Chapter 563 Assassination, Assassination

Suddenly hearing that Pang Tang was assassinated, Zhou Lan was immediately panicked. Not only her, but also Wang Yunqiao beside her could not help but panic.

At this moment, the man who had been lowering his head suddenly raised his head and rushed towards Zhou Lan with a ferocious face.

The two were only a few feet apart. In just a blink of an eye, the man had come to Zhou Lan and stabbed Zhou Lan's chest with a short knife.

Zhou Lan was still panicking because of Pang Tang's assassination. She was not prepared for the person in front of her and had no reaction for a while.

Fortunately, Wang Yunqiao next to her noticed the abnormality when the man raised his head and subconsciously rushed towards Zhou Lan.

However, her rescue did not allow Zhou Lan to avoid the man's sneak attack, but only allowed Zhou Lan's vitals to avoid the attack. The short knife pierced Zhou Lan's shoulder fiercely.

"Assassin!"

Wang Yunqiao shouted loudly, and at the same time, he kicked the man with both legs.

However, the man did not dodge her attack, but actually resisted her kicks twice and continued to rush towards Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan also reacted, drew out the long sword in her hand, and blocked the man's long knife.

At the same time, the followers behind her also reacted, and they all stepped forward to fight with the subordinates behind the man.

This time Zhou Lan went out of the city just to go to the Yinghe Wharf in the north to check the military supplies stored there. He did not bring too many people with him, only thirty female soldiers.

However, the man did not bring many subordinates, only more than ten people, and the two sides soon fought together.

Wang Yunqiao drew his long spear from under the saddle and fought side by side with Zhou Lan against the man holding a short knife.

This man is extremely powerful, and he actually has the ninth level of the acquired cultivation. Zhou Lan also has the ninth level of the acquired cultivation now, but she has just broken through the ninth level of the acquired cultivation not long ago, and is no match for the man in front of her.

As for Wang Yunqiao, her current cultivation is not low. Just two months ago, her cultivation broke through to the eighth level of the acquired cultivation.

At the age of just 30, she has reached the eighth level of the acquired realm. She is definitely a genius among geniuses, but compared with the man in front of her, her strength is much worse.

Even if she and Zhou Lan join forces to fight against the man in front of her, they soon fall into a disadvantage.

The man kept waving two short knives, and the blades were like two rainbow lights, constantly approaching Zhou Lan.

"Protect the general!" Wang Yunqiao saw that Zhou Lan's situation was getting more and more dangerous, and shouted hurriedly.

The women's soldiers who were fighting around heard the words and immediately turned to Zhou Lan.

The three hundred women's soldiers were also elite. Most of them were women's soldiers trained by Wang Yunqiao in Tenglongwei. The best of them now have the fifth level of the acquired realm, and most of them have the first or second level of the acquired realm.

Although their strength is even greater than that of the man in front of them, the eight women's soldiers formed a formation and blocked the man for a moment.

But they paid a heavy price. The man's double swords were fast and fierce, and soon broke through the formation of the women's army and killed several women's soldiers.

Wang Yunqiao watched her comrades who were as close as sisters die in front of her, her eyes widened.

"Kill!"

The long spear thrust forward, going straight to the man's throat.

Unfortunately, the man dodged it easily, while Zhou Lan on the other side endured the severe pain from her shoulder and waved her sword to block the man's short knife again.

"Who are you?" Zhou Lan shouted.

"The one who killed you!" The man's expression became more and more ferocious.

His offensive became more and more fierce, and it became more and more difficult for Zhou Lan and Wang Yunqiao to resist. Wang Yunqiao was careless and her left shoulder was cut. If she hadn't been wearing shoulder armor, her left arm might have been cut off.

"Protect the general!"

The surrounding women's soldiers saw that Zhou Lan was in danger and rushed to rescue her.

But their strength was too far from that of the men in front of them. Their rescue was more like a moth flying into a flame, and they stood in front of Zhou Lan with the determination to die.

There were also subordinates of the men around. These people's cultivation was not very high, and their strength was not much different from that of the women's army. It was just that the women's army had to be distracted to rescue Zhou Lan, and they all fell into a disadvantage for a while.

Zhou Lan gritted her teeth and fought with the men regardless of her injuries, but the gap in strength could not be made up by fighting desperately, not to mention that she had serious injuries.

As the battle continued, she had another long cut on her abdomen.

Seeing that the women's army suffered heavy casualties, Zhou Lan and Wang Yunqiao had more and more wounds on their bodies, and a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came from the south.

"Kill!"

Hundreds of cavalry galloped over. They were soldiers guarding the city in Chongshan. The distance of two or three miles was not far or close, but with the use of telescopes, the soldiers on the city wall could see clearly what was happening here.

