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Chapter 024: Phantom of the Night


A few soldiers with bows and arrows on their backs dropped out of Liu Jiye far away and returned to his station.

The city was full of guerrillas, there were many Khitan warriors patrolling everywhere, controlling the order in the city, and squads like this could be seen everywhere, Liu Jiye did not have the slightest suspicion, nor did he pay special attention to them.

Liu Jiye's current situation is somewhat similar to that of Zhe Weizheng outside the city, they all have the command of the whole army in battle, but they have no actual control over the army, so many of the things that the commander-in-chief needs to prepare and arrange before and after the war, such as recruiting the people, deploying the three armies, collecting medicinal materials, demolishing the walls of the houses and turning them into rolling logs and stones, preparing fire oil and poison, treating the wounded, etc., they can only discuss with the real commander-in-chief of the three armed forces in the form of consultations, and then use the commander-in-chief to order and carry them out.

In this way, Liu Jiye was much more relaxed, when he was in the Han Kingdom, he personally commanded the defense of the city, and the three armies did not disarm.

After the First World War, he always had to personally inspect all the positions, comfort and encourage the soldiers, and he could not rest until late, and doing so here would inevitably have a sense of buying people's hearts, so after a round of bluff attacks on the Luzhou side, he just inspected the four city walls, observed the movements of the enemy camp, and gave some guidance to the parts of the city that were damaged and needed to be repaired and maintained, and then returned to his residence.

Liu Jiye's camp was set up in Nancheng, and this side was the direction of the main attack of Luzhou's soldiers and horses.

The east and north sides are the war zone in charge of the Khitan Southern Courtyard King Yelu Xian, Yelu Xian's soldiers are strong and strong, and the force is abundant, but the siege method lacks technical content, and it is a very traditional tactic of piling up human lives, and although Yang Hao's troops are limited, they have a large number of sophisticated siege equipment, and the recent fighting style is even more clear-sighted, which is quite threatening to the defenders, so Liu Jiye personally guarded the southern city.

In the past two days, the outside of the city suddenly changed its style of play, and every day it was very lively to watch the siege battle, but it was always a feint.

Liu Jiye couldn't understand what the Luzhou army was thinking, and he was extra careful about the Luzhou army, he patrolled the four cities, and after returning to the south city, he carefully observed the movements in the military camp outside the city, and then returned to his residence.

In order to prevent the Luzhou military camp from smashing the main general to death in the night, Liu Jiye's camp tent was set up in a strong cave not far from the inner side of the city wall, and a courtyard wall was built outside, and only his two sons and eleven personal soldiers were left and right.

On the order of Long Xingyi, several colonels who had been secretly monitoring Liu Jiye couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Liu Jiye return to the camp.

"Liu Wu's invincible name, I have heard of it a long time ago, the Han Kingdom is a hemp rope tethered bean mansion, and the goods that can't be tied up at all, just rely on a Liu Jiye to survive there to this day.

Liu Invincible's ability.

It's good.

I heard that Liu Jiye's surname is Yang, and he is a member of the Yang family in Linzhou, if he returns to Linzhou, how can he not be better than being a guard in the Han Kingdom, but since he has supported the Han Kingdom, he will be loyal and refuse to go away from the Lord, such a well-known man will plot against our king."

Another guard said in a weird manner: "I have also heard about Liu Wuving.

I heard that he is still the eldest brother of Yang Chongxun, the current envoy of Linzhou Festival, you said that with his prestige and the identity of the eldest brother, once he returns to Linzhou, what should Yang Chongxun do if he does not give way Even if Yang Chongxun is willing, the Linzhou generals who are now supporting Yang Chongxun are all his cronies, and they have changed their masters in the blink of an eye, and they are willing to look at me, Liu Wushu is not that he doesn't want to go back, but he can't go back. ” "Hey, with the heart of a villain, spend the belly of a gentleman."

"Hey, how do you speak, I'm a villain, I'm a villain, but the king doesn't suspect me, he Liu is invincible, loyal, brave, chivalrous, righteous, right, yes, yes, no one who was betrayed, no one would think that the person who betrayed him was ill-intentioned, staring at it carefully, if Liu Jiye is really fine, then when I say in vain, if he really eats inside and out, he fornicates with the enemy camp.

Hey hey" Not far from them, a pair of eyes suddenly appeared on the branches of a big tree, but the night was dim, and a few people were chatting while eating, just staring at Liu Jiye's residence, and they didn't notice it at all.

The eyes seemed to grow out of thin air on the trunk of a tree, and it blinked, sly, and then suddenly disappeared.

"Well, it looks like someone."

