Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 286 Female Assassin

Fan Lou's food was indeed delicious, and Li Xuan ate until she couldn't eat any more, then she stopped.

As a result, I was full and felt better after sitting for nearly half an hour before I came out of Fan Tower.

Walking on the streets of Bianjing, Li Xuan hesitated again, should she go out of the city after having a meal in the evening?

Anyway, it would be convenient to sneak into the military camp until night.

In the end, Li Xuan restrained herself with great perseverance.

Although the night market in Bianjing will last until late at night, it does not mean that the city gate is not closed.

If it's like noon, I can't help but eat too much, which wastes time and can't get out.

Li Xuan knew that she couldn't hide her escape for long, so she had to make a quick decision.

After finishing the business, there will be plenty of time to eat.

To understand this, Li Xuan took a walk to eat and buy the necessary things.

When it was almost evening, we left Bianjing City.

……

In the evening, the soldiers finished their training and returned to camp to have dinner.

After it got dark, the camp slowly fell into silence. Only the soldiers who patrolled from time to time walked by, and there were bursts of footsteps.

In Yuan Wenshao's camp, Yuan Wenshao was sitting at the table, holding a brush in his hand and scribbling on the paper.

After a long time, Yuan Wenshao put away his pen, looked at the paintings on the paper, and murmured: "It seems like this."

After thinking for a while, and seeing that there was no problem, Yuan Wenshao changed a piece of paper and started drawing again.

There were many alterations in his previous drawing, which was very ugly, so he naturally needed to draw a new one.

After a while, Yuan Wenshao stopped writing and saw an unknown thing drawn crookedly in black ink on the paper.

It looks like a tilted shelf, but because the painting is crooked, it looks very weird.

"I don't know if I can make a return cannon with the appearance drawings and the principles I know." Yuan Wenshao murmured.

Yes, what Yuan Wenshao painted was exactly Hui Hui Pao.

Because the Hui Hui Artillery has the word "Pao" in its name, some people in later generations considered it to be the earliest artillery.

Some people think that the Huihui cannon is actually a trebuchet.

The trebuchet uses human or animal power to pull, and uses the principle of leverage to throw stones out to attack the enemy.

The return gun is based on the trebuchet with a counterweight.

In this way, not only will it be thrown farther, but the stone thrown will also be larger.

The reason why the Yuan Dynasty was able to invade the Central Plains can be said to have played an indispensable role in returning artillery.

Yuanmeng's cavalry was strong, and he had powerful siege weapons such as Huihui artillery, which gave Yuanmeng the capital to dominate the world.

If the trebuchet is used against nomads, the effect is not that great.

But whether they are Liao or Xixia, they are no longer pure nomads. They should be regarded as half-cultivating and half-grazing.

Both countries occupied many cities, and in order to adapt to defend the cities, they also formed many infantry.

Regardless of whether it was the Liao Kingdom or the Xixia Dynasty, siege warfare was more common.

Of course, cavalry is also very important. When attacking a city, if the enemy suddenly opens the city gate and a cavalry comes out, it will be difficult for the infantry to defend.

Of course, the Zhou Dynasty had been fighting with the Liao Kingdom and Xixia for many years, and had figured out many ways to defend the cavalry from the front.

But Liao and Xixia are not stupid. They can send a cavalry out of the city in advance and wait for the Zhou Dynasty to take the opportunity to attack.

Therefore, every time the war drags on for a long time, Zhou will feel very uncomfortable.

If there was a powerful siege weapon like the Huihui Artillery, the Liao Kingdom and Xixia did not know the power of the Huihui Artillery and would not be prepared at all.

It's easy to suffer big losses.

Even if there is a defense behind, as long as the manufacturing method of the return cannon is not leaked, and the return cannon is protected on the battlefield and does not give the enemy cavalry a chance to penetrate, there is still no way to defend.

……

At night, the moon was covered by mist, and few stars could be seen, making it very dark.

Li Xuan lurked in a bush a hundred meters away from the rear army camp, motionless.

It was already May and there were a lot of mosquitoes, but she was prepared and applied special medicine, so no mosquitoes bit her at all.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horse hooves, and not long after, a group of sentinels holding torches passed by not far from where Li Xuan was hiding.

These sentry riders passed by laughing and joking without looking carefully.

The rear army was just outside Bianjing City and there were no enemies at all.

After Yuan Wenshao took charge of the army, he insisted on sending sentry cavalry to patrol 500 meters away from the military camp.

The soldiers couldn't object, but they all dealt with it.

Yuan Wenshao asked for a distance of 500 meters. The patrolling sentinels were about 100 meters away.

