Chapter 466: Assassination
Those who can be guards for the emperor are generally the ones who belong to the kind of people who are rooted in the Tang Empire, and they are all vested interests in the Tang Empire, and the good development of the Tang Dynasty will be of great benefit to them, so they are naturally absolutely loyal to the emperor and it is impossible to betray them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Moreover, the nobles are all big families, and they have too many relatives behind them, and once they betray, they will be implicated in a wide range of ways, so they can't betray the emperor.
However, the capital is far away from the border, and there is no great security threat, ordinary thieves and bandits are not their opponents at all, and the common people dare not offend them, so their small life is still very good, and it is enough to stand guard for the emperor and scare the common people.
When the emperor went out to patrol, they were responsible for opening the road and guarding the work, and generally nothing happened, especially after the railway was repaired, the emperor took the train every time he traveled, and they didn't have to ride horses and walk so hard, just sit in the carriage to escort it, which can be described as very comfortable.
At the foot of the capital, who dares to boldly assassinate? Besides, there are so many of them, and the equipment is even more advanced, which makes these guards feel that there will be no situation along the way, just sit in the carriage and take a nap, and mix back and forth.
The guards were napping, and the emperor was comfortable, he fell asleep directly on the soft couch, he was not sleepy, but sitting on the train and looking at the scenery outside the window, he was sleepy.
In fact, every trip is like this, at the beginning, the spirit is still full, but at most half an hour, I begin to feel sleepy, and lying on the train to sleep, than sleeping in the cold hall is much more comfortable, and there is a different feeling of sleeping in the movement, which makes people very comfortable.
When people are just born, they will be in the cradle, and the parents will shake the cradle, and the child will easily fall asleep, which shows that people are born with these slight shaking, which can increase sleep and be beneficial to physical and mental health.
When you grow up, it is impossible for people to sleep back in the cradle, but in fact, I still like this feeling, the rocking chair makes people comfortable, isn't it because the rocking chair shakes back and forth, makes people feel comfortable?
Li Longji, who was sleeping with Zhengxiang, would never have imagined that on this road he had taken many times, there would be assassins in ambush, and these assassins wanted his life.
After the second escort train crossed the bridge, four Assassins burst out and slammed their prepared iron rods onto the rails and held them down with their hands.
The impact of the train was too great for human beings to resist, and these assassins holding iron rods to stop the train were tantamount to suicide, and the result was predictable, the train would definitely derail, and they would definitely not survive.
"Boom la la ......"
With a series of screeching sounds, the train slammed off the tracks, smashed the guardrail of the small bridge and rolled forward at an angle, and several assassins armed with iron rods had already been shaken out and died.
"What's going on, what's going on."
Li Longji was awakened, and his whole person was frightened, and the train was still rolling rapidly, making him feel like the world was spinning.
"San Lang, San Lang."
Yang Yuhuan was even more frightened.
There was an exclamation in the carriage, and everyone was frightened.
"Bang dang."
After a loud bang, the train fell down heavily, and the first few carriages disconnected from the back and fell into the water, and the latter was still hanging on the bridge.
The car that fell into the water splashed with a huge splash that could be seen from a long distance.
"Protect Your Majesty, protect Your Majesty."
The guards in the back compartment were in disarray.
The escort train that was exploring the road in front of it hurriedly looked back when it heard the sound, and saw that the train the emperor was riding fell into the river, and they were all frightened, and hurriedly braked urgently, and drove back.
After the loud sound of the train entering the water, the Assassins who were lying in ambush beneath the water suddenly appeared and pounced on the first few cars of the water, ready to assassinate.
The emperor's special train is the best carriage, the quality is still guaranteed, although it fell into the water, but there was no large amount of water in a short period of time, the most fortunate thing is that the carriage fell into the river after turning seven hundred and twenty degrees, so the situation is not too bad.
Looking at the silent carriage half out of the water, everyone was frightened, this accident came too suddenly, and everyone was not mentally prepared in the slightest.
"Saburo, Assassin, there are Assassins."
Yang Yuhuan saw the assassins rushing outside through the glass, and his face was so frightened that he lost color.
