The setting sun was setting, and the night wind swept through the streets of Jiangling with a chill.
It was curfew time, and soldiers could be seen patrolling the streets and alleys in the city.
On the watchtower in the city, the soldiers were obviously staring at the surroundings more vigilantly than usual. Drummers and flag bearers holding torches were on standby nervously.
In Cao Ren's mansion, Chen Jiao, Cao Ren, Xu Huang and other generals were sitting at the table with solemn expressions, waiting for the news.
At this time, Song Xin had arrived at the agreed location, the northwest corner of Jiangling, ahead of schedule as planned. It was particularly quiet here today, as if the patrolling soldiers had deliberately ignored this area.
An inconspicuous little inn is hidden among a group of houses, with only two narrow roads in front and behind. At this time, the flames of the oil lamps in the house were dimly lit, vaguely reflecting several figures on the paper windows. The window paper was obviously newly replaced, and it was as white as the plain silk she wore during a funeral.
Song Xin walked to a place not far from the shop and saw that the appointed time was almost there, so he used his earth escape technique to sneak into the ground.
At the same time, he let go of his consciousness and carefully stared at everything on the ground. He saw Zhao Da, Lu Ying and Zhao Ping wearing soft armor, ambushing on the two roads leading to the shop. Behind each of them, there were at least A team of soldiers all held armor in their mouths and wrapped their feet with linen. Even the scabbards were covered with cloth to prevent them from making any sound when they rubbed against the armor.
All roads leading to the inn have been quietly blocked.
Half of the soldiers were carrying light crossbows, which are rarely seen in Han infantry equipment. It is an arm-loading crossbow that can be pulled open with one hand and can be loaded quickly. It should be specially equipped for the school office for close range shooting. The other half held round shields in front, half-kneeling on the ground with solemn expressions, waiting for orders.
Zhao Ping was chewing a wheat stalk in his mouth, looking a little uneasy. They were all waiting for the time to arrive and were worried about whether Song Xin could complete the task on time.
Song Xin had already sneaked under the inn and found the entrance of the tunnel without much effort, which was under a large bundle of firewood in the woodshed to the west of the inn. There is a vertical shaft there that connects to the horizontal tunnel. Just jump down the shaft and you can get into the tunnel immediately.
At this time, Song Xin discovered the support wood that controlled the mechanism.
"There are still three moments left before the agreed time. Let me see how many more of these mechanisms there are."
Song Xin hid in the ground and checked carefully along the direction of the tunnel, and sure enough he found two more supports. One of them is very thick and sits just under the city wall. Because of the weight of the city wall, the tunnel diggers also set up dozens of thick wooden supports. The mechanism support wood is among these thick wooden supports. If you don't look carefully, you can easily miss it.
"What a great civil engineering job. It seems that our ancestors were already born to be crazy about infrastructure at this time."
While Song Xin was horrified, he also admired the abilities of these people. Without mechanical help, it would have taken several years to dig this tunnel. I am afraid that Soochow would have already started this project while Liu Biao was still there. It seems that Sun Quan has been coveting Jingzhou for a long time, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao and Liu Bei would also like this piece of cake at the same time.
Suddenly, a person stepped into Song Xin's consciousness. This person walked out of a dark corner with a bucket in one hand, covering his nose along the way.
This aroused Song Xin's curiosity. He didn't realize where this person was hiding just now.
Song Xin immediately entered the tunnel, and then his spiritual consciousness discovered that there was a branch in the tunnel that led to a hollow, and there were several people inside!
"What a powerful plan. These people should be specialized in controlling the support wood under the city wall." Song Xin thought as he searched along the wall. There were copper hooks at regular intervals on it, with a thin string attached to the bell hanging on it. The rope leads into the hole. As long as the people above pull the rope, the people here will immediately prepare to pull the mechanism to collapse the city wall.
However, this was not a problem for Song Xin. He gently pressed the rope with two fingers and cut the rope with one finger.
At this moment, there were footsteps not far behind him, and the sound of someone yawning.
Song Xin immediately escaped and hid in the soil behind the wall.
This man was carrying a respectful bucket and was still muttering in a low voice. Suddenly a hand stretched out from the soil on the side wall and instantly covered his mouth. Then there was a slight "click", and the man's neck was like a broken carrot. Then Song Xin leaned out of the wall and pulled his The body was gently lowered and leaned against the wall.
Then, he picked up Gongtong and walked slowly into the hollow.
