After the military meeting ended that day, Zhang Qigong invited Han Pu, the Marquis of Yuanyi, to his tent.
Waiting for the two of them to sit across from each other to decide, Zhang Qigong first asked Han Pu with a smile: "Your Majesty, what do you think of our Wei soldiers and generals today?"
Han Pu, the Marquis of Yuanyi, praised repeatedly. Although looking back a few decades ago, the Wei State was weakened due to the king of Wei Zhao Kang and was trembling under the threat of South Korea. However, through the efforts of two generations of monarchs, Zhao Si and Zhao Run, the Wei State today has
It was so powerful that it shocked the entire Central Plains.
Look at the Wei army gathered at the border of Shanggu County at this moment, including the Hanoi Army, the Suppression Army, the Wei Wu Army, and the Yanling Army. Which one is not a well-armed and well-trained elite army? Han Pu, the Marquis of Yuanyi, has no doubt that these Wei armies will eventually
Can conquer Ji City.
But when it came to the current obstacles faced by the Wei army, Zhang Qigong said with a worried look: "As the prince said, our army of Wei will eventually break through Jicheng, but Han will defend Leyi to the death and struggle to the death."
, this is also called our army..."
Han Pu, the Marquis of Yuanyi, understood immediately and lowered his voice and asked, "What do you mean, Master Zhang... get rid of Le Yi?"
After saying that, he couldn't help but glance behind Zhang Qigong and saw two expressionless assassins in black standing there.
Han Pu knew that they were the Black Crows under Zhang Qigong, a group of assassins with amazing skills and strength.
Perhaps noticing Han Pu's eyes, Zhang Qigong also looked back, then waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, this is definitely not advisable."
It is undeniable that Zhang Qigong really wanted to get rid of Han General Le Yi, but he was not stupid enough to send assassins to assassinate Le Yi. After all, as the commander of the Korean army, Le Yi always had many guards around him. No matter how powerful the Black Crows were,
It is also impossible to lurk in the camp of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Korean troops and assassinate the coach Le Yi among countless Korean soldiers.
What's more, such a despicable method as assassination will not be recognized by the world. The reputation of the Wei army and even the state of Wei will be greatly reduced because of this incident.
"...Zhang means, can you think of a way to ask Jicheng to replace Le Yi."
Zhang Qigong revealed his true plan.
"I see."
Han Pu, the Marquis of Yuanyi, suddenly understood. After stroking his beard, he frowned and said, "This matter may not be easy... At the moment, Li Hou Han Wu is in charge of Jicheng. As far as I know, there seems to be no conflict between Han Wu and Le Yi...
…”
Zhang Qigong heard this and said with a smile: "If there is no conflict, then create a conflict... As far as Zhang knows, Le Yi is Zhuang Gong Han Geng's favorite general, and Zhuang Gong Han Geng is currently in Jicheng, right?"
Han Pu, the Marquis of Yuanyi, nodded.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong lowered his voice and said: "Junhou, can you think of a way to let Zhang's black crows sneak into Jicheng?"
"this……"
Han Pu, the Marquis of Yuanyi, touched his beard on his chin, frowned slightly and said, "Little Marquis, let's give it a try...Does Mr. Zhang still remember Xu Huai from "Gu County"?"
Zhang Qigong was stunned when he heard this, and then asked: "Before you and I attacked Gu County, Xu Huai secretly ordered people to send a surrender letter to our army, hoping that our army would not harm his family after breaking the city?...Why did you mention this?
people?"
I have to say that Zhang Qigong was not deeply impressed by Xu Huai, because during his Wei army's large-scale attack on South Korea, many Korean nobles and aristocratic families had secretly communicated with the Wei army before the city was broken, just like Zhao Jiang and Shao Hu.
, Pang Huan, Qu Cheng and other Wei generals held in their hands the "letters of allegiance" of countless Korean nobles and aristocratic families, waiting to be submitted to Wei King Zhao Run when they returned home in the future, and the latter would issue them.
Among them was Xu Huai from Gu County.
Seeing Zhang Qigong's expression of confusion, Han Pu, the Marquis of Yuanyi, explained: "Xu Huai from Gu County, his son "Xu Feng" married the daughter of a branch of the "Tu family" in Jicheng, and his brother-in-law "Tu Gen",
Currently, I am serving as the gatekeeper of the West City in Jicheng... You can call Xu Feng to come and ask him to meet Tu Gen in private."
