Chapter 108: Counter-assassination and ambush
The two men arrived at the camp in the middle of the night.
"Master, when we just fell, we found someone in ambush ahead. But I'm not sure how many? Dark One said suddenly.
"Isn't it our own guard? Maybe our guards are hunting. ”
"No, they're on both sides of the mountain road. There was a fire. ”
"In this way, you fly higher and look carefully to see the area and the number of people they are ambushing. Watch out for their bows and arrows. ”
"Yes!" Dark took off again, took advantage of the dark sky, and carefully reconnoitred.
"Meet Your Highness!" Seeing Wang Sanhammer walk into the camp, the guards guarding the barracks bowed and saluted.
"Where is Master Shen? Go and call him to my tent. Wang Sanhammer suddenly fell into deep thought.
"Your Highness, what's the matter?"
"Master Shen, have you ever sent scouts to check the surrounding situation?"
"Three waves were sent, and basically the road to Guancheng was unimpeded."
"That's weird! Why did the guards detect a large number of soldiers and horses lurking on both sides of the mountain road ahead? ”
"What? They saw that we sent three waves of scouts back and forth, and they didn't even care. Your Highness, be careful! They're supposed to be catching a big fish! There are enough troops in the nearby city. Shen Gongbao was taken aback, and then calmly analyzed.
"Who is the city lord in charge of the city?"
"The city lord of Guancheng is Ji Xian, the third son of Xibohou Ji Chang, that is, the third brother of Bo Yi Kao, who was just killed. Did they already know that it was us who killed Bo Yi Kao? Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken such a risk. ”
"It seems that this Xibohou really can't bear to be lonely!" Wang Sanzhu sneered and looked to the northwest.
"Your Highness, it's not right! According to Xibohou Jichang's temperament, he will never attack you when you pass through the jurisdiction of Guancheng! This should be this Ji Xian's private action. ”
"Wait for the Dark Guard's report. Since he is willing to shoot us at the muzzle, then we must not be soft. Hahaha! ”
"Your Highness said it well! If you kill another son of Xibohou, I think according to Xibohou's temperament, he will also be furious! Shen Gongbao said and took out a huge clipboard.
"Your Royal Highness, please see, this is Guancheng, Guancheng is dangerous, located between two mountains, the terrain of the city is inclined from southwest to northeast, originally used to defend against the Dongyi tribe and established, and later after the victory over Dongyi, this Guancheng has not been revoked, has been existing as a military fortress. The entire fortress has 5,000 soldiers, and the imperial court sends a large number of slaves here every year, and there are basically no civilians living here, and it is fully militarized. Ji Xian was originally a good friend of His Royal Highness, and since the year before last, he came to Guancheng to be the city lord. Shen Gongbao pointed to the Guancheng on the map and introduced.
"That means that we are in this position now, and they should be ambushing in this position at the moment, and this place is less than fifty miles away from the gate of Guancheng."
"Exactly."
"Your Highness, I secretly ask to see you."
"How's it going?" Seeing that Dark One came back, Wang San pulled Dark One into the tent with a single hammer, and hurriedly asked.
"Sure enough, as His Highness expected, there are more than 1,500 people on both sides of the mountain road, stretching for more than a mile, and the slopes on both sides of that section of the mountain road are much steeper than other places, and they have prepared a lot of round boulders on the side of the mountain, once our team enters, it should be a heavy loss."
"Have you ever found the other party's senior generals?" Wang Sanhammer's eyes were like electricity.
"I only heard them say General Ji, but I'm not sure who that person is? There were too many people, and I was far away. ”
"Okay, I see. How's the training going? How many people passed through the second floor? How many people have mounts? ”
"Master, those newcomers can still keep up with the progress, there are 325 people who have passed through the second floor, and they all already have mounts."
"That's good! Inform them that there is an action tonight, mission level intermediate. ”
"Yes, master."
Dark One and his crow entered Wang Sanhammer's mind.
"Master Shen, we must leave them all behind tonight. Another purpose is Ji Xian, I'm afraid he will escape tomorrow. If he returns to Guancheng, it will cause us serious harm! ”
"Your Highness, that's right! How do we keep them alone? Your Highness, what do you think of us? ”
And the two men began to discuss.
