I am a ruler in troubled times
Chapter 109
Chong Yi's eyes swept over the Fifth Prince and the others, and then looked again at the cavalry who were charging.
The assassins who rushed out with swords were out of ten, and the fear of death in their eyes all turned into daze and fear. They couldn't even hold the swords, and they fled in a panic under the chase of the cavalry.
Chong Yi whispered to Ping Zhang, "Pass the order down, don't worry about the remaining assassins, we will leave immediately."
Ping Zhang nodded, and took out a small gold whistle from his cuff.
Song Peiyu stared coldly at the useless fifth prince who immediately collapsed and would only shout for escort, grabbed Chong Yi's arm, "Take the fifth prince with you, he can't die."
If the Fifth Prince died, the upcoming birthday of Emperor Yan would not be a big event.
Ping Zhang, who had already told the cavalry to rush over with the whistle, also heard Song Peiyu's words. Seeing Chong Yi nodding, he immediately turned his horse's head and rushed towards the Fifth Prince.
The people around the fifth prince were also carefully selected guards by Emperor Xiao, but they couldn't compare with Zhao Jun's iron cavalry who had fought under Murong Jing for many years and followed Chong Yi in Weiguo many times with fewer victories.
The reaction of these guards was not much better than that of the fifth prince, all of them were pale, and it took all their energy to calm the horses under them.
Seeing Ping Zhang suddenly charge towards them with his horse, these guards retreated subconsciously, leaving the Fifth Prince alone at the front.
The corner of Ping Zhang's mouth raised a mocking arc, he didn't bother to say a word of nonsense, and directly grabbed the fifth prince to his horse.
He treats the fifth prince without the meticulousness and tenderness that Chong Yi treats Song Peiyu.
Pingzhang only cared about his own comfort, pressed the fifth prince's back so that the fifth prince could only lie on the horseback in front of him, and yelled in a low voice, "Lift up your legs, don't delay my riding!"
The poor fifth prince didn't realize what happened at all. After the world was spinning, he could only feel the gust of wind pouring into his ears and his stomach aching from the pain.
After Chong Yi waited for Ping Zhang to overtake him, he hugged Song Peiyu's waist again, followed Zhao Jun's iron cavalry and rushed forward at the end.
If someone can see the formation of Zhao Jun's iron cavalry from above at this time, they will find that they have changed from a charge formation to a guaranteed diamond shape in a short period of time.
At the front of the rhombus is Ping Zhang who rushed to the front from behind, and at the end of the rhombus is Chong Yi who is holding Song Peiyu in his arms.
The guards behind the fifth prince and the assassins who hurriedly avoided Zhao Jun's iron cavalry only realized that Zhao Jun had left after eating their mouths full of dust.
The assassins looked at each other.
Some people's eyes flashed with happiness and clarity, and they stared fiercely at the fifth prince's guards, grabbed their weapons and rushed towards the fifth prince's guards, snatched the horses of the fifth prince's guards, and rushed forward behind Zhao Jun's iron cavalry .
Some people's eyes were all blank, and they fell to the ground, looking at the broken limbs and wreckage around them stupidly.
There were also people who rolled and crawled in a direction completely different from Zhao Jun's iron cavalry.
The Fifth Prince's guards also came to their senses after realizing that the remaining assassins were trying to attack them.
Some people were worried about the safety of the fifth prince, and after beating the assassin away with a whip, they immediately galloped to chase Zhao Jun.
Some people looked at the corpses of the assassins all over the floor, and the assassins who were still alive but terrified, who were sitting on the ground with dazed and frightened eyes, were moved.
They want to claim the credit for killing the assassin, or to interrogate the assassin's origin before everyone else.
In a short time, the remaining assassins and the fifth prince's guards were doing their own things, and they were in a mess.
The fifth prince's guards took the initiative to dismount, he wanted to figure out the cause and effect in the shortest possible time, so as to be the first among many colleagues who had the same thoughts as him.
So he didn't care about the assassin who was just frightened and stupid, but went straight to the assassin who was seriously injured and collapsed on the ground, but was still unwilling to die.
He quickly found his target, who was lying in a pool of blood, with a face full of remorse.
The guard squatted beside the man, and took out the unfinished stomach warming pills from the purse at his waist, shaking them in front of the man on the ground, "Answer my question well, and I'll take this I will feed you a pill that can hang your life."
The man in the pool of blood suddenly shot a strong light from his lax eyes. He stared at the pill that was close at hand, and raised his hand violently to grab it.
The guard slapped the assassin's hand off effortlessly, and said with a sneer, "It seems that you don't want to live, I'll ask someone else."
"No!" The assassin let out a self-righteous cry that was actually very small, "Don't go! I'll tell you everything I know!"
The guard showed a satisfied smile, stuffed the pill in his hand into the assassin's mouth, watched the assassin gobble up the pill, and immediately drew his sword to the assassin's neck, "Who are you? Why did you come to assassinate the Fifth Prince? "
The assassin said without hesitation, "I am Xiaoqi under the command of General Tao in Daying in the outskirts of Beijing. I am here to intercept and kill Prince Zhao under His Majesty's order. I will keep Prince Zhao here at all costs."
The guard never expected to hear this answer, and subconsciously sternly said, "Lie! If His Majesty has this intention, how could he not tell His Highness in advance and ask His Highness to cooperate?"
The assassin felt a pain in his neck. He wanted to raise his hand to feel if his neck had been cut, but he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand. He could only try his best to calm down the guard, "I have a sign in my arms that can prove my identity. , look, I really didn’t lie!”
The guard glanced at the assassin's bloody chest, fear and disgust flashed in his eyes, he touched the assassin's chest with a relatively complete body on the other side, and sure enough, he found a sign that could prove his identity.
It is indeed a person from Daying in the suburbs of Beijing.
As we all know, the big camp in the suburbs of Beijing is full of private soldiers of the emperor. Among them, there are twelve guards named after different zodiac signs. Each team has a special general in charge. Follow the orders of Emperor Xiao.
Emperor Xiao personally kept twelve special tokens, and each token could command the team of the corresponding zodiac sign.
The messenger must carry a special token to pass the letter, and the twelve generals will obey the order.
The guards took out several plates that could prove their identity, and all of them had the logo of Teng Snake Guard of Daying in the suburbs of Beijing.
Panic flashed in the guard's eyes, he chopped off the assassin's head without hesitation, and immediately got up to look for his horse.
This is not a secret he should know, he must go to the fifth prince immediately, and absolutely must not let anyone know that he knows this secret.
It's a pity that the guard's horse ran away long after breaking away from the guard's shackles because he couldn't stand the strong smell of blood.
The guard looked around and finally saw someone else's horse tied to a tree not far away.
He threw away the sword in his hand, and immediately ran towards the horse. He couldn't wait to untie the horse's shackles. After getting on the horse, he raised the whip and lashed the horse's buttocks hard.
The strange horse didn't gallop up immediately as the guard had expected, but lay on the spot with limp legs, no matter how the guard whipped it, he refused to get up, and the guard could even feel the horse's constant trembling.
The guard spat hard.
Useless things are useless no matter how far they go.
He dismounted from the horse and looked around again.
With the experience of finding this horse, the guard specially found a particularly energetic horse this time.
The horse was firmly tied to the tree and kept walking around the tree, trying to break free all the time. There were even obvious wounds and blood stains on its neck.
As soon as the guard walked up to this exceptionally energetic horse, he heard the roar of a mighty beast without warning. His legs were so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees hit the ground hard.
The frightened horse became more and more irritable, and finally struggled to break free, let the knots on the rope untie, and ran away without looking back.
The guards were just dazed. Not only did the beast's roar become louder and louder, they could even feel the ground beneath them trembling.
The other guards of the fifth prince who chose to stay also heard the roar of the beast.
There are wolves howling, tigers howling, and even bears roaring...
When they desperately wanted to find a horse to escape, they discovered in despair that, except for the horses that were useless to kneel and tremble on the ground, all horses that could run had long since broken free at all costs. The bondage ran away.
