Great Han Empire

Chapter 260 The situation changes suddenly
Jiang Wu was like a long arrow that left the string, flying towards the assassin in the distance.

The assassin showed no fear, he stood in the crowd, coldly looking at Jiang Wu who was howling madly, calmly.He slowly put the exquisite short crossbow into his arms, and pulled out the long sword on his back with his backhand.

Suddenly, in the chaotic crowd, a three-foot iron halberd rose across the sky, stabbing Jiang Wu who was running wildly.Jiang Wu roared, stopped abruptly, and chopped off with a knife, "Dang..." There was a sound, the sound of metal and iron clashing violently, Jiang Wu's tiger's mouth was shaken, and he retreated three steps in a row.

The one holding the short halberd was a short-bearded man with an ordinary appearance and a murderous look.Jiang Wu's martial arts skills are outstanding, he rarely meets opponents, and he is very self-confident. Today, someone casually smashed his sword and retreated three steps. The anger in his heart can be imagined. He roared and raised his sword to attack again, " kill……"

At the moment when Li Hong fell into Zhao Yun's arms, a dozen men in gray clothes rushed out of the crowd on both sides of the street, one by one in short linen robes, and each raised his long sword and rushed towards the iron knight soldiers of the Southern Army.The guards were caught off guard, and most of them were assassinated in a blink of an eye, screaming and screaming, and a dozen survivors scrambled and scrambled, and quickly approached Wei Duan who was fighting.

The blood splattered on the snow on both sides of the road looked shocking.

Abandoning sinking and blowing the trumpet violently, ten Tiqi warriors rushed towards Li Hong at the fastest speed. They quickly assembled and surrounded Li Hong and Zhao Yun, forming a dense drum formation.

The crowd was in chaos on the street, everyone was running wild, and panicked shouts filled the sky.

"My lord... my lord..." Zhao Yun hugged Li Hong and shouted loudly, his voice changed due to excessive worry and fear.

"I'm fine..." Li Hong sat up with difficulty, and shouted angrily, "Zilong, Lingming, kill me, kill these guys..."

When the people around heard Li Hong's voice, their hearts were settled, and their anger suddenly broke out uncontrollably, "Kill, kill..."

Zhao Yun and Pang De were like two hungry and red-eyed tigers, roaring, leading the Tiqi warriors, and went madly to meet the dozen or so gray-clothed men who came to kill them.

Li Wei got up from the ground in embarrassment, looked at the grinning Li Hong and shouted loudly: "My lord, how are you?"

Li Hong had already taken off the armor on his body.The arrowhead of that crossbow almost pierced through the heavy armor, and the sharp arrow was stained with blood.Li Hong patted the armor, smiled reluctantly: "Thanks to it. The old man gave me a pair of heavy armor, an iron guy weighing several tens of catties. Without it, I would be dead today." He pointed at the crossbow arrow Xiang Xiang said, "The enemy stands a little farther away, otherwise, even heavy armor can't stop this sharp arrow..."

Li Hong suddenly saw the assassin, and the assassin also saw him.The assassin let out a scream, accelerated suddenly, and rushed towards him.

Li Hong jumped up and stood firmly in the street. With a sneer, he threw the heavy armor on the ground, drew out the sword with his right hand, and held the small black ax with his left.Li Hong's wound was still bleeding, and the blood had already stained the entire skirt of his clothes red.

Pound's sword roared, and he slashed and killed one person. The Tiqi warriors who followed him used to be the leader of the Black Panthers, and all of them were superb martial arts, brave and unstoppable. They roared like a hurricane, "Boom..." With a sound, Zhao Yun and Hu Ding rushed forward, and the camera supported them.

These grey-clothed men were highly skilled in martial arts, Wei Duan's subordinates were almost killed by them in just a few breaths.Wei Duan himself was also stabbed in the thigh by the enemy's sword, and his body lost his balance under the tremendous pain. He could only watch helplessly as the two long swords shot towards him one after another.At this moment Zhao Yun arrived, he roared, jumped up, shook his gun and shot straight away, the gun flowers were like colorful fallen leaves, dense and wild, and brought the two assassins under the tip of the gun.Shocked, the two assassins returned their swords to block.Wei Duan fell to the ground on his back, Zhao Yun descended from the sky, and the big spear killed one assassin with the momentum of a prairie fire, while the other one did not retreat but advanced, swiping his sword fiercely.Zhao Yun yelled violently, sealed the frame with his spear horizontally, and at the same time formed a fist with his left hand, striking out with all his strength.There was a crisp sound as the swords and guns clashed, and then Zhao Yun slammed his fist into the man's chest. With a sound of "gabeng...", the assassin flew upside down in the air, screaming, and covered with blood. , fell into the snow on the side of the road.

Jiang Wu attacked thirteen swords in one breath, the big man with the halberd did not change his face, and responded calmly. At this time, abandoning his sinking and roaring, the saber slashed head-on, and the two attacked back and forth. After resisting three or two moves, he was slashed in the back by Qi Chen. Before the man's roar was over, Jiang Wu chopped off his head again.

