Erzhu Xianzhong was sitting in the big tent in the middle of the military camp, his hand pressed on the hilt of his sword, motionless.
The generals on the left and right stood upright, no one spoke, and it was so quiet that you could hear breathing.
The news of Zhao Ziliang's assassination has spread to the guards.
The death of the two princesses made all the generals understand that this matter is serious.
Since the founding of the Western Qin Dynasty, such a serious assassination incident has never happened.
Maybe there will be countless more.
If anyone suffers from this incident, at least the accompanying generals of the escort army cannot escape the blame.
A single accusation of unfavorable escort is enough to make a general with outstanding military achievements have his head thrown down.
After a long silence, Er Zhu Xianzhong said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to think about it any more.
Our duty is to be responsible for the integrity of the surroundings.
Please cheer up and we can't have any more problems."
All the generals and commanders agreed in unison: "Yes" At this time, a dazzling light flashed outside the big tent, followed by a loud explosion of fireworks from the nearby sky.
Soon a small school ran into the big tent and clasped his fists at Er Zhu Xianzhong and said: "General Qi, lurk The secret sentry on the top of the first peak sent a signal that the enemy was incoming."
Erzhu Xianzhong stood up suddenly and said coldly: "As expected by the Holy King, we still have guests and generals who will obey the order and return to their original positions to take their own responsibilities.
Do not attack without permission without orders.
Stay close to the camp and wait for orders."
All the generals clasped their fists together and agreed; "obey the order" No matter how powerful the army is, if it encounters an enemy attack at night, it cannot attack casually without knowing the specific situation of the enemy.
Even the light cavalry of the nomads will not dare to attack the enemy casually when they are raided at night.
They are afraid of falling into the trap set by the enemy, because the night is the best cover for the enemy in darkness.
They can make any deployment under the protection of the night without worrying about being discovered.
The ground began to shake.
Not only all the guards and soldiers in the outer military camp felt it, but also Zhao Ziliang and the accompanying officials and generals in the lobby of the post station.
Zhao Ziliang's face was silent, with no expression visible, but the more he looked like this, the more frightened the ministers and generals became.
"Li Zongwen, who do you think is the mastermind behind this matter?"
Zhao Ziliang's words made Li Zongwen's heart suddenly rise to his throat.
He couldn't help but be afraid.
Du Zongwu was his younger brother.
His younger brother was directly responsible for the Holy King's personal security guard, but due to negligence, a large number of assassins were hiding under the Holy King's nose.
He carried out an assassination and also caused the death of two princesses and more than a dozen maids.
This disaster was shocking.
He didn't know whether Zhao Ziliang meant what he said was just a normal inquiry or if he had something else to say.
Du Zongwen immediately knelt on the ground and said with fear: "Chen Wan died.
There was no warning before this happened, and no useful clues have been found until now.
I am afraid that all the postmen at the post station are fake.
It is possible that the real postmen are All of them have been killed, possibly even the owner and other staff of the inn next door.
It was an assassin in disguise.
Hearing the shaking on the ground, Wei Chen guessed that a large number of cavalry was coming.
After years of bandit suppression and regulation, there were no large groups of horse bandits on this road.
So many cavalry were needed behind the scenes.
The power of the mastermind must be considerable, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can arrange this situation."
"Not bad."
Li Muchen stood up and said to Zhao Ziliang, "Holy King, judging from the current situation, this is a carefully arranged killing situation.
The assassins may have come here long ago to kill Yi Cheng and all the others.
The postman and the boss of the inn next door, and then Momodai Li Jian lurked.
What does this mean that the mastermind behind the scenes has long known that the Holy King is coming here, here They set up this trap to wait for our arrival.
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They first lurked in the hidden basement of the inn, avoiding the inspection of the Dragon Guard soldiers.
Just now, Wei Chen also went to see the secret door in the utility room and the basement.
The secret door was indeed well made.
It's extremely hidden, it's an agency setup.
If you don't specifically search for agency traps, you really can't find it.
This can't be entirely blamed on the soldiers for not trying their best."
"The assassins attempted to assassinate the Holy King, so they used a large amount of smoke to confuse the Dragon Guard soldiers guarding them, and then assassinated the Holy King.
However, they underestimated the loyalty and bravery of the Dragon Guard soldiers, and also high Overestimating the effect of the smoke caused the assassination to fail."
"The two princesses you thought were alone were killed in this incident.
Their actions can be regarded as a failure."
Zhao Ziliang's voice made Li Muchen shudder.
Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He quickly apologized: "I will die, I will die."
Zhao Ziliang stared at Li Muchen for a long time before saying, "Keep talking."
"Yes, yes" Li Muchen agreed, raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and continued: "The inn next door is next door.
It is not difficult for those fake postmen to know that the assassination failed, so they rushed to hijack Du Zongwu when he was waiting for someone to pass by.
All the businessmen and travelers staying in the hotel shot loud arrows as a signal to the outside.
This signal must be to notify the soldiers and horses outside to take action.
Since the assassination inside failed, they can only use External soldiers and horses attack forcefully.
In the dark, they hide in the dark and have a great advantage.
