Including Lian Tie, there are only six people left who can protect Wu Mei and Li Hong at this time.
Banmei and Xunlan were in slightly better condition. They and Lian Tie were guarding behind them, preventing the enemies from pursuing them.
Bai Lu and Xiao Han supported each other, and they no longer had the strength to swing the horizontal swords in their hands.
Of the ten guards, only one was left at the end of the road, but at this time, four horizontal knives had penetrated his body at the same time, and he was unable to save himself.
Li Hong and his party were helpless at the moment and could only be forced to continue moving up the mountain. There were still dozens of enemies, and they also slowed down their pursuit. They also did not expect that these dozen people would actually cause them to lose money. So many good players.
Whether it was a mountain path or a forest, from the assassination site to the collapse of the mountain road, the road was covered with their corpses. The casualties were not heavy!
Li Hong and Wu Mei supported each other. While Lian Tie and others were blocking the enemy, they had climbed over the collapsed area. As long as they went a short distance further, they would be able to reach the Zongsheng Palace.
However, there were obviously enemies hiding in the woods, which made the mother and son immediately become alone. On the other side of the cave-in, five people from Lian Tie were struggling to block the pursuing enemies. At this end of the cave-in, there were even enemies emerging. Come.
"Quick, mother, run to the mountain." Li Hongyang shot out a cold light from his hand, and a man in black fell down in the dense forest.
Zong Sheng Palace was already in sight at this time, but the seven or eight enemies chasing from both sides of the mountain road were getting closer and closer to them.
"Detour." Li Hong pulled Wu Mei, who was starting to panic, and suddenly rushed into the dense forest. From a distance, he saw a small cave where he could hide.
The two left, completely losing contact with Lian Tie and others, and quickly walked through the woods, with the enemy still pursuing them behind them.
Leaning behind a tree, Li Hong raised his hand and shot out another cold light. The man in black at the front suddenly lost his balance and rolled down the slope quickly.
The man in black above immediately hid behind the tree, fearing he would be shot again.
Li Hong looked at the man in black who rolled to his feet. He was shot in the chest. Although it was not fatal, the strong impact still made the man in black unsteady. He felt pain in his chest and rolled down.
Li Hong grabbed the horizontal knife, and before the man in black stood up, he slashed the man in black's neck with the knife. Immediately, a wave of blood spurted out, splashing Li Hong's face.
Li Hong glanced at the man in black peeking out from the slope, then turned to Wu Mei and pointed to the cave not far away, indicating to her to hide there and resist the enemy here.
From the moment Li Hong started shooting until Li Hong killed the person, Wu Mei watched the whole process without blinking. Her small, unflustered figure seemed to be fixed in his heart at that moment.
In order to protect me, Hong'er ignored his own comfort, and... he was only ten years old!
Wu Mei couldn't help but compare Li Hong with Li Xian and others. She was sure that if it were any other prince today, he would be so frightened that he would hide behind her and yell, and even look at the tragic killing scene. They will all be too scared to walk.
Wu Mei's face was suddenly filled with a smile, she took two steps forward and took Li Hong's other hand, and then slowly walked towards the small cave.
Li Hong was stunned and looked up at his mother. He saw Wu Mei with a gentle smile on her face, but her eyes were full of determination, as if she wanted to leave together.
"I've convinced you, how long has it been?" Li Hong took the horizontal knife in his hand and split the branches in front of him, and ran forward quickly with Wu Mei.
In front of the cave, Li Hong was deeply afraid that there were wild beasts inside. He looked at the enemies behind him who were obviously afraid of the Yan-winged Crossbow in his hand. They cautiously approached each other slowly, using the cover of trees.
Li Hong scratched the sweat on his face, glanced at the cave again, then made a silent gesture to Wu Mei, and fired the Yan-wing crossbow into the cave. Except for the sound of the arrow hitting the stone wall, there was no sound. No animals escaped from it.
Li Hong then pulled Wu Mei toward the entrance of the cave, and then pointed at the back of the cave, indicating to Wu Mei to continue moving forward, where he would use the cave to hold off the enemy.
Without waiting for Wu Mei to speak, Li Hong handed Wu Mei three more of the six arrows left on his body, and then pushed Wu Mei away quickly.
Wu Mei still shook her head, looked at the cave, and then at the arrow handed to her by Li Hong. She stretched out her hand and pushed it back slowly, and then handed the Yan-wing crossbow in her hand to Li Hong.
Without waiting for Li Hong to react, Wu Mei dove into the cave. Whether it was a blessing or a curse, Wu Mei no longer thought about it. The cave was not the only place that could provide safety, but she knew that as long as she entered the cave, Li Hong would Just one less distraction.
Seeing Wu Mei hiding in the cave, Li Hong was helpless. He held a horizontal knife between his legs and a swallow-wing crossbow in one hand, found a hidden position at the entrance of the cave and lay down.
"Hong'er, do you think the queen will die?" Wu Mei found a clean stone in the cave and sat down, stroking the hair that was scattered from the fu head and asked.
