Longcheng is the easternmost county seat of Qinzhou, located in the southeast of Tianshui County, which is basically bordering Yongzhou. Earlier, Longcheng had always been under the rule of Yongzhou, but a few years ago, it was nominally assigned to the jurisdiction of Qinzhou, so Longcheng and Qinyong were implicated, but it was quite a bit of a border area.

In the early morning of this day, the tranquility of Longcheng was suddenly broken. A group of troops marched to the city, with the edict poking the seal of the king of Nanyang, called open the city gate, but then quickly controlled the whole city, and by the dawn, Longcheng was no longer the original Longcheng.

In the palace, Chen An was half-lying on the couch, his bloodless face was haggard and sallow, his expression was gloomy, only a pair of occasional or rotating triangular eyes occasionally flashed, he pondered to himself, and was repeatedly recalling the scenes that had happened before, as if he were in a dream.

A few days ago, under Xinxing City, Chen An finally couldn't bear Wan Hong's various reasons for delaying, and the anxiety and anger that had been accumulated for many days broke out, and Chen An made up his mind that no matter what the consequences, he must forcibly take Xinxing today.

When the troops were being deployed, a guard came to report, saying that Zhang Chun, the general of Pingxi on the front line, had sent a scout, and he had something important to report in person. Chen An couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this. Although he was very disgusted and disdainful of Zhang Chun, since the war was not extinguished and military affairs were involved, he still put aside his personal prejudices and immediately sent an order for the scout to come to see him.

As soon as he looked at him, the scout who was dusty was indeed dressed up in a Jin army, with a thick and unkempt bun, and his appearance was just an ordinary person, so there was nothing to say. The scout saluted, then took out a crumpled piece of paper from his bosom and presented it to the soldiers on the left and right to stand back for a moment. Chen An took it and looked at it, and the first thing that caught his eyes was the bright red big seal of General Pingxi at the end, Chen An hummed, and then raised his eyes to look at the letter.

The content of the full paper, crooked and twisted handwriting is difficult to read, it is already a little difficult to read, Chen An frowned and read it patiently, it turned out that Zhang Chun ordered him to go south, and he must rush to the east of Lintao City thirty miles east of Lintao City to join his main force, and then make his own arrangements.

Chen An was confused. Not to mention that he was ordered by the prince of Nanyang to go to Xiangwu City, serve as the former enemy's commander-in-chief, and then arrest Zhang Chun for questioning, from a practical point of view, Zhang Chun is no longer qualified to give orders to him. Putting these aside, let's just say that the current goal of the whole army is to capture Xiangwu at any cost, and what to do in Lintao after going south, and he Zhang Chun dares to leave the position without authorization, what kind of reputation is he doing?

Chen An was at a loss, so he asked the scout, what are you going to do with General Zhang. The scout was about to speak, but he stopped talking, and only looked to the left and right with his eyes. Chen An immediately woke up, and ordered the soldiers to retreat and avoid it. Chen Anben was proud of his skills, and all his spirit at the moment was stumped by the letter covered by the clouds and mountains, and he didn't think of anything else at all.

The scout nodded his head, said General Chen, please look, and pointed to a place on the letterhead. Chen An was busy concentrating to take a look, but the scout suddenly pulled out a dagger that was no more than five inches long from a large unkempt bun, and stabbed it at the heart of Chen An's left chest.

Within easy reach, the Assassins were determined to win. At the last moment, Chen An couldn't help but hurriedly raise his arm to block, although he immediately opened a little, but the dagger was fierce and extremely sharp, and after cutting Chen An's left arm through a large gap that was deep into the bone, he still had no strength to go straight into his left chest, and there was no handle in the flesh.

Chen An shouted, he couldn't stand up by the assassin's penetrating power, he stretched out his hand to grab the assassin, after all, he couldn't use his strength, but in a trance, he seemed to have copied something in his hand, he subconsciously glanced at it, and fell to the ground in surprise. The scene of the sudden change made everyone stunned, and after a while, the people on the left and right reacted, and they all rushed forward with a shout, and they all stretched out their hands to hold Chen An, and the shouting was mixed with the sound of footsteps, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Chen An endured the severe pain, inhaled and tried his best to calm himself, clenched his fists and tried to struggle to stand up, but was supported or pressed by countless hands, unable to withstand the strength. I heard Captain Shi Rong shouting to quickly arrest the assassin, and there were footsteps running around the periphery, and after a while, I heard a soldier shouting where the assassin was, what, gone?

Chen An was anxious and angry, blood surged up his head, and he rolled his eyes and fainted.

Fortunately, he fainted for only half an hour, and then woke up. When I opened my eyes, I found myself lying on a stretcher, being carried on the march by the soldiers. Shi Rong was overjoyed when he saw that he was awake, asked a few words, and told him that fortunately he raised his hand in time to block it and was not injured to the point, but the wound was only three inches above his heart, and it was very dangerous. The soldier had already applied herbs to stop bleeding and build muscles, and the wound was pierced very deeply, telling him not to move again, just lie down.

