"After all, the mouse still can't escape the cat's grasp!" Thick smoke was rising, and Guan Zhi said with a smile to Xia Jing, a subordinate beside him.

"Third Young Master, you are resourceful, naturally you are invincible, then Zhao Zhao, a villain, is your opponent." Xia Jing flattered Guan Zhidao.

"The thieves have entered our army." Guan Zhi said confidently. Then he shouted, "The whole army is heading for the south gate." ”

At the same time, Zhao Jie and his party also began their operation out of the city. Zhao Jie lay on the flat land, crawling towards the city wall, Xu Yang followed, and the others continued to follow.

From the place where Zhao Jie is, there is a soldier standing on the city wall every 100 meters away, the armor soldier has a special iron halberd, wearing armor, hanging an iron sword from his waist, a majestic and high-spirited appearance, there are patrol soldiers behind the armor from time to time, and the defense of the entire city wall can also be called strict and seamless. However, if Zhao Jie and his party take a closer look, they will find that the so-called Jia clan is actually all made of straw men, and those soldiers are all unfazed, looking around, without the appearance of a strong army at all.

So where did the original strong army go?

Since Guan Yong ignored Guan Zhi's persuasion and took away the military horses in the city strongly, the problem of lack of manpower has been plaguing Guan Zhi. It is said that after the empty attack at the Bingui Inn yesterday, Guan Zhi casually counted the number of people around him, only to suddenly find that after the deployment around the inn was completed, there were less than 20 people around him. An inadvertent inventory made him feel a little afraid, and he suddenly realized that if Zhao Zhao sent someone to assassinate him at this time, he was afraid that he would be splashed with blood on the spot. So after searching his men, he immediately gave up the in-depth search, and ended the raid hastily, capturing only the innkeeper.

At that time, Zhao Jie was also puzzled by the sudden withdrawal of the Guan family's private army, but in terms of Zhao Jie's character, if someone told him the reason, he probably wouldn't believe it, because he didn't know the madness of assassins in this era.

The Sengoku period was an era of Assassins, in which Assassins began to move from behind the scenes to the front of the stage. Prior to the Sengoku period, Assassins had appeared from time to time, but they were often despised by the upper classes, and at the time, duels were considered to be justified.

However, in the late Spring and Autumn Period and early Warring States period, two different Assassins appeared, and it was these two Assassins who changed people's perception of the Assassins.

The first is to focus on assassinating Wu Wang. Specializing in Wu Guoyi's butcher ear, his person is heroic and powerful, his mother is filial piety, Wu Zixu's brother, Zixu knows that the son Ji Guang wants to kill the Wu prince, so he recommends the son Ji Guang. The son Ji Guanghou is dedicated to his mother and respects his mother. Concentrate on his kindness and promise him with death. His mother knew about the specialization, so she hanged herself to show that she was not tired of the specialization. The sword "fish intestine" was placed in the belly of the fish, and when he walked to the throne of the king, he suddenly drew out a dagger and stabbed the king, and the force pierced the back through the triple armor, and the king's official screamed and died immediately. After the prince Ji Guang killed the king, he established himself as the king of Wu. He was established, and the son of Zhuan Zhuan Yi was the secretary. The story of Zhuzhu tells people that assassination can also earn a family business for future generations.

The second is to let Yu let Zhao Xiangzi stab Zhao Xiangzi three times. Yu Rang, Jin Qing Zhiyao's retainers also. Zhao, Han, and Wei destroyed the Zhi clan. Yu Rang changed his name and surname, and went to Xiang** to repair the toilet, wanting to wait for the opportunity to kill him. Xiangzi went to the toilet, detained and questioned the person who repaired the toilet, Yu let his clothes hide a sharp knife, and was arrested. When interrogated, he said bluntly: "I want to avenge Zhibo!" The left and right wanted to kill him, but Xiangzi blocked him and said: "He is a righteous man, and I will avoid him later." Besides, there is no queen after the death of the uncle, and his ministers want to take revenge, and the wise men of the world are not who they are. In the end, he was let go. Yu Rang was unwilling to fail, painted his body with paint, swallowed charcoal to make him dumb, ambushed under the bridge, attempted to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi, and was later arrested by Zhao Xiangzi. When he was dying, he asked for Zhao Xiangzi's clothes, drew his sword and slashed his clothes, in order to show revenge for the Lord, and then committed suicide with a sword. Yu Rang's deeds spread, his spirit of dedication to his confidant is admirable, and people with lofty ideals in the world are all moved by his spirit and cry for him. It was then that people realized that the assassinations were not all unjust.

The vendetta between politicians began with Nie Zheng's assassination of the Korean Prime Minister, before that, the target of the assassins was mainly the monarchs of various countries, but since then, there is no one in the world who is not surrounded by assassins. Nie Zheng, a native of Wei in the late Spring and Autumn Period, was hired by Yan Zhongzi, a Korean doctor, and was tired of assassinating Xia. The chivalrous mansion is heavily guarded. Fang Shixia was tired and was sitting in the mansion, and the halberd armor soldiers stood on both sides. Nie Zheng's sword went straight into the Han Mansion, and many armor soldiers couldn't react, Nie Zheng's long sword with the momentum of the white rainbow pierced into the chest of Xia Ti, and Xia Ti died instantly. Suddenly, there was chaos in the house, and the armor soldiers went up to besiege Nie Zheng. After killing dozens of people with his long sword, Nie Zheng could not escape the siege, so he reversed the hilt of the sword, slashed his cheek with the tip of the sword, gouged out his eyes, and died of breaking his abdomen.

