Chapter XI
Under the protection of Wang Qian, Zhao Zheng rode the thunder that traveled thousands of miles a day, and soon joined the plainclothes soldiers waiting to meet them at the border of Qin and Zhao.
In this way, Zhao Zheng safely stepped into the land of Qin. While he was worried about his mother and Liu Chang, he had to prepare to face the new people and things of the Qin State, and he didn't know where the end of the road ahead was? It all weighed down on his shoulders, which were not strong enough.
Although he entered the territory of the Qin State, he was escorted by an elite team of dozens of people, and soon a large army came to meet him. But it is still a few days away from the capital Xianyang. Wang Jian never dared to relax, and still vigilantly followed Zhao Zheng's side, even when he slept, he never separated. Zhao Zheng understood his painstaking efforts, so he didn't stop him much.
As it approached dark, the team escorting Zhao Zheng settled down in a leeward recess for the night. Zhao Zheng was finally able to eat and sleep in the tent.
"Childe, we can reach Xianyang the day after tomorrow, Childe can rest assured for the time being, and there is probably no danger now." Wang Jian looked at Zhao Zheng with a sad face, and he didn't even eat much, so he comforted him.
"With you, I don't worry about myself, but mother ......"
"Son, rest assured, Madame, they have successfully avoided danger, although the itinerary is a little slower, but I have asked my friends in the rivers and lakes to secretly protect each other all the way. In two days, he will definitely be able to enter the territory of Qin. At that time, the reunion of the son and the wife is just around the corner. ”
"Hmm... Thanks a lot! Looking at Wang Qian, Zhao Zheng thanked him succinctly.
Wang Jian didn't say much, and silently ate the dry food in his hand. There was silence in the tent again. Only the occasional movement and conversation of soldiers outside could be heard.
Suddenly, Wang Jian threw himself on Zhao Zheng, and Zhao Zheng reacted slowly. Several sharp arrows were fired into the tent, and someone outside could be heard shouting "There is an assassin, protect the son", and then the tent was surrounded by soldiers, but there were still arrows that flew through the tent.
Wang Jian protected Zhao Zheng's body on the one hand, and quickly pulled out his long sword to quickly and accurately split every flying head.
At this time, a fight had already begun outside, and a young man about twenty years old came into the military tent: "Childe, the assassins should be sent by Zhao Guo, and they are all powerful enough to be ten dead soldiers." ”
As he spoke, an arrow flew from Zhao Zheng's side, and before Wang Jian intercepted it, the young man blocked it with a sword, and then blocked Zhao Zheng's side, and protected Zhao Zheng with Wang Jian back and forth.
Just as the two fought back, the military tent caught fire. It is believed that the Assassin used an arrow with fire. The purpose can be imagined, how resolute the determination to kill Zhao Zheng is.
"Go out." At the last moment, Wang Jian kicked his long legs, and the solid wooden couch with food was still on the ground under his deep force, and flew out like an arrow towards the entrance of the military tent, forcing the assassins who tried to enter back, smashing out a passage.
The two left the fire with Zhao Zheng in their hands. As soon as he came out of the account, Zhao Zheng saw the sword and sword, and the two factions were evenly matched, regardless of victory or defeat.
"General Meng, we must fight a way and let people report to send troops to support." Wang Jian saw that the enemy was really brave and could not be dealt with lightly.
"Brother Wang rest assured, he has already agreed with his subordinates that if there is nothing to do, there will be nothing to do, and if there is something to do, the people under him will immediately wait for the opportunity to get out of trouble and go to find support. Someone would have set off a long time ago. ”
Zhao Zheng listened to the conversation between the two, and while dodging a flying arrow by himself, he was grateful to Meng Tian and Wang Jian for protecting him.
One of the Assassins at the head was the most courageous, but he could see that his face was covered, and only a pair of decisive eyes were revealed, which made people shudder to watch.
Fighting with him was the chief guard of Xianyang, "Mengwu". This time, he was ordered by the king of Qin to take his son Meng Tian and fifty carefully selected and powerful men to lurk on the border of Qin and Zhao to receive the eldest son back to Qin.
The journey went smoothly, and they were all approaching Xianyang, thinking that things were going to be completed. I don't want this Zhao State's heart to be so solid as a rock that it is bold enough to go deep into the Qin State to assassinate the son.
Meng Wu thinks that his martial arts are not low, but it is becoming more and more difficult to fight with this person. I saw that the man jumped into the air, and the long sword in his hand slashed towards Meng Wu from top to bottom like a thousand catties of boulders. Meng Wu raised his spear to resist, and was suppressed by the other party with all his strength, so that he knelt on the ground. Meng Wu's facial features were displaced, which showed that he was desperately resisting.
