Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Secret Passage of the Mouth
Han Jing walked alone, but behind him was secretly following another person. After Liu Yanzheng returned the body of Wuping Marquis Chen Lin, he found that Han Jing had quietly left from the mansion alone, he had never seen Han Jing before, and he felt a little suspicious, so he secretly followed. Han Jing did not practice martial arts, but he was quite alert, and at first he was in self-blame, not paying attention to Liu Yanzheng behind him. But after a few blocks, he noticed someone following him, and his pace suddenly quickened. Liu Yanzheng saw that the other party had noticed it, so he walked up quickly, and captured Han Jing at the side door of a secret courtyard.
Liu Yanzheng grabbed Han Jing by the collar and asked angrily, "Who are you?" What does it have to do with the death of General Chen? Han Jing was restrained, but he still remained calm, seeing Liu Yanzheng's clothes and knowing that this was the Ouchi guard, he replied in a very calm tone: "I didn't want to harm the old general, but the old general was indeed indirectly harmed by me." After saying that, he was silent, not saying a word. Liu Yanzheng saw him admit so readily, he was suddenly a little stunned, he gradually let go of his hand, and asked in a somewhat soothing tone: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”
Han Jing thought for a while, Liu Yanzheng was also quite patient, the two were silent for a while, and Han Jing finally spoke: "What happened in the area of Xuankou, Lincheng, Le'an, Shangrao, and Xuancheng, as a person from Da Nei, should be clear." ”
Liu Yanzheng heard that Han Jing mentioned the area around Yukou as soon as he opened his mouth, and immediately became alert and replied, "I heard about it." ”
"This was planned by the Jiuli clan." Han Jing said Jiuli directly, Liu Yanzheng's heart was shocked, he was also clear about Jiuli, and then asked, "How do you know?" ”
"I am from Qinggu, and there are disciples in my valley who have fought with the Jiuli demons in many places, and I can't be wrong." After Han Jing finished speaking, he straightened up and turned around to leave. Liu Yanzheng stopped Han Jing, and at this moment he had guessed why Chen Lin committed suicide in the imperial study, and he slowly spoke again: "The old general is because he went to the palace to inform His Majesty about this. He didn't finish. Han Jing looked at him and said, "Emperor Wen has infiltrated a lot of Jiuli people around him, and I believe that the old general also died because of the conflict with His Majesty." ”
Liu Yanzheng's conjecture was completely said by Han Jing, and his whole person was a little sluggish, but he still asked Han Jing: "Sir, what are you going to do now?" ”
Han Jing heard Liu Yanzheng ask about his plans, and he also had doubts in his heart, he originally planned to come to Jianye, hoping to use the prestige of Wu Pinghou to stop Jiuli's conspiracy, but as soon as Wu Pinghou died, he suddenly became directionless. Liu Yanzheng saw that Han Jing didn't speak, he waited for a while and said, "Sir, come with me to my mansion, we will never let the old general die in vain, and we will never let Jiuli's conspiracy succeed." ”
Seeing that Liu Yanzheng was quite resolute, Han Jing had no other better way at the moment, so he responded and followed Liu Yanzheng to his mansion.
The news of Marquis Wuping's suicide in the imperial study soon spread in Jianye City, and many people lamented the death of Marquis Wupinghou Chen Lin. Liu Yanzheng invited Han Jing to the mansion, and soon called Xiao Cheng and Gu Xujiao, the three of them are the only remaining people who helped His Majesty quell the Wang rebellion that day, and the three of them were extremely emotional, they did not expect that in just a few months, the people who fought in the Fengtian Temple that day walked and died. Although His Majesty is still firmly on the throne, the court is no longer a matter of fact.
The three of them inquired in detail about the current situation in the area of Han Jing and Anhui, Han Jing told everything he knew one by one, and everyone also felt that Zhang Jue was very suspicious, and now he led the troops in the area of Wankou, and he had a heavy army in his hands, once he mutinied, it would be extremely difficult to deal with the Jiuli forces around Anhuikou. But what made a few people have a headache is that His Majesty obviously trusts him more, the old general admonishes him with death, and Emperor Wen has not made any moves in the past few days, and it seems that it is extremely difficult to persuade Emperor Wen again.
