In the remote palace corridor, Xu Mu stopped and frowned. One hand pressed tightly on the long sword under his waist.
Even if you only know three moves and two moves, you can't lose your aura after all.
Si Hu also drew his knife in anger and was about to pounce on him.
"The sword comes out of the border." In the snowy night, a figure wearing mountain armor said coldly. Then he stepped on the steps again and slowly walked out of the darkness.
Only then did Xu Mu see clearly that in front of him was a middle-aged commander of the Royal Forest Army, with a goatee, tiger-like eyes, and sword-like eyebrows.
"The snow is getting heavy, little boss, follow me for a few steps."
Xu Mu frowned and nodded, holding the hand on the sword without any slack. Si Hu, who was beside him, also hesitated to return the sword and followed behind, his steps heavy.
"The Marquis asked you to come to me, do you know what to do?"
"I don't know." Xu Mu shook his head.
According to Yuan Tao's words, he was only asked to find Lianchun, and Lianchun took him to find the person in front of him.
"Tonight, it's time for the Marquis to take action."
Xu Mu was startled, thinking about asking, but found that the goatee in front of him had led him into a room.
"So, what exactly am I going to do."
Goatee turned around, raised his eyes, and looked at Xu Mu seriously.
"There are two things, the biggest one is that you lead the people to open the city gate of Changyang for the army outside."
"What does the Marquis mean?" Xu Mu's face was startled.
This is such a fantasy. Chang Shiro also said that the traitorous prime minister now has at least 90,000 troops in his hands.
"My little boss, the Marquis said that if you have to do this, I can't do it." Goatee showed a calm smile.
"I have a thousand Yulin troops under my command, and they are willing to fight with the Marquis. In the entire Changyang City, the Marquis has also buried five thousand dead soldiers of Hutang, as well as old soldiers, guards, butchers... righteous men.
Three thousand people are willing to go to the national disaster together."
"All together, there are nine thousand people in total. Nine thousand people, the enemy army is ten times my number. It is not easy to kill and open a city gate."
"I asked why I didn't hide more of you in the first place." Si Hu said angrily.
Goatee shook his head, "The five thousand dead soldiers of Hutang are almost at the limit. If the number of people is wrong, it will be easy to find out."
"Little master, there is a robe and armor here. You can put it on. Another thing, on the royal road directly north of the palace, there is a huge sacrificial heavenly fire cauldron. Inside, I have placed kerosene. If the heavenly fire cauldron
A raging fire is a signal for something to happen."
"Please let me shoot fire into the cauldron."
"It's a snowy night now. I'm afraid the army outside can't see the light of the fire."
"No matter how heavy the snow is, it can't cover the bright sky."
Xu Mu's face darkened, he stretched out his hand and took out a piece of white armor in front of him. On the white armor, there were two wolf heads and shoulders swallowing each other.
"From now on, my little boss will be the general of these 9,000 men. He will cooperate with others inside and outside to help the 50,000 troops outside the city and establish a kingdom."
Xu Mu was silent for a moment. He was able to enter the palace and take action only because of the 300,000 taels and the head of veteran Yang Fu, which prevented him from trusting the traitor. Another possibility was that the righteous deeds of veteran Yang Fu aroused the righteousness of the martyrs.
With a sad and angry heart, the sad soldiers will surely win.
I have to say that Yuan Tao arranged this matter almost to perfection.
"The thousand-strong forest guard from the general's headquarters ambushed the middle gate. They only waited for the little master to light up the Heavenly Fire Cauldron, and then they immediately took action. The eight thousand people in the city were also waiting."
"good."
Putting on his white armor and helmet, Xu Mu's face suddenly dropped like water.
…
In the wind and snow, dozens of forest guards had gathered behind Xu Mu. Yu Wen handed a signal arrow to Xu Mu.
Then he drew his knife and stood in front of Xu Mu together with dozens of forest guards. There was blood on the snowy road, and at least one group of patrol guards were beheaded on the spot.
"Please give me the order, my little master!" Yu Wen shouted loudly. Dozens of forest guards also shouted after him without fear of death.
Holding the iron bow and the signal arrow, Xu Mu took a deep breath. Si Hu, who was nearby, quickly took out the fire stick and lit the entire fuse of the signal arrow.
"Si Hu? I haven't set up my bow yet!"
Si Hu bulged his eyes, put his palms together and knocked out the lead.
