In fact, Li Zehe misunderstood Shi Cheng to a great extent.
Shi Cheng indeed wanted to kill him, and the time was set at a quarter past midnight tonight.
According to the work and rest habits of ancient people, around Yin Shi is when most people sleep the deepest, so they can get twice the result with half the effort when taking action.
To be sure, Shi Cheng also mobilized all the loyal soldiers of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry near Li Zehe's camp.
Of course, due to confidentiality considerations, except for a small number of middle-level military attachés who had a life-long relationship with Shi Cheng, these Liaodong cavalry did not know Shi Cheng's specific plan. They would only be responsible for blockade and defense under the command of their respective military attaches.
Control the situation nearby, cover the real killers and dead soldiers, block possible rescue and intervention from other forces, and prevent variables from arising.
As for those dead soldiers who specifically took action to kill people, they were all the elite loyal and brave men carefully selected by Shicheng. They were one of the best in terms of loyalty and force, and all of them had blood on their hands. By the time Yin Shi moment came, they would
Go straight to the camp where Li Zehe is and complete all tasks in the shortest time.
After these dead men successfully killed Li Zehe, they would set fire to the scene, completely destroying all evidence, and deliberately leave some false evidence to point the suspicion of the murderer to the gangsters in the dense forest.
It can be said that the plan drawn up by Shi Cheng was very complete and the preparations were very complete. It stands to reason that Li Zehe only had a hundred guards around him, and he was calculated mentally but not carefully. It can be said that he was sure of success.
However, the poisoning symptoms of Li Zehe and his guards had nothing to do with Shi Cheng.
As the saying goes, "Nothing can be written without coincidence." Shi Cheng never expected that Zhao Junchen would also arrange an "assassination" against Li Zehe that night!
In fact, Zhao Junchen was the mastermind behind the poisoning of Li Zehe and others.
Compared with the detailed assassination plan formulated by Shi Cheng, Zhao Junchen's assassination plan was extremely simple. There were only two specific requirements. One was to be as concealed as possible and absolutely not to be exposed. The second was to take action as soon as possible. The earlier the better.
Therefore, "poisoning" became Zhao Junchen's best option.
Every evening, the Liaodong Town military camp will send a team of troops to the nearby river, use large wooden barrels to transport water, and then distribute it to various camps. This task is boring and labor-intensive, and all Liaodong soldiers avoid it.
Therefore, the informants paid by Zhao Junchen could easily join them.
Then, under the covert manipulation of Zhao Junchen's paid informants, two wooden barrels were allocated to Li Zehe and his bodyguards that night. A small simple compartment was set at the bottom of the barrel, and in the compartment
It's a bag of arsenic hidden inside.
This bag of arsenic will take a certain amount of time to seep into the water, so Li Zehe's guards will not find any abnormalities at first, whether they check or drink it.
But as time goes by, the arsenic will slowly seep into the water, turning the water in the bucket into poisonous water, and eventually everyone who uses the water will suffer from poisoning symptoms.
This is why Li Zehe and his guards waited until after midnight at night before they all showed symptoms of poisoning.
There are two advantages to this plan. One is that it is concealed and difficult to be caught in action and difficult to detect in advance. The other is that it is rapid and can be implemented in the evening of the day when the plan is formulated. It fully agrees with Zhao Junchen's plan requirements.
But the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, a small amount of arsenic will only make people feel strong physical discomfort, but it is difficult to actually kill people. But this is also the purpose of Zhao Junchen's plan, because Zhao Junchen just wanted to use this assassination to warn Li Zehe, and
It’s not that I really want to kill Li Zehe.
Therefore, although Li Zehe and his bodyguards were poisoned without realizing it, all of them were relatively mildly poisoned and could even endure their physical discomfort and carry out more activities.
At the same time, because of Zhao Junchen's poisoning plan, Li Zehe discovered by chance the abnormal situation of the soldiers in the nearby battalions, and discovered Shi Cheng's assassination plan in advance.
It can only be said that Zhao Junchen's poisoning plan was very timely, otherwise Li Zehe would have died unexpectedly even if it was only half a day late, without any chance of saving his life.
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However, when the confidant guard endured the physical pain and found for Li Zehe a pair of ordinary clothes and armor used by lower-level soldiers, he discovered that Li Zehe had taken advantage of the opportunity of his departure to arrange a simple armor in his tent.
organ.
Just using a fire candle and a cloth curtain becomes a delayed ignition device. If the fire candle is burned shorter, it will directly ignite the cloth curtain, and then directly ignite the entire tent.
Seeing this ignition mechanism, the guard's expression changed slightly again.
But in the end, he still didn't say much. He just silently changed Li Zehe's clothes and armor, and used plaster to cover up Li Zehe's face and features. Then he and Li Zehe supported each other and left the camp, taking advantage of the night to head toward the Forbidden Army camp.
Go.
After Li Zehe left the camp, it was only a tea time when the ignition mechanism was finally activated. The fire quickly spread in the camp. The raging fire quickly attracted the attention of all parties in the military camp!
