On New Year's Eve, the wind and snow stopped for a while.
A group of four left Xianne Lane, climbed over the eaves and walls, and arrived near the South City Gate in about half an hour. In the dark path, the four of them hid and watched. They saw lights burning on the city gate, and the guards on duty were walking back and forth.
Huo Linfeng said: "The next shift will change soon, let's wait."
It's cold and special tonight, and I'm already mentally tired, so I'm bound to relax a lot after changing the value, and the shift on duty from the warm house to the outside, I can't adapt for a while.
The ground was white, and the snow was so thick that it almost covered Rong Luoyun's silk shoes. He stood on tiptoe and compacted the snow little by little. Suddenly, his body lightened, and the toes of his shoes left the ground.
Huo Linfeng wrapped his arms around his waist, picked him up, and pressed him tightly in front of him. "Is it cold?" Huo Linfeng asked, exhaling a white mist from between his thin lips, "Step on my boots."
Rong Luoyun probed, tiptoe down, touched Huo Linfeng's boot, and stepped on it cautiously. After the two feet step on the other person, then raise the arm and cling to the other person like climbing a branch.
In the shadow on the other side, Lu Zhun squinted at him, and couldn't help but "tsk tsk", although he was contemptuous, there was also a hint of envy. He leaned against Duan Huaike, took a piece of Duan Huaike's wide sleeve, and said with a snort, "Brother..."
Duan Huaike replied indifferently: "What are you doing?"
Lu Zhun said: "I am also very cold, can I step on your feet?"
Duan Huaike said: "Well, I don't know how to learn, I prefer to learn from those who love me and me." With a wave of his hands, he pulled out his wide sleeves, and the scattered true energy pushed Lu Zhun back half a step. Seeing that "Wind and Remnant Clouds" hugged him even tighter, shamelessly, he said again: "It's really indecent."
Lu Zhun had no choice but to blame Duan Huaike for his hard heart, and also blamed himself for not being pretty enough, so he let go of his hand and dropped the sack that he was clutching all the way to the ground. He bent down to pick it up, patted the snow, and pinned it to his waist.
Huo Linfeng asked: "Third Palace Master, why did you take a sack?"
Lu Zhun replied: "It is convenient to pack things."
Tonight is to raid the south city gate, go into battle lightly, and mainly kill people, what can I pretend? Huo Linfeng said sadly: "You don't mean to rob someone after killing someone?"
Lu Zhun said: "Then it's all here, it's not easy to kill people and steal money."
After he stopped talking, the sub-door under the city wall opened, and a group of guards came out from inside, all of them were full of wine and food, and walked with swords on their waists. Before reaching the city gate tower, those on duty couldn't wait, trotting, pushing and even shouting.
Such laziness, if Dingbei Army is like this, each person will get thirty army sticks.
Rong Luoyun leaned on Huo Linfeng's shoulders, with his cheeks sideways, just in time to see the scene at the city gate, under the glowing torches, the newly replaced guards stood up one after another, shrugging their shoulders and shrinking their necks, unable to adapt to the severe cold outside for a while. He got off Huo Linfeng's boots, straightened his clothes, and was ready to do something.
The same goes for Duan Huaike and Lu Zhun, who are about to leave.
These three Jianghu people from Yeluzi were very impatient, General Huo stepped sideways and said, "Shall we rush over and start fighting?"
Rong Luoyun was slightly startled: "Why don't we sing a song first?"
Huo Linfeng was speechless, and arranged: "Two people go to the city gate to deal with the guards at the sentry post. The two of them will go down and attack from the east and west respectively, and finally meet in front of the city gate and charge."
Rong Luoyun's eyes flashed: "Listen to you." He said in a low voice, but couldn't hide the admiration and admiration in his tone. After he finished speaking, he held Huo Linfeng's hand, "Shall I go to the city gate with you, or outflank?"
Huo Linfeng said: "You and I cannot be in the same team. When two are strong and two are weak, we must match the strong and the weak."
When the words fell to the ground, Duan Huaike and Lu Zhun didn't react for a while, they gasped, and they both had an attack at the same time. "A stinky soldier, who do you think is weak!" Lu Zhun said angrily, but he didn't have much confidence, "I'm a scimitar with a jade face, the focus is on the jade face..."
Duan Huaike was even more annoyed: "General Huo must be a little contemptuous."
Huo Linfeng said: "After all, you lost to me in the battle of Miaocangtai, so I have to be objective?" Although he said the trick, he knew that Duan Huaike's strength was slightly inferior to him, and he was only an inch away.
In the end, Huo Linfeng and Lu Zhun sneaked up to the city gate, while Rong Luoyun and Duan Huaike surrounded the city from both sides.
