The night gradually deepened, and everyone from the diplomatic mission and reception group got into the tent, including Shao Xi and Lao Wu. From a distance, it seemed that the entire team had fallen asleep, but in fact, both the guards patrolling outside and the people in the tent were paying attention to the movements on the cliffs on both sides.
At about the same time, there was movement on the cliff. The guards of the mission who were ambushing at the foot of the cliff clearly heard the sound of stones falling from the cliff. This meant that the people above were beginning to prepare ropes to slide down the cliff. Not long after, I saw thick ropes hanging down from the cliff. From the shaking of the ropes, I could tell that someone had begun to slide down the ropes.
Without Shao Xi's signal, the mission's guards would not take action and would just lie quietly at the foot of the cliff. At this time, Shao Xi relied on his extraordinary perception ability to feel that the people on the cliffs on both sides were starting to take action, so he pretended to get up at night and came out to notify the guards of the reception group to prepare for the enemy. At the same time, the signal was spread throughout the entire team. People and horses, everyone was also prepared for the attack.
The sneak attack at night originally pursued concealment and suddenness, but now all actions have been anticipated by Shao Xi in advance, and confidentiality is no longer possible. He has also arranged for manpower to prepare in advance, and the suddenness of the opponent no longer exists.
An attack that is neither concealed nor sudden is destined to be difficult to achieve results. What's even more terrible is that all the preparations made by Shao Xi's side are unknown to the other side, which in turn makes the actions of the mission more covert and sudden.
People who engage in sneak attacks will have a kind of psychological inertia, thinking that they are the advantageous party, and the other party is passive and disadvantageous. With such mental inertia, they will lower their vigilance towards the target, and it is difficult to imagine that the other party will do the opposite. Raid yourself.
Based on his own perception, Shao Xi initially estimated that the number of people who came to attack was about fifty or sixty. For those who want to attack a country's mission plus a reception group, the number of people is indeed not that large. The main reason is the suddenness of a night sneak attack.
Most of Shao Xi's mission and Nan Zhao's reception team were ceremonial guards. The total number of guards with real combat effectiveness was only over a hundred people, but it was enough to deal with the situation in front of them.
What surprised Shao Xi was that Zhang Shou actually asked for a knife from the guard. According to Shao Xi's observation of Zhang Shou, this person should not be a martial artist. Why would he use the sword now?
"Master Zhang, leave this matter of killing the enemy to us. Master Zhang, you'd better hide. When the fighting is over, let Lao Wu take you to evacuate out of the valley. You don't have to carry a knife. This You can’t help me with this kind of thing.”
Zhang Shou smiled awkwardly and said to Shao Xi: "Although I am not as strong in martial arts as Master Shao, I have practiced swordsmanship for two years. Although I cannot compare with these masters in the martial arts world, if It means that I can still make do with killing enemies in battle and fighting with others. It's just because your martial arts skills are too high, Master Shao, so you think that I am not a martial artist. Please don't worry, Master Shao, I am carrying a knife. You can still protect yourself or others around you."
This made Shao Xi look at Zhang Shou with admiration.
Indeed, the sword skills practiced by Zhang Shou are only inferior martial arts practiced by ordinary people, but they are still somewhat useful for fighting and killing enemies.
Shao Xi has practiced martial arts for many years, and all he sees in his eyes are the realms of martial arts masters. Therefore, in Shao Xi's eyes, people who practice inferior martial arts are no different from people who don't know martial arts.
"This is too abrupt. In this way, Mr. Zhang can be regarded as a helper to us. With Mr. Zhang's help, Old Wu can free his hands and feet to break out. The guard of the camp will be handed over to Mr. Zhang. Take command."
In this way, those under Zhang Shou's command were all direct subordinates of the Ministry of Rites of Southern Zhao, making the deployment and arrangement easier.
In comparison, the guards of Jing Yuanguo's mission were really elite soldiers. The missions that can be sent out to protect the mission are all elites selected from the Forbidden Army. There is no doubt about their combat prowess. They can also be well organized and dispatched. These talents are the main force in killing assassins.
The dozens of assassins who came to attack the mission naturally did not know that the mission was already prepared. After these people ziplined down to the ground, they quietly gathered for a short time. But they didn't know that there were dozens of people lying in ambush just behind them, ready to cut their way out.
After a short period of gathering and assigning tasks, twenty or thirty people on each side of the cliff began to quietly approach the envoy's camp, but the envoy did not seem to be aware of the danger at this time. The guards were still sitting by the fire roasting food. Almost all the tents were silent, as if they were not aware of the approaching dangers.
In the eyes of this group of assassins, the envoys and reception groups at this time are lambs to be slaughtered in their eyes. What they have to do is to rush out of the darkness, rush in front of these people, kill them, and then quickly evacuate. Even if this mission is completed.
