Chapter 1: Going to the end

Jiangzhou.

Jinming Village and Dingchuan Village are both standard camps of the Song Dynasty military. At the front is a moat ditch dug out when building a wall, followed by a ten-step-wide buffer zone, densely covered with deer antlers, thorns, and then a solid village wall.

There is a hope building in the center of the village, with corner buildings standing on all sides, and the camp is well-off.As soon as night fell, no one was allowed to walk around and make noise except for the soldiers patrolling the patrol.

In contrast, Jinming Houzhai, located one mile behind, appears to be scattered.Here we gathered thousands of defeated soldiers who had retreated from the Song army several battles, as well as similar wounded people.

Three confrontations with the bandits resulted in a sharp increase in the number of wounded soldiers in the Song army. Some of the wounded soldiers were sent to the rear prefectures and counties. In addition to the minor wounded soldiers who could be cured, some seriously injured soldiers with no value for treatment.

Obviously, the Song army did not expect that there would be so many wounded soldiers in the army, so they had to temporarily expand the scale. Most of the camp tents were eliminated by the army, and there were no Haogou and village walls.

In the huge camp, the pain and moans of the wounded were heard one after another, and the sorrows were everywhere, which was terrifying in the middle of the night.

However, in a camp on the edge, the atmosphere was in full swing.More than a dozen Song troops who had removed their armor gathered in the narrow tent. They formed a circle and stared at a table in the middle nervously.

Zhang Kang's clothes were untied, his sleeves were rolled to his elbows, and his hair and beard were huddled, looking like a unkempt soldier.

He held a pottery bowl in his hand, shaking it rustling on the table; everyone stared at the wide eyes and held their breath.

After a moment, Zhang Kang shouted: Go!

Looking at the exposed dice, everyone let out a depressing cry.A soldier smiled and quickly put away the jam money on the table.

Zhang Kang cursed swear words, slapped the remaining purse on the table, and said sirriously: Come again!

The sound of the dice rolling sounded again, and the atmosphere in the tent became more and more intense, and almost no one noticed someone lifting the curtain in.

Liu Yisun, who had just returned from the camp, couldn't help but frown when he saw the scene in front of him.He climbed the city several times in a battle last night, and finally returned safely with more than a dozen soldiers.

The result of beheading the fifteenth level is the first achievement in the siege.Xia Yonghe personally issued an order, appointing Liu Yisun as the commander and Zhang Kang as the deputy, in charge of the troops of a battalion.

The battalion-level commander was the core unit in the Song army sequence. The commander at the military level broke away from his usual training and became a senior military general.

Although Xia Yonghe was the commander of the first army, he did not have the power to formally appoint, so he could only temporarily add a word "大".

The Jinming rear camp was all defeated. Liu Yisun was detained some days ago. Zhang Kang, as Wang Xin's actual deputy, had already gathered many soldiers.

The commander ordered the military order and collected five capitals without much effort, appointing the capital and the deputy capital.

What Liu Yisun did not expect was that Zhang Kangzhao was enough to be a man, and the first thing he did was to bring his subordinates together to gamble.

The army was not allowed to talk or walk around all night, and gambling was even more a death sentence. If someone was exposed, it would be a big trouble.

Liu Yisun coughed, and everyone stared at the gambling game intently, turning a deaf ear to the cough.

Zhang Kang's ears moved slightly, but he did not look back.He opened the pottery bowl and then cursed, but it was five o'clock, and even lost the last bet.

Liu Yisun raised his voice and coughed hard.When everyone heard the sound, they hurriedly threw down the dice, jumped up and stood up straight, and the tent was silent for a moment.

Zhang Kang stood up with his empty wallet. Before Liu Yisun could speak out the offensive words, he laughed: Commander Liu!Didn’t you say you’re going to get wine for everyone?How did you come?I'll go out with you to have a look!

Zhang Kang put his shoulder on Liu Yisun and pushed him out of the tent with a smile.When the cold wind blew, both of them closed their smiles.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Kang spoke first: I just patrolled the camp, what is the situation?

Liu Yisun breathed heavily.Neither Haogou nor the village wall were built.I will take people to dig a trenches tomorrow morning and apply for another batch of caltrops.

Zhang Kang said: No need.