After the arrangements were made, Huo Linfeng and Lu Zhun went first, followed the shadow of the secret passage to the bottom of the city wall, climbed up the sky, and climbed up the tower in the blink of an eye. The two crouched down, and Huo Linfeng asked, "Do you have any copper coins?"
Lu Zhun took out a handful from his waist, and said angrily, "I have to spend money at such a time!"
Huo Linfeng took it, and taking advantage of the occasional wind, he threw more than a dozen copper coins, and suddenly, all the lights on the city gate were extinguished. The guards on duty were startled, trembled, and muttered in the dark.
"Scared me, where did the wind come from..."
"Hey, it's unlucky to talk about the wind on New Year's Eve."
"Stop talking nonsense, light it up again!"
In a few words, Huo Linfeng and Lu Zhun had already approached for a while, and stopped beside the first lamp. When a guard came to light the lamp, Lu Zhun stepped forward, covered his face with his left hand, and cut his neck with his right hand. Glitter in the dark.
Without a sound, the other party died.
Huo Linfeng didn't hold a weapon, he walked forward in a big way, and when he met a person, he directly broke the other's neck. Lu Zhun's moves were always quick, so he grabbed the scimitar and cut it to death, like mowing grass, and still touched it in the arms of the dead after cutting, even the broken silver.
At this time, someone wondered, "What kind of bloody smell?"
After a moment of silence, someone else shouted, "Wang Jiu, Wang Jiu?"
Huo Linfeng followed the sound and approached: "What are you calling me for?"
"Why don't you turn on the lamp?" The man asked, and quickly noticed the abnormality, "Your voice is not right..." Before he finished speaking, he let out a muffled grunt and killed himself.
In the distance, a lamp was lit, and the scene on the city gate was finally seen clearly.
In the dim light, dozens of corpses were still warm, and the blood was gurgling, soaking the white snow and condensing into ice. On the ice, Huo Linfeng stood with bare hands, three or four steps apart, brushing, Lu Zhun drew out another scimitar.
The guards were shocked and shouted, "Huo Linfeng is here! Take him down!"
Huo Linfeng smiled, what kind of idiot imagined taking him down? The toe of the boot hooked on the ground and kicked up a knife. After catching it, he leaned forward and ran out, killing everything.
Lu Zhun followed closely behind, with a pair of scimitars like the moon, cutting through the silent sky, killing countless people. Turning over and jumping, poof, he stabbed through a person, drew out the dripping liver and intestines with a knife.
Huo Linfeng caught a glimpse: "You are so cruel."
Saying that, cut off one person's head.
There was a lot of fighting and killing on the city gate, the guards couldn't hold back, some fled down, and some shouted for help. The Xiaowei army under the city gate heard it and was about to climb up, but they were also killed by surprise.
Duan Huaike condensed his internal strength and struck out a palm, a bone-piercing chill invaded, seven or eight people were shot ten steps away, on the other side, Rong Luoyun held a long sword, the sword was dazzling, unstoppable, killing everyone along the way.
Things outflanked to the front of the city gate, Rong Luoyun and Duan Huaike stopped for a while and stood side by side, seeing the rest of the guards pouring out at the sound. At this time, Huo Linfeng and Lu Zhun jumped down, and the four of them joined together, as if they were going to bloodbath the south gate.
Yu Xun, the first-class school lieutenant, shouted: "General Huo and the rebels in the rivers and lakes, are you going to abscond in fear of crime?!"
Huo Linfeng replied: "Stop talking nonsense, and those who are sensible will open the city gate!"
Yu Xun asked: "Why don't you see Prince Rui?"
Huo Linfeng simply didn't answer, and without talking nonsense, he rushed towards the gate of the city. Seeing this, Rong Luoyun and others fought together, fighting with the tide of guards.
Three or two strokes killed him, the white expanse was dyed bright red, and the city was muddy with blood and mud, reflecting the red lanterns hanging above the city gate. This night is New Year's Eve, Jiangnan is full of dreams, thousands of houses in Saibei are lit up, but the world in Chang'an City has changed drastically.
More and more people were killed, and gradually, Huo Linfeng was approaching the city gate, only one step away from escaping. However, they only pretended to escape, intending to attract the attention of the court...
General Huo said confusedly: "Their reinforcements haven't arrived yet, so don't kill them."
Rong Luoyun was stunned: "Say it earlier, what should we do now?"
Duan Huaike suggested: "Pretend to be exhausted and deal with it."
