Chapter 10: Assassination in the Snow

"The second prince is wise!"

Tumidu sent a free sycophant and withdrew from the big account.

The wind and snow outside the big tent were still there, and Tu Du looked at the dark sky, feeling the cold pleasure of the feather-like snowflakes falling on his face, and his heart was burning like fire.

Perhaps, after this battle, not only will the Turks completely disappear and become a term in history, but the once tyrannical Xue Yantuo will also suffer a heavy setback, and this will be the best time for the rise of the Hui! Stupid Xue Yantuo, why do you have to fight with Datang?

The territory of the Tang Dynasty is too vast and the population is too large, how can the grassland people conquer it?

Don't think about how many Datang cities you occupy, you just need to go to Datang from time to time to loot, and stabilizing the rear of the grassland is the top priority......

The sky has darkened, and there is no one on the pass road from Yanmen Pass to Mayi City, only the north wind is rolling and the snow is fluttering, the world is depressed, and the four fields are vast.

A heavily armed cavalry galloped through the wind and snow towards the city of Mayi.

Fang Jun was in the center, with guards in front and behind, his cloak over his head, and a mask on his face, revealing only a pair of eyes.

In front of him, a personal soldier wore a helmet and armor, the red tassel above his head fluttered in the wind, and the red cloak behind him made a strong sound.

It's a stand-in......

What happened at Yanmen Pass made his heart very vigilant.

This kind of thing is not uncommon since ancient times, and it has never been cut off, and it should not be a major event. Shuozhou is the self-reserved land and back garden of the Guanlong nobles, and it is the place where they started, and their power is strong and cannot be touched by others, which is also reasonable. At the beginning, Li Jing led the army to raid thousands of miles to destroy the Turks, and created the greatest feats of foreign wars after defending Qing and Huo Quai, as the landlords, the Guanlong nobles went out to dedicate a large number of soldiers, grain, and horses, and only got some dispensable credit for the corners, but created Li Jing's prestige as the "God of the Army" in the world, and the Guanlong nobles had been uncomfortable for many years.

In that battle, there were many generals from the nobility of Guanlong who participated in the battle, and the results were all feats, and they couldn't even make a green leaf with red flowers......

Just imagine, if Li Jing's exploits were obtained by the Guanlong nobles back then, and there is a "military god" at this moment, where would the emperor dare to unscrupulously weaken the Guanlong nobles, and where would the Guanlong nobles still need to wag their tails and beg for mercy now?

Therefore, when Xue Yantuo's army Chen soldiers were on the border, intending to attack Dingxiang, and were ashamed to ask for peace, the Guanlong nobles had already regarded it as another "Turkic war", and would never allow anyone to come and grab the credit that should belong to them.

On the battlefield, in order to attack, they stumbled each other, dug traps, and even deliberately released false news, which Fang Jun could imagine.

However, it is too much to directly block the right guard at Yanmen Pass and not allow him to go out of the pass.

In the final analysis, the rush to attack should be under the condition that the overall situation has been decided, and each one relies on his wits to fight openly and secretly, but now that the enemy is currently surrounded by tigers and wolves, why did he start to fight?

Is it accurate to calculate that it is impossible for Xue Yantuo to attack on a large scale and start a war brazenly?

Or does it not matter what the outcome of the battle is, there are no people in Shuozhou in their eyes, and they don't care about the survival of Shuozhou?

The nobles of Guanlong have probably lived too long as one family and one surname, and they don't know the difference between family and country. Back then, the Great Sui was pitted, and the rivers and mountains were broken and the smoke was everywhere, the mountains and rivers were shaky, and the people were not able to make a living, and a large empire collapsed.

In their eyes, they don't care about the Great Sui or the Tang Dynasty at all, and they don't even care about the Hu people or the Han people around them, as long as they can keep the glory and wealth of the family, even if they recognize the thief as their father and grovel, they will not hesitate.

They are too bold!

Fang Jun didn't mind using the most despicable malice to speculate on the character of these Guanlong nobles, since he was able to make the decision to block the right guard at Yanmen Pass and not allow him to go out of the pass to guard the entire Shuozhou, he couldn't say that he dared to assassinate him in this ice and snow......

The north wind is very strong, rolling up snowflakes between heaven and earth, and the snow is swept up by the strong wind as soon as it lands, and accumulates in the leeward part of the col rocks, so the snow on the road is not thick, only about half a foot, although it cannot run with all its might, but the speed of travel is definitely not slow.