Liu Yisun suppressed his anger.There are plains around this, and there is no danger to guard.More than 10,000 wounded soldiers and defeated soldiers gathered here. If Haogou has no Haogou, there will be no village walls. If the bandits charge forward, these people will become ghosts from a foreign land.

If the caltrop cannot be applied for, the Central Army will not give any one.

Zhang Kang said: Don’t worry, the bandits will not attack here.

Why?

The wounded alone consumed nearly 1,000 stones of food every day. How could they easily eliminate these idle mouths?

Liu Yisun's face slowly changed.You mean the Central Army deliberately did not set up a moat...

I didn't say anything.

Zhang Kang interrupted him, but starting today, the food rations of all the defeated soldiers in the Jinming Houzhai had been cut by half.

Liu Yisun blushed suddenly.They are all elite imperial guards!Although the organization is messed up, you can still fight in the army!

They have been scared by the bandits.

Zhang Kang said bluntly: No matter how sharp the Divine Arm Bow is, he still needs someone to pull it. The morale in the army is gone, and even if he goes to the battle formation, he will only scatter.

Liu Yisun said: Why do you gather gambling?

If not, how could there be morale?

Zhang Kang said: As long as you can cheer up your morale, let alone betting, I also told them that you can plunder for three days after conquering Jiangzhou.

Brother Zhang, we are officers and soldiers, not-

Are they bandits?

Zhang Kang interrupted him and said in a low voice: You may know the military discipline of Yue Ni Camp better than me.Is it morality that the two armies fight against each other?Then what else can I fight? Isn’t it all for everyone to choose a saint?Between swords and guns, and between life and death, can morality block your arrows, or can it kill you with one more opponent?

Liu Yisun fell silent.

The Song army suffered three consecutive defeats, and a large number of officers were killed by bandits. Some of these defeated soldiers were dispersed. The commander of the army and battalion commander were all killed until the low-level commander such as Dutou and Deputy Dutou were all killed in battle.

Although most of the surviving sergeants were not injured, they were completely unethical and were ready to escape at any time.Zhang Kang summoned all these to gamble, and Liu Yisun saw the spirit for the first time in their empty eyes.

Zhang Kang kicked away a pile of debris, dug it in the soil with his hands for a moment, and took out a sip of the wine jar.Liu Yisun was stunned: Is there really wine?

This was stole from the big cart I rewarded during the Chinese New Year, and it was a full five kilograms.

As he said that, Zhang Kang took a sip, then handed it over.Liu Yisun's mind was in a mess, holding the stolen wine, he was at a loss.

You are the commander. When you go to the battlefield, you have to rely on them to charge and to cut off your back when you retreat.

Zhang Kang said: If you want to use these soldiers, military rules and regulations are nonsense. It makes them feel that you are loyal enough and that it is true that you can trust you.If you have merits, remember them, and if you have something, you can protect them.Only when two people drink a sip of wine, everyone eats a sip of meat, and they can also bring them to enjoy delicious food and spicy food, so that they will work hard for you.

Liu Yisun took a sip, then wiped his mouth hard, and returned to the tent with the wine jar.

Zhang Kang smiled as if nothing had happened, and said in a rough voice: Brothers!Commander Liu is bringing wine to everyone!

Seeing Liu Yisun really come in with a wine jar, the soldiers' eyes shone brightly.

Zhang Kang brought the clay bowl that was throwing the dice, wiped it with his sleeve, poured it on his wine, and said: This time he came to Jiangzhou, everyone was bleeding, sweating, and worried, and they didn't get any benefits.Come!Each person and one bowl can all relieve the fatigue!

In a blink of an eye, the pottery bowl passed through dozens of hands. Zhang Kang didn't care. He took a bowl of wine and slapped his mouth and said: When he hit Jiangzhou, he can't let the brothers go back empty-handed.

Everyone was a little excited when it came to capturing Jiangzhou for three days.A soldier said: Commander Zhang, what exactly is Jiangzhou cement?

No matter what kind of water and mud it is!

While pouring wine, Zhang Kang said: It’s Iron City, so many of us have stomped it down!Hey, have you heard of it?There are hundreds of merchants in Jiangzhou alone, some of which are money and grain!As long as I enter the city, I dare not say that I have more money. I will have hundreds of silver coins per person. Now I dare to write a guarantee for everyone!

Everyone was breathing a sigh of relief. The heads in the camp paid only ten silver dollars a month. They could make money for several years by capturing Jiangzhou. They couldn't help but be moved by it.

