The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chang'an, inside the prefect's mansion.While playing chess with Xia Houyuan, Zhang discussed the recent situation in Xiliang.Both of them had superb chess skills, and the two big dragons on the chessboard twisted together, fighting extremely fiercely.Xia Houyuan dropped a sunspot, which seemed to encircle a piece of white chess in the corner of Zhang Ji.As soon as Xia Houyuan raised his hand, Zhang Ji's white hand fell down.When Xia Houyuan was about to settle again, he found that his big dragon had no way out.

Xia Houyuan smiled slightly: "Mr. really set a trap for me, and by the time I see through it, it will be too late!"

Zhang Ji also said with a smile: "General, you are being polite, but in fact, I am taking a gamble. If the general does not use this trick to level four or three, no matter how good my trap is, it will not work."

Xia Houyuan nodded: "Ping Sisan's move is just like the current situation of the people of Xiliang. They stick to Xiliang but have no hearts. They want to break through but are reluctant to part with Xiliang. He hesitates again and again, and finally has to end up regretting for life. "

"The general speaks highly!" Zhang Ji laughed and said, "That's why I set up a game here. If the general wins, I will close the door and kill people. If the general backs down, I will chase after him. The general is a general. I bet that the general will die." Will not back down!"

"Sir, you can see through it!" Xia Houyuan shook his head and smiled wryly: "If I were Long Fei, this trick, sir, might be useless!"

The two laughed loudly.There has been no war in Chang'an recently, and the Long Army pretending to be the Xiliang Army who often harassed them has disappeared recently. Chang'an seems to have regained its former calm.Chang'an City is peaceful, and the people are busy with their livelihoods.

Someone cleaned up the chessboard and prepared to serve tea and snacks.Xia Houyuan had just taken a sip when a messenger rushed in and knelt down beside the gazebo to salute: "General, Lord Prefect, Tianshui City was breached last night, and we hung out our battle flag early this morning, announcing that we will join the Wei Dynasty." Under the king's command!"

"Oh?" Xia Houyuan was very surprised: "Can you find out whose soldiers and horses did it?"

The messenger shook his head: "The besiegers are tightly guarded, and our scouts are hard to get close to! One more thing, let's send a report. Last night, a group of soldiers and horses rushed out from Tianshui and are heading towards Chang'an. The outpost asked if they should intercept them?"

"Stop it! Ask for clarification!"

The orderly agreed and turned to go out.Xia Houyuan looked at Zhang Ji, neither of them spoke.They could more or less guess who attacked Tianshui. The reason why the Wei Jun flag was hung was simply to blame them and make Han Sui trouble himself.Before Xia Houyuan could open his mouth, Zhang Ji first said: "This matter should be reported to the lord as soon as possible. At the same time, I suggest sending someone to Xiliang to explain clearly to Han Sui, so as not to fall into the trap!"

Xia Houyuan nodded: "I don't think so. Since Long Fei won Tianshui but didn't occupy it, why don't we send troops to take Tianshui and win a city without any effort. Han Sui is only a hundred thousand old and weak soldiers, and the supply of food and grass has encountered difficulties. , even if you want to attack, you have to think about it!"

"If you do this, you will fall into Long Fei's plan to pick a divorce!" Zhang Ji strongly objected: "You must not rush into this matter. Long Fei is looking forward to a good fight between our two families in Hanzhong. Therefore, we To maintain this balance as much as possible, only then can Chang'an be truly safe."

The two hadn't agreed on how to deal with Tianshui's problem, and another messenger sent a letter.The letter was sent from Yecheng, and Xia Houyuan and Zhang Ji were asked to open it at the same time.In the letter, Cao Cao said a news that shocked the two of them even more.Han Sui's son, who was stranded in Yecheng, fell to his death ten days ago while riding a horse.After investigation, it was determined that it was not an accident, but someone did it on purpose, and there is no news of the perpetrator so far.

Zhang Ji and Xia Houyuan looked at each other and felt that these things were too coincidental.The Long army captured Tianshui and blamed Cao Jun, and Han Sui's son was killed in Yecheng.Obviously, this is all about shutting Han Sui and fighting them.They could use their toes to understand who did these things, but they didn't expect that Long Fei would use such indecent tricks.

"It seems that there is only one battle!" Xia Houyuan ordered loudly: "Beat the drums and gather the generals. From today onwards, Chang'an will be sealed off, and everyone will not be allowed to enter or leave!"

When the news spread, Chang'an City, which was originally lively, became even more lively now.The common people no longer cared about the things in their hands, and ran home when they turned around.He rushed into the house in one breath, blocked the door, and trembled in the corner of the wall.

Jiang Wei took Jiang Wen and Jiang Wubing more than [-] brothers on the official road leading to Chang'an.They ran all night, and they were exhausted and found a place to rest.When passing through Meiwu, the castle that was built in the past was still at the foot of the mountain on the bank of the Wei River.The tall stone towers and the tall weeds show the former glory of this place.

Under the leadership of Jiang Wei, everyone entered the castle to take a rest.Back then, Long Fei transported all the gold, silver, jewelry, food and grass from the castle, but some furniture remained.Looking at the mottled shadows on the wall, Jiang Wen was amazed.Dong Zhuo has been in chaos for almost seven or eight years now, and this place has almost retained what it was back then.It can be seen that no one has ever been here.

