Chapter 7: Attacking Huang Yue

  At this time, on the city wall of Wujicheng, a black shadow stood at the place where the hemp rope was lowered. The person was Wei Ming. He "heh heh" laughed and muttered to himself: "Wang Ding is still not bad, he can actually calculate that He Zhengshan will make mistakes, and it's being ambushed by Huan Tian's spies on his side..."

  He flashed suddenly and disappeared, don't know where he hid.

  After a while, four black-clad men appeared under the hemp rope and quickly climbed up the city wall along the hemp rope. It turned out that Qiu Sheng brought Wan Nianfeng and two other masters to assassinate them.

  Silently climbing up the city wall, Qiu Sheng quickly put away the hemp rope and soon led the three people into the darkness. At this time, Wei Ming reappeared, stroking his chin "Hehe ~" smiled for a moment, then chased after the four again.

  Qiu Sheng, accompanied by three others, dodged and weaved until they reached the door of Lu Fei's room. Just as Qiu Sheng was about to push open the door, a sword quietly extended out, and with a chill on his neck, Qiu Sheng froze in place.

  It turned out to be Lu Fei, who usually only showed his strategic mind and not his martial arts skills. But now that Qiu Sheng was gone, four people returned, and he had to be vigilant. Lu Fei sensed the aura and felt relieved, it was very familiar, it was Qiu Sheng. He quickly pulled Qiu Sheng in, while the other three followed closely behind.

  Then Lu Fei's room lit up. Afterwards, Wei Ming silently hid in the dark to observe, waiting to discover other spies.

  Lu Fei and Qiu Sheng exchanged a series of hand gestures, understanding what they were about to do. He shook his head in negation because his right eyelid kept twitching. However, Qiu Sheng and Wan Nianfeng were resolute, and the situation was urgent, with the possibility that their grain supply route would be cut off.

  Lu Fei let out a soft sigh and blew out the lamp, then the five of them made their way to He Zhengshan's room under the faint light of the moon. He Zhengshan's room was in the same small courtyard as Lu Fei's, with He Zhengshan's facing north and Lu Fei's facing west, so after turning a corner, they arrived.

  He Zhengshan was restless all night and couldn't sleep, so he blew out the light and lay there. Suddenly, he felt that the atmosphere around him had become heavier, and his hairs stood on end for no reason.

  He Zhengshan suddenly sat up straight, grasping his long sword and shouted: "Who!" The silence of the night made this shout somewhat piercing to the ear.

  Lu Fei secretly sighed, how could He Zheng be so alert, it's not like this when he usually comes near. The heavens are really not helping me! With a sudden burst of inspiration, Lu Fei spoke in a low voice: "General He, it's Lu Mou. Tonight my mood is somewhat uneasy, I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk, but I was also afraid of disturbing the General, hence the quiet and slow steps. Who would have thought that I still startled the General."

  He Zhengshan heard the familiar voice of Lu Fei, and without any doubt, he felt a little relieved and said: "Well, Wen Zheng is also having trouble sleeping, why not come in and have a chat?"

  Then, I heard the sound of "crackling" from inside the room, and soon the room lit up.

  Lu Fei held his sword in his left hand and with a soft "creak", he pushed open the door with his right hand. He saw He Zhengshan sitting upright at a small square table lit by candles, his left hand grasping his sword and pressing it against the tabletop.

  "Sit!" He Zhengshan gestured to the chair on the other side of the table. The distance was very close, and Lu Fei walked in lightly, taking only two steps before he was less than two meters away from He Zhengshan. Lu Fei gazed at He Zhengshan for a moment, seeing that he still had a defensive posture, staring straight at him, and asked: "I don't know why the general's mood is unsettled? Is it because of the Haotian army?"

  He Zhengshan's eyelids drooped slightly, just unfolding his thoughts to organize his words, when he saw Lu Fei take a step forward with a swoosh, drawing out his long sword to sweep across his face. He opened his mouth to ask, but suddenly felt his head flying up, and was about to curse in shock and anger, when another dark shadow approached, losing all connection with the world, forever trapped in darkness.

  Lu Fei sheathed his sword, and He Zhengshan's head "thudded" onto the table, rolling twice before coming to a stop with eyes still open. A jet of fresh blood spurted from He Zhengshan's severed neck, and after two convulsions, he collapsed to the ground with a loud crash, bringing the chair down with him.

  Lu Fei let out a soft sigh and turned around under the lamp light in the Shura Field, walking towards the outside of the door.

  Qiu Sheng felt a sour heart when he saw the scene outside the door, after all, they had been together for a long time, and He Zhengshan was not bad to him. Wan Nianfeng's three people were delighted in their hearts, because they easily killed the commander of Jin Yuan.

