Chapter 268: Assassination
However, no one expected that the turmoil of Gu Kai's arrest had not subsided, and a team of soldiers sent by Su Yi outside the city was attacked, but fortunately, the bandits in Taohuazhai had been on the battlefield for a long time, and the vertical and horizontal mountains were even more dangerous.
The bandits brought down the mountain by Su Yi were all the elite of the cottage, and unconsciously, this ambush turned into a counteroffensive battle of the bandits, and the enemy was beaten and abandoned his armor and fled in all directions.
Originally, this ambush did not attract Su Yi's attention, until two days later, Su Yi led Gao Heihu and Ma Bin to walk on the street, and suddenly stabbed out a team of masked men.
Then, countless sounds of breaking the air sounded, and Su Yi's face changed suddenly. He heard that the sound of breaking the air was the sound of the bowstring vibrating, and sure enough, there were many arrows on both sides of the streets of Shangjun.
Su Yi and Gao Heihu gradually calmed down, the speed of these arrows was not fast, it was not released by military crossbows, on the contrary, it was a bit like the hunting bows made by the people and mountain people! Who could sneak into the county seat and openly attack Su Yi on the streets?
At this time, Su Yi didn't have time to think about it, a hunting arrow shot at him, Ma Bin's eyes were quick, he pulled him away, and the arrow grazed Su Yi's shoulder, Su Yi was secretly taken aback, although the other party used a hunting bow, but the archery skills were superb, which was a bit troublesome.
Gao Heihu roared, and the wolf tooth giant stick in his hand kept waving, smashing down a number of hunting arrows that were shot, and the arrows had just been shot, and the masked men on the opposite side had already rushed in front of Su Yi and the others.
Ma Bin didn't carry a spear to the street, so he had to pull out the saber at his waist, protect Su Yi with one hand, and force back the masked man who was bullying him with the sword in the other.
Su Yi looked at the masked men with a cold gaze, he had already figured out the deployment of the other party's personnel, and there were about three or four archers in ambush on both sides of the street. This can be guessed from the number of arrows they shoot and the frequency of arrows, and the number of masked men in front of them is only ten.
Zhang Huan and Zhou Fei were leading more than 20 guards to follow behind Su Yi, and the distance between them at this time was only two streets, as long as they held on for a while, Zhang Huan and Zhou Fei could come with the guards.
In the scuffle, the people in the streets screamed. Suddenly, the whole street was in chaos, and Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, in this way, the archers of the other party could not sneak attack Su Yi's side at will.
Gao Heihu smashed the blade of one of the masked men with a stick, and he pulled the other man over, strangled the opponent's neck with the crook of his elbow, and blocked him in front of him. The tower-like body was dead in front of Su Yi, as long as he was there, no arrow could pass over the high black tiger and shoot at Su Yi.
"Kill!" The masked man in the lead roared hoarsely.
Su Yi frowned. He could hear that the other party was talking in a falsetto, who wanted his life? When Su Yi first arrived in Shangjun County, there were no enemies, but there were many people who offended, and many powerful forces in Shangjun County were among them, and in addition, they were military households outside the city.
Thinking of this, a cold glint flashed in Su Yi's eyes.
If these killers were sent by those military households. How did they get into the city? Since Su Yi came to Shangjun County, the city defense work has been taken over by the thieves of the cottage. It was not easy for these people to infiltrate the city with weapons.
Could it be that these killers live in the city? In this way, many squires in the city are very suspicious!
The surrounding Gao Heihu and Ma Bin were still fighting, but Su Yi was already too empty...... He frowned as he pondered the key points.
If these killers are from outside the city, then they must have the help of the squires in the city when they enter the city, and maybe there is more than one squire involved in them, and Su Yi has now taken over the city defense work of Shangjun County. He also moved into the county seat and interfered in the personnel and financial power of the city, obviously harming the interests of many gentry and powerful people in the upper county. But this is not enough for them to risk the charge of rebellion to assassinate Su Yi, unless......
Unless Su Yi proposed to attack Yongji Canal, this offended some people. These people are trying to kill him.
A moment later, Zhou Fei took Zhang Huan to kill him.
Zhou Fei's archery skills are outstanding, he hunts all year round, and has a kind of sensitivity that is different from ordinary people, holding a bow and arrow, and shooting the archers who are ambushed on the side of the street with one arrow.
This battle did not last long, Zhou Fei and Zhang Huan took many personal guards to assist Gao Heihu and Ma Bin to surround those assassins, but what Su Yi didn't expect was that these assassins were very brave, even if Su Yi told Zhou Fei and others to stay alive, but in the end, none of these assassins were captured alive.
Seeing this scene, Su Yi's heart suddenly rose, although this group of assassins is not very capable, but they are heart-palpitating dead soldiers, they are not afraid of death, this is what makes Su Yi feel a headache.
And Su Yi noticed their staffing, in addition to being a masked moment, there were also archers lurking on both sides of the street, obviously carefully planned!
It is unlikely that such a group of dead soldiers could have been raised by a force in the city, although it is possible, but it is not very likely. If they had come into the city from outside the city, who had helped them get there?
It could only be the local squires or powerful forces who assisted these people to enter the city, and the bandits brought by Su Yi were loyal and impossible......
Suddenly, Su Yi's eyes lit up, and he realized a serious problem, that is, among his subordinates, someone might have been bribed.
So that these assassins were able to sneak into the city smoothly, and the position of this bribed subordinate was not low, at least the person who was in charge of the city defense, or had the right to dispatch the city defense work.
"Take all their bodies away!" Su Yi looked at the corpse on the ground with cold eyes, and snorted coldly.
Present, except for Gao Heihu who was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, Su Yi's side had almost no casualties, this result made him very satisfied, although the other party was carefully prepared, but the strength of the assassin was too poor, Su Yi could also judge from this that the person who organized this assassination must not be a person of great power, at least he couldn't hold a decent army in his hands, and there were no decent people to appoint.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent out these mediocre martial arts dead soldiers.
Although I don't know who organized this assassination, but it doesn't matter, Su Yi decided to bring back the corpses of these assassins, and when the time comes, he will summon many powerful forces in Shangjun County, of course, a few ghosts in their hearts will definitely not come, even if they come, Su Yi is sure that they will be exposed in front of the corpses of this group of assassins.
It's a pity that they didn't catch them alive, even if they caught one or two assassins first, and it would have been better for them to commit suicide when they were brought back than if they all died on the streets.
In this way, the mastermind behind the scenes must know that all the assassins sent out were killed, so there is no fear, if a few assassins are caught alive, even if these people die on the way, then Su Yi can also claim that the captured assassins have confessed, forcing the mastermind behind the scenes to appear. (To be continued.) )