Although he couldn't enter the hospital, he could drink horses and have a place to take shelter from the wind at night. Mr. Qin groveled and sent away the white guard who had checked the oil drums in the car. Without saying anything more, he ordered his men to pull the four oil trucks to the east.
wall.
The men seemed reluctant and cursed along the way. He Qizhou, who was standing at a high place, suddenly spotted a somewhat familiar figure. Although the coachmen and guards all wore bamboo hats, their faces could not be seen clearly at all, but there was only this
The person glanced up seemingly casually, revealing the lower half of his face.
He Qizhou's heart moved. He had seen that face many times on various city walls. Of course, it would be difficult for ordinary people to find out the person who was being rewarded by just looking at the portrait, because those who had never seen the real person did not deliberately want it.
When looking for the criminal, even if the person in the portrait walks past, most of them will not be found!
But He Qizhou was different. He had seen the true face of the fourth master, and he had been paying attention to this face all the way. Now the coachman's wary look revealed his whereabouts! He Qizhou was not sure about this, but his eyes were clear.
It stayed with that person.
There were seventeen people in the oil truck convoy. He Qizhou discovered that the man who looked like Fourth Master was actually not familiar with the others. He only greeted people occasionally with polite greetings. As time went by, it became more obvious that the four truck drivers had a lot of trouble when they got together.
While joking, the twelve guards were clearly divided into two groups.
There is a misfit in each of the two factions. One is the person who is suspected of being the fourth master, and the other is in a similar situation. What’s more interesting is that these two people are strangers to each other, and they don’t even seem to want to look at each other.
A moment ago, even Mr. Qin, whether on purpose or by coincidence, didn't even look at these two people.
Since no one is allowed to enter the inn, the innkeeper has asked two waiters to take turns fetching water and grass to feed the dozen horses outside the east wall.
They were frightened all night and basically didn't stop during the day. After a few back and forth, the two guys were already a little overwhelmed.
After a day and a night, He Qizhou became familiar with these guys. When he saw this, he said to the soldiers on the rooftop: "I'll go help those two guys and I'll be back soon."
He Qizhou went down to the rooftop and ran back and forth with the two guys more than ten times. Although it seemed that the Fourth Master avoided it intentionally or unintentionally, He Qizhou still took a look and was sure that it was the Fourth Master!
He Qizhou didn't want to take action immediately. He really couldn't figure out how many accomplices there were among these seventeen people. In addition, Mrs. Han's matter was more important. Fortunately, he had a different look when he was in the Marquis's Mansion. The fourth master seemed to be secretly
He Qizhou decided to wait until General Han arrived with a large group of troops!
Returning to the inn, He Qizhou went back to his room, took out his bow and arrows, and returned to the rooftop again.
Under the east wall, the drivers and guards who delivered oil were not idle either. They cut a large number of thorns and weeds from the surrounding wilderness, built several earthen stoves beside the wall, and made fire to make food. Some people also took a few clay pots.
Boil the water.
At three o'clock in the morning, smoke and dust rose far away from the official road in the west. More than ten horses and eleven horses galloped towards the Shannan Inn at the bottom of the valley. The soldiers on the rooftop said with joy: "A cavalry is coming, a cavalry is coming!"
Guard Bai had been guarding the gate of the courtyard, and when he saw the cavalry getting closer and closer, he shouted loudly: "Everyone, please don't move rashly, stay where you are!"
The horse team arrived soon. He Qizhou saw clearly that there were fifteen horses in total, but there were only five people coming. They were one person and three riders. No wonder it had to wait an hour to arrive. The leader looked less than thirty years old, wearing leather armor, and he looked majestic.
, when he quickly ran to the gate of the south wall, he suddenly raised his hand to signal the team behind to pause, and asked the white guard who was more than ten feet away: "Who is under the east wall?"
Guard Bai had already seen Han Chong, the commander-in-chief behind the man, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee with his hands clasped in fists, saying: "See General Xia's command history! Outside the east wall is a cavalry delivering oil, and the inn is full. For safety reasons,
We can only force them to spend the night outdoors."
The soldiers on the wall and upstairs also hurriedly saluted from a distance and immediately looked in the direction they were guarding.
A soldier familiar with He Qizhou introduced: "The leader is the commander of our personal guard battalion, and the deputy commander is the assassinated commander Gu. They have been with General Han for many years. What a pity..."
Four people behind Commander Xia slowly rode forward. Three of them were dressed as personal guards. Only one was wearing a gray robe. He looked to be a few years older than Commander Xia. He had a handsome and elegant appearance. Who would have thought that this was a battlefield?
, where is the general who kills decisively?
"No need to be polite, take me to see the madam!" Han Chong took the lead to dismount, and the other four people also dismounted one after another. The white guard said "yes" without hesitation, then turned around and took the five people to the hospital. Commander Xia was still in front.
, Han Chong followed closely.
Shen Yan had heard the sound a long time ago, and when he saw Han Chong entering the south courtyard of the inn, he called out to the mother and daughter in the house: "Master Han is here!", then ran down the stairs, knelt down on one knee to greet Han Chong: "Ganzhou Wu
Shen Yan, the governor of the Chasi Town, comes to see the Commander-in-Chief!"
"No gift, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Shen!" Han Chong said as he walked, and looked up at He Qizhou, who was holding a bow on the rooftop.