What is money?

Zhang Kang showed a lewd smile. The female bandit in Jiangzhou, which we Commander Liu had seen with our own eyes.As long as it falls into our hands, the benefits of brothers are indispensable!

The soldiers drank a bowl of wine, and now they heard Zhang Kang's words and their faces were flushed.A soldier said: Commander Liu, is there really a female bandit?

A soldier said: I followed Commander Liu to the city last night and saw it with my own eyes!Hey, let’s have a big beauty!

How good it looks?

It looks better than the women you've ever seen!

The soldiers were laughing and suddenly someone said: Commander Zhang, we also saw a female bandit when we were in Lieshan...

Not!

Someone interrogated: He said he was a newly married wife, with such a beautiful face, just like a fairy.

Is it a witch?All the bandits are witches.

Zhang Kang smiled grimly.From the female bandit who was arrested, we were either beheaded or sent to the Jiafangsi. We just played, who could say the word "no"!

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became hot, and Liu Yisun shut up again if he wanted to say something.

Zhang Kang secretly stepped on him. Liu Yisun gritted his teeth, took the wine bowl and drank it clean, and said in a rough voice: When a soldier fights, what he wants is to make meritorious and reward!Follow me!It won't let your brothers suffer a loss!Did it!

Everyone in the tent was still in high spirits. Some of them followed Liu Yisun to the city last night, and they also saw the suspicious team of cars and horses in Lieshan. At this moment, people who didn't know the details were asking, and they were very excited when they saw them, and they talked very lively in groups of three or three.

Ah Chi!

In Jiangzhou City, Xiao Zi sneezes a little, not knowing that someone was talking about herself.

She was wearing a purple warm robe and sat on the ground while she stepped on the bearskin's feet, leaning on a wooden box painted with gold, and her white fingers gently tapped the box surface.

Under the candlelight, the exquisite facial features are like pearls and jade.

Yan'er sat next to her feet, sewing a doll with a needle thread, while whispering: Lazhi Xiuli is an alien, and she doesn't know her birth date; Sister Zhiniang refused to tell me, saying that she couldn't ask about the age of a woman, and this voodoo doll could not be done well...

Xiao Zi knocked on the box a few times.The lid of the box is gently opened and a piece of yellow paper is handed out. The bright red handwriting is like cinnabar, with a group of stems and branches written on it.

Sew it inside.Be careful and don't let the things on it fall off.

The cinnabar-like red is full of blood, with a few thin hair sticking to it.

Yan'er rolled up the yellow paper, sewed it into the doll, then chanted the spell in a low voice, and stabbed it with a needle on the tip of her finger, squeezed out a drop of blood, and tapped it on the doll's eyebrows.

alright.

Xiao Zi said: Let’s give it a try.

Yan'er picked up the needle and stabbed it gently on the doll, and a depressing low scream suddenly came from the box.The geese spread their eyes wide.Really!

Xiao Zi took the doll and fiddled with it for a few times, then suddenly raised her eyes and looked at the closed window. A sweet smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and she smiled and said: Someone is here.

A light sound like a falling leaves came from the courtyard, and a black shadow fell from the corner of the opposite eaves, then flew towards the window.

In the flash of lightning, a slight burst of air like compression came from his ears, and a fist extended out of the darkness and hit the black shadow's chest with an extremely sharp aura.

The black shadow twisted strangely, and his body twisted into an impossible angle like noodle. He avoided this punch, then flipped his wrist, revealing the steel ring in the fingertips, and clenched his fist and fought hard with his fist.

The two fists were connected, and the steel ring on the black shadow finger broke inch by inch.He was shocked all over, staggered away, and shouted: Taiyi Zhenzong!

Before he finished speaking, he saw the fist lifting up, and a big hand like a palm fan, grabbing his face.

The black shadow was caught and hung in the air and couldn't scream. He kicked his feet randomly, and then he made a square sound, and his neck was twisted by the big hand.

The rabbits rose and fell, and the geese didn't know what was going on. When she heard the strange noise outside, she wanted to push the window to see, but when she looked back, she couldn't see Xiao Zi, only the doll was placed on the table.

Yan'er was surprised and slowly pushed open the window.

The person who took the action just now had disappeared. There was only one corpse left in the yard, crawling on the ground like soft mud, twisting his neck unnaturally to one side, his eyes wide open, full of surprise and fear.

