In May of the seventh year of Guanghe, Huangfu Song burned Bocai's army at Changshe. Bocai was defeated. Tens of thousands of the main Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou were killed. Huangfusong led his army to pursue Bocai to Runan County.
At this time, Zhong Yu, who had pacified the entire Jingzhou, was bringing his personal guards to the foot of Jiangling City.
It is spring in southern China, when the ice and snow melt and turn into streams to irrigate the earth. Everywhere is filled with a kind of vigorous vitality, and green buds are blooming all over the wilderness.
"drive!"
There was a clatter of horse hooves. Hundreds of cavalry were seen walking quickly along the road above the plain. Pedestrians on the roadside avoided them one after another to avoid blocking the way of these officers and soldiers and being innocently hit to death by them.
"Your Majesty, we only have a few hundred guards here. Are we a little weak? If someone has evil intentions, what will happen to the safety of Your Majesty?" A man who looked like a general next to Zhong Yu, who was leading the way, said.
"It doesn't matter. Now that the entire Jingzhou has been trodden down by my army, who dares to come out and cause trouble instead of hiding at home? Does he want me to kill his nine tribes?" I heard the guard general next to me. Zhong Yu said with disapproval.
A group of people, riding fast horses, soon passed the avenue and turned to a path. After walking not far, we finally arrived at our destination. This was a forest with few people and many prey. It was a good place for spring hunting.
Since the two counties in Jingzhou were pacified, the army was divided into four parts and each went to attack the other remaining counties in Jingzhou. Zhong Yu sat in the center of these two places by himself, coordinating the four directions. Over time, he felt a little bored.
It was because he wanted to go hunting, go out into the countryside, and relax. This was not the first time that he had gone out. Counting the times, he had done so more than ten times!
At the beginning, Zhong Yu led thousands of his troops, constantly patrolling the route and driving away passers-by to avoid any evil-minded people with evil intentions.
However, after several visits, no assassination attempts were found, and no danger was found. The number of guards slowly decreased, to thousands, more than a thousand, or hundreds. This time, he only brought a mere three hundred cavalry with him, and did not bring any infantry with him.
As usual, the surrounding guards went to the forest to drive the prey away, driving them in front of Zhong Yu so that he could hunt better.
The group of people were like this, chasing each other, constantly hunting prey. Seeing those prey scurrying away in front of him in order to survive, Zhong Yu felt a sense of enjoyment in controlling all living beings and controlling their destiny.
This is also the reason why he chose to take the difficult path of being an emperor instead of being a lone ranger. Surrounded by countless people, with a single order, millions of people would devote themselves to him and die.
If in the end, this road is clear in this life, then who can experience this feeling of being superior to people, superior to gods, and superior to heaven!
Zhong Yu, who was enjoying the game and enjoying the fun of power, did not notice that he was a thousand meters away from him. There were pairs of eyes looking at him full of hatred, eyes full of revenge, extremely red.
There was a blazing fire in the eyes, and there was an emotion called pain and despair, tormenting these people who were still alive.
Those people were waiting for Zhong Yu to fall into their ambush circle when the guards around Zhong Yu had the least strength and relaxed their vigilance the most, and then swarmed up.
Let this demon who killed their whole family and took away all their family affection, glory, wealth, and status pay the price he deserves, in order to reveal the ghosts of their relatives under the Nine Springs.
Finally, the opportunity came. There were only about fifty guards around Zhong Yu, and the other guards were hundreds of meters away, driving away the prey for Zhong Yu.
To get to Zhong Yu, it would take him at least two or three minutes in the jungle. This was the moment when the guards around Zhong Yu were at their weakest in more than half a year. It was the moment when they attacked Yizhou from Zhong Yu and slaughtered countless aristocratic families.
Countless assassinations were planned around Zhong Yu, but they were solved in advance because of the guards who were closely vigilant and defended without any loopholes.
After losing countless manpower and material resources, like-minded people, and batch after batch of meaningless deaths, they finally recognized the reality.
It is simply impossible to assassinate this tyrant when one is prepared. We can only wait until the tyrant slacks off and reveals his flaws before he can kill with one blow.
It had not been him for half a year, but this opportunity finally came. After half a year without encountering an assassination, Zhong Yu finally relaxed his vigilance and dared to go out hunting, not caring at all about the possible assassinations.
Perhaps he also thought that those young people had been so frightened by his majestic power that they did not dare to move. They could only live in the shadow corner, secretly licking his bruised body.
Here, Zhong Yu is already only a hundred steps away from the assassins' ambush circle. Any closer and he may be discovered by the guards in advance, thus missing the opportunity.
The leader of the assassins could not restrain his inner excitement and issued an order. Suddenly, dozens of crossbow arrows flew from all around, heading straight towards Zhong Yu.
The guards seemed a little surprised that someone was actually assassinating them, and for a moment they were unable to react. Only the seven or eight guards around Zhong Yu quickly flew up and rushed towards Zhong Yu, blocking the dozens of crossbow arrows with their bodies.
The sound of pounding flesh was heard one after another, and all the guards were shot into a hornet's nest by crossbow arrows, with blood flowing down their bodies.
However, the will in their hearts prevented their bodies from falling, and they stood up tightly, blocking Zhong Yu's surroundings. Although their consciousness gradually dissipated, the solidity of their bodies did not dissipate. The loyal guards stood Beside Zhong Yu.
"Kill, kill this tyrant and avenge our dead relatives!"
"Come on, for the hatred in our hearts, for our will to live."
Words declaring their determination and expressing their purpose came out from the mouths of those assassins. In the blink of an eye, Zhong Yu had already gathered around him, hundreds of assassins, and further away, thousands of his people were coming quickly.
After the round of attacks just now, there were only about thirty people around Zhong Yu. The more than two hundred guards in the distance were also held back by a group of five hundred dead soldiers.
The situation was extremely dangerous for a moment. Zhong Yu's life seemed to have been controlled by others and out of his control. He could also be played by these assassins.
However, there was no panic on Zhong Yu's face. Instead, he was tightly surrounded by more than thirty guards and looked calmly at the several leader-looking assassins who walked out slowly on the opposite side.
Those leaders are not in a hurry to kill Zhong Yu. For several months, they have been eager to kill Zhong Yu and then quickly, in order to comfort their whole family's souls in heaven. How can they be expressed clearly in a few words? Of.
If he just let his enemy die like this without venting his anger before his death, the distortion in his heart would probably be difficult to calm down.
So they were not in a hurry, they wanted to appreciate the face of this unscrupulous and extremely cruel king before he died.
Watching him kneeling in front of her with tears in his eyes, begging for his life and forgiveness. Seeing his expression full of despair and pain as the hopes he gave him were shattered time and time again can truly heal the hatred and pain in their hearts.
Can anyone take a guess? How did our protagonist escape from danger? Personally, it's quite difficult to guess.
(End of chapter)