At about midnight in the early morning, Anzi, who was stationed in Gou Xi's army, finally sneaked out of the camp and rushed to the north camp of Linzi's powerful garrison.
"How is it? Is Gou Xi dead?" asked the anxious man. He was Yan Kai from the Yan family in Linzi.
Because he climbed over the wooden wall and fell several times on the dark night road, the clothes of the messenger were already in tatters.
"Jia Jun, Gou Xi should be dead."
"No, I want you to give a definite answer. Are you dead or not dead? Did you see it with your own eyes?"
There were seven or eight people in the candlelight tent. After hearing the messenger's answer, another figure said impatiently.
The messenger hesitated after hearing this.
"After Gou Xi was brought back, the big tent was completely surrounded. The villain didn't see it with his own eyes. However, it was Gou Heng who gave the orders to the Chinese army."
After hearing this, everyone in the tent half believed him, because Gou Heng was Gou Xi's disciple. He had always been reckless and arrogant. He was not popular in the army and was not the material to be a general at all.
Gou Xi had always regarded him as an ordinary guard leader, but now it was Gou Heng who was giving orders. It was probably because Gou Xi could no longer control the army, and he would have been dead.
"This doesn't guarantee that Gou Xi is dead." Another person said.
"Gou Xi was hit by several arrows. He has to retreat if he doesn't die. Even if he doesn't die, he has no evidence that we were responsible. We're afraid he might do something worse."
"If Gou Xi doubts us, it will be troublesome. This person will retaliate and is ruthless. He will not be able to seek revenge in the future." Some people worried.
"Hmph, this time we are trying to defeat the Donglai bandit, but he has to go back in despair before he has accomplished anything. Does he still have the nerve to blame us?"
"You must be careful. Gou Xi is from a humble family and is not as tolerant as ours, a noble and famous sect. Back then, Yuan Shaozhi was so noble that he would anger Tian Feng because of his defeat. This Gou Xi is like a mad dog, and he may not be so tolerant. That won’t be the case.”
The messenger who had been silent until now spoke again.
"Dear gentlemen, when Gou Xi entered the camp, I saw two arrows in his face from a distance. How could an ordinary person survive? Moreover, I heard faint cries coming from his camp, and then Gou Heng came out and ordered that the sentry be doubled. "
"So, ninety-nine percent of the time, Gou Xi is dead."
For a moment, everyone in the camp breathed a sigh of relief again.
If Gou Xi dies, then Gou Heng, who takes charge of the army in his place, does not have enough prestige to command the entire army. It will be difficult to continue attacking the Donglai Army and he will definitely withdraw his troops.
Although the powerful men and Liu Yu had agreed before that the Donglai Army would launch a surprise attack while they were assassinating Gou Xi.
But now that the sky is about to light up, there is no movement from the Donglai army in the city. Liu Yu, the Donglai thief, is probably afraid that the powerful and Gou Xi will join forces to deceive him.
Although Gou Xi's tribe cannot be killed or injured, since Gou Xi is dead, these leaderless tribes can be divided and won over one by one.
After midnight, the sky was just getting brighter.
An envoy from the Chinese army came to the powerful army and ordered the powerful military commanders to go to the Chinese army to discuss preparations for the siege in the near future.
The messenger who came to deliver the message had a face full of fatigue and faint panic, but the order came as if nothing happened last night, as if Gou Xi had not been assassinated.
It was obviously something that had happened, but they pretended as if nothing had happened.
This state made several powerful military commanders secretly happy. Behind such a counter-intuitive performance, something big must have happened, and what else could happen at this time was just a matter of whether Gou Xi lived or died.
Several powerful men pulled the envoy to ask about what happened last night, pretending to be concerned, but the envoy didn't answer at all and rode away in a panic.
"Humph, he is so tough, does he think we are fools?"
"When things go wrong, there must be monsters. The more they pretend that nothing is wrong, the more trouble they seem to have."
"I think there is no need to guess. This Gou Xi must be dead. Gou Heng, who is in charge of the army, blocked the news because he was afraid that the morale of the army would be shaken."
"So, he didn't ask us to go there to discuss attacking the city, but to discuss how to withdraw the troops."
In a war, the difficulty of withdrawing troops is not less than that of marching and fighting. Especially the retreat of a large army of 40,000 to 50,000 people. If there is no careful planning, it is very likely that the enemy who is following will take the opportunity to chase and kill. A retreat will become A rout is not out of the question.
Soon, these suspicious powerful men received information from the Chinese army. Their hidden stakes reported that many tents in Gou Xi's camp had been demolished, and they began to pack up military tents and luggage, as if they were about to withdraw their troops.
Half an hour later, all the powerful military commanders of the two battalions led their guards and rushed to the Chinese army camp and entered the gate of the camp.
When they arrived in front of Gou Xi's big tent, Gou Xi's big tent, which usually had strict military management, was surrounded by guards on the third and fourth floors, but today there were only a few sparse guards.
As usual, under the leadership of the guards outside the tent, the powerful and handsome guards stayed outside the tent, and the powerful men entered Gou Xi's camp.
After these heroes entered the camp, they found that the tent was empty. When someone was about to ask the guard Gou Xi who led them in, they found that the guard had disappeared.
Just when these powerful commanders were confused and uneasy, bursts of shouts of killing suddenly came from outside the camp. At the same time, a dense rain of arrows penetrated the tent cloth and shot into the tent. Several powerful commanders were shot. Fortunately, he was not fatally injured because he was wearing armor.
However, soon after, the big tent fixed with ropes and wooden beams was torn down from the outside, and all the powerful men in the tent were trapped under the heavy cloth.
In just a short moment, the fighting outside stopped, and the guards brought by the powerful commanders were all killed by Gou Xi's troops who were ambushing all around.
Gou Xi walked out surrounded by many guards, with three hideous wounds on his face.
"No body of anyone under this camp is allowed to be left alive!"
Gou Xi endured the severe pain on his face and ordered.
The two arrows that shot Gou Xi last night were not fatal, but one of the two arrows on his face penetrated his cheek bone, and the other penetrated both cheeks, chipping out four teeth.
Although the wounds were horrific, none of the arrows were fatal.
The powerful handsome men who were trapped under the curtain were struggling desperately to break through the curtain and come out, while shouting one after another.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Last night was none of our business!"
"General Gou, you and I were once colleagues, please don't implicate me."
"Gou Shijun,..."
"General, please spare your life..."
A group of soldiers armed with spears and iron halberds swarmed forward, stabbing and slashing at the powerful man struggling under the tent.
Amidst the shrill screams, two voices shouted desperately.
"Gou Xi, you are making an enemy of the nobles and nobles of the world!"
"You thief, you torture Qingliu, you will die a good death!"
After hearing this, Gou Xi smiled coldly.
"Humph, Qingliu?"
"Come here, go get the cavalry. I'm going to crush all these clear streams into the mud!"
