That night, night fell. The small and remote Shouyang County is exceptionally lifeless, and it is dark and dreary everywhere, with the occasional sound of cats howling and dog barking, which pierces sharply into the cold and solidified night sky.

When he got the child, there was no more barking of dogs, there was a dead silence, and there were only patches of hazy and cold cold mist between heaven and earth, which seemed to be unable to be pulled apart or broken.

In front of the dormitory in the north of the city, there was a black figure, standing neatly and silently in the open space in front of the house. Not a single torch either. In the crowd, there was a faint cold light, it was the knife and axe, reflecting the cold moonlight.

In front of the crowd, four or five more figures stood and talked in low voices.

A voice in front of him whispered, "...... Using 100 elites to besiege the residence of the Pan thief is really a bit of a knife to kill chickens. But just in case, don't make it bigger. In any case, the thief must not be allowed to escape, and since he does it, he must die. ”

"The lord of this city wishes Gao Sima success in this trip, and kills Pan Shun in one fell swoop, and after the success, the soldiers will be rewarded, celebrate the feast and get drunk with the kings!"

A tall and straight figure said in a deep voice: "City Lord, rest assured, tonight is foolproof, Gao will definitely achieve his goal and live up to everyone's trust." ”

He turned to face the soldiers, and shouted in a low voice, "Check the number of people and weapons again." Don't be careless! ”

The crowd agreed. Gao Yue asked Li Hu to follow him, and let He Cheng, Gu Siduo, Li Bao, Feng Liang and others follow Han Yong's actions.

Gao Yue looked at Han Yong again, and said meaningfully: "The barracks should be entrusted to Han Sima for all things." Whoever attempts to resist or flee shall be killed, and no one shall be allowed to escape. ”

"From here to Pan Wudu's residence, there will be about a quarter of an hour, you calculate the time yourself, and when you arrive at the barracks, you will light torches, make a loud noise, the louder the better, and then, do as I say!"

After giving orders one by one, Gao Yue raised his head to look at the night sky, the stars in the sky were dim and gloomy. He took a deep breath, stood up straight, his tiger eyes were full of determination, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Sons, follow me!" ”

The crowd waited and quickly dispersed. Only Zhi Ping stood alone, looking fixedly in the direction where everyone was leaving, and a sly and sinister sneer crossed the corners of his mouth.

After several months of continuous and intensified drill training, the 400 soldiers under the command of Gao Yue Han Yong have basically possessed the characteristics of soldiers, obeying orders, abiding by military discipline, not being timid in the face of the enemy, and having strong morale.

Gao Yue carefully screened the most elite and capable people, including veterans and dozens of recruits, including the young Zhuang in Bailing Village, a total of 100 people, and went to the Panwudu Mansion tonight.

On the side of the old street in the south of the city, a two-entry courtyard is shrouded in the dark and dark shadows of the night. On the plaque of the vermilion gate, the word "Pan Mansion" is hidden in the night, and outside the door like a monster's bloody mouth, two stone lions that are forever silent squatting, as if vigilantly looking at all uninvited guests.

This was originally the ancestral home of a small wealthy family in the early years of Shouyang County. Later, the rich family lived in Chang'an, and some old servants were left in the house to take care of it. When Zhiping occupied Shouyang, he had been living in the residence of the former county commander in the county office, and the house of this rich family was favored by Pan Wudu and moved in directly.

At this time, in the two-way courtyard, there are four flickering points of light moving around in the night fog. This is Pan Wudu's personal soldiers on duty at night, two in the front yard and two in the back yard.

The backyard is Pan Wudu's bedroom, and there is a side room for servants. The forecourt was the residence of twenty pro-soldiers. These twenty personal soldiers have been with Pan Wudu for a long time and are loyal to him.

The pro-soldiers are all sturdy and sturdy veterans, led by his henchman Mohulu, these pro-soldiers and Pan Wu are basically inseparable, and even the residence must be guarded by the master's side.

Gao Yue led a hundred soldiers, and in the middle of the night, he traveled quickly, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he came to the narrow alley opposite the Pan Mansion.

Gao Yue glanced around vigilantly, and the street was empty. He nodded lightly to Li Hu behind him, Li Hu gestured, and a hundred people were divided into two teams, of which thirty people ran quickly, and ran to the left and right courtyard walls, surrounded and ambushed.

Gao Yue was dressed in iron armor, wearing a hood on his head, and holding a spear. Li Hu was also fully armed, carrying a bow and arrow, and holding a steel knife in his hand. The eyes of the two were as sharp as eagles, bowed and cat-waisted, and walked softly, and dozens of soldiers behind them were all holding sharp blades, keeping up with the pace.

"It's bitter. Bitter. ”

A few hoarse chirps crossed the night sky, and a few crows fluttered and flew around, circling back and forth above the courtyard of Panfu, flying high and falling again, standing on the courtyard wall, making endless noise.

Gao Yue's figure of the cat's waist was suddenly frozen, his tiger eyes widened, and he stared hatefully at the low-altitude hovering disgusting object, and suddenly clenched the gun in his hand.

Li Hu's body moved slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to unload his bow, Gao Yue grabbed him, led the soldiers behind him, and ran a few more steps, came to the gate, leaned down, put his ears on the gate, closed his eyes and listened.