A man was eating, and suddenly he saw something unusual, he quickly stuffed a piece of beef jerky into his mouth, and turned a soldier next to him with his elbow.

The man looked at the tent, but saw no movement, and was about to turn his head to ask him, when suddenly he saw a man quietly appearing in the shadow of the door, looked left and right, and hurried away.

The man was very alert, and he took a few steps and paused, stopping from time to time to look around, and then taking a few quick steps in the shadow of the building, and the figure appeared ghostly in another place.

Several people who were monitoring Liu Jiye were in good spirits and immediately cheered up.

Cautiously followed.

The man seemed to know the situation in the city very well, where the soldiers were patrolling and where the military camps were stationed, he avoided the important places, and gradually reached the corner between the south and the west city.

This is a dead end, the Luzhou military camp has reached the edge so far, this corner is not easy to arrange troops outside the city, it is rarely attacked, and the guards on the city are limited.

The man crept up to the top of the city, looked around in a sneaky manner, and then suddenly ran briskly and removed a large rock from the ground.

Then he picked up a cloud of something, and quickly flashed towards the wall.

One of the guards had sharp eyes, saw the clue at a glance, and lost his voice: "It's a rope, that person wants to climb out of the city."

Another guard quickly took off his bow and arrow, bent his bow and arrow, and aimed it at the back of the man at the head of the city, and someone else whispered, "Try to catch it alive." ” The man was obviously very confident in his archery skills, he pressed his bow down, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said proudly: "Don't worry, as long as there is a glimmer of light, there will be no deviation in the arrow of my mi'er." ” Miergan in the Khitan language is the meaning of the archer, this person in Longxing wing archery first, has always been proud of this, I think he wants to use his archery skills to prove his statement, a word, the bowstring clanging, the arrow has left the string.

The man at the head of the city had tied the rope to the wall, and had just thrown it off the city, when Mi'er had shot an arrow and flew away, and he had fallen into the shadows of the city.

Mi'er was afraid that he would run away, so he shouted: "Quick, catch him." ” Several men drew their swords and rushed quickly to the head of the city, which alarmed the guards around the city walls, who jumped up sleepily, grabbed their weapons in a panic, and shouted, "What man?"

"We are the guards under the command of Lord Longxingyi, someone is going to sneak out of the city, torches, light torches."

Several people shouted their identities, and rushed to the head of the city to surround the man who fell to the ground, and a guard at the head of the city approached with torches, and shone on the ground, only to see the man fall to the ground.

A wolf's tooth arrow shot straight at the back of his heart, and when he turned him over, he saw that the man's eyes were wide open, and he was already dead of anger.

Mi'ergan's face was a little unbearable, and he said hatefully: "How could you shoot me Mi'er to do archery" The guard next to him hurriedly relieved: "The moonlight is dim, it is not easy to shoot so accurately, don't blame yourself." ” The deceased was dressed in a blue night suit, and someone grabbed the torches of the defenders at the head of the city and shone it on his face, and said in a lost voice: "If it is really Liu's person, I have seen this person." ” Several guards exchanged a few words, and instructed one of the generals who rushed to guard the city after hearing the news, telling him to keep the news tightly sealed and not to say anything to anyone, so they carried the dead body and ran to report to Longxingyi.

Bamboo Yun latent in the dark, smiled lightly, and disappeared into the night like a ghost.

She has a lot to do tonight.

"But Zhengxian nephew, I was surprised to see the secret language of the army used by the Yang family in Linzhou twenty years ago in the leaflets scattered all over the city in Luzhou, and I was surprised, and I didn't want to be a virtuous nephew to the front of the two armies, I was in the city thinking hard about the way to defend the city, but I didn't know that Yang Hao in Luzhou had formed an alliance with my two families, and the virtuous nephew was in charge of the army, and the relatives met, such a scene, it was embarrassing King Yelusheng, the king of Qing, the ears of the rebellious ministers and thieves, if it has to be a last resort, my lord really does not want to anger the Khitan, and forms an alliance with it to help each other.

However, the letter of Zhengxian's nephew said that it can solve my lord's predicament, but the nephew is young, and it is difficult to be the representative of the three states of Linfu Lu, if Yang Taiwei is sincere, he also asks Taiwei to write the alliance book himself, and stamp the seal of the captain, I will follow the plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf.

At that time, you can continue to feint, I make the defenders in the city and Yelu oblique fight hard, consume the troops of both sides, and wait for the war to be out of control, I am the internal response, Yinzhou is at your fingertips, King Qing is dead, and the Khitan is also greatly injured, and there is no power to advance westward for the time being.

