When Zuo Ying and Scarlet Feather reached the ground, they could only see a sky-high firelight reflecting the night sky, and the fog around them was rapidly disappearing, and the overwhelming shouting of horses and neighing was even closer, making people feel like they were already in a life-and-death battle. [~]

There were more than a hundred soldiers guarding the gates. They were all sweating profusely, and with all their might, they pressed against the gates with huge wooden stakes, barely resisting the impact from the outside. But the latch of the gate had been broken, and there were several cracks in the connection with the doorway, and every time the outside was attacked, a large crack could be struck between the two doors that could be passed head-on, only to be re-closed by the desperate efforts of the people inside. It seems that there is a danger of being breached at any time.

"Your Majesty, I can't find the royal man and the carriage just now." There was some suppressed panic in Scarlet Feather's voice, "Please let Scarlet Feather back His Majesty get out of here." ”

"I can go." Zuo Ying grabbed Scarlet Feather's hand without hesitation and ran forward with him.

But no sooner had they run than a few dozen meters before they heard a loud thunderclap behind them, and then the shouts that had been separated by a thick gate suddenly became as real as the sound of a huge wave lapping in their ears.

The two hurriedly looked back, only to see that the city gate had been opened, and a flood of men and horses armed with torches, swords and guns poured in, slashing the soldiers who held firm under the city one after another.

The leader of the crowd casually picked up a soldier who had been injured and had no ability to resist and asked, "Where is your emperor now?!" ”

"In ...... In the Taishou Mansion......" the soldier replied tremblingly.

The leader of the general immediately ordered a group of men and horses to run to the Taishou Mansion, and he himself led a large army to the city tower to kill.

At this time, Scarlet Feather had already grabbed Zuo Ying and turned into a side alley to avoid the enemy. But it seemed to be a little late, and before their figures could hide around the corner, the enemy had already spotted the two of them with suspicious shapes, followed by shouting loudly and riding their horses, and also turned into the alley. []

Zuo Ying knew very well that these people who were assigned from the enemy army were going to catch and scoop her. Once in their hands. Becoming a captured monarch, what awaits her is either death or an indelible shame, and even if she can return to Luoyang at that time, there will never be a day to turn over. Nothing like this can be allowed to happen! She gritted her teeth, grabbed Scarlet Feather's hand, and ran her way through the narrow streets.

"Who?!"

"Stop!"

The sound of the chasing soldiers shouting and the crisp and chaotic sound of the hooves of several horses on the stone road drew closer. Fortunately, the alleys around this area are relatively narrow, and there are also a lot of baskets, wooden planks and other people's daily utensils. Although horseback riders travel relatively fast, they don't have much of an advantage in narrow dark alleys.

"Are they two people?"

"Where did you go?"

"I saw them coming here!"

At this time, Zuo Ying and Scarlet Feather hid under a low fence full of vines in front of someone's house. You can see it through the gaps. A few horsemen wandered around the corner from them with torches and shouted.

"Don't look for it, maybe it's just ordinary people." One of the thieves rode the road.

"Well, yes. Let's go to Taishoufu. Catch that faint gentleman to get back to life. "The others should do the same. The fire in their hands gradually moved away from Zuo Ying's sight.

Just when Zuo Ying thought that she had escaped, a burst of messy footsteps and noise suddenly came from one end of the alley dozens of meters away, and at the same time, the fire light shining from there almost illuminated the entire alley, and also fell on their clothes through the gap in the fence!

"There are captives who say. That faint king just came down from the city! Chances are one of the two people who just ran away! You search for me carefully! ”

"Yes!" After a burst of energetic chorus of approvals, the sound of searching and rummaging such as overturning baskets and kicking debris came from several directions, and the firelight began to gather from all directions towards the place where Zuo Ying and the others were hiding.

Seeing that their encirclement was shrinking, Zuo Ying looked around, knowing that there was no convenience to rely on. She clenched the silver fire in her hand, and when she was finally discovered, one of them was unexpected, able to kill a few more of them, and rushed out of a bloody path.

"Your Majesty," Scarlet Feather suddenly whispered in Zuo Ying's ear. The voice was calm and resolute, "Scarlet Feather went out to lure away the thieves, Your Majesty must take the opportunity to escape!" ”

"No!" Before Zuo Ying could finish shouting a word "no", Scarlet Feather had already rushed out with her sword regardless of the obstruction, and rushed straight to the direction with the most thieves at the entrance of the alley!

"Someone!"

The thieves at the entrance of the alley spotted Scarlet Feather and immediately greeted him with a sword. Thieves from other directions were also attracted and surrounded one after another.

Scarlet Feather rushed towards the enemy bushes as she swung the long sword in her hand, slashing, stabbing, splitting, and slashing. In an instant, several thieves lost their combat effectiveness and fell to the ground. But no matter how skilled his swordsmanship is, no matter how agile he is in his hands, after all, he can't do it in a narrow alley, and there are many people on the other side, and he is menacing. Soon besieged him to the point where he was unable to fight back.

