People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 408 Conspiracy to poison, heart war confrontation

In Zhuge Town, Li Xuan held a book of Spring and Autumn in his hand, and the oil lamp was flickering.

He raised his head, looked in the direction of Meiling Pass in the distance, and smiled faintly.

In the blink of an eye, his eyes had changed to a new horizon.

……

Under Meiling Pass, the flames shot up into the sky.

A group of black soldiers raised their swords and guns, and quickly retreated towards the city gate.

Behind them, a group of cavalry pursued closely, plundering wild geese from time to time, and strangling from left to right from time to time.

Under the flames, one black pawn kept falling to the ground. In the end, four or five black pawns turned around at the same time and rushed towards the cavalry desperately.

The long knife in his hand stabbed directly at the cavalry's horse's neck.

But at this moment, the two thousand-ox knives moved forward at the same time, directly blocking the stabbing long knife, and then, the two thousand-ox knives slashed down, and a head flew up.

There were five "plops", and the five black pawns fell directly to the ground.

Blood immediately flowed quickly in the soil.

Seeing the black pawns who had already entered under the city gate, Qianniuwei whistled, and rode back in a blink of an eye.

The city gate was closed, and Zuo Fei leaned against the city gate all of a sudden, his whole body limp as if he had lost all his strength.

"Your injury doesn't matter." Zhang Wanyu led Ye Wanwan and He Qing'er, quickly looked over, glanced at the long arrow stuck in Zuo Fei's left shoulder, and immediately waved for the medical officer to treat him.

"I thought their archers had already gone to rest, but unexpectedly, there are still people there." Zuo Fei gritted his teeth, with a look of resentment on his face.

"It's just a few people. They are used to guard against us raiding at night. They have more people than us. Don't worry about it." Zhang Wanyu saw through the tricks behind it at a glance.

At dusk last night, Wuzhou sent people to launch another assault.

But this time even the archers took a backseat, and the catapults began to show their power.

The round stone was smashed directly on the city wall, behind the female wall, inside the closed city, many people died because of it.

Under the constant bombardment, no one in Guancheng could find peace.

What Zhang Wanyu said was correct, Li Xuan was indeed trying to exhaust the army, but they had no way to stop it.

Even if she saw through Li Xuan's scheme, she was still helpless.

After a little discussion, Zuo Fei had already led people out of the city, trying to destroy those catapults.

However, as expected, the cavalry came out at this time, and after a fight, they were forced back by their respective archers.

Archers not only draw their bows more often, but their bows and arrows will be damaged, and even their own arms will be strained as a result.

In addition, the sight is limited at night, so unless it is necessary, a real archer will not shoot casually at night.

Because they themselves know best how terrifying the archers lurking in the dark will be once they start hunting.

Tonight, Zuo Fei led people out three or four times in a row, but each time he was killed by the cavalry when he was approaching the catapult.

But this time, they have other plans.

"Then let's tonight..." Zuo Fei looked at Zhang Wanyu with a serious look on his face.

The reason why he risked losing his soldiers and generals this time was to rush out and kill him.

On the one hand, it is because the catapults did have a great influence on the hearts of the people in the city, and on the other hand, it is also because they have ulterior motives.

"Let's go. There are only four of us tonight. We will immediately enter the northwest of Zhuge Town. The creek there must be the drinking water for the cavalry." Zhang Wanyu pointed out the biggest weakness of the cavalry in one sentence.

That is their horse.

People can not eat or drink, but horses cannot. If a horse does not drink water for a long time, it is easy to be irritable and irritable, so the war horse must be given water every once in a while.

Find the drinking water place for the war horses, and they will immediately have the opportunity to completely kill these war horses.

"Now after this battle, they will retreat temporarily." Zuo Fei changed his clothes, even the arrow wound on his shoulder was removed.

"It is indeed time for the horses to drink water." Zhang Wanyu looked at a horseman in blue who was standing not far away, and the horseman nodded solemnly.

