The night was dark.

A team of more than 20 people in black quietly approached a checkpoint.

This is Baigu Mountain, where the Beida Battalion led by Li Hai is stationed. However, the battalion can only block the main road, and it is impossible to completely block the entire Baigu Mountain, so some sentry posts are set up on some possible small roads to serve the purpose of guarding the sentry. As soon as there is a situation, you can use the sentry arrow to notify the nearby outpost, and then send the news back to the camp as quickly as possible so that the main general can react.

Hao Meng was tall, but at this moment, he was lying on the ground, but he was like a snake squirming forward on the ground. There was a lantern hanging on the top of the outpost, and the red light shone on the nearby place, and the outpost was just a simple wooden hut, and at this moment, a soldier was leaning against the door with a gun and dozing.

There was a sound of snoring coming from inside the house, and Hao Meng listened quietly while counting silently in his heart. If nothing else happens, this should be a garrison here.

There were ten people in total.

A long time ago, when Hao Meng was still following his father in the underworld, this kind of assassination was commonplace for him. In those days, he followed his father Hao Ren to fight bloodily in the underground world of Chang'an City, and laid down a big country, making the Hao family one of the famous underground emperors in Chang'an City.

Later, he left Chang'an and joined Xuanwu's army, but he was getting farther and farther away from this kind of assassination, and more often, he was a fierce general on the battlefield who rode a horse and wielded a sword.

This time, he's back to his old job.

After a few more steps forward, they had reached the edge of the light, and the soldiers of the Shence Army, who were squeaking little by little, seemed to notice something, opened their sleepy eyes, stood up straight, and looked around, and there was nothing in the dark and dreary forest.

He stretched, leaned back against the doorframe, and narrowed his eyes.

Hao Meng propped up his upper body in the dark, took a blow pipe from his hand, and put the blow pipe in his mouth, this time he did not hesitate for a moment, he blew hard, and with a soft sound, a thin needle sprayed out of the blow pipe.

The soldier leaning against the doorframe suddenly stretched out, covering his throat with one hand, his mouth wide open and gurgling, but he could not utter a word. Hao Ren jerked out, stood up against the soldier, and a dagger silently plunged under his ribs.

The soldiers of the Shence Army were weak and their heads hung down, but they were carried by Hao Ren and did not fall. In the darkness, black shadows appeared one after another around the wooden house.

A moment later, there was a brief rush of fighting in the cabin, and then everything was calm again.

The lights came on. There were nine more corpses in the house, plus a sentry outside, and ten Shence soldiers were all killed on the spot.

"Strip them of their armor and put them on." Hao Meng commanded.

"Captain, it's changed, while it's still dark, let's set off quickly." A soldier said.

Hao Meng laughed and said, "Let's go? Where to go? Where do you think we can run to Huguan at this time, and we can get in? It's pitch black, who will open the gates for you? It is only at dawn that it is possible to blend in. And this outpost, at dawn, there should be another shift change, and once we find out about this place, everything will be exposed, but I am afraid that at that time, we have not yet entered the city! ”

"What does the captain mean by killing all the people who come to change shifts?"

"Naturally, in this way, we will have half a day." Hao Meng nodded and said, "And at that time, we will have a chance to enter the city!" Be prepared, we can only move on if we get rid of the people who come to change shifts in the shortest possible time. Let's sleep, I'll keep vigil. ”

When a glimmer of light appeared in the sky, there was a faint sound of war drums in the distance, the sound of war drums from far and near, it should have been Huguan before, and gradually, the sound of war drums had also sounded on Baigu Mountain. Hao Meng knew that the battle had begun, and Zhu Youzhen's army had already begun to attack Huguan.

"Prepare for battle!" He turned to look inside.

Twenty of his subordinates rushed out of the house, half of them already wearing the armor of the Shence Army.

Disguised people were scattered around the wooden house, while the other ten, including Hao Meng, disappeared into the surrounding woods and weeds.

It didn't take long for a ten-man Shence army to line up from the direction of the big camp, and they entered Hao Meng's ambush circle unsuspectingly.

The battle was short and fierce, and Hao Meng paid the price of the two of them and killed the ten Shence soldiers.

Soon, the corpse was dragged into the woods, and Hao Meng and the others all changed into the armor of the Shence Army and walked along the path in the direction of Huguan.

And at this moment, before the Huguan, the unfolded surface of more than 100 zhang was already densely covered with the Xuanwu army. Zhu Youzhen stood under the banner of the Chinese army with a face full of anger, and this time, those who rushed to the front were all the elite of Xuanwu who belonged to him. There weren't too many siege equipment, only ladders that were made overnight.

