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When Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan returned to the valley where the soldiers and horses rested, it was already dark, and when the two returned to the valley, Li Xin'er, Zhao Qing and others were already anxious. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Xin'er was already asking Zhao Qing and Tan Ping to reorganize their troops and horses to respond, because she was worried that something would happen to Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan.

Seeing the two returning, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. All of them are gossiping about the situation. Wang Yuan immediately summoned Li Hui, Zhao Qing, Tan Ping and several wives and concubines to discuss the night attack on Huguan, and after explaining the general situation, everyone was amazed by the alternative pattern in Huguan.

"Marshal Wang, if it is really as you say, can this pass really be taken down? With such a layout, let's say that we only have 3,000 soldiers and horses, even if it is several times more, we may not be able to take it down. Li Heng frowned and spoke.

"Lord Feng, you don't know the ability of my family. Although this pass is steep, it is not as good as the city of Motuo when it attacked Tibet. You wait to open your eyes, and the handsome will have a good plan. Zhao Qing said with a smile.

"Oh? I don't know what Marshal Wang's plan is? Li Heng said expectantly.

Wang Yuan smiled slightly, and immediately began to assign tasks and explain the method. In fact, the method is still the old way, Wang Yuan led people into the Huguan to make trouble, while Zhao Qing and Tan Ping led the soldiers and horses to wait for the opportunity to attack the pass, and the inside and outside should join forces to win the pass in one fell swoop. It's just that unlike the last time in Motuo City, this time Wang Yuan decided to bring more people to touch it, because to control the two high walls in the middle, it would not be possible to have fewer people. This can be challenging, as those who enter must resist the enemy attack for a while, and must find the gate on the high wall that connects to the inside of the pass and take it. Otherwise, if the soldiers and horses outside break through the pass, they can only be attacked in the corridor like headless flies, which will not help at all.

However, this time it was easier to enter Huguan than to infiltrate the city. That time, he relied on digging the city wall to climb the city step by step, and this time the pass wall of the bluestone pass obviously could not be used in that way. However, Wang Yuan had already thought of a quick way to enter on the top of the mountain. This also made Wang Yuan full of confidence in tonight's actions.

After the task was assigned, everyone ate some dry food and water, stayed in the valley and waited quietly for dark. The best time for a night attack is in the middle of the night, when the soldiers are slack and tired, and this is the right time to allow the tired soldiers to rest for a while and recuperate their spirits and strength to cope with the night battle.

After Wang Yuan ate some dry food indiscriminately, he leaned against a big tree on the hillside and squinted to rest. He also didn't close his eyes for a day and a night, although he was in high spirits and didn't feel very tired, but he also needed a break to recharge for the next action. Li Xin'er and other women around her were also sitting or lying down to rest, and they didn't come to disturb Wang Yuan, hoping that Wang Yuan could take a good nap.

However, when Wang Yuan closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, he was awakened by the sound of Sisuo's footsteps.

"Marshal Wang, is Marshal Wang here?" There were several figures shaking in front of him, and the voice of Feng Wang Li Heng came from the front.

Wang Yuan opened his eyes, but saw that Li Heng was walking over quickly with a few entourage, shouting loudly in his direction.

Tan Ping's loud scolding voice came from the darkness below: "Which dog. Mother's yelling? Are you afraid that the rebels will not know that we are hiding here? ”

Li Heng hurriedly shut up, not daring to refute that he was not a dog. is raised by his mother, but the son of His Majesty today. The longer he followed Wang Yuan, the more he understood that these people around Wang Yuan would definitely not be provoked. Except for bowing down to Wang Yuan, these people don't buy anyone's account. Originally, I didn't take them in my eyes at the beginning, and I wanted to use the identity of the prince to suppress them, but later I found out that they didn't take themselves seriously. This prince is not bullshit in their eyes. Li Heng can also endure it, and he doesn't care about them in general, he knows that if he wants to get Wang Yuan's support, he needs to be patient, and he can't care about these things, otherwise it will be a big deal.

