Shangguan Bo knew very well that his background determined that it was not easy for him to get ahead. As a concubine of the Duke of Wei, his status in the Duke of Wei was inferior to that of a direct grandson, and his father was a famous libertine in Chang'an.
Therefore, Shangguan Bo can get very little help. Although compared to ordinary people or generals who are resisted by nobles, at least he will not be blocked by others. However, after becoming a noble, he even joined the East Palace.
Not even a 10% chance.
Shangguan Bo doesn't want to go on like this for the rest of his life.
He served as a soldier for six years, including two years of Zhechongfu and four years of guarding the border.
Four years ago, Shangguan Bo set out from Chang'an to garrison at the Annan Protectorate with the armor and sword that his mother had bought for himself by selling her jewelry.
His mother was just a servant girl. Although she had no worries about food and clothing, she was old and frail, and his father would not come to his mother's courtyard even once a year.
Therefore, Shangguanbo is very hardworking.
As for how hard he worked, Shangguan Bo's legs were covered with scars left by snake and insect bites.
The poisonous snake had bitten the flesh, and as for the place where the poisonous insect had bitten and festered, Shangguan Bo would cut off the carrion little by little with his sword every time.
Shangguan Bo doesn’t know it hurts?
Yes, but Shangguan Bo knew even more that only if he stood out could his mother raise her head in the Duke of Wei's palace.
Looking at their subordinates, the group of eleven men, led by their leader, walked lightly outside the house.
Shangguan Bo took out his sword and served in the army for four years. The whetstone made the blade much narrower than the normal horizontal sword. The hook and sickle of the Huren left too many scratches on the armor, and the armor was covered with red rust.
Strange dark red pattern.
The scars hidden under the armor have become Shangguan Bo's glory.
After leaving Chang'an four years ago, only Shangguan Bo's mother sent her son to guard the border at the side gate of Wei Guogong's mansion.
Four years later, when I returned to Chang'an, the main door of the Duke of Wei's Mansion was wide open. I walked into the main hall of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, which I had never set foot in before, and paid homage to my grandfather. My grandfather stood up and touched his head.
The Duke of Wei, Shangguan Zheng, who was over sixty years old, looked at the somewhat unfamiliar grandson in front of him with mixed emotions.
I thought about how this child, who I had never held in my arms when he was a child, had earned a reputation as a brave Shangguan family in the Annan Protector's Mansion for the Duke of Wei. The hardships involved could not be appreciated by outsiders.
Taking off his grandson's shirt, his back was white and his chest was full of scars. The child who was lying at the door of the ancestral hall to peek grew up. On the night of Shangguan Zheng, Wei Guogong went to the main hall to greet his grandson. Looking at his reserved look,
When he asked where his father was, he learned that he was still playing in Pingkangfang. He couldn't help but feel angry. After dinner, he smiled and asked his grandson to sleep well.
Turning around and taking his old soldiers with him, Wei Guogong Shangguan Zheng went to Pingkangfang, demolished a hook fence, and beat Shangguan Bo's father, his youngest son, severely.
People who were born in the border army are nostalgic, and Su Ce likes Shangguan Bo's nostalgia very much.
Shangguan Bo's tongue rolled around the copper whistle, which had a hint of sweetness. After seeing his men in place, Shangguan Bo nodded. His movements were swift and refined. Except for the murderous intent, which lacked some of the bravery of the frontier troops, the Lu Ben Army was an elite force.
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"Beep! Beep! Beep!" Shangguan Bo blew the whistle in his mouth.
Outside the house next to Shangguanbo, a group of 11 brigade soldiers formed a formation in front of the courtyard gate. Two people held short wooden stakes and knocked open the courtyard door. Then four brigade soldiers held straight shields in their hands and pounced with swords drawn.
Entering the courtyard, two people held crossbows, two people held long bows, and two people held spears. The leader of the group was in the center and commanded.
There was a lot of movement at the door. Some of the rooms in the houses were lit with candlelight, while others were dark and motionless.
The leader held a small bow in his left hand and a white-feathered arrow in his right hand, looking at the main room with wary eyes.
"Whoosh!" An arrow was shot from the house, and the gangster turned sideways to avoid the arrow.
"Leave no one alive, kill!" A cold command came from the gang leader's mouth.
The Luben army broke through the door, and those who had weapons in their hands were either shot or stabbed with spears. As for the female relatives, they were kicked down one after another.
Lu Benjun, who was born in Zhechong Prefecture, under the military order, aroused the killing instinct that had been cultivated in Zhechong Prefecture for two years.
Shangguan Bo heard the sounds of fighting and crying in various houses... These sounds tested everyone, but there was no expression on Shangguan Bo's face.
He knew that the women and children in these houses probably didn't know what their men and their fathers had done. If an army suddenly came to kill people in their homes, everyone would cry. But Shangguan Bo knew that, and his Lu Ben army also knew that,
This is not the time for sympathy.
