Chapter 604 Xiao Yun (4)

In Ximen Arsenal, four or five torches were lit on the wall, which kept shaking under the night wind. The light was bright and dark, but instead highlighted the darkness around. Seven or eight corpses were scattered under the wall, and it was so dark that they were not known whether they were left by the defenders or attackers. There were fifty or sixty people sitting at the door of a yard not far away, and the cries and scoldings in the yard were stir-fried.

At this time, a sound of footsteps came not far away. The people sitting at the entrance of the yard stood up nervously. The sound of the weapons collided. The man in the leader took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Who is it?"

"It's me, Mi Zhicheng!" Mi Zhicheng took the lead, and the fire shone on his face. Fangkou just called out that the man was him, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw it was him, and turned around and said, "Don't worry, it's General Mi!"

Mi Zhicheng came to the fangmen, jumped off the horse, searched the crowd, but did not see the two people he was looking for. He couldn't help but frowned and asked sternly: "Ma Qian, where have Li Qiu and the others gone? Have you taken the arsenal?"

It turned out that Ma Qian and Li Qiu were both Guangling's guard generals and had always had a good relationship with Mi Zhicheng. They were all extremely dissatisfied with Xu Wen's command of the military and political power in Huainan, and had long planned to make trouble. However, Xu Wen's personal army was extremely tight and he was careful and had no chance. He had to endure it for the time being. After Zhu Jin led his troops across the river, Guangling was empty. The three of them felt that the time was approaching, so they organized their personal soldiers and the strong servants in the mansion to prepare for soldiers, armor, crossbows, and make an appointment.

Ding Mi Zhicheng went to the royal palace to hijack Yang Longyan and Mrs. Shi, Ma Qian and Li Qiu led the main force to seize the arsenal, and then worked together to attack Xu Mansion, kill Xu Wen, and seize the military and political power in Huainan. Who would have thought that human calculations were not as good as God's plan? Mi Zhicheng happened to hit Xu Wen in front of the royal palace. Although he adapted to the situation and shot Xu Wen, he was defeated and lost the opportunity to control Yang Longyan and Mrs. Shi, so he had to join the main force led by Ma Qian and Li Qiu first.

"Report to Mr. Mi, the arsenal is very strict in defense. The brothers attacked twice, but they didn't make any noise. Generals Ma and Li opened the market and wanted to get some doors. The fountain shield made of arrows from wood are still in the yard yet!" Seeing that Mi Zhicheng's face was extremely ugly, the man quickly replied carefully, for fear that something would cause trouble.

"Attack twice?" Mi Zhicheng snorted coldly. How could anyone who fights old wars like him not be able to see the details? There were only a dozen corpses under the arsenal wall. They obviously attacked them symbolically and then retreated. I was afraid that there was not even an affiliated city. But his subordinates are not the elite soldiers he used to command, but the temporary mixed servants and soldiers. If they were urged, they would be afraid that something would happen and they would have to suppress their anger and said in a deep voice: "Take me to find Ma, General Li, get some food for my subordinates."

"Yes!" The man responded, turned around and greeted him twice, and then two people came over, took Mi Zhicheng's subordinates, and arrived at a wine shop in the shop. The head of the household had been awakened and cooked food for these rebels. Mi Zhicheng followed the man into the shop and saw rebels returning everywhere. It seemed that they had not got much wood door panels, but they had a lot of furniture behind the door panels. Seeing this scene, Mi Zhicheng couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Since Yang Longyan and Mrs. Shi were not controlled by the hands of the hands, they could only turn the situation around by capturing the arsenal, arming their subordinates with the crossbows and armor inside, and then expanding the situation as much as possible and luring other potential dissatisfied elements to act together. But at this critical moment, Ma and Li could not even restrain their subordinates. Thinking of his conspiring to incite to such a person, Mi Zhicheng couldn't help but feel regretful.

"General Ma, General Li! Mr. Mi is here!"

The shouting woke Mi Zhicheng from his thoughts. He raised his head and saw Ma Qian and Li Qiu not far away, commanding more than a dozen men to dismantle the door of a raw medicine shop. The raw medicine shop was quite wide open, and the door was made of jujube wood wrapped in iron. Not to mention a crossbow, even if it was a stone bullet hit, it was just multiple pits, but it was quite solid. More than a dozen men spent a lot of effort to remove only half of it.

