Kowloon wins

Chapter 1134 Outsmarting Malacca ([-])
"How far is it from Laohekou?"

Marching in the jungle is never a pleasant thing, not to mention that the heat and humidity of the tropical jungle is far more unbearable than the tropics. Even though the Marine Corps officers and soldiers did not lack training in this area, they also brought enough supplies And all kinds of mosquito repellent potions, but after two days of rapid marching, the mental state of the entire team is still inevitably exhausted. Even Wang Kuan, a martial artist with strong martial arts skills, is no exception. His legs are like lead. The ground was heavy, but no matter how tired Wang Kuan was, he never stopped walking forward, but the voice of the question was unavoidably accompanied by heavy panting, which showed that he was exhausted to the extreme.

"If you go back to the general, you should climb over this mountain again and you will arrive at Laohekou. Stationmaster Zheng has already arranged for the manpower, and you should be able to arrive at the scheduled location before sunset."

Hearing Wang Kuan's question, Zhao Sanjiang, the guide who was leading the way, didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly explained.

"Well..., order the troops to speed up!"

Wang Kuan shook his head, didn't comment on Zhao Sanjiang's words, just waved his hand wearily, gave an order, and followed the messengers on the side to tell the ministries not to mention it.

The Malacca River is not too big a river. It is late autumn and it is already the dry season, but the water is still quite deep and it is difficult to cross. As soon as the pontoon bridge was built, more than [-] officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps passed the Malacca River very smoothly.

"General Wang, Colonel Zheng Wu of the Overseas Intelligence Bureau is here to report, please give instructions to the general."

Just as Wang Kuan got off the pontoon bridge, a rich old man led a dozen or so dark-faced men to greet him, and asked for instructions very respectfully.

"Colonel Zheng is too polite, he dare not talk about instructions, how about sitting down together and discussing where to go next?"

Although he was very tired from the journey, he had reached the end of the road anyway, and Wang Kuan's spirits improved naturally, and he couldn't care less about resting for a while. With a wave of his hand, he led Zheng Wu and the others aside. At the rocky beach, he didn't dislike the dust on the ground, so he casually found a fairly flat stone and sat down.

"You should obey."

Seeing that Wang Kuan was so casual, Zheng Wu also responded happily, and sat down on Wang Kuan's head with a smile on his face.

"Colonel Zheng, has the enemy's situation changed?"

After all, Wang Kuan was concerned about the war, and after a few polite greetings, he quickly turned to the topic.

"General Hui Wang said that in the past two days, the Portuguese have shrunk in an all-round way, and all the scattered troops and Xiyi people have all withdrawn into the castle of Famosa. They were all driven out, but St. Paul's Fortress hasn't changed much, but they have been hoarding food and supplies for the past few days, and they obviously have the idea of ​​​​continuing to fight against the Qing Dynasty."

When it came to the business, Zheng Wu didn't dare to be careless, his face straightened, and he briefly introduced the overall situation.

"Well, have the dark hands on the left and right fortresses of the fort changed?"

Wang Kuan was not at all surprised by the Portuguese's active preparations for the war. No one else, as long as they were not fools, who would dare to take it lightly when the Qing army was overwhelming the situation? This was expected, not Wang Kuan. The focus of his attention was, what he wanted to know was whether the originally arranged dark hands in St. Paul's Fortress could play the expected role.

"General Wang, don't worry, everything is fine. Before the official came, I have already explained something, and I will definitely not delay the action tonight."

Zheng Wu obviously saw Wang Kuan's worry, but he didn't take it seriously, and gave a guarantee with full confidence.

"Okay then, please Colonel Zheng send a report to Commander He immediately, and our department will start operations as planned!"

Wang Kuan is a standard soldier. After understanding what he should understand, he didn't want to say any more, so he made the final decision neatly.

"Yes!"

After the order was issued, Zheng Wu didn't dare to neglect it, and hurriedly and respectfully agreed, and went to arrange the staff to handle the relevant matters without mentioning...

Yinshi is the card, the rooster just crowed for the first time, Sun Laoshi got up, yawned all the way out the door, and walked along the dark corridor to the direction of the kitchen, and the few bored sentries along the way did not bother him. The slightest investigation, nothing else, Sun Laozhen is called honest, and he is indeed honest. He has served in the left fort of St. Paul Fortress for more than ten years. In terms of seniority, he is much longer than all Portuguese soldiers. He has always been quiet, and belongs to the master who can't get a boring fart with three punches. Of course, no one cares about its existence. Sun Laoshi drove out of important military places such as Zuo Fort.

