When Yang Hong asked for help, Cao Zhi immediately called out the scary Zu Lang and explained Zu Lang's identity to Yang Hong and others.
"The wind is not strong tonight, Dian Wei, please hurry up and ask them to take out their belongings and dry them immediately if they get wet!"
"yes!"
After Yang Hongwei, who almost wet his pants, led Zu Lang, Lu Qian and more than thirty Cao soldiers down to the city, Cao Zhi gave orders to the remaining Cao soldiers.
Then Yang Hong and Shu Shao saw Cao Zhi's men. Each of them untied long bundles wrapped in oil paper from their waists and abdomens. After untying them, they took out round bags wrapped in yellow paper one by one.
The cylindrical objects were collectively handed into the hands of the nine-foot-old man named Dian Wei by Cao Zhi. The strong man skillfully tied these cylindrical objects together to form a thicker cylinder.
In the process of ligating such a cylinder, Shu Shao saw that Cao Zhi brought only fifty or sixty people to the city, and he couldn't help but worry: "Did the lord just bring these people? There is Yuan behind the south gate."
Yin's direct lineage has 500 troops and horses, and the two hundred of us are probably..."
Hearing this, Cao Zhi turned around with a smile and said to the worried Shu Shao and Yang Hong: "Don't worry, you two. There will be a total of 200 people coming to the city tonight. We are just afraid that the noise will be too loud, so we will come up in batches. And who?
He said we were going to attack Nancheng, hehe..."
"Ah? My lord, don't you cooperate inside and outside to open up Nancheng and bring in the army?" Shu Shao asked.
At this time, Dian Wei and two other soldiers came to Cao Zhi with three bundles of things each, saying, "Everything is ready!"
At this time, Cao Zhi had no time to explain anything to Shu Shao and others, so he whispered: "Let's go!"
Shu Shao and others followed Cao Zhi along the stairs of the lower city. Under the city was Yuan Jun's barracks. When they reached the exit, Cao Zhi signaled everyone to be silent, squatted down, and looked at a barracks facing the passage.
Window, I don’t know what is waiting for me.
"Lord, we..."
"Shh!"
Yang Hong squeezed next to Cao Zhi, and when he was about to ask again, Cao Zhi, who was staring intently at the window, stretched out his hand to signal in silence.
At this time, I saw that the window had really opened, and Zu Lang's disheveled evil face appeared there again, smiling at the darkness here.
"Uh..." Yang Hong and Shu Shao were so frightened that they broke into cold sweat again. At the same time, Cao Zhi's voice rose again: "Everyone followed them. If they made too much noise, the two adults and the servants would behave as usual.
If you go into that barracks, you are here to see your son, and your nephew should not be suspected at all!"
"Hey!"
Cao Zhi is right about this. After Yang Hong sent his son and nephew into the army, he often came to the city defense to express condolences and patrol. Normally, the soldiers in this camp were not surprised. Besides, this was not a defense change.
At that time, most people were asleep except for the occasional urgent urinary who came out to drain water.
After a while, Cao Zhi and others safely entered the barracks occupied by Zu Lang and others. As soon as Yang Hong and others entered the barracks, which could accommodate more than twenty people, they were immediately nauseated by the choking smell of blood.
.
"You two adults, please bear with me for a while. You will be fine soon!"
Cao Zhi's words were orders, and Yang Hong and Shu Shao responded "Yes!"
While he was speaking, Cao Jun's soldiers, who moved quickly, had already spread a map made of brocade cloth on the only simple long wooden table in the barracks.
Cao Zhi called over Young Master Yang, who was looking at the corpses piled in the corner, pointed at a certain place on the picture, and asked: "Young Master Yang, you have been in the army for some time, so you can clearly understand this part of the picture.
Where is the wall?"
"Ah, oh, I don't know!"
Yang Hongwei's answer made everyone stunned. When many pairs of doubtful eyes shot at him, the usually pampered young master Yang said with a sad face: "I can't understand the map!"
"Wow...chuck..."
When Cao Zhi, Lu Qian and others couldn't help but chuckle, Yang Hong blushed and waved his embarrassed son away, pointing to the drawings on the case and saying: "I know him!"
"Oh!" Cao Zhi's eyes immediately lit up, he asked Yang Hong to sit closer, pointed at the drawing and said: "This is a temporary drawing I made in the past few days based on my memories from many years ago and the confession of the Huang Consort. Mr. Yang
Quickly look at where this section of the city wall is now?"
At this time, Yang Hong had no time to worry about his son's embarrassing things. He nervously looked at the cartoon-like drawings and thought to himself: "No wonder my son can't understand it. What's this!"
But he complimented him in time: "My lord, the painting is really vivid. There is even a tailor shop here and a tavern there. Fortunately, when Yuan Shu ordered the reinforcement of the city defense, I assisted him in inspecting it.
I have been here several times and I know a thing or two about the situation around this section of the city wall. Most of these private houses have been demolished long ago. When the reinforcement project was carried out in this section, other city defenses were built on the original basis, both inside and outside.
, but for some reason, the construction inside the city wall started and then stopped, and nothing was built on it since then, so it has always been empty."
