561, Destroy Wujiabao

Five days later, outside Gandan City.

Zhao Wangdan went out in simple clothes according to the plan agreed with Julu Hou Zhao Mu, and inspected the people outside the city. The reason for this was to deliberately give the assassin a flaw. Otherwise, he lived deep in Zhao Wang Palace, and even if he was smart, it would be difficult to break through the protection of the palace guards and assassinate him.

The plan was carried out as agreed.

Soon, a group of people in black attacked the king's carriage and assassinated Zhao Wang.

The roads in ancient times were not wide, so even if Zhao Wang brought enough people, they would only be arranged in a long snake formation. So as long as there are enough people, not too many, dozens of people, you can attack the king's carriage once. Of course, the result is often not optimistic.

Just like Zhang Liang assassinated Qin Shihuang in Shaqiu. .

The assassination of Zhao Wangdan this time is the same.

Soon, this group of assassins were captured by the palace guards.

"Who dares to assassinate me?"

Zhao Wangdan was sitting on the chariot, his face furious. He clapped his hands and said, "I am the King of Zhao. I was assassinated near the capital. Where is Gandan Ling? Do you know your crime?"

Gandan Ling came out to confess.

Seeing the silence of the ministers, Zhao Wangdan showed a hint of satisfaction in his eyes. He narrowed his eyes and interrogated the assassin leader, "Who ordered you to assassinate me? Tell me the mastermind behind the scenes, and I will give you a hundred gold coins to your descendants. But I will not let your life go."

"It was... Wu Shiluo who ordered it..."

The assassin leader was frightened by this and said hurriedly.

When these words came out, the ministers were shocked. Wu Shiluo had always had ulterior motives, which was a well-known fact in the court of Zhao State, but no one could have imagined that Wu Shiluo had the courage to assassinate the King of Zhao. This was a serious crime of killing nine clans. Once the secret was leaked, the consequences would be...

The atmosphere was as quiet as death.

However, at this moment, an assassin who was tied up by the palace guards suddenly broke free from the rope, rushed to the king's carriage, grabbed a long sword from the guards, and assassinated King Zhao.

But the assassin's end was not good. As soon as he rushed to the vicinity of the king's carriage, he was pierced by thousands of arrows and died.

"Wu Shiluo rebelled and wanted to assassinate me..."

Zhao Wangdan glanced at the group of people at this moment with cold eyes, "Where is Li Mu? Send troops to besiege Wujiabao. If there is resistance, kill them without mercy. Capture Wu Shiluo alive in front of me, I want to see how brave he is. Kill me and please the King of Qin? Haha."

The reason why he joined forces with Julu Hou Zhao Mu to make this plan this time. One is to eliminate Wu Shiluo, a traitor in Zhao who flatters Qin, and the other is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, so that the atmosphere of the Zhao court will be rectified.

Once the State of Zhao is destroyed, these Zhao officials can still enjoy wealth and glory, but he, the king, will never have a good ending.

Li Mu, dressed in military uniform, stepped out, nodded, and led half of the royal guards to leave directly to eliminate the forces of Wujiabao. Although it is possible to transfer troops from other places, time is limited. If they cannot rush to Wujiabao as soon as possible, the assassination attempt by Wu Mansion will inevitably be leaked. By then, Wu Shiluo will have fled Wujiabao with his relatives...

After half of the royal guards left, King Dan of Zhao smiled a little, "This time, it is thanks to Li'er who helped me kill these assassins, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. Li'er has made great contributions, and I want to appoint him as a general, in charge of the affairs of the three armies, and as the deputy of Lord Xinping. I wonder what you think?"

When the assassins attacked the king just now, in addition to the royal guards who bravely killed the enemy, Bai Gui also took action at the right time and quickly solved half of the enemies with superb swordsmanship.

The merit of saving the emperor and following the emperor is a first-class merit. From ancient times to the present, there is no such merit.

Even if this is a conspiracy between King Zhao Dan and Zhao Mu, the ministers do not know it. Taking this opportunity, it is natural for King Zhao to promote Bai Gui, a confidant.

The ministers have no objection.

Now Bai Gui is already the son-in-law of King Zhao Dan, and he has the merit of being an envoy to Wei State. It is not too much to be promoted to the deputy general of Xinping Jun. If they question it, they will not only offend King Zhao, but also Julu Hou Zhao Mu. This kind of promotion of meritorious officials does not conflict with their interests, so they are too lazy to object.

"Son, thank you for the reward."

Bai Gui stepped forward to thank you.

"Your Majesty, now Zhongmu Ling has been added as a deputy general, and has no military merit. The matter of eradicating Wujiabao..." Julu Hou Zhao Mu raised his eyebrows and stepped forward to advise.

What he said is reasonable. Although Bai Gui had made contributions, he had no achievements in military merit. Now that he had eliminated the rebellion of Wujiabao, it was naturally a military merit.

