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As usual, the campfire in the thief camp was gradually extinguished, and the young man who had been out patrolling for a day was completing the handover work with his companions. Everyone was familiar with each other, so the whole process was not too serious, and sometimes they would make jokes.
"How long do you think Sanbao can be busy tonight?"
"No matter what he does, just let that kid eat meat. We will have plenty of opportunities in the future."
"Oh, I really want to see what he is doing..."
Bai Feng calculated that the guard would be relaxed at this moment and sneaked out of the barracks. Like a shadow, it passed under the eyes of the patrol boy, making no sound.
"Soon you will be able to see it." Bai Feng said in his heart. The flint in his hand had already drawn sparks. After several short attempts, the armament room was successfully ignited. He hurried to the next place and knocked down The guards followed the same example and set fire to the haystacks piled around the granary one by one.
Occasionally a dry wind blew up, and the fire burned even more fiercely.
"Come on, it's on fire!"
The first person who should have noticed something strange was the boy on duty at the arrow tower: the two arrow towers in front of the gate were the highest in the entire fortress, but it turned out that the soldiers patrolling at night only saw it after the fire burned for a while.
"Get up and put out the fire!"
More and more boys were called out of the camp gate. They rummaged through boxes and cabinets to find buckets, and they had no time to put on their clothes and armor.
"When we run out of water, dig snowdrifts to put out the fire! Without food, everyone will starve to death..."
The eagle was tickled by the movement outside the tent, so he went out and scolded: "You bastards, didn't you say you can't have open fires at night?"
"The Eagle, the granary and the armaments camp caught fire for some reason!"
"What!" The eagle kicked the messenger to the ground in anger, and then cursed: "Why didn't you call me out earlier! Everyone get up and put out the fire!"
But a moment later, there were several strange noises from the eagle's "nest". A young man walked out of it with an ax in his hand and laughed: "What kind of general is this? It's just two axes and it's gone."
After that, he threw out the "remnants" of the antler bow held high by the general of the dynasty. Seeing this, the eagle roared and said, "Sambo, what have you done! My bow, my bow, my bow..." The eagle picked up its "treasure" that was divided into two halves, feeling extremely sad.
"Eagle, look over there." The young man pointed in the direction of the arrow tower. Unexpectedly, there was also a fire there, and there was no familiar flag on the arrow tower. "You are in danger, why don't you just surrender?"
"You... who the hell are you!" Eagle blew his beard and glared, saying, "I'll kill you right now. Come on, bring me my weapons!"
The young man introduced himself: "I'm Bai Feng, haven't you asked me for advice yet?"
"Bai Feng?" Eagle's hand holding the knife began to hesitate: "Could it be..."
A boy on the side echoed, "Are you the Bai Feng from Beizhen?"
"Why, are you scared?" Before Bai Feng finished speaking, he picked up the ax and threw it at the head of a young boy.
He didn't react in time and was knocked to the ground by the axe. Bai Feng continued: "Now that I have no weapons and I am alone, you are not afraid anymore, right?"
The eagle seemed to sense something was wrong, and immediately ordered: "You guys, stop him for me. The rest of the people, all follow me to take back the arrow tower!"
"Hahaha, your reaction is not slow, you are worthy of being an 'Eagle'." Bai Feng laughed, then spun around and rushed to a suitable distance, with a flash of silver light hidden in his sleeve. Eagle didn't know that Bai Feng had such hidden weapon skills, so he grabbed a young boy to block the knife for him, then threw away the stabbed body, and took the opportunity to run to the front line of the fortress to support him.
Bai Feng picked up the abandoned weapon on the ground and said to the surrounding thieves: "There is nothing better than this. Why do you fight with me?"
It stands to reason that the Eagle can be considered a good person. He returned to the battlements to reorganize his army and began one charge after another, aiming to recapture the arrow tower. With its strong support, the thieves became like wolves and tigers, constantly attacking from the entrance of the city wall.
However, the people who succeeded in occupying the Arrow Tower not only gained the weather, but also the terrain. There were dozens of elites among them, and most of the others were militiamen who came as a temporary sign, but they were not afraid.
A total of about two hundred people guarded the city wall in front of the two entrances. The battle was bloody. Fu Wentao, Liu Mo, town official Lin Qi and others personally went into battle and killed until the sky was dark and the earth was dark.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted. It's not that the Eagle doesn't understand this truth, but he has no choice.
If you don't take down the arrow tower, your own people will not be able to take the initiative and will always be in a situation where the enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear; at the same time, the fire is getting fiercer and fiercer, and the militiamen and officers and soldiers who came to suppress the bandits have been setting fire... …
"There is no choice but to bite the bullet!" Not long after he made up his mind, the familiar nightmare came behind him again.
