Chapter 175: A Big Show
Yang Shifan said in a deep voice: "Brother, now there are at least a thousand guards stationed in the Jiedu Embassy Office, and the only breakthrough is the backyard. Li Yuan is very protective of the family scrolls, and if there is no emergency military situation on weekdays, all officials and generals are not allowed to enter the backyard, which leaves us with an excellent opportunity."
"Family scrolls? Is the Emperor living there?" Listening carefully to the side, Li Congjia suddenly lost his manners, got up straight and called, opened his mouth and sneered that his eyes were about to fall, and his eyes were really a little obscene.
Yang Shifan was a little stunned, but he quickly understood a little, and then said, "Your Highness! Are you talking about Li Yuan's wife, Zhou Ehuang? Exactly, she, Li Yuan's adoptive mother and the rest of the female scrolls all live in the backyard......
Li Congjia nodded excitedly, but there was nothing in his hand but he bent and squirmed from time to time, as if he was holding something, and kept muttering: "Excellent, wonderful! Sister Ehuang ......"
Zhou Xingfeng looked for an opportunity to secretly glance at this idiot, which can be regarded as a show of disdain, and then regained his composure, and continued to Yang Shifan: "How is the side door leading to the backyard defended? Since you claim that Li Yuan has protected his family scrolls very well, how can the side gate not be guarded by heavy soldiers?"
"There are no less than three hundred guards at the side gate, but don't worry, brother, how can I disappoint my brother and His Highness if I dare to come? My brother knows, I have always only needed to look at people, and the general on duty at the side gate for the past two days is named Li Guanxiang, who was originally my Langzhou soldier, and he is an insatiable villain, who has been bribed by me with a lot of money before he came......
Zhou Xingfeng has always been a cautious person, and at this time, he can only make up his mind with just a few words, so he said in a deep voice: "Shi Fan, this matter is very important! If we fail, we will all die without a place to be buried! Are you sure this man can be used by us?"
Yang Shifan seemed to have been prepared, hesitated for a moment and then replied, "Brother, when did you worry about your next errand? I have long been able to find out where Li Guanxiang lived, and a pair of old parents, wife and children in the family are now in my hands! He would not dare to rebel!"
Zhou Xingfeng nodded approvingly, and then replied murderously, "Hmm! Just be careful about everything, and don't startle the snake before acting! Li Yuan didn't know that danger was coming, if you disturbed him before you acted, everything would be over! When Your Highness and I enter the front hall, you will quickly sneak in through the side door and take down all the old and young Li Yuan family for me!"
"Brother, don't worry! Since our brothers have come to us at the risk of death, we are completely sure! Will definitely finish the errand! Besides, Li Yuan, a thief, also has a personal vendetta with us, and if we can get rid of him, it will also be for Chen Li and the other brothers to avenge him!" Yang Shifan said in a deep voice.
At this point, Zhou Xingfeng suddenly remembered something, his fingers curled slightly, and he whispered, "The things you brought are ......."
Yang Shifan fumbled in the cuirass without hesitation, and after a while, he laboriously took out a token, presented it with both hands, and said, "Brother, this is the Wuping Army Pass Token, and today's password is "Quick Return"......
"Rapid return"? That's an interesting password! Quick return? Hehe......"
After Zhou Xingfeng took the token, he carefully inspected it back and forth, and after confirming the word Wuping on it, he walked to the side of the hall and said to the two generals who bowed their heads and said silently: "General Zou and General Hu, this token for passing through Langzhou City will be handed over to you, and as soon as the time comes, you will leave the city and bring in all the five thousand soldiers and horses!" Remember to hide the flag, just say that it is the imperial court reinforcements, and if the defenders resist, just let go and fight!"
