Chapter 43: Kong Ming's assassination
Now, it is the seventh day after the Xiongnu king Touman led more than 70,000 remnants of the Xiongnu to flee north, and Qin and Yueshi led the army to pursue for three days or let Touman flee back to the northern grassland. When Yue Wuyu came back with his army yesterday, he was reprimanded by the king of the Yue clan.
Zhuge Liang stood at the door of the tent where he lived, looking at the north from afar, his face was happy, since he decided to come to the Yue Clan, he had planned everything, although he firmly believed that he would implement it according to his plan, but there were variables everywhere in the world, and he did not dare to relax in the slightest. To this day, the Qin State subdued the Qiang and Di clans, and the Yue clan and the Xiongnu were defeated and injured, and suffered heavy losses, which were not much different from his plan.
In terms of personal feelings and national righteousness, it is natural to hope that the Xiongnu king will die in Yueshi, so that the Xiongnu people in the north will no longer be a piece of iron bucket, and will definitely fall into a divided and chaotic war, and will not be able to go south for decades or even a hundred years.
Zhuge Liang thought about it again and again, but the Xiongnu, who were greatly injured, was more beneficial to the Qin State than the Xiongnu who were chaotic and divided. There are three reasons: First, the vitality of the Xiongnu is greatly damaged, at least there is cohesion, and they will not be easily defeated by the Yueshi and the Donghu people in the east of the Xiongnu one by one to strengthen themselves. It will no longer make the Yue Clan a second grassland overlord.
Second, the Xiongnu were not chaotic and could contain the Yueshi and Donghu, the most important thing is that the existence of the Xiongnu has always been a big problem for the Zhao State in the south of the Xiongnu, and the Zhao State has always arranged 200,000 troops on the northern border to prevent the Xiongnu from going south. On the contrary, these 200,000 troops will be the enemies of the Qin State.
Third, the Xiongnu suffered heavy losses and the same is true of the Yueshi, the existence of Touman, the Yueshi can not expand to the north, can only slowly lick the wounds, and the Yueshi and its western Wusun are old enemies, although the northern Xiongnu losses are not small, but also stronger than the Yueshi, if the Yueshi and Wusun are at war, I believe that the Xiongnu will not let go of this opportunity.
Therefore, the Yue clan had only one choice, to form an alliance with the Qin State. This is also what the Qin State wants, the alliance between the Yue Clan and the Qin State will become a barrier in the northwest of the Qin State, and it will be difficult for the 'Wusun', 'Loulan', and 'Western Regions Kingdoms' to harass the western part of the Qin State, eliminating the worries of the Qin State, and from then on, the Qin State will focus on the six eastern countries, and there is no need to worry about the fire in the backyard.
Zhuge Liang came back to his senses and looked eastward, he knew that it was time, he had already come to Yue's Clan, what he should have done had been done, and it was time to join Sima Cuo. Thinking of this, he turned around and walked towards the Yue Clan's king's big tent.
On the second day, it was already noon, it was still foggy, and the place where the human eye could see was less than 100 meters, Zhuge Liang left the Yue's royal court for dozens of miles, and went east under the escort of 100 people, going to the place where Huo Qubing was garrisoned.
Suddenly, the centurion among the hundred, as if he had heard something, suddenly gathered his mind, fell behind, and listened. His face changed, he had been in the army for several years, and the sound he had just heard was definitely the sound of horses' hooves, or the sound of hundreds of horses galloping together.
The centurion hurriedly drove his horse to catch up with Zhuge Liang's car, and he didn't have time to report to Zhuge Liang, so he ordered: "There are hundreds of cavalry chasing after him in the rear, I don't know whether it is an enemy or a friend, and the gentleman can't take risks, the two tigers, the big bull, and the three dogs obey the order." Order the three of you to lead your respective teams to continue to escort Mr. Zhuge . I led seventy brothers to stay and act when the opportunity came. You must escort Mr. Zhuge to General Huo's barracks. β
The two tigers and the three ten-captain clasped their fists on horseback and said, "No."
Then escorted Zhuge Liang's car away quickly.
The centurion and the remaining seventy soldiers turned their horses' heads, held bows and crossbows, and waited quietly for the uninvited guests behind.