The ministers did not question this. In addition to military merit, everyone in Zhao State knew that Julu Marquis Zhao Mu and Wu Shiluo were mortal enemies. Now that Wu Shiluo had suffered a "miserable defeat", it would be strange if Julu Marquis Zhao Mu did not take advantage of it.

"What Julu Marquis said makes sense."

Zhao Wangdan nodded, "I promoted you to be a general, but you are still lacking in military merit and it is difficult to convince the public. I will give you two hundred men and horses. You should quickly follow Li Mu and help him eliminate the rebellion of Wujiabao."

This matter was reasonable, and Zhao Wangdan did not want to offend Zhao Mu, a favorite minister.

Bai Gui took the order and took away another team of royal guards.

The plan went smoothly this time, and Zhao Wangdan no longer planned to patrol outside, so he prepared to return to the court. However, at this moment, another team of assassins came forward to assassinate.

This time, without Bai Gui present, the palace guards were missing more than half, and they were responsible for protecting the safety of all officials. So for a moment, Zhao Wangdan was caught off guard.

Finally, after sacrificing the lives of dozens of good fighters, an assassin stabbed Zhao Wangdan.

The assassination finally came to an end.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Juluhou Zhao Mu hurriedly stepped forward to check on Zhao Wangdan's injury, his tone sad.

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

Zhao Wang Danqiang sat on the throne with his body propped up, "How could such a small crowd kill me? If it weren't for Wujiabao..."

As he was speaking, his expression suddenly changed.

He and Julu Hou Zhao Mu looked at each other and immediately had a guess in their minds.

In the first wave of assassins, he and Zhao Mu discussed a plan together, intending to frame Wujiabao. As for the second wave of assassins, there is no way it could be the two of them, so... the news leaked out, allowing Wujiabao to steal the information and make a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

This is not unimaginable. Wu Shiluo was a wealthy businessman from the Zhao Kingdom. He was as rich as anyone in the country. It was not difficult to bribe some eunuchs in the palace. Wujiabao asked his retainer Xiang Shaolong to escort Zhao Zheng to the Qin State, which showed that he had long wanted to surrender to the Qin State. The assassination of him this time was obviously to give the Qin State a certificate of surrender.

As for Zhao Mu, the Marquis of Julu, assassinating him?

That's impossible!

Not to mention that "Zhao Li" and Zhao Qian had just gotten married and were being favored, but their foundation was not yet stable. Secondly, the relationship between Zhao Mu and him was extraordinary. How could such a close relationship be abandoned by him...

Zhao Mu, the Marquis of Julu, did not have another partner. Letting him die would do no good to Zhao Mu.

"Damn it! Wushi Luo is so rebellious!"

Zhao Wangdan cursed loudly.

"Your Majesty, your injury is serious, don't be angry..." Zhao Mu glanced at the sword wound on Zhao Wangdan's abdomen. The sword wound was not deep and would not be life-threatening. However, if it was delayed for too long, it would cause heavy bleeding. Whether one's life can be saved is still a matter of uncertainty.

"You are interested." Zhao Wangdan nodded, satisfied, and then ordered the accompanying doctor to quickly stop his bleeding, and make the chariot go faster to return to the palace as soon as possible.

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Wujiapu.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Bai Gui led his troops to catch up with Li Mu and arrived at Wujiabao with Li Mu. With the arrival of the two of them, Wujiabao's secret sentry had already sent a message to the people in the fort. By the time they arrived, Wujiabao had already implemented martial law.

Wushi Luo was a merchant, and his wealth could rival that of the country. Therefore, Wu Shiluo felt uneasy living in Ganden City, so he spent a huge amount of money to build Wujiabao. In addition, the Wu family's main business was horse trading, and it was inconvenient to live in Ganden City, so they moved outside.

"Li Mu, why did you send soldiers to surround my Wujiapu?"

Wu Shiluo stood on the city wall and looked at the densely packed Zhao army outside the city. He was terrified in his heart, but he still showed a calm expression on his face and asked Li Mu in turn. To flatter Qin? This is not just Wujiabao who does this. Not to mention the ministers of Zhao State, there is no one among the ministers of other countries who has not secretly communicated with Qin State. This isn't really a crime at all.

"Chief Wu..."

Li Mu glanced coldly at the heavily guarded Wujiapu and said coldly: "Chief Wu, the fact that you sent assassins to kill the king has been exposed. I, the general, have been ordered by the king to eradicate Wujiapu. Don't bother to resist. otherwise……"

At this point, he paused and did not continue.

But both Bai Gui and Wu Shiluo felt the cold murderous intent of these words. As long as they persist in resisting, everyone in Wujiabao will surely shed their blood.

Needless to say, assassinating the king is a major crime against the nine clans.

"This is a false accusation! I, Wu Shiluo, have never sent an assassin to kill the king..."

Wu Shiluo looked shocked and quickly defended himself.

