Pei Dahu arranged for Wu Xiao and two guards to stay in the Yang Mansion. If Dongchang Fanzi suddenly arrived, the three of them would be responsible for covering Yang Hao's escape.
Yang Hao had taken out a pair of fine fish scale armor from the house. After asking Wu Xiao to help him put it on, he called a servant and warned:
"Take my badge and do what you usually do during night duty. When the matter is done, take them to the dock immediately. There is no need to come back. We will meet at the dock."
The servant agreed and bid farewell to Yang Hao with tears in his eyes.
Everyone put on their Ming army mandarin duck war jackets and took advantage of the darkness to ride horses towards the Shuiying arsenal.
On the way, Shen Lian told his subordinates in a few words what they had just experienced in the Yang Mansion. After hearing this, all the Jinyi guards were filled with enthusiasm.
These gangsters have been working in Dongchang for many years. They have killed countless people and are fierce by nature. Their personal martial arts skills are not to mention, but they know very little about this army.
As soon as they heard that they were going to the arsenal to get weapons and some Fran cannons, everyone was extremely excited.
Lu Jianxing even shouted that he would fire a few shots at the city gate later to let Xu Xianchun know how powerful he was.
Shen Lian warned everyone to stay calm.
Everyone's task tonight is to guard the Zhangjiawan Pier and wait until dawn to escape Tianjin by boat. He particularly emphasized that when a fight breaks out, innocent people must not be harmed.
Finally, Shen Lian announced that from now on, everything must be obeyed by Pei Dahu's command and no actions should be taken without authorization, otherwise don't blame yourself for being rude.
Everyone looked at Shen Lian's fierce eyes and knew that he was not joking. They all agreed, not daring to make any more mistakes.
The streets were silent in the dark night, and the clatter of horse hooves could be heard far away along the bluestone pavement.
When a watchman saw this group of ghostly officers and soldiers, he hurriedly dropped his lantern and ran away.
Everyone said nothing and followed the servant slowly forward.
After walking two miles, a faint light appeared in front of them. The servant said to Pei Dahu and others:
"We have arrived at the water camp. One mile to the east is the arsenal. After leaving the arsenal and continuing east, there is the east gate. It is guarded by pacesetters and is under the control of Mr. Yang. After leaving the east gate, you will reach Zhangjiawan Pier."
"Looking at this situation, there are a lot of patrols in the water camp tonight. I guess the French cannon won't be able to be transported. I'll blow up the cannon later!"
Pei Dahu nodded and said to the servant:
"Okay, get a few more Crouching Tiger Cannons."
The Ming Army's Furlong machine gun easily weighed seven to eight hundred kilograms, and there was not enough animal power. It would definitely not work if dozens of people carried it on their shoulders and pushed it.
The group of people came to the vicinity of the barracks. There were two sentries standing guard on the watchtower. The soldiers patrolling the entrance of the camp were hiding in the corner, warming themselves by the fire and dozing off.
The servant of the Yang Mansion stepped forward to wake up the patrolling soldiers, and took out the badge given to him by Yang Hao from his arms. The sentry looked at the servant impatiently and waved for them to leave quickly.
The camp gate creaked open, and the servant asked everyone to dismount, wrapped the horses' hooves with cloth, led the horses and filed in through the camp gate, quickly passed through the barracks, and continued walking eastward.
After walking for an unknown amount of time holding the torch, a little light appeared faintly in the distance.
Lin Yu was riding on a strong horse and gently calmed the restless horse. Shen Lian thought he was timid, so he leaned in front of him and said with a smile:
"Brother Lin, if you can survive this time, brother, I will help you find some wives. What kind of wives do you want?"
Lu Jianxing was surprised and said:
"Brother Shen also knows a woman in Shandong?"
Zhao Yuanzhi took a breath and said with a smile:
"There are grasses everywhere in the world, it just depends on whether Brother Shen can find them or not."
