Chapter 288: Purpose
The beating candlelight suddenly lowered the flames, reflecting a figure, from top to bottom, silently.
Poof!
The sound of the blade entering the flesh was very clear, Tuoba Jinxiong's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and the power in his body was completely stripped out of his body from the previous moment, and the qi he inhaled was dispersed in his body, and he couldn't spit it out at all, only blood could be spit out.
The bright short knife was inserted into Tuoba Jinxiong's back, and it was not completely submerged, only half of it was submerged, and Wang Yan controlled the force just right, without hurting the Youyou who was pressed underneath.
The assassination went even further than he had imagined, and it was only thanks to the fact that the Shadow had completely absorbed his attention, and he was able to do it easily.
Yu Yu's watery eyes widened wide and round at this time, she couldn't believe that her prayer had really been answered, Tuoba Jinxiong was vomiting blood, his upper body was stained with blood, and his fair skin was stained red with blood.
He's going to die, he's going to die soon, Youyou crossed Tuoba Jinxiong and set his eyes on Wang Yan, it was he who killed Tuoba Jinxiong...
Wang Yan pulled out the short knife, blood splattered out, Tuoba Jinxiong trembled for a moment, then stopped moving, and died.
Wang Yan picked up Tuoba Jinxiong's body from Youyou's body and threw it aside, stepped forward to cut off the rope that tied Youyou, and then went to the back to cut off the restraints of the other four women.
"Don't be afraid, I was sent by the governor to save people, you get dressed and come with me, and I will take you away."
As soon as the five girls heard that Wang Yan was the person sent by the state pastor to save them, their eyes turned red, and tears flowed down their eyes.
The sadness lasted for a short time, and the four girls regained some vitality in their eyes, looked up at Wang Yan, a touch of shyness flashed in their eyes, and they raised their hands to cover the hidden place, and their faces turned crimson.
Youyou's eyes were full of curiosity, she didn't hide her body, and she hoped that Wang Yan could look at her twice, and it was best to take off the face towel, and she wanted to see his appearance.
Wang Yan dragged Tuoba Jinxiong's body to the back of the hall, found a cabinet and stuffed it in, and treated it as if it was treated, and when he returned to the front hall, the five girls had already wrapped their bodies in silk quilts.
Wang Yan returned the same way with the five people, and the five women followed Wang Yan cautiously, not daring to look around, only looking around, only looking around, occasionally finding a hand stretched out from the grass, and her heart trembled.
Back in the study, the guard who had been knocked out before had been transferred by Wang Yan to the empty water tank outside the courtyard, with stones pressed on the lid, and he couldn't get out of it unless someone found him.
Open the door of the secret room, and walk down with the five women, there is a room for clothes in the secret room, the five women choose clothes from the inside to change, Wang Yan leads them to the door of the secret passage, and hands the torch to the nearest Youyou.
"Follow the secret passage all the way, there are my people at the exit, you tell them that General Wang rescued you, they will settle you, go quickly, Tuoba Jinxiong's death cannot be concealed for too long."
"Aren't you leaving?" Yu Yu asked suddenly.
"I still have something to figure out, you guys go first." Wang Yan said and pulled the iron door open.
Youyou glanced at Wang Yan, her expression was a little complicated, but she still turned around and left with the remaining four women.
After sending off the five daughters, Wang Yan returned along the secret passage, locked the gate of Tuoba Jinxiong's courtyard, and found the state pastor's mansion from another tunnel.
There were Western Xia soldiers patrolling the streets, and every half an hour, the shops on both sides were wide open, and they had obviously been looted.
Wang Yan found the front of Guan Ping's house, the door was broken, I was afraid that it was more auspicious, Wang Yan entered the door, looked around, the yard was not chaotic, Wang Yan looked at it from room to room, all of them were turned over, a total of three rooms, all looked at it, except for the chaos, there was no trace of struggle, and Guan Ping's family was very likely not at home at the time of the incident! It's not good news or bad news.
Wang Yan went out of Guan Ping's house and went to the Guancang in the north, and sure enough, it had been heavily guarded by the Western Xia army, and there was a Western Xia soldier standing every three steps under the wall, not to mention, every other tea would come a patrol of Western Xia soldiers, and it was almost impossible to touch it silently.
Wang Yan didn't know that most of these people were newly arranged by Tuoba Meng, the grain and grass of the Western Xia army was already seriously insufficient, and the grain and grass in the city could not have any more accidents, otherwise the Western Xia army would fall into a very passive situation.
Wang Yan tried to get closer, looked outside for a long time, did not find a way to enter, had to give up, relative to the strict defense of the granary, the defense of the place where Liang Nu was held was much more lax, there were thirty or forty Liang Nu in a tent, all of them were tied hand and foot, hung between two wooden stakes with a thread, and three or four rows were hung in a tent.
The smell in the tent was terrible, and all the Western Xia soldiers were reluctant to approach here, Wang Yan touched it in and looked at it a few times, his face showed a fierce look, these Xixia people actually treated Liang Nu like this, they didn't treat these Liang Nu as people at all, Wang Yan stood outside the camp tent and clenched his fists, maybe Guan Ping's family was among them, but he didn't know how to look for it, and the description given by Guan Ping was very popular.
