Chapter 31. assassination
Chen Ziyou had a very strange feeling.
In the past few days, the number of people who have followed him has increased significantly, and Chen Ziyou always feels that these people are not just following him. Even across the street, you can smell a murderous aura in the air.
Chen Ziyou knew that his force was mediocre and he could protect himself, if Wu Kui really planned to kill him in Daliang, he might not be able to escape.
risking offending a country to kill himself, Chen Ziyou had to sigh in his heart Wu Kui's courage.
Because he was always under surveillance, Chen Ziyou had no chance to find out the details of other officials, and his time was wasted in the past few days.
In response to all changes, Chen Ziyou frowned and looked down at the map of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
According to Chen Ziyou's own opinion, the division of the three families into Jin was the turning point of the Great Zhou Dynasty from prosperity to decline, and the Son of Heaven violated the etiquette system in order to win over the three new princes and balance the strong Qin in the west. As soon as this precedent was opened, the old princes were naturally dissatisfied when they saw that the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei were actually crowned dukes, and then the Duke of Chu actually proclaimed himself the king of Chu. You must know that at this time, there is no so-called emperor, the son of heaven of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the so-called co-lord of the world, is just the king of Zhou. With the great rebellion of the Chu State, the remaining vassal states followed suit, and the princes of Qin, Zhao, Wei, Han, Wu, and Yue all proclaimed themselves kings, and only Yan, Qi, Qi, Wei, and Zhongshan followed the old system. Since then, the world has been in turmoil, Zhou Tianzi's prestige has declined, and the situation of Lile's expedition from the Son of Heaven no longer exists, which also indirectly led to Bai Lang's 100,000 iron riding into Luoyang.
In order to strengthen their own strength, the princes attacked each other, although the people were not able to make a living, but they also broadened the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and most importantly, the mutual annexation actually promoted the unity of the country. When the feudal system had long since passed, Chen Ziyou knew in his heart that what was needed now was a unified dynasty.
Chen Ziyou has been thinking about which prince is most likely to unify the world since he came to this era.
The country of Qin's heavenly abundance, Hangu Guan is the most powerful of the princes. Zhao State in the north, with the famous general Li Mu expelled the Xiongnu, completely solved the northern border troubles, and the vitality after the defeat of Changping has gradually recovered in recent years, and the implementation of Hufu cavalry and archery has been able to be fiercely carried out by the people, everyone is a soldier, and the strength is not weak. The Qi State in the east, the country is rich and strong, the east is close to the sea, enjoying the benefits of fishing, and it is far away from Qin, plus the inheritance of three hundred years, the foundation is strong, not to be underestimated, and it is also the most loyal country to the Son of Luoyang among the vassal states. Yan in the northeast cooperated with Zhao to relieve the Xiongnu border troubles, but the territory was small and the population was sparse, and geographically speaking, it was the most unlikely to unify the vassal states. As for the five central countries, although they are located on both sides of the Yellow River and in the richest Central Plains, what makes Chen Ziyou feel incredible is that none of them have the so-called enterprising heart, although they are surrounded by enemies on all sides, but they should not be powerless to fight back. And the south of the Great Chu, most of the land is located in the south of the Yangtze River, relying on the Yangtze River natural hazards, entering can attack the world, retreating can protect one side, from a geographical point of view is the only country that can be compared with the Qin State. In recent years, it has annexed Wu Yue and encroached on some of the territories of the five central countries north of the Yangtze River, greatly increasing its strength.
On the whole, Chen Ziyou believes that the most likely to unify the world is Qin in the west and Chu in the south. Although the strength of the Qi State is good, the Duke of Qi is loyal to the Son of Heaven and has no ambition to enter the world.
To assist the strongest country and then unify the world, this is what Chen Ziyou wants to do, but Chen Ziyou also knows very well in his heart that the Qin State in the west has Wu Anjun Bai Lang, and Wen has the mysterious strategists who offer advice to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and I am afraid that there is no place for himself in the Qin State. It seems that you can only choose Da Chu in the south.
And in order to gain the trust of the King of Chu, Chen Ziyou must accumulate fame for himself and break the 50,000 Qin army iron cavalry, which is certainly exciting for the five central countries, but it is not enough to make Qi, Zhao, Chu and other countries look sideways. The Qin State has hundreds of thousands of armor all year round, and these 50,000 troops are not a big loss.
Just as Chen Ziyou was analyzing the situation in the Warring States Period, an almost inaudible sound came into Chen Ziyou's ears.
Chen Ziyou's whole body was stunned, and then he only heard a sound of breaking the air, and a crossbow arrow pierced the papier-mΓ’chΓ© window, shooting at Chen Ziyou with lightning speed.
Chen Ziyou's body hurriedly sideways, and the crossbow arrow passed through Chen Ziyou's left arm, cutting a bloody hole.
Chen Ziyou shouted in his heart that it was dangerous, if he was a moment late, this crossbow arrow would shoot through his heart.
There was a "huh" sound outside the window.
Picking up the saber hidden under the table, Chen Ziyou held his breath, this arrow was murderous, and if the arrow failed, the people outside the window might not give up easily.
Just then, several men in black broke through the window and broke in.
Chen Ziyou took a deep breath and looked at the sturdy black-clothed people in front of him, these black-clothed people covered their faces with black cloths and couldn't see their faces clearly, but Chen Ziyou thought with his ass that these were the people sent by Wu Kui who had been following him for the past few days.
"A few people have been following me for a long time, and I don't have the murderous intent once or twice, why did I only shoot today?" Chen Ziyou asked with a gloomy face.
