After the prince was reborn, he forced me to marry him and took me into the East Palace

“Shut up!” Nan Jiamu’s fists were clenched so tightly that they made a squeaking sound.

Even though he knew that Li Youning's words were unbelievable, he was still enraged. He glared at Li Youning and said, "If I hear another dirty word from your dog's mouth, I will cut off your tongue piece by piece."

Li Youning remained unmoved, his expression was rippling, and he continued while thinking about it: "So what if I said it?"

"You don't know your sister, her figure..."

"call out--"

Nan Jiamu drew his sword and threw it towards Li Youning.

"hiss--"

Li Youning was unable to dodge and was hit on the cheek by the blade.

He stretched out his finger and touched the painful spot. Seeing the blood on his finger, he immediately became angry: "You are simply courting death!"

"Go! Kill them all!" Li Youning yelled.

The soldiers behind him surged out like a tide and rushed towards Nan Jiamu and his group.

"Protect Lord Shen!" Nan Jiamu drew his sword and stood in front of Shen Zhaixing.

After a long and tiring journey, they had to ensure that they could take away evidence of the Li family's corruption and bribery, and protect Shen Zhaixing's safety. They were facing the well-trained and well-equipped Xuanjia Army.

Under this extremely unfavorable situation, they barely maintained their front line. However, as time went on, they gradually began to lose strength and suffered defeat.

On the hillside not far away.

"Chief, should we take action?"

"It's not the last moment yet. The master said that we only need to save Shen Zhaixing's life."

The man in black just lay on the top of the mountain, watching coldly the fight between people below.

For a moment, blood flowed like a river at the foot of the mountain, and the bloody anger filled the sky.

Nan Jiamu grabbed Shen Zhaixing with one hand and used the other hand to kill the pursuers with a knife, and led the remaining dozen people into a dangerous valley.

"Master, should we continue to chase them?" A soldier came to ask Li Youning's opinion.

There was a deep light flashing in Li Youning's eyes. He looked deeply at the entrance of the valley, which was strategically located and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If we attack by force and force Nan Jiamu and the others into a corner, we will also lose some soldiers.

He looked at the soldiers behind him. These were the brothers who had accompanied him from the battlefield. He would not bear to see any of them die.

“No need.” He spoke slowly, “They still have some strength left, we can’t take any risks. Tell them to guard the exit and not let even a bird out. Without water or food, I don’t think they can hold out for a few days!”

He has plenty of time to play with Shen Zhaixing and the others. Even if he is sleepy, he will make Shen Zhaixing and the others sleep to death!

"Yes, Master!"

In the valley.

Shen Zhaixing and Nan Jiamu leaned against each other exhausted. Although Nan Jiamu tried his best to protect Shen Zhaixing, Shen Zhaixing still inevitably suffered minor injuries.

His fists were clenched and veins bulged. It was the first time in his life that he endured such humiliation.

Shen Zhaixing's eyes were filled with deep fatigue and anger. He asked Nan Jiamu, "How many of us do we have left?"

Nan Jiamu was silent for a moment, counted the people around him, and replied with a frown: "Including you and me, there are less than twenty people."

"There are less than twenty people!" Shen Zhaixing's expression instantly turned extremely ugly after hearing this.

He originally led three hundred elite soldiers, but now, in less than a day, there are less than twenty people left.

Shen Zhaixing closed his eyes in pain, his heart filled with self-blame and regret.

How could he have the face to go back and face those who trusted him and followed him?

Shen Zhaixing tightly grasped the treasure bag that Gu Jingheng handed to him. The anger burned in his chest, burning more and more fiercely until it surged to his heart. He suddenly threw the treasure bag to the ground.

The brocade bag hit the stone, making a crisp sound, and then an exquisite little tiger-shaped talisman slipped out from it.

"Why is this here with you?"

Nan Jiamu stood up suddenly, picked up the brocade bag that Shen Zhaixing had dropped, and at the same time held the tiger talisman carefully in his hand.

That old villain General Li hid the tiger talisman very deeply. He searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it. It turned out that it was with Shen Zhaixing.

Shen Zhaixing also stood up after hearing this. He took the tiger talisman from Shen Zhaixing's hand, looked it up and down, and asked disdainfully: "What's the use of this?"

"Could it be possible that you can also use this tiger symbol to command the Black Armor Army?"

Although Shen Zhaixing grew up in the capital, he still knew something about what was happening outside the Great Wall.

The Li family has been guarding the southwest for generations. The Black Armor Army was built up bit by bit by the Li family. They obey the orders of the Li family and rely on General Li. To put it bluntly, this tiger talisman is just a decoration!

Otherwise, would Your Majesty have gone to so much trouble to still fail in bringing back the Black Armor Army?

"Didn't you notice that the Black Armor Army that Li Youning brought out only had a mere 500-odd people?"

Shen Zhaixing was stunned for a moment. The number of Xuanjia soldiers brought by Li Youning was indeed not large.

But isn't it because Li Youning is too confident, thinking that a few hundred men can easily kill them all, so he is unwilling to lead the entire army?

But from what Nan Jiamu said, it doesn't seem to be the case.

Shen Zhaixing raised his eyes to look at Nan Jiamu, waiting for him to continue.

"Things are different now, the Li family can no longer mobilize the Black Armor Army at will.

First, because His Majesty feared them and restricted their power, whenever he mobilized troops, he would inevitably use the tiger talisman;

The second reason is that there are not many veterans left from the battlefield with the Li family.

After so many changes of leadership, the soldiers who were completely loyal to the Li family were either killed, injured, or retired, and less than 10% of those who remained were still able to fight.

As the number of Black Armor Army decreases, it must be supplemented with fresh blood. Under your majesty's deliberate suggestion, more than 70% of the Black Armor Army are now newcomers, and they only recognize tiger talismans and not people."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhaixing touched the tiger talisman in his hand, sighed, and said, "Even if I have the tiger talisman, what's the use? You and I are trapped here by Li Youning's elite troops. The troops he can bring out naturally only listen to him. This tiger talisman can't mobilize them."

Nan Jiamu took back the tiger talisman and said with a smile: "Who told you that I would use the tiger talisman to mobilize them? I want to mobilize the Black Armor Army!"

"Do you think I dare to challenge the Li family when I have no ability at all?"

"Do you think I have been in the Black Armor Army for five years for nothing?"

Shen Zhaixing perked up and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Can he get out surrounded by so many people?

Shen Zhaixing had just released a carrier pigeon to give someone a message, but it was intercepted and killed. How could they not see Nan Jiamu, who is such a big person?

"You will know when it gets dark, sir." Nan Jiamu didn't say much, just looked up at the sky.

Xie Luochen on the side just pursed his lips with a complicated expression. He didn't know what Li Youning had done to Nan Yuan. That was his future in this life!

***

A cave under the cliff.

Nan Yuan shouted towards the cliff: "Is there anyone here?"

But the only answer she got was the mountain breeze and the cold air that came from nowhere, which made her shiver uncontrollably.

Nan Yuan shouted twice more, but still to no avail, so she gave up shouting.

She looked around and suddenly found that the cave was covered with vines.

Suddenly, an idea came into her mind.

"You said if I light a fire and thick smoke rises, they will find out we are still alive and send people down to look for us?"

Nan Yuan waited for a long time but there was no response from Gu Jingheng, so she turned around to look at him, only to find that Gu Jingheng's face was flushed, his eyes were closed, and he seemed to be unconscious.

Nan Yuan quickly ran to his side and reached out to touch his forehead. The temperature was frighteningly high and his body was also very hot.