Just as Pei Dahu was about to speak, the servant in front whispered:
"arrive."
The Shuiying Arsenal is much larger than everyone imagined. From the outside, it looks like an endless military camp.
"Follow me and don't talk. They only recognize me."
Yang Hao's servants walked in the front, followed closely by Pei Dahu and others.
The group soon arrived at the entrance of the arsenal.
There were several large vats at the door, with bonfires burning in them. Three soldiers huddled around the fire and dozed off.
Hearing the noise, a soldier raised his eyelids sleepily and looked at the group of pedestrians.
The servant waved to him, approached the soldier, and said with a kind face:
"Thank you for your hard work, brother, go back and rest."
After saying that, he waved his badge in front of his eyes. The soldier glanced at him, turned around, ran to the big vat, peed, cursed and kicked several of his companions awake, and told them to go back to camp to rest.
Yang Hao has been working on the coastal defense road in Tianjin for the past two years. In addition to being greedy for money, he also spends money everywhere.
In the past two years, he has managed more or less things on the ground in Tianjin, from the governor of Tianjin to the servants of each camp. He has a particularly good relationship with the generals in Shuiying, and they are like brothers. All of this is to ensure that he will run away safely in the future.
Yang Hao often sent pacesetters to the arsenal to assist in night watch. The bosses knew that this was for the purpose of pretending to receive wages, so they turned a blind eye to Yang Hao.
Just now, when the guard saw the servant wearing a waistband, he thought he was a pacesetter and was on duty again, without any interrogation at all.
"Yang Jinglue is really good at it!"
Shen Lian couldn't help but sigh. He boasted that he had both sides in the Zhenfu Division, but compared with Yang Hao, he was not even on the same level.
"Open the door quickly and let's talk after we go in."
The servant took out the key and was about to unlock the door when two lanterns were set up more than 20 steps away and walked straight towards the group of people.
The servant's face was full of panic and he whispered to everyone:
"Maybe it's Boss Fan. He sometimes patrols the night himself. If he sees us, we'll be in trouble."
The surrounding atmosphere suddenly became tense. Shen Lian's eyes were fixed on the two approaching lanterns, and everyone else's fingers were pressing towards the scabbard.
Pei Dahu whispered: "Don't act rashly."
When the lantern got closer, I realized it was two soldiers on duty.
Two soldiers on duty came to the crowd carrying lanterns and looked at them curiously. One of them stared at Pei Dahu's face.
The servant of the Yang Mansion put two pieces of silver under the belt card, stuffed the belt card into the soldier's hand, and whispered:
"Two brothers, these are Lu Tongzhi's guards. The harvest in the fields is not good. They came to Yang Mansion to ask for an errand during the twelfth lunar month. Don't worry, we will leave tomorrow."
Guard soldiers served as combat soldiers or prepared Japanese soldiers for use. Such things should have happened frequently.
The two soldiers carried the lantern aside, and with Pei Dahu and the others behind their backs, they gave a few instructions to the servants of the Yang family, then turned around and walked away with the silver.
The servant waited for the lantern to go away and shouted loudly to the back of the soldier:
"Brothers from Shuiying, go back quickly, my wife is still waiting for you in bed,"
Bursts of laughter came from all sides, and the water camp soldiers guarding the arsenal yawned and walked in groups of three to five toward the main camp three miles away like lonely ghosts.
After the guard had left, the servant took out the key that Mr. Yang had given him and tried it twice on the keyhole. On the third time, it opened with a click.
Everyone took a breath and looked at the arsenal door with anticipation.
Even the taciturn Lin Yu was quite excited and scratched his head at the door.
Pei Dahu smiled and said:
"Big man Lin, get a mace or a Guan Gong knife later! When the fight starts, you'll be in front to clear the way!"
Pei Dahu said, then reached out to push the door open.
After pushing twice, the door didn't budge.
"What's wrong, there should be a lock added. The key is with Lu Tongzhi."