"It's weird. Lao Lu, how did these crows fly all of a sudden, croaking, annoying people. Go back and wake up all the brothers, don't sleep, get up and stay with us all night. A few chuckles followed.

A hoarse voice whispered: "Wake up the brothers, it's easy to say, wake up the lord, and start a rage to see how you explain." ”

"Huh? Birds are not raised by Lao Tzu, what does Lao Tzu matter? …… Lao Lu, let's go find a long pole and blast away these noisy things, and it's over. ”

There were a few more low laughs and curses, and then the footsteps walked away lazily. The abnormal behavior of these crows did not arouse the alarm of the people inside.

In just a moment, everyone was in place, and there was no sound. Thirty soldiers came to the courtyard wall, lurked against the wall, and firmly surrounded the whole courtyard.

Gao Yue held his breath, his face was gloomy, and he stared at the gate tightly; Li Hu glanced around vigilantly, looking at the sky north of the city from time to time. Everyone was waiting for something in silence.

After a while, a fire suddenly jumped in the north of the city, and in a moment, it had become a flame. From afar, the firelight flickered and shimmered in the vast night sky, mixed with the cacophony of shouts.

Gao Yue and Li Hu glanced at each other, gestured behind them, and both clenched their blades, like fierce beasts full of power, eager to try.

In the backyard bedroom. Under the futon, Pan Wudu was naked, lying on the bed. The concubine next to him, Taozhi, was also naked, already asleep, and let out intermittent snoring. He turned over irritably, but he couldn't sleep.

At present, he and Zhi Ping have become fire and water, and there is no possibility of reconciliation, and I don't care to work with this kind of disgusting thing anymore. Pan Wudu silently thought about his thoughts.

What a great general. Wasn't Zhang Fang just a small soldier back then? Supporting the army and respecting himself, hum, he did it, why can't I do it. No matter how bad it is, it is better to gather in the mountains and forests and be at ease than to shrink thousands of times in this bird place.

Let's take a look at what they decided this time. If Zhi Ping decides to lead the troops to King Qinwang of Chang'an this time, he will immediately support the troops and become self-reliant, recruit more troops and buy horses, be independent and self-reliant, and wait and see.

Also, after they left the city, they were taken by surprise and chased after him, and Zhi Pingsheng was definitely captured, and Lao Tzu would definitely let him live rather than die; and Gao Yue's Han dogs, too, will be arrested and tortured to death, so that they can take a good breath of evil.

If he changed his hexagram again, didn't want to lead the troops out of the city and wanted to surrender, then he couldn't say, just in the past three or five days, he simply raised troops in the city and did him!

I made up my mind, but my heart was still very blocked. Tonight is inexplicably restless and irritating. He simply got up, leaned back on the bed in his cloak, and stared at the roof in a daze.

He is a member of the Xianbei tribe in Hexi. At the age of sixteen, he got into an argument with someone, and then a big fight, which ended in a mistake and killed his people. Since then, he has been in the world, and then entered the army of the Western Jin Dynasty, and personally participated in the turbulent Yongjia disaster.

He was originally in the imperial army, and he made many meritorious contributions, from a lowest-level big soldier, and slowly rose to the leader. Just when he was full of hope and full of longing for the future, the city of Luoyang was broken, Emperor Huai of Jin was captured, and his family and country were lost.

Pan Wudu suddenly lost his support. After going through hardships, because he was a veteran, he threw himself into Sima Mo's army, which was still guarding Chang'an at that time, but he was demoted to one level as a team deputy. The deputy of the team is the deputy of the team, the Central Plains is bandang, Sima Mo occupies the northwest, and he has to be the emperor if he doesn't do it, so how can he rise to the top.

But within two years, Sima Mo was defeated and captured, and he couldn't escape the fate of defeat and death, and he once again became a lost dog. It's easy to escape to Shouyang County, and it's boring and boring.

Hope is like a bright bubble, bursting one after another in front of my eyes. He is nearly forty years old, and he has been fighting and wandering for half his life, and now he has nothing but scars all over his body; A total of two sons died on the battlefield one after another, and now they don't even have an heir with a son and a half daughter.

As soon as he thought of this, Pan Wudu suddenly felt disheartened and bored.

His eyes were straight to the ground, and he was stunned in his thoughts, when there was a faint commotion outside the house.

Pan Wudu put on a wide robe and got out of bed, walked to the window and stretched out his head to watch, and heard in his ears, it seemed that there were all kinds of shouts from the north, and he couldn't hear it clearly when he listened carefully, and there was a fiery red light that reflected the dark night sky over there, flickering bright and dark, strange and inexplicable.

Isn't it water? Looking at this formation, the fire is not small. Pan Wudu thought about it, walked to the door of the bedroom, and lazily called out: "Che Lu back, Che Lu back." ”

"Lord, haven't you slept yet, what do you command?" Che Luhui was on night duty outside, and when he heard the sound, he came to the door of the bedroom and answered respectfully through the door.

"Send a few people out and see what's going on north of the city. Isn't it better to go through the water, don't burn the barracks, it's best to burn those Han dogs, but be careful of our old brothers over there. ”

"Yes." A rush of footsteps went.

Not long after, the two guards on duty who were chasing birds in the front yard were instructed by Che Lu to go out to see the situation. The two of them carried the lantern and walked to the gate of the courtyard, and the one called Lao Lu stretched out his hand to open the rough wooden door latch, and with a squeak, the door slowly opened inward.