On the fourth day of the first month of the second year of Yonglong, and when the snow was falling, the official road in the past was extremely deserted, not to mention the traces of people, that is, the wild dogs were not seen, and some were just thick white snow, showing the vastness of heaven and earth, if it fell in the eyes of the literati, it was necessary to make a few poems, Yongxue to Mingzhi, and had to come to a few bottles of wine, in order to have fun, of course, this is the rich and idle can afford to play, for Li Chong and other hurried martial artists, this heavy snow is not only half a point of mood, On the contrary, it is annoyingly tight.

Li Chong left Luoyang on the 29th of the New Year, led nearly 2,000 horsemen to guard three carriages, all the way cautiously rushed to Tangzhou, along the way did not stay at the post station, only lived in the camp of his own department, traveled more than 100 miles a day, every time he arrived at the state and county, he passed through, neither stopped, nor did he communicate with local officials, every time he went to a dangerous place, he would reconnoiter and ride out of all directions, and he had to ensure safety, so he was willing to wave his army through, even if there was no accident along the way, he resolutely refused to slack off. Li Chong sent more than 100 veteran rangers to reconnoiter the mountains twenty miles ahead, but he led his troops to stop in front of the mountain in the snow.

The snow is heavy, the wind is also strong, the weather is cold, and it is just when you are in a hurry, and you can still exercise to keep warm, but this stop is coming, and the bitterness will be great, even if all the cavalry are selected strong people, they are still frozen by the wind and snow and their faces are as white as paper, even Li Chong, the main general, is no exception, if it were not for the heavy responsibility, I am afraid that he would have scolded his mother a long time ago.

"Report, little prince, the twenty miles of mountains ahead have been discovered, and there is no ambush, beyond this mountain, it is the realm of Tangzhou."

Just when Li Chong was impatient, a sentry finally rushed out of the bend of the mountain, stepped on the snow like a spark and approached, dismounted from the saddle, and said in a loud voice.

"Phew...... the whole army obeyed the order and accelerated to rush through this mountain!"

Compared with the cold, Li Chong was obviously more worried about safety, this heard that the road had been explored, since he didn't want to stay here longer, after growing out of the air, he gave a loud order, as soon as the order came out, the team of people and horses started at high speed, escorting three identical carriages to rush towards the mountain road, splashing snowflakes all over the sky......

"Master Pei, look at that banner, it should be the people from the Yue Wangfu who have arrived?"

Outside the city of Miyang (now Tanghe County), Pei Xuancheng, the outgoing Tangzhou assassin, led a large group of Tangzhou subordinates to wait quietly outside the city gate, waiting for the arrival of the Yue Wangfu and his party in the snow, this was nearly two hours, from noon, until it was about to dark, and finally saw the cavalry galloping on the official road in the distance, the officials breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but discuss randomly, only Sima Yanxiao was calm, came to Pei Xuancheng's side, and whispered a word.

"Hmmm......"

Pei Xuancheng was born in a famous family, and Pei Xingjian and Pei Yan belong to the same clan brothers who are not in five suits, however, he can take the position of Tangzhou Assassin History, but not by the strength of the two clan brothers, all by his own ability, in this Tangzhou term of office is less than three years, and now he has received a letter from the Ministry of Officials, and is about to be transferred to Qizhou Assassin History, although the position is still a history of assassination, but Qizhou is Shangzhou, and it is a rich place in Guanzhong, which can be regarded as a high promotion, but Pei Xuancheng is not excited about this, and even has a lot of resistance in his heart, not for anything else, Just because he has seen the ill-intentioned intentions of King Yue and his family to take Tangzhou, he can't help but be a little worried about the direction of the court, but as a local official, Pei Xuancheng has no comment on the fact of the appointment and dismissal of the imperial court, even if he is worried, he can only acquiesce to such a fact, of course, for Li Wen's arrival, he will not be very welcome, even if he knows that Yan Xiao's mention is good-intentioned, his face is still ugly, and he just snorted from his nostrils full of dissatisfaction.

"Envoy, can we start?"

Pei Xuancheng is from a famous family, he can not care much about the arrival of the Yue Wang family, he is now the one who is about to leave, but Yan Xiao still has to beg for food under the Yue Wang family, so he is reasonable, he can't make a mistake in the number of etiquette, even if he knows that Pei Xuancheng is extremely unhappy in his heart, he can only smile and ask for a word.

"Hmm."

It is the imperial court system for the predecessor to welcome the successor, even if Pei Xuancheng looks down on the vulgar and unliterate Li Wen with 120,000 points, he can't help but follow the rules of the court, and in the face of Yan Xiao's instructions, he can only wave his hand reluctantly and signal Yan Xiao to do it himself.

"Playing music!"

After getting Pei Xuancheng's consent, Yan Xiao was obviously relieved, hurriedly turned around, waved his hand at the drum team that had been waiting for a long time, and broke his throat loudly, at the same time, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the tall city gate tower.

