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Chapter 147 Special Operations Rescue

(How about this one)

Although the Later Jin Dynasty had a large number of troops, these troops were basically not professional soldiers. They were usually scattered in tribes of all sizes. When war was needed, they would be summoned from various tribes and commanded by the leaders of the tribes.

After Nurhaci unified the Jianzhou Jurchens and founded the Later Jin Dynasty, he perfected the Eight Banners military system, setting up a Niulu Ezhen for every 300 people. Five Niulu formed a Zhalan (Jiala) Ezhen, and five Zhalan formed a Gushan Ezhen.

The Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty were divided into four colors: yellow, white, blue and red. They were divided into the Pure White and Bordered White. Each banner had a Gushan Ezhen, who had 7500 soldiers. The eight banners together were the same as the soldiers.

Of course, after the Later Jin Dynasty formed an alliance with Mongolia and conquered parts of Liaodong, it also absorbed some Mongolian cavalry and soldiers from Liaodong, and its total strength had reached about 100,000.

This time when Nurhaci attacked Shenyang, it was naturally impossible for him to bring all the Eight Banners troops with him. He had to leave some behind to guard Hetuala and some important tribes.

In order to prevent sneak attacks from Liaodong, Nurhaci even ordered some small tribes around to unite with each other and gather together to form some temporary large tribes to defend together, so as to avoid being defeated one by one as before.

However, this made it easier for Lu Cheng and his special operations team to pass through the territory of the Later Jin Dynasty and reach the city of Hetuala.

In order to prevent the target from being exposed too early, the 1200 cavalrymen led by Ding Xiu did not go directly deep into the Later Jin, but temporarily hid at the border between Liaodong and the Later Jin and waited for orders. After the agreed time, they entered the Later Jin to cause sabotage everywhere to attract attention and buy time for Lu Cheng and others to retreat.

In addition to Ding Xian and 40 special forces members, there were also several grassland people who were familiar with the Jurchens on this rescue mission with Lu Cheng.

Nurhaci had always wanted to conquer the Mongolian tribes on the grassland. The Khorchin tribe had always maintained close ties with the Later Jin. The Mongols could enter and leave the city of Hetuala freely, making it very convenient for them to act.

If only Lu Cheng and his soldiers, Han people from the Ming Dynasty, wanted to enter Hetuala City openly without any grassland people accompanying them, they would inevitably attract the attention of the soldiers guarding the city and would face questioning from them.

Even if Han people wanted to pretend to be Jurchens, not to mention whether they could speak the language, the hair on their foreheads alone would be a problem.

Lu Cheng and his soldiers did not want to shave their heads and leave a tuft of hair on the back of their heads, like a pig's tail.

The Jurchens today really have this hairstyle.

As for the Yin-Yang hairstyle in which only the front half of the hair is shaved in Qing palace TV dramas, it only became popular in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.

The hairstyle of the Jurchens nowadays is that after the hair is braided into a small braid, it can be passed through the hole of a copper coin. You can imagine how much hair is left.

After the group reached the vicinity of Hetuala City, Lu Cheng did not take any direct action. Instead, he first sent those grassland people into the city to inquire about the situation.

At the same time, Lu Cheng was also at a distance from the city gate, using a telescope to observe the situation at the city gate to see how the Later Jin soldiers guarding the city were interrogating each other.

Perhaps because it was daytime and the view from the city gate was wide, the soldiers guarding the city were not overly vigilant.

Not long after, several grassland people who had entered the city to inquire about the situation returned one after another and explained the situation in the city to Lu Cheng.

After Lu Cheng analyzed the situation, he asked several grassland people to go to the villages and towns near Hetuala City and buy some horse-drawn carriages for transporting goods. He also purchased some goods that could be sold in Hetuala City and loaded them on the carriages.

Afterwards, several Mongols drove horse-drawn carriages carrying goods, disguised as a small caravan, and entered the city of Hetuala from another city gate.

The check at the city gate was not very strict. After all, it was broad daylight and nothing had happened in the city. If all pedestrians coming and going were strictly checked, the city gate would have been blocked and impossible to walk through.

Several grassland people were driving horse-drawn carriages with goods. Lu Cheng and several special forces members were lying under several horse-drawn carriages. There were also two or three special forces members, disguised as grassland people's slaves, following behind them.

On one of the grasslands, some loose change was prepared in advance, and like other caravans, they secretly stuffed it into the hands of the soldiers guarding the city. The soldier received the money and just waved his hand before letting them pass.

After Nurhaci conquered some cities in Liaodong, he captured many Han people as slaves. There were many Han slaves in Hetuala City. When some Jurchen nobles traveled, they would be accompanied by some Han slaves.