Yan'er shivered and then saw Xiao Zi.

Xiao Zi was wearing a gentle warm robe, her long hair spread out, and a white jade-like palm was slightly raised, and a blood-stained jade bottle was placed in the palm.

There seemed to be a faint ringing sound floating in the dark, and the night wind blew, rolling up the dead leaves falling in the courtyard.Suddenly, the corpse seemed to move.

Yan'er covered her mouth, and under her horrified gaze, the broken corpse slowly stood up and walked into a room next to her with stiff steps.

Xiao Zi turned her head, raised her fingers and placed it in front of her rosy lips, made a gesture of silence, and then showed a cunning smile.

The water and fragrance building is full of guests, the candle shadows are shaking red, and the eight treasures are listed. The luxurious scenes do not show that they are in danger of being at the gate of the city.

The trade route in the southern desert?

Zhang Shaohuang looked at a lake bead with a big longan in his hand, and suddenly turned his head, Fatty Shi, your Jingu Shi family relied on this business path to make money, right?

Shi Chao looked embarrassed and said vaguely: That...that happened decades ago.

The Shi family of Jingu started to make a fortune since Shi Chao's grandfather. Shi Chao's grandfather was once the governor of Jingzhou and had been rich enough to rival a country for more than ten years.

But everyone insiders know that he did not rely on management, but secretly instructed soldiers in his state to intercept and kill passers-by merchants.Of course, Shi Chao would not mention such a disgraceful thing.

Ruan Xuanzi held the wine bottle and said disdainfully: Merchants are all villains who pursue profits!

Cheng Zongyang's face was calm, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart.

Yun Ruyao used to be very sensitive to his identity as a merchant. He just proposed to invest in the shares. Several of these aristocratic families showed disapproval, and obviously they still looked down on businessmen in their bones.

But if Cheng Zongyang was not sure of attracting them to invest, he would not have spoken up to himself.

Xiao Yaoyi said: Ruan Laoer, I don’t like to hear what you said.What's wrong with the businessman?Without a businessman, can you use silk from Song State, ivory from Zhaonan, and jade pendants from Tang State?And this wine was bought from merchants.

Ruan Xuanzi said: Merchants do not work in production, they are all cunning people who buy low and sell high. They are called "five worms" in the world. How could they do it?

When he spoke, he would just turn darker and darker. Cheng Zongyang simply didn't speak and just played with the wine cup.

Huan Xin said: Ruan Er, it is your business that you don’t want to get rich, your brother is still here.

Ruan Xuanzi disheveled her hair, drunk, and her fingers on the maid's shoulder shaking.Mr. Zhang and Brother Xie, you have agreed and I will listen to you.

Money is something outside the body, the most important thing is wine and beauty.

Xie Wuyi said: Boss Cheng, if you bring a family of gold leopards in your business, I will count it as my share!

Zhang Shaohuang threw the pearl into the wine, took it orally, and said: Such a good thing must be taken up by five shares, our ten, one and half shares.I don’t say much about the money, each family has two thousand gold coins.

Huan Xin was the first to applaud.

Among the ten families, Cheng Zongyang needs to be said, the Xiao family in Lanling, the Xie family in Chenjun, the Zhang family in Qinghe, and the Huan family in Qiao Guo have already expressed support, and half of them have been expressed. Although Shi Chao did not speak, his intention to invest is probably more eager than Cheng Zongyang himself. The remaining families have always followed Xie Wuyi, Zhang Shaohuang and Xiao Yaoyi, and they all agreed to this.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: How can you ask for money from your brothers?You all have a lot of money and don’t have to pay a penny!When the Linjiang Building is built, brothers will have a drink once a month and only get dividends at the end of the year.

Zhang Shaohuang smiled and said: Isn’t this good?I eat and drink all day for nothing, but I, Zhang, don’t care. How can the little marquis be able to live up to the face?

Xiao Yaoyi said: Come on, I have a thicker face than you.Brother Cheng, we will take this stock in vain, but brothers, the ugly saying goes ahead. Since we have invested, the business of Cheng in Panjiang is our own business. If anyone turns his elbow out, he will be discounted on the spot!

Xie Wuyi nodded calmly.This statement is very reasonable.

Everyone laughed and said: The little marquis is right!

This is what Cheng Zongyang wanted and bowed: Thank you everyone.