Even though it was almost dawn, the sky was still dark. Even though an oil lamp was lit every ten meters, the corridor was still dark, and several sentries who were supposed to be on guard ran impatiently to the corner where the lights were. In the bright hall, people gathered together, talking nonsense, no one noticed that Sun Laoshi opened the kitchen door, but he didn't enter it, he just picked up a piece of food at the door. He immediately turned a corner and walked along a stairway to a watchtower at the corner of the fort.

The watchtower that Sun Laoshi was going to was located in the northwest corner of the fort. It was not tall, but there were not too few soldiers stationed there. Not only were there two sentry posts at the entrance, but there was also a lookout post on the top of the watchtower. At the center, several torches were burning fiercely, illuminating the area around tens of meters brightly. There is no doubt that Sun Laoshi, who had just approached the watchtower, was immediately spotted by two sentry posts.

"Sun, why is it so early today?"

The two sentry posts were lazily leaning against the wall of the watchtower. Seeing Sun Laoshi approaching with a food box, they didn't feel nervous or guarded at all. Only the one on the left looked older. The bearded soldier asked with a hint of doubt, nothing else, Sun Laoshi usually delivered breakfast to various watchtowers at around Mao, but today it was obviously much earlier.

Sun Laoshi has never been talkative, and now he did not answer the bearded soldier's question as usual. He walked unhurriedly to the two guards, put the food box in his hand on the ground, and stretched it out. Pointing with his left hand, he signaled the two guards to get the food inside.

The two sentries were on duty in the middle of the night, and they had already been on duty for more than two hours. They were already tired and hungry. Seeing the food box in front of them, they couldn't help but feel even hungrier. , and didn't think about how Sun Laoshi's actions were different from those in the past. He muttered and bent over to lift the lid of the food box, but at this moment, Sun Laoshi, who seemed harmless at first, was Suddenly, someone rushed forward like a cheetah, swiped a dagger that was already in his hand, and cut the bearded soldier's throat, and then, without waiting for the other soldier to react, he saw Sun Laoshi's figure flashed, and he walked around behind him like a ghost, covered his mouth, and with a single pull, his tibia was broken, and the dagger in his hand wiped his throat, and blood gushed out. Another soldier also died on the spot.

Sun Laoshi ignored the two dying soldiers who were still twitching on the ground. When they moved, they had already flashed into the watchtower. The sleeping soldiers in the building, together with the lookout post on the roof, have all gone to see God at this moment.

Despite killing more than a dozen people in a row, Sun Laoshi's actions were still very calm, without any panic at all, but seeing him walking to the food box unhurriedly, raising his hand, he lifted the lid, revealing the inside , it was a bundle of rolled ladders.

Sun Laoshi bent down and took out the ladder, walked slowly to the corner of the watchtower, shook his hand, and hung the ladder down the edge of the fort silently, then turned back to the front of the watchtower, and took out a ladder from the door. The torch quickly drew three circles towards the rear of the fort.

"Follow!"

As soon as Sun Laoshi's signal was sent out, Yan Tianming, who had already led his troops to sneak to the bottom of the fort, immediately lifted his spirits, but seeing him wave his hand, he gave the order in a low voice, and then his figure flashed, and he was like Like a cheetah, he jumped out of the bushes and quickly wiped towards the fort. With such a movement, the soldiers of a company also started to move. With the help of the cover of the dark night, they rushed under the fort and filed up the ladder. climbing...

"Attack!"

There are two flowers blooming, one for each, not to mention that Yan Tianming, the head of the left fort, has already led his troops to start a surprise operation, but there is also a middle-aged man at the right fort across the mountain ridge, who is doing the same thing with Sun Laoshi. The same thing, this person is Cao Ming, the sweeper who is in charge of cleaning the right fort. He has also been lurking in the right fort for more than ten years. The sentinel on duty sent the same signal almost at the same time as Sun Laoshi. Captain Liang Huaiyun, who had already led his troops in ambush, saw this, and dared not be negligent in the slightest. With an order, a company of soldiers rushed out of the ambush. He rushed to the bottom of the fort quickly, and climbed up the fort along the soft ladder.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Although the Qing army moved quickly, it was a large force after all. Just when most of the soldiers from Yan and Liang boarded the fort, an alert sentry finally noticed the movement. The Portuguese soldiers at the fort were alarmed one after another, and they all rushed out of the dormitory with guns in their hands. A fierce battle broke out in an instant, with gunshots, grenade explosions, and screams one after another.

"Don't mess around, be quiet, what's going on, tell me!"

With the fighting on the left and right forts, the St. Paul's Fort on the top of the hill suddenly became a mess. Countless soldiers ran around indiscriminately, shouting and shouting. Colonel Robert Ferdinand, the commander of the fortress, became anxious immediately. He closed his arms and rushed out of the bedroom.

(End of this chapter)