Zhao Tuo roared so loudly that Chang Wenjun's scalp went numb with shock.
It's over, things have failed.
Whether it was taking Nansu mother and son back to Chu State or killing them on the spot, these were acceptable results.
But now that the matter has not been completed, he has been exposed, not to mention that he is still in Qin!
Thinking of this, Chang Wenjun stopped his horse, turned its head, and headed south without caring about the life or death of his men, and jumped into the dense forest in the blink of an eye.
As for his men, their attention was entirely focused on Nan Su and the team coming from the opposite side, and they didn't realize that Chang Wenjun had run away.
Zhao Tuo took the lead in raising his flying crossbow and fired three crossbow arrows at the enemy's two horses and a killer.
The Imperial Guards behind also raised their arrows and fired. The men of Lord Chang Ping on the opposite side, who were not willing to be beaten passively, all drew out their bows and arrows to fight back.
While the two sides were shooting at each other, a stray arrow happened to have no eyes and hit Nansu's ribs again.
Nansu, who was gritting his teeth and insisting, let out another cry of pain. His pale face due to blood loss became even darker, and his consciousness became more and more blurred. His body tilted and he fell down on his horse.
"Mom!" Xiao Fusu turned around and saw his mother falling off the horse, and couldn't help but yelled.
Zhao Tuo was already approaching at this time. He flew forward to block the incoming enemy and fought with him.
The Imperial Guards behind also rushed forward and collided with each other.
After Zhao Tuo put the two down, he pulled out and quickly came to Nansu's side, and slowly helped her up.
"Sister-in-law Wang, Sister-in-law Wang, wake up!"
Perhaps it was maternal instinct that slowly brought Nansu's dormant consciousness back to life. She stretched out her blood-stained jade hand forward and said in a voice as faint as a mosquito or fly: "Fu... Su..."
At this time, Fusu's war horse had been stopped by the Forbidden Army. A sergeant hugged him down, but he did not get close to the battlefield.
Zhao Tuo cut off the arrow feathers on Nansu's back with his sword, picked up Nansu and ran towards Fusu.
"Mom, mother!!" Fusu struggled to break free, but was firmly held by the sergeant.
Zhao Tuo came to Fusu's side, put Nansu down, and then checked her injuries.
only……
The arrow penetrated too deeply into the body and seemed to have damaged the internal organs. The blood kept flowing out, but the momentum was weakening, as if it was about to dry up.
Zhao Tuo quickly took out the hemostatic medicine and tied Nansu's wound with a strip of cloth.
"Mom, wuwu, don't scare me, wuwu..." Fusu kept crying on the side.
"My child." Nan Su's already pale lips raised slightly, and she smiled at Fu Su, "Mom was harmed by a bad person. I'm afraid I won't be able to grow up with you anymore..."
After hearing this, Fusu couldn't stop crying.
Zhao Tuo said: "Sister-in-law Wang, please don't say this. I will take you to see the imperial doctor now."
After that, Zhao Tuo carried Nan Su on his back again and ran towards the city gate.
In Nansu's current state, it was impossible to ride a horse, and there was no carriage nearby, so Zhao Tuo spread his legs and ran as fast as he could.
But after such a bump, she started coughing again.
Zhao Tuo had no choice but to slow down a little.
After coughing for a while, Nansu said intermittently: "Don't bother, I...I have something to say to Fusu."
Although it was a whisper, it pierced Zhao Tuo's chest like a steel needle. He stopped sadly and let Nan Su lean on his arm.
The sergeant behind him brought Fusu over, and Fusu threw himself into Nansu's arms again.
Nan Su seemed to be unable to feel the pain, and used his last strength to stroke Fu Su's face, and said softly: "My son, don't be afraid, your father will avenge your mother... Your aunts will also take good care of you. you……"
"After mother leaves...you must listen to your father and don't be willful. Don't think that you are the eldest prince and fight for the position of prince..."
Facing Nansu's entrustment, little Fusu was already crying: "Mom, I listen to you, please get better, wuwu..."
