277 Assassination in the prefect's mansion

A banquet was held in the prefect of Wuwei.

The prefect was the host and invited Zhan Xiaobai and others to the banquet. Although this was the prefect's private banquet, it was discussed with military affairs. So in addition to the two of them, there were also several important NPC civil and military officials in the prefect's office (in charge of the army), county magistrate (in charge of the officer), Gongcai (in charge of personnel), chief clerk (in charge of the documents), and other important NPC civil and military officials, who were also present.

On Zhan Xiaobai's side, there are only Gou Bianli, the young hero of the Spring and Autumn Period and Tian Bao. The biggest reason why Zhan Xiaobai brought Gou Bianli was that Gou Bianli had a "flattering" skill, which was very good for NPC. Sure enough, in such a serious occasion, Gou Bianli would not be restrained. He laughed and praised the officials, making the officials very happy.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhan Xiaobai asked about the recruitment. He wanted to find a way to stabilize the prefect and stop recruiting troops in Wuwei City, so as to reduce the pressure to seize Wuwei City.

He looked at the prefect sitting in the chief and asked, "Mr. Prefect, Lord Governor took away a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion. My Wuwei City is now empty. I wonder if the prefect plans to recruit soldiers to prepare for war and go out to fight against the rebels?"

The prefect was stunned. He had the intention to prepare for the war, but he went to war. He was spared. He couldn't help laughing, "Ah, this... so, Lord Xiaobai, it's not that I don't want to share the worries of the court. It's just that my soldiers in Wuwei City are short of money, and the rebels are very powerful, so it's a bit difficult to deal with." He said to the side: "Sir, how much money and food are left in Wuwei?"

The chief minister said calmly: "Sir, in recent years, the continuous wars in Wuwei County have been going on, and the money and food in Wuwei City are less than two or three tenths of the original. Moreover, the cost of raising troops is huge, so it is difficult to recruit more soldiers."

The prefect immediately said: "Look, this is not because my official intentionally did not go out to fight against the rebellion, it is just because of money and food."

Zhan Xiaobai nodded secretly. Although the chief clerk was cautious and did not disclose the specific data. However, when Wuwei City was sufficient in money and food, it was garrisoned 30,000 heavily armored soldiers and horses. A large part of them were taken away by the governor Geng Bi. Now there are only two or three tenths of the money and food left. According to this ratio, it can support 6,000 to 9,000 soldiers and horses.

Wuwei City now has exactly 6,000 heavy armor, and at most it can only recruit another 3,000 - Nine thousand troops are not too much, but guarding Wuwei City is basically enough. Even if Ma Tengjun gets 50,000 or 60,000, I am afraid that there is nothing I can do about it.

Zhan Xiaobai thought about it and said that the prefect would be very likely to recruit soldiers in large quantities. Unless Ma Teng and Ma Wanjun attacked and besieged Wuwei City, the prefect might not be willing to recruit soldiers.

To make the prefect feel completely at ease, the next dose of strong medicine is needed.

He smiled and said, "As an official in the court, I have not received the order from the court, but I have the responsibility to guard the territory of my Han Dynasty. Since Wuwei City is short of soldiers, it is better for me to borrow 2,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry to protect the safety of Wuwei City. Return it to me. Although there are not many soldiers, it is my dedication. However, the money and food, the prefect needs to be given."

The prefect, commander, chief minister, Gongcao, chief clerk and other NPC officials were all overjoyed. There was such a good thing. Without a copper coin, you could get 2,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry to help defend the city. Such good things are not always encountered.

The prefect quickly said, "It's easy to say, when will the cavalry arrive at Wuwei City?"

Zhan Xiaobai smiled and said, "My troops are still in Xiaobai Town. I will send someone to dispatch troops. It will take three or five days to arrive at Wuwei City. But there is no hurry, anyway, nothing will happen within three or five days."

Everyone laughed, "Yes, even if Ma Teng's thief has four legs, he can't run so fast!" "Sir Xiaobai, thank you!" "Where is it!"

The NPC officials became extremely enthusiastic and shouted to Zhan Xiaobai toast and eat.

The young hero of the Spring and Autumn Period and Tian Bao sneered, borrowing soldiers? Is it easy to borrow soldiers from Xiaobai Town? These NPCs are dead yet I don’t know what’s going on. A few hours later, the officials and players were drunk and fell at the banquet. They were helped by the servants to rest in the side room in the prefect’s mansion.

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Night, midnight.

Zhan Xiaobai, Chunqiu Shaoxia, Tianbao and more than ten people woke up without any drunkenness. They gathered in a side room and were ready to start work.

Zhan Xiaobai said to everyone: "Now implement the assassination plan. We are in the prefect's mansion. The troops in the prefect's mansion are about 250 level 70 NPC guards, which are very powerful. It is best not to disturb them. Tianbao, Xiao Gou'er, Gou Buli brought a few players who are proficient in theft to the accounting room to find the accounting room of the prefect's mansion and delete the data of the accounting room. The young hero of the Spring and Autumn Period, command the assassins under your subordinate to sneak into the prefect's mansion and assassinate the prefect, the Duwei and others. In addition, inform A Fei to take 2,000 cavalry to the outside of Wuwei City overnight."

Everyone nodded and acted separately.

