wall, the people in the river became more and more careful. Although the sound of shouting on the battlefield in the north can attract some attention, it can attract some attention. However, the city wall of the east city Below, the front shouting is actually not very noticeable. On the contrary, against the sound of shouting, I feel that this side is quieter.

Fortunately, the sound of the river at night is the best cover. Everyone only leaks their heads in the water. It is estimated that when you look down from the city, the river is dark and you may not be able to see anything clearly.

Floating a miles or two along the city wall, you can already see the tall shadow of the gate of Dongcheng Gate in front of you. The old mason in front of him tried his best to point to the shore, and everyone understood that it was time to go ashore. Everyone struggled to swim to the shore and suddenly heard a soldier shouting softly. Li Daniel shouted, "What are you shouting? ? Looking for death?"

The soldier cursed, "There are spikes in the river, and the villain was stabbed on the soles of his feet. Be careful."

Everyone was shocked and their hearts tightened. Song Nan whispered, "Da Niu is exploring the way in front of him, and the rest follow him."

With Li Daniu's water quality, he is naturally not afraid of underwater spikes. Li Daniu held a sharp knife in his hand, dived into the bottom of the water, cut off the underwater spikes densely on the river bank one by one, and opened up a channel. Everyone also followed him step by step. It took half an hour to get to get to the river bank.

It is also a practice to defend the city by putting spikes in the moat to prevent the enemy from attacking the city, and this thorns are probably not laid by the thieves, but by the officers and soldiers who defended the city before. Unfortunately, such a strong city was easily broken by the thief soldiers, and Xu Yande lost the Dongchang Mansion. After being removed back to Beijing, his remaining soldiers did not even have the courage to defend the city.

There is still an open space more than ten feet away from the Sishui River and the city wall. This open space is a place of death. If it is found by the guards at the head of the city, there is no reason to survive. Everyone crawled up the shore like egg-laying sea turtles and slowly climbed to the dead corner under the root of the wall, which was relieved.

The wet body was blown by the wind, and everyone grinned with cold. Song Nan understood that she had to act quickly. If she delayed it, it would be too cold enough. In case anyone accidentally sneeze, everyone would be finished.

The old mason has squinted and slowly walked along the city wall in the hazy moonlight, carefully recalling the impression left in his mind decades ago. The dark canal has been built for too long. Fortunately, few people usually come to the open space outside the city wall to the river bank. There has basically no change for decades, but the memory of the old mason is Something went wrong.

"I remember that when the dark canal was built, there were several large blue stones under the root of the wall. When we came up from the water, we all sat on the stone to rest. How could we find them?" The old stoneman muttered softly and looked around.

Song Nan and others scratched their ears and cheeks behind them. The old mason went back and forth dozens of times. Suddenly, he patted his head and said, "Oh, I forgot this. After the dark canal was repaired, those big blue stones were carried down the river as a stone step by us. When I was old, I had no memory at all."

There was a sound from the top of the city, and the old man hurriedly stopped muttering. Everyone stuck to the wall of the city, looked up and saw the red light flashing. A team of thieves walking through the wall with torches, and the coughing and footsteps were clearly audible. After a long time, they walked north and the surroundings were calm again.

"My father-in-law, can you find a place?" Song Nan asked in a low voice.

"Master, I'm afraid there will be another river. It's nearly 20 steps to the left. After going into the water, you can feel the bluestone steps. The bottom of the water under the stone steps is the entrance of the dark canal." The old man whispered.

Song Nan nodded and waved to Li Daniu, "Da Niu, let's go down again."

Li Daniu agreed in a low voice. The old mason wanted to follow him. Song Nan waved his hand to stop him and said, "My father-in-law rested here. There is no need for my father-in-law to do these things."

The old mason was also very tired, so he nodded and pointed to the black river and said, "Master, remember that the river banks on both sides of the dark canal are very steep. In order to bury the dark canal deeply, the government ordered us to repair the sloping river bank straight. I don't know if there are sharp thorns on both sides. Military men should be extra careful."

Song Nan nodded and waved his hand. Everyone crawled to the ground and climbed into the river like a finished turtle. When they arrived at the shore, everyone slowly fell into the water. Sure enough, the place where their toes touched was not see the bottom. The old mason was true. The river bank of the river was dug steep and the water was very deep. I'm afraid this is also for the time of dry water. It is also possible to let the river enter the city from the deep buried dark canal.

Song Nan waved his hand, and everyone was divided into pieces and searched within more than 20 steps. Soon, he saw a soldier in the south getting out of the water and waving his hand. Everyone quickly gathered over and climbed one hand into the cracks in the rocks on the river bank to stabilize their bodies.

"Your Excellency, there are a few big stones below, maybe the blue stones my father-in-law said." The soldier gasped.

Without waiting for Song Nan to speak, Li Daniu sneaked into the bottom of the water. After a long time, he came up and said, "It's a dark canal. There is a one-person-high dark canal, just under the blue stone, about a few feet away from the surface of the water."

Song Nan was overjoyed and said, "Okay, make a mark on the river bank, and make a mark on the other side later, but don't forget."

Li Daniu nodded and said, "I'm going down. I just touched that there seemed to be an iron fence at the entrance of the dark canal to see if it can be broken."

Song Nan took a breath and drilled into the water. He only heard the water in his ear, and the water was dark. After a while, he did touch a protruding horizontal stone in his hand, and then it was indeed a square hole, and there was a weak water flowing into the hole.

Li Daniu also dived down. At the same time, they held the iron fence at the entrance of the dark canal and pulled it out, but the iron fence did not move. Li Daniu kicked it fiercely and the iron fence was kicked. Although it was rusty, it was still continuous because it was too thick. Song Nan couldn't hold her breath, rose quickly, and took a long breath. Li Daniel couldn't hold back and came out of his side.

"Brother Nan, what should I do?" Li Daniu asked with water on his face.

Song Nan thought for a moment and waved his hand and said, "Don't care, make a mark and let's go back."

Everyone climbed to the root of the wall and took the old mason north along the root of the wall. When they arrived, they crawled like water when they came to the shore, swam to the opposite bank with the water, ran east for several miles and then circled across the river back to the camp.

Hearing the return of the governor, the generals gathered in the big tent to ask. Hou Dabiao and Xu Tai no longer mastated. Under an order, all the flags and returned to the camp to sleep. The thieves on the top of the city suddenly saw that all the officers and soldiers withdrew. They felt very strange. The officers and soldiers did not even do a decent attack at all, and only shot a few rounds of arrows. Come on, the sound of shouting resounded through the sky. Is this the siege of officers and soldiers?

Yang Hu, Qi Yanming and other thieves laughed and shouted proudly at the head of the city, "Have you seen it? Officers and soldiers are all purulent eggs. It's all nonsense to say how the city is broken. Let me tell you, these officers and soldiers don't want to attack in all their lives. Some of you have crooked ideas and died as soon as possible. If you teach me to know that you are playing tricks behind your back, I will kill you alive.

The soldiers and the people in the city are speechless. Some people have planned to escape or respond when the city is broken or the officers and soldiers attack, but the officers and soldiers are incompetent. What's the use of just shouting and archery? They made up their mind that if the officers and soldiers do not break the city, they must not move. No one dares to be the leading bird, which will be cut into meat mud.