The soldier guarding the city gate yawned and struggled to push the heavy gate to both sides. He was still complaining about the nosy mayor. Suddenly, a whirlwind blew past him. He hadn't figured it out yet.
Something happened, and a sharp steel knife cut across his throat. He didn't even have time to scream, but fell down in the city gate.
The cavalry rushing in front did not stop at all. They went straight through the city and rushed toward the north gate like a wind and a lingering cloud. More and more soldiers poured into the city, and they soon occupied the four gates, the treasury, and the barracks.
Zhang Qin was indeed diligent. When he returned to the back office, he saw that his new concubine had just gotten up. She was dressing up in front of the mirror wearing only a thin shirt. He couldn't help but become interested. He was not sleepy at all, so he hugged her and started dressing up.
There was a lively chat in front of the stage. When the soldiers broke into the room, it was still full of joy.
Scenes like this were repeated in several stations and the county seat of Qianwei County. Those who occupied the stations were not the phantom secret agents, but the special forces that Liu Xin had painstakingly trained for five years. These people had been separated two months ago.
Groups of soldiers sneaked into various places in Yizhou. These special forces soldiers were carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou troops. They did not look particularly strong, but they all had unique killing skills that could kill with one hit. Moreover, these five
Over the years, in addition to practicing martial arts, they have also learned culture and various skills, including disguise, lurking, tracking, assassination, and even learning business, farming, cooking, and dialects from various places. In the past five years, about 3,000 people have
Although they have received special operations training, most of them are eliminated in the middle. Only a few can enter the special forces training, and only about 200 people are truly qualified. Therefore, these people can be said to be the elite of the elite.
Good steel is used on the blade. Liu Xin has never been willing to use this army. Except for a few senior generals, few people know of their existence. This time, Liu Xin is determined to win Yizhou, so he sends them to
Yizhou used them to control various post stations and cut off the connection between Chengdu and other places. In this era of limited information, without the post stations, Liu Yan would be blind, and he would be blind to anything that happened in the counties under his jurisdiction.
Nothing.
Xu Huang and Zhang Fei also divided their labors. Zhang Fei just led the team forward, while Xu Huang was responsible for conquering the counties along the way to ensure that Zhang Fei's team would not be attacked from both sides. If they conquered one city after another and made progress step by step, they would naturally be more successful.
To be sure. However, Liu Yan would be prepared in this way, and the effect of Luocheng's feint attack on attracting the main force of the Yizhou Army would be greatly reduced. Moreover, the southern area of Yizhou is vast and sparsely populated. Even if the battle is earth-shaking, it will not be fast.
Even if he went to report the news on horseback, Liu Yan would not get the news.
Zhang Fei led his army to Jianwei City, but did not stop at all. He still circled the city. Anyway, news came back from the front that all the post stations leading to Chengdu had been captured. He was going to rush to Shu County overnight to wait for an opportunity to capture it in one fell swoop.
Chengdu.
Not long after Zhang Fei's army passed by, Xu Huang's army also arrived at the gate of Jianwei County. Ren Qi, the prefect of Jianwei, was already alert when Zhang Fei's army passed by. He ordered the four gates to be closed and took with him Jia Long and Chen Chao.
He walked up to the city to inspect. Like Zhang Qin, he was also puzzled by such an army without any flags passing around the city. However, he was much more cautious than Zhang Qin, even if the army had gone far away.
However, he did not order the city gates to be opened. Instead, he sent several messengers to various counties to investigate the situation and report to Chengdu. Of course, these messengers also disappeared and never returned.
However, Ren Qi's caution was not in vain. Within a meal, Xu Huang's army also arrived at the gate of Jianwei City. Xu Huang's fight was very smooth, and he captured county towns with almost no casualties.
.However, Xu Huang couldn't help but frown when he saw the heavily guarded Jianwei City. He knew that this was the hardest bone to crack before attacking Chengdu.
Ren Qi looked at the troops without any banners under the city and shouted loudly: "Who are you?"
Xu Huang looked up at Ren Qi and saw that he was holding on to the battlements and half of his body was leaning out of the city wall. He didn't answer at that moment. He took off his bow and shot Ren Qi with an arrow. This bow was the flower of the institute.
The strong bow that took two years to produce has a long range and great power. In Ren Qi's eyes, Xu Huang was already far away from the shooting range. Seeing him picking up the bow and nocking an arrow, he didn't take it to heart at all. It was so far away.
Who can be shot?
As soon as Ren Qi thought of this, he heard a "swish" sound in the wind. He tried to react, but it was too late. He only felt a pain in his forehead and fell down on his back. When Jia Long and Chen Chao hurriedly looked,
I saw an arrow stuck in Ren Qi's forehead, deep into his skull, and he was already dead. His eyes were wide open, and he seemed to be unable to figure out why he was still shot even though he was so far away.
Xu Huang looked at the chaotic defenders on the city and shouted loudly: "Listen, people on the city! Liu Yan colluded with Dong Zhuo and wanted to separate his own country. I came to conquer on the orders of Jingzhou Mu. Now, Luo Yan
The city has been defeated and Liu Yan has been captured alive. If you know the current situation, you should immediately open the city and surrender. If you resist, you will be killed without mercy!"
The defenders on the city were in an uproar after hearing Xu Huang's words. Not only Jia Long, Chen Chao, but actually Ren Qi were opposed to Liu Yan cutting off contact with the imperial court and defending Yizhou on its own.
They even thought about secretly assassinating Liu Yan and following the court's orders again. However, the court in their eyes only saw Liu Xie, but not Liu Xin. However, the current situation caught them both off guard. Ren Qi's death was too unexpected.
