The torch was raised and the light illuminated the hillside.
The men in black who were charging towards the hillside were instantly exposed to the sight of Liu Cheng and others.
Liu Cheng immediately shot an arrow and shouted at the same time: "Fire the arrow!"
"Swish, swish, swish" arrows kept shooting at the people in black who were rushing up.
People in black were shot down and rolled down the hillside.
It was not that Liu Cheng had never thought about leading his guards on horseback to rush down to the high ground to break out, but it was nighttime and he knew nothing about the situation below the high ground.
He could not guarantee whether the enemy would be below the high ground.
Set up traps and ambush.
If there are really traps and ambush, breaking out can only be a trap, so he can only lead his guards to guard the high ground and wait for dawn.
After paying more than 20 casualties, the assassins finally rushed to the high ground.
Liu Cheng dropped his long bow and stood up, shouting loudly: "Fight and kill."
The "killing" guards abandoned their longbows, drew their sabers, and formed a special triangular formation as quickly as possible.
This triangular formation consisted of three parts, occupying three corners respectively, and each part was composed of five people. , there are two spearmen at the front, two swordmen at the back, and an archer is protected in the middle.
When the assassins came up, the two spearmen in front immediately went over and stabbed with their spears to keep the distance between them and the assassins.
The assassins obviously also understood that the distance was too long to hurt these personal guards.
They are all long swords, not long enough, so they can only take the risk of getting close and slashing.
At this time, the spearmen used their spears to hold the assassins' swords.
The swordsmen behind them immediately rushed forward to chop and stab the assassins.
Archers kept firing arrows.
Each assassin was not hacked or stabbed to death.
They were shot to death by archers, and the assassins suffered heavy losses from the combined attacks of the guards.
More than a hundred assassins rushed up, but more than twenty were killed in a very short period of time.
Liu Cheng was like a wolf among sheep.
He kept slashing with his sword, and every time he struck, he was like a wolf among sheep.
Going down will inevitably take a life.
His attack speed was too fast for those assassins to parry and resist.
Coupled with the sharpness of the sword that cut through gold and iron, none of the assassins hit by him had a complete body.
When the last sword flashed, a circle of black-clothed assassins besieging Liu Cheng all fell in a pool of blood.
At this time, Liu Cheng's body was all stained red with blood, and his original white cloak had turned red.
No more assassins in black rushed up from the bottom of the high ground.
Liu Cheng and his guards got a chance to breathe.
He ordered one of his guards to light a torch again and throw it down to the high ground.
The torch rotated in the air and then fell downwards.
Under the light of the fire, the scene below the high ground was exposed to Liu Cheng and others.
No assassin in black was found, but Liu Cheng did not dare to take it lightly.
After waiting for a long half an hour, he arranged a warning and let others clean the battlefield.
Seeing that there was no threat, Xun Yu came out of the tent and asked, "My lord, who are these?"
Liu Cheng was squatting next to the corpse of an assassin in black.
He held up a torch and pulled down the mask of the corpse, revealing an unfamiliar face.
After checking more than a dozen assassin corpses, Liu Cheng stood up and said: "For now I don’t know the identity of these people.
They have the shadow of the army and the aura of the Jianghu.
I guess they should be a group of dead soldiers."
After Liu Cheng finished speaking, he moved his feet and picked up an arrow.
He caught it with his hand, looked at it and handed it to Xun Yu, "Look, this is the imperial court's standard arrow."
At this time, a guard fetched a bow from below the high ground and handed it to Liu Cheng, saying: "General, I picked up a bow from below.
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This should be a bow made by the imperial general, and the craftsman's name is engraved on it."
Name, year of manufacture” Liu Cheng took the long bow and looked at it.
He saw a line of words engraved on the back of the long bow.
This bow was made in March of the fifth year of the middle age.
The craftsman who made it was named Wu Kan.
Liu Cheng handed the bow to Xun Yu to see. .
Xun Yu took the bow and looked at it, frowning and said: "Most of the things made last year for the generals were equipped with the Northern Army and the Border Army.
The Yulin Army and the Huben Army of the Southern Army had no share.
Only a few were supplied to the local county soldiers.
These bows and arrows But it appeared in the hands of a group of black-clad assassins, which is intriguing.
It's weird.
Now that the imperial court has moved its capital to Chang'an, a large number of documents in various government offices must have been destroyed because they could not be carried.
I am afraid that the allocation registration book for bows and arrows will also be destroyed.
I want to find out this through the allocation registration book.
I’m afraid it will be a little difficult to get rid of the bows and arrows.”
The border troops mentioned here refer to the border garrison commanded by people such as Hu Wuwan Xiaowei, Hu Qiang Xiaowei, Hu Xiongnu Zhonglang Jiang, Nanman Xiaowei, etc.
Liu Cheng asked: "Who does Wen Ruo think these assassins might be sent by?"
Xun Yu stroked his sparse beard and said: "It can't be someone sent by Dong Zhuo.
He will not be stupid enough to send someone to assassinate the lord at this time.
He also needs to join forces with the lord to fight against the princes of Guandong.
Dong Zhuo sent someone to contact the lord to fight against Guandong together."
It has only been a few days since the incident involving the princes, and the news should not have reached the ears of the princes of Guandong yet.
Even if they got the news, it would be impossible for them to send assassins to assassinate the lord in such a short period of time.
The timing would not match up, and they were busy meeting alliances now.
It was impossible for any princes to make such arrangements in advance.
It may be a wealthy family or a high-ranking official of the imperial court.
