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Chapter 618 Ambush and Kill
Xu Yuanlang smiled slightly and said, "You said that Zhi Shilang is willing to help me, but I, Xu, don't know who Zhi Shilang is, and I, Xu, dare not trust him completely. If you are willing to stay here as a hostage, General Jiang, How about I trust you?"

Jiang Shanhe's expression changed.Xu Yuanlang sternly said, "What's wrong with General Jiang?"

Jiang Shanhe raised his head and said: "Mr. Xu, you are really unsuspecting and suspicious."

Xu Yuanlang smiled and said, "It's not a big mistake to be careful. If you really misunderstood General Jiang, I will make amends to you in the future."

"Okay, if you stay, you will stay. I will write a handwritten letter immediately, and give it to my trusted subordinates to reply to Toshiro."

"Haha, happy," Xu Yuanlang said to his subordinates immediately, "Bring paper and pen."

Jiang Shanhe wrote the book with a pen, and Xu Yuanlang asked his advisers to read it to confirm that there were no flaws.Xu Yuanlang said to Jiang Shanhe: "This matter has fallen on Zhi Shilang. To be honest, even if this matter did not happen, there is another way out."

Jiang Shanhe said, "Oh? What did Mr. Xu say?"

Xu Yuanlang smiled and said: "Wang Yaohan, the governor of Bianzhou in Li Tang, and Cheng Jiahui, the governor of Liangzhou, had an appointment with me early on. Seeing Li Chongjiu's soldiers approaching the city, they wanted to help me. But I betrayed Li Yuan in the past, and I was afraid that Li Yuan would not take him in, so I I didn't agree. Right now Li Chongjiu is not benevolent and I am not righteous, so I can only dedicate Yanzhou to Li Tang."

Jiang Shanhe knew from the bottom of his heart that Wang Yaohan and Cheng Jiahui were both generals who were Wang Shichong before, guarding Bianzhou and Liangzhou, but they surrendered to Tang when Li Shimin attacked Luoyang.Among them, Wang Yaohan was the elder brother of the famous Wagang general Wang Bodang.Wang Bodang and Li Mi were killed by Li Yuan. Wang Shichong thought that he had a blood feud with Li Tang, so he gave him Bianzhou to guard. Unexpectedly, he surrendered Li Tang.

After hearing this, Jiang Shanhe pretended to say: "Mr. Xu is really cunning, Zhishilang really has nothing to worry about."

Xu Yuanlang waved his hand and said: "Where is it, tomorrow we will have to join hands with Zhishi Lang to defeat the enemy, if not, it will not be enough to defeat Xu Shiji."

The two made a plan that night.

In the early morning of the next day, as expected, an envoy from the Zhao army came and brought an edict, which stated that Xu Yuanlang was made the king of Lu, and Yanzhou was given to him as a city of food, and Yanzhou was guarded by Zhao Guo on behalf of Zhao.In addition, Xu Yichou, the son of Xu Yuanlang, was added as the general of Zhendong, and he was rewarded very generously.

Xu Yuanlang read Li Chongjiu's edict, although he knew that what was written in the edict was false, but he couldn't help but feel moved.Xu Yuanlang thought in his heart that the matter of becoming a king is indeed good, but it has touched Li Chongjiu's bottom line. It would be good if he was a county king, but who am I, Xu Yuanlang? How can I be with Wang Bo and Meng Haigong?
But even if Li Chongjiu really crowned Xu Yuanlang as king, although the imperial edict didn't say so clearly, there was a tacit understanding between the two sides that Zhao Jun was not allowed to enter Yanzhou without authorization.In fact, Xu Yuanlang was not afraid of Li Chongjiu's sudden turn of events, he just had to be careful that the other party would assassinate him in the Canon of King Lu.

In fact, even if Jiang Shanhe hadn't told Xu Yuanlang that Li Chongjiu was going to kill himself at the canonization ceremony, with his caution, he would definitely not go to the meeting alone.But now that he knew Li Chongjiu's intentions, Xu Yuanlang became more vigilant.

