Chapter 666
After losing the key points of Ma Mingge Road and Dingjun Mountain, they were attacked by Wei troops from both sides. Jing Han knew that Yangping Pass was no longer in defense, so he retreated eastward to Mianyang City (now Mian County, Hanzhong), but was still chased by Ma Yuan to the front of the city.
Seeing that the number of the two soldiers was almost the same, Jing Han raised the courage to fight with him. Unexpectedly, the Shu army lost the fortress and the soldiers were frightened. Before the array was clear, they were attacked by the Longyou soldiers of the Wei army and were defeated.
Jing Han escaped from the chaotic army and could only continue to retreat eastward. Fifty or sixty miles east of Mianyang, it was Nanzheng, the capital of "Hanzhong County" established by the Chengjia regime. As a famous city established during the Warring States Period, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, counterattacked the Three Qins. The city walls and solid walls of Nanzheng were not comparable to small Mianyang energy. Perhaps he could defend for ten months to wait for reinforcements on the Micang Road to arrive...
But when Jing Han finally fled to Nanzheng City with his confidants, he looked up and was so angry that he was breathless!
It turned out that the Wude flag was floating at the city of Nanzheng. It was a surprise soldier of the Wei army. He walked from Guanzhong to Baoxi Road and came south through Jigu. Although they were not many, they came by coincidence. Just when Yangping Pass and Mianyang were defeated, the defeated soldiers fled back. Nanzheng was shocked. Seeing that the Wei army had arrived at the city again, the Hanzhong prefect, who had been married, was temporarily terrified, fearing that he would surrender too late, he opened the city to surrender! A small Wei army unit with only a thousand soldiers took down a county city without bloodshed.
"Go to the south!" Jing Han immediately turned his head. At this point, the three counties in Hanzhong will only repeat such defeats and surrender without fighting. The only place to go is Mi Cang Road!
From Bashu to Hanzhong, there have been only three passages since ancient times: the westmost part is the famous "Tianniu Road", from Chengdu, Shu County, Dajianshan, Jiameng Pass, and Baishui Pass to Wudu County. Although the road is dangerous and huge, it is convenient among the three paths, and the merchants and travelers travel the most.
The easternmost part is the "Badong Road" that crosses Daba Mountain, connecting Bajun Jiangzhou and Xicheng (now Ankang, Hanzhong).
The Micang Road in the middle is the Micang Road, which is just off Nanzheng, passing through Micang Mountain and connecting to Bazhong. Although this place is not Tongfu Avenue, it is actually a key point for the exchanges. When the Jinniu Road was cut off by the Wei army, it almost became the lifeline of the Shu army.
After suffering consecutive defeats, Jing Han had few members around him. The dam of the Hanzhong Basin was gradually left behind. They began to enter the Micang Mountains. The road became rugged, the mountains were blocked, and the light became dim. Because there were pursuers behind him, Jing Han was thinking about going to the Micang Road to inform reinforcements and let them guard Bazhong on the spot, so that the Wei army took advantage of the situation to enter Baba. Therefore, they ignored the road danger and the horse speed was still very fast...
However, on a dangerous path between a canyon, the riders in front suddenly rushed over and over, and were tripped by the thin vines!
Jing Han followed closely behind, hurriedly pulled the horse, and the shocked horseman stood and neighed, throwing him beside the road.
Just when Jing Han was in a dilemma, he saw countless "bandits" fish jumping out on the hills on both sides. They were wearing animal leather armor, tied with buns, and were in a simple dress. However, they held the Wei army's standard weapons, and they screamed and spoke incomprehensible language.
But Jing Han is not unfamiliar with this language.
"It's the Di army in Wudu!"
...
"I am worthy of being Vice Captain Yun. After captain Mianyang, I did not join the fun with Nanzheng City with Captain Qi, but took us to set up an ambush on this path, marched for a hundred miles, and squatted for a short time. Sure enough, when the Shu army was defeated, this person might be a general in Shu."
When Jing Han woke up from his coma, he only heard the Di soldiers who were dragging his body to talk like a corpse.
He was injured in the fight, had an arrow on his thigh, and his forehead was hit by a blunt weapon. He was still drowsy and painful. He felt dizzy and difficult to tell the difference between the east, west, south and north. He only knew it was at night, and he was dragged up a slope, and through the armor, the stones made his ribs hurt!
