Chapter 286 Chapter Eight Attacking the Unprepared

In the early morning of the next day, Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun, who turned into Wu Guo, led fifty specially selected Wu family fighters, secretly boarded a fishing boat and sailed against the current to Yongdu. Since all the iron guards wanted to go to Yong with Xiang Shaolong and Xiao Pan disguised by Wu Guoqiao, of course they couldn't participate in this operation. Ji Yanran wanted to accompany Qin Qing, but she couldn't come either. Teng Yi was in charge of commanding Duqi to wipe out the remaining three groups of assassins, and was required to set up a town in Xianyang. The day was cloudy and rainy.

Putting on coir raincoats, Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun sat on the bow of the boat to discuss the details of the operation. Xiang Shaolong said: "We only have one day and one night, if we can't kill Guan Zhongxie within this time, we won't have a second chance." Jing Jun said confidently, "After infiltrating Yongdu, we immediately put Guan Zhongxie's hiding place under strict surveillance, and we will not kill him until we are in the dark." Xiang Shaolong frowned and said, "But I still can't make up my mind whether I should rely on An Guxi's power or not? That might alarm Lai Ai."

Jing Jun said: "Why don't we ask Fourth Brother to help us!" Xiang Shaolong shook his head and said, "I don't want Ying Zheng to find out afterwards, it will affect the future of my fourth brother." Jing Jun excitedly said: "Then let us do it alone, as long as we carefully plan this surprise attack, we will retire successfully. At that time, Guan Zhongxie will die, but Lai Ai still doesn't know what happened." Xiang Shaolong shook his head and said: "But Han Jie will know soon, and because this is Han Jie's land, if he wants to assassinate him together, the risk will be very high, so I hesitate to make a decision."

Jing Jun said: "If you know, let him know! Does he dare to tell Lai Ai? And even if he sends someone to notify Lu Buwei immediately, it will be two days later, not to mention he may not be able to pass the test of the second brother." According to the plan, after Xiaopan led all the civil and military officials to Yongdu, Teng Yi's capital riders would set up checkpoints at the water and land passes between Yongdu and Xianyang to check the travel. Xiang Shaolong agreed: "It has to be like this." ◇◇◇◇◇◇ In the evening of the same day, Xiang Shaolong abandoned the boat and disembarked about two miles away from Yongdu, avoiding the customs defense, and traveled by land to Yongyu.

With official identity documents, they pretended to be various people from other counties and entered the city in batches. After contacting the Wujia soldiers Tao Fang sent to Yongdu for two years, they hid in an ordinary house in the south of the city and prepared everything. Yongdu was the first capital of the Qin people in Guanzhong. It was located at the confluence of the Weihe River and the Zhihe River. It was the connection point of Guanzhong culture, Bashu culture and Diqiang culture.In terms of land transportation, there are plank roads leading to Longnan, Hanzhong, Bashu and other places.

One hundred and fifty years ago, the Duke of Qin decided to use it as his capital to guard Guanzhong and drink horses from the Yellow River.Later, Ying Zheng was able to unify China, and it was also because of Yong's strategy of relying on Guanzhong, which played a key role. Therefore, even though it was moved to Xianyang later, the ancestral temple of the Qin family still remained in Yongdu. All important events must be held in the ancestral temple of Yongdu. As Xianyang's defensive fortress, Yongdu still has an extremely important position until now. There are many magnificent palaces in Yongdu, among which the Dazheng Palace and the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests are the largest.The former is now Zhuji's Luan Palace, and the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests is Xiaopan's temporary palace where Xiaopan came to perform the crowning ceremony.

It was only when he arrived in Yongdu that Xiang Shaolong truly felt the majesty of Lai Ai. The garrison here, the collars of the military uniforms are all tied with gold rims, revealing a luxurious style, which is completely different from the Qin army who has always been plain in appearance, and everyone looks arrogant and domineering. An Guxi's garrison clearly has not yet gained control of the entire city, only controlling the southern city gate closest to the Weishui River, the avenue leading to the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests. With the backing of Zhu Ji, even Xiao Pan couldn't do anything to the "false father" Lai Ai before the formal rebellion.