Zhang Jue is outside the city of Wankou at the moment, and the pardon has returned to his side, and the army has come all the way to Wankou, which has also supplemented many local garrisons, and there are nearly 30,000 people at this moment. Zhang Jue has a lot of prestige in the army, but what he wants is to use these sergeants for his own use. There are a large number of puppets in the city, and Yu Si now controls these puppet armies, but he is a disciple of Yuji, and Shi Yu, who was seriously injured, was embarrassed because of his injuries, although he was carrying a bloody corpse order. Zhang Jue racked his brains and thought about how to make these 30,000 soldiers completely obey him. Just when he and Yu Wu had a headache, Mo Zhong and Liu Shang sneaked into the barracks. After the four of them discussed, Zhang ordered the army to go out of the camp and attack the mouth.
Yuji had been resting in the city, and Yu Si and his friends were on the city wall, watching the coming Dongyue army. The two behaved differently, Yu Si was extremely contemptuous, he observed for a while, and suddenly left the city wall. The disciples carefully observed for a long time, and let the remaining more than 1,000 Jiuli soldiers be ready for battle.
Zhang Jue and Yu Wu came to the front of the army, Zhang Jue gave a few simple instructions, and the army slowly marched towards the gate of the city. The disciples immediately asked the sergeants to prepare bows and crossbows, and fire oil. Always ready to deliver a head-on blow to your opponent.
The East Vietnamese army gradually approached, and just as it was about to enter the range of the Jiuli sergeant's bow and crossbow, a puppet army suddenly slowly appeared behind the army.
Seeing the puppet appear, the army suddenly panicked, and Lin Pinghui had sent a team of Jinfan troops before to be in the rear of the army at this moment, seeing the puppet attacking, he erected a heavy shield, and hurriedly shouted to the surrounding sergeants: "Prepare spears, bows and crossbows, these puppets are dead at the back of the neck." ”
When Zhang Jue heard this, his face was expressionless, he seemed to ignore this Jinfan army that had fought with the puppets, and when he heard that the Jinfan army suddenly said the puppet's death door, the surrounding Dongyue sergeants calmed down a little, and many people followed the example of the Jinfan army, with heavy shields in front and spears in the back, gradually forming a defensive formation. Zhang Jue quickly came to the rear formation and shouted: "The front formation becomes the back formation, the back formation becomes the front formation, and these puppets are defeated first." At the same time, two magic seals were sacrificed in his hand, and a black gas appeared, rushing directly towards the puppet army. The puppet encountered the black gas and was stopped for a while, but still tried his best to march towards the East Vietnamese army formation, Zhang Jue waited for the puppets to get closer a little more, and shouted to the East Vietnamese sergeant again: "Bow and crossbow!" Hearing Zhang Jue's words, the crossbowman behind the heavy shield shot a round of bows and arrows neatly, and the bows and arrows pierced into the puppet's body, but they still didn't stop and continued to move forward. Zhang Jue stepped back, waiting for an opportunity.
In the puppet army formation, Liu Shang, Mo Zhong and Yu Si stood together, Yu Si commanded the puppets to move forward, Liu Shang and Mo Zhong watched a while, and saw that the two armies were about to collide, and at the same time their bodies moved, and walked quickly towards the front of the formation.
The Jinfan Army took the lead in fighting with the puppets, and the heavy shields tried their best to resist, and the flying tiger claws and spears flew out one by one behind the shields, and dozens of puppets were cut and killed. Zhang Jue saw that the opportunity had appeared, and the whole person immediately floated in the air, pinched the magic seal with both hands, and then unfolded, two black gases similar to hurricanes suddenly appeared, rushing to the middle of the front row of puppets and the shield array, the black gas hurricane took off the sand, and the puppets were blown down a lot, and at the same time, the sergeant who raised the heavy shield was also shaky. At this moment, Yu Si suddenly roared behind the puppet army formation, and a large number of puppets suddenly went crazy and rushed over aimlessly. The shield array was broken in an instant, and the Jinfan Army was at the forefront, and a group of puppets were immediately strangled together.
