Chapter 158: Life and Death Battle
"Your Majesty, you hide yourself. The rest of you, use the rocks and trees for defense. Be careful of the crossbows!"
Although it is slow, it is only a dozen breaths from the sudden change to this moment. When everyone hid their bodies, the rain of arrows stopped. However, hundreds of men in black were surrounding and killing them in the dense forest ahead!
"When they are within a hundred steps, attack with bows and crossbows first. When they are within thirty steps, leave one group of people, Linzhou, and Cui Tong to guard His Majesty, and the rest of you follow me to kill them!"
"Jia Cong!" Emperor Longxing grabbed Jia Cong, "Since you have already sent out a distress signal, why don't you hold on and wait for help?"
Jia Cong smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, since the enemy dared to assassinate the king, how could they not be prepared! I'm afraid that Feng Tang, who is closest to us, must have been entangled by someone, and even the other Dragon Guards cannot get here in time. Now, our only hope is to wait for the arrival of the Beijing Camp, but even if no one from the Beijing Camp stops us, it will take at least half an hour to get here!"
Afterwards, Jia Cong took a deep breath and said solemnly to Emperor Longxing, "Your Majesty, I will try my best to delay for half an hour! If there is a chance, I will have someone escort Your Majesty to leave first."
"You..." Emperor Longxing was moved. Although the current situation was critical, with Jia Cong's martial arts skills, if he wanted to escape alone, he would have a great chance of escape. Now Jia Cong actually wanted to use his own life to buy him a chance to survive?
"It's not difficult for you to escape!" Emperor Longxing said word by word.
Jia Cong was silent for a long time, and then slowly said, "I often wonder what the purpose of human existence is. After all, no one exists alone! To be honest with Your Majesty, I don't actually have any great ambitions. My greatest wish is just to make the people around me live a better life."
"However, I have traveled thousands of miles to the border and have seen the suffering of the people and the starving people on the road. Only then did I understand the saying, 'If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world! If I were still just a bastard, it would be enough for me to have enough food and clothing. But now I am an earl personally appointed by Your Majesty, and now that I have come, I must do something for the people of this world."
"Your Majesty is a good emperor. I am willing to protect Your Majesty this time!"
Jia Cong's words were half true and half false. It would not be difficult for him to escape with his martial arts, but if he really did that, whether Emperor Longxing could escape or the new successor, they would probably not tolerate him in the future. It would not be surprising that the entire Jia family would be directly executed, so he might as well take a gamble.
He is no longer alone as when he came here, he already has concerns, just as he said, people never exist alone.
After a moment of silence, Jia Cong grinned, "Besides, saving the emperor is a great achievement, I can't bear to give it up! Your Majesty just promised me the title of Champion Marquis, how can I just walk away!"
"I've remembered everything you said!" Emperor Longxing nodded seriously.
Swish, swish, swish!
Arrows were flying around, and several guards were injured. Dozens of the other side were also injured, but the number ratio of the two sides was still huge. Moreover, the other side had rushed to a distance of thirty or forty steps, and the people who were accompanying them had all drawn their long swords and were ready to fight!
Jia Cong stood up and said to the guards standing beside Emperor Longxing, "Brother, lend me your gun!"
Although both are spears, the feel is very different from his own weapon. But now is obviously not the time to be picky!
Jia Cong held a spear in his hand, bowed to Emperor Longxing and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know whether I will live or die! If I can survive and protect Your Majesty through this disaster, I only need Your Majesty to promise me one thing. If I die in battle..."
As he said this, he knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, please treat the Jia family well. Even if you can't use them, let our family members be rich and prosperous for the rest of their lives!"
After he finished speaking, Jia Cong suddenly swung his spear and shouted, "Everyone, follow me to protect the emperor. Kill!"
Jia Cong was the first to charge out, and the distance of dozens of steps was gone in a flash. The enemy still had at least three or four hundred people, while his side had only fifty or sixty people!
Jia Cong, along with several of his personal guards and other close guards, formed a goose-shaped barrier to protect Emperor Longxing behind him. The other side also rushed over fearlessly.
He guessed correctly. Feng Tang was indeed in trouble. They had just marched a short distance when they encountered an ambush. Feng Tang immediately guessed that something had happened to the emperor and wanted to rush over, but the other side had no fewer people than them, and they had already made arrangements, so they were stopped directly.
When they saw the signal for help from deep in the jungle, Feng Tang and his ministers became even more anxious!
The rest of the tribesmen also saw the arrows asking for help. King Zhongshun's expression changed drastically, but the eyes of his son beside him showed some surprise. "Father, we should go to rescue you first no matter what. But there may be an ambush on the road, so we should go slowly."
Prince Beijing Shui Rong was the farthest away. His expression changed at first, and then he gave an order, "There is something wrong in the dense forest. We must go carefully and try to find the location of the princes and protect their safety. Your Majesty has Feng Tang's guard there, so he will definitely be able to hold out for a while."
The third prince was the youngest, and was playing in the forest with his followers! Before he could react when he saw the request for help, the personal guard beside him whispered, "Your Highness, we have few soldiers. If we rush in rashly, something bad may happen. Let's find the second prince first to join forces."
Li Yu's eyes showed a gloomy look that was inconsistent with his age. "That's right, we can't cause trouble for our father. After we find my second brother, you don't need to worry about me. Just try your best to protect my second brother!"
At this point, he smiled faintly, "Second brother is the future crown prince, and the pillar of the country, so no accidents can happen!"
The guard understood...
When the second prince Li Wei saw the command arrow, he first frowned, then smiled disdainfully, "He is indeed a fool, but it may not be a bad opportunity!"
"Come here, guard the surroundings. No matter which side the soldiers come from, they are not allowed to approach without permission!"
Wang Ziteng was originally resting in the big tent. After all, Tiewang Mountain was the royal forest farm, and the army had searched it several times. What kind of accidents could possibly happen?
But when he heard the command arrow explode, he almost jumped up. At the same time, the guards outside the tent also rushed in.
"General, it's bad, there's a call for help in the forest!"
Swish! Wang Ziteng's face changed immediately. Asking for help? Something happened in the forest? Who is this idiot who is causing trouble for me? If he was not the commander guarding the periphery, he would have nothing to do with the death of all the people inside, and he would even be happy to watch the show. But now he is guarding the periphery, and something happened inside. Isn't this asking for his own head?
"Come here, gather two thousand soldiers and charge in first! Deputy General, I'll give you a quarter of an hour, gather five thousand soldiers and follow up. Tell the rest of the generals to guard the perimeter tightly, and anyone who tries to break in will be killed without mercy!"
