After listening to Long Zhuang's instructions, the bodyguards did not dare to neglect and quickly sprinkled realgar powder around.

The realgar powder really worked, and the snakes stopped when they got close, as if they had encountered a wall.

But as more and more snakes came behind them, the realgar powder no longer worked, and snakes were already crawling towards them.

Everyone drew their swords and waved them at the surging poisonous snakes. It was the first time Lu Xiaoxian saw so many snakes, his face turned pale and he froze on the spot.

I think back then, he was bitten by a snake before crossing over, which is exactly what the saying goes: once bitten by a snake, he will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.

This scene shocked Jiang Xiaotong and Li Chiying on the carriage. Li Chiying buried her head in Jiang Xiaotong's arms, trembling all over.

Although Jiang Xiaotong remained calm, his face was pale and he was obviously frightened.

"Xiaoxian, hurry up and get to the carriage, don't get in the way here!" Long Zhuang slashed a leaping snake in half with his sword and shouted at Lu Xiaoxian.

Lu Xiaoxian glanced at Uncle Hai who was struggling to control the horse, and shook his head. If these snakes were really going to rush over, what role would the carriage play?

Several of Wei Xianyun's men have been bitten by snakes. If they are lucky enough to encounter a non-venomous snake, their lives will not be in danger. If they are unlucky, they will be unlucky if they are bitten by a venomous snake.

One of the men died within a few breaths after being bitten.

Staring at the man honking the whistle on the cliff, Lu Xiaoxian murmured to himself: "There is such a strange man in the world, even snakes listen to him."

Lu Xiaoxian's words reminded Jiang Xiaotong. She pointed to the cliff and said to Uncle Hai: "Uncle Hai, how are you? Are you sure?"

Jiang Xiaotong's meaning is very clear. He hopes that Uncle Hai can climb the cliff and remove the flute player. Only in this way can the current predicament be solved.

The cliff wall is as if it was cut with a knife. It is impossible to climb. It is more than ten feet high from the ground. It is beyond the reach of human beings from the ground to the top of the cliff. No matter how good you are in Qinggong, you will not be able to fly up the cliff.

Obviously, the other party chose to play the flute and control the snake here after some consideration.

Uncle Hai looked at it for a moment and said to Jiang Xiaotong, "Let me try it!"

"Be careful!" Jiang Xiaotong warned.

Uncle Hai nodded.

"Uncle Hai!" Lu Xiaoxian suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Uncle Hai looked at Lu Xiaoxian in confusion.

"I'll treat you to a drink when you get back!" Lu Xiaoxian said solemnly.

A smile appeared on Uncle Hai's face. He drew out his sword and raised it in front of him: "You have to treat me to the best wine!"

After saying this, I heard the sound of wind on his clothes, and Uncle Hai shot out like a flowing arrow, extremely elegant and unrestrained.

After flying three to five feet, he saw his figure falling. He gently tapped the long sword in his hand and floated forward again with the help of force. He was like a boatman punting in the sea of ​​snakes, repeating several times before reaching the bottom of the cliff.

Uncle Hai didn't stop, and rushed straight up from the bottom of the cliff. Halfway there, the long sword in his hand was replaced by two short blades at some point, and they were inserted into the cliff wall, climbing up quickly like a gecko. In the blink of an eye,

Then he climbed to the top of the cliff.

"What a handsome kung fu!" Lu Xiaoxian was stunned and couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised.

A surprised look appeared on Wei Xianyun's face. He didn't expect that a coachman could be so skilled, much better than the elites of the Suzaku Clan.

The man playing the flute didn't expect anyone to climb the cliff. He even forgot about playing the flute for a while and stared at Uncle Hai in disbelief.

Without the sound of the flute to urge them, the group of snakes that was on the offensive suddenly came to a standstill.

Uncle Hai was not polite, and shot the flute player with the short blade in his hand like lightning. Without any dodge, the short blade shot through the throat.

Uncle Hai was also shocked, he didn't know how to do martial arts.

As soon as the flute player died, the snake array immediately sensed it and receded like a flood. After a while, it disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

The people who had been fighting hard against the snakes wiped the sweat from their foreheads and felt a sense of fear in their hearts.

Looking at the mess in front of him, Wei Xianyun's face became even more bitter. In a short time, the Suzaku Sect lost seven more people. If this continues, whether he can insist on returning to Chang'an is doubtful.

"Mr. Wei, someone is here again!" Long Zhuang listened attentively.

Sure enough, there was a violent sound of horse hooves from far to near, and the ground began to tremble slightly.

There must be a lot of people listening to the sound of horse hooves. I don't know if they are friends or enemies.

Wei Xianyun was shocked and followed the sound.

The sound of horse hooves came from directly in front, and in an instant, at the other end of the valley, a group of sergeants with black iron pockets and bright light armor appeared. There were about a hundred people, and they all stopped about a hundred steps away from the escort team. Come down.

Although this group of sergeants was under the scorching sun, their eyes were as cold as frost and snow. One look at them showed that they were the elite of the Tang army.

One of the leading generals stepped forward on his horse, clasped his fist to the escort team and said: "Mr. Wei, the leader of the Dragon Bureau, the general is Yuan Zhen, the captain of Guoyi of Zhechong Prefecture in Luzhou, on the order of Li Longji, the king of Zijun, who came to Zijun from Luzhou. Come and greet Princess Yuzhen."

Li Chiying listened clearly in the carriage and said to Jiang Xiaotong excitedly: "Sister Xiaotong, it's the third brother who has sent troops to pick us up. We don't need to worry anymore."

