Chapter 20 Robbery while the fire is hot
When I heard that Shuzhong and Xiangyang were attacked at the same time, there was nothing strange about it, according to my thoughts, if you want to attack Southern Chu, a two-pronged approach is essential, although it takes a long time, but as long as you capture Jianghuai, you are afraid that the south will be uneven, so when I heard that King Yong went straight to Jianye with 20,000 light horses, I was stunned, and immediately turned out the map and looked at it for a long time, the more I looked, the more confused I became, Yongwang was very talented, how could he do this, so that although he could capture Jianye for a while, he would definitely lose it soon, Even if the monarch of Southern Chu falls into his hands, someone will inevitably set up a new monarch, or even simply replace him, not to mention that in this way, Southern Chu will definitely fall into a situation of separation, and if you want to be pacified, you have to fight one city and one pool, so that without twenty years, Jiangnan will definitely not be pacified. After thinking hard for a long time, I still didn't understand Li Zhen's intentions.
If you look at it from another angle, I suddenly thought that the war is just a continuation of politics, so what benefits can Li Zhen get, but I think about it, but a chaotic Southern Chu will make the prince Li An dare not be embarrassed for Li Zhen at will, but, if Li Zhen breaks Chu in one fell swoop, what does it have to do with Li An really turning his face, I don't believe that Li Zhen will not be able to fight Li An, I still can't figure it out after thinking about it, I put down the information in my hand in great confusion, but these, although it was unexpected by me, but I can take the opportunity to implement my plan, Thinking of this, I said lightly: "Chiji." "Chiji, who was organizing the map for me, looked up at me. I ordered, "Send a message to your master, and I will see him tonight." Chiji said "yes" and turned to go out.
In the evening, Xiao Shunzi came quickly, I sat behind the bookcase, the eight horses of the secret camp, that is, Chi Ji, they stood on the left and right sides respectively, Chen Zhi and Han Wuji stood on the left and right sides of the chief, Xiao Shunzi walked behind me as soon as he came in, there was his position, now, the leader of the secret camp is Chen Zhi, the head of Tianji Pavilion is Han Wuji, although Xiao Shunzi does not have a clear identity, but everyone knows that he is my stand-in, can give orders for me, and Xiao Shunzi is the martial arts master of the disciples of the secret camp, The disciples of the secret camp have great respect for Xiao Shunzi, which has formed Xiao Shunzi's lofty and detached status, but he has always been willing to be my servant and attendant to me as before.
When I saw that everyone had arrived, I said: "Everyone, I have established a secret camp and Tianji Pavilion, and what I am waiting for is today, the time is ripe, and today I ask you to work together to help me complete the great cause of revenge." ”
Chen Zhi said: "Childe, despite the order, if it weren't for Childe's insistence on waiting, we would have killed Liang Wan long ago." ”
Everyone else just listened quietly, according to my rules, they can't talk casually if it's not their turn, Chen Zhi is the commander of the secret camp, except for Xiao Shunzi and Han Wuji, everyone is his subordinate, Xiao Shunzi has no need to be unable to speak, and Han Wuji's identity is under Chen Zhi, so he won't interject casually.