Zhang Qigong thought for a while and thought he could give it a try.
The camp of the Hanoi army under the command of King Zhao Jiang of Yan was being built about forty miles northwest of Gu County. That night Zhang Qigong sent people to wait for Yin time the next day, then Xu Feng hurried to the camp of the Wei army.
It can be seen that Xu Feng, who was only in his twenties, was suddenly summoned by Zhang Qigong and felt very nervous.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong comforted Xu Fengdao: "Young Patriarch, don't panic, Zhang has no ill intentions, Zhang just wants to give a credit to the Young Patriarch..."
Upon hearing this, Xu Feng calmed down a little.
Although he was not deeply involved in the world, he could guess that Zhang Qigong had promised him credit, so there must be something for him to do, and it might be very dangerous.
But unfortunately, he could not refuse. After all, Gu County was already occupied by the Wei army at this moment. If Zhang Qigong was displeased, his whole Xu family would probably suffer.
"Please make public announcement."
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong summoned Yang Yi, the leader of the Black Crows, and said to Xu Feng: "Young Master, please take this person to Jicheng to meet your brother-in-law Tu Gen. As for the rest of the matter, there is no need for Young Master
That's it." After that, he promised Xu Feng: "As long as the young master of the family can persuade your brother-in-law Tu Gen to provide convenience, Zhang will allow you to make a great contribution."
Upon hearing this, Xu Feng immediately guessed that Zhang Qigong wanted him to rebel against his brother-in-law Tu Gen. He thought about it carefully and felt that this matter was not dangerous. After all, he had a close relationship with his brother-in-law Tu Gen.
Yes, even if the latter guessed that he had defected to Wei, they might not harm him.
So he promised: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I will do my best."
Zhang Qigong praised a few words and then handed over the follow-up matters to Yang Yi.
On the same day, Yang Yi took You Gui and several other black crows with him, and took Xu Feng to Jicheng.
Because there were many Korean military patrols and sentries along the way, but the few Black Crows were not ordinary people, they took Xu Fengzhuan through the remote mountain trails. Although they took a lot of detours, they were better at being secretive, but it was a lot of hardship.
Feng, following those inhuman black crows, they traveled through mountains and rivers, and were almost exhausted to death.
Especially after breaking away from the defense line deployed by the Korean army in Shanggu County, Yang Ji and others accelerated the process.
All in all, after several days of traveling, the group finally arrived at the west gate of Jicheng.
At this time, Xu Feng's brother-in-law Tu Gen was patrolling on the city tower. Suddenly he heard that a soldier came to report that it was his old friend who came to visit him, so he went down to the city to take a look. When he saw his brother-in-law Xu Feng, he couldn't help but feel...
A little thump.
After all, at this time, the news of the fall of Handan North County had been sent to Jicheng. Seeing that his brother-in-law Xu Feng was safe and sound and not even injured at all, Tu Gen guessed that his brother-in-law and his family might have defected to the Wei army.
At this moment, Tu Gen had two choices, either to report his brother-in-law's family so that the Tu family would sever ties with his in-laws, or...
"Come with me!"
After a brief hesitation, Tu Gen still brought Xu Feng, Yang Ji and others up to the tower.
He first questioned Xu Feng alone, asking whether the latter had surrendered to the Wei army and whether he came to contact him again on the order of the Wei army today.
Xu Feng did not hide anything, and Zhang Qigong explained his request exactly.
After listening to his brother-in-law's story, Tu Gen fell into deep thought.
In the end, Tu Gen agreed to Xu Feng's plea and used his power to incorporate Yang Yi and several other black crows into his own defense force at the west city gate.
Not only did Tu Gen have a very good relationship with his brother-in-law Xu Feng, but Tu Gen also considered that the Wei army was currently so powerful that Jicheng might not be protected. Therefore, by forming a good alliance with the Wei army, it also left a way out for his family.
Under the cover of Tu Gen, Yang Ji and others were finally able to move freely within Jicheng City.
Immediately, Yang Ji and his party were divided into two groups. The ghosts tried to contact the Green Crows in the city and asked them to provide support, while Yang Ji himself went to visit Han Geng, Duke Zhuang, who lived in the city at that time.
Recently, Duke Zhuang Han Geng has been doing nothing at home. Apart from paying attention to the battle situation in Shanggu County every day, he has almost nothing to do.
That night, when Duke Zhuang Han Geng had nothing to do and was reading in the study of the palace, a figure flashed outside the study door. When Han Geng subconsciously raised his head, he saw that there was another person in the room.