"I'm here, who's looking for me." Wang Yuan sat up straight and said in a deep voice.

Feng Wang Li Heng walked quickly when he heard the sound, squinted his eyes to identify Wang Yuan's location in the dark light, and finally came up, and said in a suppressed voice: "Marshal Wang, disturb your rest." I have something to report to the marshal, and I hope to get the marshal's permission. ”

Wang Yuan said softly: "What's the matter?" But the prince said that it is. ”

Li Heng said with a smile: "Isn't the marshal going to sneak into the Huguan at night?" I want to go with you to see and see. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Have you seen it?" This is not the time to go and see the excitement. Don't be foolish, you can only stay in the rear at night, this is a war, not nonsense. Entering the Huguan tonight is even more dangerous than ordinary battles, and that is going deep into the enemy camp, you know? I can tell you that some of the brethren who go with me into the pot tonight will die there, you know what I mean? ”

"Who's going to mess around? It's because of the danger that I'm going. I want to prove to you that I am a brave man. I keep the marshal's teachings in my heart, so I can't stay behind and covet stability, I want to learn from Emperor Taizong, be brave and fearless, and take the lead in killing the enemy. If you don't go through the test of life and death, how can you take on great responsibility. Li Heng said with his chest straight.

Wang Yuan laughed silently. After so many days of contact, Wang Yuan has some understanding of Li Heng. This Li Heng is not bad, but he is a little naïve and impulsive. Doing anything is full of interest, and when the interest is gone, the interest is timid. To put it bluntly, he is a person with a weak will. He was still sad when he was going to enter the mountain in the morning, but now he was full of interest in attacking the city. Of course, Wang Yuan didn't want to take him there, it was not a good idea to bring a burden with him, and if he didn't do it, he would have to give him his life. Although Xuanzong said that it didn't matter if he died, Wang Yuan didn't want him to die.

"Lord Feng. Once again, I'm telling you, it's a war, not a fool's errand. You don't have to prove anything to me, and you don't have to impress me in such a risky way. You just have to stay behind and don't let me worry about it. As I said, bravery is only one side, and it does not necessarily mean that you need to take the lead in killing the enemy and make meritorious contributions. ”

Li Heng smacked his lips and said, "I just want the marshal to know that I'm not a coward." I'm not a person who is afraid of death, I dare to do anything. I don't want to be a burden to everyone, I'm tired of being protected, I don't want to do nothing along the way, I want to do my part. ”

Wang Yuan was moved by his words, and this Li Heng was also a little angry. Just as they were about to speak, they heard Li Xin'er's reprimand voice in the darkness on the side: "Are you still finished?" Jiro didn't sleep for a day, and he had to go to war in the middle of the night. You've slept for a long time since you got off the horse, and now you're full of sleep and you're making noise, and you're not letting people rest? ”

Li Heng was stunned, and hurriedly arched his hand: "I'm sorry, I'll leave here, I'll leave here." ”

After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave, but Wang Yuan stopped him.

"Does the prince really want to follow me to see and see?"

Li Heng turned around and said, "There is no lie. I'd love to experience a real fight. I dreamed of it. ”

Wang Yuan thought for a while and said, "Okay, you go and prepare, I'll take you with me." But there is one thing, this is really dangerous, I may not be able to take care of you, you bring a few good guards to protect you, I don't want you to die here. ”

Li Heng was overjoyed and said: "Thank you marshal, you can rest assured that I will not drag you down." I have a few good martial arts under me, and I have learned martial arts myself, so I should be safe. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and nodded: "Okay, then do it." ”

Li Heng happily left with his entourage, and Li Xin'er leaned over and whispered: "How can Erlang agree to take him in, isn't it a burden?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "That's not necessarily, I see that he is a little bold." If he dies tonight, it will be his fate. Don't worry, I'm going to sleep for a while, I just had a sweet dream, and I was woken up. ”

"Sweet dreams? What sweet dreams? Li Xin'er asked.

