Liu Xie, wrapped in a large cloak, squatted on Zhang Xiu's battle flag and looked at it again and again.
"What is Zhang Xiu like?"
"With good martial arts skills and extraordinary agility, he is a rare cavalry commander. He is definitely not comparable to Li Shi." Wang Yue replied, deeply regretting that he failed to assassinate Zhang Xiu. "If he had not been too presumptuous and neglected to take precautions, it would have been difficult for me to get close.
Opportunity."
Liu Xie nodded, feeling somewhat fortunate.
Judging from Zhang Xiu's actions in the past few days, he estimated that Zhang Xiu might underestimate the enemy, so he asked Wang Yue, the most skilled and experienced man, to attack.
Assassins these days are not that professional yet, and swordsmen and assassins are often confused.
Despite this, Wang Yue only approached Zhang Xiu and took the battle flag, but failed to kill Zhang Xiu.
It seems necessary to provide some guidance to Wang Yue.
Even if you don't become a professional assassin, you still need to learn more about assassins' methods, improve your professionalism, and become a qualified bodyguard.
As for now, I just hope that this attack by Wang Yue and the others can keep Zhang Xiu away from him and stop him from always appearing under his nose.
"Tomorrow morning, give this battle flag and the head to General Xingyi."
"only!"
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Li Jue lifted the wine pot, and the clear wine flowed out of the spout and poured into the cup.
The wine is foaming and fragrant.
Li Jue picked up the wine glass, walked to the envoy, took the edict and glanced at it.
"Where is the Emperor?"
The messenger was trembling, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
"At...at General Xingyi's camp."
"always there?"
"One... always there."
Li Jue breathed a sigh of relief, handed the wine glass to the envoy, turned back and tore open the envelope of the edict.
The messenger held the wine glass with trembling hands, and half of the wine was spilled.
"Drink, this is the royal wine of the palace, don't waste the last pot." Li Jue said without looking back.
The messenger was dumbfounded. He neither dared to answer nor refused to answer.
He is still confused as to why he was so unlucky that he would be tasked with delivering an edict to Li Jue.
Before coming, he had said goodbye to his wife and children and was prepared not to go back.
Looking at the wine in his hand, he couldn't help but swallow a sip of saliva, raised his neck and poured the wine into his mouth.
"Changlang——" The long knife in Li Jue's hand was unsheathed and he cut the messenger's neck with one blow.
Blood spurted out, and the wine he had just drank also spurted out.
The messenger's face turned pale, his body swayed, and he fell to the ground.
Li Jue's long sword turned sharply and split the wine glass that fell from the messenger's hand into two halves.
"This is unreasonable!" Li Jue roared sternly. "Bang the drums and attack! Either I will die today or he will die."
The sound of war drums suddenly sounded, breaking the tranquility of the camp.
Li Ying, Li Wei, Hu Feng and others heard the fierce drum beating and did not dare to neglect, so they rushed there one after another.
Looking at the corpse of the envoy on the ground, and looking at Li Jue whose face was ashen, everyone remained silent, not even daring to express their anger.
Li Shi, who was closest to him, was the last one to arrive. His clothes and armor were disheveled, his eyes were sleepy and the circles under his eyes were dark. It looked like he had slept late last night.
The more Li Jue thought about it, the angrier he became. He strode over and slapped her hard in the face. "From now on, if you dare to touch a woman again, I will castrate you and send you to the little emperor as a eunuch."
Li Shi was stunned, but he didn't dare to defend himself. He covered his face and stood aside obediently.
Li Jue picked up the edict on the case, handed it to Li Ying who was standing aside, and motioned for him to pass it on to read it.
After Li Ying finished reading, his face turned pale and without saying a word, he handed it to Li Wei.
After passing it around, the edict finally reached Li Shi. Li Shi covered his face with one hand and held the edict in the other. As soon as he read the first sentence, he trembled with fright and glanced at Li Jue subconsciously.
