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By the time the torture ended, the few people from the northern region who had tried to assassinate Yun Zihuang were already covered in wounds and not a single piece of their bones remained. However, they did not die. They could not even pass out. It was a hundred times more painful than death. They were tormented by extreme pain. When they were captured alive, they had already given up all hope and only prayed to be killed immediately. However, to them, this was an extravagant hope.

The janissaries were gnashing their teeth in hatred for these people trying to assassinate the princess. They wished they could kill all the slaves in the northern region.

Yun Yin said in a low voice, "Princess, you should leave this place first to avoid any more accidents."

Yun Zihuang also had a bad premonition. She nodded and got on her horse. Although there were guards around, there were only five hundred. This time, when she left War God City, she only brought these people with her. In the battle at Black Bear Valley, the death toll of Feng Qingxiao's Iron Guard was too high. If she took 1000 people with her, there wouldn't be much left. The war was over. The people of the north and the soldiers of the Sun Ascension Empire had been defeated and retreated far away. They were in the northern border and were not far from the garrison. There was no danger.

Although there were a lot of slaves from the Northern Region, most of them were sickly and weak. They didn't have any war horses or weapons, so five hundred guards were enough to protect her.

In the past few days, everything had gone smoothly, and the slaves of the northern region were all very obedient. Unexpectedly, an accident still happened.

"Du …"

Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded in the distance, breaking the tranquility of the surroundings. Following that, another whistle sounded from somewhere else. After encountering the assassin just now, they had dispatched scouts to scout the surroundings, in case there were any hidden assassins, endangering the Princess's safety. These whistles were from the scouts that had detected the enemy and sounded the alarm.

"Hurry up and leave this place."

After Yun Yin said this, the guards urged their horses to move faster as they drew their swords from their sheaths and nocked their bows.

"Damn it!"

In the dense forest far away, someone used the language of the northern lands to ruthlessly curse, "Attack! You must capture wargod wangfei alive!"

The smoke immediately rose into the air and sent out a signal. The road ahead was filled with fallen trees, rocks and debris, blocking the path of his personal guards. Numerous Northern Slaves had rushed out from the ruins of the buildings and forests on both sides. Basically, they were all bare-chested and had all kinds of farm tools in their hands. Most of them held wooden weapons.

"Feng Ning, bring a few people with you to inform the others. The rest are not allowed to leave the vicinity of the wangfei. Kill them!"

Feng Ding's eyes were bloodshot. He should not have allowed these wolf cub's life to be taken away, let alone given medical treatment to these wolf like people in the northern region. If he had killed the Northern Slaves earlier, he wouldn't have caused such a ruckus. "The eyes of the personal guards were all bloodshot. They already had a deep grudge with the people of the northern region. Of the thousand personal guards who came to the northern border from the capital, there were less than two hundred left.

The Iron Guards, acting as personal guards, had a hatred for the people of the northern region that had lasted for many years.

Rows and rows of people from the northern region fell. There was no armor or even a weapon. Only a few people had broken farm tools in their hands. Most of their hands were weapons that had been sharpened with trees. Less than an arrow's worth of distance away from his personal guards, the people of the northern region fell like wheat being cut off. However, the people from the northern region immediately supported their archers in front of them, using their corpses as shields and continued forward.

The second series of crossbows shot out. The personal guards on horseback were much taller than the people in the northern region. They shot and killed another row of people from the northern region from above.

At the same time, these Northern Reaches cultivators became the shields of the other Northern Reaches cultivators.

Yun Zihuang said coldly: "Each direction has thirty people in a row. Forward, take turns to shoot."

"Understood."

The people of the Northern Regions attacked from all directions. Following Yun Zihuang's orders, the personal guards also split into four directions, surrounding her in the middle as they slowly advanced. The guards used their spears to pry open the obstacles in front of them. The other personal guards kept using their crossbows to shoot down the people from the northern region. In the blink of an eye, the Northern Reaches cultivators had turned into many shields. However, only a few of the Northern Reaches disciples were able to approach them, and they quickly fell down as well.

The surrounding area was littered with the corpses of people from the northern region. Even if they used the corpses of their dead comrades, as well as the doors and other things, as shields, it would still be difficult to get close to the personal guards.

Many guards stood on their warhorses and shot down people from the northern lands with shields from high altitudes, rendering them useless. Although the number of people in the northern region was ten times more than the number of personal guards, under the powerful attacks of the crossbows, not a single person was able to get close to them.

After the first row of personal guards missed their target, the second row of personal guards immediately jumped up onto their warhorses, shooting down the people from the northern region. When the third row fired, the personal guards in the first row had already loaded their crossbows and were ready to fire another two rounds. Not to mention the fact that they didn't have any war horses or decent shields, they also didn't have any real weapons. Even if they were to face off against the elite cavalry soldiers of the northern region, it would be difficult to get close to these personal guards.

Each personal guard was equipped with two consecutive crossbows and two hundred crossbows. With such a terrifying number of crossbows and crossbows, even if they were ten times the number of elite cavalry in the northern region, it would still be difficult to get close to them.

The people of the north were like wheat that had been harvested, falling down continuously. Within the span of a few breaths, the ground was littered with the corpses of slaves from the north.

"Retreat!"

Someone from the north shouted loudly. The surrounding people quickly retreated, all of them retreating towards the obstacles blocking the way. He used the many obstacles to hide himself and not be shot by the guards' arrows, waiting for a better opportunity. Many people had already started to despair. In just a short meeting, thousands of corpses had been thrown away!

Seeing that the people of the northern region had retreated, Yun Yin sneered. If they were to face the same number of elite cavalry from the northern region, they would be in great danger. However, these Northern Slaves did not have any warhorses, weapons, or shields. To dare to launch a sneak attack on them was simply courting death!

Yun Zihuang said coldly: "Retreat 50 steps. Rocket, fire. Scouts check the left side of the forest. Each team has 30 people. Five teams will attack from the left."

As orders were passed down, the personal guards followed the orders and scouts ran out to check the situation on the left side of the road. Ten groups of people took a detour to the left, slowly advancing through the ravine and the edge of the jungle. The remaining people surrounded Yun Zi Huang. Some of them shot out rockets, while the rest of them carried a series of crossbows, guarding against the surroundings.

The rocket hit the barrier and it caught fire.

Suddenly, many people from the northern region jumped out of the ravine filled with weeds. Under the scouts' probing, they were no longer able to hide and sneak attack. If a scout discovered him, he could only jump out brazenly and attack the scout while charging towards his personal guards.

swish swish swish … *

A series of crossbows swiftly shot out, and the people from the northern region that had just jumped out of the ravine immediately fell down in rows. Just at this moment, the people from the northern region, who were hiding behind the barrier, fearlessly ran through the burning barrier and rushed towards Yun Zihuang.