Chapter 161 Relentless Pursuit
Seeing that the men in black were about to catch up again, the Royal Guards divided into eight teams and broke out hastily in different directions.
The men in black were still chasing them relentlessly, slaughtering them relentlessly, but there were still dozens of people who, relying on their wit and martial arts, managed to escape the pursuit quietly and hide themselves, either by sneaking into the refugees, or into the woods, or hiding in caves.
At this time, it was already dark, giving them more opportunities to escape.
Finally, a small number of the Royal Guards escaped from the clutches of the men in black and survived by chance.
As for Prince Chang, when he was leading the Royal Guards to escape, he relied on the two old men with great martial arts skills and the selfless protection of more than 20 royal secret guards to escape among the refugees and get away.
King Chang and King Qi led two thousand royal guards to search for the abducted girl, but the operation ended in failure. Almost all the royal guards were wiped out and massacred.
This is a tragedy that has never happened since the founding of the Qin Dynasty.
Although Prince Chang escaped the pursuit of the men in black, a small half of the royal guards around him were also killed.
Seeing that there were only a dozen people around him, and they were following him closely, King Chang was also filled with sadness.
He really didn't expect that the two thousand royal guards he brought with great enthusiasm were now being hunted down like stray dogs, with only a handful of them escaping.
He couldn't imagine how he would report to Emperor Wu of Qin after returning.
After this battle, his reputation in the court will be greatly reduced and he will have almost no prestige left.
If the ministers in the court knew that he had abandoned the army and fled, he would become notorious in the future and no one would support him anymore.
He felt depressed and regretful when he thought about the reputation he had worked so hard to build up in the court over the years, which was wiped out in an instant.
After running desperately for a whole night, he finally shook off the pursuers in the early morning.
The group stopped to rest. Along the way, they had consumed a lot of energy in order to escape the pursuit. His stomach was rumbling, which made him feel even more irritated.
After a day and a night without food or water, and facing the dilemma of being hunted, he was in a very miserable state.
After resting for a while, the group continued on their journey.
Not long after they walked out, a group of ragged refugees surrounded them and blocked their way.
King Chang looked at the people in front of him who were emaciated and in tatters. He didn't want to bother with them, so he just signaled the old man beside him to drive them away.
The gray-robed old man received the order and stepped forward, saying, "Why are you blocking our way? Please get out of the way immediately, or we will be rude to you!"
After saying this, he raised the sword in his hand and deliberately made a ferocious look.
But the young man opposite him showed no sign of weakness and asked sarcastically, "How can you be so rude? Are there only twenty of you? We can kill you with just a spit from each of us, bah..."
"We are guarding this road. If you want to pass through here, you must leave some money to buy your way through! Otherwise, even if you are a great immortal, you will never be able to pass through..."
The old man was also indignant after hearing their unreasonable words. "You are being unreasonable. Isn't this just robbing people on the road?"
"That's right! They're being unreasonable and trying to steal your money. What can you do about it?"
The young man looked at Prince Chang and his group with contempt, and the contempt in his eyes became more obvious.
"Look at how well-dressed you are. You don't have even a few taels of silver, do you?"
"Since you're a bunch of poor people like us, please speak softly and be low-key. Don't make fun of yourself and embarrass yourself!"
After saying that, he put his finger in front of his lips and said "hush" softly.
Everyone could see the irony clearly.
"How dare you! How presumptuous! This is the current noble prince, and you dare to slander and abuse him like this? Be careful or I'll chop off your heads and kick them like balls!"
"A prince? Are you kidding me? Look at his dirty, disheveled face. How does he look like a prince? And would a prince come to such a remote place?"
"You guys are probably out of your mind, or maybe you're suffering from hysteria!"
"For a few taels of silver as a 'passenger fee', you deliberately fabricated this story in an attempt to deceive us common people, right?"
"How despicable you are! Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
These words simply belittled Prince Chang and his men as if they were worthless and despicable.
The gray-robed old man beside Prince Chang was also annoyed. He drew the long sword from his waist, pointed it at the people opposite him, and cursed loudly, "You bastards, you simply don't know your place. If you dare to provoke or make things difficult for us again, I will chop off your heads with a single blow."
However, the young man opposite was not afraid at all and even spoke boldly and arrogantly.
"If you have the guts, then go ahead and cut me! Do you have the guts to do that? You dare to kill people in front of so many people. Aren't you afraid that the government will arrest you all?"
They completely forgot that robbing people on the road was also illegal.
The old man was so angry that he completely lost his mind and thrust his sword forward. However, the young man thrust his body forward again and the arrow tip pierced the young man's chest.
The young man's chest suddenly turned red with blood, and blood flowed all over the ground from the wound.
The injury looks very serious.
When the refugees standing next to the young man saw this, they were immediately furious. They all rushed forward like crazy, and some even took axes, hoes and other farm tools and swung them at the old man.
How could the old man be willing to suffer a loss?
He raised his foot and kicked away several people who rushed to his side.
Seeing this scene, the refugees were both terrified and unwilling. After all, there were hundreds of them, so how could they be willing to be humiliated?
Can you still be afraid of just over twenty people?
When one person calls for help, hundreds of people will respond. With more people, they will be bolder.
Another middle-aged woman shouted, "Everyone, come quickly! The villain is killing people! Everyone, come together!..."
The sound was like a loud bell, and it could be heard from far away.
All the refugees who heard the news rushed over like a swarm of bees, surrounding Prince Chang and his entourage tightly.
How could the refugees nearby just let it go when they saw the old man in gray injuring several people?
Dozens of big men rushed forward desperately. Most of them didn't know martial arts and could only rely on brute force to fight.
Unexpectedly, in just a cup of tea, a large number of people were knocked down one after another.
The refugees were beaten so badly that they had no chance to fight back.
When the refugees saw that the old man was very skilled in martial arts, they knew they were no match for him.
One of the fallen men yelled, "Brother Wang Qi, why don't you lend a hand?"
"Are you going to sit back and watch these folks who once helped you being bullied?"
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