It is not difficult to obtain these bows and arrows with their methods."
"Why do the noble family or the court ministers want to kill me?"
This point puzzled Liu Cheng, but he had to admit that Xun Yu's analysis was very reasonable.
He did not have much hatred against the Guandong princes.
At most, he only had some unpleasant troubles with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, but this was not the case.
It's worth sending dead soldiers to assassinate him.
If the princes sent dead soldiers to assassinate him because of his possible alliance with Dong Zhuo, it seems that the time is not right.
It is impossible for the Kanto princes to get the news so quickly and send dead soldiers. assassin.
It is impossible for Dong Zhuo to send someone to kill the only person who might join forces with him at such a critical moment.
He is not that confused yet, so the only possibility can only be a noble family or a court minister.
Xun Yu answered Liu Cheng's doubts with his own speculation: "My subordinates thought that the court or some aristocratic family thought that if the lord joined forces with Dong Zhuo, it would be detrimental to the Guandong alliance against Dong Zhuo, so they sent dead soldiers, most likely from the court.
A certain minister, and this person is also a representative of a noble family, and has deep connections with the princes of Guandong."
Liu Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then a name appeared in his mind, "Yuan Family"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out, and it is very likely.
As far as my subordinates know, the Yuan family is still in Luoyang.
They were also the first to get the news that Dong Zhuo would send someone to contact the master to deal with the Kwantung princes.
With the Yuan family's With connections and power, it’s so easy to get these bows and arrows.
Think about it, my lord.
Among the Dong princes, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are direct descendants of the Yuan family, and there are several disciples of the Yuan family.
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The other princes are more or less inextricably linked to the Yuan family.
Their subordinates even suspect that the Guandong princes unite I am afraid that the Yuan family secretly planned and promoted the challenge against Dong.
Yuan Wei has the city, strategy and ability."
Liu Cheng slapped his forehead and said: "When you said that, I remembered that before I led the army to leave Luoyang, I received top-secret news that some of the local governors appointed by Dong Zhuo were actually members of the Yuan family.
These The Yuan family arranged for Dong Zhuo to take office through He Yong, Wu Qiong and Zhou Ao."
Xun Yu nodded and said: "Then there should be no mistake.
These dead soldiers are most likely sent by the Yuan family."
"Yuan family" Liu Cheng sneered, "Hey, others are afraid of his Yuan family.
Even Dong Zhuo doesn't dare to fall out with the Yuan family easily, but I, Liu Cheng, am not afraid.
When we get to Luoyang, I, the general, will definitely settle accounts with the Yuan family."
Xun Yu thought for a while and held up his hands and said: "My lord, if you want to make the Yuan family pay the price, you don't have to do it yourself.
Being a villain should be done by Dong Zhuo.
Anyway, he has too many lice and is not afraid of being bitten."
When Liu Cheng heard this, he immediately smiled: "Wen Ruo's idea is good, and I won my heart.
If someone catches a knife and kills someone for me, the general will naturally be very happy."
That night, Liu Cheng, Xunyu and others did not dare to sleep too much.
In order to prevent the assassins from coming back, Liu Cheng divided the soldiers into three shifts to take turns on guard, and also arranged several hidden sentries.
At dawn, Liu Chengzheng was drowsily asleep when he was woken up by a guard, "General, General, there is a situation."
Liu Cheng woke up instantly.
He instinctively grabbed the sword and asked, "What's the situation?"
"There are no less than two hundred cavalry approaching here.
Although they are very careful, they were still noticed by the villain using the art of hearing."
This personal guard is called Liao Zheng.
This man has a strange ability.
His hearing is extremely sensitive and he is born with the ability to hear many different small sounds in nature.
Even if the sounds come from far away, as long as the volume reaches a certain level, It can be heard and distinguished by him.
No one would have thought that they would be attacked here before, so Liao Zheng did not focus on monitoring the surrounding environment.
After this night attack, Liu Cheng sent him as a secret sentry to guard the area, which made his This talent worked.
Liu Cheng immediately asked: "How far is it from here?"
Liao Zhengdao: "It won't be more than one mile.
Their movements are very slow and gentle, for fear of alarming us."
Liu Cheng immediately ordered: "Go and wake up the others and gather quickly to prepare for battle."
"promise" Liu Cheng then arranged for two guards to go to the bottom of the high ground and on the hillside as quickly as possible to set up two tripping ropes.
This was the only way he could think of to block the attack at the moment, and quickly led the assembled guards to prepare for the attack.
Preparations for counterattack.
After a cup of tea, the ground suddenly shook, and the rumble of horse hoofs came very quickly.
After only a few breaths, these cavalry rushed to the bottom of the high ground and rushed up to the high ground, but they They ran into the first stumbling rope in the darkness, and all the thirty or forty horsemen in the front were overturned by the fallen horses.
After losing thirty or forty cavalry, these black cavalry also destroyed the function of a stumbling rope.
The black knights behind them continued to rush towards the high ground without slowing down, but they soon hit the second mountain on the hillside.
The horse ropes were tripped, and another thirty or forty riders were overturned to the ground.
Some were trampled to death by the horses behind them, and some fell to the ground and rolled down.
"torch" Following Liu Cheng's loud shout, a torch was lit and thrown out.
The torch illuminated the hillside and beneath the high sand, and accurately landed on a pile of dry firewood.
The dry firewood soaked with lamp oil burned in the blink of an eye.
Let all the charging black knights be exposed to the sight of Liu Cheng and others on the high ground
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