"Little old man, I pay my respects to the king and thank you for saving my life." The old man came to Zhao Kuo's carriage and leaned down to salute.
"Old man, please get up." Zhao Kuo said.
The old man bent down for a while, and when he saw that Zhao Kuo did not come forward to help him up, a fierce look flashed in his eyes. He quickly touched his sleeve with his right hand and grabbed the crossbow machine hidden in his sleeve. There was no need to aim at such a distance.
, directly pulled the trigger and shot towards Zhao Kuo.
At the same time, there was a violent sound of breaking through the sky, and several crossbow arrows were fired at Zhao Kuo from the surrounding crowd at a faster speed.
They were the same group of people who had just surrounded the old man.
"Young people."
Ben snorted coldly, and a golden red light spurted out from his palm, forming a giant light shield one foot high in front of Zhao Kuo.
"Dang Dang Dang."
The crossbow arrow hit the light shield, and a series of metal collision sounds were heard, without hurting Zhao Kuo at all.
"All the troops in formation!" Ben shouted, and hundreds of guards around him immediately lined up with Zhao Kuo as the center, and golden-red war clouds instantly covered the surrounding area.
"Go to hell." Yan Xiong's eyes were blood red, and he slashed towards the old man with a halberd.
"Catch them alive," Zhao Kuo ordered.
Upon hearing this, Yanxiong quickly stopped his strength and attacked the ground, creating a gully dozens of meters long on the ground, and the old man was knocked away.
Yanxiong chased after him with a big stride, caught him three times, threw him to the ground, and handed him over to his guards.
"Kill the tyrant!"
Seeing that the assassination attempt failed and the old man was caught, this group of assassins rushed forward with shouts.
The leader of the assassin was tall, over 10 feet tall, with a ferocious face and a colorful tattoo on his chest. He was holding a thick wooden stick in his hand and smashing it towards Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo sneered twice. Assassinations were common during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, from Cao Mo kidnapping Duke Huan of Qi to Qin Shihuang unifying the six kingdoms and Zhang Liang assassinating Qin Shihuang.
The assassinations never stopped.
How could he be unprepared?
As long as he goes out, he will be accompanied by two extraordinary level experts, Ben and Yanxiong, plus hundreds of personal guards. There are also plainclothes guards around him. If he wants to kill him, he must bring in the army.
If other countries brought their armies to the territory of Zhao State and Zhao Kuo did not notice it, then there would be no need for him, the King of Zhao, to do anything.
"Go and have a look." Wei Wuji said to Zhu Hai from behind the motorcade.
"No." Zhu Hai cupped his hands, grabbed two sledgehammers and flew forward.
"Die!" Yan Xiong roared, spurting out all his inner energy, and faced him with a halberd.
"boom!"
A huge roar sounded, and Yan Xiong and the assassin each took three steps back.
This person's strength is actually not inferior to Yan Xiong!
However, the other assassins did not have such strength, and they were stopped by the Guards before they could rush over.
The faces of all the guards were as gloomy as water, and anger was burning in their children. As guards, they actually let the assassin rush in front of the monarch, and almost hurt the monarch. What a shame!
Only by killing all these people can we wash away the shame!
"puff!"
They waved their swords angrily, and the golden-red light slashed forward, bringing up a bunch of bright red blood flowers.
The weakest of this group of assassins were in the Gangyuan Realm, and they were no match for the Guards alone. However, under Zhan Yun's suppression, they killed several assassins in just one encounter.
"Bahu, retreat!"
One of the assassins shouted loudly, turned around and ran away.
Upon hearing the order, the tall assassin immediately abandoned the flame bear and fled away.
"You protect the king here, I will chase him." Yan Xiong said in a deep voice, striding towards the direction where the assassin escaped.
He swore that until all these assassins were caught, he would not be called Yan Xiong!
"Okay." Ben nodded. Although he wanted to catch the assassin himself, protecting Zhao Kuo was more important.
"Assassinate our king and still want to run away."
Several people suddenly rushed out from the crowd, holding road construction tools in their hands and blocking the assassin's path.
Bahu waved his big stick and knocked several people away, but soon more people surrounded them.
There are many righteous people in the land of Yanzhao, let alone mere thieves, even if they are asked to die in retribution, they will not hesitate at all.
"Bahu, you go first and leave us alone." An assassin said.
When Bahu heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then jumped into the air and flew away.
"I still want to leave, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
At this time, a figure flew out from the crowd and blocked Bahu's way.
"Get away!" Bahu shouted and attacked the attacker, but was easily blocked by the attacker.
Yanxiong and Zhu Hai also chased after him, and the three of them joined forces to surround Bahu. They continued to attack fiercely, and Bahu retreated step by step.
Zhao Kuo picked up the old man's crossbow from the ground. This crossbow was smaller than an ordinary crossbow. It was only a quarter of the size of an ordinary crossbow. It was hidden in his sleeves and could not be noticed at all if you didn't search for it.
Similarly, the power is much smaller, and it is only lethal when you get close.
Zhao Kuo looked again at the direction where the old man was fighting with the four people in the sky, his brows furrowed together. He was wondering whether the assassin was a remnant of Zhao Wangdan or one sent by the Six Nations.
If it's the latter, that's fine. If it's the former, Zhao Guo may have to conduct a thorough investigation.
"Your Majesty is worried..." Lin Xiangru asked in a low voice.
Zhao Kuo nodded.
"I think this is unlikely," Lin Xiangru said.
"Why?" Zhao Kuo raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Xiangru.
"Your Majesty, please take a look. The tail of this crossbow machine is engraved with Master Fan Ju's Master Yan Cheng's work. There are also the words forty-seven-one-twenty-one-thousand-three-five-six on the back. This is Qin Zhuan, which means he is responsible for supervising the construction of this crossbow."
The person who approved the weapons was Prime Minister Fan Ju, the name of the public servant was Yan, the name of the prime minister was Mao, and the name of the worker who built the crossbow was Cheng."
"Forty-seven-one-twenty-one-thousand-three-five-six means that it was built on January 21st, the forty-seventh year of the Qin Dynasty. The number is forty-seven-one-twenty-one-thousand-three-five-six."
"Only the weapons made by the Qin State in the world have the names and numbers of all the people in charge engraved on them, and they are still in Qin seal script. In addition, the group of people just shouted 'Bahu', which is very similar to the language of the Bashu land, so I
It is speculated that this is an assassin sent by the Qin State."
Lin Xiangru pointed at the crossbow machine and said slowly.
Zhao Kuo finally understood. In the Qin State, the prime minister was the general person in charge of weapons manufacturing. Below the prime minister was the public division, which was the factory director. Below the factory director was the prime minister, similar to the workshop director. Below the workshop director were the workers.
As long as a weapon is built, the names of all the people in charge must be engraved on it. If there is a problem with any weapon, all the people responsible can be directly traced based on the engraved names. The management system is a few steps ahead of later generations.
Zhao Kuo had nothing but admiration for this.
As expected of the Qin Dynasty, which swept through six kingdoms in history, its system of tracing individuals was thousands of years ahead of the world.
Zhao Kuo thought of the catapults built by Wei when they attacked Hangu Pass, as well as the weapons that were frequently destroyed.
He didn't know how the level of Zhao State was compared to that of Wei State. When he first took over, the war had been going on for a long time, and the weapons that should be broken had already broken down, and the rest were all up to standard.
But it can be imagined that compared with Qin, it must be insufficient.
"Pass this order, from tomorrow on, all workshops in Zhao will be the same as Qin, with the names of all the people in charge, including the date of production, so that if there are any problems, they will be traced to the individual." Zhao Kuo ordered.