Xie Wuyi said: What are you thanking?It is serious to find two stunning ones for me.

Cheng Zongyang agreed immediately.Everyone was from aristocratic family and had a wealthy family. They didn't take this seriously. They turned around and put it aside and drank again.

Shi Chao had some worries and took advantage of the opportunity to persuade him to drink and said quietly: Brother Cheng, I will take out the money I invested first, and I will not let you suffer any loss.

Fatty Shi, you are rich enough, that's 20,000 gold baht.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Tell me, what do you like?

Shi Chao said embarrassedly: Cement business...

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: You have to discuss this with the little marquis.

Shi Chao immediately shut up and didn't dare to do something like snatching food from a tiger's mouth to death.

The cement is in the hands of the little marquis, so it is not difficult for you to manage it.Where is your Shi family doing business smoothly?If you use yours, the profit will be yours, but you will have to hang the Jiang Cheng brand.

This is easy to say!

Shi Chao immediately agreed, in addition to Jin State, our Shi family also had a lot of business in Tang State.

The two decided to make a deal in a few words during the meal. Cheng Zongyang handed over the management rights of Jiangzhou Cement in Tang State to the Shi family, and Shi Chao was responsible for setting up six businesses in Tang State, all of which were on the Cheng family's signature, monopolizing the operation of cement, and 80% of the profits belonged to the Shi family.

In this way, Cheng Zongyang won six businesses out of thin air, and Shi Chao also received a generous income.

After all, Shi Chao is a businessman. After all, he only looked around Jiangzhou City and knew that once cement was put into the market, the demand for it would be almost endless. It would be not difficult to replace the Jingu Shi family with the business of the Tang Kingdom alone.

The banquet was only at midnight when the banquet was getting better, and everyone was holding the fragrance and drinking happily.Cheng Zongyang had no intention of sitting for a long time, and he was about to leave the seat after a few greetings.

Xiao Yaoyi was seriously injured and could not bear it. He was still unable to bear it when he was lingering with them for two days. He was about to leave with Cheng Zongyang, but Zhang Shaohuang saw it and held it to death, and wanted to throw dice with him to compete with wine.

Xiao Yaoyi had no choice but to sit down, gritted his teeth and held the dice, and was so cruel that Zhang Shaohuang could vomit his intestines.

Shi Chao got up and wanted to give it away. Lan Gu held Cheng Zongyang's arm and said with a smile: Come on, I'll do it.

From the banquet with thick fat and rich powder and mixed wine and meat, Cheng Zongyang took a few sips of clear air, suppressing the rolling wine, and his mind became a little clearer.

Now the shares have expanded to twenty shares. In addition to the few people in the southern desert, they have joined the two forces of Xingyue Lake and Jiankang Family.

Maybe Xingyue Lake and those aristocratic families didn't take it seriously, but Cheng Zongyang has been thinking about this for a long time and does not intend to go there vaguely. He will just take a few money as dividends every year.

Including Yun's family and various families, he is preparing to let each shareholder publish one person to participate in the supervision account.

If dividends are just like disguised bribes, they will be underestimated by paying protection fees with the power of the children of those aristocratic families.

Only by letting them participate can they truly regard this as their own business.

However, the businesses involved in each company are limited to cement. The weaving workshops are mortal girls and the jewelry business is mortal old men, so they will not let them interfere.

The production of cement and sales within Jin State belong to Xingyue Lake. The sales of Tang State were managed by people from the Jingu Shi family. The other four dynasties prepared to make the same arrangements and found partners from the court.

Cheng Zongyang believed that as long as Jiangzhou did not fall, the huge profits of the cement business in a year would be enough to amazed old foxes like Wang Maohong.

I don’t want the court to come to an order and take the business back to the official camp.

This kind of thing is common in the Six Dynasties and is also a practice that the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce strongly criticized, but who can withstand the power of the government in ordinary businesses?

Cheng Zongyang lets the companies be idle and supervises their accounts without any generous means leaving room for expansion.Since each company has not paid out its stocks, it is nothing to say if it wants to expand a few more shares.

If all the people in power in the Six Dynasties could be brought into it and the interests of everyone were tied together through business, the Cheng family of Panjiang could be as stable as Mount Tai.

If you lose something, you will gain something. If you are petty about such a big business and want to monopolize the profit, the fate of Shi Chao’s grandfather in history is the best lesson.

