Chapter 124: One thousand against one According to reliable information, Zhao Zheng left the palace in person and did not use any substitutes.
The wine and food were brought out of the palace, and he didn't plan to eat anything outside.
The general accompanying him was Su Yu. In addition, he also brought several internal servants.
There was still no maid accompanying him.
This man is not close to women and is like Long Yangjun.
As a woman, Zhao Yuxue cannot appear in ceremonies to worship gods and encourage soldiers to go to war.
This just gave her the opportunity to not be there.
I heard that there is a lotus pond not far from the capital. Now the lotus leaves are beginning to show, and the peaches and plums are blooming next to the lotus pond, which is quite Yong women traveled together to enjoy the flowers. Zhao Yuxue arranged everything and Shi Shiran went.
She wanted to look relaxed and at ease, no matter how nervous she was inside, her face was as bright as a smile.
As soon as the carriage left the city gate, Zhao Yuxue heard the sound of the doctor behind him clearing the street looked back through the car window and saw that on the wide road, there were already lined up the king's traveling ceremonial procession.
Although they were in the capital of the Yong Kingdom, Lang Zhong ordered his army to be cautious as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
"Zhao Zheng," she said softly, "Princess Zhao Yuxue of Jinyang, let me see you off."
In this expedition, Yong State dispatched 50 troops and was bound to go straight to Luoyang.
Wei is ready to fight.
Wei Ji deployed troops and horses on the border between the two countries, strengthened defenses in major cities, extended curfew hours, and was on the alert to prepare for war with Yong.
Outside Xianyang, the capital of the Yong Kingdom, Wang Jian and Meng Tian, the main generals of the Northern Expedition Army appointed by Zhao Zheng, led the generals to kneel down to greet him.
Zhao Zheng stepped onto the altar.
The slaughtered animals were ready on the altar. After Zhao Zheng finished offering the incense, Lord Feng Chang raised a flag to indicate that a warrior would lift up the big cauldron containing the cattle and sheep and circle the queue in a full circle.
This is "martyrdom in formation", which is intended to warn the generals that those who disobey orders will be killed.
After being martyred in the battle, Wang Jian and Meng Tian came out and sprinkled the sacrifice blood on the military flags, war drums, golden utensils and weapons placed on the ground, praying for victory in the expedition.
Master Feng Chang performed divination for the war and came up with good soldiers cheered and knelt down, looking excited.
After that, the cattle and sheep on the altar were cooked on the spot in the cauldron and distributed to the soldiers, and the ceremony officially ended.
Zhao Zheng followed the ancient etiquette and behaved calmly and calmly. At the end, he poured wine to celebrate, and the soldiers held the wine cup high and drank it all in one gulp.
From the beginning to the end, Su Yu, the commander of the Weiwei army who followed Zhao Zheng, was nervously observing the surrounding this time, whether it is a soldier walking in the wrong queue or an official looking around, he may suddenly draw his sword.
But neither.
Everything seems weirdly normal.
At the end of the ceremony, the soldiers got on their horses and set off north.
Su Yu and Zong Jun, who were standing under the altar, looked at each other.
Their expressions were not relaxed, but more tense.
There was none on the way here, nor on the altar, so where would the assassin Wei Rang be?
He will not stop. His Majesty's departure from the palace is a rare opportunity.
Su Yu raised his hand to signal, and the guards surrounded the carriage tightly. Zhao Zheng slowly walked into the guards standing on both sides like a human wall, and stepped into the carriage.
The king's ceremonial guard moved forward towards the capital.
got windy.
There was a petal of a pear blossom that floated over from somewhere and landed in Zhao Zheng's hand.
There must also be pear blossoms in the yard where she lives.
Have the pear blossoms in Luoyang fallen? Just at this lost moment, they suddenly saw fire shooting into the sky. Ten feet away in front of the queue, there was a tall pear tree, burning from the top down.
The flames wrapped around the pear tree, and the strange red color replaced the original white flowers.
"Protect Your Majesty!"
Amidst the rising and falling sounds, the carriage of the King of Yong was the tree that was set on fire also made crackling and cracking sounds.
"There are organic eucalyptus trees on the tree!"
Su Yu, who was close to the pear tree, was the first to notice the problem.
It turned out that under the cover of the pear trees, hundreds of crossbows were installed on the are small and delicate, with arrows pointing towards the monarch's ceremonial guard on the road, while the bowstrings are pulled by branches.
The branches used to draw the bow are thin, while the branches used to tie the crossbow are thicker. Now the branches are burning and breaking, and the crossbow shoots out the arrows first, and then falls off one after another.
