With Zhu Heng's reminder in the tent the previous time, Li Zhenggu was very embarrassed at this time. After thinking about it, he smiled stiffly and said: "It seems that it is really cold today. Even the Forbidden Army who has been on the battlefield for a long time has to hide in the tent." Waiting in the middle. By the way, may I ask which envoy Zhang is here this time? As far as I know, there are quite a few generals surnamed Zhang in the imperial army."
"How do I know the name of the generals of the Forbidden Army? How can I ask more questions? They are coming here with great force, so don't delay the envoy. I will set off back to the camp. This can be regarded as a temporary farewell to the envoy, maybe not long after Then we can gather together again and ask the Prime Minister to take care of himself." The general of the Zhennan Army raised his hands in salute, and the soldiers of the Zhennan Army behind him also rarely raised their hands and bowed in the same formal manner.
This gesture made Li Zhenggu, Xiao Yan and others look at each other in confusion, and then they all had their own secrets, but they laughed and said goodbye as if they knew it tacitly. These more than a hundred soldiers of the Zhennan Army seemed to have been prepared for a long time. They broke out of camp very fast and they were all ready in less than half a moment. Under the light of the torch, more than a hundred riders rode back and forth, and soon turned around the ridge and disappeared.
The arrival of the imperial army late at night obviously broke the original assumptions of Li Zhenggu and others. After watching the Zhennan army disappear from a distance, Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan looked at each other for a moment, each exhaled a breath of hot breath in the cold wind, and then sorted themselves out. After taking care of his clothes, he walked towards the tent of the Forbidden Army Commander Zhang.
Zhu Heng on the side quickly dissuaded him: "Wait a minute, you two, I think this is very strange. Look around you. Except for the tent in front of you with lights on, the whole camp is silent. The Imperial Army has just arrived. There is a whole group of soldiers, but they are not standing guard outside. Is it possible that they are all hiding inside with Zhang Duzhi? I am worried that there is a scam in this tent..."
Zhu Heng's shocking words once again pulled Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan back from their thoughts of returning to the court. Li Zhenggu swallowed his saliva and stepped back two steps: "But if the Forbidden Army really comes, what will happen to us?" How can we be negligent? Now I am a sinner in the eyes of the court. If we delay the time by being suspicious, we will be guilty even more."
After hearing this, Zhu Heng fell helplessly into silence and looked at another general, who also softly agreed: "General Zhu is right. We only analyzed some of the abnormal actions of the Zhennan Army at dusk, so the situation at this moment is even more serious. It's abnormal. If we analyze who the three soldiers who left the camp were delivering messages to last night, the departure of the hundreds of Zhennan troops at this moment proves one thing. They can't wait to hand us over to the Forbidden Army, or hand us over to the Imperial Guard. To the people in the tents, while they themselves want to stay away..."
"The imperial envoy is here, why haven't you criminals entered the tent yet?"
A thunderous roar suddenly came from the tent, and he could vaguely sense that the person who spoke was already impatient. Li Zhenggu always felt that the sound was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was, but this made it even more serious. Feeling an inexplicable certainty in his heart, he stopped worrying and immediately looked around at the crowd and said, "Have you finished talking? According to the truth, no matter what the Zhennan Army has planned, we cannot offend Commander Zhang inside. Please follow our instructions quickly. Come into the account!"
Seeing that Li Zhenggu had opened the tent and stepped inside, everyone felt helpless. However, Zhu Heng, who was unwilling to give up, quickly pulled over Xiao Yan who was following Li Zhenggu and whispered: "Supervisor Xiao, Ambassador Li. If you insist on having your own way, then let him, but you have to think carefully, if you really get stuck here, I won't be able to wait for rescue..."
"But, as a supervisor, how can I not follow the commander into the tent? Now we are guilty, and I just ask your majesty to see clearly. If we wait too slowly for the arrival of the imperial army, won't we be asking for trouble?" Xiao Yan asked eagerly. He opened Zhu Heng's hand, and then walked into the tent with a long stride, leaving Zhu Heng and several Jinling generals alone in the same place at a loss.
