Qin Feng was a man of his word. Ten days later, he came to Chi'er Mountain again near the Fan family ranch. He was accompanied by Han Shanjun, the Xiong brothers, the Ma brothers, and more than 400 soldiers. , everyone wears casual clothes, wipes their faces with black ashes, and carries weapons and various practical things.
During the day, everyone did not act rashly, but hid in the dense forest on the bank of the Yellow River to eat and drink enough to recharge their batteries.
It wasn't until the golden crow fell in the west and night fell that he came out of the dense forest.
"Brothers, are you all ready?"
"Everything is ready!"
"Okay, according to the plan, we will separate our operations, and tonight we will bloodbath the Fan family ranch and take away all the horses inside. After the event is completed, everyone will be rewarded!"
"promise!"
Following Qin Feng's order, the troops divided into three groups according to the previous plan:
The first group of soldiers were thirty soldiers, each riding a camel, heading towards Weiyuan City, responsible for intercepting the reinforcements there.
There are thousands of people in Weiyuan City. Can they be stopped with only thirty people?
It will definitely not work if you fight head-on, but there will be no problem if you outsmart him!
It turned out that Thirty-Feng camels were carrying thirty large sacks, which were filled with a secret weapon - caltrops!
There are four sharp thorns on the caltrop, more than three inches long, extending in all directions. No matter how it is placed, there will always be a sharp thorn rushing towards it. If a horse or human foot steps on it, it will immediately pierce and bleed, making it difficult to walk.
Thirty sacks of caltrops were secretly scattered on the only road from Weiyuan City to Chi'er Mountain, and then a few trenches were dug and some roadblocks were set up, which was enough to slow down the reinforcements.
Where do these caltrops come from?
It turned out that Qin Li spent ten days on a special trip to Qianhu Station in the north of the town, asked Dong Qianhu for help, and asked the blacksmiths in the military household to work day and night to make it. Along with it, there were other All the tools will be used tonight.
On the second route were the Ma family brothers, who led dozens of men, each riding a fast horse, straight to the entrance of the valley of the Fan family ranch, and lit dozens of torches at the same time.
"Fan, you little turtle, get out of here quickly, or we will go in and steal your bastard's nest!"
"If you surnamed Fan doesn't get out, we will set the prairie fire on fire - roar!"
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The Ma brothers led their men to curse in front of the valley and kept greeting the Eighth Young Master, the eighteenth generation of Fan Renshan's ancestors, and all the female relatives in the family.
The entrance to the valley is heavily guarded. With just a few dozen people, it is definitely impossible to get in. The people inside are not afraid at all, but the words "set fire to start a prairie fire" are too scary.
You know, it is early autumn now, and the weather is dry, so the pasture has turned yellow in large areas. If a spark is thrown, a prairie fire will soon form.
Once the pasture is burned out, the horses, cattle and sheep in the valley will have no food and will starve to death in large numbers. This will be a disaster for the Fan family ranch!
The disaster of annihilation cannot be ignored, so the gate of the valley opened, and hundreds of heavily armed riders rushed out from inside. The leader was missing an ear, and it was the leader of the guard - Cao Daqiang!
"Damn horse thieves, how dare you come here to cause trouble, I will definitely kill you all with swords and swords today!"
"Brothers, the wind is tight and the wind is blowing!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Ma brothers said hello and led their men to turn their horses around and run wildly toward the northeast.
Cao Daqiang refused to give up and led hundreds of people in hot pursuit.
The former ran, the latter chased, and soon disappeared...
The plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain was successful!
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Most of the guards in the valley have been mobilized. Next, Qin Feng and Han Shanjun led hundreds of soldiers and quietly approached the valley under the cover of night.
Although the guard strength has been weakened a lot, there is a high and thick barrier at the entrance of the valley, which is heavily guarded. If it is attacked by force, a few hundred people will definitely not be able to attack it, but there will be heavy casualties.
Therefore, you still have to be smart!
Qin Feng had already observed that there was a cliff on the left side of the valley, about thirty feet high. After climbing over it, you could enter the valley.
The cliff is very steep, and ordinary people will definitely not be able to climb it.
Fortunately, Qin Feng is not an ordinary person, but a top-notch rock climbing expert. When he led twenty elite soldiers, he quietly came to the bottom of the cliff. After choosing a position, Qin Feng carried a large bundle of ropes on his back and used his own I put on the climbing tools and started to climb upward... like a dexterous ape, I quickly climbed to the top of the cliff.
Then he tied one end of the rope to a big tree on the top of the cliff, and threw the other end down... With the help of the rope, twenty elite soldiers climbed up to the top of the cliff one after another.