Seven or eight thieves armed with broadswords blocked Scarlet Feather in the middle of the narrow alley in three layers and three layers outside, Scarlet Feather was stabbed several times on his back, and saw that the encirclement was like a cage with long nails and sharp thorns constantly shrinking and oppressing, but the long sword in his hand had almost no room to wield.

The thieves at the head of the line glanced at each other, and suddenly shouted violently, and slashed together with their knives, threatening to chop the people in the encirclement into pulp!

Scarlet Feather knew that she would die under the sword in the next moment, but thinking that she could exchange her death for Zuo Ying's chance to escape, instead of fear and despair, her heart was bright and firm, and she stabbed forward with her sword.

"Bang, bang, bang", three sudden sharp gunshots, which were extremely piercing in the narrow streets, suddenly overshadowed the shouts of the thieves.

With three gunshots, the three people who attacked Scarlet Feather first had their brains shattered and fell to the ground. Before the thieves could react, several sounds as terrible as they had just heard in their ears again, and several more people fell to the ground. This sent them into a panic.

Scarlet Feather took the opportunity to fight her way out and ran towards the slender figure holding a firearm on the other side of the alley.

"Your Majesty! Why don't you run away......" Scarlet Feather grabbed Zuo Ying's hand and ran forward quickly.

Zuo Ying listened to the almost never-before-seen reproach in Scarlet Feather's tone, and her heart became hot, and she said while running: "Yu'er, you said that you would never leave me alone at any time." ”

She felt Scarlet Feather's hand tighten tighter. But the slippery touch of his hand that she felt at the same time tightened her heart. She knew exactly what those warm liquids were.

The two of them couldn't distinguish anything in the dark night, only knew to run ahead and escape, but they didn't run long, and a firelight from the wide place in front of them and a shout of "catch the faint king" made them slow down suddenly.

Scarlet Feather instinctively wrapped one hand around Zuo Ying's shoulder, and then suddenly looked behind her. I saw that there were four or five thieves who were not afraid of death behind and were not thrown away, and at this time, they were also waving knives at the other end of the alley!

The two were trapped at the entrance of the alley, there were a large number of pursuers on the road in front, and there were also a few thieves coming behind, whether it was the long sword in the hand of the injured Scarlet Feather, or the silver fire in Zuo Ying's hand with few bullets left, it was impossible to have enough strength to deal with the siege of so many thieves.

"Your Majesty, Scarlet Feather is sorry for you......" Scarlet Feather bit her lips, and her heart was full of self-blame for not being able to protect Zuo Ying's outstanding encirclement.

Zuo Ying clenched the silver fire with one hand and hugged the scarlet feather with the other, her cheeks were unconsciously soaked with his sweat and blood. Beside this contradiction of gentleness and strength, sometimes she really didn't know whether she approached him to comfort his fragile heart or to take the opportunity to seek comfort for herself.

"Yu'er, I said that you would stay by my side for the rest of your life. But I may have to go to Huangquan again now, would you like to accompany me? ”

Zuo Ying quickly took out the few remaining bullets from her waist and filled them in the silver fire magazine, while hooking the corners of her lips. The shame of being a captive, she had never received it in her previous life, and she would never accept it in this life! If she were to die with her enemies here, she would save the last bullet in the silver fire for herself!

"Scarlet Feather is willing to take the first step and drive forward for His Majesty!" After Scarlet Feather finished speaking, he swung his sword and rushed towards the large number of thieves who poured in nearby.

Zuo Ying also raised a gun to cover, but there were dozens of thieves in front of him, and they couldn't be eliminated with a sword and a single shot, and they couldn't even break out of the encirclement. What's more, Zuo Ying also saw that in the distance of the main road, there were still sporadic thieves rushing here to join the battle.

At this moment, a majestic figure suddenly appeared in front of Zuo Ying's eyes.

I saw a red-robed rhino-armored general holding a fiery two-handed single knife, and suddenly rode a horse to chase after him. Without hesitation, he burst into the midst of the enemy, and on horseback he shouted furiously, and with a swing of his sword, he cut down seven or eight thieves under his horse in an instant, like chopping melons and vegetables.

"Imperial Husband!" Zuo Ying shouted out in surprise. The general who came on horseback was none other than Ashina Wuji.

"Why are you running so slowly!" Ashina was anxious and angry indefinitely, and as he spoke, he cut down a few thieves who were approaching.

But before they could breathe, a large group of thieves had already shouted "The Faint Lord is here" in solidarity!

"Imperial Husband! Empress Scarlet Feather Palace, you quickly take Your Majesty away! Fast! Scarlet Feather, who was struggling to fight, shouted.

Ashina knew indefinitely, knowing that it was no longer the time for her mother-in-law to "go together", she immediately stopped fighting, patted her horse and jumped to Zuo Ying's side, whether Zuo Ying wanted it or not, bowed down and stretched out her arms to stop her waist and hugged her on horseback, and then struggled to ride the horse away from the encirclement and ran away!

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