The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May is spent in the sorrow and calm of different people. Outside the capital city of Wei, the army of Wu came to the city, surrounding the entire Luoyang like an iron bucket, and even mosquitoes and flies could not fly in.

Hussar general Pingnan Hou Duanmu Li sat in the handsome tent, on the left hand side is the seventh prince Mu Yi, on the right hand side is his son Pingnan Hou Shizi Duanmu Xuan, down to the leading generals, school captains, etc., the entire main tent is full of people.

"The generals and the emperor have an order not to destroy the city, not to hurt the people, and to seize Luoyang, what do you think? Only the pipe comes! "Duanmu Li has led the troops to besiege Luoyang for three days, if they do not quickly take the capital of Wei, the northwest and even Sizhou Hanoi County north of the Yellow River will be captured by Western Shu and the Turks, and it will be difficult for the Turks to attack and recover with the Yellow River moat.

"General Hui, the defense of Luoyang City is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I think that in addition to a strong attack, it is really unthinkable."

"General Hui, Luoyang is impregnable, there is an inner city inside, and a moat outside, and he also thinks that he can only attack it."

The generals of the first tent all thought that they could only attack by force, and Duanmu Lizhi had discussed with his staff again and again from the siege of Luoyang, and he had to attack one way, but the emperor had an order, and he could not disobey the emperor's order even if he was in a hurry.

Looking left and right, I saw that all the generals and captains had already stated their positions, but only his son bowed his head and pondered, without saying a word.

"Xuan'er, what do you think?"

"Father, the child heard yesterday that the spy reported that Emperor Wei had already left Luoyang, and now only the prince is left in the city, and all the officials above the third rank of the three princes, three divisions and three provinces have left the city, leaving only some officials below the fourth grade to discuss the government and defend the city. The child has a humble opinion. ”

"Oh, tell me?" Duanmu Li was also reported by the spies of the Hou Mansion's "Iron and Blood Team" yesterday, and did not discuss any results, today I heard his son's words, and thought that this son who was slightly stronger than him had a good idea, and he couldn't help but straighten his body again and listen attentively.

"Yes, the child thinks that the thief captures the king first, and now the surrounding areas of Sizhou have been occupied by my Wu State, Xishu, and Turkic people, and Henan County, Hongnong County, Hedong County, and Pingyang County in Sizhou Mansion are also in our hands, so even if the Wei Emperor wants to escape, he can only cross the Yellow River to the north and hide in Hanoi County, and the father will send more spies to find out where the Wei Emperor is, and then capture it, and then threaten the Wei Emperor's order, and I am not afraid that the city defenders will not open the city and welcome us into the city."

"Okay, I'm afraid that the prince of Wei may not be able to cast a rat trap."

"Emperor Wei is suspicious, and he refused to give up the throne before fleeing, so it can be seen that the prince in the imperial city is afraid that he doesn't even have the jade seal and tiger talisman in his hands, and the prince is just a decoration."

Duanmu Li discussed with the generals and decided to besiege Luoyang without attacking, but to cross the Yellow River first to take Hanoi County and capture the Wei Emperor. He also ordered to send 20 spies to cross the Yellow River to find the whereabouts of Emperor Wei within five days, and strive to take the city of Luoyang within half a month.

Early in the morning of 15 May, there was a shout of killing outside Pinggao County, except for the officers and soldiers guarding the city, all the shops were closed, and the people were hiding in their homes and locking their doors. Only Situ Yan sneaked out to inquire about the news.

Of course, Li Dalang didn't want to, but he couldn't persuade him, so he had to let her. Situ Yan told Li Dalang again and again not to go out, and she would be back in two hours at most.

All the way to the south city gate, the closer to the city gate, the sound of hitting the city gate, the sound of siege and fighting, resounded. Situ Yan could even smell the pungent smell of blood, a smell she was all too familiar with, and it was also the smell she hated the most in her previous life.

Covering his mouth and nose with his sleeves, his body lowered a few points, and just as he was about to step out of the alley, he heard a shrill voice from the second-floor window on the left, "Your Majesty, close the window quickly, don't let people look at it!" ”

"I'm like a lost dog now, what's so terrible?" That being said, the windows were still down.

Situ Yan's heart moved, "The emperor who can appear here at this time should not be the Emperor Wu or the Emperor of Shu who has won many battles, it should be the Emperor of Wei who abandoned the city and fled to hide here." It's just that I don't know if the Wu army attacked the city because it knew that it was hiding in the city? I had doubts in my heart, and I didn't rush to the south city gate, but touched the corner door of the backyard of this inn.

Climbing the building and climbing over the wall is very simple for a special soldier, kicking the wall and holding a few action people have stood by the wall of the backyard of the inn, there are no patrol officers and soldiers in the courtyard, Situ Yan is not hiding, swaggering into the inn, first took a pot of hot water in the stove room, and then went to the second floor.

When I went up the stairs, I saw five steps and one defense in the second floor, and ten steps and one sentry, although these people were dressed in the clothes of the people, but their eyes were like torches, their bodies were burly, and their waists were bulging.

These people also saw Situ Yan, and saw that it was just an 8 or 9-year-old child, carrying a hot water kettle and a cloth towel on his shoulder, thinking that it was a guy from the store who came to deliver hot water, so they only asked a little more and didn't ask more.

Situ Yan lowered her head, walked smoothly to the innermost room on the second floor, and knocked on the door twice, "Guest officer, the shopkeeper asked the little one to bring you some hot water." ”

"Come in!" There was a shrill echo in the room, and judging from the sound, Situ Yan did not go to the wrong room.

