Chapter 405: Ghost Gate

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He galloped across the grassland, cutting down one fearful target after another, and in front of him, a sturdy figure was always in front, riding a snow-white war horse, holding high a tiger banner, and no one could stop his pace of charging forward. He tried to outdo the standard-bearer, but he was always a little bit behind. Finally, the rider rushed to a high slope, planted his banner on the high slope, turned his head and looked down at him condescendingly, with a disdainful mockery on the corner of his mouth, "Wang Suba, you will never be able to surpass me." He said mockingly, full of disdain and arrogance, "You can't surpass me, and a sick cat will never become a tiger." ”

Wang Xuba sat up in shock, his heart pounded, the woolen blanket crumpled, the room was pitch black, and there was a knock on the door.

"Big brother!" Someone shouted.

"Wait." He was stunned, naked, gulping in a big gulp of air, and it took a long time before he finally calmed down a lot. got up and stumbled through the dark room, opened the door, and outside the door were the sworn brother Wei Dao'er, and the other two brothers Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er holding the candlestick.

Wei Dao'er looked anxious, and said almost impatiently: "Big brother, the urgent letter from Taiyuan, Yang Lin did not come to Jingcheng, he temporarily changed the route and divided the team into two parts on the outskirts of Taiyuan, one of which went to Jingcheng and went to Hebei as originally planned. But he led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to the north and went straight to Huaihuang. ”

"So there's something wrong with my plan." Wang Xuba rubbed his loose hair, "Wait for me to dress." Wang Suba did not directly let the brothers into the house to talk about things, but closed the door again. As he walked back, he lit the oil lamp in the dark, and began to get dressed, while his mind began to think about the dream he had just had. Recently, this dream has reappeared, and he has difficulty sleeping and is exhausted. In the ambush in Yingzhou a few years ago, they failed miserably, and their men lost their troops, and even their brothers almost folded in, but in the end, they still broke one, and only the four of them fled back. This is simply an unacceptable fact, Yi San, who used to have a similar status, has now become the emperor's grandson. He thought that he would never have a chance to seek revenge on this guy again, but he didn't want to, he got another chance.

He put on his sackcloth, then put on his leather armor and black cloak, and finally took up the ring-headed broadsword, and when he was done, he slipped a short sword into his boots.

The small village under the gate is dark and silent.

Wang Xuba dressed neatly and walked out of the small courtyard with the three sworn brothers, passing through this small village, the sky was full of bright moons, and from time to time there were soldiers in cloaks patrolling back and forth in front of the house in the village.

This is the west pass of Jingcheng so the small village under the pass, Jingcheng is the most important passage in the Taihang Eight Mountains, connecting Taiyuan in the east of the river and the calm of Hebei, it is the military fortress since the Qin and Han dynasties, and it is also the transportation hub and post station of Jin, Shaanxi and Hebei. This place has always been a place where soldiers must start, and the car cannot be squared, and the danger of riding a line of sheep intestines cannot be ridden. After receiving the task, Wang Xuba's brothers immediately secretly mobilized their troops here, preparing to wait for Yi Feng to pass the old pass and enter the first line of heavenly danger, and suddenly attack and settle new and old grudges together. But the heavens and the earth are calculated, but I didn't count this guy, and after arriving in Taiyuan, he temporarily changed lanes and didn't come to Jingcheng.

Jingcheng Pass is one of the nine stops in the world, extremely important, guarding the important passage connecting Hedong and Hebei, the west pass of this passage is the old pass, the east pass is Tumen Pass, and the two passes are collectively called Jingcheng Pass.

The well is high in all directions, under the center, such as the depth of the well, such as the head of the stove, so it is called the well. According to the original plan, after Yi Feng passed the death and entered the well, he immediately blocked it at both ends, and then ambushed the soldiers to attack in the most dangerous area, putting Yi Feng to death, making it difficult for him to fly.

The city wall of the old pass is meandering, the wall is three zhang high, the width is Xu, it is made of lime clay grouting solidly, it is solid and dangerous, it is magnificent and magnificent, the mountain peak around the city is built on the pier beacon tower, you can overlook the surroundings. There is an arrow path in the city, and the officers and soldiers usually walk and shoot arrows. There is a teaching field outside the city, and there are eight passes and forts under the jurisdiction of the whole Guguan, South Black Mountain, Evil Shikou, Huang'anling, Eighteen Pan, Dadi Cliff, Huangshaling, etc., there are many temples in the Guguan, and there are many soldiers and horses stationed in the state capital.

