Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 718: Chapter 564 Assassination, Assassination_2

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

The man abruptly stopped attacking Zhou Lan, his figure swiftly sidestepped several steps, and the next moment, a Short Spear with a swoosh landed in front of Zhou Lan.

The Short Spear was only a foot away from Zhou Lan, nearly hitting her.

Zhou Lan looked up and saw hundreds of Cavalry charging forward, along with a burly figure stepping on the soldiers’ heads and flying over.

She immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The person who came was none other than Yang Minghao.

Today, the rear camp of the town standard was responsible for guarding the city, and now Yang Minghao was the Guerrilla General of the rear camp, and Yang Mingwu had already become the Assistant General of the Northern Road Black Cloud Guard. After his promotion, Yang Minghao also naturally became the Guerrilla General.

Yang Minghao flew in, first glanced at Zhou Lan and Wang Yunqiao, noticed the many wounds on their bodies, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

Without saying another word, he immediately swung his spear horizontally at the man with double sabers.

The man with double sabers retreated to avoid the spear’s light, but Yang Minghao’s spear followed like a shadow, directly aiming at the man’s throat.

For a moment, the man with double sabers was continuously forced to retreat, only able to defensively dodge.

Yang Minghao’s Spear Technique was powerful and forceful, with each move being broad and expansive, very much like Yang Zhenshan.

Among the three brothers, Yang Minghao was the most like Yang Zhenshan, whether in physique, appearance, or his understanding of Martial Arts and spear technique, Yang Minghao was almost carved out of the same mold as Yang Zhenshan.

Yang Mingcheng was too straightforward, Yang Mingzhi was too thin, which made them somewhat unlike Yang Zhenshan.

Instead, it was Yang Minghao who was increasingly resembling Yang Zhenshan.

Even more so than Ming Zhao, who resembled Yu Qingyi a bit more, with a refined face.

With the same cultivation of the Postnatal Ninth Layer, Yang Minghao was much stronger than Zhou Lan, although he was more than a decade younger than Zhou Lan, his strength far surpassed hers.

Under his spear, the man with double sabers could only passively defend, unable to counterattack.

A longer spear has a greater advantage, under Yang Minghao’s aggressive attack, the man with double sabers could only dodge left and right.

He even thought of pushing back Yang Minghao, then taking the opportunity to flee, but Yang Minghao’s movement technique was also excellent, no matter how he dodged, he couldn’t escape Yang Minghao’s pursuit.

The Soldiers of Chongshan Pass had arrived, and the other assassins fell one by one into the siege, and within a few moments, more than a dozen assassins were all hacked to death.

Wang Yunqiao, leaning on a spear, stood up, then walked up to Zhou Lan and asked, ”General, are you alright?”

Zhou Lan struggled to stand up, speaking with a pale face, ”I should not be dying yet!”

”Somebody, bandage the General!” Wang Yunqiao hoarsely shouted.

Both of them were severely wounded, although their wounds were not fatal, each slash was bleeding profusely, and excessive blood loss was inevitable.

Not just them, but also their accompanying female soldiers, out of thirty female soldiers only four were intact, over ten died, and more than ten were seriously injured.

Zhou Lan felt dizzy and her vision began to blur.

”The knives were poisoned!”

Wang Yunqiao also realized, and she weakly said, ”Detoxify the General!”

No sooner had she spoken than she collapsed on the ground.

Zhou Lan also sat down on the ground, but she still managed to grab a soldier who was bandaging her, and said, ”Order, let General Yang Minghao temporarily take over the affairs of the General Mansion, urgently report to the court over eight hundred li, asking the court to immediately appoint officials to take charge of Chongshan Town!”

Her consciousness was increasingly blurring, and her thoughts became sluggish, this was the last thing she could think of.

Having just spoken, she then fell into a coma.

”General, General!”

The soldiers shouted.

Hearing the shouts from behind, Yang Minghao’s expression changed slightly, and his attacks became even more fierce.

The man dodged more and more desperately, and at the same time, hundreds of soldiers came killing over, limiting the man’s range of evasion.

Finally, at the moment when the man revealed a flaw, Yang Minghao swept his spear, sending the man flying out, followed by another move, Leaping Dragon from the Water, directly stabbing at the man’s chest.

