Let's say that the hundreds of Class A flying kites have sneaked into the South Lane of Chang'an, and the people are celebrating the Lantern Festival at this time, and the crowds are crowded, which is very lively. In addition, the sky is clear, the stars and the moon are shining, and the six streets and three markets are competing for lanterns. It's really a golden invoice, and the jade leaks without urging. In such a good situation, in a certain alley, there are four or five men who are about to set fire to the houses. Suddenly, several flying shadows fell from the sky, and before those men could react, they were shouting, but their mouths were covered, and then they all felt that a certain part of their body was hit hard, and they suddenly passed out. At the same time, in the alleys of Chang'an, there were also people who wanted to set fire to the chaos, but none of them were captured by the Class A flying kites. And at the gate in front of the palace, a team of soldiers and horses patrolling is training. The leader of the general, named Yuan Feng, is a person from Jingxiang. Three years ago, he went to the northwest with the displaced people, and at that time Xu Huang was recruiting new soldiers and joined the army. This person is actually a spy sent by Kuai Yue. Half a month ago, Kuai Yue secretly preached that during the Lantern Festival, he set fire to make trouble and took advantage of the chaos to kill the officials of the Western Tang Dynasty, which made the people of the Western Tang Dynasty panic and it was difficult to prepare for the expedition to Xichuan.

Yuan Feng squinted his eyes and looked at the alleys in the city, he had not seen the fire for a long time, and he was suspicious. After that, Yuan Feng waited for another half an hour, but there was still no movement. Yuan Feng frowned, and suddenly led the team to the gate in front of the palace. The Imperial Forest Army, who was guarding the two gates, immediately stopped Yuan Feng and asked him what was the matter. Yuan Feng was shocked, and hurriedly said that Shicai seemed to hear some movement in the palace, so he came to visit. When the general guarding the gate heard this, his face turned pale, and he called a team of soldiers to enter the palace to investigate. After Yuan Feng saluted, he quickly led the troops away. There were seven or eight men in his ranks, who were his henchmen. Yuan Feng saw that it was getting late, and he was afraid that the banquet in the palace would disperse, so he instructed one of the members of the team, Yamen, to lead his troops to patrol the east, and he led his henchmen to the west. Yuan Feng rushed to a secret place at the west gate of the palace, saw that there was no one left and right, and walked to the place where he had prepared the arson, and was about to light the fire. Suddenly, an extremely fast black shadow flew in. Yuan Feng heard the sound of breaking the air, was startled, and hurriedly avoided it. With a 'bang', I saw a flying knife stuck at his feet. Yuan Feng was startled, and quickly turned around, just when he saw a figure not far away. Yuan Feng's heart tightened, and when he was about to say something, the figure suddenly flew over, extremely fast, holding two daggers in both hands, and the cold light shimmered. said that it was too late, and as soon as Yuan Feng's words came to his throat, a cold light pierced in front of him, Yuan Feng exclaimed in surprise, and hurriedly pulled out his sword to block it. Unexpectedly, the cold light flashed and stabbed him in the throat, Yuan Feng hurriedly avoided it, the man bumped into him, and suddenly Yuan Feng felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. It turned out that when Yuan Feng avoided the cold light in his throat, the man in black quickly stabbed with a dagger with his other hand.

Yuan Feng shouted miserably, and the soldiers on the left and right hurried to help in the battle. The man in black danced his dagger with both hands, fast and ruthlessly, and stabbed all the seven or eight people in three or five or two strokes. At this moment, several teams of soldiers and horses, who heard the faint sound of fighting, rushed over. At the same time, several black shadows flew in, all wearing black plain clothes, dressed like the man in black. I saw four or five black-clothed people quickly move away from Yuan Feng and his henchmen, and then removed the traces of the scene of the fight and left quickly. When the soldiers who heard the sound came, the men in black were long gone.

After the banquet that night was over, Xu Huang left the palace, but did not return home, and rushed to a house in the west alley. When Xu Huang arrived, he saw that the backyard was densely packed with people, there were thirty or forty people. Xu Huang frowned, and suddenly saw Yuan Feng in the crowd, and his face suddenly darkened. Yuan Feng is this person, he is quite impressed, he is upright and careful on weekdays. Although he is a new soldier, he is not afraid of hardships, and he is diligent in training, and he is deeply praised by his superiors, so he has a smooth career. Xu Huang has several relationships with him, and he also remembers this person's name.