Killing under the cover of darkness seems inhumane, but this is what the Luben Army has to do.
The delinquents of the Peony Internal Guard knocked on the small gong and shouted: "The imperial court has calmed down the chaos, and you are not allowed to go out!"
Soldiers are fierce!
When Shangguan Bo took action, Su Ce led the Lu Ben Army and also started taking action.
Qin Huai led people to other exits of the dark city, while Su Ce and Zhao Zaixiu led the 500 brigade of Ben troops straight to Dai Mansion.
A group of fifty soldiers threw out their rope hooks and climbed over the wall. After a few breaths, the sound of fighting soon came from the gate of Dai's mansion. Every one of this group of soldiers was Zhao Zaixiu.
Hand-selected.
Zhao Zaixiu came from the Duke of Wei's palace, and his background was much better than that of Shangguan Bo. He was one of the direct grandsons of Zhao Yao, Duke of Wei.
However, having a good background does not mean that the road ahead will be smooth. You have to walk your own path, and you can help someone temporarily but not forever.
When the Duke of Wei Zhao Yao passes away, the new Duke of Wei will not choose one of the sons of Duke Zhao Yao to ascend the title, but will select one from the many legitimate sons of the prince to be the Duke of Wei.
As for the descendants of the old Duke Wei, except for one person who was demoted to the founding uncle, the others have two choices. They can either return to their ancestral home to restore their royal status and become mausoleum guards, or they can give up their royal status and choose one of the various roads in Daqian.
Spreading branches and leaves.
Zhao Zaixiu didn't think too much. He just wanted to be knighted for military merit and stay in Chang'an.
"Creak!" The door of Dai Mansion rang. The 450 brigade soldiers on the street did not rush forward. Instead, a team of fifty people went to help the previous team stabilize the situation. As the door opened,
Opening it, Su Ce's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
The fifty brigade soldiers who entered were fighting with the servants of Dai Mansion. There were more enemies than we, but they just stood guard at the gate of the courtyard. As the brigade soldiers from outside Dai Mansion entered, the disadvantage was reversed.
"Zaixiu, I'll leave this place to you!" Su Ce shouted to Zhao Zaixiu next to him, and then rushed in with his knife. The remaining brigade soldiers followed Su Ce's pace. Su Ce's goal was clear.
We were going to the rockery of Dai Mansion. As for Dai Mansion’s public face, we handed it over to Zhao Zaixiu.
Zhao Zaixiu glanced at Su Ce gratefully. Dai Dezhen, the leader, had made the first contribution, so Su Ce gave it to him.
The number of Lu Ben troops following Su Ce was neither large nor too small, only three hundred people. The dark city was called a city, but it was just a mole cricket.
In fact, although the area is large, the underground conditions limit the space, so three hundred people are enough. Su Ce led the team for no other reason than to reduce casualties, but there were not as many as Zhao Zaixiu thought.
Zhao Zaixiu drew his sword and joined the fight. He had two hundred men left on hand, which was enough. Su Ce went to the rockery in the backyard and would help him solve a lot of troubles on the way.
On the surface, the number of people in the Dai Mansion is only four hundred, of whom there are less than a hundred family members, and the others are accountants, housekeepers, maids, and women.
There is only one hard nut in Yongpingfang, and that is the dark city. Residents must be ruthless, Dai Fu must be careful, and the dark city requires life and death. Therefore, Su Ce decided to bite this hard nut himself.
Su Ce killed the servants in the front yard and did not bother with the servants on both sides. He just handed these people over to Zhao Zaixiu.
Stepping into the backyard of Dai Mansion, Su Ce went straight to the rockery. At this time, the backyard was already in chaos with the sound of fighting in the front yard. Su Ce walked less than a hundred meters when he saw Zhou Zheng holding a blood-stained short blade.
He was coming out of the boudoir next to the rockery.
"One of our own!" Su Ce shouted and quickly restrained the Lu Ben army behind him. It seemed that Zhou Zheng had already made his choice.
Looking at Zhou Zheng with a dull look in his eyes, Su Ce slapped him: "Are you awake?"
"Clang!" The horizontal knife fell on the ground paved with blue bricks, creating a shallow pit. The short blade in Zhou Zheng's hand fell to the ground, and he squatted down in pain.
Normally, Su Ce would have spoken softly and comforted her, but now was not the time for the love between children.
Zhou Zheng's appearance made Su Ce very angry, but Su Ce also understood that Zhou Zheng felt uncomfortable.
"Here comes a group of people and takes him outside." Su Ce frowned. It seemed that Zhou Zheng couldn't help him at this moment, so he crossed over to Zhou Zheng.
According to the method marked on the map, he picked up the lamppost next to the rockery and shouted in a muffled voice: "Get up!"
The stone lamppost, which weighed more than 200 kilograms, was pulled up by Su Ce with its base attached.
