Volume 10 Chapter 288

Chapter 288

Lingshuang looked at Tang Yin in confusion and asked, "What does my brother plan to use to persuade Li Dan?"

Tang Yin smiled and did not explain any more. He said, "You will know in the future. I must go to Xitang this time. You don't have to persuade me anymore."

Seeing him smile with confidence, Lingshuang really couldn't figure out what trump card he had in his hand.

However, Tang Yin's confidence also made Lingshuang more or less relieved. Her eyebrows were still tightly furrowed, but she didn't try to stop him.

Tang Yin persuaded Lingshuang. As for Yue Ze and Li Xin, their opinions were no longer important. Next, Tang Yin ordered people to set up the camp as soon as possible, and set up sentries inside and outside to prevent the enemy from sneaking into the camp again.

In addition, he sent spies from the Sky Eye and the Ground Net to explore the rear of his own side to see if there were any activities of the Zhen Army. The enemy could not appear behind the camp for no reason. If the estimate is correct, this should be an ambush arranged by Zhao Huan in advance. Its purpose may not be to sneak attack the camp. It is very likely that this Zhen army is going to sneak attack the logistics of the camp and cut off the supply route. Having such a Zhen army behind the camp is always a hidden danger and must be solved as soon as possible.

Because the tents of the coalition forces were seriously damaged, Tang Yin ordered all armies to give priority to the wounded. As for the soldiers who had no tents to live in, they all slept in the open air.

Fortunately, the land in Zhen was dry, the weather was hot, and there was little rain. Even if the ground was used as a bed and the sky was used as a blanket, the impact on the soldiers was not great.

Then, he arranged for personnel to transfer all the seriously injured soldiers to the rear. The seriously injured soldiers were all soldiers who were dying, had difficulty in moving, and could not recover their combat effectiveness in a short time. Now the army was short of food, and there was a series of fierce battles to fight later. Carrying so many seriously injured soldiers was always a burden. Tang Yin also placed Gu Anmin among the seriously injured and sent him away.

If Gu Anmin didn't leave, Tang Yin couldn't take back his shadow clone, and he didn't have the courage to go to Xitang and go deep into the danger without being able to use spiritual weapons.

Tang Yin's orders were issued quickly and coherently, and all the arrangements were completed in one breath. The coalition forces moved together, and they were also vigorous and resolute.

Late that night, Kong Qing left the coalition camp, changed into casual clothes, and only took two close confidants and a spy from Tianyan to go to Xitang secretly.

In the past, there was no curfew in the capital of Zhen State, and the city gates were wide open even at night. But now that the coalition forces have approached Xitang, Zhen State has to implement a curfew, and as soon as it gets dark, the gates of the four cities are all closed.

Outside the city of Xitang is not a flat plain. After all, this is the capital, the political and economic center of Zhen State, prosperous and lively. There is an open space more than five meters wide outside the city wall, and outside the open space is a moat nearly three meters wide. Further out are residential houses that stretch as far as the eye can see, interspersed with shops, restaurants, teahouses and inns. If you count carefully, the number of permanent residents outside the city of Xitang alone is estimated to be no less than three or four hundred thousand.

Of course, people of noble birth or some wealth in Zhen State cannot live outside the city. This is equivalent to the slums of Xitang. The scale of the buildings cannot be compared with that in the city. Looking around, most of them are dilapidated and shabby old houses. Even those shops and restaurants are very simple. The overall environment is broken, old, dirty and messy.

Kong Qing does have his connections and ways. After arriving at the "slums" of Xitang, he hid the horse first, and then took two confidants and the Sky Eye scout to a teahouse.

Although it was a teahouse, it was just a one-story thatched house, but it occupied a large area and had its own courtyard at the back.

When they arrived, it was already early in the morning, and the sky was already bright. The teahouse was not open yet. Kong Qing first went around to the back door of the teahouse, then looked around and found nothing unusual, so he started knocking on the door.

Apparently the owner of the teahouse was still asleep. He knocked for a long time before there was movement inside, and at the same time, a hoarse and indignant curse was heard.

With the footsteps of slippers, the back door was opened, and a thin, dark-skinned middle-aged man walked out.

The man was cursing at first, but when he saw that the person coming was Kong Qing, he immediately stopped cursing, widened his eyes, and blurted out in shock and horror: "General... General..."

"Well! Let's talk inside!" Kong Qing raised his head and pulled the middle-aged man into the yard before he could react. His two confidants and the Sky Eye spy immediately followed him in and closed the door at the same time.

It was not until everyone entered the yard for a while that the middle-aged man came back to his senses. He said nervously with a serious face: "Why did the general suddenly return to the capital? Doesn't the general know that the court has now offered a large sum of money to arrest the general!"

