The night was dim, and the horses' hooves stepped on the road, making a clattering sound, not light or heavy, but very abrupt in the quiet night.

The secret guards went up the bridge, walked from the beginning to the end, then looked around and checked everywhere.

After confirming again and again that there were no hidden dangers or threats, they turned back.

About a quarter of an hour later.

At the other end of the official road, a carriage escorted by many people slowly approached.

“Here it comes!”

General Li's eyes lit up slightly, and he stared at the carriage, and whispered an order, "We must capture King Chen later. If we can't catch him, shoot him to death with arrows!"

"yes!"

The carriage approached slowly.

Twenty people in front and twenty people in the back protected the carriage firmly in the middle and got on the bridge.

When the team was halfway there, General Li gave an order and led a thousand men to surround the bridge, blocking the carriage's advance and retreat routes from the front and back.

"There's an ambush!"

"Protect the master!"

By the time the secret guards realized it, it was too late. They were blocked in the middle of the bridge, with five hundred people in front and five hundred people in the back, and there was a rushing river below. Even with wings, they would have found it difficult to escape.

General Li rode over, looked towards the carriage, and said loudly:

"Your Highness Prince Chen, you have been surrounded. Just surrender! Otherwise, if the fight breaks out, I won't be able to save your life!"

The secret guards tightly protected the carriage and said angrily:

"Prince Li has evil intentions and is maliciously slandering my master. If I surrender, will my master still have a chance to survive?"

Only by crossing this bridge, entering the territory of Jiangnan, and reaching the master's fiefdom, will the master have a chance of survival.

General Li smiled and said:

"I know what King Chen is thinking. Your fiefdom belongs to Dongling State and also to King Li. King Li can take back your fiefdom with just one word."

"If you are sensible, you'd better bow your head to King Li. King Li will not kill you for the sake of brotherhood, and will give you a fiefdom and let you be a free and easy prince. Isn't that wonderful?"

The secret guard spat fiercely:

"Pooh!"

Who will leave the king's gift?

"Zong Zhengli is not righteous, his words are not right, and he still sits in this position with pretense. He is really a beast in human form!"

General Li was unhappy when he heard this:

"How dare you disrespect King Li!"

In that case, he doesn't need to be polite.

"Come here, capture King Chen for me, regardless of life or death!"

"yes!"

At a command, more than a thousand people attacked from the front and back, trapping King Chen and others in the middle. The sound of fighting rang out, and a fierce battle took place in the dim night.

Swords clash.

A life-and-death struggle.

Kill with rage.

Extremely intense.

There is a fast-flowing water under the bridge. Someone accidentally fell over and was swallowed by the water before he could struggle, disappearing into the night.

The cold wind blew, bringing with it a chill that could kill people.

General Li stood outside the circle, controlling the battlefield. Seeing that these secret guards were quite skilled, he said:

"Shoot!"

The arrows flew out and hit the horse. The horse raised its hooves high in pain, neighing in agony, and dragged the carriage to the side.

He broke the railing and fell into the river.

"master!"

The secret guards stared with their eyes wide open in astonishment. They didn't care about fighting anymore. They ran to the broken bridge one by one and looked into the dark water.

"master!"

Jump down quickly.

“Help!”

"quick!"

"The two princesses are still in the carriage, hurry!"

Without caring about anything else, they all jumped into the water, paddling desperately to find their master and the two little princesses, but at the same time they were swept farther and farther away by the fast-flowing water.

The soldiers on the bridge were a little stunned:

"General, Prince Chen and the two princesses fell into the Wulan River. How are we going to report this?"

General Li did not expect such an accident to happen.

King Li has ordered that if the person is alive, he must be found; if he is dead, his body must be found.

After thinking it over, he said, "Let's salvage the body."

The soldier was stunned: "But the Wulan River is so long! So wide! The current is so fast! They don't know where they were washed to. If we really start looking for them, we may not be able to find them for two months."

"Then transfer all the personnel stationed in the fiefdom of King Chen in Jiangnan and do our best to salvage King Chen's body! Otherwise, if King Li blames us, all of us will die!"