Chapter 575 Chapter Eleven

When Xu Ziling was screaming, the man surnamed Xu walked towards Zhongjin, Wen Caiting suddenly called out: "Brother Xu, please wait." Chasing out of the courtyard where Zhongjin was connected. Xu Ziling told God to help me, and then glanced at the dormitory, Bai Qing'er was still practicing with her eyes closed, and didn't care about things outside her body. Wen Caiting walked with the man in the direction of Zhongjin, talking while walking, Xu Ziling had no time to eavesdrop, so he went in through the window and started searching. After a while, he was sure that there was a basement below, but he couldn't find the entrance yet.

Turning his mind, his eyes fell on a group of three wall-mounted wooden cabinets taller than a person's body on the south wall of the dormitory. He was about to go over to check, when footsteps and human voices came outside the door. Xu Ziling knew that he was so negligent because he was focused on searching the entrance, but fortunately there was a corner of the screen covering the corner for the convenience of the master, so he hurriedly hid in. A strange male voice rang out from outside the screen: "Miss Qing'er, is everything going well?" Wen Caiting replied: "According to your Uncle Xu, Qing'er's progress is better than he expected, so don't worry about Shengchun."

It was Chi Shengchun who came back, without the man surnamed Xu, Xu Ziling felt relieved, and thought that even if he found out, he should be able to force his way out easily. Wen Caiting said again: "I thought you didn't come back until at least three o'clock?" Chi Shengchun said: "I just received some important news, and I heard that the elders immediately sent Luoyang to make them ready." Xu Ziling felt a little stunned, and he finally affirmed that Momen really joined forces to help Wang Shichong deal with the army of the Li Clan, and if Chi Shengchun was really Xianggui's eldest son, then the Xiang family must have a close relationship with Momen's "Mie Qing Dao".

Chi Shengchun continued: "This trip to Li Clan is going all out. With Li Shimin's eastward expedition to Luoyang, there are seven generals and 25 generals, with a force of more than 100,000. It is said that it has been delayed for so long because of water skiing and water skiing. The Yellow River set up a water and land transfer station to ensure the supply of the frontline army. However, the fall of Li Yang caused Li Yuan a very headache, and it was very difficult to dispatch." Wen Caiting said: "How can Li Yuan deal with it?" Chi Shengchun said: "I heard that Li Yuan is considering sending Liu Shirang to lead the army to the Tumen. If there is any change in Dou Jiande, he will attack Xia's Mingzhou to contain Dou Jiande."

Wen Caiting sneered and said, "Dou Jiande's Hebei army is powerful, how can a mere Liu Shirang be able to contain it?" Chi Shengchun said: "That's just an expedient measure. The important point is that Li Jiancheng volunteered to go north to defend Pubei and consolidate the northern front. It is clear that it is to prevent the Turks from going south. Li Yuan has agreed to his request and sent another marching commander. Duan Decao entered Yanzhou to guard against Liang Shidu. This was beyond our expectations and had a great impact on our plan." After a pause, he continued: "Li Jiancheng must have no choice but to show Li Yuan that he has drawn a clear line from the Turkic people. He also wants to prove to the generals and ministers of the Tang Dynasty that he has military talents. I will discuss other matters with the elders in detail later. Go deal with Wang Bodang."

Only then did Xu Ziling understand why Chi Shengchun came back to the dormitory to talk to Wen Caiting, because Wang Bodang was waiting for him in the inner hall where he was advancing.Needless to say, Wang Bodang wanted to take advantage of the relationship between Chi Shengchun and Li Yuanji, and asked him to persuade Yuanji to support Li Mi's plot to leave Chang'an with an excuse. The cabinet door was opened, and then there was the rustling sound of changing clothes. This may be Chi Shengchun's excuse to go around the inner room, because he needs to change a piece of clothing.

Wen Caiting smiled coquettishly, "Your physique is very good!" As long as it is a normal man, you can know that her compliments are implied to be provocative. Chi Shengchun was obviously not interested in her, so he turned aside and said, "Wang Bodang said that Li Mi wanted to do his best for the Tang family at this critical moment, and persuade his old general who surrendered to Zheng to betray Zheng and return to Tang. Does the elder believe it?" Wen Caiting replied: "Ghosts will believe him." Chi Shengchun walked and said, "Is there any news about Xu Ziling?"

