Late Tang

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The sun slanted westward and finally fell into the mountains.

In late autumn, as soon as the sun sets, the sky will soon be dark.On the official road outside the city, those who had done business for a day and rushed home before closing, and those who were out collecting firewood, hunting, fishing, coal, working, and hustle, also took advantage of the light to speed up their pace. Hurry up.

Wang Wu left the city one step ahead of time, and finally chose a place called Hama Slope on the ten-mile road between Penglai City and Shuizhai.Toad Slope is the only hillside on the ten miles of flat land.According to legend, there used to be a nest of toad spirits entrenched here, causing harm to one side.Later, a man of magic and supernatural powers passed by here, and cast a spell to turn these toads into stones.Below this rocky soil slope is the official road from Penglai City to the seaside water village. On the other side of the official road is a river that is no more than ten feet wide. After autumn, the water dries up and the river is only knee-deep.

Hama Slope is the only place Wang Wu found suitable for ambush, and it is also the most ideal place for ambush.The rocky and earthy slope on the left is just right for hiding people, and although the river on the right is not deep, it can also slow down the opponent's escape during an ambush.The official road in the middle, which is only more than ten feet wide, is an excellent ambush location.After choosing the ambush location, Wang Zhong quietly went back to the north of the city to find Xiaoshitou and the others.

Little Stone and the others have already smuggled two large carts of weapons here. The original plan was to do it in the city. They were still worried that they would not know how to get those long bows, feathers, arrows, spears and other weapons on the cart to the city. Send it into town.Now Wang Zhong said that he didn't need to enter the city, but went to Hama Slope five miles outside the city to do it. This news is great.

They didn't act immediately, but waited for a while, and when they saw that it was getting darker, and the pedestrians on the road finally disappeared, they began to pile up some hay on the carriage to cover up, and then seven or eight people changed into ordinary clothes. The clothes rushed to the toad slope.

Li Jing stayed in the city all the time. Firstly, many people came to talk to him, so he really couldn't leave.Secondly, he didn't want to leave too early, he deliberately stood in a conspicuous place and chatted nonchalantly, in order to let others see that he was here, so that when he was the last to leave, others would be less likely to Thinking of him being related to the assassination.While chatting, Li Jing kept paying attention to Feng Yanqing's uncle and nephew.Until it got dark, most of the civil and military officials who got together because of Yu Yu's resignation also had enough to eat, drink and chat, their faces were flushed, and they said goodbye to each other reeking of alcohol.The local officials returned to their homes, and the officers from the nearby military camps also returned to their camps.The guests from the counties and towns below and other states and counties who came from afar all chose one of the residences opened by the officials and rich people in Penglai City.

At this time, Feng Yanqing finally finished talking with an official from Haizhou, and called Feng Liang to go outside.The coachman of the Feng family who had been waiting outside the restaurant immediately rushed over with the carriage.Feng Yanqing's uncles and nephews got into their own carriages and went away under the guard of twenty servants.

Li Jing also quickly pretended to be incapacitated by alcohol, and got rid of the accusations of a captain of the Longshan Camp beside him, and Lin Wei pretended to caress him away.As soon as he left the restaurant and turned a corner, Li Jing immediately regained his energy and stood up straight without any hint of drunkenness.

"Why didn't Feng Yanqing go to the north of the city, but went to the Fengfu in the east of the city?" Li Jing looked at the Feng family's carriage with an anxious expression on his face.

"Maybe we need to change clothes and take a bath. Let's go ahead with the original plan. Erlang has already sent someone over, saying that he has chosen Hemapo, and the guys have already been taken there." Lin Wei whispered, his tone full of With a feeling of excitement.

When things were like this, Li Jing could only pray that everything went well. He and Lin Wei first entered an alley, and changed their clothes on a carriage that had parked earlier in the alley. The changes were very ordinary. clothing.Then he sat in a carriage, mixed with the crowd and left the north gate.

The last touch of bright color between the sky and the earth has disappeared, and the surroundings are dark. A round of full moon has just risen, bringing a silver shimmer to the night.

Looking around, there are soil slopes and rocks of different sizes around, under the moonlight at night, they really look like huge toads lying on the side of the road.There are no trees on these slopes, only some low bushes and weeds, but people crouching among them are the best way to hide.

The official gravel and dirt road down the slope is white and conspicuous under the moonlight at this time.On the right side of the road, the water of the small river is sparkling, bright and shining.

Li Jing was standing on a slightly higher soil slope, staring into the distance with his eyes wide open, keeping his eyes on the west direction.It's just that the willow twigs are already on the moon at this time, but the people he waited for still didn't move at all.

He couldn't help but secretly anxious, today is the best chance to kill Uncle and Nephew Feng Yanqing.The right time and the right place are available.Today is exactly the gazing sun, with a bright moon in the sky, so you don't even need to use torches to ambush, and you don't have to worry that the opponent will escape under the cover of night.Moreover, there is such a good ambush site as Hama Slope. Adding the two together, as long as the opponent appears, the success rate is extremely high.But once today's opportunity is missed, it will be very difficult to find an opportunity like today's to camp next time.