I looked at Han Wuji and asked, "Is everything ready for Tianji Pavilion?" ”
Han Wuji bowed down and said: "Childe rest assured, although many businessmen have begun to flee because of the news of the imminent arrival of the Yongjun, the part that Childe ordered in advance is under control." ”
I nodded and said, "I have been waiting for this opportunity in the past, and only when Nan Chu and Dayong completely tear their faces will there be the opportunity I want." That is Princess Changle, Queen of Southern Chu, from the very beginning I felt that Emperor Dayong really loved this princess very much, you see that he sent so many beautiful palace maids to marry, and then look at Princess Changle for many years and the lord of the country is always separated, it can be seen that Princess Changle only needs to be in Nanchu, I think in order to avoid embarrassment for the princess, so Emperor Dayong does not want the princess to have too many feelings with the lord of the country at all. ”
Listening to my words, Xiao Shunzi and others were first confused and suspicious, and then their expressions gradually became clear, Xiao Shunzi said: "Childe is right, I know in the palace that the queen basically does not coexist with the lord, except when necessary, the queen always tries to stay in the palace, even if she stays in the palace, she is always unhappy, never compete for favor, I used to think that the queen is virtuous, but now it seems that it is what the prince said, she and Ben have no intention of staying in Nanchu." ”
I patted the case and said: "Yes, if it weren't for Emperor Dayong's love for this daughter, he could completely ignore her mood and let her encircle the lord of the country well, so that there would be a better harvest, since he cherished Princess Changle so much, then the princess must be rescued before Dayong and Nanchu turned their faces, and Liang Wan must be the one who presides over this matter, Liang Wan is not afraid of death, if Princess Changle has a mistake, I am afraid that she will be more sad than death, so as long as we trap them when they escape from the palace, for the safety of Princess Changle, Liang Wan can't even confess if she wants to. As long as she confesses, her life and death are no longer important, and I can be happy to take revenge, but there will be no fewer masters to protect Princess Changle, we must act foolproofly, and we must not let them escape, Xiao Shunzi, this time you are my main force, are you sure? ”
Xiao Shunzi thought for a while and said: "Don't worry, with my current martial arts, it may be difficult to catch them, but it doesn't take much effort to kill them, as long as Childe plans carefully, I can guarantee that they will not escape." ”
I said happily: "Okay, good, Hua Liu, Green Ear, you two lead the Yin Group, you must master their every move, Bai Yi, Yu Lun, Shanzi, Qu Huang, you four lead the Tiger Group, the Dark Group, is the main force besieging them, Chi Ji, Thief Li, you lead the Dragon Group to be responsible for coordination and aftermath, the specific matters are commanded by Chen Zhi and Han Wuji, act immediately." Xiao Shunzi, you go to follow the queen first, as long as you hold on to this line. Liang Wan would never have escaped. ”
By the time I nervously read through the various informs to determine which strategy to adopt, the DPRK and China were already in disarray. Zhao Jia, the lord of the country, was full of red silk in his eyes, and said angrily: "I always listen to what you say every day, my Nanchu soldiers are full of food, but Dayong just passed through the defense line, and in three hours, the Yong army will come to the city, what do you say, what to do." ”
Prime Minister Shang Weijun said: "Your Majesty don't worry, the Yongjun army rode lightly for thousands of miles, and it is already the end of the strong crossbow here, although Jianye is empty, there are still 50,000 forbidden troops, as long as we defend for a period of time, the division of King Qin will arrive." ”
At this time, a minister said: "Your Majesty, although Prime Minister Shang Cheng's words are polite, but the elite of the Yongjun army, if we can't defend the construction industry, wouldn't it be a danger to the community, according to the minister's opinion, Your Majesty should temporarily move to a safe place to take refuge, wait until the enemy army retreats, and then return to Jianye to reorganize. Since Zhao Jia succeeded to the throne, most of the virtuous ministers are estranged, but there are more and more villains, the previous time because of the emperor's affairs are derogatory to a large number of virtuous ministers, so now the matter is urgent, but can not find a courtier who can discuss state affairs, although Shang Weijun is mediocre, but this time it is more sensible, but the public is angry, and finally had to compromise and say: "In this case, Your Majesty may wish to be fortunate elsewhere for the time being, and the old minister will lead the forbidden army to guard Jianye, Please also ask Your Majesty to allow the crown prince to supervise the country. Zhao Jia promised again and again: "Okay, Jianye will entrust the prime minister, but the prince is only four years old, and I'm afraid it's useless to stay." Shang Weijun thought to himself, if there is no prince here, how can he resist the Yongjun, so he had to ask again and again, Zhao Jia did not have a deep affection for his prince, but now he found that only Concubine Shang gave birth to a prince other than the Yongnu, so he naturally paid a little more attention, but seeing that the Yongjun was coming, Zhao Jia finally did not want to delay time, and hurriedly brought some ministers of his cronies, concubines and thousands of forbidden troops to flee half an hour before the arrival of the Yongjun. Zhao Jia has not yet left the city, Shang Weijun ordered to send the forbidden army to copy the Mingyue Tower, and sent the forbidden army to surround the middle palace, and put the princess Changle who still remains in the harem under house arrest, Who knew that the forbidden army replied, Mingyue Tower was empty, and Princess Changle was gone, all the palace maids were locked in one room, Shang Weijun was shocked, he knew that he had lost his talisman, and he didn't care about checking the defense, so he ordered to summon his cronies and warriors, and let them go to the harem to protect Concubine Shang and the prince dressed as civilians, and fled immediately. Then Shang Weijun immediately went to the city to preside over the defense of the city.
