He Qizhou asked again: "Who are the people in the 'Coron'?"
Han Chong said:
"As for who is in the Corona, let me tell you this, I guess I am the only one in Gansu, not even Xia Tong!
In addition to your master, I only know two or three people in the "Coron". We all have the ability to deliver messages quickly. Of course, we mostly use code words, and we also have the ability to do some things. However, the people who work under me just obey orders and don't do anything.
It is clear that we are working for the 'corona'.
These are actually learned from the 'Moon Shadow', and only in this way can we compete with them. Therefore, not many people know the existence of the 'Moon Shadow, Sun Corona'.
It is said that the 'Yueying', codenamed after the Twelve Heavenly Stems, are entrenched throughout Daqi. They are all powerful figures like the two-tailed scorpions. They usually pass orders and news through official posts, business trips and even military reconnaissance cavalry, secretly.
Do you know how many people you control?"
"What about us?"
"Of course, the organization founded by your master used Taoist temples most of the time. There are Taoist temples and traveling Taoist priests everywhere. However, this method is not very easy to use now. Mainly because it is too slow, and the 'General'
The influence of the government has penetrated into some palaces, so people like me, if possible, will also find ways to use official posts to convey news."
"Still don't know who is the mastermind behind 'Moon Shadow'?" He Qizhou asked.
Han Chong said:
"Perhaps only by finding the 'Great General' can the mystery be revealed. It is not so much that they are dealing with those who support Yang Zheng, but the real goal is to eliminate those who support the reduction of feudal vassals!
In the past few decades, all the fertile land in the world has been occupied by the royal family. People like the Marquis of Xihe are still not satisfied. If the vassals are not reduced and the feudal titles are not removed, Daqi will become the back beam sooner or later!
Ever since the General proposed the plan to cut down the vassal vassal, he has been hampered at every turn. Bah, bah! The General I am talking about refers to your adoptive father. The man whose code name is "The General" really makes me sick.
You don't have to think twice to know that the person behind 'Moon Shadow' is a member of the royal family. The current emperor is bent on the Northern Expedition. Although he supports the reduction of vassal vassals, he dares not take any action. However, if he does not take advantage of the old emperor's reign to kill the "general"
Dig it out, but I am worried that they will still get bigger in the future! The people's life will be even more difficult."
"Then let's call the 'general' behind 'Moon Shadow' a big bastard!" He Qizhou said angrily.
"This discussion is very good. From now on we will call him 'Big Bastard'. Okay, let's talk about it later. Let's see who are the people here first." Han Chong said, the two of them had already walked up to the rooftop and looked towards
southeast.
Qi Zhou discovered that a large number of bonfires were burning thirty feet away from the four corners of the inn's courtyard. With the bright moonlight, anyone approaching the inn within fifty feet would have nowhere to hide. More than a hundred well-trained military horses were in order.
They were parked in a sheltered area outside the east wall, and the original oil trucks and horse teams were pulled into the courtyard.
A soldier holding a crossbow stood every few feet on the four walls. There were five soldiers on each side, a total of twenty people. There were also more than sixty people ambushed in the north and south courtyards, about half holding shields and half holding spears. All the soldiers were
He was covered in light armor, carrying a straight knife behind his back, and had a solemn expression.
More than ten feet away from the south gate of the inn, there was a spearman next to a crossbowman. A total of twenty people were staggered and lined up. One person stood proudly at the front of the team. It was Xia Tong, the commander of the Guards Battalion, and he
On the opposite side, ten tall men in black hooded cloaks were walking slowly along the gentle slope. Their ten horses were abandoned on the side of the official road dozens of feet away behind them.
When Xia Tong saw that the visitor was approaching ten feet away, he shouted loudly: "Who is this person? The inn has been requisitioned by the military. Get out of here quickly!"
The ten men in black ignored him and continued to move forward slowly.
"Take one step closer, don't blame the crossbow for having no eyes! Get ready..." Xia Tong raised his left palm, and the ten crossbowmen behind him simultaneously raised their hard crossbows and took aim.
When the ten people heard the sound, they stopped and then uniformly took out a small shield from their backs. They silently raised the small round shield to their chests with their left hands. A man in black in the middle said: "It seems
We are late, are you Xia Qianhu? We are looking for General Han. If he is here, please inform him and let him speak."
"You are not late, we arrived early, and you haven't said who you are yet." Xia Tong said.
"We won't talk to the servants. If you don't get out of the way, we will go in by ourselves!" the black man said indifferently.
"Then come on!" Xia Tong slowly pulled out the straight knife hanging from his waist. Because he only had this weapon, he didn't carry it behind his back like other soldiers. His left hand was still raised high.
Just wait for the group on the opposite side to move first.
That group of people didn't seem to be in a hurry to take action. Military crossbows are not light, especially the crossbows of the Guards Battalion, which are the hardest and heaviest for individual soldiers in the army. If they keep carrying them, their hands will inevitably get sore and they will lose their accuracy.
It seems that they are not too afraid of the guards battalion firing crossbows directly.
Xia Tong secretly regretted that he should have called ten more crossbowmen to come out, so that there would be a chance to shoot in turns. But now the general is commanding in the courtyard. If he doesn't speak, he can only respond to the enemy with his current strength. Those ten people can't see each other individually.
