Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 457: Black Ice Terrace

Black Ice Terrace is a hundred-foot-high cliff hidden deep in Zhongnan Mountain. The terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Lao Qin once set up a big camp here, which was specially used to select and train dead soldiers with iron swords. Iron sword warriors were sent to other countries to specialize in assassination and poisoning. After a hundred years, the Black Ice Terrace became famous.

Chen Ping wanted to rebuild the Black Ice Terrace. Of course, he did not simply want to train the elite of the Han army in Zhongnan Mountain. Chen Ping's most important purpose was to establish an espionage agency similar to Wumuya of Chu State, because the existence of Wumuya of Chu State had already disappeared. This seriously threatened the safety of the Guanzhong Han Dynasty, and conventional means were not enough to counter Wumuya, so Chen Ping thought of using spies to control spies.

After obtaining the consent of Han Wang Liu Heng, Chen Ping secretly returned to Xianyang first, and then selected 500 people from the imperial forest army guarding Changle Palace as a team with Liu Heng's secret edict, and selected [-] people from Xianyang's market. Fifty people from the market with pure backgrounds were hired as eyeliners, and the Black Ice Terrace was considered listed.

When Chen Ping was reviewing the list of members of the Black Ice Platform one by one, Uncle Sun Shang, the commander of Iron Sword, strode in.

Shusun Shang was originally the general of the royal family in charge of protecting the East Palace, the grandson of the late Tai Fu Shusun Tong, and the younger brother of the general of the royal family, Shu Sunying, who was in charge of the safety of Weiyang Palace.

After entering Xingyuan, Uncle Sun Shang bowed to Chen Ping and said, "Master, everyone is here."

"Very good." Chen Ping nodded lightly, and said again, "You just let the Fifty Eagles scatter into the market to collect all the clues about the pigeons, but you have to do it secretly, don't startle the snake!" The so-called eagle The soldiers are actually the disciples of the fifty wells, and the iron sword dead soldiers are the five hundred elites selected from the imperial guards.

"Here!" Uncle Sun Shang suddenly responded, and took the order to go.

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After Bai Mo read the edict, he handed the edict to Lu Tai and said, "General, accept the edict."

Lu Tai silently accepted the late king's last edict, but he was still struggling violently in his heart, should he let go and invite swordsmen?But when he looked at Zhou Guanfu who was close at hand, holding his sword hilt, Lu Tai hesitated again. Although he and Zhou Guanfu grew up together since childhood, although they were inseparable, Zhou Guanfu might not favor him in the face of big right and wrong.

If, once the judgment is wrong, even if the swordsman can kill Bai Mo, I'm afraid Zhou Guanfu will kill him first. It doesn't matter if Lu Tai dies, but if it brings disaster to the entire Lu family, then regret it It's too late, Lu Tai is very entangled, will Zhou Guanfu turn to him?To take a risk, or not to take a risk?
However, Bai Mo did not give Lu Tai the time and opportunity to weigh the pros and cons. Once Lu Tai received the edict, he went on to say: "General, the late king has another edict, which needs to be read out by all the generals in the Qi army. Why don't we call together all the edicts in the army?" Will it?"

This is a suggestion that cannot be refused, and it is useless to refuse, and immediately ordered the soldiers to beat the drums and gather the generals.

Soon, more than a dozen generals came to Lu Tai's Chinese army tent one after another amidst the sound of drums. Seeing that Bai Mo was there, all the generals showed surprise and stepped forward to salute.

Bai Mo took out another edict and said loudly: "The edict of the late king!"

Except for Zhou Guanfu who was standing behind Bai Mo, Lu Tai and a dozen generals knelt down on the ground, and Bai Mo began to read Liu Bang's edict aloud, to the effect that the [-] Han army under Lu Tai's command plus more than [-] Yueshi cavalry, From now on, it will be handed over to General Zhou Guanfu, the champion Hou Piao, and Lu Tai will return to Xianyang to return to his command.

Hearing that Liu Bang died, more than ten Han generals would inevitably cry a few times.

When the generals got up, Bai Mo said to Lu Tai again: "General, let's hand over the military power now."

Master Lu sighed, just now he was unable to make up his mind, but now he has no chance, the ten or so ministries will be under his command for a long time, if they were in normal times, they would definitely not dare to disobey him, but now Seeing Bai Mo and Zhou Guanfu's face, but it's another matter, he immediately took out a soldier talisman from his arms and handed it to Bai Mo.

Bai Mo smiled slightly, and left with Zhou Guanfu and more than ten generals.

Lu Tai followed out of the tent, watching Bai Mo and others go away in a daze, unable to control himself for a long time.

Amid the hurried footsteps, the figures of Lu Ze and Lu Lu came out from behind the tent, and Lu Ze said, "Brother, why?"

Lu Lu didn't understand and said: "Yes, brother, why didn't you do it? As long as you gave an order just now, the surname Bai and Zhou Guanfu have already been torn to pieces by our swords!"

Lu Tai sighed and said: "Maybe you can kill Champion Hou, but before that, I'm afraid that Brother Wei would have died under the sword of Champion Hou."

Lu Ze and Lu Lu were dumbfounded. They never thought about this. With Zhou Guanfu's skill, they might be able to kill Lu Tai before they rushed into the tent with swords and axes. If Lu Tai died, then The charisma and ability of the two of them simply can't control the tens of thousands of troops, so the Lu family will be finished.