Liu Shang and Mo Zhong were in the puppet group, constantly interspersed, and soon arrived on the side of the Jinfan Army, and the two of them pinched a lot of charms in their hands. Zhang Jue saw the two of them not far away, and once again waved out two black gas hurricanes, unlike just now, this time the hurricane brought flying sand, wrapping the strangled Jinfan Army and the puppet together. Liu Shang and Mo Zhong took advantage of this opportunity, their bodies moved rapidly, and they kept slapping the spell on the puppet's body, and with a few explosions, many puppets flew with flesh and blood, and the Jinfan Army stained with blood immediately fell to the ground in pain. The East Vietnamese sergeants were still surprised that Mr. Zhang did this, but before they could react, the sergeants heard the explosion sound, looked in the direction of the black gas, and vaguely saw that the puppets and the Jinfan Army in the black gas suddenly stopped fighting, and the Jinfan Army slowly stood up and then turned around, standing on one side with the puppets, facing the East Vietnamese army. The sergeants were confused and didn't understand what was going on, so Zhang Jue suddenly shouted in the middle of the formation: "The Jinfan Army is in rebellion, retreat quickly." ”
Before the words fell, the puppet and the Jinfan army rushed out of the package of black gas, and frantically slashed at the Dongyue sergeant, the Dongyue sergeant was shocked and speechless, turned around and retreated, Zhang Jue came to the front, rushed to the puppet and the Jinfan army, waved his palm frequently, sacrificed black gas, and stopped many puppets and Jinfan army. When the East Vietnamese sergeants saw Mr. Zhang rushing ahead, they did not dare to retreat, turned around in a panic, and strangled together with a group of puppets. But at this moment, the soldiers of East Vietnam had no fighting spirit, and they did not fight for long, and they were defeated and retreated, while Zhang Jue was always at the end, and there were constantly puppets falling in front of him. Several officers rushed over and anxiously asked Xiang Zhangjue: "Mr. Zhang, what should we do at this moment?" Zhang Jue stepped out to protect a few people, and hurriedly said: "Withdraw, withdraw, it's not appropriate to fight hard." ”
When the officers heard of the retreat, they immediately shouted to the sergeants in the rear: "The whole army retreats." When the East Vietnamese sergeant heard this, he no longer cared about the military formation, and turned around and ran. Zhang Jue finally unleashed a thick black qi energy, knocked down a large number of puppets, and quickly caught up with the retreating East Vietnamese sergeant.
When Yu Si saw that his goal had been achieved, he no longer let the puppets chase after him. After slowly retreating, they quietly came to the entrance of the underground palace, and the puppets entered the underground palace in order, and disappeared near the mouth of Anhui again. This is a secret passage that existed many years ago, leading directly into the city of Wankou, Yuji and the puppet disappeared for the first time and suddenly appeared in Anhuikou, all relying on this secret passage.
Zhang Jue returned to the barracks and ordered several sergeants to return to Jianye immediately to inform the royal family that the Jinfan Army had colluded with the Lulin Xuanmen and took advantage of the army to attack Le'an. Several sergeants were a little puzzled, there was something wrong with the Jinfan Army at that time, and everyone didn't see what was going on, why Mr. Zhang was so sure. Seeing that the sergeants were a little confused, Zhang Jue's face suddenly changed, and he said quite sternly: "The Jinfan Army has pushed back the siege many times, and I can see it clearly in front of the military formation, so there is no need to say more." Hearing Zhang Jue's affirmation, everyone trusted him extremely much at this moment, and several sergeants didn't think much about it and hurried back to Jianye.