If it were anyone else, most of them would be shocked at this moment, but Han Geng was unfazed.
Because Zhuang Gong Han Geng never had any grudges with others. On the contrary, he was always willing to do good and charitable, and he had almost no enemies.
What's more, he has a high position but little power, especially now that Lihou Han Wu is in control of the country's affairs. Han Geng can't think of anyone who wants to harm him.
So, he asked calmly: "Who are you at this step? Why don't you invite yourself in? This is not what a gentleman does."
After hearing this, the man closed the door, cupped his hands and said to Han Geng, "I am Xia Yangji, the leader of the Black Crows under Zhang Qigong, the Zuodu Lieutenant of the Tiance Mansion of the Great Wei Dynasty."
"The Great Wei...the Black Crows..."
Zhuang Gong Han Geng was slightly startled. It seems that with his status, he is no stranger to the two secret assassin organizations of Wei Wang Zhao Run, the Green Crow Clan and the Black Crow Clan.
"I wonder what the leader wants?" he asked calmly.
Yang Ji took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Han Geng and said, "This is written by Zhang Qigong and Captain Zhang himself. He ordered me to forward it to Duke Zhuang."
Zhuang Gong Han Geng glanced at Yang Ji, stood up, took the letter from the latter's hand, spread it out and looked at it.
The content of the letter does not need to be detailed. It is nothing more than Zhang Qigong using both soft and hard tactics in the hope of inciting Han Geng to rebel.
After reading it carefully, Han Geng complied with Yang Yi's request and burned the letter on the spot. Immediately, he said with a half-smile: "Han really doesn't know what Lieutenant Zhang was thinking about asking him to spend so much effort to instigate rebellion against Han."
Someone? Haha, like an insignificant person like Han..."
Having said this, he was suddenly startled, and the expression on his face suddenly became solemn.
Because he suddenly thought that the person who the other party really wanted to instigate rebellion might not be him, but his favorite general Le Yi - as far as he knew, his favorite general Le Yi was currently defending the city in Shanggu County, preventing the 300,000 Wei army from doing so.
inch forward.
Thinking of this, he asked: "It seems that you are actually here for Le Yi."
Seeing that the other party had guessed his intention, Yang Yi did not hide it, nodded and said: "Exactly."
"I actually admitted it..."
Duke Zhuang Han Geng looked at Yang Yi with some surprise, and suddenly asked: "If Han is unwilling to surrender to your country, will I kill Han immediately?"
"Not really." Yang Ji said with a smile: "The Lord and Lord must have guessed Captain Zhang's thoughts... If the Lord and Lord are killed, General Le Yi will definitely regard us as enemy bandits, and there will be no further discussion.
Maybe...how could I do that?"
"This Zhang Qigong seems to be a sensible person..."
Duke Zhuang Han Geng was very surprised. Apart from being surprised, he also felt more confident.
Just now, he was worried that if he refused, the other party would harm his life, but since the other party had spoken so frankly, he naturally didn't need to worry about anything anymore.
So he politely refused and said: "Traitoring the country and seeking glory is something Han disdains."
Hearing this, Yang Ji was not surprised. He repeated Zhang Qigong's words and said: "Mr. Zhuang, think again... Do you really think that your country still has the strength to resist our army? Although General Le Yi can hold off our Wei army for a while,
But it is destined not to last long. If Duke Zhuang rejects Captain Zhang today, I am afraid that Captain Zhang will not be kind to Duke Zhuang after he breaks the city. If Duke Zhuang doesn’t think about himself, he should also think about his wife, children, and children, right?"
Zhuang Gong Han Geng's eyes widened when he heard this. Fortunately, he thought that Zhang Qigong was a sensible guy just now, but he didn't expect that this guy turned out to be such a vicious villain.
Just when Duke Zhuang Han Geng was hesitating, he heard Yang Yi say: "Please consider it carefully, Duke Zhuang, and come to visit me again tomorrow... In addition, I also ask Duke Zhuang not to make any publicity about today's matter. If Duke Zhuang leaks it,
Due to our whereabouts, I'm afraid that Captain Zhang will harm Duke Zhuang's family in the future as revenge. As for the two soldiers outside the study, I didn't harm them, I just knocked them unconscious... Farewell."
After that, Yang Yi left the study. When Han Geng chased him out of the study, the former had already disappeared under the night.
Han Geng turned around and saw two of his guards lying outside the study.
