Oh!

The knight lay prone behind his horse, his head tucked into his collar.

The cold winter wind seemed to have frozen him almost to the bone, naturally slowing his reactions considerably.

Yan Shisan shot a hidden arrow, which was fired from his sleeve using a mechanism.

It is highly secretive and extremely fast, operating without anyone noticing.

By the time the knight realized someone was shooting arrows at him, the arrows were already hitting him.

Two arrows struck him squarely in the shoulder and cheek, and he screamed and fell off his horse!

Upon seeing this, the other knights panicked and quickly reined in their horses, shouting as they looked around.

Yan Shisan's purpose in shooting the arrows was not to injure people, but to stop these knights.

A knight who stays in place on horseback, apart from the advantage of being on high ground, has no advantage over foot combat.

A flash of cold light appeared, and a figure leaped high from the bushes beside the official road, soaring into the air like an eagle and plunging into the midst of a dozen or so knights.

He moved nimbly, weaving among the knights like a ghost, his crescent-shaped scimitar becoming a series of afterimages.

These knights were merely county soldiers under the command of Zhu Ying, the governor of Henan, and their fighting strength was far inferior to that of the five Northern Army Schools outside the city.

They're good at chasing thieves and capturing fugitives, but they'd probably be outmatched in a real battle.

Therefore, with a dozen or so people facing Yan Shisan alone, they were in a flurry of activity, and in the blink of an eye, six of them were cut down from their horses one after another.

The remaining three riders, seeing that the situation was not good, hurriedly turned around the dock and tried to run back!

"Trying to run?"

Suddenly, a cold voice rang out from ten steps behind them.

A tall and imposing figure appeared, holding a sword in his backhand, blocking their retreat.

Just now, Yan Shisan single-handedly slaughtered these knights as if he were in a lower dimension, while Liu Wei watched coldly from the sidelines the whole time.

The efficiency is still a bit slow!

If Yan Shisan were to ride a warhorse, it wouldn't take this long; it would probably be over in an instant.

Despite Yan Shisan's efficiency in killing, three knights still managed to escape from his grasp.

Liu Wei certainly couldn't let them get away.

So before the three of them could run, Liu Wei jumped out and blocked their way.

The three men felt a chill run down their spines.

Liu Wei dared to block the way alone, so he must be just as ruthless as that guy with the curved knife.

But how could the three of them, riding horses, simply surrender?

drive!

A knight stabbed the horse's rump with his sword.

The warhorse, in pain, immediately went berserk, leaping and charging forward excitedly.

In just ten steps, the warhorse turned into a mad horse, charging forward with ferocious momentum. If one were to be hit by it, one would either die or be seriously injured and cough up blood.

The other two knights followed suit, thrusting their ring-pommel swords at their warhorses.

The two warhorses immediately neighed and charged towards Liu Wei, following closely behind the knight in front.

At a distance of about ten steps, the maddened warhorse charged over, and within a single breath, it was right up to their face.

Liu Wei still stood proudly in the middle of the road, holding the knife behind his back.

boom!

Just as Liu Wei was about to be struck by the first warhorse, a muffled thud, like a ripe watermelon being smashed, was heard. Before the warhorse could even whimper, it swayed and fell in front of Liu Wei.

The warhorse's head exploded as if it had been blown open, splattering crimson blood and white brain matter everywhere.

No one saw how Liu Wei threw the punch, but everyone knew how powerful it was!

A single punch can kill a raging warhorse instantly; there's only one word to describe it:

Terrifying!

The knight on horseback also fell from the air. Liu Wei moved with lightning speed, his horizontal sword drawing a beautiful arc, the sharp blade slicing the man in two, his intestines spilling out onto the ground.

The two knights who followed closely behind were already terrified upon seeing this.

But the warhorse beneath him was already in pain and went berserk, and it was no longer able to stop.

They could only rush forward with their eyes closed, both secretly hoping that the enemy would kill their other comrade.

It's a choice between two options; you can only gamble on who's the luckiest!

When Liu Wei saw the two charging at him, even with his great skills, he could only kill them one by one.

After all, the two were about ten feet apart; if one was killed, the other would escape!

However, in the blink of an eye, Liu Wei attacked the person on the right without hesitation!

Because he saw Yan Shisan had already jumped onto a warhorse and was galloping towards the two of them.

brush!

He swung his sword horizontally, its cold light gleaming.

The knight on the right was killed by Liu Wei with a single punch, and then his head was severed from his body with a single slash.

The blood of men and horses stained the withered grass by the roadside.

The last person was terrified, but secretly relieved that the other party hadn't chosen to kill him; it seemed he could escape alive.

However, he felt a chill down his back, followed by a bone-chilling cold in his chest. Looking down, he saw a curved knife tip protruding from his skin.

Before he could even turn around, he collapsed to the ground.

The stray, mad horse galloped blindly and soon disappeared from sight.

Yan Shisan rushed over and pulled his crescent-shaped scimitar from the knight who had fallen into the dust.

It turned out that his scimitar had slipped from his hand and pierced through the knight's back, killing him instantly.

"Impressive skills, Thirteen!"

"Our lord is even more unfathomable!"

The two men selected two warhorses that were in good condition from the six available, and after mounting them, they exchanged a few words of flattery.

They immediately set off at full speed towards Mengjin Ferry.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the two left, Zhu Ying, the governor of Henan, arrived with three hundred soldiers.

He was unlucky; he was sleeping comfortably and warmly with his concubine in the middle of the night when He Jin sent someone to wake him up, ordering him to lead troops to chase after the assassin.

Zhu Ying was extremely unwilling but had no choice; he became the Prefect of Henan entirely thanks to He Jin's promotion.

When He Jin asked him to do something, he dared not refuse.

If his boss doesn't make things easy for him, he won't make his subordinates easy either.

Zhu Ying also ordered his personal guards to wake up the county soldiers in the mansion and form a team of three hundred men to help chase the assassin.

I heard that He Jin's younger brother, He Miao, was killed, and that He Jin had offered a huge reward.

Zhu Ying then led his men from Luoyang to follow He Jin, but at the crossroads, He Jin ordered them to chase after him towards Mengjin.

He had more than a dozen trusted men under his command, who rode ahead on warhorses.

In Zhu Ying's view, since He Yong said the target was Fu County, then Mengjin was just filling in the gaps.

Therefore, Zhu Ying traveled in fits and starts, intending to dawdle.

Zhu Ying continued to toil away until dawn.

"My lord, something terrible has happened! All ten of your close attendants have been killed in front of us!"

Zhu Ying rode on his horse, surrounded by his men. They were almost at Mengjin, where he could soon go to Wang Si Niang's house at the Mengjin ferry to have a bowl of hot tofu pudding to warm himself up.

However, one of his men rushed in with a panicked report.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly led his men over to take a look.

His ten confidants lay scattered on the ground, some cut in half, some headless corpses, and some with their limbs severed from their bodies.

In short, the scene was horrific, with blood everywhere.