Volume 10 Chapter 229
Chapter 229
The fact that Qi Heng, who was not afraid of death, could show a horrified expression shows how powerful Guo Jue's words were. Scholars do not have the military strength of generals to fight the enemy, but when it comes to plotting and scheming, I am afraid that ten Qi Hengs are not as good as one Guo Jue.
Guo Jue looked at Qi Heng, who had an ugly face and cold sweat, and his facial muscles slowly tightened. He said in a deep voice: "General, the reason I gave you this idea is not to harm you, but to really help you get the position of cavalry corps commander. In fact, this is to help the general, and even more to help Mo Ren, so that I can occupy a place in the court of Fengguo, a country with many talents!"
So that's it! Qi Heng wiped the sweat from his forehead, raised his head, met Guo Jue's eyes, stared at him for a long time, and said with a determined heart and gritted his teeth: "Mr. is right, wealth and honor are sought in danger. I have made up my mind, and I will do it according to your method!"
"Okay, with the general's words, I feel relieved!" Guo Jue finally smiled.
Since the court meeting that day, Qi Heng has become a frequent visitor to the palace, and he would come here once or twice every day. Now the palace is being renovated, and there are many more people entering and leaving the palace than usual, so no one will pay special attention to Qi Heng.
The renovation of the palace was that Tang Yin vacated the East Courtyard and the North Courtyard of the palace and established two institutions, one is the Councillor Hall, and the other is the Military and Political Hall.
The Councillor Hall was mainly designed for Shangguan Yuanji and the civil servants directly under the right prime minister. Usually, Shangguan Yuanji and his subordinates can work and discuss matters together in the Councillor Hall and handle government affairs. If there are important matters and emergencies that they cannot handle, they can also communicate with Tang Yin nearby.
The Military and Political Hall was designed by Tang Yin for counselors and staff. In this Fengmo War, Tang Yin realized that there were big loopholes in his prior planning. At the beginning, he and his generals only made a rough offensive plan, and many details that might appear in the war were not taken into account. However, it was precisely these details that could change the war situation, so he decided to set up the Military and Political Hall, and the court and the various legions selected the best counselors and staff to formulate detailed plans for possible future wars, including how many legions to be deployed, the routes of each legion, the direction of attack, and logistics supply.
In fact, if the Military and Political Hall is taken to modern times, it is equivalent to the Army General Staff Headquarters, and Tang Yin designed it according to this concept. Make your own operations as detailed as possible, formulate a detailed plan, and then distribute it to the hands of each legion commander. When the war begins, each legion commander will complete it step by step according to the specific plan. As for the specific strategies and tactics of confronting and fighting the enemy, it depends on the ability of the legion commander to play freely.
The Councillor Hall was the prototype of the military and political hall, and the Military and Political Hall made a great leap forward in the military thought of Feng State. Correspondingly, the status of counselors and staff in the army was greatly improved.
Since the establishment of the Councillor Hall and the Military and Political Hall, Tang Yin had fewer affairs at hand, and he was also happy to relax, without considering whether this would reduce his rights as a monarch.
The palace became the office where the ministers, generals, and counselors of Feng State came in and out, and Qi Heng's visit became legitimate every time.
However, he neither went to the Councillor Hall nor the Military and Political Hall. Every time he came, he would eat and drink with the guards of the palace, and occasionally he would meet Xiao Na who came to the North Courtyard to talk with Ye Tang and Gao Yu.
He would never miss such an opportunity, and the reason was very sufficient. He wanted to learn more about the knowledge and tricks of cavalry, which could also be used to defeat the enemy on the battlefield in the future.
He was thick-skinned and moved forward, and Ye Tang and Gao Yu could not say much. Xiao Na didn't care at all, but liked Qi Heng.
The Besa people have always admired the strong, and Qi Heng's military power is invincible, so it is normal for Xiaona to have a good impression of him.
Due to more contacts, Qi Heng and Xiaona's maids and guards are also very familiar with each other, which is crucial for him to grasp Xiaona's itinerary.
On the other hand, Guo Jue was not idle. The reason why he said that there were rangers and assassins from the Mo Kingdom lurking in Yancheng was not aimless, but these people had already found him before.
Everyone in Mo knew that Guo Jue was a good person. At the beginning, he dared to rebuke Tang Yin in front of him for several Mo people who were killed indiscriminately, and forced Tang Yin to cut his hair to apologize. This matter has been widely circulated in Mo. People believe that even if Guo Jue was an official in Feng Kingdom, he was forced by Feng people.
Because of this, the assassins of Mo Kingdom took the initiative to find Guo Jue after arriving in Yancheng, hoping to get his help to assist them in assassinating Tang Yin.
At that time, Guo Jue immediately refused. Instead, he thought that if Mo Country could really merge with Feng Country, it would be a blessing for Mo people to have a monarch like Tang Yin.
But even though he refused, he did not report or arrest these Mo Country warriors. After all, as Mo people, he still had a sense of brotherhood in his heart.
Now because of the matter of the cavalry corps commander, he could no longer care about his brotherhood and could only use these Mo Country warriors.
In Guo Jue's opinion, there was no way for Qi Heng to show his loyalty better than to rescue Xiao Na from the Mo Country assassins.
