Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 886 Kidnapping
Kou Minglu and Zhou Hu were shocked and wanted to report to Yang Jiye's army, but King Pan Luo did not hesitate to dispatch tens of thousands of cavalry to block the road to Shunzhou. Kou Minglu sent four groups of spies one after another, including four gold medal spies. Can pass through the blockade of the army, and still never return.

Kou Minglu and Zhou Hu led a group of people pretending to be businessmen from Ganzhou to Liangzhou City in the evening. Because the army of Xiangfu Kingdom invaded, Liangzhou was naturally very well-prepared, but local warlords and vassal kings like Liangzhou The level of corruption in the army was even higher than that of big countries like Song and Liao. They hid their weapons in a hired ox cart and easily re-entered the city for only a hundred taels of silver.

Now Zhou Hu and his subordinates are already very familiar with Liangzhou City. Their target tonight is King Pan Luo's favorite, and his son Pan Luo Ajiu, who will inherit his seat and foundation by default.Zhou Hu and the others quickly identified Pan Luoa's mansion, which is a large mansion in the center of Liangzhou city.

Zhou Hu carefully looked at the scene in the courtyard. This is equivalent to the "Prince's Mansion" in Liangzhou. The outer wall where he is located is the west garden of the mansion, and the courtyard is quiet.They had set foot on this place as early as a month ago. At that time, they used their steps to measure the size outside the courtyard wall. According to the judgment of the residential layout learned by Zhou Hu and his intelligence personnel during training, it is estimated that they faced south and north with east and west gardens. , the official hall and the main house should be between the east and west gardens.There were two Liangzhou soldiers standing guard at the gate here, and it was not far from the barracks of a group of soldiers responsible for guarding Pan Luo Ajiu, so they chose to sneak in from the West Garden carefully.

In the darkness, Zhou Hu could barely see the situation in the courtyard, dropped a rope, and slowly slid down to the ground, and the others followed suit one by one.After leaving one person at the place where the rope was placed, everyone groped their way to the gate of the West Garden.They are afraid to open the door, the sound of the door turning will be very noticeable at night.

The main courtyard was very quiet, and no dogs were heard. One of Zhou Hu's subordinates made some slight noises behind the door, and stuffed a few pieces of poisonous jerky through the crack of the door. After half a sound, there was still no movement. After Zhou Hu made sure that there were no dogs, he led the crowd over the courtyard wall. There were two rows of wing rooms inside, the hall was to the south, and the main house was to the north.

Zhou Hu came to his subordinates and said in a mosquito-like voice: "You are on guard at the gate of the West Garden. If there is an accident, you will open the gate and cover the retreat."

The two took out the fast crossbow, which is much smaller than the fast crossbow used by the Xiangfu army, but the range is much shorter than that used by the army, but it has high accuracy and lethality within [-] steps. , They each chose a place and aimed their crossbows in the direction of the hall.

Zhou Hu and the other six subordinates squatted quietly along the side room to the main room. Three of them took out their crossbows and guarded the front with crossed positions. Leaning against the dozing sentry guards, they easily groped into the cut throat, and then gently put them in the same place to continue leaning or sitting. In the night, from a distance, it is hard to see that they are already dead.

Zhou Hu and the other four drew out their daggers and short knives, one of them stood guard in the lighted room, and the others went outside the main room. They had been trained on how to judge the room where the owner should live. Hurrah.Zhou Hu nodded slightly, and one of his subordinates came down to the door, poked a dagger through the crack of the door, gently turned the latch inside, and pushed the latch back little by little.

Zhou Hu closed his eyes and listened to the movement inside. The sound of his breathing was very even. The sleeping person was not awakened. He was a little nervous. After all, this operation is a success. Even if he managed to escape alive, but he failed to make amends and made mistakes one after another, he would end up as a seventh-rank official. There are a lot of talents in the Ministry of Security, and there are many people who want to take his position.

Fortunately, what he brought tonight are all masters who specialize in action under his command, and their martial arts are not weak. Among them, there are even two quasi-first-class masters, and their psychological quality is very strong, and Zhou Hu's plan is very careful.The most important thing is that the Liangzhou Pan Luo family has been domineering for many years. As the young master of Liangzhou, Pan Luo Ajiu is used to running amok at ordinary times. There was even a group of Liangzhou soldiers in charge of guarding.And even if the army of Xiangfu Kingdom is approaching, the vigilance is still very poor.

Therefore, in the previous deduction of Kou Minglu and Zhou Hu, if there is no major accident, the operation tonight should be able to be successfully completed.

Zhou Hu's subordinate obviously had a lot of experience in sneaking into private houses at night to do some stealing, assassination and picking flowers. I saw him continue to move the door carefully, and his movements were very light. After making any sound, about a quarter of an hour later, he nodded to Zhou Hu. Zhou Hu closed his eyes and prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky. He first slightly lifted the door leaf, and then gently pushed the door.