Most people could only lie on the ground with their legs limp, watching helplessly as the smoke billowed and the scarlet eyes on the head of the beast that appeared amidst the billowing smoke and dust were completely swallowed up in despair.
A few also try to escape with their legs, or climb trees to escape the maddened beasts.
People who run away will be chased, and people in trees will be knocked off.
No one is spared.
If someone can overcome the timidity of beasts and the fear of death, and observe these beasts carefully, they will find that these beasts are so abnormal that they go against their instincts.
In addition to the extra-fast beasts running at the front, behind these beasts there are actually sika deer waiting for animals on the diet of the beasts in front.
When those who chose to stay were completely swallowed by the beast tide, those who chose to leave with Zhao Jun's cavalry also heard the roar of the beast behind them.
The two assassins who always followed the fifth prince's guards and did not dare to surpass the fifth prince's guards fiercely raised their whips and lashed at the flustered horse below them, immediately overtook the fifth prince's guards and chased Zhao Jun's iron cavalry.
Seeing this, the fifth prince's guards immediately recovered from their panic, and slapped the steed below him fiercely, and chased after him full of foul words.
Even Zhao Jun's cavalry, who had always been running at the forefront, had obvious commotions, and the formation that had always been neat while galloping suddenly became much messier.
Chong Yi, who was located behind Zhao Jun's cavalry and had a panoramic view of the commotion, snapped, "Keep the formation!"
Chong Yi's voice was not sharp, but it could be clearly conveyed to the ears of every Zhao Jun cavalryman. The calm and firm voice made Zhao Jun cavalrymen's hearts calm and firm when they were just in chaos.
Song Peiyu held Chongyi's waist with both hands all the time, put his chin on Chongyi's shoulder, and bit the ends of his and Chongyi's hair tightly, preventing their hair from blocking Chongyi's line of sight, and tried his best to lower the pressure on him. The burden brought by Chong Yi.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the maroon tall horse that was always obediently following Chongyi's side even if no one was riding it. Song Peiyu stretched out one arm in a particularly twisted posture, and grabbed the two horses in a posture that bypassed Chongyi's back. Human hair, whispered, "Put me down, and I will ride the horse myself."
Chong Yi patted Song Peiyu's back gently, without any room for negotiation in his tone, "Hold me tight."
Song Peiyu tried her best to make her voice clear against the gust of wind pouring towards her mouth, "I don't know how long I will run, General Mo will always be carrying two people, and he may be exhausted."
Chong Yi and Song Peiyu's horses, Mo Jiang and Chi Feng, are both Chong Yi's former mounts, and the offspring of the Mustang King are half-brothers.
The two horses have grown up playing together since they were young. From time to time, they develop relationships with Song Peiyu and Chong Yi, and occasionally get in touch with the White Tiger Ice King. They are even more handsome and rebellious than the thoroughbred horses sent by Dangxiang. The most rare thing is Loyal and docile to Chong Yi and Song Peiyu only.
Mo Jiang and Chi Feng are exactly five years old, the age when the horses are the strongest and most prosperous, they can not be moved even when they hear the louder and louder roars of beasts behind them, and their performance is better than that of the horses of the Zhao cavalry in front .
Song Peiyu's proposal to ride a horse by herself was also after careful consideration.
With Chongyi's character of taking the lead in charging at all times, he will change from leading the cavalry to being behind the cavalry.
It is very likely that there will be no more ambushes ahead, only the wild beasts suddenly rioting behind.
Song Peiyu has practiced martial arts with Chong Yi when she has free time these years, her physical fitness has not been the same as before.
Since raising Mo Jiang and Chi Feng, Song Peiyu's horse riding skills have also improved rapidly, at least much better than his hot-eyed archery.
Moreover, Mo Jiang and Chi Feng are brothers who grew up together. Naturally, other horses do not have a tacit understanding. As long as Mo Jiang does not stop, even if Song Peiyu cannot give Chi Feng the instructions and motivation to run, Chi Feng will take the initiative. Chase up and follow Mo Jiang.
Song Peiyu only needs to ensure that she doesn't fall off Chifeng's body, and she doesn't need to be distracted from riding the horse at all.
Song Peiyu proposed to ride a horse by herself because she wanted to get through this difficult time with Chong Yi, so that both of them could live well.
He never thought that Chong Yi would give up and run for his life alone when Chong Yi still had the strength to spare.
Chong Yi snorted lightly, and a loud whistle suddenly came out from his mouth.
Then he let go of Mo Jiang's reins, one hand wrapped around Song Peiyu's waist, and the other pressed heavily on Mo Jiang's back.
The scene in front of Song Peiyu suddenly appeared afterimages, and after the scene in front of him stabilized again, both he and Chong Yi moved from Mo Jiang's back to Chi Feng's back.
Mo Jiang shook his head in dissatisfaction, but his footsteps became much lighter, maintaining the original speed, and following Chifeng intimately.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Song Peiyu silently put the hair tips of the two of them back into his mouth, and returned to a more comfortable position.
Zhao Jun's iron cavalry at the front had an indomitable momentum. Although the army horses were also affected by the roar of the beasts behind them, they were just a little flustered, and soon calmed down under the comfort of their masters, and they were still able to maintain a fast running rhythm.
In contrast, the situation of the guards of the Fifth Prince and the two assassins is much more dangerous.
They have no one who can make up their minds and tell them what to do, and the horses under them are far inferior to the horses of Zhao Jun's cavalry in front.
He could only watch Zhao Jun's cavalry getting farther and farther away from them, full of fear and unwillingness to be buried in the belly of the beast.
Why?
Why can the Zhao cavalry escape, but they can only feed the wild animals?
Since the Zhao cavalry could take away the fifth prince, why couldn't they also take them away?
Under the threat of death, deep unwillingness lingered in the hearts of the five princes' guards.
Someone frantically riding his horse stopped, completely ignoring the beast tide that was about to engulf him, drew a bow and shot an arrow, and the target was Chong Yi who was at the rear of Zhao's cavalry.
"arrow!"
At the same time Song Peiyu's words sounded, Chong Yi had already bent down and pulled out the ink to hang the Jinghong hanging from the side, and without turning his head, he cut back and cut the flying feather arrow into two pieces.
The archer also saw this scene, and the madness on his face became more and more intense, and he wanted to shoot the second arrow but never had the chance.
The fierce tiger running at the forefront of the beast horde had already fallen from the sky, throwing him and his horse to the ground.
Song Peiyu closed his eyes, maybe the tension was too strong, maybe he had seen more and more bloody scenes unconsciously, Song Peiyu didn't even feel sick, or he seemed to be empty It seemed that there was nothing but absolute calmness.
As time went by, there were fewer and fewer people behind Zhao Jun's cavalry, and the distance between them and the beasts behind them became closer and closer.
If there is no way to get rid of the herd, it is only a matter of time before they are overtaken by the herd.
"Accelerate to the fastest speed. There is a steep slope on the right side 1000 meters ahead. Ping Zhang, lead the team to charge up." Chong Yi's extremely calm voice reached the ears of every Zhao army cavalry.
The flat and loud response at the front, no longer caring about pity for Aiju, unceremoniously pumped up Aiju's ass.
Because of the full acceleration of Zhao Jun's cavalry, they temporarily maintained a relatively stable distance from the beasts behind them, and they could even increase the distance.
Only Song Peiyu, who was facing the beast, immediately noticed the change in the distance between the two sides, but he didn't relax because of it.
Even a well-trained army horse can't always maintain its peak speed. The faster it accelerates now, the more exhausted the army horse will be when it runs out of energy.
Ping Zhang soon saw the steep slope on the right that Chong Yi said.
It is indeed a steep slope, because it is not yet vertical.
Compared with the location of the steep slope, the rest of the place can be called a 'cliff'.
A normal creature without wings would definitely not be able to go up with just its feet, and no one would know if a military horse that had been accelerated to the extreme could go up.
Maybe they can charge up the steep slope and drag the hunting beast behind.
Maybe they'd fail on their way up the steep slope and fall straight into the wild beasts.
