According to regulations, for the sake of defense, no residential buildings are allowed within thirty steps of the city wall.
It has only been fifty years since the founding of this dynasty, and the laws and regulations are still effective. Occasionally, those who are bold enough to make exceptions do not dare to cross the boundary too far, so there is a spacious and smooth corridor under the city wall. You can go all the way around the city and then return to the city wall. Starting position.
Yugan's city wall was built in preparation for war in the late Southern Song Dynasty. It is a rammed earth wall with plaster on the surface and stone slabs on the top. There are mud brick crenellations on the outside side and a parapet wall on the other side.
Because it has not been repaired for many years, some crenellations and parapets were washed away by rain and collapsed, and are no longer complete.
This is completely different from Li Dan's impression of the city walls in his previous life, which were made of stone and green bricks and were tall and solid!
It was only in this life that he realized that firing bricks hundreds of years ago was a very expensive and labor-intensive process.
This person came to the city wall to look around, couldn't he just want to see the relics of the previous dynasty?
Li Dan thought this way and quietly looked out through the cracks in the wall panels of the house. Suddenly I heard someone talking in a low voice.
"You mean, this section is the lowest in the entire Western Wall?"
"We took a closer look and found that there is a raised slope outside the wall. From the top of the slope to the top of the wall, it is only one foot four feet, which is two feet lower than other places."
"Is there no other place?"
"No more. I personally came here and walked outside twice at night, and after entering the city, I walked along the inside twice. Don't worry, leader!"
"When you were out at night, weren't there any watchmen or watchmen up there?"
"Only the watchman, but not the county guard. Now, look, there's not even a cat in broad daylight."
"Is this County Magistrate Yugan really confident?"
"It's just because this side is close to the Xinjiang River, and the tide has made it impossible to go ashore or set up formations on the tidal flats. The open space is too narrow to squeeze in so many people, so he is relieved."
"Okay. But I have to try it myself."
"try what?"
"I'll board the city from here and then go out and walk back to Dongshan Pier from the outside. If it works, then we can determine the way in from the west wall.
This route is the best and can be directly connected to Yaqian Street. If that doesn't work, we'll have to go to the north gate. "
"But..., the north wall is built strong and tall to prevent flooding..."
"So, it's best to go this way!"
"Chief, if you defeat Yu Qian, Nanchang Mansion will be alarmed!"
"The big boss said that this is the result he wants." Li Dan saw the green turban taking off some rope-like things from his waist, and then heard him say:
"At that time, the officers and soldiers who were busy retaking Yugan would run here, so that we could support the brothers from the silver mines in Dexing to break out.
They have been surrounded by the commander in the mountains for two months. If they don't break out, their hearts will be scattered. They won't be able to gather them together in the next few years. When will they be able to make big things happen? "
Looking again at this time, I saw that the ropes were already on the ground, and the green turban had lost a lot of weight from the upper body to the waist and hips.
He picked up one end of the rope, which was tied to something like wood or something. He swung it around in his hand a few times and threw it up, making a faint sound on the top of the wall.
The green turban tugged hard, probably to test its strength. "You go first!" he said.
The accomplice pulled the rope and climbed up. This guy was very dexterous, and he reached the top of the wall in just a few clicks.
When he turned around from a high place, he saw Li Dan hiding behind the house and shouted in surprise: "Who is there?"
Li Dan didn't want to hide anymore, so he stood up and patted the dirt on his body: "Look at you, you are really ignorant, you have to make me come out and show my face."
The green turban didn't expect anyone to be there, so his expression immediately changed, and he whispered: "How long have you been here, young master? What did you hear?"
"I've been here for a long time. I heard everything you said. I'm so sorry. I didn't want to listen to Qiang Gen. Who knew you would discuss rebellion. Of course, this kind of thing should be said where no one is around!"
Li Dan's words made the green turban curl his lips in anger. He thought no one was coming, but who knew there was one hiding here!
"Since you heard everything, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave. Either die or come with us. You can choose for yourself." The green turban said coldly.
"I'm going to Shangrao soon, can't you let me go?"
The green turban shook his head: "No!"
"Oh, that's so cold. So you killed that eunuch because he knew it was you who destroyed Cai Qingman's family?"
"You are wrong. It was Cai Qingtu who encouraged the eunuch to go with him, and if we want to avenge our brothers in the silver mine, the eunuch must die.
