Chapter 1202: Critical Infiltration
Lu Ping was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "What way?" ”
Luo Yumin said in a low voice: "Although the decision was made by Li Yuanji and Cui Wenxiang, they always need someone to be responsible for the implementation, as long as we infiltrate this last pass and control the executor, we can judge their intentions from their various orders, and we will indirectly grasp Li Yuanji's movements." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"That's a good idea!" Gao Jin praised on the side.
"So how do you infiltrate?" Lu Ping asked impatiently.
"At present, Li Yuanji's henchmen have a total of eleven people, known as the three eagles and eight dogs, and the three eagles refer to the three fierce generals, Shang Shifu, Yu Shanqing and Hou Mo Chen Qing, all three of them are generals with troops, and they have 15,000 Xuanwu Jingwei in their hands."
Lu Ping didn't know much about it, he hesitated and asked, "Hou Mo Chen Qing should be a member of the Hou Mo Chen family!" He still plays for Li Yuanji? ”
"The general doesn't know, this Hou Mo Chen Qing is a concubine who was driven out of the family, his martial arts are very strong, he is the favorite general of the former general Yu Juluo, and Yu Shanqing is the nephew of Yu Juluo, in the heroes of the year, they all entered the top forty, and then the two of them defected to Li Yuanji who was sitting in Taiyuan, and was reused by Li Yuanji, although this Hou Mo Chen Qing is a member of the Hou Mo Chen family, but he hates the family to the core, this time the raid of the Hou Mo Chen family's manor, that is, he personally led the troops, and offended him back then, He killed all of them cleanly, and his wife and daughter were also humiliated by him, and he was an extremely ruthless person. ”
"I understand, Lao Luo continued."
Luo Yumin smiled and continued: "The three eagles control the Xuanwu Jingwei, and they will not do secret things for Li Yuanji, if they do this kind of thing, they are the eight dogs, each of them leads two hundred people, and they are Li Yuanji's guards, as long as we kill one of the eight dogs, I will have a way to insert our people into it." ”
Lu Ping and Gao Jin glanced at each other and laughed in unison: "It's Ma Yaozong!" ”
Ma Yaozong was one of the thirteen killers recruited by Li Shimin when he was ordered to establish the new Xuanwu Fire Phoenix, and he was also the eyes and ears of the former intelligence agency leader Yang Chonglan who was inserted into the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix, but after Li Yuanji took over the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix, all the officials were disbanded, and all kinds of materials were also burned down, and the thirteen killers disdained Li Yuanji's person, and ten people left, leaving only three, Ma Yaozong was one of them.
He mixed well, served as a lieutenant in Li Yuanji's bodyguard, and was known for his clever archery.
Lu Ping pondered for a moment and said, "The problem is that there are more than a dozen captains, and they have killed one of the eight dogs, how can they guarantee that Ma Yaozong will take over?" ”
Luo Yumin smiled faintly, "It's up to us to choose the right target, in fact, I arranged it a few months ago." ”
He dipped his finger in the tea and wrote a name on the small table, Lu Ping and Gao Jin nodded together, "Yes, this person is indeed the most suitable!" ”
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Since cleaning up Yu Yun's father and son, Qian Huaiying, one of the eight dogs, was promoted to the right middle general, and his subordinates commanded eight hundred people, becoming Li Yuanji's right-hand man, not only promoted to an official, but also received a heavy reward, Li Yuanji rewarded him with five hundred taels of gold and a five-acre house, not only that, Li Yuanji also rewarded him with three beautiful maids, although Li Yuanji was ruthless, but he was not stingy with his subordinates in terms of money and women, not to mention the usual gold and silver brocade rewards, and even a large number of beauties that he had played with were also rewarded to his subordinates one by one, This trick worked very well, and made his subordinates usually loyal to him.
Qian Huaiying's new house is relatively remote, located in Zhaoguofang in the south of the city, he placed three beauties in the mansion, usually he lives in the barracks, but as soon as he is free, he goes back to the house and messes with the three beauties, especially during this time Li Yuanji is not in Chang'an, Cui Wenxiang temporarily manages them, but Cui Wenxiang himself also likes to enjoy, it disappeared as soon as it was dark, Qian Huaiying also took the opportunity to return to the house after dark, and spent the night in the gentle township, and the days were extremely comfortable.
At the fifth watch, Qian Huaiying reluctantly left his gentle township and was going back to the barracks, if it was usual, he would at least leave after dawn, but last night he heard that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had returned, so that he did not dare to be greedy for enjoyment anymore, and he had to rush back to the barracks before the o'clock.
Two entourages followed him in the dark night on horseback galloping, a moment, three people rushed to the front of the door, the people guarding the gate knew him, did not dare to provoke, so they quietly opened the door of the door, the three of them rushed out of the door, along the street to the north, but ran less than two miles, they suddenly restrained the horse, rushed out of the alley opposite a group of soldiers, in the moonlight, can vaguely distinguish that they are Xuanwu Jingwei, about thirty or fifty people, blocking their way.
"Get out of the way!"
Qian Huaiying shouted angrily: "Whose subordinates are you, don't you have long eyes? ”
He didn't wear the military uniform of Xuanwu Jingwei, but a civilian uniform, he thought that the other party didn't recognize him, and shouted: "Blind your dog eyes, I am the right middle general!" ”
More than thirty Xuanwu Jingwei didn't seem to hear anything, and raised their crossbows to aim at them, and at this moment, an entourage whispered: "General, they don't have waist cards, not Xuanwu Jingwei!" ”
Qian Huaiying was stunned, he also found that the other party did not have a bronze medal on his waist, he suddenly understood that the other party was not Xuanwu Jingwei, it was the person who came to kill him, so frightened that he turned his horse's head and fled, but it was too late, dozens of arrows shot fiercely, shooting Qian Huaiying and his two subordinates on the spot, and the three war horses also fell in a pool of blood.
