The Sixth Army of Xindu should nominally have a full strength of about 80,000 troops, but the actual strength can be more than 40,000. In addition to the Chinese army of the Forbidden Garden and the chariots and cavalry of the Xindu City Defense, the other armies are more than half short, especially the Longxiang Army, which was destroyed in Henan earlier and is now rebuilt, has only a pitiful thousand-strong force.

But even so, the Sixth Army can still be said to be the army with the highest combat effectiveness in the current country. At the very least, these soldiers can keep their equipment and ordnance intact, and they can also obtain relatively sufficient food supplies.

The corresponding Outer Sixth Army, although theoretically speaking, has a multiple number of troops, but in practice, except for special generals, some only have banners, and even no pawns are available.

Probably in order to show that he attaches great importance to the newcomers of the Inner Sixth Army, or just want to recall his old years of fighting with his soldiers, Jin Ge Iron Horse, and magnificent years, since the beginning of winter, Shi Hu, the lord of the Inner Sixth Army, has inspected the Sixth Army from time to time, and sometimes he also directly enters the barracks.

Before the upheaval, the ministers in the country didn't care much about it. As the New Year's ceremony gets closer and closer, some people expect to be able to achieve greater gains at the ceremony, while others are reluctant to get too eye-catching official titles. Whatever the intentions, beneath the relatively calm surface of the Shinto, there are dark chamber plots going on almost every moment, and everyone is working hard to achieve their intentions.

As for the main patrol of the Sixth Army, it has happened from time to time in recent times, and it is not a rare thing, and there are naturally not many followers. And after the news came, almost everyone who was qualified to learn about this matter at the first time was in danger!

Xindu is the core of the rule of the Karma Kingdom, which is full of heavy troops, and it can be said that it is the base camp of the Karma Kingdom at present. So all the people who received the news, regardless of whether they had important affairs at hand or what they were busy with, rushed to the Longteng military camp where the Lord was assassinated as soon as possible.

When everyone arrived at the Longteng military camp, they found that the inside and outside of the camp had already been tightly sealed, and the camp defense had already been controlled by the Chinese soldiers who rushed to hear the news first, and no one was allowed to enter the camp.

For a time, the Longteng military camp located on the southeast side of Xindu City was already overcrowded, and those powerful people who rushed to the country after hearing the news all gathered here, because of the strong resistance of the Chinese army soldiers, no one could enter the camp, and they did not know the specific process of assassination, and even did not know whether the Lord was alive or dead.

"We are all subordinates of the humerus of the lord, and we are shocked to hear the bad news, why don't we go inside and ask An Gongcong?"

At the front of the crowd, the one who fought with the Chinese army guards was Zhao Shu, the Chinese scholar, and a group of civil servants also gathered in his body, one by one, he looked at those brave and fierce Chinese soldiers.

These civil servants gather in the three halls every day to work, because they got the news early, they rushed here as soon as possible, but when they arrived, the military camp had been blocked, and no one could enter or leave. Some people tried to break in, but they were beaten out with sticks by the guards of the camp, and many people were injured as a result.

In addition to these ministers, the generals who had unified their own armies to defend all sides of the city also rushed here, and even the generals of the six armies outside the city also tried to withdraw here as much as possible.

Compared to the panicked and anxious Wenchen, who stood at the front and tried to rush in, these generals did not react so violently, and each of them had an unequal number of troops behind them. Even the lord was ambushed and assassinated, which shows that the letter is by no means safe at the moment, these generals may be arrogant and domineering, but they will not neglect their own safety issues.

Although they did not rush forward to make a noise, they all stopped near the shore and did not leave for a moment, and there were many latecomers who asked their colleagues who arrived here first for details, but none of them could clearly tell what had happened to the shock.

The noise of the Wenchen was in stark contrast to the restraint of the generals, as if the arrogant and domineering generals had suddenly changed their temperament and became humble. But if you look closely, you will find that there seems to be an indescribable complex atmosphere in these generals' groups, and there is no lack of suspicion in addition to shock, and even suspicion of each other.

Although the camp was completely cordoned off, the details of the assassination were completely unknown to those present. But one thing is certain, Xindu, as the base camp of the Qianguo, although there are some exaggerations for hundreds of thousands of troops inside and outside, but with so many ears and eyes intertwined, it is completely certain that there will be no large-scale Jin army spies sneaking into the city.

In particular, the place where the Lord was assassinated was in the barracks of the Sixth Army of the Inner Army, and it was even more certain that no outsiders with ill intentions would be able to approach the Lord. Since it is not an external enemy, then it is natural to be sure that this matter must be done by internal thieves!

Once this is established, things get complicated. Who is the thief? What is the intent? How can you approach the Lord so easily?

Combined with the recent New Year's ceremony approaching in the middle of the country, the situation in Xindu seems to be stable but in fact the dark tide is surging, especially some military rumors about the west, all of which make people shudder and feel creepy!

Compared with those civil servants who have almost no military power, these generals themselves have a stronger appeal and sense of crisis, even if they are arrogant and fierce, they dare not come out arbitrarily at this moment, so as not to attract too much attention.

But just because they don't dare to come forward doesn't mean they don't have curiosity about it. In fact, they are more anxious than anyone else to find out. However, at present, the Chinese army is controlling the scene, and they do not recognize their six relatives, and they have to show the posture of a butcher's knife at any time, which really makes people dare not do anything excessive.

