Three Kingdoms

Everything went according to plan, except that Ren Jun was accidentally stained with blood on the street and seriously injured.

This is beyond the imagination of many people, including Xun Yu.

But this is not so incredible. After all, most plans are beautiful, but when they are implemented, there are always problems here or there.

The group that assassinated Ren Jun was not the group originally planned.

The fake assassination used an arrow with the arrowhead removed, but the real assassin actually used a crossbow!

Fortunately, Ren Jun wore inner armor under his loose robes to protect his important parts, but he was still shot in the right shoulder, piercing two holes and bleeding profusely. He lost his combat effectiveness for a long time... …

Although Ren Jun himself is not known for his military force, it also means that Cao Cao's side has temporarily lost a general who can guard Xu County.

The accident disrupted the discussion between Cao Pi and Xun Yu about the situation in Guanzhong and Shandong, and then turned into dealing with the affairs at hand.

"Who did it?" 』

Cao Pi was furious.

Xun You was silent and frowned.

Ren Jun married the daughter of the Cao family, and in terms of seniority, she was still Cao Cao's younger sister, so if Cao Pi was serious about it, he still needed to call her uncle. Although the younger sister is not a biological sister, and the uncle has discounted it to some extent, Ren Junyi was injured, which also affected the largest combat unit around Xu County, the Yingchuan Tuntian Soldiers!

When the time comes, Xu County will be in turmoil...

The assassin had already taken poison and died, and of course there was no special mark on his body.

The weapon used for murder is the crossbow.

Obviously, it is a standard weapon produced by the Hussars.

Fast, precise, and accurate are the slogans of Hussars' standard weapons...

Now that it was used on his own relatives, Cao Pi couldn't help but feel sad, and he felt angry because of it, and of course more of a fear.

"A hundred steps away!" Hit with a crossbow! Seriously injured through armor! Cao Pi said angrily, "In Xu County, which street is a hundred steps wide?" ! If it's on the street... if it's..."

Before Cao Pi could finish speaking, he trembled. Obviously he thought of some not-so-good pictures.

No one can say that they wear heavy armor and go out on the streets every day. What if...

Just like Ren Jun, even if he had planned to be "assassinated" in advance, he was still hit by a crossbow arrow. What if he didn't pierce the armor in normal times? Isn't it true that from top to bottom, everyone lives in the kindness of others not to kill?

Why can such a sharp weapon be sold everywhere?

Why isn't it banned? !

Doesn’t the Han Code explicitly prohibit crossbows?

Is there any royal law or the spirit of covenant? !

"The hussar did it, right?" ! ” Cao Pi said angrily. He waved his arms like a scared little beast that had to use extra movements and sounds to cover up his fear.

Xun You sighed slightly, "It's Jiangdong." 』

"I knew... huh?" Koto? ”Cao Pi was stunned and blinked.

Xun raised his head and looked to the west, "If you are a hussar, you don't need to use this strategy." What's more, if the hussar is in Chang'an, he wants to anger the lord with his assassination and lure him into the army. Ren Zhonglang... is not the best target... If the hussar is not in Chang'an, he will not provoke him easily... to avoid double-dealing. Fight..."

It's not that hard to guess.

Of course, Xun may not be like the Zhuge described by Mr. Luo, who always talks about how this three-year-old child is doing. He just has some subtle emotions or sadness, as if he saw a majestic man. The statue of the god is now lying on the ground, its color is gone, and anyone can shit on its head.

Qiusi had no reason to do this.

If you really want to assassinate, whether it is Cao Cao, Cao Pi, or Xun Yu, they are better and more valuable targets than Ren Jun, and assassination is often the most effective when there is no defense for the first time, and once When the other party takes large-scale defenses, the effectiveness becomes lower and lower. Just like if Ren Jun hadn't been arranged to be "assassinated" this time, there's no way the assassin would have been noticed by the guards when he opened the window...

It's just that neither Ren Jun nor his guards expected that he encountered a real assassin.

For Jiangdong, the reasons are so sufficient that he doesn't even need to elaborate.

"Koto?" ” Cao Pi frowned, “How dare Jiangdong? ! Jiangdong is not afraid..."

Xun You was silent for a moment, "I heard that Jiangdong Zhou Gongjin is seriously ill... I'm afraid he won't last long..."

Cao Cao has Cao Cao's troubles here, and Sun Quan also has Sun Quan's difficulties there.

