Brocade tears

Mijin Annan waited anxiously in the simple outpost of the Ming army outside Pyongyang. This outpost is located at the southern foot of Mudan Peak, hidden in the middle of the mountain. It is actually a cave covered with stones and weeds.Through the gap, Yazu Annan saw that the sky had turned white, and this long night was about to pass.About an hour ago, she came to report and showed the token—Shen Weijing's badge.The spies at the outpost asked her to wait here, while he left and quickly went to report to the second echelon.

But after such a long time, there is still no news. The speed is too slow. I don't know if something went wrong. Even Mizu Annan, who is extremely psychologically strong, can't help but start thinking wildly: What is the Ming army doing?Am I under suspicion?Did something happen to them?

Finally, she heard footsteps coming from outside the cave, and she preliminarily judged that there were more than three people coming.They should have strong kung fu and have strong control over footsteps.Not long after, Yazu Annan heard a male voice shouting outside:

"You are the ninja Mizu Annan, right? I am Luo Xun from Qianhu of the Jinyiwei Inspection Office of the Ming Dynasty. Please come out and speak."

Mizu Annan heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly got out of the hole.She first raised her hands to show that she did not have any hostility, and then signaled everyone to look into the cave. She left all the weapons she was carrying in the cave.And Luo Xun also handed the knife in his hand to a Jinyi guard behind him, cupped his hands, and saluted.

After the first contact, after disarming both parties, Luo Xun directly cut to the point:

"I have heard what the messenger said, and I want to confirm a fact with you. Is our first echelon still in prison?"

"At least they were still inside when I left, but I'm not sure if they are still there now. The situation in the city is complicated and changeable, so I can't guarantee it." Mijin Annan said, after answering, she didn't wait for Luo Xun to ask the second question , and asked first:

"When I left the city, I met the spies suspected of being sent in by you at the gate of the city. There were two of them, an old scarred face and a young man dressed as a female companion, right?"

Luo Xun was startled, then nodded and said: "Judging from your description, it is indeed the person we sent in."

"They have successfully entered the city, you can rest assured." Mizu Annan said.

"Thank you, I didn't expect such a coincidence. My second question is, do you have relatively quick and accurate contact information with your sister? We want to know where Wang Daoming is now." Luo Xun road.

"To be honest, this is exactly what I am worried about. My sister and I communicate indirectly through the Japanese army's intelligence network. She entrains the real news in the routine information communication through double encryption. I read from it. The latest contact I had with her was three hours ago, when she and her husband drove a carriage from Gangwon Province to escort Wang Daoming to Pyongyang, passing through one of the Japanese army's messenger points , sent a message. She told me that there is still more than an hour's journey to arrive. I calculated the time. If there is no accident, Wang Daoming has already entered the city shortly after I came out. I will also tell you the news The spy at the outpost is dead, but I waited here for an hour, all my time wasted, I planned to get in touch with you quickly, and I went back immediately." Mizu Annan said complainingly, but she did very anxious.

"I understand that the reason why I came so late is because we are constantly confirming the news in the city. Sorry, we can't just listen to your side of the story at the moment. Besides, there are other unexpected situations that need us to deal with. Only then can I come to see you." Luo Xun explained.

"Other accidents?" Mitsu Annan asked doubtfully.

"Yes, the existence of the second echelon was detected, and Japanese soldiers who were hunting for us appeared at the station where we were originally stationed, so we were forced to transfer, which is why the spies at the outpost failed to find us in time."

"Could it be Wang Daoming?" Mitsu Annan was very puzzled. President Xiaonishi had promised to exchange hostages, but now he is hunting down the Ming army. Why?After thinking about it, she felt that after Wang Daoming entered the city, he instilled some ideas in Chief Xiaoxi, making him despise the Ming army, stubborn, overly arrogant and greedy.

Luo Xun nodded, his opinion was consistent with Yazu Annan's guess: "Obviously, President Xiaonishi intends to monopolize Wang Daoming and take Shimadzu Suijiu from our team as a hostage, and does not intend to complete the exchange. The first echelon is probably about to become the victim of Chief Xiaoxi's beheading of the sacrificial flag to encourage the soldiers to fight to the death with our Ming army. Among the team, the only official envoys are Shen Weijing and Yin Genshou, one representing Ming and the other representing North Korea. He can not kill some individuals and let them come back to report, but for the rest, he may show their heads to the public and demoralize the Ming army."

"Then do you still want to send Shimadzu Toishu into the city?" Mizu Annan asked.

"Send, of course. This is one of the most important bargaining chips to confuse President Xiaoxi." As soon as I said this, a figure hurried up on the mountain road not far away. It was a legend of Jin Yiwei. Xinbing, he reported to Luo Xun out of breath:

"I just received the letter from Flying Eagle. There was an envoy sent by the Japanese army at the North Korean station outside Pyongyang, telling us that Wang Daoming had arrived in the city, asking us to prepare Shimadzu Suijiu immediately, and Yu Chenzheng was a hostage outside Qixing Gate exchange."

"Chen Zhengshi..." Luo Xun glanced at the sky, and said, "It's Yinshi, we still have more than one hour. Mizu Annan, do you have the ability and willingness to enter the city again to spy on news?"

Mizu Annan immediately said: "I planned to report to the city and return to the city immediately. My sister and brother-in-law are still in the city, and I must join them. Please rest assured, I have a way to enter the city again."