"What should we do?"
Pei Dahu nodded to Lin Yu. The giant beast took two steps back and slammed its body against the door.
There was a rumble, a cloud of dust rose up in the darkness, and the door was knocked open.
Then, a strong smell of sulfur and gunpowder hit his nose. Pei Dahu sneezed and quickly told the people behind him to put out the torches and light up the lanterns.
Under the illumination of more than a dozen lanterns, the outline of the interior of the arsenal gradually became clearer, and everyone began to observe the storage in this warehouse.
Gunpowder, swords, palladium, axes, shields, firearms, tiger cannons, rockets, ammunition, armor, military uniforms, bedding, tents, cloth, cotton, saddles, leather...
Pei Dahu looked at the mountains of gunpowder, saltpeter, and sulfur, and told the lantern to stay away from the gunpowder.
It seems that not only Tianjin Shuying gunpowder is stored here, but also gunpowder for Japanese troops and guards. If tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder were ignited, they might not even be able to find the bones.
Pei Dahu looked back at Shen Lian.
"Kill the guards outside who haven't returned to camp! Don't leave any alive!"
Shen Lian nodded to the two younger brothers. Lu Jianxing and Zhao Yuanzhi immediately brought a few fans with them, holding the Yanling knife in hand, and walked out without saying a word.
After several screams, more than a dozen guards died in the dark night sneak attack by the Jin Yiwei.
Pei Dahu gathered everyone and whispered:
"The two of them went to be on guard outside the arsenal. The others seized the time and looked for the weapons and armor they had first. The Jin Yiwei carried the guns, and the soldiers carried the ammunition and the Tiger Crouching Cannon! I didn't look for the French cannon. It's too heavy! I can't pick it up. Walk!"
Everyone agreed and immediately divided up to choose their favorite armor and weapons.
Lu Jianxing was very interested in saddles. He quickly picked out a batch of high-quality saddles with good leather and fine workmanship. He ran back and forth inside and outside the warehouse with excitement on his face, and put new saddles on everyone's horses.
"Hurry up! Get more armor, knives, and bows and arrows! They'll come in handy when you're killing people!"
Pei Dahu kept urging from the side.
"Brother Shen, look at the steel mouth of this Miao sword. It can cut ten people without breaking."
Zhao Yuanzhi held a dozen fine Miao knives in his armpits and walked towards the door as if dragging firewood. As he walked, Miao knives fell from his armpits.
Shen Lian put on a pair of fish scale armor, then put on a layer of iron armor, and then began to search for fire guns.
Suddenly, in the corner, a sharkskin scabbard inlaid with dragon patterns aroused Jin Yiwei's interest.
He drew his sword out of its sheath and struck with murderous intent.
Several guards subconsciously took a few steps back to stay away from the murderous god.
Shen Lian raised the Miao Dao and approached the lantern:
"It turns out to be the work of Master Mao Shun. In the 25th year of Jiajing period, I met Yu Dayou's Huquan magic weapon that broke ten Japanese swords in a row!"
Shen Lian gently stroked the blade and murmured:
"Brother Dao, help me avenge the factory father today!"
At this time, rumbling footsteps came from around.
Everyone looked at each other and looked at Yang Hao's servant.
The servant is filling the quiver with triple barbed iron bone wolf fang arrows, and unfurls a fine large bow to adjust the bowstring:
"Don't worry, the water camp soldiers are not so fast!"
Everyone was still surprised.
Under the dim light, a giant wearing several layers of iron armor, holding a shield in his left hand and a pickaxe (a giant mace) in his right hand appeared in front of them.
Pei Dahu looked up at Lin Yu, who was a head taller than him, clasped his hands and laughed:
"Okay! You are worthy of being the second bravest warrior of our Central Army Guards. Even Dian Wei and Li Yuanba are reincarnated, but they are nothing more than that!"
"Let's go to Zhangjiagang!"
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