A thin bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, and although the sky was already cloudy, it could still be clearly displayed in front of people's eyes.

Then there was a thunderclap in the distance, and a torrential rain fell on the tents, splashing in patches; Then there was a flurry of scolding, and the rain that seeped through the tiny holes in their tent dripped on their faces, waking up the sleepy ones.

Luo Shenzhen, the military general who was in charge of escorting Chen Tianping, looked at the heavy rain outside the tent, and his face was a little unpleasant. On rainy days, not only is the road muddy and difficult to walk, but also the view is not good, and this is a mountain road, if someone wants to disadvantage Chen Tianping, it will be easier to ambush in the woods on both sides of the road.

His adjutant also understood what he was thinking, and comforted him: "Lord Luo, although the rainy day is not good for us, the gunpowder cannot be used on a rainy day, and it also makes the other party have one less means. ”

"What you said makes sense, gunpowder is indeed a very useful thing, especially in ambushes, and now they can't use it, which is good news."

"But this is a mountainous area, and it is difficult to use explosives or something to blow up the bridge and assassinate Chen Tianping, and it is also difficult to bury it on the road, so you can only use muskets. But even without muskets, there are stiff bows and foot-wound crossbows, which are not much more useful than muskets. And the place where we can see is getting smaller, so it's still more disadvantageous for us. Luo Shenzhen said.

After a pause, he didn't hear Adjutant Ma speak again, he continued: "After Chen Tianping gets up after a while, you tell him that in order to ensure safety on a rainy day, we will change to another road, and ask him to put on armor even if he is sitting in the car." ”

"My lord, it's better for you to say these words. Your Excellency, you are the conductor. Chen Tianping is the monarch of Annan and the prince of Yibi, and the adults still speak respectfully to him. Adjutant Ma said.

Luo Shenzhen pursed his lips, but still said: "What you said is also right, then I will go and talk to Chen Tianping in person." ”

After a while, it was completely dawn, and Chen Tianping got dressed and put on an umbrella and walked out of his tent. Luo Shenzhen walked over to him and said, "I've seen Guozhu Chen. ”

"Lord Luo doesn't have to be polite." Chen Tianping said gently.

"Lord Chen, it's raining now, although the rain has become lighter, it's still a little dangerous, so please be sure to put on your armor." Luo Shenzhen said.

"What if you need to wear armor in the car?" Chen Tianping asked rhetorically.

"Lord Chen, the crossbow arrows and the two-stone hard bow can penetrate the carriage and pass out from the other side, if the lord does not wear armor, even if the steel plates have been laid on both sides of the carriage, it will be difficult to ensure that it is complete, so please put on armor in the carriage." Luo Shenzhen said.

"I see." Chen Tianping said.

Luo Shenzhen said a few more words to him, and returned to organize the soldiers to get up and prepare for departure. Half an hour later, all the soldiers had eaten and dressed, the horses had been fed, and the whole army set out for Jiangzhou City.

Along the way, Luo Shen Town was cautious, and whenever he saw the dense woods on both sides of the road, he sent people to search in advance before letting the carriage pass. Even though it made them move much slower and caused many people to complain, he was unmoved, and still walked cautiously.

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Wang Cheng was lying on the ground, his whole body was soaked with rain, he looked carefully at the team escorting Chen Tianping in the distance, and said to Wang Gong beside him: "The people of the Ming Kingdom are very cautious, and it is difficult to successfully attack and kill Chen Tianping. ”

Wang Gong, like him, looked at the team in the distance with weeds on his head, and said: "Whether it succeeds or not, you must shoot all the arrows of the hard bow and crossbow here, and you can't leave these things to the people of the Ming Kingdom." ”

The two of them said a few more words, and the team escorting Chen Tianping got closer and closer. The two of them stopped talking and quietly prepared.

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At this time, Luo Shenzhen had already changed into the same clothes as ordinary soldiers, put on a helmet made of rattan, a specialty of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou provinces, and walked more than ten meters in front of the carriage in which Chen Tianping was riding.

Although if someone attacks, it will definitely be an Annan person, and he will not pay too much attention to him as a person in charge of guarding, but Luo Shenzhen cherishes his life very much, if he is thrown on the battlefield, it is just that, and it is not worth it to be thrown here, so he dresses like this, even if some soldiers secretly laugh at him behind his back.

Not only that, but he also forced all generals to dress like ordinary soldiers. Fortunately, there are not many people in their team, and they all know each other, otherwise there will definitely be a command confusion.

According to this pace, we will be able to reach Jiangzhou City before noon. It's good that you can eat when you get to the place. In the past few days, except for one meal at night, which is to make a fire and cook, the other two meals are to gnaw dry food,...... Luo Shenzhen thought.

At that moment, he heard the sound of 'Fluffy Fluffy', followed by a whistling sound like a sharp blade cutting through the sky.

Luo Shenzhen immediately half-squatted down, fastened the rattan helmet tightly to his head, and walked slowly towards the carriage in which Chen Tianping was riding. If Chen Tianping is dead now, although he will most likely not be executed - after all, he is the lord of Fanguo, but he will definitely be demoted, so on the premise of ensuring his own safety, he still has to take into account Chen Tianping's safety.