Because the door leaf is lifted, the sound of opening the door becomes very soft, but the decoration technology of this era still inevitably makes some noises. The creaking sound of the door leaf is actually very small, but it is still a bit harsh at night. He continued to push, and arrived It can enter the width of a person, dodged and got in, and the two subordinates followed, and they touched the bedside.

There were actually three people on the extra-large bed. The people on both sides smelled like powder, they should be women, and the man was in the middle. Zhou Hu gestured to a subordinate, climbed onto the bed lightly, and twisted the right hand of the man in the middle. , pressed him face down on the bed, covered the man's mouth with one hand, and the other subordinate directly stretched out two hands and shot the two handsome, bare-breasted men on both sides through the door and window. Under the bright moonlight, a piece of white and seductive woman's neck was twisted.

The man in the middle woke up and was suddenly pinned down in the middle of the night. He was naturally terrified and writhed non-stop, but it didn't work under Zhou Hu's iron pincer-like hands. Zhou Hu looked at this man carefully. After that, he whispered: "It's Pan Luo Ajiu!"

While speaking, he slipped a pitch-black pill from his sleeve, pinched Pan Luo Ajiu's mouth, forced it into his mouth, and slapped his chest to make him swallow it.

Pan Luo Ajiu had already changed from fright to fear, her face was pale.Zhou Hu then said: "Pan Luo Ajiu, to tell you the truth, we are from the Security Department of Xiangfu Kingdom. What you swallowed just now is our exclusive poison. Apart from our antidote, there is no cure. I will give it to you now. Let go, if you dare to shout out, I will kill you without waiting for the poison to take hold."

People who are used to living a comfortable life are more afraid of death, and Pan Luo Ajiu is no exception. Zhou Hu let go of his hand and kept the dagger close to his throat. As long as the opponent moves slightly, he will cut his throat with a knife.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I'll give you whatever you want, gold, silver, jewels, beauties..." Pan Luo Ajiu's face was still pale, and he didn't dare to move a little bit. said the voice.

Pan Luo Ajiu was so afraid of death and behaved so unbearably, but Zhou Hu was a little surprised. At the same time, he was completely relieved, thinking that the plan was basically half successful.

Thinking of this, he let out a low voice and said, "Shut up, we don't want gold, silver, jewelry and women. You just need to listen to us and do something. I guarantee that not only will you not die, but your life in the future will not be worse than it is now." How many."

"My lord, what do you want me to do?" Pan Luo Ajiu looked a little better, and said with a smile.

Zhou Hu said coldly: "There are two things that you have to do first. First, there are dozens of corpses outside. You should find a way to cover them up first. Second, we have ten people here, and find a way to cover them up for us. One of ten people can always stay by your side."

Pan Luo Ajiu hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, I promise to do these things well. Why don't you give me the antidote first!"

Zhou Hu said: "Don't worry, as long as you take the antidote within three days, it will be gone. So you have to listen to me within these three days."

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Because the terrain is unfamiliar, and chasing the enemy late at night in this era is too dangerous.Therefore, after Yang Jiye asked the cavalry to chase more than ten miles away, he summoned the gold to withdraw the troops and gathered the troops. After everything was ready, he marched overnight and headed for Liangzhou City.

On June [-]th of the second year of Tianding in Xiangfu Kingdom, Liangzhou, which has always been dry and rainless, unexpectedly began to rain lightly.Although the rain was not heavy, the patter made some people feel very comfortable, but it also made some people more upset.

The mighty King Pan Luo overnight not only caused heavy losses to the army he relied on, but also caused heavy losses to the reinforcements from Ganzhou and Qingtang.During this battle, the balance of victory was heavily tilted towards the side of Xiangfu Kingdom. In an instant, King Pan Luo lost Liangzhou, and it was imminent.

After King Pan Luo led more than 1 cavalry at the back to escape, he walked halfway. Among them, the troops belonging to Ganzhou and Qingtang left without saying a word. King Pan Luo was very depressed and brought more than 7000 troops with his confidantes. Back to Liangzhou City, according to the city to stick.

As a result, before dawn the next day, the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom arrived one by one and surrounded Liangzhou City.

Standing on the top of the city tower, King Pan Luo looked eastward. He could see the dense banners and flags outside the city. The faces of the generals in Zhoucheng changed.There was an unconcealable fear and some inexplicable bewilderment in his expression.Up to now, they still haven't figured out what happened to the big explosion that was like a punishment from heaven last night.

Xiangfu Kingdom has powerful gunpowder weapons. How could King Pan Luo of Liangzhou, who had been worried that Xiangfu Congress would annex them, not know about it, but he swore that he never thought that the power would be so powerful. The power of knowing and even connecting with gods and Buddhas.

(End of this chapter)