The so-called acquaintance does not know the heart. Xu Huang didn't expect that the honest and upright Yuan Feng on weekdays would be his spy. Xu Huang pointed at Yuan Feng, and the two Class A flying kites immediately went to catch him, and with Xu Huang, Yuan Feng was escorted to the public hall. Xu Huang retreated from the crowd, leaving Yuan Feng in the hall, when he wanted to open his mouth to ask. Yuan Feng had a sudden attack, and pounced on Xu Huang with a hideous face. Xu Huang snorted coldly, and hit Yuan Feng's door with a punch, shattering the bridge of his nose. Yuan Feng immediately fell to the ground, Xu Huang glared at the tiger, and was about to reach out to grab Yuan Feng, but Yuan Feng had already bit his tongue and committed suicide. Xu Huang was very angry, so he ordered the flying kite to take the thirty or forty spies to be tortured in batches. Except for Yuan Feng, no one committed suicide. After analyzing everyone's intelligence, Xu Huang quickly deduced that tonight's incident was done by Liu Bei's forces.

The next day, Xu Huang rushed to see Wen Han and returned one by one. After a while, a soldier entered the palace to report that Cao Cao sent an envoy to see him. Wen Han first received the Wei envoy and learned that Cao Cao was about to raise troops. Wen Han then replied and taught him to pass on the message to Cao Cao, and he would prepare his troops and horses on the same day to prepare for the conquest of Xichuan. The Wei envoy was overjoyed when he heard this, so he took the order and retreated.

Wen Han's expression froze, and he said to Xu Huang.

"This expedition to Xichuan is bound to be successful. Preparations for the war will take several months. The so-called coming and not being rude. During this time, the fourth brother can be sent to the flying kite to infiltrate Xichuan, go to disrupt the internal situation of Xichuan, and assassinate various generals. People who want to be alone in Xichuan are panicked and restless!! ”

When Xu Huang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he shouted.

"The minister will live up to the king's trust!!"

When Wen Han heard this, he bowed his head slightly, and then ordered someone to summon a group of civil and military personnel to allocate the matter of the expedition to Xichuan. Wen Han ordered Zhang Liao to go to Hedong and Bingzhou to collect troops and horses, and ordered Pang De to go to Liangzhou to transfer soldiers and horses to Dongchuan. At the same time, he sent Xu Rong to gather Dongchuan soldiers and horses to prepare for war. As for Zhang Hong, he was in charge of the deployment of baggage and ordnance. The rest went to help. As soon as Wen Han's edict fell, the ministers received the order.

At the same time as the Western Tang Dynasty was preparing for the war, it was said that Xu Huang took over the order, and on the same day, he sent a team of 100 Class A flying kites to pass on the order and arrange various tasks. The 100-person Class A flying kite set off on the same day and headed to Dongchuan in the starry night. Five or six days later, in the border city on the border between Dongchuan and Xichuan, there was a mansion specially used by flying kites to assign tasks and exchange information as a transit station. At this time, there were more than 1,000 flying kites from all walks of life who had infiltrated Xichuan in the mansion in the early years. Among them, there are more than 12 Class A flying kites, more than 300 Class B flying kites, and more than 580 Class C flying kites. Thousands of flying kites, according to Xu Huang's order, are divided into twelve teams, each team has three levels of flying kites: A, B, and C. After the detachment was completed, led by the Class A flying kite, each detailed the tasks of each team. Within five days of the next five days, twelve teams of flying kites infiltrated the land of Xichuan according to the batch and rushed to the counties of Xichuan to carry out the task.

At the same time, Wen Han's large-scale army and horses in the northwest had already been reported by Liu Bei. Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, so he asked Zhuge Liang to discuss. Zhuge Liang's expression was solemn, the power of the Wei and Tang dynasties was huge, and the combined strength of the two countries was a million people, such a situation, even Zhuge Liang did not dare to be careless, otherwise Shu would be destroyed. Zhuge Liang quickly taught Liu Bei to send a message to Eastern Wu, and taught Sun Quan to go to the junction of Hefei with his troops on the same day. If Cao Cao really marched into Jingzhou, the Wu army would go to the border of Yanzhou, making it difficult for Cao Cao to take care of it. Liu Bei immediately complied and sent the envoy away. At the same time, Zhuge Liang taught Liu Bei that while sending a letter to Pan Feng to prepare for war, he also gathered soldiers, horses, and armaments in the land of Xichuan to prepare for a vicious war in the near future.

And just when the entire Xichuan was in a state of intensive preparation for war, suddenly within half a month, dozens of generals, colonels and civilian officials, large and small, were assassinated. And what is terrifying and unsettling is that those assassination fanatics come and go like the wind, like ghosts and ghosts, and no one has yet noticed the slightest trace of them. Suddenly, there seemed to be an atmosphere of unease in the land of Nishikawa. All Xichuan civil and military officers were assassinated, and they acted on weekdays, but they were not in a good mood and made many mistakes. As a result, preparations for war have been repeatedly delayed. The news soon spread to Chengdu. At this time, except for Chengdu, almost all counties in Xichuan had officials and generals assassinated. Liu Bei urgently looked for Zhuge Liang and a group of civil and military officers to come to discuss.