Li Longji looked up and saw that sure enough, a group of assassins were rushing towards the carriage, which surprised him greatly, how could this ordinary glass resist the sword.
"San Lang, what should I do?"
Yang Yuhuan panicked and had no idea at all.
"Hide."
Li Longji pulled his concubine, but he didn't know where to hide for a while.
"Where are you hiding?"
Yang Yuhuan was even more anxious, his forehead was sweating, the most terrible thing was that the carriage was slowly entering the water, and they didn't know the depth of the river, in case it sank to the bottom of the river, even if they escaped the assassins, they couldn't avoid the flooding!
"Gongfang, quickly hide in Gongfang."
Li Longji suddenly thought of the Gong room in the carriage, which was his royal Gong room, and the space inside could accommodate at least three or four people, and the door of the Gong room was inlaid with copper, the texture and quality were very high, and the sword was not easy to split.
The two hid in Gong's room, and immediately locked it from the inside, waiting in horror for the rescue outside, if the guards rescued in time, they could still be saved.
"These assassins are prepared, I don't know who is so bold as to dare to assassinate me."
Li Longji hid in Gongfang, feeling a little relieved, and his brows showed an angry face, but he was still a little worried in his heart, in case he couldn't escape this catastrophe, he would die here.
Soon, the glass of the carriage was smashed by swords, and a group of assassins rushed into the overboard carriage and waded through the water to find Li Longji's figure.
"Hurry up and find the Tang Emperor, the guards are going to kill you."
The leading assassins were very nervous, if they couldn't kill the Tang Emperor quickly, they would be dead, and the guards in the front and back carriages would soon appear, and they would definitely not be able to fight these elite guards of the Tang Dynasty.
The escort train in front had already rushed back, and the guards in the back carriage also saw the situation, they did not dare to delay in the slightest, and immediately rushed into the water, ready to rescue the emperor.
"There are assassins, protect Your Majesty."
"Protect Your Majesty, go down to the river."
"If Your Majesty makes a mistake, the guards will be cut and charged."
The guards pressed up overwhelmingly, although the emperor was a guard, the salary was high and not tiring, but the responsibility was not ordinarily high, in case the escort was not careful, so that the emperor was injured, it was not a joke, the light was exiled or the heavy was beheaded, even if they were meritorious, it was useless.
And they can't escape, because they all have big families, and as long as they escape, they will affect the people in the family, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
Therefore, watching a group of assassins go to assassinate the emperor, all the guards were extremely nervous, not to mention that there were only a few dozen assassins, even if there were thousands of assassins, they must also rush forward to rescue the emperor, otherwise, what awaits them is a dead end.
The guards were quick to react, and when the Assassins attacked, they came to the rescue, desperately pounced on the overboard carriage.
In the face of being surrounded, the assassins also worked harder, scattered, and looked for the Tang Emperor everywhere.
"Big brother, no."
"Big brother, we don't have it over there."
"Big brother, the Tang army has been killed, and we are surrounded."
The leader of the assassins said loudly: "Don't panic, you block the Tang Army, you continue to search, don't let go of any position." ā
Most of the Assassins were fighting with the rushing guards, and a few were slashing around, looking for a possible hiding place for the emperor, but fortunately, these guys had just come from the Tibetan Plateau, and had not yet taken a train, so they did not know enough about the structure of the train carriages, they just searched one carriage after another, but they did not know that there was a palace where people could hide at the junction of the carriages.
"How is it possible, is it possible that the Tang Emperor can't fly."
"Big brother, we can't stand it, the Tang army has already come in."
The Assassins were a little flustered, the risk of their assassination was extremely great, and at this moment, not only was the mission not completed, but they were also surrounded by a group.
Listening to the shouting and killing outside, Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan, who were hiding in Gongfang, felt a little relieved, but now the water had overflowed their thighs and was about to reach their buttocks, if the water continued to enter the carriage, it might overflow over their heads, and this made them extremely nervous.
"San Lang, are we going to die here! The water is so cold! ā
Yang Yuhuan's body trembled a little, in fact, the water was not cold, but there was a group of assassins outside, and it was true that he was so frightened that he was cold.
"Aifei, don't speak."