Seeing that Zhou Lan was attacked, the soldiers on duty on the city wall immediately sounded the alarm and rushed to support.

The first batch had only more than a hundred soldiers, but hundreds of soldiers were rushing in behind.

Finding that support from the city was coming, the man's attack became more and more fierce. He chopped Wang Yunqiao's spear with a knife, and the powerful force actually knocked Wang Yunqiao out directly, and then chopped Zhou Lan with another knife.

The blade was sharp, and Zhou Lan could only raise the sword to block it. With a clang, Zhou Lan could no longer hold the hilt of the sword, and the long sword in his hand fell out of his hand.

The man's expression became more and more ferocious, and his eyes were full of beast-like cruelty.

He had raised the knife to end Zhou Lan's life, and Zhou Lan had lost the ability to resist and could only roll on the ground in embarrassment.

After dodging the first knife, there was still the second knife.

Just when Zhou Lan had nowhere to hide, a whistling sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded.

The man suddenly stopped attacking Zhou Lan, and his body suddenly moved sideways for several steps. The next moment, a short gun fell in front of Zhou Lan with a bang.

The short gun was only one foot away from Zhou Lan, and almost fell on her body.

Zhou Lan looked up and saw hundreds of cavalrymen rushing in front of her, and at the same time, a burly figure stepped on the heads of the soldiers and flew over.

She was relieved immediately.

The person who came was none other than Yang Minghao.

Today, the person in charge of guarding the Guancheng was the Zhenbiao Rear Camp, and now Yang Minghao was the guerrilla general of the Zhenbiao Rear Camp. Yang Mingwu was already the Lieutenant General of the Black Cloud Guard in the North Road. After he was promoted, Yang Minghao was promoted to the guerrilla general.

Yang Minghao flew over and first glanced at Zhou Lan and Wang Yunqiao. Seeing that the two had many wounds on their bodies, a fierce look flashed in his eyes.

Without saying a word, he immediately raised his gun and swept towards the man with two swords.

The man with two swords pulled back to avoid the spear, but Yang Minghao's spear followed him and stabbed the man with two swords in the throat.

For a while, the man with two swords was defeated step by step and could only passively dodge.

Yang Minghao's spear skills were powerful and heavy, and every move was open and closed, just like Yang Zhengshan.

Among the three brothers, Yang Minghao was the most like Yang Zhengshan. Whether it was his figure and appearance, or his understanding of martial arts and spear skills, Yang Minghao was almost carved out of the same mold as Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Mingcheng was too simple and Yang Mingzhi was too thin, but they didn't look like Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Minghao looked more and more like Yang Zhengshan.

He looked more like Yu Qingyi than Mingzhao, with delicate eyebrows and eyes.

With the same cultivation level of the ninth level of the acquired realm, Yang Minghao's strength was much stronger than Zhou Lan. Although Yang Minghao was a dozen years younger than Zhou Lan, his strength was far greater than Zhou Lan.

Under his spear, the man with two swords could only passively defend and was unable to fight back.

An inch longer is an inch stronger. Under Yang Minghao's powerful attack, the man with two swords could only move left and right to dodge.

He even wanted to force Yang Minghao back and then take the opportunity to escape, but Yang Minghao's body skills were also very good. No matter how he moved and dodged, he could not escape Yang Minghao's pursuit.

The soldiers of Chongshan Pass had arrived, and the other assassins were besieged one after another. In just a moment, more than a dozen assassins were all hacked to death.

Wang Yunqiao stood up with a spear, then walked to Zhou Lan and asked, "General, are you okay!"

Zhou Lan stood up with difficulty and said palely, "I shouldn't die!"

"Come on, bandage the general!" Wang Yunqiao shouted hoarsely.

Both of them were seriously injured. Although the wounds on their bodies were not fatal, every knife wound was bleeding, and excessive blood loss was inevitable.

Not only them, but also the women soldiers around them. Only four of the thirty women soldiers were intact. More than ten people died tragically and more than ten people were seriously injured.

Zhou Lan felt dizzy and the scene in front of her became blurred.

"The knife is poisoned!"

Wang Yunqiao also noticed it. Her voice became weak and she said, "Detoxify the general!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she fell to the ground.

Zhou Lan also slumped on the ground, but she still insisted on grabbing a soldier who was bandaging her and said, "Order, General Yang Minghao will temporarily take charge of the affairs of the general's mansion. Report to the court in an emergency within 800 miles. Please ask the court to immediately select an official to lead Chongshan Town!"

Her consciousness became more and more blurred, and her thoughts became dull. This was the last thing she could think of.