The four of them transformed themselves into famous actors on the stage, slowed down their moves, gasped for breath, wishing they could slip their palms and lose their weapons. They are very good at acting, waiting for the reinforcements from the other side to come, and playing with the enemy like a monkey.
Lu Zhun looked around and said, "Then I'll leave first!"
In a flash, the little Fortuna dragged the sack and ran away without a trace.
After about half a cup of tea, a large number of reinforcements arrived and surrounded the south gate layer by layer. The three of them exchanged glances and fought together. After beheading most of them, Huo Linfeng staggered slightly.
After reading the signal, Rong Luoyun and Duan Huaike showed signs of fatigue. The guards thought they were outnumbered, and their morale immediately increased.
Huo Linfeng took advantage of the situation and shouted: "That's all! Run!"
The three "failed" to break through the city gate, and all fled to the city, and soon left the pursuers behind.
When I returned to Xianne Lane, it happened to be a moment of ugliness.
Meng Tingyuan waited for a long time, and when he saw them coming back, he rushed out of the house and finally heaved a sigh of relief. When everyone entered the house, Du Zheng had already cooked tea and prepared it. Seeing that everyone was covered with cold air, he went to add more charcoal to the fire.
"Are you injured?" Meng Tingyuan asked.
Huo Linfeng waved his hand: "Everyone is safe, Prince Rui can rest assured."
Rong Luoyun said: "Tonight's surprise attack was very successful." The south gate and even the whole south of the city would be in chaos, "By the way, Prince Rui, what happened to your personal soldiers?"
Meng Tingyuan said: "Eight villages and twelve towns around Chang'an City, the hidden soldiers in them have joined together one after another, a total of 1,800 people." He is not favored and has no military power.
Huo Linfeng nodded: "Okay, I believe the whole city will be on alert soon. When we are found, my fine cavalry will lead the charge, and the rest of the guards will just follow orders."
Everyone briefly discussed a few words, it was late at night, and it was time to recharge your batteries for the Ming Dynasty. Meng Tingyuan looked out and couldn't help but ask, "Where is the third palace master?"
Rong Luoyun asked back: "The third child withdrew first, and he didn't come back?"
Meng Tingyuan said: "No, I have been waiting for you." He stood up, walked out, and paused when he reached the door of the house, "I will take people to look for it, and no one is missing."
Push the door out of the house, only to hear a "gudong" in the courtyard.
Everyone went out to have a look, and saw Lu Zhun fell on all fours on the snowdrift at the base of the wall, with a bulging big sack rolling beside him. Rong Luoyun ran over to help her, and said angrily, "Where have you been?"
Lu Zhun got up: "At that time there were few soldiers, I went to the armory under the city wall."
As soon as he opened the sack, it was extremely full, including bundles of feathered arrows, gunpowder pellets, broken silver, and even two armors of the guards.
The results were quite fruitful, Huo Linfeng said: "Master of the third palace, how about giving the feather arrows to my elite cavalry?"
That was the original plan, but Lu Zhun had an idea: "That's fine, but I'm very tired tonight, so I need to sleep in bed."
There was a bed and a couch in the house, the bed was soft and the couch was hard, Huo Linfeng said: "Okay, anyway, the bed will sleep three people, let you sleep inside, and your second brother and I will sleep outside."
Lu Zhun hummed: "You slept on the bed last night, you should sleep on the couch!"
They entered the house arguing, but finally couldn't, Huo Linfeng had to sleep on the small couch, and naturally Rong Luoyun also slept on the couch. After washing and blowing the lamp, they huddled together in bed, Duan Huaike, Lu Zhun and Meng Tingyuan slept side by side on the bed.
Quietly, Meng Tingyuan asked in a low voice, "Are you injured?"
Lu Zhun said, "No, it's just that the shoes are wet and the feet are cold."
He closed his eyes, then opened them suddenly, a pair of bare feet under the quilt touched him, it was very warm, warming the soles of his feet. For some reason, he remembered Duan Huaike's lesson, don't learn from the good ones, but learn from those who care about you.
Lu Zhun thought, warm your feet, what's the matter.
Just at this moment, there was a faint groan from the couch.
Rong Luoyun's temples were disheveled, his clothes and hem were open, and he was pressed firmly by Huo Linfeng's porcelain. When he tilted his head, he could still see the bright moon outside the window.
"Bastard..." He bit his lower lip tightly, and his short nails ran across Huo Linfeng's back.
No matter what time it is, Huo Linfeng held his ear and said in a hoarse voice: "If things fail, and I have a romantic affair tonight, then my death will not be considered wronged."
Rong Luoyun bit the pillow and swallowed his sobs.
So dangerous, but so happy, their first New Year's Eve is over.