As soon as the man's long sword was raised, Meng Wu's hand loosened. Before he could react, the man quickly stabbed him in the body. As soon as it was too late, another sword bullet blocked the assassin's sword approaching Meng Wu's body.
But he saw Wang Jian standing in front of Meng Wu, facing the assassin with high martial arts. looked at each other, and the man knew that Wang Jian was by no means an idle person. In that gear just now, he felt Wang Qian's strength, which was a rare penetration from the inside out.
Wang Jian knew that the other party was not a simple person, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he raised his sword and took the initiative to attack him.
The two of them are holding high-grade swords, and when they fight, the weapons are equal, and the rest depends on their own abilities.
Zhao Zheng was tightly surrounded by Meng Tian and several guards, because they were all proficient in martial arts. Especially Meng Tian, compared with his father, he is better than blue, and he is young, and he has the ability to be a husband and a man. The Assassins couldn't get close at all.
Wang Jian saw that Meng Tian's father and son had protected Zhao Zheng thoroughly, so he decided to deal with this leader wholeheartedly. As a result, the master made a move, regardless of whether he was up or down. No one can bargain with anyone. But Wang Jian saw that the strength of the opponent's move lies in the strength and hitting speed.
The other party also seemed to know that Wang Qian's sword was not so much a mastery as a preemptive strike, as if he could know the enemy's next move in advance.
Mengwu's father and son are not idle people, although the number of assassins and abilities should not be underestimated, but the Mengshi family has been a military general of the Qin State for several generations and belongs to the nobles of the Qin State.
The Meng family has a strict family style, and all the children and grandchildren raised are good sons. Therefore, the Assassins did not do anything good, the dead died, the wounded wounded. The remaining ten or eight Assassins did not give up and wanted to approach Zhao Zheng, because the iron wall formed by Meng Wu's father and son made them look away.
At this time, the Assassins led by Wang Jian who continued to fight saw that their side was becoming more and more vulnerable, and it was important that the target they wanted to assassinate was still intact. He was in a hurry, and in the flash of the gods, he was swept by Wang Jian with a sword, although he reacted very quickly to avoid the danger of being split by the sword, but an inch away was still swept off by Wang Qian's sharp sword blade The black cloth covering his face.
Wang Jian looked at the other party's face under the light of the firelight, although he didn't know it, it was also the enemy he had to deal with now. However, looking at the assassins who were older than him, Wang Jian felt a sense of heroism and heroism.
The two sides continued to entangle and fight, and suddenly someone was heard shouting "reinforcements are coming". Then, the sound of the hooves of the horses reached the ears of the crowd, and then countless torches appeared from the bends on the official road.
The Assassin at the head of the group knew that today would be the opposite of what he had hoped for, and shouted "Retreat" with an order. Trying his best to avoid Wang Qian's attack, he took out a short sword and projected it at Zhao Zheng's location with lightning speed.
At the moment when Wang Jian was distracted, the assassin took the lead in flying on his horse and galloping away. And the short sword did hurt people, but it didn't hurt Zhao Zheng, Meng Tian blocked the sword for Zhao Zheng, therefore, Meng Tian was injured in the arm, but fortunately, he was only slashed by the short knife, although the wound was deep, but it was not a big problem.
The remaining subordinates heard the order and retreated step by step before the reinforcements arrived, waiting for the opportunity to mount and leave. But in the end, only a few people managed to escape, and the remaining few were hit by a rain of arrows shot by the Qin army and fell off their horses.
Because the reinforcements were already on the way to respond, the people who went to ask for help would bring men and horses so quickly. The scene was in a mess, and Zhao Zheng was settled and sat aside, protected by heavy soldiers in front and behind. Meng Wu commanded the tidying up of the scene and the settling of the wounded.
Zhao Zheng clenched his fists and looked at the soldiers of the Qin State who were killed and injured for him, and no one complained. Looking at the expressions on their faces, he completely understood how important he was to the Qin State. And how can he be virtuous, if he doesn't work hard to become a king who stands up to the heavens and the earth, how can he be worthy of these people.
"Is Childe injured?." Wang Jian carefully checked the surroundings to make sure that there were no hidden dangers and returned to Zhao Zheng later.
"I'm fine." Zhao Zheng replied calmly, he seemed to have grown up a lot overnight. Faced with the moment of life and death, it turns out that death can be so close.
