C212

Chapter 212 - Military Assassination

It was unknown whose subordinate this soldier was, and it was unknown how long he had been hiding in the midst of the retreat!

There were fleeing soldiers everywhere. No one noticed him, nor did anyone notice his difference!

The treasured sword in his hand was a few inches longer than an ordinary treasured sword. His entire body gave off a feeling of elegance and elegance! Even though he was wearing the uniform of an ordinary soldier, he still gave off a feeling!

At this moment, he suddenly erupted, the sword in his hand aimed straight at Zhao Chen!

However, there were still a few Managed cavalry soldiers beside Zhao Chen, and these few Managed cavalry soldiers felt that something was wrong. They were just about to block, when the invincible Sword Qi swept past their bodies, and they turned into pieces along with their horses! Not a single Managed Cavalry could withstand the power of this sword!

"This is bad!" Someone ambushed His Majesty! "

"Quick, help!"

"Someone is assassinating us!" The rest of the cavalrymen nearby immediately reacted, and they shouted loudly as they rushed towards the soldier!

A cavalry soldier charged in front of the soldier. The soldier sneered and with a wave of his sword, the cavalry soldier fell to the ground. His body was cut from his waist and blood spilled all over the ground!

Two more cavalrymen charged forward from both sides. With a flash, the body of the soldier disappeared from where he stood! Following that, the two cavalrymen also fell to the ground, not breathing!

This soldier's martial arts skills were extremely high, and those charging cavalry soldiers were all killed on the ground by him! He was getting closer and closer to Zhao Chen!

At this moment, Zhao Chen also felt that something was wrong, he anxiously turned his horse, wanting to dodge the blade!

This little soldier is only ten meters away from Zhao Chen … Twenty feet … Ten feet …

Just as he was about to reach Zhao Chen's side, Zhao Chen had already prepared to counterattack! At that moment, an old man rushed out! The old man's palm struck forward and actually blocked the small soldier!

"Your Majesty! "Hurry up and leave!" The old man said in a deep voice.

Zhao Chen was startled, and without further hesitation, he rode his horse forward! Behind Zhao Chen, countless Royal soldiers were protecting Zhao Chen as they moved forward! They left this place as fast as they could!

And the soldier was fighting with the old man!

This little soldier's martial arts were exceptionally brilliant. As the sword energy spread out, it was unknown just how many soldiers died there! Although the old man's martial arts were not as good as this little soldier's, they were not far off!

The old man only used his bare hands to block the sword qi.

"So it's you!" The small soldier suddenly let out a long howl and the sword aura became even sharper! At this moment, the old man could no longer resist. The old man's clothes shattered like butterflies!

The little soldier sneered and attacked again. At this time, more than a dozen of the defeated soldiers suddenly rushed over to block this little soldier!

"Why did you help Emperor Xuanwu?" The little soldier coldly snorted.

"So it's Daoist Free and Unrestrained!" After so many years of not seeing each other, the Taoist martial arts have improved even more than before! " The old man let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, while being protected by a group of soldiers and generals.

"Humph!" You still haven't answered me, why are you helping Emperor Xuanwu? " The little soldier said coldly.

So it turned out that he was none other than the unrestrained child who had followed Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Loushi into the Guan Shan that day! He was looking for a chance to assassinate Zhao Chen! Today was supposed to be the best opportunity, but this old man ruined his plans!

"Emperor Xuanwu is a heroic young man. In the future, Song Dynasty might need to rely on him! That's why I helped him! " The old man mused for a moment before speaking.

"You are a subordinate of the Emperor Jianyan. Aren't you afraid that the Emperor Jianyan will blame you? "We Chinese want to be loyal, and you claim to be loyal, but what you are doing now can be considered loyal?" The unfettered child said disdainfully.

"For the future of the Song Dynasty, I am forced to do this!" A complicated expression appeared on the old man's face as he sighed.

"If word of this gets out, Emperor Jianyan will definitely not let you off lightly!" The unfettered child laughed coldly.

"I am willing to do whatever His Majesty wishes to do to me! Today, my blood was boiling, which was why I did such a thing! Forget it, after today's matter, I will personally request for His Majesty to punish me! " The old man clenched his teeth and said.