A gust of night wind blew by, blowing towards the face with a damp and cold breath, and it became foggy.

As time passed, Li Jing's heart hung higher and higher, and finally he became a little disappointed and impatient.

Behind him, behind the dirt slopes, there are more than [-] people hidden. These are the letters that Li Jing, Lin Wei, Lin Wu, Wang Zhong, and Xiao Shitou each brought. brother.For these people, Li Jing had promised before coming that each person would be rewarded with [-] pieces of silk after returning home, and there would be another [-] pieces of silk if they were successful.These people are all from the left side, and most of them are from the left side.They are not only Li Jing's subordinates, they are all from Qingning Township, Wendeng County, and they are also Li Jing's fellow villagers.

"Fourth brother, why don't I go down the city to see it myself?" Seeing that Li Jing was losing his composure, Lin Wei hurriedly asked.Li Jing thought about it, and finally shook his head.He rubbed the rhino horn bow with his hand, and slowly calmed down. "The city gate must have been closed, but if Feng Liang will come and close the city gate, he won't be able to stop him. If he doesn't come, it's useless for you to go again. Besides, we have already sent three people to investigate , or wait for the news."

What Li Jing was wearing at this time was not the set of mountain armor given to him by the old village head Wang, but the set of vermilion lacquer and red mountain armor with phoenix wings that he had seized from Fengliang that day.Although the set of armor given to him by the old village chief was a family heirloom, it was not well maintained after all, and its material was not as good as Feng Liang's famous armor, both in appearance and quality.Li Jing didn't care how beautiful the armor was, but he wouldn't ignore the higher defense of Feng Liang's armor.The belly of that set of armor was damaged by Li Jing's arrow, but the craftsmen in the army had already repaired it.The early advantage of Shanwen Armor is his wrongly knitted armor strips. After repairing, there is no trace at all, and even the defense there is better than the original one.Putting on this set of armor and the scarlet long silk cloak, Li Jing looked even more heroic.

The seven-foot long sword had been unsheathed and stuck on the slope, a horizontal knife was still hanging on his waist, and a three-inch dagger was still tied to his leg.In addition, the excellent hand crossbow that Feng Liang took away has also been put aside.Li Jing's own family rhino horn bow has also been connected to the bowstring at this time, and there are three kinds of twenty arrows in front of him.

On his left and right were Lin Wei, Wang Zhong, etc. They all stood by their sabers, holding Changshuo and Changshu in one hand.Even Zhang Hong carried a two-jin horizontal knife out of its sheath and held it in his hand.Behind, there are twenty people including Xiaoshitou and others.At this time, they also all wore horizontal swords, wore scale armor, and held spears with bows on their backs.

In addition to these people, behind the dirt slope dozens of steps away in front, there are ten brothers who have been selected by Wang Wu, a cavalry officer of the Shence Army, who have a little proficiency in riding and shooting.Eleven war horses lay beside them.This team is the second team in Li Jing's plan.Once the ambush starts, they will not jump in immediately, but will wait for Li Jing and the others to ambush and disrupt the Feng family's guards first, and then let them charge and chase them on horseback, so as to ensure that there will be no mistakes.

Including Li Jing, a total of 37 people participated in the ambush.But at this moment, apart from the five officers Li Jing, Lin Wei, Lin Wu, Wang Zhong, and Zhang Hong, only the eight little stones knew the details.The other 24 people, in fact, only vaguely knew that they were going to follow Li Jiangtou to do a big event, but they didn't know what the specific event was.What I knew was that Li Xiaowei was able to pick them up because he valued them, and the huge reward of fifty bolts of silk made them have no intention of refusing at all.What's more, anyway, Captain Li took the lead, and Captain Li was not only their immediate boss, but also a fellow villager.Moreover, Colonel Li is still the governor's protégé, so no matter what, it's not wrong to follow him.

Although the frost and mist hit the body at night, it was a bit cold and bitter, but when they thought that they would have fifty bolts of silk when they went back, everyone's heart became hot.Even during the time when Li Jing was anxiously waiting, they were more thinking about whether they should buy some white rice and wheat first after they had this huge sum of money, or whether they should go to the building in the west city to eat flowers for a while. Wine, to meet these women who make people unable to walk at a glance.

The moon rose higher and higher, but there was still no movement.Li Jing sighed and said to Lin Wei: "It seems that the surname Feng will not come today, everyone pack up and go back to the camp. Although the return to the camp is a little late, I can still explain it reluctantly. It’s not a good round.”

"Wait a little longer." Lin Wei said a little unwillingly. What he was more worried about was that this time, dozens of people were pulled out at once, but nothing was done. It is hard to guarantee that no one will accidentally reveal this matter.At that time, it will be difficult to assassinate Feng Yanqing in this way.

At this moment, in the silent night, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes, from far to near.Under the night, three knights were coming at a gallop. Li Jing and others hurriedly looked over, and saw that the three brothers who had come back were the three brothers they had sent earlier.

"How is it?" Li Jing ran forward without waiting for them to approach.

"Here we come, here we come. Uncle and nephew Feng Yanqing have just left the city gate. There are two carriages, two coachmen and twenty servants, all of whom are from the daytime."