Li Hong chose to build the city at the foot of Taiyi Mountain precisely because he knew better than anyone how important the huge and boundless resources of Taiyi Mountain were.
Taiyi Mountain in the previous life is still being mined because it is one of the largest gold mines in China. There are also other metal and non-metal minerals, building materials and stones, which are the most precious wealth of Taiyi Mountain.
Based on his experience in nine reincarnations and ten lives, if he didn't build the city at the foot of Taiyi Mountain, he would have been kicked in the head by a donkey.
A group of more than a dozen people walked slowly on the mountain road, but for some reason, Li Hong felt more and more frightened. A dangerous aura made him feel very uncomfortable.
He stepped forward and silently took Wu Mei's hand, looked around vigilantly, and whispered to the palace maid: "Xiaohan, Bailu, protect the queen. Lian Tie, tell your people to be more vigilant, I always feel that something is wrong."
The sun was shining directly on the mountain road, and the birds in the woods on both sides stopped chirping at some point. Even the chirping of insects in the grass occasionally came out.
The guard ran back from the front road and said: "The rocks in front have collapsed and it is impossible to pass."
Li Hong frowned and said decisively: "Lian Tie, Banmei, and Xunlan protect the queen. Bai Lu and Xiaohan take the queen off. The six of you are following me."
"Hong'er..." Wu Mei also felt something was wrong, as if there were many eyes staring at her in the dark.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother, it's okay. Here, take this." Li Hong took out a swallow-wing crossbow, fixed the arrow for Wu Mei, and handed it to her.
More than a dozen people began to slowly retreat down the mountain. Wu Mei was protected in the middle, occupied by her maids Banmei and Xunlan on the left and right. Li Hong and Lian Tie were in front of her, and six guards cleared the way. Bai Lu, Xiao Han and Four guards were at the end, protecting Wu Mei's back.
The entire mountain forest was quiet, and the unusual and strange atmosphere was getting thicker and thicker. Wu Mei's brows were frowning more and more, but there was no trace of panic on her face. She followed Lian Tie and Li Hong steadily. Behind him, he slowly walked down the mountain.
There was a wide mountain col ahead, and Li Hong suddenly hesitated. Taking advantage of the cover of the mountain path, Li Hong motioned for everyone to stop, looked back and forth, and said lightly: "Don't go forward."
"How can that be done? Is it possible that we sit here and wait for death?" Wu Mei held Li Hong's shoulders, pulled him into her arms, and said warily.
"The enemy doesn't have crossbows, so they cut off the road up the mountain. Did you see the wide area ahead? That's where they chose to start. I can guarantee that if they go further, the road will have been cut off." Li Hong was sure. He said, reaching out and patting Wu Mei's hand on his shoulder.
"What should we do now?" Wu Mei asked softly.
"Wait. When they can't hold it any longer, they will naturally rush out. We now have a geographical advantage and it will be difficult for them to attack from above and below. Only in this way can we be invincible."
As Li Hong said this, he motioned for everyone to move back. The place they just passed was relatively flat, and there were large rocks on both sides of the mountain road that could be relied upon for defense. It was like a small mountain gate. Only there was the safest place.
Seeing that everyone had entered the relatively open mountain road and occupied a favorable position, Li Hong raised his head and looked at the sky, then looked at the dense forests on both sides, and said: "Bai Lu, send out a purple distress signal."
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, Li Hong raised the danger level to the highest level, which is enough to show that Li Hong attaches great importance to this danger, not to mention that he has already felt that the thick murderous aura is gradually spreading in the woods on both sides of the mountain road.
Almost at the same time, when Bai Lu's whistle arrows rushed into the sky with purple fireworks, figures began to appear in the dense forests on both sides. The weapons occasionally reflected the cold light in the sunlight that filtered into the forest.
Wu Mei looked coldly at the masked man in black who rushed out. At this moment, she was not in the mood to guess who wanted to assassinate her. What she was only concerned about now was how many people there were and whether she could handle it with more than a dozen people. Come here.
There was no cry of killing, only the occasional iron sound of weapons clashing when two two collided, and the muffled grunt after being killed.
The two Yan-wing crossbows in Li Hong's hands were not fired. He would not fire randomly before he knew the number of enemies.
Li Hong felt his eyes blurred. Lian Tie next to him only left an afterimage in his sight, and he had already rushed to the edge of the mountain road.
There are no weapons in his hands, but those hands are more deadly than any weapons!
The two arms, like poisonous snakes, twist and turn in unconventional ways. Before the enemy can react, one hand has already broken the enemy's neck.
Without waiting for the enemy to fall, he bent down like a civet cat, his elbows were like thorns, and struck straight into the heart of the person behind him. The person immediately groaned and huddled on the ground in pain.
The entire mountain road was so quiet that it was scary. Apart from the sound of weapons breaking through the air and the muffled hum, the occasional sound of bones being broken could be heard.