They can also choose not to listen to Chong Yi's words, and continue to gallop along the flat path, betting that the horse under them will have more endurance, or the wild beast behind them will be crazier.
Ping Zhang raised a crazy smile, and roared at the top of his voice, "Brothers, charge with me!"
Zhao Jun's cavalryman and Ping Zhang glanced at him, the whip in his hand was almost snapped, and he echoed with the last roar, "Come on!"
Ping Zhang took the lead, and after climbing the slope, he could clearly feel that the horse under him was still sprinting, but the speed was more than a little slower than before.
He gritted his teeth fiercely, clamped his feet tightly on the horse's belly, and pressed his upper body against the back of the fifth prince who had passed out. He had already made the best of his efforts to make the horse under him faster by his own actions. .
With half the distance left, the speed of the steed under him was getting slower and slower, and the roar of the beast seemed to resound through the world behind his ears, but he drew closer again.
Ping Zhang knew that he had to rush up, the slope was narrower than the path they had just run on, at best, he could only let two people side by side rush up.
If he doesn't rush up, no one behind will be able to go up.
Moreover, His Highness was still at the end, and at the speed at which they slowed down after going up the slope, the distance between His Highness and the beast was rapidly shrinking.
A ruthless look flashed in Ping Zhang's eyes, he said sorry to himself, took out the heel arrow from the quiver next to his leg, and poked it cruelly on Aiju's ass.
The steed was in pain, and after a howl, it jumped up again.
Unfortunately, the steepest part of this slope is the bottom and top.
The lowest place can be directly crossed by the inertia of the galloping horse, but when it reaches the top, the horse is at the end of its strength, and there is a fifth prince who is unconscious right away.
Seeing that it was only a little away from the last point, Ping Zhang let out a loud shout, and changed from pressing the fifth prince's hand to holding the fifth prince's arm to lift the fifth prince up.
After Ping Zhang swung his arm round, he swung the fifth prince up with one hand.
The fifth prince was lucky, Pingzhang just threw him crookedly, and didn't let him land on the slope to block the position of Zhao Jun's cavalry, but half lying on the 'cliff' next to the slope, clattering when he was about to fall. edge.
Ping Zhang had no time to care about the fifth prince's life and death, he endured the severe pain in his arm, pinched the horse's ear, and said in a tone of harshness or pleading, "Go up!"
With the last ten meters left, Pingzhang found that the horse under him began to lose its legs and feet, and he was also shaking from side to side. Thanks to his superb riding skills, he was able to help the horse barely maintain stability.
With the last five meters left, the speed of the steed under Ping Zhang slowed down again, and even showed signs of retreating instead of advancing, as if the spiritual steed let out an unwilling whine, and jumped up suddenly.
With the last meter left, Pingzhang and the steed under him fell down at the same time, rolling into a ball chattering forward.
After the feeling of dizziness passed, Pingzhang immediately got up from the ground, surrounded by flat grass, beside him was completely tired and paralyzed, lying on the ground, except for the beloved horse who was blinking and motionless.
They are coming up!
Ping Zhang suppressed the surging excitement in his heart, hugged the horse's head and kissed it fiercely, and dragged the horse away with difficulty with one arm.
In order not to bump into the foal when the people and horses who climbed the slope with all their strength are also chattering.
After settling down his beloved horse, Ping Zhang immediately staggered towards the steep 'cliff' beside the slope, and first dragged up the Fifth Prince who was fluttering in the wind.
He didn't even bother to check whether the fifth prince was still alive, and immediately half-lyed on the original fifth prince's position and looked down.
In a short period of time, one-third of Zhao Jun's cavalry had rushed up, and the people behind were also sprinting up in an orderly manner, but the beasts they had briefly thrown off also chased up again.
Ping Zhang looked at Chong Yi who was at the rear of the cavalry, his heart was in his throat, and he barely resisted the idea of letting the people on the slope make way for Chong Yi.
Because he knows it's useless.
As long as you go up the slope, there is no way out. If you rush up to get a glimpse of life, or if you fall down, you will break your leg, and you may even smash the people behind you, which will disrupt the order of the entire team. More time wasted.
No matter how anxious he was, he was powerless, so he could only trust the judgment of His Highness the Crown Prince.
After approaching the slope, Chong Yi controlled the speed of the red wind below him not to rise but to fall, and finally even stopped, looking back at the billowing smoke that was getting closer.
Because Chong Yi changed direction, Song Peiyu, who was always sitting face to face with Chong Yi, saw the so-called "steep slope" in Chong Yi's mouth.
It's hard for Chongyi to be able to remember the location of a sheep farm path so accurately in the field where there is no difference in Song Peiyu's view.
The only two remaining assassins and more than a dozen bodyguards of the fifth prince passed over the stopped Chongyi one after another. After a little hesitation, the two assassins did not turn in the direction of the steep slope, but chose to run forward along the flat path.
The fifth prince's guards also hesitated for a while before making a decision. Some of them still followed Zhao Jun's cavalry, while others made the same choice as the two remaining assassins.
Mo Jiang circled around the stopped Chi Feng a few times, and kept making '咴咴' sounds with his heavy legs above his head.
Chong Yi reinserted the Jinghong in his hand into the scabbard beside Mo Jiang's side, then lightly rubbed Mo Jiang's ear, pointed to the direction of the steep slope, "You go up first."
Chong Yi will stop because with the explosive power of Mo Jiang and Chi Feng, the speed of rushing up the steep slope will be faster, and the required sprint distance will be shorter.
If he didn't stop, he might collide with Zhao Jun's cavalry who were still climbing.
General Mo could completely avoid the Zhao army's cavalry and rush up from a steeper place without carrying people on his back.
Mo Jiang, who was usually very spiritual, seemed to suddenly lose his comprehension, and kept using his head to rest on Chong Yi's thigh, making the sound of '咴咴'.
Chong Yi patted Mo Jiang's butt, didn't speak any more, but looked at the herd of ferocious beasts whose shadows could already be vaguely seen.
According to common sense, when the speed of these beasts has exploded to the peak, they will never have the stamina to exhaust the well-trained military horses.
"Your Highness!"
Ping Zhang, who also saw the herd of ferocious beasts, couldn't bear it any longer, and yelled at the edge of the 'cliff', "Come up quickly! I've got someone to find a rope to drag Song Peiyu up!"
"I……"
As soon as Song Peiyu pushed Chong Yi away with his hands, and said a word, Chong Yi hugged him again, and the distance between the two of them was once again close together.
"Don't move." Chong Yi lowered his head and kissed Song Peiyu's ear, and after patting Mo Jiang's head, he reined in the horse and made Chi Feng face the steep slope again.
When the last of Zhao Jun's cavalry was only one-third of the distance away from the steep slope, Chong Yi clamped his horse's belly tightly and whipped a loud empty whip.
Mo Jiang and Chi Feng rushed out at the same time like arrows leaving the string, heading straight for the steep slope.
The distance between Chong Yi and Song Peiyu and the beast horde behind them widened again.
Ping Zhang gritted his teeth tightly, staring at Chong Yi and Song Peiyu intently.
If it wasn't for fear of affecting Chong Yi, he really wanted to order someone to shoot down the five prince's guards on the steep slope to Chong Yi to clear the road.
Because of keeping a close eye on Chong Yi and Song Peiyu, it was easy to find out that when Mo Jiang and Chi Feng surpassed the five princes' guards, the fifth prince's guards made small movements several times, trying to drag Mo Jiang and Chi Feng off, even Someone swung a knife to kill Mo Jiang and Chi Feng.
Ping Zhang's catalog was about to split, and he hammered hard on the edge of the 'cliff'.
Could it be that if someone feeds the beast behind, the beast will not continue to chase them?
Ping Zhang suddenly changed from a prone position to a sitting position, and said in shock and anger, "Take a bow!"
The cavalrymen of Zhao State, who were also sitting or standing on the edge of the 'cliff' after setting up their favorite horses, heard Ping Zhang's words, their eyes flashed suddenly, and they hurriedly looked for bows and arrows at the lying horses behind.