When Xu Ziling heard him mention his name, he quickly woke up and listened carefully. Wen Caiting sent him to the door and said: "He disappeared after breaking up with Kou Zhong, we guess he went to Bashu to find Shi Qingxuan." The sound goes away. Xu Ziling murmured inwardly if he would not slip away now, when would he wait, flashed out of the screen and went through the window. In one breath, Kou Zhong slashed more than a dozen knives without ax marks at the "Ziwu Sword" Zuo Youxian, who was ranked among the "Eight Great Masters of Evil Dao", in the blink of an eye after he hit the ground. It is full, and the angle is strange and tricky, and there is no gap in the middle for the enemy to counterattack. Before Rong Fengxiang, Pi Shouxuan and Jing Zhaoning rushed to help, Zuo Youxian was overwhelmed and retreated steadily.

But Kou Zhong knew very well that a veteran master of the Demon Sect like Zuo Youxian had a long energy, even if no one interfered, it would not be easy to kill him, so he stopped as soon as he saw it, and the lightning moved horizontally to meet the bloody man Jing Zhaoning slashed him until he staggered back with a single knife, then changed his retreat to advance, and inserted himself between Bi Shouxuan and Rong Fengxiang, who were rushing up, and turned around, causing the moon in the well to spin around , Hitting two long swords one after another. He skillfully absorbed part of Bi Shouxuan's true energy first, then used his strength to drive him away, and when he was slashing at Rong Fengxiang's sword, he exerted all his strength and squeezed him hard.

"when"! The spiral energy is like sea water bursting a dike or a mountain torrent rushing to attack Rong Fengxiang. If the latter is forced to bear the joint heavy blow of Kou Zhong and Pi Shouxuan, he can bear it, he groans, and falls back. "Crack! Crack! Crack!" Just before Zuo You Fairy Wu Sword came to attack, Kou Zhong stabbed Pi Shouxuan three times in a row, full of tragic meaning, with Pi Shouxuan's ability, he was extremely difficult to block, and hurriedly avoided. At this point in the fierce battle, Zuo Youxian and Rong Fengxiang not only completely changed their view of Kou Zhong in front of them, but even developed fear.Since Kou Zhong took the initiative from the very beginning, not only could they not form a siege, but they were also led by Kou Zhong. After one of the six died and one was injured, they were still at a disadvantage.