After the matter was completed, the Khitan eradicated the rebellion, Yang Hao was famous, and as for the ownership of Yinzhou, it should be owned by my Han State according to the previous agreement.

At that time, I should persuade the lord of the country to move west to Yinzhou, and once the four states of Lin, Fu, Yin, and Lu form an alliance, they will resist the Song State in the east and reject the Khitan in the north, so that they can be guaranteed without worry."

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Jihetang wanted to support the volcano king Yang Gon to annex the Zhe family, at that time the two sides cooperated closely, and knew the Yang family's secret words of communication well, and later Yang Gon sat in Linzhou, and did not dare to be the enemy of the Zhe family, but turned his face to clean up the people of the Jihetang, and this secret language that was known to outsiders was also abandoned.

The things that are discarded will not be kept secret, so they gradually flow into the ears of some well-intentioned people.

Although the Khitan is a martial country, it is best to fight, but it is not only a reckless man who knows how to fight recklessly, they attach great importance to the role of secret agents, a large number of secret agents into the Central Plains, and even persuaded several Song Dynasty officials in Shandong Dongdao, which is the credit of the Khitan meticulous work.

Although the Northwest Domains were not the focus of the Khitan's attention, they also had their detailed activities, and this secret word of communication that had been leaked was obtained by their people and sent back to the north as a reference.

Long Xingyi was a strategist under King Yelusheng of Qing, and he had also carefully studied the laws of its decipherment.

Now seeing that Liu Jiye's letter mentioned that the leaflet was a secret word abandoned by the Yang family in Linzhou many years ago, he hurriedly took out the notes he had made back then and deciphered them, and saw that the leaflet briefly explained the time, place, identity of the messenger and the request for an appointment.

Judging from Liu Jiye's letter, this is not the first time that the two sides have been in contact.

At that time, the secret code communication was relatively simple, and it could only briefly express the time, place, needs, etc., if you want to express the detailed content, you have to communicate with normal words, so the content expressed on the leaflet is limited, Long Xingyi read the letter, and took the deciphered leaflet and sneered, and stood up and said: "Go, go to see Lord Qingwang" Since Yinzhou City came to Qingwang Yelusheng, although the treasury is full, but in order to stimulate the morale of the three armies and attract the hearts of the people, King Qing still eats a lot of big households, but in addition to some gentry and giant businessmen who are close to the Khitans, there is a family, although they have no contact with the Khitan, they are also safe and sound, and they are very courteous to King Qing, that is the Li family in Yinzhou.

The Li family in Yinzhou is the real descendant of the Li family in Longxi, and it is not the same thing as the Li family in Xiazhou.

Xiazhou Li's original surname is Tuoba, and he is a descendant of King Xianbei, while Longxi Li has been the orthodox Han family since the Qin and Han dynasties.

Even Li Shimin, the son of the Tang Dynasty back then, wanted to find himself a well-rooted and Miao Hong, and he also wanted to climb high branches, saying that he was the descendant of Li Wei, the king of Wuzhao in Xiliang, and Li Wei was an outstanding figure in the Li family in Longxi.

However, when Li Shimin and Li Shimin recognized themselves as the descendants of the Li family in Longxi, the senior monk Fa Lin gave him an embarrassment on the spot and immediately refuted and said: "Lin Wen Tuoba Da Yan, Tang Yan Li, Your Majesty's Li, Si is its seedling, not the likes of Longxi under the pillar." ” He bluntly said that Li Shimin was a descendant of Xianbei Tuoba Daja, not a descendant of the Li clan of the Longxi clan, and if there was no conclusive evidence in his hands, no matter how arrogant he was, he would not dare to speak out in front of the emperor.

What's even more intriguing is that Li Shimin has no corresponding answer to his face-to-face accusation, if he is real gold and is not afraid of fire refining, how can he be replaced by a Hu ancestor but dare not distinguish There are also many doubts in the genealogy of the Tang dynasty, such as their ancestor in the Northern Wei Dynasty was called Li Chuguba.

Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu's brother called his head, and there was a station brother called Qidou, Li Qitou's son was called Dharma, all of which were Xianbei names, and the Li family also inherited a very strong Hu style, such as after the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shimin supported the army into the palace, and knelt and sucked his nipples when he asked Li Yuan for sin, which is the custom of the Hu people.

As an emperor, Li Shimin had great power and could strengthen and easily influence public opinion and change the records of historical books, so in the official records left to future generations, although there are many things that do not stand up to scrutiny, he insists that he was born in the Li family of Longxi.

