Chapter 167 Ultimatum
The person who spoke was Jia Rang, the third of the three brothers who had been rebellious. The eldest brother Deng Ke said in a deep voice after hearing this: "If you don't have a chance, you have to find an opportunity. If you can't kill Li Bin, even if you return to China, you will be dead. You know how much Xiahou Ben is valued by the emperor."
Deng Ke, Geng Rong and Jia Rang's wife and children are all in Jinluo City, so they have no idea of wandering around the world or finding a place to hide their names from now on. Even if there are some possibilities, the three of them still hope to return to Jinluo City.
Geng Rong, the second brother of the three brothers, hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother, since the bodies of Xiahou Ben, Dong Ci and several other masters of the master level have not been found, they should have been captured alive by Li Bin's men. Should we find a way to find out the whereabouts of Xiahou Ben, Dong Ci and the others? If we can rescue them, all the problems will be solved."
The third brother Jia Rang sighed and said, "If Xiahou Ben and Dong Ci and the others were still alive, it is very likely that they were detained in Zhennan Hou Mansion. I think that more than a dozen of us want to rescue Xiahou Ben and Dong Ci and the others from Zhennan Hou Mansion, which is more difficult than assassinating Li Bin."
The eldest brother Deng Ke gritted his teeth and said, "Continue to monitor Li Bin. As long as we can kill Li Bin, after we return to China, the emperor will not only not blame us three brothers, but also have to increase our titles."
The second son Geng Rong said: "Brother, if we want to kill Li Bin, we must do it faster. Once Li Bin brings people back to Yong'an City, we will have even less chance."
The boss Deng Ke said decisively: "The second brother is right and can't wait. We will be ambushing outside the inn tomorrow morning. Whether we can succeed depends on this moment!"
The next morning, after Li Bin and others had a simple breakfast in the inn, they prepared to rush to a thousand-year-old temple outside Jiaole County.
However, as Li Bin walked out of the inn gate, more than a dozen crossbow arrows flew out from the restaurant opposite the inn and headed straight for Li Bin.
Long Qi and Gao Chong followed Li Bin. When they found a crossbow arrow shot towards Li Bin, Long Qi and Gao Chong blocked Li Bin almost instantly and knocked out most of the crossbow arrows with the spear in their hand.
One of the crossbow arrows hit Gao Chong's left shoulder. Fortunately, Gao Chong was wearing double-layer infantry heavy armor and a layer of leather armor, and the double-layer infantry heavy armor was made of fine iron.
Although this crossbow arrow was very powerful, it only penetrated the first layer of infantry heavy armor and was blocked by the second layer of infantry heavy armor.
Xie Yingying hugged Li Jie and walked behind Li Bin, and Sun Xiong, Fang Hu, Han Zhang and Han Rui walked behind Xie Yingying.
When a crossbow arrow shot at Li Bin, Sun Xiong, Fang Hu, Han Zhang and Han Rui quickly stepped forward and surrounded Xie Yingying and Li Jie and his son.
"The assassin is in the restaurant, follow me to kill in!" Fan Kuai roared loudly.
Then Fan Kuai, Yuwen Chengdu, Dian Wei and others led dozens of Li Bin's personal bodyguards into the restaurant.
The assassin ambushed in the restaurant were the three brothers Deng Ke, Geng Rong and Jia Rang, as well as seven other Jin Luo Imperial Army officers and soldiers and four Jin Luo Imperial Army officers and soldiers.
They had already left a way out. After missing a hit, the boss Deng Ke waved his hand and fourteen people jumped directly from the back window on the second floor of the restaurant to the alley behind the restaurant, and then quickly escaped along the alley.
When Fan Kuai, Yuwen Chengdu, Dian Wei and others came to the alley behind the restaurant, which was empty.
When Li Bin learned that the assassins had escaped, he couldn't help but frown, "I wonder which team this is?"
Xie Yingying, who was still in shock, said at this time: "Husband, why don't we go directly to Tianxing Pavilion! I'm worried that this group of assassins will not give up and will come to assassinate his husband again."
Li Bin said indifferently: "Yingying, you don't need to worry. With Fan Kuai, Long Ji, Yuwen Chengdu, Gao Chong and others, the assassins could not hurt us at all."
After pausing, Li Bin continued, "In addition, today is February 9th, and it is still early to the Tianxing Pavilion's departure ceremony. And even if we are on the way to Tianxing Pavilion, those assassins can still assassinate us. It is better to continue to visit several counties on the capital road as planned. As long as we are more careful, we will not leave any chance for those assassins."
Xie Yingying said with a worried look: "I'm not afraid of accidents, but I'm afraid that if we travel around like this, there will always be negligence. We are still taking Xiaojie with us!"
When Li Bin heard Xie Yingying mention his son Li Jie, he pondered for a moment before nodding slowly and said, "Then go directly to Tianxing Pavilion. Cangyun Mountain where Tianxing Pavilion is located has many beautiful scenery. When we arrive at Tianxing Pavilion, we can take a walk in Cangyun Mountain."
