Chapter 53: Teaching by Word and Example

  "Cheers!"

  Li Zhen stood under the city wall, holding a rope, and with his right hand he made a mighty throw.

  "Brush!"

  The rope hook flew out, pulling the rope up quickly, and then fell into the inner side of the city wall. In the blink of an eye, a clanging sound came from the city tower. Li Zhen knew that the steel hook had landed, and he quickly pulled the rope. When the hook rose to the edge of the city wall and touched the bricks, it hooked onto the bricks and was firmly fixed in place.

  Li Zhen tried with force a couple of times, making sure the sharp hook thrown onto the city tower had securely caught onto the city wall. Only then did he start tying the end of the rope to his waist, so as not to fall off while climbing and crash to the ground.

  Immediately, Li Zhen took over the sniper rifle from Yang Banhou and carried it on his back.

  "Be careful, sir." Yang Banhou was worried and felt a bit uneasy.

  Li Zhenxiang said: "This is just a small matter, nothing to be surprised about."

  Li Zhen looked at the ten special forces soldiers beside him and said, "You are the elite of the Sharp Blade Special Forces. You're still studying now, but later you'll learn how to infiltrate enemy territory and cause destruction. Today I'm taking you into the city to show you how I climb up in the shortest time possible. These are the basics you'll be learning from."

  Ten soldiers nodded and looked quietly.

  Li Zhen grasped the rope, his legs pressed against the city wall, his back slightly arched, and his hands exerted force. In an instant, Li Zhen was like a monkey climbing, steadily ascending to the top of the city tower. Every upward movement was extremely stable, and each step maintained balance without affecting the next step's ascent.

  The whole process was swift and decisive.

  The ten special soldiers under the city wall widened their eyes and showed a surprised expression. Even Yang Banhou, who was skilled in martial arts, was the same, and did not expect Li Zhen to be so agile and swift.

  Such means will open their eyes wide.

  Perhaps everyone can climb up with the help of a rope ladder, but no one is as quick and steady as Li Zhen.

  Li Zhen approached the top of the city wall and slowed down.

  At this time, Li Zhen's head was still hiding under the city wall, while his ears were stuck to the city wall, listening to the movements on the city wall. This listen is not tight, but heard a low whisper, as well as the sound of urination.

  It is obvious that this is where the soldiers defending the city came to urinate.

  Judging from the sound, the soldier's position was not outside the city wall where Li Zhen was, but inside the city wall.

  Li Zhen waited quietly, and after a moment, the sound of footsteps gradually faded away.

  The soldiers inside the city wall had left, and there was no one else. Li Zhen quietly stuck out his head, took a look at the situation on the city tower, saw that there was no one on the city tower, and quickly climbed up to the city tower. When he landed, he made very little noise, and quickly squatted down on the ground to avoid being discovered.

  "Ah!!"

  Li Zhen let out a soft sigh and then stuck his head back out of the city gate tower, waving down at someone below.

  Yang Banhou and the ten special soldiers of the Sharp Blade Special Forces saw Li Zhen's gesture, all of them threw the ropes onto the city tower, using the sharp hooks to hook onto the edge of the city wall, then one by one they climbed up. Yang Banhou was the first to climb up, with a light leap, he landed steadily on the city tower. Immediately after, one by one the soldiers also climbed onto the city tower.

  Everyone is bold and comes up openly, without hiding their tracks.

  Fortunately, no one came over, so they didn't get caught.

  "Let's go, down the stairs immediately."

  At the word of command, Yang Banhou and the soldiers who had just climbed up onto the city wall began to descend again.

  After Li Zhen and everyone else went down, they put all the rope hooks used by the soldiers in a secluded position. Then, Li Zhen hung his own rope hook in a place that was not easy to find, and quickly descended from the city tower. He was obviously more skilled than the other soldiers. After descending from the city tower, Li Zhen ordered: "Go, find a place to hide."

  In downtown Shanghai, many large houses were empty.

  The little knife will make trouble, and the wealthy merchant left Shanghai. The more luxurious and grand the mansion was, the less people there were. Li Zhen and others entered the city and easily found a large mansion to hide in.

  This large mansion is located in the western part of Shanghai city, near the West City Gate.

  In the backyard, Li Zhen, Yang Banhou and the rest of the ten dagger special forces soldiers sat together. Li Zhen said: "Today, when we brought you from outside the city to sneak into the city, climbing over the city wall, what did you feel?"

  "General, that feeling is really exciting, it's quite cool."

  Yang Banhou had been following Yang Luchan to learn martial arts since he was a child, with very strict family rules, and hadn't even climbed over the wall before. Now, following Li Zhenpeng climbing over the city wall, in his heart, apart from excitement, he felt extremely novel and stimulating.

  "Is there no other idea besides this?"

  Yang Banhou shook his head and said: "There's nothing left!"

  Li Zhen looked at the remaining ten soldiers and asked: "What about you?"

  "General, I'm just as excited and thrilled as Lord Yang," one of the soldiers said.

  Just then, another soldier said: "General, I'm a little scared. If we climb up to the city wall and are accidentally discovered by the soldiers guarding the city wall, won't all our previous efforts be in vain?"

  Li Zhen finally smiled, this is what he has been waiting for.

  Li Zhen said with a serious tone: "When I climbed up the city wall, just as I reached the top, a soldier came over to urinate. But I wasn't discovered, do you know why? Because when I approached the top of the city wall, I didn't rush straight up, but instead cautiously stopped and carefully listened for any movement on the city wall."

  "Although there were passing soldiers on the city wall, they didn't discover me."

  "When the soldiers on the city wall left, I quietly stuck my head out again to make sure no one was around, and then quickly climbed up onto the city wall. This is the key point: in the future, you may encounter ambushes, you may be running through the forest, or sneaking through mountain valleys. But no matter what situation you encounter, the first thing to think of is to protect your own safety, you must be vigilant and cannot act carelessly."

  "Today's situation is the first time, wrong can also be changed."

  "In the future, I hope you will be vigilant and carefully observe your surroundings before taking action. Today, I brought you out to let you experience it for yourself and gain a rough understanding."

  Li Zhen said it very carefully, because he had to be careful.

  Perhaps this is a very simple question, but the soldier in front of him had no concept and didn't understand at all, so he had to teach by example.

  Yang Banhou nodded and quietly digested Li Zhen's words.

  After a long while, Yang Banhou said: "Sir, I have finally understood the previous matter. But what's next? Our goal is to kill Liu Lichuan, but we don't know anything about his situation, what should we do?"

  Li Zhen said: "Liu Lichuan is my responsibility, I will determine Liu Lichuan's position and then ambush him."

  "What about us?"

  Li Zhen said: "You disperse and go to deal with the civil and military officials under Liu Lichuan's command, and solve all of them. Once the main leaders of the Small Swords Society in the city are lost, we can take advantage of the chaos to let the soldiers outside the city attack the city, and even control some people to open the city gate, so as to easily capture Shanghai."

  Yang Banhou heard this and looked at Li Zhen with admiration.

  The people in front of him, whether it was martial arts or strategy, made him extremely impressed.

  PS: The fourth update; thank you brother 'lytzgs' for your strong support, on the basis of six updates, Xiaodong has added another chapter. Seven updates today.