The injury on Qin Jiyan's shoulder looked scary, but to him, this small injury was nothing. As long as it was not a fatal injury, Qin Jiyan would not take it seriously.
After the wound stopped bleeding, Qin Jiyan simply bandaged it and stopped caring about it. Of course, he didn't have time to care about it.
The "bandits" were just the first wave. If the other party wanted to kill Qin Jiyan, why would they only arrange a group of people?
In order to kill Qin Jiyan, the other party spent a lot of money, and there will be no peace along the way.
The secret guard drove the carriage less than a hundred meters forward when he encountered a hail of arrows.
"Your Highness, there is an ambush." The secret guard rushed forward immediately and blocked the sharp arrows around him.
Countless flying arrows were shot from the groves on both sides of the road. They could not see their opponents, and could only infer from the dense rain of arrows that there were many of them.
"Duh duh duh..." The opponent's artillery fire was still focused on Qin Jiyan. The carriage was the main target of the attack, and Gu Qiancheng, who was with Qin Jiyan, was innocently implicated.
The arrow rain was so dense that the carriage could not move forward, and the hidden guard had to stop. However, after only stopping for a moment, the carriage was shot into a hornet's nest, filled with arrows.
At this time, Gu Qiancheng really had to be lucky that the carriage was specially reinforced, otherwise the wooden carriage would have been shot through by the waves of arrows.
However, even if the carriage was not shot through, Qin Jiyan and Gu Qiancheng would not be able to continue hiding inside because...
The horse pulling the cart was shot to death.
Qin Jiyan and the secret guards could not see the people hiding in the forest, but the people in the forest could see the situation of Qin Jiyan and his party. Seeing that the arrows could not penetrate the carriage, the people in the forest immediately adjusted their attack plan.
"Boom..." A huge boulder came from a distance, hitting the carriage just outside, making a deep hole in the road.
"It's a trebuchet. It's a weapon for siege. Why does it appear here?" The secret guard looked solemn and his eyes were full of worry.
They didn't expect that the other party not only dispatched military personnel, but also used large-scale siege weapons. Aren't they afraid of being found out by the emperor?
"We can't stay in the carriage any longer. Let's get out." Qin Jiyan held Gu Qiancheng with his injured left hand and held the sword in his right hand.
Gu Qiancheng originally wanted to let Qin Jiyan carry her, but Qin Jiyan understood what she was going to say before she opened her mouth and refused, "I will carry you behind my back. I don't know if you were hit by an arrow."
Sometimes, only by putting people in front of him can he feel at ease.
Qin Jiyan had said so, what else could Gu Qiancheng do? She could only reach out and hug Qin Jiyan tightly, and secretly swore in her heart that as long as Qin Jiyan continued to protect her, she would also be able to sacrifice for Qin Jiyan.
Everything, even if she knew the road ahead was dangerous, she was still willing to accompany Qin Jiyan.
"Dong dong..." Stones were thrown one after another, and the carriage was hit several times. Although it had not fallen apart yet, it was about to fall apart.
Qin Jiyan didn't dare to delay, so he casually took out all the medicine bags and explosive bags from the secret room and stuffed them into Gu Qiancheng's arms, "Let's go."
As he flew out of the carriage, a stone hit the door of the carriage. Thanks to Qin Jiyan's quick reaction, the two of them were not hit by the stone.
"Boom..." The two of them were five steps away from the carriage when they saw a huge boulder hit the carriage and smashed it to pieces.
So dangerous.
Gu Qiancheng breathed out, and as soon as she raised her head, she saw an arrow flying towards her. Gu Qiancheng quickly lowered his head and buried his head in Qin Jiyan's arms.
It was just a shower of arrows, but Qin Jiyan didn't take it seriously. He waved the sword in his hand and deflected the sharp arrows, but...
Continuing like this is not the answer, they must fight back.
"Cover me." Qin Jiyan hugged Gu Qiancheng and walked towards the middle of the secret guards.
The secret guard immediately understood what Qin Jiyan meant. The six of them slowly moved closer and formed a circle, protecting Qin Jiyan in the middle. Gu Qiancheng also took advantage of the situation and got off Qin Jiyan.
It was her neck that was injured, not her legs, and she could walk.
"Help you," Gu Qiancheng whispered two words, and before Qin Jiyan could say anything, he took out the fire stick and lit the explosive bag in his hand.
The fuse made a "squeaking" sound. Qin Jiyan switched the sword to his left hand, picked up the explosive pack that Gu Qiancheng had lit, jumped up, and then...
He threw the explosive bag in his hand at the archers who were firing cold arrows in the forest.
"Boom..." A loud noise came, accompanied by the other party's screams.
Qin Jiyan stood down, took the explosive package from Gu Qiancheng again, and threw it to the other side...
Standing high and seeing far, Qin Jiyan can hit the opponent accurately every time without wasting any gunpowder. Gu Qiancheng is good at observing, and she can always hand over the lit bag of gunpowder at the most appropriate time...
It was the first time for both of them, but they had a tacit understanding as if they had cooperated a thousand times without making a single mistake.
When the secret guards saw it in their busy schedule, they were also secretly surprised. They didn't expect that His Highness actually trusted Miss Gu so much. Aren't you afraid that Miss Gu would make a mistake and blow them all to death?
The secret guards did not trust Gu Qiancheng as much as Qin Jiyan, and they kept observing fearfully, fearing that explosives would explode around them. Fortunately, their worries never came true, and the other party attacked under Qin Jiyan's fierce counterattack.
The intensity is getting weaker and weaker, and now only a few sporadic arrows are shot, but not a single stone.
"That's enough." After Qin Jiyan's words fell, Gu Qiancheng's tense nerves immediately relaxed. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and gasped...
Among the eight of them, Gu Qiancheng was the most tired. Although Gu Qiancheng did not do any physical work, her spirit was always in high tension.
During the counterattack, Gu Qiancheng must not only maintain a high degree of alert at all times, but also accurately calculate Qin Jiyan's movements, because only in this way can she ignite the explosive package at the most appropriate time and hand it to Qin Ji
And in this process, if there is a problem in any link, they will die...
The secret guards were worried that Gu Qiancheng would miss. In fact, Gu Qiancheng was more worried and nervous than them. Because she was carrying seven lives, she did not dare to relax for a moment, for fear of an accident that would harm others or herself.
"Thank you for your hard work." The opponent's main firepower was eliminated, and Qin Jiyan did not need to do anything else. Qin Jiyan stepped forward, supported Gu Qiancheng, and let her lean on him.
He knew that Gu Qiancheng was very tired.
He knew that the hardest working person here was Gu Qiancheng.
Gu Qiancheng didn't refuse. She was really tired. If she didn't know that she couldn't fall, she would have collapsed on the ground.
"Your Highness, let's clean up the battlefield." The secret guards were dispatched, leaving two people to protect Qin Jiyan and Gu Qiancheng, while the other four walked towards Xiao Lin beside the small area.
Qin Jiyan didn't say anything. His eyes fell on Gu Qiancheng's neck: there was blood there, which was very annoying...
For a moment, Qin Jiyan had the urge to destroy everything...