Chapter 90: All or Nothing
Jiang Xian couldn't hear the sarcasm in Lan Yu's words, and still bowed down with an unchanged face: "General Lan is right, the lower official has been taught. Then he said the purpose of his trip.
Seeing that the secret execution was about to be stillborn, he was afraid that it would be difficult to explain to Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang after returning to Yingtian, so he had no choice but to make a desperate bet, hoping to continue to lurk in Shen Peng's caravan and go to Gyeongju, the throat of Nahachu's heavy army, and wait for the opportunity to assassinate Pingzhang Guolai of the Northern Yuan. But Lan Yu's move to put the caravan under house arrest inadvertently ruined his plan, and it was only because of his move to meet Lan Yu today.
Lan Yu heard his plan, and couldn't help but be quite moved, he had many small battles in Liaodong and the Yuan army under Nahachu, and knew that Pingzhang Guolai was a scheming general under Nahachu, if he commanded tens of thousands of elite divisions and defended Gyeongju, a strategic place, with his own ability, the current military strength would be difficult to attack and attack.
Lan Yu looked at Jiang Xian with burning eyes, and said: The Mongolian man under Tuhuan has such a terrifying mastery, although this Jiang Xian assassination is not allowed, he still retreats with his whole body, which shows his skill and resourcefulness. Shen Peng has been dealing with Nahachu for a long time, and the caravan has thousands of people, and he is hidden in it, so it should not be a problem to enter Gyeongju. If he is lucky, I only need to wave my army in time, or I can take Gyeongju by surprise.
Thinking of this, Lan Yu did not hesitate any longer, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "That being the case, I led the army straight to a distance of sixty miles from Gyeongju, and then stationed in front of it, so as not to be discovered by the scouts of the Yuan army, which made Guolai vigilant and obstructed the caravan from entering Gyeongju." If you report quickly after the successful assassination, I will immediately wave my army and attack it, and take Gyeongju while the Yuan army is losing its main general. Speaking of this, he turned his head to Xu Ying and said, "Sister Ying, the old master Qin Zhuofeng has amazing skills, can you ask him to help?" He once lightly witnessed Qin Zhuofeng's move, and he was also amazed by his martial arts, and he was very heartbroken, if he was invited to make a move, the chances of success would naturally increase greatly.
Xu Ying nodded and said softly, "If my master knows about this, he will not allow it." ”
"Even so, the king is with him." Zhu Quan said in a deep voice.
Lan Yu and Jiang Xian couldn't help but be stunned when they heard that he, as a prince, was willing to take risks and do such a life-threatening thing.
Lan Yu turned her head to look at Xu Ying on Zhu Quan's side, and thought: If this is the case, Sister Ying is afraid that she will not stay in our army. Thinking of this, he said categorically: "This matter must not be, Ping Zhangguo came to this person, bent on fighting my Heavenly Empire army, not Tuhuan and other tribal leaders who are afraid of my Ming Dynasty, if you give him a sense, it will definitely die." ”
Sure enough, Xu Ying heard the words and said: "The two of us followed the master and his old man to go together to help Master Jiang, thinking that Ping Zhangguo would come as the chief general of the three armies, but I was afraid that the guards around him were tight, and one or two people could do it." ”
When Lan Yu heard her say this, she couldn't help but sink her face and said: "As a woman, you should stay quietly in Yingtian's house, the battlefield fight is the business of our military men, what do you want to add to the chaos?" ”
Xu Ying couldn't help but dislike it when she heard this, and pouted slightly, she was born a strong character since she was a child, she was born in Jiangmen, and her master is a strange master in the rivers and lakes, not a weak woman like a demure woman can be compared, although she regards Lan Yu as a big brother in her heart, but she has never liked his words and deeds of underestimating women. East $ square $ .com
Zhu Quan suddenly said in a deep voice: "My father sent me into the army, hoping that I could first become a qualified military man, just as General Lan said, it is the duty of us and other military men to serve the battlefield and be born and die for the country." ”
Lan Yu couldn't help but smile helplessly when he saw the two of them being so stubborn, he knew very well that Zhu Quan and Xu Ying were Qin Zhuofeng's disciples, with extraordinary martial arts, coupled with stubborn temperament and special identity, if they wanted to follow secretly, they couldn't stop it, they couldn't find two ropes to tie him up, right?
Jiang Xian had other plans in his heart, and after pretending to dissuade him for two sentences, he stopped talking, and watched Lan Yu acquiesce to Zhu Quan to follow him and do such a dangerous thing of nine deaths, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart, and said: Only you Lan Yu has such courage, Your Majesty's son is in your army, you might as well walk on thin ice, and let him do such dangerous things, if he has an accident, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to explain it.
