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This night, Ziyang City was shrouded in fog. There was not a single wind in the air, and a thick fog covered the streets of the city and the wilderness outside the city. In addition, it was the middle of the night, the twilight was deep, the moonlight was unknown, and the visibility was really to the extent that you couldn't see your fingers.

This fog, which is incompatible with the dry weather of autumn, can't help but feel full of strange atmosphere. Zuo Ying sat in the carriage rushing to the city gate, lowered the gently raised curtains, and a sense of foreboding rose in her heart.

Although it is still impossible to determine what the truth is and how it happened, if there is really something wrong with this Xu Hong, he lurked in Ziyang City, repeatedly asked to participate in the city defense, and killed the people who provided information to kill him, all of which can only point to one motive, that is, to destroy the defense of Ziyang City and help the enemy army attack the city.

Now for the enemy, the biggest obstacle to breaking through Ziyang City is not that the city wall is impregnable, not that the soldiers of Ziyang City are well fed, nor that she Zuo Ying is sitting here, but that there is Ashina Wuji, who is not only experienced in combat but also can be a fierce general who is a hundred.

There are only two best ways to cooperate with the enemy outside the city: one is to deceive the city gate and let the thieves in; The other one is obviously to get rid of Ashina Wuji. The laws of Ziyang City are strict, and it has long been stipulated that unless you see the empress or the imperial husband in person, you must not open the city gates, no matter how much else you order. Not only could they not open the door, but they also had to immediately arrest the herald and send him to the empress and the imperial husband for personal interrogation.

Therefore, there is only one thing left to do with the spies who are in and out of the enemy's army.

At this time, even with torches, visibility on the street does not exceed five meters. But with the recent introduction of a curfew. There should be no one on the road, and under the urging of Zuo Ying, the royal people rode their horses all the way, and finally arrived at the bottom of the West City Gate where they confronted the enemy army after a quarter of an hour.

The soldiers guarding the city could not see who was coming, but they could only tell from the light of the fire and the sound that there were chariots and horses approaching. So he raised his spear and asked who it was. It wasn't until they saw clearly that it was Zuo Ying and Scarlet Feather who came, so they knelt down and saluted.

"Have you ever seen Xu Hong?" Zuo Ying asked. While walking up the stairs to the top of the castle without stopping.

"Yes, not long after I went up, I said that I had an important military situation to tell His Royal Highness." One of the soldiers replied.

Zuo Ying was shocked, and sure enough, "Where is the imperial husband now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, you should still be patrolling the city."

Zuo Ying lifted the hem of her skirt and quickly climbed the stairs in three steps and two steps. Scarlet Feather followed closely with her sword.

Zuo Ying thought to herself. Ashina is open-minded and has no city, even if he doesn't like people, he will only sneer at him in front of him, and will not be wary of someone secretly plotting to kill him. Even if he tells him that someone wants to harm him, as long as he feels that he has no grudge against others. He didn't necessarily believe it, let alone be wary of someone who was already walking with them without warning? He couldn't have done it. Thinking of this, Zuo Ying's heart became even more anxious, and she accidentally wandered and almost tripped over the tall and steep stairs under her feet.

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There are lit torches planted every five meters on both sides of the city wall, which can dispel a little fog at the head of the city, so that the soldiers guarding it can at least see that there are people and no one on the opposite side more than ten meters away.

In a corner of the city, the patrol led by Ashina has been disbanded. Only two people were left standing by the wall.

The tall and burly man in the red robe was none other than Ashina Wuji. And the other one who is slightly weak and thin compared to Ashina is Xu Hong.

"What the hell is important, you say it quickly, I don't have so much time to grind with you." Ashina was a little impatient. But Zuo Ying had warned him not to lose his temper at people who didn't like him at every turn, so he consciously restrained himself a little, and when Xu Hong came to see him and said that he had something important to tell alone, he still let the soldiers who had finished patrolling disperse first. I stayed and listened patiently to him.

"Imperial husband," Seeing that there was no one left and right, Xu Hong stepped forward and said with a little excitement: "Xu Hong is sorry for you!" ”

Ashina frowned strangely indefinitely, "What are you sorry for me?" ”

Xu Hong knelt on his knees and said with a sad expression: "Imperial husband, Xu Hong has always had a knot in his heart. Although the wounds on his body are healed, the knot in his heart cannot be opened. ”

"Hey, what are you kneeling on?" Ashina didn't feel that he couldn't stand it, but that he felt that a man was okay and knelt in front of you with a sad face, and he really wanted to vomit.

Xu Hong lowered his head and said in a crying voice: "Imperial husband, in fact, the attack on Pingzhou City with troops was not so simple, I didn't tell the whole truth at that time......

"What's the truth?" Ashina Wuji was already attracted by this beginning, and he wanted to know what ulterior secrets Xu Hong was hiding.

The other party's voice was a little small, and the visibility around him was low, so he unconsciously moved a step forward and bent down to look at Xu Hong.