It was not a trivial matter to assassinate the marquis of the Dayan court on the street, let alone in a small county town like Jiaole County. So the news that Li Bin was assassinated on the street was soon spread to the county government in Jiaole County.
What Li Bin and others did not expect was that before they left the county town of Jiaole County, the county magistrate, county magistrate and county magistrate came to the door and told Li Bin that someone had discovered the hiding place where the assassins assassins assassins of Li Bin were assassins.
The three officials from Jiaole County asked Li Bin to send some experts to assist the government soldiers and yamen runners in Jiaole County to arrest the assassins.
Of course, Li Bin would not refuse this matter. After all, the assassins came to assassinate him, so Li Bin sent Yuwen Chengdu, Gao Chong, Dian Wei, Lu Zhishen and thirty wolves generals to arrest the group of assassins with the soldiers and yamen runners of Jiaole County. Li Bin took the others back to the inn and waited for news.
After waiting for less than an hour, the county magistrate, county magistrate and county magistrate of Jiaole County, as well as Yuwen Chengdu, Gao Chong, Dian Wei, Lu Zhishen and others, returned to the inn with six assassins tied up.
After Li Bin expressed his gratitude to the county magistrate, county magistrate and county magistrate of Jiaole County, the three officials from Jiaole County left the inn first, and the six arrested assassins were handed over to Li Bin for handling.
The six assassins arrested include the three brothers Deng Ke, Geng Rong and Jia Rang, as well as two other Jin Luo Imperial Army officers and soldiers and one Jin Luo Imperial Army officer.
The other five Jinluo Imperial Army officers and three Jinluo Imperial Army officers and soldiers have been killed during the arrest.
From the mouths of Deng Ke, Geng Rong and Jia Rang, the three brothers, they learned that the group of assassins were originally the fish that broke the net when the Jin Luo Kingdom intercepted Li Bin. A trace of murderous aura flashed in Li Bin's eyes. After deciding to leave the county town of Jiaole County, they found a barren mountain and ridge outside the city to execute all the six assassins from Jin Luo Kingdom.
Lu Zhishen immediately whispered to Li Bin: "Lord, among the six people I caught, three of them are master warriors, and they are of great strength. Did you turn them into wolf generals?"
Li Bin asked: "How many other medicines are there?"
"It should be available for thirteen people."
"Since you think those three people are good at martial arts, then add three more wolves generals! However, the remaining ten medicines must be carefully selected in the future. After using them all, the number of wolves generals will not be increased."
Since the assassins of Jinluo Kingdom were destroyed, Li Bin and Xie Yingying discussed it and decided to continue to visit several counties on the capital road according to the original plan. When it was almost the first day of March, they would rush to Cangyun Mountain to participate in the Tianxing Pavilion's departure ceremony.
Shortly after Li Bin and others left the county town of Jiaole County, Lu Zhishen found an opportunity to force the medicine to Deng Ke, Geng Rong and Jia Rang, the three brothers, which increased the number of wolve generals under Li Bin's command to 67, and each of them had the strength of a master warrior.
In addition, the three Jinluo Kingdom assassins arrested, one of them was a warrior of the magic power, and two of them were a warrior of the dark power. The cultivation level of these three people could not meet the requirements of the wolf general, and they were all executed in the end.
In a hall in the imperial palace of Jinluo City, the capital of Jinluo Kingdom, Emperor Xiahou Zhen asked Xiahou Cheng, the Minister of War in a deep voice: "Have Xiahou Ben, Dong Ci and the others not heard of it yet?"
Xiahou Cheng, Minister of War, shook his head and said, "Report to Your Majesty, our people in the Wei State have only found that the interception operation failed. As for Xiahou Ben and Dong Ci and others, the specific situation is unknown."
Emperor Xiahou's face suddenly became a little ugly, "Li Bin has already returned to Yong'an City, but Xiahou Ben, Dong Ci and the others have not been sent back at all. I suspect that Xiahou Ben, Dong Ci and the others have not failed in their actions, but they are likely to have their entire army destroyed."
Xiahou Cheng, Minister of War, said a little sadly: "Your Majesty, I actually suspect that Xiahou Ben and Dong Ci and the others have been destroyed, otherwise there would be no news."
Emperor Xiahou Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Let us Jinluo people in the Wei Kingdom continue to investigate the whereabouts of Xiahou Ben, Dong Ci and others, and live to see people and die to see corpses."
Xiahou Cheng hurriedly said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Xiahou Zhen then asked: "How is the situation in Dongzhou Prefecture now?"
Xiahou Cheng, Minister of War, sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the Zhennan Army of Yan State has not stopped attacking the various ethnic groups of the Eastern Barbarians after Li Bin left. Now there are more than 200 barbarian tribes conquered by the Zhennan Army. The newly divided counties in the Jinluo Dongzhou Prefecture of our Jinluo have also increased to 61, and the offensive of the Zhennan Army is still continuing."
