"Protect His Majesty the Emperor!" The military tribune was startled and angry, shouting while urging his horse towards Commodus.
He didn't expect someone to be bold enough to attack His Majesty the Emperor less than ten miles away from the military camp.
Fortunately, there were not many assassins pretending to be Judaizers, less than 20. The Imperial Guards had an absolute advantage in numbers, but they were scattered more widely, and they were at a disadvantage locally. This group of assassins was also very skilled. They attacked together, and quickly eliminated the front guards, and approached Commodus' carriage.
And the imperial guards who came halfway were often killed by them before they could line up and organize themselves.
Seeing this, Sebutur broke out in a cold sweat. He suddenly realized that his horse seemed to be running a little too fast. Although he, a military tribune, had some combat experience, the main reason for being able to sit in this position was his family. As a general, he doesn't need much personal bravery. Sebutur now regrets that he didn't practice his sword well before.
Fortunately, the Janissary soldiers he led this time were well-trained enough, and the two deputy centurions were also very strong, especially Herto, who was the closest, led his team up immediately, Although they couldn't completely block these assassins, they also managed to slow down the speed of those guys, allowing the follow-up squads to get time to line up. However, it was not the guards who really changed the trend of the entire battle.
Zhang Heng discovered the abnormality in those Judaizers earlier than the military tribunes, but he did nothing afterwards, until the group was about to rush in front of Commodus, Zhang Heng jumped off his horse and pulled out his Two Persian swords.
One of the assassins also noticed the situation here, but he didn't pay much attention to this guy who was obviously not dressed as a guard. drive away.
But he didn't expect that this simple action would kill him. Zhang Heng leaned back slightly to avoid the assassin's attack, and then took advantage of the moment when the opponent waved his arms and opened his chest, quickly swiped the Persian dagger in his hand. Inserted into the assassin's heart.
One hit kill!
The assassin who was killed didn't even realize that he was hit by the sword, and was stabbed in half. Zhang Heng gently drew out his Persian sword while the corpse fell backwards, and walked towards the second assassin.
With the lessons learned from his companions, the second assassin was obviously much more cautious. He had also discovered that the gladiator champion of the Flavian Amphitheater was standing in front of him, and he was thinking about where to launch his attack. Unexpectedly, the opponent had already Take the first step.
Zhang Heng slashed at the neck of the second assassin with a sword, but the latter reacted very quickly. He immediately raised the short sword in his hand and accurately blocked Zhang Heng's sword. That's all, but his joy only lasted less than half a second, and the next moment there was a flash of cold light, Zhang Heng had already cut his throat with another sword.
In just a few breaths, Zhang Heng killed the two assassins rushing to the front with little effort, and when he stopped the third assassin, the two guards behind him also completed the entire team, killing come over.
So far, Commodus's side has completely gained the upper hand, and the remaining assassins were either entangled by Herto, or bumped into two guards who had adjusted their formation, and were stabbed by spears from all directions. sieve.
Just when everyone felt that the overall situation was settled, and this team of assassins who came out of nowhere were about to confess to them all, no one thought that the owner of the donkey cart who had been trembling with his head on the side suddenly came from A bow was taken out from the side of the overturned donkey cart.
Seeing this, the imperial guards of course used their bodies to block Commodus immediately, but the arrow of the owner of the donkey cart was shot at "Otrus" on the other side.
The military tribune groaned inwardly. This group of assassins pretending to be Judaizers was actually just a bait to attract their attention. Their real target was Ortrus who was following behind.
But by the time he realized it was too late, Otrus was hit by the sudden cold arrow, swayed and fell off the horse, and the owner of the donkey cart immediately put down the bow and arrow in his hand , jumped into the side of the river.
"Get out of the way!" Commodus's angry voice came from the crowd.
The military tribune hurriedly persuaded, "Your Majesty, we don't know if there are any of them nearby, you should..."
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the young emperor, "I need to know whether my best advisor is alive or dead."
"... I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Otrus advisor is hopeless." The speaker was another centurion, who was by Otrus's side, and went up immediately after Otrus was shot. He checked before and confirmed that Otrus was hit in the chest by the arrow. Although Otrus was wearing a helmet, he didn't have any armor on his body, and he had no heartbeat before falling off the horse.
And as soon as his words came out, there was an uproar.
Because this was so unexpected, this was the day when Ortrus walked from the darkness to the sun, and his appearance was enough to change the political power structure of the upper echelons of Rome, but no one thought that it was only a short time before he appeared. After a long time, he was assassinated and died.
This change was a bit too unexpected. Even Klinder, who always wanted Ortrus to die early, was stunned, and he couldn't believe what he saw.
But when such a thing happened, Commodus naturally had no intention of inspecting any military camp. He brought the two assassins who were finally captured alive, and hurriedly repented. In the city of Rome, the young emperor vowed to make the murderer who killed Ortrus pay In terms of price, in fact, after returning to the palace, he immediately ordered Klinde and Zhang Heng to interrogate the captured assassin, and he must get the name of the chief messenger from the assassin.
After leaving the palace, Klinde looked at the moon above his head and took a deep breath. He could no longer hide the joy in his eyes, and said, "Fate is really an interesting thing, isn't it?"
This is also the first time that Klinde took the initiative to talk to Zhang Heng today, but Zhang Heng didn't answer after hearing it, but Klinde didn't care, and continued, "I underestimated you, but you are bigger than I imagined." Mature, I have to admit that you have a good vision for standing in the team, and you chose the side that is almost impossible to lose, and I almost lost, but things are unpredictable, aren't they?"
After speaking, Klinde patted Zhang Heng on the shoulder again, and laughed, "Let's go, we are busy tonight."