Xu Mu condensed his expression and faced the Heavenly Fire Cauldron in front. This time, he coldly raised his bow, twisted the signal arrow, and straightened the bow string.
"Si Hu, order it!"
The fuse burned "sizzlingly".
"Brother Mu, there is still a pot of arrows, we are not in a hurry-"
Xu Mu gritted his teeth, let go of the string, and watched the signal arrow quickly sweep away the range of the Skyfire Cauldron.
He is not a good-for-nothing little boss. In his previous life, he went to the archery range to practice, and he once won two out of three rounds with a retired archery athlete.
It's a pity that there were no compound bows at this time. The domineering power of the ancients using the two-stone bow was probably still far behind.
"Go!"
The finger was cut and a string of blood splattered out.
The signal arrow fell steadily into the tall Sky Fire Cauldron and exploded. Immediately afterwards, a raging fire rose, reflecting a huge bright hall in the gloomy snowy night.
"Roar!" Yu Wen led dozens of forest guards and raised their heads and roared.
In the wind and snow, the sound of countless running steps could be heard from afar.
…
Flames soared into Changyang City.
Countless men in black appeared from all directions, holding long swords in their hands.
"Where are you going, boss?" asked a rouge vendor, who was chased by his mother-in-law as soon as he took out his whistle stick.
"I'm going to fight for something. When our baby grows up, he can also go to a private school." The rouge vendor's eyes revealed a look of expectation.
The butcher on South Street, carrying a pair of knives on his back, started to push open the door and leave the house. The rich gentry guarding the courtyard on North Street climbed over the courtyard wall with a stone and iron rod in his arms.
"Since there is no color in the world, kneel down and pray, burning a bright light!"
Hundreds of retired soldiers gathered together, wearing old wooden armor, holding rusty knives, and shouted angrily.
…
Outside Changyang City, Yuan Tao, wearing silver armor, was riding steadily on his horse, turning his head and looking at the huge fire just north of the palace.
"My brother lit a fire and started a big fire."
In front of him, the armored soldiers wrapped in white cloaks all raised their heads steadily.
Yuan Tao turned around and pointed angrily in the direction of Changyang.
Bursts of footsteps began to break through the wind and snow, slowly gathering towards the entire Changyang City.
…
"Tie on the white robe!"
Yu Wen led dozens of imperial guards, all wearing white robes. In front of them, more and more imperial guards rushed towards them.
"kill!"
"Roar!" Si Hu also tore off the scribe's robe, raised his knife, and chopped down several people in succession.
"Brother Mu, it's hard to use weapons!"
"We'll talk about it when we get to the middle gate!"
Xu Mu raised his sleeve, and with the short crossbow hidden in his sleeve, he shot a small commander of the Royal Forest Army who rushed forward, knocking him to the ground.
"Little boss, follow me closely."
Yu Wen seemed to have been prepared, and only cut down the first group of people, and then took the rest of the imperial guards, and Xu Mu Sihu, and hurriedly ran to the remote corridor of the palace.
Along the way there were the roars of pursuit, and from time to time there were whistles from people in the world.
"When we arrive at the middle gate, we will leave the palace immediately. The eight thousand troops outside the palace should be waiting for my little master!"
"Little Marquis, I guess the siege of the city has already begun."
Xu Mu nodded with a calm expression and followed Yu Wen, dodging the pursuers all the way. After nearly an hour, he managed to get out. From a distance, he saw two huge middle doors.
Yu Wen took off his iron bow and shot a signal arrow at a nearby location. After a while, bursts of roars rang out from nearby places.
"I asked you where you are going!"
Bang.
Duan Chou carried a double-edged ax and led hundreds of Jianghu people, coldly blocking the aisle in front of the middle gate. Next to him, Chen Lu, who was stooped, also raised his head, half-smiling but not smiling.
"Little boss, you did something wrong this time. The Prime Minister is angry."
"You old bastard, do you think it's too slow to die?" Si Hu retorted angrily.
Chen Lu smiled slightly, stretched out his hands, and the robe on his body instantly fell down, revealing two iron whips with tiger heads attached to his back.
What kind of rickets are there? He is clearly carrying a pair of whips all the time.
"Little boss, let me give you another name. My surname is Chen. Some people call me Chen Lu, and some people call me Chen Tianwang."
"The Whip of the Heavenly King."
Chen Lu smiled and didn't answer. With his old face and thin body, he held two heavy iron whips with tiger heads firmly in his hands.