Emperor Xiahou Zhen slapped the dragon case in front of him and said angrily: "It's really too much. Yan State is going to completely annex the Dongzhou Prefecture of our Jinluo State!"
Xiahou Cheng, Minister of War, nodded slightly, "If it continues according to the current situation, perhaps two years later, the hundreds of barbarian tribes in the Dongzhou Prefecture of our Jinluo Kingdom will all be annexed by the Nanjun of Yanguo Town."
Emperor Xiahou Zhen asked: "Chiefs of the Qingfan Man, Hongshan Man, Huadong Man, and Heishui Man, can't see the situation clearly now? If these large tribes of the four major barbarians do not unite, sooner or later, the southern army of Yanguo Town will be eaten one by one!"
Xiahou Cheng said helplessly: "Your Majesty, most of the leaders of the four major barbarian tribes are short-sighted. As long as the Yanguo Zhennan Army does not attack their tribes, they will be willing to settle down. After the Yanguo Zhennan Army annexes all the small tribes of the East Barbarians and many small tribes, the large tribes of the four major barbarians should suffer the consequences."
Emperor Xiahou Zhen was silent for a while and said in a deep voice: "We must not sit idly by and watch the southern army of Yan State annex the hundreds of barbarian tribes in the entire Dongzhou Prefecture, otherwise our Jinluo State would have been a vassal state of Yan State for generations."
Xiahou Cheng said bitterly: "But the Yan State court has made it clear that it does not recognize that the vast area occupied by the Dongman tribes is the Dongzhou Prefecture of our Jinluo Kingdom. Moreover, the treasury of our Jinluo Kingdom is empty, and the imperial guards have been reduced to twenty-four towns. Even if they want to interfere with the war between the Southern Army in Yan State's Town to attack the Dongman tribes, they are still willing but unable to do so."
Emperor Xiahou Zhen said flatly: "My royal treasury still has some money. Use this money to contact the large tribes of Qingfan Man, Hongshan Man, Huadong Man, and Heishui Man. Since those large tribes cannot unite themselves, we can only take the lead by our Jinluo Kingdom. If you want to stop the southern army of Yan State Town from annexing the entire Dongzhou Prefecture, you have to rely on the large tribes of the four major barbarians."
Xiahou Cheng hesitated and said, "I am worried that the Yan court will do anything else, led by our Jin Luo Kingdom."
Emperor Xiahou Zhen waved his hand and said, "At this time, I can't take care of that much."
What the ruler and minister of Jin Luo Kingdom did not expect was that the leading operation of Jin Luo Kingdom had not yet begun. The five major tribes of Hua Dongman and Heishui Barbarians suddenly sent 300,000 troops to launch an attack on the First Guard of Guizhou that entered the Dongman area. At this time, the First Guard of Guizhou was dividing troops to attack several small barbarian tribes.
It turned out that not all the leaders of the four major barbarian tribes were short-sighted, and many leaders of the large tribes knew very well that if the Zhennan Army continued to expand so unscrupulously, the large tribes could not avoid the fate of being annexed. Therefore, five large tribes with good relationships, Hua Dongman and Heishuiman, jointly sent 300,000 troops to launch a raid on the First Guard of Guizhou of Zhennan Army.
These five large tribes intend to teach Zhennan Army a lesson first, and then take advantage of the great victory to join forces with more large tribes of the four major barbarians to fight against Zhennan Army.
What makes people surprised is that the Zhennan Army seemed to have known for a long time that the five major tribes, Huadongman and Heishuiman, were going to raid the First Guard of Guizhou. When the 300,000 troops of the five major tribes launched an attack on the First Guard of Guizhou, the Second Guard of Guizhou, the Third Guard of Guizhou, the Fourth Guard of Guizhou, and the 180 government battalions under the jurisdiction of the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office suddenly appeared around the 300,000 barbarian coalition forces, and surrounded the 300,000 barbarian coalition forces.
After a daytime bloody battle, the 300,000 barbarian coalition forces were almost destroyed, with more than 140,000 killed in battle, and the remaining 160,000 people basically became prisoners of Zhennan Army.
Then the Zhennan Army quickly sent troops to capture the five large tribes of the Huadongman and the Heishuiman.
Next, the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office issued an ultimatum to the major tribes of Qingfan Man, Hongshan Man, Huadong Man and Heishui Man. As long as the four major barbarians and other large tribes are nominally willing to surrender to the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office of Dayan, then the iron hooves of Dayan would not step into the territory of their large tribes.
But once there is a large tribe that wants to be enemies with the Grand Governor's Office in the South of Dayan Town, then the five large tribes that were destroyed by Hua Dongman and Heishuiman are examples.
Chapter completed!