Zhao Tuo on the side also looked at the mother and son who were about to part ways with tears in their eyes and did not bother them again.
Because he knew that Nansu's injuries were too serious and there must be no way to save her. At the moment, he could only give her time for mother and son to say their final goodbyes.
Nansu's eyes were blurred, and in her field of vision, she could only clearly see Fusu's childish and crying face.
It was the continuation of her life, her hope for the future, and the best gift from God to her.
But how could the originally clear face become more and more blurry? Why did the originally dazzling world become darker and darker?
Reluctance is life’s attachment to this prosperous world.
Reluctance is the incomparable regret for losing something cherished.
Reluctance is a respect for one's own life and an affirmation of the past that has been experienced.
"My child..." Nan Su struggled to squeeze out a few words through her teeth, "Mom can't let you go... can't let you go..."
Then, the last trace of color in her eyes disappeared, and her pupils dilated as much as possible to absorb the light from the outside world.
A teardrop slipped silently from the corner of the eye, dripping quietly with infinite reluctance.
Amid Fusu's cries, Nansu slowly closed his eyes and lost his breath.
"Sister-in-law Wang, you can go in peace, I will take good care of the eldest young master." Zhao Tuo wiped his tears, stood up, and cursed fiercely, "Don't let any of these damn beasts go. Chop them all into pulp!”
The surrounding sergeants were all furious after witnessing the death of Princess Nansu, and they all roared and charged towards the enemy on the opposite side.
Chang Wenjun's men were originally private soldiers. Whether they were fighting alone or forming a formation to face the enemy, how could they defeat the palace guards who had been trained in the Huben Army.
In just a moment, those private soldiers were already lying on the ground in a mess. Most of them had been chopped into pulp as Zhao Tuo said.
The two people who were left to ask questions had their hamstrings cut off.
Zhao Tuo ignored the private soldiers, picked up Nan Su and mounted the horse, and asked another lieutenant to take Fu Su straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Li Si was thinking about countermeasures when suddenly the guards reported urgently that something had happened to Mrs. Nansu.
Li Si, who had always been calm, panicked and hurried outside.
Zhao Tuo placed Nansu's body on a stretcher, and the imperial guards next to him stopped Fusu from getting closer to his mother.
Li Si stared blankly at the scene in front of him, unable to believe his eyes.
"Sir, what should we do now?" Zhao Tuo asked.
Li Si came back to his senses and said in panic: "How can I explain this to the king? What is going on?"
Zhao Tuo briefly told what happened just now.
"We have captured two alive, but they haven't been tried yet." Zhao Tuo said, "I'll have someone escort them over."
Li Si nodded, turned around and said to the guard next to him: "Go to the palace and invite General Manager Zhao Gao. Don't alert anyone first, and seal the news in the city first."
The guards took the order to go to the palace, and the two survivors who had broken their hamstrings were also carried to the inner hall.
The usually gentle Zuo Xiang also became fierce at this time. He stepped on the wound on someone's ankle and pushed him away hard.
The man was in so much pain that he screamed.
"Tell me what's going on." Li Si gritted his teeth and said viciously, "Tell me everything you know and I will spare your life."
The man whose feet were stepped on grinned, slapped the ground with his hands and begged for mercy: "Sir, spare your life, spare your life, I will attack you, I will attack you all. We are Chang Wenjun's men. We are ambushing you there to kidnap Mrs. Nansu and her son."
Changwenjun?
Kidnapping?
Li Si's heart tightened and he used a little more strength on his feet.
The man was in so much pain that he almost lost his breath.
The other one begged for mercy in fear: "Sir, let me tell him that Chang Wenjun met with Yan Dan in private a few days ago, and then decided to resign and return to Chu State, but he said that it would be too hard to go back empty-handed. He wanted to save face, so he ordered us to wait outside the city, saying that he would take Nansu mother and son out of the city."
"He wants to take their mother and son to Chu State?" Zhao Tuo asked.