Kou Zhong laughed, and took a strange step, and suddenly moved to the left side of Zuo Youxian, so that Rong Fengxiang who was on the other side of Zuo Youxian and who was still retreating could not cooperate with the siege, Jing Zhongyue seemed to move towards Zuo Youxian at random sweep away. Zuo Youxian's mind had already been taken away by him with more than ten swords just now, Kou Zhong's sword itself seems not very powerful, but coupled with his mysterious footwork and movement, it can pose a serious threat to him, He didn't dare to block, and retreated quickly. Kou Zhong's saber did not change its posture, turned around and moved towards Bi Shouxuan, who was still in a precarious position, and Jing Zhongyue wiped it off his neck, the ingenious part was natural, and the brilliant part has no words to describe it. Bi Shouxuan wanted to suffer Kou Zhong's attack on Zuo Youxian by himself, so he dared to parry and retreated. Suddenly, the three formidable enemies who surrounded him were all scattered and fled by him. At this time, there were boiling voices and crackling sounds caused by the fire outside. Of course, Kou Zhong guessed that it was Linglongjiao who set fires everywhere in the Rong Mansion for him, while Rong Fengxiang and others all changed their expressions. Kou Zhong was afraid that Linglongjiao would not be able to resist coming in to help him, so he quickly withdrew his attack, stood up with his sword horizontally and said with a smile: "This battle ends here, if you want to kill me, Kou Zhong, I will accompany you at any time." After saying that, he stood up, smashed through the tile roof, avoided hundreds of powerful arrows that were almost blindly shot from 48,000 directions, shifted his shape in the air to take a breath, just changed direction, and fled. Xu Ziling hesitated a little, Shiqu pointed to the window and knocked out the secret sign he had agreed with Shen Luoyan. At the time of the third watch, Li Shiji was at the General's Mansion in Chang'an, which is located in Buzhengfang, Anhua Avenue, west of the imperial city. It was a moment when the night was quiet and the moon was shining. Xu Ziling originally wanted to contact Shen Luoyan tomorrow, but he was afraid that the timing would be wrong, so he had to follow the agreed method to find Shen Luoyan. "Crack!" The window and door were pushed open, revealing Shen Luoyan's beautiful face. She just got up from the bed, she didn't wear makeup, her hair was messy, and she had a free and easy style. Shen Luoyan whispered: "Come in!" As soon as she entered the room, Shen Luoyan tugged on his sleeve lightly, sat down on a chair in the corner of her boudoir, and said with a coquettish smile: "Is my appearance scary now?" Xu Ziling didn't dare to look at her beautiful body in the thin clothes, and said a little embarrassedly: "Please forgive me for taking the liberty to visit, because I just heard the news about Mi Gong." Then he told Uncle Wang about looking for Chi Shengchun, Shen Luoyan frowned and said: "How could Duke Mi become so stupid! Wei Zheng alone is more than enough to persuade his old troops to rebel against Zheng Jiangtang Doesn't he know that his surrender to Tang has already been a complete disappointment?" Then he sized up Xu Ziling with twinkling eyes and said, "Why did you visit Chi Shengchun's mansion?" Xu Ziling knew that he couldn't hide it from her, and he didn't want to say it out, so he had to smile wryly and said, "Can we wait until later? The most urgent task now is to persuade Li Mi to dispel his intention and stay in Chang'an, otherwise he might never be able to go outside Tongguan. .” Shen Luoyan said sadly: "It's Duke Mi's delusion to ask Li Yuan to let the tiger go back to the mountain. I can't persuade him, so I let him propose to Li Yuan and let Li Yuan refuse him." Xu Ziling thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "So what if Li Yuan agrees?" Shen Luoyan was slightly astonished, and said: "That means Li Yuan has the intention to kill him." This time it was Xu Ziling's turn to be dazed, and after a while he said, "I don't understand!" Shen Luoyan sighed: "The reason is very simple. Li Yuan will never let Duke Mi go back to his base. That would put Shiji in a dilemma. At this critical moment of attacking Luoyang, Li Yuan will never allow other variables to arise. Therefore, if Li Yuan agrees to Duke Mi's request, he only pretends to agree, and then tests him to let him show his flaws, then no one in the world will dare to count Li Yuan when he is killed." Xu Ziling suddenly realized, nodded and said: "So the best strategy is to persuade Li Mi to dismiss this intention. Once he proposes it, he will not be able to take it back." Shen Luoyan shook her head dejectedly, and said sadly: "It's useless, I persuaded him not to surrender to Tang, but he refused to listen; now I advise him not to betray Tang, and he won't listen either." Then his eyes lit up strangely, and he said softly, "Luoyan is really grateful for Ziling's tip-off. Ziling doesn't care about this anymore. After all, Mi Gong is still the enemy of you and Kou Zhong." Xu Ziling shook his head and said: "Seeing his current desolate situation, I have long ago lost all hatred for him. We are friends, military advisors must be careful, and don't offend Li Yuan because of Li Mi, and put Brother Shiji in a disadvantageous situation." Shen Luoyan nodded and said: "I know what to do! The person who really needs to worry about you is Kou Zhong. I heard that Wang Shichong's generals Li Junxian and Luo Shixin have surrendered to Tang Dynasty. Go down to Tang. Kou Zhong who understands current affairs should leave Wang Shichong immediately and turn to the south to develop, otherwise he will not escape the situation of defeat and death." Xu Ziling was disturbed by hearing this, and shook his head speechless. Shen Luoyan said again: "After Dou Jiande conquered Liyang, he announced that he would move his capital to Mingzhou. The court of Chang'an rumored that he would proclaim himself emperor in a short period of time to resist Wang Shichong's act of proclaiming emperor. Luoyang's only hope now is Dou Jiande's rescue, but because of Wang Shichong's arrogance , making the basis of cooperation between him and Dou Jiande come to naught. Kou Zhong wants to use Shichong and Luoyang to repel Li Shimin, just like seeking a fish while turning a tree, there is no possibility of success." Xu Ziling was speechless. Shen Luoyan said lightly: "If Wang Shichong surrendered to Tang, what kind of situation do you think Kou Zhong would be in?" Xu Ziling was startled and said, "Is this unlikely? Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to proclaim himself emperor." Shen Luoyan shrugged her shoulders slightly and said: "In this era of turmoil, nothing is impossible. Who would have thought of Du Fuweiken's surrender in advance? Otherwise, it would not be the situation now." Xu Ziling was even more disturbed, and said: "Military Master, rest well, I want to go back and think about it quietly." Kou Zhong returned to his residence in Luoyang, Yang Gongqing and Zhang Zhenzhou were waiting for him, both of them looked serious. After sitting down, Zhang Zhenzhou first asked, "Where is the young commander going?" Kou Zhongruo said nonchalantly: "When you come to Luoyang, of course you have to visit your old friend Rong Fengxiang, and kill Shangguan Long. What's the important thing? Are you two so tired that you don't go to sleep and stay here with me through the night?" Yang Gongqing was stunned and said: "Slaughter Shangguan Long?" Kou Zhong said with a smile: "These are just minor incidents. I also saw Zong Luohou, who killed me with a single knife, and I am afraid that he will have no face to stay in Luoyang. Yes! What's the matter with you?" Zhang Zhenzhou said: "I received news at dusk that Li Shimin's vanguard troops have arrived in Xin'an." Kou Zhong was stunned and said, "Isn't Xin'an the city west of Cijian? It should belong to Wang Shichong. Why does Mr. Zhang say that the Tang army can enter at any time?" Yang Gongqing smiled wryly and said: "The reason is very simple, because the chief and deputy generals Luo Lixin and Li Junxian who are in charge of guarding the city have led the entire city's soldiers and civilians to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and Cidong is in danger of being attacked head-on." Cijian is to the west line of Luoyang, and Hulao is to the east line of Luoyang. It must be known that Luoyang is adjacent to the dangerous Beiman Mountains in the north, and then the Yellow River. The mountains and rivers form a natural barrier to the north.Luoshui is a tributary of the Yellow River. It flows from the northeast and forks into Luo and Yi rivers in the east of Luoyang. After Luoshui flows through Luoyang, it turns westward; Yishui flows south. Shouan and Yique are the most important cities next to Luoshui and Yishui in the south of Luoyang respectively. When Li Shimin's army came to the east, Cijian was the first to bear the brunt, which was the must-take place for attacking Luoyang.If Cijian can be captured, Li Shimin's army will be divided into two groups, stationed in Beiman Mountain all the way, attacking Luocheng on the south bank of the Yellow River, or even attacking Hulao in the east.The other way is to march towards Shou'an, occupy Shou'an and then attack Yique. Therefore, the survival of Cijian is really in a critical position in the entire offensive and defensive battle of Luoyang, and there is no room for loss. Zhang Zhenzhou said sadly: "Xin'an City is very well-defended, and with Cijian echoing in the east, it should be as stable as Mount Tai. Even if Li Shimin has the ability to capture Xin'an, he will have to pay a huge price. Now Li Shimin takes Xin'an into his pocket without spending a single soldier. Here, Wang Shichong's wishful thinking of using Xin'an to stop the Tang army will no longer work, which makes him more wary of generals with different surnames." Kou Zhong's only consolation is to know that Zhang Zhenzhou has not yet intended to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, otherwise Li Shimin would be happy instead of heartbroken. Yang Gongqing said: "Just now, Zhen Zhou and I have studied carefully, and there is only one way to repel Li Shimin." Kou Zhong said happily: "I haven't thought of a way to defeat Li Shimin, tell me quickly." Yang Gongqing and Zhang Zhenzhou looked at me, as if they were unable to speak, and seemed to expect the other party to speak. Kou Zhong felt very strange, and immediately came to his senses, he said in shock, "You don't want to bring down Wang Shichong, do you?" Zhang Zhenzhou sighed: "Is there a better way?" Yang Gongqing said with a wry smile: "This is the only feasible way now. Wang Shichong's use of the same clan will lose the hearts of the people! If the young commander replaces him, it will boost the morale of the army. Who doesn't know that the young commander is the biggest contributor to defeating Li Mi, especially Li Shimin The only one to fear." Kou Zhong frowned and said, "The problem is that the important military power and the control of the city are in the hands of Wang Shichong's relatives. If something happens to Wang Shichong, the entire Zheng National Assembly will be in chaos and the army will be defeated. It will only benefit Li Shimin in vain." Zhang Zhenzhou sneered and said: "No poison, no husband. As long as we plan carefully, act ruthlessly, hotly, and quickly, kill all the Wang clan members in Luoyang City in one fell swoop, and then block the news, and then fake the decree issued by Wang Shichong himself, we can take over the other cities one by one. , to kill the generals surnamed Wang one by one, then why worry about the failure of the big event." Because Kou Zhong knows that Demon Gate and Turks are fully supporting Wang Shichong, he knows that it may seem easy to win Wang Shichong.At the same time, he understands why Wang Shichong is so jealous of himself, probably he is also afraid of the situation before him. Yang Gongqing said: "This matter was not something that Zhenzhou and I thought of first. Just then, Pei Renji, Minister of Rites, Pei Xingyan, General Zuo Fu, and Minister Zuo Cheng Yuwen Rutong came to me together and raised this matter with me. Shuai discussed it, and asked the young commander to assassinate Wang Shichong. However, their goal was to let Yang Tong, who was deposed by Wang Shichong, regain the throne, but it triggered my thinking. After discussing with Zhenzhou, we all agreed that it was wrong. No way." Kou Zhong got a headache and said, "Let me think about it." Zhang Zhenzhou shook his head and said: "If you want to do something, you must do it when the court is up tomorrow, otherwise if Wang Shichong leads soldiers to guard Cijian, we will lose our good chance." Kou Zhong shook his head, and said decisively: "Okay! Prepare immediately, tomorrow morning will be Wang Shichong's death date."