Of course, as long as Wang Jian's invincible army enters the city, the situation will immediately reverse. No matter how prestigious the name of Lao Ai's 30,000 "dead soldiers" is changed, they will only have the role of servants at that time. The only thing that threatens the most is the assassination group secretly hosted by Guan Zhongxie, and Xiang Shaolong's coming here this time is to disintegrate and annihilate this assassin group first, and this has to be done unconsciously, otherwise everyone will Leave dead. At the end of the day, when the report came back, Guan Zhongxie, who was disguised as a commoner, had just left the hiding place alone, and it was still drizzling.

Guan Zhongxie's problem is the same as Xiang Shaolong's, no matter what he pretends to be, anyone who cares about him can recognize him at a glance from his body shape and demeanor. Xiang Shaolong made a decisive decision and gave the order to act. Xiang Jing and the Fifty Warriors arrived at a secluded side alley near the target building before taking off the robes that covered their night gear. The fifty people were quickly divided into ten teams, a group of five, under the cover of the eaves and rain, occasionally people were seen coming and going between the corridors, all of them were big men with strange faces.

The house is divided into five entrances, connected by patio corridors in the middle. After everyone entered the strategic position, Xiang Shaolong, Jing Jun and two groups of soldiers sneaked to the flower bush beside the main hall. There were lights and voices inside. A soldier sneaked out of the window to peek, and came back to report: "There are five men in the hall, only two of them carry weapons with them, and they gather at the mat on the east side by the window." Xiang Shaolong said in a deep voice, "Are there any women?" Another soldier who had just returned replied, "I saw two maidservants in the inner hall."

