Volume 2: Step by Step Lotus Chapter 56: Assassination
Loud shouts and footsteps woke Feng Lian from his stupor. The situation is unknown, and Feng Lian carefully releases his divine sense to investigate. I found myself thrown into a barracks warehouse. Suddenly, two Yufu-level soldiers quietly slipped into the warehouse, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find things.
"Big brother, don't rummage, the guard's clothes are here. One soldier said as he pulled another man rummaging through boxes.
"Yan San, the second brother's troops were all wiped out, and even the general was killed in battle. You must follow Commander Luo to the eastern front, where it is safer. ”
"What are you going to do, big brother? Aren't we going together?"
"You go first, this time Commander Luo will come over as long as there are two people, the higher the level, the better, you are already at the peak of the Jade Mansion, higher than me, you go, I will stay here." ”
"But I just heard that our troops are going to the southeastern front, and the fighting is so fierce. Big brother, come with me. ”
"You can rest assured that I am here, Ma Dutong said that he transferred me to be his guard, and I will be safe in the future. Commander Luo came over to transfer people just to collect evidence of the slaughter of civilians by the Xingyun Emperor's ** team, you take it easy, don't rush forward as soon as something happens. ”
"yes, I see. Big brother, you have to be careful. ”
"It's useless to be careful, dare to go into the warehouse and steal something, you are dead. ”
When Feng Lian heard this voice, he instantly wondered if he had returned to the academy. The person who spoke was none other than his "senior brother" Wei Daotian.
Yan San and the others were stunned for a moment. Yan San's eldest brother Yang Qingshan reacted faster, put his clothes on Yan San, pushed him towards the gate, and shouted: "Third brother, you go quickly, I'll stop him." ”
Wei Daotian said slowly: "Don't waste your scheming, I'm here, and none of you can leave." ”
After speaking, with a wave of his hand, Yan San, who had just run to the door, immediately flew back to the same place.
Yang Qingshan knew that the person in front of him was not something they could deal with, so he immediately made a decision, knelt on the ground and begged: "This general, my third brother is still young, if you let my third brother live, I am willing to be your faithful dog." ”
Wei Daotian said coldly: "I'm not uncommon to have a dog like you. ”
Yang Qingshan said: "If you don't let me live, I can't make you comfortable." ”
Wei Daotian saw that Yang Qingshan was going to fight hard, and hurriedly said: "It's not interesting to kill you, just tell me, is the surname Luo the leader of the 'Shadow Secret Guard'?"
Yan San said tremblingly, "How can we, the little soldiers, know the true identity of Commander Luo. However, he said that he would transfer two people to investigate the massacre of civilians in the Nebula Empire. ”
Wei Daotian said helplessly: "Since this is the case, then you can die!"
"Can you let them go, it's just two small soldiers, and it's not interesting to kill them. Feng Lian saw that Wei Dao was innocent and had murderous intentions, so he hurriedly rushed over to stop him.
"Senior brother...... Hahaha, it's really you. It's wonderful to have met you here, do you have the same purpose as me?"
"What purpose do you have. Feng Lian didn't expect Wei Daotian to be happier to see him than to see a large number of heavenly crystals, and he was a little embarrassed.
Wei Daotian touched his head and said embarrassedly: "I just fell in love with the hidden skills of the 'Shadow Secret Guard' of the Zangyu Empire, and I wanted to learn a few tricks secretly." ”
Feng Lian then remembered that the "Shadow Guard" was the intelligence organization of the Zangyu Empire, similar to the "Shadow" that Wei Anfu used to serve as the deputy commander of the Nebula Empire. Immediately said: "I'm the same, I just don't know how to get into that department." ”
Wei Daotian thought for a while and said, "I think the person surnamed Luo must be a person from 'Jade Shatter', let's find a way to get around him." ”
After some planning, the two decided to pretend to be soldiers and find a way to get close to Commander Luo and let him choose them into his team.
The two knocked Yang Qingshan and Yan San unconscious. Pick up two sets of military uniforms and put them on. Wei Daotian gave Feng Lian a thumb-sized spiritual weapon that could suppress the level to the level of grace. As long as he doesn't meet a Wonderland master, it is impossible for others to see his true cultivation.