Pingzhang pulled out the whip at his waist, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Don't point the feather arrows down, but at the wild beasts, to buy time for His Highness."
If the feather arrows were directed at the guards of the fifth prince below, it would only make these people attack Mo Jiang and Chi Feng even more recklessly.
Compared with Ping Zhang above, Song Peiyu felt more deeply about the sudden swords and swords around him.
Both Mo Jiang and Chi Feng are top-class horses that have undergone countless training since they were young. They will avoid all kinds of attacks by themselves without the owner's reminder. With their speed, it is difficult for the fifth prince's guards to really hurt them they.
What's more, he was holding a horsewhip in his hand, as if his whole body was full of eyes.
Unexpectedly, under the threat of the horsewhip, the guards of the fifth prince subconsciously moved their hands away, and then became angry from embarrassment, and threw the sword in their hands towards Chong Yi's vest.
Song Peiyu's heart skipped a beat, her pupils almost condensed into one point, she randomly grabbed the things around her waist and smashed them out fiercely.
There was a crisp sound of collision, Song Peiyu's jade pendant was broken into several pieces, and Song Peiyu successfully smashed the sword down.
Actually hit.
Zhao Jun on the 'cliff' fired two rounds of feathered arrows and hit many beasts, but was horrified to find that the feathered arrows all over his body could not stop these beasts, and even made them rush forward even more crazily.
Fortunately, even with Chong Yi alone, the speed of riding a steep slope is far beyond that of Zhao Jun's cavalry.
Chi Feng and Mo Jiang could even slow down and stop steadily after climbing up the slope.
Seeing that Chong Yi and Song Peiyu had successfully come up, Ping Zhang's eyes flashed fiercely, he lifted the big stone beside him and threw it at the person who tried to attack Chi Feng and Mo Jiang just now.
The Zhao cavalry beside Pingzhang silently put down their useless bows and arrows, and lowered their heads to search for stones all over the ground.
Before Chi Feng could fully stabilize his footsteps, Chong Yi hugged Song Peiyu and landed on the ground, immediately pulled out the scarf from Mo Jiang's body, and rushed towards the distant forest.
Song Peiyu, who once met an assassin outside Yu County and knew that nothing would happen, still felt his legs go weak, after a much more dangerous escape than last time, he was able to check the feathered arrows on Chi Feng and Mo Jiang without changing his expression. hurt.
Mo bald several short black hairs on his neck, and the bloody scab formed there was more serious than the scratches on his body.
This is the wound Chong Yi inflicted before tripping the horse rope.
Pain flashed in Song Peiyu's eyes, but at the same time she was relieved, after all, it was just a few flesh wounds, it was good that she didn't get hit by the fifth prince's guards.
In the blink of an eye, Chong Yi had already returned from a distance holding a giant log as thick as four of his waist.
Everyone consciously made way for Chong Yi.
The giant tree is a tree that has been chopped off by Chong Yitie, and the root has been cut into a sharp shape.
Chong Yi held the tree trunk, facing the ground at a sharp angle, and slammed the giant tree down on the edge of the steep slope.
Song Peiyu glanced at a position far away from the edge of the 'cliff', feeling as if she heard the sound of rocks cracking in a trance.
Looking intently, the gravel on the ground told him that it was not 'as if', Chong Yi had indeed crushed the huge boulder.
The giant tree stood in front of the steep slope, just right to block the road rushing up the steep slope from below, and the herd of wild beasts also happened to be below Zhao Jun's position.
The beasts rushing to the front were covered in arrows, dripping blood as they ran.
However, they seem to have lost their sense of pain, and they are still rushing forward desperately.
When passing the big tree 'planted' into the ground by Chong Yi, some beasts rushed forward along a smoother road, but more beasts chose to rush up in the direction of human flesh.
The trees that Chong Yi 'planted' in the ground can block the opening of the steep slope, but they can't completely seal the steep slope, because many beasts in the herd can climb trees by themselves.
The function of this tree, in addition to keeping many beasts that cannot climb the tree below, can also prevent the beasts below from rushing up the steep slope at the same time.
The first beast to climb up was a tiger that jumped from the ground to a tree with its jumping ability far beyond its instinct, and then climbed up the steep slope.
As soon as the tiger with a face full of feathers and arrows showed its head, it was easily beheaded by Chong Yi's wave of Jinghong.
No matter how ferocious and irrational a beast is, it will turn into a corpse after losing its head, and this tiger is no exception.
It also smashed down the black bear who had finally climbed to the steep slope.
After seeing the tiger with feathered arrows rushing up, Zhao Jun's cavalry stepped back with a stiff face and looked at Chong Yi guarding the steep slope, and the head of the beast flew out with a swing of the sword.
In just a few breaths, there are tiger heads, bear heads, and wolf heads all over the bottom of the 'cliff'...
I don't know if these beasts that have lost their minds also have instincts, or if the most ferocious beasts have been dealt with by Chong Yi like chopping melons and vegetables.
With more and more animal heads and corpses below, more and more beasts chose to follow the flat official road.
Song Peiyu silently looked away, covered her dizzy head, and began to feel her legs go weak again.
He suddenly wanted to know what Chong Yi looked like in his previous life, he must be more sharp than the current Chong Yi.
When Luoyang finally received the news of the beast riot in the royal hunting ground, and when the army was belatedly dispatched, all the corpses of the beasts that chose to rush up the steep slope had been separated and piled up under the trees.
Zhao Jun's cavalry is cleaning Aiju's wound with the medicine and water he brought with him.
The fifth prince and his guards, only the fifth prince survived in the end.
He was lucky, he was thrown up by Ping Zhang, but his whole body was sore.
Apart from being quite frightened and holding his legs and crying non-stop after waking up, he didn't even have any obvious wounds on his body.
Even Mo Jiang and Chi Feng were hurt more than him.
The army of Yan State who came to rescue him could easily see the disdain Zhao Jun's cavalry had for the fifth prince.
The so-called death of the master humiliating the officials, how could they bear the contempt of the five princes by the cavalrymen of the state of Zhao, and they were about to get angry, but after seeing the prince of the state of Zhao who was so majestic just sitting there that people dare not look directly at him, they silently bowed down head.
General Lin Senmiao of the State of Yan clearly sensed Zhao Jun's hostility towards him, but he had no choice but to take the initiative to step forward, "I, General Lin Senmiao of the Jinshu Battalion in the Beijing Suburbs of the State of Yan, greet the Fifth Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the State of Zhao."
Chong Yi, who was surrounded by Zhao Guo cavalry in the center, raised his eyelids, "What are you doing here?"
Embarrassment flashed across Lin Senmiao's face, and he said bravely, "Your Majesty heard that the wild animals raised in captivity rioted, and ordered me to protect the two Highnesses." He didn't hide his malice towards Lin Senmiao, "Are you here to escort, or to collect the corpse? Did you come crawling?"
Lin Senmiao was almost overwhelmed by embarrassment, but knew that Yan Guo was at fault.
Seeing the fifth prince crying miserably, the listless military horses all over the ground, and the strong smell of blood in the air, he could predict how dangerous these people would be.
Seeing that the Fifth Prince was still only crying and would not relieve him at all, Lin Senmiao could only look at Song Peiyu.
His family has an old relationship with the Song family, and the elders in the family specifically asked him to keep in touch with Song Peiyu more.
Song Peiyu had a good temper and immediately responded to Lin Senmiao.
He pointed in the direction of Pingzhang, and said slowly, "General Lin might as well go and see the wild beast that suddenly rioted first."
Lin Senmiao didn't doubt that he was there, and in order to express her sincerity, she asked everyone around her to go and see the situation.
Pingzhang stepped aside, and at the moment when Lin Senmiao and others saw the sea of bloody corpses below and were startled, he stepped out decisively and kicked them all down.
"Ah!" The fifth prince, who was so frightened by the screams one after another, jumped up from the ground, only to find the army wearing the clothes of the Golden Rat Guards in the suburban camp of Beijing.