  Suddenly, the four people hiding outside felt a chill run down their spines, and a cold air attacked them. The four of them quickly circulated their internal energy to defend themselves. Just then, two "pffft" sounds were heard, and the two powerful men beside Wan Nianfeng fell to the ground, struggling for a moment before lying still.

  Qiu Sheng and Wan Nianfeng heard the sound of a sword piercing into their bodies, and they rushed forward to pounce on the door. Lu Fei saw two people rushing towards him, and he hastily dodged to the side of the wall, shouting: "What's going on?"

  Qiu Sheng and the other person turned around to stand on guard, before they could respond, a soft laughter was heard from outside the window, saying: "Not bad at all, no wonder you dare to come and assassinate!"

  At this point, no one else needs to answer, and everyone already knows what's going on. It turns out that a master of Jin Yuan counterattacked and killed them, fortunately, He Zhengshan was also killed. Lu Fei heard the sound and looked outside the door, seeing a figure standing three meters away from the door, looking very calm. This is a master, and it's not possible to fight head-on, Lu Fei quickly determined.

  "Go! From behind!" Lu Fei shouted lightly.

  Qiu Sheng and Wan Nianfeng heard Lu Fei's words, just about to turn around and slip out of the back window of the room, suddenly felt another chill hit their bodies. The three of them hastily drew their swords and stabbed towards the door with a "whoosh" sound. However, they only heard the "hissing" sound of their swords stabbing into thin air.

  At this time, Lu Fei judged that this master was unstoppable, and hurriedly put away his sword and took out a wax pellet the size of an egg from his bosom, lightly pinched it and smashed it to the ground at the door.

  Because they wanted to protect Lu Fei, Qiu Sheng and Wan Nian Feng delayed their swords for a moment. Just as Lu Fei put away the wax pellet, he sheathed his sword. In the process of sheathing his sword, a figure rushed in with the wind, and all that could be heard were two "whooshing" sounds. Qiu Sheng and Wan Nian Feng's swords were swept aside to either side, and then the wrists holding their swords felt a surge of pain. Wan Nian Feng had been cut open at one wound, while Qiu Sheng's wrist had been chopped off, and he let out a muffled groan.

  "Bang!" At this time, the wax ball hit the ground, burst open, and rose a black fog; followed by two swords "clang" sound fell to the ground.

  When the wax pellets came flying over, Wei Ming quickly retreated backwards. This unknown thing was still very dangerous. Wei Ming stopped and saw the black fog rising, just as he was about to blow it away with a breath of air, he heard the sound of "pa la" coming from the back window of the room, guessing that the window had been broken, and three people escaped from there. Climbing up onto the roof, under the cover of night, Wei Ming saw three black shadows jumping and leaping across the rooftops, fleeing straight out of the city.

  "Alas, still one step too slow, if there were more people to drag them down, they wouldn't have been able to run away." Wei Ming sighed to himself.

  At this time, from the direction where the three people had left, shouts came intermittently: "Who goes there!"

  "Assassins!"

  ……

  The lanterns were lit one after another, and the whole journey was bustling. The sleeping city woke up. Before long, a leader came to He Zhengshan's room to report on the assassination. As soon as he arrived at the courtyard, he smelled a bloody smell, and the leader was vigilant, drawing his sword with a "swish" sound, scanning the courtyard. Could it be that the general is in danger? This person guessed.

  Weiming watched the approaching person from the rooftop, thinking to himself that this person was not bad and had strong vigilance. Then, with a loud "whooshing" sound, he jumped down into the courtyard. The leader saw someone jumping down and hastily retreated two steps, greatly startled, as it turned out there was someone here who didn't know! At this time, three more leaders heard the noise and brought six people holding torches over, someone had light, he plucked up his courage and loudly shouted: "Who is it?!"

  "Heh heh~" Wei Ming chuckled lightly, pulled out a golden token and raised his voice: "The Emperor's token is here!"

  A bright yellow light filled the air, making it impossible to see clearly. The crowd dared not move lightly. Wei Ming lightly tossed the token over, and a guard-like figure rushed out to catch it. After inspecting it and finding nothing unusual, he held it up in both hands and handed it over to the leader.

  He took over the token and looked at it, it was indeed the emperor's token. He knelt down in shock, raised the token and shouted: "Long live the Emperor!"

  The rest of the people also hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "Long live the Emperor!"

  Weiming saw the ten people kneeling on the ground with torches, listening to the chaos in the city, and smiled lightly, saying: "The emperor has an order. He Zhengshan misjudged people and allowed spies to hide among the troops. According to the law, he should be dismissed from office; however, He Zhengshan was just killed by assassins, so there is no point in pursuing it further."