After chatting with Wei Daotian for a while, Feng Lian learned that half a month ago, the Nebula Empire suddenly launched an attack on the Zangyu Empire, and the Zangyu Empire was caught off guard and retreated, and the Nebula Empire had occupied one-fifth of the country.
Now the Zangyu Empire urgently needs to get evidence of the Nebula Empire's massacre of civilians, so as to get the support of the Zhongli Empire and other small countries to fight against the Nebula Empire together.
At this time, it was late at night, and the flames of war not far away burned half of the sky, and even the military camp was bright.
Feng Lian and Wei Daotian were successfully selected by the high-level Luo Commander of the Divine Court. Following him, along with the ten Jade Mansion peak soldiers he had selected from other military camps, they left the barracks and headed for the eastern front.
As soon as they left the barracks, they changed into hunters' clothes, disguised themselves as a group of hunters, avoided the main road, and walked east along the outskirts of the forest.
Two days later, they walked out of the forest towards a village where hundreds of people had been killed. And the methods are extremely cruel, he can't bear to look at it more. Even the children were mutilated, and pieces of flesh were nailed to the trees and walls. Women, young and old, are stripped naked, and their lower bodies are stuffed with all kinds of things, cruel and disgusting......
Judging from the wounds, they were all left by the army's special weapons.
Even Wei Daotian, who was cold by nature, was furious, not to mention the wind and cheapness. Not sure if this was the Nebula Empire's work or someone else's fault, in short, they wanted to find the murderers and crush them to death with their own hands.
Commander Luo asked Feng Lian and the others to hold spiritual weapons and form a magic circle to engrave the tragic situation of the village into the jade slip. Then he took them to another village.
There were six villages in a row, and the tragic situation was exactly the same. In the end, Feng Lian couldn't help but release the spirit
Yan burned the village to the ground, not wanting such a cruel picture to remain in the world.
As soon as he left the village for a few miles, Feng Lian found that they had entered an encirclement. Feng Lian didn't make a noise, anyway, the highest level of the person who ambushed them was the senior level of the Martial Sect, not their opponent.
"Be careful, there is an ambush. "Commander Luo finally found out about the situation.
As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen masked men in black rushed out of the woods. It's just a few moves, Feng Lian immediately looked at them, this group of people are all at the level of grace and spiritual sea, but their combat skills are so superb that they can't do it, every blow is ruthless and tricky, hitting the key point, if they don't succeed, they will immediately retreat, and then look for opportunities, and never entangle.
And they use the common open and close moves used by soldiers in the army. Being able to practice to such an extent, from the perspective of assassination, their combat skills have surpassed most martial sect-level cultivators.
Feng Lian is a peak cultivator of the Martial Sect, and Wei Daotian has already advanced to the Immortal Realm. It was more than enough to deal with them, but did not dare to expose themselves. So deliberately got a little injured.
In less than two minutes, in addition to Feng Lian, including Commander Luo, the other party held a knife to his neck.
"Commander Luo, why is your combat skills progressing so slowly. The senior leader of the opposing Martial Sect slowly walked out of the woods.
Commander Luo immediately knelt down on one leg and shouted respectfully: "I have seen Commander Du in my humble position. ”
Commander Du raised his hand, helped Commander Luo up, pointed at Feng Lian and Wei Daotian, and said, "What are the names of the two of them, leave them for me for a few days." ”
Commander Luo said: "His name is Yan San, his name is Yang Qingshan, and he will be handed over to the general in the future." There are also important military affairs in his humble position, so he resigned. ”
Commander Luo did not procrastinate, and immediately stayed away with his men. Feng Lian was left to Commander Du.
"I think you will be able to be promoted to the Divine Court soon, so let's go to a place with me and first upgrade your cultivation to the Divine Court. I have important tasks for you. Commander Du said.
Feng Lian and Wei Daotian nodded, maybe they could really advance to the "Shadow Secret Guard" and learn a few special skills.
Feng Lian was taken to an underground barracks, Feng Lian was assigned to the sixth team, and Wei Daotian was assigned to the second team. As soon as he received a new token and military uniform, Feng Lian was arranged to learn assassination techniques from a god-level sect leader.
At this time, he knew that Commander Du's true identity was the deputy leader of the Zangyu Empire's intelligence organization.
The title of commander is in the army, not a specific position. The heads of the temporary military operations teams are called commanders, and they only have real power in the operation, and as soon as the operation is over, they go back to their homes to find their own mothers. There is no specific real power.