A man in black squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Chen Xiangguo seems to have known that we have been following you for a long time, with a good brain and a good skill, how dare we do it easily if we are not completely sure?" β
Chen Ziyou smiled and said: "Killing people at the foot of Daliang City, Wu Kui is really rampant!" The soldiers outside the door must have been transferred away by you a long time ago, right? β
The man in black pulled out the short knife at his waist and said, "Since you know where we are coming, Chen Xiangguo should be arrested." β
Chen Ziyou snorted coldly: "Kill me? Just a few of you? β
The leader of the men in black wanted to speak again, but was interrupted by a man in black on the side: "Ignore him, he's stalling for time." β
Several black-clothed men nodded, and they all pulled out their short knives and killed Chen Ziyou.
Chen Ziyou bit his lip, and his intention to delay time was seen through. It seems that it can only be hard.
The black-clothed leader was the first to rush in front of Chen Ziyou, so he was the first to take out the knife, contrary to the top-down knife momentum on the battlefield, the black-clothed leader's first knife chose to "tease" from the bottom up.
Chen Ziyou's reaction was not slow, the knife in his hand was horizontal, and his left hand was against the back of the knife, blocking the first knife of the black-clothed leader.
The black-clothed leader was stunned, his knife could often surprise people in previous assassinations, and many battle-hardened martial artists would be caught off guard, but they were unexpectedly blocked by the seemingly weak young man in front of him.
In the battle on the battlefield, the soldiers of the two armies often have to distinguish the winner and loser when they meet for the first time, and they are faster than whose knife is faster, so they often use the "split" word in the knife technique, and immediately see life and death after the knife, which is simple, direct and practical. However, the Jianghu swordsman is different, not confined to "chopping", but often uses more knife styles. Therefore, it is often difficult to compare the famous swordsmen on the rivers and lakes and the invincible knife generals on the battlefield. On the battlefield, it must be a stronger knife, because chopping is the most convenient, and killing people only needs to meet a knife, but it is difficult to say on the rivers and lakes.
What the man in black couldn't have imagined was that Chen Ziyou didn't have any so-called battle formation experience at all, so he didn't have the preconceived concept of the so-called "split" word, and it was precisely because he didn't have this experience that saved Chen Ziyou's life.
The knife failed, although it brought a moment of distraction and consternation to the black-clothed leader, but after all, he had been in this business for a long time and had rich experience in dealing with the enemy, so he also hurriedly jumped backwards to avoid Chen Ziyou's ensuing knife.
The black-clothed leader said in a deep voice: "Be hard, don't be careless!" β
The black-clothed armor had already rushed to Chen Ziyou's side, and he didn't think much of the black-clothed leader's prompt, and chose to slash at Chen Ziyou's shoulder.
Chen Ziyou sneered, and the knife in his hand greeted him, unexpectedly, his knife did not exert too much force, but slid along the other party's blade, using extremely ingenious unloading skills.
Unloading the opponent's knife momentum, Chen Ziyou was unforgiving, kicked at the heart of the black armor, took advantage of the black armor to stumble for a while, took a step forward, handed out a knife, pierced the lower abdomen of the black armor, the black armor fell down with a scream, the blood in the abdomen was like a column, and it seemed that he was not alive.
The rest of the men in black gasped, but they didn't dare to take it lightly anymore.
Chen Ziyou frowned, took a few heavy breaths, and broke out in a cold sweat, just two rounds of confrontation, but it caused a great drain on his physical strength, and the few people in black in front of him were obviously not good at stubble. Looking at the few black-clothed people who no longer went up one by one, but slowly surrounded them, Chen Ziyou knew that he couldn't be surrounded by them, so he chose to take the initiative.
Chen Ziyou took a step forward and slashed at Heiyi B, Heiyi B hurriedly parried with a knife, who expected to block the air, Chen Ziyou just shook a knife, and then slashed at Heiyi C, who was caught off guard and was slashed through the chest by a knife, staggered back several steps, and almost fell, but still stood still.
Chen Ziyou shouted pity in his heart, and just after he had just slashed the black-clothed C, the black-clothed leader also slashed over while Chen Ziyou was collecting the knife, Chen Ziyou couldn't dodge, and his right arm was cut with a bloody wound, and he almost couldn't hold the knife.
Chen Ziyou, who was wounded in both arms, turned pale, and the wound on his left arm, which had just been wounded by a crossbow arrow, had not been cleaned up, and he had lost a lot of blood.
The black-clothed commander breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Let's go together, he's powerless!" β
Several black-clothed people pounced together, Chen Ziyou's heart was horizontal, and a knife was thrown at the most seriously injured black-clothed C, black-clothed C didn't expect Chen Ziyou to lose the knife, and was about to stop and dodge, but the distance between the two was less than ten steps, and the knife thrown by Chen Ziyou quickly swept through the air, leaving a perfect arc and then cutting through the throat of black-clothed C.
The black clothes fell down, and the other two were stunned, and they didn't dare to step forward again for a while, both of them never expected that Chen Ziyou would lose the knife, such a strange trick made their hearts chill.
Heiyi Yi couldn't help but take a step back, and his mouth trembled a little: "Boss, why don't you withdraw first and call more people?" β
The black-clothed leader scolded angrily: "Bastard! He has no knife in his hand, how can he fight us? If we withdraw now, we will be as dead as we go back, and that lord will not let us go! β
Heiyi Yi calmed down a little, and after seeing that Chen Ziyou did not have a weapon in his hand, he also strengthened his courage, he knew the head
The leader is right, if they go back like this, the lord will definitely not give them a way to live.
Chen Ziyou took advantage of the gap between the two of them to speak, breathing heavily, the sweat behind him had soaked through his clothes, and finally sat down weakly.
The two black-clothed people were overjoyed, rushed in front of Chen Ziyou in a few steps, and slashed down together.