Standing on the top of the cliff, you can clearly see the situation in the valley. The lights are dim and silent. Except for a few guards, the rest have fallen asleep.
This is not surprising. The Fan family ranch is located at the junction of Mongolia and Han. The order here is chaotic, and there are as many horse thieves as cattle hair, who often come to harass or steal.
People in the Fan family ranch are used to things like this tonight, not to mention that Cao Daqiang has already led people to chase him out, and the entrance of the valley is heavily guarded. The thieves cannot rush in at all, so the people in the valley are not very vigilant. It's time to rest, it's time to sleep.
Herding horses and sheep is also very tiring!
The people in the valley were not very vigilant. Qin Feng was relieved and still used ropes to slide into the valley with twenty elite soldiers.
Next, he asked the others to lurk in the darkness and not to act rashly. Qin Feng led two elite soldiers and quickly arrived at the observation tower on the east side of the valley along the layers of bluestone steps.
The observatory is the size of two houses. It is built with huge bluestones and is very solid. There is a wooden door on one side, which is closed from the inside. There are observation windows on the other three sides, and the view is very good.
Next to the observation tower, there is also a bluestone platform with a large amount of dry firewood piled on it, which is used to light fires and ask for help when encountering critical situations.
As long as they see fire or thick smoke, the border troops in Weiyuan City, dozens of miles away, will quickly come to rescue.
Therefore, if you want to take down the Fan family ranch, you must first deal with the guards inside the observation tower so that they cannot warn!
Under the bright moonlight, you can see figures walking back and forth in the observation tower, but the wooden door is tightly closed from the inside. How can you sneak in and kill the guards inside without knowing it?
Don't make any noise during this period, otherwise if you alert the people in the valley, all your previous efforts will be wasted... What a dilemma!
"Da da da!"
When they were in trouble, footsteps were heard not far away. Qin Feng and the others quickly hid themselves and took a closer look under the moonlight. They saw a big fat man walking up the steps. He was greasy all over and had a white cloth tied around his waist. apron, holding a large basket with some food in it.
It turned out that it was the cook in the valley who had brought midnight snacks to the guards in the observation tower.
I was worried about how to open the door, but now I have a solution.
"Whoosh!"
I saw Qin Feng sneaking past like a ghost and quietly coming up behind the big fat cook. He put his left hand on the top of his head and his right hand on his chin, and then twisted hard... with a soft click, the fat cook didn't even hum. His neck was broken and he died. The whole process only took a few breaths.
Then he took off the fat cook's clothes and put them on himself. Qin Feng lowered his head, blocked the front with a food basket, and knocked on the wooden door of the observation deck.
"Dang-dang-dang!"
"Who?"
"Supper delivery guy, open the door!"
"Here it comes, it's finally delivered, I'm all starving!"
Amidst the chaotic noise, the wooden door opened from the inside. Taking this opportunity, Qin Feng took a peek and found that there were three guards inside. Two of them were resting on wooden beds with their faces facing the wall inside. Another person came to the door to pick him up. Food basket.
It turned out that the guards were lazy and did not pay close attention to the surrounding situation. Instead, they took turns to rest, with one person standing guard and two sleeping. This was perfect.
"Well, who are you? Why didn't Fatty Sun come?"
"My surname is Qin, I'm new here!"
"New here, have you added someone to the kitchen? Why didn't I know? I see you... plop!"
After taking the basket, the guard looked at Qin Feng in front of him and felt that he was very unfamiliar, so he asked a few questions. Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, his throat was cut by a sharp military thorn, and blood spurted out. The man also fell to the ground, his body twitching constantly. He wanted to shout a warning, but he couldn't make any sound, and soon he stopped breathing.
The other two guards were not sleeping soundly. They heard something was wrong and got up to check the situation.
"Zhao Er, what happened?"
"Brush-swipe!"
Before the two guards could see the situation clearly, Qin Feng had already rushed over and stabbed them fiercely, cutting their throats and killing them!
If the two of them walked faster, they would probably be able to catch up with the companion in front of them, and then the three of them would go together on the Huangquan Road, enter the City of Wansi, cross the Naihe Bridge, drink Meng Po Soup, go up to the Wangxiang Terrace, take a look in the Sansheng Mirror... and then... Reincarnated together.
In the next life, I hope they will not encounter Qin Feng again!
"You two come here, take care of it, and stay here."
"promise!"
Call two soldiers over and ask them to take care of the three corpses and then guard them in the observation tower. If anyone else in the valley comes, kill one of them to avoid leaking the news.
Qin Feng returned the same way and reunited with the eighteen soldiers. Next, it was time to deal with the guards on the barrier at the entrance of the valley.
