"Bones...... Pedal ......"

In the warm winter sun, the luxurious carriage made of golden silk nanmu drove out of the gate of the Yuan Mansion, surrounded by more than 100 elite knights from the front and back, left and right, from the street to the direction of the royal street for the emperor to enter and exit the palace.

Zhang Liang, the leader of the army in the middle of the chamberlain and the guard, rode a sweaty and bloody horse, walking on the left side of the royal car, looking forward to the tiger's eyes shining and majestic.

Having served Gao Huan, Gao Cheng and even today's Gao Yang, Zhang Liang can be described as a veritable veteran of the Three Dynasties, and is the most trusted and capable general of the Gao family.

No one knows better than him that Gao Yang may be tyrannical and murderous in recent years, but in the end, he is the founding emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, outstanding in civil and military affairs, and has fought in the south and the north, and has not been defeated in a hundred battles, if it is wise and martial, it can be said that it is the top in the world, every time he goes out of the palace and spreads wild, it seems to be frivolous and arrogant, but in fact, Gao Yang will always randomly summon more than six first-class masters to accompany the guards.

In addition, Zhang Liang, the leader of the middle army, and Lou Zhao, the brother of the Empress Dowager Lou Zhaojun, are all senior first-class masters who have been famous for decades, and the personal guards of a total of eight masters are enough to deal with the assassination of any master in the world.

What's more, the two hundred cavalry who were the first to open the way more than a hundred paces away in front and the two hundred cavalry who followed closely behind him ten paces away, the more than 100 elite knights who were next to him were all calm and calm, and their eyes were shining, showing that they were not ordinary guards.

In fact, these more than 100 elites are Gao Yang's emperor, in order to select a winning force, he came up with a way, let a Xianbei person and a hundred people duel, let them die in battle, and then one by one select the Xianbei warriors who can form a Su Guard, called 'Baibao Xianbei'.

Fortunately, thanks to the best efforts of this hundred people to protect him, Gao Yang galloped on the battlefield with the dignity of the Son of Heaven a few years ago. Win all battles. Brave the arrows and still be safe and sound.

The street is more than ten feet wide and paved with green bricks. The carriages were sparkling, the hooves were rumbling, and the idlers along the road were waiting to drive away the cavalry that had opened the way in front of them.

On both sides of the street are the mansions of the high gates, dozens of steps ahead of the sudden opening up, it is the end of Qili all over the Zhumen, followed by the royal street.

It stands to reason that when the emperor passed by on his tour, the owners of these high-ranking mansions should have rushed to visit him. But at this time, the doors of every household were closed, and there was no popularity.

However, Zhang Liang was not surprised, just because he knew that this was Gao Yang's beautiful wife and daughter who loved to bully his ministers, and on a whim, he would wield a knife to kill his courtiers, and even Prime Minister Yang Su was almost killed once, so that hundreds of officials and their dependents could not avoid it, how could they be abused?

Seeing that they were about to enter the empty royal street where no assassin could hide, the guards who were secretly vigilant couldn't help but relax slightly.

Only Zhang Liang, Lou Zhao and other shrewd masters who are well versed in the art of war, only understand that as long as the royal driver has never really entered the royal street. Accidents can still happen at any time, so as always, we are on full alert.

"Woo woo woo ......"

In the dense sound of breaking the sky. A series of more than twenty canisters dragging black smoke flew into the air from a mansion on the side of the street, crossed a long arc, and landed accurately within ten steps around the royal car.

"Enemy attack!" Zhang Liang and Lou Zhao shouted in unison, causing Bai Bao Xianbei to immediately escort the royal driver to form a formation on the spot, preparing to defend against the enemy, and at the same time with the other six escort masters sent out a fist palm wind in the air, hitting these falling canisters that were obviously smoke bombs.

Of course, all the masters are experienced people, and they will never be stupid enough to smash the jar in the air and cause the black smoke to spread, but they will all slap the jar with skill, and do not send it back in the direction from which it was thrown.

A total of 400 cavalry, who had opened the road in front and followed behind, also hurriedly urged their horses to rush around the royal car.

At this moment, the sound of "Zheng Zheng Zheng ......" faintly heard in his ears, Zhang Liang's face changed, and he shouted: "Be careful of the arrows!"

In the next moment, the window paper of an attic next to the street was torn together, and hundreds of powerful arrows roared through the air, heading straight for the royal car, so that the masters had no chance to take care of the remaining jars of suspected smoke bombs.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

More than ten clay pots of the fish that slipped through the net fell to the ground one after another, and the black and heavy smoke quickly rose and spread.

At the same time, a fierce and cold sword aura descended, covering all the masters beside the royal car, and a healthy figure jumped out of the attic, followed by the arrows in one, and thundered like a volley.

Zhang Liang and other escort masters who were wielding weapons and arrows couldn't help but change color in unison, but their hearts were secretly settled.

Unknown enemies may be mysterious and dangerous, but any enemy that shows its face is no longer mysterious, no matter how powerful, they are confident that they can defeat it!

However, Zhang Liang and Lou Zhao, who had the highest martial arts among the escorts, did not recklessly fly to meet the enemy - for them, for the battle-hardened ones, diverting the tiger from the mountain was just a small trick, protecting the emperor was the fundamental duty of the two, and capturing the assassins was the way for the rest of the escort masters, Bai Bao Xianbei and the Praetorian Guards to make meritorious contributions.

The two masters who followed the side of the royal car spontaneously jumped off the horse's back, one swung his sword, the other punched, and volleyed the assassin's knife hand who had picked his defensive range.

