Chapter 1852: Murder on a moonlit night, one shot to the head
The moonlight is dim and the wind is cold.
The quiet long street was deserted, except for the sound of horse hooves, and a group of soldiers guarding the carriage as it drove straight towards the dock outside the city.
When dozens of men in black suddenly appeared on the rooftops on both sides of the street, each with their bows and arrows ready, they were already discovered by Fang Jun's soldiers?
"There's an assassin!"
"Protect the Marquis!"
When the first wave of arrows rained down from the roof, the soldiers still reined in the horses' heads and surrounded Fang Jun's carriage. The charioteer of the Silla Palace was so frightened that he rolled onto the carriage with a wheel. low……
Arrows shot from above into the formation of soldiers.
Fortunately, these soldiers are all close confidants that Fang Jun relies on. They are not only well-trained, but also equipped with first-class equipment. Each of them wears exquisite leather armor and a goggles, and the helmets with blood-studded necklaces flying on their heads look light but are actually. They are all made of fine steel, and even the hem of the skirt that reaches below the knees is covered with iron pieces. Even if the arrows rain like locusts and come very unexpectedly, they can only hurt irrelevant parts and are never fatal.
But the war horses under the crotch were in bad luck. A shrill neigh of horses filled the long street, and dozens of war horses fell to the ground with arrows.
Fang Jun didn't know what was going on in the carriage, but he heard the soldiers outside shouting "there is an assassin", followed by a muffled sound of "snatching" like rain hitting banana trees, countless arrows were shot on the carriage, and even some Several shots hit the weak spot on the roof of the car and penetrated directly. One shot grazed Fang Jun's head and shot into the seat cushion next to him, nailing his clothes to the wooden board at the bottom of the car.
Fang Jun was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat...
Countless horses fell to death. The soldiers jumped off their horses one after another, drew out their sharp swords, formed formations on all sides, and surrounded the carriage. Wei Ying was the leader of the soldiers. He saw that most of the arrows fell on the carriage, and even Several of them shot holes in the carriage and penetrated them. They couldn't help but panic. While watching the man in black leaping from the roof, they asked loudly without looking back: "Master Marquis, how is the situation?"
Fang Jun replied in a low voice: "No problem, it's best to leave a few alive!"
The guardsmen immediately felt at ease, and Wei Ying responded loudly: "Here!"
The man in black jumped down from the ridge of the roof vigorously, and without saying a word, he brandished his weapon and expected the carriage to attack. Dozens of people swarmed in from all directions. Under the dim moonlight, there were numerous silhouettes, filled with murderous intent!
However, the soldiers around Fang Jun followed him across the ocean in his expeditions to the north and south. They had never seen a battle formation before, so how could they be frightened by such a small situation?
Wei Ying licked his lips and ordered in a low voice: "Protecting the safety of the Marquis is the first priority. No one is allowed to pursue him, in case he falls into the assassin's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. When we get close to each other later, we are not allowed to hold back and kill with all our strength." ! Leave the lucky ones alive, otherwise we will kill without mercy!"
It's not that he dares to disobey Fang Jun's order, but that as the leader of the personal soldiers, his first duty is to protect Fang Jun's safety. As long as Fang Jun is safe, he can think about other things. Otherwise, if he makes a mistake and causes Fang Jun to have an accident, , He will never forgive his sin even if he dies!
Fang Jun in the car did not raise any objection.
In the blink of an eye, the men in black were approaching, like a group of fierce ghosts emerging from hell, waving their weapons and charging at them ferociously!
The soldiers did not panic, calmly responded to the challenge, and automatically formed an array. The horizontal swords in their hands glowed with cold light. When the assassins came to kill them, they all shouted loudly, or chopped, blocked, or stabbed. Individual division of labor is different, and offense and defense respond in an instant.
Incomparable tacit understanding!
More than twenty horizontal knives formed a tumbling wall of knives. With just one encounter, the man in black who came to kill fiercely crashed into the rock like a surging wave. While the waves splashed in the sky, the rock remained motionless!
No matter what, the soldiers cooperated tacitly and had been with each other for many years. They were well equipped. When the weapons were exchanged, many of the men in black's weapons were cut off. When they were stunned, they were struck by another sword or slash.
Chopping or stabbing, beheading the local area.
Even though they occasionally broke through the formation and slashed at the Tang army, the refined leather armor was as hard as iron stone, and the blade cut a long mark on it. After being stunned, it had already been chopped to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten people of the men in black were killed on the spot, and even the formation formed by the Tang army failed to break through...
The combat effectiveness is obviously not on the same level.
Fang Jun was sitting in the carriage, not daring to open the door or lift the curtain to check the situation, fearing that a sharp archer would hide in the distance and secretly shoot him an arrow, which would be an injustice.