, they were all civil servants, and there were no powerful generals in the city. The defenders were leaderless and their morale was low.
Chen Chao said uneasily: "There was news a few days ago that the Jingzhou army was eager to attack Luocheng. Now if Luocheng is lost, Chengdu will definitely be in danger, and it is not impossible for the lord to be captured. What's more, Yizhou's famous generals are all over
Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, now that Zhang Ren has already taken refuge with Liu Xin, and without Yan Yan, who is still the opponent of the Jingzhou Army."
Jia Long hid behind the arrow stack, secretly glanced at Xu Huang below the city, and said to Chen Chao: "I don't know whether what this person said is true or not. Luocheng is easy to defend but difficult to attack. General Yan Yan is brave and resourceful. How can it be so easy?"
It fell. The prefect Ren was hit by his secret arrow. The top priority is to stabilize the morale of the army and stand firm to wait for reinforcements."
Chen Chao looked at the mighty Jingzhou Army below, and then at the champions running around like headless flies. An imperceptible fierce light flashed in his eyes. He casually pulled out the sword from his waist and approached.
Jia Long said next to him: "You are right, we can't mess up now. Look, there is another group of people coming over there, it seems to be one of our own."
When Jia Long heard this, he turned around and suddenly felt a pain in his heart. The tip of a sword was exposed from his chest.
He turned around and saw Chen Chao smiling ferociously and saying: "Jia Long, don't blame me. If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for not knowing current affairs. Jiangzhou and Luocheng are extremely strong. Zhang Ren and Yan Yan are good at attacking and defending, but they can still block it."
How long can the little Jianwei City be defended without stopping the Jingzhou Army? If you don’t want to live alone, you can’t drag everyone into the water together.”
The corners of Jia Long's mouth twitched, as if he had something to say.
Chen Chao thought that they all worked together and got along very well on weekdays, but now they took his life. He felt a little unbearable in his heart, so he walked closer and said: "Jia Long, do you have any unfulfilled wishes? Now tell me Come out and let me help you..."
Before he finished speaking, he found that Jia Long suddenly opened his arms and hugged him tightly. Chen Chao struggled desperately, but Jia Long, a dying man, was surprisingly strong and could not move at all. Jia Long's face A strange smile gradually appeared on his face, and he leaned back, taking Chen Chao with him and falling from the gap in the battlement.
Chen Chao only felt that Jia Long said in his ear with a breathy voice, why don't you take me with you if you want to surrender? Then he didn't know anything else.
Xu Huang was at the bottom of the city. He first saw a huge chaos on the top of the city, and then he saw two people hugging each other and jumping down from the city. Then there was another chaos. After a while, the city gate slowly creaked. opened.
Looking at the two bloody corpses under the city wall, Xu Huang didn't know what was going on, but he secretly praised in his heart. He never expected that Xichuan also had such loyal ministers who were not afraid of death. He repeatedly ordered: "After entering the city, restrain these two people." , and shall not harass their family members.”
If Jia Long and Chen Chao could know what Xu Huang was thinking, they would definitely feel ashamed when they heard Xu Huang's words. However, in this way, their families would be safe and sound, which was an unexpected gain.
Although Liu Yan didn't know that an army was coming from the south, he still felt very heavy. Since he got Yan Yan's emergency document, the war in Luocheng suddenly became fierce, and Liu Yan fell ill again. His His body was already very weak. The last plot against Liu Xin failed, which frightened him into a serious illness. He finally recovered a little. Now Liu Xin has made a comeback, and Liu Yan is completely ill this time.
Several famous doctors from Yizhou gathered around Liu Yan's bedside, shaking their heads and helpless. At this time, soldiers came to report that the ghost mother Mrs. Zhang asked to see him.
This ghost mother was Zhang Lu's mother. Although she was half old, she was very attractive and charming, and she was very popular with Liu Yan, so Zhang Lu was allowed to occupy Hanzhong in the name of rebellion. This Mrs. Zhang was not only beautiful, And he is good at ghost magic. The so-called ghost magic is actually a kind of Taoism that involves fortune-telling, drawing talismans and casting spells. In terms of real skills, it is not as good as Yu Ji's magic, but it is comparable in terms of deceiving ignorant people.
Liu Yan had four sons. The eldest son Liu Fan and the second son Liu Xi were both serving in the court. At this time, only the third son Liu Hao and the youngest son Liu Zhang were staying with him. The three father and son believed deeply in ghosts. No doubt, when I heard that the ghost mother was coming, I hurriedly gave orders to invite her.
Mrs. Zhang, the ghost mother, walked into Liu Yan's room, pretended to look around, and sniffed with her nose, frowning and saying nothing. In fact, this room was very familiar to her, even Liu Yan's She couldn't even remember how many times she had slept on that bed.
Liu Hao and Liu Zhang became nervous when they saw Mrs. Zhang's pretentiousness, and asked in unison: "May I ask Master Guimu, what disease does my father suffer from?"
Mrs. Zhang shook her head for a while and then said: "Master Liu, he is not sick, he is just haunted by evil spirits."
Liu Hao and Liu Zhang were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "I hope the ghost mother will lend a helping hand to save my father."
Mrs. Zhang stretched out her hand to help the two of them up, and said with a smile: "You two gentlemen, don't panic, this matter is easy. This evil ghost is most afraid of Yang Qi. As long as there is a new member in your house, he will not dare to stay. He can only run away."
It’s somewhere else.”
Brother Liu Mao looked at each other and said, "Both of my brothers are unmarried, and my father is already old. How can we have a child?"
Mrs. Zhang raised her pretty face and said, "What's so difficult about this? You can choose an auspicious day now to get married each other, and have a double happiness for you."