Taking advantage of the sudden weakening of the opponent's arrows, Li Xingchen hurriedly jumped out, grabbed Lechang's wrist next to him, and took her with him. Lechang obviously hadn't recovered from the sudden attack, and directly
He was pulled into Li Xingchen's arms.
A few arrows grazed Lechang's hair that was still unable to dance in the wind, breaking a few hair strands. She also felt the howling wind behind her. Princess Lechang subconsciously hugged Li Xingchen, her heart skipping a beat.
Jumping straight. And Li Xingchen turned around, blocking all the directions where the arrows might fly, and then whispered:
"I have the right to act with caution. If I have offended, please forgive me, Your Highness."
Princess Lechang also came to her senses, quickly let go of her hand, and lifted the veil, with a blush on her pretty face, and the look in her eyes was extremely complicated. She also knew that if Li Xingchen hadn't been so quick-eyed and quick-handed just now,
I'm afraid that this place has been stained with blood for a long time. This man's figure is still blocking all his sight at this time, and also blocking all enemies.
Just like mountains.
"What's going on?!" Xiao Shilian lost his shield and shouted at Cao Zhong with red eyes, "Where did these enemies come from?"
Cao Zhong immediately shook his head with a grimace: "There are only one or two roads leading to the top of the mountain opposite, and they are all blocked by our army. Logically speaking, they shouldn't."
The previous sound of big cowhide drums obviously notified the army at the foot of the mountain on the other side to attack the top of the mountain. Soon, figures were seen coming and going on the top of the mountain on the other side. It was obvious that the Nanchen army was fighting these unexpected enemies.
"It shows that the enemy is more familiar with the terrain here than we are." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice. He had just brought Lechang to a safe place and left her with Chen Shubao, and then he hurried over and ran over. "They know the other roads.
Now is not the time to talk about this,"
"This is impossible, if it is someone from the governor of Yangzhou..." Cao Zhong looked surprised and said anxiously. He never thought that the enemy would still have the opportunity to take advantage of the dragnet he had laid.
"Whoever said it must be the governor of Yangzhou!" Li Xingchen looked serious. The enemy came out at this time. It was not only Cao Zhong's dereliction of duty, but also Li Xingchen's dereliction of duty. "How dare you guarantee that Yuchi Jiong will not interfere?
"
Cao Zhong opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a moment. Indeed, as Li Xingchen said, the killers sent by the Yangzhou governor were indeed unfamiliar with the place, but the elite scouts under Yuchi Jiong must know the landscape of this area well. If
It is reasonable for them to take action and find the loopholes.
"No matter what else, cheer up, our enemies must be more than these!" Li Xingchen said attentively, and before he finished speaking, shouts came from the hillside.
"Enemy attack!"
The body of a Nanchen soldier rolled down the hillside and rolled down to the side of the shield. More Nanchen soldiers were shouting and rushing towards the hillside. Several figures wearing Northern Zhou army uniforms appeared in view.
Among them, he fought with Nanchen soldiers.
"Barbarians?" Xiao Shilian couldn't help but blurt out, "Could it be that they are really Yuchi Jiong's people?"
"Looking at the posture of these people, they don't look like the black-clad killers we met outside Yangzhou City before, but more like veteran scouts who have been honed on the battlefield." Li Xingchen frowned and said.
Chen Zhishen also stuck his head out to take a look. He has been training new recruits for a long time and has a certain understanding of various teams. He immediately nodded: "These guys pay more attention to formations and have well-founded advances and retreats, like we did before.
Enemies encountered at the head of Zhangshan City."
"It's really lively now." Li Xingchen sneered, and then he felt more worried. These enemies who looked more like Northern Zhou scouts proved his suspicion that the previous visitors were probably soldiers sent by Yuchi Jiong, but in this way
, there is still no trace of those people sent by Yangzhou Governor.
When and where will they choose to launch an attack?
The enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear, and we are passively being beaten. This is really not a good situation.
"General, there are too many enemies. It is estimated that there are one or two hundred people, and they are coming too fast!" A general shouted loudly, his voice was already hoarse, "If you dare to protect His Royal Highness, General, we can let go first!"
Li Xingchen nodded solemnly: "Boqing, you take your two highnesses and go first. We have the advantage in numbers, but we don't dare to disperse too many troops now for fear of hurting the two highnesses."
For Li Xingchen and others, these scouts can be completely eliminated by the army. Their more important task is to cover Chen Shubao and Lechang's safe retreat.
Xiao Shilian immediately stepped forward: "Shizhong, I'll go, you escort..."
"Cao Zhong!" Li Xingchen did not give Xiao Shilian a chance at all. In other words, the Yangzhou governor has not yet appeared, and he could not guarantee whether the situation would continue to deteriorate, so he did not dare to take such an important post-stopping task lightly.
Give it to someone else.
"The general is here!" Cao Zhong responded hurriedly. His eyes were red, staring closely at the enemies who were rushing up the hillside from the other side, wishing to eat these damn guys alive.
"Our troops are now on the top of the mountain opposite. It will probably take some time to get back, so we can only rely on us now." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds. With just one stick of incense, I will throw you away."
Let me take down the hillside below!"
Cao Zhong did not answer this time, but jumped out, grabbed Nanchen's red flag, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!"
"Kill!" Several generals, who also knew that their lives were completely tied to this hillside, raised their arms and shouted to follow Cao Zhong. Nan Chen was originally pressed from the top of the hillside to halfway up by the sudden enemy.
The soldiers also shouted at the same time and charged upward again.
Looking at Cao Zhong and others, Li Xingchen frowned.
The opponent's command was very clever. He first used the crossbowmen on the top of the mountain on the other side to attract the attention of the Nanchen army. The real killing move was still behind the hillside. When the attention of all the Nanchen soldiers and crossbowmen were concentrated on the top of the mountain on the other side,
That's when this killer move is released.
Such a clever and simple attack in the east and west was enough for Cao Zhong's soldiers to be caught off guard and driven down the hillside.
Of course, Li Xingchen had no intention of blaming Cao Zhong. After all, he had no idea how many enemies there would be or where they would attack from. Cao Zhong's previous arrangements could be said to be rigorous, but how could the huge Huarong Road be made watertight?
There was no way Nan Chen could mobilize all his troops to this place and dig over every inch of the land.
"Boqing, go and protect His Highness." Li Xingchen turned and said in a deep voice, but then he saw at the end of the team, several red flags from Nanchen fell down for no reason!
"Not good!" Xiao Shilian's face changed drastically when he also noticed the abnormality.