The leaders of the various tribes agreed with the opinion of the Helian patriarch, and Helian Yuman continued: "Shan Yu, I thought that we should secretly send messengers to mobilize a large army to surround the royal court, and if King Zuoxian makes any changes, we can protect ourselves. Otherwise, just this little guard in our royal court is not an opponent of King Zuo Xian at all! ”

"Does Patriarch Helian mean that King Zuo Xian wants to be unfavorable to Shan Yu?" One of the crowd said.

"Everyone has seen the situation in the past few days, King Zuo Xian has controlled the entire royal court, and it is impossible to leave the royal court. Regardless of whether Zhonglang will be killed and has anything to do with King Zuoxian, he must come to confront him, otherwise everyone can only ask for more blessings! ”

Looking at Helian Yuman's nervous appearance, the patriarchs of the various tribes present were all in danger. At present, the strongest combat power in the royal court is only the Flying Bear Army under Hu Chi'er, but there are less than 100 people, and the guards alone are only five or six hundred, which is not enough for self-protection. Helian Yuman's subordinates have the best war horses, and it is still possible to escape if they can't beat them, and the rest can only surrender or be killed in the face of King Zuoxian.

"What does Shan Yu mean?"

"Patriarch Helian is right, General Hu, I want to ask you to do something."

"General Hu is invited to go to the guard camp and invite King Zuo Xian to come to discuss the matter, if he comes, there is no need to make a noise; If he does not come, he will also ask General Hu to set foot in the camp of the guards and arrest King Zuoxian. I have assigned all the most elite 24 cavalry guards under my command to the general, and there are less than 1,000 people in the guard camp, can General Hu agree to this? ”

Hu Chi'er is a Hu person, and he also has an official position as a Han person, so he should help Hu Chuquan in both public and private affairs.

After Hu Chi'er came out of the big tent, he immediately gathered his team, which he brought out from Niu Fu's men, and they were all experienced in a hundred battles. At this time, Hu Chi'er raised his arms and said, "Brothers, the opportunity to get rich has come. General Zhonglang was killed, and he was ordered to go to the guard camp to arrest King Zuoxian. At that time, everyone will listen to my orders and act at the opportunity, if he dares to resist and kill! King Zuo Xian lives in countless treasures, and he can't be cheapened when the time comes. The teams went back to recuperate their armor and set off! ”

The soldiers of the Flying Bear Army had the usual bandit spirit of the Xiliang Army, and when they heard that there was oil to be fished, they all went back to prepare.

The twenty-four cavalry guards were also assembled, and Hu Chi'er told them Shan Yu's secret order, and then came straight to the guard camp with a few hundred people. The guards saw Hu Chi'er menacing and hurriedly reported it to Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian. Liu Bao was taken aback, is this Hu Chi'er here for Zhonglang's death?

Hu Chi'er directly pushed away the guards who were blocking him, broke into the big tent, raised the token and said: "Order, please go to Shan Yu's big tent to discuss matters!" ”

"Please wait a minute, General, I'll pack up and go!" Liu Bao knew that Hu Chi'er must have brought so many people to come because it was not good.

"Please go to King Zuo Xian immediately. If King Zuo Xian refuses to go, he will ask me to use it! Take it for me! As soon as Hu Chi'er gave the order, several Flying Bear soldiers were about to go up and capture Liu Bao.

"I am the king of Zuoxian, I can't wait to be presumptuous, who of you dares!" Liu Bao shouted.

"I dare!" Hu Chi'er roared, picked up the big axe in his hand, and slashed at Liu Bao with the sound of whirring wind.

Liu Bao had been on the battlefield for a long time, and seeing that there was no way to avoid it, he had to pull out his waist knife and cut it with his backhand, shouting: "You want to kill this king?" ”

The big axe in Hu Chi'er's hand smashed directly into Liu Bao's waist knife, shaking the burly Liu Bao back a few steps, "Brothers, if King Zuo Xian doesn't listen to orders, he will be killed!" ”

When the Flying Bears received the order, they immediately rushed up and smashed the gate of the guard camp and rushed in. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Bao threw the scimitar in his hand to block Hu Chi'er slightly for a while, and ran inside. Liu Bao called for his own soldiers nearby, pointed to the Flying Bear Army who rushed in outside the door and shouted, "Kill!" "The entire Guards camp was immediately plunged into a bloody storm.

The Flying Bear Army was the most elite unit under Dong Zhuo's subordinates in the past, with only 3,000 people, it made the allied forces of all the princes rush to the ground, even the 800 traps under Lu Bu's original command did not dare to compete with the 1,000 Flying Bear Army. It's just that now, the Flying Bear Army is gradually dying out due to its inability to replenish its troops, and it is unable to cope with large-scale operations. However, in the face of the small guard camp, this hundred flying bear army has not yet been taken into account.

