Life is a gambling game after game. I don’t know what others think, but Zhou Xian believes in this very much. However, compared with other gamblers, he is more cautious and less greedy. He is very clear about what he has, and knows when he cannot invest in a slightest time, but when he can throw all his bets.

If he had always used 500 cavalry to attack Zhang Xianzhong's main business, he would definitely not have done this stupid thing, because it was obviously seeking death. But at this moment, the situation was a little different. Xiangyang City had just been broken, and there were fleeing soldiers everywhere. Most of the peasant army had already flown out of the city, and the boundaries between the enemy and me were no longer so clear at this moment.

Zhou Xianyu took all the knights under the armor and wore clothes of ordinary people. But from the outside, they were basically the same as the peasant army. The peasant army had a chaotic organization and recruited people everywhere. If they were not close and familiar, it would be difficult to distinguish between enemies and us in this case. Moreover, there were some Shaanxi people among these 500 people. If they were induced by their local accent, the chance of successfully approaching Zhang Xianzhong was 10%.

At that time, as long as you get close to Zhang Xianzhong, fifty musketeers shoot together, even if he doesn't die, he will have to lose half of his life. Although this move is risky, once you succeed, you will obviously get more.

There are two main risks in this adventure. One is when approaching Zhang Xianzhong, and the other is when the assassination is completed and the evacuation is completed. Once Zhang Xianzhong is injured or died, his personal guards will definitely chase Zhou Xian and the others to death.

In order to induce the 500 knights to take risks with him, Zhou Xian made a promise in advance. If this matter fails, each person will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver; if things are done, each person will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. And it is just one blow, no matter whether the matter is successful or the matter is defeated. After the sound of the musket, everyone will evacuate.

Such a heavy reward, coupled with the lack of fighting with the official army, such a danger is of course worth taking. Therefore, after listening to Zhou Xianxu's remarks, everyone was excited and willing to serve him.

Zhou Xian’s plan is roughly divided into two steps. One is approaching and the other is assassination.

First, seeing the direction of Zhang Xianzhong's advance, he was heading towards the West Gate. It was also the direction for the peasant army to enter the city. At this time, there were still many peasant army blocking at the door. Zhou Xian and his friends had to do the first thing to do was to get close to the West Gate and mix among the crowd of peasant army waiting for him.

2. With 450 knights as the forwards, he broke through Zhang Xianzhong's formation. He covered fifty musketeers to get close to him and gave him a fatal blow at critical moments.

The first step was very smooth. Zhou Xian and his team walked along the corner of the wall and avoided Zhang Xianzhong's vision in front of him. When they arrived at the city wall on the west, there were soldiers everywhere, so naturally they would not notice them. Moreover, Zhou Xian arranged Shaanxi people near the peasant army, and a few authentic Qin verbal words won their trust.

Zhou Xian looked back from time to time, looking at Zhang Xianzhong who was getting closer and closer, his palms were covered in sweat.

Zhang Xianzhong was standing on the horse at this moment, extremely excited. He was a straightforward person, and he was like this for people and things. This time, Li Dingguo proposed to mingle with elite soldiers into the city. At first, he was still suspicious, but he didn't expect things to go so smoothly. The huge Xiangyang City was in chaos in a moment. By this moment, more than 10,000 soldiers had entered the city, and the government army had already returned to the sky.

When he thought of this, he was full of excitement, and he kept recalling the wonderful scenes on Yang Sichang's face after receiving the news of Xiangyang City. In the past year, he has been running back and forth in Sichuan, and he has been chased by Yang Sichang. He rode on his horse and kept talking to Pan Duao who was walking with him, on one side praising Li Dingguo, and on the other side he was talking about the joy of winning the battle.

Pan Duao responded with a smile, and was also happy. Taking over Xiangyang would mean getting endless food and supplies. The last time he was captured, he was locked up in Xiangyang and knew very well about its prosperity. Although Li Dingguo occupied most of the limelight this time, under his strong advocacy, Sun Kewang led his own large group of troops into the city first, and he would definitely get the best supplies and the most money. As Sun Kewang's supporter, how could he treat himself badly?

Zhang Xianzhong stopped five hundred steps away from the West Gate, rode alone out of the formation, frowned and turned back and asked, "Old Pan, I look like the flag is Qi'er's infantry. Why hasn't he completely entered the city yet?"

Pan Duao then looked forward and saw that it was indeed the troops led by Ainengqi. He smiled faintly and said, "Master General, you are anxious. Now, except for Lao Xu and Liu Wenxiu, who are responsible for commanding artillery bombardment to Xiangyang City, the only remaining army has not yet entered the city. Our entire army has nearly 30,000 people, and General Ainengqi will of course be slower as the rear army. At this time, the overall situation has been decided, so you don't have to worry. Wait for a moment and we can enter the city."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, but his face was still a little ugly, "Qi'er is really disobedient. I ordered all the cavalry to gather together to enter the city first, and cooperate with Guo'er to seize Xiangyang as quickly as possible. But look at him, he kept so many cavalry. I see that number is at least five hundred!"

Pan Duao's face changed slightly. Following Zhang Xianzhong's gaze, he really saw about 500 cavalrymen there. "Although Ainengqi has a rebellious personality, he has always heard Zhang Xianzhong's words the most. He shouldn't have done this!" Pan Duao couldn't help but think in his heart.

After a while, Pan Duao's eyes suddenly widened because he saw that among the cavalry, there were actually some muskets in hand. Although they tried their best to hide the weapons under the horse, the muskets were long and he still saw the exposed barrel. At first, he thought it was his eyes dazzled, and after rubbing them twice, Pan Duao finally confirmed that those muskets were indeed muskets.

"Great, Grand Marshal..., those are officers and soldiers, please leave quickly." Pan Duao shouted loudly.

Zhou Xian stood nervously behind the peasant army and waited for Zhang Xianzhong to move forward. However, the latter stopped five hundred steps away from the city gate, probably because he wanted to wait until all the soldiers at the city gate entered before entering.

Suddenly, Pan Duao's loud shout interrupted Zhou Xian's doubts. Although he didn't know where his army was seen through, he knew that things could no longer be dragged down at this moment. He pulled out his spear and shouted loudly: "Brothers, come with me!"
Chapter completed!