As it landed with a clanking sound, Lu Qiyan tugged hard on the rope in his hand.
The rope did not retract at all, and there was a rustling sound like a branch shaking.
Guessing that the flying tiger's claws had probably caught on a tree, Lu Qiyan tentatively tugged several times to ensure that the branches could support his weight, and then he took advantage of the rope in his hand and struggled upwards Climb.
Lu Qiyan quickly climbed up with his agility.
The back mountain of Blade's Edge Mountain is a wild forest. The trees are tall and vines are growing wildly in the forest. There are no traces of being trampled on. It's obvious that no one has been there for a long time.
This is obviously very suitable for them to hide their whereabouts.
Lu Qiyan checked around the area again. After making sure it was safe, he took off the rope from his waist and tied it to the trunk of a thick tree. He then pulled the rope hard and used the climbing rope in his hand. The pickaxe tapped the ground.
Three long and three short are the signals they agreed on in advance.
When the people below heard the noise, they immediately understood and began to arrange for people to climb the ropes and go up.
The people who went up took the ropes up again, and then more ropes hung down. What was originally climbing one by one turned into groups of three or five.
Soon, everyone successfully reached the peak. After some exploration, they headed towards the location of Blood Eagle Castle.
Blood Eagle Castle is not at the top of the peak, but halfway down the mountain from the top. The houses are all made of stones, which are fireproof and arrowproof, and are extremely strong.
There are sentry towers all around, taking turns keeping watch to ensure that Blood Eagle Fort is safe.
The entire Blood Eagle Fort can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Especially at this time, even in the latter half of the night, everyone is very sleepy. It is a good time to launch an attack. However, everyone is sleeping in the house at this time. It is impossible to launch a surprise attack. Not easy.
What needs to be done now is to drive all the people out of Blood Eagle Castle.
The branch of Blood Eagle Castle is composed of a main castle and three surrounding auxiliary castles. In addition to the stone door for entry and exit, there are holes on the stone wall for ventilation. These holes are not large enough for people to drill into at will. out, but enough to throw something in.
Some small jars that can burn and release a lot of smoke at the same time.
But the prerequisite for doing this is to kill the sentry tower first.
Lu Qiyan asked Feng Maocai and others to wait. He carried a branch on his back and took advantage of the dark clouds to cover the moon. He quickly moved to the bottom of the sentry tower, and then quietly climbed up the sentry tower, like a ghost. , covering the yawning sentry.
The dagger passed directly through the throat, and the sentry didn't even make a groan, and immediately became silent.
Lu Qiyan caught the man, took off the quiver from his back, and then carefully placed the man on the ground.
Testing the tension of the bow string, Lu Qiyan took an arrow and put it on the bow, fully pulled the bow string, and aimed at the sentry tower closest to him.
Whoosh!
The arrow penetrated straight into the sentry's chest. The man groaned and fell down immediately.
"What's going on!" The person at the other neighboring sentry tower noticed something was wrong and shouted.
"It's okay!" The person who had climbed up to the sentry tower early covered his mouth and shouted, letting out a runny nose. It sounded like he had a cold. In this way, even if it is different from the original sound, it is not suspicious.
After the other two towers returned to normal, Lu Qiyan repeated his old tricks and captured the remaining two towers again.
After the sentry tower was successfully controlled and all the people were arranged to take over, Lu Qiyan once again led a few people to sneak into the courtyard of Blood Eagle Castle.
Avoiding the people patrolling at night, several people arrived at the ventilation holes behind the fort.
Ignite the earthen pot in your hand with a fire stick, and quickly throw it into the fort through the air hole. You will hear a "bang" sound, accompanied by a fishy smell, which is strong, yellow and choking. of smoke.
Feng Maocai outside heard the noise and immediately released the signal in his hand.
The fireworks shot straight up, bursting instantly in the air, and the light they emitted made the entire Blood Eagle Castle seem like daylight.
The city defense soldiers who had gathered at the main entrance of Blood Eagle Castle saw the signal, immediately lit torches and began to launch a fierce attack.
The entire Blood Eagle Fort was awakened, and everyone rushed out of the fort in panic.
When Feng Maocai saw this, he held a big knife in his hand, raised his arms and shouted, "Charge!"
This shout was impassioned and inspiring, and everyone rushed forward regardless of their own safety, carrying their hands He used his broadsword to chop down those who usually committed crimes everywhere.
Because most of the people in Blood Eagle Castle were awakened by the thick smoke. After they came out, they had difficulty breathing, tears streaming down their faces, staggering when walking, and some standing unsteadily. Many people were even more panicked because they came out. , his eyes couldn't see clearly, he didn't even bring out the guy who was taking advantage of him, and his hands were empty.
Such bandits couldn't resist the well-prepared government officials and city defense soldiers. A large number of them were chopped down in an instant. The remaining ones who had guys in their hands who wanted to resist were quickly killed. They were all suppressed by the powerful government officials and city defense forces.
The whole scene was one-sided, which made the government officials and city defense soldiers more and more excited, and the movements in their hands became more crisp and agile.
The fighting lasted from night to early morning.
It was not until dawn that the fighting finally stopped. Blood Eagle Fort had been basically captured. Only Wu Jinsheng, the boss of Blood Eagle Fort, led a few bandits to resist and retreated to the back mountain. At the cliff.
Seeing that there was no way to retreat, the Blood Eagle Fort that he had worked hard for many years was destroyed overnight, and the only ones who came to attack the Blood Eagle Fort were county government officials and city defense soldiers. Wu Jinsheng's heart Resentment and unwillingness rushed to his forehead, and he looked angrily at Lu Qiyan and others who were chasing him.
“I think of me, Wu Jinsheng, who robbed the rich and gave to the poor, helped the poor, and was a well-known hero!” Wu Jinsheng gritted his teeth.
"Robbing the rich and giving to the poor, helping the poor? Are you worthy of saying this?" Lu Qiyan sneered, "You, Blood Eagle Castle, robbed a silk merchant and killed thirty-six members of his family, including one Four-year-old child."
"The same year. In June, he ordered his subordinates to rob local women, kidnapped three girls from ordinary farmers, robbed more than one hundred taels of money, killed seven civilians, and destroyed more than ten houses."
"In September of the same year. In August, Blood Eagle Castle led people to rob more than ten carts of grain allocated by the imperial court. Those who were not taken away were set on fire, leaving more than a dozen villages without food for planting in the autumn and becoming refugees."
"There are dozens of such things, all of which are harmful to the world. Everyone and God are indignant about each incident, but he can actually help the poor. If you say this, I'm afraid that in the underworld, Lord Hell will laugh out loud when he hears your excuses!"
"Such words are just to deceive people with evil intentions who want to join Blood Eagle Castle! , don’t even fool yourself!”
Lu Qiyan's words were like a nail piercing Wu Jinsheng's heart, causing him pain. (End of this chapter)