Great Zhou Empress

According to the calculation of the distance, rest at the post station tonight, and walk for two hours tomorrow morning to arrive at Xiongzhou City.

In this era, the gates of the city are closed at night, so even if they are in a hurry, they cannot rush into the city at night.

However, their pace today was a bit slower, and they hadn't arrived at the post station after dark, so they had to walk at night with lanterns on.

All the way here is actually quite peaceful, maybe because their carriage team is not easy to mess with at first glance. The horses are tall and strong, and the cars are big and new. From the perspective of modern society, they are all about a million cars. Who doesn't have eyes to mess with such a team.

It was almost here again, and everyone's vigilance was even less, but they didn't expect to be attacked.

First, there was a tripping rope that tripped the two leading horses, and then startled the carriages behind, causing the team to panic for a while. Xue Zhijing, who was sitting in the carriage, directly hit the carriage wall, and his forehead suddenly felt a pain. The things in the carriage were also smashed to pieces.

Shaking his head to wake himself up, Xue Zhijing opened the curtain to see what was going on, and saw a group of people running out of the surrounding woods, some on horseback, some on foot, but they were all covered in black and couldn't see clearly , with a long knife in his hand.

Yuan Jin and the others were sharper than her. Knowing that they might have encountered bandits, they all quickly took out their weapons to resist.

At the same time, Yunjin shouted loudly, "We are the imperial envoys from the capital who came to inspect the frontier army. Which bandits with no eyes are you?"

But a group of people didn't say anything, they just fought with weapons, as if they wanted to catch them all.

Xue Zhijing felt that something was wrong, she turned around quickly, Xiao Cui in the carriage had never seen such a scene before, her face was already pale.In fact, Xue Zhijing has never encountered such a situation. The last time was when the bandits appeared in the palace, but she did not face them directly. To be precise, she just shot an arrow and then went to the rear. She has never experienced it before. Melee with each other.

But this time?

Quickly took out a long knife wrapped in cloth from the carriage. The knife was very heavy and made of steel. In the early years of the Dacheng Dynasty, the technology of making steel had already appeared. The imperial system is even harder and sharper.

Holding the handle of the knife with both hands, he felt a gust of wind as soon as he got out of the carriage.

After all, Xue Zhijing has practiced for more than a year, and he is still quite sharp. He held the knife and went over, just in time to block the opponent's coming blade.

I felt a strong attack on my wrist, but luckily I blocked it.

Through the blade, Xue Zhijing saw the eyes of the other party's mask, as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

soldier?

A lot of ideas flashed through Xue Zhijing's mind in an instant, but then he exerted force in his hands and tried his best to block them away.

Her heart was pounding and her adrenaline was surging. This was the first time that Xue Zhijing faced the test of life and death. She had to rely on her own strength to cut off the "Scythe of Death".

What was lacking in strength compared to the opponent, she made up for with skill. Simply standing on the carriage, she had the condescending advantage, and the steel knife in her hand was heavy and sharp, barely allowing her to draw with the opponent.

It's just that hand-to-hand combat in the era of cold weapons is really not an easy thing to do.

While dodging, her hair was swept by the opponent's blade, and a strand fell, and the blade even grazed her ear, leaving a little sting.

However, Xue Zhijing's blade also slashed across the opponent's chest, his black coat could be seen soaked in blood, his brows furrowed, but the tension on his arms had already loosened.

In such pain, the other party just frowned, which seemed to be well-trained.

Someone behind him came to help, and the pressure in front of Xue Zhijing immediately relaxed.

Yuan Jin was drenched in blood, and shouted at Xue Zhijing, "Zhijing, you drive first~"

The driver of the carriage was lying on the ground with blood streaming from his neck, and he couldn't care about him now, Xue Zhijing held the knife in one hand and the reins in the other, and drove the carriage away first.

In this team, she and Xiao Cui are the weakest in terms of force value. It is good for Yuan Jin and the others that they leave first.

First drive to the post station ahead, it would be even better if you can find someone from the post station to help.

But what Xue Zhijing didn't expect was that the people in black would divide up a large number of people to chase her, as if they knew she was the core figure.

My heart sank heavily.

There is no moon tonight, and the sky is very dark. Xue Zhijing is a little panicked. The carriage deviates from the original driveway, and the road becomes extremely narrow. There is no one to rest this small road. Driving all the year round will form two deep ruts, so the road condition is extremely bad , The speed of the carriage suddenly came down.

Xue Zhijing said to Xiao Cui, "Xiao Cui, let's get out of the carriage and hide in a while, I will let the carriage run forward to lure them away."

"it is good."

There were tall wormwood all around in front of her. Xue Zhijing pushed Xiaocui who had already sat next to her down, then slapped the horse's buttocks with a whip, and jumped out of the car in one go. Rolled several times.