"Master, there is no need for this! We are all your trusted aides, so we will definitely not say what happened today! " A nearby commander said.

"Lord, there is no need to listen to his nonsense! Emperor Xuanwu did not come, why would he say that he was going to save Emperor Xuanwu? " Another commander said.

"Lord, as long as we kill him today, no one will know about this!" A high-ranking officer pointed at the free and unrestrained child as he spoke.

"No need to say anymore!" I have indeed committed a grave mistake today! I will personally apologize! " The old man shook his head and said dejectedly.

He did not know why he made such a choice today either. Perhaps it was because he had heard about Zhao Chen defeating the Jin Army earlier, but in his heart, he faintly felt that Zhao Chen was the only hope of China! Thus, under these circumstances, the always loyal him actually helped the Emperor Xuanwu! This was equivalent to betraying the Emperor Jianyan!

For the next countless years, he might have to bear the burden of his heart!

Seeing that Zhao Chen was already far away, the free and unrestrained child gritted his teeth in hatred, coldly snorted, and then quietly escaped as well.

"Who was the one who saved me?" Zhao Chen asked only after being protected by the layers of Royal soldiers.

Your Majesty, that person is Zong Ze! Kang An said.

Kang An was Zhe Keqiu's trusted aide back then, and he had once accompanied Zhe Keqiu to Kaifeng to meet Zong Ze!

"Zong Ze, it's actually him!" Zhao Chen was stunned.

Never in his dreams would he expect that Zong Ze would actually help him! Zong Ze was a subordinate of Zhao Gou. Back then, it was Zong Ze who practically helped Zhao Gou to ascend to the top! Zhao Chen really did not understand. Why did Zong Ze want to save him?

"This person is one of Conan's traitor's trusted aides. This general does not understand why he wants to save His Majesty! "Weird, weird!" Kang An also muttered.

"Very good, this person has saved my life. I will repay him in the future!" After I obtain the world, I will let him enjoy wealth and glory! " Zhao Chen said.

In fact, Zhao Chen had other doubts in his mind. In the history, Zong Ze had died in Jian Yan City for two years! should have already died, so why was he still alive in this world? However, he did not know that a change had occurred in history. Because Zhao Chen was with him, the pressure on Zhao Gou was greatly reduced. Furthermore, last year, when Lin Lingsu went to Kaifeng, Lin Lingsu had already sensed that there was a problem with Zong Ze's body. At that time, Lin Lingsu had given him a lot of treatment, so Zong Ze's lifespan was much longer than it had in history! At least until now, Zong Ze's body had not been exhausted yet!

"Your Majesty, there is actually such a powerful assassin among the enemy troops! In just a few breaths of time, more than thirty of our soldiers had fallen under his hands! I think it would be better for us to leave this place and return to the Wu Gong County! " Kang An said.

Kang An was most worried about Zhao Chen's safety, so he replied immediately.

"No need! "We will continue to the east. This time, we will make sure to finish our sniping of the enemy troops!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, take off your clothes, this general will wear your clothes!" Kang An suddenly said.

Although he was in the army, Zhao Chen's identity was not to be trifled with. The clothes he wore were also different from the other officers', which was why the assassin recognized him! Otherwise, under the night sky, with the heavy snow falling everywhere, even a carefree person might not be able to recognize Zhao Chen in an instant! Even though the unrestrained child had tried to assassinate Zhao Chen many times, he had never once seen Zhao Chen's face! Only when the Kaifeng City was broken did he see the face of the substitute Little San'er. But it had already been so many years since the Kaifeng City was broken, and Zhao Chen was no longer the appearance of a child! Thus, the fact that the unrestrained child could recognize Zhao Chen was entirely relying on his clothes!

Zhao Chen nodded and took off his clothes! Kang An put on Zhao Chen's clothes!

After that, Kang An ordered another soldier to take off his clothes, and Zhao Chen donned on his soldier's clothes, he even rode on a normal soldier's horse! Like this, it was impossible for anyone within the army to recognize him!

They galloped all the way east, and then they hunted from east to west!

