Chapter 198: Counterattack in Danger
"Haruji!"
"princess!"
Mu Kaiji and the others shouted in shock and galloped forward, trying to stop the carriage from rolling down the hill, but it was too late.
At the critical moment, Haruji jumped out of the carriage.
The moment she jumped, the horse and the carriage rolled down the hill together.
Chunzhi fell to the ground, rolled twice, and finally stopped after hitting a tree nearby.
"Chunzhi!" Mu Kaiji was so frightened that he quickly dismounted and helped Chunzhi up. "How are you? Where are you hurt?"
A group of family generals and guards also rushed forward, "Is the princess okay?"
Chunzhi rubbed her painful shoulder and said to them, "I'm fine. I just scraped a little skin and bumped my shoulder. I'll be fine after applying some medicine. The most important thing right now is to get rid of those men in black."
"How can this be just a scratch? Look at your hand, it's covered in blood!"
Mu Kaiji tore off his sleeves and was about to bandage Chunzhi.
The mountain road was covered with gravel. Chunzhi had just jumped out of the carriage and rolled twice on the ground and hit a tree. He must have suffered a lot of external injuries, and it was not known whether he had any internal injuries.
Mu Kaiji knew that his sister had suffered a lot after being stranded in the countryside, and she was not as delicate as other young ladies in the boudoir. But even though she was injured like this, she still said that it was just a little scrape and didn't take her body seriously.
After Chunzhi recognized her biological parents, she became closest to Madam Mu. Although she had always wanted to have a biological brother, she and Mu Kaiji had grown up. Even siblings had to follow the rules of physical contact between men and women, so even if she wanted to be close to him, there was actually no chance for her to really be close.
It was not until tonight when they were in danger in the wild that Mu Kaiji put aside all the red tape and personally came to help his sister, worried about her injuries.
Chunzhi stood up with the help of Mu Kaiji. She raised her arms and moved her legs. "I'm really fine. We can't stay here for long. Let's go."
Mu Kaiji was about to leave with Chunzhi when he heard the sound of chaotic horse hooves approaching. His expression darkened, "They're catching up."
"They should be the ones running." Chunzhi gritted her teeth, suppressing her fear. She asked everyone, "Right now, the enemy and us are pretty evenly matched in numbers. Besides, it's snowing heavily tonight, making it difficult to ride horses through the forest. In your opinion, if everyone dismounts and hides behind trees, waiting for an opportunity to shoot arrows first to eliminate some of the men in black, and then engage in close combat, what are our chances of success?"
Mu Kaiji didn't expect that in such a crisis, his sister not only did not panic, but instead arranged for everyone to fight back.
In fact, the number of family guards they brought with them was no less than those men in black, but they were caught off guard by an ambush just now, and the carriage suddenly lost control. Everyone was afraid that something might happen to the princess, so they lost their composure.
Now that Chunzhi is fine, everyone feels much more relieved.
Moreover, it is snowing heavily tonight, making it difficult to walk. It is easy to hide in the mountains and forests. Now it is much better to kill those men in black than to flee in panic.
Mu Kaiji thought to herself: She wasn't called the princess for nothing.
Before Mu Kaiji could speak, several family generals spoke up immediately, and someone said, "Fifty percent!"
Someone said: "70%!"
Seeing that the princess was not afraid of the assassin and even wanted to fight back, the generals felt their blood boiling. Since the princess was not afraid of blood, they naturally dared to fight the men in black to the death.
Chunzhi continued, "What if we add the patrol battalion?"
Mu Kaiji said: "Then the chances of winning are naturally greater."
Chunzhi immediately ordered, "Yan Qing, fire a flare to call the patrol camp!"
Before leaving, Huo Zheng told her that if they encountered any problems inside or outside the capital that the family generals and guards could not handle, they should fire special flares. General Zhao from the patrol camp was his man and would rush to the scene with his troops as quickly as possible.
But she went a little far out of the city this time, and the people from the patrol camp might not be able to catch up in a short time.
So before she set off, she secretly sent someone to find General Zhao and asked him to send someone with soldiers to escort her for a night from several miles away, setting up a situation where the mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole waits behind.
"Yes, Princess." The family general named Yan Qing immediately fired a flare.
Golden fireworks exploded in the air, lighting up the snowy night for a moment.
The men in black who were chasing them saw the fireworks blooming in the night sky and stopped their horses. The leader said in a deep voice, "They are gathering forces. Give them a try! A quick fight and a quick decision!"
Hundreds of killers chased along the mountain path, only to find that the mountain was rugged and the snow was so thick that it was difficult to walk. The forests were filled with shadows from the trees, making them the perfect place to hide.
The leader of the men in black hesitated for a moment, thinking about the flare arrow just now, and felt that there was no time to lose, so he immediately led his men on horseback up the mountain.
They left horse hoof prints at the foot of the mountain, so they followed them all the way up to the middle of the mountain. The forest was silent, with only the sound of wind and snow.
The men in black were trying to figure out the direction of their movements when suddenly hidden arrows shot out from the woods and knocked the men in black off their horses.
The leading man in black was hit by an arrow in the shoulder. He drew his sword and split the incoming arrows, saying in hatred, "There they are!"
The first group of people in black were killed by arrows. The people behind them reacted, drew their swords to block the arrows, and rushed forward on horseback.
Seeing that the men in black were about to kill them, Mu Kaiji and a group of guards pulled the trip ropes, tripping half of the men in black and knocking them off their horses on the spot.
Then there was a close-range fight, with the sound of swords clashing, blood splattering on the snow, and the smell of blood spreading everywhere.
Chunzhi hid behind a big tree, her body trembling slightly, and she felt nauseous when she smelled the blood.
She held back and didn't vomit.
It was her decision as the princess to counterattack. As for how to counterattack, Mu Kaiji and the family generals discussed it in a moment and executed it immediately.
On a cold snowy night, fighting continued in the mountains and forests.
After an unknown amount of time, General Zhao arrived with the patrol camp and, together with the palace's retainers and guards, completely subdued the man in black.
The torches lit up the forest.
Chunzhi stood up with one hand on the tree and shouted, "Leave him alive!"
"yes!"
All the family generals and guards responded in unison.
Before General Zhao arrived with the patrol battalion, hundreds of men in black had been killed by them. The remaining leader and a dozen people fought desperately, but now they were all captured directly, leaving only three or four alive.
The leading man in black wanted to commit suicide by touching his neck, but was stopped by Mu Kaiji with his quick eyes and hands.
The bodies of men in black were lying around, and the blood dyed the snow red.
The palace's retainers and guards sat down to rest after a desperate fight, breathing heavily.
General Zhao dismounted and knelt with the patrol battalion, saluting, "The princess has fallen into such a trap. I feel ashamed of the trust placed in you, Your Highness."
Chunzhi walked out from behind the tree, looking dusty and disheveled, but her demeanor remained that of a princess. "General Zhao, you've arrived just in time. We are grateful to you for this evening. Please get up quickly."
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