Ma Qian and Li Qiu looked up and saw Mi Zhicheng when they heard the sound. They hurriedly ran over. They were about a meter away. Ma Qian asked loudly: "Mr. Mi, what's going on in the palace?" Li Qiu, who was standing aside, was much more meticulous, quickly pulled his colleague's sleeves and whispered: "Sound it, this is not a trivial matter."

Ma Qian then reacted and quickly shut up, but the subordinates next to him had heard it a long time ago, and they all raised their ears and heard it. Mi Zhicheng coughed in a low voice and forced himself to speak: "Everything goes well. The king and the lady have taken it down. They are on the way to this side. They just happened to meet Xu Wen. The guy hit me with an arrow, but unfortunately he never shot the vital point and let him escape."

"That's great!" Ma Qian was overjoyed when he heard this, and even the pockmark on his face was about to shine. Then he fell and sighed: "It's a pity that it was at night, otherwise the master's magic arrow would definitely be able to kill Xu Wen."

Li Qiu was different. Seeing that Mi Zhicheng's eyebrows were filled with sorrow, which was definitely not going well, he pulled Mi Zhicheng and Ma Qian to a secluded place and asked in a low voice: "Since that's the case, why didn't Mr. Mi come with the king and the grandmother? What an important thing, how can he entrust him to others?"

When Mi Zhicheng heard this, he couldn't help but stammer. He knew that his lies had been hidden from Li Qiu's smart man. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to tell the truth and whispered to the palace. When he met Xu Wen, he shot Xu Wen with a trick and was repelled. The things that everyone was by the side did not want to leak the news were explained one by one. Ma Qian's emotions immediately fell down when he heard that Yang Longyan and Mrs. Shi were still in Xu Wen's hands. However, Li Qiu's emotions had not changed much. Mi Zhicheng saw it and his evaluation of him was much higher.

"Mr. Mi, do you have any background on the seriousness of that guy Xu Wen?" Li Qiu asked in a deep voice after hearing the incident after thinking for a long time.

"The scene was very chaotic at that time, and I didn't know much, but Xu Wen could still pull the arrow and command his men to counterattack after being shot. I guess his injury was not serious!" Mi Zhicheng looked quite depressed as he said, and he regretted why he didn't shoot at the right time or made up for another arrow. Now things are much simpler.

"I thought it was not the case. If Xu Wen was not seriously injured, I was afraid that he would have led his troops to chase him relentlessly. At that time, your troops were uneven in combat power. How could he not see that? How could we let us siege the arsenal comfortably here? How could Xu Wen not know the importance of the armored military equipment here? In my opinion, he was not seriously injured at that time. In order to maintain the morale of his soldiers, he could not bear it. After he repelled you, he could not stand it. His subordinates dared not act rashly and prepared to make a decision until tomorrow is clear before making a decision." Li Qiu replied in a deep voice. He was quite rigorous in thinking, and actually got a little bit of the analysis from Mi Zhicheng's words, which was very close to the truth.

When Ma Qian heard this, he was excited and laughed: "If Xu Wen was seriously injured, then there would be no leader among the thieves. Even if the king and the grandmother were not in our hands, they would still have the power to gain strength, but the first thing they had to do was to defeat this arsenal."

Mi Zhicheng stood up and said, "Yes, it's useless to not get this arsenal. By the way, how are your equipment ready?"

"The ladder and shield have been made a lot, but not the big ones. We are removing the door of the raw medicine shop." Ma Qian pointed at his subordinate who was struggling to remove the door and smiled bitterly: "It seems that there are at least two quarters of an hour."

Mi Zhicheng walked over and looked at his busy subordinates. The door was indeed very strong, and it seemed that there were no seven or eight men who saw this and could not move it. He suddenly sniffed and turned around and asked, "What's the smell here?"

"What else can I have in the raw medicine shop? Maybe it's some sulfur, herbs, etc." Ma Qian, who was standing beside him, replied casually.

"Sulphur? I guess there are also arsenic crotons, right?" Mi Zhicheng asked thoughtfully.

"There should be some of these, such a big shop."

Mi Zhicheng smiled with satisfaction on his face and said with a high-five smile: "That's good, that's good!"
Chapter completed!