"Hua Hua Hua..." The sound of running water came from the quiet lake covering an area of nearly an acre next to the rockery.
The rockery suddenly moved, revealing a two-meter-square black hole.
"Come with me!" Su Ce took the shield and torch handed over by the captain next to him, bent down, and walked into the cave without any hesitation.
The 300 brigades of Ben troops led by Su Ce were equipped with short crossbows, straight shields, horizontal knives, and long spears to fight underground. The long spears were too much in the way, but Su Ce still let the brigades of Ben troops lead them.
The captain who handed Su Ce a straight shield followed Su Ce with a short crossbow.
Following the winding steps down, Su Ce was met with a hail of arrows as soon as he landed on the flat ground.
Fortunately, Su Ce was bent down, but the force of powerful crossbow shots came from the shield in his left hand.
"Dong dong dong..." The continuous crossbow arrows almost caused Su Ce to fall to the ground.
Su Ce turned sideways and pressed the shield with his left hand. He suddenly threw the torch in front of him with his right hand and shouted: "Sun Dao and the shield are in front, and the spear is behind. The crossbowman chooses the opportunity to shoot! Follow me and charge!"
There was no reply from his subordinates, only the sound of shields rubbing against each other.
A simple military formation was quickly established.
Two sword-and-shield bearers appeared next to Su Ce quickly, with their swords and swords in tow, but it was unclear who they were.
Behind him are four spearmen standing side by side, and finally three crossbowmen.
"Let's go!" Su Ce shouted, stepping forward to press on.
When the torch was stamped out just now, Su Ce saw clearly the opponent in front of him and stood in two rows of crossbowmen. There were not many, only eight or nine people. However, in order to reduce casualties, Su Ce would not let his men compete with these crossbowmen.
Counter-shooting.
So use defense instead of attack and keep pressing forward.
When Su Ce approached, the crickets in the dark city came up with guns. Su Ce and the two sword and shield men blocked the sides of the shields, drew out the horizontal swords, and held the swords in their backhands.
The fighting broke out in an instant. The two sword-and-shielders beside Su Ce held their shields, and the force of being stabbed by a spear soon came from the shield.
The short crossbow made by the general director is only one foot long, but the steel crossbow arm gives the short crossbow strong power.
"Squat, shoot!" Su Ce shouted, squatting down and placing his shield sideways. The spearman also lowered his body and put his spear on the shields held by the three Su Ce in the front row.
The crossbowman in the back row fired the crossbow machine, and three short crossbow arrows passed over the heads of Su Ce and others and hit the crickets who rushed over to assassinate them.
"Spear, stab!" Su Ce did not move. The spearman stood up and thrust forward without worrying about whether it hit the mole cricket. It was just three quick thrusts.
"Pressure!" Su Ce and the two sword and shield players stood up, walked a few steps forward, walked around the crickets on the ground, slashed the crickets on the ground with their right backhand, passed over the corpse, and stabbed thousands more with the spearmen.
Words are too long, everything is spoken in just a few blinks.
Soon these cricket crossbowmen were strangled to death.
After passing these mole cricket crossbowmen, Su Ce encountered a fork in the road. Fortunately, there was a map reminder before, otherwise it would not be easy to deal with it.
"The shield man is in front, the crossbow man is behind, the sword and shield man are protecting the left and right, and the spear is in front of the crossbow man. In a team of ten, remember to last the last hit!" Su Ce added the last word according to the strategy discussed with everyone in the afternoon.
, this is because they are afraid that someone pretends to be dead. What if they get away with it, wait until the Luben army passes by, and start a violent killing spree?
The captain who just handed Su Ce the straight shield nodded at Su Ce and led a hundred people to the passage on the right. He knew that the area of this passage was only one-third of the standing area and was the treasury of Mole Cricket.
Su Ce, on the other hand, continued to move forward. His goal was Mole Cricket's dark city hall, where there were things the second prince needed.
But before that, Su Ce knew that he was about to enter purgatory.
The rancid smell of blood became stronger and stronger as Su Ce moved forward.
The resistance they encountered was getting bigger and bigger. Every time they encountered a fork in the road, a group of Brigade Ben soldiers would branch out. The same thing happened to the Colonel Brigade Lieutenant at the other end.
Fortunately, he had seen the map. He really couldn't remember it, so he could take out the copy of the paper map and look at it again. The terrain of the Undercity was complicated, and everyone had their own responsibility.
Therefore, every soldier who entered the dark city had a paper map in hand.
There is no daylight underground, but except for the entrance, other places are lit with oil lamps. This saves Su Ce and the others a lot of work, but they still have torches ready. Su Ce knows that it is better to be more prepared than to be passive in the face of battle.
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Even though it may be a useless effort, at least this way you won't have any trouble.
After all, when a general is in trouble, it means that the soldiers have to sacrifice their lives to save it!