Wang Yuan closed his eyes and muttered, "I dreamed that under a mountain cliff, there was a pool of spring water. I was bathing inside, and a few other people were bathing inside. Those people are ......"

"Shut up!" Li Xin'er fled in disgust. There was the laughter of Ah Luo, Zi Yun'er and others eating and eating.

Wang Yuan opened his eyes and looked in the direction of Gongsun Lan on the left, and saw that Gongsun Lan was staring at him with a pair of wonderful eyes, hurriedly closed his eyes and turned his head, muttered a few words, and began to count the sheep.

At the second watch, Wang Yuan was gently woken up by Gongsun Lan. Although he only slept for more than an hour, he was young and strong after all, and he was immediately refreshed after just a moment of sleep.

With the help of Qingyun'er Ziyun'er, Wang Yuan put on his equipment and hung up a long rope, and at the same time ordered the selected hundred soldiers who followed his night attack to straighten out their equipment and prepare to set off. By the time Wang Yuan finished equipping and walked down the hill to the valley, all the soldiers and horses had already been equipped. The 100 selected guards lined up in front of them, waiting to leave. Even Fengwang Li Heng stopped with more than ten guards and stood in the queue waiting.

Wang Yuan nodded slightly, didn't say much, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" ”

It was the end of July, and the official road in the valley was pitch black at the second watch. Fortunately, the sky is full of stars, and with the help of the light of the stars, after the eyes get used to it, they can see the scenery clearly and identify the road clearly.

Three thousand soldiers and horses quietly marched forward for five or six miles, and a few miles away from the pass, Wang Yuan waved his hand and ordered the brigade of soldiers and horses in the rear to stop advancing. After calling Zhao Qing and Tan Ping to give them some instructions in a low voice, Wang Yuan led more than a hundred guards and Gongsun Lan and others to quietly touch the front. Half an hour later, the group arrived at the cliff on the mountain road below Huguan that they had climbed during the day. When he came back from the reconnaissance in the afternoon, Wang Yuan deliberately left a mark here, and inserted a few branches in the stone crevices on the side of the road as marks, so it was not difficult to find.

After arriving, Gongsun Lan and Li Xin'er first climbed to the top of the cliff along the fallen vines, and then the two threw down the rope ladder they carried with them. The guards climbed up the rope ladder and soon reached the bushes and grass at the top of the cliff. After entering the woods, I quietly touched the top of the mountain along the forest path that I opened up yesterday. There were no five fingers in the woods, but fortunately, Gongsun Lan and Li Xin'er had excellent eyesight, and everyone was able to identify the direction under their leadership.

Soon after, the group came to the edge of the woodland on the top of the mountain, and Wang Yuan ordered everyone not to move, because they already knew that there were rebel sentry posts on the top of the mountain at night, so they must not be allowed to find out. After holding their breath and observing for a while, Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan and Li Xin'er came out of the woods and touched the top of the mountain under the cover of the rocks. When they were about to reach a boulder where the day was hiding, the three of them spotted several dark shadows wandering in the darkness almost at the same time, and the three of them immediately crouched behind the stone and hid their figures.

"What should I do?" Li Xin'er asked in a low voice.

Wang Yuan quietly counted the number of people, lowered his head and said, "There are five in this direction, you need to touch them to kill them." Judging by the number of sentries during the day, there should be forty or fifty people. That is, there are still dozens of people out of sight, so killing these five people must not make the slightest noise, so as not to alarm others. ”

Gongsun Lan exhaled like an orchid and whispered in Wang Yuan's ear: "The two on the left belong to me, the two on the right belong to Xin'er, Erlang will kill the one next to the rock in the middle." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, it's decided." The middle one is close, and I'll kill him first, so you can touch the left and right sides. ”

"Be careful." Gongsun Landau.