These days, facing the oppression of Feiqian's powerful military forces and the economic harvest, it is not easy for anyone. Especially in Jiangdong, three waves of soldiers have been sent out, but Cao Cao went to Youbei openly...

Cao Pi walked around the hall twice and said, "Jiangdong, hey!" Koto! 』

Xun You lowered his eyelids and said, "Your Majesty, although this matter was probably done by Jiangdong... but at the moment, it could be Qiusi doing it..."

"Ah...ah?" ” Cao Pi stopped, stared at Xun Or, and nodded suddenly after a moment, “That’s true. 』

"Please give the crown prince's order to apprehend the assassin's associates..." Xun You handed over his hand.

Although Ren Jun was really assassinated and something unexpected happened on the stage that was just set up, the part that should be sung in the play still had to be sung.

The soldiers of Cao's army who had been on standby for a long time immediately rushed out from the prime minister's palace and the military field after receiving the signal, and quickly suppressed and extinguished the chaotic sparks in Xu County.

After all, it is too messy and not beautiful.

……d(·｀ω′·d*)……

Wancheng.

After defeating Cao Zhen, Wancheng was in turmoil for a while.

In the Jingzhou area, Huang Zhong's reputation was well known to everyone, so although Cao Jun suffered a big loss, he did not immediately turn his back and make any big moves. But everyone knows that this matter is far from over.

In the past few days, Huang Zhong has led his troops to personally inspect the city wall, checking for gaps and filling them.

The merchants in the city were divided into two parts. One part stayed in Wancheng and completely settled in Wancheng with household registration, while the other part fled Wancheng in a hurry after finding out that no crime had been committed.

Because of the tense relationship with Cao Jun, Wancheng's business basically came to a standstill.

After Pang Shanmin took control of the Pang family, there was no voice for the time being, but if these Pang family members just stayed contentedly, they would no longer have any evil intentions...

Who believes it?

It's just temporary. As for how long it can last, no one can say.

When Huang Zhong was routinely inspecting the city wall, a soldier suddenly shouted and found a group of people and horses rushing from the east, and soldiers of Cao's army were chasing behind him!

Jiang Gan took Huang Wan with him and rushed to the front on horseback.

Huang Wanren was old, and he thought he could still escape, but when he actually escaped, he realized that his body was really unbearable and he was out of breath. If Jiang Gan hadn't been dragging him to death, and then those few A famous warrior can't even think about how far he can escape if he cuts off the enemy behind.

Huang Wan didn't talk much nonsense. After all, it was hard for him to breathe now. He only felt his heart beating wildly in his chest. His face was a little purple, and his eyes were staring at Wancheng in the distance, just like Wu Zixu was staring at Going to Shaoguan.

Jiang Qian no longer had the air of a so-called celebrity. His face was stained with sweat and dirt, his robes were askew, and even his turban was in disarray. He just stared at Wancheng with red eyes and shouted loudly: "Help!" Rescue Huang Situ quickly! 』

Behind Huang Wan and Jiang Gan, those strong men wearing simple armor used iron rods and spears to intercept Cao Jun's pursuers behind them. Some people were injured, and some had their shields broken in half during the fight. The fragments of the shields exposed the wood residue under the cowhide, and they were all in a miserable state.

"General!" ” The Wancheng soldiers looked at Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong frowned and thought for a moment before ordering his soldiers to be on guard and informing Pangshan people.

Cao Jun chased closer and closer.

Among Huang Wan, Jiang Qian and his entourage, some people fought back, trying to block Cao Jun's pursuit. Although they did block it for a moment, they were quickly chopped to the ground by Cao Jun, with blood flying and miserable screams filling the sky. The time was extremely tragic.

After all, Huang Wan was old and his muscles and bones were stiff. Although Jiang Gan was dragging the reins of the horse and trying his best to let Huang Wan's horse follow behind him, after all, because he could not match the ups and downs of the horse's galloping, not only the man was in great pain, but also the war horse. It’s the same hard work.

The war horse under Huang Wan was snorting. He didn't know whether it was because his physical strength and endurance were about to be exhausted, or because Jiang Gan kept dragging, which caused the skin friction and pain. Let Huang Wan lose the reins of his war horse!

"Huang Gong!" 』

Jiang Gan exclaimed.

Huang Wan was also wheezing and panting like a war horse beneath him. He was speechless at all. He just raised his hand slightly and signaled Jiang Qian to go ahead and leave him alone.

Jiang Gan gritted his teeth, then shouted, driving his horse forward and shouting towards the top of Wancheng, "Help!" Save people..."