Got the words, she pushed open the door and walked in, this room is divided into two rooms, the outer room is guarded by the door, the window, four maids are tidying up things, the inner room is blocked by a screen maple, only a little shadow shaking, can not see clearly.

Pouring the teapot on the table full of water, Situ Yan was not in a hurry to go to the inner room, but handed the kettle to a maid to send to the inner room, and she stood by the door and listened with her ears pricked up.

Several guards in the house kept staring at Situ Yan, and they were relieved to see that she was behaving in a proper manner and did not look around.

The voice in the inner room was extremely soft, although Situ Yan only heard a few words intermittently, "The capital is besieged,..., I ,...。 "But it can already be determined that this person must be Emperor Wei, and the shrill voice before should be a eunuch. And these guardians inside and outside should not be ordinary officers and soldiers, they should be some big masters, she couldn't help but be more careful, her head lowered a point, and when the maid came out of the inner room to take the hot water kettle, she didn't look at it much, saluted and turned around and left the house to go downstairs to the backyard.

Fortunately, the shouts and killings outside the city frightened the shopkeeper and the guys of this inn, otherwise Situ Yan's identity would have been revealed early in the morning.

Directly opened the corner door of the backyard and walked into the back alley, only covering the door on it, with the whereabouts of Emperor Wei, Situ Yan's heart moved slightly, "If this battle wants to end as soon as possible, it is the easiest way to catch this Emperor Wei, but I don't know if General Wu knows the truth of 'capturing thieves and capturing kings'?" Just as he was hesitating, the earth-shattering sound of killing that was still resounding outside the city was close in front of him.

Situ Yan didn't stay for a long time, but first retreated to the small courtyard she rented, waited until it was dark, and sneaked out again while everyone in the courtyard went to bed to rest. "Regardless of whether Wu Jun can think of the truth of 'capturing the thief and capturing the king', this Wei Emperor treats human life like a mustard, and he will never be able to stay."

I first went to the inn where I found Emperor Wei before, and when I saw that the person who was guarding was still there, I knew that although the Wu army occupied the county seat, it did not find Emperor Wei hiding in the inn. I went all the way to the county office, and saw that the defenders of Wu State outside the county government surrounded the entire county office, and Situ Yan wanted to enter the county government to deliver a letter without alarming the defenders.

I had to look around, and saw that there was a restaurant in the northeast corner of the county office, two floors high, if the calculation was correct, it should be possible to see the situation in the inner courtyard of the county government. Situ Yan tried to knock on the door, but when no one answered, she secretly opened the door bolt and touched it at night.

Situ Yan first explored the first floor and found a back door in the backyard. After making sure that there was no one guarding the restaurant, I went straight to the second floor to find a window near the county office, opened it halfway, and looked out.

The bonfire in the entire county government was bright, which was convenient for her to observe, and after careful calculation, about a quarter of an hour there were patrol soldiers passing through the backyard, every ten soldiers were in a group, and the defenders outside the county government were just staggered at the same time, "I don't know who the general of this siege is, but he is very good at using soldiers." Situ Yan admired this besieging general a little, but she didn't know that the besieging person was Duanmu Xuan, the prince of Pingnan Hou.

At this time, Duanmu Xuan was sitting in the hall of the county government, listening to the report of the "Iron and Blood Team" spies of the Hou Mansion, "Back to the young master, my subordinates have led people to search Dongfang City in the city, and I have not seen the whereabouts of Emperor Wei. ”

"Pass my order, guard the four city gates and not allow anyone to enter or leave, if Emperor Wei hides in it, no one can escape."

"Yes, my subordinates are commanded."

Duanmu Xuan arranged things again, and then got up and went to the back.

Situ Yan wrote the whereabouts of Emperor Wei on a strip of cloth, took out the bow and arrow from the ring, took the bow and pulled the string, and aimed directly at the backyard of the county government.

Who would have thought that just in time for Duanmu Xuan to return from the lobby to the inner courtyard, the arrow shot directly at his feet, and if he went further, it would pass through his chest.

Duanmu Xuan took a step back, just frowning, staring at the arrows on the ground, but he didn't see any nervousness. But a few of his entourage were shocked, protected him behind him, and shouted "There are assassins!" ”。 The shouts of the guards attracted a lot of patrolmen.

Seeing that the soldiers on patrol rushed to the inner courtyard, the guards turned around to check if Duanmu Xuan was injured, "Young master, are you injured?" ”

"Mo Feng, I'm fine, get the arrow!"

"Yes." This ink wind was the guard who accompanied Duanmu Xuan to Xinchang County.

"Young master, there is a strip of cloth on the arrow." Mo Feng picked the arrow from the ground and saw that there was a strip of cloth tied to the arrow.

Duanmu Xuan took the arrow, took off the cloth strip and unfolded it, only to see a few strong and powerful lines written on it, "The person who wants to find is on the second floor of the Xishi Taihe Inn." ”

"Mo Feng, the arrow is sent from the second floor over there, invite people over, remember to use it, don't hurt people."

"Pass my order, surround the Xishi Taihe Inn, bring everyone in the inn back, and don't forget to catch anyone alive."

"Yes." Mo Feng was puzzled, but the young master had already given the order, so he had to obey.

The two people rushed all the way to the restaurant where Situ Yan was, and all the way to the inn where Emperor Wei was. It's just that the soldiers who rushed to the restaurant were destined to pounce, and when Situ Yan shot the arrow, the person had already slipped away from the back door of the restaurant and sneaked back to the rented courtyard. And an hour later, Mo Feng escorted Emperor Wei into the county office.