Although the scholars of later generations have never reached a conclusion on this, such an outstanding figure, an emperor who created the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, of course, is the talent of the nation to satisfy the pride, and some people do not allow others to raise this kind of question, so at this point, the author deliberately mentions this non-mainstream view, as for the mystery of Li Shimin's life experience, whether it is Hu or Han, I am afraid that it will be forever annihilated in the long river of history, and it cannot be confirmed.

In any case, since Li Shimin admits that he is a descendant of the Li family in Longxi, of course he has to take care of the Li family in Longxi.

Therefore, the Li family in Longxi has been greatly developed at that time and has become the leading wealthy family in the local area.

Now with the disappearance of the Tang Dynasty, the Li clan in Longxi has also declined, and many branch descendants have been displaced to the Central Plains, but there is still a real Li clan in Longxi, and its head lives in Yinzhou, known as the Yinzhou Li family.

The patriarch of the Li clan in Yinzhou is called Li Yide, a gentleman.

A quarter of the people in Yinzhou City are their ethnic relatives, and the people who are tied to their in-laws are even more than half of the city, so they are also respected as Li Bancheng.

Such a character, no matter who occupies Yinzhou, unless he only wants to get an empty city, he will not dare to be disrespectful to Li Bancheng, so although Yinzhou is in chaos today, Li Yide's home is as quiet as before.

The night was deep, the breeze was blowing, the cool moon was in the sky, and the crickets were chirping in the grass.

A figure quickly bypassed the Quyuan corridor, walked past several houses, and flew onto a pavilion.

This person is Zhuyun, although the Li family is the first time she has come, but the buildings of large families have certain regulations, the main room, guest rooms, front compartments, and back compartments, there are certain rules, as long as people who are familiar with these building rules, they can know where is the residence of the master of the house from the building of the house, and which room is the bedroom of the head of the family.

She stood on the pavilion and took a closer look, then flew into a weeping flower door and ran ghostly along a gravel path Old Man Li had already slept, and on the spacious carved bed, a plump and bright young woman was wearing a feather coat as thin as a cicada's wings, her face was flushed, with a touch of drunken redness, and she still showed a satisfied and sweet smile in her sleep.

Pillowed on her jade arm was a burly old man, with thick eyebrows and a gray beard, who was making a slight sound.

Zhu Yun held the lamp in his hand, smiled and leaned over to look at a pear blossom pressing begonias, and the beautiful scene of spring swallows flying together, turned around and put the lamp on the table, leisurely shouldered his hands, and paced to look at the situation in the room.

Although she is not a child of Zhong Ming Dingshi's family, but since she was a child, she has been working for the heir hall, and she is used to seeing the luxurious living room, Li Yide's bedroom, the curtain and bed mat, are extremely rare, and there is no trace of vulgarity in the rich and luxurious, it is not uncommon for the family to have this style, but in the bitter cold land of the northwest, there is such a family, but it is commendable.

Zhu Yun sat down at the table, picked up the pot, poured a cup of herbal tea, took a sip, and praised: "Good tea, brewed for so long, the taste remains the same, this tea is good, and the tea set is good." ” As soon as she spoke, Li Yide on the couch woke up suddenly, and Huo Di sat up, and the thin jacket slipped off, revealing naked and firm bronzed skin.

The old man who is over sixty years old has such a strong physique, and he is really well maintained.

Zhu Yun sat there with a smile, not minding Li Yide's naked body at all, she blinked her eyes charmingly, and said sweetly: "Old Man Li, hello." ” "Who are you" Li Yide drank with disgust, and the concubine who was sleeping next to Zhengxiang also woke up, and suddenly saw a pretty girl in green clothes sitting in the room, with a sword in front of her, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Ah" Zhu Yun said with a smile: "Yinzhou Li's inheritance is not easy.

Old man Li is willing to give kindness, help the poor, the mountains look up, the scenery stops, known as the gentleman's virtue, now seeing the catastrophe coming, the little woman really can't bear it, tonight to venture in, is to give the old man guidance to the maze come, the old man is not welcome?"

"Ah" The beautiful concubine screamed again, Zhu Yundai's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she said lightly: "Can the old man shut up your woman?"

"Ah" The beautiful concubine then shouted again, and Li Yide frowned and shouted: "Go out" The beautiful concubine got up in a panic, and she didn't care about the spring light leaking, so she ran away, and then someone outside the door shouted: "Old man, what's wrong" Li Yide said: "The old man is fine, whatever he shouts and does, he will roll away." ” When the concubine's room went out, Li Yide put the thin jacket around his body, jumped to the ground, walked to Zhuyun with a pair of big feet bare, sat down opposite her calmly, looked her up and down, and asked: "Where did the girl come from, who ordered her, what do you want to say to the old man":