Although he had the intention to assassinate Zhao Wangdan, he would only use it when he had no choice but to do so. Before that, the Wu family was not at the end of its rope, so how could he think of assassinating Zhao Wangdan. By assassinating Zhao Wangdan, he might not be able to gain favor from the Qin State. A minister who betrays his master is not welcome in the first place. If he is charged with assassination, there will be no hope of recovery. How could he be so unwise?

"Chief Wu, this general doesn't want to listen to your excuses..."

Li Mu raised his right hand, and the surrounding Zhao army quickly bent their bows and arrows, intending to attack Wujiabao.

Seeing this, Wu Shiluo felt anxious. At this moment, he noticed Bai Gui, who was beside Li Mu, and his expression changed, "It's Zhao Mu. It must be Zhao Mu, the Marquis of Julu, who framed me. General Li, you have to know right from wrong." Ah, don’t be deceived by traitors, please ask General Li to report to the king..."

"Chief Wu, this young master is the king's consort, how could he do such an unwise thing?"

Bai Guice immediately stepped forward, smiled, and said, "I'm going to ask Chief Wu a few things and ask him to answer. First, did Chief Wu ever sell horses to the Qin State? Second, did Xiang Shaolong, who escorted Zhao Zheng the day before yesterday, sell horses to Qin? As a retainer of Chief Wu, he had a physical relationship with your granddaughter Wu Tingfang. Have you ever had any contact with Chief Wu and the Qin State, and wanted to assassinate the king as a surrender? "

He was very thoughtful, and of the three things he asked about, the first two were solid facts, and Wu Shiluo could not refute them. And the last one... As long as Wu Shiluo admits the first two, he has committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy. Whether he admits the last one or not, it doesn't matter.

"You..." Wu Shiluo was furious and speechless.

These are all secret things, how could he say it openly. In addition, the Wu family sold horses to the Qin State, but the reason why the Wu family could grow stronger was that doing business with other countries was indispensable, and they could not develop in the Zhao State. If he really lived in the Kingdom of Zhao, how could his Wu family get so much wealth? The same goes for other wealthy businessmen. This is inevitable.

After hearing this, Li Mu narrowed his eyes, "Fire arrows! Attack the city!"

He was still slightly suspicious of Wu Shiluo's assassination of King Zhao, but after hearing the three things Bai Gui said, he already felt disgusted with Wu Shiluo. Even if he did not assassinate King Zhao, he was only responsible for these few crimes. It was enough to make him determined to eradicate Wujiabao...

Although Wujiabao is not as well built as Ganden City, it is still extremely tall and strong. Even if Li Mu, a man who was good at conquering and fighting, encountered this fort, he would lose his troops and lose his generals instantly, making it difficult to make any progress.

"General Li, I am not very talented, but I am willing to show my swordsmanship and help the general."

Seeing this, Bai Gui rode out and spoke to Li Mu.

"Young Master Li's swordsmanship is enough to dominate other countries. Li Mu has also learned about this. However, the battlefield is dangerous and how can the bravery of an ordinary man be contrary to the battlefield situation..."

Li Mu shook his head and tried to dissuade him.

Although he was displeased with Zhao Mu, the Marquis of Julu, and considered this treacherous official. But Bai Gui is different. Bai Gui has always had a clear name, he can emerge from the mud without being stained, and he has a reputation as a chivalrous person.

"General Li, please take a look."

Bai Gui didn't explain, he just slapped his horse and rushed forward.

Block arrows, step on city walls, and kill guards, almost all at once. In the blink of an eye, he came to the city wall of Wujiabao, used his sword, and killed dozens of guards in just an instant.

Taking advantage of this gap, the Zhao army attacking the city also rushed forward.

Wujiabao was captured.

"Young Master Li is indeed the best swordsman in our Zhao Kingdom..." After Bai Gui came back, Li Mu looked in disbelief and said this after a long silence.

This was the first time he saw such a brave swordsman.

"It's just a little bit of swordsmanship."

"It's also that the Wujiabao city wall is not high. It would be much more difficult if it were Ganden City."

Bai Gui said modestly.

He is not someone who likes to show off his strength. However, the Li Mu in front of him was actually a bit important. Among Zhao's generals, Lian Po is now old, and only Li Mu can assume the leadership of Zhao's military. So he acted like this in front of Li Mu because he wanted to win over Li Mu.

"Young Master Li..."

When Li Mu heard this, he shook his head helplessly.

He is also a master of swordsmanship. If Bai Gui's swordsmanship is considered to be a low-level swordsmanship, then his swordsmanship is even less worth mentioning.

With Bai Gui's intervention, Wujiabao was quickly completely defeated by Zhao Jun. Without the protection of the city wall, even though Wujiabao had many followers, they were definitely no match for Zhao Jun.

From time to time, the women, children, old and weak of the Wu family were all tied up in front of Bai Gui and Li Mu.

"Zhao Li, I just have a small grudge against you. Why do you treat my relatives like this..."

When Wu Tingfang saw Bai Gui on the horse, he gritted his teeth and said bitterly.

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