It should be said that those assassins did not cause much chaos in the city for a short time.

This is also a matter of course, these people are assassins, specializing in assassinating assassins with high-value goals, and they themselves are also assassins who need a lot of energy and professional skills to train, unless they meet a genius or a guy who does not learn and has no skills, otherwise it is definitely a waste of talent to let the assassin do something that he is only proficient in death.

Of course, if you really meet the genius guys, they will not sacrifice in this kind of place unless necessary, and there are many things that those people can do, such as letting them play a greater role on the education front and cultivating more qualified personnel or something.

As for the guys who don't know how to learn...... This is still subject to discussion, and directly distributing them to become cannon fodder is what they all about.

So, unless there is a strong sense of purpose, a silent assassination is clearly more in line with the nature of the Assassin profession than a public call for murder that looks like an idiot and a stupid person.

Of course, because of this, it is also difficult to find out that many important people have been assassinated, after all, those are professionals, and most of these targets are unprepared, and most of them are able to escape the first and strongest attack of the assassination.

Although there will be unlucky people in this small group who still die tragically, it is enough for them to make some noise.

It's just that it's already night, and there aren't many of them, so they haven't made big waves in Heijo.

Running through the dark streets. found that Li Shushi, who could only faintly hear some noisy voices from a few places occasionally, didn't know whether he should face this situation with happiness or helplessness now.

However, the highest priority now is to determine the situation of each city gate as much as possible, and for this reason, Li Shushi brought almost all the power that he could bring, so that Li Shushi only invited Tong Yuan to support him alone, although in Li Shushi's opinion, a Tong Yuan can play a role several times greater than dozens of guards at this time.

The barricades that were originally used to enforce the curfew have become obstacles to the footsteps at this time, if it were not for the fact that Heijo is located on the border. The city defense system is also complete. Now that a curfew has been imposed and the city gates have to be locked every night, it is estimated that Li Shushi's mood will be more anxious than now, and he will not have the heart to chat with the officers and soldiers guarding the barricades as he is now.

Naturally, these people knew Li Shushi and his entourage -- of course, it did not mean that they knew that Li Shushi was the governor of Bingzhou. It's because Li Shushi's group of people has been considered one of the "most unprovoked groups in Pingcheng". Although it was only a little bit of a walk into the grassland. And basically few of the bandits who robbed them were able to escape, but some of their "feats" on the grassland were enough to make everyone look sideways, and even unknowingly added a lot of fans.

It is said that back then, Duanmu Ci took thousands of horses and thousands of gold and goods to wander among the major princes of the East, and it was almost like that.

So I saw that it was these people who were in action. Moreover, there are also special talismans issued by the county lieutenant, and the soldiers guarding the barricades not only did not suspect these "newcomers" who had not been in Pingcheng for a long time, but basically knew everything about Li Shushi's inquiries.

It was also through these soldiers that Li Shushi knew a lot of information that he had ignored before, such as the key to blocking the city gate was in the hands of the county lieutenant in charge of city defense, who was also from the Yellow Turban Army and was much older than Liao Hua, but could only be Liao Hua's deputy.

Well, the uncle also has a name, but Li Shushi really can't remember this kind of storage that is just a flash.

Of course, there are other things like which caravanserai leader is hiding in which house in the city, or where there will be underground gambling houses, and where the restaurants will have enough food and enough syrup. Although it is relatively fragmentary and has little to do with Li Shushi, it can somewhat pass the time waiting for the door to open and remove the barricades.

By the way, after Li Shushi's team cleared guò, the barricades would not be withdrawn, and they would still be placed at important intersections, not because Li Shushi was worried that there were too many assassins in the city and needed to be captured in this way, he still had a lot of confidence in Su Xiaololi, since Su Xiaololi had guaranteed to complete the task 100%, Li Shushi was actually not worried that those assassins would cause a longer impact, or that he would be able to hide until the next night.

In fact, Li Shushi's hand was to prevent those caravan or clan members who had discovered the problem from taking some drastic measures, although this matter was done by the enemy, but the gathering of the bewildered crowd would also cause disaster.

Although there was a delay of some time, because the battle with the assassins did not take long, by the time Li Shushi's team of more than 200 people arrived at the north gate of Pingcheng, it was not long before the first wave of assassins took action.

