(Volume I) Chapter 19: Before the Great War
At this time, Ouyang Buqi turned around and walked up to Mu Qinghan and said, "So, is Little Brother Mu interested in this plan?" ”
Mu Qinghan said: "To take revenge, life and death are not yours." ”
Listening to the louder and louder voices around this secret room, I felt that the sound of footsteps from all around me was gathering in the distance, and they were coming in line.
Gradually, I saw a shadow, and a phalanx came running. Helian counted from afar, and there were five hundred. It's all the dress of ordinary people. Mu Qinghan actually saw a few familiar vegetable market vendors among them.
There were too many things that surprised him this day, and Mu Qinghan didn't bother to be too surprised.
The group of people walked up to Ouyang Bu and bowed: "See Ouyang Duwei!" ”
Ouyang did not give up and said: "Little Brother Mu, I am making a plan to make the people in the city suffer for a long time, and raise troops to respond to the Hengzhou army. If you promise to be the head of this group of heroes, I will do everything possible to eliminate the evil and help you kill the Chun Yu clan. ”
Chen Huance now understood that because Hou Ye did not expose the school to the Hengzhou army, he created the best effect for the people in the city to raise troops. And the five hundred dark piles under his command are all their own people, in contrast, Mu Qinghan is a Xiyue who has a blood feud with the Chunyu clan. He raised his arms and shouted, and he was able to win Liu Chunqing's trust even more. At that time, if it is successful, it will be enough to scatter the dark piles.
Originally, Mu Qinghan's revenge wanted to fight for a result with the body of a horseman, but now he has five hundred helps, and this transaction is not a loss, so he should inherit it, and he also learned to make a move like Ouyang.
Ouyang Buqi nodded, turned around and said to the five hundred dark piles: "Soldiers, it has been three years since we were ordered to sneak into Xiyue City, and only we know the difficulty of the wind and the sun. It can be said that raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while. The Lord has ordered great things to be done today, and you are sorry for your life? This impassioned tone is very much like a mobilization before the expedition.
Only the listeners answered: "Repay the favor of the Lord, dare not die!" "The sound is loud and exciting. But I heard Ouyang say: "Today, I am planning a major war with all the kings, no matter whether it is success or failure, others ask about General Mu, and bluntly say that you have been suffering for a long time, General Mu raised his arms and shouted, and you waited for Jing Cong." As he spoke, he pointed his finger at Mu Qinghan.
"Order!" These are well-trained veterans.
Mu Qinghan was a little uncomfortable: "This is General Mu, let alone a general, I haven't even been a big soldier!" Can you become a general? ”
After that, Ouyang left a few chiefs to deploy, and said to Mu Qinghan: "There is another matter, Shangfeng ordered us to find out about Wangyun Tower, you are a key offender, just now Mr. Chen also told me about you, and now it seems that Wangyun Tower may have something to do with Marriott, so I want to send you back to Chun Yu to help me and others inquire about the news, find out if there is a conspiracy, and prepare for the army." ”
Hearing this, Meng Zhichu on the side was a little unhappy: "How can there be such a call, this makes people responsible, and makes people go to prison." Let's talk about prisoners, how can I find out the secrets of Wangyunlou for you. ”
Chen Huance also said this politely on the side. Ouyang did not give up but said: "General Tang once told that there are many Marriott runes in Wangyun Tower, and since Brother Mu is a Golden Pill Warrior, there are more things to do than Brother Mu. After sending the little brother back, I sent a light man to follow, and if it was not helpful to collect information, I would rescue him. ”
So there was Mu Qinghan being imprisoned here for more than ten days, but what Mu Qinghan didn't expect was that it was Meng Zhichu who answered him afterwards, and Meng Zhichu's explanation for this was: She didn't believe that Ouyang didn't give up, and thought that he only treated Mu Qinghan as a chess piece. Meng Zhichu felt that he was not deeply involved in the world, so it was not worth it to be an eagle dog for others.
Listening to Meng Zhichu's appearance of Ouyang not giving up all kinds of words, Mu Qinghan said that she had learned martial arts, and if she learned drama, she would definitely be full of high-level guests, and her name would move from all directions. After a slap in the eye, I had to stop talking.
What he wants to say at the moment should be "thank you".
The two talked for a long time, until they heard the sound of the guards changing shifts on the roof, and when they caught them lazy, they finally got out.