Only the commander of an intelligence organization has real power, and a lot of power.
Commander Du seemed to care about Feng Lian, and came to see him whenever he had time, and taught him assassination techniques from time to time. Feng Lian's melee combat skills were already very exquisite, and after more than a month of their teaching, in the end, even the head coach was no opponent. Commander Du was not convinced, and he also followed the trend and fought three games, but lost two.
After another half a month, Commander Du suddenly took Feng Lian to a secret room and said, "I got information that the deputy commander of the Nebula Empire arrived at the No. 6 military camp yesterday, forty miles away from us. I want to do it to avenge those innocent civilians. ”
Feng Lian asked, "Have you already found out who did the tragedy in the village?"
Commander Du did not deceive Feng Lian, and sighed: "The order must have been issued from their headquarters, as for who it is, we have not yet found out." However, it can be confirmed that this deputy commander was involved in the tragedy of Xigu Village. There we found a bead that had fallen from his sword. And more than a dozen of them were killed by his own hands. ”
Feng Lian asked again, "Then general, what are your plans?"
Commander Du took out a drawing, unfolded it, and pointed to the big camp in the barracks and said, "I plan to raid their barracks tonight and carry out the beheading plan......"
Commander Du's plan was that he would lead the team tonight and lead Feng Lian and a total of eight others into the opponent's military camp. Then Commander Du led the others to lure away the deputy commander's guards, and then Feng Lian, who had the best combat skills and was not obscure in rank, carried out the assassination mission.
He planned the whole process very carefully, including the speed of the enemy's reinforcements and the number of reinforcements. The interior of the barracks should be able to help them hide for as long as they can. Strive to be foolproof.
In the end, Commander Du patted Feng Lian on the shoulder and said, "Whether we can complete the assassination mission or not, we all have to die." It is impossible for us to leave the barracks safely. So this is an assassination with no turning back, you make up your own mind, I will never force you. ”
Feng Lian pondered for a while and asked, "Is there a cultivator from the Immortal Realm in the other party's military camp?"
Commander Du said, "If there is, we won't even be able to enter the gate of their barracks. Their deputy commander was secretly going to the sixth military camp, so there were no high-level cultivators to follow at all. ”
Feng Lian asked again: "What is the cultivation of the deputy commander......
"Martial Sect Peak or Martial Immortal Intermediate Level. I'm not sure about this either, so I'm going to take it by surprise. Your level is not high, but you are skilled in combat, and no one has a chance to complete this assassination mission except you. ”
"If you kill their deputy commander, will it escalate this war? Will they vent their anger and kill more innocent civilians?"
Commander Du said categorically: "No, as long as this deputy commander dies, they will immediately retreat." ”
Seeing Feng Lian's puzzled expression, Commander Du said: "There are some things that shouldn't have been known to you, but if you are willing to participate in this operation, I can tell you." ”
Feng Lian thought for a moment and nodded, "As long as it is confirmed that they participated in the massacre of civilians, I will definitely kill the deputy commander." ”
In the past ten years,
The reason why the Nebula Empire keeps waging wars is because their emperor has been missing for more than thirty years, and of course, Commander Du is not completely sure about this matter. It was only deduced that their emperor was missing.
The Nebula Empire Emperor who appeared over the years was just a stand-in. The Nebula Empire is also in turmoil because of this question. In order to stabilize the domestic situation, the Nebula Empire's royal family can only divert domestic attention through one war after another. Otherwise, with their declining national strength, they would not be able to start a war at all.
Now there are four princes in the imperial family vying for the throne, but they don't dare to go too far until the emperor's fall is confirmed. Every time the struggle for the throne approached a tipping point, the military ministers and prime ministers loyal to the emperor would go to war. Let the country be empty, and a few princes will not be able to really fight.
The three major empires also wanted to take advantage of the Nebula Empire's internal strife to destroy the Nebula Empire, and they spent a lot of money over the years to support their favorite prince and let them carry out internal friction. This is also the reason for the frequent wars in recent years.
Feng Lian took a token thrown to him by Commander Du, saying that he could save him at a critical moment. After that, he gave him a bead the size of a finger, which was a one-time master first-grade spiritual weapon and said with a smile: "You must have fanned the flames, right?"