Meng Wu arranged everything and then went to Zhao Zheng: "Childe, several assassins captured alive have committed suicide, and now there is no living mouth to prove that Zhao Guo did it." ”
"It's Zhao Guo, that's right." Zhao Zheng stared intently at a certain place, and said without any expression.
"Does Childe recognize them?" Meng Wu asked in surprise.
"The person at the head is the general of the Zhao State, Li Mu."
It turned out that Zhao Zheng saw the leader of the assassins whose face towel had fallen off. After all, he has lived in Zhao for twelve years, although he has no intersection with Li Mu, but he recognizes his appearance. Li Mu was an important minister of King Zhao, and trusted him to the point that he gave him the entire military power of Zhao State.
In these years, Zhao has not taken the initiative to start a war with other countries, even if someone comes to attack, it is Li Mu who leads his troops to repel it. But Li Mu never took advantage of the victory to pursue, only guarded the rivers and mountains of Zhao State, and did not take an inch of land from others. Because of Li Mu's presence, those who are near almost dare not attack, and those who are far away are even more fearful.
What Zhao Zheng didn't expect was that Li Mu would risk his life and go deep into the Qin State to personally try to take his own life. It can be seen that even if he leaves Zhao State a few days later, he is afraid that he will already die in Zhao State.
But Li Mu probably didn't expect that there was a Wang Jian who could match him by his side, and thought that he could take his life if he went out in person. Now it seems that if there is no Wang Jian today, I am afraid that I will definitely die.
When Meng Wu heard that it was Li Mu, he was taken aback: "Li Mu? He actually went out in person? ”
Meng Wu had never seen Li Mu, although in the past, the Qin State and the Zhao State fought for nothing, but at that time, the military power of the Zhao State had not yet been headed by Li Mu, so they had not met on the battlefield. In the past ten years, there have been many stories of Li Mu in various countries, and they are famous. Today, I am fortunate to meet my opponent, and Meng Wu has a hunch that this Li Mu can definitely become the pillar of Zhao State.
The more Meng Wu thought about it, the more angry he became: "This King Zhao is too villainous, my Qin State has not offended him Zhao State for ten years, and has repeatedly proposed to exchange people and land for Gongzi to return to Qin, I don't want that King Zhao to move at all, but I don't agree." This is good, it is directly clear that he wants to take my son's life, which is too hateful. That Li Mu is even more hateful, and one day I will avenge this life for my son. ”
"General Meng doesn't need to be annoyed, the family and the country are all over the world, each considering it, then Li Mu is just doing his best for his master, why is he wrong? However, my life is great, and you sacrifice your life for me, so that he can't want it. If you really want to compete, he will have a chance on the battlefield, but not for me, but for the Qin State and the whole world. ”
Wang Jian and Meng Wutong listened to Zhao Zheng's words on the side, but they were deeply impressed in their hearts. Although Wang Jian came into contact with Zhao Zheng earlier than Meng Wu, every time Zhao Zheng's astonishing courage still hit his heart like a heavy tripod.
"What Childe said is very true. It's the heart of the villain. ”
"General Meng's words are serious, and Zhao Zheng is grateful to the general for thinking about me." He got up and bowed to Meng Wu with his fists, and without waiting for Meng Wu to react, he straightened up with his left hand on his waist, his right hand on his abdomen, his fists clenched, and his eyes looked at Meng Wu steadily: "Please gather the generals, I have something to say." ”
Meng Wu took the order and left, and after a while, except for the soldiers who were too wounded, they could only lie down. Everyone has a clear priority, has rules and rules, and is neatly arranged and faces Zhao Zheng.
"All the soldiers, Zhao Zheng will remember the grace of saving his life today. There is no reward for this, please accept my worship, and I will repay it twice as much on another day. After speaking, the hem of his clothes lifted in the wind and knelt heavily in front of the neat team.
Everyone present knew that this was the future King of Qin, whether he had the ability to lead the future Qin State or not, for them they could only be obedient kings, only they knelt down to him, and they couldn't worship them.
Now, the dignified future king of Qin is so courteous to his soldiers. The future King of Qin, who has not yet grown up, is so majestic and sonorous, why is the Qin State not strong?
Just when Zhao Zheng bowed to the ground, all the soldiers knelt down on their knees, and hundreds of mouths shouted together, "For the Qin State, for the son, after death." The earth-shattering sound penetrated the mountains and rivers of the Qin Kingdom, waking up the sleeping birds and beasts in the night. With their joint participation, Zhao Zheng had become a veritable ...... of the Qin state.