  The crowd that had fallen to the ground looked around in shock and dismay, unsure of what to do.

  "Wei Ming continued: 'The assassins were killed by me in time, two of them died on the spot, and the rest escaped. The army cannot be without a commander for a day, so I temporarily appoint Deputy Commander Liu Yu to take over.' He paused, scanned the crowd with his eyes, and shouted: 'Where is Liu Yu?' If Liu Yu was not present, he would likely be dismissed by him sooner or later."

  The commander holding the token was excited in his heart, and his hand shook slightly as he held the token. He shouted loudly: "Your general is here!"

  "Hmm." Wei Ming nodded and continued forward, taking the token with him as he disappeared into the night.

  Liu Yu felt a gust of wind hit him head-on, and then his hand suddenly lightened as the token disappeared. When he looked up, there was no one in sight.

  Liu Yu got up and looked around, but didn't see anyone else. He said, "Everyone get up!" Then he ordered, "He Ying, go comfort the soldiers in the city! The rest of you follow me into the house to take a look!"

  He Ying took the order and left.

  The crowd arrived at He Zhengshan's house and saw two black-clad men lying on the ground. Upon entering, they found He Zhengshan's body beheaded in a pool of blood and the window shattered. They couldn't help but sigh. Liu Yu ordered them to clean up the bodies, tidy up the room, and gather all the generals for discussion.

  Lu Fei and his two companions rushed into the Huatian military camp and snuck into the commander's tent.

  Feng Feifan saw the three of them entering in a sorry state, with Qiu Sheng's right wrist severed and his clothes wrapped around it, seeping with fresh blood. He was shocked into standing up and asked: "What exactly happened to you all? Was it successful or not?"

  The three men were disheartened and did not speak.

  Feng Feifan stared at Lu Fei and asked: "Lu Fei! Speak!"

  Lu Fei lifted his spirits and shouted: "He Zhengshan has been killed by me. But I don't know where a master came from, probably sent by the King of Jin, who single-handedly killed our two men, and Qiu Sheng even had his right wrist cut off. If Yan Feng hadn't practiced Iron Shirt, he would have been no better. I used the Life-Saving Black Fog Pill, and the three of us barely escaped with our lives."

  Feng Feifan stroked his beard with his right hand and sighed, "In that case, we should make preparations to withdraw. The black chicken has already surrounded us."

  "Shouldn't Generalissimo take some precautions?" Lu Fei reminded.

  "Haha~" Feng Feifan stroked his beard and smiled, saying: "I'm afraid he won't come. You guys go deal with the wound."...

  The thunderous calculation loophole was actually filled by Weiming, otherwise, if the general of Wujijun was really desperate, he would be caught by Weng Zhong.

  Also on that night, Lei Meng, far outside Huanyue City, led 2,000 Jin soldiers to attack Huanyue City.

  Lei Meng ordered the troops to prepare some firewood, waiting for him to kill the commander of the Huāng Tiān garrison, and when the defenders were in chaos, he would disperse the Huāng Tiān army. This was a preparation to burn the bridge. Lei Meng took advantage of the dark night to sneak into the west side of the Huāng Tiān barracks, near the Huāng Yuè city's 1,500-strong Huāng Tiān camp. At this time, the camp was in darkness, with several torches scattered around the tents. He hid behind the firelight, crawling and jumping to reach the commander's tent. Inside the tent, the candles were shining brightly, and three commanders were drinking wine inside. One of them said vaguely: "Come on, let's finish this cup. With General Féng coming out, Wū Jī will fall in a few days!"

  "That's right, that's right, so we can drink here now. Come on, cheers!"

  Lei Meng rushed in and saw that the inside of the tent was a mess, with three somewhat drunken commanders sitting around a square table. On the table were two jars of wine and several plates of food, including chicken and pork, which seemed sumptuous but was now very disordered. The three people inside heard someone enter and turned their heads to look, stunned - when did the military camp get a little kid, and one who carried a sword at that...

  The man in the middle shouted: "Come over and pour us some wine!"

  Lei Meng furrowed his brow and walked over. The three men were about to take another drink when Lei Meng appeared before them, swiftly drawing his Tang knife and stabbing each of their throats with a "whoosh" sound. Fresh blood gushed out instantly, staining their necks red. Although the three men were drunk, they were still frightened enough to drop their wine bowls, frantically clutching at their necks in an attempt to stem the bleeding, but it wouldn't stop, and when they tried to shout, their throats were already torn apart...

  Three people struggled and fell to the ground, overturning tables and chairs, and ceramic plates "crashed" all over the floor.

