Of course, Li Xingchen, who was galloping on the mountain road at this time, had no time to think about Mao Xi's affairs. He led Li Ping, Chen Zhishen and others to quickly catch up with Chen Shubao's motorcade.
Xiao Shilian only had a mere twenty or thirty cavalrymen by his side, and Li Xingchen could not let any more accidents happen.
Seeing Li Xingchen rushing up on horseback, but Mao Xi, Cao Zhong and others were nowhere to be seen, Xiao Shilian already understood and didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded to Li Xingchen, his expression still very solemn.
The mountain road ahead gradually opened up, and Nanchen's red flag could even be vaguely seen on the distant mountains. It was obvious that an abnormal army was desperately rushing over to respond.
"There is a fork in the road ahead." Xiao Shilian said in a low voice, "A small road leading directly to Wulin, and a relatively spacious road. Which way should we go?"
Li Xingchen frowned immediately and looked at the forked road in front of him. He continued to circle up the mountain, but the road was wide; while the other road went downwards and soon disappeared among the mountains and dense forests.
Should we take the high road or the small road? It’s a familiar line...
"The path is rugged and difficult. The supporting troops will definitely come from the main road. A group of cavalry will be deployed to clear the way in front. Everyone, cheer up. Let's take the main road." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice. In fact, he didn't have to choose at all. In this situation Who knows if there are any ambush on the small road? At least take the main road, the wide road will give you more room to maneuver.
However, taking the main road is not without danger. After all, no one knows how many enemies there are behind the hillside, and it is even certain that the enemy can guess that the convoy will definitely take the main road, so there may even be backup options.
Xiao Shilian nodded slightly and took the lead in mobilizing the war horse. Before he could ride onto the road, a roar came from the hillside next to him, and then several black things rolled down the hillside. Almost subconsciously, someone holding a powerful crossbow The soldier pulled the trigger on those things, and the arrows whizzed, shooting them directly into hedgehogs.
"Not good!" Li Xingchen squinted his eyes. As those things got closer and closer, he could already see clearly that these black things were not only human beings, but they were also wearing clothes and armor from the Northern Zhou Dynasty or the Southern Chen Dynasty. With such a The posture rolled down, obviously it was already a corpse.
It doesn't take much thinking to know that these corpses are the killed scouts of Nan Chen and Northern Zhou, but I don't know whether they were plotted or used after the fight on the hillside.
"Quickly retreat!" Xiao Shilian also reacted and waved suddenly. The crossbowmen rushed too far forward in order to shoot arrows.
Before he could finish his words, arrows shot up from the hillside. Immediately behind the big trees, in the grass, figures wearing dark green clothes, almost blending in with the surrounding trees, came out and lifted up the trees. He opened the branches and leaves that were tangled randomly on his body, revealing his black clothes, and then, under the shouts of several leaders, he rushed straight towards the panicked carriage team!
Li Xingchen's pupils shrank suddenly. The crossbowmen in the front row screamed and fell down, while the shield bearers behind rushed forward anxiously. However, they were already in disarray, and the enemy rushed down from the hillside, so they could still hold on. How long, I really don't know.
"Boqing, be careful!" Li Xingchen's eyes turned red and he whipped the war horse hard. The horse neighed and jumped forward. Ziyun gun came out of his hand at the next moment, whipping up the howling mountain wind with a thunderous force. Directly penetrate a killer who is shooting arrows at Xiao Shilian.
The killer's quilt was forcibly lifted up by the cloud gun, and he was nailed directly to the hillside. His body was suspended in the air, like a dancing flag. However, his companions were not frightened by this, and instead rushed forward.
"Kill!" Li Xingchen drew his sword and knocked away the two black-clothed killers. The horse came with a fierce force and knocked the two men to the ground. Li Ping, Chen Zhishen and others behind Li Xingchen swarmed up and chopped the two men into flesh and blood.
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"Shizhong, crossbowman!" Xiao Shilian also yelled, reminding Li Xingchen.
At the same time, he pulled the reins of the horse, and the horsemen stood up and immediately stopped. Xiao Shilian jumped onto Chen Shubao's carriage. Chen Shubao's entourage who was driving before had been shot to death. Obviously the enemy knew very well that no matter how many soldiers were killed,
It’s useless, the focus is still on the people in the carriage.
What's even more fatal is that although two carriages were deliberately left vacant before, in the last attack, one of them was turned into a hedgehog by arrows. Later, in order to retreat in a hurry, the carriage was not taken with it. Change the sentence
By the way, there are only two carriages in the team now. For the enemy, this is an obvious target.
Li Xingchen also heard Xiao Shilian's cry, he lowered his head suddenly, and several arrows flew past his head, but Li Xingchen dodged, but the soldier driving behind him did not dodge, and fell to the ground with a groan, and pulled
The horse in the carriage was also frightened, and immediately neighed several times and ran forward wildly.
"Your Highness the Princess!" Several attendants and maids immediately exclaimed.
Li Xingchen took a breath of cold air, galloped his horse forward, pulled out his Ziyun gun, ignored several assassins in black who rushed towards him, and whipped his horse: "Li Ping, Zhishen,
Protect His Highness the Crown Prince while I chase the princess!"
"General!" Li Ping, Chen Zhishen and others suddenly exclaimed, but the killer quickly rushed to stop them.
"Damn it, I'll kill you!" Chen Zhishen's eyes were already red, and he took a step forward, grabbed the collars of the two killers in black, and lifted them up directly.
Then it hit hard in the middle!
The two killers in black were thrown to the ground by Chen Zhishen in a daze. Before they could recover, the two knives in Li Ping's hands were inserted into their chests at the same time.
"General Xiao!" Chen Zhishen killed another assassin in black, turned around, mounted his horse, whipped the horse's butt hard, and caught up with Xiao Shilian, "General Xiao, what should we do now?"
"Rush out!" Xiao Shilian jerked his horse, "Divide a few of you into chasing Shizhong, and the rest of you will clear out these troublesome guys in front of you!"
Chen Zhishen gritted his teeth and raised his hand at Li Ping. Li Ping led a few soldiers and chased directly towards Li Xingchen's back. But Chen Zhishen raised his horse and took the lead. He swung the long horse away from the oncoming dagger and cleared the side.
The arrows struck, and for a while, several black-clothed killers did not dare to step forward.
"Let's go!" Xiao Shilian roared, and the carriage galloped forward quickly, while the Nanchen cavalry behind them also followed up, constantly pulling the trigger of the crossbow, and the arrows whizzed into the chest of the black-clothed killer.
"Hurry up!" A black-clad killer leader looked at the back of the carriage with eyes wide open.
From the fight between snipe and clam, to the mantis hunting the cicada, to the oriole's backhand, I didn't expect that the prey would still escape, damn it!
The leader knew very well what would happen if he failed, so he could not allow failure: "You guys, go chase that carriage, and the rest of you will follow me!"