They were not too strong, but standing together, as motionless as stones, I couldn't feel the energy of anyone on the other side, nor did I notice a trace of murderous intent.
The other party was so calm, which gave him a strong sense of oppression, and he did not dare to order the crossbowmen to attack rashly. Fortunately, after three months of training, he now has full trust in his men, and the eight-pound
Even if the crossbow is held for half an hour, it will not vibrate at all.
He Qizhou suddenly remembered something, said something to Han Chong and then ran downstairs. When he came up, he had already put a bow and arrows on his back. He also took a long sword from the room and lifted up the two-tailed scorpion with its acupoints sealed with one hand.
Rooftop.
The arrows that had just been shot had been pulled out from the corpses in the front yard, and the blood stains had not even been wiped off. Because of the rush, the bag on the long sword was only removed on the rooftop, just looking at the sword.
Scabbard, this sword is quite shabby.
Han Chong didn't care about He Qizhou who was busy wiping arrowheads on the rooftop, and he didn't instruct Xia Tong when to take action. He just put his hands behind his back and watched what happened. The soldiers confronting the enemy in front of the courtyard and the soldiers inside and on the walls of the courtyard
He was quite satisfied with the soldiers. Whether they were soldiers or generals, staying calm was a strength!
"They are Iron Stone King Kongs! Don't think that you can kill someone with a knife and an arrow!" The confrontation in front of the south gate had almost passed for half a stick of incense, and Han Chong was able to determine the identity of the other party.
"Crossbowmen step back half a step, spearmen prepare!" Xia Tong changed the formation. The team of twenty people completed the change in an instant, and the tips of ten spears pointed forward almost at the same time. Han Chong's voice sounded in the night sky
Although there was no sound, the words were clearly transmitted to everyone's ears, and all the soldiers seemed to be alert.
The ten Iron Stone King Kongs seemed to be a little surprised. The middle one waved his hand. The people on both sides took a few steps back in turn, and changed from standing parallel to a wedge shape. At the same time, each person took out a weapon from the waist.
, dagger, short axe, short hammer, short sword... they were all short weapons more than a foot long. Ten people actually used six kinds of weapons, but the same thing was that each person had a round shield with a diameter of two feet.
"What is Iron Stone King Kong?" He Qizhou couldn't help but ask when he saw that the two sides were in a stalemate again.
Han Chong said: "Before I was transferred here, I was the deputy commander-in-chief of Lingzhou. I went outside the customs all year round to attack the enemy. Facing Lingzhou across the Great Wall was Tongwan City in Xijing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was the strongest city defense in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the only one.
In a capital city dominated by infantry, the most elite of their infantry is called the Black Stone Army, and the top men in the Black Stone Army are called Black Stone King Kong, with no more than a hundred people. These ten people have not taken action yet, so they should return.
We have backup, so let’s wait.”
"Lingzhou is more than a thousand miles away, how did they sneak in?" He Qizhou asked in confusion.
Han Chong looked at the two-tailed scorpion on the ground and said sadly and angrily: "You said you are from Qi, why do you do this kind of deceiving the emperor and betraying the country? Don't you have parents and brothers? Do you know how many people in Zhou Dynasty do this every year?
We suffered casualties during the raid, and how many fields were laid waste? Is it really so important to kill me?"
The double-tailed scorpion's double-tailed scorpion's acupoints were sealed, and his blood and energy were blocked. He still laughed dryly and squeezed out a few words: "If you are unkind, why are you loyal? If the people die, what does it have to do with me?"
"Are the generals and soldiers in the capital?" Han Chong asked.
"Huh?" The two-tailed scorpion didn't know why the other party said that.
Han Chong said calmly:
"Tongwan City is 1,400 miles away from here, and you are not walking very fast. If you had sent people in Lanzhou to inform Wushi that you were going to set up an ambush here, they would definitely have arrived before you.
According to my understanding of 'Yueying', the general would not let too many people know about such a confidential matter, so you reported the plan to that big bastard, and then the big bastard sent someone to ask Zhou Lu for help.
I inform you to walk more slowly, otherwise, even if you are really sick, you will not be able to walk from Lanzhou to here for twenty-two days.
From Lanzhou to Luoyang, it takes four days to reach Luoyang, and a round trip takes eight days. The message goes from Lanzhou to Tongwancheng via Lingzhou, and a round trip takes six days, or it will take one day with the Wushi decoration. You can take care of it.
If it takes one more day, it will be another eight days.
You provided them with horses, two hundred miles a day, and it took almost six days to get here! It took exactly twenty-two days to get here, so I guess the bastard general should be in the capital!"
"Don't—fei, don't bother, don't try to trick me—me." The two-tailed scorpion said with difficulty.
"It seems that he is in the capital." He Qizhou said.
"Haha!" The two-tailed scorpion sneered at He Qizhou.
"The calmer you are, the more it means that General Han's guess is correct, because if the bastard is not in the capital, you will definitely pretend to show panic and deliberately lead us to think that this guess is correct. On the contrary, the more expressionless you are, the more
It proved the conjecture for us. On the contrary, if I were you, I would behave like this." He Qizhou analyzed.