Like other county towns, Xiangcheng County also stationed 300 local prefecture soldiers. The existence of prefecture soldiers is to maintain public order and guard the city gates. Generally, each county is led by a lieutenant and directly responsible to the governor.

The prefectures of Xiangcheng County were divided into three shifts and took turns to guard the city gate. At night, there were hundreds of soldiers responsible for defending the city, with about twenty-five people at each city gate. However, Xiangcheng County did not have any war situation. In the prosperous peace period of the Tang Dynasty, defending the city was actually just a routine official business, and no one would really stay up all night to guard the city.

The third update has passed, and most of the twenty defenders guarding the south city gate have entered the city tower to sleep. Only a few recruits were sitting at the base of the wall wrapped in thick blankets. In fact, after the city gate is closed, it will not be opened at night, unless there is an emergency official service, but this situation is extremely rare.

At this time, the county magistrate Pei Shunqing appeared at the south city. As the chief in charge of public security in a county, he often patrolled the city gates. This was normal. His appearance did not surprise the soldiers. Instead, several new recruits were so scared that they stood up.

Pei Shunqing smiled and said, "I guess you will ignore me for two years. If you want to sleep, go to sleep inside. It's okay to leave one person here."

"Thank you, county magistrate"

When Pei Shunqing walked past the city, several soldiers quietly pulled them and slipped into the city tower. Since even the county magistrate allowed them to sleep, why are they still polite? Only one person hid in the leeward and wrapped his body tightly with a blanket.

At this time, a group of black shadows appeared beside the south city wall, about a hundred people. They threw several rolls of soft ladder ropes onto the city wall and stuck them to the city wall and waited patiently for Pei Shunqing to appear on the city.

The person in charge was Jian Dongxi. Most of the warriors he led were outlaws hired at high prices. Jian Dongxi also knew that he was taking great risks, but he did not dare to refuse Wu Sansi's order. After some trade-offs, he decided not to bring Goguryeo warriors to avoid serious consequences caused by the failure of the assassination.

At this time, Pei Shunqing slowly walked over, picked up three ropes of soft ladders and hung them on the battlements, and threw the other end of the soft ladder. He walked away slowly. He did not want to reveal his identity, so he could only secretly help Jian Dongxi and his men.

Jian Dongxi pulled the soft ladder, which was already jailed. He was overjoyed and waved his hand and "get up"

A hundred black-clad warriors jumped onto the soft ladder and quickly climbed to the city. They quickly climbed up to the city. They squatted on the city wall, and both sides were very quiet. They were about fifty steps away from the city tower, and there was a battlement block in between. The soldiers there could not see the situation here.

Jian Dongxi slowly leaned his head down and looked down. Their current location was exactly where he had confirmed in advance. Below the city wall was the inner courtyard of the inn. There were three courtyards arranged side by side, with the yards where the guards lived, and the middle was the main courtyard, which was where the King of Luling Li Xian and the Princess were staying.

Jian Dongxi stared at the rooms in the middle with sharp eyes. The target they were about to assassinate was now sleeping. He waved his hand and the warriors in black surrounded him.

Jian Dongxi whispered to everyone: "I will repeat that our goal today is a senior official of the Tang Dynasty, who is over 40 years old. He is the oldest and white and fat. This person lives in the intermediate court. If he gets his head, he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and will never go back on his word."

These warriors are all desperate people who kill and rob people for money. Not to mention that Jian Dongxi deliberately concealed his target identity, even if he told them that they were Li Xian, the King of Luling, they would also start without hesitation. One thousand taels of gold, everyone's eyes were red, and they were ready to fight, waiting for the order to attack.

Jian Dongxi observed for a moment and was convinced that the inner guards were patrolling the outside, and there were only guards in the inner courtyard. He didn't care about these guards, and the only thing he was worried about the inner guard warriors, so Pei Shunqing made this suggestion, came down from the city wall and rushed directly into the inner courtyard, and killed Li Xian's life before the inner guard arrived.

Jian Dongxi made up his mind and whispered: "Action"

More than a dozen long ropes were thrown down the city wall, and a string of black-clothed warriors climbed the rope and quickly slid down the city head, and stepped on the ground and rushed towards the middle courtyard where Li Xian was staying.

At this time, a guard happened to come out of the room. When he looked up, he saw countless men in black pounced on him. He was so scared that he shouted, "There is an assassin."

"There are thorns--ah"

The guard was stabbed by Jian Dongxi with a fierce sword, and then cut off his throat and died tragically on the spot. However, several guards who were gambling in the room were alarmed and pulled their swords and rushed out together. Dozens of assassins rushed over like a strong wind and fought fiercely with several guards.

"There are assassins and there are assassins"

Several guards were yelling while retreating, but soon they were swallowed by the black-clad assassins and were killed one after another. The guards' shouts alarmed the guards around them. Han Zhiqi was shocked and angry, and shouted loudly to all the guards in the middle courtyard, and shouted to one of his subordinates: "Go and ask for help from the inner guards, go quickly."