He stepped forward and checked their breathing, and found that they were just unconscious.
After waking them up, the two guards were shocked because they were knocked unconscious without even noticing anything was wrong.
After Zhuang Gong Han Geng thought about it for a while, he told the two of them: "Don't make any noise about this matter."
Immediately, Han Geng returned to the study.
He originally wanted to tell Han Wu about this, but when he thought of Yang Ji's threats before leaving, he hesitated.
After much deliberation, he pretended that this incident had not happened.
After all, in his opinion, if the Wei people wanted to instigate him, as long as he was determined and refused to surrender to Wei, there would be nothing the Wei people could do against him, so there would be no need to report to Lihou Han Wu, which would make the matter more complicated.
At the same time, Yang Yi had already found his way out of Zhuang Gong Han Geng's mansion and joined his men waiting outside the mansion.
"Chief, how is the situation?"
The black crow asked.
Yang Yi shook his head and said calmly: "Han Geng did not agree...The first plan was canceled and Zhang Duwei's second plan was adopted."
"clear!"
The black crow nodded.
That night, after Duke Zhuang Han Geng fell asleep, Yang Yi sneaked into the mansion again, stuffed a letter into a book in the bookcase, and then left quietly.
The black crows deliberately made noise to attract the Han soldiers patrolling nearby, so that the latter could vaguely see Yang Yi climbing over the wall from Zhuang Gong Han Geng's mansion and disappearing under the night.
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The next day, Lihou Hanwu received the news: It was suspected that someone had climbed over the wall of Duke Zhuang Han Geng's residence last night, with unknown intentions.
After learning about this, Han Wu immediately frowned.
He immediately thought of the Wei people.
This is no wonder, after all, before this, there was a group of Green Crows operating secretly in Jicheng, and Li Hou Han Wu also knew about it, but the whereabouts of the Green Crows were secretive and difficult to arrest.
"Did the Wei people secretly contact Han Geng? Are they trying to instigate Han Geng's rebellion?"
Li Hou Han Wu was pacing back and forth in the study.
Ever since his younger brother Han Wangran passed away and since he regained power in South Korea, Lihou Hanwu became more and more suspicious.
This suspicion came from the pressure in his heart. After all, his younger brother Han Ran entrusted the country to him before he died. This made Han Wu feel a lot of pressure. Anyone who threatened South Korea would be killed by him in his infancy. middle.
And right now, there is a group of unidentified guys coming in and out of Zhuang Gong Han Geng's mansion. Li Hou Han Wu must investigate carefully.
So he secretly sent people to guard the mansion of Duke Zhuang Han Geng, hoping to see if those unidentified people would appear again.
In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Yi went to visit Zhuang Gong Han Geng again.
Seeing that someone was indeed entering and leaving the residence of Duke Zhuang Han Geng, those Han soldiers immediately reported it to Han Wu, the Marquis of Li.
After learning about this, Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, became increasingly suspicious, especially when he thought that the leader of the Korean army on the front line was Le Yi, a direct descendant of Duke Zhuang Han Geng, and he became even more uneasy.
So Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, immediately went to Duke Zhuang Han Geng's mansion with his guards.
At the same time, Zhuang Gong Han Geng was still in the study to meet Yang Ji.
However, just like the day before, Han Geng still politely refused. It was not until Yang Yi threatened Han Geng's wife, children, and children that Han Geng showed hesitation.
Seeing the hesitation on Han Geng's face, Yang Yi was not in a hurry and drank the tea slowly, as if he must wait until Han Geng made a decision.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly someone came to report: "Dong Zhuang, Marquis Li is here to visit."
After hearing this, Yang Yi secretly smiled, but pretended to be shocked and angry on his face, and asked Han Geng, Duke Zhuang, "How dare you leak the secret, Duke Zhuang?!"
Han Geng felt unjust in his heart. How did he know why Li Hou Han Wu came suddenly? He quickly comforted Yang Yi in a friendly voice: "Captain, please calm down, Han will never leak the secret..."
After some good words and persuasion, Yang Yi's face brightened slightly and he said to Han Geng, "You go and send Han Wu away, I'll leave through the back door."
Duke Zhuang Han Geng did not doubt that he was there and kept saying good to him.
After a full stick of incense, Han Geng ordered his people to remove the tea cups and other things that would reveal Yang Yi's whereabouts, and then he personally went outside the house to greet Han Wu, the Marquis of Li. , I hope you will forgive me."
