Under the frantic bombardment of Duan Shaojun's artillery, more than 10,000 regular troops of the state city entrenched outside the city suffered heavy losses.

It took Situ Hao a whole afternoon to gather the soldiers and horses fleeing all over the mountains, and after some counting, he found that there were less than 10,000 soldiers who could maintain combat effectiveness.

That night, under the order of Situ Hao, the commander of the capital, a group of generals and captains led the remnants of the remnants of the horses and slowly retreated to Centipede Ridge, thirty miles away, and set up camp here.

After several successive fiascos, now, the entire army has no fighting spirit, especially after seeing the terrifying firearms of the Dingshan Rebellion, these regular army officers and soldiers are all talking about tiger changes, and their morale is extremely low.

Situ Hao sat in the big tent, his face was gloomy, and he held a secret letter that had just been written, which would be sent to Ezhou, the county capital of Lianshan County, in a quarter of an hour.

This secret letter contains military secrets, and it is also a letter asking for help, and at the same time, this secret letter also contains his shame.

Yes, that's right, it's a shame!

Think about him Situ Hao has commanded the entire Luzhou soldiers and horses for many years, participated in dozens of battles large and small, when did he suffer such a crushing defeat.

The 13,000 Luzhou regular army is the most elite military force in the entire Luzhou jurisdiction, especially the 500 iron-blooded elites under his command who can form a tiger alliance, and they are the elite of the elite. If it weren't for this fiasco, the five hundred iron-blooded elites would definitely have the qualifications to be selected for the Great Song Forbidden Army.

This defeat, once it reaches the county capital, will inevitably cause the generals of other state cities to laugh, tens of thousands of regular troops, actually defeated hundreds of Dingshan chaotic party slaughter and fled, this kind of absurd thing, if he did not see it with his own eyes, he may not be able to believe it.

Thinking of this, Situ Hao was in a very irritable mood, and after gritting his teeth for a while. He slowly closed his eyes to ease the anger in his heart.

Suddenly, a report from a personal guard came from outside the tent: "Report to Lord Dutong, Yi Sai Zen asks to see you!"

Situ Hao opened his eyes. calmed down for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Let him come in and see Pontusun!"

As soon as the words fell, the curtain of the tent was lifted from the outside, and the figure of the white-robed Taoist priest appeared outside the tent.

The white-robed Taoist priest walked up to him with a solemn expression, saluted Situ Hao and said, "Lord Dutong, there is an urgent matter to discuss in the poor way!"

Situ Hao exhaled deeply, his face softened slightly, and said, "I don't know what Yi Sai Chan wants to discuss when he is looking for Bendutong?"

The white-robed Taoist priest pondered slightly for a moment. Said: "Now the Dingshan Rebellion has mysterious firearms to defend the city, which has caused our army to suffer repeated defeats, but I am afraid that if we continue to delay, we will not be able to reach Yingxia Pass on time, for today's plan." You can only think of other ways. ”

Situ Hao's expression was gloomy for a while, and he said gloomily: "Dingshan County is occupied by the chaotic party, the thieves have powerful firearms, our army can't conquer the city at all, now, except to retreat and choose another road, where is there any other way!"

The white-robed Taoist priest shook his head. sighed and said: "Lord Dutong, go to Yingxia Pass to help, except for the Dingshan road, which is a shortcut, choose another way, but I am afraid that it will be delayed for more than a few days in time, in that case." We still couldn't get to Eagle Gorge Pass on time. ”

Situ Hao said helplessly: "In that case, do we have any other choice?"

The white-robed Taoist priest hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "Lord Dutong, if you want to rush to Yingxia Pass as scheduled, you can only pass through Dingshan County. Since the Dingshan thief word firearms are ferocious, and the strong attack is fruitless, the poor road still needs a plan, so you can give it a try, maybe you can use this to break through the county seat of Dingshan in one fell swoop!"

Hearing this, Situ Hao was shocked, and hurriedly said, "What is the plan, hurry up and tell me in detail?"

The white-robed Taoist priest smiled slightly and said: "Lord Dutong, if the attack fails, we will secretly take it, as long as the poor Dao casts a spell and sends more than a dozen strong armor soldiers to infiltrate the county seat, we will definitely be able to assassinate the leaders of the chaotic party and thieves on the spot!"

"Stabbing?"