However, even if it hadn't been long since it had passed, before he got close to the north gate, Li Shushi had already smelled a faint smell of blood.

looked at Xiaoqiang and Zilongchan beside him, and got a positive answer, but except for the smell of blood, he didn't hear any other sounds, and it didn't look like the city gate had been opened, and the enemy army quietly entered the city, don't shoot guns and arrows.

As a result, Li Shushi found a lot of corpses wearing city guard uniforms outside the north gate, as well as Liao Hua who was panting for breath with a war knife.

"My lord, my subordinates are fortunate not to let the enemy succeed, but the enemy is too powerful and has lost dozens of brothers."

Hurriedly gave Liao Hua a small supply, and gave the Pingcheng County Magistrate, who was covered with wounds and looked in a very poor state, to do an emergency treatment, although the effect was not very good, but this small supplement born from self-healing in addition to being able to restore fùHP, also has a certain ability to restore the body, so it made Liao Hua's face a lot better, at least not the feeling of standing there just now.

It was only at this time that Li Shushi was in the mood to ask the other party about the origin of the situation in front of him.

"It's a coincidence. The subordinates were just going to go to the county lieutenant to discuss the city defense, but what they didn't expect was that as soon as they arrived at the place where the county captain was on duty, they felt that something was not right, as if they smelled danger. Therefore, in the vigilance of his subordinates, the enemy's sneak attack did not succeed, but was killed after a lot of effort. But who would have thought that the assassin did not leave a corpse, but instead shattered and disappeared without a trace.

Later, his subordinates found the body of the county lieutenant, and after examination, it was found that it was a one-hit death, as did the rest of the guards. Most importantly. The keys to the four gates, which were supposed to be guarded by the lieutenant of the valley, disappeared without a trace.

I felt that something was not quite right. He immediately sent someone to the lord's mansion to report, and he rushed to the north gate with his men, because the north gate was more likely to be attacked than the other city gates. In addition, on the way to the north gate, most of the soldiers and civilians guarding the barricades and patrolling the streets were assembled for possible fighting. Only a small number of soldiers were left in case of contingency.

Fortunately, the thieves didn't end the battle when their subordinates arrived at the north gate for some reason. This gave his subordinates the opportunity to regain control of the city gates. However, because of this enemy's conspiracy, it took dozens of losses to barely defeat all the enemies. But these enemies, like the Assassin who attacked them, died without leaving a corpse. On the contrary, they are like the ceremonial flowers placed during the New Year, leaving no traces. The only blades left were a few blades, but upon inspection, they looked very shabby, and some of them were chipped, not as sharp and tough as when the enemy held them in their hands. ”

"It's really hard Yuan Jian for you, if you didn't have Yuan Jian for you to make the right decision at the critical moment, I'm afraid that Pingcheng will have to face the enemy who has been waiting for a long time at this time, no matter whether you win or lose this battle, you will be counted as a credit in this matter! But don't let it up, although I also know that your physical condition is not very good now, but now the situation is urgent, you need to return to the county government immediately, and together with Xiaozhi, gather the city defense forces, and make preparations. And according to reliable information, the enemy's targets are not only me and the city guards, but also those caravan guards and tribal leaders are the targets of their assassination! , so you and Takashi also need to prevent possible chaos.

By the way, I'll lend you a few guards when I go back. Now there may still be enemy assassins lurking in the city, your injuries are still very serious, and you also have a personal experience of the strength of those assassins, you just go back, I don't worry about your safety. ”

"Lord...... Please rest assured that your subordinates will definitely complete the tasks given by the main bus, otherwise you will see you in the next step. ”

"I believe in Yuan Jian's ability, tonight the incident happened suddenly, and I am ready to see how Yuan Jian shows his skills in tomorrow's battle."

"I won't disappoint my lord! Then Liao Hua temporarily resigned. But please remember that Liaohua is just the head of an unknown county, and you shoulder the expectations of the Han people and the safety and tranquility of millions of households, so your safety is more important than Liaohua, if something happens to you, we ordinary people who follow you will lose the way forward. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Li Shushi to say anything more, he saluted and left, really coming and going like a soldier like the wind, and he couldn't see that he had just experienced a fierce battle, and he had exhausted most of his body's strength, and could only rely on his sword to maintain his standing posture.

