There was a cool breeze blowing away the stuffy air on the street, and the occasional barking of dogs had completely stopped at this time, and it seemed that the dogs could not hold back their fatigue and fall asleep.

In front of the door of the regent, there was already a carriage with eight horses, on which were already sitting two royal hands, and there were two hundred heavily armed dragon guard soldiers standing in front and behind, one hundred cavalry in front and right, and one hundred infantry in the middle, and the soldiers were standing on horseback or with weapons in hand, their bodies were straight and their expressions were solemn.

Liang Zhenwu stood in front of the palace door with the hilt of the knife in his hand, walking back and forth, waiting for the moment when the gate opened. Today is his duty, he must take these two hundred Dragon Guard soldiers to escort Zhao Ziliang to the palace to the palace, disperse the dynasty, return to the palace, and stay in the palace all day to be responsible for Zhao Ziliang's safety.

The fresh air on the street made Liang Zhenwu feel cooler, and now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the soldiers and generals on duty in the palace have to wear armor, although the armor has undergone some heat dissipation and sweat dissipation technology, but it is still difficult to resist the higher and higher temperatures.

The gate of the palace finally opened, and Zhao Ziliang's personal eunuch Cao Yingxiang walked out with a whisk of dust and shouted: "The king is in court!" ”

The dragon guard infantry immediately stood up in front of and behind the carriage, and there was a bang on the ground, and the spears that were originally placed on the ground were held obliquely upwards by the soldiers, and the tail of the gun was clamped under the armpits, and the spears in the hands of the knights were originally carried on their shoulders, and at this time, the head of the spear was also diagonally upward, and the small round shield was also held in the left hand, looking vigilant, ready to attack at any time.

Zhao Ziliang wore a crown on his head, wore a royal robe, hung a war knife at his waist, and walked out of the palace with the handle of the knife in one hand across the high threshold.

Pei Jian is the grandson of the sword saint Pei Min, he inherited Pei Min's mantle in the way of the sword, Pei Min's family was defeated soon after Pei Min's death, in order to avoid the war had to go to the West Qin, Pei Jian was already in his twenties, swordsmanship has been quite attained, and later the West Qin Palace recruited innocent young martial arts young people from the people, Pei Min went to enlist, because of his outstanding archery skills were admitted, after several years of training and study, he was arranged to serve as a personal guard next to Zhao Ziliang, and was promoted because of his merit and outstanding martial arts, He was appointed as a third-class guard, a second-class guard, a first-class guard, a captain of the guard, a deputy commander, and a commander.

When Liang Zhenwu saw Zhao Ziliang coming out, he immediately stepped forward and bowed with his fists and said: "King Qiqi, today is the minister on duty, the carriage and horses have been prepared, please get on the car!" ”

Pei Jian immediately led the guards to run down the steps quickly, stood in two rows, facing each other, Pei Jian walked to the carriage and lifted the door curtain to quickly check in the carriage, and only after finding no abnormality did he exit, picked up the door curtain and let Zhao Ziliang get into the car.

Liang Zhenwu held the war knife and walked to the front and turned over the horse, and a soldier next to him handed over a twenty-pound horse lance, Liang Zhenwu grabbed the horse lance with his right hand and the reins of the war horse with his left hand.

Zhao Ziliang got into the carriage and shouted outside: "Get up!" ”

The eunuch Cao Yingxiang immediately screamed: "Get up!" ”

Liang Zhenwu, who was at the front, shook the reins in his hand, the war horse stepped forward, the whole team began to move forward slowly, and the footsteps also changed from small to loud, and the team quickly left the palace and walked along the street in front of the door to Suzaku Street.

Although the road leading to Suzaku Street only passes through Changxingfang and Anrenfang, it is several miles long, and now Chang'an has also returned to its former prosperity, although the population is not as large as before the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, but the commercial atmosphere is stronger. The imperial court has money, and it has spent a lot on the construction of Chang'an, the streets of Chang'an City have been paved with bluestone in recent years, and some trees are planted on both sides of the street to block the sun and purify the air, and there are red lanterns hanging on these trees, whenever night falls, there are special city and square bureau personnel to light up the lanterns, these lanterns are fixed on the trees, and there is a hard tarpaulin on the top to cover the rain, because it is fixed on the trees, and can prevent it from being blown by the wind, unless the wind blows down the trees.

Rows of red lanterns illuminate the streets, which is the embodiment of the financial abundance of the entire Chang'an City, if there is no money, how can the general city support the whole city to illuminate the whole city with lanterns all year round?

As Zhao Ziliang's royal driving team did not know how to advance towards Suzaku Street, under the light of the lanterns, the team left a long shadow.

After walking for five or six miles, he saw that he was about to enter Suzaku Street, blocking Suzaku Street for only about one mile, but Liang Zhenwu, who was riding a horse and walking in front, found that the lanterns on both sides of the street in front were extinguished, and the street in front was dark, and only one mile away Suzaku Street was lit up.