Wu Zhanwei was waiting outside, and when he saw Cheng Zongyang, he came up.Cheng Zongyang joked: You just waited for two hours?Lan Gu is too unaware of the matter!

Lan Gu smiled and said: Young Master, I’ve wronged my family. Deacon Wu refused and insisted on waiting outside.

Wu Dadao, you have a higher vision now. You can’t even look down on the girls in the building?

Wu Zhanwei laughed and said nothing.

Lan Gu smiled and said: I just got a few girls in the building, which is not as usual. Yinu's family looked down on Deacon Wu, and it was mostly because Sister Liu had an explanation when she went out and dared not ignore her.

Cheng Zongyang laughed and said: You got it right, Wu Dadao blushed!

Wu Zhanwei said stubbornly: Don’t listen to Lan Gu’s nonsense, I’m giving in to her!

The three of them joked, and Cheng Zongyang casually said: The city is surrounded, why is there a new girl in the building?

Those masters brought some of their friends to the building if they were not satisfied with their wishes.

Lan Gu said: Anyway, there is only one yard in Jiangzhou City, and no one will buy it if we don’t buy it.

Is this a bit inappropriate?

Lan Gu smiled and said: Young Master, you have read it wrong. Those girls are happy to be able to get into the building.Compared to this, I am much better than their original masters.

Cheng Zongyang smiled bitterly.Lan Gu's words may be a bit exaggerated, but for those unpopular ordinary family music, they usually serve as entertainment items for banquets, and they are not much different from those in the mansion and in the building.

Cheng Zongyang thought for a while.Still not good.Lan Gu, ask, if they are willing to go home, give them travel expenses and let them go home.We don't lack this amount of money.

What do you think of me when I hear something?

Lan Gu said: The young master sent those sisters home that day, but it hurt them.I heard these days that some of the sisters were sold by their parents, brothers and uncles when they first arrived home, and some of them couldn't find a place to stay when they got home, so they turned back.

Where are there such parents?

It’s not entirely because of the blame for the parents. Some girls have used fine clothes and food, and are not used to the simple food at home, and they are voluntarily selling them to wealthy families as concubines.Besides, those families are willing to sell their children and can't afford to say that they are good at it.

Cheng Zongyang remembered Bi Ji.Even in the world when I came, the status of women was no longer low, and there were many people who were prostituting for a handbag.

The so-called forced and helplessness are often the pretext of self-destruction.For some women, good women who are not as good as prostitutes who are dressed in plain clothes and have good food.

Lan Gu said: Then again, if the young master sends them away, those young masters will not look good.

Cheng Zongyang laughed at himself: He is willing to do so, but why can he be regarded as a saint?

Let’s do it like this, tell them, do what they want, and don’t force them if they don’t want to.Those who are willing to stay in the building will pay them some money. When they earn enough money, they will let them redeem themselves.If you can find someone who is suitable to marry, the building will add another gift.

What Cheng Zongyang thought was: Since they were willing to be prostitutes, they no longer had to be self-indulgent.When Lan Gu heard this, she knelt down with her clothes and kowtowed to him sincerely: I thank you, my sisters, for my thanks to you.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and helped her up. Is it necessary to have such a great gift?

The young master didn't know that the girl in the building had no rules to get money.I don’t beat or scold every day, just keep good tea and good food. When I get old, I’ll be depressed and I’ll be considered good if I’m sent out by the mercy in the building. How can I get money?With the young master's wishes, all the girls in our building should set up a tablet of immortality for the young master.

Cheng Zongyang was speechless and said after a long time: Treat them well and don’t let them suffer grievances.

Cheng Zongyang took a few steps, then suddenly turned around and smiled: Also, when serving our own brothers, let them be more attentive.

Lan Gu smiled and said: I can save it.

The night was as bright as ink, and there was a faint cry of killing in the direction of the East City.Although the large-scale siege of the Song army stopped, the small harassment continued.

The counterattack of Xingyue Lake Camp was tit-for-tat, and a small team of about ten people jumped down from the back of the fortress and sneaked into the Song army's camp while the night was shining.

Since the Iron Bird’s Duke Li Shibin was assassinated by the bandits who had surrendered, the Song army no longer took in any prisoners.The counterattacks of Xingyue Lake Camp are mostly mainly focused on injury, leaving the wounded to consume the food of the Song army.

