From eunuch to emperor

Three horses set off from Zhenguo Temple, one carried the letter of war, and two carried the banner of the Long Family Army, and galloped to the outside of Yangcheng.

More than 30 troops were stationed outside the city, and the barracks surrounded Yangcheng.

The slanting sun was sinking to the west, and the military flag of Xixia looked like a wilted leaf, hanging down listlessly.

When the three horses rushed over, the Xixia army was slightly disturbed.

Although only three horses came, the big banner with the word "dragon" made them terrified.

Hundreds of thousands of troops seemed to have woken up suddenly, and slowly got up. Soldiers came out of the tents one after another, picked up swords and guns, and some hurriedly put on their armor, all listless.

The scorching sun during the day was too strong, and the barracks were very simple, covered only by simple tents.

After a day of exposure to the sun, the soldiers were not energetic at all.

The battle drums in Yangcheng sounded, the gate opened, and more than 100 elite cavalry rushed out of the city and arrived in front of the messenger.

"Do you want to take Yangcheng with three people!"

A Xi Xia captain sneered and mocked.

The messenger took the bamboo tube from his body and threw it to the captain, he laughed and said, "Of course the three of us can't break through. Two days later, King Wu will personally lead an army of 20 to fight!"

"When you wash your neck, you will kill me!"

The captain took the bamboo tube, only then did he know that the messenger had come to set off.

"Two days later?"

The captain asked suspiciously, he didn't believe the messenger's words, because Long Chen was scheming and his words were not credible.

It is agreed that a decisive battle will be fought two days later, maybe there will be a surprise attack tonight.

"Hmph, are you afraid? Surrender early, and you can save your life."

The messenger sneered.

Lieutenant Xixia was furious, and cursed: "Mice, don't kill the envoys when the two countries fight, or your head will fall to the ground today."

The messenger laughed loudly and said: "Let you be arrogant for two more days, and let you eat for two more days. After two days, I will take your head!"

After speaking, the messenger turned to leave.

At this moment, the messenger suddenly asked: "A question, is your son a bastard?"

The school captain was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "How dare you, a dog thief!"

Coincidentally, the wife of Captain Xixia had also been to Zhaoti Temple, and he was wondering if his son was a wild species.

The messenger's question completely angered the captain.

The school lieutenant came to fight with a long gun, and the three messengers immediately rode their horses to the east, and the school lieutenant led more than 100 people in hot pursuit.

"This guy is completely irritated."

The messenger laughed.

These three were not ordinary Long family soldiers, but Nilin soldiers wearing ordinary armor and pretending to be ordinary Long family soldiers.

"Don't worry, bring it out a little more."

The three horses galloped wildly, and the captain cursed and chased after them.

Seeing that there was a distance away from the army, the messenger secretly picked up the bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at the captain.

At the sound of the bowstring, the captain should fall off the horse.

The cavalry who followed were taken aback, but before they could react, two more arrows fell off their horses.

"Stop chasing, that's the Nilin Army."

Finally someone came to his senses and realized that something was wrong, so he stopped immediately and watched the messenger leave.

"Your sons are all bastards, bastards!"

The messenger left behind a few taunts, and rode away ostentatiously.

The lieutenant was shot in the middle by an arrow, and he was already dying. They laid the body on their horses and walked back slowly.

In the Yangcheng prefect's mansion, Shi Le was talking to Kong Ji.

Long Chen guessed right, after Monk Kongji was assassinated that night, he did not flee to Xingqing City, but turned back to Yangcheng.

"Who does the national teacher think that person is?"

Shi Le asked with a sullen expression.

Kong Ji was intercepted halfway, Xingqing City couldn't go back, and Wangcheng didn't have a master to control the formation, Shi Le felt very uneasy.

The queen, favorite concubine, prince, and princess are all in the royal city, if Long Chen took the opportunity to sneak in with a small group of elite troops, the consequences would be disastrous.