However, He Qizhou's eyes were not on Han Chong, because he had already noticed the strange movement outside the east wall. Seven or eight pots of water had been boiled on the earthen stove. He Qizhou did not notice that a pot was boiling with smoke. He thought they were
In order to wash my face and feet, I saw that after the pot was cooked, I just left the pot aside to dry.
When Han Chong and his entourage entered the yard, they saw six or seven guards with their hands in their sleeves to hold the jars, while the other guards and Boss Qin were squatting at the base of the wall. He couldn't see their movements, and he felt sad in his heart.
He suddenly became alert and shouted: "Be careful of the East Wall Assassin!"
The guard sitting on the east wall had also noticed that several people at the base of the wall were quietly rolling up their left sleeves. Just when he was about to sound a warning, He Qizhou's cry came first. Mr. Qin, who was squatting under the guard, had already seen what was going on.
When he was exposed, he immediately raised his palm to the sky and threw the guard who was caught off guard into the courtyard, and at the same time shouted: "Do it!"
Several people under the wall came up to the wall one after another. Some of the people holding clay pots also jumped onto the wall, while others threw the clay pots in their hands in the direction of Han Chong's sound inside the wall!
Commander Xia drew out his saber, stepped in front of Han Chong, and saw several people on the wall had already shot their sleeve arrows. Branches flew towards the two men like locusts, and several clay pots also fell from the sky at the same time.
Han Chong dodged from behind Commander Xia and moved to his side, shouting: "The sleeve arrows are poisonous, everyone, be careful!" As he spoke, he pumped up his energy, his sleeves puffed up like inflatables, and swung down the oncoming sleeve arrows.
The guard danced a straight knife tightly;
The earliest clay pot that was thrown flew over the wall and was pierced by an arrow falling from the sky. When the clay pot shattered, a cloud of burning oil spilled out within three feet. The boiling oil fell to the ground with a sizzling sound, coating the soil on the ground.
Ash, and clouds of smoke rising upward.
After He Qizhou on the rooftop shot down the first pottery pot, he had no time to hit the flying pottery pot again. He saw a man jumping up on the wall and was about to throw the pottery pot in his hand. He aimed at the oil can in the man's hand.
The tank burst with the sound, and half of the tank of hot oil was poured on the man. The killer lost control and fell into the hospital. He instantly let out heart-piercing screams and twisted in place, making people feel heart-stopping.
Some hot oil also splashed on the assassin who was standing on the wall not far away and fired the sleeve arrows. The person who was splashed had to stop shooting the sleeve arrows and hurriedly took off his coat; the one whose skin was burned screamed.
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Xia and Han were horrified. Fortunately, they didn't knock down the jars directly. They retreated directly to the stables on the west wall. A jar of boiling oil exploded where they were standing. Another one flew in from outside the wall and was burning.
Han Chong secretly yelled something bad, and a raging fire was already burning at the entrance of the inn's small building and half of the yard to the east.
He Qizhou kept firing arrows from a high place, hitting three or four people standing on the wall one after another. The people on the wall suddenly lost their formation and jumped out of the wall to escape. The three soldiers who were following Han Chong plus Xi
, the guards in the two southern places found the opportunity to go around from the south gate to the east wall to attack the group of assassins.
At this time, there was another sound of fighting in the north courtyard. At some point, Mr. Qin and two people entered from the north side of the east wall during the chaos in the south courtyard. Guo Xiuyi saw something strange and immediately jumped over the wall to stop them.
Mr. Qin met the three of them on their way, while the other two rushed directly towards the north window on the second floor.
Guo Xiuyi was shocked. He stepped forward to meet the enemy with his palms and shouted: "The assassin is coming, Mrs. Han, be careful!"
Mr. Qin smiled ferociously at Guo Xiuyi and said, "Looking for death!" Suddenly, he lunged forward with a punch! Mr. Qin was at the peak of the five meridians, and although Guo Xiuyi was talented, he was only in the fourth meridians after all, and he didn't have much practical experience. He was in a hurry.
, there is no plan for his moves, and he is in danger in just one move.
He Qizhou had already looked towards the north courtyard. Seeing Guo Xiuyi in danger, he hurriedly shot an arrow at Mr. Qin. The arrow went straight to the back door. Mr. Qin stopped caring about the front yard after knocking down the soldier on the wall.
He directly led the two of them into the backyard. He didn't expect the sharp arrows falling from the sky, so he hurriedly took action to dodge. But He Qizhou's arrow was really faster than he imagined, and he could barely avoid it by a few inches. With a "snatch" sound, the arrow shot out.
It was shot into the left side of his back, but it just missed the arrow and barely penetrated an inch.
After being hit by the arrow, Mr. Qin not only failed to hit Guo Xiuyi, but was knocked flying to the north wall of the small building by the opponent's palms. He Qizhou secretly sighed, it was a pity. He should have thought that he would be wearing armor inside, and he would have shot him in the head if he had known.
Now that I am hit to the wall, the second arrow cannot be shot.
Taking advantage of this gap, the two people behind Mr. Qin jumped up one after another and broke through the north window. Mr. Qin, regardless of his injuries, jumped up and put his hands on the window edge and jumped in. Mrs. Han and Han Rui came from inside the house.
The exclamations were obviously suppressed instantly.
Guo Xiuyi was about to climb in through the north window in the middle to save others. He Qizhou, who was about to jump off the rooftop, shouted: "Don't rush in if you don't want to kill them!"