Chapter 435: Night
Shangguan Jianyi's assassination plan had just begun, so naturally he would not admit defeat easily, he sniffed out the meaning of challenge from the Dragon King's actions, and immediately counterattacked.
His response was direct and brutal, and at all costs, he sent out more than thirty first-class killers that night, as well as an even larger number of knife men, who, although they were hired men, had been in the service of Jinpeng Castle for many years, were familiar with the rules of killers, and were not improvised people.
There was not much new in the whole assassination plan, and each one was simple on its own, but one after the other, starting from the second watch and ending at dawn, the most seasoned warriors had a slight fear of the night.
The fifth ** team was controlled more and more tightly by the Dragon King, and was the first to be injured in the assassination wave a few days ago, but this did not affect the position of a small number of people: the army of Jinpeng Castle, which had not yet entered the Easy Sea, looked more pleasing to the eye than the army of the Great Snow Mountain, which had already occupied the entire territory, and across a desert without people, the ambitious Dubu King vaguely looked like a rescuer, not an invader.
There are still hidden spies in the army, and they are no longer as open as they used to be, but they are even more destructive.
A small group of soldiers, fifteen in all, went out to patrol the camp after dark, walking on a fixed route, passing through several secret posts that supported each other, and the secret sentinels communicated at night by simulating the sounds of birds and beasts, and were very vigilant against strange noises around them.
But this time the assassination took place between two outposts, silently, and in the blink of an eye, without attracting anyone's attention.
Thirteen soldiers were killed, and the assassin quickly took off his black clothes, revealing the uniforms of the soldiers of the Five Kingdoms, dragged the corpses to the side of the road, covered them with his own black clothes, and then picked up the weapons of the deceased and followed the two leaders to continue the patrol.
The two leaders didn't even look back, as if they didn't know anything about what was going on behind them, they just slowed down a little, and when the line was lined up again, everything was back to normal.
The squad was not in a hurry, and after completing the patrol mission, it handed over to the next squad on time and calmly returned to the barracks.
At this time, there were still two quarters of an hour before the second watch.
The soldiers of the five countries lived in the east and south areas of the barracks, which were on the periphery and close to the camp in the Great Snow Mountain.
The thirteen killers sat in the dark tent and waited silently for a while, and then every other moment, two or three people quietly walked out, a total of five groups, and went to the designated place to stand by.
The two leaders snorted in their respective tents, snoring exaggeratedly, and when the last of the killers left, they were secretly relieved that they would take the opportunity to escape from the camp and openly fight against the dragon king from now on.
The killers apparently had other ideas, and the sharp narrow knife gently stabbed into the vital point, and the betrayer completed his final mission and stopped feigning his snoring.
The first assassination was uneventful, it happened outside the barracks, four soldiers from two outposts were killed, the signal was not sent on time, it was soon discovered, a large number of soldiers arrived, and found the thirteen dead patrol soldiers in the middle of the outpost, and immediately understood that the killer had infiltrated the barracks.
The death toll at the beginning was so high that it suggests that tonight's assassination will be bigger than any previous day.
The heavy snow swordsman who led the team immediately blew the horn and warned the camp.
The killers who have already hidden it also take this sound as a signal to do it.
How to deal with this situation, the whole army has already made a plan in advance, and basically will not panic, especially the swordsmen of Daxue Mountain, they are the main force of the escort barracks, and they are in a state of combat readiness at any time, as soon as the horn sounds, they immediately crawl out of the warm bed, pick up the heavy sword, and go to the assembly site.
The sound of trumpets outside the camp had not stopped, and most of the swordsmen were ready.
However, it takes a process to increase vigilance after all, especially in your own military camp, although there are several people living in each tent, there will always be a little scattered when you go out.
The killers who were already in place were at this time.
The targets they chose were all the swordsmen who walked at the rear, and when they hit the swordsman, they immediately shifted, and when the swordsman in front realized that something was wrong and turned back to look for their companions, three swordsmen had already died.
The camp was extremely well guarded, so all three assassinations took place on the fringes, but it sparked intense anger in the hearts of all the Snow Swordsmen, who lit a series of torches and searched for the hidden killer inch by inch.
It was a bad decision, and the swordsmen were supposed to travel to important areas as fast as they could, assisting the other soldiers who began to panic to strengthen their defenses, while protecting the important people in the camp.
It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that Dugu Xian, who was General Zuo, sent someone over to urge, and the swordsmen hatefully acted according to the established plan.
But it was too late, and two other groups of killers set their hands inside the Savage Camp and killed two important leaders.
The number of savage soldiers was small, only a few hundred, and they were designated as personal soldiers by the dragon king, although the dragon king's nightly living tent was erratic, but in the majority of people's perception, it was always not far from the pro-military camp, so the vigilance caused by these two assassinations was even higher.
The two queens of the Dragon King also lived in the barracks, and many immediately understood that the killer was not just targeting the little people tonight.
