Chapter 49: Assassination
Within the territory of Qi State, on the bank of the river.
When Chu Yujia and Qi Guo's team in charge of escorting him had just arrived in the middle of the riverside, they were suddenly attacked, but fortunately Chu Yujia noticed it quickly, otherwise he and Meng Feihang would have been smashed into the riverside by the boulder that rolled down from the mountain, and ended up with no bones left.
Meng Feihang finally mastered how to stand firm on the sword, looking at the chaos below in a cold sweat, he turned his head and glanced at Chu Yujia beside him.
At this time, Chu Yujia's face was indifferent, as if he hadn't taken these things to heart at all, and as if he had expected these things for a long time.
Meng Feihang raised his eyebrows, looked at Chu Yujia, and asked, "You already knew?"
Chu Yujia didn't answer Meng Feihang's words, as if talking to himself, as if he was saying to Meng Feihang: "It seems that the court of Qi is not very unified in the opinions of the two countries on peace. ”
"Do you still need to say it?"
Meng Feihang rolled his eyes and said, "But it seems that the second son of Qi doesn't seem to be so hostile to us, but still has the intention of stammering." ”
"It's nature. ”
Chu Yujia narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly provoked and said: "King Ye is not yet fifty years old, and he has already begun to pave the way for his son Zhao Kuan, and King Qi is already in his fifties and close to sixty this year, the last time I saw him in the capital of Qi State, he was already full of frost and white temples, and naturally there will be people in the court of Qi State who will start planning for their future." ”
Meng Feihang is not a fool, he has seen more things in the other world than Chu Yujia, and he has seen too much of this kind of drama competing for the position of the crown prince.
Just listening to Chu Yujia say this, Meng Feihang already had eyebrows, the reason why the second prince did not show so much hostility towards them was because he wanted to compete for the position of the crown prince, so he wanted to try his best to promote this matter, after all, this matter was the intention of the king of Qi, and he did it naturally It would be of great benefit to him in the future crown prince competition.
The reason why these assassins came to assassinate them this time must have been because a competitor of the crown prince wanted to shatter the dream of the two princes.
Knowing that Meng Feihang had already noticed it, Chu Yujia looked up and said with a smile: "It's just that they want to use me Chu Yujia as a stepping stone, I'm afraid it's a miscalculation." ”
On the hillside, hundreds of people stood with knives.
These people, although they are not wearing armor, can also feel the compelling killing aura.
Especially when there was a burly man standing in front of this group of people, seeing the chaos below, the burly man shouted in a loud voice: "Kill me!"
As soon as the words fell, these hundreds of people rushed down the hillside together under the leadership of the burly man, and the momentum was very huge, and the team of less than five hundred people actually gave people the illusion that they were facing thousands of troops.
The Qi army guards below who were originally guarding on both sides were also a little confused for a while when faced with such a scene, but fortunately, at this time, Dou Jiankai stood up.
Although Dou Jiankai lost to Chu Yujia in the pre-battle bet, it was not because he was not as good as his skills, but because he underestimated Chu Yujia, and because he was a Confucian general who was not good at fighting, but in terms of command, he still had his own uniqueness, otherwise he would not be the best among the four major generals in the court of Qi State.
Dou Jiankai rushed into the crowd of Qi guards with his own soldiers, and quickly stabilized the chaotic situation of the Qi army, and then lined up the battle formation, waiting for the enemy's impact.
The moment the five hundred assassins without armor collided with the Qi army guards, it was like a torrent slapping the river embankment, but after all, there was still an advantage in condescending, and the defensive formation of the Qi army was only disrupted in an instant, and countless Qi army guards did not even have a chance to wield their weapons, so they were beheaded by the opponent's broadsword.
The five hundred people were all long sword soldiers, and in this condescending sprint, they perfectly combined strength and speed, and for a time the Qi army escort suffered countless casualties.
Dou Jiankai narrowed his eyes, and he didn't see him flustered at all, he first glanced at the more than 100 Yeguo light horsemen who had not moved, and stood on the bank of the riverside, and then drew his sword and commanded the pro-army around him to rush forward and fight with the five hundred people who came to assassinate.
When Dou Jiankai's personal soldiers entered the battle, the impact momentum of the five hundred assassins was blocked.
However, the road was narrow, and the five hundred assassins had already split the entire team in two, from south to north, and rushed towards the magnificent carriage that was protected by many Qi guards.
It was only at this time that Dou Jiankai finally figured out that these people were not here to assassinate Chu Yujia, but to their second son.
But at this time, it was too late for him to figure it out, his team was blocked in the north by the group of more than 100 people who were separated at this moment, these assassins were all brave, even if these personal soldiers around him were veterans of a hundred battles in the army, they still couldn't get a little cheap in front of the other party.
The man with the knife led his brothers all the way to the front of the luxurious carriage, as if he had entered a no-man's land.