However, how could Yue Shan's momentum to pounce be stopped by them jumping up in a hurry?

With a slight turn of his arm, Yue Shan's thick-backed machete shifted sideways, slapping the right front with the blade to punch the incomer, and at the same time, his body fell sideways, and he kicked the blade of the guard master in front of the left.

The dark smoke that filled the ground had flooded the horse's belly and continued to swallow away at the Praetorian Knights on horseback.

"Bang, bang!"

Two energetic clashes sounded one after another, and the three of them snorted in unison.

The two escort masters each threw back to both sides, but Yue Shan turned his body horizontally, flipped in the air and flipped the sword and continued to slash towards the royal carriage.

The more than ten hundred people on the horseback who bore the brunt of the fire shouted, and the two spears were like electricity, the red tassels were like fire, and the cold light was like ice, fiercely stabbing Yue Mountain's chest and abdomen, and the two escort masters in the rear also hurriedly took off to block the attack.

It's a pity that the royal carriage is too big, and at this moment, the knights are surrounded by four sides, but no one can drive the horse forward, Bai Bao Xianbei can only wait for the horse, wait for the enemy to approach and then quickly meet the attack, and the scattered escort masters can only take off to block the attack, and there is nowhere to borrow strength, and there is no way to play the advantage of numbers.

"Ding, ding, ding......!"

Yue Shan swung his knife to split the more than ten spears that attacked, and the force of the counterattack surged in, and the figure in the air had no choice but to use his strength to throw back a few feet.

In this way, although he just avoided the two escort masters who rushed into the air, but this time he forced the guards to retreat before he got close to the carriage, Yue Shan couldn't help but feel heavy, and finally knew that he had underestimated the difficulty of the assassination mission......

"Capture the Assassins...... Kill!"

Before Yue Shan landed, the elite knights guarding the periphery of the carriage had already urged the horses to rush over, the guns were like rain, the swords were like forests, and the escort masters who had fallen on both sides before pounced again.

At this time, the dark and heavy smoke had completely enveloped the vicinity of the carriage, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of oil smoke, and a middle-aged man's commanding voice could be faintly heard, "Zhang Liang, what kind of smell is this, it smells so bad!"

Quickly deal with the assassins, and I'll hurry back to the palace!"

"Sneer......"

A roar broke through the sky and suddenly sounded, and a cold star passed over the heads of the knights, and it was actually more than a dozen javelins that shot in an arc, and the last shot came first, faintly covering the surroundings of Dingyue Mountain.

As soon as he retreated, he fell into the triple sharp strangulation of knights, escort masters, and javelins, Yue Shan's scalp immediately went numb, and he tried his best to turn his body sideways to dodge while swinging his knife to block.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

Flying three javelins in a row, Yue Shan's wrist was numb, but fortunately, the thrower needed to avoid the knights who came over, and took an arc throw, the strength and accuracy were the same, and the remaining ten were barely dodged by him.

However, Yue Shan not only did not breathe a sigh of relief at all, but his heart sank: What's the matter, why didn't the Heaven Replenishing Pavilion Lord still make a move?...... Could it be that things have changed, or that bastard saw that he couldn't do anything, so he temporarily changed his mind and gave up assassination?

"Pedal Pedal ...... Whew......"

Two or three hundred cavalry in a tight formation of more than ten columns rushed head-on, and there were also two escort masters on each side with nearly 100 cavalry speeding outflanking.

Even though Yue Shan had always been conceited, he didn't have the confidence to insist on a face-to-face under such a formation, let alone assassinate the emperor? Immediately, he did not hesitate to turn around and sweep towards the vermilion lacquer gate of a large mansion, and he was full of true qi and slammed straight into it.

"Bang!"

The latch of the door snapped open, and Yue Shan swooped across the courtyard, leaping up to the roof, and running towards the ridge.

The winter breeze blows, and the black smoke from the smoke bombs gradually fades.

"Hoo ......"

The strong wind blew, and a middle-aged man in a dragon robe appeared in front of the carriage, raising his sleeve to cover his nose with one hand, and waving his sleeve wind with the other hand to disperse the black smoke in front of him.

He hurriedly shouted to the escort master beside him, "Chase him quickly and bring him back to me......

Where did the untouchables dare to assassinate me, and I will kill him with a knife with my own hands!"

Even if the big sleeves cover his mouth and nose, you can see his abrupt forehead, crooked eyebrows and eyes, not to mention, his eye sockets are still pale with excessive wine, but his eyes are full of indifference and ferocity, it is the Northern Qi Emperor Gao Yang.

The remaining four escort masters, including Zhang Liang and Lou Zhao, glanced at each other, but finally did not dare to disobey Gao Yang's order, and the other two flew out to join the team chasing the assassins, while Zhang Liang and Lou Zhao were still cautiously guarding Gao Yang's side.

At this moment, in addition to the nearly 200 horsemen who galloped around to intercept Yue Shan, the remaining 500 horsemen including Baibao Xianbei still had more than 300 horsemen, making Gao Yang's car surrounded by water and nervous vigilance.

Gao Yang's back was facing a Zhumen mansion on the other side of the street, and at this moment, under the tiles of the gatehouse, there was a black-clothed masked man, holding the Jiushao Dingyin Sword, and the middle and middle fingers of his right hand were actually hooked with a transparent silk thread, which was actually extremely tenacious heavenly silk.

There are still two first-class top masters left, Yue Shan is quite powerful! It's time...... (To be continued.) )