Huang Zhong stood at the top of the city, watching the two groups of people running closer and closer, but his brows became tighter and tighter.

Cao's cavalry did not use bows and arrows to shoot. On the one hand, the accuracy of the projectiles was not good. On the other hand, it is possible that Cao's cavalry was not familiar with riding bows, so they just waved their swords and guns and chased them with shouts.

In addition to the scribe with crooked robes, Huang Zhong also saw clearly through the rising morning light that there was an old man with gray hair among the fleeing queue. The horse under his crotch might be considered a good horse, but The old man's riding skills were really poor, which slowed down the horse's speed. Behind the old man, some strong men were intercepting Cao Jun's pursuers.

Most of them were covered in blood, but they just gritted their teeth and rushed forward to protect the old man.

The scribe was still shouting with all his strength, and his voice gradually became clearer, "... Mr. Huang, save Huang Situ!" Huang Situ has a secret edict from the emperor..."

Huang Zhong's eyes narrowed, "Bring me a certain iron bow!" 』

A cavalryman from Cao's army broke through the obstruction of the guards and approached Huang Wan amidst everyone's screams. Just as he was about to cut off Huang Wan's horse with a knife, he heard a sharp whistling sound in the air, and before he could raise his head, After checking, he was shot through by an arrow, rolled and fell under the horse!

Cao Jun's soldiers were horrified, and then they all looked up and saw the general wearing a red cloak on the top of Wancheng City, the long bow in his hand, and the cold light flashing on the long bow!

……Σ（?д?lll）……

In Wancheng.

Jiang Gan collapsed on the ground without any image, breathing heavily, looking like he was surviving the disaster.

Huang Wan almost lost half his life and could not even move. Although there were no fatal wounds on Huang Wan's body, only abrasions and contusions accidentally caused when running away, it looked like it was worse than the strong man beside him who was slashed and stabbed.

There are naturally military doctors in Wancheng.

Basically, all of Huang Wan's men had been overtaken on the way to escape, or they had all died in order to cover Huang Wan's escape. Most of the remaining men were good men recruited by Jiang Gan, among whom the most courageous ones were among them. The strong man had large and small wounds on his body. He remained silent while being treated and bandaged by Wancheng military doctors. He only frowned when a white cloth washed and dried with salt water was wrapped around the wound.

Such behavior naturally attracted secret praise from the Wancheng soldiers on duty outside the house.

Some people were slightly injured, and of course some were seriously injured. Fortunately, the wounds were relatively large and not fatal. However, they still needed to be healed for a period of time, and it was impossible to run around again.

"Where is Mr. Huang?" Pang Shanmin walked in, looked around, and when he saw Huang Wan, he stepped forward, frowned and asked the military doctor, "How is Mr. Huang?" Why can't it be treated? 』

The military doctor responded: "There is no serious injury, just loss of strength... It is best to recuperate for a while, otherwise..."

Huang Wan also calmed down more or less at this moment. Although he still couldn't stand up, he struggled and said: "The world is like this... What a pity... Uh-huh, cough, cough, what a pity for a broken body..."

Pang Shanmin quickly asked people to help Huang Wan up and let Huang Wan lean against him. Then he bowed and saluted, "The mountain people have seen Mr. Huang." 』

Huang Wan nodded, then pointed at Jiang Gan and introduced, "Come, Jiang Qian of Jiujiang, Jiang Ziyi, a loyal and righteous man." If not... ahem, if it weren't for him, I would have died... this strong man, uh..."

Huang Wan pointed at the strong man. He originally wanted to praise him. After all, he had blocked one or two swords for Huang Wan while escaping. However, when the words came to his lips, he remembered that he didn't even know about the strong man. name. Because this strong man was brought by Jiang Gan, the whole journey was extremely tense, and no one had time to chat and ask about his life.

"This is Zhen Min, Zhen Zifu of Jizhou..." Jiang Gan added at the side, "He is a loyal and brave man!" In the past, when Dong Zhongying was in chaos in Luoyang, he had surrendered to his disciples, hoping to find an opportunity to kill the national traitors, but later his traces were exposed and he had no choice but to escape... Hou Gan met Qingxu and was protected by many guards. Today, it was all thanks to his bravery that he protected everyone all the way. 』

After saying that, Jiang Gan stood up and bowed deeply to Zhen Min.

Zhen Min quickly stepped forward to help.

Pang Shanmin naturally also praised him.