As soon as she finished speaking, she fell into a coma.

"General, general!"

The soldiers shouted.

Yang Minghao heard the shouts from behind, his face changed slightly, and his offensive became more fierce.

The man's evasion became more and more awkward, and at the same time, hundreds of soldiers surrounded him, limiting the man's evasion range.

Finally, at the moment when the man showed a flaw, Yang Minghao swept the man away with a gun, and then used a move of a hidden dragon emerging from the water to pierce the man's chest.

The gun hit, and a bloody hole immediately appeared in the man's chest.

Without time to think about it, Yang Minghao hit him with another gun, "Kill him!"

After saying that, he quickly ran towards Zhou Lan.

"Junior sister, General Zhou!"

Yang Minghao hurriedly checked the injuries of the two people. The wounds had been bandaged. Although the bleeding had not stopped, it should not be fatal, but they were still heavily poisoned.

"Antidote!" Yang Minghao shouted loudly.

"General, the thief has no antidote!" A soldier kept groping on the man with two swords, but did not find the antidote at all.

Yang Minghao looked at the soldiers around him again, "Do you know what kind of poison it is?"

"It should be some kind of snake venom, but it is not clear what kind of snake venom it is yet!" said the soldier.

Yang Minghao was helpless, "Come on, carry them back to the city!"

"Go and invite Doctor Li Juntang immediately, and take him to the Guancheng camp!"

"Go and summon the military doctor immediately!"

"Go to my house to get the detoxification pill and medicinal wine. The detoxification pill is in the cabinet in my study, and ask the housekeeper for the medicinal wine!"

At this time, a soldier suddenly said, "General, General Zhou just said that you will temporarily take charge of the affairs of the General's Mansion. Report to the court in an emergency of 800 miles. Please ask the court to immediately select officials to lead Chongshan Town!"

Yang Minghao paused and took a deep breath, "Go to the General's Mansion and invite Lu Wenhua, Lu Dushi, to send an emergency report in 800 miles immediately!"

"Take a team of people to invite Pang Daren and several generals immediately!"

"Go back and pass the order, immediately block all the gates of Guancheng, and prohibit anyone from bringing troops into the city!"

"You stay here to clean up some things and see if you can find any clues about the assassin!"

He issued several military orders in a row, and then rushed back to Chongshan Pass.

Just as he entered Chongshan Pass, three soldiers rushed into the governor's office in a hurry.

"Mr. Pang! Mr. Pang! General Zhou was assassinated!"

The three soldiers shouted loudly.

Pang Tang, who was working in the study, heard the words, walked out quickly and asked, "Who was assassinated?"

Many officials and soldiers in the yamen were also alarmed by their calls, and ran over to see what was going on.

The three soldiers walked quickly to Pang Tang, "General Zhou is..."

Before they finished speaking, a short blade suddenly pierced Pang Tang's chest.

The sudden change made the officials and soldiers around them unable to react at all, and they all stared at this scene in a daze.

Until the man pulled out the short blade, blood gushed out.

"There is an assassin!"

"Catch them!"

The soldiers exclaimed at this time.

The three assassins had already jumped onto the roof and fled.

The guards of the governor's office went to chase him, but Pang Tang covered his chest and slowly collapsed on the ground.

"Sir, sir!"

The officials rushed forward and shouted in panic.

Pang Tang was not Zhou Lan. He was old and weak, and was stabbed in the chest. In just a moment, he was dead.

The next moment, the entire governor's office was in chaos.

Then the entire Chongshan Pass also became chaotic.

But soon a large number of soldiers took to the streets, closed the city gates, and maintained order.

Song Dashan, Yang Chengxu, Yang Chengze, and Yang Mingzhen received the news and rode to the northern city.

"How is General Zhou?" Yang Chengze asked Yang Minghao.

Yang Minghao said in a deep voice: "The general was poisoned by a snake. Although he has taken the antidote, he probably won't wake up for a while."

"In addition, the general was seriously injured and it will be difficult to recover in a short time!"

Song Dashan frowned, "Who is the assassin?"

"Wuling Hu tribe!" Yang Minghao's face was gloomy.

Although these people were dressed as soldiers of Chongshan Pass, as long as they looked carefully, they could be seen from Wuling Hu tribe.

"Damn it!" Yang Chengxu cursed.

Yang Mingzhen said: "Pang Tang is dead, and General Zhou has fallen into a coma again. What should we do next?"

Yang Minghao pondered for a while and said: "I have sent someone to report to the court! But it will take at least half a month for the court to send someone over!"

"Wuling Hu tribe will not attack us?" Yang Chengze asked.

The faces of several people became more solemn.