In the early morning of the second day, Shen Peng led the caravan to leave the Blue Jade army and march towards Gyeongju, a hundred miles away. Although he was able to lead the caravan to get out of Lan Yu, but he was worried, thinking back to Lan Yu, Zhu Quan and others last night's secret conversation with himself, he couldn't help but look discouraged, with his countless people, although he couldn't see the origin of Jiang Xian and Qin Zhuofeng, but he also knew that it was not generally comparable, the most worrying thing was that Ning Wang Zhu Quan, a hot potato that had finally gotten rid of his hand, turned out to be a ghost that was lingering on his body, if he wasn't afraid of Lan Yu's ruthlessness, he would definitely not be able to shirk it, thinking of the danger of this trip, he couldn't help but feel up and down in his heart, and it was difficult to calm down as usual.
This time, the four of them went to Gyeongju, the place where the Yuan army ants stronghold, undoubtedly went deep into the tiger's den, and naturally the less people knew about it, the better, and even Lan Yu's deputy Wang Bi didn't know anything about it.
Zhu Quan and Xu Ying, who was dressed as a man, sat side by side on a truck, and Zhu Quan suddenly whispered: "Why don't I call you Ying Mei in the future?" ”
Xu Ying said angrily when she heard this: "I first started to learn from my master, and naturally my senior sister is respected. ”
Zhu Quan said with a sad face: "You call Lan Yu Brother Lan, if I always call you a senior sister, wouldn't I be a little shorter out of thin air in front of that kid?" It's really unwilling. ”
Xu Ying saw his distressed expression, and she was even more comfortable, and said with a smile: "If you are in front of others, you will be your free prince, when there is no one else, you are a junior brother." With a slight smug feeling in his heart, he said: Although this kid is becoming more and more lawless, he can still control it.
When Zhu Quan listened to her words, he naturally included Lan Yu as a "bystander", and his heart was slightly calm.
The caravan wagons moved slowly, and after only going a few dozen miles, they set up camp and rested.
After night fell, Qin Zhuofeng gathered Zhu Quan, Xu Ying, and Jiang Xian together and gathered around a bonfire.
Jiang Xian, as a fellow of the Jinyi Guard, needs to act secretly in everything he does on weekdays, and naturally thinks that he is the one who commands the four people, and wants to take this opportunity to explain some details that the three of them need to pay attention to, so as not to be discovered by the Yuan army in Gyeongju and cause the assassination to fail.
Qin Zhuofeng suddenly said lightly: "Do you two know why you are not allowed to carry that horse as a teacher?" It turned out that Zhu Quan and Xu Ying originally wanted to take the "dark clouds and snow" with them, but they were opposed by Qin Zhuofeng, so they had no choice but to leave their love horse in the Blue Jade Army. Hearing Qin Zhuofeng talk about this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Qin Zhuofeng said in a deep voice: "Mongolians love horses, if the two of you bring such a good horse with you, wouldn't it be a swagger?" gratuitously attract the attention of others. After a pause, he continued: "To do such a secret thing, you must pretend to be as ordinary as possible, daily words and deeds, gestures, and even eyes. Seeing Zhu Quan and Xu Ying's puzzled looks, he said coldly: "A person who has been practicing martial arts for many years will have a slightly sharper look in his eyes than ordinary people, so no matter where he is, try not to look at each other." The two of you are not good enough in martial arts, and you can't do it invisibly, so when you enter the city, it's best to sit in the car, so as not to be too athletic when you walk, and show people that you are born with martial arts. I thought that the master had seen that in this caravan, except for Shen Pengnai, who had a Jiangnan accent, the rest of the guys all had a northern accent, which was very different from ours, so don't speak unless you have to. Immediately after that, he explained a lot of things.
Zhu Quan and Xu Ying knew very well that Qin Zhuofeng had served in the rebel army under Chen Youliang in the past, and he specialized in the assassination of the key officials of the Yuan Court.
Jiang Xian heard Qin Zhuofeng's words, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration, he had never seen Qin Zhuofeng's martial arts, let alone knew its origin, only knew that he was Zhu Quan, Xu Ying's master, at this time, listening to his words, he couldn't help but be frightened in his heart, and said: I thought that this Qin Lao'er was just a martial artist, but listening to his words and deeds at this time, how could he be so familiar with such assassinations? It seems that there is a need to be more careful along the way.