Zhang Wanyu smiled faintly, then looked at Zuo Fei and said, "Don't worry, the location will never be wrong. As long as these horses are poisoned to death, then the combat power possessed by the King of Nanchang will be only half. greater advantage."

"Let's go!" He Qing'er only said one word, her eyes were as sharp as a blade.

Zhang Wanyu finally looked at Ye Wanwan, Ye Wanwan nodded, and said, "Arrange the affairs in the pass first, so that we don't have to take down Meiling Pass as soon as we set off."

"What the Holy Maiden said is reasonable." Zhang Wanyu immediately nodded solemnly, this is an old saying.

Zuo Fei immediately called his deputy, and after making detailed arrangements, the four of them quietly sneaked out from behind the pass, and then quickly climbed towards the peak on the east side.

All of them are masters.

The peaks that are difficult for ordinary people to climb are not so difficult for them, although they are not as smooth as walking on the ground.

Half an hour later, the four people had climbed over the peak, and then descended silently from the east side of the peak.

……

In the dense jungle, Zuo Fei looked around carefully, making sure that there was no secret sentry hidden in the dense forest, and then he waved to the back.

Ye Wanwan, Zhang Wanyu, and He Qing'er quickly rushed up from behind.

The four of them just made eye contact, and then rushed out of the dense forest.

When they came to the road outside the dense forest, the four people stopped at the same time.

"The road over there leads to Zhitang Town, and there is also a road that can lead to Muzhou, but the road is rugged and difficult to navigate. If there is no accident, the King of Nanchang has already made arrangements there. Once something happens, the cavalry can be killed in a blink of an eye. When a tired soldier who just crossed the mountains faces the elite cavalry, the consequences can be imagined At this time, Zuo Fei gradually calmed down, but he became more and more afraid of the cavalry.

"Let's go, get rid of this cavalry first." Without further words, Zhang Wanyu crossed the avenue and headed towards Jinxi in the southeast.

Jinxi River flows down from Daofeng Mountain on the northeast side, goes westward along the mountain to Zhuge Town, and then bypasses Zhuge Town and goes eastward to join Lanjiang River.

If you follow Jinxi, you can go straight to Zhuge Town.

It is precisely because of this that this creek will become a temporary resting place for cavalry.

After an unknown amount of time, Zuo, who was walking in the front, stopped abruptly.

Falling behind Ye Wanwan, two daggers slipped out of her hanging hands.

The same is true for Zhang Wanyu and He Qinger.

The Goddess Sword Dance technique taught by Tianyin is first-class even in the whole world.

"No one!" Zuo Fei suddenly said two words, and the three people behind quickly flew to his side.

Everyone saw an open area in front of them at a glance. On both sides of the dense grass, there was a straight road on one side and a suddenly wide stream on the other.

The news that was originally flowing quietly, when it reached the front area, the water surface suddenly became wider, and the [-]-meter-long grassland was just the favorite place for the cavalry to rest and graze.

"When will the poison be poisoned?" He Qing'er stared at the stream below.

"Not now." Zhang Wanyu looked at the water surface of the stream, frowned slightly, and said, "Although the flow of the stream is not very fast, it is definitely not slow. Unless we have enough poison to keep putting it down, it will be very fast." The poison will be completely washed away, and it might reach Lanjiang overnight."

While speaking, Zhang Wanyu took out a blue porcelain bottle from her bosom, and said with slightly trembling hands: "This bottle of poison is very strong, as long as it is poured into the stream, it will kill people and horses in a short while... …But it is precisely because the medicine is too poisonous, once the small fish in the stream, or the cattle and sheep in the pasture, drink it, they will die immediately, and it is easy for people to find out the problem."

"Then wait!" Zuo Fei looked at the dark night sky above his head, and said directly: "Wait, they will always come."

After Zuo Fei finished speaking, Ye Wanwan stepped back and went straight to the depths of the dense forest. She sat under a tree, closed her eyes and waited quietly.

