Usurpation of Mongolia: My father-in-law is Genghis Khan

Chapter 94 Night Owl, the Sharpest Dagger in the Dark

Today is the first day of the new year. There is no moonlight, only the sky is full of bright stars.

When you stretch out your hand, you can hardly see your fingers.

Zhao Shuo stood on the Great Wall, next to him was Tarhun, who was wearing a dark red leather jacket and had his hair tied up. The two of them looked at the Wu Yue Camp, which was brightly lit and heavily guarded, 180 steps away.

Zhao Shuo looked at the Wuyue Camp in the distance without turning around, and whispered, "You know, during the Battle of Wusha Castle, the entire army, including me, went to the battlefield. Why did the Night Owl Guards, the highest-paid soldiers in the army, stay away?"

Tarhun's amber eyes reflected faint fragments of light in the darkness.

"Because you don't want us to be exposed too early, nor do you want us to die meaninglessly on the front battlefield. The sharp dagger should attack the enemy's vital points." Talhun replied in a low voice.

Hearing Tarhun's words, Zhao Shuo smiled faintly.

"Very good!" Zhao Shuo pointed to the Wuyue Camp in front of him and said, "Now, it's up to you. I hope you can deliver a fatal blow!"

"Yeah!" Tarhun didn't say any nonsense. He looked at the Wu Yue Camp in the distance and nodded with a deep gaze.

Chirp~~
Tarhun uttered two soft nightingale calls, turned and left, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

After hearing the voice, the other Night Owl Guards followed suit.

It's just that the light was too dim and the Night Owl Guard's movements were too light, so Zhao Shuo couldn't even feel any changes around him.

Outside the Great Wall behind him was an army of 10,000 Mongolians.

This time he did not move the Baru camp, nor did he move the strong women of the Wanggu tribe. He even left some Mongolian troops to guard Wusha Fort, and only took the most loyal 12,000 Mongolian soldiers.

Although the Night Owl Guards had already dealt with the Jin army's scouts in advance.

But in order to maintain absolute secrecy, the 12,000 Mongolian soldiers dismounted and extinguished all their torches eight miles away from the Great Wall.

A thousand Mongolian soldiers were left behind to guard the war horses.

There were 11,000 people left, each holding a wooden stick in their mouths. The person behind pulled the belt of the person in front and moved forward with one step deep and one step shallow.

The daytime battles consumed a lot of their physical strength, and the march at night was too difficult. People kept falling behind, but they did not dare to make any noise.

By now, only 10,000 had followed.

The 160-man Night Owl Guards are the hope of the entire army!
Bang bang bang~~
The sound of the clappers on the city wall of Wu Yue Camp was very loud in the middle of the night, telling everyone that there was nothing unusual in Wu Yue Camp.

……

……

"laugh!"

A cold light flashed in the moonlight.

One hundred and twenty steps away from the Wu Yue camp, a Jin army scout hiding in the bushes was covered with his mouth by a night owl from behind, and his throat was cut, and he died silently.

Yes, it is pitch dark at night, and even a night owl with extremely strong eyesight is not much better than an ordinary person.

However, the Night Owl Guards have specially bred hunting dogs, which are called Mongolian Hounds or Khitan Hounds.

Every Night Owl team has one.

Whether for the herdsmen on the grasslands or the Tumat people in the forests, dogs are not their pets, but their partners in life and battle.

These carefully selected hunting dogs are not only intelligent, but also have excellent night vision and a strong sense of smell. Any enemy hiding in the dark cannot escape their sharp eyes and sensitive noses.

They are all fitted with muzzles, so even if they bark instinctively, they cannot make any sound. They can only rely on the shaking of the leash to alert their owners to the direction of the enemy.

Just now, it was thanks to these hounds that Zhao Shuo's army was able to accurately reach the vicinity of the Wuyue Camp. Now, it was also thanks to the hounds' superb sense of smell that the Night Owl Guards were able to eliminate the ten secret sentries of the Wuyue Camp garrison.

After dealing with these secret sentries, the Night Owl Guards finally approached the three-meter-high wall of the Wu Yue Camp.

Although the light is slightly better, the city is still dark overall, so it is safe for the time being.

However, the city was brightly lit, making it impossible to hide, so they could only rely on their extraordinary courage, skills and force.

They are very lucky.

After all, Wusha Castle is not one of those big cities in the Central Plains with hundreds of years of history. Those big cities have been repaired through the dynasties, and there are multiple inner defenses such as the city wall and sheep and horse wall in the city, so there is simply no opportunity for them to take advantage of.

Of course, for the Wu Yue Camp to launch a successful sneak attack now is no easier than climbing to the sky.

Every sixty steps, there is a protruding horse face.

There were two patrolling soldiers standing on each horse-front, and between the two horse-fronts, there were two patrol teams of ten people each, patrolling in a cross-patrol.

Roughly speaking, there were 800 soldiers guarding the four-mile-long city wall of Wusha Castle alone!
Bang bang bang~~
The patrol team on the city wall would strike the gong every half a quarter of an hour.

If the sound of the bangzi stops, it means that the enemy is attacking.

Must be fast!

Whoosh!
Just as the two patrol teams passed each other and the footsteps were a little chaotic, Tarhun threw out a grappling hook and cleverly and silently placed it on the battlements of the city wall.

The Night Owl Guard's hook rope is specially made. The cowhide rope of the hook rope is soaked in fish oil for nine days and nine nights, and the iron hook is wrapped with a layer of fine wool.

Despite this, Tarhun's precise control of distance is truly superb and exquisite.

The patrolling Jin army did not find anything unusual.

feasible!

The night owls waited patiently, and when another patrol passed by, another nineteen grappling ropes were set up on the city wall almost at the same time.

Twenty in total, that’s enough!

After all, the total number of Jin army patrols is only twenty people.

Twenty night owls including Tarhun took advantage of the moment when the two patrol teams were farthest away from the grappling ropes, and climbed up silently and swiftly.

In just a moment, they were less than three feet away from the battlement.

If you climb higher, you will see lights from the city walls, which may be noticed by the sentries on horseback.

The next action must be fast, steady, accurate, ruthless, and must also have good luck!

"I hope that guy's judgment is correct. The defense of the Black Moon Camp may appear tight, but it's actually lax."

Taerhun sighed inwardly, holding his breath as he listened intently to the footsteps on the city wall, waiting for the moment when the two patrols were about to meet but hadn't yet. That was when the enemy was at their most relaxed, and it was the Night Owl Guards' only chance to control them all.

It's now!

Twenty night owls almost simultaneously leaped onto the battlement lightly and flexibly. At the same time, the darts in their mouths were shot like lightning towards the throat of the enemy five steps away!

The so-called deadly poison will take at least five breaths to take effect on large animals like humans, so the Night Owl Guards gave up using it.

The poison on the Night Owl Guard's blowpipes is specially formulated. If it pierces the neck, it will make the person fall into a coma within two breaths.

In a flash, just as the patrolling Jin soldiers were about to fall after being shot by arrows, twenty night owls flew over and supported their bodies, preventing them from making any sound. Then, they quickly dragged them into the shadows on the city wall and changed their clothes.

(End of this chapter)