Of course, it is not enough to rely on sharing weal and sorrow, Zhang Meng also needs to have a fierce iron fist to deter dissidents.

He can't arrest all the people who have been involved with the Handan merchants before, because this will only put everyone in the isolated city of Guzang in danger, but he can strictly order everyone in the city to clear the line with the Handan merchants.

All the scholars and officials in the city are not allowed to worship the Handan merchants, nor are they allowed to discuss anything about the Handan merchants in private, but if they violate the law, they will be killed!

In front of the bright swords and bloody heads, everyone in the city was silent, no one dared to reveal the identity of the former officials of the Handan merchants, no one dared to admit that they had received the favor and promotion of the Handan merchants, and no one dared to discuss or doubt whether the Handan merchants were killed by Zhang Meng······

In just a few days, the person of Handan Shang "disappeared", as if he had never appeared, all the people were careful to remain silent and try to avoid the topic, and those memories of the bloody battle in Guzang City that had just happened not long ago were as if they had been erased in an invisible hand in an instant.

Zhang Meng wanted to keep everyone's minds full of thoughts of desperately defending the city and avoiding being slaughtered and killed.

And the others also told themselves in their hearts, why do they need to do such a senseless death. It's not that the cool land that has been in turmoil for many years has not died in the history of assassination, and he still takes care of his own life in the next siege.

But in this kind of depression, there is still one person who wants to break out, he wants to kill Zhang Meng and avenge Handan Shang.

That person is the former official of Handan Shang, Pang Yu, a native of Jiuquan.

Because he was a foreign official, Pang Yu did not serve under the Handan merchants, so when he abandoned the official and ran back to Guzang to mourn for the Handan merchants, Zhang Meng and his subordinates did not notice that there was such a small person in the city.

Guzang's city defense needs a large number of soldiers to defend, although Zhang Meng's 3,000 county soldiers are the most reliable, but they are not iron men, they need to rest and prepare for battle, it is impossible to stay on the city wall and guard the city gate all the time.

Therefore, a large number of Ding Zhuang in the city were recruited to assist in the defense of the city wall, and they needed to carry equipment, strengthen the city defenses, and undertake those heavy and tedious labor work, which was also conducive to the centralized control of some unstable elements in the city to prevent them from becoming chaotic in the city.

As an outsider who has no family and lives in Guzang, Pang Shu is naturally the key guard of the city guards, and he was conscripted into Ding Zhuang, who undertook labor, and was responsible for carrying equipment and strengthening the city defense.

Before Zhang Meng could get closer, war had already broken out.

As the large-scale and tragic siege began, Guzang City was dying every day. The guards who are held by A will die, Ding Zhuang who is used as a laborer will die, and even the military officials who give orders will also die, and when the military officials die, they will be replaced among the guards, and when the guards die, they will be replaced by Ding Zhuang, and when Ding Zhuang dies, they will be replaced by women, children, old and weak.

In the endless siege war, the two sides who followed each other suffered countless casualties, and Zhang Meng, who defended Guzang at all costs, made the siege of all walks of life repeatedly frustrated. After paying a heavy price, Wei Kang, Li Piao, Yan Jun, He Luan and others finally had to temporarily stop attacking Guzang, and chose to besiege Zhang Meng while repairing their troops and horses.

did not die on the city wall where arrows flew, and Pang Yu also got a little rest.

The fierce siege battle was stopped, but the garrison on the city wall never slackened for a day, and every night there were guards and Ding Zhuang on the battle tent and corner tower of the city wall, vigilant against the enemy camp not far outside the city.

As Ding Zhuang, who survived the tragic siege battle these days, Pang Yu was counted as an auxiliary soldier and was given weapons, and he also needed to go to the city to guard tonight, and at this moment he was huddled in the war shed with a Shi Ding Zhuang for the night.

Some of Ding Zhuang beside him were already snoring loudly, and his tired body was immersed in a rare and relaxed sleep, and Ding Zhuang, who was not asleep, subconsciously opened a safe distance from Pang Yu as much as possible.

This auxiliary soldier who stood out from Ding Zhuang was undoubtedly a powerful figure in the eyes of ordinary people, and they felt that there seemed to be something terrible hidden in this person's eyes.

Pang Yu ignored these people whose lives might die tomorrow, he leaned his back against the city wall, this uncomfortable sleeping method could give him a sense of stability in his heart, his hand did not put on the handle of the knife at his waist, but gently pressed on his chest.

The ring-headed knife on his waist, which had been cut out of a few gaps, was not what Pang Yu cared about, and the Bailian dagger he was carrying in his arms was the sharp weapon he was going to use to assassinate Zhang Meng.

Every night after entering Guzang City, Pang Yu could only sleep peacefully by pressing the dagger in his arms, but when he touched the dagger under his clothes tonight, an inexplicable wry smile appeared on his face.

He originally came to kill Zhang Meng, why did he become an auxiliary soldier under Zhang Meng, and helped him kill two soldiers who wanted to rush into the city to kill him on the city wall?

Pang Yu shook his head, wanting to get rid of this absurd idea.

At this time, he heard the sound of people and horses under the inner city wall, and his body immersed in the war quickly reacted accordingly, and he immediately got up and held the handle of the knife, and looked down cautiously at the city.