After the Zhao Guo envoy read the imperial edict to Xu Yuanlang, he smiled and said to Xu Yuanlang who was kneeling on the ground: "King Lu, please leave the city now to participate in the canonization ceremony of King Lu."

Xu Yuanlang took the edict, and said with a half-smile: "The canonization ceremony? Why not in the city?"

The messenger said: "King Lu, you don't know something. According to the rules of profit, all emperors who enthroned must go to the south of the capital city to receive gifts. What's more, King Lu's succession to the throne is a matter of celebration from all over Yanzhou. Second, to comfort the people. General Xu built an altar half a mile south of the city for King Lu’s ascension to the throne, and now he is only waiting for you, King Lu.”

Xu Yuanlang said: "Someone is a vulgar person, he doesn't have so many rules, so this ceremony is still avoided."

The envoy changed his face and said: "King Lu, it is difficult for you to explain to the minister like this. Once this case is opened, it is absolutely impossible for Da Zhao to see the face of the world."

"Really not?"

"It's absolutely impossible, unless King Lu doesn't want this title."

Xu Yuanlang and Zhao Guo's envoy looked at each other without giving in.After a while, Xu Yuanlang laughed and patted Zhao Guo's envoy on the shoulder.

Seeing the look of panic in the eyes of the envoy of Zhao Guo, Xu Yuanlang knew it in his heart.At that moment Xu Yuanlang said: "Well, since King Zhao is so kind, I, Xu Yuanlang, are not respectful."

The envoy of Zhao Guo immediately had a look of joy in his eyes and said, "It's good that King Lu agrees."

"Slow down!" Xu Yuanlang said, "But I have one condition, when I go out of the city, I have to bring my guards with me."

The envoy of Zhao State hesitated slightly after hearing this.Xu Yuanlang asked further, "Why not?"

Zhao Guo's envoy said immediately: "Of course King Lu is a man of gold, so it is okay to bring guards, but General Xu will protect King Lu well, please rest assured."

"That's good." Xu Yuanlang nodded. He could see the reluctance of Zhao Guo's envoy to agree. Of course, this was because of his guilty conscience, and he was afraid of being suspicious, so he agreed to Xu Yuanlang's condition instead. .Xu Yuanlang was a little more certain in his heart.

Of course, if Jiang Shanhe hadn't reminded Xu Yuanlang himself, he would never have gone out of the city to participate in the canonization ceremony at the altar.He would rather not have King Lu than put himself in danger, but now it is different.

At this moment, Xu Yuanlang walked up to the south gate of the city and looked over. Sure enough, Zhao Jun had built an altar in the south of the city.There are yellow curtains on the left and right sides of the altar.The Zhao army in the south of the city numbered about [-], which is not too many, but not too few.

"Ming Gong, it takes half a mile from here to the altar. Even if Zhao Jun ambushed halfway, with your elite soldiers, it is enough to risk his life to protect you into the city."

Jiang Shanhe kept beside Xu Yuanlang and said, "Director Xu, Zhi Shilang's men are on the north side of the altar, and they said that they will attack you as soon as you arrive at the altar."

Xu Yuan laughed loudly and said: "How can you catch a tiger if you don't enter the tiger's den, let's go!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Shanhe was detained on the tower, Xu Yuanlang sat astride a war horse, and went out of the city together with his [-] elite guards.These five hundred guards were all Xu Yuanlang's soldiers, the elite who had followed him to Hebei and Shandong for more than ten years, and each of them had incomparable loyalty to Xu Yuanlang.

Xu Yuanlang firmly believed that if Zhao Jun suddenly turned against him on the road, these soldiers would also protect him and retreat into the city gate.This is only half a mile away. Even if Xu Shiji transferred 1 people, it would be difficult to keep him, let alone only 3000 people.

The gate to the south of the city slowly opened, and a gust of wind blew in, and sand got into Xu Yuanlang's eyes accidentally.Xu Yuanlang didn't care about this, all the Zhao troops outside the city dispersed to make way for the altar.

Although there were quite a few Zhao soldiers outside the city, they did not have cavalry, which was the biggest flaw. What Xu Yuanlang was most worried about, the Zhao army did not have ballistas, eight-point guns and other equipment. The 3000 men were at best just a group of infantry.