The fifth prince cried and laughed, and rushed towards the Golden Mouse Guard, "You guys are finally here!"
The assassins who rushed out with swords were out of ten, and the fear of death in their eyes all turned into daze and fear. They couldn't even hold the swords, and they fled in a panic under the chase of the cavalry.
Chong Yi whispered to Ping Zhang, "Pass the order down, don't worry about the remaining assassins, we will leave immediately."
Ping Zhang nodded, and took out a small gold whistle from his cuff.
Song Peiyu stared coldly at the useless fifth prince who immediately collapsed and would only shout for escort, grabbed Chong Yi's arm, "Take the fifth prince with you, he can't die."
If the Fifth Prince died, the upcoming birthday of Emperor Yan would not be a big event.
Ping Zhang, who had already told the cavalry to rush over with the whistle, also heard Song Peiyu's words. Seeing Chong Yi nodding, he immediately turned his horse's head and rushed towards the Fifth Prince.
The people around the fifth prince were also carefully selected guards by Emperor Xiao, but they couldn't compare with Zhao Jun's iron cavalry who had fought under Murong Jing for many years and followed Chong Yi in Weiguo many times with fewer victories.
The reaction of these guards was not much better than that of the fifth prince, all of them were pale, and it took all their energy to calm the horses under them.
Seeing Ping Zhang suddenly charge towards them with his horse, these guards retreated subconsciously, leaving the Fifth Prince alone at the front.
The corner of Ping Zhang's mouth raised a mocking arc, he didn't bother to say a word of nonsense, and directly grabbed the fifth prince to his horse.
He treats the fifth prince without the meticulousness and tenderness that Chong Yi treats Song Peiyu.
Pingzhang only cared about his own comfort, pressed the fifth prince's back so that the fifth prince could only lie on the horseback in front of him, and yelled in a low voice, "Lift up your legs, don't delay my riding!"
The poor fifth prince didn't realize what happened at all. After the world was spinning, he could only feel the gust of wind pouring into his ears and his stomach aching from the pain.
After Chong Yi waited for Ping Zhang to overtake him, he hugged Song Peiyu's waist again, followed Zhao Jun's iron cavalry and rushed forward at the end.
If someone can see the formation of Zhao Jun's iron cavalry from above at this time, they will find that they have changed from a charge formation to a guaranteed diamond shape in a short period of time.
At the front of the rhombus is Ping Zhang who rushed to the front from behind, and at the end of the rhombus is Chong Yi who is holding Song Peiyu in his arms.
The guards behind the fifth prince and the assassins who hurriedly avoided Zhao Jun's iron cavalry only realized that Zhao Jun had left after eating their mouths full of dust.
The assassins looked at each other.
Some people's eyes flashed with happiness and clarity, and they stared fiercely at the fifth prince's guards, grabbed their weapons and rushed towards the fifth prince's guards, snatched the horses of the fifth prince's guards, and rushed forward behind Zhao Jun's iron cavalry .
Some people's eyes were all blank, and they fell to the ground, looking at the broken limbs and wreckage around them stupidly.
There were also people who rolled and crawled in a direction completely different from Zhao Jun's iron cavalry.
The Fifth Prince's guards also came to their senses after realizing that the remaining assassins were trying to attack them.
Some people were worried about the safety of the fifth prince, and after beating the assassin away with a whip, they immediately galloped to chase Zhao Jun.
Some people looked at the corpses of the assassins all over the floor, and the assassins who were still alive but terrified, who were sitting on the ground with dazed and frightened eyes, were moved.
They want to claim the credit for killing the assassin, or to interrogate the assassin's origin before everyone else.
In a short time, the remaining assassins and the fifth prince's guards were doing their own things, and they were in a mess.
The fifth prince's guards took the initiative to dismount, he wanted to figure out the cause and effect in the shortest possible time, so as to be the first among many colleagues who had the same thoughts as him.
So he didn't care about the assassin who was just frightened and stupid, but went straight to the assassin who was seriously injured and collapsed on the ground, but was still unwilling to die.
He quickly found his target, who was lying in a pool of blood, with a face full of remorse.
The guard squatted beside the man, and took out the unfinished stomach warming pills from the purse at his waist, shaking them in front of the man on the ground, "Answer my question well, and I'll take this I will feed you a pill that can hang your life."
The man in the pool of blood suddenly shot a strong light from his lax eyes. He stared at the pill that was close at hand, and raised his hand violently to grab it.
The guard slapped the assassin's hand off effortlessly, and said with a sneer, "It seems that you don't want to live, I'll ask someone else."
"No!" The assassin let out a self-righteous cry that was actually very small, "Don't go! I'll tell you everything I know!"
The guard showed a satisfied smile, stuffed the pill in his hand into the assassin's mouth, watched the assassin gobble up the pill, and immediately drew his sword to the assassin's neck, "Who are you? Why did you come to assassinate the Fifth Prince? "
The assassin said without hesitation, "I am Xiaoqi under the command of General Tao in Daying in the outskirts of Beijing. I am here to intercept and kill Prince Zhao under His Majesty's order. I will keep Prince Zhao here at all costs."
The guard never expected to hear this answer, and subconsciously sternly said, "Lie! If His Majesty has this intention, how could he not tell His Highness in advance and ask His Highness to cooperate?"
The assassin felt a pain in his neck. He wanted to raise his hand to feel if his neck had been cut, but he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand. He could only try his best to calm down the guard, "I have a sign in my arms that can prove my identity. , look, I really didn’t lie!”
The guard glanced at the assassin's bloody chest, fear and disgust flashed in his eyes, he touched the assassin's chest with a relatively complete body on the other side, and sure enough, he found a sign that could prove his identity.
It is indeed a person from Daying in the suburbs of Beijing.
As we all know, the big camp in the suburbs of Beijing is full of private soldiers of the emperor. Among them, there are twelve guards named after different zodiac signs. Each team has a special general in charge. Follow the orders of Emperor Xiao.
Emperor Xiao personally kept twelve special tokens, and each token could command the team of the corresponding zodiac sign.
The messenger must carry a special token to pass the letter, and the twelve generals will obey the order.
The guards took out several plates that could prove their identity, and all of them had the logo of Teng Snake Guard of Daying in the suburbs of Beijing.
Panic flashed in the guard's eyes, he chopped off the assassin's head without hesitation, and immediately got up to look for his horse.
This is not a secret he should know, he must go to the fifth prince immediately, and absolutely must not let anyone know that he knows this secret.
It's a pity that the guard's horse ran away long after breaking away from the guard's shackles because he couldn't stand the strong smell of blood.
The guard looked around and finally saw someone else's horse tied to a tree not far away.
He threw away the sword in his hand, and immediately ran towards the horse. He couldn't wait to untie the horse's shackles. After getting on the horse, he raised the whip and lashed the horse's buttocks hard.
The strange horse didn't gallop up immediately as the guard had expected, but lay on the spot with limp legs, no matter how the guard whipped it, he refused to get up, and the guard could even feel the horse's constant trembling.
The guard spat hard.
Useless things are useless no matter how far they go.
He dismounted from the horse and looked around again.
With the experience of finding this horse, the guard specially found a particularly energetic horse this time.
The horse was firmly tied to the tree and kept walking around the tree, trying to break free all the time. There were even obvious wounds and blood stains on its neck.
As soon as the guard walked up to this exceptionally energetic horse, he heard the roar of a mighty beast without warning. His legs were so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees hit the ground hard.
The frightened horse became more and more irritable, and finally struggled to break free, let the knots on the rope untie, and ran away without looking back.
The guards were just dazed. Not only did the beast's roar become louder and louder, they could even feel the ground beneath them trembling.
The other guards of the fifth prince who chose to stay also heard the roar of the beast.
There are wolves howling, tigers howling, and even bears roaring...
When they desperately wanted to find a horse to escape, they discovered in despair that, except for the horses that were useless to kneel and tremble on the ground, all horses that could run had long since broken free at all costs. The bondage ran away.