"Liao Hua Liao Yuanjian, even if this little guy is a little worse in martial arts, he will definitely become a general who can rest assured in the future."

Surprisingly, Lu Bu, who was following behind Li Shushi, looked at Liao Hua with eyes full of appreciation and affirmation - although it is not uncommon for him to show this kind of expression, most of the time such expressions will be given to those masters who can make him happy, or cronies who have followed him for more than ten years, but Liao Hua doesn't seem to be able to stand at any point anyway, but now he can get such a high evaluation from Lu Bu, which really makes Li Shushi a little surprised.

However, although Xiaoqiang rarely reveals an unusual side, Li Shushi will not fully cooperate actively:

"Hmm~ What can I do if my martial arts are poor, as long as I can see it, even if I smash it with fruit, I can smash a master in the world~"

"Is that so? Then please have a lot of fruits to be able to smash a master, Master Li Xue, let yourself become a generation of masters first, I, Lu Fengxian, have always been looking forward to being able to have an equal duel with Shushi. ”

Misfortune......

"Fengxian, what did you find?"

Climb the tower and look out to the north. But tonight's moonlight was very dim, and the thin Emei Moon obviously couldn't provide any bonus to Li Shushi's eyesight, but it could only allow him to see the general outline of the undulating green hills in the distance, and even the range that the brazier lit on the city wall could illuminate. So he could only pin his hopes on the fierce beast from the grassland.

"It's not very clear, but it can be felt, from that unsettling feeling in the air, the enemy should be nearby."

"In other words, we should be waiting for the code to be sent to them in the city, if we simply open the city gate, we should not be able to deceive them...... Wenhe, what do you think? Shall we take a gamble. ”

"Not only is it extremely dangerous, but we haven't assembled our troops right now. Even if the enemy commander didn't have any brains, he rushed straight up. With the existing strength in our hands, it is just self-preservation, so don't be joking. ”

Well, even if you see through it, don't look at me with such "lord, you are all bored" eyes.

In fact, no matter how funny Li Shushi is. I will not choose to play a desperate fight at a time when the enemy situation is unclear and my own side has a hidden danger. No. That's not called a desperate fight, it's a model of digging a pit and burying yourself.

It can be said that if he couldn't pull out all the assassins in the city, it would be impossible for Li Shushi to devote himself to the battle. After all, no one wants an assassin with a glicking dagger in his hand suddenly appearing behind him at the height of the battle.

However, knowing that the enemy is outside, but not knowing when the enemy will attack, and worrying about the threat from behind, is really bad enough, and even makes the atmosphere on the city wall a little oppressive.

"I always feel that this time the enemy seems to be particularly fond of psychological warfare, is there any special purpose?"

"Probably because while we are afraid of the enemy, the enemy is also afraid of us. Even though the strength of those 'mystery men' was very strong, and there seemed to be an advantage in the body that we did not have except for the lord, we still killed the three excellent generals of the 'mystery man' after paying a considerable price. Even if there is information that the three slain enemies later appeared in some public appearances, it is certain from the information obtained from various sources that the three 'mystery men' seem to have been greatly affected, and there have been obvious undesirable changes, proving that death had a great effect on them as well. ”

Jia Xu's words were so slow that one couldn't help but believe his judgment when they heard it, and it also explained why the enemy would send assassins to assassinate them, and it was obvious that the enemies who were very jealous of them had already said that they would not hesitate to win, which of course showed that the enemy's discipline and lower limit had not been exhausted, and it also proved that the enemy was deeply jealous of them.

"So if nothing happens on our side, they'd rather just wait for us outside?"

"Maybe they will consider organizing a few tentative offensives, or maybe they will adopt fatigue tactics, which one the lord thinks is more suitable for their appetite, and which one they think the opponent's main general should choose, anyway, they should have enough 'death squads' in their hands."

"Since there are enough 'death squads', it's better to use the two together, anyway, no matter how much cannon fodder is lost, it won't be distressed."

"The book is true, you see, the enemy has begun to approach and line up, and he should be impatient to test it."

"Hmm...... Even if we try to attack, if only a few of us defend, this huge city wall will not be able to hold it. ”

"Therefore, the lord should think of a good way to deter the enemy, so that the enemy will give up the temptation and harassment of us, and instead seek a decisive battle with us, otherwise even if the enemy cannot break through the city tonight, Xu also thinks that the lord should consider the problem of transfer."

