Chapter 82: The Formal Break (Part 2)

  Gao Yuan's heart stirred, since coming to this era, the amulet had reacted twice. Once was when he faced a life-or-death crisis, granting him an extraordinary ability; another time was after he was severely injured, healing his wounds. But why would the amulet react now? He wasn't injured, nor was he at a critical juncture.

  These thoughts flashed through the minds of the people on the highlands, and suddenly nine sharp arrows shot down from the city wall of Wangcheng, aiming at Yu Zhe, Zhao Xuan, and Li Mu. Because Li Mu was close to the city wall for the second time, preparing to respond to King Zhao's words, he was also very close to the city wall, almost reaching the edge of the moat, about 70-80 meters away from his own troops.

  These nine sharp arrows arrived extremely quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, and reached right before his eyes. Zhao Xuan let out a loud shout, and with a fierce swing of the long spear in his hand, he danced out countless spear shadows in front of the war chariot, striking all nine sharp arrows with the force of the wind, sending them scattering and falling to the ground.

  Almost at the same time, more than a dozen Zhao soldiers suddenly jumped down from the city wall and landed on the edge of the moat. Each of them wielded their weapons and charged towards Li Mu. Zhao Xuan's long spear swept out, transforming into over a thousand spearheads that rushed towards the dozen or so Zhao soldiers. Li Yinghong also drew his twin swords and met the charge head-on.

  Just then, another arrow shot down from the city wall, flying straight towards Li Mu. At this moment, Zhao Xuan wanted to go and rescue Li Mu, but it was already too late.

  However, the plateau remained still by Li Mu's side and didn't move. His left hand had already grasped a flying dagger, and at this moment, without any hesitation, his left hand swung out, shooting the flying dagger out.

  "Right!"

  Just as Lì Jiàn was less than two meters away from Li Mù, he was hit by a flying knife on the arrowhead, and suddenly deflected, with a "clanging" sound, it stuck into the side panel of the war chariot.

  Actually, when the flying knife was shot out, even Gaoyuan himself did not grasp it. Although his flying knife was extremely accurate, using a flying knife to strike an arrow was still a first-time experience for him. This is much more difficult than using a flying knife to kill a person, although people will also move, but the speed is much slower than the arrow. Gaoyuan completely relied on a kind of intuition, subconsciously throwing out the flying knife, and unexpectedly hit the arrow in one go.

  Of course, there is no time for the plateau to think carefully now. He immediately jumped from his war horse to the war chariot, pulled Li Mu's arm and said: "General, let's go quickly."

  Fortunately, in this era, chariots are boarded from the back, now it's a convenience. So both of them quickly got off the chariot. But as soon as they got off the chariot, several soldiers who jumped down from the city wall came to surround them from both sides.

  Gao Yuan didn't hesitate and immediately drew his saber, charging towards a soldier. Meanwhile, Li Mu also drew his own sword, engaging another soldier in combat.

  The whole process actually occurred in a very short period of time, and it was only then that Li Mu's soldiers who were watching from behind reacted and rushed forward to provide assistance. However, they needed at least several dozen seconds to rush over the distance of 70-80 meters, but by this time, Li Mu, Gao Yuan, Zhao Xuan, Li Yinghong and others had already been surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers.

  Among the crowd, Zhao Xuan was the strongest, but the soldiers surrounding him were also the most numerous. Zhao Xuan knew the situation was urgent and showed no mercy, swinging his long spear with all his might, almost in the blink of an eye, he consecutively killed three soldiers.

  But at this moment, a soldier's hand swung a whip and rolled towards Zhao Xuan crazily. Zhao Xuan held the gun with both hands and stabbed it into the whip circle, but the whip wrapped around the long gun like a poisonous snake, pulling it off target, stabbing empty air.

  The long whip slid off the spear and suddenly coiled up, turning into a three-foot-long rod with a sharp head at the front end, which quickly stabbed towards Zhao Xuan. Zhao Xuan also swung his spear upwards, and the two exchanged blows seven or eight times, ending in a stalemate. Zhao Xuan realized that he had encountered a formidable opponent, who was definitely not an ordinary palace guard. It seemed that this person was being used to tie him up, and for now, forget about rescuing Li Mu, if he wasn't careful, he would likely be defeated by this person.

  Zhao Xuan was surrounded, and Li Yinghong's situation was equally grim. Her opponents were two soldiers, both wielding long swords with extremely refined swordsmanship. Despite her best efforts, Li Yinghong could only manage to defend herself, without any chance of counterattacking. Meanwhile, the charioteer who had been driving Li Mu's chariot had already been killed by the soldiers and lay dead on the chariot.

  At this moment, the only one who can protect Li Mu is Gao Yuan. Although Li Mu is also a famous general with rich battle experience, he has never been known for his bravery and martial arts skills. His personal combat power is not bad, but he is not that kind of fierce general who can lead the charge. Moreover, Li Mu is now over 50 years old, and his physical strength and spirit are much weaker than when he was young.