The weeds in the grass made his face hurt, Xue Zhijing could only care about protecting the main joints of his body from being hurt, and finally stopped after rolling a few times.

Taking a breath, Xue Zhijing swiped away the grass with a knife, and walked back to find Xiaocui, when he found her, he heard the sound of a horse's hooves.

Xue Zhijing quickly pushed Xiao Cui down, and the two squatted deeply in the grass.

The grass was as tall as a person, and it was almost a perfect cover in the dark. The group of people on the other side could only see and hear the carriage running ahead, so they all ran towards the carriage.

Hearing the sound of them leaving, Xue Zhijing quietly took Xiaocui's hand, trying to walk on the way back and forth.

There is no feasible target direction in the wilderness. It is best to return to the existing road, at least follow the road so as not to get lost.

Xue Zhijing was worried that the group of riders found their carriage and found no one inside, and turned back to look for the two of them, so he didn't dare to take Xiaocui on the road, and just kept walking in the grass and woods on the side of the road. They can also hide in time when they come back.

It's just that she didn't expect that the night vision of ancient people was so good.

As she guessed, the group of people chasing her had caught up with the unmanned carriage, and then quickly turned back to find them separately.

One of them discovered the location where the two were hiding, rode his horse past, and swung his knife down.

The two were crouching on the ground at this time, and the other was riding a horse condescendingly. Seeing that the blade was about to touch Xue Zhijing's cheek, Xiao Cui bravely leaned sideways on Xue Zhijing's body, and the other's blade immediately slashed across Xiao Cui's neck side.

The main artery was cut, and the blood gushed out instantly under the pumping of the heart, spraying on Xue Zhijing's face.

Xue Zhijing vividly saw that the first little friend she crossed over lost all signs of life in an instant, and the warm blood scalded her. She widened her eyes, as if she couldn't believe it was real.

Suddenly, grief stimulated her, she actually held the knife in one hand, stood up, and swung it at the other party.

When people are angry, they will stimulate the potential of the body, and people's strength will be greatly increased in an instant. Xue Zhijing is in such a state at this time, and the other party is probably also splashed with Xiaocui's blood, just for a moment of hesitation , Xue Zhijing swept the opponent down with a powerful blade.

Without occupying a high position on the horse, the opponent rolled to the ground, grabbed the knife and blocked Xue Zhijing's angry next knife.

Xue Zhijing used too much force at this time, and her knife was extremely heavy and sharp, and she cut off the opponent's knife in one fell swoop.

Seeing that he still had half of the knife in his hand, the other party knew that he was invincible at this time, so he ran back quickly, perhaps to find his companion.

Xue Zhijing chased him for a while, and then heard the sound of other horses' hooves. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists to stop, then turned her head and returned to the place just now. She took a deep look at Xiao Cui who was lying on the ground. With one glance, he got on his horse and galloped at full speed.

With the sound of horseshoes behind him, Xue Zhijing could only run forward.

The road conditions in the wilderness are extremely complicated. Horses are most suitable for running on flat areas. If there are pits, they will fall over.In terms of horsemanship, Xue Zhijing was really inferior to those men in black who were chasing her, and she was caught up in a short while. She fought against the opponent again with a will to survive, and finally seemed to cut off the opponent's arm. of

The knife is also out of hand.

Then he ran wildly again, the jolting of the horse's back made Xue Zhijing almost want to spit out his internal organs. In the end, Xue Zhijing almost felt like a walking dead.

Finally, when Tianyu's belly turned white, she didn't hear the sound of horseshoes behind her.

There was a small river ahead, Xue Zhijing rolled off the horse, and the horse that had carried her all night was foaming, as if it was dying.

After rolling into the river, I didn't care whether there were any bacteria in the river, so I quickly drank a few sips slowly.

Facing the reflection of the water, Xue Zhijing looked at the blood on his face, and for the first time, he really wanted to return to the modern society.

The horse was already dying, Xue Zhijing patted its buttocks to let it go on its own, while he walked across the river to see where he was.

The front is an open field with a place like a camp. There are more than a dozen white tents like yurts, but it is relatively quiet and there are no people.

Xue Zhijing was surprised for a moment, where is she?

Looking back, he saw that there seemed to be traces of the man in black in the dense forest, and Xue Zhijing almost collapsed immediately.

She is already at the end of her strength, why is she still chasing her, where can she hide?

There was no other way, it was too open here, so she had to hide in one of the tents.She didn't pay special attention to the difference between these tents either. After she went in, she found something behind something like a screen, and pulled a blanket from it to cover her body.

Listening carefully, for a long time, I didn't hear the sound of horseshoes or someone looking for it.

However, being tense for too long, Xue Zhijing slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

When it got dark, Xiao Liege, who was dressed in a fiery red beard, his long hair tied high with a red headband, and a dagger with a red handle tied around his waist, opened the tent and walked in.