The opportunity to act is often fleeting, so Li Jiangyao didn't waste any time. He quickly pulled out the Xingluo knife from his back, jumped out of the stairs, and rushed towards the two people at the window.
The two guys on sentry duty were all soldiers trained by Xie Bao himself, and their martial arts skills were naturally very good. When they heard the strange noise behind them, they both reacted at the same time and turned to check.
However, it is a pity that their strength is still far behind Li Jiangyao's. They responded, but only for a moment.
In the dim room, a black shadow flashed forward like a ghost, and then two bright sword lights flashed continuously. The two men didn't even hum before their throats were cut and they fell to the ground.
Li Jiangyao calmly returned the knife to its sheath, and did not bother to check the dead body on the ground. He held the window frame and looked outside. Looking out from this place, you can have a panoramic view of Jixianzhai not far away.
He nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and walked quickly down the stairs to the entrance of the front hall of the small building. Through the gap between the floor and the stairs, you can clearly see the situation in the hall below.
A man dressed as a school captain sat in the hall, surrounded by seven or eight Xuanjia soldiers sitting or standing. Although they were all fully armed at this time, it was not difficult to see from their expressions that their mood was quite relaxed.
Obviously, the chaos in the city today did not affect the Ximen Guardhouse.
At this moment, the sound of a night owl suddenly came from outside the building. Li Jiangyao knew that this was a signal sent by people from Nilin Division, telling everyone to start taking action.
Li Jiangyao showed a confident smile on his face, stood up straight, and strolled down the steps leisurely.
Regarding his unexpected appearance as an uninvited guest, the Xuanjia officers and soldiers who were staying in the front hall couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
"Who are you?!" The leading captain couldn't help but stand up from his chair and shouted loudly.
"Why did you forget, sir?" Li Jiangyao replied calmly: "I was sent by General Di Xian."
The captain was slightly startled when he heard this. At noon, Di Xian did send two people to post sentries on the third floor. However, he clearly remembered that there was no unfamiliar young man in front of him among the two people.
Did it come from another place later? I happened to be away at that time, so I didn't pay attention?
Taking advantage of the captain's hesitation, Li Jiangyao walked up to everyone calmly and said with a narrow smile: "Sir, captain, you are such a noble person who forgets things."
As he spoke, he reached out and grasped the handle of the knife. The next second, Li Jiangyao drew out the Xingluo Knife as fast as lightning, pointed it at the captain and attacked suddenly!
Everything happened so fast.
In just the blink of an eye, Li Jiangyao actually struck out ten swords in a row, slashing and stabbing like a show off, wrapping the captain and the surrounding Xuanjia Army in the light of the swords.
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Squeak—the door to the front hall of the guardhouse was slowly opened from inside.
The agents of the Nilin Division had just knocked down the last guard outside the door with their poison-quenching crossbows, when they happened to see Li Jiangyao's figure appear at the door.
Facing everyone's slightly surprised looks, he smiled faintly: "Everything in the house is done, how are you doing?"
Xiao Wu couldn't help but stretched his head and took a look inside. Looking at the corpses on the ground, he sighed: "Sir, we were still worried just now. There was no movement in the building. We were afraid that you..."
"What are you afraid of?" Li Jiangyao smiled nonchalantly: "Afraid that I will miss?"
"No, no, I don't dare to be in a humble position." Xiao Wuzi quickly scratched his head: "You are really awesome. After all, those guys inside are all regular troops, and they are all officers, and none of them are vegetarians..."
Li Jiangyao patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder: "Come on, no matter if he eats vegetarian or meat, he won't be able to eat anything in the future. How is the situation at the military camp?"
Another spy, Luo Jiankun, reported: "Don't worry, sir. The Xuanjia Army here is not very vigilant. We launched a surprise attack and knocked down seven or eight people with crossbows, and the rest surrendered obediently."
Li Jiangyao nodded slightly: "Okay! Clean up this place quickly and notify Master Qiao Shengchun and Hui Dian separately. Next, it's time to wait and see."
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Since this morning, Di Xian has been in a state of nervousness and anxiety.
The informants he left outside the palace sent back all kinds of news non-stop, which dazzled both him and Lian Ji.
In just a few hours, the entire eastern capital of Luoyi fell into chaos.
Every piece of bad news was like a sledgehammer, hitting Di Xian's heart hard. It was obvious that all the incidents that broke out outside were deliberately arranged by someone behind the scenes. Moreover, the incidents were interconnected and easily disrupted the city's defense layout.
When he finally heard that Xie Bao was leading an army out of the city to fight the Xiangzhou soldiers, the last glimmer of hope he had left finally vanished.
"Damn, that's a bad thing!" Di Xian scolded: "Xie Bao, this idiot, has completely fallen into Nilinsi's plan and been completely led by the other party!"
Lian Ji also agreed with this and couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "If the outside is really in complete chaos as the report said, it means that Nilin Division's real killing move is about to be launched. .”