This edict was written straightforwardly, with simple words that could be understood at a glance. It went straight to the point, saying that Li Jue was "born of barbarians, and his nature is the same as that of an animal. He has no parents to support him, and he has not heard the teachings of saints for a long time." Li Jue directly stabbed Li Jue.
Jue's lung tube.
Li Jue was born in the North. Although he was a Han Chinese and had read some books, he thought he was half a scholar, but he was not recognized by scholars.
After joining the army, he not only changed his name to the uncommonly used character Jue like Guo Duo changed his name to Guo Si, but also used the character "zhicai" as his character, but he was still not recognized by scholars. In addition, his many years of military career made him
At the same time, it also promoted the bad habits of greed, cruelty and love of killing, which was despised by scholars.
This made him more sensitive and intolerant of other people's strange looks.
Now that this layer of skin was torn off directly by the edict, how could he endure it?
Compared with this, the removal of Da Sima is not the most serious matter.
Li Shi handed back the edict with a trembling voice. "Dad, how are you doing...?"
"How?" Li Jue threw the edict on the ground, stomped on it, and shouted sternly: "The whole army attacked, cut off the little emperor's head, pulled out his tongue, and see how he can hurt others with his bad words."
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Yang Feng hurried to the big tent where the emperor lived, and saw Zhang Xiu's battle flag at a glance, and couldn't help but be startled.
"Your Majesty, this is..."
Liu Xie did not answer him directly. "Is Zhang Xiu still around?"
Yang Feng shook his head. "He was there in the first half of the night, but left in the second half of the night and never came back. The scouts couldn't find any trace of him. He was probably at least ten miles away." He immediately understood what Liu Xie meant. "He was driven away by His Majesty.
of?"
"The war is imminent and we cannot let him roam on one side, so I ordered Wang Yue to take his battle flag."
Yang Feng was filled with admiration and said "Your Majesty is wise" several times.
He was worried about Zhang Xiu, but he didn't expect that the emperor had already solved the problem.
"If Li Jue attacks, you will hang this battle flag in front of the formation." Liu Xieyun waved his hand calmly.
"Wei!" Yang Feng didn't get what he asked for, so he folded the battle flag, held it in his arms, and went out.
Yang Xiu, who was standing aside, was puzzled. "Your Majesty, when Li Jue comes to attack, he may not be attacking General Xingyi's camp, but it may also be Weiwei's camp. In comparison, Weiwei's camp is obviously not as effective as General Xingyi in terms of combat effectiveness."
The officers and men under his command. Moreover, Li Shi was defeated by the guards. If he wants to take revenge, it is naturally better to attack the guards' positions."
Liu Xie smiled but did not explain.
Yang Xiu's analysis was not unreasonable, but he still gave Zhang Xiu's battle flag to Yang Feng.
In terms of strength, the soldiers under Yang Feng were indeed stronger than the Weiwei camp commanded by the soldier Sun Rui.
But in terms of fighting will, Yang Feng probably doesn't even have half of Sun Rui's.
He sent Wang Yue to take Zhang Xiu's battle flag, not only to intimidate Zhang Xiu and drive Zhang Xiu away, but also to give Yang Feng confidence.
Injecting this tube of chicken blood will at least give Yang Feng some courage when he fights Li Jue, and he will not be half-hearted and think about escaping at any time.
When it comes to which position Li Jue will attack, he also has his own judgment, but this judgment is not very sure yet. In order to avoid being slapped in the face, he should be more modest and mysterious.
Confidence is like personality, it is difficult to build but easy to collapse. Most of those who are too high-profile will not end well.
Seeing that the emperor did not answer, Yang Xiu was hesitating whether to remonstrate again, when the sound of war drums sounded outside.
Li Jue is here.
Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
Yang Xiu looked at Liu Xie who was as calm as water, and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The emperor is obviously six years younger than him, but he looks childish and ridiculous.
My father is right, I am just a little clever, your Majesty is the great wisdom and the real born hero.