In the remote palace corridor, Xu Mu stopped and frowned. One hand pressed tightly on the long sword under his waist.
Even if you only know three moves and two moves, you can't lose your aura after all.
Si Hu also drew his knife in anger and was about to pounce on him.
"The sword comes out of the border." In the snowy night, a figure wearing mountain armor said coldly. Then he took another step and slowly walked out of the darkness.
Only then did Xu Mu see clearly that in front of him was a middle-aged military commander with a goatee, tiger eyes, and sword-like eyebrows.
"The snow is heavy, little boss, follow me for a few steps."
Xu Mu frowned and nodded, holding the hand on the sword without any relaxation. Si Hu, who was beside him, returned the sword hesitantly and followed behind, his steps heavy.
"The Marquis asked you to come to me, do you know what to do?"
"I don't know." Xu Mu shook his head.
According to Yuan Tao's words, he was only asked to find Lianchun, and Lianchun took him to find the person in front of him.
"Tonight, it's time for the Marquis to take action."
Xu Mu was stunned, thinking about asking, but found that the goatee in front of him had led him into a room.
"So, what exactly am I going to do."
Goatee turned around, raised his eyes, and looked at Xu Mu seriously.
"There are two things, the biggest one is that you lead the people to open the city gate of Changyang for the army outside."
"What does the Marquis mean?" Xu Mu's face was startled.
This is such a fantasy. Chang Shiro also said that there are at least 90,000 troops in the hands of the traitorous prime minister.
"Little boss, the Marquis said that I can't do this unless you do it." Goatee smiled calmly.
"I have a thousand Yulin troops under my command, and they are willing to fight with the Marquis. In the entire Changyang City, the Marquis has also buried five thousand dead soldiers of Hutang, as well as old soldiers, guards, butchers... righteous men. Three thousand people are willing to fight against the national calamity together.”
"All together, there are nine thousand people in total. With nine thousand people, the enemy army is ten times larger than mine. It is not easy to kill and open a city gate."
"I asked why you didn't hide more in the first place." Si Hu said angrily.
Goatee shook his head, "The five thousand dead soldiers of Hutang are almost at the limit. If the number of people is wrong, it will be easy to find out."
"Little master, there is a robe and armor here. You can put it on. Another thing, on the royal road directly north of the palace, there is a huge sacrificial heavenly fire cauldron. Inside, I have placed fire oil. If the heavenly fire cauldron A raging fire is a signal for something to happen.”
"Please let me shoot fire into the cauldron."
"It's a snowy night now. I'm afraid the army outside can't see the light of the fire."
"No matter how heavy the snow is, it can't cover the brightness."
Xu Mu's face darkened, he stretched out his hand and took out a piece of white armor in front of him. The white armor was lined with two wolf heads and shoulders.
"From now on, my little boss will be the general of these 9,000 people. He will cooperate with the inside and outside to help the 50,000 troops outside the city and establish a kingdom."
Xu Mu was slightly silent. He was able to enter the palace and take action only because of the three hundred thousand taels and the head of veteran Yang Fu, which hid the trust of the treacherous prime minister. Another possibility is that the righteous deeds of veteran Yang Fu aroused the grief and indignation of the righteous soldiers, and the sad soldiers were bound to win.
I have to say that Yuan Tao arranged this matter almost to perfection.
"The thousand-strong forest guard from General Mo's headquarters ambushed at the middle gate. They only waited for the little master to light up the Heavenly Fire Cauldron, and then they immediately took action. The eight thousand people in the city are also waiting."
"good."
Putting on his white armor and helmet, Xu Mu's face suddenly became as dark as water.
…
In the wind and snow, dozens of forest guards had already gathered behind Xu Mu. Yu Wen handed a signal arrow to Xu Mu.
Then he drew his sword and stood in front of Xu Mu together with dozens of imperial guards. There was blood on the snowy road, and at least one group of patrol guards were beheaded on the spot.
"Please give me the order, my little boss!" Yu Wen shouted loudly. Dozens of imperial guardsmen also chanted along without fear of death.
Holding the iron bow and signal arrow, Xu Mu took a deep breath. Si Hu, who was nearby, quickly took out the fire stick and lit the entire fuse of the signal arrow.
"Si Hu? I haven't set up my bow yet!"
Si Hu bulged his eyes, put his palms together and swatted out the lead.
