Chapter 888 Assassination Plan

Songyang Pass. Read

The bombardment here has been going on, and the trenches in front of the pass have become like honeycombs under the intensive bombardment of shells.

And the outer wall of Songyang Pass, the blue bricks have peeled off in large pieces, revealing the yellow mud inside.

The wall buttresses were all blown to pieces, and there were slight collapses in many places.

At this moment, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei were playing chess in the explosion, with their faces focused.

Even though the number of soldiers and horses in Songyang Pass was more than six times theirs.

But with the range advantage of the howitzers and rifled guns of the royal army, the Nanliang and Beidi troops in Songyang Pass only had to be beaten.

So, during this period, except for the artillerymen who worked harder, the other soldiers were very idle.

"Your Highness, the battle report from General Ma." A cavalryman stopped in front of the camp and came to the two of them.

Zhao Xu nodded and took the battle report.

After a quick glance, he said to Chang Wei: "The Qin army is making good progress. Not only has it captured Yiyang, it is now advancing towards Yunzhou and Bazhou, and is advancing like a broken bamboo all the way."

"In this way, if we capture Bazhou and Yunzhou, as well as the former Songyang Pass, the domestic war will be over." Chang Wei let out a long breath.

Dasong has been in chaos for three years.

In these three years, the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, and the number of people who died directly or indirectly in the war was incalculable.

Jiangnan, a wealthy place, was also devastated and suffered great losses.

If they had not equipped the Qin-style rifles, the King of Yan would have personally marched south.

It is unknown how long this civil strife would have lasted.

And now, victory is finally in sight.

However, although victory is a happy event, his anger has not diminished at all.

Originally, they could easily deal with the powerful families.

But because of the intervention of the Dongying, Beidi, and Xitu people, the war became complicated.

It also caused more suffering to the people of Dasong.

Only by making these instigators pay the price they deserve can he calm his anger and give an explanation to the Dasong people who died in the war.

Give an explanation to the soldiers who fought bloody battles.

"Indeed, but we have to make this war a perfect end." A cold light flashed in Zhao Xu's eyes.

These days, he continued to bombard Songyang Pass, but did not let the infantry launch a general attack.

There is another reason inside.

This is to wait for the arrival of the hot air balloon soldiers.

Yiyang fell, and most of the cities in Yizhou fell into his hands.

The general situation is gone, and the Liang family, Dou family, Fan family, etc. will not fail to see it.

In this situation where it is impossible to win, they are likely to choose to flee with a large amount of wealth like a certain Jiang Guangtou.

When the Liang family and the Xiao family went to Songyang Pass, they transported a large amount of money from the treasury. This is a sign.

He believes that the Liang family and the Fan family will not be an exception.

Although, these riches cannot be recovered for a period of time.

However, he would never let the powerful family leave with a large amount of wealth so easily, mingle with the Beidi and Xitu people, and live a good life with the wealth they took away.

Or continue to rely on these wealth to recruit soldiers to deal with him.

So, he gave Xu Ke an order to let him carry out the assassination plan against the powerful family.

This plan will be carried out by the Anbu of the Fourth Academy.

Any intelligence agency, his function is naturally not only to collect intelligence, assassinating important enemy figures is also one of them.

Because of this, there are also specially trained Anbu members in the Fourth Academy.

In modern terms, these people are equivalent to agents.

The Anbu members of the Fourth Academy also have many skills.

They can ride horses, use Qin-style rifles, operate hot air balloons, and lay mines.

Every time firearms are updated, they will also replace their weapons.

At present, Liang Kai and others in Bazhou are already under the surveillance of the Anbu.

He arranged this matter during the Battle of Changcheng.

As for the Dou family and the Xiao family, the situation at Songyang Pass was somewhat special.

They were outside the pass, and needed the Anbu to pass through Songyang Pass and set up assassination points on the opposite side.

In this case, they needed to use the hot air balloon.

He estimated that the hot air balloon soldiers would arrive in another five or six days.

That was the time to launch the attack, so as not to alert the enemy and let Dou Wei and his men escape.

Thinking of this, he revealed his plan to Chang Wei.

"Your Highness is still well-planned. How can we let them run away so easily." Chang Wei was happy, "It's better to kill Ashur and those Westerners together."

Zhao Xu nodded gently, "Of course we can't let them go."

Six days later.

A team of people arrived at Songyang Pass, and they were the people from the Anbu of the Fourth Academy.

Xu Ke also came at the same time, and he would personally participate in this matter.

"Once Yizhou is completely occupied, the Liang family and other powerful families in Bazhou are likely to flee. Now you should make the Anbu members in Bazhou more vigilant and seize the opportunity to eliminate the most people." Zhao Xu said.

The assassination must be done with extreme caution.

Once the assassination is carried out, it will inevitably be exposed, and the enemy will be alert.

Because of this, the Anbu of Bazhou has been dormant and has not acted rashly before finding a suitable opportunity.

Otherwise, Liang Kai and others would have died when he went south.

But now it is different. They will be exposed in the wild when they evacuate from Bazhou. This is the best opportunity for assassination.

"Before I arrived, I had someone go to Bazhou. Please rest assured, Your Highness." Xu Ke said.

Zhao Xu nodded, "As for here, I will give you three days to prepare. After three days, I will launch an attack on Songyang Pass."

Ashur and others stayed in Songyang Pass to resist stubbornly, just because the location of Songyang Pass was very important.

At this time, it was an important pass from Tubo to Yizhou.

If they defended this place, they could station troops here and threaten Yizhou.

Let the southwest of Dasong always be in turmoil.

Without this place, Songyang Pass would be the outpost of Yizhou Dasong's attack on Tubo.

The territory conquered by Ashur would no longer be stable.

And once they lost Tubo, Beidi would completely lose contact with Britain.

This would be equivalent to cutting off the Western forces from the middle and dividing them into two.

It would become difficult for Beidi, Ross to communicate with other Western countries, and they could only fight alone.

"Three days is enough." Xu Ke said.

When he came, he analyzed the terrain near Songyang Pass.

He knew exactly where it was most appropriate to carry out the assassination.

At present, they only need to use hot air balloons to send people behind Songyang Pass without anyone noticing.

The matter was agreed.

That night, Xu Ke and the secret troops took six hot air balloons to cross Songyang Pass.

In order to avoid being discovered by the fire of the hot air balloons.

They walked more than 30 miles along the mountain of Songyang Pass and let the hot air balloons fly very high.

In addition to carrying people, these hot air balloons were also equipped with mines and Qin-style rifles.

Unlike mines that explode when stepped on, these mines are wire mines.

This type of mine is more suitable for assassination.

Three days later, they arranged the key roads behind Songyang Pass.

At this time, the King of Yan really launched an attack on Songyang Pass.