Chapter Twenty-Six: The Sacrifice That Had to Be Made

In the mountains, by the stream, Princess Zhaohua picked up a handkerchief from the stream, slowly wiped the sweat stains on her face, and by her side, there were less than ten guards left, and among them, there were three guards around Zuo Lixing, Zuo Lixing turned back to intercept Li Zhi, and left the last three masters around her to Princess Zhaohua.

Guo Jiuling was constantly coughing, every time she coughed and rinsed, she brought out a terrifying blood red, Princess Zhaohua's face was also extremely pale, she wiped off the sweat stains, she sat down cross-legged, and tried to adjust the internal breath, but seven or eight out of ten went to seventy or eighty.

"Princess, what are the chances of Zuo Shuai against Li Zhi?" Ding Yi filled the skin bag around his waist with clear stream water, stood up, but his eyes looked at the direction he came, not without worry, he was the captain of Zuo Lixing's personal guard battalion.

Princess Zhaohua was silent for a long time, but did not answer him immediately, if Zuo Lixing can win the duel with Li Zhi, then they will no longer have any worries in this line, even if it is impossible to change the outcome of the battle, but with Zuo Lixing's escort, they can also return to the Chu realm safely, and once Zuo Lixing fails, their form will be dangerous.

Princess Zhaohua didn't answer Ding Yi's words, because in her opinion, Zuo Lixing didn't have much chance of winning, if Zuo Lixing was confident, he would have already caught up with Li Zhi when he started to pursue them, instead of being forced to have no way to think about it at the end.

The defeat of this war has consumed too much of Zuo Lixing's spirit, and although he has killed countless enemies, Zuo Lixing's own consumption has not slowed down, Li Zhi's timing is very accurate, when he appears in Zuo Lixing's sight, it is Zuo Lixing's saddest time.

"Let's go!" Princess Zhaohua whispered that the reason why Li Zhi was chasing them was on herself, and Zuo Lixing had to intercept Li Zhi in the end, precisely because she couldn't let herself be caught by Xi Qin, as long as there was still a breath left, she must not fall into the hands of Xi Qin, otherwise, Zuo Lixing would have made sacrifices in vain.

Seeing Princess Zhaohua's reaction, Ding Yi's face turned a little paler.

The group walked silently through the lofty mountains, the direction they were going was not to Anyang County, on that road, now densely covered with countless Western Qin soldiers and horses, the only way they could go was to cross the Luoying Mountains, enter the Eastern Qi, and then take the road back to Chu from the Qi country.

The question is that if Zuo Lixing loses, how can it be so easy for them to do this, crossing the Luoying Mountains, the distance in a straight line is hundreds of miles, if you take into account the topography of the Luoying Mountains, if you really walk, it will definitely exceed thousands of miles, such a long journey, will the people of the Western Qin who are determined to succeed allow them to walk easily?

In the distance, there was a long howl that was extremely full of energy, and the group looked at each other, which must be the Western Qin people who were chasing them who had discovered their traces and were sending a signal to their companions.

Ding Yi stopped, followed closely by his two companions.

"Princess, take care all the way." Ding Yi bowed deeply to Princess Zhaohua.

"You guys?" Princess Zhaohua's heart was like a mess, looking at Ding Yi, tears unconsciously welled up in her eyes, and her eyes turned red in an instant, along the way, in order to protect her, countless people had fallen under the pursuing Qin army masters, and what Ding Yi wanted to do now, she naturally knew it.

She wanted to open her mouth to refuse, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed it back, she understood that the purpose of the Western Qin people was to hold her, if she really fell into the hands of the Qin people, all the previous sacrifices would be in vain, and that would bring greater losses to Da Chu.

"I don't know how Zuo Shuai is doing now? We are waiting to escort the princess on the order of Zuo Shuai, even if we don't want our own lives, we must protect the princess thoroughly, but the princess, now that the enemy is strong, we can only block the enemy for a while, and please be careful about the princess's future. Ding bowed again and again, and with his two companions, he turned around and walked away.

Looking at the backs of the three of them, Princess Zhaohua finally couldn't hold back her tears, "I will remember you." She exclaimed.

Ding Yi and the three of them didn't look back, and they disappeared into the dense forest in an instant.

No matter how strong Princess Zhaohua's martial arts are, how superb her wrists are, this is the first time in her life that she has walked out of the capital, and the first time she has seen the life-and-death contest when the army is facing each other. She is still an eighteen-year-old girl who has not really experienced the wind and rain, after a familiar person died for her, she felt that her heart was finally broken, looking at the back of Ding Yi and the three, she couldn't help crying loudly.

"Princess, let's go, Ding Yi and they won't be able to stand up for too long." Guo Jiuling persuaded softly.

Ding Yi and the three of them, who were contrary to Princess Zhaohua and her party, rushed forward for several miles on the mountain road, and stopped on a steep slope, almost at the same time as they stopped, a figure appeared at the bottom of the slope, followed by the second and third.