Enemies are coming from all directions. Bai Lu and Xiao Han each hold a dagger shot by Li Hong, like the scythe of the god of death. Their graceful bodies are gentle and soft, and they shuttle among the enemies. Every time they take a shot, they can bring out a handful of blood. flower.
The ten guards were obviously carefully selected by Lian Tie. They were surrounded by three to four people and could still remain calm. Even if they were slashed or stabbed by horizontal knives, the expression on their faces did not change at all.
As his pupils shrank, flashing with the light of death, he grabbed the enemy's horizontal knife that penetrated his body with one hand, raised it with the other hand and cut off the opponent's head. Before the arm could be retracted, it was chopped off by another enemy who came over with a knife. arm.
He groaned, and at the moment when he couldn't control the balance of his body, he suddenly pulled out the horizontal knife inserted in his body, and used his backhand to pull a backrest for himself. At this time, he was hit by two more knifes behind him, and then he slowly softened. Fall to the ground.
Looking at the bloody scene in front of him, Li Hong shook his head unconsciously, bumped Wu Mei with his shoulder, and signaled to go to the top of the mountain. This should be not far from Zongsheng Palace, hoping to get some help.
Wu Mei also looked at him. Their eyes met, both showing calmness and calmness. Under the protection of Banmei and Xunlan, they slowly continued walking up the mountain.
However, there were many enemies rushing down the mountain. At this time, Lian Tie broke an enemy's neck, jumped up, and flew towards Wu Mei. While he was in the air, his feet were like sledgehammers. One kick at a time, hitting the enemy's head.
After the unsuspecting enemy was kicked, he uncontrollably crashed into the rocks on the mountain road next to him. Either his head was broken and his head was bleeding and he lost his fighting ability, or he suddenly fainted.
Lian Tie already knew what to do without waiting for Li Hong's order. He grabbed two horizontal knives, one in each hand, and bravely blocked the enemy's approach with Banmei and Xunlan.
The three of them struggled to open a gap in the dense crowd, but there were too many enemies to break through at once.
Li Hong and Wu Mei had only walked about ten steps forward at this time.
Quietly watching the tragic and silent killing scene, Li Hong looked through the crowd, raised his arm quickly and calmly, and a cold light flew from his hand and quickly shot to the outermost edge of the encirclement.
The enemy on the outermost side of the encirclement was obviously a leader. When he saw a flash of cold light on Li Hong's hand, he immediately raised his sword to block it. With a "ding" sound, the cold light was separated and shot into the temple of the unsuspecting enemy next to him. Immediately fell to the ground.
Li Hong became more murderous. Without waiting for the man to react, after the first arrow was blocked, he immediately fired the second and third arrows. The second arrow was blocked again, but the third arrow was not. Giving the enemy a chance to breathe, he shot the man in the throat with great precision.
Immediately blood seeped out from the man's fingers, soaking his black clothes, and he slowly fell down unwillingly.
As the man was shot by Li Hong, the enemies on the way up the mountain suddenly panicked. Under the impact of Lian Tie, Ban Mei and Xun Lan, plus Bai Lu and Xiao Han, a gap had been opened.
Li Hong remained silent and quickly took out a row of arrows from his waist. He quickly stringed three arrows, then he took Wu Mei's hand and walked forward slowly.
The dense forest on both sides was still a narrow mountain road, and now it was full of corpses. Of the ten people who were originally guarding, only three were left to hold on.
Bai Lu's face was also pale, a long wound on her waist and abdomen was bleeding out, and the dagger in her hand was not as sharp and sharp as it was at the beginning.
A person stabbed out from behind, and the horizontal knife stabbed out silently from behind Bai Lu. By the time Bai Lu realized it, it was already too late to turn around. At this moment, a cold light flashed through, and the horizontal knife was about an inch away from her back. The distance suddenly softened, and his temple was hit by a small arrow.
Li Hong frowned, glanced at Bai Lu's miserable appearance, took a deep breath, pulled Wu Mei and continued to move forward without looking back. At this moment, he knew that he could not stay, and he could not save Bai Lu.
Lian Tie brought out three waves of blood with one strike, causing Wu Mei and Li Hong to quickly take a few steps forward!
The horizontal knives in Banmei and Xunlan's hands also showed no signs of weakness, and tried their best to point the enemy's wrist. At this moment, they were already more than willing to kill, and all they could do was to make the enemy lose their combat effectiveness as much as possible.
Xiaohan had been dispersed by the crowd and lost contact with Bailu. He was also besieged by three men in black. Every move was aimed at Xiaohan's fatal point. Xiaohan used his body skills to be erratic and wander around, relying on the woods at the same time. Blocked by the trees inside, for a while, the three of them were unable to do anything to him.
Lian Tie groaned, waking up Li Hong who was looking in Xiao Han's direction. As soon as he turned around, he saw Wu Mei, just like him, quickly raising and lowering the Yan-wing crossbow in his hand, and a cold light flew past and shot into Lian Tie's eyes. Behind Tie Tie, on the enemy's shoulder, in the lightning flash, he bought Lian Tie a favorable moment.
(End of chapter)