Shi Rong said again, the main general was assassinated, and Xinxing City could not be consumed any longer, and in the current situation, there was no ability to go to the Xiangwu front line again, and several captains discussed, it is better to return to Shangqi first, and everything is left to the king's dispatch and disposal.

This Jin army of 5,000 people, who got along with Chen An day and night, and once heard that he was able to escape from the whole body after injuring Gao Yue alone, they all praised him as a lonely hero, and admired Chen An very much. Moreover, Chen An was very kind to the soldiers and comforted him, so after a long time, the upper and lower people were very attentive to Chen An and regarded him as a pillar.

Some veterans, especially that. The soldiers don't care what kind of reputation or qualifications you have, they only care about the person who leads the soldiers, what your character is, whether you have a heart-to-heart relationship, and whether you are worthy of everyone to listen to your call to work for you. In the eyes of everyone, Chen An is a good official who loves soldiers and knows soldiers and does not play official tones, and now seeing Chen An wake up, the whole army was full of joy when he boarded up and down, and even his pace consciously slowed down a little, saying that he should not go against General Chen.

Shi Rong saw that Chen An had a worried face, and couldn't help but come forward to ask him if he was worried that if he didn't complete the task, he would be punished by the king of Nanyang if he went back. Unexpectedly, Chen An lay still, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "The punishment is small, and I am afraid that my life will be rested." ”

Shi Rong was shocked, I don't know why Chen An suddenly came up with such a sentence. Even if the matter of arriving at the front line to take charge of the army is stranded, it is still for a reason. Zhang Chun has always been jealous of Chen An, everyone in Shangtai knows that this time it was most likely that Zhang Chun sent assassins to assassinate, which caused Chen An to be injured, not that Chen An himself subjectively had any negligence and slackness and delayed the military plane, the king of Nanyang should blame Zhang Chun to comfort Chen An, even if he was angry, at most he would demote Chen An and punish him, no matter what, he couldn't talk about his life, Shi Rong secretly wondered, was Chen An seriously injured in a trance, and his mind was not clear for a while.

Summoning several of the closest lieutenants, Chen An slowly stretched out his palm and said in a low voice, "This is what I inadvertently pulled off that assassin's body, you see." ”

Everyone looked down and couldn't help but look at each other, it turned out to be a small waist card that could enter and exit the Nanyang Palace!

Shi Rongden came to his senses, covered in cold sweat, and said in a lost voice: "That assassin, is it sent by the prince?" ”

Originally, I thought that the mastermind was Zhang Chun, but now that the peak has suddenly turned, even the king of Nanyang has vaguely emerged. Everyone talked and discussed, all of them were creepy, and it was not trivial to be confused, and if they were not careful, they would die without a place to be buried.

Although I don't know why King Nanyang inexplicably wants to get rid of Chen An in this way, even with a group of subordinates, they are all worried in their hearts, and everyone is in danger. Later, Chen An took the idea, so he decided not to return to Shangtai for the time being, and followed Chen An out to hide for a while to see the limelight, Shi Rong proposed that Longcheng be a place to live, so the whole army came straight away.

The county order of Longcheng was powerless, and the city was occupied, and he was shocked and afraid, but Chen An did not embarrass him, comforted him with kind words, and wrote a handwritten letter, asking the county order to go to Shangtai and present it to the king of Nanyang. In his heart, Chen An didn't mention a word, but insisted that Zhang Chun sent someone to assassinate him, saying that he was seriously injured, and he was frightened and uneasy, so he had to temporarily live in Longcheng to take refuge.

After lying down for a long time, the soreness and pain in his back came, and Chen An turned over with difficulty, but his thoughts were not interrupted. Chen An secretly thought, if it was really Zhang Chun's mastermind, needless to say, sooner or later the king of Nanyang would make a statement and at least preside over justice for himself on the surface; If it is really the conspiracy of the King of Nanyang himself, then once he reads his letter, and in order to hide people's eyes, it will inevitably be planted on Zhang Chun's head, and he will be temporarily let go on the bright side, and agree to his request to govern Longcheng.

In any case, Shangtai can't go back. And through close contact, Chen An found that Sima Bao was not a wise and promising master, and it was not worth selling his life for him. Now that we have come to this point by mistake, we will simply be independent in Longcheng, and we will look at the development of the situation in the future.

A few days later, Sima Bao passed on the order of Longchengyuan County, which was rushing in embarrassment, and after seeing Chen An's Shangshu, Sima Bao was furious, and immediately ordered someone to arrest Zhang Chun and Yang Ci respectively. Zhang Chun panicked in his heart, but he couldn't further collude with Yang Ci on this; Yang Ci was even more bottomless, because at that time, he had just talked to a person nicknamed Sanfat who was picked, and then he was attacked by the Longxi army, and the scene immediately became chaotic. Later, the whole army was defeated, and he never saw the three fats again, and he was really not sure if the three fats went to assassinate Chen An.

So a confused account, two frustrated people. In front of Sima Bao, Zhang Chun was hesitant, although he didn't want to admit it, but he couldn't justify himself for a while, and Yang Ci said that the bull's head was not the same as the horse's mouth. Sima Bao finally lost his patience and put Zhang Chunyang Ci directly in prison first, and it is said that he was already thinking about really rectifying the law.