"This?" General Zou Hu's eyes suddenly widened, and he hurriedly looked back at Li Congjia, but saw that His Royal Highness King Zheng had fallen into his own feelings since he didn't know when, so he had to bow his hand to Zhou Xingfeng and said, "Zhou Thorn History, with our five thousand soldiers and horses, do you really want to attack the city?" I'm afraid that your 5,000 Sizhou soldiers are going to be all broken......
Zhou Xingfeng is calm, where does he not know the risks, the sturdiness of the Langzhou city defense is unknown to others, but he knows it, not to mention Li Yuan, the world-famous commander, how can he neglect the vital city gate guard? If he really fell into the city because of the loss of a token, then he, the envoy of the Wuping Army, would have been replaced a long time ago......
In the final analysis, these 5,000 soldiers and horses were all Jianghuai children given to him by the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the cubs were sold
Ye Tian was not distressed, their mission was not to capture the city at all, but to cause a riot in order to attract the attention of the defenders of the city as much as possible.
And the main curtain of this good show, after all, is still in the Jiedu Embassy, which is a big drama staged by Zhou Xingfeng at the cost of his life.
As for the plot, Zhou Xingfeng has already finished planning with Li Congjia and Zhang Zi, probably Li Yuan wants to rebel, and he kidnaps King Zheng in the mansion, Zhou and Zhang kill thieves and so on.
Zhou Xingfeng walked to the center of the hall, and said to everyone with sharp eyes, "Then, let's go and do our own things!" Today, Li Yuan will be killed!"
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The next day, Wuping Festival was sent to the government office.
Just after the hour, the hall was already full of people, and all the officials of Wuping Town were present, and the meritorious generals who accompanied Li Yuan's army to Dongxi this time were also standing under the hall in full armor, all with a smile on their faces.
Today is really a good day, at sunrise from the post house came the news, the Tao is Zheng Wang Lao Jun before, there is another His Majesty's will to announce, mainly to encourage Wuping generals to make contributions to the country, at this time the surrounding officials are envious to look at these generals, and as civil officials, they can only watch the ceremony in a sour manner.
There was a heavy rain last night, the front of the government office was like a new mud, more than 300 Praetorian Cavalry galloped from the street, the horse's hooves rumbled but extremely dull, Zheng Wang Li Congjia did not ride a car for the first time, but galloped with Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Zi at the forefront. The noisy talking in front of the government office immediately stopped, and all the civil and military officials stretched their necks just to catch a glimpse of His Royal Highness King Zheng, who came majestically.
Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Zi took the lead in dismounting, and then the two of them carefully helped Li Congjia down, Li Congjia waved last night's embarrassment, full of calm, after receiving the brocade box containing the holy decree from the hands of the guards, he held one hand high above his head, and more than ten guards each held a red tray in their hands, which was wrapped in red silk, but I don't know what it was.
Seeing that Wuping and the other officials bowed their heads and saluted, Li Congjia nodded lightly, and then strode towards the gate, and the two hundred carefully selected brave guards behind him followed, setting up sentry posts all the way, ignoring the dense guards of the Wuping army around him, and wanted to forcibly guard the gate. The remaining more than 100 guards scattered around on horseback, and several entrances around the Jiedu Embassy Office were guarded.
This strange action of the dove occupying the magpie's nest is indeed in line with the regulations of the imperial court. His Royal Highness King Zheng is a royal nobleman, and wherever he goes, the forbidden army should take over the defense, so even if the soldiers of Wuping are dissatisfied, they can only watch the blades in their hands, retreat to the side and do not know what to do, let alone rashly stop them.
Zhu Kuangcong, who was in charge of today's guards, showed an unknown smile on his gloomy face, and silently returned from the small door with his sword in his hand, and when everyone's eyes were focused on King Zheng and his party, his back quickly disappeared.
Looking at the brightly lit hall not far away, Zhang Zi didn't know whether there was a ghost in his heart or his heart was swaying, and he stammered a little when he shouted loudly: "Zheng, ah, His Royal Highness King Zheng has arrived!" At the behest of His Majesty, I have come to deliver the decree!"