Commander Du smiled: "This is my duty, naturally unscrupulous means." ”
Feng Lian thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, I'm definitely going to die tonight, but I'm going to kill their deputy commander." Commander Du, can you tell me about Princess Yuqiongxin, I especially want to know about her. ”
Commander Du didn't hide anything, and told Feng Lian everything he knew, which was similar to what Feng Lian got. As for the years when she disappeared, he patted his chest and said that at that time he was in charge of the princess's safety, guarding her retreat. It was impossible for her to leave the Zangyu Empire.
Feng Lian saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he stopped talking. After thinking about how to kill the opponent's deputy commander in the assassination at night, he retreated.
The operation in the evening went well. Through the internal response, they managed to kill a patrol with great difficulty. After changing into their clothes, it took nearly an hour to approach the main camp according to the route given by the patrolmen.
Commander Du took everyone to hide in the tent that should be prepared inside, immediately activated the magic circle to isolate the detection, and said to everyone: "You are all the elites of the empire that I have carefully selected. For the sake of the empire, for the sake of our families, we are only allowed to succeed and not fail tonight. One will be ...... according to the predetermined plan"
At the end, Commander Du looked at Feng Lian and said, "Yan San, please." ”
"Extinguished the fire, walked the water. !”
Shouting was heard outside. Commander Du waved his hand and said, "Action!"
Except for Feng Lian, who stayed in the tent and waited for the opportunity, everyone else scattered out and fanned the flames. Attract the attention of the Nebula Emperor's ** people.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, a senior general of Wuzong said to the big man on the main seat: "Deputy marshal, there may be fraud, you must not leave the big tent, I will go over and take a look." ”
It was the chief general of the Nebula Empire's army who spoke. As soon as he left the tent of the Chinese army, he was stopped by Commander Du, who kept reporting the "military situation" to him and delaying time.
When the others saw this, they quietly approached the big tent of the Chinese army and killed the guards on the periphery like ghosts.
Feng Lian changed into the clothes of a guard and walked into the big tent of the Chinese army. When the big man saw him come in, he asked, "What's going on outside?"
Feng Lian gave a standard military salute and said, "The general suspects that the enemy's spies have infiltrated the barracks, and wants to ask the deputy marshal to move to the tent next door, where it is safer." ”
The deputy commander shouted: "Bold, dare to pretend to be the general's guard, take him down for me." ”
The Divine Court-level guards on both sides of him rushed over and detained Feng Lian. Feng Lian said calmly: "I am just carrying out the general's orders. If the deputy marshal thinks it is inappropriate, he can discuss it with the general. Are you going to make fun of me?"
The deputy commander said: "A small Divine Court guard can also have such courage, and he will not show his timidity in front of me, which is good. I can tell you that I came here to lure Du Shiming out. He's supposed to be there, right?"
"What the deputy marshal said, I don't understand. "Feng Lian remained calm. In his heart, he was quickly calculating how to succeed in the assassination, but he was disappointed, at such a distance, he had to face more than a dozen Divine Court-level guards and two high-level guards of the Martial Sect. The soldier has a special battle formation, and when the level gap is not large, it is difficult for a single person to break through quickly, and it is impossible for him to succeed in one blow.
In the camp, Du Shiming and the other party's chief general were still talking, but the content of the conversation was no longer "military intelligence", but a transaction.
Du Shiming said: "General Mo, I, the Zangyu Empire, am willing to bear the notoriety of assassinating your deputy marshal, and I hope you can keep your promise." ”
General Mo smiled: "You just have to rest assured, this deputy marshal is fake, kill him." As long as the second prince can ascend to the throne, you will get more than you imagined. ”
Du Shiming exclaimed, "Fake, what do you mean?"
General Mo smiled proudly: "The real deputy marshal was still attending the military affairs meeting of the empire yesterday, how could he come here so quickly." But the person who pretended to be the deputy marshal was a stumbling block to the second prince's accession to the throne, so we borrowed your hand to kill him. And you will also get the friendship of the second prince, and if he ascends the throne, wouldn't it be better for you?"
Du Shiming said very unhappily: "Your sinister and cunning second prince ascended the throne, I'm afraid that the first thing is to use this matter as an excuse to conquer our Zangyu Empire." ”
General Mo smiled: "It's still Commander Du who is sensible, so you can take this secret to the underworld." ”
Saying that, two martial ancestors appeared behind General Mo and attacked Du Shiming.