After climbing the earth slope, there was a small flat land halfway up the mountain. This was the temporary garrison of the Di soldiers of the Wei army and Wudu. Under a wild locust tree with lush branches and leaves, a simple shack was built.
A young man in the robe of a Wei army lieutenant was waiting here, with the stars and moon covering the bushes and the torches very dark. Jing Han could not see his appearance clearly, only knowing that this man has a great reputation among the Di soldiers. He waved his hand and said to everyone, "Let's go down first, I will interrogate this villain myself!"
After a fight, the Di soldiers were so happy that they went to the fire to rest. They tied Jing Han to the tree and left. After they walked away, the Wei army captain approached Jing Han, stared at him and then said a word after a while...
"I haven't seen each other for almost ten years. Mr. Jing is very old, and his skills are not as good as those in the past."
Jing Han suddenly raised his head. No wonder the voice was so familiar. The person in front of him was Ayun, who had personally selected and sent to Longyou to carry out the assassination of Wei Generals!
"Ayun, are you not dead?" Jing Han was shocked and suspicious.
"Gongsun Death Soldier Ayun, I have seen Gong Jing Gong." Ayun made a bowing gesture in his hand, and tears flashed in his eyes: "Since the assassination of Wan Xiu nine years ago failed, Ayun has been wandering around the Wei Kingdom and has been hiding to this day... A few days ago, he saw Jing Juntu Tuqiong dagger appearing in the dagger outside Yangping Pass, but Ma Yuan was not easy to assassinate. Before Ayun found an opportunity, the Ma Ming Pavilion Road was broken, and Mianyang would no longer defend it. I thought that if Gong Jing survived, he would definitely go south on the Micang Road, so he rushed to come here to pick him up and indeed met Gong Jing."
Jing Han was not happy at all. Since Ayun was the deputy captain of the Di army, he must have the Wei troops attacking Dingjun Mountain. Although the two sides had broken off contact, if Ayun still remembered the past kindness and loyalty to Emperor Gongsun, if he valued the rise and fall of his family more than his own life, even if Ayun could not find the opportunity to assassinate Ma Yuan, he would definitely find ways to inform him, or let the water go when Jing Han attacked Dingjun Mountain...
But there was nothing. Jing Han could not trust one of the best "Gongsun Death Soldiers" in the past. He only looked at the ropes tied on his body and whispered: "Is this your repayment?"
"Mr. Jing misunderstood me." A Yun lowered his head: "Twenty years ago, A Yun was sold to Chengdu as a slave of a defeated tribe. If it weren't for the rescue of Gong Jing and Emperor Gongsun, he would have been exhausted in the manor long ago. Gong Jing taught A Yun to read and learn martial arts. Emperor Gongsun was my king, and Gong Jing treated me like a father! I'll let Gong Jing leave now."
As he said that, he actually came forward and began to loosen his ties for Jing Han. However, Jing Han discovered that Ayun, who was able to hold a crossbow and shoot birds with extremely steady hands, was shaking his hands at this moment, as if a 70-year-old lady had trembled so much that it took her a long time to untickle a knot...
Ayun also noticed this. He stopped, looked down at his trembling palms, and murmured: "Ayun will never forget what Mr. Jing said when he sent me north."
"Mr. Jing said: As the current situation is very similar to that in the Warring States Period, Emperor Gongsun needed warriors to hold the sword in Shu, aim at the generals of Wei, push the edge and cut the sharpness, and control his life. He blamed his faults for the three armies of Wei, and the upper and lower levels escaped. At this time, the king's army Qingrui was sent to follow him, and the Wei State would definitely be defeated."
He began to say to himself: "A Yun believed it at that time and was willing to repay Jing Gong's kindness with a mere seven-foot body to make Emperor Gongsun win. However, after A Yun hid in Wei for nine years, he felt that Jing Gong's words were wrong."
"Even if we are lucky enough to assassinate one or two generals, can we really save Wei Sheng's success or failure?"
"No." A Yun shook his head: "I have been looking at it for nine years and I understand that the strength of Wei is not about its subjects, but about its monarch. The Fifth Emperor is a hero, full of strategies in his heart, knowing when to fight and when to rest again. Although Wan Xiu and Ma Yuan and other people are famous generals, even if the two die one after another, the Fifth Emperor can still use Wu Han and Geng Bozhao to make up for it, and send a constant source of soldiers and food!"
