Suddenly two more groups of unidentified people rushed towards them, and even Li Ran couldn't help but panic.
The dozen or so people who had gathered around were afraid that Tian Qi would stand in front of him, so they were a bit defensive and did not dare to step forward easily to fight.
Chu Dang's eyes widened and he shouted condescendingly:
"Come on, come if you are not afraid of death!"
Because Li Ran had Tian Qi in hand, he immediately calmed down after his panic.
He looked intently down the mountain and saw that the two teams were working in tacit cooperation. One team rescued Fan Li and others who were surrounded, while the other team came directly to the high ground.
When Li Ran saw this, he couldn't help but feel very happy. He turned around and said to Prince Tu:
"Your Highness! Those people are not enemies, but reinforcements! They are reinforcements!"
While talking, I saw that the person who came was indeed wearing the uniform of Qi State and was fighting with the barbarians there.
Li Ran's "Your Highness" made Tian Qi feel frightened and secretly complain.
The number of these two teams was more than 500, and the two teams combined totaled a thousand people! Although these so-called "savages" were not real savages, they were still difficult to resist, and they were instantly defeated.
Chu Dang killed a few more people, but the remaining people saw that the situation was gone and could not rush to kill them rashly, so they had to retreat one after another.
After a short time, the shouts of killing at the scene gradually dissipated, and the two men were dressed in uniforms, with a short sword tied to their waists. They went up to a high place and knelt on the ground together.
"The end will come soon, I hope your highness will forgive me!"
Prince Tu regained his composure for a while, but after questioning, he found out that they were actually Gao Zhang and Guo Xia's vanguard clearing obstacles from Guan and Chan!
It turned out that the two letters Li Ran sent before this were to ask them to come to meet Prince Tu when they retreated.
To put it bluntly, Gao Zhang and Guo Xia were the hereditary nobles of one of the three states of Qi, so they were naturally regarded as the right-hand men of the Marquis of Qi, and they naturally supported Prince Tu.
Therefore, after learning that Prince Tu was in trouble, they would not sit idly by. Therefore, after gathering the soldiers to withdraw, they also deliberately retreated according to the route Li Ran said.
As a precaution, an advance force was also dispatched, deliberately taking long detours to respond.
When these two advance troops discovered that the envoy from Qi State was actually being besieged by a group of savages, they did not allow them to dwell on it and rushed directly to support them.
When Prince Tu heard this, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief:
"It turns out they are the troops of the High Minister and the State Minister... Where are the two high ministers now?"
The two generals immediately replied:
"Back to Your Highness, they are still in the territory of Lu State, but they will get here soon!"
Prince Tu stepped forward and helped the two of them up.
"Okay! Very good, then let's just wait here for the two generals to arrive!"
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Therefore, the two lieutenants first left some men and horses to guard, and then immediately turned around and reported to the two ministers of Gao and Guo.
And Prince Tu also set up camp on the mountain.
This place is only ten miles away from the border of Lu State. In addition, Gao Zhang and the army of the state are not far away. Prince Tu should be safe, and Li Ran can stay here with peace of mind for the time being.
As for Tian Qi, his face was quite ugly.
His last attack could be described as reckless. Seeing that he was so close to success, he was suddenly "hijacked" by Li Ran's attendants. Coupled with the timely arrival of Gao Zhang and Guo Xia, he was finally
Falling short of success.
Fan Li served beside Li Ran, and everyone ate some dry food. When Prince Tu saw Tian Qi's appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said:
"Tian Qing's face... doesn't look very good! Is there something wrong with him?"
Li Ran secretly sighed in his heart, this was actually not the time for him to fall out with Tian Qi. It was completely unnecessary for Prince Tu to be so quick-tongued at this moment.
However, Prince Tu was young and energetic, so he couldn't restrain his inner joy at this moment. So he actually started to ridicule Tian Qi here.
Tian Qi remained calm, he just sighed and said:
"Hey... the situation just now was too dangerous. How has Qi ever encountered such a situation before? Now Shang is still frightened, so it makes His Highness laugh."