The barracks marched through the whole army overnight, but very slowly, very slowly.
Singing while walking, or singing between different queues, just procrastinating on the mountain road, about to enter the ambush circle, these people actually formed different circles, barbecued meat, and suddenly the fragrance was overflowing!
However, what no one noticed was that the gluttonous beasts did not appear in the light of the fire from beginning to end.
Ji Xian is in a hurry! He led the people in the front row to lean forward gradually, and slowly became parallel with the queue. In the dark night, the wind sounded grass, the smell of meat, and they couldn't wait to rush straight down.
What he didn't notice was that the number of people who followed him gradually dwindled, and in the end there was only one person left. Then his neck went cold. I feel like my clothes are being taken off one by one, what the hell is going on?!
A hundred people on each side began to walk back, listening to each section.
"Brothers, relax, we will aim for a while, and directly destroy these turtle grandchildren."
Then "poof" "poof" "poof".
Go a little further. It is as if the aroma of barbecue is getting stronger and stronger. Almost everything has changed the taste.
"Brothers, we're going to fight these dogs hard in a while, go back to Guancheng, and I'll invite everyone to eat barbecue! All give me a little bit of spirit. ”
Then "poof" "poof" "poof".
It's getting dark.
A team of more than 700 people appeared at the gate of Guancheng.
After showing the military signs, the group swaggered into the city.
Then "poof" "poof" "poof".
The torches flickered, and ten huge gluttonous beasts surrounded by a larger unicorn beast gradually appeared at the gate of the city, and then quickly entered the city.
Soon the gates were sealed off all around.
Immediately after that, the city lord's mansion was completely occupied.
Then all the generals were notified to come to the military meeting.
All the generals gradually entered the city lord's mansion, tasting the pastries and tea served by the maids.
"Generals, I am the military advisor sent by the Marquis of Xibo Ji to assist the prince of Ji Xian. Hou Ye has already learned that the Third Highness had brutally murdered the eldest prince Bo Yi Kao in Jinli! And now the Third Highness will soon come to Guancheng, so the main question of today's discussion is how to deal with the Third Highness? Let's think about it, if you think about it, you can go into the house to state your attention to the third son, the third son said, as long as the answer is satisfactory, reward Baijia; Even for the worst solution, the third prince will be rewarded with a coin. Immediately, the generals present became excited, and some of the generals watched coldly, and some of them were disdainful.
"As long as you answer the question, the third prince will directly give the second question, this question is related to your position, hahaha, it's very simple, if you answer correctly, you will be rewarded with Baijia. Brothers, today you have a great opportunity to make a fortune! If you can answer the three questions correctly, you will definitely be reused by Ji Houye! Come on, brothers! I'll go in first and wait for you, you think about it, I also have to prepare more armor coins, save a while. ”
At this time, there was a general in a new military uniform wandering around.
Seeing a few guys sitting there without moving, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Hello brother!" I'm a newcomer to Wang Sanhammer, and it's the first time I've attended a meeting of generals, so why is it so noisy! ”
"Hahaha, you're new! It's not like those of us who have become veterans! ”
"Why don't you go? Can you get two or three hundred jia, are these three questions difficult? Why are you sitting here still? ”
"Hahaha, we are not like them, they are loyal to money and status. And our allegiance is to the great merchants. ”
"How can I just hear from them about how cruel the king and the third highness are! How to kill wantonly! So this king and the third highness are bad people! ”
"Hahaha! Good guys, bad guys, you better go back to your mother's belly this morning, you have to know that there are good and bad in this world! Little brother, why don't you go too! We are people who have no support and no worries. ”
"I, Wang Sanhammer, have always looked down on the powerful! If I become the king of the great merchants, I will definitely reduce the taxes. ”
"Good brother, come on! When you become king, I will go and be your guard. ”
"How did you end up here to be soldiers?"
"Hahaha, we are all slaves, and we have made a lot of military exploits before we become small generals in the big merchant army, hahaha, but we are still slaves now, and after a few years of service, I can become a civilian."