Politicians during the Warring States period suddenly discovered the role of the Assassins, and the Assassins became the most sought-after recruits from various countries. The group of assassins often promised themselves that "those who are confidants die as soldiers", so they also have the meaning of loyalty and positive evaluation in people's hearts.

It is said that Guan Zhi wandered around the domain accompanied by his subordinates, and inadvertently came to the city gate.

"Humble to meet the third young master." The city gates rang with bell-like voices.

"By the way, there are still soldiers at the city gate, Xia Jing, how many guards are left of the four gates of my Jucheng." Guan Zhi asked the people around him. Most of the guards of Jucheng were taken away by Guan Yong, and now there are more than 100 people left to guard the four gates.

"Young master, there are only 120 people left." Xia Jing quickly put it

After dinner, Guan Zhi summoned Jiang Dongliu and wanted to discuss it with Jiang Dongliu, but to his surprise, Jiang Dongliu refused without thinking about it. The opposition of Jiang Dongliu was not a special case in this era, and the city gate was a very important military facility in ancient times, and it was the last line of defense of the city defense system, which was very important, especially in the Warring States period. In order to prevent the enemy from rushing in when the city gate is open, so in this era, at the gate of important cities, the common people are often required to enter the city in order, not to make noise, not to fight, otherwise it will be a year's imprisonment, and for the nobles, they are not allowed to relax at the entrance of the city, otherwise they will be fined a hundred hangings, Jucheng is a big city on the border of Qi is no exception, there are almost the same rules. In Jiang Dongliu's view: The soldiers defending the city have been taken away by Guan Yong, who has developed limbs and is simple-minded, and now the defense at the city gate is barely maintained, how can he let this unreliable third young master draw people from it, if the number of guards is reduced, the Chu people will suddenly attack, and Jucheng will definitely fall.

So for the safety of Jucheng, no matter how Guan Zhi explained, Jiang Dongliu just didn't agree. In this way, Jiang Dongliu was hated by Guan Zhi, and then Jiang Dongliu was killed in the previous incident.

It is said that Zhao Jie and his party are still crawling forward, they passed through the Tibetan Soldier Cave, the hole was empty, they crossed the urn city, it was also empty, they reached the city gate, and the city gate was also empty, Zhao Jie didn't have time to think about why, and the group hurriedly took their places. Zhao Jie and Xu Yang were in charge of opening the city gate, and the crack in the door allowed a car to pass through, while several other internal guards and guards protected the two of them behind them.

"Squeak-squeak-squeak-" Zhao Jie and Xu Yang used all their strength to slowly open the iron gate, but the huge roar also woke up the listless armor soldiers on the city wall. In an instant, there was a hint of noise in the quiet environment.

"Light the wolf smoke, hurry up and notify the third young master." "Hurry down to the city, hurry down to the city to stop the thieves from opening the city gate", "General, I have an eighty-year-old mother and a baby waiting to be fed, please don't let me be a pioneer, I can't die!" ”

When Zhao Jie opened the door large enough, a whistle came out of his mouth, and a sharp and loud voice pierced the air. In an instant, a carriage appeared in front of people's eyes, and the horse was already full of strength, and it was speeding forward with the cart box.

When Zhao Jie and his party escaped from the door, Guan Zhi's cavalry team also appeared in their eyes.

"Don't run, thief. Wait until your grandfather catches you and goes to claim the reward. The commander of the cavalry shouted loudly.

Zhao Jie, Xu Yang saw it, and quickly closed the door, and the guards and internal guards also came to help, and finally closed the door at the moment before the cavalry arrived, and the Guan family's private cavalry was blocked in the city gate.

After a while, Guan Zhi also reached the gate of the city. "Third young master, if you don't do your job well, please punish you!"

"Damn it, do you think you're a few pounds and a few taels, punish you and catch the thief?" Xia Jing scolded with his head covered with his face covered.

"Stand down!"

"Third Young Master Xie, Master Xie Xia is the grace of not killing." The cavalry captain knelt and kowtowed in thanks. Then he quit and devoted himself to a new round of military training.

"Young master, what should I do, Zhao Zhao ran away." Xia Jing asked Guan Zhidao.

"Really? I can't see it, everything is still in the third middle school. Guan Zhi said confidently.

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Zhao Jie, who went out of the city, was really happy, he cried the melody of the later generations "The Sun Also Rises", and walked briskly to the front of the road.

Suddenly, several figures jumped out of the grass, which startled Zhao Jie, they walked towards Xingyi, knelt down on one knee and said, "Wang Ji, there is an ambush ahead, don't go forward." ”

Zhao Jie listened to the words of several people, and was stunned, everyone was similar to Zhao Jie, even Xingyi.