Xiang Shaolong felt a great headache, he had originally decided to kill all the people in the house, in this situation where you die and I die, there is no place for the thought of kindness. "But how can he order the killing of a woman who can't resist? Sighing, he said, "Not one of the men will be kept, and the women will be captured alive. We will deal with them later and teach them to wait for my signal." Four soldiers led the way. After waiting for a while, Xiang Shaolong gave the order to enter the attack position, and Jing Jun uttered the agreed bird cries three times in succession. Xiang Jing and all the soldiers quickly jumped out from the flowers and secluded places, and guarded the first door and window into the lobby. The birds chirped again. The sound of broken doors and windows rang out one after another. In the lobby, Jing Jun broke through the window first, and shot the first bunch of crossbow arrows before landing, which opened the prelude to the hand-to-hand combat. A man by the window got an arrow in his throat and fell to the ground. When the others jumped up from the ground in panic, each of them was hit by at least three crossbow arrows and died tragically on the spot. I don't know if Bian Dongshan was among them. There were also screams in the backyard, but they fell silent in an instant. After a while, ten soldiers escorted a woman with a baby in her arms and four maidservants whose faces were blue and pale from shock to Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun who were standing in the center of the hall. Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun looked at each other, it was Lu Niangrong, the third lady of the Lu family. Lu Niangrong's face was bloodless, but her eyes were firm, showing deep hatred. The child in her arms was playing with her skirt peacefully, not knowing that a catastrophe was imminent. She gritted her teeth and said, "Kill us! Father will definitely avenge us." Xiang Shaolong never thought that Lu Niangrong would appear here, and he was in a state of confusion for a while, speechless.In the end, he still felt a little apologetic towards Lu Niangrong, and he would not extend his hatred towards Lu Buwei to her daughter. Jing Jun sneered and said: "Revenge! Hmph! Your father is in danger now, but he can stand up for you? It's because you are his daughter." Lu Niangrong shouted angrily: "Shut up! What right do you have to talk to me?" Xiang Shaolong stretched out his hand to stop Jing Jun who wanted to slap Lv Niangrong, and said in a relaxed tone, "Why is Miss San here?" Lu Niangrong sneered and said, "I can do whatever my lady likes, it's up to you to take care of it." All the soldiers shouted in unison, and only waited for Xiang Shaolong's order to hack her to death.The four maids' legs were all weak, and they sat down on the ground with a "gudong" sound. One of the maids fainted from fright, and the child burst into tears. Xiang Shaolong stopped everyone and sighed: "Don't talk about anything else, doesn't Miss San think about the child in her arms?" Lu Niangrong lowered her head and coaxed her precious son, with tears streaming from her eyes, she said sadly: "If bewitched to death, what's the point of our mother and son living?" Someone came to report: "The idea is back!" Lu Niangrong suddenly raised her head and looked at Xiang Shaolong, her beautiful eyes showed a pleading look for the first time.The pain in Xiang Shaolong's heart was never less than hers. He had promised Xiao Pan that he would present Guan Zhongxie's head at his crown ceremony, but now facing Lu Niangrong's mother and son, how could he be so cruel? Time did not allow him to think too much, so he ordered: "Miss Lu, please sit down." Then he said to Lu Niangrong: "Miss San, don't call the police, otherwise brother Guan will surely die, alas! Do you trust me, Xiang Shaolong?" Lu Niangrong was stunned when she heard the words, but Jing Jun showed a look of disapproval, hesitated to speak, and finally did not speak. Under the cloudy wind and drizzle, Guan Zhongxie stepped into the courtyard gate unprepared, and when he realized something was wrong, Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun had covered him from the left and right and subdued him. Everyone knew that he was powerful, and after taking his sidearm, they were about to tie his hands, but Xiang Shaolong stopped him and said, "Why didn't brother Guan tell me when he came back?" Guan Zhongxie recognized Xiang Shaolong from his voice, and said in a deep voice, "Where's Niang Rong?" Xiang Shaolong sighed and said, "Sister-in-law and son-in-law are both safe and sound, let's go in and talk about it!" When Lu Niangrong saw that Guan Zhongxie was captured, she immediately collapsed and broke down in tears. Guan Zhongxie took a bitter look at their mother and son, sat down in another corner far away according to Xiang Shaolong's instructions, and said dejectedly: "Although I, Guan Zhongxie, are not convinced, I still have to admit that I am not as good as you, Xiang Shaolong." Then he lowered his head and said, "Can you let her mother and son go? I just want a decent pleasure." Xiang Shaolong was moved in his heart, and felt for the first time that this strong old enemy had sincere affection for Lu Niangrong's mother and son, so he was willing to plead for mercy in a low voice.And just looking at the fact that Lu Niangrong still came to deal with the evil under such an absolutely unsuitable situation, one can see how affectionate they are. Xiang Shaolong pondered for a moment, then Jing Jun said: "Third brother! I want to have a few words with you." Xiang Shaolong shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it later! I understand what you mean." Turning to Huluo Pingyang, Guan Zhongxie said: "Brother Guan should know that Guiyue's doomsday is coming, and it is even more difficult for Lai Ai to make a big deal. What is Brother Guan's plan?" Guan Zhongxie shook his head, looked up and saw Xiang Shaolong, with a look of disbelief in his eyes. Jing Jun said anxiously: "But how should we explain to Prince Chu?" Xiang Shaolong regained his composure, and said lightly: "I have my own way, Brother Guan, what do you want?" Guan Zhongxie let out a breath and said, "Brother Xiang, aren't you afraid that I will inform Father Zhong, or Lai Ai?" Xiang Shaolong said: "That's why I want Brother Guan's promise, and I will send my sister-in-law and Brother Guan away from Yongdu separately, and arrange a boat for you to go to Chu State. Even if Brother Guan informs others, the time will not change." It's too late. No one else has cooperated. Brother Guan can't do anything alone, what can he do?" Guan Zhongxie looked at his wife and children in the other corner, with an incomparably gentle look in his eyes, then he looked at Xiang Shaolong and stretched out his big hand. Xiang Shaolong stretched out his hand to hold him tightly, and said sincerely: "Brother Guan, have a good trip." Guan Zhongxie's eyes were slightly red, and he said softly: "Even though we have always been in a hostile relationship, Brother Xiang is the person I admire the most in Guan Zhongxie's life, thank you!" ◇◇◇◇◇◇ That night, a big fire broke out in the houses where Guan Zhongxie stayed. After the fire was extinguished, more than 30 male corpses were found on the scene, and the identity of Lai Ai is still unknown.Only Han Jie knew what was going on, he was so frightened that he ran away overnight and never disappeared. In the early morning of the next day, Jing Jun and Xiang Shaolong, who had the identity of Wu Guo, came into contact with An Guxi, and together they waited for the Crown Prince of Qin who would arrive at dusk and hold the coronation ceremony three days later.