Many of the defeated soldiers had just run into the Managed soldiers, and under the cover of the Managed soldiers, they either died or their troops became a mess! Many people were already rushing towards the west in panic. There were soldiers rushing towards them from the west, clashing with each other and trampling on each other. Yet another army had died!

The sky had already begun to brighten, and it was only now that the King Kang's army finally started to calm down!

Many soldiers looked around in horror, but other than their own troops, there was no one else in sight!

The flames in the barracks were slowly extinguished as well. However, as the stench of burnt corpses permeated the air, many soldiers could not help but vomit!

Qin Gui stood on top of a small mountain and watched the scene below.

"Quick, gather the troops and see how many people have died!" Qin Gui said.

, Zhang Jun, Wang Yan and the rest of them could now do this!

At this moment, Liu Guangshi had already rushed over with her own Liu Jiajia. Seeing the tragic scene before him, Liu Guangshi rejoiced in his heart! Right now, the Zhang Jia Jun and the allied army were both injured. Although his Liu Jiajia had been ambushed before, it was still better than being ambushed by them! As a result, in this battle, the strength of his Liu Jiajia had actually "increased", causing Liu Guangshi to be extremely happy!

It was not until the afternoon that the number of casualties reached the mark. Last night was chaotic, and the number of soldiers that died from stepping on fire was more than 50,000. Nearly 100,000 soldiers were either lightly or severely injured! More importantly, the morale of the military had suffered a huge blow! Until now, they still didn't know how many people had attacked them last night. They didn't know where the enemies had come from, and when they would return again!

"So many people died!" After Qin Gui received the battle report, he wanted to cry, but no tears came out!

"Lord Qin, we just received a piece of news!" Zhang Jun shot Zong Ze a glance, and said suddenly.

"What news?" Qin Gui said.

"It is said that the one leading the troops last night was the Emperor Xuanwu! Someone was trying to assassinate the Emperor Xuanwu, and Master Zong Ze actually saved the Emperor Xuanwu! " Zhang Jun said.

"How is this possible?" Qin Gui said in disbelief.

"There were a lot of soldiers who saw it!" This general is definitely not empty words! " Zhang Jun said.

Qin Gui stood there stunned, his gaze turned towards Zong Ze, who gently nodded!

"How could this be? How could this be? Emperor Xuanwu was just a young man, how could he dare to personally lead? You must have seen and heard wrongly! " Qin Gui said as he felt that this was too unbelievable.

"I will report this matter to His Majesty and ask for His Majesty's orders!" Zhang Jun sneered.

"No need, I will personally tell His Majesty about this matter! I plead for your punishment, your majesty! " Zong Ze said indifferently.

Qin Gui was still in disbelief, of course at this moment he would never punish Zong Ze! For one, Qin Gui was only a Vice Minister, although he had a high position, he was not much higher than Zong Ze! Zong Ze was a Prefect of Kaifeng, so his status was extremely high! There were only two types of people in the Song Dynasty that held the position of Kaifeng Prefecture: one was the crown prince, before Song Taizong and Song Zhen took the throne, they all held the position of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the other was held by famous officials of the world, such as Kou Zhen, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, Su Shi, Sima Guang, Bao Zheng and so on. If the crown prince was to act as the magistrate, then when the emperor went out, the magistrate could handle the affairs of the kingdom. The order to open the magistrate was the same as the emperor's imperial edict! "Aoo!" Minister Kai Feng would be able to judge other ministers of the imperial court, just like Bao Zheng was in history. He could even judge a prime minister of the imperial court in the name of Kai Feng Prefecture! Right now, Zong Ze, this Kai Feng Prefect, was commanding all the allied armies in the north, and his power was not to be trifled with! Even if Qin Gui was the Deputy, he did not have the power to punish Zong Ze!

Furthermore, Zong Ze's prestige was too high, if they were to punish Zong Ze now, it was likely that the allied army would fall into chaos, and their plan to counterattack the Guan Shan would completely fail!

"Emperor Xuanwu was among the enemy forces yesterday! They definitely had not escaped far yet! Lord Qin, I am willing to lead an army to kill Emperor Xuanwu! " Zhang Jun said.

"Alright!" Qin Gui thought for a long time before nodding.