Chapter 15: The Dead Eunuch
Originally, the prisoners were to be escorted into Beijing in a prisoner's car, that is, a cage made of wood on a board cart, and the prisoners knelt in the cage with their hands and heads exposed, but they were firmly locked, and that posture would never be pleasant -- we were walking on the ground, and you were riding in the car alone, how could you be comfortable. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, prisoners are different from ordinary prisoners after all, and Lu Long's knighthood, rank, rank, and position have not been completely deprived, so it is impossible for him to let a general from the border of the town take a prisoner car to Beijing. Therefore, it was only an ordinary carriage that escorted Lu Long, but the carriage was reinforced with iron plates, and there were iron locks in the compartment to imprison him. There were twenty-four escorts in total, twenty forbidden soldiers covered the front and rear, a coachman and a man in the uniform of a fifth-rank military attache sat in front of the car, and another straddle horse in the uniform of a fourth-rank military attache followed the car—and one stayed in the car with Lu Long, easily refusing to show his face.
The military attache who sat next to the coachman in front of the carriage was named Shang Fuyun, nicknamed "One Knife Breaking Mountain," and the one who straddled the horse and followed the carriage was named Xie Mou, nicknamed "Divine Spear Taibao" -- both of whom were among the four great scholars of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Shang Fuyun's martial arts are outstanding, and his strength is amazing, but his head is somewhat difficult to use, and he only knows that he is loyal to his benefactor, and he has always been confused about the treachery and political struggles between the DPRK and China. He thought about it, but he didn't understand anything, so he opened his mouth and asked his companion: "Brother Xie, please ask, since Enxiang hates Lu Long deeply, why don't you ask us to immediately correct the law in front of the army, and take them all the way back to the capital? Wouldn't it be troublesome to be afraid that someone would rob the prisoner along the way?"
Xie Mu knew the quality of his companions, but he did not hesitate to explain in detail, and smiled slightly: "Many people in the court played, please pardon Lu Long, so Your Majesty only issued the will of Suonna, arrested him in Beijing, and handed it over to the three law divisions." How could Enxiang disobey the holy decree and categorically behead him? It is better to wait for someone to save him, and then Lu Long can take his life on the grounds that he wants to escape. ”
Shang Fuyun still didn't understand: "It's really too much...... With the power of grace, it shouldn't be difficult to get the holy decree of killing Lu Long, right?"
A shrill voice suddenly sounded in the carriage: "If Xiangye wants a will, our family will help him write one...... But if the order of beheading before the army is really given, I am afraid that the sergeants will make a noise, but they will force Lu Long to rebel. ”
Xie Mou bowed slightly towards the carriage: "What Duke Wei said is very true, and what the public is worried about is exactly ......what Enxiang is worried about" and then continued to explain to Shang Fuyun: "If you force the Lu family army, and then collude with Rong Di inside and outside, and open the gate, I am afraid that the fall of the imperial court is imminent, and it will be difficult to protect both the Son of Heaven and Enxiang." It's better to just capture him, escort him into Beijing, and pinch him in the palm of his hand, and the Lu Jiajun will not dare to rebel. Then slowly lure the generals and cut off the Lu family's army, and when they succeeded, they would have no worries about the canonical punishment of Lu Longming. You don't have to think so much, just follow the orders. ”
Shang Fuyun frowned: "But you said that you would wait for someone to come to the rescue, so that you could take the opportunity to take Lu Long's life on the way......"
"That's also a last resort - if only two or three kittens come, we'll just send them away, and we don't have to touch Lu Long. Unless there are many people coming, the martial arts are ......"
Father-in-law Wei in the car sneered: "Our family wants to see who has the ability to rob and kidnap the Qin prisoner in front of our family, and can force our family to make this decision!"
Xie Mou reminded: "Father-in-law should be careful not to underestimate the enemy, for fear that Lu Long's henchmen will invite that ...... surnamed Handan."
"Hmph, the general of the rivers and lakes surnamed Handan blows like a god descending to earth, and the little cub in his early twenties around him doesn't believe that he can really reach the sky. We're going to meet him for a while!"
Shang Fuyun stiffened his neck: "If the surname Handan appears, it will bother the father-in-law; ”
Xie Mu suddenly waved his hand: "Let's not talk about it yet, cheer up, this place is surrounded by mountains and forests, if there are thieves who want to rob prisoners, it is a good place to ambush......"
Before the words fell, I heard a few "pops", and the two horses pulling the cart suddenly stepped into the air, stretched out their necks, and planted straight ahead-it turned out that someone had dug a trap more than two feet deep in the middle of the road!
Shang Fuyun's head was not good, he reacted quickly, jumped out of the car as soon as his butt was off, and then stretched out his hand and pressed the carriage. Xie Mou took off his gun from the victory hook and stopped it on the right side of the carriage - on the left side of the road was a mountain wall, although there were some bushes, but there was no way to hide people, if there was an ambush, it would definitely be in the dense forest on the other side.