Gao Kan and Wei Ying were tightly guarding Fang Jun's left and right, and the two pairs of eagle-like eyes were squinted, always paying attention to the surrounding situation.

Since the Yanmen Gate was closed, they received a warning from Fang Jun, saying that it was very likely that they would encounter an assassination such as a "mountain bandit road tyrant", and they even raised their hearts.

They all understand what Fang Jun means.

Where did so many mountain bandits come from?

It must be the border army forces controlled by the Guanlong nobles, intending to prevent Fang Jun from going to Mayi City......

The wind blew between the mountain cols in the distance, whistling like a ghost.

"Bang"

A dull sound is hidden in the wind and snow, and if you don't listen carefully, you may be confused with the wind and difficult to distinguish.

But for Fang Jun, who has always been in good spirits, and the pro-soldier troops, it is clear and audible.

That's the sound of crossbow strings vibrating!

In front of him, the pro-soldier dressed as a "flowery branch" hid under the horse's belly at the moment when the crossbow string sounded, and a crossbow arrow like a soul messenger from hell suddenly appeared above his head, and he wore it into the top of the helmet with a red jade sharp cone, and the helmet was shot to the ground.

"Over there!"

Gao Kan shouted violently, grabbed the reins of the horse and clamped the horse's belly, the four hooves of the war horse soared into the air, and galloped away in the direction where the crossbow tip was shot!

The whole cavalry turned a corner on the road, and the iron hooves crushed the frozen snow on the road, and for a moment the ice chips flew and rushed in that direction.

Fang Jun and Gao Kan rushed to the front, their upper bodies tightly pressed against the horse's back, and their eyes stared at a small earthen hill in front of them for a moment.

Under such a strong wind, if you want to kill with one arrow, you must close the distance, otherwise no matter how strong the bow is, it will lose its accuracy under such wind. The crossbow arrows came from this direction, and this mound was almost the only cover nearby, and the Assassin must have been hiding behind the mound!

Gao Kan rushed to the front, and in the blink of an eye, he had come to the top of the mound, and the war horse under his crotch jumped into the air, jumping onto the mound, and in the middle of the air, Gao Kan had already drawn his knife out of the sheath, and shouted: "Thief, where to run!" ”

Fang Jun also drew the horizontal knife in his hand, held the reins in one hand, and led more than ten horsemen to rush up to the earthen hill like a whirlwind, and saw that Gao Kan had already taken the lead and killed the back of the earthen hill.

There, on the snow-white snow, more than 20 black shadows were running wildly in the other direction......

Not far away, more than a dozen horses were clearly visible in the snow, presumably fearing that the neighing of the horses would sabotage the assassination operation.

The gap between the two sides was only about 20 zhang, and the war horse was speeding up with all its might, and it was only a blink of an eye that it had caught up. Gao Kan took the lead, his body was lying on the horse's back, the horizontal knife in his hand slashed down, an assassin howled, was slashed on the neck from behind, a head flew up in an instant, hot blood rushed out, and the headless corpse ran several steps before losing its balance and falling to the ground, at the same time, the blood also splashed on the snow......

"Ho! Ho! Ho! Fang Jun and his pro-soldiers urged the war horses together, and the fan formation covered up, and the other party ran wildly on the snow to escape, but how could two legs run more than four legs? Almost as soon as they made contact, the opponent collapsed instantly, and was either killed on the spot, or fell on his head in the snow and surrendered.

What started as a well-planned assassination turned out to be a surprise attack......

Gao Kan jumped off the horse, kicked over a prisoner, tore his collar violently, revealing the Tang Army-style leather armor inside, and turned back to Fang Jun and shouted: "It's a border soldier!" ”

Fang Jun nodded, the crossbow that had just been abandoned by these assassins on the mound to assassinate him had already revealed the identities of these people. The crossbow is the highest level of individual crossbow arrows made by the Ordnance Supervisor, with a range of up to 300 paces, close to 500 meters, and extremely lethal within 300 meters, and can even penetrate light and thin iron armor within 100 meters......

Coupled with the military uniforms on their bodies, the identities of these people are about to come out.

Fang Jun sighed, he was really bold!

If you hadn't been prepared for it and had been mentally prepared for this situation along the way, you wouldn't have been able to be caught by the other party. This is located in the middle of Yanmen Pass and Mayi City in the empty area, there are bandits infested no one will feel strange, even if someone is suspicious afterwards, Yu Wenfa can also push two five six, death does not admit it.

In order to rush to attack, or did you dare to assassinate the general sent by the center without getting the credit?

You're really looking for death......