"It's God's will, it's God's will." Lu Tai shook his head and sighed.

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It is not without reason that Chen Ping decided to find the Eagles from the market.

As the saying goes, snakes have their own ways, wolves have their tracks. If you are familiar with Xianyang and its surrounding areas, no one can compare with these idle street thugs.

Yu Si is such a rascal in the market, but after being selected as an eagle warrior, Yu Si thought he had an identity, so he gave himself a big name, Long Yun, from Feng Conghu, Yun Conglong, this guy really doesn't know the depth , even metaphorically that he is a dragon, but fortunately, there is no such thing as a real dragon emperor at this time, and no one comes to trouble him.

Yu Longyun is also quite intelligent, knowing that small households would never dare to raise pigeons despite the ban, and he cannot enter a high-profile household, but this is not difficult for him, he cannot enter a high-profile household to find The clues of pigeons can achieve the goal through other methods, no matter how wealthy you are, you still have to eat and drink, right?

With so many people eating and drinking, you need someone to deliver food and water, right?
There are so many Lazards, you have to have someone dig out the dung and slop, right?
Yu Longyun found his cronies and friends. He ate and drank a lot, and then he made friends with the servants who delivered food and water, and took out manure and slops. Then he screened out extremely suspicious twenty-one The Yu family, and then disguised as a servant, went to these ten houses to inquire and visit, and finally confirmed that sixteen of them had pigeons!

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Pang Ji is nominally a businessman from Daliang, but in fact he is the commander of Xianyang in Wumuya. Wumu's dead soldiers and espionage agents lurking in Guanzhong are all under his leadership, and only Pang Ji can follow him. He contacted the Wumuya headquarters in Ziling, and he sent all the news about Guanzhong before.

One day, when Pang Ji came back from his errands, he entered through the small door at the back of the courtyard as usual, but saw a few puddles of excrement under the eaves, so he found the old house slave who was in charge of cleaning up human and animal excrement in the backyard, and pointed to the excrement on the ground and asked: " How is this going?"

"Returning to the master, the excavator came today." The old house slaves are from Xianyang. In fact, most of the house slaves in the entire compound are from Xianyang. This is also to deceive people. Otherwise, your entire compound The house slaves in the courtyard are all foreigners from Liang or other places, so it is easy to arouse suspicion.

"Dung collectors have been here?" Pang Ji frowned, "Isn't it the end of the month?"

The old slave said: "This old slave doesn't know, maybe it's early?"

Pang Ji waved away the old house slave, feeling something was wrong in his heart. He had been engaged in espionage work for Wumuya all year round, which made him extremely suspicious, so he hurried into the backyard. Compared with the front yard, the backyard is not accessible to everyone. , In the corner of the backyard, Pang Ji was relieved when he saw the pigeon droppings that had not been collected yet.

Pang Ji beckoned, and a black shadow came out from the corner and bowed to Pang Ji.

Pang Ji nodded lightly, and said in a deep voice, "Is there no idler waiting in this backyard?"

Heiying said without hesitation: "Reporting to the commander, no idlers have entered the backyard."

Only then did Pang Ji heave a sigh of relief, but after thinking about it, he was still a little uneasy. His suspicious personality made him think too much when facing any clues, and the secret identity of the leader of Wumuya made him develop a cautious attitude. Personality, after much consideration, he still decided to transfer, no matter whether it is exposed or not, this courtyard can no longer stay.

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Chen Ping was also a little surprised. He never expected that only one day later, he found out that there were [-] large households in Xianyang City and its surrounding areas that had released pigeons!As early as more than ten years ago, Han Wang had issued a strict order to prohibit the private breeding of pigeons. The purpose was to prevent spies from passing on the news. What does it mean for these sixteen families to raise pigeons against the wind?
"What's your name?" Chen Ping looked at Yu Longyun with undisguised admiration in his eyes.

Yu Longyun bowed his back a little more, and said with a smile: "Return to the Grand Master, the villain's surname is Yu Xingsi, and his first name is Long Yun."

"Yu Longyun? A good name, with a bit of momentum!" Chen Ping smiled slightly, and said, "From today onwards, you will be the Falcon Commander of the Black Ice Terrace, and all falconers will be under your command. It's up to you to train."

"Ah?" Yu Longyun was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Grand Master."

Chen Ping waved his hand, and then ordered Yu Longyun: "Take two dead soldiers, and arrest them now!"

"Here!" Yu Longyun responded with a bang, and hurried to go. He likes the matter of ransacking the house and destroying the family!
After Yu Longyun left, Chen Ping summoned Shusun Shang, the commander of the iron sword, and said: "Shusun Shang, you take the other three teams of iron sword dead soldiers, and completely block Xianyang City and all the land and water in Kinki leading to the outside world. The point is, no matter if it is a noble or an official or a doctor, they will be strictly investigated, and if they are found to be carrying carrier pigeons, they will be captured on the spot!"

"Here!" Uncle Sun Shang suddenly responded, and took the order to go.

Watching the figure of Uncle Sun Shang go away, Chen Ping's mouth suddenly became ferocious.

Chen Ping asked Yu Longyun to arrest people who raised pigeons. The purpose was not so simple. Chen Ping's real purpose was to scare the snakes out of the grass, to draw out those hidden spy details, and force them to move. The iron sword warriors on the road can wipe them all out!
(End of this chapter)