Situ Hao pinched his forehead lightly, and said: "According to the secret knowledge of the city capital, these Dingshan rebels are all people in the rivers and lakes, all of them are proficient in Gangqi martial arts, they dare to come to capture the city, presumably by the side of the thief Duan Shaojun, there must be a master guard, if the assassination is carried out, I am afraid that it may not be successful! Moreover, in the southern city defense area, the thieves patrol and guard strictly, and if you want to arrange more than a dozen soldiers to sneak into the city, I am afraid that it is not so easy." You must know that once you are detected by the thieves in the city, you will definitely take precautions, in this way, it is not good, you must know that the firearms of those Dingshan thieves are so powerful that they are enough to kill any eighth-level Gangqi Martial Sect!"

The white-robed Taoist priest looked at Situ Hao deeply, and said slowly: "Lord Dutong, in order to ensure that the assassination is safe, the poor Taoist is willing to take people to it in person!"

Situ Hao's expression was shocked, he hesitated slightly for a moment, a trace of cold murderous aura flashed in his eyes, and he said resolutely: "Okay, it's accurate!"

............

Before you know it, the night has arrived, and in the dark wilderness, there are more than a dozen black figures!

At this moment, the white-robed Taoist priest had already changed into a night robe, and under his leadership, thirteen vigorous soldiers rushed towards the Nancheng Tower twenty miles away.

When he was still ten miles away from the city gate, the white-robed Taoist priest waved his arm violently, and suddenly, the thirteen soldiers whose strength was above the sixth level Gangqi martial artist all stopped in place.

Suddenly, the white-robed Taoist priest took out fourteen yellow talismans from his arms, waved his hands, and fourteen yellow talismans were sprinkled into the air, and flew up quickly in mid-air, only to see him open his mouth towards the yellow talismans in mid-air, spewing out a mouthful of pale yellow aura, and suddenly, as soon as those yellow talismans were contaminated with aura, they were like having life, shining with a faint yellow brilliance.

Immediately after, the white-robed Taoist priest gently bit the tip of his tongue and spewed out a mouthful of essence blood into the air again, and in an instant, those yellow talismans changed from pale yellow to dark purple.

"Heavenly Master's Eight Laws, Hidden!"

With a low shout, fourteen flying dark purple spirit runes in mid-air actually separated suddenly, and quickly flew towards more than a dozen black-clothed soldiers, sticking tightly to their clothes, at this moment, something amazing happened, thirteen black-clothed soldiers, including white-robed Taoist priests, all disappeared in a short moment, and disappeared into the pitch-black wilderness.

In the empty wilderness, there was a sudden sound of slight footsteps, but there was no trace of it, only to see the weeds on the ground constantly bending and parting, this line of invisible assassins, under the leadership of the white-robed Taoist priest, quietly sneaked towards a hidden city wall......

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At this moment, in Dingshan County, there is a dark silence, except for the husband who knocks on the bang, there is not a single idler in the streets and lanes.

Above the southern city defense, the lights were bright, and although the regular army outside the city was repulsed, the head of the city ordered strict orders to be vigilant at all times. Therefore, under the arrangement of Sun Monkey, the number of people who patrol the night vigil at night has not decreased, but has increased by two teams.

In the county office, in addition to the two lanterns hanging at the gate, in the county office, whether it is the main hall or the backyard, it is all black and blind, it is dark, everyone is sleeping, including Duan Shaojun, he is also lying on the bed and sleeping, however, the two guard disciples guarding the door, they are loyal, dutiful and dutiful to keep a clear head, and always vigilant against all movements around them.

"Meow!"

Suddenly, a wild cat jumped out of the courtyard wall, causing the two guard disciples to be shocked, and suddenly, the two of them glanced at each other, secretly put their hands on the hilt of the sword at their waists, as long as there was any suspicious situation, they would not hesitate to draw their long swords, and eliminate any suspicious person who dared to approach the head of the wing.

The two guard disciples burst out with purple qi all over their bodies, and secretly raised their vigilance, suddenly, they felt a gust of wind behind them, and before they could draw their swords and turn around, the two of them collapsed to the ground strangely without making a sound.

At this time, something even stranger happened, Duan Shaojun's door opened automatically and silently without anyone pushing the door.

At the moment when the door was opened, a golden light suddenly shot out from inside the room, and in an instant, in the darkness outside the door, several painful snorts sounded in succession, and then, a series of blood stains appeared on the empty ground.

At this moment, Lu Xuan, dressed in Confucian costume, appeared in the backyard like a leisurely stroll, looking at the empty darkness, he shook his head and smiled, and said lightly: "The ghost trick taught by the Heavenly Master, nothing more than that, show up......"