The Mo Country warriors were unfamiliar with Yancheng, and it was undoubtedly a fantasy to assassinate Tang Yin. They urgently needed help, so when Guo Jue and Qi Heng found them, the two sides hit it off.
Guo Jue and Qi Heng proposed to assassinate Tang Yin's wife Xiao Na, which disappointed the Mo Kingdom's assassins. However, Guo Jue had already thought of an excuse. Tang Yin was a monarch, surrounded by masters, and he himself was an extremely powerful dark spiritual practitioner. Even with the help of Guo Jue and Qi Heng, it would be difficult to find an opportunity to assassinate Tang Yin, and he might even have to wait for a year or several years. Instead of sitting and waiting for an opportunity, it is better to find a secondary target, and Xiao Na is the best candidate.
She is not only Tang Yin's wife, but also the princess of Besa. Once she is assassinated in Feng Kingdom, it will directly destroy the relationship between Feng Kingdom and Besa, and severely weaken Feng Kingdom's strength in foreign aid.
Guo Jue's words are reasonable, and the Mo Kingdom's assassins also trust him. In the end, they decided to do as Guo Jue said and assassinate Feng Kingdom's wife Xiao Na first.
Then, Qi Heng used his interpersonal relationship with Xiao Na's maids and guards to learn that Xiao Na would go out of the city to hunt in the middle of this month, which was a great opportunity to assassinate her.
Soon, the Mo Kingdom assassins made plans and preparations based on the intelligence provided by Guo Jue and Qi Heng, and assassinated Xiao Na when she was hunting.
There were 21 Mo Kingdom assassins who conspired with Guo Jue and Qi Heng, all of whom were Mo Kingdom rangers and all of them were spiritual practitioners. If Guo Jue and Qi Heng, the two high-ranking officials of Wu Feng Kingdom, cooperated sincerely, the assassination of Xiao Na might really succeed.
But the bad thing was that these two people were hypocritically using her, especially Qi Heng, who personally participated in the planning of the assassination. He knew the actions of the Mo Kingdom assassins very well, and even the place where the assassins were ambushed was selected by him personally.
The mastermind of the assassination was a traitor himself. It would be strange if such an assassination could succeed.
According to the pre-planned plan, a total of 12 Mo Kingdom assassins participated in the assassination and ambushed where Xiao Na was hunting.
The people responsible for protecting Xiaona included her personal female guards, the palace guards, and the guards of the capital guard camp. There were nearly 500 people in total, including many outstanding spiritual practitioners. In addition, Qi Heng, Ye Tang, and Gao Yu also accompanied Xiaona.
With so many people protecting her, if there was no insider, the assassin would not have a chance to attack.
After arriving at the hunting site, Xiaona won the first battle and shot a wild rabbit.
Later, Qi Heng, Ye Tang, and Gao Yu also made their own gains. When everyone was having fun, Qi Heng suddenly shouted, "There is a wild boar!" As he spoke, he urged his horse to run forward.
It is not easy to encounter a wild boar. Xiaona was refreshed and immediately followed without thinking. Sure enough, there was a wild boar running like crazy in the bushes ahead, and Qi Heng was chasing it while shooting arrows. I don't know if his archery skills were too poor or if he did it on purpose, but he shot three arrows in a row, but none of them hit the target, and instead frightened the wild boar and made it run faster.
Following closely behind, Xiao Na laughed loudly, and while urging the warhorse, she said boldly: "General Qi needs to practice more archery on horseback!" As she spoke, she twisted the bow and arrow, aimed at the prey, raised her arm and shot an arrow.
Puff!
This arrow was extremely accurate and hit the wild boar's buttocks. The wild boar felt pain and ran into the woods with strange cries.
"Good archery skills!" Qi Heng exclaimed sincerely. Xiao Na smiled, urged the horse to pass Qi Heng, and chased the wild boar into the woods. Seeing this, Ye Tang, Gao Yu and many guards behind were all startled and hurriedly caught up.
The wild boar kept moving in the woods. Xiaona galloped on her horse, but she couldn't catch up. But at this moment, a whistle sounded in the woods. Before Xiaona could react, a large net fell on her head.
Plop!
As the huge net fell, Xiaona, who was unprepared, couldn't dodge in time and was caught in the net. She and her horse rolled to the ground. Almost at the same time, four spiritual cultivators wearing spiritual armor jumped down from the treetops, and four spiritual swords stabbed at Xiaona.
At this time, Xiaona was trapped in the net and couldn't move. There was no room for dodging.
Seeing that the four spiritual swords were about to stab her, suddenly, four lightning flashes appeared in the air. The four spiritual arrows that pierced the sky seemed to have eyes, and they shot the chests of the four assassins with incomparable accuracy.
The force of these four arrows was so great that they not only broke the spiritual armor of the four people, but also pierced through their chests. One of them was hit sideways against an old tree by the impact, and his body never fell down again, being nailed to the tree alive by the spiritual arrows.
Chi——The whistle sounded again, and it became more and more urgent. Eight spiritual practitioners rushed out from the bushes and trees around Xiao Na again. They had the same goal, and the spiritual weapons in their hands stabbed Xiao Na's vital parts together.