"How is your lord..." Jiang Wu wiped the blood from his face and shouted.

"My lord is killing people..." Qi Chen kicked the man's head off, pointing his knife at the crowd fighting in the street, and said with a smile, "My lord is angry."

Li Hong opened his mouth and let out a loud howl. Like a wounded wild wolf, his ferocious nature was completely aroused. He dragged the knife in his right hand and galloped at high speed on the muddy snow field with momentum like a rainbow.

The oncoming assassin suddenly soared into the sky, and the long sword in his hand turned into a ray of light, like thunder from the nine heavens, with a piercing scream, he struck from the air, with astonishing power.

"Kill..." Li Hong roared wildly, without hesitation, swung the saber high in his hand, and chopped it down with a thunderbolt.

The assassin turned pale with fright, he didn't think that the person he wanted to assassinate was really a lunatic, this lunatic wanted to kill himself to avenge that arrow, he even gave up his life, the lunatic wanted to exchange his life for his life.The assassin hesitated for a moment, and his momentum was greatly reduced.Both sides are on the verge of this matter, and there is no way to hide, so they have to launch.

The small ax in Li Hong's hand suddenly shot out, like lightning and flint, it slashed straight into the assassin's chest.The assassin opened his mouth and let out a scream, his body froze, and Li Hong cut him with a sword.

"Kill..." Li Hong raised his saber high and roared wildly.

There are no assassins alive.Li Hong and his subordinates were too strong. In a short period of time, they killed seventeen assassins, and none of them were injured, except for the slight arrow wound on Li Hong's chest.

Li Hong pulled off his helmet from his head, slammed it on the snow, and shouted angrily, "Search for me and see who it is..."

Seventeen assassins, although they were all dressed in Han Chinese, were still identified by Qi Shen and others.Some of them are from Xianbei and Karasuma, because they took off their hats, and their hair can be seen at a glance.The two masters who faced Li Hong and Jiang Wu were from Fuyu.

"Are you sure...?" Li Hong pointed to the corpse on the ground and asked a Tiqi warrior.This warrior was from Karasuma, the Karasuma warrior of Baishan, and he was very sure that these two assassins were from Fuyu.

"I'm sure." The soldier said, "Look at the clothes they wear next to the body, only Fuyu people wear this kind of clothes next to the body."

Li Hong thought of Fengxue.He remembered that Fengxue had told him that she was learning swords with Mr. Changfeng in Fuyu Country.After Fengxue arrived in Fuyu country, he lived in Mr. Changfeng's house.

"In Fuyu Country, there is a top assassin named Chou Nuer. He used to practice martial arts with the famous Mr. Changfeng in Fuyu Country. Chou Nuer's disciples like to do this kind of assassin work. I think these two people may be Ugly slave's men."

Zhao Yun walked over with the head of the big man holding the halberd. He pointed to the bloody head and asked, "Does your lord still remember this man?"

Li Hong shook his head and asked in surprise, "Why, Zilong, do you still know Fuyu people?"

Zhao Yun shook his head and said in a low voice, "He is the attendant of Mr. Zhang Chunzhang, Prime Minister of Zhongshan."

Li Hong glanced at Zhao Yun in surprise, then leaned over to take a closer look at the man's face, shook his head and said, "I can't remember."

"When we were stationed in Lunu City, Zhongshan State, you and Mr. Zhang often met. I chatted with his attendants outside the house. This man was there, but he never spoke. Later, I asked other people and found out who he was. People from Fuyu country can't speak the Chinese language, so I have a deep impression on him." Zhao Yun said.

Li Hong nodded, thoughtfully.

The soldiers of the Northern Army patrolling the city rushed over after hearing the news. They quickly evacuated the crowd of onlookers at the scene, and began to deal with the corpses and blood on the scene.

Li Hong returned to Zhangyuetai under the escort of the Southern Army soldiers and the Black Panther Yi Cong who came later.

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After Zongzheng Liu Yu left the General's Mansion, he went directly to Zhangyuetai.Seeing that Li Hong was safe and sound, he let out a long breath.

"I heard that the emperor is coming?"

Li Hong nodded and said with a smile: "The emperor is here, everyone has to kowtow non-stop, abide by many rules, pick up and drop off, I'm exhausted."

Liu Yu patted him on the head lightly, and said with a smile: "The emperor's kindness is so great, you kid is not grateful, but you say something strange, be careful that I will write a letter to impeach you."

"My lord, be merciful, my lord is merciful." Li Hong cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Do you still remember Zhang Chun, Prime Minister of Zhongshan?"

"Remember." Liu Yu said, "Why did you ask him?"

"Master Zhang is still in prison?"

"I was pardoned by His Majesty in July last year." Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "At that time, Zhang Rang wrote to His Majesty to intercede for Zhang Chun and counted his achievements. His Majesty even discussed this matter with me in the Shangshufang. I remember that Lu Zhi and Lu Shangshu both persuaded His Majesty to restore Zhang Chun's official position, but His Majesty did not agree, so he was exonerated and sent back to his hometown in Yuyang."