Xu Mu calmed his expression and faced the Heavenly Fire Cauldron ahead. This time, he coldly nocked his bow, twisted the signal arrow, and straightened the bowstring.
"Si Hu, order it!"
The fuse burned "sizzlingly".
"Brother Mu, there is still a pot of arrows, we are not in a hurry-"
Xu Mu gritted his teeth, let go of the string, and watched the signal arrow quickly sweep away from the range of the Skyfire Cauldron.
He is not a good-for-nothing little boss. In his previous life, he went to the archery range to practice, and he once won two out of three rounds with a retired archery athlete.
It's a pity that there was no compound bow at this time. The ancients' domineering power with the two-stone bow was probably still far behind.
"Go!"
The finger was cut open, and a string of blood splattered out.
The signal arrow fell steadily into the tall Sky Fire Cauldron and exploded. Immediately afterwards, a raging fire rose, reflecting a huge bright hall in the gloomy snowy night.
"Roar!" Yu Wen, with dozens of imperial guards, raised their heads and roared.
In the wind and snow, the sound of countless running steps could be heard from afar.
…
Flames soared into Changyang City.
Countless men in black appeared from all directions, holding long swords in their hands.
"Where are you going, boss?" A rouge vendor was chased by his mother-in-law as soon as he took out his whistle stick.
"I'm going to fight for something. When our baby grows up, he can also go to a private school." The Rouge Vendor's eyes revealed a look of expectation.
The butcher on South Street started to push open the door and leave the house with two knives on his back. The rich gentry guarding the courtyard on North Street climbed over the courtyard wall with a stone and iron rod in his arms.
"Since there is no color in the world, kneel down and pray, burning a bright light!"
Hundreds of retired soldiers gathered together, wearing old wooden armor, holding rusty knives, and shouted angrily.
…
Outside Changyang City, Yuan Tao, who was wearing silver armor, was riding steadily on his horse. He turned his head and looked at the huge fire just north of the palace.
"My brother lit the fire and lit the fire."
In front of him, the armored soldiers wrapped in white cloaks raised their heads steadily.
Yuan Tao turned around and pointed angrily in the direction of Changyang.
Bursts of footsteps began to break through the wind and snow, slowly gathering towards the entire Changyang City.
…
"Tie on the white robe!"
Yu Wen led dozens of imperial guards, all wearing white robes. In front of them were more and more imperial guards rushing towards them.
"kill!"
"Roar!" Si Hu also tore off the scribe's robe, raised his knife, and chopped down several people in succession.
"Brother Mu, it's hard to use weapons!"
"We'll talk about it when we get to the middle gate!"
Xu Mu raised his sleeves, and with the short crossbow he hid, he shot a small commander of the Royal Forest Army who rushed forward, knocking him to the ground.
"Little boss, follow me closely."
Yu Wen seemed to be well prepared, he only cut down the first group of people, and then took the rest of the imperial guards, and Xu Mu Sihu, and hurriedly ran to the remote corridor of the palace.
Along the way there were the roars of pursuit, and from time to time there were whistles from people in the world.
"When we arrive at the middle gate, we will leave the palace immediately. The eight thousand troops outside the palace should be waiting for my little master!"
"Little Marquis, I guess the siege has already begun."
Xu Mu nodded with a calm expression and followed Yu Wen, dodging the pursuers all the way. After nearly an hour, he managed to get out. From a distance, he saw two huge middle doors.
Yu Wen took off his iron bow and shot a signal arrow from a nearby location. Not long after, roars rang out from all nearby places.
"I asked you where you are going!"
Bang.
Duan Chou carried a double-edged ax and led hundreds of Jianghu people to coldly block the passage in front of the middle gate. Next to him, Chen Lu, who was stooped, also raised his head, half-smiling.
"Little boss, you did something wrong this time. The prime minister is angry."
"You old prodigy, maybe you think it's too slow to die." Si Hu retorted angrily.
Chen Lu smiled slightly, stretched out his hands, and the robe on his body instantly fell down, revealing two tiger-headed iron whips on his back.
What kind of rickets are there? He is clearly carrying a pair of whips all the time.
"Little boss, let me give you another name. My surname is Chen. Some people call me Chen Lu, and some people call me Chen Tianwang."
"The Whip of the Heavenly King."
Chen Lu smiled and didn't answer. With his old face and thin body, he held two heavy iron whips with tiger heads firmly in his hands.
