The battle at the gate of the palace was extremely fierce, the fire was raging, half of the imperial city was illuminated by the firelight, and I don't know how many people died in the fire.

It wasn't until dawn that the fire gradually subsided.

Of the 3,000 guards guarding the city in the palace, there were less than 1,000, and more than half of the more than 100 black sword guards were killed or wounded.

The defeat was like a mountain.

No one is willing to fight to the death anymore, and it is better to take this opportunity to flee for their lives.

Those ministers, although they knew that the chances of escaping were very small, still desperately fled to the backyard of the deep palace, trying to find an exit and leave the palace.

The remaining more than 1,000 guards also scattered and fled, broke into the palaces, took some easy-to-carry gold, silver and jewelry, and ran away.

Outside the palace gate, Ma Zhong saw that the overall situation had been decided, and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to start extinguishing the fire, and as soon as the fire was extinguished, he could directly enter the palace and only take the head of the rebel.

And at this moment, a dark arrow flew from the flames, extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, it approached the five princes.

Seeing that this arrow was about to penetrate his chest, Xue Jian reacted extremely quickly, and slapped the war horse under the fifth prince in the air.

A neighing sounded, and the horse jerked up its hooves in pain, as if to run wildly.

Just as the arrow was near, it was blocked by the war horse, and with a wail, the horse fell to the ground with a bang.

Ma Zhong on the side hurriedly turned over and dismounted, helped the five princes up, and protected them behind him.

"Come on, protect Your Highness. ”

A group of Guards quickly surrounded him, shields around him.

Behind the flames of the palace wall, the two old men frowned.

In their opinion, the speed of this arrow, even the little master of the Mixed Yuan Realm didn't react, and he was actually spoiled by a junior in the Dan Yuan Realm.

The two of them separated and walked away, and their figures immediately disappeared into the shadows under the palace walls.

By the time they appeared, they had already arrived on the street outside the palace, in the shadow of the corner of a house, less than a hundred meters away from the five princes.

They are like two poisonous snakes hiding in the shadows, they will not be exposed in front of people, but once the other party shows a flaw, they will not hesitate to strike a fatal blow.

The others didn't think much about the sneak attack, and even the fifth prince only thought that it was the enemy's dying resistance, but Xue Jian saw some clues.

It is absolutely impossible for an ordinary soldier to shoot such a fast arrow, and it can kill a war horse with an arrow.

He whispered.

"Your Highness, there are masters hiding around, you should be careful, don't take the lead to attack. ”

The fifth prince hesitated, nodded, and barely took a step away from the surrounding Imperial Forest Army.

Soon, the fire was extinguished, and Ma Zhong looked at the Fifth Prince, waiting for his orders.

The fifth prince took a few steps forward and said loudly.

"Everyone obeyed the order, entered the palace, and eradicated the traitors, leaving no one behind. ”

More than 4,000 Imperial Forest troops, like a torrent, immediately rushed to the palace.

At this moment of charge, and when the five princes were unprotected, the two old men who were hiding in the shadows moved, and they each appeared from the left and right, and slapped their palms at the five princes in the air.

The powerful Yuan Force fluctuation struck, and Xue Jian, who had already been on guard, shouted loudly at the first time.

"Commander Ma!"

Ma Zhong reacted quickly, and his fists came out together, blocking the shot of the person on the left.

Xue Jian and Chu Yiyi shot together, blocking the palm of the person on the right.

It's just that they didn't expect that these two assassins hiding in the shadows were far superior in strength.

These two palms were too terrifying, and all the Royal Forest Army along the way were blasted out, and they were completely crushed.

After Xue Jian and Chu Yiyi came into contact with the impact of the Yuan Force of that palm, they immediately retreated in unison, crashed into a war horse, and knocked the war horse directly to the ground.

The two of them turned red almost at the same time, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and it was difficult to hide the horror in their eyes.

At the same moment, Ma Zhong was also repelled by that palm and was injured.

He immediately said loudly.

"Everyone protects Your Highness. ”

Fortunately, with their obstruction, the five princes did not die, and the Imperial Forest Army, who had just rushed into the palace, immediately turned back, raised their shields, formed a circle of human walls, and surrounded them in the middle.

With this human wall, those two old men want to kill the five princes, unless they kill all the thousands of royal forest troops first.

Although they can do this, after killing these thousands of people, their Yuan Power will also be exhausted, and they will inevitably die here.

After thinking about it, the two old men gradually disappeared from their figures, like the impermanence of the soul of the soul, which was extremely weird.

The five princes stared at the place where one of the old men had disappeared, and an uproar was set off in their hearts, both frightened and sad.

He saw the appearance of the two old men, exactly the same as the old eunuchs beside his father.

"It's them, they must have assassinated their father, and the generals will listen to ......"

The five princes' eyes widened, and they were about to give an order to let all the royal forest troops hunt down and kill the two old men to avenge the old emperor.

But Ma Zhong grabbed him in time and persuaded him.

"Your Highness, the strength of those two killers is far beyond that of the last general, and now everyone must not be dispersed, otherwise they will definitely take your life. ”

Xue Jian and Chu Yiyi both took a big pill, and the qi and blood injuries in their bodies were relieved, and their faces were very heavy.

Xue Jian stepped forward and asked.

"The strength of those two people, could it be that they have already reached the True Yuan Realm?"

Ma Zhong nodded solemnly.

"Maybe it's not all, with the strength of my Mixed Yuan Realm, I can't resist at all. ”

Xue saw that there was contemplation in his eyes and said slowly.

"In the palace, when did such masters appear, and seeing that they had a clear goal and pointed directly at His Highness, they should have come by the order of the three princes. ”

Ma Zhong is also not very clear, among the generals of the Dayu Dynasty, in addition to the unfathomable strength of the generals, other generals and masters, Ma Zhong has some understanding, and the highest is the peak of the Mixed Yuan Realm.

At this time, Chu Tianming walked over and spoke calmly.

"They should not be from the Dayu Dynasty, we need to think about this matter in the long run, and we must not enter the palace rashly. ”

Seeing that the gate of the palace had been breached, but they could not enter the palace, it was difficult for the five princes and all the soldiers to accept it.

Chu Tianming continued.

"With this kind of killer hiding in the shadows, His Highness's life may be threatened at any time, so why should we rush for a while.

Anyway, the guards in the palace have all been defeated, and it doesn't matter when they go in.

At this moment, we should first take down the three gates of the west, south, and north, and after rectification, block the entire imperial city and wait for the return of the general. ”

After thinking about it carefully, the five princes and Ma Zhong all thought that Chu Tianming's proposal was more secure.

Everything is important to the lives of the five princes, if he dies, what is the use of taking back the palace, the world will definitely fall into chaos.

The fifth prince sighed lightly, glanced at the gate of the palace with smoke and dust, turned around and left under the protection of thousands of royal forest troops.

The two old men who were sneaking in the shadows frowned slightly, and in the end they didn't find a third chance to make a move, so they had to give up.

Before leaving, Xue Jian glanced at the depths of the palace and said secretly in his heart.

"Then give you a few more days to recuperate, and see who we are!"