Chenliu County has been surrounded by a large army. There are only two east and west gates in the county. Outside the west city is the 40,000 imperial army led by Li Mian, while the 30,000 Ziqing Army led by Li Na is in the northeast corner, and the 30,000 Huaixi Army led by Li Zhongchen
The army is in the southeast corner. If Li Lingyao breaks out from the east, he will definitely be attacked by these two armies.
Of course, Li Lingyao's 25,000 troops were mainly deployed in the east and west of the city. There were also some troops in the north of the city. The south of the city was mainly woods and depressions, making it inconvenient to attack the city. Therefore, there were very few troops deployed in the south of the city. There were only two groups with more than a thousand men.
patrol to prevent the enemy from sneaking into the city from the south.
Guo Song and two of his men bypassed Li Mian's military camp and came to the outside of the south city. They waited until dark before Guo Song left the two of them outside the city. Their mission was to deliver a message to the prince. Assassin's skills
They are not familiar with it and cannot keep up with their own rhythm, which will drag them down.
Guo Song changed into night clothes, carried a black sword and a bow and arrow on his back, and walked through the woods to the foot of Nancheng.
He had carefully observed during the day that there was a defensive loophole in the southwest corner of the city wall. A turret was built above the southwest corner, and there were soldiers watching on the turret.
But the duty of the overlooking soldiers is to look into the distance, regardless of the situation under their feet. However, because there is a turret there, the patrolling soldiers take it for granted that there are sentries in the southwest corner. There is no need for them to go there. They patrol until they are about fifty steps away from the turret.
Turned around.
The fifty steps of the city wall became a loophole that the soldiers watching and patrolling ignored.
Guo Song took out two chisels from his arms. There were many gaps in the city wall. He quickly climbed up with the help of the chisels. In just a moment, he grabbed the top of the city and hid close to the outside of the battlements.
There were people chatting in the turret overhead, and a patrol of a hundred people was walking from the east. When they were still fifty steps away from the turret, they turned and walked towards the east.
Guo Song seized this opportunity and jumped up to the top of the city. Then he rolled forward and rolled out from the other side of the city wall. He only appeared on the top of the city for less than two seconds before the black shadow disappeared in a flash.
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The chisel created a flame on the city wall, which also slowed down Guo Song's fall. When he was still five feet away from the ground, he suddenly inserted the chisel into a gap, stopped on the city wall, and then pulled out the chisel.
, like a black cat, gently falling on the ground.
There was a long stone alley in the city. Guo Song fell behind a house. Seeing no one around him, he got into another narrow alley and quickly disappeared into the darkness...
Li Lingyao's military government office is easy to find. It is located in the middle of the city. It is the house of a wealthy family. It was forcibly requisitioned by Li Lingyao as a military government office. The military government office has heavy soldiers guarding the front and back doors, and there are patrol teams patrolling around the yard.
In addition, there are two hundred soldiers living in the mansion, making his defense like an iron barrel.
But after all, Li Lingyao was not a vassal town, and he did not have the strength to support warriors. His protection was to deal with the rebellion of the people in the city, or the visit of ordinary warriors, which was of no significance to top assassins like Guo Song.
Although there were soldiers patrolling everywhere in the house, Guo Song did not go to the ground at all. He ran on the roof, jumping from one big house to another, as light as a swallow.
Soon, Guo Song found Li Lingyao's residence. It was a three-story single-story building with more than twenty soldiers standing outside. Soldiers lived on the first and second floors, and Li Lingyao lived on the third floor.
Guo Song was lying on a roof observing the detached building. His eyes fell on a big tree to the north of the detached building. The large branches were leafy and were at least a hundred years old. The height was far higher than that of the detached building. A thick tree
The branch is about five feet away from the top of the detached building, like a giant open hand reaching out to the detached building.
Guo Song was not in a hurry to attack. He continued to observe various details. He had experience in assassinating Li Fuguo. It was possible that the soldiers guarding him were not Li Lingyao himself. He could find some clues from the attitude of the guarding soldiers.
For example, are the soldiers serious about defense? For example, it is almost two o'clock. If Li Lingyao is still sitting there drinking with the lights brightly lit, it will give people a feeling of concealment.
After observing for a long time, Guo Song could basically determine that Li Lingyao was in the building. He found that Li Lingyao was just an instinctive defense. He did not know that someone was going to assassinate him like Li Fuguo did. Li Lingyao was currently relatively safe in person and had not cheated.
of necessity.
Guo Song left the roof in a flash, and in a moment, Guo Song appeared on the big tree. He quickly walked a few steps along the thick branches, jumped out, and landed lightly on the roof of the building.