Long Zhuang felt relieved after hearing this. Just as he was about to step forward, he heard Lu Xiaoxian shout in a low voice: "Wait a minute, there is a scam in this."

After saying that, Lu Xiaoxian pointed at the other person and whispered something to Wei Xianyun.

Wei Xianyun gave some instructions to the two men in black beside him. The two men in black nodded and galloped towards Yuan Zhen.

Under the cover of the sound of horse hooves, Wei Xianyun whispered to Long Zhuang: "Get your people ready, there is a fierce battle to be fought below."

Seeing Wei Xianyun's solemn face, Long Zhuang knew that the situation was not good and quickly ordered his bodyguard to be on guard.

While they were talking, the two men in black from the Zhuque Gate were only twenty or thirty steps away from Yuan Zhen.

"Stop, don't go any further!" Yuan Zhen shouted when he saw that the two men were murderous and showed no signs of slowing down.

Not only did the two men in black not stop, they drew their swords from their waists and rushed towards Yuan Zhen brandishing them.

Yuan Zhen saw that the situation was not good, so he drew his horse and ran, shouting loudly: "Fire the arrow!"

A dense rain of arrows shot at the two men in black. The men in black were unprepared and the distance was so close that they were shot like hedgehogs in an instant and fell off their horses.

"Protect the princess and retreat quickly!" Wei Xianyun ordered loudly.

The masters of the Zhuque Sect stood in front, and the bodyguards protected the carriage and turned around, preparing to retreat in the direction in which they came.

Yuan Zhen had a gloomy look on his face, and waved his hand and issued the same order: "Except for the people on the carriage, kill everyone without leaving a trace."

The cavalry galloped their horses and launched a charge. They rushed to the front in an instant, and the two sides fought together.

I thought reinforcements were coming, but I didn't know they were here to warn me.

From despair to hope, and then to despair again, the situation changed so quickly that Li Chiying became a little numb.

Lu Xiaoxian kept staring at the field. In terms of martial arts, the masters of the Zhuque Sect were much better than those soldiers. But in terms of immediate fighting skills and battle formation coordination, they were much inferior.

Both sides suffered injuries, and the situation was very unfavorable for Wei Xianyun's side.

Wei Xianyun assessed the situation and issued an order promptly: "Everyone abandon their horses and use the terrain to fight on their own!"

Everyone from the Zhuque Sect jumped off their horses and continued to fight.

The power of the cavalry is mainly reflected in the charge. If they fight on the spot, they will lose the advantage of speed.

On the contrary, the masters of the Zhuque Sect, without the restraints of horses, moved around, performed their own unique skills, and specifically greeted the opponent's horses, and the situation was reversed in a short while.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yuan Zhen immediately issued an order: "Withdraw!"

The cavalry quickly broke away from the battle formation and retreated backwards, and the two sides returned to the previous confrontation.

Wei Xianyun's side lost eleven people. The masters and bodyguards of the Vermillion Bird Sect combined, only twenty or thirty people were left. Although the opponent's cavalry also lost more than twenty people, there were still seventy or eighty people left.

People have an absolute advantage in numbers.

Long Zhuang asked strangely: "Xiao Xian, how did you know they were cheating?"

Li Chiying also looked at Lu Xiaoxian, obviously this was what she wanted to know.

"Actually, I didn't know that at first. But Captain Guo Yi told a lie, so I concluded that there must be a fraud involved."

"Lies?" They all heard what Yuan Zhen said. Long Zhuang really couldn't figure out where the lies were.

"Princess Yuzhen did not tell Prince Linzi in advance about her trip to Luzhou. How could Prince Linzi send troops to respond if he didn't know about it? This is one of them."

Indeed, it is impossible for the Prince of Linzi County to predict the future.

"Even if the Prince of Linzi County knew that the Long Escort Bureau was escorting Princess Yuzhen to Luzhou and that the Suzaku Gate had been protecting Princess Yuzhen secretly, it would be impossible for outsiders to know. However, Yuan Zhen, the captain of Guoyi, was able to tell the truth in one word.

Don’t you think it’s strange about Mr.’s identity? This is the second reason.”

Lu Xiaoxian's thoughts were really thorough, yet they didn't notice such a big flaw.

"The biggest flaw is that they shouldn't say they were sent by the Prince of Linzi County!"

"Is there anything wrong with this?" Long Zhuang was puzzled.

"Young Master Lu is right!" Wei Xianyun explained at the side, "When Zhechong Mansion deploys troops for defense, the bronze fish talisman and imperial edict must be issued by the imperial court. Even for ordinary use, it needs to be sent out by the governor and Zhe Chongdu.

Only when the lieutenants jointly issued orders could they be dispatched. The Prince of Linzi County was just a special agent of Luzhou and had no right to mobilize the government troops. The governor of Luzhou and the captain of Zhechong were both Empress Wei's people. Under their exclusion, Linzi County

The king's life in Luzhou was very unsatisfactory, how could he mobilize the soldiers to greet the princess?"

I'm convinced, completely convinced. They can analyze so many loopholes with just one sentence. Lu Xiaoxian and Wei Xianyun's minds are indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Long Zhuang suggested: "Mr. Wei, how about we leave some people here to resist the enemy, and the rest protect Princess Yuzhen and leave here quickly?"

Long Zhuang is most concerned about Li Chiying's safety. If Li Chiying has any shortcomings, Long's Escort Agency will probably disappear completely from Chang'an City.

"No!" Lu Xiaoxian said flatly, "Just because the other party knows that the princess is here, they are not in a hurry. If the princess leaves, they will launch a full-scale attack. By then, we will not be able to withstand the impact of the cavalry.

They've taken care of this place, but the princess still can't escape."
Chapter completed!