The howling wind tore the voice of Right Guard General Mao Xi into pieces. At the same time, accompanied by Mao Xi's voice, there was also the scream of Prince Wei Shu.
"Cao Zhong, take down the hillside!" Li Xingchen shouted to the front without hesitation. At this moment, he already knew where the real enemy was.
Li Xingchen no longer knew whether to describe the situation he was facing at this moment as a snipe and a clam fighting or a mantis stalking a cicada, but he knew very well that he had to lead everyone to struggle not to become prey.
Hearing Li Xingchen's roar, Cao Zhong, who was running forward desperately, rushed forward with enthusiasm. He knew that this was an order given to him by Li Xingchen, and it was also an opportunity given to him. If he was unable to make meritorious deeds, the best destination would be to wash away his guilt with blood.
This land!
"Da Chen, attack!" Cao Zhong roared loudly, and went straight over the big tree where he once stood. He commanded and deployed all defenses here, and will also cross here to end his own humiliation. And Nan Chen's soldiers roared like a tsunami.
, rushing towards the hillside.
"Let's go back!" Li Xingchen took the Ziyun gun from Li Ping without hesitation. The real enemy was not on the hillside, but at the rear of the team!
If you guessed correctly, the enemies who appeared on the hillside should be Northern Zhou Dynasty scouts. Apparently they got the order to intercept Chen Shubao, and they also used this method of attacking from the east and west and then attacking hard, hoping to suppress the Southern Chen army into a narrow area.
on the road, and then completely plunged Nanchen's army into chaos. This is a consistent way of fighting on the battlefield, and it is also consistent with the status of these people's background as battlefield veterans.
The enemies that Li Xingchen hadn't seen yet appeared at the back of the team. They were obviously the men of Yangzhou Governor Chen Shuling whom they had been wary of before.
"Fire the arrow!" A battle leader led by the prince's guard shouted loudly, but a moment later an arrow accurately pierced his chest. The battle leader, who had obviously never been on the battlefield, looked at the bleeding chest in disbelief.
, opened his mouth, and fell to the ground weakly.
"Damn it, shoot the arrow quickly!" Mao Xi suddenly widened his eyes and waved his hands repeatedly, but the position of the Prince Guards had been completely disrupted. More importantly, the enemies not far away from them were attacking them.
He has the same weapons and armor as them!
"Suppress the crossbowmen, set up shields!" Li Xingchen's voice suddenly sounded, and dense arrows passed over Mao Xi's head and fell into the crowd of people running forward quickly.
And Li Xingchen's eyes also fell on Mao Xi. Obviously, this sudden attack made Mao Xi quite embarrassed. Not only did he lose his helmet, but he was also hit by an arrow. His face was covered with splattered blood spots, but he didn't know it was him.
It's still the unlucky soldier.
"General Li, you are finally here." Mao Xi breathed a sigh of relief and said immediately, "Deng Qing, this damn traitor, not only led his men to directly attack our back, but also brought a group of very difficult to deal with
The enemy has been lured over."
"Deng Qing rebelled?!" Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows, and finally understood why Mao Xi, a veteran who could be regarded as a battle-hardened veteran, was in such a mess.
Although Li Xingchen had never interacted with Deng Qing, he knew him. He knew that he was the second person in the prince's guard and Mao Xi's most trusted subordinate. He was probably the person who would take over Mao Xi's position in the future. He did not expect him.
He actually turned back at such a critical juncture. He didn't know when he was bribed by the Yangzhou Governor. Or perhaps he was a member of the Yangzhou Governor from the beginning and was ordered to break into the East Palace.
According to the arrangements made by Li Xingchen and others, the core protection task of the convoy was still handed over to the Prince Guards. He and Xiao Shilian's subordinates were mainly responsible for the defense and escort along the way. As the number two person in the Prince Guards, Deng Qing naturally took on the responsibility.
Therefore, he suddenly attacked from behind and caught Mao Xi by surprise.
More importantly, those assassins under Chen Shuling who were carefully guarded by Li Xingchen and others, because those guarding the rear were all under Deng Qing's command, they could easily follow the team without having to work hard to break through Nan Chen.
The scout network he had set up was completely useless against Nan Chen's army wandering around the outside of the mountain.
They just need to keep walking along this road that no one will block!
In Li Xingchen's impression, this Deng Qing was a middle-aged man who looked quite stable. He did not expect that he had so many calculations and scheming.
However, in retrospect, after Chen Xu's death in history, Chen Shuling was able to rush into the place where Chen Shubao was wearing sackcloth and mourning with a sword in hand and directly chased Chen Shubao. It was not until Xiao Mohe rushed there with his troops that the danger was saved. He must have escaped from this Deng Qing.
If there is no relationship, otherwise even if Prince Wei was a bunch of losers, he wouldn't have reached this point.
And Xiao Shilian also waved his fist bitterly: "We suspected that there was a spy in the East Palace before, but Mr. Shen and the others couldn't find it no matter how hard we checked. We didn't expect it to be this guy!"
Mao Xi smiled bitterly: "This person is so hidden that even someone who has worked with him for so long has not noticed it. What's more important is that he can control all his generals and commanders, and keep the information leak-proof and scheming.
And his skills really surprised me."
Li Xingchen did not answer, but silently looked at Chen Shubao next to him.
The Crown Prince was shivering and hiding behind several personal guards. He reached out to find a shield and pulled it over to block half of his body. Even though the two sides had stopped shooting, he still did not dare to raise his head.
.
In a daze, Li Xingchen felt as if he had seen Chen Shubao who was dragged out of the Rouge Well by Sui soldiers many years later.
How can such a monarch who only knows how to travel around but is greedy for life and fear of death make the people below him really loyal, especially the generals who guard Chen Shubao and have seen many of his every move.
Sometimes it's really not that the enemy has Gundam, but that our own team is too weak.
"General Li, what should we do now?" The rebellion of Deng Qing, his most trusted subordinate, made Mao Xi confused at this time, and the people under his command were even more at a loss, so Mao Xi could only rely on Li Xingchen.
However, Li Xingchen did not speak in a hurry, but looked back. On the hillside not far away, Cao Zhong took the lead and rushed to the top of the hillside. In front of the numerically superior Nanchen army, the Northern Zhou people had lost the biggest advantage of surprise attack.
, so it is losing ground.
"General Li, General Li, you must save the orphan!" At this time, Chen Shubao suddenly stood up to everyone's surprise, and immediately realized that he could easily become the target of the opponent's crossbowmen, so he directly
He got down on all fours and crawled in front of Li Xingchen regardless of his dignity.
"Brother!" Lechang's pretty face turned pale. Apparently, the pity and ridiculousness of her royal brother were beyond her imagination.
Without waiting for Li Xingchen to answer, Chen Shubao wiped his nose in embarrassment.