I saw that under a row of torches, there were countless shadows, and a tall figure appeared in the crowd, and his action of climbing the stairs and climbing the city wall made Pang Yu's breathing instantly become short.

Zhang Meng is here!

Zhang Meng's eyes were sunken and bloodshot. Since Li Piao's soldiers and horses took the lead in killing under Guzang City, he has not slept a peaceful sleep every night. When the coalition forces under the city were fiercely attacking the city, he personally put on his armor and went into battle and came to the city wall to kill the enemy side by side with his soldiers.

Now the coalition forces with considerable losses no longer dare to continue the siege, but Zhang Meng, who fell into insomnia, still couldn't sleep late at night. He was afraid that the city wall would be lost, and the soldiers and men who kept watch at night would be lax, so he insisted that he personally come to inspect the city wall with his own soldiers tonight, and he had to see the stability of the city wall with his own eyes, so that his heart could temporarily settle down.

The sound of footsteps on the steps of the city finally stopped, and Zhang Meng, who had tried his best but had been unable to get close these days, suddenly appeared within ten zhang of Pang Yu in such a way.

Zhang Meng's arrival also alarmed Ding Zhuang who was crowded in the battle shed, most of them didn't know Zhang Meng, but Zhang Meng led a team of soldiers who were armoured and held torches, and he was wearing a pair of valuable armor.

"No need to be polite, everyone has worked hard. When the enemy forces outside the city are repulsed, the army will never forget your reward, and everyone will be able to return to see their families safe and sound. ”

Zhang Meng saw Ding Zhuang's somewhat overwhelmed restrained appearance, and he was the first to smile under great pressure, he spoke softly, and walked towards Ding Zhuang, who walked out of the battle shed one after another.

After approaching the battle tent, Zhang Meng, who had a smile on his face, also saw Pang Yu, an auxiliary soldier with weapons but no armor, he and the restrained and fearful Ding Zhuang were like clouds, like a lone wolf, silently watching Zhang Meng in the dark.

"Where are you from?"

Zhang Meng was stunned for a moment, did not put away his smile, and continued to ask out loud.

"Jiuquan people."

"Oh." Zhang Meng shook his head, not surprised.

When the coalition forces outside the city besieged the city, there were many strangers in the city who had not had time to leave and were forced to stay in the city.

Zhang Meng, who was not suspicious, originally wanted to talk a few more words with the auxiliary soldiers and Ding Zhuang of this tent, and then leave to inspect other sections of the city wall, but after seeing Pang Yu, who was originally leaning against the city wall, suddenly walking towards him, he also noticed the eyes that flashed with murderous intent, and suddenly became alert in his heart.

"Take him!"

Zhang Meng hurriedly retreated backwards, and subconsciously commanded the soldiers around him to step forward, and at this time, Pang Meng was also fierce, he roared, the dagger in his hand appeared, and he pounced desperately.

Zhang Meng's personal soldiers hurriedly stepped forward, they were wearing iron armor, and they were not afraid of a hard bar with an assassin, Pang Yu, who pounced on him, just met the spear they stabbed, and in a critical moment, Pang Meng's ghost made a dagger thrown out in the direction of Zhang Meng, and his body was pressed down and rolled to the ground, and the ring knife on his waist was also unsheathed, and the knife flashed, and instantly cut the calves of two Zhang Meng's personal soldiers.

"Ahh

The dagger that was urgently thrown deviated and pierced into the armor of another personal soldier beside Zhang Meng, and Zhang Meng's personal soldiers, who had just stepped forward to stop him, were injured in the legs, his body was unstable, and he fell backwards screaming.

Pang Meng took advantage of this opportunity to rush forward again regardless of life and death, and Zhang Meng's personal soldiers, who were too close, could no longer stab the assassin with their spears, and Zhang Meng's personal soldiers, who were eager to protect the master, could only counterattack forward and use their bodies to block Pang Meng and pounce on Zhang Meng.

A little spark flashed in the dark night, and the ring-headed knife slashed the iron armor, and the broken blade could not completely break the armor and severely hit Zhang Meng's own soldiers, and Pang Yu, who pounced up, was grabbed by Zhang Meng's personal soldiers with both hands.

Seeing this, Pang Meng could only use his fist to hit Zhang Meng's personal soldier in the face, and Zhang Meng's personal soldier who was punched was bleeding profusely, but his hands grabbed Pang Meng's ring head knife, so that Pang Xuan, who was unwilling to lose the last weapon, could not break free for a while.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the other Zhang Meng's own soldiers had already used their spears to pump Pang Yu's thighs, only to hear two muffled sounds, Pang Yu's face was distorted by the sharp pain in his lower limbs, and his unbalanced body fell to the ground helplessly.

In the next moment, he was in pain and was caught by many Zhang Meng's personal soldiers who rushed up, and several short soldiers had been put on his neck, and Pang Yu, who was thinking that he was going to die, accidentally heard Zhang Meng's heavy voice at this time.

"Don't kill him yet!"

"Deal with this place, take the wounded and the others away."

Zhang Meng, who had an ugly face, added that he had no intention of continuing to patrol the city defense at this time, and after a glance at the assassin who wanted to assassinate him, Zhang Meng snorted coldly, turned around and walked down the city.