With a choking sound, Zhu Youzhen pulled out the knife from the sheath, pointed to the kettle, and shouted: "Attack." ”

The drums of war rang out, and the Xuanwu army erupted in an earth-shattering shout, carrying the ladder and the shield, and swarming forward. Behind them, one by one, they were tied together with felled bamboo, one end was buried in the ground, the other end was pulled back with a rope, and then a bamboo bag was used to load stones inside, and the elastic force of the bamboo was used to smash these stones of different sizes towards the city.

Unlike trebuchets, these simple throwing devices cannot throw larger stones onto the city, and their lethality is limited, but more of a distraction.

And different from the simple siege facilities under the city, on the Huguan, the corresponding defensive equipment is readily available, a series of trebuchets are arranged on the open space behind the city wall, and the unfolding surface in front of the Huguan is so large, they don't need to aim or anything at all, just load the stone bullets, and then throw them.

Every time a buzzing sound was heard, a dozen stone projectiles flew up, crossed the city, and smashed heavily on the clearing in front of Huguan, which, of course, was now filled with the attacking Xuanwu army.

Above the city, the bed crossbow let out a sharp whistling sound, and the crossbow arrows as thick as children's arms ploughed out blood alleys in the crowd, and more arms stretched crossbows, and feather arrows poured like rain on these Xuanwu troops who were attacking together.

Under the city, it was soon covered with corpses, but the Xuanwu army still continued to move forward without flinching, and one after another ladders were set up on the city wall, and they began to fight in the city.

Tu Hu and Chu Sheng stood at the head of the city, each responsible for a section of the city wall.

"Is Zhu Youzhen crazy?" Xue Ping was puzzled.

"He wanted to open a passage with human life. Killing the emperor is his biggest goal now, and he is willing to pay for it. Gongsun Changming's face was solemn, "He is indeed crazy, but it will also cause us a lot of trouble." The two large battalions in the north and south should be stared at by Tian Ping and Xue Xiong at this moment, and they will not be able to provide effective support to us. Zhu Youzhen, this is trying to exchange life for life! ”

"I'm afraid he won't have so many people to change." Xue Ping sneered.

In Huguan, Emperor Li Yan and others lived in a large courtyard that was temporarily vacated, after Li Yan, Mrs. Wang and others lived in, even though this courtyard was already the largest house in Huguan County, but it was also stuffed to the brim, except for some necessary guards, other people could only be scattered around the courtyard to guard.

It is not too far from the Huguan city wall, and you can faintly hear the sound of war drums, horns, and shouts of killing from the city head.

When the fierce battle was raging above the city, Liu Ruyan was eating breakfast with Mrs. Wang.

The absent-minded Liu Ruyan listened to the sound from the direction of the city from time to time, so that even Mrs. Wang, who was chewing slowly, finished her meal, and there was still more than half of the gruel left in Liu Ruyan's bowl.

Mrs. Wang, who took the well-fed baby from the nurse and teased it in her arms, looked at Liu Ruyan's appearance and couldn't help but laugh: "Go if you want, you don't have to stay here with me, an old woman." ”

Liu Ruyan smiled embarrassedly: "A-Niang, Mr. Gongsun said that in today's meeting, it is not feasible to go out of the city to fight back, let me accompany A-Niang at home!" ”

"How do you accompany me like this, but it makes me anxious. Go ahead, I know you're good at kung fu, and you can help a little if you go. Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "What are you doing with me?" ”

"Really? Auntie, can I really go? ”

"Go, go, go!" Mrs. Wang waved her hand.

Liu Ruyan jumped up all of a sudden, jumped up and picked up the spear put aside and walked out, the little cicada was about to follow, but Liu Ruyan waved his hand: "Little cicada, you stay, I just go to take a look, and I'll be back in a while." ”

"Yes, ma'am." Xiao Cicada nodded, seeing Liu Ruyan go out with the other two maids.

What Liu Ruyan never expected was that when he went out, a group of people had already arrived not far from this big courtyard.

Hao Meng and the others pretended to be soldiers from the Beida Battalion from the rear of Huguan, and they had successfully infiltrated the city. After entering the city, they immediately took off the armor of the Shence Army, changed into the clothes of ordinary people, and searched for their targets everywhere in the city.

The goal of Li Yan and others was too big, and it didn't take long for Hao Meng and his party to find this place that was obviously different from other places. The security here is much tighter than that of the general's mansion in the Guannai.

When Liu Ruyan went out, Hao Meng was also observing the big courtyard.

"There's no other way." Hao Meng looked at his subordinates, "There is no other possibility than to punch in." ”

"How to get close?"

"The Kannai is in chaos right now, and everyone in the Kankin is constantly transporting supplies to the pass, and this is our chance." Hao Meng said: "Are you all ready to die?" Once the attack begins, the chances of us surviving are almost zero. ”