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As soon as the morning dawned, Li Yuanji's leopard-like roar came from the military tent of the big camp, "Let me turn Chang'an City over the sky and find the murderer, I will skin them and cut them into meat puree to feed the dogs!" ”
The soldiers inside and outside the big tent were trembling with fright, for fear that the anger of His Royal Highness the King of Chu would affect them, and they would be killed.
"Mr. Cui is here!"
I don't know who shouted in a low voice, and the soldiers were immediately relieved, at this time, only Cui Wenxiang could persuade His Royal Highness the King of Chu, although everyone hated this vicious Cui Wenxiang, but at this time everyone was looking forward to his arrival.
I saw Cui Wenxiang walking quickly with a gloomy face, followed by two civilian officials of Xuanwu Jingwei, Xuanwu Jingwei's right Zhonglang will be killed, this is a big deal anyway, these two civilian officials, one is Zhang Chongshang who is in charge of military affairs, and the other is Luo Yumin, who is in charge of merit.
No one dared to report for them, the three of them walked directly into the big tent, only to see three stretchers on the ground of the big tent, on the stretcher were three corpses full of arrows, the worst was Qian Huaiying, who was hit by seventeen or eighteen arrows, one of which was shot into the back of the head, and the tip of the arrow came out from the forehead, making him look like a horse with three eyes.
Cui Wenxiang walked into the big tent, staring at Qian Huaiying's corpse with all his attention, calm as an abandoned deep well, and Li Yuanji, who was thunderous, finally calmed down, and he said viciously: "Now there are still people who dare to kill my subordinates and eat the bear's heart and leopard gall!" ”
"Your Highness should feel lucky, if it is His Highness who ambushes him, can His Highness be prepared?"
Li Yuanji was stunned, he suddenly understood Cui Wenxiang's words, he has really neglected to take precautions in the past few months, and when he came back from Yongxian County yesterday, he only brought more than 70 followers, and it was easy to be ambushed, Li Yuanji suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
"Sir, you mean that the murderer's target is actually me?"
"This is not necessarily, Qian Huaiying has too many enemies, anyone can kill him, but judging from the arrows on their bodies, the murderer should be no less than thirty people, and ordinary ordinary people do not have this ability, it should be a force that killed him."
Li Yuanji suddenly thought that Qian Huaiying had killed Tai Yun's son, and Yu Yun could be regarded as indirectly dying at his hands, so he hesitated and said, "Could it be the hand of the Guanlong nobles?" ”
Cui Wenxiang still shook his head, "It's hard to say, but one thing is certain, Qian Huaiying's assassination is a good thing, on the one hand, his death reminds His Highness that he must always pay attention to his own safety, and on the other hand, His Highness can make good use of this matter." ”
"How?" Li Yuanji's anger suddenly dissipated, and he asked urgently.
Cui Wenxiang's corner of his eyes glanced at Zhang Chongshang and Luo Yumin behind him, and said lightly: "It's the matter I discussed with His Highness yesterday." ”
Li Yuanji just wanted to ask again, but he also saw Zhang Luo and the others behind him, so he couldn't help the doubts in his heart, and Cui Wenxiang said again: "Let the humble post think about this matter, and I will discuss it with His Highness when I go back." ”
Li Yuanji nodded, the anger in his heart completely disappeared, and he shouted outside the tent: "Someone! ”
Immediately rushed in more than a dozen guards, Li Yuanji pointed to the three corpses on the ground and said: "Find three coffins for them to bury, and tell the brothers, work hard for me, whoever does a good job, Qian Huaiying's house and women will belong to him." ”
The soldiers agreed and carried the three corpses out with their hands and feet.
At this time, Cui Wenxiang asked again: "Your Highness, the person is dead, so who will take his place?" ”
Li Yuanji understood what Cui Wenxiang meant, so he said to Zhang Chongshang and Luo Yumin: "One of you is in charge of military affairs, and the other is in charge of military affairs, so let's talk about it!" Whose turn should it be? ”
Zhang Chongshang and Luo Yumin glanced at each other, Zhang Chongshang said cautiously: "According to the usual practice, it should be the first battalion general Zhao Neng to be promoted to the middle general, and the later lang will advance in turn, and then promote a captain from the eighth battalion to Ren Lang general, if His Highness has a special appointment, of course, it will be decided by His Highness." ”
Li Yuanji couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a while, so he nodded and said, "Then let's follow the convention!" Zhao Neng is the right middle general. ”
Luo Yumin next to him said: "Your Highness, there are four captains under the eighth battalion, and Your Highness needs to be promoted to one more general." ”
Li Yuanji generally does not care about the promotion of the first rank of captain, it is recommended by Luo Yumin according to the merits of each person, and Li Yuanji is approved if he signs it.
"Whose turn should it be?"
"The merits of the four captains are almost the same, but in terms of martial arts, Captain Ma Yaozong's archery skills are the only ones in the army."
Li Yuanji suddenly remembered this person, the archery technique was indeed very powerful, and he said happily: "Then promote this person to be the eighth battalion general." ”
The eighth battalion is the last battalion, and the status is also the lowest, the dirty work, the dangerous work and the work that offends the powerful are all up to them, Luo Yumin used his authority a few months ago to transfer Ma Yaozong to the captain of the eighth battalion, and now after killing Qian Huaiying, Ma Yaozong was naturally promoted to the eighth battalion general.
Cui Wenxiang has never said a word, it's not that he doesn't care about personnel changes, but he is concentrating on thinking about strategies at this time, how can he turn Qian Huaiying's death into a suspicion of the crown prince?