Moreover, the Later Jin Dynasty had not yet strictly implemented the order to shave the hair, and many Han slaves still retained their original hairstyles.

Moreover, some Ming soldiers who surrendered to the Later Jin also had a certain degree of freedom in the city.

After entering the city, it is normal to see three or two Han faces walking on the street.

After the group entered the city, several Mongolians drove a horse-drawn carriage and passed through a remote alley. Lu Cheng and his special forces members quickly hid in the alley.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng and all the special forces members dispersed. Each grassland man led two or three special forces members, carried some goods, pretended to sell them, and unknowingly approached the place where Zaisai was imprisoned.

After all, Zaisai was the leader of a faction. Although Nurhaci imprisoned him, he did not lock him up in a cell. After all, he would have to conquer the Mongolian tribes in the future, or use Zaisai to exchange for a ransom.

Therefore, Zaisai was only imprisoned in a remote courtyard in the city, and two groups of guards were sent to take turns to guard him.

Moreover, this courtyard is close to the city defense camp. Even if Zaisai can escape from the courtyard on his own, as long as he makes a noise, it will easily alert the nearby city defense camp.

Even if you escape from the city defense camp, it will be difficult to get out of Hetuala City without anyone to help.

After investigating the situation nearby, Lu Cheng immediately arranged for his men to take action.

Several grassland people immediately formed groups of two and hawked their goods near both ends of the street where the courtyard was located, making noise and covering up the sound.

Lu Cheng, along with his special forces team members, immediately launched an attack on the guards at the gate of the courtyard. Several crossbow arrows carrying the extremely poisonous "blood-killing" poison were shot out at the same time, hitting the necks of the four guards at the gate with incredible accuracy.

The four guards fell down, holding their necks before they could make any sound. Several special forces members appeared behind them at a very fast speed, supported the bodies, covered their mouths and noses, and dragged the bodies to a hidden place aside.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng came to the corner of the courtyard wall, jumped onto the wall, and saw clearly the distribution of the guards in the courtyard. Then a group of special forces members had clear division of labor, quickly climbed over the wall from different directions of the courtyard, and landed steadily in the blind spot of the guards in the courtyard. The moment they landed, they pulled out their crossbows and shot crossbow arrows.

To be on the safe side, Lu Cheng held a Glock pistol with a silencer in each hand the moment he climbed over, and shot the guards who were not hit by the arrow with incredible accuracy.

In fact, the silencer of the pistol cannot completely eliminate the sound, but it is daytime now and there are other noise interference from the outside world, so a few slight gunshots did not cause any abnormality.

In just a few breaths, nearly twenty guards in the yard were killed.

The moment the pistol shell flew out, it automatically fell into the storage space without falling to the ground.

Then, the special forces quickly finished off the bodies lying on the ground, making sure no one was left alive.

After doing all this, a special forces member quickly opened the door with the key he had found from a guard. The two grassland people entered the house and immediately saw their leader Zaisai and his two sons.

Zaisai was obviously very excited to see his own people. Just as he was about to say something, Lu Cheng quickly spoke in Mongolian, which he had just learned not long ago: "We are here to save you. Stop talking nonsense and follow us first."

Then, several warriors brought the clothes they had just stripped off the guards' bodies and gave them to Zaisai and his two sons, asking the three of them to change into them.

Afterwards, the group dragged all the bodies in the yard into the house and arranged them, placing two loose-action bombs under the bodies as usual. As long as the bodies were moved, they would explode.

After dealing with the scene, Zaisai and his two sons, dressed in the clothes of the Later Jin Guard, walked to the entrance of the alley, followed a few grassland people, and went to the vicinity of the city gate in broad daylight and hid in a small alley.

Not long after, several carriages that the group had brought into the city returned to the city gate. Zaisai and the other two hid under the cargo on the carriages and headed towards the city gate.

When the carriage was about to arrive at the city gate, a grassland man leading the carriage went to stuff some silver and money into the soldiers guarding the city again.

At the same time, a grassland man and a special forces soldier dressed up as master and servant and stopped at another place at the city gate. The grassland man loudly scolded his "slave", attracting the attention of the soldiers guarding the city.

Afterwards, the carriage safely left the city gate.

After leaving the city, when the group reached a deserted place, Zaisai and his two sons, as well as some special forces members, immediately jumped out of the carriage, quickly hid in the mountains and forests, met up with the special forces waiting there, and after mounting their horses, they immediately headed towards the border of the Later Jin Dynasty.

At the same time, several special forces members stayed in the woods and continued to wait, because Lu Cheng was still in Hetuala City and did not leave.

Now that I'm here, of course I have to do some more damage and start a fire in Nurhaci's backyard...