The flying arrows were filled with flames and sank into the guard formation.
Those arrows were either blocked by shields, fell into the soil, or pierced the bodies of soldiers, causing constant arrows brought more than just fire. When the flames burned out, poisonous smoke with a sweet smell suddenly rose from the ground, causing everyone to lose their strength. Those with less temperament could not even pick up the crossbow, let alone lift the knife to kill someone. .
Su Yu retreated in front of the carriage and sent a team of doctors to ask for help while protecting Zhao Zheng's safety.
Only then did the assassin Wei Rang appear brazenly.
Su Yu looked carefully at the man walking slowly from a few feet away.
Wei Rang was wearing a shabby green robe. Perhaps it was for this reason that he was able to hide in the green grass and avoid the clear streets of the doctor's order.
A large hood covered his head, revealing a scar on the bridge of his nose and firm Yu stepped forward, raised his sword in front of him, and shouted: "Traitor! Seeking death!"
The man also raised his sword, and Su Yu tried his best to kill him, but found that the other person was not as sharp as he man just had fast footwork. He quickly approached Su Yu and retreated with one move. When Su Yu stepped forward, he went around and slashed open the carriage compartment with his knife.
The carriage was empty.
Su Yu's sword has been followed.
"Wei Rang," he said with a smile, "unexpectedly, there is no His Majesty here."
The man turned around and was forced to take a step back by Su Yu, but he was still hit by the knife.
"General Su," he said, "you may not have thought that the villain is not Wei Rang."
Su Yu stood there dumbly as if struck by lightning.
Blood burst out from the assassin's chest. He leaned on the carriage wheel and said weakly: "Master said, Commander Su is both rough and fine and as bold as a fight. He will never let the King of Yong sit alone in the carriage. Zhao If a government has been poisoned before, it will inevitably avoid the poison, so the person who leaves the honor guard is the king himself."
The person who left the honor guard was Lang Zhonglingjun who was sent out by Su Yu to ask for help when the poisonous smoke first broke out.
Zhao Zheng is right there.
"Come on!"
Su Yu was so panicked that when he climbed onto the horse, he almost fell off again.
The assassin laughed and tilted his head as he died, as if he saw the tragic scene of Zhao Zheng being assassinated.
That's too late.
Su Yu looked towards the direction where Zhao Zheng and Zong Jun left with the army.
It has been delayed for too long and it is too late.
She was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at all, but she had to pretend to like this spring scenery. As she walked along the twists and turns of the water pavilion in the lake, Jinyang Princess Zhao Yuxue really hoped that the day would end soon.
She will hear the terrible news of Zhao Zheng's assassination.
She might also be able to see Zhao Zheng's body.
Then he expressed his sympathy and watched the chaos in Yong State, and then returned to Zhao State without any hurry.
After all, the king with whom she proposed to marry had passed away, so she had no choice but to return home to wait for marriage.
Maybe by that time, Zhao State had defeated Yan State.
Just as he was thinking triumphantly, Zhao Yuxue suddenly felt that something was wrong.
The back of her neck first itched and then hurt. Someone strangled her neck from behind.
"Who? Guard—" Zhao Yuxue shouted, panicked.
"Your Highness," a voice said as coldly as a knife, "from today on, you no longer have any guards."
who is it?
This strange yet familiar voice.
Zhao Yuxue struggled to turn her head to look, but she only saw a piece of white clothes.
Down, down, down.
Zhao Zheng watched as the doctors and commanders in front of him fell one by one. He held a knife in his hand and did not want to be protected behind him.
Fortunately, Zongjun brought the antidote with him, so the poison did not do anything to him.
What worried him was the assassin Wei Rang not far away.
What made him feel distressed was his dead bodyguards.
Wei Rang shot so many people to death just with arrows.
Zhao Zheng is a cruel person, and he will not hesitate to take risks alone in order to lure the emperor into a trap.
The letter smoke has been released for a moment, and those people should have arrived.
"coming!"
Zongjun suddenly said loudly.
Zhao Zheng turned around and saw the soldiers gathering around him, like sharp blades.
That is Meng Tian who has gone and Zhao Zheng passed by Meng Tian on the altar, he asked him to pay attention to the letter smoke and return to his aid at any time.
"One thousand against one," Zongjun said, "this is how you kill an assassin."
Killing assassins and then becoming famous as a disciple is very good.
But Zhao Zheng's heart was raised again.
He saw a bright white among those pitch-black battle armors.
Brilliantly white, like light shining from the depths of dark clouds.
(End of this chapter)