Chapter 1076

They looked toward the direction where the Liangzhou Army was stationed in the distance.

It was as pitch black as it had been yesterday, without a single spark of light.

But deep down, both felt as if a pair of eyes capable of bringing death were watching them.

Song Xian couldn't help but shiver.

"Hou Cheng, you say Ding Yuan is dead, do we... do we really need to risk our lives like this?"

As they walked, Song Xian suddenly lowered his voice and said.

"Huh?"

Hou Cheng was stunned, his footsteps pausing slightly.

Song Xian also stopped, looked around, and continued to lower his voice: "Didn't that Duan Yu say that tonight, he would come to take one of our heads?"

"What if... what if it really comes to your turn or mine, what should we do?"

"That guy can kill people without a trace; Ding Yuan is already dead, can you or I escape with our lives?"

Hou Cheng shook his head almost without thinking.

How could they escape?

It wasn't as if they hadn't seen Duan Yu's martial arts.

When they were among the Xiongnu, he had defeated Lu Bu with just one move.

If Duan Yu really wanted to kill them, he wouldn't even need one move.

Hou Cheng was naturally afraid too.

"What can we do if we can't escape?" Hou Cheng frowned.

Song Xian's eyeballs rolled around, and he gestured toward the inside of the pass.

"What do you mean?"

Hou Cheng, not understanding, looked at Song Xian and asked: "What are you going to do?"

Song Xian raised an eyebrow and said: "What else can I do? Of course, I'm looking for a way to survive."

"Escape?" Hou Cheng asked tentatively: "You mean run away?"

Song Xian frowned and hissed: "Run away to where? We have the pass in front and behind; can we even get out?"

"Who would dare to open the gates at a time like this?"

"Then..." Hou Cheng looked at Song Xian, confused: "What do you mean?"

Song Xian pulled Hou Cheng, and the two leaned against the side of the city wall facing the interior of the pass.

Song Xian fixed his gaze on the interior of the pass and lowered his voice: "You say, if we capture Zhang Yang and open the gates to let Duan Yu in, will he grant us some credit?"

"Huh?" Hou Cheng was shocked and opened his mouth wide.

"Keep your voice down, what are you doing?" Song Xian pulled Hou Cheng urgently: "Keep it down, are you trying to get me killed?"

Realizing he had lost his composure, Hou Cheng immediately crouched down and looked around.

Fortunately, no soldiers had noticed them.

"You mean... we surrender to Duan Yu?" Hou Cheng asked.

Song Xian nodded quickly: "That's right."

"Lu Bu is already under Duan Yu's command. If we capture Zhang Yang and open the gates to let Duan Yu in, Duan Yu will definitely take us in; even for Lu Bu's sake, he would take us in."

"Instead of being killed by Duan Yu, we might as well strike first!" Song Xian narrowed his eyes.

Hou Cheng looked at the fierce light in Song Xian's eyes and hesitated.

Duan Yu had promised yesterday to take Ding Yuan's head.

And early this morning, he had hung Ding Yuan's head on the ramparts.

This morning, Duan Yu said he would randomly take one of their heads tonight.

Although it might not be their turn tonight, what about tomorrow?

What about the day after?

There were so many days ahead.

Eventually, it would be his turn.

Rather than waiting to be killed.

It would be better to...

Hou Cheng gritted his teeth, pondered for a moment, and nodded.

"Fine, then I'll follow your lead." Hou Cheng decided.

Song Xian also nodded and said: "This matter can't just be you and me; we need to notify Wei Xu. The three of us together will capture Zhang Yang and then open the gates."

"This will count as a meritorious service."

"When the time comes, we can get an official position in Liangzhou."

"I heard that Liangzhou is much better now than it used to be; in the future, we brothers can stay together when we go to Liangzhou."

Hou Cheng nodded vigorously.

After the two had discussed it, they found a random excuse and entered the pass from the ramparts.

Not long after, they woke Wei Xu at his residence and told him the plan.

After the three of them conferred, they each called for their own personal guards.

Dozens of people, under the cover of night, headed toward Zhang Yang's residence in the pass.

Zhang Yang's residence was next to Ding Yuan's former residence in the pass.

Because of Duan Yu's threat during the day, Zhang Yang did not dare to be careless, so he had stationed many soldiers around his residence.

When Song Xian, Hou Cheng, and Wei Xu arrived near Zhang Yang's courtyard with dozens of personal guards and saw the guards around, they did not act rashly.

"You two wait here; watch for my signal and then act."

Song Xian said to Hou Cheng and Wei Xu behind him.

After the two nodded, Song Xian proceeded according to the plan.

He led a few soldiers, drew their swords, and ran rapidly toward the gate of Zhang Yang's courtyard.

The guards on duty heard the sound of running footsteps, immediately drew their weapons, raised their torches, and shouted at Song Xian's direction.

"Who goes there, stop!"

Song Xian did not stop, his face wearing a feigned expression of panic.

"Quick, it's bad, it's bad!"

"Quickly notify Attendant Zhang, Duan Yu has sent troops to raid the pass at night!"

The guarding soldiers were stunned at first, then reacted and turned to knock on the gate of Zhang Yang's courtyard.

"Open the gate quickly, it's bad, the Liangzhou Army is attacking the pass!"

There were still guards stationed inside the courtyard.

Hearing the shouting outside, they didn't have time to think and opened the gate.

However.

At this very moment.

Song Xian, who had run to the front of the gate, thrust a blade from behind the guard.

*Pfft. *

The blade pierced through the chest.

Song Xian's face was fierce as he shouted: "Kill your way in!"

The personal guards following Song Xian pounced like hungry wolves.

Caught off guard, several guards were instantly hacked down into a pool of blood.

And behind Song Xian, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu, hearing the sound, also led their respective personal guards to slaughter their way into Zhang Yang's courtyard.

Shouts of killing erupted everywhere.

Zhang Yang, who was sleeping in his room, grabbed the long sword by his pillow, didn't even have time to put on his armor, and kicked open the door barefoot.

He thought Duan Yu had broken in.

But when Zhang Yang saw Song Xian, Hou Cheng, and Wei Xu, who were holding torches and stained with blood, he was stunned.

"Song Xian!"

"Hou Cheng!"

"Wei Xu!" ===== CHAPTER 1078 =====