However, listening to the screams with strange tones outside, one can probably guess that the situation in the battle is extremely favorable to one's side.
Who wants to put himself to death?
It is impossible for Silla to blatantly mobilize a large army to surround and kill itself. If it does, it will have to bear the wrath of the navy. It would be an exaggeration to say that no scraps will be left behind, but the angry navy soldiers will definitely kill them before dawn tomorrow.
Slaughter this royal city of Silla until no one is left alive!
Thinking about it, although Queen Seondeok has a high prestige in Silla, she is by no means an ambitious person. It is already a dream to be able to climb the big tree of the Tang Dynasty to protect her from the wind and rain. How can she propose it for just a few people?
In order to welcome the establishment of the Tang Dynasty clan, he rashly killed himself, the Marquis of the Tang Dynasty and the commander of the navy?
A rough guess is that some people don't want to see the alliance between Tang Dynasty and Silla. The quickest and most labor-saving way to destroy the alliance is naturally to snipe oneself in the capital of Silla. Silla can't even get rid of the relationship even if it wants to.
I can only bear the anger of Datang...
Even Queen Seondeok is possible.
The Tang Dynasty asked Silla to depose the queen and install a descendant of the Tang royal family as the new king. This may have been done casually by a certain Honglu Temple official, but some people in Silla believed it, and the struggle was bound to intensify.
Although Silla is small, it still dominates one area. The king is the king and has supreme power in this area. Once such power is in the hands, who is willing to hand it over for free?
It would be completely understandable if Queen Seondeok sent someone to assassinate her and then put the blame on those enemies in the court who disagreed with her political views.
And there was the episode just now, when he saw the maid with a beautiful face and a slender figure in the palace, it was not because she was interested in her, but because she was reminded of a legend from later generations.
The two queens of Silla left many stories that have been circulated among the people. There are also many film and television works based on them in later generations and are widely praised. Among them is the successor of Queen Seondeok, her cousin Queen Jindeok.
According to the legend, in fact, although Tang Dynasty and Silla had always intended to form an alliance, it was not until the time of Queen Jindeok that Tang Dynasty went on an expedition to Goguryeo that the two countries formally concluded an alliance.
As for Queen Zhende, many people say that she is "beautiful and seven feet tall"...
Queen Seondeok had no sons, but she did not pass her throne to any of her nephews, which shows that she loved and valued her cousin.
If that maid is really the Queen of True Virtue in the future, and she cannot explain her demands, and is afraid that she will be unreasonable and take her away to play with, it is not impossible that she might just take the initiative and remove herself...
Fang Jun was a little angry and a little scared.
I originally thought that Silla was weak and would only follow the lead of the Tang Dynasty, and no one would dare to harm it.
But it is unimaginable that the temple is small and windy, and Silla is only a small place, but the power in the court is complex, intrigues, and they want to put each other to death anytime and anywhere!
The sounds of fighting outside gradually became sparse, and it seemed that the overall situation had been decided.
Fang Jun exhaled and stretched out his hand to push the car door open. The warning sign suddenly appeared!
The wooden floor under his feet cracked like torn paper, and among the sawdust flying, a sharp short knife suddenly appeared like a life-seeking ghost from hell, and struck directly between Fang Jun's neck!
This sudden attack caught Fang Jun completely off guard. He leaned back subconsciously, and when his body fell to the floor, he kicked out the toe of his right foot fiercely, hitting the hand holding the dagger in the middle.
"boom!"
Fang Jun fell to the sky and fell to the floor of the car, narrowly avoiding this life-threatening knife!
"Take it!"
Na's hand was kicked by Fang Jun, and the dagger flew out and was nailed to the side of the carriage wall until it reached the handle.
Before Fang Jun could breathe a sigh of relief, a figure rushed in like a ghost from the hole in the floor of the car. His right hand was probably broken by Fang Jun's kick. He touched his waist with his left hand and pulled out a sharp short knife.
, with a strong and agile body, he rushed up to Fang Jun, who was lying on his back on the floor. He held a short knife upside down in his left hand and stabbed Fang Jun's throat fiercely!
These two movements of the rabbit and the falcon were so swift that the soldiers outside the carriage could only hear two "bang bangs" inside the car, and they didn't even have time to ask questions.
It was only at this moment that Fang Jun saw clearly that the assassin who got in from under the car was the charioteer who had just been in charge of driving!
The charioteer's face was ferocious. Facing Fang Jun who was lying on the ground and seemed to be completely unable to resist, his eyes flashed with a violent look. He was eager to see how bright red the blood spurted out after his dagger pierced Fang Jun's throat!
Then, his pupils quickly contracted, because a dark iron pipe suddenly appeared in front of him.