"Three-on-three!" Ding Yi looked at the two companions with a smile.

Ding Yi is a seventh-level master, whether in the army or above the rivers and lakes, he can be regarded as a first-class master, after all, there are not many people like the eighth and ninth levels, and the grandmaster-level masters are even rarer, even if it is Da Chu, the grandmaster-level masters are only four or five Liao Liao.

The big masters in the Qin army all stopped because of Zuo Lixing's return to intercept, and those chasing in front were all six or seven level guys. This is also the reason why Ding Yi is confident that he will earn a period of time for Princess Zhaohua.

"I'm close to Liao Shizhong, Xiao Diao, you cover remotely." Ding Yi took off the two short guns on his back, closed them in the middle, and with a snap, they turned into a long spear.

Liao Shizhong on the left took a step forward, and the young man called Xiao Diao by Ding Yi took off the longbow in his backhand. With a pull of his fingers, a long arrow appeared between his fingers.

The two of them rushed down in silence, and the three Qin people below also met them without hesitation, two rushed towards Ding Yi and Liao Shizhong, and the other rushed towards Xiao Diao at the top of the slope.

The sound of arrows roared suddenly, and this arrow, Xiao Diao shot not the Qin people who rushed towards him, but the enemy in front of Ding Yi. Ding Yi, who rushed downward, didn't worry about whether Xiao Diao behind him would miss him by mistake, they had been fighting together for many years, and they had developed absolute trust between each other, and the feather arrow flew past Ding Yi's face with the sound of the wind, stabbing Ding Yi's face.

Facing the face of Ding Yi, the Qin people obviously didn't expect this arrow to fly from this angle, what he saw was that a feather arrow suddenly appeared next to Ding Yi's neck, and the target was himself, and he was in a hurry.

Xiao Diao's second arrow at the top of the slope shot out again, and the Qin people who rushed towards him at this time were only dozens of steps away, but he didn't seem to see the other party.

As soon as Ding jumped up, the spear was like a poisonous dragon coming out of the hole, and with a light sound of the wave, it broke through the air and produced a sonic boom, which shows the speed of this shot. And just as Ding Yi's spear was shot, Xiao Diao's second arrow shot from between Ding Yi's legs.

The Qin people in front of Ding Yi had just shot away Xiao Diao's first arrow, and even he felt a shock of his wrist on the arrow, the long knife waved, and he danced with heavy knife shadows, ready to block Ding Yi's shot, although he had fallen behind at this time, he was still extremely confident in blocking this knife. He saw very clearly that the three enemies in front of him, only the one in front of him who wielded the gun, his skills were roughly equivalent to his own, and the remaining two were much weaker, as long as he supported himself for a while, his companion won, and the situation could be reversed immediately.

But he didn't expect that Xiao Diao's second arrow was still him.

Hearing the sound of the arrow wind whistling, his eyes flashed with despair, whether to be shot one by one, or to hold this arrow, he needed to make a decision immediately.

He chose to block the gun.

Xiao Diao's arrow accurately hit his dantian, and he screamed miserably and rolled down the slope.

Ding didn't look at him, he turned to one side, and in the roar, the spear struck sideways, and Liao Shizhong attacked another Qin person, and the Qin person who had the upper hand immediately fell left and right, and it was difficult to parry.

On the top of the slope, Xiao Diao's third arrow never had a chance to shoot again, and the Qin people who rushed in had already arrived in front of him, and the screams of his companions made this Qin man furious, and the long sword in his hand shook, and the slightest cold light pounced.

In his busy schedule, he could only meet the enemy with a long bow, with a crisp sound, the string broke, and the long sword continued to move forward, straight into Xiao Diao's chest, Xiao Diao just turned sideways, and swung forward with his right hand.

There was a thud, accompanied by the cries of the enemy. The long sword sank into Xiao Diao's chest, but Xiao Diao's right feather arrow also plunged into his opponent's left shoulder blade.

Qin Ren looked at Xiao Diao in shock, because the opponent could dodge his sword, in the plan, he would completely suppress Xiao Diao and then kill Xiao Diao with continuous attacks, but Xiao Diao's reaction was completely unexpected by him, he saw Xiao Diao who was dying, but he was laughing, looking at the slope and laughing.

Drawing the sword, Xiao Diao fell to the ground heavily, Qin Ren turned around, a heart suddenly cooled, at the bottom of the slope, the best companion in martial arts lay on the ground and did not know whether he was alive or dead, in the middle of the slope, another companion also fell, an enemy was pulling out a knife from his body, and the one who made the gun, a pair of eyes were staring at him deadly.

One by one, Qin people were killed and injured, Ding Yi and three people were killed and injured, Liao Shizhong was stabbed in the chest, but he, like Ding Yi, looked at his opponent viciously, and walked steadily towards the top of the slope step by step, as if the blood flowing on his chest was water.