Steel Dynasty - Chapter 385

[Chapter 385 Assassination]

In the dark night, only the lantern gave off a faint light.

Xiao Ming looked at the third prince’s bright and dark face in the candlelight and felt unhappy. He couldn’t help asking: “Third brother, what do you mean by this?”

“Nothing else, I just want to tell you that this is Chang’an, and some people are not suitable for it.” Stay here.” The third prince said with a smile.

Xiao Ming’s expression was cold. He understood that his coming to Chang’an would make these princes who regard Chang’an their territory unhappy.

Glancing at Xiao Zhen lightly, Xiao Ming said: “Thank you, third brother, for reminding me. It’s just that this Dayu Kingdom is my father’s country, and this Chang’an City is also under my father’s feet. Only my father has the final say on whether I can stay here.” Others are not qualified to say no.”

The smile on the third prince’s face solidified little by little, and Xiao Ming’s words hit his point of pain.

The scene of Xiao Wenxuan’s treatment of Xiao Ming at the family dinner is still vivid in his mind, and now his status in Xiao Wenxuan’s heart is equal to theirs.

“Hmph!” The third prince said coldly, “Qilang, you have made outstanding contributions. Third brother has nothing to say. It’s just that third brother is convinced, but others may not be convinced as well. That’s all for third brother. You can understand it yourself. “

After that, the third prince lowered the bead curtain, and the carriage gradually disappeared into the darkness.

Silently looking at the third prince’s carriage, Xiao Ming frowned. Xiao Zhen’s sudden move made him a little confused.

Shaking his head, he also headed towards the palace under the protection of the guards.

Sitting in the carriage, Xiao Ming was still thinking about the somewhat abnormal third prince, and the more he thought about the third prince, the more frightened he became.

Looking at the endless night outside, Xiao Ming felt uneasy in his heart. Just as the third prince said, Chang’an is not Qingzhou at this time.

He had no idea what was going on here.

Just when he was worried, he suddenly heard the sound of a bowstring loosening. In the dark night, the sound of the bowstring was very clear.

In an instant, all the hairs on Xiao Ming’s body exploded.

“Assassin! Protect His Highness!”

Zhao Long and Zhao Hu also heard the sound of the bowstring, and they immediately shouted.

At the same time, hundreds of elite cavalry who were responsible for protecting Xiao Ming immediately protected Xiao Ming’s carriage in the middle.

“There are assassins!” the soldiers shouted.

However, the sound of the bow string loosening continued, and Xiao Ming only heard the continuous “dong-dong” sound coming from the wooden planks of the carriage, and at the same time, the sounds of war horses neighing and soldiers screaming continued to be heard.

After being assassinated in Qingzhou, Xiao Ming had already strengthened his own safety precautions. When he came to Chang’an this time, he also specially prepared a musket for self-defense.

At this time, danger was imminent, and he couldn’t help but take out the musket hidden in the carriage.

“Your Highness, we can’t see the enemy in the dark. Please stay in the carriage and don’t come out.” Zhao Long’s voice was anxious.

Attacked in the dark night, they were now passively beaten.

Xiao Ming heard this and looked at the box in the carriage. This box contained fireworks to be used at the wedding banquet. He had an idea and asked Zhao Long and Zhao Hu to carry the fireworks box out and shouted: “Quick, these are fireworks, as long as the fireworks If it explodes, everyone can see us here, and the light from the fireworks will also allow you to see where the enemy is.”

Zhao Long and Zhao Hu had been guarding both sides of the carriage. They immediately moved the fireworks outside and took them. When the torch is lit, the fireworks are lit and released into the sky.

“Boom…”

Six fireworks exploded in the air. The moment the fireworks exploded, the ground was as bright as day.

At this time, Xiao Ming saw the men in black approaching them in front. There were hundreds of them. He lifted the bead curtain and looked behind the carriage. There were also hundreds of men in black approaching the carriage.

The bows and arrows on both sides did not stop from beginning to end, and they were surrounded at this time.

Outside the carriage, Zhao Long and Zhao Hu also saw the men in black. At this time, half of the cavalry were injured by bows and arrows.

“Zhao Hu, protect His Highness, others follow me!” Zhao Long roared.

Although they were attacked, the cavalry protecting Xiao Ming did not panic. These cavalry were all cavalry who had experienced the Battle of Jizhou.

The killings on the battlefield honed their iron will. They drew their sabers and half of the cavalry followed Zhao Long and rushed towards the man in black.

But the injured cavalry still did not give up the fight. They gathered towards the carriage one after another, using their flesh and blood to resist the arrows.

These cavalry are all cuirassiers. Although they no longer have plate armor, the cuirass on them is cast to protect against bullets, because the thickness and hardness are much stronger than plate armor.

So although the soldiers were injured a lot in an instant, the injuries were all on their arms and thighs. Their heads were also protected from bows and arrows because they were protected by armor.

Seeing Zhao Long leading his men to rush out, Zhao Hu was not idle either. He scolded: “You hiding rats, today your Grandpa Zhao will teach you how to behave.”

As he spoke, Zhao Long distributed fireworks to the soldiers, roaring Said: “Aim the fireworks at these thieves and blow them up to death. “

Said, Zhao Long picked up a rocket, lit it and shot into the crowd.

“Boom”

the fireworks flew out and exploded among the people in black. Several screams sounded, and then the light of the fireworks illuminated the surrounding area.

The man in black arrived less than twenty meters away from the carriage like a ghost.

At

this time, other soldiers also picked up various fireworks and lit them, some of which were jet-type fireworks that could spray on the ground for a minute.

Such fireworks were lit, and suddenly, there was light all around.

“Kill!”

Zhao Long and more than 20 cavalry formed a tight formation and slammed into the man in black. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and screams continued to sound.

It’s just that they can only block the men in black coming from behind, but they can’t worry about the men in black coming from the front.

“Kill!”

The men in black roared when they entered within ten meters of the carriage. Each of them rushed towards Xiao Ming with daggers in their hands.

Zhao Long threw the fireworks on the ground to look at the door. At this time, he led other soldiers to surround the carriage. He looked at the man in black with stern eyes, “If you want to kill His Highness, you have to step over our corpses.”

He pulled out his sword and said, Zhao Long stood in front of the carriage alone.

At this moment, the man in black rushed in front of him, and the guards in front of the carriage immediately started fighting with the man in black.

Xiao Ming sat in the carriage and watched all this. He thought that the trip to Chang’an would definitely not be peaceful, but he did not expect that someone would want to kill him.

Thinking of the reminder in front of the Third Emperor’s Palace, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

If the third prince hadn’t done it, this matter would have been premeditated, and someone wanted to kill him and then hurry up.

The number of men in black was increasing, and the scene of Zhao Long and the guards fighting seemed to play out in front of Xiao Ming like a movie scene.

With a trace of cruelty on his lips, Xiao Ming flew up, took out two muskets, and fired simultaneously at the two men in black who were rushing towards Zhao Long.

“Bang bang!”

The two men in black who had just rushed to Zhao Long fell down amid the gunfire.

(End of chapter)