"Okay, then please take this." Luo Xun took a mechanism that looked like a sleeve arrow from the hands behind him, handed it to Mizu Annan, and handed her three arrows marked with different colors, explaining :

"This is a smoke arrow. After igniting the fuze and shooting it into the air, it will explode and emit colored smoke. The red arrow means that the situation is critical and immediate rescue, the yellow arrow means that everything is going as planned, and the black arrow means that the operation failed and retreated immediately When you enter the city, after finding out the situation of the first echelon in the city, send arrows according to the color. We will have someone to watch the gates of Pyongyang City. It is best for you to send arrows close to the city walls and gates. Make it easier for us to observe."

Mizu Annan took the sleeve arrow and the arrow, assembled the sleeve arrow on the forearm of his right hand, covered it with his sleeve, and hid the arrow in his waist pocket.Then set off immediately, leave Mudanfeng, and rush back to Pyongyang City.

Luo Xun stood on the halfway up Mudan Peak with wide eyesight, overlooking the distant city of Pyongyang, his eyes were steady.

……

A horse-drawn carriage was parked in the earthen-walled courtyard of a North Korean family.The walls were so low that the windows of the carriages could not block them.Guo Dayou and others curled up quietly in the carriage without acting rashly.With a team of eleven people and one child, the seven adults and one child were all hiding in the carriage, it was extremely crowded, and the corpses of Wang Daoming and Li Laosan were also hidden in the carriage, the whole carriage was really overwhelmed.Everyone treated Wang Daoming's injury briefly, bandaged his throat and tied up his hands and feet. Right now he is still in a coma.Li Laosan's neck, which was about to be severed, was also fixed and bandaged. His blood had been frozen and stopped flowing, and his whole body was pale and stiff.

There were four other people outside the carriage, one dressed as a Japanese, sitting on the shaft of the carriage ready to drive at any time, it was Zhou Jintong.Chen Danggui, Wang Xu and Zhuyan went further afield to find out the situation of Konishi Yukio who was taken away by Yazu Yasuke and Hosokawa Shihei.It was Zhu Yan's own request to take over the task of going out to investigate. She couldn't stay in the carriage for a long time to stare at Li Laosan's body. She felt that she would collapse. She would rather do intense investigation work outside and divert her attention. force.Although Jin Yiwei had different opinions on this, and many people thought that her current mental state was not suitable for such an important investigation task, Guo Dayou still sent her out.

In order to ensure a living resistance force, Meng Kuang's strength was kept as much as possible and not used as much as possible. Her most important task now was to protect Sui'er and the child.

After waiting for less than half an hour, another carriage came from the far side of the road outside the courtyard wall. Zhou Jintong looked back and saw that the person driving in front was Chen Danggui, he was relieved.The carriage drove beyond the courtyard wall, and stopped side by side with everyone's carriages sandwiching the courtyard wall. The thick curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Wang Xu poked his head out.On this side, Guo Dayou also opened the curtain, and saw that besides Wang Xu and Zhuyan, Yazu Yasuke and Hosokawa Shihei were also in the other party's carriage, and they didn't look any different.

Wang Xuhui reports:

"These two people are very clever. They hid President Xiaoxi in the big clock of the clock tower in the east of the city. Then they got rid of the pursuers and hid on the only way. When they saw us coming, they immediately came out to meet us. Convergence. The Xiaoxi Army is searching for President Xiaonishi. It is estimated that Xiaoxi will wake up in less than half an hour. When he finds himself in the big bell, he must find a way to ring the bell for help. When the time comes, the Japanese army will definitely find him. We will do our best. Delay for half an hour."

Guo Dayou nodded, this is the smartest choice.First, Chief Konishi cannot be killed now. If the general at the forefront of the Japanese army dies suddenly, causing chaos in Pyongyang, then the deployment of the entire Japanese army on the front line will be completely disordered, causing the existing Japanese army that everyone had stolen. Deployment is all disrupted.In addition, the chaos on the front line is also extremely unfavorable to Zhang Yunxiu's trapping. Zhang Yunxiu will probably choose to avoid the most chaotic area, so even if everyone wants to use Wang Daoming as bait to lure Zhang Yunxiu into taking the bait, the effect will be greatly reduced. It would be meaningless to spend so much energy in exchange for Wang Daoming, or even sacrifice Li Laosan.

Second, it is not wise to hijack President Xiaonishi or take him away.The reason why they cannot be taken away is the same as above, that is, Governor Konishi must sit in Pyongyang to stabilize the situation.And hijacking President Xiaonishi will add a huge burden to everyone.The crowd was few in number and strength, and under the siege of Xingxing Xingxing's tens of thousands of people, hijacking would be meaningless. What's more, it seemed normal for Japanese people to subdue their superiors. A few generals seized the opportunity to usurp power, emptied Xiaoxi, and then covered up the killing, then everyone would really be making wedding dresses for others, and they would have to pay for their lives.

The best choice for everyone right now is to delay the time, so that the response of the Japanese army in Pyongyang City is as slow and chaotic as possible, so that they can sneak out of the city and join the second echelon outside.Their purpose of entering the city was not to confront the Japanese army in Pyongyang, but to collect intelligence in exchange for Wang Daoming.Now these two tasks have been overfulfilled, only the last and most difficult task is left - to break out of the city, as long as they can get out, they will be considered as successfully completing the task.

"Guo Tou, where should we go now? Most of the Japanese army has been directed to the east of the city to search and arrest. The west of the city should be relatively empty, but they also know that we have escaped from prison, so all the city gates must be closed. .” Wang Xu asked the most critical question.

After careful consideration, Guo Dayou finally said, "Since it doesn't matter which city gate you go through, let's go to the nearest city gate."

"Ordinary door?"

"Yes, it's the ordinary door. You come into the yard, we will make a new plan and assign the personnel for the two carriages."

After some detailed arrangements, the two carriages left the yard and began to drive slowly towards the ordinary gate.