Chapter XXVII: Assassination
Mingde Gate is the south gate of Chang'an, facing Zhuque Street, with a lot of traffic and endless streams.
An Lushan and his entourage set off from the post house at dawn, and walked to the front of Mingde Gate at the hour of the hour, which was the time when the most people entered the city. Farmers in the suburbs of Chang'an have shipped their own agricultural and sideline products to the city, hoping to sell them at a good price.
Although the Mingde Gate is wide, the flow of people still plugs a huge city gate hole tightly. There are no cards at the Chang'an City Gate, and the few soldiers guarding the gate are only responsible for maintaining basic order. Of course, if there are dignitaries in the city who want to go out of the city, they will have their own sergeants to clean the streets, but An Lushan obviously does not have this treatment.
"Lord, there are too many people, why don't we go to the nearby wine shop and wait for a while?" asked Yan Zhuang.
An Lushan sat on his horse, looked at the bustling flow of people in the city gate cave, thought for a moment and said, "No! It's better to get out of the city as soon as possible!"
For some reason, Xu was because of an intuition developed through years of life and death experience, which made An Lushan feel a trace of danger, making him impatient to immediately join the army outside the city.
After the others got the order, they naturally had no objections, and the few people behind them took a few steps forward, surrounded An Lushan and the three of them, and surrounded the three of them towards the city gate hole.
An Lushan and the others went against the flow of people, and the speed naturally couldn't get up. Originally, An Lushan and the others walked on the right, but when they reached the center of the city gate cave, they were squeezed into the middle by the pervasive pedestrians.
The mounts of An Lushan and others are the most sturdy war horses in the border area, tall and abnormal, as tall as ordinary people. Although it has been tamed for many years, it is not afraid to go to the battlefield, and there are excellent riders to appease it, so there would have been no problems. However, at this moment, the crowd in the city gate cave is too dense, those chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry have never seen such a behemoth, the heavy snort of the war horse makes them instinctively feel frightened, so one by one they shouted at the top of their voices, and suddenly the city gate cave was noisy, and it was a semi-closed environment, the noise could not be dispersed, and it could only shuttle back and forth.
Suddenly, a straw rope broke in the hand of a farmer, and the valiant hen broke free and flew with her wings, not forgetting to chirp a few times as a declaration of freedom.
"Chicken, my chicken!" The farmer who ran away from the chicken naturally did not give up, twisting his stout body and struggling to move forward in the flow of people, and the heroic chicken gave full play to its air superiority, using the human brain as a foothold, jumping around in the air.
At this point, the flow of people in the city gate has become more congested, and then, as if infected, more and more chickens, ducks and geese are thrown into the battle for liberation.
An Lushan and his party couldn't walk anymore, some of those poultry even got into the belly of the war horse, and the anxious farmer naturally came in, this time, even the calm war horse became anxious, no matter how the master appeased, there was still a horse that raised its front legs, stood upright, and neighed to step on the bold farmer to fly sideways, and for a moment, the crowd seemed to be silent.
However, at this moment, a sharp wind struck towards An Lushan!
The trace of uneasiness in his mind saved An Lushan at this moment, and as soon as the strong wind rose, An Lushan took out the agility of Hu Xuan Dance, and his body fell to one side.
A hidden weapon that originally rushed straight to the door was nailed to An Lushan's fat shoulder, and suddenly a sharp pain came, but An Lushan endured the pain and shouted loudly: "There are assassins!"
A qiē happened in the lightning and flint, and at the moment when An Lushan was injured, the war horse that stood up still did not bring the double hooves down the tower.
But the peasant under the war horse was already sluggish at the moment! He looked at the pair of iron hooves that were gradually dilating in his pupils, and he didn't know how to react at all.
However, just as people closed their eyes to avoid the bloody scene, a gray shadow flashed next to the war horse, and the man grabbed the demented farmer with one hand, but as soon as he turned, the farmer shifted several feet backwards, and the war horse fell on the hooves and struck on the hard bluestone, making two crisp sounds.
It was only at this time that the crowd in the city gate cave reacted:
"Murdered!"
"Protect the lord!"
For a while, the crowd became more crowded, and in the shadow of death, the simple people burst out with amazing strength, and in the crowd, Zhang Tianyi's body was also a little unstable......
"Idiot, will it be assassinated!" On the second floor of a wine shop near Mingdemen, Xiao Yan looked at Zhang Tianyi's actions, and looked like he hated iron but not steel.
After a sigh, he flipped out of the window and disappeared in a few ups and downs.
And at this moment, Zhang Tianyi in the city gate cave, seeing that the dozen or so guards were about to straighten An Lushan, who was unbalanced due to his sideways, once An Lushan sat down again, I was afraid that these people would not hesitate to hurt people and ride their horses and whip!
There will be no second chance!
Zhang Tianyi angrily pulled out a long sword in the bamboo tube, pushed away the panicked crowd, and jumped towards An Lushan. At this moment, the guards on his side happened to be facing away from him, and they spotted a gap, the three-foot Qingfeng, and they were about to pierce An Lushan in just a moment!
