The various princes were really too arrogant. They probably knew that they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to carry out the assassination, and they would not be able to hide it from Li Xiang. Therefore, they sent out waves in all directions almost unscrupulously. Manpower is available.
During this period of time, the Jin army had killed many unidentified people on the main roads of Sizhou and Yongzhou.
For those unidentified outsiders, after the Jin soldiers along the way discovered them, even if they did not kill them on the spot, they would at least be sent to prison.
However, having been slaughtered by them, these people are just small fish and shrimps at best. The real powerful killers are probably still well hidden at this time, at least most of them are like this.
"Send the order, loosen outside and tighten inside, be careful!" Thinking of these rats hiding in the dark, Li Xiang couldn't help but feel a little unhappy!
There is such a group of people hiding in the dark, ready to kill you at any time. Even if these people are just a bunch of rats, it is always unpleasant.
Although he knows that these rats cannot threaten his life, who wants to be remembered by such a group of rats all the time? This is just a group of mice, not a group of beauties!
If it had been before, Li Xiang might have played a trick of luring a snake out of its hole, but now that he was sitting higher on his butt, he wouldn't be so interested anymore.
Who would think about playing games with a group of mice every day, among the towering lions and even the dragons hovering above the nine heavens?
There are many officials of all sizes in the floating house under his command. If he can't even deal with these rats, then what's the use of Li Xiang raising such a bunch of losers?
If the floating house or the officials of all sizes under him are really so incompetent, then Li Xiang really needs to consider replacing them with a new group of people. He doesn't need so many people under his command!
After a night's rest, when it was just dawn, the patrol team started their journey again.
When Li Xiang first ascended to the throne, no matter how important the affairs in the south were, he would definitely not be able to stay away from the capital for too long. Therefore, their trip was quite busy.
As they expected, when they started to enter the plank road into Shu, the rats hiding in the dark finally took action.
After all, this is their last chance and the most suitable ambush location. If they don't take action, they will have no chance after Li Xiang enters Bashu.
These mice hiding in the dark have done some research. They did not learn to do it easily and chose a very good location.
When the Jin army entered the plank road, they were unable to advance in formation due to the terrain, so they continued to advance in a long snake. If this formation is used to advance, once it is cut off in the middle, it will be difficult to hand over from the beginning to the end, and it will be impossible to form effective support in a short time.
In this case, the killers only need to face a small number of Jin army guards, and only need to assassinate Li Xiang under the protection of a small number of Jin army guards.
Moreover, due to the restrictions of the geographical environment, the large number of horses under the Jin army's cavalry became a burden at this time, and it was impossible to ride the horses for galloping. Even if the cavalry is fast, it is useless if the horse cannot run.
It was in this environment that the rats hiding in the darkness suddenly burst out.
Although these killers are not good at fighting in military formations, when they line up with an equal number of troops, they will definitely be the ones who are massacred. But in this small-scale fight, they have the advantage.
Moreover, these killers not only prepared a large number of bows, arrows and crossbows, but the weapons were also smeared with blood-sealing poison. As long as the soldiers under Li Xiang's hands were scratched with a small wound, they would eventually become a A fatal end.
Countless bows and arrows were fired at the war horse Li Xiang was riding. Although the surrounding soldiers guarded it with all their strength, the soldiers in front and behind were unable to provide support in time. In the end, these rats found a chance and an arrow grazed it. Li Xiang's cheek was touched, and a trace of black thread flowed out from Li Xiang's cheek. In almost a moment, Li Xiang fell directly off his horse.
After the surrounding soldiers saw this scene, they suddenly felt that the sky had fallen.
But under the command of the angry general, one after another waved the weapons in their hands at the killers. The place where these killers chose to ambush was originally a desperate place, and there was no way out.
When these killers took on this mission, they had no intention of returning alive.
Therefore, every one of these killers fell under the encirclement and suppression of the Jin army.
However, although all the enemies were wiped out, no one in the scene could be happy.
"General, I am guilty, Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." The leading general knelt aside, his face full of defeat, and there was no trace of brilliance in his eyes.
Inadequate protection was a major crime against the Nine Clans.
"But we killed all the thieves!" Li Jing looked at the piles of corpses on the ground. Even after seeing Li Xiang's corpse, there was no unnecessary expression on his face. Instead, he asked without concern.
At the same time, Li Jing also had to lament that the coalition forces really spent a lot of money this time. The bodies of the Jin soldiers who died in the battle had basically ulcerated skin all over their bodies at this time, and black blood continued to flow from all parts of the body.
I believe that this kind of powerful poison is not impossible for princes from all walks of life to obtain. After all, he has become a prince all the way, so it is relatively easy to want something.
But with so many killers equipped with such a powerful poison, this is not a small amount. Being able to obtain such a powerful poison in such a large quantity would not be easy even for the princes.
"General! All the thieves have been killed!" The general who was kneeling on the ground replied mechanically.
The poor general didn't hear anything strange in Li Jing's words at this time.
In other words, this poor general has fallen into a feeling of collapse at this time. When he saw Li Xiang's cheek being scratched by a sharp arrow, his brain was already in a state of panic at that time, and he could only do some things mechanically, and he could no longer even think normally.
Therefore, at this time, he only answered Li Jing's questions mechanically, and did not hear the strangeness in Li Jing's words.
(End of chapter)