The so-called assassination plan is to directly assassinate the administrative and military leaders of Wuwei City, so that the NPC bureaucrats in Wuwei City have no leader. Then Zhan Xiaobai will take over the administrative and military affairs of Wuwei City in the name of the court.

The Young Hero of Chunqiu issued an order to his subordinates. Nearly a hundred high-level players, assassins, were carrying crossbows and lurking outside the wall of the prefect's mansion. After receiving the order from the Young Hero of Chunqiu, they immediately used the auxiliary skills of the assassin profession to "surf the wall" without destroying the wall, and directly climbed over the wall into the prefect's mansion. Avoid the NPC guards in the prefect's mansion and sneaked to the wing room and inner courtyard of the mansion.

These assassin players are masters. It may be difficult for ten people to assassinate an NPC official with crossbows in a group of ten people, because many military generals and officials possess unique skills, and even literary generals have one or two special skills. However, now all the officials are drunk, and the difficulty of assassination has dropped significantly.

More than ten minutes later, the assassins took their place, broke the door of the wing room with a "boom", broke into the target room, and pulled the crossbow board towards the head of the bed.

"Swish, whisper, whisper"

The powerful crossbow shot suddenly shot the NPC official sleeping on the bed and was so heartbroken that he didn't even have time to scream. Nearly a hundred assassins assassinated a group of officials, then broke into other rooms, and assassinated another group of officials.

There was a turmoil in the mansion, and an NPC general shouted before his death: "Assassin--!"

The NPC guards were awakened by the sound of the prefect's mansion, and they rushed to protect the prefect and the NPC officials with their spears and started fighting with the assassins. The chaotic battle lasted for an hour, and nearly a hundred assassins were finally cleared by the NPC guards.

Zhan Xiaobai, the young man from Chunqiu, and others, the voices outside gradually subsided, and then they came out of the wing room. All they saw were panicked attendants, and NPC guards who were pursuing the assassin with spears in their hands. Many places in the mansion were damaged, and the losses were probably not small.

Zhan Xiaobai came to the scene and asked the onlookers angrily: "What's going on? Why are there actually assassins in the prefect's mansion assassination? The guards in the mansion are all unable to make a living? What about the prefect and the lieutenant? Where are they now? Is it safe?"

A low-level NPC general on duty said hurriedly: "Stop the anger! Xiaguan and others have sent their troops to protect the prefect. The prefect has always liked to sleep in the study and rarely sleep in the bedroom. I believe that the prefect was not killed...but, the Duwei was killed by an assassin and has died."

Zhan Xiaobai frowned and slept in the study. The prefect actually had this "bad" habit?

"Who are the assassins? They are so bold?"

"Sir, they are all dressed up by Qiang soldiers, but I'm afraid the rebels of Qiang people came to assassinate the prefect."

Under the protection of dozens of fully armored generals and soldiers, the prefect of Wuwei came out of the inner palace with a trembling face, with a panic on his face. He didn't understand why a large number of assassins suddenly ran out. Seeing Zhan Xiaobai, he asked in panic: "Is Mr. Xiaobai good? Is your subordinate good?"

Zhan Xiaobai was slightly disappointed. The prefect was not dead and there was some trouble. It was afraid it would be difficult to get the player assassin to assassin again. He said calmly: "I'm fine, as long as the prefect is safe."

The general on duty quickly reported the losses to the prefect and said, "Sir, including the commander, chief officer, Gongcao, and chief clerk, a total of 17 senior Wuwei officials were killed. The remaining losses are being counted."

When the prefect heard this, he was shocked: "What, the chief lieutenant, the chief lieutenant and others died?" These NPC officials were all his confidant generals, and they were all killed. What's wrong with this?

The military general on duty said, "My dear Lord! I will send someone to chase and suppress the assassins immediately, and they will be beaten up in one go!"

Zhan Xiaobai bowed and said, "Mr. Prefect, no one can be resurrected after death. The most important thing is to stabilize the people's hearts. Otherwise, Wuwei City will be in turmoil and chaotic people will rise tomorrow, and it is easy to be attacked by traitors in chaos, causing war disasters. Please send a notice of peace for the people. The prefect's mansion will encounter a fire tonight, and everything else is normal. You must not search in large quantities, otherwise, once civil rebellion is triggered, there will be a major disaster in Wuwei City."

“Not bad.”

In a panic, the prefect accepted Zhan Xiaobai's opinion. He quickly sent a general to issue a notice to the people in the city. As for the pursuit of Qiang assassins, it was only carried out in secret and did not make a big statement.

Zhan Xiaobai couldn't help, so he said goodbye to the prefect and led his subordinates to leave the prefect's mansion to the place where Xiaobai Town settled in Wuwei City - the Zhao Martial Arts Hall.

After leaving the prefect's mansion, Xiao Gou'er handed over a book to Zhan Xiaobai like a treasure, and said happily: "Boss Xiaobai, see what this is!"

Zhan Xiaobai took it and looked at the account book, and said in surprise: "Why did you steal the Wuwei tax account book? Without this tax account book, Wuwei City will be unable to collect taxes."

Tian Bao smiled behind and said, "It's not just the tax books, but all the books in the account room were stolen by us. When we deleted and modified the data, I thought, why bother to delete and modified the data? Just take away the books. Without these books, the prefect's eyes were blind. Taxes, money, food, arms, logistics, and all the data could not be checked out. These books are in our hands, and we can see all the details of Wuwei City at a glance."
Chapter completed!