More than a dozen guards were distributed on the roof and in the courtyard, fighting fiercely with the hundred black-clothed assassins who flocked to the scene. Although the guards were not weak in martial arts, they were too few to resist the opponent's wolf attack. The guards continued to die tragically, and their resistance became weaker and weaker, and their decline was revealed.

In the room, Li Xian and Princess Wei were both awakened by screams and warning sounds. The couple was so scared that they hid under the table. Both of them were pale and trembling. Several eunuchs and palace maids were even more scared to retreat into the corner. Su Yue pulled out his sword and stood in the room, staring at the surroundings with serious eyes. She had heard that there were a large number of assassinations outside, and the guards could hardly bear it.

At this moment, a loud bang above his head, a big hole was opened on the roof, and two black-clothed assassins jumped down. Before they could land, the sword light flashed in Su Yue's hand, and the two heads flew up, blood sprayed the wall, and the two corpses landed on the ground, and screams suddenly sounded in the room.

A human skull rolled in front of the princess Wei Lian. Wei Lian had never seen such a fearful scene before. The deceased blinked at her. She screamed in fear and fainted. Li Xian was a little bolder and stretched out his feet and kicked the head away.

At this time, screams came from above, but no one jumped out of the big hole on the roof. Su Yue was surprised. It should be that reinforcements arrived. Then there was another loud noise. The window was knocked open and several black-clad assassins rolled in.

Their martial arts skills were high-definition. When their bodies flipped through the room, several sword lights pierced straight. Seeing the opponent coming in a fierce manner, Su Yue couldn't help but take a step back, blocked the Li Xian and his wife in the table hole with their bodies, waved their swords to fight, and fought fiercely with several black-clad assassins rushing in.

Thirty inner guards had arrived in time. They were all prepared and slept with their clothes. The sword was placed beside them. Once there was any movement in the inner courtyard, they could come to support immediately.

These thirty inner guard warriors were specially selected by Li Zhen. They were all skilled in martial arts and experienced. They did not care about the side courtyards on both sides, but went straight to the intermediate courtyard where Li Xian lived. Under the leadership of Zhao Qiuniang, they rushed into the courtyard and fought fiercely with a hundred black-clad assassins.

Li Zhen stood dozens of steps away from the roof, holding a bow and arrow. He brought three pots of arrows to hunt the assassin on the roof. He saw his arrows like meteors, and one arrow shot an assassin who was about to jump into the big hole on the roof. The assassin screamed and rolled down from the roof. Then the second arrow and the third shot like a meteor, all of which were killed by one arrow, and the arrow shot into the vital points of the assassin.

In just a moment, none of the dozen black-clothed assassins on the roof survived and all died under Li Zhen's sharp arrow. Several guards on the roof were stunned by Li Zhen's magic arrows, but they were glad that they had escaped. At this time, a ball of purple shadows rushed towards the main roof, and their targets rushed to the big hole on the roof.

The two guards were shocked and were about to swing their swords to intercept them. Li Zhen's two arrows shot, "Dangdang, two crisp sounds, the sword in the guard's hand was shot out.

As the elite inner guard warrior joined the battle, the situation was quickly reversed, and the black-clothed assassin began to develop towards the disadvantage, but the fierce battle in the room was still very fierce. Su Yue fought against six with one and gradually fell into a disadvantage and became extremely difficult.

An assassin discovered Su Yue's loophole. She seemed to be unable to care about her feet. He lay on the ground, slowly crawled towards the table hole, and looked at Li Xian and his wife in the table hole with a grin.

Li Xian held a dagger in his hand and couldn't move all over. He was almost desperate. At this moment, a ball of purple shadow pounced down from the big hole on the roof. Su Yue was shocked and was about to swing his sword to sting, but Di Yan shouted: "Senior sister, it's me."

Her body was as light as a swallow. Her long sword swung in the air and forced an assassin to retreat. Then the sword went down, like a flash of lightning, and deeply penetrated the head of the assassin who had already climbed to the table hole. Li Xian recognized Di Yan, the girl who was with Li Zhen in Xiaoen Temple that day. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had passed by the god of death, and couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.

Di Yan flew up and stabbed the two assassins in the air, relieving Su Yue's danger to the right. The two senior sisters fought side by side and withstood the assassins' waves of crazy attacks. As the two inner guards also entered the room, the crisis in the room was finally alleviated.

Jian Dongxi was both hated and angry, but he was helpless. The inner guards were too strong and they were no match for them. Seeing that the situation was over, the task of assassinating Li Xian was impossible to complete. He immediately shouted in Goguryeo's words: "Retreat and retreat"

He turned around and ran out of the inn. Several Goguryeo warriors followed closely, while other black-clad assassins did not understand his shouting, so they did not retreat in time and became the coverer of the Goguryeo warriors' retreat.

Li Zhen heard Jian Dongxi's shouting, and he was stunned. Are they not Tang Dynasty people?

At this time, he saw several men in black flying out of the inn. He immediately set his bow and arrow, aiming at the last man in black. The bowstring was loosened, and a wolf-tooth arrow shot out like lightning. "Puff, an arrow hit the last man in black on the thigh. The man in black staggered and fell to the ground. Li Zhen immediately rushed on.
Chapter completed!