Want to sneak back to Nanjing so cheaply? dream! Cai Qing had no choice but to be buried with him. The green turban was suddenly startled: "How do you know these things? Do you know who I am?" "
"The thief Jiang Bin, no, you should be called the rebel Jiang Bin now. The sea arrest documents have been handed down, didn't you know?" Li Dan glanced at him playfully.
"Sea capture documents? Bah!" Jiang Bin spat on the ground and laughed loudly: "Those officials can't do the job, so they put a reward on my head, right? Hey, how much is it worth?"
"Not much, just twenty taels."
"Only twenty taels?" Jiang Bin looked a little frustrated.
"Chief, there are people coming from a distance, many. Let's go!" The man on the wall suddenly shouted loudly.
"Wait a minute, I'll kill this kid and leave!" Cai Bin said, pulling out a dagger from his boot and moving forward about a foot.
Li Dan smiled and said: "You can try it." At this time, the dagger was less than four feet away from him. Even though he knew that this guy was light and agile, Li Dan was still surprised by his agility.
His right leg contracted quickly, and his body dwarfed. Li Dan took out the two rolling pins from behind.
Seeing the kid suddenly disappearing from in front of the dagger, Cai Bin was startled and hurriedly stepped on the ground to stop, planning to take back the dagger and change his attack again.
Unexpectedly, I heard the sound of wind. I knew my feelings were bad but it was too late to change my tactics.
Li Dan flicked the stick in his right hand on the finger holding the handle of the knife, and then knocked the stick in his left hand on the upright leg of his right boot.
Cai Bin screamed and fell to the ground. He rolled several times and rolled over a dozen steps before jumping up. The pain in his hands and feet made him grin.
"What kind of weird move did that kid use? It hurts me to death!" He was so angry that he threw his hands and jumped.
Li Dan looked at him amusedly: "You don't care what the moves are. Anyway, it's a good move to hit you in pain!"
Just as he was talking, the spy above shouted: "They are coming, leader, come up quickly, there are dozens of them!"
Poor Cai Bin was lame and his hands were sore. He didn't care about picking up the knife and turned around to escape.
Before I could get to the rope, I saw seven or eight people coming from the alley ahead, holding up sticks, forks and rakes, shouting: "Don't leave, thief!"
He was so frightened that he flew out of his wits. No matter how good Mr. Wu is, he is not afraid of one or two bold people, but he is afraid of fighting in groups when there are many people! This is the truth that "a good man cannot be defeated by four enemies, and a hungry tiger is afraid of a pack of wolves."
Gu Da took the lead in front of everyone. He held a pole in his hand but for some reason he roared and threw it away, then waved and shouted:
"Come on, gentlemen, there will be a reward for catching this guy!" The people behind him rushed towards Cai Bin.
Although Cai Bin lost the dagger, he suddenly had a pole in his hand. He swung it and hit three or four in the blink of an eye. The ones behind him were frightened by his momentum and were so scared that they were pushed forward again by the people coming from behind. .
For a time, the corridor was filled with the sounds of sticks hitting each other, the crackling of skin and flesh, and screams of agony.
Cai Bin shouted at the man on the wall not to come down. Only then did everyone notice and shouted: "There are some more up there. Go up the horse path over there. Don't let him run away!"
In the chaos, someone shouted: "What a thief, you dare to hit grandpa's leg, oh!"
Another shouted: "Be careful with this thief. He is from the same school as Li Sanlang. Be careful of beating people's hands and feet!"
After listening to this, Li Dan observed carefully and found that that guy was a slow learner! He imitated himself and specialized in hitting people on the joints. In an instant, nearly ten people fell to the ground, some holding their hands and rubbing their feet.
The few people behind him gasped when they saw him, and they didn't dare to approach him.
Li Dan couldn't help but raise his forehead with his hands, thinking that this was the team Gu Dala came from? Fortunately, the opponent didn't have any swords or axes!
Cai Bin was also in a state of embarrassment. His turban had fallen off and his bun was crooked, and he was wheezing. He didn't expect that this group of unruly people who came from nowhere would rush up without fear of death.
The fight was haphazard and kept me busy dealing with it. Fortunately, I was able to handle it, but I was also very tired.
Hearing the footsteps and shouts in the distance, he felt frightened. Finally, he turned around and grabbed the rope and climbed up to the top of the city. Li Dan was envious of his neatness.