In the military establishment under the current state of Qian, the Chinese army in the sixth army is definitely the first heart of the main army. The generals and captains of the army are all brave generals who have experienced a hundred battles, and there is even no lack of old people who have been chasing the old people of the palace for a long time, and the soldiers are also the best soldiers who dare to charge into battle.

The Chinese army is only under the orders of the Lord, and the rest of the generals, no matter how high their power, have no power to command their troops, and their loyalty to the Lord is unquestionable. Such an army defended the camp, even if the other generals of the Twelfth Army came here, they did not dare to violate the prohibition of rushing to the camp.

The Longteng Army, which was assassinated by the Lord, is a relatively special existence in the Sixth Army, and is not known for its combat effectiveness, but the generals who make up this army are all the sons and daughters of the powerful in the country, that is, the sons and nephews of these ministers present.

The reason why the assassination of the Lord this time is so touching is that even many retired officials who have not been visible for a long time are in a hurry to come here, because the location where the assassination took place is too important!

If the Lord had been assassinated elsewhere, it would have been equally shocking to the hearts of the people, but for some of those who had long since faded out of the situation, it would not be so nervous.

Especially with the decline of the country's power, it has declined with an almost irreversible momentum, and Shi Hu, the lord of the Qian, is far from being a benevolent and righteous monarch, and there is no shortage of people who have already had the idea of surrendering to the Jin State, if such a person hears the news of Shi Hu's assassination, maybe there will be happy thoughts in their hearts.

However, the assassination of the Lord of the Karma in the Dragon Teng Army made the situation extremely complicated.

The Jin army was fierce, and in order to reorganize the army that resisted the Jin army's offensive, the state of Jin could be said to be reckless and strong. And these eunuchs and nobles who moved to Xindu with the lord of the clan are naturally not exempt, and their children are also conscripted into the army, even if there are no adult children in the door, they must choose a male to join the army close to the clan, in order to take the meaning of joining the country.

In other words, if the assassination of the Lord is related to the Dragon Teng Army, none of the powerful people in the country will be exempt from the incident! Whether it is in the potential or not. In particular, there is not the slightest news in the camp at the moment, and naturally everyone is in danger, and there is a torment in their hearts waiting to be judged and slaughtered!

As time went on, more and more people rushed here to hear the news. In order to prevent accidents, in addition to the Chinese soldiers who had already entered the camp, the Che Cavalry soldiers in charge of the city defense also continued to increase their troops after blocking the four gates of the city.

By the end, the outside of the Longteng Army camp was already overcrowded. If there is a sudden Jin army here at this time, and everyone present is captured, then the so-called Qi Kingdom will no longer exist!

The people outside the camp were anxious, and the atmosphere inside the camp was also heavy and depressing.

In the center of the Longteng barracks, there are several big tents, which are also the key defense points of the Chinese army, and around the middle of the big tent, there are two thousand armor soldiers guarding the inner and outer rings, and the soldiers stand here, shoulder to shoulder, almost impervious to wind and rain. And this is where the royal drive was suspended after the assassination of the lord Shi Hu, and the king of Wuyi, Shi Jian, personally led his troops to defend here.

There is a camp tent on each side of this big tent, which is also defended by nearly a thousand Chinese soldiers, of which the camp on the west side contains nearly 100 generals and captains of the Longteng Army, and the camp tent on the east side is a group of accompanying personnel.

Compared with the suppression of the outside, the atmosphere in the camp on the east side was a little more relaxed, and more than 20 civil and military ministers of the state of Jin gathered here, although there was no lack of panic and fear on their faces, but they were not completely confused like those who were blocked outside the camp, and there were still many people gathered together in groups to whisper and talk in a low voice.

Zhang Jackal was among the more than 20 people, he did not join in the discussion of his colleagues, he sat alone in a corner of the tent, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was in a pretended sleep, and his face was calm and almost indifferent. But if you open the table in front of him and look at the two fists on his lap, you will find that the cold sweat in the fists is pouring out, almost soaking through the lower robe!

After the assassination, the Lord was retreated into the tent by the Janissaries, and the rest of them were driven away. Nearly two hours had passed, and the tent had been forgotten by the world, and there was no news of it. And the more this is the case, the more Zhang Jackal feels that the danger is already approaching his head like Mount Tai, and it may fall down at any time and crush him to pieces!

It wasn't until after the lantern was held that some commotion came from outside the tent, and more than a dozen soldiers and fishes penetrated into the tent and delivered the food into the tent. Hearing these sounds, Zhang Jackal slowly opened his eyes, as if he had just woken up from a false sleep, wiped his wet palms under his knees without a trace, got up and chose a meal, and paced back and forth for a long time before he stood in front of a fish soup and raised his hand to signal the soldier to deliver the dishes to his desk.

"In the middle of the night, the family may not be able to close the door, but unfortunately they can't return home."

After returning to the table, Zhang Jackal suddenly stretched out his hand, and when the soldier leaned over to make a dish, he suddenly stuffed a jade jue from his waist into the soldier's palm, and at the same time raised his eyes to look at the other party, his gaze was first sharp, then heavy, and finally revealed a thick begging.

The soldier hooked his hand, and the jade in his hand fell into his sleeve, and then he removed the lacquerware for delivering food, and withdrew from the camp with the other soldiers with a steady pace.