Chapter 162 Assassination
The cold murderous intent swept across the moment Liu Xie noticed, without any hesitation. The battlefield experience honed from hundreds of dream battlefields made Liu Xie pounce on the spot almost when he noticed the murderous intent.
"Pu Pu Pu Pu" Three consecutive crossbow arrows shot from different directions, almost flying past Liu Xie's head at the same time, and the three guards fell down.
The dangerous aura did not disappear, but became even stronger. Liu Xie did not even see who the enemy was. He supported his hands on the ground and his body slid forward for several steps in an instant.
Amid the muffled sounds of "Bang bang bang", there were six crossbow arrows in the previous location, and a crack appeared on the ground paved with bluestone.
The feeling of danger temporarily disappeared. Liu Xie looked back and his eyes couldn't help but condense. The crossbow arrow was clearly the equipment that was only available in the army.
The shock suddenly arose, and the people around him ran around in panic, but dozens of figures in the crowd were moving upstream and surrounding Liu Xie.
"The foolish lord died!"
Liu Xie had already gotten up at this moment. Looking at the panicked guards and the at a loss of knowledge, he frowned slightly and shouted sternly: "Don't panic, form a formation to defend the enemy!"
"Here!" These guards are usually trained in the palace, with a good foundation. Each of them has a martial arts value of nearly 60, and a few of them have already exceeded 60.
But no matter how good the training is, he has never been on the battlefield. This is probably the first time for them. Niu Geng's martial arts are making good progress, but it is just martial arts. His ability to respond to the enemy seems very fragile at this moment.
Under Liu Xie's command, more than a dozen guards quickly formed a circular formation, guarding Liu Xie in the middle, facing the siege of dozens of outlaws, under Liu Xie's command, he slowly retreated into an alley, limiting the opponent's number advantage to the maximum.
"Die!" A vicious outlaw rushed up and slashed at the guard with a short knife in his hand. The guard quickly raised his sword to resist. The guard behind him took the opportunity to stab the other party's chest with a sword.
Although these guards lost to the battle formation, their training was enough. After the initial panic, they recovered calm under the organization of Liu Xie. The tacit cooperation and good support were immediately exerted.
Several outlaws who rushed up were killed on the spot in an instant, but the remaining outlaws did not stop at all, and rushed towards this side like crazy.
Liu Xie frowned slightly. He was a little confused. Who was going to kill him? Chang'an and even the Guanzhong family should not have such courage.
Seeing that more and more people were dead, but they were all their people, an outlaw suddenly became anxious. He roared and rushed over with a burly body. Almost at the same time, at least three horse-slaying swords stabbed into his chest, but he was not afraid at all. He ran into it fiercely and let the horse-slaying sword pierce his chest. With his huge inertia, he messed up the formation. Seeing this, the remaining outlaws all let out an roar and took advantage of the opportunity to kill. The three guards were almost instantly killed by the opponent.
"Retreat!" Seeing the formation being disrupted, Liu Xie frowned slightly. The madness of these outlaws surprised him. How did he train his fighting style that was completely desperate?
Niu Geng quickly followed Liu Xie's footsteps and retreated backwards, once again setting apart between the two sides.
"Bold, who are you here to dare to assassinate Your Majesty and not die!" At this time, the riots here finally aroused the alertness of the Hu Ben Guard, who was responsible for patrolling the city.
You know, Liu Xie is here, so there are the most Hu Ben Guards in this area, with more than a dozen patrolling around. As soon as the riots appeared, the surrounding Hu Ben Guards quickly gathered.
Hundreds of Hu Ben Guards surrounded the alleys. Seeing this, several outlaws even launched a desperate attack on Liu Xie, as if they were dying.
"Kill!" Shi A had already arrived in front of the alley. Looking at Liu Xie and his group who were besieged, they were immediately scared and sweated. Looking at the outlaws who were still attacking frantically, they shouted angrily. A long sword had fallen into their hands, and their bodies jumped, and they had already entered the crowd. This was the first time that Liu Xie had actually seen Shi A kill.
That three-foot green eyebrow seemed extremely strange in his hands, and it was elusive. Every time it appeared in front of people, it would inevitably take away a life.
Behind him, a group of Hu Ben Guards also quickly snatched up and protected behind Shi A. The weapons of Hu Ben Guards were all ring-headed swords. With one knife, the remaining desperate people were quickly defeated. Liu Xie took the opportunity to command the guards to come forward and cooperated with the Hu Ben Guards inside and outside to quickly defeat these crazy desperate people, divide them, and defeat them one by one.
"Leave a living!" Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the desperate gang who was still attacking desperately, a sense of fear arose in his heart. If he hadn't been shocked enough, if it weren't for the responses tempered by countless battles on the battlefield in the dream battlefield, he might have been killed by the arrow clusters shot by the other party at that moment.