Now that we are in the light and the enemy is in the dark, our army cannot attack at will.
Even if we attack, we may not be able to find the enemy.
Therefore, Weichen suggests that for the time being.
We should use all our strength to deal with the invading enemy until dawn, when the enemy will be unable to escape.
With the bravery of the escort soldiers and General Erzhu, there is no need to worry, we can fight and leave by then."
Zhao Ziliang listened to Li Muchen's words for a long time without saying a word, and asked: "How is the situation at the inn?
Are the hostages still in their hands?"
Gu Qianzhi stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Yes, because the Holy King wants to stay alive, the soldiers are somewhat afraid of rats."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said immediately: "No matter how many there are, these people are basically dead soldiers.
I'm afraid most of the assassins don't know the mastermind behind the scenes.
The others can live or die, leaving the leader and the others behind."
Two or three assassins will be enough.
Those assassins thought they could get Gu to surrender with the lives of a few businessmen and travelers.
Are they too naive?
Gu Qianzhi sent someone to tell Du Zongwu what Gu said."
"yes" Zhao Ziliang looked at the several repeating crossbows placed on the table in front of him, his expression terrifyingly gloomy.
This kind of big killer weapon is only equipped by the army, and only a few special armies are equipped, because the technology related to making repeating crossbows has long been lost.
Zhao Ziliang specially instructed the craftsmen to make this thing, and it took a lot of time.
It was developed at a time.
Zhao Ziliang picked up a repeating crossbow and looked at it, then looked up at the generals present, and his eyes fell on one person: "Liang Zhenwu, you are the deputy general of the Dragon Guard Army.
With your military rank, you should know a lot of secrets.
Please tell me, How many armies are equipped with this type of serial crossbow in our Western Qin State, and which armies are they equipped with?"
Liang Zhenwu stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, repeating crossbows of this style are divided into two types, small and large, and the one in your Majesty's hand is the large one.
The small type is equipped with special operations teams in the army.
Because it is small in size but requires high lethality and is easy to carry and disassemble, it is currently equipped with small There are only three armies with the number of repeated crossbows: the Tiger Tooth Army's Roaring Team, the Wolf Tooth Army's Blood Moon Team, and the Dragon Tooth Army's Dragon Kiss Team.
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The large-type continuous crossbows have a long range and high power.
Although the rate of fire is slightly slower, it can be concentrated.
It is especially suitable for large-area blocking.
Currently, there are slightly more military branches equipped with large-type repeating crossbows.
The Guards, Guards, Guards and other legions almost all have some equipment, but the number varies, ranging from 500 to 100.
The internal mechanical parts of this continuous crossbow are particularly troublesome to manufacture. and expensive, so it is impossible to equip a large area.
A legion can equip 500 units, which is already a maximum.
Damn it, and any army equipped with such weapons has detailed records in the Military Academy.
Our Dragon Guard is equipped with 200 weapons.
Among the 500 people accompanying us this time, there are 100 weapons.
Wei Chen has already.
I led people to conduct an inventory, and found that there were many items out of a hundred.
The repeating crossbows used by the assassins are not from our Dragon Guard Army."
Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "I have this thing in my hand, but it killed more than thirty people by this thing.
You are really good enough.
The assassins used repeating crossbows to block them.
Don't you know how to use repeating crossbows to counterattack?"
It’s all pig brains” "I am aware of my guilt."
Liang Zhenwu was so ashamed that he was scolded, but he still said: "The situation was critical at that time.
I and others were worried about the safety of Your Majesty and Your Majesty.
The soldiers were also confused and forgot to use their repeating crossbows to counterattack the enemy for a while.
Your Majesty, can you show me the repeating crossbow?"
Zhao Ziliang handed the Lian Nu to the eunuch next to him.
The eunuch took it and immediately walked over and handed it to Liang Zhenwu.
He took the Lian Nu and looked at it carefully under the bright lights, and then said to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, I want to give it a try."
Please allow Your Majesty to approve the power of this repeating crossbow."
Zhao Ziliang waved to an eunuch: "Give him an arrow."
A crossbow arrow was pressed close to the arrow loop.
Liang Zhenwu pointed the repeating crossbow at a nearby pillar and pressed down the weapon.
With a "snatch" sound, the crossbow arrow was nailed to the pillar.
He walked over to take a look, and then used Extremely fast techniques to dismantle the repeating crossbow into He picked up a pile of parts and looked at them one by one.
Finally, he stood up and clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said, "Your Majesty, this repeating crossbow was not produced by our Western Qin, or it was not produced by our Western Qin Weapon Supervisor.
It was copied privately by someone.
Your Majesty can It can be seen that there is no mark or signature on the integral crossbow of the Liannu.
According to the laws of our Western Qin Dynasty, when any craftsman completes a work, he must indicate on the work who made it and the year and month of manufacture.
There are no markings on these repeating crossbows, and the workmanship of these parts is rough, especially the internal parts, which completely fail to meet the requirements of our repeating crossbows made in Western Qin, so its range and power are at least half smaller."
Liang Zhenwu's words made Zhao Ziliang and other ministers and generals understand that it was in vain to find clues from the crossbows left by these assassins
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