After the sentries left, Li Xuan came out of the grass and said secretly: "From the current point of view, patrols should be done every half an hour. Judging from the attitude of these sentry riders during patrols, the precautions are not strict at all. It is not difficult to sneak in." ."

Li Xuan was a little nervous at first and carefully observed the patrol pattern of the rear army. Now she is completely relieved.

When the sentries returned to the camp, Li Xuan went to the camp. After approaching the camp, she found a dark place and carefully climbed in.

After landing, go to the middle of the camp.

Along the way, Li Xuan encountered many patrolling teams without being discovered, and arrived at the middle of the camp without any danger.

Looking at the huge tent and the obviously heavily defended surroundings, Li Xuan could basically conclude that this tent was probably the big tent where the commander-in-chief of the rear army lived.

Li Xuan did not dare to get close and quietly walked around the camp, looking for weakly guarded areas.

After walking around, Li Xuan found that the front and left and right sides of the camp were heavily guarded, but there were no guards at the back.

Li Xuan felt happy and quietly approached the tent from behind.

After waiting for a while, when there was no movement, he carefully took out his dagger and prepared to cut a hole in the tent.

Just as she was breaking through the tent, she suddenly heard a voice coming from inside.

"If there is a return attack, no matter what Xixia's plan is, it will fail." Yuan Wenshao sneered.

Hearing these words, Li Xuan felt nervous and drew the dagger in her hand downwards.

"Tear~"

The dagger made a cut in the tent cloth and made a slight sound.

Li Xuan's heart tightened and she stopped breathing. After waiting for a while and seeing no movement inside, she breathed a sigh of relief, put away the dagger, reached out and carefully opened the gap, and looked inside.

Not far from where she cut off, she saw a man sitting at a table with his back to her direction.

"Is this Yuan Wenshao? What exactly is the Hui Hui Cannon he just mentioned? Is it a secret weapon prepared by Da Zhou?"

Thinking of this, Li Xuan felt happy. If she could find out the secret weapon prepared by Dazhou, or even get the production method, and give it to her brother when she returns, it would be easier for Xixia to take over the land of Hehuang.

Yuan Wenshao folded the drawings, stuffed them into a book, and said: "Let's put the drawings here for now. It's getting late. Let's go take a quick break. It's time to go to bed."

After saying that, Yuan Wenshao stood up and walked out.

"Master Hou!" Qin Li, who was waiting outside, saw Yuan Wenshao coming out and quickly saluted: "I wonder what the master's orders are?"

"I'm going to the hut." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Master Hou..." Qin Li was a little confused. Yuan Wenshao was the commander-in-chief of the rear army, and he had toilets in his tent.

Although the conditions are average, they are still much better than the huts used by ordinary soldiers.

Why do you have to come out after going to the hut?

Just as he was about to ask, he saw Yuan Wenshao trying to show off to him, and quickly changed his words: "My subordinate will hold the lamp for Mr. Hou."

"The military camp is right in front of Bianjing. No one will rob the camp. It's getting late. I'll leave a few people to guard the camp. You and the others can go back to sleep." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Yes, when the Marquis goes to the hut, my subordinates will arrange for them to rest." Qin Li responded.

Li Xuan slowly walked away as she listened to the voice, looking at the book on the table with a look of ecstasy.

It is certainly impossible for a military hut to be built in front of the commander's camp, and it would definitely take a lot of time for Yuan Wenshao to get there.

Thinking of this, she picked up the dagger and started cutting the bamboo frame that held up the tent.

After using it for a while, Li Xuan cut off one piece, feeling a little anxious.

If she wanted to open a hole big enough for her to enter, she would need to cut at least four of them. She could only pray in her heart that Yuan Wenshao would come back later.

Yuan Wenshao and Qin Li left the camp and walked for a while. Yuan Wenshao stopped and said in a deep voice: "Someone sneaked behind my camp."

"What!" Qin Li was shocked when he heard this.

"Keep your voice down!"

Yuan Wenshao gave a low shout and said: "Go and bring the rest of the soldiers over. Don't make any noise. Surround the camp and don't let the thieves escape."

Because Li Xuan was frightened, although the sound she made when she cut through the tent was soft, Yuan Wenshao's hearing was very good and he still noticed it.

He didn't know whether the people outside were from the military or sneaked in, so he didn't show it.

If he was in the army, he would shout and the nearby soldiers would be alerted, making it easy for them to run away.

He deliberately said he was going to the hut just to come out and find people to surround the area.

Unless the man in the dark retreats immediately, he will be unable to escape.

"Yes!"

Qin Li responded and hurried away.

Yuan Wenshao is now a marquis and can have three hundred soldiers.

Except for the dozens of people who stayed at home and were led by Zhang An to take care of the hospital, he brought more than 200 people to the army.

