Ran Fei ordered the rest of the brothers: "I have already sent a message to Chen Jin in the north, let him control the situation in the north, he is the eldest brother's big apprentice, with his ability, there is no problem, now it is the side, you will go back to the camp now to manage your subordinates, there must be no chaos, whoever dares to make trouble at this time will be executed on the spot!" As for our secret forces, I'll let you know. ”

Everyone: "Yes! ”

That night, thousands of torches were lit up on the dangerous hills in the north, and the people nearby thought they were haunted and were very afraid, but when these torches walked in, they found that they were heavily armed troops, and more than half of the flags were "Ran"! Everyone knows who it is, because in the northern part of Qi Kingdom, there is only one person who can mobilize so many troops at the same time, and that is ------ Ranfei!

The troops stationed in the mountains were mainly gathered in four places, one in Jiyang, one on the north bank of Jishui, and Linzi was dozens of miles across Jishui, and the other was scattered in the north and west, mainly to defend against the surprise attacks of Zhao and Yan.

In the early morning of the next day, the streets of Jiyang were already full of troops, and all the mansions of nobles and officials in Jiyang were surrounded. Because in the northern part of Qi State, only Ran Fei dared to do this.

But the captain of the guard guarding the door of Lu Zhonglian didn't let him leave half a step: "I'm sorry, Marshal Ran has an order, you can't leave the mansion for half a step!" "Otherwise, they can only be executed on the spot!

Lu Zhonglian was very angry: "What? Ran Fei dares to do this to me? It's against him! Go and report to me, call him, and I'll ask him what's going on! I'm the Northern! ”

Captain of the Guard: "I'm sorry, we only listened to Marshal Ran's orders!" Without his orders, even if we were all killed by you, we would not have let you go. ”

Lu Zhonglian was angry, and immediately stepped out of the gate, and the captain of the guard immediately pulled out his long sword and pointed at Lu Zhonglian: "Please go back!" I don't want to kill you, but if you really want to leave, I can only follow orders. ”

Lu Zhonglian was a literati after all, and when he saw the cold and shining sword, he was also very scared, so he eased up and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

At this time, the military advisor came and hugged Lu Zhonglian and said, "I'm sorry, Shangqing, but this matter is very important, you don't know it yet!" King Qi was murdered yesterday! We, marshals, are afraid of ......"

Before the military advisor could finish speaking, Lu Zhonglian interrupted and said, "What? King Qi was killed? Who did this to you? ”

The military advisor said: "The marshal analyzed, it should have been done by the people of the Hou family, but the sword that killed the King of Qi belonged to the prince, but we all know that the prince would not do such a thing, so for the sake of stability in the north, Marshal Ran decided to send troops." ”

Lu Zhonglian: "But even if that's the case, he should discuss it with me!" ”

The military advisor apologized: "Yes, yes, yes!" But the situation is urgent, and I don't have time to discuss, so please pay attention to it! ”

Lu Zhonglian sighed: "Okay, okay!" Then I'll be wronged. ”

All the nobles and stewards in Jiyang were put under house arrest by Ran Fei, and in addition to him, there was only the King of Qi in the entire Qi country. The men under house arrest were somewhat complaining, but they had to give in to the heavily armed soldiers and the glittering swords. This also includes the prince's people.

Two days later, the disgraced prince finally arrived at the northern border of Qi with a dozen men on horseback, but the pursuers also caught up at the same time, and hundreds of cavalry pursued the prince and his men. These cavalrymen are also dusty servants, they have been chasing the prince for three or four days, and they have only eaten two meals in these days.

When the prince rushed out of the encirclement of Linzi, there were more than 100 horsemen around him, dead and wounded, and now, only a dozen loyal subordinates remained, and the prince saw the northern border in front of him and shouted loudly to his subordinates: "The front is the north, as long as we cross the border, the back family will not be able to take us!" Come on, everyone! ”

Seeing that hope was in front of them, these weary men used their last strength to whip their horses under their crotches and headed for the northern border.

But their horses had not rested for three days, and their speed was very, very slow, even if they were whipped, they were caught in the block. Soon, the pursuing cavalry was about to catch up.

The cavalry formed a semicircle, trying to surround the prince and others and capture them alive. When the head of the Hou family gave the order, it was already very clear that he must be captured alive, the purpose was to arrest him back for trial, and then behead him in public, so that the second prince would be justified as the king of Qi!

However, even if the prince's horse did not run fast, but it ran across the border, the pursuers began to reduce their speed when they saw the prince crossing the border, after all, this is Ran Fei's territory, and Ran Fei's name is not blown! Without Ran Fei's permission, no one dared to set foot in the north casually.

The prince breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not expect that this group of pursuers did not hesitate to cross the border and chase after them again for the sake of a high bounty.

The pursuers saw that they surrounded in a semicircle, but unexpectedly, countless crossbow arrows shot over, and dozens of people fell to the ground at that time, fell into the camp of the cavalry, and were ruthlessly trampled by the horses' hooves.

"Who's here? He dared to carry weapons to the northern part of Qi without consent. If you don't stop, you will be executed! Zhang Dali's roar spread all around, and the cavalry chasing the prince did not dare to act without permission anymore, and they all stopped.

The subordinates rode to the side of the leader and whispered: "Big brother, it's not good, this is the crossbow of the Qin State, with a long range and strong penetrating power. "Although the leader has never seen the crossbow of the Qin State, and he is also very curious, why is there a crossbow of the Qin State in the north but Linzi does not know it at all? But he had heard of the power of Qin's crossbow, so he ordered: Don't act rashly, and then stepped forward: "You are so bold, we are ordered by the King of Qi to pursue the original prince who assassinated the King of Qi, and you dare to shoot us!" Don't hurry up and surrender and confess! ”

Zhang Dali rode a tall horse with hundreds of elites and appeared in front of the pursuers from the vast fog. The half-moon knife in Zhang Dali's hand was cold, and he directly suppressed the other party, Zhang Dali smiled: "It's not up to you to decide whether we are guilty or not, you have to have a document to inform our marshal, if our marshal says that we are guilty, then I will admit it, otherwise, no way!" ”

The leader took out a silk silk and said, "It's really an order written by King Qi himself, and there is a jade medal of King Qi on it!" Do you dare to disobey? ”

Zhang Dali said: "Didn't you say that King Qi is dead? Why are the orders still written? ”