"Awesome, Jiang Lan, it's all thanks to you this time."
Nie Chen smiled and gave Jiang Lan a thumbs up.
"Thank you for the compliment, Lord!"
Jiang Lan bowed stiffly, holding his hands in arms. He was a person who was not good at words.
"Interrogate these living people and ask them where they are sent from!"
Nie Chen said to the Shadow Guards.
However, just when the Shadow Guards were preparing to torture them, the four living assassins all foamed at the mouth, twitched and died.
The Shadow Guards were shocked and immediately went to rescue him.
Jiang Lan shook his head in a deep voice and said,
"It's useless. They are all dead soldiers. They can't be captured alive."
Nie Chen sighed, gritted his teeth and said,
"Search them and search their luggage and belongings. I don't believe it. There is no trace at all."
"They are the same people."
Jiang Lan said.
Hearing this, Qi Huan asked curiously,
"Qi Ren? How did you know?"
Jiang Lan pulled up a dart from the ground and said,
"Only the imperial guards of Qi use these five-cornered darts. Most of our assassins use triangular or four-cornered ones.
Because the emperors of Qi advocated Taoism and respected the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, their weapons were mostly pentagonal or octagonal. This was to flatter their emperor. However, these weapons were not easy to use, were too heavy, and were not lethal enough when flying. .
I have assassinated high-ranking officials of the Qi State before, fought against the Yi Zhao Guards, and am familiar with their skills.
The martial arts and assassination skills of these people are the same as those of Yi Zhaowei.
They must have been sent by people from Qi to assassinate the lord. "
"Yi Zhaowei? Is it the secret service of Qi State?"
"Yes, lord, the Yi Zhao Guards have similar functions to our Shadow Guards. They are mainly responsible for protecting the monarch's safety, assassinating people, and collecting intelligence.
My subordinate used to be an assassin and often dealt with this type of people, so he was very familiar with them. "
"I see."
Nie Chen sneered and said,
"Qi Guoxiao, you don't dare to confront me head-on on the battlefield, so you resort to such despicable methods.
There must be hidden posts of Yi Zhao guards inside the capital, otherwise they would not know our whereabouts very well.
We just happened to have entered the forest. If we passed by, those people were shooting arrows at the official road in the forest. The enemy was hidden and we were clear, and we really let them succeed in a sneak attack. "
Qi Huan immediately said,
"Lord, I will send a message to the brothers in the capital and ask them to dig out those hidden stakes!"
"Well, by the way, send this dart to King Pingxi to remind him to be careful of Qi's assassins.
Also, it’s time for our people to infiltrate Bianjing, the capital of Qi State. After finishing the domestic affairs, our next big enemy will be Qi State. "
"My subordinate understands!"
In this battle, Nie Chen's guards were directly reduced by ten people, and one of the Shadow Guards died. Fortunately, Jiang Lan showed off his power, otherwise they might not be able to kill those dozens of highly skilled martial artists. Qi assassin.
After burying the bodies of the guards and taking their belts, the remains of the assassins were directly burned.
The so-called goods of those assassins were just some hay disguised as hay, covered with cloth, and used directly as fuel.
After handling these matters, Nie Chen and others changed places to rest for a while, ate some food, and continued on their way.
They were delayed for a while because of the assassination, and when they arrived at the military camp, it was almost dark.
This is also how late it gets dark in summer, otherwise they would have to travel in the dark.
When they arrived at the commander's tent, Ouyang Ming and all the generals had already come out to greet him.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Everyone held their hands together and saluted.
"No courtesy, please get up."
Nie Chen and others got off their horses and walked towards the handsome tent.
Ouyang Ming was about to congratulate Nie Chen with a smile, but suddenly found that half of the escort team was missing, and couldn't help but ask,
"Lord, why are there so few people in your escort?"
"Let's go in and talk."
"yes!"
Nie Chen took Qi Huan, Jiang Lan, Zhou Long and Zhou Hu into the commander's tent and sat directly behind the commander. Zhou Long and Zhou Hu stood behind him, and Jiang Lan found a corner to nest.
The candlelight in the handsome tent was too bright, and he was used to hiding in the darkness.
Seeing that Nie Chen and others had blood stains on their bodies, the generals couldn't help but wonder what was going on.
"On our way there, we encountered assassins who killed eleven brothers. After investigation, it was found that the Yi Zhao Guards of Qi State did it."
"What? People from Qi came to assassinate my lord?"
Everyone was surprised.
Zhou An stood up and cursed angrily,
"You are such a dog thief from the Qi Kingdom. You really don't know how to live or die. I will kill them all in the coming day. My lord should take me with you. If I go, I can kill all those assassins by myself without my lord taking action."
Qi Huan rolled his eyes when he heard this. What Zhou An meant by this was that their Shadow Guards were useless.
"Is my lord injured?"
"I'm fine, not hurt."
Nie Chen opened his mouth and said,
"The Emperor of Qi is thousands of miles away, and he will definitely not personally control this matter. It must be the commander-in-chief of Qi's 500,000-strong army.
This person is imprisoned in Zhennan County, and he sent the uniformed guards here early to prepare to assassinate me. This person's plan should not be underestimated.
Qi Huan, what is the name of the commander of the Qi army? "
"Back to my lord, the coach's name is Di Hong, and he is also a veteran."
Hearing this, Ren Jun stood up and said,
"Lord, I know this Di Hong quite well."
"tell me the story."
"Di Hong is fifty years old this year. He served in the south of Qi State in his early years and fought frequently with Chu State. He was promoted through continuous military service and became the commander-in-chief of an army.
Later, in a war, he killed 100,000 surrendered soldiers of the Chu State, which angered the Chu State and vowed to seek revenge on Di Hong.
For this reason, an army of 800,000 was launched to attack Qi.
The State of Qi was unwilling to fight a national war or fight against the powerful State of Chu, so it sent people to negotiate a peace, sent a lot of gold and silver jewelry, signed some policy treaties that were beneficial to the State of Chu, and transferred Di Hong to the north. Beware of our Feng country.
Since then, Chu and Qi have been living in peace and harmony.
After Dihong arrived in the north, the generals often fought with him, and there were victories and defeats. However, because Zhennanguan was in the hands of the generals, the generals could attack him if they won, and retreat if they lost. They could not do anything to me.
I have fought with Dihon for several years and know him well.
Di Hong is a ruthless and scheming handsome man who can do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, even if he can kill hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers.
With such a battle-hardened man serving as the head coach of the Qi Kingdom, it will probably be difficult for our army to fight against the Qi Army when he enters our Feng Kingdom. "
After listening to Ren Jun's words, Nie Chen nodded and said,
"From this point of view, this Di Hong is also a powerful enemy. Also, Qi is a huge country with millions of soldiers. How can it be possible that there is not even a famous commander?
When there is pressure, there is motivation. I want to see how capable this Di Hong is and who is stronger or weaker compared to our generals. "