After the mutual introduction, Pang Shanmin asked, "I heard... that there was a secret edict from the emperor?" 』

Huang Wan was stunned.

Jiang Gan grabbed the conversation first, nodded and said, "Not bad!" Huang Gong once received a secret edict from the emperor, and wanted to order his cavalry to march eastward to save the emperor, punish the rebellious ministers, and rectify the world! 』

Huang Wan seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just nodded, "I am old and incompetent... I have not been able to eradicate the traitors. I can only imitate the sages and rush to Wuguan to ask for valets to help the emperor and eradicate the Han Dynasty." Treacherous! 』

The amount of information was so large that Pang Shanmin was overwhelmed for a while.

What happened in Xu County?

When Jiang Gan saw this, he told Cao Cao that on the surface he was asking to resign as prime minister, but in fact he was forcing the emperor to retreat in order to advance further. Then he angrily scolded Cao Cao for being greedy, causing the emperor to lose face. Wherever that goes.

"Please resign as Prime Minister?" Pang Shanmin repeated.

Jiang Gan nodded.

In the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, I don’t know how many elderly ministers asked to resign, but Cao Cao was obviously different.

Pang Shanmin did not believe that Cao Cao would relinquish power easily. Even if Cao Cao really resigned as prime minister, Cao Cao still had military power and controlled the chancellery. He could still control the government. Even if he was not the prime minister, he would still be better than the prime minister. So just What’s the point of resigning from a job title?

And when the Hussars were heading west and expedition to the Western Regions, what was the purpose of Cao Cao's move?

Many ideas came to him one after another, and it was difficult for Pang Shanmin to understand them for a while.

Shaking his head, Pang Shanmin could only put aside speculation about Cao Cao's intentions and face the current problem, "So, may I ask Mr. Huang... Where is this emperor's edict?" Can I take a look at it? 』

Since it is an edict, of course it must be in writing.

Before Huang Wan could speak, Jiang Qian seemed to be talking quickly and said half a sentence: "It's the emperor's oral edict... uh, sorry, sorry..."

Jiang Qian shrank his neck and backed away.

Pang Shanmin turned to look at Huang Wan.

Huang Wan took a breath, let out a long sigh, and then said: "Indeed...it is true." The incident happened suddenly at that time... In addition, the Chancellor's Desk also fell into the hands of Cao's thieves, and the emperor's order could not get out of Chongde Hall... However, the emperor did mention to the old man many times that the traitors should be eradicated and the traitors should be eliminated. Stabilize the Han Dynasty and revive the words of Zhongxing..."

Huang Wan said it sincerely. Of course, he was not lying. After all, Emperor Liu Xie had indeed expressed such an attitude in private before, suggesting that Huang Wan should deal with Cao Cao, but Huang Wan really did not have this ability.

Pang Shanmin frowned deeper after hearing this.

This means that there is no written version of the edict, and there is no token of any kind. It can be said that there is nothing, just oral communication?

"This..." Pang Shanmin frowned.

Huang Wan stood up tremblingly, and then saluted Pang Shanmin.

The people of Pangshan Mountain were not willing to accept it, so they hurriedly helped him.

Huang Wan grabbed Pang Shanmin's arm, his eyes were slightly red, tears rolled down his face, "Emperor...it's so difficult!" The emperor wanted to express his ambitions, but he had to be trapped in Chongde Hall day and night! The old man is really weak, unable to accept the favor of the emperor, and unable to comply with the wishes of the people. Now... Although he does not have an express edict in hand, he still has loyalty in his heart! The mountain people don't need to be embarrassed, they just want to be able to send the old man to pass Wuguan and enter the middle of the pass. The old man is willing to use this broken body to ignite the fire of the great rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty! 』

Jiang Gan also said on the side that he did not want Pangshan people to send troops to attack Xu County, but just wanted to borrow some good hands in Wancheng to escort Huang Wan safely into Guanzhong...

From a certain perspective, whether there is an edict or not, whether there is a specific document or just a verbal communication, it is not aimed at Pang Shanmin, but at the hussar general Fei Qian. So the most Pang Shanmin can do is to take action and then send the person to Chang'an.

Things seem simple.

But obviously, that's not the case...

Immediately, someone reported that Cao Jun had appeared in the direction of Xiangyang and was gradually approaching Wancheng. Cao Jun's scout forward threatened to demand Wancheng to hand over Huang Wan and Jiang Gan!

Pang Shanmin was just stunned. Why did Jingzhou Cao Jun suddenly make such a move at this time?

Is there really going to be a war?