The night is quiet, this is the night of the Lantern Festival reunion. But the person who reunited with him was not around. He didn't know that Gu Laosan and them, with the "help" of Yu Jiuye, got on the boat to Lin Xiuguo in a daze, and when they woke up, they were already on the sea heading to Lin Xiuguo. They were also in a hurry, but they could only wait for the ship to dock and then go to the area. It all shows that the moon is thousands of miles away, but in the secret room on the top floor, the full moon is tightly blocked by green tiles.
Outside the green tile, Duanshan Canghe, there are no cruise ships on Lixiu Lake today, and it is not as lively as in previous years. But there are always people who take advantage of the night to go out of the city and make ripples with their arms and strokes. Fortunately, the moonlight didn't shine, otherwise it would have been caught as a big fish who didn't know the inside story.
In a daze, Mu Qinghan fell asleep, he was a little tired, tomorrow seemed to be a decisive battle, he had to recuperate. A dreamless night, accompanied by a breeze and a bright moon.
The next day, Chun Yu Xianzhong was very excited, and he went to "visit" Mu Qinghan early in the morning, and then led the troops to inspect the city tower, but Liu Chunqing was very face-saving today, and he did not attack for the whole day.
The academy has also completed all the deployments. It seems that everyone is waiting for that moment to come.
Night falls, and from the beginning of tomorrow month, it is already the middle of the day. It's only an hour until midnight. Chun Yu Xianzhong paced left and right in the palace, uneasy. For him, what he had been planning for many years, he was about to take the final step today, and he was obviously a little nervous.
The purple-robed national teacher entered the main hall and looked at Chun Yu Xianzhong, who was rarely dressed today, and saluted. Reported: "King Qiqi, all the magic circles have been arranged, and all floors of Wangyun Tower have arranged for sergeants to enter. Three thousand guards have also been dispatched around Wangyun Tower. Everything is ready, just wait for the order. ”
Chun Yu Xianzhong straightened his clothes, looked out of the hall, and took a deep breath. "Herald, go upstairs!" After speaking, he strode forward, followed by a purple robe wrapped in a cloak. There were also a number of guards in the back, each with their captain, and the soldiers were unevenly holding torches, illuminating the palace transparently.
An honor guard composed of guards went all the way out of the palace and came to Wangyun Tower. The bottom of Wangyun Tower is already a black oppression, but the base of Wangyun Tower is too big, and the guards of 3,000 people really want to surround it in all directions, and the people still seem to be a little thin. However, in the end, there will be troops on the city wall to defend Liu Chunqing, but it is pitiful that there are three city walls, and there are less than 3,000 people guarding them.
Chun Yu Xianzhong also said: "The third child should have arrived even if he sent the princess of Wu State, why don't you see reinforcements arrive these days." ”
However, no one can answer, and for Chun Yu Xianzhong, it is obvious that he is very dissatisfied with the slight lack of manpower today. But the time is near, and there is no time to say more. After accepting the military salute of the two captains, he went upstairs without looking back.
Since the siege of the city, the night market has been suspended in the city, and the residents are at home, and the city is silent. As the patrols were caught quickly, they were pulled up to the tower, so that there were no people on the streets. It's just that from time to time, there are dark shadows shuttling through it.
It was windless at night, but the Hengzhou army under the city did not rest, and was quietly busy with something. There was originally a large flower field in the west of the southern tour, but it did not bloom in the middle of winter. However, around this flower field, there are a few fruit plum trees. It is a flower in winter, and the climate of the southern tour is humid and hot, and it is open for a long time. There is a kind of moth on this flower, which the local literati call "spring return", but its appearance is not as gorgeous as its name. When it first hatches from the cocoon, it is plain white and turns dull yellow after a few hours.
It is also because the climate of this southern tour is too humid and hot, so that most of the moths that appear in summer appear in this new year. It lives on the nectar of the fruit plum, and when it reaches about fifteen, it will appear, hence the name.
A moth flew to the barracks, no way, it was too close. The moth itself didn't know why it flew over. It may be that the smell is a little different, but the smell of men's sweat should not be what it likes.
So what does it like? Lights, lights.
But this barracks, somehow, has no lights, not even a bonfire at the moment, of course, the handsome tent is an exception. The sound of moving wood around him didn't stop him from finding the little light.
