The elite soldiers who had no time to guard for a while were suddenly hit by more than a dozen swords.

"Defend against the enemy!"

Ning Bosheng immediately protected Zhu Yuan behind him, and the long sword of the bed slashed down the arrows that flew towards him.

"Protect the prince!"

As soon as Zhuo Ge gave the order, those personal guards consciously protected Ning Bosheng and the others.

For a while, the neat and orderly team was caught off guard by the sudden attack, but fortunately, they were all elite soldiers, and although they were injured, no one died.

Zhu Yuan saw through the gap in the crowd that the road ahead had been blocked by the robbers, and watched them with sharp blades in hand to resist the rain of arrows flying from the hillside.

"Lord Wang, what should I do?"

She tugged at Ning Bosheng's sleeve and motioned for him to look ahead of the official road.

Ning Bosheng glanced at it, patted Zhu Yuan's hand, and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely protect you." ”

From the joy of seeing Zhu Yuan at the beginning, but now, Ning Bosheng has to worry about her safety by her side.

After appeasing Zhu Yuan, Ning Bosheng just wanted to order the elite soldiers to rush forward and break out of the encirclement, but at this moment, a loud noise came from the hillside.

It turned out that after the ambushed archers retreated, boulders were pushed down the hillside and rushed towards Ning Bosheng's team with billowing dust.

"Withdraw!"

Ning Bosheng was furious, but he knew that if he didn't want to suffer heavy casualties at this moment, he had to retreat to the mountains and forests to avoid these unstoppable boulders.

"Quick! Hurry up and retreat to the mountains and forests! ”

Zhuo Ge drank loudly and escorted Ning Bosheng to retreat to the mountain first.

At stake in life, the elite soldiers are also well-trained, except for the initial surprise, the defense behind is also handy, and no one is injured again.

Hearing the order, all the people rushed to the mountains and forests.

......

"What is good now, the official road has been blocked by boulders, and we have little food left."

Zhu Yuan used the excuse of going to a convenient place to fill the spring water in the space with the water bladder on himself and Ning Baibei, and prepared to take it to Ning Bosheng.

When passing by the elite soldiers who were resting, he heard their words, his footsteps paused slightly, and then walked towards Ning Bosheng and his party in the distance.

Ning Bosheng was discussing countermeasures with his personal guards and a few doormen, and when he saw Zhu Yuan coming back, he waved his hand, signaling everyone to take a break, and the matter would be discussed later, and then he got up and walked towards Zhu Yuan and Ning Baibei.

"Are you frightened?"

Ning Bosheng walked over to Zhu Yuan, looked at her expression carefully, and then stroked Ning Baibei's little head and asked.

"No, the prince quenched his thirst."

Zhu Yuan pursed his lips and shook his head, then handed the water bladder in his hand to Ning Bosheng.

Taking the water bladder in Zhu Yuan's hand, Ning Bosheng pulled it out and took a sip, the cool and sweet mountain spring water passed through the throat, which suddenly made people feel refreshed physically and mentally.

Resisting the urge to take another sip, Ning Bosheng stuffed the water bladder back into Zhu Yuan's hand.

"Now in trouble, you... Are you afraid? ”

The sweaty sun hangs high overhead, and the rest of the wild grass and shrubs in this forest, except for these tall trees that are some years old, can turn into dead grass at any time.

After entering the mountains and forests, I didn't see any game or streams, and if I couldn't find a way to reach the county quickly, I was afraid that more than 2,000 people would not be able to hold out for a few days.

Ning Bosheng actually wanted to ask if Zhu Yuan regretted coming to him now, and whether he regretted coming to him.

"Don't be afraid! With you... With you and Bai Bei here, I'm not afraid of anything. ”

Zhu Yuan looked at Ning Bosheng with a smile and said in a firm tone.

She held the water bladder he stuffed back tightly in her hand, knowing that Ning Bosheng was afraid that she would not have water to drink before she got out of trouble.

He thinks about her like this, how can she say that she is afraid, she made up her mind before she came, and she would help Ning Bosheng complete this errand no matter what.

Didn't the abbot of Anguo Temple say that she was influencing the fortunes of the country, then it would be good, and she also wanted to see how far she could go.

Ning Bosheng was touched by her firm eyes, and wanted to take her into his arms, hug her fiercely, and then tell her that he would be with her all his life.

But he can't, there are so many pairs of eyes to watch, he doesn't know if there are Ning Boyu or other people's eyeliner among these people.

If others find out that he is different from Zhu Yuan, will the people who are hidden in the shadows do something to Zhu Yuan or Ning Baibei.

Thinking of this possibility, Ning Bosheng tried his best to suppress that desire, and only responded to her in the same firm tone:

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you, trust me."

"Hmm!"

Zhu Yuan's cheeks were dyed with a layer of pink, and she nodded slightly, then she suddenly thought of what she had just heard, and walked closer and asked:

"Now that there is no food, what are the plans of the prince?"

If you want these two thousand people to eat well, it is not a big problem for Zhu Yuan at all, and having fishing space, even if you raise them for half a month, it will not be a problem.

It's just that how to get the fish out and have a reasonable name is the key.

Ning Bosheng looked back at the elite soldiers who were bandaging their wounds and resting against the trunks of the trees, their foreheads were covered with beads of sweat and their lips were dry.

"I can't go on the official road, I can only cross this mountain and go directly to the Taihe Prefecture, as long as I can solve the problem of chewing in the past few days, I will ...... when I get to the state capital."

As he spoke, Ning Bosheng couldn't help but smile bitterly when he found that Zhu Yuan wanted to speak and stopped.

He also knew that it was not so easy, but now that he was forced to hide in the mountains and forests, he was already embarrassed, and if even the food and clothing of the elite soldiers became a problem, then he would not have to go back to Kyoto.

"Those who ambushed did not chase after them, probably because the officials in this vicinity got the news and used the name of the robbers as a cover to give the king a dismount."

"After a short rest, Zhuog and I will take people to search the mountains to see if there is any game."

Ning Bosheng didn't want to be a prince in an embarrassing situation in front of Zhu Yuan, so he told the conjecture of Fang Cai and the doorman.

"Hmmm! Then Bai Bei and I will wait for the prince to come back. ”

Zhu Yuan resisted the urge to tell Ning Bosheng his secret, and nodded in response as if he had nothing to do.

"Mmmm, Bai Bei and his mother are waiting for Daddy to come back!"

Ning Baibei whispered, squeezing his eyebrows and making his eyes cute.

Under Ning Baibei's funny, Ning Bosheng's low atmosphere eased slightly, and after a while, the uninjured elite soldiers were divided into several teams and scattered in several directions, hunting for wild meat.

What was left in place, except for the injured elite soldiers, was people with small arms and legs like Imperial Doctor Huo and Zhu Yuan.

As soon as Ning Bosheng and the others left, Zhu Yuan had already gone to pick up some branches nearby, and on the pretext of roasting meat after the prince hunted game, he took a small bun and Ning Baibei left.

The main thing is to help Ning Bosheng get through the current predicament, so Zhu Yuan took Ning Baibei to a place where there was no one and entered the fishing space.