"That's right, is this city wall far away from here?" When Cao Zhi patted the desk and made a sound, he quickly asked Yang Hong.
"It's not far. Just turn around our current section of the city wall and walk forward a hundred and eighty feet!" After Yang Hong finished his reply, he then asked Cao Zhi: "Why are you looking for this section of the city wall, my lord?"
"Hehe!" Cao Zhi said with a sinister smile under the dim oil lamp: "Blow it up!"
"Blow it up? With what?"
This is definitely a new term for Yang Hong and others. After Cao Zhi and the left and right generals looked at each other, they pointed to the three bundles of explosives placed on the ground and explained to Yang Hong and others: "Just use it!"
######## Above the Imperial Palace in the inner city, before midnight, the moonlight suddenly dimmed and was obscured by dark clouds. Dark clouds began to cover the sky, and the sky and the earth seemed to be losing light little by little.
, even the stars gradually became sparse and hard to see clearly. Moreover, the weather also suddenly dropped in temperature, making it look particularly cold. Many guards and eunuchs who were on duty outside Yuan Shu's palace at night were so tired from the cold when they saw this vision.
I mean, I looked up.
In the middle of the night, when the cold outside began to bite, Yuan Shu's palace was as warm as spring, and the fire in the brazier on the wall was made prosperous by the diligent eunuch.
Emperor Zhong's health had not been good since the defeat at Hefei. In the early autumn, he would light a brazier in his palace to keep warm every night.
"ah!"
With a scream, Yuan Shu suddenly jumped up from the bed. Feng, who was sleeping soundly lying next to the bed, was so frightened that she also jumped up.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
Feng looked at Yuan Shu who was sweating on his forehead and gasping for breath. He quickly picked up the towel in the basin and wiped Yuan Shu. He soon discovered that Yuan Shu was not only sweating on his forehead, but also his whole back was soaked in cold sweat.
wet.
"What's going on? Why are you sweating so much? Someone..."
Feng's concerned words were immediately replaced by Yuan Shu's embarrassed comfort, "It's okay, it's okay, I had a nightmare, it's just a nightmare..."
Feng insisted on calling in the palace maid, changed Yuan Shu's wet clothes, and then helped him lie down. When the palace maid and the eunuch left, they helped Yuan Shu tuck the cornered Feng and asked again: "What did you dream about just now? You were so scared.
so?"
After changing into dry clothes, Yuan Shu let out a long sigh of relief and said to Feng with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that some of my enemies wanted to kill me in my dream..."
Yuan Shu avoided Feng's question, but Feng didn't ask any more. He just said "oh" softly and sat back on the bed gently.
Yuan Shu, who had just been silent for a while, felt ashamed of Feng's explanation and further explained to her: "People often say that things in dreams are reversed. It seems that this time I will kill the biggest enemy in my life."
...Sigh, you followed me. Even though you are a queen, I will live happily in a few days. I know I owe you a lot..."
"emperor……"
When Feng stood up uneasily and wanted to dissuade Yuan Shu from continuing, Yuan Shu pressed her pink arms in return and said quietly: "You have worked tirelessly to take care of me during this period. It's a shame for you, and I'm very touched in my heart."
, after the current rebellion is put down, I will accompany you to have a good trip around the mountains and rivers, and then you will give me a prince, and I will make him the crown prince in the future!"
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about?" Feng's face turned red with embarrassment, and she shook her arms lightly to prevent Yuan Shu from saying such embarrassing words again.
But Yuan Shu looked at Feng's shy face and gently pulled him close to his arms, tenderly.
Happiness spreads in this warm palace. Feng's age is not yet able to comprehensively analyze the comprehensive national strength of Yuan Shu Zhong's kingdom, and she does not understand politics or the army. But she is a rare good wife, and Yuan Shu has always been ruthless.
Despite her ungrateful character, she felt extremely happy to be able to say this to her.
This is his man, the husband he will follow for the rest of his life, and she will believe whatever he says without analyzing it.
This is the worldview of a woman who had excellent qualities in ancient times, but was imprisoned and poisoned by feudal ideas.
"I can't sleep anymore, let's go out for a walk!" Yuan Shu suddenly said to Feng.
"Your body..." Feng said worriedly.
"It's okay, let's go see the lights of the Wanjia family in our Zhong empire!"
########When Emperor Zhongjia and his queen were admiring the night view, the plains, valleys, rivers, woods, and hills outside the four cities of Shouchun, southeast, and northwest were densely populated with troops under the dim night sky.
, these troops could not even see the strength at a glance. The black armor of each sergeant and their motionless figures actually blended into the dim sky.
These people have been standing and crouching in the darkness for a long time. Looking out from the distance in Shouchun City, at first glance, you would not even think that these dark and motionless figures are people.
But they are the soldiers of Cao's army who are waiting for the opportunity. Tonight is the day of their general attack. Starting from the sunset today, on the several trails leading to Shouchun, armies like swimming dragons are winding and twisting.
Troops are constantly being mobilized, and the leader of the army can't see the end at a glance. The sergeants of these military horses usually walk in four abreast, striding forward, and they all look like they are hurrying on their way, and no one whispers to each other.
Nonsense. They are all rushing to their designated locations to prepare for the grand attack tonight.