The corrupt officials have been dealt with, which has indeed made the officialdom of Maple Leaf Province a lot more clean, but at the same time, it has also brought the bureaucracy almost to a halt, after all, there are too many officials missing. As a last resort, Phillips had no choice but to temporarily act as the supreme governor of Maple Leaf Province, and several assistants who came with him also arranged important positions. Even several clerks around Li Xiang, such as Eric and others, were asked by Phillips to go.

But fortunately, Phillips killed a large number of officials in such a big way, so that the remaining officials were all trembling, lest they be targeted by him and end up in a quarrel and extermination. Therefore, one after another government decrees were issued, and they were immediately implemented as quickly as possible, and one person did the work of several people, which was barely maintained.

And with the collapse of the corrupt bureaucracy, the rebellious civilians soon surrendered. Their revenge has been avenged, and it has been avenged so completely, what reason do they have to continue to resist? After all, they themselves knew that they had already suffered heavy losses just by the garrison attacking before, and if they were to change the Praetorian Guard, they were afraid that they would not be able to hold out for a single round. Now that Li Xiang has allowed them to surrender, it is already very lenient, if they don't know each other, they can only die together with the whole family. Therefore, without the exertion of the army, the task of exterminating this rebel force was accomplished.

Now that the rebels have been eliminated, Li Xiang will not stay here for long, leaving only Phillips and others here to wait for the officials sent by the imperial capital to take over. Among them, Eric is the most wronged, he just accompanied Li Xiang to take a walk, why was he unlucky enough to be caught by Phillips? When bidding farewell to Li Xiang, it was tearful, and people who didn't know thought that the two would never see each other again.

In Li Xiang's return procession, in addition to Li Xiang's guards and the five hundred Praetorian Guards he brought from the imperial capital, there were also the corrupt officials who had been captured, six priests, and all the stolen money and evidence. Although these people are heinous crimes, their identities are different and they must be tried before they can be convicted. And the trial could only be held in the imperial capital, so Li Xiang had to take them back.

Among these people, others are just that, after all, their official positions have also been lost, and their family property has been confiscated, even if they still have many allies in the official-field, but the allies in the official-field are a combination of interests, and in the absence of interests, it would be good if they did not fall into the ground, and it was a dream to expect them to save their lives. But the six priests were different, and if they were to be taken back to the imperial capital for trial, the face of the church would be disgraced. The church would rather they die than be put on trial. Therefore, Li Xiang had to be careful along the way, in case the church sent killers to kill him.

Everyone else was nervous and vigilant at all times, but Li Xiang looked relaxed. Not long after he set off, he called Chris and asked him to take the four guards to take the lead and bring the news back from here. Not for the king, or anything else, but for Alice.

This surprised Chris, and he didn't understand why Li Xiang did this, and what does Alice have to do with what happened here? What's the use of informing her? But Li Xiang didn't bother to explain to him, he just asked him to obey the order, and when the time came, he would understand when he saw what Alice did.

Chris went on the road with a lot of doubts, and Li Xiang led the team slowly forward. In order to avoid being ambushed, the team is very cautious when marching, and the speed is even slower. But unexpectedly, they had traveled more than half of the distance, and no one had ever attacked them. This made everyone relax a lot, thinking that maybe no one would attack. After all, His Royal Highness the Dead Prince who led the team this time, who would dare to risk the world's disapproval?

This atmosphere made Li Xiang's chief of guard and the commander of the Praetorian Guard very worried, and they relaxed after walking most of the distance, once someone really attacked, they would be miserable. So they all shouted hard, trying to cheer everyone up, but unfortunately the effect was not obvious. After all, no one can stay vigilant for a long time, it is too draining. For this reason, the chief of the guard worriedly reported to Li Xiang to see if this magical prince had a way. Unexpectedly, Li Xiang didn't care at all, but persuaded him not to let the soldiers collapse too tightly, so as not to make the soldiers too tired.

Out of confidence in Li Xiang's miraculous performance, the chief of the guard guessed whether Li Xiang had other arrangements, so he simply obeyed and went to the commander of the high number of Praetorian Guards, so he didn't have to be too nervous. The commander of the Praetorian Guard was pulled by Phillips to arrest people that day, and he didn't see Li Xiang's performance with his own eyes, but he heard that he was inevitably a little suspicious. Therefore, after listening to the persuasion of the chief of the guard, he still did not dare to relax completely, and gathered dozens of his closest soldiers and told them to be vigilant, and the others were left alone. If they are really attacked, the survival rate of vigilant people will be much greater, and the opposite people often die without knowing how to die.

Regarding the arrangement of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Li Xiang was noncommittal. But he admires his character very much, has his own ideas, does not blindly obey his superiors, and does not fight hard, no wonder he became the commander of the most elite Praetorian Guard of the Holy Empire when he was only in his thirties, in charge of a thousand people.

