As the ball fell to the ground with a clinking sound, Lu Qiyan pulled the rope in his hand hard.

The rope did not retract at all, and a rustling sound like a swaying branch was heard.

Guessing that the Flying Tiger Claw was probably hooked on a tree, Lu Qiyan tried to pull it several times again to make sure that the branch could support his weight. Then he used the rope in his hand and struggled to climb up.

Lu Qiyan climbed up quickly with his agility.

Behind Blade's Edge Mountain is a wild forest with tall trees and vines growing wildly in the forest. There are no signs of being trampled on, and it is obvious that no one has been here for a long time.

This is obviously very suitable for them to hide their whereabouts.

Lu Qiyan checked the area around him again, and after making sure it was safe, he untied the rope around his waist and tied it to the trunk of a thick tree. He then pulled the rope hard and tapped the ground lightly with the mountaineering pick in his hand.

Three long and three short sounds were the signals they had agreed upon in advance.

When the people below heard the noise, they immediately understood what was going on and began to arrange for people to climb up using the ropes.

The people who went up took ropes with them, and then more ropes were lowered. The people who originally climbed one by one turned into groups of three or five going up.

Soon, everyone reached the top of the mountain smoothly, and after some exploration, they headed towards the location of the Blood Eagle Castle.

Blood Eagle Castle is not at the top of the mountain, but halfway down the mountain. The houses are all built of stones, which are fireproof and arrow-proof and extremely sturdy.

There are also watchtowers all around, taking turns to keep watch to ensure the safety of Blood Eagle Castle.

The entire Blood Eagle Castle can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Especially at this time, even though it was the second half of the night, everyone was very sleepy. It was a good time to launch an attack, but everyone was sleeping in the house, so it was not easy to launch a surprise attack.

What we need to do now is to drive all the people out of Blood Eagle Castle.

The branch of Blood Eagle Castle is composed of a main castle and three auxiliary castles around it. In addition to the stone gate for entry and exit, there are holes in the stone wall for ventilation. These holes are not large enough for people to drill in and out at will, but they are enough to throw some things in.

Some small jars that can burn and release a lot of smoke at the same time.

But the prerequisite for doing this is to destroy the watchtower first.

Lu Qiyan asked Feng Maocai and others to wait. He carried a branch on his back and took advantage of the dark clouds covering the moon to quickly move to the bottom of the watchtower. Then he quietly climbed up the watchtower and, like a ghost, covered the yawning sentry's mouth.

The dagger slashed directly through the throat, and the sentry fell silent without even a groan.

Lu Qiyan caught the man, took off the quiver on his back, and then carefully placed him on the ground.

After testing the tension of the bowstring, Lu Qiyan took the arrow and put it on the bow, pulled the bowstring to its full extent, and aimed at the watchtower closest to him.

Whoosh!
The arrow pierced straight into the sentry's chest. The man groaned and fell down immediately.

"What's going on!" Someone in another nearby watchtower noticed something was wrong and shouted.

"Nothing!" The man who had already climbed up the sentry tower earlier shouted while covering his mouth, and sniffed his nose, sounding like he had a cold. In this way, even if it was different from the original sound, it did not arouse suspicion.

After the other two sentry towers returned to normal, Lu Qiyan used the same trick again and took down the remaining two sentry towers.

The watchtower was successfully controlled and after everyone was arranged to take over, Lu Qiyan once again led a few people to sneak into the courtyard of Blood Eagle Castle.

Avoiding the people patrolling at night, several people arrived at the ventilation holes behind the fort.

He lit the earthenware jar in his hand with a fire starter and quickly threw it into the fort through the air hole. There was a "bang" sound, and thick, yellow and choking smoke rose up along with a fishy smell.

Feng Maocai outside heard the noise and immediately released the signal in his hand.

The fireworks shot straight up and exploded in the air in an instant. The light they emitted made the entire Blood Eagle Castle seem as bright as day.

The city defense soldiers who had gathered at the entrance of Blood Eagle Castle saw the signal, immediately lit torches and launched a fierce attack.

The entire Blood Eagle Castle was awakened, and everyone rushed out of the castle in panic.

Seeing this, Feng Maocai raised his sword and shouted, "Charge!"

The shout was passionate and inspiring. Everyone rushed forward recklessly, holding their swords and slashing at those who were committing crimes everywhere.

Most of the people in Blood Eagle Castle were awakened by the thick smoke. After coming out, they had difficulty breathing, tears were streaming down their faces, they walked unsteadily, and many people were so panicked that they couldn't see clearly. They didn't even bring any useful weapons with them, and they came out empty-handed.

Such bandits were simply unable to withstand the well-prepared yamen runners and city defense soldiers, and a large number of them were hacked to death in an instant. The remaining ones who had weapons in their hands and wanted to resist stubbornly were quickly suppressed by the powerful yamen runners and city defense soldiers.

The whole scene was one-sided, which made the yamen runners and city defense soldiers more excited, and their movements became more and more decisive.

The fighting lasted from night to early morning.

The fighting did not stop until the dawn. The Blood Eagle Fort had been basically captured. Only the boss of the Blood Eagle Fort, Wu Jinsheng, led a few bandits to resist stubbornly and retreated to the cliff in the back mountain.

Seeing that there was no place to retreat, the Blood Eagle Fort that he had painstakingly built up for many years was destroyed overnight, and the ones who came to attack the Blood Eagle Fort were nothing more than the county government runners and the city defense soldiers. Wu Jinsheng's resentment and unwillingness rushed to his head, and he looked angrily at Lu Qiyan and others who were chasing him.

"Thinking of me, Wu Jinsheng, I rob the rich to help the poor, and I am also a famous hero!" Wu Jinsheng said gritting his teeth.

"Rob the rich to help the poor? Are you qualified to say that?" Lu Qiyan sneered, "Last March, your Blood Eagle Fort robbed a silk merchant and killed his entire family of 36 people, including a four-year-old child."

"In June of the same year, he ordered his men to forcibly abduct women from ordinary farmers, kidnap three daughters, rob more than 100 taels of silver, kill seven civilians, and destroy more than ten houses."

"In September of the same year, the Blood Eagle Fort led people to rob more than ten carts of grain seeds allocated by the court. Those that were not taken away were set on fire, causing more than a dozen villages to have no grain to plant in the autumn and become refugees."

"There are no less than dozens of such incidents, all of which are against heaven and earth, and are outrageous to both humans and gods. Yet you still want to help the poor. I'm afraid that in the underworld, the King of Hell will be so angry that he will laugh when he hears your excuses!"

"You can use these words to deceive those with bad intentions who want to join the Blood Eagle Castle, but don't deceive yourself!"

Lu Qiyan's words were like a nail that pierced Wu Jinsheng's heart and hurt him. (End of this chapter)