At this time, Luo Shenzhen noticed that a horse pulling a cart had been hit by three crossbow arrows and had fallen to the ground, and it was estimated that he would not survive; But this horse is not the horse that pulled Chen Tianping's car.

It seems that there are no Annanite agents in the guard. Although he would not tell the average soldier that Chen Tianping was sitting in that car, he could guess that he was in that car after traveling for more than an hour. Luo Shenzhen thought.

At this time, Luo Shenzhen completely stood up and instructed the soldiers to do what they had been told. At this time, it could not appear too orderly, because then the people of Annam knew that there was no Chen Tianping himself in the carriage that he had just shot, and although someone had already gone to the direction where the crossbow arrows were fired, the other party still had time to make up for an arrow or a round of crossbow arrows.

But it's too chaotic, it's too chaotic, and it's very difficult to reorganize the team later, so you have to take a degree in it.

At this moment another round of crossbow arrows was fired, and another cart was shot, but fortunately the horses had been pushed to the ground by the riders, and they were not hit.

After a while, no more arrows were fired, and the soldiers who had gone to hunt for the Annamites had already returned, and said to Luo Shenzhen: "I didn't see a human figure, only a pedal crossbow, and there were no crossbow arrows anymore." ”

"These Annanites are really cunning." Luo Shenzhen muttered in a low voice and ordered: "Push aside the carriage that has no horses to pull it, and don't block the road; Leaving two people to walk slowly with the person who had just been injured. The rest of the people regrouped and continued to escort Chen Guozhu to Jiangzhou City. ”

Luo Shenzhen walked to the carriage where Chen Tianping was and asked about Chen Tianping's safety, although the carriage was not shot by a crossbow arrow just now, it was good to ask.

"Lord Luo, I'm fine. Now it's time for everyone to move on. Chen Tianping's voice came from inside the car.

"In that case, the minister ordered to move on." Luo Shenzhen said.

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"It's not bad, no Ming people have caught up." Wang Gong, who had been running for a long time, kicked angrily behind a huge rock.

"After shooting both rounds of crossbow arrows, we only shot two more arrows and hurriedly retreated, so naturally we won't be discovered." Wang Cheng said.

"The job we were originally arranged was not to shoot Chen Tianping here. Even if we were lucky enough to shoot the carriage that Chen Tianping was riding, there must have been steel plates on both sides, and although the crossbow arrows were extremely powerful, it was difficult to penetrate the steel plates at one time, unless two crossbow arrows hit the same place in a row. But that's almost impossible to happen. ”

"Our job is to scare the grass and snakes here, so that the people of the Ming Kingdom will never dare to relax, so that when they see the gate of Jiangzhou, their spirit will be relaxed, and the opportunity for others will come."

"So we don't need to fight to the death, as long as we can disturb them, we will achieve our goal." Wang Gong said.

"I also know that the two of us heard Cao Anmin's order yesterday at the same time." Wang Cheng spat at the mouth and said.

Wang Gong shook his head. Wang Cheng has been transferred from the army to the secret agent yamen for a short time, and he still has the idea of fighting a military general, and he is not used to many of his methods.

After a few more of these things, he will know what to think. Wang Gong thought.

After resting for a while, Wang Gong said to Wang Cheng, "Now go to the next ambush place." ”

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"I finally saw Jiangzhou City, and the rain has stopped, so I can finally relax." Adjutant Ma of Luo Shen Town said with joy.

"Don't let go now! Although I saw Jiangzhou City, it was still a few miles away from Jiangzhou City, so beware of the Annan people raiding in this section. Luo Shenzhen said.

"There are always more than a hundred of us, and the woods here are getting sparser and sparser, and there is no suitable place to ambush, so there should be nothing to do. It is impossible for the Annamites to send an army of dozens to attack them. Let's not talk about whether the person named Li is willing to send so many people, even if he wants to, he can't send them. Adjutant Ma said.

Luo Shenzhen actually felt that what Adjutant Ma said was reasonable, but he had always been cautious, so he still ordered: "Don't be careless!" ”

"Yes, sir." Adjutant Ma could only agree.

However, the next part of their journey passed peacefully, and they were not attacked again until the welcoming team led by Li Baishi appeared in front of them. The soldiers guarding couldn't help but secretly complain about Luo Shenzhen's troubles, put down the crossbow in their hands, and inserted the knife back into the scabbard.

Luo Shenzhen secretly smiled bitterly. Looking back, he felt that although the locations chosen by these Annam people when they attacked were very good, they were definitely prepared in advance; But the attack was very childish, and it seemed that it was not for the purpose of shooting Chen Tianping, but only to scare them.

Luo Shenzhen suddenly understood in his heart that this must be the tired tactic of the Annan people, so that his soldiers were tired, and finally delivered a fatal blow. He had expected that the Annanites would choose the last leg of the road before they met with Li Yanshi's people, but it was beyond his expectations.

But Luo Shenzhen also immediately discovered the ruthlessness of the Annamite people. In this way, due to the energy and physical strength they had spent before, they would be very lax after meeting with Li Yanshi's people, and completely handed over the matter of guarding Chen Tianping to the people of Jiangzhou City; And when the soldiers of Jiangzhou City hand over to them, there will definitely be an opportunity, so that a better opportunity will appear.

I can only count on the ability of the people of Jiangzhou City. May they be trusted. Luo Shenzhen thought to himself.