Ximen Hengye explained the plan and deployment in detail. Everyone was excited and eager to give it a try.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not." Someone said respectfully.
Li Hongxin nodded and said, "But it doesn't matter."
"Your Majesty, Wei Shutong suddenly issued a transfer order and is mobilizing troops and horses from all over Xichuan." The man said: "It is said that they are going to be used to suppress bandits, and the troops and horses gathered will be stationed twenty miles north of the city. Today Some soldiers and horses have already arrived, and by tomorrow, at least two to three thousand people will be able to arrive. If these people knew that something happened in the city, would they...?" He did not continue, but everyone present naturally understood the meaning.
The officers and soldiers transferred from Wei Shutong are continuously flowing into Chengdu. Even if Li Hongxin controls the city of Chengdu, will he be able to cope with the incoming officers and soldiers
"Once Wei Shutong and Qi Ning died, this group of people lost their backbone." Ximen Hengye said with a smile: "The prince has already thought of a way to deal with them. After taking down the governor's mansion and controlling the weapons depot, we will Then we can quickly control the bank. We have people in the Department of Cleaning and Officials of the Household Department. There are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the Xichuan Bank. This silver is the best weapon to deal with the gang of officers and soldiers outside the city."
"Chang Shi is saying that giving out the money can make them put down their weapons?"
Ximen Hengye smiled lightly and said: "Being a soldier and eating food, these soldiers stationed in Xichuan are just for food. When the time comes, it should be a good choice whether to risk their lives to attack the city or to take money and obey the orders. Moreover, the Xichuan gentry has a strong influence on Chu State. Resentment has arisen, and they have long been waiting for the prince to make a comeback. After the prince took control of Chengdu, he issued an explicit order to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the merchants and gentry in the city. This group of people will inevitably support the prince." He took out another item from his sleeve. A scroll was opened and he said: "I have already written a notice. As long as Wei Shutong and Qining are killed, I will write this notice immediately and it will be publicized to the whole city at dawn tomorrow."
Everyone felt even more relieved when they saw that Li Hongxin and Ximen Hengye had already made arrangements.
Dai Ling said: "Everyone, we don't have to worry about the soldiers and horses outside the city. Even if they attack the city, Chengdu has high walls and thick walls. When the Chu army came to the city, they couldn't take Chengdu by force. What's more, there are only a few thousand people outside the city? They can't supply food and grass at all. Come on, they will disperse soon.”
Li Hongxin finally said: "You don't have to think about anything else. As long as we take down the governor's mansion, I will make my own arrangements for everything else." He said in a deep voice: "Here comes someone!"
Then a few people filed in from the side door. The two in front were holding big bowls, and the two behind were holding two jars of wine. The big bowls were placed on the table mountain, and someone poured wine. Dai Ling was the first to hold up a wine bowl. , others also stepped forward to hold one each. Li Hongxin picked up a wine bowl with one hand, swept it across everyone, and said solemnly: "In this operation, we will do our best to obey fate. If it fails, I and you will live together." Death, if successful, from now on, I will enjoy the glory and wealth with you all!" He raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl.
Everyone didn't talk nonsense and drank all the wine in the bowl.
"I am waiting for good news from you all at the Prince of Shu's Mansion." Li Hongxin said: "I only hope that at dawn, the entire city of Chengdu will be ours!"
Everyone knelt down on one knee and said in unison: "I will definitely live up to the prince's wish!"
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the entire city of Chengdu was already dead silent. Even Jilefang, which was the last to close, had already taken off their lanterns. The streets and alleys were deserted, and most of the people in the city had already fallen asleep. among.
Dai Ling, leading a team of one hundred people, was currently hiding in a dark alley not far from the Governor's Mansion.
There were nearly 400 people involved in this operation, which was quite a large number. Just in case, the 400 people were divided into four groups and rushed towards the Governor's Mansion respectively.
Of course, this group of people is well aware of the situation in the city. Although there are yamen patrolling the streets occasionally at night, they have already mastered the rules of yamen patrols and know where the yamen will appear at what time. On the street, he also knew which street officials rarely appeared, and every time he crossed a street, there would be spies in front of him to explore the way. Li Hongxin had always been ambitious, thinking that one day he could make a comeback, and the Jin Guanwei in his hand was One of the strengths he relies on most.
Li Hongxin knew many years ago that if he wanted to control Xichuan, he must first control Chengdu. To control Chengdu, he must first control the governor's office. No matter who is sitting in the position at this time, the first blow of his comeback must be Go to the Governor's Mansion.
Because of this, Li Hongxin and his close aides have studied the strategy of how to capture the Governor's Mansion countless times over the years, including which road to attack the Governor's Mansion, when is the most suitable time, and what should be done when attacking the Governor's Mansion. To do it, it was already planned, and his Jinguanwei had been making preparations over the years and had never neglected their training.
After coming out of Xiqingfang, the Jinguan Guard was divided into four groups, and all four groups received the battle plan. The main purpose of leading this group was to kill Wei Shutong and Qining.
This group of people includes not only brave and skilled veterans, but also assassins secretly hired by Li Hongxin from Jianghu Mountain. They are not weak in martial arts. For tonight's operation, Dai Ling's team will be used as a sharp edge to complete tonight's operation mission.
Dai Ling is a fierce general under Li Hongxin. He is also very skilled in martial arts and is not afraid of death. However, he has been hiding behind the scenes all these years, and not many people know about Dai Ling's existence.