At the same time, a farm in the northern suburbs of Jianye was a scene of white blades splashing blood, Liang Wan was dressed in cyan cloth, holding a short sword in his hand, the sword was still as white as frost, but Liang Wan was sweating on her forehead, on the chair behind her, her face was haggard and beautiful, she was also dressed in cloth, and there was a beautiful maid standing behind her, also holding a short sword in her hand, and on the left and right sides stood more than a dozen Dayong secret agents in peasant costumes, but they were all wounded, and there were some bloody crossbow arrows scattered on the ground.
Liang Wan didn't expect that she had just taken Princess Changle to the hidden farmhouse selected in advance, and was attacked by someone, and she was caught off guard, so she had to retreat into the farmhouse with someone, only to find that the two people who were lined up here in advance were tightly tied, both of them were cut off on both feet, and then they were properly dealt with, Liang Wan led people to break through several times and was blocked by crossbow arrows, once Liang Wan rushed out with the soft armor on her body, who knew that she was intercepted by four masked men with long knives just after rushing out of the courtyard, The martial arts of these masked people are just second-rate in Liang Wan's opinion, but they are brave and good at fighting, their knife skills are fierce, and they echo each other to form a knife formation, Liang Wan was trapped for a while, seeing the crossbow arrows coming, she had to rush back desperately, if she didn't take it properly, she was afraid that her surname would stay outside. If it weren't for Princess Changle, she could naturally arrange to break out in all directions, and it was very likely that she would escape with her martial arts, but now it was a dilemma, the more she thought about it, the more confused she became, these people besieging her were very elite sergeants, at least not much worse than Dayong's most elite army, and those masters who blocked themselves could not be taken out casually, in today's Nanchu, how could there be such an elite army near Jianye, even if it was really a secret spy of Nanchu, why did he do it here, You can do it when you rescue the princess from the palace. Liang Wan never figured out what was outside, but she knew very well that she had to hold it, for safety, she didn't notify Yongjun of this location, if she couldn't wait for Yongjun to come, not only would her life be gone, but the princess would also be finished, if something happened to the princess, it would be difficult to calm the anger of Emperor Yongdi even if she died, and Fengyimen would be the one who would bear the anger at that time.
Liang Wan was thinking about it, and a person whispered, "Miss Liang, they are awake." ”
Liang Wan was happy in her heart, although the injuries of the people they stayed here were treated and they did not die, they had been unconscious, and they should have taken some kind of medicine. She walked over and asked anxiously, "What's the matter, who attacked you?" ”
A person licked his chapped lips and said, "Miss, it was a person who came, dressed in black and masked, did not speak, and his martial arts were surprisingly high, and he injured both of us in just one move, and that person was going to kill us, but was stopped by a later person, that person should not know martial arts, because his steps were vain and lacking in qi, he ordered to cut our legs, and then we passed out." ”
Liang Wan listened to what they said, but it didn't help, and then a cold voice came from outside: "Listen, the people in the house, we are already impatient, if you don't come out yet, after a time of incense, we will attack with fire." ”
Liang Wan said loudly: "If you attack with fire, aren't you afraid of attracting the attention of others?" "She wanted to test the position of the comer.