"Those assassination fanatics are really powerful, they come and go without a trace, and they are unguardable. Now all the counties in Xichuan are panicked and have no intention of acting. If this is the case again, I am afraid that when the army of the Western Tang Dynasty is killed to the realm of Shu, the army of Lone is not yet complete!! ”

When Fa Zheng heard this, his heart tightened, and he gave up.

"The king is angry. At that time, the officials of the counties could be ordered to strengthen their guards, and in addition to performing their duties, they should not drink alcohol and hold feasts, so as to be taken advantage of by the fanatics. In this way, those fanatics will not be able to enter, and sooner or later they will not be able to bear it, and then they will be able to break them one by one. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he also felt reasonable, so he gave instructions first according to the law. At this moment, Zhuge Liang suddenly opened his mouth and said.

"Now, except for Chengdu, many officials and generals in other counties have been assassinated. The king must not be unprepared. According to Liang's opinion, the king should also be strict and less out, so that it is convenient for the palace to deal with things on weekdays, and more guards are guarded by the Royal Forest Army in case of accidents. ”

Liu Bei listened to the words, bowed his head slightly, and should be the same at the moment. Zhang Fei was stunned when he saw it, and shouted loudly.

"Why do you need to do it all like this!? The king doesn't have to worry too much, he has a plan, and within ten days, he will be captured and seen!! ”

Zhuge Liang seemed to be waiting for Zhang Fei to speak, and when he heard it, he smiled and said to Liu Bei.

"If Yide makes a move, he will definitely succeed immediately."

However, he said that since Liu Bei's order fell, the officials and generals of various counties have been prepared. Sure enough, the number of assassinations has been greatly reduced. However, there are also many people who do not listen to orders and secretly set up feasts for fun, and they are repeatedly succeeded by flying kites. At this time, it is in the city of Chengdu. There are two flying kite troops, which have been lurking for a long time. After all, Chengdu is the capital of Shu, and if there is an assassination, it will inevitably make Liu Bei deploy heavy troops and be on strict guard, and then it will be difficult to get started. Therefore, the two flying kite troops are waiting for the opportunity, and once they make a move, it will inevitably cause chaos in Chengdu.

At this time, although there was no assassination in Chengdu, Liu Bei also strengthened his defenses, and there were soldiers and horses patrolling everywhere in the city, and the palace in the city was densely packed with imperial forest troops. And said that this palace was originally the Yizhou Prefecture Ya, and later Liu Bei ascended the throne of Shu, but he did not want to work the people and waste money, so he only taught people to repair it slightly, and did not build a large number of buildings, so he used it for the time being. Liu Bei's side has no way to get it, and all the important ministers' mansions in the city are closely guarded, and they rarely go out on weekdays, so it is difficult to start. After many days of investigation by the C-level flying kite, it was learned that Zhang Fei was the only one who was unguarded, drinking and having fun at home all day long, and there was no gap to enter. That night, dozens of Class A flying kites gathered to discuss the plan, and agreed that five or six days later, when the limelight passed, they acted in unison at the third watch of the night.

After five or six days, Chengdu was still fine, but it was the patrols and horses that kept day and night that made the people in the city panic. When the officials and generals in the city saw this, they all thought that the assassination fanatics had left, so they were quite lax. That night, the night was tight, the moonlight was slightly cool, and the cold wind was swishing. The so-called moon is dark and the wind is high and kills the night. Several teams of soldiers and horses were patrolling the city, and it was the first shift time, and there were few people in the alley. In Zhang Fei's house, there were still bursts of shouting. It turned out that Zhang Fei gathered a few generals tonight and drank at home. Zhang Fei's alcohol consumption seemed to be bottomless, and after several rounds of wine, at the time of the second watch, everyone was exhausted, and everyone fell to the ground. Zhang Fei laughed when he saw that everyone was drunk, so he sent the guards in the sect back to his home one by one. After the banquet was over, Zhang Fei returned to the room drunk. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, and the stables in the house caught fire. When Zhang Fei heard this, he thought that those assassination maniacs had finally made a move, and his drunkenness suddenly went seven points, and he hurriedly hurried away.

At the same time, the civil and military officials living in various parts of the city were awakened by the chaos in Zhang Fei's home. The patrol soldiers who were in the city hurried to Zhang Fei's mansion.