Di Xian frowned: "The reason why Shen Lie made such a big fuss was because he had only one target, Prince Li Bing! Xie Bao couldn't even see this clearly. He only knew that he had to treat his head when he had a headache, and he had to treat his feet when he had a footache. It was a waste of time. Big deal! Now I am becoming more and more suspicious that our position here may have been exposed, otherwise, the other party would never have made so many moves in a row."
"Then what should we do?" Lian Ji asked: "Continue hiding in Jixianzhai? Or move to other places quickly?"
Di Xian looked a little worried: "I originally thought about sending a troop of troops to help with the defense. Anyway, the enemy may have noticed the traces, so I might as well use heavy troops and strengthen the defense until we get through the night. However, Luoyi was in chaos, and all the troops in the city were scattered everywhere by Xie Bao, so no one could be found. And he himself led a large army away from the city, and I didn’t even have a chance to ask for help!"
He paused and continued: "Only now do I truly understand what it means to be in a dilemma. For the current plan, we can only cope with the ever-changing situation by remaining unchanged."
Lian Ji asked doubtfully: "Isn't there an army in the palace?"
Di Xian shook his head helplessly: "The fire in Ziwei Palace last night burned all Xie Bao's men to death. This morning he withdrew all his troops in a fit of anger."
"Don't you have a backup plan?" Lian Ji said dissatisfied: "You know that the enemy is coming, but you still sit here and wait to die?"
"Yes, there is." Di Xian hesitated for a moment: "I can't tell you until it is absolutely necessary. In short, Jixianzhai is relatively safe at present. We are worried, but we should not act rashly. I believe that as long as we can survive safely, After tonight, when Xie Bao comes back with his army, there shouldn’t be any big problems.”
Lian Ji was worried about her sister's safety and said angrily: "I'm afraid, I won't even be able to survive tonight..." Unexpectedly, before she could finish her words, an alarm suddenly sounded outside.
The two of them were startled at the same time, and quickly picked up their weapons and rushed out of the house.
"What's going on!" Di Xian shouted: "Where is the warning?!"
The guard leader stood on the house and pointed outside: "General, there are assassins!"
Di Xian and Lian Ji walked up to the wall one after the other and looked in the direction pointed by the guard leader.
Two hundred meters away, a large group of guard masters were rushing out from their hiding places, trying desperately to block and intercept two black-clothed assassins, and the two assassins were rushing towards Jixianzhai. Come.
Di Xian and Lian Ji looked at it carefully and couldn't help but feel their scalps tingling.
The assassin's skills were truly terrifying.
The two people were wrapped in black night clothes, with only a pair of eyes exposed from all over their bodies, and their age and appearance could not be seen at all. The only thing that could be seen clearly was their ghostly figures and their terrifying combat power.
The thirty-five guards staying here are all military masters carefully selected by Xie Bao and Di Xian. These people are not only superb in martial arts, but also experienced in many battles and fearless of death. No matter where you put it, you can be regarded as one of the elites.
However, what people didn't expect was that these so-called elites were like young children in front of the two assassins, completely vulnerable.
One goes up and one falls down; two goes up and one falls down. I didn't see the two men using any earth-shattering moves. They just used a series of casual attacks and knocked down the guards who intercepted them.
The assassin's movement speed was only slightly slowed down by the guards, and the corresponding position was still approaching Jixianzhai.
"No! Your people can't stop them at all!" Lian Ji said anxiously: "We must move immediately!"
Although Di Xian is not a great master in martial arts, his vision is not bad at all and his thinking and reaction are quite fast. Of course, he had already seen that it was completely impossible to stop the two menacing assassins with just the strength in his hands.
If there were hundreds of soldiers here, they might still be able to fight. However, it was a pity that among the two options of "concealment" and "secureness", he originally chose the former.
In fact, Di Xian's previous thinking cannot be said to be wrong. Faced with the all-pervasive assassination methods of Nilin Division, thousands of troops are sometimes not very effective, so "hiding" is more practical than "clear target".
But who could have expected that Nilinsi is such a thief.
If you arrange heavy troops to guard it, he will use fire, poison, crazy rats, bribery and assassination, and he will use all possible means;
But if you don't arrange heavy troops to guard it, he will just send people to break in, and the ones he sends are the kind of experts with incredible martial arts skills.
At present, the guards carefully arranged by Di Xian can only fight to the death and try their best to hold the opponent back. But everyone knows that it only slows down the assassin. Once all the guards are knocked down by the opponent, the few people in Jixianzhai will completely become lambs to be slaughtered.
Di Xian had no time to sigh at this time, "The killers of Nilin Division are so terrifying." He now had to race against time to buy more time before reinforcements arrived.
"Lian Ji, lead them to retreat through the small door at the back!" Di Xian said solemnly: "Go in that direction. It is the Ximen Guardhouse. There are three hundred troops stationed inside. The small building of the guardhouse also has defensive capabilities! Let's go there and hold on. Waiting for help. Quick! I'll cut off the rear!" After saying that, he shook the sword in his hand and jumped off the wall.
Lian Ji did not dare to delay at all at this moment. Hearing the words, she flew to the ground and rushed directly into the main hall of Jixianzhai.