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That night, all three Liaodong cavalrymen, Ma Zhu, Zhang Zhuang and Zheng Bolun, stayed up all night.
All three of them were Shi Cheng's close friends in Liaodong Cavalry, and they were all involved in Shi Cheng's assassination plan tonight.
According to the original plan, Ma Zhu would lead a group of dead soldiers to attack Li Zehe's camp and kill Li Zehe in one fell swoop, while Zhang Zhuang and Zheng Bolun would step in to control the situation nearby.
Killing a Liaodong general was by no means a trivial matter, so the three men naturally had no intention of falling asleep and kept meeting to discuss the details of the plan.
"Just now, one of Li Zehe's personal guards suddenly came to our camp and said that they were out of drinks. Li Zehe couldn't sleep at night and wanted to drink, so he wanted to borrow some drinks from us... I always felt that something was wrong.
Weird!"
"Yes, Li Zehe has always lived a luxurious life, how can he get used to ordinary drinks? Could it be that he has discovered something fishy and wants to take the opportunity to test us?"
"It's impossible... Our plan is very thorough and there have never been any flaws. It's impossible for Li Zehe to discover anything strange!"
"Just in case, should we just act in advance?"
"There is still some time before Yinshi. Shi Qianhu has personally gone to investigate the situation of other battalions and cannot report the situation in time. If we act in advance, I'm afraid..."
Just when the three hundred households were hesitating to discuss, they suddenly heard a commotion outside.
The next moment, a Liaodong cavalryman hurried into the tent and reported loudly: "Report to three hundred households, Li Zehe's tent suddenly caught fire!"
"What!?"
After hearing the report, the three Liaodong Hundred Households' expressions changed drastically and they stood up suddenly.
According to the plan, Li Zehe's camp should have been set alight by themselves after killing the people. How come it was set on fire in advance?
Then, the leader Ma Zhu quickly asked: "Is the fire big? How is Li Zehe's condition? Did his guards get up to put out the fire?"
The Liaodong cavalryman had a strange expression and shook his head and said: "Things are very strange. The fire was not big at first, but no one showed up to put out the fire, and Li Zehe and his guards did not appear. Now the fire is somewhat out of control."
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Hearing this situation, the three Liaodong Hundred Households were also surprised and felt that there was something fishy about the matter.
Since the fire was not that big at first, why didn't Li Zehe and his guards put out the fire in time? And there is still no trace of it?
In the end, Ma Zhu took the lead in making a decision, saying: "The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and sooner or later it will attract everyone's attention, and soon more and more people will come to the area... In this case, we must make a decisive decision.
Act quickly and rush to Li Zehe's camp in the name of helping put out the fire, and then once you see Li Zehe, take the opportunity..."
Speaking of this, a murderous look flashed in Ma Zhu's eyes.
Zhang Zhuang and Zheng Bolun immediately understood what Ma Zhu meant, and they both nodded heavily with serious expressions.
In short, they planned to change their plan, approach Li Zehe under the pretense of helping put out the fire, and then take the opportunity to attack and kill him!
After reaching an agreement, the three people immediately led their respective Liaodong cavalry and rushed to Li Zehe's camp to "help put out the fire."
However, when the three people rushed to the scene of the fire, the situation in front of them made them stunned and felt incredible.
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At this time, the raging fire originating from the camp where Li Zehe lived had gradually spread to several nearby camps.
These camps are all used by Li Zehe's guards.
However, although fires were ignited in these camps, the desperate screams of Li Zehe's guards could only be heard in these camps, and it was rare to see anyone escaping. It was as if Li Zehe's guards were helpless at this time.
His actions were ordinary, and he could only watch helplessly as he was burned to death by the raging fire!
At the same time, Li Zehe was nowhere to be seen!
Seeing this situation, even though Ma Zhu and others had been on the battlefield for a long time, it took them a long time to react.
Then, Ma Zhu suppressed the doubts in his heart, waved his hand and ordered: "Send a hundred people to enter the fire scene immediately. Don't worry about other people first. First, look for General Li Zehe and Li. Once you find General Li Zehe, take control immediately.
Report the news to me! The others are trying to control the fire and must not let it spread to nearby camps!"
Following Ma Zhu's order, the Liaodong cavalry behind him immediately took action.
About half an hour later, the fire was finally put out.
At the same time, Ma Zhu and others finally counted the damage caused by the fire.
In short, more than 70 of the more than 100 guards under Li Zehe were burned to death, and more than 20 were burned. Only less than ten were not burned to death.
At the same time, Li Zehe was still completely missing!
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While Ma Zhu and others were desperately trying to control the fire and put it out.
In the Forbidden Army camp, Zhao Junchen saw Li Zehe who had forced his way in.
Looking at Li Zehe who was kneeling in front of him and crying continuously, Zhao Junchen had a strange expression.
Since arriving in Liaodong, Zhao Junchen has always been interested in planting flowers but not in bloom, but unintentionally planting willows to create shade.