"Why do you ask this?" Liu Yu asked again.

"Among today's assassins, one of his former servants is still from Fuyu, so I think of him, and I'll ask by the way." Li Hong said, "When I was in Zhongshan, Mr. Zhang treated me like a child and taught me a lot. stuff, I'm grateful to him."

"This man is very talented, and he has a good reputation in the north, but unfortunately..." Liu Yu sighed, "There are people in my Han Dynasty who can't be used, how can the country not decline."

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The eighth day of the first lunar month.

Today is Grain Day. If the weather is sunny, it means that this year's rice harvest will be good, and if the sky is cloudy, it means that the year will be apologetic.The folks regard the eighth day of the first lunar month as the day when the stars go down to the lower bounds, and small lamps are made to burn and worship them, which is called Shun Xing, also known as "worshiping the stars" and "connecting the stars".

General He Jin shook his head in disbelief after hearing the detailed report from Sima He Yong of the General's Mansion.

"How powerful are Li Hong and his subordinates? Did you hire a master?"

He Yong smiled wryly and said, "I already overestimated Li Hong's strength, but I didn't expect..." He sighed dejectedly, and then said, "Boshan is a well-known assassin among assassins, but he was chopped to death by Li Hong." , this leopard is too fierce."

He Jin pondered for a while, and said: "This person is not dead, no matter in Luoyang or Jizhou, it will be a big trouble. If the matter falls short because of his existence, we..."

"I'll think of a way." He Yong said.

"When will Mr. Zijiang arrive in Luoyang?" He Jin asked, "Things are a bit troublesome now. Yesterday the traitors bewitched the emperor and persuaded him to take the eldest prince to Jizhou together. If your majesty listens to the traitor's slander, we... ..."

He Jin looked at He Yong with a serious expression, and said solemnly: "You should send someone to pick it up."

"I have already sent someone there, and it is estimated that Mr. Zijiang will be able to rush to Luoyang in the next two days."

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Cao Cao excitedly applauded when he heard that Li Hong, the general who protected the Qiang, was assassinated on Yongping Street.

Cao Song looked at his son strangely and asked, "What's so good about it? The assassination of Li Zhonglang must have been done by the general. He wanted to cut off His Majesty's left and right arms and weaken His Majesty's strength. Your Majesty is vulnerable. We are close to death." It's not far away. Okay? What's good?"

"Of course. We have never known Li Hong's real thoughts, but if the general sends someone to kill, it means that Li Hong's other thoughts will be eliminated. Now, he has no other way but to follow closely behind the emperor. That's it. In the first place, his purpose is the same as ours.”

"What's the purpose?" Cao Song asked, "Aside from saving our lives, can we also root out the general?"

"Of course not. Who has the ability now?" Cao Cao laughed. "If we want to save our lives, we must save the emperor. Without His Majesty, there would be no mid-level officials. The same is true for Li Hong. Of course, the best way to save the emperor is ours." Join forces to deal with the general."

"Joining hands?" Cao Song asked suspiciously, "Will he agree? You don't know him yet, do you?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "We'll know each other soon."

Cao Cao pulled Yuan Shao, and the two ran to Zhangyuetai to visit Li Hong.Cao Cao and Li Hong hit it off right away, and they talked happily.

Li Hong received them warmly, and everyone got drunk before resting.

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The ninth day of the first lunar month.

Li Hong was called into the palace by the emperor.

"When can Heibaoyi arrive in Luoyang?" the emperor asked.

Li Hong thought for a while and said, "The fifteenth day of the first month, the sixteenth day at the latest."

On the seventh day of the lunar month, the Son of Heaven went to Zhangyuetai to visit Li Hong. He felt that it was too dangerous for Li Hong to stay in Luoyang, so he planned to send him to Jizhou in advance to arrange his journey back to his hometown and explore the customs and customs of Jizhou, so as to prepare for his return home to worship his ancestors.In order to test Li Hong's loyalty to him, the emperor frequently issued decrees to urge Li Hong to return to Beijing, and he was not allowed to bring too many troops.Now Li Hong's loyalty was tested by him, but Li Hong was almost killed.If Li Hong went to Jizhou with the existing manpower, he would be killed in the wilderness if he did not cross the Yellow River in all likelihood. Therefore, the emperor ordered Li Hong to immediately send someone to Xiliang with [-] miles of fast riding to call for dispatch. Black Panther Yi came to Beijing and accompanied Li Hong to Jizhou.

Hearing Li Hong's affirmative reply, the emperor said with satisfaction: "Well, as soon as the black panther Yicong arrives in Luoyang, you can go to Jizhou. In addition, the cavalry of the Northern Army led by Captain Yuan Shu of Changshui is also under your control. Let’s go to Jizhou together.”

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The tenth of the first lunar month.

On this day, all stone tools such as grinding and milling cannot be moved, and even stones are set up for sacrifices, which may damage crops. It is also called "stones do not move" or "ten moves".

Mr. Xu Shao and Xu Zijiang, who are well-known all over the world, came to Beijing, and Luoyang was a sensation.

(End of this chapter)