It flew into the tent, where there was a man reading, reading lines and lines of writing under an oil lamp. The moth was satisfied, and after it had swayed in front of the book, it stopped beside the oil lamp, flickering its wings.
The afterimage of the wings landed on the page. Liu Chunqing, who was reading, saw it, and he subconsciously looked at the oil lamp. The moth was listening to the side of the oil lamp at the moment, as if looking at one of the most gorgeous jewels in the world.
Liu Chunqing had a straight face, or no expression, he picked up the bamboo tweezers that picked up the lamp, ready to drive away this little thing that affected his reading. But before the bamboo tweezers could reach the lamp, the moth flew away.
Liu Chunqing didn't think much about it, and was just about to continue reading, but he didn't think that this moth didn't want to give up the lights. In front of my own book, the sound of flying around and flapping wings is really annoying. Liu Chunqing simply stretched out his hand and grabbed it, a famous general for many years, his skills are fast, and this grasp actually held the moth firmly in his hand.
It's also a random grab, no force. Feeling that the living creature in his palm struggled a few times and then stopped moving, he put it in front of him and slowly spread his fist. Just looking at the powder rubbed in his hand, the moth stopped in his palm with a shriveled finish, and seemed to be lifeless, the two tentacles were still moving, and the wings were slowly moving, and some powder fell into his hands.
He muttered to himself, "It's time for moths?" But he looked at the moth, and flew away without paying attention to a flap of his wings, and he subconsciously wanted to see where the moth fled.
Then I saw it pounce on the lamp, and after a few sounds of flames, the moth disappeared from the oil lamp, but because there was not much oil left, it was fluttered like this, and soon it was extinguished, and the whole tent was darkened.
The guards guarding the tent came in, and Liu Chunqing asked, "When is it?" ”
"A moment."
"Wait a little longer." He used bamboo tweezers to remove the remains of the moths, lit new oil, fiddled with the twists, and lit the lamp. He patted the powder on his hand again, and sat there and continued to read, thinking about the man who sneaked into the tent in the early hours of this morning and was drenched.
"General Mu, who are you?" Liu Chunqing muttered to himself.
Mu Qinghan was still working as a canary at this time, and the guards around him had increased significantly. "In this way, the city defense will be empty." He thought to himself, but he heard the sound of the mechanism, and after a while, Chun Yu Xianzhong and the purple robe walked up.
"Oh, the king is so beautiful today." Seeing Chun Yu Xianzhong, who was not wearing a battle armor and was neatly dressed, Mu Qinghan was also extremely ridiculed, he was not very calm and relaxed, he just wanted to use these mockery to relieve the tension in his heart.
However, Chun Yu Xianzhong didn't have time to deal with him, to be honest, they were just as nervous, watching this midnight get closer and closer. The purple robe began to prepare for the next ceremony.
He opened Mu Qinghan's cage and slipped him out. But I saw that there were words in my mouth, and I didn't know what to say. I saw that the beam of light slowly gathered in his hand, and as soon as he read it, Mu Qinghan's shackles fell in response.
Mu Qinghan hurriedly twisted his neck to adapt, and said: "You can be regarded as a person, and I don't know how I got over this month." He touched his neck as he spoke.
His series of behaviors still attracted Chun Yu Xianzhong's interest: "Are you really not afraid? ”
Mu Qinghan said: "I'm afraid, can you let me go?" ”
"That can't be."
"Then stop talking nonsense!" Mu Qinghan is really getting to the front of him, and the more backbone he has. Of course, the source of this confidence may be that he heard hidden footsteps in the corner of the roof.
But Chun Yu Xianzhong didn't notice this footstep, just like the soldiers in the various towers of Xiyue City, he didn't notice the approaching footsteps, but took advantage of the absence of a commander to supervise the battle, slipping the number and chatting.
Outside the west gate is the place where Liu Chunqing's army gathers, and the soldiers on the tower of this city are also forcibly recruited from the patrol room, and one of the young people quickly asks the other: "Zhang Tou'er, do you say that there are no soldiers in this city?" There are so many of them below, and a few of our patrol rooms will be sent to guard them? ”
"No, the king estimates that there is something big today, when I came to change shifts at night, I saw a large team of people running to Wangyun Tower, and I didn't know what to do."
"No, there weren't a few people in the first place, and they were all transferred, what if they hit at night?"