"Eagle, haven't you captured it yet?" Bai Feng walked alone in the sea of fire, raised his sword and faced him and said, "Now, you have no chance."
The eagle was shocked and asked, "You alone can take care of all the people behind you?"
Bai Feng remained silent and continued to move forward. His outline became clearer and clearer. His whole body was covered with traces of bloody battles, and his eyes were fixed on the "prey".
"Ahhh!" the eagle screamed miserably: "You, you, you, stop him quickly!"
Several groups of people withdrew from the city wall just to deal with Bai Feng, but the front of the battlefield was completely empty.
Taking this opportunity, Liu Mo on the city wall drew his bow and arrow, shot at the eagle, and hit his arm. The eagle heard the wind and fled, hiding behind the camp tent that was not yet burning, and took a few breaths.
It happened that Ayu, Yu Ke, and Mrs. Liu fled to the arrow tower to meet others and passed by this place. Mrs. Liu saw that the eagle was dying, and her murderous intention gradually became stronger.
She asked Yu Ke: "Bring the dagger!"
"What are you going to do?" Yu Ke was confused, but she still handed the dagger out.
Mrs. Liu glanced at the eagle, her face expressionless, then she clenched the dagger with both hands and stabbed the eagle's neck. She was immediately splashed with blood. She looked up to the sky and laughed, almost crazy: "Hahaha..."
Ayu was afraid that he would hurt his companions, so he protected Ayu and hid beside him.
"Finally, I have finally waited for this day!" Mrs. Liu's fingers were dipped in blood. She licked and smelled the blood of her "enemy" with satisfaction, and she threw the dagger on the ground.
"Madam, are you okay?" Ayu quietly went over to pick up the dagger, and then he and Yu Ke hurried to call for help.
After a while, when all the thieves were eliminated and surrendered, Liu Moxunsheng came to express condolences and found that it was indeed his wife who had been missing for half a year.
"Lihua, I'm here to save you!"
Liu Lihua should not.
"Lihua, you don't recognize me?"
Liu Lihua took half a step back, and her expression became frightened.
"I'm Liu Mo! Lihua, what did you do?"
Liu Lihua slowly retreated to a barracks that was still burning and said softly: "I'm sorry."
After speaking, she jumped into the sea of fire. From her pale face, which was choked by the fire and coughed, you could see a few crystal clear tears. Just a moment later, her hair, and the beautiful blue and white dress were all covered by the flames. The new clothes he wore were burned to ashes.
"Lihua!" Liu Mo roared, trying to rush in to save people several times, but Bai Feng simply arrived in time to stop him.
Under the choice, you can't help yourself.
Another gust of wind blew by, and black smoke rose everywhere, covering the moon and stars.
Liu Mo was lying on the ground, staring blankly ahead. Even though his eyes were red from the thick smoke, he never blinked again - what he saw might be even darker than the night.
"Young Master Bai, thank you for your hard work." Town Officer Lin Qi stepped forward and said, "Leave the rest to us."
Bai Feng understood and left immediately. After the war, a rough calculation showed that 400 enemies were killed and 100 were captured, which was another great victory.
The young swordsman took a few friends down the mountain and returned to the town first, but Yu Ke suddenly lost control of his emotions on the road and knelt down crying.
"It was me... I gave the dagger to Mrs. Liu, and then she went crazy?" Yu Ke murmured: "Why, why did it become like this?"
Bai Feng said: "A'ke, sometimes things are unpredictable. We are too weak! We don't have the ability to protect everyone."
"But, I didn't do what my sworn brother told me to do." Ayu looked at Bai Feng pitifully, and continued as if he was afraid of being kicked out of the house: "I know, it must be because I am too incompetent! No Like a sworn brother, he can kill the eagle with his own strength and retreat steadily."
"No, this is not my own strength." Bai Feng went over to help Yu Ke, took away the string of copper coins tied to her body, and said, "Because I have you behind me, I have that ability."
"Then why can't I even protect Mrs. Liu?"
"Mrs. Liu has suffered too much. Even if she is rescued, she may not be able to recover as before..." Bai Feng untied a copper coin and handed it to the other party: "Everything depends on people and God. Remember everything that happened today. —Take it."
Yu Ke held the copper coin in his hand.
"Use all your strength and throw it out!"
She threw the copper coins out, hesitated for a moment, and then burst into tears.
"You are such a kind boy."
After the two talked, Yu Ke fainted from exhaustion, and Bai Feng carried her all the way down the mountain. The four of them returned to the inn to rest for the night.