There was silence outside for a while, and the man said again: "Nan Chu is too busy to take care of himself, Dayong will not arrive for half an hour, time is enough, the longer you think about it, the more severe our punishment will be later, if you surrender now, I can guarantee that at least you will not die too painfully." ”
Liang Wan broke out in a cold sweat, and for the first time she regretted that she hadn't brought more people here. When she hesitated, several bundles of straw were thrown at the door, a fire fold was thrown over, the flames rose, Liang Wan was helpless, and shouted: "We surrender." ”
Two nail rakes took away the straw, and a black-clothed masked man who was not tall or short appeared at the door, his hands were empty, and he didn't have any weapons, but Liang Wan felt a faint pressure on the person's body, she held the flying knife on her waist with her left hand, but lost the courage to send the knife, and the man in black said in a feminine and moving voice: "You come out one by one with your hands tied." Liang Wan was shocked, she had heard this kind of voice, it was the tone of the eunuchs, but they shouldn't be from Nanchu. She mustered up her courage, dropped the short sword, stretched out her hand to straighten her messy hair, and walked gracefully towards the man, she knew that this person was likely to be a eunuch, even if it was not, it must have practiced extremely feminine and vicious internal skills, so the surname would also be a vicious surname, so she did not dare to use beauty to confuse people, but tried her best to show a kind of submissive obedience, she put her hands behind her back, and walked towards the man, just when she passed by the man, her body turned and slid like a poisonous snake, and the flying knife in her right hand stabbed the man's throat, It was a knife that could not be caught off guard, but the man's right hand was lightly slashed, Liang Wan only felt a numb wrist, and then the pale and cold hand pinched her throat, Liang Wan only felt that the hand was as disgusting and terrible as a poisonous snake, and then she lost consciousness.
When Liang Wan woke up and found that she was in the dark, she listened carefully, but she didn't feel that there was anyone around her, she twisted her body and found that her hands were tightly tied behind her, her martial arts were still there, and there was nothing unusual on her body, she sighed happily, she didn't continue to move, after all, she didn't want to attract possible attention, then a cold voice said: "You are awake, Childe wants to see you." Then the lights came on, Liang Wan involuntarily closed her eyes, and then two people came over and dragged her up, from the feeling, these two people are young people, Liang Wan thought instinctively. The two people didn't want her to walk by herself at all, so they dragged her to a spacious room, no window in sight, it was a secret room, torches were burning everywhere, and on a chair in the middle of the room, there was a masked man in a black Confucian shirt, and on the four walls, all his subordinates were locked on the wall with five iron rings, and there were no traces of torture on their bodies, in addition, Liang Wan saw a person standing next to the black-shirted man, and he could recognize from his hands that the person was the master who captured him alive, in addition, There were also six men in black standing in the corners of the room. Liang Wan was dragged all the way to the wall opposite the black-shirted man, the two people skillfully wrapped Liang Wan's wrists and ankles with iron rings, and then stopped her waist with an iron chain, tightened, Liang Wan only felt that her whole body couldn't move at all, and the other black-clothed man brought a bucket of cold water and splashed it on her, Liang Wan's body was all soaked, revealing the delicate and mature silhouette of her delicate body, she was ashamed and angry, although she was twenty-seven years old, but she was still a virgin, how could she endure such humiliation, Those men in black all looked at her with unscrupulous eyes, and even her subordinates peeked at her.
Liang Wan said angrily: "Who are you, why are you embarrassed by my Dayong." ”
The black-shirted Confucian said lightly: "It's not difficult to be with Dayong, Liang Wan, what I want is you, and the others have just suffered from the pond fish." ”
Liang Wan felt a pang in her heart, thinking, I have been working for Dayong for the past few years, how could someone find me for personal revenge, looking at the hesitant eyes of her subordinates, she was a little embarrassed, and said, "What did you do to the other two girls?" ”
She didn't dare to explain the identity of Princess Changle, but the black-shirted man said: "Do you mean Her Royal Highness Princess Changle, Her Royal Highness has nothing to do with this matter, and she is also very sympathetic to the princess's plight, so she is arranged in another room, her maid's martial arts are very similar to yours, she wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack, and was mistakenly killed by my subordinates." ”
Liang Wan mourned in her heart and said, "You are really vicious, my junior sister is only nineteen years old this year, I didn't expect you to be so hot." ”
The black-shirted Confucian didn't speak, and the man standing behind him said in a soft voice, "What does it matter if we kill someone by mistake, if you refuse to answer our questions, I will make your life worse than death." ”
Liang Wan said angrily: "Who are you, what kind of enmity do you have with me?" ”
The black-shirted Confucian said coldly: "I only want to ask you one thing, whether Liu Piaoxiang was killed by you." ”
Liang Wan was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect that someone would ask her this question anyway.
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