Shangguan Jianyi seems to be a god who looks down on the world, knows everything that happens in the barracks, and always makes assassination plans that are one step ahead.
While a large number of soldiers surrounded the princess and Jiang's tent, the assassination took place on the other side of the barracks.
Two nobles and four slaves of the country of incense were killed one after another, the process of assassination by the killer was very professional, not revealing flaws, but the method was a little different, for the sake of demonstration and intimidation, the corpse was extremely destroyed, the discoverer vomited incessantly, this timid army fell into a panic, and had to be pressed by a large number of swordsmen.
The assassinations proceeded in a step-by-step manner, with increasing frequency, and then two more generals of the Five Nations and a mine thief were killed.
The panic was spreading, and only more than a thousand swordsmen from the Great Snow Mountain remained calm, but they were forced to disperse to various camps to ensure the stability of the army's morale.
The Dragon King never appeared.
Gu Shenwei was waiting patiently, knowing that as soon as he showed up, he would become part of Shangguan Jianyi's plan.
Shangguan Jianyi used to hide in the barracks, he knew the mentality of each army very well, and could accurately guess their reactions, but only the Dragon King, he couldn't figure out the routine.
Gu Shenwei believes that patience is the most important quality in this duel.
The assassination was still going on, but as the barracks became more defended, so did the leaks of the killers.
Any plan is always perfect at the beginning, followed by a downhill path, the smart will stop in time, and the one who is eager for revenge will stick to the end.
Shangguan Jianyi is a man who is eager for revenge, he has never had a relationship with the Dragon King, but he is deeply rooted in the belief that the Dragon King is a slave of Jinpeng Castle, and he cannot be humiliated in front of the slave.
The swordsmen launched a cooperative battle outside the barracks, but the effect was not very good, the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain strictly obeyed the order, no longer ran around to save the scene, and the panic of the patrol soldiers began to turn into the will to survive after continuing to ferment, and the alertness was several times higher than usual, even if it was a first-rate killer, it was difficult to start quietly.
Speculating on people's hearts, like making plans, is always easy to start and difficult to finish, and Shangguan Jianyi generally exerted pressure on the entire military camp, but it brought unexpected results.
The assassination outside the barracks turned into a face-to-face battle, and the soldiers of the Five Kingdoms proved that they were fighting hard, and their attack power should not be underestimated, and by the fourth watch, near the end of the night of the assassination, they blocked the sneak attack of the knife men outside the camp, surrounded and annihilated more than 60 people, and only a few of the knife men escaped.
The cooperation outside the camp did not take effect, and the assassination inside the camp became more and more difficult, and the killers had to continue with their original plans until they received new orders.
Two killers were killed by the arrows of the Dragon King's own soldiers while assassinating a nobleman of the Incense Country, and then another killer was found in the hiding place and killed by several swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain.
Most killers are accustomed to secretly attacking from behind, and once their whereabouts are revealed, they lose the first opportunity, and their combat effectiveness is immediately greatly reduced.
The swordsmen are the opposite.
The news of the arrest of several killers was just in time, and it soon spread throughout the barracks, and the most cowardly soldiers were also encouraged, and the terrifying aura that shrouded the Jinpeng killer gradually weakened.
But the assassination did not end, and after the whole army tightened its vigilance, people were still killed, and the killers were trading their lives for their lives.
Shangguan Jianyi's character at any cost to achieve his goal was once again revealed, and the last time he burned the military treasury, the sacrifices were all deserters from the Five Kingdoms, but this time it was the most elite force in his hands.
By the fourth watch, the swordsmen outside the barracks were either killed or fled, and eleven killers in the camp were killed.
The thirteen patrol soldiers who were the first to be killed corresponded to the same number of killers, so there were only two who had slipped through the net, and these two seemed to be frightened and had been hiding and refusing to show up.
The day is about to dawn, the night of the killers is coming to an end, and the soldiers are convinced that the best killers have nowhere to hide in the sun.
It seemed only a matter of time before the killers were wiped out.
Gu Shenwei's patience is being tested, and his understanding of Shangguan Jianyi is far less than that of Dugu Xian, but he thinks that he can guess the other party's mind, and the assassination plan should never be just this level.
The morning light was slightly dewy on the horizon, and there were relieved cheers from the barracks, and finally the two killers were finally caught.
Shangguan Jianyi may also make mistakes, Gu Shenwei thought so, but the vigilance in his heart did not decrease in the slightest.
The soldiers did not completely let their guard down and began to prepare for a major search of the barracks, not only to find out the possible killers, but also to check again for more spies.
At this time, screams came from the two tents in the middle of the barracks, and everyone's faces changed suddenly, because everyone knew that it was the residence of the two future queens, and there were at least five hundred soldiers around to guard them, almost people next to each other, even if the killers would be invisible, there would be no way to squeeze through them.
But the assassination still happened.
Princess Shiguo and Jiang of the Great Snow Mountain were assassinated at the same time, and Lin Xiaoshan, who was ready to give his life, was injured but did not die.
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