……

In Zhuge Town, Li Xuan stood at the entrance of the town, looked at Qiu Zhenmu and the others who were running back, and said with a gentle smile: "Qian Niuwei will rest tonight, the water and fodder for the horses have been prepared, and we will wait until tomorrow." Brothers show their power."

"The last general obeys the order!" Qiu Zhenmu bowed his hands to Li Xuan earnestly, and then led his subordinates, and quickly walked towards the village.

"My lord!" Yan Tao appeared behind Li Xuan.

"Let your cavalry go to protect Feng Canjun. If no one comes out of the pass, then everything will be ignored. Forage supplies and drinking water supplies will all come back to the village. In wartime, no one knows where to go." I will be poisoned by others." Li Xuan ordered with a calm expression.

"The last general obeys the order!" Yan Tao showed a trace of gratitude on his face.

He is a veteran of the battlefield, and the precautions on the battlefield are far from being comparable to those of Qiu Zhenmu and those from the two capitals.

"Go!" Li Xuan waved his hand, and Yan Tao immediately led his cavalry to Meiling Pass.

After arranging everything, Li Xuan looked behind her and said in a low voice: "The order, the daily drinking water must be taken from the well, and the water in the stream outside the village must be tested with chickens before being used. It is allowed to be used by others, and the order is passed down, and those who do not obey the rules, once something happens, they will not be killed in battle."

"Follow the order!" Li Zhu walked out from the darkness, and cupped his hands at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan waved her hand, and then walked towards her courtyard on her own.

In the dark expectation, Li Xuan looked up to the northeast.

He knew they were there, but tonight, Li Xuan had no intention of leading his troops to strangle them.

The entire Meiling Pass was used by Li Xuan to train troops.

In the future, they will inevitably have to face the siege of tens of thousands of Tianyin sect members.

If you can't take advantage of this time to get a good understanding of the key points that need to be paid attention to when attacking and defending the city, then once the Muzhou army arrives, what they need to pay is the price of bloody lives.

……

Before you know it, the sky will be bright.

Ye Wanwan, who sat under the tree and adjusted her breath all night, suddenly opened her eyes.

She turned around and looked at Zhang Wanyu who was beside her. Zhang Wanyu also opened her eyes at the same time.

The two looked at each other with seriousness in their eyes.

Zhang Wanyu stood up first, and walked to the edge of the dense forest, where Zuo Fei and He Qing'er were still staring at her with red eyes.

"Okay, it's time for us to go back, they won't come." One sentence from Zhang Wanyu sealed the failure of the operation tonight.

"I..." Zuo Fei wanted to wait a little longer, but looking at the pale sky in the east, he didn't know what to say for a while.

He Qing'er took a step forward at this time: "Chairman, I don't know if we can throw the poison directly in, even if it can't kill the cavalry, poison them to death in twos and threes..."

With a "slap", a slap was slapped on He Qing'er's face.

Looking at He Qing'er's unbelievable eyes, Zhang Wanyu said coldly: "We are human beings, not animals."

After saying a word, Zhang Wanyu turned around and left.

Ye Wanwan gave He Qing'er a cold look, and then followed closely.

At this moment, a hand was placed on He Qing'er's shoulder, it was Zuo Fei.

Zuo Fei looked at He Qing'er, and said comfortingly, "Don't worry about it, even if it's a strong poison, if it's put into such a small stream, it might be diluted badly. Hall Master Zhang is worried that the poison is not enough, so he beat the grass to scare the snake."

"Perhaps!" He Qing'er lowered her head slightly, a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes.

……

Half an hour later, the four returned to Meiling Pass.

However, before Zuo Fei asked about the situation, a burst of violent drumming sounded from before the pass.

The four looked at each other with nervousness in their eyes.

Before they had time to say anything, the four of them hurried up to the city wall, and saw hundreds of soldiers lined up 200 meters away.

At the front of the crowd, riding on a tall horse, wearing black fish scale armor and holding a sharp long spear, was Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang County who had disappeared all day.

(End of this chapter)