Both sides are trying their best to disturb the opponent and see who can't hold on first.

Some houses near the South Gate were destroyed by catapults, and some places in Dongcheng were also damaged because the beast barbarians broke through the city wall.

In contrast, the west city in Linjiang is always calm and when the little fox is choosing a place for him, he probably even thought of this.

Cheng Zongyang thought about his thoughts all the way, ignoring the movements around him.Suddenly, a figure flashed, and Wu Zhanwei, who had been following behind, stepped forward and stood in front of him, holding the hilt of the knife in his backhand.

Cheng Zongyang's cultivation is much higher than Wu Dadao, but when it comes to experience in the world, he can't catch up.Wu Zhanwei had already lifted his thick-backed sword, and Cheng Zongyang reacted.

The inn was quiet without any sound, and there was no abnormality in the air. Zong Yang had a skill that Wu Zhanwei could never have imagined in his dream. The scar on his temple moved slightly, capturing a faint and faint breath of death.

Something happened!Cheng Zongyang's heart tightened.

Wu Zhanwei stood up like a tiger and carried it on his shoulder; the door latch was broken, the door opened, and the canopy hit the wall with a sound.Then he waved his sword and had already fought with the assassin inside.

The assassin hiding in the dark was covered in black leather from head to toe, and only dug two holes in the hood, revealing a pair of eyes; there was a small hole in his mouth, which was particularly strange under the night.

The long knife he used was painted black with dye, and his body was so wet that it was dripping with water. It was obviously entering Jiangzhou from the water.

There is now a Xingyue Lake soldier guarding the city wall in Jiangzhou every few steps. To put it bluntly, even flies cannot fly in.If you want to enter the city without being noticed, there is only the underwater road.

The man made a fierce move, his cultivation level was above level 4, and he had surpassed ordinary martial arts. However, Wu Zhanwei was not showing any weakness and even fought with him in a difficult way.

This is an unexpected surprise.Cheng Zongyang has always been worried about forming a direct battalion, and Wu Zhanwei's skills are not enough to convince the public.

Although the commander may not necessarily be a powerful general who must charge into battle, the level of Xingyue Lake Camp is placed there to invisibly improve the standard of cultivation.

During the siege last night, Wu Zhanwei showed that he was quite good at siege, but the melee at the city wall was not as intuitive as it was at this time.

It seems that Wu Dadao has been communicating with Yi Biao and Wu Sangui for a long time, and his cultivation has already broken through the fourth level and has entered the state of incomprehensibleness. It is not too bad to be included in Xingyue Lake Camp.

There were more than one assassin, and as soon as he got into the fight, two figures quietly flew out of the inn.They showed off their weapons without saying a word and were about to attack Wu Zhanwei, but they saw a young man marching in.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: It was midnight, were the three of them going to the wrong door?I know people in Jiangzhou Yamen. As long as I say a word, I will throw you into prison in a while and beat you up one by one. Do you believe it?

One of them said gloomyly: You don’t know until you die!

The two of them attacked Cheng Zongyang at the same time.Cheng Zongyang's smile remained unchanged. When the two of them arrived, they flapped their arms and raised a pair of steel knives from behind. Then, they fought each other and slashed more than ten knives in an instant.

Both assassins had a level 4 cultivation level, and after fighting, they realized that this young man was not easy to mess with.The man who made the voice just now suddenly whistled, and then the offensive rose sharply.

Cheng Zongyang's face changed slightly.

There are more than three of these assassins!

Although the dead girl's Blood Burning Art has been lifted, she consumes too much blood. If she is attacked, she will not be able to protect the two weak women Mengniang and Yan'er, let alone Zhuo Yunjun, a bitch with ulterior motives.

The inn was originally protected by Xingyue Lake soldiers, but in recent days, the Xingyue Lake camp launched many attacks, with great casualties. Cheng Zongyang had already transferred the guards to replenish the combat effectiveness of the front line.

Once the assassin breaks into the backyard, the dead girl is in danger.

Wu Dadao!

Wu Zhanwei responded, turned around and took over the attacks of the three of them.

Cheng Zongyang felt less pressure and immediately escaped and rushed to the backyard.The door of the small courtyard behind the inn was closed, and Cheng Zongyang didn't care about breaking the door, so he jumped over and climbed over and turned in.