Chapter 336 Breakout
More than 300 imperial guards were deployed according to the pre-arranged arrangements. If the first team had already gone out, the second team would try their best to fight and support the front team. So at this time they drew their swords and killed the men in black who were swooping down from the hillside.
"Aning, don't be afraid, follow me closely, I will definitely lead you out!" Qin Hanzhang said to Su Qianqian, shook the sword in his hand, grabbed Su Qianqian's hand, and ran forward quickly.
"Hey, why are you showing off? You are my employer now, and I should protect you!"
Jiang Baipin shouted, swung his sword in a sword flower, and flew in front of Su Qianqian and Qin Hanzhang, assuming a protective posture.
Soon the men in black approached, and the Imperial City Guards and Qin Hanzhang's bodyguards fought with them. They expanded the battle circle as much as possible to keep the men in black out of Qin Hanzhang's safety range.
But this situation only lasted for about a quarter of an hour. The battle circle became smaller and smaller. Jiang Baipin, his brothers from Mingyue Tower, and Qin Hanzhang's close guards all joined the battle.
Su Qianqian had already grasped the small crossbow in her hand, and followed Qin Hanzhang to rush out of the valley with all her might.
Jiang Baipin entered the river like a black dragon, and his long sword turned into a white silk thread, protecting Qin Hanzhang and Su Qianqian.
The pace of progress was getting slower and slower. The men in black kept coming up one after another and gradually surrounded Qin Hanzhang's team. At this time, they had already reached the top of the mountain.
Su Qianqian started to fire her small crossbow arrows suddenly. Whenever she saw someone trying to attack Qin Hanzhang, she would seize the opportunity and pull the trigger.
Qin Hanzhang turned around and killed a man in black with his sword, then smiled at her: "You did a good job, protect yourself."
Both sides were fighting fiercely. At this time, the front troops led by Qin Yi also turned back and attacked from the bottom of the mountain.
I thought the men in black would send some troops to block us, but they attacked us desperately, not caring about the enemies behind them at all.
Qin Hanzhang narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Aning, if you can get away, don't look back and keep walking. I will come to find you!"
Su Qianqian didn't understand why Qin Hanzhang said that, but Qin Hanzhang suddenly let go of her hand, shouted to Jiang Baipin: "Protect her!" and rushed into the encirclement alone.
Soon Su Qianqian understood that the men in black were still targeting Qin Hanzhang, but no one cared whether Su Qianqian escaped or not.
[The person they wanted to kill was Qin Hanzhang!] Su Qianqian had to admit that the other party’s target was only Qin Hanzhang, and he was determined to kill him.
【Why? Even if Qin Hanzhang came to wipe out the Wanwu Shengcai Society, it would be the same if it were someone else. Why must he be killed? 】
Su Qianqian still didn’t understand, but she could only think of a way.
"Young Master Jiang, I will protect myself. Everyone go and protect the Marquis!" Su Qianqian ordered seriously.
Qin Shiliu had originally followed Qin Hanzhang's order and did not dare to leave Su Qianqian's side. He was worried about Qin Hanzhang fighting with injuries. When he heard Su Qianqian's order, he immediately felt as if he had been pardoned and flew over to rescue Qin Hanzhang.
Jiang Baipin stared at Su Qianqian and said, "Protect yourself. I'll take care of him for you!" After that, he rushed to Qin Hanzhang.
Su Qianqian was holding a small crossbow in her hand, and behind her were the brothers brought by Jiang Baipin. They were all very skilled, and the men in black did not pay attention to her, giving her time to observe the surrounding environment.
They were currently trying to break out from the top of the mountain, but the men in black only wanted to intercept them on the top of the mountain, because once they went down the mountain and approached the official road, it would be equivalent to leaving Yunhe Mountain.
Why did they have to kill Qin Hanzhang? Was it just to silence him? Or is there something else going on?
Su Qianqian moved forward under the protection of the brothers from Mingyue Tower, using a small crossbow to eliminate any black-clad men who wanted to attack her at any time, while thinking and looking around.
Finally, she discovered a man and a horse in the distance, standing in the woods, looking at this side from afar, with men in black guarding them, like stone statues.
Catch the leader first! Anyone who can appear here at this time can't be an innocent person, he must be the leader of the men in black. Su Qianqian thought of an idea. When the men in black attacked her, she no longer used the small crossbow to stun them, but whispered to the brothers of Mingyue Tower:
"Protect me and escape, let him chase me!"
Su Qianqian pretended to be afraid and ran towards the man and horse, followed by the brothers of Mingyue Tower who obeyed her orders. The man in black chased closely behind and soon approached the man on horseback.
At this time, it could be seen more clearly in the moonlight. The man covered his face with a huge hood and sat upright on his horse. He did not leave because of Su Qianqian's approach.
[My lady, that person is actually... Duke Xuan! 】
The system's earth-shattering words almost made Su Qianqian drop her jaw in shock. She knew that Duke Xuan was guarding his concubine's clothes in the mansion, but she didn't expect to meet him in Yunhe Mountain thousands of miles away. What exactly was he going to do?
If he is the master of these men in black, then Duke Xuan is the man behind the frame-up of Marquis Wuning's Mansion? Why?
In a split second, Su Qianqian had no time to think, she shouted, "Help, there are bandits!" and rushed towards the direction of Duke Xuan.
The men in black didn’t move at all: There’s no need to move such idiots!
Su Qianqian looked at the road ahead. As long as she got ten steps closer, her crossbow would be able to accurately shoot the man on the horse. She could use the antidote to force him to let Qin Hanzhang go, otherwise they would suffer heavy losses even if they went out tonight.
[Five, four, three, two...] Su Qianqian was about to enter the safe range when she suddenly heard the sound of an arrow breaking through the air behind her. For safety, she had to fall forward!
When she looked up, she saw that the horsemen had ridden away, and the men in black were retreating like the tide.
What's going on? Su Qianqian got up in a daze, and at this time Qin Hanzhang and Jiang Baipin also came to her side.
"There are reinforcements!" Qin Hanzhang looked down the mountain, and Su Qianqian gradually heard the dense sound of horse hooves.
"So they withdrew their troops?" Su Qianqian really didn't expect such a sudden turn of events.
"Leave as soon as possible, the reinforcements are fake!" Qin Hanzhang said in a low voice.
"Ah? It's you..." Su Qianqian suddenly realized.
Qin Shiliu stood behind Qin Hanzhang with a proud look on his face: "My Lord, you have always been a master at using troops..."
"Shut up, take the injured and dead brothers and go down the mountain immediately." Qin Hanzhang interrupted Qin Shiliu in a deep voice.
"Yes, sir!" Qin Shiliu immediately became serious and turned around to do his work.
Qin Hanzhang supported Su Qianqian. Under the faint moonlight, his brows were cold, but his eyes were sparkling. He carefully checked that Su Qianqian was okay before leading her down the mountain.
Qin Yi came over soon. It turned out that his main mission was to have people create the impression of reinforcements at the right time if there was any change, so that the enemy would not dare to take risks and retreat. The timing had to be just right.
In order to prevent the enemy from making a comeback, the team quickly evacuated down the mountain, walked onto the official road, mounted their horses, and galloped away from Yunhe Mountain.
By daybreak, we had reached the outside of Yunhe Mountain, and in front of us was the Jinning County.
"We cannot enter the city. We can only rest outside the city. Jinning is the fief of Duke Xuan and also his ancestral home."
Qin Hanzhang gave the order and glanced at Su Qianqian.
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