He felt a little strange in his heart, because the carriage was not marching in front of the queue, and there were several forbidden soldiers at the front, why didn't those people step through the trap, but they couldn't carry it when they reached the horse pulling the cart? Although the horse must be heavier than the human, what kind of trap is it, and it can calculate the bearing capacity so accurately?
Just as he was waiting to drink the soldiers to gather over, the group covered the carriage, and suddenly heard a whistling in the forest, and countless sharpened bamboo poles **** came out and flew straight to the carriage. Xie Mou's big gun shook, running like a wheel, and the bamboo pole shattered when it encountered it, and none of them could get close. Of course, he is a strong martial artist, and although the soldiers who escorted the car are also elite, they are not as calm as him when they are unexpected-two soldiers were shot by a bamboo pole with a thick cup, and before they could even scream, they were pierced and stuck on the ground. The rest of the soldiers scattered and gave way to the carriage.
Xie Mou was concentrating on guarding against the second round of attacks -- the so-called "don't enter the forest", under the premise that the enemy situation was unknown, he would not take the initiative to kill into the forest -- suddenly out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the ground behind the carriage was cracked, and several figures jumped out of the "poof"!
What a trick to "sound the east and attack the west"!
These people who jumped out of the ground are, of course, Zhang Lu and his party. A few hours ago, Zhang Lu said, we can't wait for an ambush here, we have to make some arrangements in advance, who wants to look at each other, and ask what arrangements can be made?
Although Zhu Xuanfu and the others came from a world where martial arts flourished, the Tengaki Imperial Court overwhelmed the feudal clans, and the society was generally stable, and they had a lot of experience in upright competitions, but they did not have much contact with various treacherous conspiracies that would do anything to win. As for the Ji Ying brothers, although they live in troubled times, they are also white heroes who help the government, and they usually don't do things like stealing chickens and dogs. Borrowing things to hide forms, ambushes and raids, they know this, digging pits, setting up mechanisms and other methods, which have never been in their minds at all.
Only Zhang Lu, in the past life, the next life, the present life, and the other world, received enough information from all aspects, and he was able to come up with all kinds of damage tricks to increase his own chances of victory and suppress the enemy's play. He didn't think about it at first, he just planned to follow the team to complete the mission--it's not my business alone, why am I so concerned? But seeing that his companions are unreliable, he can't help it, so he has to talk about it.
Zhang Lu said, since he knew that General Lu was locked in the carriage and escorted, then we must first guard against the master of the carriage tripping us all, and then the carriage will run first - even if we win in the end, I am afraid that it will be a bamboo basket for nothing. Ji Ying nodded: "What Brother Zhang Xian said is reasonable-then should we dig a big hole on the road, or cut down a few trees to block the way?"
Zhang Lu shook his head and said that it would not work, it was equivalent to telling the other party that there was an ambush here, and he raised their vigilance in plain terms, I have a plan, I might as well do this and this, this and so.
He first instructed the people to dig two pits in the road, which were covered with wooden planks and straw, and covered with loess. The back pit was deeper, and the people were ambushed, and the front pit was shallow and was only used to trap horses and stop carts.
But the trap used to trap the horse was added to the arrangement, that is, under the plank, several thick ropes were pulled, and both ends were tied to the roots of the tree, and they were tightened. It was all right for the man to step on it, but when the two horses in the car stepped on the pit, the man in ambush in the forest swung his knife and cut the thick rope, so that the plank was immediately torn by the horse's hooves......
Zhang Lu also bent wood into a bow in the forest, sharpened bamboo to make arrows, and bound them with thick ropes, as long as the thick ropes were cut, the bamboo would naturally fly out. The range and track, which have been repeatedly tested, ensure that a person standing next to the car can just pierce his lower abdomen, but because the carriage is relatively high, at most the spokes will be broken, so that by the way, even Lu Long in the car will be pierced into a hedgehog.
The bamboos flew out, attracting the attention of the enemy, and at the same time, the people in the trap behind them shook off the planks above their heads with their palms, jumped out, and appeared to hijack the car. This trick really worked, Xie Mu and the others were attacked in a hurry, thinking that the enemy was hiding in the forest, or ambushed in the pit that was broken by the horse's hooves, but they didn't expect that suddenly there were several people behind the car, and their minds were confused on the spot, and their actions were slowed down because of this.
If Lu Long was the only one in the car, such a momentary effort would have been able to determine the victory - Zhang Lu and the others had their backs to the carriage, but they became on the defensive, and the escorted soldiers were forced to attack the fortifications, and I am afraid that they would not be able to exert seventy percent of their strength. It's just that Zhang Lu also thought about it, what if there were other people in the car? So after they jumped out of the ground, according to the plan, only Zhu Xuanfu and Ji Ying, who had the strongest martial arts, boarded the car to save Lu Long.