However, Wang Xuba and his entourage entered and exited this important military place unimpeded, and none of the soldiers on duty stopped them and turned a blind eye.

The four of them made their way to the center of the castle, and after passing through a team of heavily armed guards, they entered a stone hall.

Xiao Maha was standing in the hall with his hands behind his back in soft armor, and when Wang Suba saw him like this, he knew that things were very troublesome.

The guard who led the way stopped at the hall door and shouted, "I have joined the army, and the people have been brought." ”

"Let them in." Xiao Maha shouted, his voice full of exhaustion.

In the center of the hall was a large brazier, and the charcoal fire was burning, filling the room with a gloomy red glow. The temperature inside the house was very high, and the heat was unbearable. Xiao Maha is not the only one in the hall, in addition to him standing in the hall, there are also several military generals in armor in the hall, and the four Wang Suba brothers all know them. There are Cao Pei Wen'an, a soldier of the governor's office, and the former general is now changed to Yu Gongli, Qi Liang, Liu Jian, Zhong Kui, Ru Ru Tianbao, and the five tiger generals of the state capital. Pei Wen'an was playing with a short sword, while Yu Gongli was sitting on the Hu chair with his eyes closed. Qi Liang was holding a wine bag and drinking slowly little by little, while Zhong Kui and Liu Jian were playing a game of chess.

Although everyone looked very calm, Wang Xuba still felt a sense of irritation and uneasiness in the room.

"General Wang." Xiao Maha saw him come in and greeted him, but there was no politeness on his face. He got straight to the point, "You must already know that the man suddenly changed his route and went north to Huaihuang in Xinwei." We were caught off guard, and the original plan was completely useless. ”

Wang Xuba was still very satisfied when he heard that General Wang, when Yang Liang recruited them, he also gave them the title of general, but it was only a partial general of the ninth grade, and it was better to have it. However, this time Yang Liang summoned them again, gave them this task, and directly gave a promise to a general first, this is no longer the original generals, but a real general, an official rank that only senior military attaches of the fourth or fifth rank have. The lowest-level general, also from the fifth grade, was almost fooled by a Xiazhou assassin. Although this was just a promise, if he wanted to get the official position of this general, he had to complete the task, but this condition still made him very happy.

Wang Xuba stepped forward and saluted everyone in the hall, "Yi Feng, well, why did Yang Lin suddenly change his path, did he already notice something, could it be that the news leaked?" ”

"Probably not." Xiao Maha shook his head, "There is no sign that Yang Lin noticed anything, we think he still wants to return to Huaihuang as soon as possible, according to the Huaihuang information we intercepted, at present, the Huaihuang soldiers and horses and the Tiele people have fought again, it is estimated that there will be a war soon, it is estimated that Yang Lin also knew the news, so he wanted to go directly to Huaihuang, instead of going to Youzhou first as originally planned." ”

"Damn Tiele people, if you don't come sooner or later, you will appear at this time." Wang Xuba cursed in a low voice. It didn't matter if the Tiele people were looking for death, but they disrupted their plan all of a sudden, the trap had been prepared, but Yi Feng didn't come, they had been busy for so long in vain.

"So what do we do now?" Wei Dao'er couldn't help but ask out loud.

In fact, in this plan, the Montenegrin thieves are not the main force, and their biggest task is to proclaim responsibility for this matter after the ambush is successful, divert their attention, and let the people in the state capital avoid it. Although he came to take the blame from the beginning, Wang had no choice but to pull a few. And the above also gave them a promise, although the Montenegrin thieves will take the blame, but it will not implicate the four of them, after the four of them are completed, they will immediately get the title of general and officially become a senior officer in the state capital. Since it was only his bandit Lou Luo who died, Wang Suba also agreed to the matter, and they had no other better choice anyway. However, seeing that things have come to this point, and there is such an accident, several people are also a little impatient, after all, if they can complete the task as planned, they will immediately be able to become generals.

"The original plan had to be abandoned." Xiao Maha is the decision-making person in charge of everyone present, since Yi Feng is not coming, then there is no point in continuing the plan, even if he can ambush Yi Feng's subordinates who pass by, but Yi Feng is no more, there is no need to continue.

Pei Wen'an said: "Now we can only find a way to remedy it, since Yang Lin does not come to Jingcheng and goes north, then we will rush to him to re-prepare the trap." I think it's good to close the gates of heaven. ”

Tianmen Pass is one of the three passes in the north of Taiyuan, also known as the Ghost Gate Pass, which is extremely dangerous.

"The gate of heaven is closed, and the gate of ghosts is closed." Wang Xuba also thought of another name for the Heavenly Gate Ghost, and when he thought of setting a trap here to send Yi Feng back to the west, he couldn't help laughing.