In a few moments, rushing out of the dense fog was a tall, hideous-looking, Hun costume man, as soon as he saw this person, the centurion decisively ordered to 'release the arrow', the Qin army soldiers just pulled the trigger, and more than 50 people followed the tall man into the Qin army's line of sight.
A rain of arrows, shooting twenty or thirty Huns, seeing that the enemy was only about fifty meters away from himself and others, the centurion ordered: "Charge." The soldiers of the Qin State put away their bows and crossbows, held Changge, and rushed towards the Xiongnu army of more than 400 people.
The two armies rushed to kill, and the centurion took the lead to meet the Hun generals, clenching Chang Ge tightly in his hands, his eyes were suspicious, and the killing machine burst out. Two meters apart, Changge in his hand took the opponent's head. The Hun general leaned back, leaned on the horse's back, dodged the fatal blow, when the two were about to stagger, the Hun general took advantage of the centurion's lack of time to change his moves, holding a spear to the centurion's chest, the centurion was not chaotic at all, with the help of the saddle a sideways to let the spear pierce the air, the two have intersected, the centurion once again with the advantage of the saddle, the left hand pulled the saddle to hang himself on the left side of the war horse, the right hand of Changge stabbed towards the Hun leader, the Hun leader just got up on horseback, one was not caught by Changge stabbed his right arm from behind, almost dropped the spear in his handγ
The rest of the Qin soldiers also exchanged hands with the Huns, and the sound of "dangdang" and "bangbang" armor collision suddenly sounded, and the soldiers of the Qin army were wearing bronze armor, and the first batch of confrontations were injured very little. But the Huns were six times as many as them, which meant that one Qin soldier had to deal with six Huns.
Rushing through the enemy's formation, there were seventy Qin army officers and soldiers, and there were few left.
In a matter of minutes, the two soldiers rushed through each other's military formations.
The soldiers of the Qin army stopped under the leadership of the centurion, and the centurion quickly glanced left and right, his eyes darkened, and there were only about forty of the seventy people left.
As soon as the more than forty people stopped, they immediately turned their horses' heads, but saw that the Huns didn't care about them at all, and chased straight in the direction of Zhuge Liang's car.
At this time, the Huns were a hundred meters away from them, and they were about to disappear from sight, and there were more than 100 corpses lying on the ground, and those who did not die were still wailing on the ground.
The centurion secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly drove his horse to chase after the remaining forty people.
They moved from static to slow, and at this time they were almost a mile apart, and for a moment they could not catch up in any way, and the centurion was anxious, sweating profusely, but there was nothing he could do but slap the horse's rump with his spear.
However, there is a gap between their war horses and the horses of the Huns, which may not have anything to do with them in peacetime, but now, chasing each other, the horsepower is not good, and they are helpless.
Soon, about three hundred Hun cavalry were getting closer and closer to Zhuge Liang's car, and the thirty soldiers guarding the car looked at each other, wanting to divide into two teams, one team facing east and one team facing southeast.
The two teams of people just wanted to separate, who wanted, the mutation protruded, the 'whoosh' sound sounded, a group of black-clothed people flew out of the land from the front and sides of the Huns and the back, as if they had been ambushed here for a long time, this group of black-clothed people was about 100 people, all of them were armed with serpentine swords, and as soon as they flew out of the ground, they used killing moves, and they were all third-rate warriors, and the Huns had no resistance to these people, and they were swords by the black-clothed people, and the fatal wounds were all in the heart and neck.
Zhuge Liang and the others were also startled when they saw the men in black who suddenly appeared, and when they came back to their senses, they still decided to act according to the original plan, and they couldn't conclude that this group of people in black was not assassins.
In a few moments, all the three hundred Huns died at the hands of the men in black, and none of the one hundred men in black died, only a few were injured. Seeing someone injured, the leader of the black-body man wearing a snake-shaped mask had a sharp gaze, and several injured people lowered their heads, not daring to look at the leader of the mask, and the leader of the mask heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him.
"Withdraw", a cold female voice sounded.
This group of people 'huh' and 'hu' a few times, without a trace, soon, the centurion led people to arrive, only to the ground hundreds of Hun corpses, a fatal move. A chill rose from the centurion's heart, and he chased forty soldiers towards the southeast, where there was no carriage mark.