However, just when Zhang Tianyi was about to succeed, a silver light flashed in the corner of his eyes, a silver spear, the last shot came first, the head of the spear was against the Qingfeng sword, and a strong force came along the barrel of the gun, so Zhang Tianyi's sword was a few inches off, and the sharp blade broke the waist of a guard, and blood gushed out like a waterfall.
Zhang Tianyi missed a blow, his move was old, his strength had disappeared, and his body was about to fall down, but Zhang Tianyi had already crossed a few feet at this moment, and there was a white ground under him, and there was no place to borrow the slightest strength around.
The owner of the silver spear was Shi Chaoying, seeing that the assassin was in mid-air, and his moves were exhausted, he was shot back again by the flying silver spear, and the target was the assassin's chest after falling.
However, at this moment, Zhang Tianyi's waist twisted strangely, and his body turned at an incredible angle, which actually stopped the fall of the upper body for a few points, thus avoiding Shi Chaoying's thunderous shot, on the contrary, Zhang Tianyi's Qingfeng sword slammed into the silver gun, drawing sparks, Shi Chaoying suddenly felt pain, and the silver rushed out of his hand.
Zhang Tianyi actually transmitted all the power of the whole body to this sword, and after getting this reaction force, Zhang Tianyi transmitted it back to himself, and his body took the opportunity to jump up again, and then stabbed towards An Lushan again.
However, at this moment, An Lushan had already sat down again, his left shoulder was sad, An Lushan grabbed a broken axe hanging on the saddle with his right hand, and quickly returned to defense, the sound of steel impact sounded, and Zhang Tianyi's fatal sword was blocked again.
At the same time, several guards beside An Lushan took out their weapons one after another and attacked Zhang Tianyi, swords, guns, swords, halberds, and the cold light was terrifying.
Zhang Tianyi was in mid-air, but he still held a sword flower and broke the combined attack of several guards. But this time, Zhang Tianyi failed to hurt another person!
The crowd in the cave of the city gate was still not finished, but the great changes that had taken place had already been noticed by the soldiers defending the city.
Suddenly, several sergeants in and outside the city rushed towards the city gate, but there were too many people fleeing, and these sergeants could not break through the crowd for a while and rushed to the place of the incident.
At this moment, one of An Lushan's guards suddenly took out a whistle, put it to his mouth, and immediately blew it.
Yan Zhuang on the side was dumbfounded, "Stop!" Before the sentence was finished, the sharp whistle had already spread far away!
That was the distress signal of An Lushan's escort army! After receiving this signal, the 500 sergeants who were already waiting outside the city would rush to the rescue.
The Savior's heart is understandable! But you have to see what this place is!
Although the Chang'an City Gate does not shoot cards, there are no fewer soldiers defending the city! They are all veterans who have retired from the battlefield!
If the 500 soldiers outside the city get the order, they will immediately ride horses to help, but their menacing appearance is afraid that it will arouse the vigilance of the soldiers defending the city at the first time, and as long as one of them is not in a hurry, the soldiers defending the city will judge the 500 soldiers as the enemy attacking the city, and then the row of bed crossbows on the city wall will shoot the 500 knights into a sieve!
Yan Zhuang's premonition was still very accurate! The five hundred sergeants who were waiting not far from the city, after hearing the signal of their companions asking for help, where would they pay attention to the others, and one by one they rode their horses and galloped, and suddenly the sound of hooves outside the Mingde Gate was loud!
The soldiers defending the city on the city tower reacted as Yan Zhuang expected, and the alarm bell sounded for a while, and rows of longbowmen aimed their arrows at the soldiers under the city.
"Who's coming! This is Chang'an City!" The general guarding the gate is a strong man with five big and three thick, and he shouted loudly, and his voice traveled for miles!
One of the knights immediately rushed out and arched his hand at the city tower: "This general, my ambassador is being attacked in the city gate cave, and I beg the general to allow me to wait to come to the rescue!"
"This is Chang'an City, someone is attacked by their own sergeant who guards the gate is responsible, if you act without authorization, it will be regarded as a siege!"
The knight is also a person who has led the army, and he knows the worries of the gatekeepers, if they take another step, the defenders will definitely not hesitate to strike!
For a while, the knight was in a dilemma!
In the cave of the city gate, An Lushan also discovered what happened outside the city, and after dodging Zhang Tianyi's attack again, he endured the pain and ordered loudly: "Don't hesitate to rush out!"
Suddenly, An Lushan and others stabbed the war horse's buttocks with their weapons, the war horse was in pain, and the four hooves stepped on the bluestone, rushing towards the outside of the city, ignoring the still crowded flow of people in the city gate.
After a dash, less than ten men rushed out of the city, leaving a blood-stained path and a wailing crowd everywhere.
Standing beside the few guards who were already seriously injured, Zhang Tianyi held a long sword in his hand, blood dripping down the blade, looking at An Lushan outside the city, An Lushan also turned around at the right time, glanced at the person who almost ended him, just a glance, and then gathered five hundred knights and walked away.
The city gate was already empty, Zhang Tianyi and his family were standing in place, and the sergeant guarding the gate had already rushed here.
Suddenly, a figure rushed over, snatched the long sword in Zhang Tianyi's hand, threw it away, and then pulled the young man, blended into the crowd that had not yet dispersed, and disappeared without a trace before the sergeant guarding the gate arrived......