Prince Tu grinned and said:
"After all, Mr. Tian is used to being pampered in the capital. It is said that Mr. Tian is a master in the art of cultivating goods in the capital. However, unlike Gao, the second minister of the country, he is constantly fighting outside. Therefore, it is better for Mr. Tian to go out to Linzi less in the future.
ah."
Tian Qi also kept laughing, and even laughed at himself:
"What your Highness said is true. Tian Qi is really useless. He was in such danger just now, but he could not protect His Highness. Instead, he had to be rescued by others. It is really shameful and shameless..."
Soon, Gao Zhang and Guo Xia also arrived here and hurriedly came to see Prince Tu.
Prince Tu was even more happy when he saw the two of them. He stepped forward and held their hands with great enthusiasm.
When Tian Qi saw this scene, he felt even worse.
And Li Ran saw all this. He sighed secretly in his heart, this Prince Tu was too young after all, and after he was so proud, he didn't care about Tian Qi's thoughts at all. Being so frivolous, I'm afraid he will suffer a loss in the future.
Guo Xia and Li Ran had met once before. So when Guo Xia saw Li Ran on the spot, she naturally had to be polite.
When everyone had met one by one, Li Ran cupped his hands and said:
"I am grateful for the hospitality of the State of Qi. The prince personally sent me off to this border. I am deeply impressed by it. What's more rare is that the Marquis of Qi is true to his word. Before I left the country, the two generals withdrew their troops and returned the land of the State of Lu.
Such sincerity is truly admirable.”
"Now that I have nothing to do, I will return to the State of Lu and bid farewell."
Gao Zhang chuckled:
"How could Zhongni give up those two places so easily... Haha, it turns out that Mr. Ziming is strategizing from the side! I have heard about Mr. Ziming's name for a long time, and today I finally meet him. It's really amazing. But, it's all a roundabout way.
Turn around, everyone in our Qi country has become Mr.’s chess piece, right?”
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When Li Ran heard this, he also smiled and said:
"Haha, it is a blessing for the people of Qilu to be able to stop using swords and soldiers! Everything depends on the wisdom of the Marquis of Qi, the sincerity of the prince, and the dedication of the princes. Li Ran, a mere Li Ran, who is so virtuous and capable, can be counted among the best in the world.
thing?"
After Li Ran finished speaking, he greeted everyone again and prepared to say goodbye.
But Prince Tu was reluctant to part with him and insisted on sending him to the border.
When they reached the boundary stone together, they came to a complete stop. Seeing that Master Lu had appeared at the border, he was obviously sent to protect Li Ran.
Prince Tu held Li Ran's hand, but suddenly felt a sense of reluctance.
Li Ran glanced at Tian Qi not far away, and said helplessly in a low voice:
"Please remember what you said before, your highness. It is definitely not a good thing that your highness is showing off your sharp edge now, especially in front of Tian Qi!"
Prince Tu responded:
"Tu understands. When the situation here stabilizes, Tu will come back to ask sir for advice... I hope that by then, sir, he will stop pushing the envelope..."
Li Ran nodded slightly.
"If this day really comes to pass, I will certainly lend a helping hand to His Highness!"
Li Ran, escorted by Fan Li, Chu Dang, and the few remaining Lu people, headed for the border of Lu.
The soldiers over there also discovered the situation here and were already ready to respond.
Li Ran walked a few steps, turned back and glanced at Prince Tu and the others again, and couldn't help but said with regret:
"Hey...what a pity, what a pity..."
Fan Li on the side said curiously:
"Why do you sigh like this, sir?"
Li Ran said:
"This Prince Tu is probably no match for Tian Qi. I have told him many times to keep a low profile and bide his time, but today he still can't calm down. At that time, he was ridiculing Tian Qi. But Tian Qi swallowed his anger.
, to be able to welcome him with a smile is a testament to the city’s palace.”
"It's just that, with Gao Zhang and Guo Xia accompanying him along the way, he will not encounter any danger anymore. But... what will happen to Prince Tu after a hundred years of the Marquis of Qi?!"