A few dozen people were left to guard the camp in two shifts, and the rest were trained every day like ordinary soldiers.

These people, like ordinary soldiers, had already gone to bed.

However, the camp they lived in was not far from Yuan Wenshao's camp.

Qin Li summoned all his guards and asked them to surround the camp and slowly shrink it.

According to Qin Li's words, the guards surrounded the camp without making much noise and began to slowly approach the camp.

After making arrangements, Qin Li found Yuan Wenshao and returned to his life.

"Reporting to the Marquis, the guards have now surrounded the camp and have begun to shrink the circle. We are now more than ten meters away from the camp. Someone saw a big hole opened behind the camp. They were afraid of arousing the enemy, so they did not dare to get close for the time being." Qin Li said.

"Haha, I originally wanted to surround him, but I didn't expect him to get into the cage by himself. Tell him to go down and there is no need to hide anymore. Come, follow me to the camp to see who he is." Yuan Wenshao sneered.

"Master Marquis, the identity of the assassins is not clear yet. It is too dangerous. It is better for my subordinates to bring people in." Qin Li advised.

"It doesn't matter, how many assassins are there in this army? Let's go!" Yuan Wenshao said nonchalantly.

If you are prepared, you can still be assassinated by an assassin. That would be a joke.

Qin Li had no choice but to send someone to inform the surrounding soldiers that they did not need to hide and followed Yuan Wenshao.

Following Yuan Wenshao's order, the soldiers no longer hid and lit torches one after another. For a while, the surroundings of the camp were illuminated like daylight.

Although you couldn't see outside the tent, it was so bright outside that you could still notice it through the tarpaulin.

Li Xuan entered the camp, found the drawings in the book, and almost died of anger when she took a look.

What kind of crooked thing is this?

She didn't suspect that she was trapped or anything, she just thought it was Yuan Wenshao who drew it according to the drawings.

Because she saw several drawings on the table that Yuan Wenshao had made and altered.

She couldn't understand what the drawings drawn by Yuan Wenshao were, so she wanted to find the original drawings.

Since Yuan Wenshao followed the drawing, maybe he also has the original drawing.

While rummaging around, suddenly there was a burst of movement outside. Li Xuan knew that she had been exposed, and she panicked and didn't know what to do.

"Master Hou!"

At this moment, a salute came from the camp gate, and Li Xuan quickly found a place to hide.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps, and Yuan Wenshao, Qin Li, and a dozen soldiers walked in.

Yuan Wenshao looked around and sneered: "We are surrounded outside. You can't escape. If you don't come out, I will have the camp set on fire."

It is definitely impossible to burn the camp tent. There are not many places to hide in the tent, so it is not difficult to find it.

This is just to scare the person in the dark and force him to come out.

Li Xuan, who was hiding in the corner of the desk, also knew that Yuan Wenshao was trying to scare her, but she understood the current situation. There was no good hiding place in the camp. As long as she looked for it, she would have nowhere to escape.

As for fighting out, Li Xuan was not sure how to fight out under heavy siege.

Li Xuan bit her silver teeth, and her identity would be revealed in the worst case. She didn't believe that Da Zhou dared to kill her, the eldest princess of Xixia.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan stopped hiding and walked out directly.

"Master Hou, be careful!"

Qin Li saw a man wearing black clothes and a black turban coming out. He shouted loudly, drew his sword, and protected Yuan Wenshao behind him with several personal guards.

"Hey, she's still a woman? Who sent you to assassinate me?" Yuan Wenshao said calmly.

In TV dramas, once you cover your face, you can't tell the difference between men and women. It's really ridiculous.

Can women and men have the same mind?

A man's heart is shown on the inside, while a woman's heart is on the outside.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some men also show their ambitions, but they are all relatively fat.

The man in black in front of him has a slender figure, and his chest is tied with something. It is still relatively flat to begin with, but it is not very visible.

But she was wearing tight clothes, and her graceful figure was clearly visible. With her chest slightly bulging, it was not difficult to determine that she was a woman.

Li Xuan's eyes flashed slightly when she heard this, and she said, "If you ask someone to step back, I'll tell you alone who sent me."

If she could avoid exposing her identity, she definitely didn't want to.

When she heard Yuan Wenshao asking whether he had sent her, he had an idea and wanted to kidnap Yuan Wenshao.

She was still very confident in her martial arts, and it was unlikely that she would be able to escape from the siege. However, if Yuan Wenshao was careless, she would still be able to hijack him with some confidence.

"Catch you, there are plenty of ways to find out." Yuan Wenshao sneered.

If he were a dead soldier, how could he say this? He would have committed suicide long ago.

As long as she is not a dead soldier, there is no fear of her committing suicide.

(End of this chapter)