Most people could only lie on the ground with their legs limp, watching helplessly as the smoke billowed and the scarlet eyes on the head of the beast that appeared amidst the billowing smoke and dust were completely swallowed up in despair.
A few also try to escape with their legs, or climb trees to escape the maddened beasts.
People who run away will be chased, and people in trees will be knocked off.
No one is spared.
If someone can overcome the timidity of beasts and the fear of death, and observe these beasts carefully, they will find that these beasts are so abnormal that they go against their instincts.
In addition to the extra-fast beasts running at the front, behind these beasts there are actually sika deer waiting for animals on the diet of the beasts in front.
When those who chose to stay were completely swallowed by the beast tide, those who chose to leave with Zhao Jun's cavalry also heard the roar of the beast behind them.
The two assassins who always followed the fifth prince's guards and did not dare to surpass the fifth prince's guards fiercely raised their whips and lashed at the flustered horse below them, immediately overtook the fifth prince's guards and chased Zhao Jun's iron cavalry.
Seeing this, the fifth prince's guards immediately recovered from their panic, and slapped the steed below him fiercely, and chased after him full of foul words.
Even Zhao Jun's cavalry, who had always been running at the forefront, had obvious commotions, and the formation that had always been neat while galloping suddenly became much messier.
Chong Yi, who was located behind Zhao Jun's cavalry and had a panoramic view of the commotion, snapped, "Keep the formation!"
Chong Yi's voice was not sharp, but it could be clearly conveyed to the ears of every Zhao Jun cavalryman. The calm and firm voice made Zhao Jun cavalrymen's hearts calm and firm when they were just in chaos.
Song Peiyu held Chongyi's waist with both hands all the time, put his chin on Chongyi's shoulder, and bit the ends of his and Chongyi's hair tightly, preventing their hair from blocking Chongyi's line of sight, and tried his best to lower the pressure on him. The burden brought by Chong Yi.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the maroon tall horse that was always obediently following Chongyi's side even if no one was riding it. Song Peiyu stretched out one arm in a particularly twisted posture, and grabbed the two horses in a posture that bypassed Chongyi's back. Human hair, whispered, "Put me down, and I will ride the horse myself."
Chong Yi patted Song Peiyu's back gently, without any room for negotiation in his tone, "Hold me tight."
Song Peiyu tried her best to make her voice clear against the gust of wind pouring towards her mouth, "I don't know how long I will run, General Mo will always be carrying two people, and he may be exhausted."
Chong Yi and Song Peiyu's horses, Mo Jiang and Chi Feng, are both Chong Yi's former mounts, and the offspring of the Mustang King are half-brothers.
The two horses have grown up playing together since they were young. From time to time, they develop relationships with Song Peiyu and Chong Yi, and occasionally get in touch with the White Tiger Ice King. They are even more handsome and rebellious than the thoroughbred horses sent by Dangxiang. The most rare thing is Loyal and docile to Chong Yi and Song Peiyu only.
Mo Jiang and Chi Feng are exactly five years old, the age when the horses are the strongest and most prosperous, they can not be moved even when they hear the louder and louder roars of beasts behind them, and their performance is better than that of the horses of the Zhao cavalry in front .
Song Peiyu's proposal to ride a horse by herself was also after careful consideration.
With Chongyi's character of taking the lead in charging at all times, he will change from leading the cavalry to being behind the cavalry.
It is very likely that there will be no more ambushes ahead, only the wild beasts suddenly rioting behind.
Song Peiyu has practiced martial arts with Chong Yi when she has free time these years, her physical fitness has not been the same as before.
Since raising Mo Jiang and Chi Feng, Song Peiyu's horse riding skills have also improved rapidly, at least much better than his hot-eyed archery.
Moreover, Mo Jiang and Chi Feng are brothers who grew up together. Naturally, other horses do not have a tacit understanding. As long as Mo Jiang does not stop, even if Song Peiyu cannot give Chi Feng the instructions and motivation to run, Chi Feng will take the initiative. Chase up and follow Mo Jiang.
Song Peiyu only needs to ensure that she doesn't fall off Chifeng's body, and she doesn't need to be distracted from riding the horse at all.
Song Peiyu proposed to ride a horse by herself because she wanted to get through this difficult time with Chong Yi, so that both of them could live well.
He never thought that Chong Yi would give up and run for his life alone when Chong Yi still had the strength to spare.
Chong Yi snorted lightly, and a loud whistle suddenly came out from his mouth.
Then he let go of Mo Jiang's reins, one hand wrapped around Song Peiyu's waist, and the other pressed heavily on Mo Jiang's back.
The scene in front of Song Peiyu suddenly appeared afterimages, and after the scene in front of him stabilized again, both he and Chong Yi moved from Mo Jiang's back to Chi Feng's back.
Mo Jiang shook his head in dissatisfaction, but his footsteps became much lighter, maintaining the original speed, and following Chifeng intimately.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Song Peiyu silently put the hair tips of the two of them back into his mouth, and returned to a more comfortable position.
Zhao Jun's iron cavalry at the front had an indomitable momentum. Although the army horses were also affected by the roar of the beasts behind them, they were just a little flustered, and soon calmed down under the comfort of their masters, and they were still able to maintain a fast running rhythm.
In contrast, the situation of the guards of the Fifth Prince and the two assassins is much more dangerous.
They have no one who can make up their minds and tell them what to do, and the horses under them are far inferior to the horses of Zhao Jun's cavalry in front.
He could only watch Zhao Jun's cavalry getting farther and farther away from them, full of fear and unwillingness to be buried in the belly of the beast.
Why?
Why can the Zhao cavalry escape, but they can only feed the wild animals?
Since the Zhao cavalry could take away the fifth prince, why couldn't they also take them away?
Under the threat of death, deep unwillingness lingered in the hearts of the five princes' guards.
Someone frantically riding his horse stopped, completely ignoring the beast tide that was about to engulf him, drew a bow and shot an arrow, and the target was Chong Yi who was at the rear of Zhao's cavalry.
"arrow!"
At the same time Song Peiyu's words sounded, Chong Yi had already bent down and pulled out the ink to hang the Jinghong hanging from the side, and without turning his head, he cut back and cut the flying feather arrow into two pieces.
The archer also saw this scene, and the madness on his face became more and more intense, and he wanted to shoot the second arrow but never had the chance.
The fierce tiger running at the forefront of the beast horde had already fallen from the sky, throwing him and his horse to the ground.
Song Peiyu closed his eyes, maybe the tension was too strong, maybe he had seen more and more bloody scenes unconsciously, Song Peiyu didn't even feel sick, or he seemed to be empty It seemed that there was nothing but absolute calmness.
As time went by, there were fewer and fewer people behind Zhao Jun's cavalry, and the distance between them and the beasts behind them became closer and closer.
If there is no way to get rid of the herd, it is only a matter of time before they are overtaken by the herd.
"Accelerate to the fastest speed. There is a steep slope on the right side 1000 meters ahead. Ping Zhang, lead the team to charge up." Chong Yi's extremely calm voice reached the ears of every Zhao army cavalry.
The flat and loud response at the front, no longer caring about pity for Aiju, unceremoniously pumped up Aiju's ass.
Because of the full acceleration of Zhao Jun's cavalry, they temporarily maintained a relatively stable distance from the beasts behind them, and they could even increase the distance.
Only Song Peiyu, who was facing the beast, immediately noticed the change in the distance between the two sides, but he didn't relax because of it.
Even a well-trained army horse can't always maintain its peak speed. The faster it accelerates now, the more exhausted the army horse will be when it runs out of energy.
Ping Zhang soon saw the steep slope on the right that Chong Yi said.
It is indeed a steep slope, because it is not yet vertical.
Compared with the location of the steep slope, the rest of the place can be called a 'cliff'.
A normal creature without wings would definitely not be able to go up with just its feet, and no one would know if a military horse that had been accelerated to the extreme could go up.
Maybe they can charge up the steep slope and drag the hunting beast behind.
Maybe they'd fail on their way up the steep slope and fall straight into the wild beasts.