Two miles away from here, on a small hill, the ground is seriously broken, like a large scar, a man wearing a Qin army costume and a mask, standing on the hillock, the man has a long sword in his hand, the sword body flashes red, and gradually returns to the flat, and the sword is back to the sheath. He looked at his corpse two meters away, which had several sword wounds, and the fatal part was that he was choked by a sword.
I don't know when, a figure appeared behind the sun, although this figure was enchanting, but it was dressed in black and wearing a snake-shaped mask, giving people a cold and vicious feeling.
"Whatever the reason, your poor protection this time is considered a dereliction of duty. β
The serpentine woman's voice was so cold that she couldn't hear the slightest emotion.
"Don't worry, I will take this matter with all my might. Occult said calmly.
"'Heh', it's ridiculous that you can bear it with all your might! Since we have made a move, there will be a risk of exposure, so you should think about how to explain it to the Lord. If there is any accident sir, your death a hundred times is not enough to atone for your sins, and you know very well the means of the Lord. β
After finishing speaking, he sneered: "At that time, I don't know if your nominal leader, Zhao Gao, can protect you." β
was squeezed and ridiculed by the woman in black, and the sun did not have the slightest irritation, and said calmly: "I will die, how can you be better, otherwise, you will make a move!"
Hearing the words of covering the sun, the woman in black snorted coldly, performed light skills, and headed west.
Yue's royal court, Yue's king's big tent, a black shadow appeared behind Yue's king at some point, and there was a whisper in Yue's king's ear, Yue's king's face changed greatly, and he waved his hand to let him retreat.
In the account of sending plastic envelopes, sending plastic envelopes are discussing things with his subordinates, one of his henchmen asked to see, ordered someone to pass into the account, the henchmen looked left and right and did not speak, the people in the tent were interested in retreating, and seeing everyone leaving, they sent plastic envelopes to the henchmen below and said: "What's the matter?"
The henchman took a few steps forward, stood half a meter away from the plastic seal, and whispered: "Plastic wait, Temu is dead." β
In addition to the identity of the first master, the plastic seal also knew that he was the king of the Yue family, thinking that Zhuge Liang had just left a few days, why did Temu die, he could already guess eight or nine not far from ten. waved his hand at his henchman and told him to go down.
Jisu Feng looked lost and depressed, looked at the camp of the king of the Yue clan, and said in a low voice: "Shan Yu, Shan Yu, confused, confused!"
It's puzzled, it's disappointment, and it's frustration.
Also at this time, in Yue Wuyu's camp, the leader came back, and Yue Wuyu took the initiative to resign as a general before the order of the king of the Yue clan.
The small table in front of Yue Wuyu was full of wine bottles, so he drank and said, "Since you don't trust me, why did you use me in the first place, why? Why?" The wine bottle in his hand was already empty, and he instructed a maidservant: "Fetch me the wine that Su Hou sent yesterday." β
After speaking, he threw the wine bottle in his hand on the ground, and the sound of 'bump' sounded in the big tent. The maid was taken aback, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, Master Hou." β
Soon a jar of wine was taken by the maidservant, placed on the table, and respectfully withdrew.
Yue Wuyu opened the red cloth, the smell of wine was permeated, the fragrance was fragrant, Yue Wuyu closed his eyes and inhaled intoxicated. Then, I can't wait to pour myself a full bowl and drink it all.
laughed loudly: "Good wine, really good wine." β
Suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly, his face froze, and then his face showed pain, and he overturned the wine jar on the table, and with a bang, the wine was all over the floor. Yue Wuyu clenched his abdomen with both hands, only to feel unbearable pain in his abdomen, like thousands of ants biting in his abdomen, suddenly felt his stomach churning, a mouthful of blood spurted out, his eyes looked at the direction of the Yue King's big tent, and he said with difficulty: "Hello...... Evil...... Poison... β
Yue's generation of military gods died in anger.
The guards outside the tent heard the sound of the wine jar breaking and hurriedly ran in, and saw the wine all over the ground and the dead Yue Wuyu, and the big tent was suddenly chaotic, panicked, and exclamations were endless.