The tent was brightly lit with candles. When they looked up, they saw a room full of soldiers wearing Forbidden Army armor. Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan were surprised and frightened. They looked up and saw a general in the middle with his hands behind his back facing them. He seemed to be Zhang Du of the Forbidden Army. The envoy, the two of them ignored the situation and hurriedly bowed their hands and saluted. Li Zhenggu was the first to speak fearfully: "Envoy Zhang has worked hard all the way. The sinner Li Zhenggu is polite..."
Before he finished speaking, in the flickering lights, he saw the figures of the Forbidden Army soldiers moving over quickly. Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan glanced at them and saw that everyone was surrounding them. They thought they were going to take them into custody, but they had no choice but to accept their fate. , after all, they were still charged with treason, but they never expected that one of the Forbidden Army soldiers who approached them first drew out the short knife from his waist without saying a word, jumped up, and slashed at Li Zhenggu's neck.
Although Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan entered the tent and were mentally prepared to face the Forbidden Army's questioning, they did not expect that these Forbidden Army soldiers would actually kill them here. Li Zhenggu subconsciously hit his neck in his eagerness. He missed the vital point, but was struck in the shoulder blade by a knife. The blade got stuck in the bone and could not come out.
Li Zhenggu almost fainted and shouted loudly when he was in great pain. After all, as a deputy envoy to the Privy Council, he always had some strength, so he kicked the assailant soldier with all his strength. He didn't care whether Xiao Yan beside him was dead or alive, and wanted to pull out. He ran outside and shouted desperately: "Zhu Heng, come in and save me!"
But it was already a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. How could there be at least dozens of soldiers standing in the tent giving Li Zhenggu a chance to escape? After hearing this, they all drew their weapons, but in just a moment, dozens of people rushed forward, all with fierce looks. Li Zhenggu tried his best and was about to rush to the tent door, but was blocked by several soldiers who were blocking the door. He kicked him in the abdomen and fell backwards.
Li Zhenggu got up after being kicked to the ground. He was so knocked down that stars appeared in front of his eyes. He fell to the ground on his back in embarrassment. In his shock, he saw a hard knife handle suddenly enlarged in his eyes, and there was a tragic "Puch" sound. With a loud sound, the knife hit his eye socket, causing his eyeball to burst immediately.
Li Zhenggu roared in pain and covered his eyes. The soldier was about to hit him on the head with the sword handle, but when he saw "Zhang Dushi" in the hall with his back to everyone, he shouted in a low voice: "Just kill him with a sword. No need to make him suffer any more.”
With a "clang" sound, the soldier dropped the stone and picked up the sword and stabbed it straight into Li Zhenggu's throat. Blood flew out a foot high. Li Zhenggu let out a hoarse cry and died after a moment. The important ministers who used to be all-powerful in the Southern Tang Dynasty finally ended up in this wilderness.
The soldiers in the tent stared indifferently at Li Zhenggu's bloody corpse, and then turned their fierce eyes to Xiao Yan, who had just fallen to the ground. At this time, he was trembling sharply in a daze, and his face was pale. Breathing heavily. The soldiers were about to continue their attack, but they saw "Zhang Dushi" turned around and walked forward, patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and said: "Don't blame me, we are just following orders."
In the midst of great fear, Xiao Yan obviously lost his usual composure. As he was waiting for death in a hurry, he suddenly recognized who the "Zhang Dushi" in front of him was. When a long sword passed through his chest, he was furious. Ruo Yousui swallowed the blood foam and said: "You, you are Zhang, Zhang Zi..."
Zhang Zi nodded expressionlessly, then Cang Lang pulled out the long sword from Xiao Yan's chest, coldly saw a stream of blood spraying out in front of him, and murmured: "Remembering the kindness of giving lectures in the Hanlin Academy in the past, I will I’ll let you know clearly.”
I don’t know if Xiao Yan died, but when Zhang Zi waved his hand decisively, several soldiers immediately stepped forward and swung their swords several times, cut off the heads of Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan, and carried them out bloody with their buns. , the others followed closely behind, all holding weapons and intending to continue to commit murder, because there were still several targets outside the tent that had not been solved...
