Chapter 178: Assassination
The sky is just light, the autumn wind is sassy, and the drizzle is dripping.
There is a carrier pigeon in the county town that landed on the windowsill of a backyard of the government office.
A woman in purple took the note, unfolded it and looked at it, took off the cloak hanging on the wall and walked to the front gate with two swords.
The little soldier guarding the gate saw that it was her, and quickly brought a brown-haired war horse over. The woman turned over and went to the wall.
The autumn rain was as dense as smoke, and the sound of the woman's beating horses sounded from time to time, which made some people angry in the dead city.
In a short time, the walls of the city came near.
The woman gently tightened the reins and let the horse come to a slow stop.
She stopped and looked at the situation on the other side of the water mill, and saw that there were soldiers moving water tanks, and many people were holding clay pots to pour the collected rainwater into it, and there was finally a shallow smile on their faces.
"Mrs. Hua, the general is over there in the back city."
A soldier ran to report that his face was black and gray, his lips were chapped, and he looked like he hadn't drunk water for a long time, but his spirit was still there, and he was not dying.
Hua Long heard that her husband was over there, and turned the horse's head.
At the beginning of the morning, people began to move around in the city, and the people saw that there was rain falling in the sky, and they took out their buckets and cans and put them on the eaves, although it was drizzle, it was better than nothing.
Hua Long went to Houcheng and saw her husband standing at the head of the wall from a distance.
She dismounted and was about to go up, but Qi Bin on the city wall turned around and walked down quickly when he saw her.
"Why are you running here when you're not feeling well?"
Qi Bin squeezed her hand, feeling that Wen Runcai did not continue.
"I'm not sick, there's nothing I can't come out of."
Hua Long pouted, and her face was flushed, because she was pregnant.
Qi Bin looked at his wife's appearance and felt soft in his heart, and asked her to go back to rest early, and he was watching here.
Just come and let go, Hua Long saw that her husband was tired and his lips were dry, but she was a little distressed, so she took off a water bladder from her waist and handed it to him, "Drink some." ”
Qi Bin didn't answer, "You keep these, now that I have vowed to advance and retreat with the soldiers, I will not go back on it in private to quench my thirst." ”
"Why are you so stupid!"
Hua Long really felt that he was too honest and honest, but this was also due to his character, if it weren't for his tendon temperament, he wouldn't have been able to complete the task so quickly and take people into the palm of his hand.
Not long after they got married, the relationship surfaced after the death of the general surnamed Tian, and at that time Hua Long was already pregnant, although everything was a ploy, but after getting along for a long time, she had taken all this as true.
"Kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, if you don't drink it, forget it." Hua Long put the water bladder back unhappily, took out the small note from his waist and handed it to him, "The news from the prince's side, let us hold on for two more days to send reinforcements." ”
The message on the note was brief, as Hua Long said.
Qi Bin breathed a long sigh of relief after reading it, "Qi is not talented, and it is not good to defend the city and have reinforcements to save him, so I am deeply ashamed." ”
Hua Long, "......"
"Forget it, let's not talk about you. The prince has always been a successful man, and he said that if we hold on for two more days, we will go according to the plan. As long as we can't hold on to these two days, there is no problem in holding on for two days. ”
"Having said that, I'm afraid that Wei Yu will come over from both sides, after all, the soldiers from the court are coming."
As long as there is any movement outside, Wei Li will send a message to this side, and the information he gets is never hidden, but this time the court came to recover the king of Qi, and he said to the outside that he came to rescue Liangzhou.
You must know that Liangzhou is surrounded like this, and it is completely unreasonable for the court not to send troops.
In addition, the recovery of the King of Qi also solved the crisis of Liangzhou, and there was no conflict.
Therefore, everyone waited for the soldiers of the court, including the people of the city.
Qi Bin has always used the feat of King Liang to defend the horse to shock the generals, and to encourage the people in the city with the reinforcements of the court, his every word and every sentence has deeply penetrated into the hearts and lungs of the people, leading the army and the people in the city to work together to tide over the difficulties.
"When he comes, we will defend him. The disparity in strength is not large, and with the city walls and moats, it will definitely be no problem for two days. ”
Hua Long first came into contact with these city defense battles, but in fact, she was guessing nonsense.
Qi Bin thought about it and didn't say anything more, let her go back and take care of herself, he was responsible for defending the city.
Hua Long nodded in response, but turned her head but did not go back to the mansion, but went to the water mill to do things with the soldiers.
At noon, Wei Yu took the generals in the camp to eat and drink, and personally led the leading peak to sit in a chariot to attack Linxian.
At that time, the soldiers of Linxian had just finished distributing the rain collected in the morning, and saw the soldiers and horses of King Qi and King Hui from a distance, blowing horns on the city wall.
This time, the attack method of King Qi's army was as Qi Bin had thought before, and the soldiers were divided into two ways to attack in front and rear.
Although the city has been fully prepared, there has been a shortage of water for more than half a month, and many soldiers have drunk some unclean water, so it is inevitable that they will fall ill, and they will not be as brave as they were at the beginning when they enter the battlefield, and Linxian is in danger.
At that time, Wei Li was leading people to squat in a sandy place in Tongzhou to guard Wei Yan's logistics troops, and he was completely ignorant of the danger in Linxian County.
However, he knew very well that the sooner the matter was dealt with, the better, so it was originally scheduled to be an ambush in the mountains and forests, but it was later changed to sand.
This place is a small desert with undulating sand dunes and all the landforms in full view.
Wei Yan led the team through here, looked at the old shrub forest and these sand dunes in front of him, and finally asked the team to find a sand col and set up camp directly in the sand.
This time, the grain and grass are to be transported into Tongzhou City, and the King of Qi is going to block the crusading army of the court there, and he has already let people build the city and prepare for the battle.
The materials agreed with King Hui were all mentioned this time, and Wei Yan was on guard throughout the whole process, and he would personally lead people to patrol the convoy at night.
The moon is full tonight, and the sandy scenery is clearly visible to the naked eye.
Wei Yan stood on the sand dunes for a while, turned around and was about to return to the tent, when he heard the sound of sharp arrows coming from a distance.
"Protect the Son."
Some people muffled their voices, some people were hit by arrows, and most of the dozen or so people around Wei Yan quickly died.
"Where are the Assassins?"
Wei Yan raised his sword in a panic, and the people around him were dead five or six, but he hadn't seen where the arrow came from.
"Shizi, I'm afraid it's in the sand, let's go back to the camp quickly."
Two lieutenants were on his side, and a few men were preparing to go down, when they saw that the camp in the col was on fire, and the grain and grass carts were also set on fire.
Wei Yan was shocked, and saw many black-clothed people coming out of the sand below, gritting his teeth in anger, holding his sword into the air, and wanted to jump down like this, but in mid-air, he saw a beam of light shooting towards him, and then he felt a pain in his chest, and the whole person lost his center of gravity and fell down directly.
"The !! of the Prince"
Wei Yan was face down, with a big knife in his chest, and when he was turned over, blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth, and he was already dead.
The fire in the sand burned for most of the night, 500 against 5,000 people, Wei Li did not fight, he killed Wei Yan, let people throw gas oil canisters on each grain and grass cart, and then quickly took people away.