Hu Chi'er led the Flying Bear Army into the camp, sweeping the entire camp like a whirlwind, and the twenty-four horsemen sent by Hu Chuquan also joined the battle. The twenty-four cavalry were twenty-four cavalry squads, with hundreds of people and strong combat power, and Liu Bao's troops began to retreat.

After a long and incomparably long night, the sound of killing was deafening, and every family closed their doors tightly and did not dare to come out. When it was dawn, the noisy royal court finally quieted down, and someone saw through the crack in the door that there were no Hun soldiers patrolling the street a few days ago.

Hu Chi'er went to Shan Yu to give the order in the big tent, and Hu Chuquan saw that his clothes and armor were stained with blood, and knew that the battle last night was extremely fierce, "Can you bring King Zuo Xian?" ”

"Shan Yu, the last general is not talented, and King Zuo Xian refuses to listen to the order. And he had already taken precautions, and ambushed a large number of soldiers in the camp, and King Zuo Xian took advantage of the chaos to escape. However, this person's power in the royal court has been eradicated by the leaders of the various tribes of our alliance. I've sent someone to find out the news of King Zuoxian! ”

"Excellent! Helian Patriarch, convey Shan Yu's order to all tribes, and Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, rebelled! ordered all tribes to come to the king to Qin Wang, and ordinary soldiers captured Liu Bao to reward thousands of cattle and sheep, and awarded the post of commander of a thousand commanders; The general will be promoted to three levels, and the reward will be thousands! ”

Helian Yuman was overjoyed after receiving Shan Yu's order, and now the entire Xiongnu has the greatest power except for Shan Yu, so he must take this opportunity to support another 10,000 cavalry commander. Sooner or later, this single position will be his own!

King Zuo Xian had already fled under the cover of his cronies, and the battle of the royal court was about to break out, and many caravans were already preparing to evacuate. When the news reached Chen Wu's ears at the inn, he rewarded the innkeepers, and he and Cai Wenji were ready to evacuate.

Chen Wu packed his luggage, suddenly remembered something, and said to Cao Liang and the others: "We seem to have forgotten a person, he hasn't shown up these days, what's the reason?" ”

"The general is talking about the Han envoys sent by Cao Cao?" Cao Liang thought about it and asked.

Chen Wu walked back and forth in the room, thinking about the way, and finally had an inspiration in his mind, and immediately told Cao Liang about the strategy. Chen Wu asked Cao Liang to disguise himself as a Xiongnu soldier to ask for an envoy from the Han Dynasty, who received him and asked him what was the matter.

Cao Liang said: "The little one is here to help the envoy!" ”

"What do I need your help with?" The Han envoy looked at Cao Liang and smiled.

"Cai Zhaoji!" Cao Liang said three words with a smile.

The envoy of the Han Dynasty was shocked when he heard this, and it was also one of the purposes of his trip to find Cai Wenji, and he also had an important task to unite with the Southern Xiongnu to attack Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan, who was entrenched in Bingzhou, from the rear. The battle of Guandu was stalemate between Yuan Cao and Yuan Shao, and his nephew Gao Gan cooperated in the attack on Cao Cao on the Western Front. It's just that Chen Wu didn't know that this Han envoy still had such a heavy responsibility.

Cao Liang said: "Cai Zhaoji was indeed taken away at night, but she has been retrieved by Zhonglang's guards. It is now hidden in the mansion of General Nakaro. Hu Chi'er and Zhonglang General were already at odds, so he took this opportunity to kill Zhonglang General and pass it on to King Zuo Xian, so that he could get rid of it. ”

"Hu Chi'er is so bold! Don't make a big deal of it! "What the Han envoy said was that the death of Zhonglang General caused the conflict between King Zuo Xian and Shan Yu Huchuquan to break out, and the Southern Xiongnu were about to break out into a civil war, and they couldn't support Cao Cao from the rear. Since this mission failed, being able to bring back Cai Wenji would also reduce Cao Cao's punishment for him.

Cao Liang led the way in front and took them to the Zhonglang General's Mansion, but the mansion was too big, and they didn't know where Cai Wenji was hiding for a while.

At this time, Hu Chi'er, who was arranging a team to pursue King Zuo Xian in the big tent of Shan Yu, received a report from the soldiers of the Flying Bear Army: "General, that person has made a move, he went to General Zhonglang's mansion!" ”

"What is he going to do there? Come with me! Hu Chi'er led the Flying Bear Army to the Zhonglang General's mansion in a hurry, and Cao Liang jumped on the courtyard wall while the other party was not paying attention. Attracted a hard crossbow salvo from the guards of the Han envoys behind, Cao Liang was injured by an arrow in the shoulder and fled, and Chen Wu had already ridden over to meet him.

(End of chapter)