"Your Majesty, the night is getting late, let's go back." Seeing that he had arrived, the head of the guard, Xu Chu, finally couldn't help but whisper a reminder on the side.

"Okay, let's go back." Zhang Chao also listened to persuasion, he hadn't had a good rest in the past few days, and now he is indeed a little sleepy. It's just that when he said yes and just turned around to walk back, suddenly several figures approached rapidly in the dark night.

"Who? Protect the Emperor. Xu Chu was the first to notice that the situation was not good, and after immediately shouting, he pulled out the saber on his body and blocked it in front of Zhang Chao.

At the same time, the other four iron guards who followed also stood in front of and behind Zhang Chao for the first time, completely protecting him, like a wall, surrounded by airtight.

And at this moment, the black shadow came, and a burst of crossbow arrows first shot at it.

"Jingle bell." Feeling something coming, Xu Chu and the other five danced the swords in their hands quickly, forming a huge net to block those crossbow arrows from the outside.

It's just that the number of crossbow arrows is a little too much, and finally one of the guards was shot in the right arm because he couldn't dodge, and the loophole was revealed at the moment.

"Tie Si, you stand down and go and call someone." Xu Chu noticed this change, and the fear in his eyes was even worse.

The iron guards who can travel with Zhang Chao to patrol the night are the most elite, just like the ones who follow them today are Tie 3, Tie 4, Tie 7, Tie 8.

Just from these numbers, it can be seen that these people are ranked very close, and their skills are naturally the best.

For example, the attack of the bow and crossbow, as the iron guard to protect Zhang Chao, is one of the subjects that must be trained, but now they are indeed injured by the crossbow arrow, so it is not difficult to see that the strength of the incoming enemy is not weak, and it will even be very strong.

"I can still fight." Gritting his teeth, Tetsu Si responded with the pain coming from his arm. At this moment, his entire right arm had gradually lost sensation, and the color of the arm began to change, with layers of faint dark color on the surface.

"This is a military order." Xu Chu didn't bargain with the other party at all, and his right arm was injured, which would greatly hinder the next action, it can be said that he was already half a waste, and it was appropriate to go back and ask for reinforcements.

"Yes." Gritting his teeth, Tie Si agreed, and then added: "Everyone be careful, this crossbow arrow is poisonous." With that, the others jumped out and ran straight to the barracks in the distance.

As soon as Tie Si left, his previous vacant seat was filled by Tie San and Tie Qi on the side, half of each to ensure Zhang Chao's absolute safety.

Encountering the attack, Zhang Chao's face also became a little ugly, he never thought that there would be assassins not far from the barracks, which was indeed his carelessness. But what he knew better was that even if these assassins were able to get here, it would be enough to prove their abilities, and this time it would be more than lucky.

Thinking about his life, although he has established a powerful Celestial Empire, there are still many things that have not been done, and there are many enemies still standing in the world. If you give him ten years, you might be able to solve a lot of problems. But if he dies today, then it is likely that the Celestial Empire he founded will also be unstable, and without himself, who still has the ability to tie everyone together and twist it into a rope? Will the Celestial Empire also collapse because of this?

At this moment, Zhang Chao, who was surrounded by assassins, was not thinking about his own safety and the danger he was in, but about what the Celestial Empire would have evolved without him. At this time, he had a realization, that is, some things should be done early.

In the past, he always thought that after he had done everything he should do, he would come to smooth out the affairs of the country, but now he has a feeling that there is no room for delay.

"Your Majesty, be careful." Just thinking about it, a cold light suddenly stabbed, and the assassins' crossbow arrow attacks finally ended, perhaps because they saw the power of Xu Chu and others, and knew that the crossbow arrows could not hurt them, and the assassins who couldn't delay too much time finally changed from long-range attacks to close attacks, and the attack of this type of long sword was a change.

It was Tie San who shouted out, and after he shouted, the saber in his hand had been stretched out in front of Zhang Chao and blocked the blow in time.

"Huh!" Zhang Chao also took a half step back, and pulled out the saber on his body, he had not used force with anyone for many years, and at this moment he had to join the process of self-defense and counterattack.

The assassins began to attack at close range, which made the pressure on the guards begin to increase, especially Xu Chu, who was the head of the guard, because of his tall life, coupled with his extraordinary skills, and being taken care of, the number of people who pestered him reached more than a dozen. If it weren't for the environmental restrictions, I am afraid that there would be more people attacking him.

After Xu Chu was entangled, Tie Qi and Tie Ba were also entangled by the assassins, only Tie San was still standing by Zhang Chao's side, and tried his best to block wave after wave of attacks. And even Zhang Chao himself held a sword and fought with the rushing assassins several times.