  Gao Yuan also knew that the current situation was extremely urgent, so he waved his hand and shot out another flying knife, rushing towards one of his soldiers who let out a miserable cry, with the flying knife stuck in his throat, falling to the ground dead. At this time, Li Mu had already parried two swords from another soldier, and was already showing signs of being overwhelmed, unable to resist. Gao Yuan saw this and hurriedly shot out another flying knife, hitting that soldier's left eye, and the soldier covered his eyes, crying out in pain, while Gao Yuan rushed forward, cutting open his throat with a knife. Then he supported Li Mu. Then another flying knife was thrown out, shooting and killing a soldier who was rushing towards him to kill him.

  With a single breath, he killed three people. At this moment, Gao Yuan only saw a dark light flashing before his eyes, two dark lights shooting towards him. Gao Yuan didn't have time to see what they were, and immediately swung his knife to chop them down quickly. "Dang dang" sounded, and the two weapons that were attacking him were chopped open.

  At this time, the plateau finally saw clearly that in front of him stood a soldier, although wearing a helmet and armor, but with eyebrows and eyes like a painting, it was actually a woman. In her left hand, she grasped a weapon that seemed to be both a bow and not a bow, and a spear and not a spear. The plateau was also greatly surprised and said: "It's you." It turned out that this female soldier was the Night Without Moon who had met when saving Luo Huan.

  Gao Yuan knew her strength, Zhao Xuan wanted to win her over, and it would take some effort, so he didn't dare to be careless. He immediately protected Li Mu in front of him, grasped his military knife tightly, pointed at Ye Wuxue, and was ready to strike at any time.

  Yè Wú Yuè was momentarily unable to find an opening, and didn't know how to make a move. Just as he hesitated for a moment, Lǐ Mù's soldiers arrived on the scene. Yè Wú Yuè took one look and knew that this assassination attempt had failed, so he said: "Fall back, let's retreat quickly."

  Others who heard this also jumped into the river to escape. Before Night Moon entered the water, he turned his head and looked at the plateau with a smile, saying: "You can block my two moves, it seems that your martial skills have made great progress. Next time we meet, I won't show mercy."

  The moat of the palace was connected to a river that ran through the city, so these people jumped into the moat and could escape along the river water, making it difficult to pursue.

  The plateau's heart was quite relieved, in these two months or so, he basically practiced with Zhao Xuan for a period of time every day, being beaten to the point of being covered in bruises almost became a daily routine. However, from today's battle, it can be seen that this period of hard training has finally paid off, his eyesight, observation, reaction, and striking power and angle have all made significant progress. If he was still the self who had just arrived in this era, he would probably not have been able to cope with today's situation.

  The whole process didn't take long, only a little over one minute from start to finish, but the battle was extremely fierce, almost every second was a matter of life and death. A total of twelve soldiers jumped down from the city wall, seven of whom died in the end. On Li Mu's side, only his charioteer was killed, while everyone else was safe and sound. However, if it weren't for Gao Yuan's efforts to protect Li Mu, this time would have been really dangerous.

  The soldiers all gathered around, asking about Li Muo. At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "They want to kill the general, we will kill into the palace and kill the emperor and the treacherous officials."

  This sentence immediately triggered a response from other soldiers, who also shouted: "Kill the traitors, rush into the palace and kill the tyrant and the treacherous officials."

  At this time, on the city wall, Zhao Shuo's face turned green. In fact, what had just happened was also beyond his expectation, and he did not think that among his own soldiers, there would be such a good hand hidden, so he was stunned. Now that things are over, Li Mu is safe and sound, and Zhao Shuo seems to have put down a big stone.

  But then the soldiers clamored to kill their way into the palace, and Zhao Shuo also became tense. In fact, he had no idea what was going on, but now he couldn't argue his way out of it. Moreover, Zhao Shuo knew in his heart that if Li Mu really attacked the palace, he would be hard-pressed to resist. It wasn't that the palace guards were insufficient, but rather that Li Mu's soldiers were filled with righteous indignation, eager to charge into the palace at once, while the defending troops lacked such determination. The difference in morale between the two sides was not small.

  Just then, Li Mu stood up on the chariot and said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, listen to me for a moment."

  The soldiers all stopped shouting and looked at Li Mu after hearing this.

  Li Mubai said, "Everyone wants to kill the treacherous officials, their hearts are good, but this time we didn't bring siege equipment, rashly attacking the palace would result in too many casualties. So let's temporarily retreat first and come back to attack the palace after we've brought our siege equipment."

  The soldiers had always respected Li Mu, and it was indeed a fact that they did not have any siege engines. Therefore, after listening to Li Mu's orders, the soldiers did not raise any objections, reorganized their formation, and left the palace gate one by one. Meanwhile, Li Mu stood on his chariot, turned around to glance at the palace, let out a soft sigh, then turned back and departed with his soldiers.

  As the soldiers left one after another, Zhao Shuo also let out a sigh of relief. The palace was finally safe, but thinking again, Li Mu and Zhao Guo had probably broken up completely, so it's hard to say whether he would come back to attack the palace again. Moreover, no matter what the outcome is, it will be a great loss for Zhao Guo.