"After thinking about it, I thought that there was only one way to truly serve Emperor Gongsun and to help the family avoid being destroyed by Wei."
"That is, directly assassinate the fifth reunion!"
A Yun's eyes were flashing with a raging fire. Although he tried to lower his voice, Jing Han could still hear his excitement. However, as the assassin instructor who trained A Yun, Jing Han's heart became colder and colder.
The most taboo thing about a dagger is to have your own ideas! Ayun, he has been away from Chengdu for too long and has gone too far!
But Ayun seemed not aware of this and was still immersed in his new plan: "Duke Jing, do you remember telling us that Jing Ke brought a dagger into the unexpected powerful Qin, and the King of Qin was afraid of losing his garrison, and all the guards were afraid of it?"
"But Yan State paid a huge price to make Jing Ke win the trust of Qin and finally found out. As a descendant of Jing Ke, Jing Gong must know what that is!"
Jing Han understood and was stunned: "General Fan Yuqi's head!"
He looked up and down at Ayun and sneered, "Do you want to borrow my head?"
"Yes, this is also a helpless move. Gong Jing's leg was injured. Even if Ayun let Gong Jing go, he would not go far."
A Yun bowed his head ashamed and said, "Although I am now a vice-campire and received recommendation from Wu Han and Wan Xiu, I am still a small person. It is difficult for me to even meet Ma Yuan, let alone the Emperor of Wei. But because of the battle of Dingjunshan, I have the opportunity to be awarded titles or be a man. Today I will be the leader of King Jing, and I can even become a viscount and get the opportunity to enter the capital to be granted titles!"
He described the future victory to Jing Han: "At that time, there will be a chance to attack the fifth reunion. I will hold his sleeve with my left hand and my chest with my right hand. Jing Gong's hatred can be washed away, and the crisis of starting a family and Emperor Gongsun can be lifted in one fell swoop!"
"Okay, okay Ayun."
Jing Han laughed dumbly. From the beginning to the end, Ayun never thought about taking him with him and returning to Shuzhong. Ayun often subconsciously touched his waist, and there was a dagger and a short sword on the left and right of the belt. If Jing Han didn't want to be decent, he would probably help this "benefactor" and "mentor" be decent!
Jing Han stopped laughing. Death is not scary, but he didn't want to be deceived by his "disciples" as fools before he died.
"Ayun..."
Jing Han sighed:
"You are not Jing Ke."
"I can't do anything to the Gao Jianli who forbears and forgiving to build."
Jing Han's voice suddenly became louder: "You just... after stepping into Qin State, you feel relieved and your face has changed from fear to Qin Wuyang!"
As soon as this said, Ayun's face changed drastically. Before Jing Han could finish his words, he moved quickly. He wiped Jing Han's throat with his right hand to stop him from shouting and screaming. He cut the vine rope on Jing Han's body with his left hand, and then stabbed the dagger into his shoulder with his backhand!
The movement was done in one go, without trembling and hesitation. Seeing that Jing Han was covering her throat and bleeding was still running, it was already hard to survive, so he shouted in anger:
"What a thief!"
"I actually attacked this captain, damn it!"
When the Di soldiers from afar arrived, Jing Han had already swallowed his last breath, while Ayun swears and kicks his body and leaves it to his subordinates for handling.
Ayun turned around and glanced at Jing Han's eyes that could not be closed. He suddenly panicked and hurried away.
Gongsun Shishi Ayun, who had been lurking in Wei for nine years, finally made his own choice.
He betrayed his mission and "repayed" his former benefactor.
Ayun's hands began to tremble again, covered with Jing Han's blood. He wiped the collar of his robe and then touched his robe. There was a sachet woven by his wife, and the sachet was wrapped in his child's baby teeth.
"Mr. Jing is right. I am not a warrior at all, but just a villain who is afraid of life and death, and cannot bear to give up wealth and his wife."
Five bright red fingers gently stroked the chest, and then tightened the collar of the clothes. Ayun's eyes became extremely cruel. He was still the sharpest dagger in Qionglai Mountain:
Chapter completed!