He lay on the roof for a moment, making sure that it was quiet down below and no one noticed him. Then he slowly opened a dozen tiles, revealing the wooden tiles under the tiles. There was also a wooden roof underneath, but the roof looked a bit rotten.
, Guo Song hesitated for a moment, then gave up the idea of going down from the roof.
He quickly came to the eaves, used an upside-down golden hook, hooked his feet on the beam under the eaves, and swung his body towards a window.
Just now, Guo Song, who was opposite, found that the window was not closed tightly. He used his sword to open the window, bit the sword with his mouth, grabbed the top of the window with both hands, slowly released his feet, and curled up, like an excellent
The gymnast was changing positions when suddenly his body bounced and shot into the window like an arrow...
Guo Song rolled on the ground and leaned against the wall. He held the sword in his hand and looked around carefully. This should be a maid's room. There was a little maid of eleven or twelve years old lying on the bed, sleeping properly.
Sweet.
Guo Song stepped forward and pushed the little maid awake. The little maid slowly opened her eyes and found a man in black in front of her. She was so frightened that she was about to scream, but her mouth was covered.
Guo Song whispered in her ear: "Be obedient. I won't kill you. If you dare to scream, I will kill you with one knife. Do you hear me?"
The little maid nodded in fear. Guo Song let go and asked, "Tell me, where does Li Lingyao sleep?"
The little maid pointed to the next door, and Guo Song asked again: "Is he alone in the room, or is there someone else?"
The little maid said tremblingly: "He is the only one."
"Are there any soldiers on this floor?"
The little maid shook her head, and Guo Song smiled and said, "Then you can continue to sleep!"
Guo Song knocked her out with a light punch. Guo Song controlled his strength slightly. It would take at least an hour for her to wake up after this punch.
The third floor was very quiet, only the rhythmic snoring could be heard. Guo Song found that he did not need the little maid to guide him, he could find Li Lingyao's room through the snoring, and it was indeed right next door to the little maid's room.
The room was filled with a strong smell of alcohol. Li Lingyao was very drunk and was sleeping soundly on the couch. Above his head was the Zhongyuan Sword given to Tian Shengong by the emperor. After Tian Shengong died, this sword was obtained by him.
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Guo Song slowly drew out the black sword and slashed it down without hesitation. Li Lingyao lost his life in his sleep.
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Half an hour later, Guo Song returned to the woods outside the city, and was greeted by two of his men. Guo Song handed the package containing Li Lingyao's head to the two men together with the Zhongyuan Sword, and said to them: "Go to Hulao quickly.
Guan, handed over the head and sword to His Highness the Crown Prince, and told His Highness that the ferry of Tian Chengsi's army had been burned, and it would be difficult for them to return to Hebei in a short time. The court should not rush to fight with the opponent, and the patient confrontation would be effective for a few months.
better."
The two men bowed and obeyed the order, got on their horses, turned their horses' heads and ran towards the northwest. Guo Song also galloped on his horse. When they passed the gate of Li Mian's army camp, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at the camp gate.
The soldiers guarding the camp gate shouted, and more than a dozen patrols tried hard to catch up. At this time, Guo Song had disappeared into the dark night. The patrol cavalry did not dare to catch up, and they reined in their horses one after another.
Not long after, the sleeping coach Li Mian was woken up by his own soldiers. He stood up and asked: "What's going on?"
The soldier submitted a letter saying: "Commander, someone shot a letter with an arrow and wrote the word 'urgent' on it. Please read it, Commander-in-Chief."
Li Mian took the letter and opened it under the lamp. There was only one sentence on it, 'Li Lingyao has been assassinated, and something will happen in the city tonight.'
The signature below is four words: 'The traitor has fallen'.
Li Mian suddenly became energetic. These four words were also the password secretly agreed upon by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which was enough to confirm the authenticity and reliability of this information.
He immediately ordered: "Send the order to the entire army to assemble immediately!"
The Tang army quickly assembled. Half an hour later, the army came to the city. At this time, the news that Li Lingyao had been assassinated spread throughout the army. The army suddenly became a mess. Countless soldiers took off their uniforms and fled into the civilian population. Some soldiers began to gang up to rob shops and plunder.
Money, and several important generals under Li Lingyao began to find their own way out.
Just when Li Mian led his army to the city gate, the city gate was opened wide. Li Lingyao's general Wu Qianlun came out of the city and surrendered. The imperial army entered the city first and took control of the warehouses containing countless money and grain. The entire city was under martial law and the newly opened East City was closed.
Door.
At this time, both the Ziqing Army and the Huaixi Army were still sleeping, and they had not yet discovered that earth-shaking changes had taken place in Chenliu City.