At this time, the Qi army guards who resisted them had all been slaughtered, and the remaining Qi soldiers had not yet rushed over.
The man with the long knife did not hesitate, and with the long knife in his hand, he galloped towards the luxurious carriage.
"Don't kill me...... Don't kill me......"
The driver of the luxurious carriage jumped down from the carriage, raised his hands tremblingly, and said, "I am a horse feeder, and it has nothing to do with me." ”
The man frowned, and said in a shocking voice: "If it has nothing to do with you, get out." ”
As soon as the words fell, the man jumped to the front of the luxurious carriage on his toes, and at the moment when he opened the curtain, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the carriage, accompanied by an electric light like the bright moon in the sky.
The man reacted quickly, and he was busy parrying with a knife, and he heard a golden sound in his ear chakra, and how the man jumped into the carriage flew out upside down.
When the man stood firm and looked at it again, I don't know when, there was already a swordsman standing at the front of the carriage who had blocked half of his face with a mask.
The swordsman's gaze was cold, and he looked directly at the man with the sword.
Behind the swordsman stood a richly dressed man, who also stepped out of the carriage and stood beside the swordsman, naturally with a condescending aura on his body, looking proudly at the audience.
In this team, who else can have this kind of temperament, except for Yan Nan, the second son of Qi State?
The corners of Yan Nan's mouth were high, he looked at the man, and sneered: "Whoever sent you, say it, I will spare you from death." ”
"Haha, dog thief, you can't protect yourself, and you dare to speak out here?"
The man laughed on his back, and the moment he raised the knife in his hand, he saw five men with long swords rushing towards Yan Nan from five directions.
The swordsman who was blocking Yan Nan's body reacted extremely quickly, and at the moment when a long sword was about to touch Yan Nan, a sword swept out and forced a man to retreat again and again.
The other two men had already circled behind them, and at this moment, they aimed at Yan Nan's heart and the back of his neck.
The swordsman's body twisted, and the sword in his hand drew a brilliant electric light in the air, and after two golden sounds, the long swords stabbed by the two men were bounced away.
But before he could put away his sword, the swords of the other two men came to him again.
This time, the two assassins no longer blindly pursued Yan Nan, but locked their eyes on the swordsman's body.
Although this swordsman's skills are extraordinary, when the five assassins attack together, it is also a little difficult to parry, not to mention that he has to protect Yan Nan, who is powerless.
The five assassins unanimously accelerated the pace of the attack, so that the swordsman had to pull Yan Nan out of the carriage and change the battlefield to a wider place.
But when he reached a wide place, it was even more difficult for the swordsman to parry the attacks coming from all directions.
These five assassins are obviously not ordinary people, at least their realms have reached the realm of the fourth to third ranks, and at this moment, they came together to besiege this swordsman, so that they only had the ability to parry and had no power to fight back.
Although Yan Nan can still maintain that demeanor, but the placket of his clothes has always been grabbed by the swordsman, and people will fall on the muddy road from time to time, and they will be embarrassed in a short time.
Chu Yujia and Meng Feihang, who were standing in the air on the long sword, watched the scene below.
Meng Feihang pursed his lips and said: "Now that the war between Ye and Qi has just eased, the internal strife of Qi has begun, and it is really a miracle that such a vassal state can survive until now." ”
"Who's to say it's not......"
Chu Yujia sneered and said, "It's really a waste of God giving them such a unique environment." ”
Compared with Ye State, Qi State is obviously much richer, even the people are millions more than Ye State, and the land of Qi State in the Central Plains is fertile, far more suitable for the people to live than Ye State in the northwest with barren land, but the rich life will naturally make people relax their vigilance.
This is the current situation of Qi today, and it is also the status quo of the whole world, if there is a foreign enemy, the military and the people will go up and down to fight against foreign enemies, but when there is no foreign enemy one day, there will be people who will try their best to fight for power and profit.
"Forget it, I've seen enough of the show, I'll go down and help them. ”
As soon as the words fell, the Shuoyue Sword at Chu Yujia's feet seemed to sense the master's thoughts, flew out from under his feet, circled in mid-air for a week, and then fell into Chu Yujia's palm, and then took Chu Yujia from top to bottom, rushing straight into the battle group between the swordsman and those assassins.
The moment he landed, Chu Yujia swung out a sword with great speed, and an assassin couldn't dodge it, and was slashed in the abdomen by this sword.
The man screamed and stepped back, and all the way out, his intestines flowed out of the breach in his belly, and the white intestines flowed all over the ground, and after a few steps of retreat, the man fell to the ground.
The other was also affected by this sword at this moment, and retreated again and again to avoid Chu Yujia's sword.
But obviously he miscalculated, when Chu Yujia's sword fell, the Shuoyue Sword flew out and hit him in the chest.
Right in his chest.
Burst!
The sword stabbed the assassin to the core, and the blade poked out from behind him.