Zhang Chao, who was a general in the Golden Triangle, is naturally the best at firearms, but when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, he is not without a little experience, and even ordinary soldiers are not as good as him. Now he swings his sword to save his life, but he can barely make some resistance.

In just a short period of time, less than half a pillar of incense, there were six assassin corpses lying on the ground in a row, among which the injured assassins were countless, and the price paid for this was that Tie San, Tie Qi and Tie Ba were all wounded.

Although the location of the wound is not very serious, the important thing is that the assassin's weapons are smeared with poison, once injured, the poison spreads, and the combat effectiveness of the whole person also decreases.

"Protect the emperor and rush out." Xu Chu saw that his own combat strength began to decline, and under worry, the long sword in his hand danced faster. At this moment, he hated why he didn't bring the broadsword, if the long-handled broadsword was in his hand, the assassin in front of him wanted to help him, and the difficulty would be much higher.

Under Xu Chu's shouting, the three iron guards also began to shrink the defense line and approach Zhang Chao's place, and made the intention of retreating while fighting, several people had the same idea at the moment, that is, to fight to the death, but also to protect the emperor to retreat safely.

In the distance, the torches were moving rapidly towards this area, and it was obvious that reinforcements from Tie Si had arrived. Although it may be said that the first to come may be the night patrol soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is far less strong than that of the Iron Guard, but the victory lies in the large number of people, as long as they come, Zhang Chao will have no worries about his life.

Seeing that reinforcements were coming, Xu Chu's faces looked much better, and after seeing the hope, they wielded their weapons faster, and their fighting spirit seemed to have improved a lot at this moment.

The moment before dawn is the darkest hour, and this is a fitting phrase for the present. Just when everyone thought that reinforcements were coming and the situation would improve, a dark shadow suddenly appeared among the assassins, and he flashed like a meteor.

But just as the black shadow flashed, the four people, including Xu Chu, felt a chill on their arms, and then a dark blood flowed out from their arms.

Obviously, at this moment of fighting, the four of them were injured to varying degrees, and more importantly, the sword was still poisonous, and what was even more cautious was that the black-clothed assassin who appeared like a meteor was now approaching Zhang Chao in a dragon robe.

"Protect the Emperor." Seeing that this first-class assassin was about to approach Zhang Chao, Xu Chu shouted fiercely, and wanted to move forward with his sword. But several assassins appeared in front of him, completely blocking his path, leaving him with a heart but powerless.

At the same time, Tie San Tie Qi Tie Ba was also entangled by other assassins and couldn't help to rescue Zhang Chao.

The assassin who acted like a meteor finally came to Zhang Chao's face, and just three swords stabbed out, leaving a wound on Zhang Chao's body, blood spilled, and Zhang Chao fell to the ground in pain.

In a short period of time, Zhang Chao only blocked two swords, but when the third sword attacked, he still didn't have the ability to defend back, and the sword fell to the ground.

Zhang Chao fell to the ground with a thud, and there was blood flowing out of his body, which deeply stimulated Xu Chu and the four of them.

"Your Majesty!" A terrible cry came out, Xu Chu's eyes were red, and he didn't care about the assassin in front of him at all, but rushed out with an indomitable attitude, came to the meteor-like assassin, and stabbed out with a sword.

Maybe it's because he just succeeded, a little careless, or maybe because he never thought that Xu Chu could break through the siege of the assassin and come behind him, the meteor-like assassin, that is, the shadow is Li Shi was stabbed in the thigh by a sword, and his body staggered back a few steps at the moment.

Xu Chu really didn't care about what Li Shi was injured, but stood and squatted in front of Zhang Chao, who fell to the ground, crying bitterly, "Your Majesty, how are you, how are you?" ”

Zhang Chao was only hit by a sword in the abdomen, although it was bleeding, it was not fatal. But looking at Xu Chu who was squatting at this moment, he suddenly stretched out his big foot and kicked it forward.

Xu Chu was caught off guard and was kicked aside, and when he was confused and couldn't figure out why the emperor did this, a cold light had reached the position he was squatting on just now, which was the sword that the injured Li Shi rushed up again.

The sword did not cut Xu Chu, the sword power extended, continued to fall, and fell directly on Zhang Chao's body.

Although this sword was not a straight stab, it did form a long sword mark on Zhang Chao's body when it fell, and then blood came straight out.

If Zhang Chao was only slightly injured just now, then now that he was slashed by a sword, his injuries were undoubtedly much worse.

"Your Majesty!" Xu Chu understood that Zhang Chao kicked out the kick just now when he was clearly saving himself, he felt ashamed and angry, originally his duty was to protect the emperor's safety, but now, he was indeed saved by the emperor, but Zhang Chao himself was hit, and in a fit of anger, he flew up and rushed straight behind Li Shi.