The spear hit, immediately creating a bloody hole in the man’s chest.

Without further thought, Yang Minghao again speared him and shouted, ”Kill him!”

After speaking, he quickly ran towards Zhou Lan’s direction.

”Sister, General Zhou!”

Yang Minghao hurriedly checked their wounds, the wounds had been bandaged, although they were still bleeding, but they should not be fatal, however, they were also severely poisoned.

”Antidote!” Yang Minghao shouted loudly.

”General, the villain doesn’t have an antidote!” a soldier continuously searched the body of the man with double sabers, but could not find any antidote.

Yang Minghao looked towards his soldiers again, ”Do you know what kind of poison it is?”

”It’s some kind of snake poison, but we’re not sure which one yet!” the soldier replied.

Yang Minghao was powerless, ”Someone, carry them back to the city!”

”Go immediately and fetch Doctor Li from Li Juntang, take him to the camp in Chongshan Pass!”

”Go immediately and gather the military doctors!”

”You, go to my mansion and get the Detoxification Pill and medicinal wine, the Detoxification Pill is in the cabinet in my study, ask the steward for the medicinal wine!”

At this moment, a soldier suddenly said, ”General, General Zhou just said that you are temporarily in charge of the General Mansion’s affairs, urgently report to the court for eight hundred miles, requesting the court to immediately appoint officials to take charge of Chongshan Town!”

Yang Minghao paused, took a deep breath, ”You go to the General Mansion, summon Lu Wenhua, and immediately send an eight hundred-mile urgent report!”

”Take a team and go immediately to summon Mr. Pang and several generals!”

”You all go back and issue orders to immediately block all city gates of Chongshan Pass, prohibiting anyone from bringing troops into the city!”

”Stay here and clean up, see if you can find any clues of the assassin!”

He issued several military orders before rushing back to Chongshan Pass.

Just as he entered the city of Chongshan Pass, three soldiers hurried into the Governor’s Office.

”Mr. Pang! Mr. Pang! General Zhou has been assassinated!”

The three soldiers shouted loudly.

Mr. Pang, who was working in the study, quickly came out and asked, ”Who has been assassinated?”

Many officials and soldiers in the government office were also startled by their shouting, and they hurried over to see what was going on.

The three soldiers quickly approached Mr. Pang, ”General Zhou in...”

Before they could finish speaking, a short blade suddenly plunged into Mr. Pang’s chest.

The sudden incident left the surrounding officials and soldiers unable to react, all staring dumbfounded at the scene.

It wasn’t until the assassin pulled out the short blade that blood gushed out.

”There’s an assassin!”

”Seize them!”

Only then did the soldiers cry out in alarm.

The three assassins had already leapt onto the rooftop and fled.

The guards of the Governor’s Office rushed to pursue them, but Mr. Pang, clutching his chest, slowly collapsed to the ground.

”Mr. Pang, Mr. Pang!”

A crowd of officials rushed forward, shouting in panic.

Mr. Pang was not Zhou Lan, he was already old and frail, and being stabbed in the chest, he breathed his last in just a moment.

The next moment, the entire Governor’s Office descended into chaos.

Shortly after, the entire Chongshan Pass also became chaotic.

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

Song Dashan, Yang Chengxu, Yang Chengze, Yang Mingzhen all received the news and rode their horses to the north side of the city.

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

Yang Minghao said gravely, ”The General has been poisoned by snake venom, although he has taken a Detoxification Pill, it will probably take a while before he regains consciousness.”

”Moreover, the General is seriously injured and will take some time to recover!”

Song Dashan frowned, ”Who are the assassins?”

”Wuliang Hu Clan!” Yang Minghao replied grimly.

Although these people were disguised as soldiers from Chongshan Pass, a careful examination revealed they were from the Wuliang Hu Clan.

”Damn it!” Yang Chengxu cursed.

Yang Mingzhen spoke up, ”Mr. Pang is already dead, and General Zhou has fallen into a coma, what should we do next?”

Yang Minghao pondered for a while and said, ”I’ve already sent someone to report to the court! However, it will take at least half a month for someone from the court to arrive here!”

”Wuliang Hu Clan isn’t planning to launch an attack on us, right?” Yang Chengze asked.

The expressions on their faces grew even more solemn.