Wang Yan gritted his teeth and left after staying for half a pillar of incense, he couldn't think of any good way to save these Liang women, most of them were exhausted, and they didn't even have the strength to resist.
When he left the camp, he heard lewd laughter not far away, Wang Yan's face became more solemn, and he knew what was going on there if he didn't look at it, these beasts were not as good as beasts...
Returning to the mansion from the secret passage, and leaving the city from the secret passage, Guan Ping and the others were relieved to see Wang Yan coming back.
"Guan Ping, I went to your house, your house is very messy, it should have been done by those Xixia thieves, there is no trace of struggle at home, your sister and your mother should not have been arrested at home." Wang Yan sighed as he spoke. "I went to the camp where Liang Nu was held, and they were miserable."
Wang Yan said, a wave of evil qi slowly poured out of his body, and when he saw the Xixia people abusing his compatriots in his country like this, he couldn't restrain his killing intent from pouring out.
"Thank you, General." Guan Ping clasped his fists at Wang Yan and saluted. "Can the general find out how the family of the state pastor is doing?"
"The family of the state pastor did not fall into the hands of the Xixia people, when the Xixia people broke the city, there was a Liang army to protect the family of the state pastor to kill out of the city, I don't know where to go, the Xixia people are also looking for it, and they have not found it yet."
After Wang Yan finished speaking, a flash of light flashed in Guan Ping's eyes, and his face stretched out.
"General! I know where the family of the state pastor is! ”
"How do you know?"
"The general doesn't know, there is a mountain pass in the mountains forty miles south of Liangzhou City, called a line of heaven, which is a secret camp set up by the state pastor outside the city, and since the family members of the state pastor have escaped, they must have fled there!"
"You know a lot." Wang Yan glanced at Guan Ping, and he didn't have a good air.
"Please atone for the general's sins, the governor will explain to his subordinates when he sets out, if he doesn't confirm that his family members have successfully escaped, he can't expose there..."
Wang Yan didn't ask, a line of heaven is the retreat left by Guan Qingkun to the Guan family, Guan Ping is the Guan family, and it is already good for people to tell themselves about this at this time.
"Call all the brothers, I have something to tell you."
Soon, the Liang army gathered in front of Wang Yan, Wang Yan swept around, and said in a low voice.
"Brothers, Tuoba Jinxiong, the deputy commander of Western Xia, was killed by me." Wang Yan said and took out a golden waist plaque from his arms, which was engraved with the name of Tuoba Jinxiong.
At this moment, all the Liang Jun were stunned, Guan Ping looked at the waist card in Wang Yan's hand and was silent for a long time, his eyes were moist unconsciously.
"General, as soon as Tuoba Jinxiong dies, the people of Liangzhou who died can be blinded." Guan Ping's tone was heavy and full of grief and indignation.
Liang Jun heard the news of Tuoba Jinxiong's death, most of them left tears, this time the Western Xia invaded Liangzhou, many of their families did not know whether they were alive or dead, and the main envoy of all this was Tuoba Jinxiong, who heard that he was dead, and they were all talking to their families who did not know whether they were alive or dead.
"It won't be long before the Western Xia army in the city will find out that Tuoba Jinxiong is dead, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that they will go berserk."
Wang Yan's expression was serious, a trace of apology flashed in his eyes, he thought a lot before the assassination, if he killed Tuoba Jinxiong, what would happen to the Western Xia people, would they vent their anger on Liang Nu and slaughter them all? This is not impossible, the Tanguts had previously slaughtered the city because of the killing of nobles.
If the assassination of Tuoba Jinxiong was to be linked to the lives of hundreds of thousands of Liang people in the city, Wang Yan was indeed a little hesitant at that time, but soon Wang Yan decided to do it! This time the Western Xia attacked Liang, hundreds of thousands of Liang soldiers and civilians have died under their butcher's knife, so far they have not suffered any heavy damage, it is necessary to use the head of Tuoba Jinxiong to teach the Western Xia people a lesson, I heard that he is the eldest son of the Western Xia general, and also the young patriarch of the Tuoba clan, he died here, it is definitely a big blow to the Tuoba clan, maybe it will provoke a war!
The more serious the consequences, the heavier the weight of Tuoba Jinxiong's head, and the greater the impact on the Western Xia, Wang Yan forced himself to make up his mind that even if he paid a heavy price, he would kill him, and the only luck in his heart was to hope that the Western Xia people would not fight those Liang women, after all, those Liang women were the materials they focused on plundering.
"General, Tuoba Jinxiong is dead, the Xixia people may dig three feet into the ground to search for the murderer, and the last general hopes that the general can lead the team to retreat with the last general to the front line."
Wang Yan turned his head, stared at Guan Ping for a long time with deep meaning, and was silent for a long time before speaking.
"Lead the way."
Guan Ping is the leader of Guan Qingkun's pro-army, although he is young, three months younger than himself, but his skills are not bad, and his ability to defeat two Western Xia generals is enough to prove his strength, and the safest thing at the moment should be to retreat from Hulukou while the news of Tuoba Jinxiong's death has not yet broken out, but Guan Ping hopes to retreat to the first line of heaven, the purpose is already obvious, he hopes that he can protect the Guan family's family, and at this time he does not mention the 200,000 Liang women in the city.
Thinking back to everything after burning the granary, it turned out that this was the purpose of Guan Qingkun to let himself go deep into Liangzhou.