For the first time, Huang Fei experienced what it felt like to rack his brains.
If Liu Zeqing had a hundred ways to save his life, he had to think of at least a hundred and one ways to kill him.
This is an attack and defense drill of spear and shield. They are the spear and Liu Zeqing is the shield!
In short, Liu Zeqing must die!
As midnight got closer, the three people, three pairs of eyes, stared at each other but could not come up with a solution.
It’s too difficult to kill Liu Zeqing.
Huang Fei suddenly had an idea and slapped his thigh and said, "Invite him to board the ship! Once he gets on my pirate ship, he will be killed!"
Liu Wenyao rolled his eyes at him and said, "If I were him, I would use the excuse that the horses cannot board the ship and request to go south along the coast. Besides...he has 15,000 men, your ship can't accommodate them at all."
Huang Fei's eyes, which had finally brightened, dimmed again.
It's over. There's nothing we can do.
etc...
Huang Fei's eyes were rekindled with hope: "Commander Liu, since Liu Zeqing will meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sooner or later, how about letting His Royal Highness hide a sharp weapon and launch a sneak attack when the time comes?"
Liu Wenyao did not refute immediately, but bowed to Zhu Cilang and said, "Your Highness, please practice with me."
Zhu Cilang nodded and stood up.
Liu Wenyao picked up a folding fan from the table next to him and handed it to Zhu Cilang.
He said to him: "Your Highness, I am Liu Zeqing now, and you are still the crown prince. I am bowing to you now, and you find a way to kill me with a knife."
Zhu Cilang nodded and took the folding fan.
At the moment Liu Wenyao knelt on one knee, Zhu Cilang's arm holding the folding fan first bent backwards, then gathered strength and stabbed forward.
Liu Wenyao didn't even use his hands to block, he just slightly tilted his body to avoid the attack.
He snatched the folding fan and pressed it against the prince's neck.
Huang Fei was immediately disheartened after reading it.
Too slow!
The prince's movements seemed unusually slow in his eyes.
At that time, not only will the assassination fail, but the achievement of door-to-door delivery will be unlocked.
No, it still doesn’t work.
It is not realistic to arrange for other people to assassinate him. Liu Zeqing knows that his behavior has displeased the imperial court, so he will be on guard against the court's people everywhere.
You don't need many, just arrange a dozen personal soldiers to surround him, so that he won't be able to launch a sneak attack.
After a long while, Zhu Cilang, who had been silent, spoke up: "You two, I have a plan, is it feasible?"
He has woken up from his dazed state.
Before, I hid under the wings of my father, and the wind outside could not blow in, and the rain could not get in.
I thought the Ming Dynasty was as solid as the walls of the Forbidden City.
After leaving the imperial city and the capital, without his father's protection, he finally realized how cruel reality was.
Along the way, everyone I met looked like a vegetable. There were even cases of starving people exchanging their children for food.
He was used to seeing gold, silver and jade belts, so he was stunned for a moment.
I wanted to find someone to counsel me, but after looking around I decided to give up.
He could not show his weak side, otherwise he would be caught by court officials and nobles.
As time goes on, he, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, will be manipulated by those noble officials in the court.
You have to rely on yourself at this moment!
When the prince spoke, Liu Wenyao and Huang Fei immediately looked at him with respectful eyes.
"Your Highness, please speak. We are all ears."
"Before I left the capital, my father handed me a note saying that gunpowder should be used for dry weather and dry ground! I didn't understand what it meant all along, but now I seem to understand."
......
midnight.
The guards at Tiemen Pass noticed a bright light approaching rapidly from a distance.
The guard did not dare to delay and hurriedly woke up his companions, hiding behind the battlement and observing carefully.
As the light got closer, the guards saw that it was a man on horseback holding a lantern that could kill people.
By the light, you can see that this person is wearing the standard armor of the Ming army.
As the people approached the city gate, a guard drew his bow and arrow and shouted, "Stop, or I'll shoot you if you come any closer!"
The rider pulled the reins and the horse stopped moving forward.
"Don't shoot, we are one! I am Zhang Yuan, a subordinate of Shandong General Liu Zeqing. I have been ordered to come to Tiemenguan to escort the Crown Prince to Nanjing."
"This is an official document from General Liu!" As he said that, Zhang Yuan reached out and took out a letter from his arms, waving it desperately.
(PS: There are many names for official documents in the Ming Dynasty, so for ease of reading, we will use "official document" instead.)
The guard on the city wall hesitated for a moment and then shouted, "Put the documents in the basket and then retreat twenty steps away."
Then, the guard tied a basket with a rope and lowered it along the city wall. After Zhang Yuan put the official documents in the basket, he pulled the rope up.
As Zhang Yuan retreated twenty steps, he began to investigate Tiemen Pass.
There were more guards on the city wall than usual, and there were also many more flags. Although I couldn't see their faces clearly, I felt that they were not the original guards, but most likely people brought by the prince.
There was an open space outside the city and no other place to hide the soldiers.
Unless otherwise expected, most of the navy members were on the boats and did not enter the city.
The small iron gate cannot accommodate so many people.
In that case, there is nothing to be afraid of!
Soon, someone on the city wall shouted to Zhang Yuan, "Brother Zhang Yuan, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has invited General Liu to come into the city to discuss matters. I wonder how long it will take for General Liu to arrive?"
Zhang Yuan rode on his horse and looked in the direction they came from, feeling extremely impressed.
The general was very foresighted and had guessed in advance that the prince would invite him into the city to discuss matters.
Seeing this, it is indeed so!
He answered loudly according to Liu Zeqing's instructions: "General Liu is still a quarter of an hour away from here. Please report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince truthfully that General Liu fell off his horse and was injured and bedridden. He is unable to enter the city."
"Your Highness, please move outside the city and discuss matters with General Liu in the army. General Liu has 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, which will definitely ensure the safety of the Crown Prince."
The person shouting on the city wall was not a guard, but the navy commander Huang Fei, with the prince and Liu Wenyao standing next to him.
Seeing that Liu Zeqing refused to enter the city, Huang Fei was angry, but he was finally convinced that he was not wronged.
Only those who have done bad things feel guilty.
"According to the imperial decree, General Liu needs to escort the prince to Nanjing. The prince is the heir to the throne, how can he leave the city so easily? Regardless of national law or military regulations, the general should pay a visit to the prince. Go and inform Liu Zeqing."
Seeing that the other party insisted, Zhang Yuan didn't know what to say next.
He was just delivering messages, nothing more.
Thinking of this, he clasped his fists towards the city and said, "I will pass a message to General Liu right away. When the army arrives at the foot of the city, please do not hurt us by mistake."
"See you later!"
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