"What's going on? Why are all the lanterns on this stretch of the road extinguished? If it's normal to just turn off a few lights, but all the lanterns in the nearly mile have been extinguished, shouldn't this be, is Wannian County just to save so much money? ”

Once the doubts arose, it was difficult to let go, and a bad premonition rose from Liang Zhenwu's heart, and he immediately raised the horse lance in his hand and shouted: "Stop!" ”

The team stopped, the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps was gone, but there was no sound of insects in the night, and now it was May, and it was impossible for the summer insects not to chirp, something was wrong, something was wrong! Liang Zhenwu immediately waved his hand: "Go to the front of four people to explore the way!" ”

The four cavalrymen behind him immediately crossed Liang Zhenwu with spears and horses to explore the way, and then the eunuch Cao Yingxiang walked over quickly and asked, "General Liang, what's wrong?" ”

"Oh, it's Gonggong Cao!" Liang Zhenwu said and pointed to the front with a horse lance and said: "The lanterns in front are all extinguished, if only a few lights are extinguished, it means that they are burned out of oil, but these lanterns are extinguished, I feel that something is wrong, so I will stop first and send someone to explore the way in front!" ”

Cao Yingxiang looked at the dark street in front of him, and there were still faint lights coming from Suzaku Street in the distance, he turned his head and said; "General Liang, are you too careful, you should be fine, right? It's normal for the lanterns on the road to burn out of oil! ”

Liang Zhenwu shook his head and said: "You don't understand, I, Liang, crawled out of the pile of dead people, I can feel the danger if there is any danger!" ”

After a while, two of the knights who had gone to explore the road returned and reported: "General, no anomaly has been found in the street ahead, and the other two brothers are on guard in front!" ”

Liang Zhenwu's brows furrowed, his eyes flashed with light, and he hesitated in his heart, whether to continue along this route or turn around and take another route?

At this time, he turned around and trotted to the side of the carriage and hugged his fists and said, "The king······"

Zhao Ziliang's voice came from inside the carriage: "General Liang, what's wrong?" ”

"King, the lanterns on both sides of the street near the road in front of you have been extinguished, and the minister feels that there is danger ahead, so he suggests that he move forward by a different route!"

Before Zhao Ziliang in the carriage could give instructions, he heard the sound of arrows shooting from a distance outside: "Whoosh······"

"Ahh······hh

A team officer suddenly pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Assassin, the enemy has a repeater, form a formation to defend!" ”

The soldiers of the Dragon Guard reacted quickly, and after several soldiers were shot and killed, under the loud order of one of the officers, the soldiers of the Dragon Guard quickly formed a defensive formation.

"Whoosh ······"

After the infantry formed a defensive formation, the arrows fired from the darkness aimed at the cavalry, and soon several more cavalrymen fell from their horses with arrows, and the cavalry officer shouted: "The cavalry dismount and form a formation!" ”

The knights jumped off their horses and hid behind their horses, their arms shielding themselves from the arrows they were shooting from in front of them.

At this moment, someone discovered the direction in which the arrow was coming from, "The assassin is on the roofs on the left and right!" Bow and arrow counterattack"

Under the cover of their teammates, some of the Dragon Guard soldiers immediately opened their bows and arrows to release arrows in the general direction of the enemy's location, after all, there were more soldiers of the Dragon Guard, a wave of arrows was fired, and the enemy hiding in the shadows was partially suppressed, and there were fewer arrows from the enemy's direction.

The enemy was hiding in the shadows, and the Dragon Guard soldiers were in the light, the situation was very unfavorable for the Dragon Guards, and as the two sides fired at each other, the Assassins had an increasing advantage in shooting with repeaters, and the number of Dragon Guard soldiers who were wounded or killed by arrows began to increase.

Liang Zhenwu saw that the situation was unfavorable, and immediately shouted to Pei Qian, the commander of the guards: "Commander Pei, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, we can't be beaten passively, we must command the soldiers to retreat from the enemy, and the guards around the king will be handed over to you!" ”

"Well, as long as the assassins can't break through the general's defenses, the king's side will definitely be safe!" Pei Jian kept knocking off the arrows with his sword and said.

Liang Zhenwu immediately ordered: "The first, second, third, and fourth squads of the infantry are approaching the enemy to the left and right fronts respectively, the fifth or sixth squads are covered with bows and arrows, and the cavalry is standing in place, ready to support at any time!" ”

Under the command of Liang Zhenwu, two groups of infantry with shields on their shoulders touched the streets in front of them on the left and right sides, and the enemy hid on the roofs of their houses, and could only threaten the enemy by approaching.

"Whoosh ······" After another wave of arrows was fired, there was a crisp sound on the shields of the infantrymen, and then a large number of black-clad assassins flew from the rooftops on the left and right sides of the front, these black-clad assassins were armed with sharp swords, all black, and their faces were black, and these black-clad assassins quickly engaged the approaching Dragon Guard infantry, and the roars and screams of battle were heard.

Before the soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army who were guarding the place could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw more than a dozen black-clothed masked assassins flying down from the rooftops on both sides at the same time, and killed Zhao Ziliang's carriage.

"How daring!" Liang Zhenwu let out an angry roar and commanded: "Infantry Seventh, Eighty, Ninety, and Ninety Squad, up!" ”

Nearly a few dozen Dragon Guard infantry came up to command, and they kept these assassins who had killed from both sides out of the perimeter, and there were a full nineteen personal guards around the carriage, including Pei Qian.

The cavalry had dismounted to avoid the arrows, but now the Assassins had begun to attack at close range, and the arrows were gone, and the cavalry were no longer threatening.