The cave was dark, with two people sleeping and two more leaning against the wall, talking in southern accents. "Hey, do you know the details of the boy the boss asked us to assassinate?"
"Aren't we just going to kill whoever the superiors tell us to kill? Why are we asking so many questions?"
"Well, I'm just curious. You said he has no official position and no family, so why does the governor care about him?"
When Song Xin heard this, who was he talking about? It seems like you are talking about me...
At this time, I heard another person say in the darkness: "Maybe there are some things above that we can't know. Alas... He went to empty the bucket, why hasn't he come back? Is something going to happen?"
"If something really happened, the bell would have rung long ago. What are you afraid of?"
"Here, I can't see the sun all day long, so I feel a little suspicious. Hey..."
While they were talking, they didn't pay attention to a dark corner of the hollow. Song Xin quietly approached them step by step.
The two people who spoke immediately felt a chill on their necks, and their throats seemed to be blocked by the smell of blood. They fell to the ground in pain, trying to take a big breath, but all they inhaled was the smell of blood. Immediately afterwards, the two people sleeping on the ground also lost their lives in their sleep.
"Phew, it's solved here."
Song Xin placed the corpses of several people, making them look like they were sleeping, and quietly followed the tunnel to find the exit in the city. Along the way, he silently eliminated the two people who controlled the agency, and cut off the rope used to call the police.
At this time, Zhao Da and three others who were ambushing outside saw that the time was up and quietly walked out from the corner of the street.
At the same time, a soldier behind him lit a fire stick and swayed with the watchtower not far away.
On the watchtower, the soldier who had been staring at this place lit a torch without hesitation. At the same time as it was raised, a torch was lit on all the watchtowers nearby.
Cao Ren and other generals were in the palace. When they saw the torches lighted, they all stood up nervously.
"Lord Chang Shi, is this plan foolproof?" Cao Ren still asked.
Chen Jiao said: "As long as Song Xin can deal with the people in the tunnel, everything will be safe."
Cao Ren took a long breath and said, "I hope he won't disappoint me."
At the entrance of the inn, the big man Lu Ying and his men had quietly moved outside the inn, with the shield hand in front and the light crossbow hand behind. This time he was the vanguard, the first to break into the inn from the main entrance.
Lu Ying took a deep breath and listened carefully. There seemed to be people talking quietly inside, but she couldn't make out what they were saying clearly.
Several eyes on the watchtower not far away locked on this place instantly. When a flag bearer shook the torch, the torches on several watchtowers around him began to shake.
This is a signal for action.
In Cao Ren's mansion, his eyes flashed, and a wave of shaking firelight was reflected in his eyes.
"Whether it succeeds or not depends on you, Song Xin."
Lu Ying looked solemn outside the inn and slowly pulled out the knife.
He started knocking on the door with his left hand. The sound and strength were the same as those of the drinkers who visit here on weekdays, natural and lazy.
"Coming, coming." The shopkeeper inside responded hurriedly, "There are still people knocking on the door at this time..." He underestimated in a low voice.
When he struggled to open the door, the shopkeeper first smelled a strong smell of sweat and a unique smell of metal, which was the smell of armor oil.
The boss suddenly felt something was wrong, and suddenly a tall figure squeezed in and pinched the shopkeeper's mouth. The shopkeeper was about to shout when he saw Lu Ying's sharp eyes like a vulture, "How many people are inside?"
"Ah...just ordinary merchants, sir..." But how could these words deceive Lu Ying? Where did the merchants come from at this time!
The shopkeeper's voice instantly alerted the people inside. One of them, a short but strong man, winked at the person next to him. He nodded, immediately stood up and walked silently into the woodshed.
Lu Ying held the shopkeeper's shoulders and pulled him behind him. His fat body turned behind Lu Ying like a top. A soldier immediately restrained him and pushed him out the door.
The soldiers behind them filed in. The soldiers holding shields walked in front, spread out in a fan shape, and carefully observed the surroundings. The crossbowmen behind them had already loaded the crossbow arrows and were ready to kill at any time.
The soft whispers that had been spoken here stopped, and there was dead silence.
Lu Ying raised her hand and pinched her eyes, adjusting to the darkness inside. Suddenly, the captured shopkeeper shouted loudly, "The enemy is coming, hurry up...!!" Before he could finish speaking, he heard the dull sound of a sword across his neck, cutting off his cry.
But this shout was enough to explode in the silent house.
"Charge!" Lu Ying ordered immediately.