"Exactly, exactly." The private soldier said, "Mr. Changwen said that mother and son are of the Chu Kingdom's blood. If they return to the Chu Kingdom together, it will be regarded as a visit to the relatives. Moreover, with Mr. Fusu here, the King of Qin will not dare to attack Chu easily. .”
Li Si's eyebrows were raised, his eyes widened in anger, and he scolded: "Since we want to capture them and take them to the Chu Kingdom, why do you still have to kill them!?"
The private soldier begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, you have wronged us. Mrs. Nansu was not injured by us. Just because we were afraid of hurting Mrs. Nansu, we did not even dare to use bows and arrows. Otherwise, how could they ride?" Escape on horseback."
"You weren't injured?" Li Si asked, "Who is that?"
The private soldier replied: "When we were chasing them, a figure suddenly appeared from the big tree next to us. He was covered up and couldn't see his face clearly. It was he who shot a cold arrow behind Mrs. Nansu's back, hitting her straight. Madam’s back thoughts.”
The one whose ankle was stepped on also regained his breath at this time, and echoed: "Yes, yes, we all saw it. Sir, think about it, if we really wanted to kill them, we would have been in the forest as early as possible." Zhong has already taken action. If that is the case, you may not be able to find the murderer."
Li Si knew in his heart that what he said made sense, so he probably wasn't lying.
"Who is the masked assassin?" Zhao Tuo asked.
"I heard from Chang Wenjun that it was Yan Dan." The other one replied, "And there was only one Gao Jianli behind us, so they should have come together."
"Yan...Dan!!"
Li Si was so angry that he couldn't help but say, "It turns out that you had hidden evil intentions for a long time. You blame me for being careless and not seeing through it in advance."
Zhao Tuo thought for a while and then asked: "Didn't you just say that Lord Chang Wen was bewitched by Yan Dan and wanted to kidnap Mrs. Nansu and her son to go to Chu State? Why did Yan Dan still kill her? "
The two private soldiers shook their heads, and one of them said: "This young one is also confused. Isn't this an obvious attempt to frame us?"
Another said: "That's right, if Yan Dan appears here now, I will be the first to chop him down without you having to do anything. Oops..."
Li Si let go of his ankle, causing him to cry out in pain again.
"It seems that the matter has become clear." Li Si said solemnly, "Then Yan Dan wants to provoke a war between Qin and Chu!"
If it wants to protect itself, it must first cause chaos in the world. In this way, Da Qin will be stretched thin when facing multiple opponents at the same time.
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In Jiayuguan Pass, the soldiers brought by Yingzheng General Wang Jian were divided into several groups and sent to Dunhuang and Suzhou respectively.
The garrison at Jiayuguan was replenished to the original 50,000, and was still led by Xu Wan. Because of his meritorious service in this battle, Ying Zheng promoted him to the rank of county lieutenant.
In the General Military Mansion, Wang Jian returned the military talisman to Ying Zheng, and then said: "This expedition is the most relaxing one in the general's life. He didn't even see the shadow of the enemy."
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Why, your hands are itchy?"
Wang Jian said: "I heard that the king is about to attack the State of Zhao. I would like to find out whether the king has found a candidate for the coach?"
"We'll talk about it when we get back to Xianyang," Ying Zheng said.
Just as Wang Jian was about to continue asking, he heard a commotion outside and saw Meng Tian hurriedly running into the tent with a carrier pigeon.
"Your Majesty, something happened in Xianyang."
Ying Zheng suddenly felt bad, because just looking at Meng Tian's expression, it was definitely not a trivial matter.
He quickly took the letter and hurriedly opened it to read, but he stumbled and almost fell.
Wang Jian quickly stepped forward and supported him: "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Ying Zheng's fists were clenched so tightly that they could almost water, and he said through gritted teeth: "My son Yan Dan, you bully me too much, I will definitely cut you into pieces!"
"Send my military order, and the Huben army will follow me back to Xianyang immediately. I will send a message immediately to capture Yan Dan!"
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