  Lei Meng glanced at the three people who were still struggling, walked to the candle fire, lit the lamp and set the camp on fire, then left. Afterwards, Lei Meng used torches to set fires everywhere outside the camp, and soon the whole camp was filled with thick smoke. The sleeping soldiers of the Huan Tian army rushed out of their tents in a panic, shouting: "Fire! Fire!" The entire camp was in chaos.

  Due to the death of the three leaders, the chaotic army could not be organized, and the camp was soon engulfed in flames. The ambushing Jin soldiers, led by Lin Chong, took advantage of the situation and killed their way out, dispersing the panicked Huan Tian soldiers guarding the bridge. They then divided their troops to pile dry firewood on the wooden bridge and set it ablaze. Afterwards, they repeatedly charged back and forth, killing the fleeing Huan Tian army.

  The defenders on the other side of the river, hearing the commotion here, began to organize their troops and be vigilant. However, the commander over there had disappeared, leaving behind a deputy commander who was slow to react. It turned out that the commander had come over here to drink wine and was killed by the thunderclap earlier. Even if he had come, it would have been useless, as the Jin army suddenly charged out and quickly set fire to the wooden bridge. It's strange that they lacked firefighting training in peacetime and didn't prepare some water buckets for extinguishing fires. By the time they fetched water with basins and ladles to put out the fire, the flames had already engulfed half of the wooden bridge, and even if the fire was extinguished, people still couldn't cross over.

  The deputy commander guarding the bridge on that side thought to himself, "Huang Yue was ambushed by Jin Yuan, and I have fewer troops here. Rushing over would be suicidal. It's better to quickly report to General Feng." So he led 1,500 soldiers to rush towards Wujiji overnight, leaving the wooden bridge to be consumed by the great fire...

  After Lei Meng set fire, he hid near the gate of Huáng Yuè City and lay in wait to assassinate the Huáng Tiān generals who came to put out the fire.

  Inside the city of Haotian, the defending general was a man named Wei Yanwu. He was born strong and sturdy, his strategic thinking was neither good nor bad, and he had no problem leading several thousand soldiers. He was sleeping soundly in the government office when he was startled by the cries of killing: "How did Jin Yuan arrive here! Has Commander Feng lost?"

  At this time, a soldier outside the door came to report: Report General Wei, the bridge camp outside the city was raided, and flames filled the sky!

  Wei Yan thought to himself, "If it's a strong enemy, then there would be no need to burn the camp. Hmm, the enemy forces shouldn't be numerous, and the battle cries I'm hearing now aren't that loud either."

  "Pass on my orders! All troops in the city prepare for battle!" Wei Yan gave a decisive command.

  After more than ten minutes, Wei Yanwu rode his horse with the disheveled Haotian army and rushed out of the city. As soon as they left the city gate, they saw that 500 meters away, the camp and wooden bridge were ablaze, with flames shooting into the sky, illuminating everything near and far in a fiery red glow. What a huge fire!

  "Form up outside the city!" Wei Yan stood beside the troops and gave the order.

  "Halt! ~" The soldiers rushed around, lining up in the open space outside the city gate. From time to time, the scattered guards who came running from afar were also stopped and ordered back to their posts.

  After a while, Wei Yanwu saw that more than half of the troops had left, and he ordered the entire army to set out: "Advance, vanguard!"

  The thunder rumbled from afar, and the heavenly army was about to leave the city to meet the enemy. He climbed up onto the city wall again, quietly killing several soldiers guarding the city wall, and arrived at the top of the city gate. Seeing Wei Yanwu riding a horse and issuing orders to advance, he judged that he was a general, and with a single leap, he dived towards Wei Yanwu.

  Wei Yanwu heard the whooshing sound in the sky getting closer, looked up and saw a black shadow rushing towards him, followed by the sound of "hua" as his sword was drawn, felt a pain in his neck, and then his head and shoulders were split into two halves, and he saw Yama going away.

  The nearby soldiers saw it and shouted: "Ah! Assassin!"

  "General Wei is dead!"

  The already nervous soldiers dispersed in an uproar, a few bold ones stepped forward with their guns, but were also struck by the thunder and lightning, one of them was stabbed through the heart, fell to the ground and struggled...

  As a result, the defending soldiers also became chaotic, and there were screams everywhere: "Oh no! How did the Jin army get here!"

  "Run quickly, the Jin army is approaching!"

  ……

  Lin Chong heard the commotion in Huanyue City from the other side of the bridge camp, guessing that Lei Ying's plan had succeeded, and hastily shouted: "Advance towards Huanyue! Long live General Jin!"

  "Long live Jin Yuan! Charge!"

  Almost two thousand Jin soldiers rushed towards Huáng Yuè again.