Ji Ying was eager to save people, rushed to pull the car door first, and shouted: "General Lu!" But the car door was opened, and suddenly there was a strong surge, although Ji Ying was on guard, he felt that this power permeated the four fields, blocking all his ways to dodge, and was forced to put the knife in his hand horizontally, blocking his chest. I saw a white palm stretched out from the car, with five slender fingers, and accurately hit the blade of the knife - Ji Ying fell out with his head.
Fortunately, he opened the left side door, if it was the right side, it would definitely collide with Xie Mu. But seeing that he fell straight more than a foot away, his heart hit the mountain wall fiercely, and he couldn't help but have a sweet throat, and blood spurted wildly in his mouth.
After Zhang Luxin finished speaking, there was another master in the car, which might be the eunuch surnamed Wei...... What's even worse is that Ji Daxia, can you be a little more cautious? If you give up this palm, all my previous plans will be lost, and the momentum of victory and defeat will be overturned in an instant!
Is it really like a video game, all the flavor recipe NPCs are completely unreliable?!
At the moment, he squinted at Zhu Xuanfu, which means: My tricks have been played here, and I have to do it according to your plan! Zhu Xuanfu understood, and immediately shouted: "Don't be in a hurry to save people, get rid of these lackeys first!" The two jumped forward and went straight to Xie Mu to kill.
According to Zhu Xuanfu's plan, he, Zhang Lu, and Hu Fangbin joined forces to defeat one Xiangfu master as soon as possible, Zong Liang and Liang Qi fought against the other, and as for Wei Zhu, who was hiding in the car, it was handed over to Ji Ying and Ruan Lingshu, and they could stumble as long as they could.
As for those soldiers, they had just learned martial arts in the Tianyuan World, and they probably couldn't reach the third-order Qi Accumulation of the Dao Realm--much worse than Yansui -- and only by relying on the power of the formation could they face the enemy Zhang Lu and the others. The problem is that the number of them is too small, and the mountain road is relatively narrow, so they can't form a formation at all, and they can hardly intervene in the fight between masters, so they can ignore it for the time being.
Zhang Lu didn't care about others first, concentrated on it, brandished his long sword, and stabbed straight at Xie Mou's chest. Xie Mou's big gun shook and he returned the fight, but as soon as he knocked away the long sword, Zhu Xuanfu's iron ruler arrived, and he hurriedly blocked the spear, and the gun and ruler intersected, he felt that his wrist was faintly shaking, and his heart was not good......
The kid who jumped over to make the sword first, handed over a move, and knew the depth, not his opponent, but this time the person who made the iron ruler seemed to be between himself and himself, and the two of them worked together, and it was difficult for him to win. Especially although the spear is long and the sword and ruler are short, but he is still riding on horseback, he has no chance to pull the saddle and get down, almost impossible to dodge......
Xie Mou has a lot of experience in fighting, and when he held a gun with one hand, his left hand leaned down to his waist, and he drew his sword, his left sword and right gun, wielding it like the wind, purely on the defensive - as long as Father-in-law Wei got out of the car, he would definitely be able to disperse the thieves who tried to carjack the car, and I would better save my life first.
In this way, it is not easy for Zhang and Zhu to attack closely, and even if they soon add another Tiger Fangbin, they can only temporarily suppress Xie Mou. During the fierce battle, Zhang Lu squinted his eyes and saw that Zong Liang and Liang Qi had rushed out of the forest - the two of them had just broken the rope and released the mechanism, and they had entangled Shang Fuyun. Shang Fuyun had already drawn his knife to cut off the wheels of the carriage to prevent the carriage from sliding down to the pit, and then freed his hand, wanting to help Xie Mou.
But Wei Zhu in the car finally appeared. He didn't chase Ji Ying, but opened the door on the right side of the carriage and wanted to save Xie Mou. Ruan Lingshu stepped forward with his sword and unfolded a set of "Qingyun Thirteen Swords", which seemed to be flowing water and a gossamer, and it seemed that his defensive power was much stronger than Dong Li's Rouyun swordsmanship. It's a pity that the difference in level is too far, Wei Zhu can break through with his strength, and with a point in both palms, the wind surges, and in an instant, Ruan Lingshu is forced to retreat step by step.
"Where did you come from, step down, you are not our opponent - the one surnamed Handan can be?!"
Zhang Luxin said, why don't first-class masters have cocks? From Dongfang Undefeated to Yue Buqun to Cao Shaoqin...... Looking at the pace and figure of that guy, he is not under the mocking wind, no matter how good Ruan's female tricks are and how tightly she defends, it is estimated that she will not be able to stop him from six or seven moves. But we may not be able to fight this guy in front of us with one shot and one sword, cosplay Zhao Zilong within six or seven moves, once he is pulled out by the dead eunuch, the mission will fail, I am afraid that none of us traversers will survive!
It seems that Lao Tzu has no tricks, I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape this catastrophe today!(To be continued.) )