A figure entered the alley like a ghost and reached Dai Ling's side. He whispered: "General, there are four guards at the front door of the Governor's Mansion and two guards at the back door. They can all be shot with crossbows. Most of the lights in the mansion have been extinguished. It should be Take a rest, there are no soldiers patrolling near the Governor's Mansion."
Dai Ling looked up at the night sky. There was no moon tonight, and the entire Chengdu city was shrouded in darkness. This was of course good news for tonight's operation.
Dai Ling nodded slightly, clenched the knife in his hand, looked back, raised his arm and waved it, without hesitation, he was the first to rush out of the alley like a cheetah, with the soldiers behind him forming three teams, orderly and uniform. They were dressed in coarse cloth, but they held bright swords in their hands, and four or five people held arrows and crossbows in their hands.
Although the Yiwei Escort Bureau was able to transport weapons in, the number of hundreds of pieces of armor was too large. Moreover, although the weapons were secretly transported from the East China Sea, no armor was transported. Li Hongxin naturally did not have an inventory of armor in hand, so the soldiers in action were only Dai Ling and a few other people wore armor. The others wore the most common folk coarse cloth clothes when entering the city in order to conceal themselves from others. They were dressed up in different ways. Although they were all brave and well-trained soldiers, at first glance, they looked like they were wearing armor. The clothes were all kinds of, and it looked like a group of bandits had entered the city.
Dai Ling is not worried that the other three groups of people will not be able to arrive in time. The time of the operation has been determined in advance. Dai Ling believes that the other groups of people can arrive at the preset location on time. As long as he sends out a signal, then the four groups of people will be able to arrive on time. Then they can launch an attack on the governor's mansion at the same time.
The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the whole city was silent.
The team quietly reached the alley diagonally opposite the Governor's Mansion.
Dai Ling poked his head out from the alley and looked at the governor's mansion. Outside the solemn gate of the governor's mansion, four guards guarded the main entrance like stone statues. The two stone lions crawling in front of the door seemed to have dozed off.
Dai Ling turned around and waved, and four soldiers came out from behind, wearing loose cotton robes.
Winter is approaching and some people are already wearing cotton clothes, which is not too unusual.
These four people obviously knew what responsibilities they had. They rushed out of the alley and slowly walked towards the main entrance of the Governor's Mansion. Dai Ling had slowly pulled out the sword from the scabbard, with murderous intent in his eyes. , staring straight at the front door.
Four soldiers in cotton robes were getting closer and closer to the main entrance of the Governor's Mansion. The guards guarding the door had obviously noticed something was wrong. One of them pressed his saber tightly and said in a deep voice to the four of them: "Who is it?"
The four of them paid no attention, but their pace has accelerated slightly.
"There is a night curfew on this street, so you are not allowed to go near it." The guard said sternly: "Leave quickly."
The other three guards were also very alert and had already grasped the handle of the knife. However, one of the four soldiers suddenly accelerated and ran towards the main entrance. The three behind him also started running almost at the same time, opening the knife as they ran. He took off his robe and took out the arrows and crossbows that had been prepared for a long time. Each of them aimed at a guard, and there was no time to fire. Before the other party could say anything, the four of them triggered the mechanism at the same time, and the crossbows shot out quickly and swiftly. urgent.
These four people have gone through countless trainings, and they are already familiar with this kind of operation, and they have assigned targets in advance. With a few "Puff, Puff, Puff" sounds, the crossbow arrows were all shot into the vital points of the guards. Almost all four guards were He fell to the ground, and at this moment, a loud arrow was shot into the night sky, making a harsh sound. It was Dai Ling who sent the signal. Dai Ling raised his sword and shouted: "Make a great contribution tonight, everyone." Fight with me and rush into the house, leaving no chickens or dogs behind!"
He was the first to rush out of the alley and rushed straight to the gate of the Governor's Mansion.
The four soldiers in cotton clothes shot and killed the guards, but without delay, they quickly rushed to the high wall, threw away the crossbows in their hands, each took out a hook rope from his body, with an iron hook tied to the front part of the rope, and threw it He hooked up to the top of the wall, and then quickly climbed up along the rope. His movements were extremely agile, and he had reached the top of the wall in the blink of an eye.
Several people reached the top of the wall, jumped down from the top of the wall, and rushed towards the main door, intending to open it wide.
Dai Ling's feet were fast, and the soldiers behind him were like wolves and tigers. He rushed to the front door. Four soldiers in cotton-padded clothes had already opened the front door. Dai Ling was the first to rush into the governor's mansion. Everyone behind him rushed in. The whole governor's mansion was obviously Before realizing that someone had broken into the house, it was still quiet. Hundreds of people rushed into the house. The last few people immediately turned around and closed the door. Eight powerful soldiers lined up to guard the door. It was to block the door. The way out for people living in the house.
At almost this time, he heard the sound of killing coming from other directions. Dai Ling knew that the other three groups of men had already launched an attack on the governor's mansion according to the prior plan and after receiving the signal from the arrow.
His purpose was to kill Wei Shutong and Qi Ning, and he had naturally found out Wei Shutong's residence beforehand. He held a big knife and rushed straight to Wei Shutong's residence.
There was a dead silence in the Governor's Mansion. Not a single person was seen along the way. Dai Ling led the people without encountering any resistance, and arrived outside the courtyard where Wei Shutong lived. The courtyard door was even open. Ling waved his hand, and several people rushed into the courtyard first. The courtyard was full of people, and there wasn't even a light in the house.
Dai Ling strode to the door of the house, but the soldiers under his command dispersed quickly and surrounded Wei Shutong's residence. Dai Ling kicked open the door, and the men under his command were like wolves and tigers. Jump straight in.