Even if Wang Bo lied to him, Xu Yuanlang was not afraid.Thinking of this, Xu Yuanlang smiled, and looked to his left, where Wang Bo's banner was flying.He very much believed that Wang Bo was just like him, and would not surrender to Li Chongjiu so easily.

When Xu Yuanlang's heel touched the horse, the horse's hooves sounded, and the horse rushed forward with Xu Yuanlang on its back.

After a few steps out of the city, Zhao Jun erected shields on both sides.Xu Yuanlang was slightly startled, and he was relieved when he saw that the other party was giving a military salute.Xu Yuanlang walked all the way forward, soldiers from the Xu army on the left and right closely guarded him, moving forward step by step.

The half-mile journey was fast or slow, and Xu Yuanlang was already sweating when he got under the altar.

"Why didn't Wang Bo do anything?" Xu Yuanlang was startled.

At this time, a general of Zhao State rode his horse to come to Xu Yuanlang, pointed to the altar and said, "Please also invite King Lu to come to the altar!"

"Okay!" Xu Yuanlang made a gesture to dismount, but suddenly shouted, "Kill him!"

The subordinate beside Xu Yuanlang pulled the dark crossbow in his hand.The Zhao general didn't guard against the arrow that was close to Chi Chi, and was hit in the throat by the arrow.

The Zhao general pointed his hand at Xu Yuanlang in shock and anger, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

This shocking change only took a moment, and no one expected that Xu Yuanlang would be the first to strike. He was really decisive.

And Xu Yuanlang drew his sword from his horse and said, "Zhi Shilang, if Mr. Meng doesn't join me in attacking together, when will it be!"

Although Xu Yuanlang said so, he pulled the rein and pulled the horse's head back to the city gate.Xu Yuanlang's five hundred elite guards all raised their shields, and the guards stood by his side.

At this moment, when a clapper sounded, all the curtains under the altar were pulled down at once.On the top of the city, the soldiers of Xu Jun in front of the altar were stunned when they saw this scene.

But on the two floors below the altar, there are ten beds of Fu Niu crossbows on the top and bottom, and the second floor has twenty beds of Fu Niu crossbows.The Funiu crossbow is Zhao Jun's improvement on the eight oxen crossbow. The eight oxen crossbow is a twelve-stone crossbow with three arrows in one crossbow, while the Funiu crossbow has five arrows in one crossbow.

With solid wood as the pole and iron pieces as the feathers, the arrow is like a javelin, and it can break a heavy armored iron shield within two hundred steps like poking paper.Now there are twenty beds of Funiu crossbows and a hundred iron-feathered arrows aimed at Xu Yuanlang below.

Only then did Xu Yuanlang know the truth about why Zhao Jun's bed crossbow could not be seen outside the city. It turned out that Xu Shiji had already hidden the bed crossbow on the altar and covered it with a curtain.

"Run!" Xu Yuanlang yelled, and regardless of his subordinates, he whipped his horse with all his strength and rushed straight towards the city gate.The war horse under Xu Yuanlang's crotch is worthy of being a famous horse. It runs extremely fast, with dozens of steps in one breath, and only a few hundred steps in half a mile.

Xu Shiji glanced at Xu Yuanlang and shook his head.

Zhao Jun's crossbowmen received the order to fire, and immediately struck with a sledgehammer.

All arrows are fired!

Under the Fu Niu crossbow, people are seen through like paper, killing people is the same as mowing grass, and the most prosperous five or six people are nailed together.Xu Yuanlang's former five hundred elite soldiers withered away in an instant.

Xu Yuanlang rode his horse and galloped without turning his head back. The scene beside him was bloody and tragic. The soldiers on the left and right in front of him were all falling under the crossbow.

Xu Yuanlang hasn't scored so far, obviously he had a little more luck, and of course it's because of his fast horse.

But Xu Yuanlang's good luck ran out, an arrow caught up to him and shot his horse under his crotch.

Xu Yuanlang exclaimed, and the whole person flew up on horseback.

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