Li Hou Han Wu smiled and waved his hand and said: "What did Duke Zhuang say? Duke Zhuang is the elder. Even if Han Wu waits here for a while, it is appropriate... By the way, Duke Zhuang was taking a nap just now, why did he delay for so long? ?”
Duke Zhuang Han Geng said nonchalantly: "I took a nap in the study for a while. No wonder."
Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, took a deep look at Han Geng and followed Han Geng, Duke Zhuang, to the latter's study instead of trying to expose him.
After the two sat down, Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, first talked about some trivial matters in order not to arouse the enemy, and then asked nonchalantly: "Has anyone visited Duke Zhuang in the past few days?"
Upon hearing this, Duke Zhuang hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head and said, "No."
Upon hearing this, Li Hou Han Wu was secretly angry.
You know, the soldiers he sent saw with their own eyes that someone visited Han Geng today, but Han Geng said that no one visited him. There must be something fishy in this.
So, with a serious look on his face, he said coldly: "Mr. Zhuang, is it true that no one has visited you these days?"
Hearing this, Duke Zhuang Han Geng's heart skipped a beat.
At this moment, a general suddenly came in and reported to Lihou Han Wu: "Lihou, a man just left from the back door of the mansion. He saw us ambushing outside. This man climbed over the wall and escaped. We have sent people to hunt him down."
Li Hou Han Wu nodded, then looked at Han Geng coldly, waiting for the latter's explanation.
As soon as Han Geng heard this, he knew it was Yang Ji from Wei. Although he didn't know what happened so that Lihou Hanwu actually learned about it, but now Lihou Hanwu was obviously suspicious of him, so he could only tell the truth about the conversation with Yang Ji.
After Li Hou Han Wu listened quietly to Zhuang Gong Han Geng's words, he suddenly asked: "Where is the letter from Zhang Qigong from Wei? Bring it and let me have a look?"
Duke Zhuang Han Geng said truthfully: "It has been burned down."
"Oh?" Li Hou Han Wu narrowed his eyes and said displeasedly: "It seems that Duke Zhuang burned such an important letter so easily?"
"It was indeed burned."
"Heh." Li Hou Han Wu smiled noncommittally, then looked at the study a few times and said, "In that case, Mr. Zhuang, don't you mind if I search here?"
Upon hearing this, Duke Zhuang Han Geng was a little angry, but in the end, he agreed.
Therefore, Li Hou Han Wu called his guards and asked them to search inside and outside. Finally, they found the letter that Yang Ji sneaked into the mansion again that night and placed it in a book on the bookcase.
"How could..."
Zhuang Gong Han Geng opened his eyes wide in shock.
Lihou Hanwu took the letter and read it carefully, then showed it to Duke Zhuang Hanwu and asked: "Didn't you say it was burned? Then what is this?"
"I……"
Duke Zhuang Han Geng was speechless.
He didn't know what was going on. He remembered that he had burned this letter yesterday, so why did another one suddenly appear?
At this time, Li Hou Han Wu showed the letter in front of Duke Zhuang Han Geng and said coldly: "Mr. Zhuang, the letter you saw yesterday is this one?"
"..."
Duke Zhuang Han Geng was speechless. He looked at the letter in the hand of Li Hou Han Wu in stunned silence and stammered: "Yes, but..."
"...But I obviously burned it, damn it."
Duke Zhuang Han Geng was at a loss.
"Everyone has gained the stolen goods, so what's the 'but'? You hid this letter, but deliberately denied that it had been burned. It's clear that you have a guilty conscience!" After saying that, Li Hou Han Wu shouted angrily: "Come on, take it down! "
As soon as he finished speaking, several guards rushed in outside the study and subdued Duke Zhuang Han Geng.
On that day, Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, put Zhuang Gong Han Geng in prison and ordered people to interrogate him strictly. Unfortunately, Zhuang Gong Han Geng had no idea what was going on, so he said that he was unjustly accused.
That night, Yang Qi bribed the jailer with coercion and inducement, and deliberately tortured Duke Zhuang Han Geng until he died in prison.
After learning about this, Li Hou Han Wu, who was originally filled with anger, was suddenly shocked.
He suddenly realized that he might have fallen into a trick by the Wei people.
When he thought that Zhuang Gong Han Geng died mysteriously in prison, and that the general commanding the Han army on the front line of Shanggu County was Han Geng's favorite general Le Yi, Lihou Han Wu suddenly became uneasy.