Chapter 160 Attacked
"The Yellow River and Haihe River flow through Yangwu County. Yangwu County has abundant water systems and its grain output ranks among the top counties in Kaifeng Prefecture. There is Bolangsha in the east of the city, which was left in the late Qin Dynasty. It was here that Hou assassinated the First Emperor, making this place famous throughout the ages. "
On the carriage, Wang Anshi introduced the customs, customs and interesting humanities of Yangwu County to Zhao Xing.
There was a bit of regret in the words, as if it was a pity that Zhang Liang failed to assassinate the First Emperor.
"Jiefu seems to feel pity that Liuhou failed to assassinate him?" Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"I just admire Liuhou, it's not a pity. If Liuhou succeeded at that time, it would not be a good thing." Wang Anshi shook his head slightly.
If Zhang Liang's assassination had been successful, the world would have been in chaos for many years, and the world's structure would have been different.
Zhao Xing smiled slightly and said nothing. It has a history of more than a thousand years, and there is nothing to comment on.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped.
Zhao Xing frowned slightly. According to the distance, it should be an hour or two before reaching Yangwu County.
"Your Highness, the carriage in front of the caravan transporting goods has a broken axle and is blocking the road. I have sent people to urge them to move the carriage to the side of the road. They need to wait for a while." Gu Tingye came to the carriage and said.
"Well, I know it. Let the soldiers have a rest." Zhao Xing didn't care when he heard this.
"Yes!"
Gu Tingye responded and arranged for the soldiers to take turns to drink water and rest.
“咻~”
At this moment, bursts of piercing sounds suddenly came from both sides of the road.
When Gu Tingye heard this voice, he was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and he shouted: "No, protect His Highness!"
He has practiced martial arts since he was a child and has been in the army for several years. Naturally, you can tell that this is the sound made by the arrow after it leaves the string.
It was too late, but it was too soon. Although Gu Tingye reminded him, before the soldiers could react, the arrow had already hit the carriage.
“Kill!”
The caravan blocking the road ahead, with more than a hundred coachmen and guards, drew their weapons and attacked the unprepared Forbidden Army.
Gu Tingye waved his spear and knocked away a few arrows. When he saw that the carriage was covered with arrows, his eyes were about to burst.
The arrows stuck in the carriage were not bad. The carriage carriage Zhao Xing was riding in was made of high-quality red sandalwood, and the arrows could not penetrate it.
But car windows cannot block arrows. If Zhao Xing is evil, Gu Tingye can't even imagine the consequences.
Before Gu Tingye had time to check on Zhao Xing's safety, there was another sudden sound.
"Quickly, surround the carriage!" Gu Tingye shouted.
The accompanying guards were all the best among the best, and they had already reacted in the gap between the two waves of arrows.
Hearing this, he directly used his flesh and blood to block the surroundings of the carriage.
“Ding…ding…”
“Pfft…”
"Ah..."
A rain of arrows fell, and some hit the armor of the guards. Many guards were injured and screamed.
Some fell on the carriage.
The carriage is tall, and the height of the guard is not enough to completely block the carriage.
"Sheng Changwu, Zhang Feng, take people to deal with the archers on both sides." Gu Tingye shouted.
There are plains around here, and wheat is grown in the fields on both sides of the road.
The arrows were shot from the fields on both sides.
After hearing this, Sheng Changwu and Zhang Feng quickly led their men and rushed into the fields on both sides, one on the left and the other on the right, heading straight for the archers.
Gu Tingye ran to the carriage and opened the curtain to check on Zhao Xing.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
Gu Tingye breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the situation inside the carriage.
Zhao Xing climbed up with the help of Sanshui in a bit of embarrassment.
"What's going on?" Zhao Xing looked at the arrows in the carriage and said with an ugly expression.
It would have been really dangerous if Sanshui hadn't reacted quickly after hearing Gu Tingye's drink and knocked him down.
"Back to Your Highness, that caravan is disguised as an assassin, and there are many archers ambushing in the farmland on both sides of the road." Gu Tingye said.
"Do you think Gu is a fool? Didn't Gu know that he met an assassin? What Gu asked was who sent the assassin!" Zhao Xing said angrily.
After being assassinated and almost losing his life, one can imagine Zhao Xing's annoyance.
"Your Highness, the assassin has not been eliminated at this time, and the identity of the assassin is not yet known." Gu Tingye replied.
"Then what are you doing here?" Zhao Xing said coldly: "If you tell me, you must be left alive. I just want to see who is so bold."
"Yes. !" Gu Tingye bowed and turned away.
"Huh..."
Zhao Xing took a breath, calmed down, looked at Wang Anshi in the corner, and asked, "Is Jiefu okay?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, sir. No problem."
Wang Anshi was lucky. He was sitting at an angle opposite Zhao Xing. There were no windows on either side. The arrow did not penetrate him, but he was just a little frightened.
"Jiefu, do you think the assassin was sent by the magistrate of Yangwu County?" Zhao Xing asked.
After learning of the assassination, his first suspicion was the magistrate of Yangwu County. After all, not long ago, the magistrate of Yangwu County asked him to report to the magistrate of Yangwu County, and now he came to Yangwu again.
It is not impossible for the Yangwu County Magistrate to do something crazy if he learns the news.