This matter is not impossible, last time Long Chen led five hundred cavalry to sweep across the hinterland of Xixia, walking Shi Le's hundreds of thousands of troops like dogs.

"That man claimed to be the killer sent by Long Chengen, but the poor monk thought it was impossible."

Monk Kong Ji still didn't believe that the assassin was sent by Long Chen.

Shi Le asked: "Why is the national teacher so determined?"

Monk Kongji said: "Because Long Chengen didn't kill innocent people, they burned everyone in the inn to death, regardless of age."

Actually, Monk Kong Ji had another idea: if Long Chen really planned to kill him, he would do it very carefully, even if he couldn't kill him, he could seriously injure him.

But this time, the assassination was too good. Although Monk Kongji was in a mess, he was able to retreat.

Shi Le was very upset when he heard Kong Ji say this.

This is tantamount to boasting that Longchen loves the people like a son.

At this moment, war drums sounded from the top of the city, and the eunuch Ma Fang rushed in. Shi Le immediately asked, "What's going on? Long Chengen's sneak attack?"

Ma Fang shook her head and said, "No, only three horses came, they should be messengers."

It is impossible to send only three people to attack the city, so Ma Fang decided that it was not an attack.

Shi Le didn't dare to be careless, and said: "Prepare for the battle, Long Cheng'en is full of tricks, if this is a cover-up, and the army advances later, we will be caught off guard."

Monk Kongji immediately followed Shi Le out of the prefect's mansion and arrived at the east gate.

When they reached the top of the city, the chasing cavalry just returned.

The cavalry returned to the city with several corpses on their backs, and the captain who led the troops was shot dead, already dead.

"what happened?"

Cavalry General Sha Wenchen asked sharply.

The cavalry replied in a low voice: "The messenger of the Long family army came to fight, we chased and killed them, but..."

Sha Wenchen asked: "Afternoon is afternoon, why are you hunting down?"

The cavalry replied: "That guy insulted Li Xiaowei's son, saying that Li Xiaowei's son is a bastard. Li Xiaowei was so angry that he led his troops to chase him down. Who knew that the three messengers were Nilin Army..."

Hearing this, the cavalry general Sha Wenchen immediately shut up.

The matter of the Qiuzi Hall in Zhaoti Temple is not allowed to be discussed, and Shi Le and Kong Ji are both here, so he dare not say more.

Shi Le and Kong Ji both had ugly faces when they heard this.

Sha Wenchen immediately changed the subject and asked, "Where's the gauntlet!"

The cavalry presented the bamboo tube, Sha Wenchen took it, and passed it on to Shi Le.

Shi Le opened the bamboo tube and took out the gauntlet inside, which contained a simple sentence.

"Hmph! Arrogance! This king has an army of 50, and he only has a few soldiers!"

"Order the three armies to fight Long Chengen two days later!"

Shi Le threw the letter of war to the cavalry general Sha Wenchen, and returned to the prefect's mansion angrily.

Sha Wenchen took the war book and read it, and said to Monk Kong Ji: "Master, look at this..."

After reading the letter of war, Kong Ji said: "Long Chengen wants to fight decisively, so let's fight decisively. Our troops have the advantage and the fortifications are strong enough. The advantage lies with me!"

Sha Wenchen had something in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, so he had to immediately send an order to the three armies to prepare for a decisive battle immediately.

When the soldiers of the three armies heard that a decisive battle would take place two days later, the barracks immediately exploded.

Anyone who has fought against the Long family army knows how terrifying Long Chen is, they are timid to fight.

Coupled with the matter of begging for a son in Zhaoti Temple, the people in the army were very dissatisfied with Shi Le.

Feng He has been active in the Yangcheng military camp for the past two days, spreading opinions against Shi Le everywhere, saying that Shi Le and Kongji are in cahoots, intending to use the monk's seed to change Xixia.

What's more, it is said that Shi Le and Kong Ji personally went to the Qiuzi Hall to rape their wives and daughters.

Such a king is not worth fighting for.