"No, Queen Mother, you are the Empress of the Tang Dynasty. No, you can rest assured that your son is with you." Li Hong said while watching the movement outside.
I saw a man in black quickly duck out from behind a tree. The crossbow that had been prepared for a long time was fired in an instant. Before the man moved to another tree, the arrow flew from the side of the man. The neck was stabbed, and he immediately fell limp in the grass.
In this way, Li Hong effectively prevented these people from quickly approaching the cave. At this moment, Hua Meng and others suddenly appeared behind these people.
Bai Lu and Xiao Han didn't look like they were running down the slope, but rather they seemed to have stumbled and rolled down the slope.
Li Hong felt a little more at ease when he saw that Lian Tie and the five men still found him. However, when he saw that there were still men in black behind them, his heart sank involuntarily.
The figures in the woods flickered, sometimes it was Lian Tie and others, and sometimes it was a man in black. Li Hong lay there and watched silently, and suddenly said lightly: "My son, I must personally find out who he is." , who are these people?”
"Have Lian Tie and the others arrived?" Wu Mei stood up and looked outside.
Bai Lu was stabbed in the heart with a silent knife. Xiao Han chopped off the man's head from behind. After looking at Bai Lu, he was also stabbed in the vital point by another man in black. The two of them slowly fell down. Go down.
"Mother, be careful." Li Hong suddenly roared, and the two swallow-wing crossbows in his hands shot to the side of the cave entrance as fast as lightning, and the man was leaping over from the air, the horizontal knife in his hand pointed directly at Tan. Wu Mei is in the forefront.
This person had obviously been lurking here for a long time. He was afraid of the crossbow in Li Hong's hand, so he had been lurking and waiting for an opportunity.
Li Hong didn't know if the crossbow in his hand had hit the target. At the same time as he fired, Li Hong stood up, quickly turned around and rushed towards Wu Mei, leaving behind him the man in black who fell from the sky. .
"Hmm..." Li Hong groaned, his left shoulder suddenly felt burning pain, and then he heard the sound of an object falling to the ground behind him.
Wu Mei's face was pale, and she stared blankly at the bone-deep wound on Li Hong's shoulder: "Hong'er, Hong'er..."
"It's okay, mother, hurry up and go inside..." Li Hong felt weak all over, and the burning pain on his shoulders went straight through the soles of his feet, making him feel weak and a little unsteady on his feet.
Before Wu Mei could continue to check the wound, Li Hong suddenly bent down, picked up the horizontal knife he threw, and stabbed behind him fiercely. In just an instant, another man in black rushed to the entrance of the cave.
Just as Li Hong raised the horizontal knife in his hand, the man in black suddenly fell straight towards Li Hong as if he was kicked behind him, and his chest hit Li Hong's hand. On the horizontal knife.
Li Hong was already weak, and with the collision of the man in black, he was suddenly knocked into Wu Mei's arms again, while Wu Mei kept looking at the wound on Li Hong's shoulder and didn't pay attention to what was happening in front of her. , so the two women were all knocked to the ground by the man in black who fell straight up.
The couple lay on the ground and quickly got up. At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave. They were clearly lawless and lawless.
After Li Hong saw the two of them, and the wound on his shoulder was still in burning pain, after being helped up by Wu Mei, he said with difficulty: "Protect my mother, and find someone to take me to see Bai Lu and Xiao Han."
"Hong'er, no, the wound on your shoulder..."
"It's okay, I can bear it." Li Hong's voice sounded like he was about to cry.
If it hadn't been suddenly blocked by the scene of Bai Lu and Xiao Han being stabbed, I'm afraid I wouldn't have given the lurking man in black a chance.
Wen Wen and Wu Tian nodded, so two people immediately came forward. One person held a bandage, and quickly bandaged the wound of Li Hong, who was being supported by the other person, and then walked out slowly.
At this moment, the men in black in the woods were surrounded. Every man in black who resisted died tragically. Basically, there was not a complete body in the woods, and the smell of blood began to slowly spread in the woods. Come.
Lian Tie, Banmei and Xunlan saluted hurriedly when they saw Li Hong. Li Hong's face was pale and his lips were a little blue. He was trembling because of the wound on his shoulder when he spoke: "Go to the cave and take care of my mother. Are you okay?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I'm fine with you." The three of them said at the same time.
"Go quickly." Li Hong saw that the three of them had blood on their faces and were limping when they walked.
Lian Tie's waist was wet, obviously caused by wounds, while Banmei and Xunlan also had injuries of varying severity, but they still walked quickly to the cave.
"Keep a few alive." Li Hong ordered, while walking in the direction of Bai Lu and Xiao Han with some fear.
In the grass, Bai Lu and Xiao Han were seen lying there with their heads leaning against each other, their faces covered in blood. Their originally beautiful eyes had long been dimmed, and there was still blood flowing from the corners of their mouths.
(End of chapter)