The emperor always wants to promise himself

Chapter 569 Night Attack
Jun Rong stood by Xiao Yu's side and stretched out his hand to tighten the collar of her cloak, "Teacher is afraid that someone will tamper with the food?"

"I can't be sure, but since Hua Ye is here, we have to guard against it."

Xiao Yu retracted his hands into the cover of the hand warmer, exhaled hot air and said, "Is everything arranged?"

Jun Rong nodded: "The order has gone down, there are people guarding everywhere, and Xuanyi guards are sent to the food and grass side. If anyone approaches rashly, they will be killed."

"Well, let's go back, and don't sleep too hard, I always feel that tonight will not be peaceful."

"it is good."

The two returned to their tents and slept in their clothes.

Near midnight, the wind suddenly picked up, and the dark clouds rolled in, and soon covered the full moon.

The sky and the earth are getting darker and darker.

The soldiers on patrol at night sighed and rubbed their hands from time to time, holding torches and walking slowly.

No one spoke, just nodded to each other as they passed by, as a greeting.

The snoring sounded one after another in the warm tent, and the medicinal wine slowly took effect, and it was rare for them to sleep peacefully tonight.

As the wind passed through the forest slightly, the jackdaws suddenly rose up and flew away with flapping calls.

Someone glanced this way, and turned his head back without finding anything unusual.

The assassin who was hiding behind the tree trunk squinted his eyes, and took advantage of the gap between defenses to wave to the people behind him.

Immediately, several black shadows sprang out, heading towards the place where the grain and grass were piled up.

They were nimble and landed lightly and silently. Using the cover of the tent, they approached the grain and grass little by little, but the leader who walked halfway suddenly paused.

"What's wrong, why are there only a few people here?"

He and the people around him looked at each other, faintly aware of the danger.

"Send someone to try."

"Well, you—go!" The leader pointed at an assassin at random, and the person named didn't hesitate, and jumped out, took out a special fire pocket from his arms, lit it, and tore off a piece soaked in oil. The cloth, when the flames lit up, it instantly turned into a fiery snake.

The assassin's eyes reflected the flames, and he threw the oilcloth over quickly and ruthlessly.

"careful!"

In a place where the defense seemed to be lax, a person suddenly descended from the sky, hit the tarpaulin with his sword, and threw it to the ground with his backhand.

"Who! Someone—"

As soon as he gave an order, a group of people ran out from all corners.

The assassin's eyes froze, it was indeed an illusion!

Seeing that the situation was not good, he turned around and was about to run.

"There! Catch him!"

"not good!"

The assassin jumped forward, wanting to fly into the air, but unexpectedly someone had prepared a bow and arrow and was waiting for him.

"Whoosh-"

"what!"

Hongyi stood up from the treetop, "Sneak attack, have you asked your aunt?"

"They really were on guard." The assassin leader gritted his teeth and said, "Change the plan immediately. Burning food and grass won't work, let's put poison!"

"Yes!"

The men in black hushed and scattered, this time they didn't hide their secrets anymore. Relying on their lightness, they ran back and forth between the tents, lighting the poisonous smoke.

This is the second task Hua Ye entrusted to them - poisoning.

Those fire pockets and oilcloths look like ordinary things, but they are actually filled with poisonous powder. Once they are burned, they will emit poisonous smoke. If they smell too much, they will die suddenly in severe cases, or faint from powerlessness in light cases.

"Wake up, the enemy is attacking! There are assassins!"

Chen Ying jumped up from the bed when he heard the noise. He didn't take off his clothes at all. He was fully dressed when he got up. He put on his shoes and strode out, snatched the gong from the patrolman's hand, and beat it vigorously.

"Get up! Be alert!"

"Get up!"

As he knocked, he went to the main tent.

The sound of the gong rang all the way, deafening.

The whole tent boiled up, the candles lit up one by one, the soldiers rushed out to pick up their weapons, and shouted when they saw the man in black.

Duke Zhen didn't sleep at all, and opened his eyes when he heard the movement.

When Chen Ying came in, he saw him sitting at the table, and he was stunned: "Duke, have you been up all night?"

"I can't sleep, what's the matter? What's going on outside?"

Chen Ying hurriedly said: "Sure enough, there were assassins who went to attack the granary. Fortunately, Xuan Yiwei was prepared and stopped them in time. However, those men in black started running around the camp after they couldn't burn the food. They are good at light work. Ours People can't catch up."

"That should be the killer of the Lianhua Palace that the crown lady said." Duke Zhen stood up, held the treasured knife on the table, his eyes were calm and sharp: "Where is your majesty and the crown lady?"

Chen Ying: "The last general just—"

"We are here."

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.

Xiao Yu and Jun Rong walked in from the outside side by side, followed by Lan Yi and Hai Lie.

"Your Majesty, Madam, you really have the foresight."

Lord Zhen Guo looked at the two of them in admiration.

"It's not any kind of foresight, it's just that I know Hua Ye better, and he likes to take surprises." Xiao Yu stood at the door and said, "I have already sent someone to send a message to the Xuanying Army and the Yun Guojun, and set fire to it. Send a signal from our side, and they will come to support immediately."

"Your Majesty, do you think they will send troops tonight?" Lord Zhen Guo came over, and Xiao Yu walked out with him sideways.

There was still chaos outside, with torches flickering, soldiers and Xuan Yiwei mixed together, chasing the assassins everywhere.

The sound of shouting and killing gradually rose.

Xiao Yu approached Zhen Guogong and said: "If you don't want to send troops, if you can't burn food and grass, they should run away. With their skills, not to mention retreating completely, it's okay to leave their lives behind, but they didn't leave and ran around. , this is obviously a problem."

Lord Zhen frowned: "Poison?"

(End of this chapter)