The team walked for a few more days, and it is estimated that after walking for more than a day, they will be able to reach the imperial capital. It was so close to the imperial capital, and it was estimated that no one would dare to mess around, so even the commander of the Praetorian Guard was a little relaxed. But the next day, just in the afternoon, when everyone was a little out of energy, Li Xiang suddenly beckoned to the chief of the guard and the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and said coldly: "Order all the soldiers to be on guard and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

The chief of the guard and the commander of the Praetorian Guard were taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to form a formation. The order to form a formation is not the same as keeping on guard. The latter is not aware of whether the enemy is coming, but only to guard against the possibility of an enemy. The former, on the other hand, is sure that the enemy will come, and that it will come immediately. So the soldiers immediately turned from slack to nervousness, and quickly formed a defensive formation, ready to engage the enemy at any time.

As soon as the formation was set up, I heard a sound of horses' hooves coming from the back of the hill ahead. When these guys, uniformly dressed in black hooded robes and armed with bows and crossbow blades, turned the hill, both sides were slightly startled. The Praetorian Guards were shocked that there were more than 300 people on the other side, and just by looking at the strict formation they maintained when urging their horses forward, they knew that they were very elite cavalry. In a place less than a day's journey away from the emperor, a group of elite cavalry appeared, how much energy does this have to do? There can be no other force than the church.

And the other party's surprise was relatively simple, they were obviously a surprise attack, but they didn't expect that Li Xiang's side was already waiting for them, and they already knew that they were coming. In this way, it will be much more difficult for them to teach His Royal Highness the prince a lesson. But even though the Praetorian Guards were already prepared and outnumbered the raiders, these men in black still continued to charge without hesitation, and even if the losses were great, they would complete the task!

Most of the five hundred members of the Praetorian Guard were cavalry, and as the most elite corps of the Holy Empire, they naturally had their own pride. Seeing that the other party dared to attack him with a small number of troops, the commander of the Praetorian Guard immediately became angry, and he wanted to order a hedge with the enemy to see who was powerful. But the chief guard hurriedly grabbed him and said, "No! Our primary mission is to protect His Royal Highness, and our secondary mission is to escort the prisoners, not to fight the enemy on the battlefield. ”

Li Xiang said: "Cavalry is used to attack, and offense is the best defense." If you give up what you do best, it's like committing suicide! Chief of Guard, you're not a soldier and don't understand this, so don't interject and let General Coles call the shots. As for my safety, hmph, no one in this world can kill me! ”

Since Li Xiang said so, Coles, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, was not polite, ordered a hundred people to be left under Li Xiang's command, and rushed out with four hundred people himself. There is no such thing as fairness or injustice on the battlefield, and the Praetorian Guards outnumbered each other, so it was up to them to make use of that advantage. If you talk about chivalry stupidly, and only take 300 people to fight the enemy, you are irresponsible for the lives of your brothers and are not worthy of being a general.

However, the fact that the men in black knew that there were 500 Praetorian Guards, and that they dared to use only 300 to raid showed that they had enough confidence. The three guys at the head drew their bows and shot arrows when there were still more than 100 steps between the two sides. And their bows and arrows are all shining with magical light, and they are all magic weapons. The three arrows that were fired then were also outrageously powerful, one arrow penetrated the bodies of four Praetorian Guard soldiers one after another, one arrow exploded into a ball of flames, blowing away many people, and one arrow froze a large area of the road, causing the Praetorian Guards to fall down more than a dozen horses, and the formation was chaotic.

People who can use magic weapons will not be too low. Although magic weapons are powerful, they can be used with high requirements, if the fighting spirit does not reach a certain level, while hurting the enemy, you will also be injured by magic weapons. Judging from the power of these three magic bows, these three people are at least seventh-level masters.

Three seventh-level masters, the leader of the Praetorian Guard, Coles, is only seventh-level, how could he have done three of them himself? No wonder they dared to play a surprise attack, instead of a sneak attack, it turned out that they had no fear.

The chief guard was also shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly said to Li Xiang: "Your Highness, General Coles is only afraid that he is not an opponent, let me go and help him!" ”

Li Xiang shook his head and said, "Don't panic, what are these three people?" Coles can handle it. The real masters are still to come, and there are times when you are busy. ”

Before Li Xiang's words fell, Coles's counterattack began. The Praetorian Guards were not magic weapons, but they were armed with a powerful crossbow. Under Coles' command, all the crossbows were aimed at one of the three opposite, and then fired a flurry of arrows.

Even a seventh-level master, when facing the baptism of four hundred arrows, he didn't dare to block it, so he had to hurriedly turn over and hide under the horse's belly. In this way, his horse will definitely not be saved, but he can escape. (To be continued.) )