"Brothers, after we round this bend, everyone can rest. Just keep holding on!"
A shout came from the winding official road in the mountains.
After hearing his boss's words, the fu soldiers, who had been feeling a little sluggish due to the sun, finally regained their spirits and walked a little faster without realizing it.
In the middle of the motorcade, Zhao Yu, who was riding a horse, looked around at the dense mountain forest and suddenly turned his head and asked:
"Youwei, why is it so quiet in this mountain forest?"
Zhang Xiu didn't take it seriously at first, and followed Zhao Yu's words and replied: "Master Hou, in such a horrible weather, those birds may have been wilted by the heat... No!"
When he said this, a thunderbolt flashed through his mind. His intuition as a military general made his face change instantly. At the same time, his eyes glanced at Wang Pu on the other side of Zhao Yu, only to find that his face was full of Dignified, he confirmed his judgment.
"Master Marquis, be careful, there is an ambush here!"
Zhang Xiu yelled.
The moment he spoke the reminder, more than a dozen logs were seen drawing perfect arcs and swinging out from the dense forest on both sides.
Dozens of soldiers walking in front of the team were caught off guard and were hit in the middle by a log carrying huge kinetic energy.
Accompanied by screams, figures were knocked into the air and then fell heavily.
In just an instant, nearly half of the nearly 100 soldiers walking in front of the team were killed or injured. The morale of the remaining ones was greatly reduced, and their combat strength was reduced by 30 to 40%.
"kill!"
Shadows with black scarves on their faces shot out from the dense forest, killing the government soldiers who were in chaos and retreating steadily. Fortunately, the captains and their trusted followers held on for dear life, and the situation was barely stabilized.
"Bah, what did those scouts do just now? They didn't even find such a big trap!"
Seeing that the situation ahead was becoming more and more unfavorable, Zhang Xiu spat on the ground bitterly, then held the gun in his hand and raised his fist towards Zhao Yu.
"Master Marquis, just sit here and I will come back as soon as you leave!"
Seeing that Zhang Xiu was about to turn the horse's head as soon as he pulled the reins, leading a dozen guards to rush over, Zhao Yu frowned and shouted:
"Youwei, stop for me!"
"Master Hou?"
There was a hint of doubt in Zhang Xiu's voice.
Saving people is like putting out fires. It's time now. If we don't save people anymore, all the soldiers will be trapped in it.
"The other party is here for me!"
Zhao Yu gritted his teeth and said bitterly, a rare hint of ferocity and relaxation appeared on his handsome face.
Regarding the fact that those assassins would make a comeback, he and Wang Pu had already reached a consensus before setting off.
Although I have been prepared in my heart, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves missing you.
He was always on tenterhooks along the way.
Now that these thieves finally appeared, he felt relieved.
"Youwei, sit here and command the guards! Yu Neng!"
"Master Hou, the general is here!"
Upon hearing Zhao Yu's call, a burly man wearing iron armor among the palace guards answered loudly.
Yu Neng, before Zhang Xiu served Zhao Yu, was the leader of the generals in the Anguo Hou Mansion who was responsible for training the guards.
After Zhang Xiu came to An Guohou's mansion, Yu Neng lost to Zhang Xiu because his skills were inferior to others in the competition, so he willingly became his opponent's deputy.
"You lead 50 people to support and tell Captain Wang and the others that if you hold on for another quarter of an hour, the general's reinforcements will arrive here!"
"Here!"
Yu Neng clasped his fists and agreed with a bang.
"Lao Li, Xiao Di, take your men and follow me to kill the thieves!"
Amid Yu Neng's shouts, nearly a hundred palace guards separated into two teams of fifty people and followed him towards the front of the motorcade, leaving only this sentence for Zhang Xiu.
"General Zhang, if something happens to the Marquis, I won't be able to spare you even if I turn into a ghost!"
"This guy……"
Zhang Xiu didn't know whether to be angry or funny for a moment.
"Youwei, divide ten more people from the guards and go to the back of the motorcade to protect your aunt."
Zhao Yu ordered.
"Master Hou, this...then your side..."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiu opened his mouth again and again, not knowing what to say for a while.
"I am not afraid that he will come, I am afraid that he will not come! Today I want to see what these assassins are capable of, come and take my head! What's more, if you are not guarding me, why should I be afraid? Is there any?"
Zhao Yu laughed.
On the other side, Wang Pu also nodded slightly to indicate to Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu took a breath and said solemnly: "Aunt Xiu thanked the Marquis!"
In a few breaths, the number of royal guards beside Zhao Yu has been reduced by more than half, from nearly a hundred to more than forty.
I have set up the stage for you, so please don’t let me down.
Zhao Yu looked forward with a calm expression and thought to himself.
…………
Bah!
Pulling out the long sword in his hand from the chest of a soldier, and wiping the blood on the sword on the corpse, the assassin leader named Wu stood up and looked around the battlefield slowly.
I saw that his assassins had gained an absolute advantage. Nearly 80% of the nearly 100 soldiers were killed or injured. The remaining dozen soldiers formed a round formation under the organization of the captains and barely defended themselves. However, it would only take time for them to be wiped out. question.
"Brothers, hold on!"
The long knife in Captain Wang's hand flew up and down, knocking an assassin in black to the ground, and shouted loudly.
However, before he could retract his breath, another assassin came up to him and stabbed his throat with the sword in his hand!
Captain Wang, who was unable to hold back his momentum, watched this scene helplessly but could do nothing, and couldn't help but lament in his heart.
My life is at an end! But I don’t want to die here today!
Just when Captain Wang had almost given up, a flying knife, with a shrill scream, pierced the assassin's back from far away.
The assassin paused for a moment as if the pause button had been pressed, and then fell in front of Captain Wang. Immediately afterwards, Yu Neng's heroic laughter rang out.
"Brother Wang, how about Yu's sword?"
Captain Wang, who was almost on the verge of death, glanced at the other party gratefully, then nodded.
"The Marquis asked me to come to the aid of our brothers! Hold on, big man. The general's men will be here soon. When the time comes, these bastards will pay with their blood!"
Are there reinforcements from the general?
Fight!
Hearing Yu Neng's voice, the remaining soldiers suddenly felt a surge of heat in their chests. They rallied and killed the opponent by surprise.
As Yu Neng led fifty guards to join the battle group, the strength of both sides became more balanced, and the battle once again fell into a stalemate.
"Then Old Thief Huang also sent troops? We must fight quickly, otherwise our success will be defeated once reinforcements arrive!"
Leader Wu, who was commanding from a distance, frowned and turned to look at the swordsman surnamed Shi who was standing with his sword in hand.
"It seems that the young Marquis can only leave the matter to Master Shi first, and leave the matter here to me."
"It's just a matter of loyalty to someone who was entrusted by someone. General, let's go!"
Master Shi, who was dressed as a soldier, nodded indifferently and looked at Captain Ji Shi Kang Ji aside.
When the other party looked at him, Ji Shikang felt as if he was naked and being stared at by a lone wolf, and couldn't help but shudder.
Seeing the impatience in the other person's eyes, Ji Shikang felt a chill in his heart. He nodded hurriedly and led the other person towards Zhao Yu's position.