The old man quickly said, "You're in a hurry, a hammer!" When he hit, he raised his hands, anyway, whoever is in charge of these princes is the same, so why bother to give up his life for them. ”
"Reasonable, reasonable." Before he could finish speaking, a few black shadows came out from behind, and a few knives stunned the negligent catchers on the wall. This group of men in black has changed into their clothes today and guarded the city for them.
Then, some soldiers entered Liu Chunqing's tent.
"Report to the general, the city tower is smoking!"
Liu Chunqing handed over the book in his hand and asked again, "When is it?" ”
"It's five o'clock!"
"Okay, order the trebuchet to prepare!"
At this time, there was still the secret room of the school that was pinching the hour like them. Ouyang Buqi was sitting and drinking tea, while Chen Huance was pacing left and right: "I don't know what the situation is on Wangyun Tower?" ”
Ouyang said while drinking tea: "Miss Meng should be ready on the top floor, with her, Mu Qinghan will be fine in a short time, she is also a Qi Gathering Level, where is the ordinary soldier her opponent." ”
Chen Huance said: "That's right, but there is also the Wanhao national teacher who is hidden next to Chun Yu Xianzhong." ”
"I have already arranged for a hundred people to blend into the palace guards, and it shouldn't be a big problem to deal with them in Wangyun Tower. Anyway, in the end, we just responded to help, and it was Liu Chunqing who took the lion's lead. Ouyang said unhurriedly.
"However, even if we help Liu Chunqing open the city gate, the thousands of soldiers in Wangyunlou can still put them to death."
Ouyang Buqi shook his head and said, "I told you a long time ago that General Mu couldn't bear the suffering of Chun Yu's clan, and led the people in the city to resist and die in a bloody battle in Wangyun Tower, which is also a good script. As far as you and the girl surnamed Meng said vigorously, as soon as Dr. Su spoke, I didn't dare to say anything? ”
Chen Huance was very displeased when he heard this, and reprimanded: "Brother Mu has already fed the tiger with his body for us, can you have a little conscience?" ”
Ouyang said: "Conscience, you talk to me about your conscience when you live in our troubled world, and it is not easy to find this best eagle dog, but you don't even make the best use of it, and you accuse me." If it weren't for me all these years, would we have the strength to fulfill the Hou Ye's trust today? ”
Ouyang Buqi put the teapot aside after speaking, and then comforted: "You can be relieved, last night when I was waiting for the plan, when I knew that the secret of Wangyunlou had nothing to do with what we were plotting, I proposed to give up Mu Qinghan, and you didn't agree, especially when the girl pulled out her sword." This young man has a lingering friendship between young people, if it is really that the Marriott national teacher wants to take Mu Qinghan's life, then the girl will definitely help with all her might, and I will give him another hundred people to cover, and he should be able to hold out until the Hengzhou army enters the city. ”
Chen Huance said: "The life of the little brother is life, and the life of the hundred brothers is also life, you arrange it like this, isn't it also to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall?" ”
Ouyang Buqi laughed when he heard this, and patted Chen Huance on the shoulder: "I said that you have really stayed in the study for too long, if there is no sacrifice, how can anyone do great things." And if you don't hear it, it will be a success.
I'm waiting for what I'm planning today, and I'll complete the Hou Ye's order. Second, to achieve the name of Mu Qinghan. If you take advantage of the chaos to kill Chun Yu Xianzhong for him, we can be regarded as loyal and righteous. ”
Chen Huance looked at this ruthless commander, Du Wei, and only said that this is the case, if he stays alive, he will resign from his post and follow Tang Mingyin back to Luzhou, and he will be uncomfortable with this person.
On the Wangyun Tower, the purple-robed national master took out a dagger and said to Chun Yu Xianzhong: "The technique of Wanhao's recovery requires the blood of the relatives of the people who rise and recover within the magic circle. The first king and you are brothers and sisters, so please give the king blood. ”
Without saying a word, Chun Yu Xianzhong pricked his finger with a dagger and dropped a drop on the notch in the middle of the circle. The purple robe took the dagger with both hands and placed it at the head of the Xuan Bing bed.
The purple robe calculated in his heart and said: "Now that everything is in place, when the moonlight illuminates the mechanism at midnight in a while, open the skylight and let the light shine into the room, and you can begin." ”