They can also choose not to listen to Chong Yi's words, and continue to gallop along the flat path, betting that the horse under them will have more endurance, or the wild beast behind them will be crazier.
Ping Zhang raised a crazy smile, and roared at the top of his voice, "Brothers, charge with me!"
Zhao Jun's cavalryman and Ping Zhang glanced at him, the whip in his hand was almost snapped, and he echoed with the last roar, "Come on!"
Ping Zhang took the lead, and after climbing the slope, he could clearly feel that the horse under him was still sprinting, but the speed was more than a little slower than before.
He gritted his teeth fiercely, clamped his feet tightly on the horse's belly, and pressed his upper body against the back of the fifth prince who had passed out. He had already made the best of his efforts to make the horse under him faster by his own actions. .
With half the distance left, the speed of the steed under him was getting slower and slower, and the roar of the beast seemed to resound through the world behind his ears, but he drew closer again.
Ping Zhang knew that he had to rush up, the slope was narrower than the path they had just run on, at best, he could only let two people side by side rush up.
If he doesn't rush up, no one behind will be able to go up.
Moreover, His Highness was still at the end, and at the speed at which they slowed down after going up the slope, the distance between His Highness and the beast was rapidly shrinking.
A ruthless look flashed in Ping Zhang's eyes, he said sorry to himself, took out the heel arrow from the quiver next to his leg, and poked it cruelly on Aiju's ass.
The steed was in pain, and after a howl, it jumped up again.
Unfortunately, the steepest part of this slope is the bottom and top.
The lowest place can be directly crossed by the inertia of the galloping horse, but when it reaches the top, the horse is at the end of its strength, and there is a fifth prince who is unconscious right away.
Seeing that it was only a little away from the last point, Ping Zhang let out a loud shout, and changed from pressing the fifth prince's hand to holding the fifth prince's arm to lift the fifth prince up.
After Ping Zhang swung his arm round, he swung the fifth prince up with one hand.
The fifth prince was lucky, Pingzhang just threw him crookedly, and didn't let him land on the slope to block the position of Zhao Jun's cavalry, but half lying on the 'cliff' next to the slope, clattering when he was about to fall. edge.
Ping Zhang had no time to care about the fifth prince's life and death, he endured the severe pain in his arm, pinched the horse's ear, and said in a tone of harshness or pleading, "Go up!"
With the last ten meters left, Pingzhang found that the horse under him began to lose its legs and feet, and he was also shaking from side to side. Thanks to his superb riding skills, he was able to help the horse barely maintain stability.
With the last five meters left, the speed of the steed under Ping Zhang slowed down again, and even showed signs of retreating instead of advancing, as if the spiritual steed let out an unwilling whine, and jumped up suddenly.
With the last meter left, Pingzhang and the steed under him fell down at the same time, rolling into a ball chattering forward.
After the feeling of dizziness passed, Pingzhang immediately got up from the ground, surrounded by flat grass, beside him was completely tired and paralyzed, lying on the ground, except for the beloved horse who was blinking and motionless.
They are coming up!
Ping Zhang suppressed the surging excitement in his heart, hugged the horse's head and kissed it fiercely, and dragged the horse away with difficulty with one arm.
In order not to bump into the foal when the people and horses who climbed the slope with all their strength are also chattering.
After settling down his beloved horse, Ping Zhang immediately staggered towards the steep 'cliff' beside the slope, and first dragged up the Fifth Prince who was fluttering in the wind.
He didn't even bother to check whether the fifth prince was still alive, and immediately half-lyed on the original fifth prince's position and looked down.
In a short period of time, one-third of Zhao Jun's cavalry had rushed up, and the people behind were also sprinting up in an orderly manner, but the beasts they had briefly thrown off also chased up again.
Ping Zhang looked at Chong Yi who was at the rear of the cavalry, his heart was in his throat, and he barely resisted the idea of letting the people on the slope make way for Chong Yi.
Because he knows it's useless.
As long as you go up the slope, there is no way out. If you rush up to get a glimpse of life, or if you fall down, you will break your leg, and you may even smash the people behind you, which will disrupt the order of the entire team. More time wasted.
No matter how anxious he was, he was powerless, so he could only trust the judgment of His Highness the Crown Prince.
After approaching the slope, Chong Yi controlled the speed of the red wind below him not to rise but to fall, and finally even stopped, looking back at the billowing smoke that was getting closer.
Because Chong Yi changed direction, Song Peiyu, who was always sitting face to face with Chong Yi, saw the so-called "steep slope" in Chong Yi's mouth.
It's hard for Chongyi to be able to remember the location of a sheep farm path so accurately in the field where there is no difference in Song Peiyu's view.
The only two remaining assassins and more than a dozen bodyguards of the fifth prince passed over the stopped Chongyi one after another. After a little hesitation, the two assassins did not turn in the direction of the steep slope, but chose to run forward along the flat path.
The fifth prince's guards also hesitated for a while before making a decision. Some of them still followed Zhao Jun's cavalry, while others made the same choice as the two remaining assassins.
Mo Jiang circled around the stopped Chi Feng a few times, and kept making '咴咴' sounds with his heavy legs above his head.
Chong Yi reinserted the Jinghong in his hand into the scabbard beside Mo Jiang's side, then lightly rubbed Mo Jiang's ear, pointed to the direction of the steep slope, "You go up first."
Chong Yi will stop because with the explosive power of Mo Jiang and Chi Feng, the speed of rushing up the steep slope will be faster, and the required sprint distance will be shorter.
If he didn't stop, he might collide with Zhao Jun's cavalry who were still climbing.
General Mo could completely avoid the Zhao army's cavalry and rush up from a steeper place without carrying people on his back.
Mo Jiang, who was usually very spiritual, seemed to suddenly lose his comprehension, and kept using his head to rest on Chong Yi's thigh, making the sound of '咴咴'.
Chong Yi patted Mo Jiang's butt, didn't speak any more, but looked at the herd of ferocious beasts whose shadows could already be vaguely seen.
According to common sense, when the speed of these beasts has exploded to the peak, they will never have the stamina to exhaust the well-trained military horses.
"Your Highness!"
Ping Zhang, who also saw the herd of ferocious beasts, couldn't bear it any longer, and yelled at the edge of the 'cliff', "Come up quickly! I've got someone to find a rope to drag Song Peiyu up!"
"I……"
As soon as Song Peiyu pushed Chong Yi away with his hands, and said a word, Chong Yi hugged him again, and the distance between the two of them was once again close together.
"Don't move." Chong Yi lowered his head and kissed Song Peiyu's ear, and after patting Mo Jiang's head, he reined in the horse and made Chi Feng face the steep slope again.
When the last of Zhao Jun's cavalry was only one-third of the distance away from the steep slope, Chong Yi clamped his horse's belly tightly and whipped a loud empty whip.
Mo Jiang and Chi Feng rushed out at the same time like arrows leaving the string, heading straight for the steep slope.
The distance between Chong Yi and Song Peiyu and the beast horde behind them widened again.
Ping Zhang gritted his teeth tightly, staring at Chong Yi and Song Peiyu intently.
If it wasn't for fear of affecting Chong Yi, he really wanted to order someone to shoot down the five prince's guards on the steep slope to Chong Yi to clear the road.
Because of keeping a close eye on Chong Yi and Song Peiyu, it was easy to find out that when Mo Jiang and Chi Feng surpassed the five princes' guards, the fifth prince's guards made small movements several times, trying to drag Mo Jiang and Chi Feng off, even Someone swung a knife to kill Mo Jiang and Chi Feng.
Ping Zhang's catalog was about to split, and he hammered hard on the edge of the 'cliff'.
Could it be that if someone feeds the beast behind, the beast will not continue to chase them?
Ping Zhang suddenly changed from a prone position to a sitting position, and said in shock and anger, "Take a bow!"
The cavalrymen of Zhao State, who were also sitting or standing on the edge of the 'cliff' after setting up their favorite horses, heard Ping Zhang's words, their eyes flashed suddenly, and they hurriedly looked for bows and arrows at the lying horses behind.