However, this plan was not agreed by everyone, and the people in the hall had already discussed it just now, and because Yang Lin temporarily changed lanes, they didn't have time to ask for instructions from above, and in the end, these people who originally carried out the Jing Cheng ambush decided for themselves. Pei Wen'an advocated that he immediately rush to Tianmen Pass to set a trap according to Jing Cheng's plan and ambush Yang Lin there. However, this plan was opposed by Zhong Kui on the grounds that it was too late. Yang Lin was now in front of them, and if they wanted to rush to the front of Yi Feng to set up an ambush at Tianmen Pass, the time was too hasty, and the movement of troops and horses was extremely easy to expose. Moreover, after Yi Feng's soldiers were divided into two routes, although there were fewer people in his team, there were fewer people, officials and their families, etc., but what was left by Yi Feng's side was 10,000 elite soldiers drawn by the emperor and more than 1,000 of his own personal guards, and the difficulty of the ambush increased.

Wang Suba looked at Zhong Kui: "General Zhong, then what good plan do you have?" ”

"I do have an initial plan, which is not very mature, but I think it is better than the original plan. Of course, this plan requires your cooperation. Zhong Kui said.

As soon as Wang Subat heard that he wanted them to cooperate, his heart was full of emotion, but he could not object. He knew that their position was awkward now, and there was no room for refutation at all, so he could only be at the mercy of their arrangement, and hopefully it wouldn't be a fatal cooperation, he thought.

"My plan is to hand you over to Yi Feng."

Groov!

I was really afraid of something, Wang Xuba was almost about to jump up, and Wei Dao'er and Song Jingang had even directly touched the handle of the knife on their waists. They all thought they were going to be betrayed, but fortunately, Wang Xuba was a little bolder, and he waved his hand at the brothers, and decided to listen. If Zhong Kui really wanted to betray them, they would have done it a long time ago. What's more, even if they want to resist now, it will definitely be useless.

Zhong Kui watched the movements of several people, with a playful smile on his face, and then saw Wang Xuba's composure, but he was a little appreciative.

"Don't worry, it's just a plan. We pretended that King Han wanted to settle some old grudges with Yang Lin in the past, so we pretended to send you to Yang Lin to dispose of. ”

"You won't really send us to Yang Lin, just pretend to hand us over to him." Wei Dao'er's voice trembled a little. What is Yang Lin's status now? And they can't get along with Yang Lin again and again, if they fall into the hands of Yang Lin, how can they still live.

Who knew that Zhong Kui was serious and said: "Even if you do a play, you have to do a full set, of course you have to send you over, if you are not, how can you achieve your goal." ”

"What do you want us to do?" Wang Xuba tried his best to control himself.

"Actually, there's nothing you need to do, it's just an opportunity." Zhong Kui said, and then he said his plan, on the grounds that King Han wanted to resolve the misunderstanding with Taisun, and proposed to send the Black Mountain thief who had attacked Taisun last year to Taisun for disposal. Then, take this opportunity to invite the grandson into Xinzhou City, and then hold a banquet and so on, and then take the opportunity to poison the banquet, in addition to other insurance plans, in short, handing over the Black Mountain thief to Yi Feng is just an introduction, the purpose is to invite Yi Feng into Xinzhou City, and then take a multi-pronged approach to kill and cripple Yi Feng, and directly solve him. This plan is already very risky, it is no longer the original to kill and hide themselves, this time they are running to kill Yi Feng and ignore the other consequences.

After hearing this, Wang Xuba's face changed a few times.

"The probability of success of this plan is too low, things don't work out, we don't have a way to live. And even if things work out, there is no way back. He stared at Zhong Kui.

"Don't worry, if the plan succeeds and Yang Lin is poisoned or assassinated, it may not be possible to track us down. And if he hadn't died, we'd have found a way to get you out. Zhong Kui swore an oath, but no matter how you look at it, it seems like nonsense.

"Can you not arrange the four of us brothers in?" Wang Suba proposed that if it was just sent by his subordinate Lou Luo, it didn't matter if he was dead or alive.

"This is not good, if there is no four of you, the other party will not believe it at all, and it is easy for the other party to notice that there is a problem. In order to be successful, the four of you have to go. Zhong Kui unceremoniously vetoed it.

The faces of the four Wang Xuba brothers were uncertain, at this moment, they deeply regretted it, but at this time, it was too late to regret it, and it was difficult for them to ride a tiger. At this moment, they deeply realized that the thief ship was good or not. R1152