In terms of the overall plan, it can be said that there are frequent changes.
At first, Zhao Junchen thought that his trip to Liaodong was just a formality, but after seeing the tragedy in Hujiazhuang with his own eyes, he finally changed his mind and thought that he must compete with the forces of Liaodong Town.
Then, Zhao Junchen originally planned to use conspiracy to divide Liaodong Town, but when he saw the unimaginable strength of Liaodong Cavalry and Guan Ning Cavalry, he changed his mind again and added a lot of conspiracies to the plan.
factors, even risking his own life and letting himself and He Yu be kidnapped together.
Then, Zhao Junchen originally planned to secretly promote changes in the situation in Liaodong and try to force He Yu and Ximen Sheng into a situation where two tigers were fighting. However, because of Li Zehe's interference, he had to temporarily change his plan again.
arrange.
In short, the direction of the plan formulated by Zhao Junchen always changes again and again due to various reasons, which makes Zhao Junchen extremely annoyed and feels a little anxious.
But in terms of plan details, there are always unexpected surprises for the various arrangements made out of the idea of "just giving it a try".
For example, the alienation plan formulated by taking advantage of the competition for successors between Shi Cheng and Li Shijie, the effect far exceeded Zhao Junchen's expectation. Li Shijie, who was originally loyal to He Yu, is now alienated from He Yu;
Another example is that Zhao Junchen planned to use the distribution of Liao's salary and the timing of He Yu's kidnapping to encourage the top military attaches in Liaodong Town to betray He Yu's plan. As a result, an unimaginable variable appeared, Li Zehe, which destroyed Zhao Junchen's plan.
The overall plan...
For example, now, Zhao Junchen did not expect that he just wanted to take advantage of an unsuccessful assassination operation and took the opportunity to warn Li Zehe. As a result, Li Zehe not only directly discovered the real assassination plan arranged by Shi Cheng, but also immediately fled to his own home.
Help here!
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen couldn't tell how good his luck was, and he couldn't help but feel complicated.
And just when Zhao Junchen was thoughtful and complicated, Li Zehe was still crying to Zhao Junchen, hoping that Zhao Junchen would make the decision for him!
"Zhao Gechen, you must make the decision for Beizhi! According to various signs discovered by Beizhong, Shi Cheng and Ximen Sheng behind him must want to assassinate Beizhi tonight! Ugh...
That's why he secretly poisoned him, and then arranged all his trusted troops near the camp where Beizhong lived. After Beizhong and his guards were more poisoned and unable to move, he would attack and kill him! Ugh...
Fortunately, Beizi didn't fall asleep early at that time. He was just thinking about official business. The guard beside Beizi was staying by Beizi's side and had no intention of eating or drinking. Therefore, the poisoning was not serious, and he still had the opportunity to escape to Zhao Gechen to ask for asylum in advance.
, but the other guards in the humble position are not so lucky. Now they are all unable to move, so they cannot protect the lives of the humble ones. I don’t know what their current situation is...
Beizhi, Ximensheng, Shicheng and the others just have different opinions. I didn’t expect them to be so domineering and ruthless, and they actually want to eradicate the roots...Zhao Gechen, you must come forward to uphold justice..."
While crying, Li Zehe no longer looked as confident as before, and his face was full of fear and uneasiness.
At the same time, perhaps due to the deepening of the poisoning, Li Zehe's voice became weaker and faster when he cried, and he would vomit gastric juice and bile from time to time, so that the stench was so strong that Zhao Junchen couldn't help but frown.
After Li Zehe's crying came to an end, Zhao Junchen waved his hand and saw Jiang Quan holding a basin of murky water with foam in front of Li Zehe.
Then, Zhao Junchen said: "The situation you mentioned will naturally be investigated carefully by this pavilion. Now that you have been poisoned, don't be so emotional. This basin is full of soapy water. You want to
Drink a large amount into the stomach, and then try to vomit it out, repeating this several times... This is the detoxification method I learned from the miracle doctor Zhang Decheng, and I also sent someone to find a military doctor, so it should be resolved soon.
Your symptoms of poisoning, save your life!"
Hearing that Zhao Junchen had a way to resolve the poison he had suffered, Li Zehe was immediately overjoyed. He quickly took a basin and swallowed a large amount of soap powder water, and then ran out of the tent and vomited.
This is a common gastric lavage method in later generations.
Li Zehe was not deeply poisoned, so this method was enough to save his life.
While Li Zehe was washing his stomach, a Forbidden Army soldier hurriedly came to Zhao Junchen, bent down and whispered a few words in Zhao Junchen's ear.
After hearing the whisper of the Forbidden Army soldier, Zhao Junchen looked at Li Zehe, who was bent over and vomiting outside the tent, his eyes full of sarcasm.
Combined with what Li Zehe said and the information Zhao Junchen just heard.
Obviously, Li Zehe, who prided himself on being smart, personally killed most of his close guards!