"Do you still need to think about it, as long as you open the city gate, let me take a hundred people out to kill, and ensure that you will not lose one person and one horse, and how many people you go out will bring back as many people as you want, and let the enemy be terrified~"

"Don't use this method to maliciously sell cuteness! If you're going to steal a camp with a hundred men, I'm absolutely sure you'll be able to do that, but if you're going to fight the enemy head-on, are you going to let me collect your body, or do you think these guards are easy to train and just give them up, or do you think those weird guys are really that easy to deal with? ”

Well, Xiao Qiang or something is habitually speaking without going through his brain, in fact, even if he himself estimated that after saying those words, he felt that he seemed to have proposed a more stupid Jianyì - in other words, it is not daytime, with the strange Cheng dù of that group of "mysterious people", Xiao Qiang does not think that his night combat ability is necessarily stronger than the other party, let alone that he has cultivated the incorruptible body of King Kong all over his body, and he can achieve 100% absolute defense against those cold guns and dark arrows.

Well, even if Xiaoqiang can do it himself, but as Li Shushi said, what about those guards who followed him to charge into battle?

So Xiaoqiang or something, he could only use the bricks on the city wall to vent his anger.

Anyway, in this case, Xiaoqiang generally doesn't count on it, so Li Shushi still locks his eyes on Jia Xu for advice, but he doesn't know what's going on, Jia Xu seems to have taken the wrong medicine, he just doesn't give the answer Li Shushi wants, and even ran directly to a place that is some distance away from Li Shushi, and competes with the city bricks there.

Well, Yiwen and Yiwu's two subordinates actually played with the city bricks, and Li Shushi said that he was also drunk.

All in all, it is not only necessary to go out of the city for a decisive battle to avoid large battle losses on your side, but also to give the enemy a powerful enough blow or deterrent that they do not dare to approach lightly, at least until tomorrow daylight can be counted and the losses in the city can be counted.

What should I do? Shouldn't we learn to learn from someone who was very cute when he was a child, but when he grew up, he became a gentleman and a monk, sitting cross-legged and drawing circles with his fingers on his head?

Hey, hey, you're already cosplaying!

Although such a move is a bit shocking, making the people around him look dumbfounded, although I want to sigh that these children's childhood is really not happy enough to be sad, but now the most tricky thing is the group of guys outside the city.

Pregnant!

It's been a long time since I've used this thing, and although it doesn't seem like it's been long on the surface, it's really too long for Li Shushi, who has experienced the time-warped fantasy world......

"Let me find it, let me find it, where are those special 'fireworks bombs'? Find, find. ”

Seeing this scene, Jia Xu really had the urge to cover his face, he really didn't expect that Li Shushi would still have a misunderstanding when it came to this point, so it was very unscientific to look at it.

Yes, under Jia Xu's previous judgment, the most suitable for this situation now is Li Shushi's large-scale strategies that are becoming more and more unscientific in terms of scope and killing ability, but they are very magical.

Although Jia Xu also knew that those strategies could not be as ferocious as in the Fruit Illusion in this era, and it was not a big problem to slaughter a city of tens of thousands of households by one person, but as long as the assembly was good, it could still cause a great visual impact on the enemy, especially the combination of fire and wind, which was full of visual effects.

It would be even more perfect if two or three Bagua Array pits could be erected to attack the enemy-although Jia Xu felt that the possibility of success of this idea was not high, but it could not be said that it was completely impossible to dig some pits outside the Bagua Array to win over some people or something.

If these things are only about damage, it is obvious that they will not be very good in an open environment, but they can put heavy pressure on the enemy, and then come at irregular intervals, and it will not take an hour for the enemy to hesitate because he is not sure about the preparation of the state army, and when the time comes, the troops that have been assembled will be able to arrive, and then who wins and who loses will be the decisive winner!

It's a pity that if this idea is put forward again, Li Shushi will be very embarrassed, and Jia Xu will also be very embarrassed, this kind of thing that makes himself embarrassed and unhappy with the leader Jia Xu, the old fox, can do it?

So now he can only watch Li Shushi busy going and going alone, and even put the golden fire canister cannon on top of the city.

"Roar~! As soon as you are ready, fools outside the city, feel the power of the times! (To be continued......)