Kong Qing followed Gu Anmin to defect to the coalition army, which shocked the court of Zhen State. Li Hong was even more furious and personally issued a bounty order, offering 10,000 gold for Gu Anmin's head and 5,000 gold for Kong Qing's head.

The middle-aged man was called Di You. He was born as a knight-errant and was also an old subordinate of Kong Qing. He had been saved by Kong Qing. Later, he was discharged from the army due to injury and opened a teahouse outside Xitang City.

Selling tea was just a cover. He secretly engaged in the business of reselling intelligence. Most of the intelligence involved was about the knight-errant world. However, it was true that he was well-informed and had many connections.

"I know." Kong Qing nodded, and then asked, "How is my family's situation now?"

"They have all been sealed. If it hadn't been for the crown prince's protection, none of the general and General Gu's family would have survived... Alas!"

Di You sighed heavily. He really couldn't understand why the general he had always respected suddenly defected to the enemy, but it was difficult to ask him directly.

Kong Qing knew what he was thinking now, but he didn't have time to explain to him, so he whispered: "Di You, I need your help this time!"

Di You straightened his face, raised his hands and said, "The villain's life is given by the general. No matter what the general asks the villain to do, the villain will never give up!"

Kong Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's not something that is detrimental to my Da Zhen." After a pause, he narrowed his eyes, leaned into Di You's ear, lowered his voice, and said, "I want you Help me send someone into the city!"

"who?"

"Wind King!"

ah? Di You's eyes widened, wondering if his ears had heard wrongly. He wanted to send the Wind King to Xi Tang. This... this was simply too crazy. He felt that not only Xiao}} Kong Qing was crazy, he even wondered if Feng Wang Tang Yin was also crazy.

Seeing that he was dumbfounded and speechless for a long time, Kong Qing asked with deep eyes: "What? You don't dare to do it? If so, I will leave now and find someone else, but you must not make this matter public. This is related to the life and death of our country!"

As he spoke, Kong Qing turned around and walked out. Di You was shocked, and hurriedly caught up with Kong Qing, blocking his way, and said sternly: "The general is not only kind to the villain, but also kind to save his life. The villain's life has long been the general's. Doing things for the general, even if he is in trouble." Falling into a mountain of swords, falling into a sea of ​​fire, and being shattered into pieces, even a villain would have nothing to say..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the door of the main room behind him open, and a young woman wearing only light clothes came out and asked sleepily: "Brother Di, why don't you go back to your room? What's wrong so early?" "

While talking, the young woman felt strange when she saw Kong Qing and others. She was stunned and asked: "Brother Di, are they..."

Di You squinted his eyes and lowered his gaze. He saw Kong Qing wearing a sword at his waist. He suddenly took out Kong Qing's sword, then turned around and strode towards the young woman. The latter had not yet reacted. What happened? Di You raised his sword and cut the young woman to the ground with one strike.

Kong Qing was shocked by this sudden change. His confidants and the Sky Eye spies put their hands on the weapons on their waists at the same time. After killing the woman, Diyo came back with the sword, wiped the blood on the sword with his own clothes, then held the sword with both hands, handed it back to Kong Qing in a polite manner, and said with scarlet eyes: "General, she is The villain's wife. Now that the villain is alone and has no worries, the general can trust the villain now, right?

This is Zhenren. In order to make his oath clear, he would not hesitate to kill the people closest to him to prove his determination.

Kong Qing was also moved. He took the sword, returned it to its sheath, patted Di You on the shoulder, and said faintly: "You are indeed my brother Kong Qing! I will leave it to you to send His Highness the Wind King into the city. "

"General, don't worry! I will do my best to complete the tasks entrusted by the general!"

Kong Qing nodded, then turned around and winked at the Sky Eye spy behind him, indicating that he could send a message back to the camp to inform King Feng.

The celestial eye spy secretly sighed and muttered in his heart: Zhenren is really strong! If you haven't seen it with your own eyes, it would be unbelievable.

He quickly took out the prepared note, tied it to the carrier pigeon, and then released the carrier pigeon.

Soon, Tang Yin, who was in the coalition camp outside Huaning City, received the information sent back by the Sky Eye spies, which basically said: The matter is done, please go quickly.

With the reply from the Sky Eye spy, Tang Yin no longer delayed, put on his casual clothes, took Shangguan Yuanrang, Jiang Fan, Cheng Jin and a dozen elite secret arrows, quietly left the camp on a fast horse, bypassed Hua Ning, and headed west quickly , go to Xitang.

Huaning is the acropolis of Xitang, so it is naturally not far from Xitang. Tang Yin and his party set out in the morning and arrived outside Xitang City before noon.

The Tianyan spy and Kong Qing's confidants had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Tang Yin and others arriving, they immediately stepped forward and took Tang Yin and his party to the teahouse opened by Di You.