Wang Anshi pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Your Highness, I think this possibility is very slim. Even if the Yangwu County Magistrate knew that Your Highness came to Yangwu County to ask for a crime, he would not have the guts to assassinate His Highness. After all, His Highness may not necessarily ask him for a crime. He will die, but whether he succeeds in assassinating His Royal Highness, he will die. Even if he is not responsible for it, if His Highness is assassinated in Yangwu County, he will be punished by death."
Zhao Xing did not speak when he heard this. I think what Wang Anshi said makes sense.
He is the only son of an official family. If he is assassinated, no matter what happens, the official family will go crazy.
Even if he has nothing to do with the Yangwu County Magistrate, he will still be implicated.
Could it be that the landowners and squires sent people to assassinate him because he was inspecting the land and gave him a warning?
Zhao Xing shook his head, thinking it was unlikely.
When the prince is assassinated, the official family will be furious. Unless no trace is left, they will definitely be found out.
"Your Highness, as the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later. Although being assassinated is a bad thing, it can be turned into a good thing." Wang Anshi said.
Zhao Xing thought for a while and said, "What does Jiefu mean by borrowing the topic?"
"That's right!" Wang Anshi nodded, with a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes, and said, "Qingliang There are many obstacles in the land, and even if you follow His Highness's plan, there will still be various obstacles. If you tell the outside world that the assassin is sent by the landlord squire, these obstacles will disappear."
"But just saying it will not be convincing. There needs to be some convincing evidence," Zhao Xing said.
He understood what Wang Anshi meant after a little thought.
Those landlords and squires dared to send assassins to prevent the land from being measured, which shows that there is a big problem.
Anyone who dares to stop the land survey seems to have ulterior motives.
"Your Highness must not forget the purpose of coming to Yangwu County." Wang Anshi reminded.
"The purpose of coming to Yangwu County is..."
Zhao Xing stopped here and glanced at Wang Anshi in surprise.
The purpose of his coming to Yangwu was to personally lead people to measure the acres, then win the county magistrate of Yangwu County, and then support Shi Jingbo to the throne.
Although you can send someone to do this, Wang Anshi is a good candidate.
However, Zhao Xing came in person anyway, just to express his attitude.
Wang Anshi's intention was very simple, that is, to frame this matter on the magistrate of Yangwu County and the local landlords and squires.
"This also has the advantage of allowing those who actually sent the assassins to relax their vigilance, making it easier to find the real culprit." Wang Anshi said.
Zhao Xing was noncommittal upon hearing this and did not rush to express his position.
It's not that he is soft-hearted, but that he wants to wait for news from Gu Tingye and the others.
Seeing this, Wang Anshi guessed a little bit and did not say anything further.
"Your Highness!"
After about a stick of incense, the voices of Gu Tingye and Cao Qin rang outside the car.
When Zhao Xing left the city this time, Cao Qin was in charge and Gu Tingye was his deputy, leading the troops to protect him.
Hearing the report from the scouts, he learned that there was a caravan blocking the road ahead. Cao Qin personally led people to investigate just in case.
"Have the assassins been eliminated?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Go back to Your Highness, it has been solved!" Cao Qin replied.
Hearing this, Zhao Xing got off the carriage and frowned when he saw the scene outside.
"How many soldiers died?"
In the carriage before, he heard Gu Tingye asking the soldiers to protect the carriage with their bodies.
Although the outside has been cleaned up now, there are still blood stains on the ground around the carriage.
"Back to your highness, a total of one hundred and fifty-one people died." Cao Qin lowered his head and did not dare to look at Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing was filled with anger and wanted to curse, but he couldn't get angry.
After all, many of the dead soldiers died to protect him. If he cursed, it would also be a blasphemy against the dead soldiers.
"It was my negligence that led to such heavy casualties. Please punish me, Your Highness!" Cao Qin knelt down on one knee.
This matter was indeed caused by his negligence. He felt that there could be no danger near Bianjing.
Even though he learned that there was a caravan in front of him with a broken axle and blocking the road, he felt something was wrong and took people to check it out personally.
But he did not check carefully and was attacked by a sneak attack, otherwise so many people would not have died.
Seeing this, Gu Tingye also knelt down.
Zhao Xing looked at the two of them and said coldly, "Even if I kill you, will the dead soldiers come back to life? Have you figured out the identity of the assassin?"
"I am incompetent, and the assassin is incompetent. His identity has not yet been determined!" The two lowered their heads upon hearing this.
"Bastard, there are so many assassins, are there not even one alive left?" Zhao Xing angrily kicked Cao Qin to the ground.
After being kicked down, Cao Qin quickly got up and knelt in front of Zhao Xing again.
"Your Highness, it's not that there are no survivors, it's that these people are all dead soldiers. Except for a few people, the rest of them have their tongues cut out and can't speak. And those few who can speak have committed suicide when they saw that the situation was wrong." Gu Tingye said quickly.
“He’s actually a dead soldier?” Upon hearing this, Zhao Xing felt more and more that this matter was not simple.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world was at war, and nobles, nobles, and ministers liked to recruit retainers. These were the earliest dead soldiers.
The first term refers to the dead scholar who is a confidant.
(End of this chapter)