Pingzhang pulled out the whip at his waist, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Don't point the feather arrows down, but at the wild beasts, to buy time for His Highness."
If the feather arrows were directed at the guards of the fifth prince below, it would only make these people attack Mo Jiang and Chi Feng even more recklessly.
Compared with Ping Zhang above, Song Peiyu felt more deeply about the sudden swords and swords around him.
Both Mo Jiang and Chi Feng are top-class horses that have undergone countless training since they were young. They will avoid all kinds of attacks by themselves without the owner's reminder. With their speed, it is difficult for the fifth prince's guards to really hurt them they.
What's more, he was holding a horsewhip in his hand, as if his whole body was full of eyes.
Unexpectedly, under the threat of the horsewhip, the guards of the fifth prince subconsciously moved their hands away, and then became angry from embarrassment, and threw the sword in their hands towards Chong Yi's vest.
Song Peiyu's heart skipped a beat, her pupils almost condensed into one point, she randomly grabbed the things around her waist and smashed them out fiercely.
There was a crisp sound of collision, Song Peiyu's jade pendant was broken into several pieces, and Song Peiyu successfully smashed the sword down.
Actually hit.
Zhao Jun on the 'cliff' fired two rounds of feathered arrows and hit many beasts, but was horrified to find that the feathered arrows all over his body could not stop these beasts, and even made them rush forward even more crazily.
Fortunately, even with Chong Yi alone, the speed of riding a steep slope is far beyond that of Zhao Jun's cavalry.
Chi Feng and Mo Jiang could even slow down and stop steadily after climbing up the slope.
Seeing that Chong Yi and Song Peiyu had successfully come up, Ping Zhang's eyes flashed fiercely, he lifted the big stone beside him and threw it at the person who tried to attack Chi Feng and Mo Jiang just now.
The Zhao cavalry beside Pingzhang silently put down their useless bows and arrows, and lowered their heads to search for stones all over the ground.
Before Chi Feng could fully stabilize his footsteps, Chong Yi hugged Song Peiyu and landed on the ground, immediately pulled out the scarf from Mo Jiang's body, and rushed towards the distant forest.
Song Peiyu, who once met an assassin outside Yu County and knew that nothing would happen, still felt his legs go weak, after a much more dangerous escape than last time, he was able to check the feathered arrows on Chi Feng and Mo Jiang without changing his expression. hurt.
Mo bald several short black hairs on his neck, and the bloody scab formed there was more serious than the scratches on his body.
This is the wound Chong Yi inflicted before tripping the horse rope.
Pain flashed in Song Peiyu's eyes, but at the same time she was relieved, after all, it was just a few flesh wounds, it was good that she didn't get hit by the fifth prince's guards.
In the blink of an eye, Chong Yi had already returned from a distance holding a giant log as thick as four of his waist.
Everyone consciously made way for Chong Yi.
The giant tree is a tree that has been chopped off by Chong Yitie, and the root has been cut into a sharp shape.
Chong Yi held the tree trunk, facing the ground at a sharp angle, and slammed the giant tree down on the edge of the steep slope.
Song Peiyu glanced at a position far away from the edge of the 'cliff', feeling as if she heard the sound of rocks cracking in a trance.
Looking intently, the gravel on the ground told him that it was not 'as if', Chong Yi had indeed crushed the huge boulder.
The giant tree stood in front of the steep slope, just right to block the road rushing up the steep slope from below, and the herd of wild beasts also happened to be below Zhao Jun's position.
The beasts rushing to the front were covered in arrows, dripping blood as they ran.
However, they seem to have lost their sense of pain, and they are still rushing forward desperately.
When passing the big tree 'planted' into the ground by Chong Yi, some beasts rushed forward along a smoother road, but more beasts chose to rush up in the direction of human flesh.
The trees that Chong Yi 'planted' in the ground can block the opening of the steep slope, but they can't completely seal the steep slope, because many beasts in the herd can climb trees by themselves.
The function of this tree, in addition to keeping many beasts that cannot climb the tree below, can also prevent the beasts below from rushing up the steep slope at the same time.
The first beast to climb up was a tiger that jumped from the ground to a tree with its jumping ability far beyond its instinct, and then climbed up the steep slope.
As soon as the tiger with a face full of feathers and arrows showed its head, it was easily beheaded by Chong Yi's wave of Jinghong.
No matter how ferocious and irrational a beast is, it will turn into a corpse after losing its head, and this tiger is no exception.
It also smashed down the black bear who had finally climbed to the steep slope.
After seeing the tiger with feathered arrows rushing up, Zhao Jun's cavalry stepped back with a stiff face and looked at Chong Yi guarding the steep slope, and the head of the beast flew out with a swing of the sword.
In just a few breaths, there are tiger heads, bear heads, and wolf heads all over the bottom of the 'cliff'...
I don't know if these beasts that have lost their minds also have instincts, or if the most ferocious beasts have been dealt with by Chong Yi like chopping melons and vegetables.
With more and more animal heads and corpses below, more and more beasts chose to follow the flat official road.
Song Peiyu silently looked away, covered her dizzy head, and began to feel her legs go weak again.
He suddenly wanted to know what Chong Yi looked like in his previous life, he must be more sharp than the current Chong Yi.
When Luoyang finally received the news of the beast riot in the royal hunting ground, and when the army was belatedly dispatched, all the corpses of the beasts that chose to rush up the steep slope had been separated and piled up under the trees.
Zhao Jun's cavalry is cleaning Aiju's wound with the medicine and water he brought with him.
The fifth prince and his guards, only the fifth prince survived in the end.
He was lucky, he was thrown up by Ping Zhang, but his whole body was sore.
Apart from being quite frightened and holding his legs and crying non-stop after waking up, he didn't even have any obvious wounds on his body.
Even Mo Jiang and Chi Feng were hurt more than him.
The army of Yan State who came to rescue him could easily see the disdain Zhao Jun's cavalry had for the fifth prince.
The so-called death of the master humiliating the officials, how could they bear the contempt of the five princes by the cavalrymen of the state of Zhao, and they were about to get angry, but after seeing the prince of the state of Zhao who was so majestic just sitting there that people dare not look directly at him, they silently bowed down head.
General Lin Senmiao of the State of Yan clearly sensed Zhao Jun's hostility towards him, but he had no choice but to take the initiative to step forward, "I, General Lin Senmiao of the Jinshu Battalion in the Beijing Suburbs of the State of Yan, greet the Fifth Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the State of Zhao."
Chong Yi, who was surrounded by Zhao Guo cavalry in the center, raised his eyelids, "What are you doing here?"
Embarrassment flashed across Lin Senmiao's face, and he said bravely, "Your Majesty heard that the wild animals raised in captivity rioted, and ordered me to protect the two Highnesses." He didn't hide his malice towards Lin Senmiao, "Are you here to escort, or to collect the corpse? Did you come crawling?"
Lin Senmiao was almost overwhelmed by embarrassment, but knew that Yan Guo was at fault.
Seeing the fifth prince crying miserably, the listless military horses all over the ground, and the strong smell of blood in the air, he could predict how dangerous these people would be.
Seeing that the Fifth Prince was still only crying and would not relieve him at all, Lin Senmiao could only look at Song Peiyu.
His family has an old relationship with the Song family, and the elders in the family specifically asked him to keep in touch with Song Peiyu more.
Song Peiyu had a good temper and immediately responded to Lin Senmiao.
He pointed in the direction of Pingzhang, and said slowly, "General Lin might as well go and see the wild beast that suddenly rioted first."
Lin Senmiao didn't doubt that he was there, and in order to express her sincerity, she asked everyone around her to go and see the situation.
Pingzhang stepped aside, and at the moment when Lin Senmiao and others saw the sea of bloody corpses below and were startled, he stepped out decisively and kicked them all down.
"Ah!" The fifth prince, who was so frightened by the screams one after another, jumped up from the ground, only to find the army wearing the clothes of the Golden Rat Guards in the suburban camp of Beijing.
The fifth prince cried and laughed, and rushed towards the Golden Mouse Guard, "You guys are finally here!"
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