Now that he became safe, he felt a murderous intent in his heart. He wanted to see who was so brave and dared to assassinate him.
"Oh," Shi A agreed, and the sword in his hand changed, and the sword light was suddenly shattered. Three outlaws screamed, and he picked up the tendons and legs.
The overall situation was settled, and Liu Xie and the guards around him breathed a sigh of relief. Almost at the same time, Liu Xie suddenly felt a warning in his heart. Instinctively, a cold light passed by Liu Xie's ears, and the strong wind caused Liu Xie's eardrum to hurt.
Left-handed sword?
A thought flashed through Liu Xie's mind, but saw the cold light slashing rapidly. The moment he passed by, he turned strangely and stabbed towards him again. He couldn't help but be shocked. At this moment, he had just flashed and had exhausted his strength. Seeing that the sword suddenly turned around and it was difficult to make any moves, he watched the sword stab at his throat.
Is it over like this?
A strong sense of reluctance arose in Liu Xie's heart. He had not yet become the emperor of the eternal age. The mystery of the dragon energy and the golden bell have not been solved. The great man was unable to stand at the top of the world. How could he be willing to do so?
"Roar" Niu Geng's roar came from his ears. Liu Xie saw Niu Geng's thin body hitting the black shadow hard. The black shadow spurted out a mouthful of blood in the air, and his body was hit hard by Niu Geng's brute force and flew to the wall. This killing sword was also cracked by Niu Geng in such an unreasonable way.
"Hmph!" At this moment, Liu Xie saw clearly what he looked like at the moment. He was wearing a gray robe and the hat on his head was knocked away by Niu Geng, revealing his cloak. On his old and sinister cheek, there was a centipede-like wound that ran across his cheek. At this moment, he glared at Niu Geng with a hat on his face. Seeing Liu Xie look over, he groaned and stopped assassinating. He rushed into the crowd a few times, picked up a desperate man, and without waiting for the reaction of the surrounding Hu Ben Guard, stepped on the head of a Hu Ben Guard, and leaped with his body, and actually took a person directly to the house next to him.
"Chasing!" Shi Ah ran over at this moment, looked at the direction the old man left, gritted his teeth and shouted fiercely.
"Chain the city gates and find the people for me!" At this moment, Liu Xie did not dare to relax at all. The impact of his previous experience on him was too great.
"Here!" Wei Zhong quickly agreed, took Liu Xie's token and went to pass the order.
"Have you ever stayed?" After Wei Zhong left, Liu Xie turned his head to look at Shi Ah.
"This..." Shi A couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
"Huh?" Liu Xie frowned and looked at Shi Ah, which instantly made Shi Ah feel all over. This was the first time he felt such a cold and majestic momentum in this emperor.
"Your Majesty forgive me. Although I have broken their tendons and legs, these people are quite strong for some reason and even swallowed their tongues and committed suicide." Shi A-tweeted people to lift three corpses. He was in despair before. Seeing that Liu Xie was in danger again, he was eager to protect him. He did not watch these people, and actually let these people commit suicide under his nose.
"Forget it!" Liu Xie waved his hand and suppressed the cold murderous intent in his chest. He also knew that this matter was actually no wonder Shi A, especially when these outlaws were so fierce.
"Shi." Liu Xie thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "You have been traveling around the world with Master Wang for a long time. You should have seen many swordsman masters. Do you recognize the old man before?"
"The last general doesn't know." Shi A smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This person's sword technique is strange, which makes it a rare left-hand sword. If General Niu had not defeated it with his strength and was caught off guard, the left-hand sword was really hard to defend. Among the well-known swordsmen of the Mo Jiang, there are few such figures who use the left-hand sword. There are only a few people, and they are about the same age as the last general."
Shi A is now in his prime, about the same age as him, and is probably in his thirties or forties, not the old man before.
"But this man is really smart with swordsmanship. Your Majesty might as well ask his master. Maybe he knows something." Shi Ah bowed and said.
"Okay, you go to the martial arts hall and ask Master Wang and Master Tong to go to the palace." Liu Xie nodded when he heard this, and said nothing more. After a few words of encouragement, he looked at the corpses of the guards on the ground. In just a moment, the eleven guards he brought were killed. Thinking about the way those desperate fights before, Liu Xie felt a chill. The most terrifying thing in the world is these madmen who do not regard their lives as life, and dare to take down the emperor. He is talking about such people.
"The soldiers were buried with great funeral, and they went to the treasury to withdraw enough money and grain to settle their families. From now on, their families will be supported by the court." Liu Xie sighed and said in a deep voice.
"Here!" Shi A-bowed and replied.
"Thank you Your Majesty!" The remaining guards around couldn't help but say to Liu Xie gratefully when he heard this.
Chapter completed!