Chapter 34: The Assassination
Liu Yin's face changed suddenly, looking at the situation, Gao Yuan led the Yulin Army to fight with the assassins, and listening to the movements over there, there were more than one or two assassins, this was obviously a premeditated and planned assassination operation aimed at targeting Liu Chan.
The movement on the other side of the bamboo forest obviously alarmed Liu Chan, Liu Chan originally rode a horse leisurely all the way to the bamboo forest, as soon as he saw that there was a situation in front of him, Liu Chan hurriedly reined in the horse, and the imperial guard became nervous when he boarded, and shouted "Escort!" He hugged Liu Chan in front of him with a knife, and was on full alert, closely watching the movement on the other side of the bamboo forest.
But I heard that countless bamboos suddenly shot out like locusts on the bamboo forest, "whooshing", as strong as a gale, fierce like torrential rain, shooting at Liu Chan's side at a very fast speed.
Although the imperial guards can be called elite people with one block of ten, their weapons are far less diverse than those of the army, and the standard equipment is either a long sword or a waist knife, and there are no defensive weapons such as shields at all, and they are wearing some light armor, and they are not wearing heavy armor armed to the teeth.
If it was a human-to-man fight, the elite of the imperial guards might not be left behind, but in the face of sharpened bamboo spears, flying faster than the wind, the guards seemed powerless.
Without a shield or heavy armor, the only way to fend off these swift bamboo spears is to rely on agile and fast body movements to dodge.
But none of the guards dodged, because the Son of Heaven was behind them, and once they dodged, the sharp bamboo spear would shoot Liu Chan into a hedgehog mercilessly.
The only thing they could do was to use the swords in their hands to dial these bamboo spears.
However, these bamboo guns are not simply projected by manpower, but are fired through a special spring device, which is not only extremely powerful, but also extremely fast, with a longer range than bows and arrows, and more lethal.
Many of the guards used their swords to shoot down the first row of bamboo spears, but the dense bamboo spears did not give them any respite, and the sharp tips of the bamboo spears easily pierced their chests, splattering blood all over the grass.
A step back may be able to avoid the bamboo spear, and a flash may be able to escape with your life, but at this moment, every imperial guard did not choose to escape, but used their flesh and blood to block in front of the Son of Heaven, and even the front servants, just fell a guard in front, and the guards behind immediately went up, in front of Liu Chan, there was always a human wall, standing majestically, indestructible in wind and rain.
However, at this time, Liu Chan was much more embarrassed than the guards who regarded death as home, falling off the back of the free horse, his soul was not guarded, his clothes were scattered, and the prestige of the Son of Heaven on weekdays was long gone.
And Huang Hao was even more embarrassed, curled up on the ground, trembling like chaff.
These assassins were quite accurate in their calculations, and they had already set up mechanisms on Liu Chan's way forward, if it weren't for Liu Yin's warning in advance, Liu Chan would have doubled the lethality of those bamboo spears as long as he approached the bamboo forest for a hundred or ten steps, and almost all of them would have been spared.
Obviously, the sudden search of the Yulin Army disrupted the careful deployment of the assassins, Liu Chan had already given up the advance, ready to retreat, the assassins were obviously unwilling to give up the last chance, and immediately put into action, although it was not within the most advantageous range of the bamboo spear, but it was obvious that the bamboo spear still caused fatal damage to the guards guarding Liu Chan.
If it weren't for the dedication of these guards, Liu Chan and Huang Hao would definitely be two dead bodies now. It was precisely because these guards were loyal to their duties and blocked the fierce attack of the bamboo spear with their flesh and blood that Liu Chan was temporarily unharmed.
Li Qiu saw that the situation on Liu Chan's side was critical, and immediately led the Yulin Army to reinforce him.
But halfway through, a lot of black-clothed masked people were killed, intercepting their way, and they fought in one place.
The dense rain of bamboo guns finally stopped, and the ground was covered with the corpses of the imperial guards, except for a few seriously injured and dying, there was no one more guard in front of Liu Chan.
Liu Chan got up from the ground in horror, and before he could wake up from the nightmare, a black figure rushed over from the bamboo forest like a ghost, fast like a wind, a black suit, a black scarf masked, wrapped him tightly, only a pair of deep bright eyes like Qiutan flashed with cold light, just like the long sword in his hand, the cold light flashed.
"Faint King! Come on! With a coquettish sound, the long sword was like a pool of autumn water, swallowing the cold light, and stabbed towards Liu Chan.
At this time, in front of Liu Chan, there were no more guards available, Liu Yan's face suddenly turned pale, he secretly screamed that it was not good, and turned around to escape, but how could his slightly clumsy body escape the pursuit of the assassin, Liu Chan exclaimed: "My life is over!" ”
At this critical moment, a figure blocked in front of Liu Chan.
Needless to say, it was Liu Yin, who was the closest. Liu Yin had already approached Liu Chan, but was persuaded by the two imperial guards to block out, just a burst of bamboo gun rain, Liu Yin saw it in his eyes, shocked in his heart, and at the same time was shocked by those guards who were not afraid of death, knowing that it was death, but no one took half a step back, a fist loyal to the monarch and the heart of the lord, willing to spill blood although death has no regrets.
Seeing that the rain of guns stopped, Liu Yin was gently relieved, and was about to step forward to escort the car, but saw a person snatched out of the bamboo forest, with abnormal athletic skills, and a few rabbits fell up, and he had already pounced in front of Liu Chan, this assassin was obviously a long-trained master, agile, cold-blooded and cruel, accurate and ruthless, and a sword went straight to Liu Chan's vital point.
When Liu Yin saw the assassin appear, he immediately drew his sword in his hand, flew over, and directly blocked Liu Chan.
And this sword of the assassin, with a sharp angle and a very fast shot, has already stabbed.
Liu Yin backhanded a backhand, wanting to knock off his sword.
But Liu Yin miscalculated, the opponent's swordsmanship was obviously above him, and his sword did not block the opponent's sword path, but the opponent's sword flexibly bypassed his defense and stabbed straight at his chest.
Liu Yin's moves are old, and if he wants to withdraw his sword to block this matter, he can't keep up with the rhythm of the other party, but Liu Yin is not without a chance, as long as he flashes sideways, he may avoid the opponent's thunderous blow, with his skills, it is not too difficult to do this.
But Liu Yin didn't move, because he knew that Liu Chan was behind him, as long as he hid, he would inevitably expose Liu Chan to the other party, and the original target of the assassin's sword was him, how could he be merciful?
Everything was only between the lightning and flint, and a sword stabbed down, and blood splattered.