Chapter 225: Attack on the Alley
Coming out of Fengchan Temple, Yelu Ruan rode a horse with a long sword and walked slowly in Kaifeng City. After the fall of Kaifeng City, the guards of various passes in the city were replaced by Khitan soldiers, and there were neat formations of soldiers passing by on the street from time to time. Yelu Ruan traveled in micro-clothes tonight, and he didn't want to alarm the soldiers on the night patrol, so he specially selected a secluded alley and returned to the front camp tent.
After walking about two miles, Yelu Ruan saw the candle flame of the tent in front of him in the distance, so he waved his horsewhip and walked quickly. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind hit the walls on both sides of the alley, and seven or eight masked warriors volleyed down with broadswords. The men glanced at Yelu Ruan, and without saying a word, they raised their sharp knives and slashed at him. Yelu Ruan was worthy of being a man who had seen the world, but he did not panic when he encountered the assassin, he slapped his mount's ass with his hand and quickly drew his sword into the air to meet the enemy. The horses under Yelu Ruan's crotch were frightened and rushed forward like madness, and the warriors could not avoid it, and two of them were knocked into the wall, spitting blood and dying.
Without waiting for the men to compose, Yelu Ruan swung his sword at the approaching assassin. The masked warriors were not weak in kung fu, and it took Yelu Ruan dozens of rounds to wipe them out. Yelu Ruan looked at the corpse lying on the ground, feeling a little tired. He couldn't figure out who knew his whereabouts in advance, and chose this place to ambush in advance. Jerun walked up to one of the Assassins, crouched down and uncovered his veil to find out.
At this moment, someone shot dozens of sharp arrows with flames from the wall. Yelu Ruan was surprised, and hurriedly loosened the face towel and turned over to avoid it. The arrows fell to the ground, all of them hitting the corpses on the ground. The fire burned brighter and brighter on the corpses, but in a few moments, the corpses were burned to a pile of charcoal.
Yelu Ruan was frightened, and saw dozens of warriors with large swords rushing out not far away. Yelu Ruan saw that the comer was not wearing a face scarf, but everyone's face was full of murderous energy, obviously not his subordinate, so he held his breath and protected the warrior's sword in front of him.
When the men approached, Yelu Ruan realized that they were not Khitans, and asked, "Who are you, and why are you ambushed here?" and one of them stepped forward and replied, "You don't have to know who we are, because we never deal with the dead." When Yelu Ruan saw that the man's face was full of evil anger, he was furious and said, "Presumptuous! Do you know who this king is?"
The man looked at him intently, and said coldly: "Aren't you the Yelu Ruan who survived secretly? You know who killed your father, King Dongdan, but you are still indifferent all these years. Such animal behavior should be indignant to the true gods and gods. It seems to me that you should cut it off on your own, so as not to stain our weapons. ”
Yelu Ruan took a deep breath, thinking in his heart who was so rampant that he dared to assassinate the commander under the nose of the front camp's tent. These people were not afraid that Yelu Ruan would know their appearance, and they were obviously ruthless if they did not succeed. Now that his reinforcements have not arrived, Yelu Ruan does not dare to act rashly.
Those warriors had firmly surrounded Yelu Ruan, and at first the man said in a low voice: "Ye Lu Ruan, today we will count the old sorrows and new hatreds together!" Yelu Ruan held the long sword in his hand, and did not dare to relax his vigilance in the slightest, and said puzzledly: "This king has never met with everyone, where did the deep hatred come from, I guess you misunderstood." If there is something that cannot be stopped, this king is willing to make amends. The tent of the former camp is close at hand, and there are still gold, silver and jewels in it, and if you do not dislike it, you can go with the king to receive it. ”
When the man heard this, he laughed twice, and then said: "Yelu Ruan, are you a three-year-old child?
Yelu Ruan sighed and said to himself: "Although this king attacked Kaifeng City, he did not do anything to be sorry for the people. My former battalion was very disciplined, and there was never a case of burning, killing, and plundering. I didn't expect to die in Kaifeng City today. ”
The man was a little impatient and shouted: "Shut up! What does the life and death of the people of the Jin Kingdom have to do with us! Even if you make the Central Plains full of corpses and bones like Xiao Han, the commander of the rear battalion, we will just turn a blind eye. But my brother Xiang of the party died that day because of your sister Xiao Cuixin, and recently suffered a crushing defeat in Yingzhou City, how can this kind of blood feud not be avenged! Yelu Ruan, your death date has come, and tonight next year will be your sacrifice day. ”
It was only at this time that Yelu Ruan realized that these people were actually party warriors. Unexpectedly, a bloody battle in the farewell love building actually affected the prince of Khitan. Yelu Ruan learned of the identity of the people and scolded: "Where is Tuoba Jiyu? Let him come out to see this king!"
On the same day, Yelu Ruan led the army of the front battalion from Yingzhou, and Tuoba Jiyu took the initiative to stay in the city to respond. Although Yelu Ruan had some concerns, he agreed to his request. Although Tuoba Jiyu and Yelu Ruan reached an alliance, they were just using each other. At this time, Yingzhou City had just won a big victory, and the Khitan soldiers defending the city must have taken it lightly.
Tuoba Jiyu thought that the time was ripe, so he made up his mind to part ways with Yelu Ruan and do a vigorous event alone. As soon as Yelu Ruan left, Tuoba Jiyu summoned all the party warriors, and asked everyone to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the generals defending the city to kill all the Khitan soldiers in the city, and then wave his army north, bypassing the Mozhou camp, and directly attack the Khitan Shangjing.
There were only a few hundred party warriors in Yingzhou City, but there were more than 3,000 garrisons in the city. Tuoba Jiyu came up with a vicious plan and ordered someone to secretly put red-headed snake venom in the water tank of the Khitan soldiers. Who would have thought that the heavy rain that afternoon would collapse the houses containing the water tanks, and the thousands of soldiers in the city would survive. Tuoba Jiyu was ignorant of this matter, and still acted according to the original plan, hundreds of Khitan warriors hit stones with eggs, killing and wounding more than half of them, and only less than 100 people escaped from Yingzhou City.
If the army of the front battalion learns of a rebellion in their rear, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. In the long run, in order to minimize the impact of the rebellion, the generals defending the city no longer pursued the remaining party warriors and allowed them to disperse from the outskirts of Yingzhou.
Tuoba Jiyu fled to the mountains in embarrassment, wondering why the red-headed snake venom would fail, and thinking that it was his warriors who leaked the news and let the Khitan soldiers find out, which led to the failure of his plot. Tuoba Jiyu was furious and killed two samurai who had collided with each other in succession. When everyone saw this, they immediately didn't dare to gnaw anymore.
These party warriors remembered that they had been scolded and beaten by Tuoba Ji since they had followed him. For the sake of his own desire for power, Tuoba Jiyu repeatedly let his samurai die tragically. Everyone spent half the night and decided to take the risk of getting rid of Tuoba Jiyu.