What they didn't know was that they were walking step by step into the trap that Shao Xi had set for them. As they quietly approached the camp, a group of people quietly approached them behind them. At this time, people in the camp The guards had their hands on the hilt of the sword, waiting for them to come.
call out--
With a long whistle, these dozens of assassins suddenly accelerated their pace and rushed towards the camp. In their view, such a secret and sudden attack would instantly plunge the resting mission into chaos, and this chaos was the best opportunity for them to carry out wanton killings. If they were lucky enough to catch Jing Yuanguo's mission, It is a great achievement to kill the minister and kill him, and the reward will be dozens of times.
Unfortunately, this is all just wishful thinking on their part.
Just as they rushed to the camp, the guards from the reception group who were responsible for guarding the camp had already gathered on both sides of the camp. With their swords unsheathed, they set up a formation to meet these enemies who suddenly appeared. Many tents also rushed out. There were many guards with knives in their hands. These people should have been resting. However, they reacted so quickly at this moment. They were obviously well prepared.
The assassins rushed to the edge of the camp and were stunned for a moment when facing the guards who were waiting for them, and found that the other party was actually prepared.
After this brief confrontation, both sides rushed towards each other and fought each other. However, the battle had just begun. The assassins discovered that they were the ones being attacked, and a larger wave of people had joined behind them. battle circle, and the combat effectiveness of this group of people is much higher than that of the guards responsible for vigilance.
A group of people who were planning to sneak attack on others ended up being attacked by the other side. A group of people who originally thought they were sure to defeat the other party now realized that they were about to be eaten by others. This psychological gap has a huge impact on combat effectiveness. This sudden reversal of pressure came so unexpectedly that the group of assassins were momentarily confused. In the panic, some actually chose to retreat.
The first person's retreat caused the entire assassin group to collapse quickly like a burst dam. The people who were supposed to surround and kill others were now being hunted and killed throughout the valley.
When setting up camp, Shao Xi had already instructed the grooms of the mission and the reception team not to untie the horses from the cars at night, so when the assassins first rushed to the camp, the entire team had already begun to move.
The large group of people moved forward quickly and rushed towards the other exit on the opposite side of the Jiakou Valley. The people who opened the way in front were Lao Wu and Zhang Shou.
When the attack first occurred, Zhang Shou quickly organized the escort of the reception group to meet the enemy. At the same time, he and Lao Wu organized a large group of people to start immediately. When the assassin group was surrounded and killed, the people of the delegation had already moved far forward. He and Lao Wu The most important task right now is to protect the safety of everyone in the mission.
At this time, Shao Xi rushed to the front of the team, reunited the mission guards who had completed the siege of the assassins, and arranged for them to cooperate with Lao Wu in front to break through the gorge in front and lead the entire team to break out of the valley. He led the guards of the reception group to stay at the rear of the team and was responsible for breaking up the rear to prevent the enemy ambushing in another gorge from pursuing from behind.
Although the previous deployment was perfect, some chaos would inevitably occur after the battle started, and naturally something would slip through the net.
In such a huge canyon, it is always difficult for more than a hundred people to surround and kill dozens of people. Many of the assassins also broke out and fled to the mouth of the canyon ahead. Once these people arrive at the mouth of the gorge first, they will definitely bring the news of the attack there, and the enemy ambushing there will be prepared in advance.
So Shao Xi didn't plan to let them go.
After rearranging his manpower, Shao Xi ran towards the gorge ahead alone. He wanted to get rid of the assassins before they reached the gorge.
Even though these assassins started to escape first, in terms of speed, they couldn't compare with Shao Xi. Therefore, when Shao Xi arrived at the mouth of the gorge, the assassin who escaped first had just arrived. When he was wondering that someone was running as fast as him, his head was cut off by Shao Xi's sword, and he remained forever. Let’s consider this issue here.
There were only fifty or sixty assassins responsible for the sneak attack in the valley, but only ten or eight escaped after a round of siege. Shao Xishou was here like a whack-a-mole, knocking out one by one until he saw the envoy from a distance. People and horses are coming this way.
As soon as he met the envoy, he heard a commotion coming from behind the team. Shao Xi knew that the pursuers had already fought with the guards behind the team and needed help, so he gave Old Wu and Zhang Shou instructions and picked up his sword. Rush toward the back of the line.
Someone was chasing from behind, which proved that some of the escaped assassins had escaped to another gorge. At this time, the news of the mission's breakout could no longer be concealed, and another fight was inevitable. However, Shao Xi did not intend to fight for a long time, and It was a decision to make a quick decision.
Shao Xi rushed to the back of the team and took a look, what a guy! Another fifty or sixty people.
At this time, the guards of the reception group were in a defensive state, just fighting and retreating to protect the rear of the team, while the opponent rushed forward desperately, vowing to push back the guards and break into the team.
"Get away! You bunch of followers!"
I saw Shao Xi slashing the Liuyun Sword in his right hand horizontally, then raising his left hand, pulling out the Cuiyu Sword from his waist, and slashing in the opposite direction to the Liuyun Sword. 33
A blue sword energy and a cyan sword energy formed a larger one, half blue, half cyan sword energy, and slashed towards the group of people chasing behind the team.
Some people died, but not completely...