Wang Yuan slowly took out a dagger from his boots, observed it for a moment, and then saw an opportunity to jump up on the rocks violently, and with a light tap of his toes, his body flew over several rocks. More than ten zhang away, the rebel sentry seemed to be aware of it, and was about to look back, but saw Wang Yuan's body jump up into the air like a big bird and pounce on the man, and the dagger in his hand pierced the soldier's heart accurately.

The soldier didn't snort and fell soft, the steel knife in his hand fell down, Wang Yuan was quick to move, raised his foot and hooked the steel knife on the instep, and picked it up and held it in his hand. At the same time, he slowly lowered the soldier to the ground with his arms in his arms. The whole action was done in one go, almost silently.

Wang Yuan crouched beside the rock and listened to the movement, fearing that the four people who were a few feet away from the left and right would find out. But the four of them didn't notice anything unusual, and still dangled in place. From time to time, they could be heard chasing away and slapping mosquitoes, complaining and cursing in their mouths.

Gongsun Lan and Li Xin'er quietly rushed to Wang Yuan's side, and Li Xin'er praised in a low voice: "Erlang is very skilled. ”

Wang Yuan smiled proudly, but Gongsun Lan said in a low voice: "The left hand needs to directly grab his arm to prevent his blade from falling or chopping." If the steel knife just now had fallen to the ground, it would have alarmed others if it made a sound. However, you reacted quickly and didn't let the blade hit the ground. Overall, it is muddy and watery, and it is not neat enough. ”

Wang Yuan smiled bitterly: "Cousin, can't you boast twice?" ”

Gongsun Lan glanced at him and said, "It's okay that I haven't forgotten all the teachings." ”

Wang Yuan was speechless, but Gongsun Lan had already started gesturing with Li Xin'er, and the two of them saw the opportunity to rush out left and right. Wang Yuan only saw two puffs of black smoke passing by, and the next moment there was a low muffled sound on the left and right sides, Wang Yuan didn't see how they did it, and when he looked again, the two sentries on the left and right sides had disappeared. Gongsun Lan and Li Xin'er also quickly returned to their original places, and the two of them didn't even catch their breath.

"Awesome." Wang Yuan pointed out his heartfelt admiration.

Gongsun Lan was expressionless, and said in a low voice: "There are still sentinels outside, so let's solve all the peripheral sentries first." The middle one is saved for last. ”

The three of them quietly touched to the side, and sure enough, the rebel sentry set up a circle of night guards along the top of the mountain, and the three of them quickly killed more than 20 secret sentinels on the periphery, and then touched the middle. When they reached the middle of the rocks, they found more than 20 rebel soldiers lying in a pile of hay and snoring. Wang Yuan suddenly realized, it turned out that these rebel sentry posts also knew that they were lazy, and it seemed that they were divided into two shifts to guard the first and second half of the night at night. Ordinary people stand guard, and half of them sleep peacefully. At this moment, it should be the third watch, and these sleeping soldiers should be the soldiers on duty in the first half of the night, and they are sleepy at the moment, and they are sleeping like dead pigs.

It would be much easier to kill these twenty people. The three men slaughtered them all with their swords as if they were dogs and sheep. While they were still asleep, they gave their lives one by one. Although it seems a bit cruel to kill people like this, when I think of the foul words I heard in the daytime about the rebels talking about the cruelty of a good woman, I know that it is not a pity that these rebel soldiers have done many evils and died. Maybe some of them are not evil, but Wang Yuan's logic has always been that even if you are a civilian, as long as you take a weapon and stand in the opposite camp, you are the enemy. Wang Yuan is not a woman's kindness.

After killing all the rebel posts, the three of them took a moment to look around the top of the hill to make sure there were no more survivors. Wang Yuan then rushed back to the edge of the woodland and let everyone come to the top of the mountain among the rocks.