"Ready!"

On the tower of the tall city gate, a middle-aged officer dressed in team clothes obviously received a hint from Yan Xiao, nodded silently, reached out and lifted his helmet, revealing a beardless face, it was actually Sun San, a master of Qixiaguan who had assassinated Li Xian, but seeing that he gritted his teeth, his face was gloomy, and he waved his hand to more than 20 sergeants behind him, and broke his throat in a low voice. At this order, all the sergeants moved one after another, and together they brought several large boxes, and nervously began to prepare for battle.

"All stopped!"

With so many people gathered at the city gate, it was impossible for Li Chong who was galloping to see it, although he didn't want to make any extraneous branches in his heart, but this was the rule of the imperial court, even if he didn't want to, he could only order the whole army to stop at a distance of more than thirty steps from the welcoming crowd, but he did not dismount, but stared indifferently at the Tangzhou officials opposite.

"Hmm."

Pei Xuancheng originally looked down on the people of Yue Wangfu, but when he saw that Li Chong and the others stopped their horses, they didn't come forward to say hello, and he was immediately a little more dissatisfied in his heart, thinking that his official rank was above Li Chong and others, and he was unwilling to go forward to greet Li Chong and others, but the problem was that it was not a way to be so deadlocked, and in desperation, he could only frown impatiently, snorted lightly, and glanced at Yan Xiao.

"Dare to ask which one is General Li Wen, the subordinate Tangzhou Sima Yanxiao is waiting here."

The official level can crush people to death, this is the practice of officialdom, there is nothing rare, Pei Xuancheng has already hinted, even if Yan Xiao is reluctant, he can only smile helplessly, strode forward, bowed respectfully, and greeted him very politely.

"This general Li Chong, I don't dare to bother with the officials, I occasionally feel cold on the way to my brother, and it is inconvenient to brave the snow to meet guests, and I also ask Yan Sima and the princes to forgive me, if you have something to do, can you go to the official office to discuss it?"

Tangzhou is too important for the Yue Wang family, and there is no room for the slightest mistake, because of this, although he has arrived at the ground, Li Chong still does not dare to have the slightest carelessness, and he does not want to have more contact with the Tangzhou officials in this open place, so he immediately took a few steps forward, arched his hand, and replied politely and undoubtedly.

"This ......, the little prince, please wait, and allow the official to go to Pei Thorn History."

As soon as he heard Li Chong say this, Yan Xiao couldn't help but be dumbfounded, knowing that this move violated the imperial court system, but it was not good to refuse in person, so he had no choice but to ask for instructions with a smile.

"Yan Sima, please."

Li Chong doesn't care about the rules of the dynasty at this time, as long as he can successfully complete the handover of the assassin history and the seal letter, for him, even if he has completed the trust of his father, as for whether he will be involved because of this, it is not in the scope of his consideration, not for anything else, just because the Yue Wang and his family are about to raise troops, and everything is the final say of the Yue Wang and his family, if it doesn't work, it will be a place to die, and there will be no place to be impeached.

"Humph!"

Li and Yan replied to each other in a loud voice, Pei Xuancheng, who was not far away, could hear it clearly, seeing that the people of the Yue Wangfu were so arrogant, Pei Xuancheng couldn't bear this breath, and he didn't wait for Yan Xiao to come back to do something, after snorting angrily, he flicked his big sleeves, and led his relatives back to the city without looking back.

"Doom ......"

Yan Xiaofang turned his head just now, and before he could take a step, he saw that Pei Xuancheng had said goodbye without saying goodbye, and he couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't dare to say anything to stop Pei Xuancheng's departure, so he could only turn around with a wry smile, and arched his hand towards Li Chong and said, "General Li, please!" ”

"Well, I'm tired!"

Li Chong didn't want to talk to the Tangzhou officials outside the city, so he didn't mind Pei Xuancheng's negative anger and left, he laughed cruelly, waved his hand, and led his troops to rush towards the city gate.

"Ignition!"

The embarrassment of the Tangzhou subordinate officials was indeed very funny, but Sun San did not laugh, but raised his hand coldly, and gave the general order, and the sergeants who had already prepared immediately lit the fire oil bombs one by one with the fire rope, and made the final preparations before the attack.

"Target, wagon, cast!"

Li Chong and his party galloped on horseback, the speed was extremely fast, and they had rushed to the vicinity of the city gate in an instant.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Sun San didn't bring many fire oil bombs this time, and there were only six in total, but all the people responsible for throwing were masters of the rivers and lakes, both strength and accuracy were terrifyingly strong, although the three carriages in Li Chong's formation were not close to each other, but they still couldn't escape being hit by fire oil bombs, only in an instant, the three carriages were all burned into blazing torches, and none of the people in the cars were spared, all of them were on fire, and the whole team was in chaos in an instant......