Jiang Wei leaned against the corner of the wall, folded his hands on his chest, and closed his eyes: "Two people are left to watch, and the others rest for a while. After running all night, they will make meals when they wake up."

Jiang Wei was sleeping soundly, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly started up, and there was a group of people wearing Wei Jun uniforms in front of him.They looked at Jiang Wei: "The bold Xiliang army actually broke into our territory, and they are all tied up by me!"

"Wait a minute!" Jiang Wei put his sword back into its sheath: "This brother has misunderstood. Jiang Wei is the captain of the Tianshui prefect's account, leading his brothers to join General Xiahou!"

"Go to us?" Wei Jun didn't take it seriously: "You Xiliang people don't beat us, but if you come to defect, you must be Xiliang spies, arrest them!"

Behind Jiang Wei, Jiang Wu was about to make a move, Jiang Wen hurriedly hugged him.Jiang Wei shouted hastily, stretched out his hand to untie the sword at his waist, and threw it on the ground: "Brother, we really came to surrender. I have important military information to report to General Xiahou. I'm afraid there will be big problems if it is too late."

A corps leader whispered a few words in the captain's ear.The captain looked at Jiang Wei: "It's okay if you don't arrest you, come on, confiscate all their weapons and horses, and take them back to the camp!"

It is at least a hundred miles from Meiwu to Chang'an. I just ran all night and I have to hurry.After a day and a night without any water or rice, when they walked into Chang'an, almost everyone was paralyzed to the ground.Jiang Wei begged for some food and distributed it to dozens of brothers under his command. Everyone only ate a little and didn't even feel like it.If you ask for it again, there will be no more.Watching Wei Jun gobble it up, Jiang Wei and the others could only keep swallowing.

"Give them something to eat!" A tall man appeared in front of Jiang Wei on a horse, looked at Jiang Wei and said, "You are their head? What's your name?"

"The villain, Jiang Wei, was originally a lieutenant under the command of the Tianshui prefect, but because Tianshui was breached, he came to join the general!"

The man jumped off his horse and exchanged a glance with a scribe who was following him.The scribe circled around Jiang Wei a few times: "Are you from Tianshui? Where do you live?"

"Tianshui Longxi Jiangjia Village!"

"What is the name of the prefect of Tianshui? Who are the officials under his command?"

"Ma Zun, the prefect of Tianshui, has a subordinate officer, the meritorious Cao Jiang Jiong, is my father, the Fa Cao Yang Ji..."

Jiang Wei answered fluently, because these people are the people he sees all day long.While listening to Jiang Wei's answer, the man looked at Jiang Wei's expression and asked several questions one after another, covering everything from Tianshui's government, customs and geography: "The last two questions, how did you escape? Why did you escape?" Instead of going to Wuwei, you want to come to Chang'an?"

Jiang Wei didn't answer directly, but looked at the two people in front of him: "These two are Wei Wang's brother, General Xia Houyuan, and Chang'an prefect Zhang Ji, right? To be honest, I grew up with my father in Tianshui City since I was a child. Mu Qing is clear, it is not difficult to escape 20 people, why did we go to Chang'an? It is the result of our deliberation."

"Oh? What kind of deliberate method?" Xia Houyuan became interested.

Jiang Weidao: "I expected that it was the Long army and not the Cao army that attacked Tianshui. They just hoped to start a war between Han Sui and the king of Wei to profit from it. Han Sui didn't understand the truth. Zhang Taishou and General Xiahou should have seen it. In addition, Xiliang is bitter and cold. Since Long Fei sealed off Hanzhong, the lives of the common people have become more and more difficult, Xiliang will be destroyed sooner or later, we little people like this will not be of any use if we go to Wuwei, we might as well fight for our own lives!"

Xia Houyuan and Zhang Ji looked at each other: "Very well, it sounds like the truth, as long as you sincerely trust me, I promise to treat you like brothers! Since you are already the captain, then continue to be your captain and be responsible for being the guide , we are going to Tianshui!"

"No!" Jiang Wei hurriedly cupped his fists.

The loss of Tianshui opened Xiliang's door wide, and also lost two generals, [-] soldiers and horses.At the same time, the news sent from Yecheng made Han Sui even more miserable.Throwing down the secret letter, he cursed at Yan Xing for harming his child.If Yan Xing hadn't encouraged him to unite with Cao Cao, he would not have sent his son to Yecheng.Fortunately, Cao Cao not only killed his son, but also took Tianshui. This revenge must be avenged!

Han Sui was almost insane in his rage. With his breasts exposed in the winter, he turned on his horse with his machete in his hand: "Gather the three armies and attack immediately. If you don't kill Yecheng, you won't turn back!"

When I came to the teaching military field, there was no one in the teaching military field.Han Sui was furious, and he raised his hand and chopped the boy who was sent to deliver the order in two: "Send my military order, the army is assembled, and I will kill Cao Cao!"

After waiting for another half an hour, still no one came.Han Sui turned his face and was about to kill, the messenger hurriedly knelt down: "My lord, calm down, I have spread the word, but they just won't come. I heard that today is General Yan's birthday, and all the generals are drinking at General Yan's mansion!"

"What? There's no reason for that!" The old man turned his horse and ran towards Yan Xing's house with a bouncing beard.As soon as he reached the street corner, the melodious music of silk and bamboo came from the alley, which almost drove the old man crazy.With a knife slashing on the gate, the heavy wooden door crashed down with a dull sound, which attracted everyone's attention.