When Li Heng saw the pile of corpses stacked on top of each other, he was really startled. Pointing to these corpses, he said to Wang Yuan: "These are all ...... Marshal Wang, the three of you killed? ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Yes, the prince now knows the cruelty of tonight, this is still just the beginning, tonight I am afraid that the corpses will accumulate like a mountain of blood and flow into a river, if the prince feels unwell, it is still too late to withdraw." ”

Li Heng's throat rolled, and he straightened his chest for a while and said, "I won't quit, I can't teach the marshal to underestimate me." ”

……

In the Luoyang Palace, Yan Zhuang accepted An Lushan's appointment helplessly on the surface, and his heart was actually happy. He didn't expect that it would be such a great thing for An Lushan to summon him today. An Lushan was willing to let himself take over the 100,000 soldiers and horses from Shi Siming's hands, which was really surprising. Could it be that An Lushan really thought that he was still as loyal to him as before, and he didn't complain even after being beaten and scolded, and he worked stupidly for him? Then he was wrong. I have long been disappointed and disgusted with him, and I will never work for him again.

An Lushan's eyes were blind, but now his heart eyes are also blind.

"Your Majesty just said that your concern for Shi Siming is only one thing, I don't know what the other is? The minister couldn't think of anyone else who would threaten King Yan to the throne in the future besides Shi Siming's threat. After Yan Zhuang bowed and got up, he asked in a deep voice.

An Lushan was silent for a moment and then said in a low voice, "What I'm worried about is Qingxu. ”

Yan Zhuang exclaimed: "King Jin? What is Your Majesty worried about him? ”

An Lushan frowned and said, "Do you still use me to say it?" I am located in Qing'en, and Qingxu must be dissatisfied in his heart. As soon as I die, no one will suppress him, and I fear that he will take the risk. I don't want my sons to kill each other, but I know that anything can happen to the throne. With Qingxu's temperament, he can do anything. Compared to other people's interference in politics, I am actually more worried about this matter. ”

Yan Zhuang nodded secretly, An Lushan actually had a very clear mind. Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, he actually knows An Qingxu quite well. An Qingxu has said in front of himself more than once that if An Lushan dares to pass the throne to An Qingen, he will do whatever it takes to seize his position. Of course, most of An Qingxu's emotions were provoked by himself, if he hadn't revealed to him that An Lushan preferred An Qingen as the candidate to succeed him on the throne, An Qingxu would not have been full of resentment towards An Lushan, and even An Lushan would not have come to take a look at it and say hello if he was so seriously ill.

However, Yan Zhuang did not feel guilty at all, Yan Zhuang wanted An Qingxu and An Lushan to have a stiff fight, so that his father and son could completely decide. This is where the revenge against An Lushan began. Yan Zhuang was a small-minded man, and when he was determined to take revenge on An Lushan's contempt and cruelty to him, he had already planned every step. Instigating the relationship between An Qingxu and An Lushan's father and son is part of this plan. And at present, it seems that everything is developing in the direction designed by himself, and it is even smoother than he planned, because An Lushan actually wants to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses for him to protect the throne of An Qingen, the king of Yan. Now it seems that his plan is almost successful, and he only needs to add another fire to it.

When His Majesty said this, the minister was also a little worried. The second prince has a short temper, and he has long regarded himself as a candidate to succeed His Majesty. If His Majesty is in the Yan King, I'm afraid he will really not be able to stand it. With his temperament, it is inevitable that he will do something incredible. It's a tricky one. Once the Xiao Wall is in trouble, it will be a blow to the great cause of our Great Yan Kingdom, and in the chaos, it will also give people with dissenting intentions and excuses to raise troops against each other. ”

"Yes, that's what I'm worried about. As soon as I die, Qingxu will make trouble again, and my Great Yan Kingdom will probably fall apart. That's why I find it very difficult. Since I have decided to make Kyung-eun the crown prince and pass it on to him, then I must settle the matter of Kyung-eun before Kyung-eun ascends the throne. Yan Zhuang, in your opinion, what should I do about this? ”

An Lushan moved, the severe pain made him moan, and the poisonous sores on his abdomen flowed out a pile of pus, and the stench filled the air, almost suffocating Yan Zhuang.