Li Longji is afraid of being discovered, he is so comfortable as an emperor, of course he doesn't want to die, and if he dies, he can't hold the delicate beauty all day long.
The battle in the carriage entered a white-hot stage, and the assassins who wanted to assassinate the emperor fought to the death with the soldiers and horses of the guards, fighting in waist-deep water, everyone could not fully use their full abilities, and every swing of the knife was much more difficult than usual.
As the guards gathered more and more, the Assassins were unable to find the Emperor for a while, and their plans were doomed to failure, and their lives were not saved.
"Removal ......"
The lead assassin pulled out the reed in his arms and put it in his mouth, and then a fierce man escaped from the broken glass of the carriage, trying to save his life.
The dozen or so remaining Assassins followed suit, drawing out their reeds and eventually fleeing.
"Don't chase it, Your Majesty, find Your Majesty quickly."
The commander of the guards is not stupid, the assassin ran away with a board at most, a stinking scolding, just endure it, and if the emperor drowns in the carriage, his head will definitely not be saved.
Compared with the head, being beaten and scolded is insignificant.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
All the guards risked the carriage sinking at any time, shouting in the carriage, looking for the emperor everywhere, anyway, the emperor died and they would not survive.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
The surviving eunuchs and palace maids did not dare to escape from the train and did not save the emperor, where could they care about their own lives, because once the emperor had an accident, they were also in the ranks of the funeral.
And in case the emperor is fine, it will be a dead end for them to escape by themselves.
It's hard to be a low-level person! Especially in Datang, a society where people are not equal, the maid and the master are both prosperous and lossy, which is also the reason why they are loyal.
"San Lang, it's all our people outside, and the assassins have been beaten away."
Yang Yuhuan said happily.
Li Longji sighed, stretched out his hand to open the small door of Gongfang, and entered the waist-deep carriage.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
"Protect Your Majesty and the concubine from leaving, quickly."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you alright?"
As soon as they saw Li Longji appear intact in front of them, everyone's hearts were relieved, and they hurriedly carried Li Longji out of the train.
In order to prevent the Assassins from attacking, after going ashore, hundreds of guards tightly surrounded Li Longji, and the rest of the men and horses went to rescue the remaining people.
At this time, Li Longji was wet, and his wet clothes were attached to his body, which was very uncomfortable, but the ground under his feet was already dry and hard, and there were all guards around him, so his heart was completely put down.
"It's all the last general's poor protection, please punish Your Majesty."
The leader of the guards hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.
"What about the Assassins? Have you ever caught a live mouth. ā
After Li Longji's mood stabilized, the emperor's domineering spirit was revealed again.
"Back to Your Majesty, there were about fifty assassins, thirty-two were killed by the guards, two were wounded and captured, and more than ten escaped by taking advantage of the chaos."
The commander of the guards replied earnestly.
"If you escape, immediately send your troops and horses to pursue you, and you can't let anyone go."
Li Longji ordered angrily.
"Your Majesty, by all means, our army is only a few hundred now, in case this is the assassin's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, it is difficult to protect Your Majesty, the last general is brave, and has sent people to the capital to transfer reinforcements to protect Your Majesty's safety."
The leader of the guards said with sincere fear.
"San Lang, what the commander said is reasonable, chasing assassins is far less important than protecting the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, the assassins will be caught sooner or later, San Lang must not be fine."
Li Longji nodded and said loudly: "Forget it, let these madmen go for the time being, what about the people?" ā
"What does Your Majesty command?"
"Clothes, don't you see me and the concubine soaking wet?"
Li Longji roared angrily.
In fact, now everyone is soaked, and all the people in the back carriage saw that the emperor's carriage fell into the water, and none of them dared not go into the water to rescue them, even if they could only help, they had to go into the water, and even drowned several people in vain.
"Your Majesty forgives your sins, your clothes are soaked in water, and the last general will let people make a fire to ward off the cold for Your Majesty."
The commander of the guards was helpless, now everyone's clothes were soaked, and there was no way to find clean clothes for the emperor, so they could only make a fire to dry the clothes.
Li Longji is very helpless, he has no dry clothes now, he is also useless, even if he is the emperor, it is useless to be the Ninth Five-Year Emperor.