Xu Hong knelt on the ground, lowered his head, hung his hands, and fell silent.

"Hey! You're talking! Don't grind! Ashina urged impatiently.

"The truth is ......"

Unexpectedly, when Xu Hong suddenly spoke, he suddenly raised his head, and the hands stretched out from his sleeves had already grasped a cold and miserable dagger, lunged up, and stabbed Ashina in the abdomen with all the strength of his entire body!

Ashina was defenseless, the distance between the two was close, and when he saw the silver light flickering below, he felt bad and instinctively retreated to avoid the silver light, it was too late, and the skin of his abdomen had already felt the sharp pain of being pierced by sharp objects.

At this moment, there was a loud "bang" sound not far away, and almost at the same time, Ashina Wuji felt that the sharp weapon that was going to pierce into his flesh lost its original momentum and fell down. He immediately stood firm, flew up and kicked Xu Hong to the ground. But at this time, Xu Hong, who was lying on the ground, was already motionless and silent. A large patch of blood appeared on the placket of the light-colored garment, which was still expanding.

"Imperial Husband!" The people who ran from the mist were none other than Zuo Ying and Scarlet Feather. A number of soldiers who were guarding nearby also rushed over when they heard the noise.

Zuo Ying saw the two of them not far away just now, and immediately pulled out the silver fire and shot at Xu Hong. Before the truth was known, she didn't want to take Xu Hong's life, but because the scope of the firelight was limited, and the accuracy of the silver fire was not very good, she wanted to avoid the vital point but hit the vital point, but it happened that the sharp blade that pierced Ashina's abdomen failed to pierce his muscles.

"Are you alright?" Zuo Ying ran in front of Ashina Wuji, and the silver spear in her hand was still warm.

"I'm fine, how can this guy ......"

When Ashina had just calmed down to look at Xu Hong who was lying on the ground, he was stunned to find that his face and body shape were changing!

Zuo Ying noticed Ashina's indefinite strange expression, and also turned her head to look. I saw that the skin and flesh on Xu Hong's body, who was lying on his back, was twisting and deformed, and when the change no longer happened, he had become a completely different face! The man was short in stature and had a thin face, which was not at all Xu Hong's dignified appearance.

"Who is this? Why is this happening? Scarlet Feather was so surprised that she couldn't keep her mouth shut.

Everyone present was stunned.

Before everyone had time to think, there was an exclamation from the edge of the female wall not far away: "There is an enemy! There are enemies! ”

Ashina heard it indefinitely, and immediately turned around and looked down the city tower. I saw that the foot of the city wall was still foggy, and I couldn't see anything clearly, but I could really vaguely see the heads surging below, and hear the sound of the crushing and noisy armor.

He turned around and said quickly: "The enemy army is using the fog to cover the siege!" Hurry back to Taishou Mansion, I'll fight! Then he took the wound with one hand and drew his sword with the other, and ran in the direction of the city gate. Ran out two steps and turned around, shouting uneasily: "Hun boy! What are you doing in a daze! Take her away, don't get in the way here! ”

Ashina's indefinite voice did not fall, and his voice was already overshadowed by a loud bang coming from under his feet, and he was afraid that he would be scared down if he was a little timid.

Immediately after that, a series of neat shouts came from the city, and with the rise and fall of each shout, there was a loud sound that shook the mountains. Zuo Ying knew that it must be the enemy army underneath who was ramming the city gate with siege weapons such as rushing vehicles.

At this time, the soldiers at the head of the city had obeyed the order, gathered at the edge of the female wall, and under the unified order, they threw arrows at the bottom of the city, and threw them down with rolling stones and sassal wood, provoking a terrible scream that could be really felt as if it sounded in the ears even if it was a few feet away.

"Your Majesty, let's go!" Scarlet Feather wrapped her arms around Zuo Ying's shoulders and ran briskly towards the stairs leading to the city tower.

didn't run a few steps, and with a "whoosh", something fell from his head, almost grazing the tip of Zuo Ying's nose and slamming into the crack in the stone on the ground!

At this time, you don't need to look to know that the enemy army below must be throwing arrows at the head of the city, and just when the two of them were frightened by the arrows that flew down on their heads, several soldiers at the head of the city had already fallen with arrows. Immediately after, countless arrows began to fly sporadically.

Seeing this, Scarlet Feather hurriedly grabbed Zuo Ying's arm and continued to run forward while quickly leaning in the direction of the inner city wall. Shouts, screams, and clashing weapons came from all directions, and the scenes of those killings seemed to be swept in front of us at any moment; The arrows with flames flew down at the feet of the two several times, and almost ignited the corners of Zuo Ying's skirt; Soldiers who were nearby were screaming and falling...... Seeing that the distance from the staircase was only a few dozen meters, it became one of the most dangerous sections of the road that Zuo Ying had ever walked through. This kind of fighting in the era of cold weapons is really more tragic than any war scene she has experienced before.

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