"That kid, if you're willing, please tell me your name, and we'll see you someday!" Cai Bin was furious when he got to the top of the city, and all his plans for the day were disrupted.
"You don't deserve to know my name. Just learn martial arts and then come and become my disciple!" Li Dan smiled with his hands on his hips.
"Thief, don't you even know Yu Qian, Xiao Yuanba Li Sanlang?" Gu Da limped over and cursed.
Cai Bin was about to say something more, but when he heard his accomplices shouting, he turned around and saw a group of people climbing up the wall from a distance and rushing towards them.
Looking below, there are about twenty more people on the street who are about to arrive, and there seem to be a few businessmen inside.
He was afraid that someone would come from the outer wall, and if he got stuck on either side, he would be surrounded to death in the muddy pond by the river.
Cai Bin had no intention of fighting and cursed fiercely: "These rest of the gang are all unruly people, but they are so tough! I'm in trouble today, take the first step, Li Sanlang, we'll see you later!"
After saying that, he followed the rope that his accomplices raised and lowered from the other side to the city, and hurriedly ran away along the bottom of the city root.
Inside, Yang Yi said to Gu Da Dao: "You shouldn't tell him Sanlang's name."
"What's the matter? Is a real man still afraid of showing his name and signing up?" Gu Da said unconvincedly, pouting his thick lips.
"Forget it, just say it, it doesn't matter." Li Dan looked at Song Xiaoniu whose face was swollen: "Brother Niu, where are the two people you asked to stare at? What happened to those faces?"
"Don't worry, the two thieves have already been restrained, and one of them hit Maverick on the face when he wasn't prepared." Yang Yi told him.
It turned out that Song Xiaoniu didn't see Gu Da first, but he saw Yang Yi who was recruiting people to join the gang.
So the two at the door were caught by Yang Yi. After Gu Da heard about it, he brought people out. Song Xiaoniu told him that Li Dan was watching the other one, so he led people to chase them down, and the scene just started happened.
When Yang Yi arranged for the two to be caught first and then came over, Cai Bin saw that something was not going well and climbed the wall and ran away.
"What happened here? Is anyone injured?" At this time, Wei Xiong appeared on the corridor below the city. He had heard that there was a big movement at Xishikou and rushed here with his people.
At first, I thought there was a fight, but when I saw Li Dan here, I immediately felt relieved: "Sanlang is here, then everything is fine."
"No, it's not just something, it's a big deal! Take a look at this first." Li Dan pointed to the dagger on the ground.
Wei Xiong went over to pick it up, turned it over and looked at it. A guard next to him saw it and said softly: "This is the knife of the military guard. Why is it here?"
"Two lake bandits came to the city specifically to survey the heights and defenses of the city walls. One of them was called the leader by the other," Li Dan said.
"Where are the people?"
"Seeing that there were so many of us, we jumped over the wall and ran away." Gu Da pointed toward the city.
"How could he climb such a high wall?" Wei Xiong didn't believe it.
Gu Da shouted twice, and several people who had rushed to the top of the city soon dropped the ropes.
After looking at it, Li Dan realized that the other party was using a fishing net tow rope with a strong crossbar tied to one end to hang on the brick joints or the edge of the protruding parapet.
Wei Xiong saw that they were indeed lake bandits and stamped his feet: "It's a pity that they escaped!"
Yang Yi later said with a smile: "Two leaders escaped, but two minions were left behind, so our work was not in vain."
"Really? Where?" Wei Xiong was overjoyed.
"Xishikou, Xiaoniu, take Mr. Wei to pick up the person and then help deliver it to the Yamen.
I told Mr. Sun, the torture chamber, that I would deliver two of Jiang Bin's accomplices as promised. In addition, the pictures on the list were only three-thirds similar. I would draw more like them later and send them to him! "
Song Xiaoniu responded and led four people away happily along with Wei Xiong and others.
Li Dan then called Gu Da and Yang Yi aside and asked, "Are these the people you hired?"
Gu Da himself felt embarrassed to see other people. He lowered his head and blushed, wishing he could get behind the wall of other people's houses.
Yang Yi said sarcastically: "I... I just came back and before I had time, I found seven or eight." He met Li Biao halfway, rode on the animals he brought and drove into the city.
"What did the old monk say?" Li Dan asked Yang Yi, leaving Gu Da aside and ignoring him.
