Before she could even see what was happening, Ye Qingxue had already pulled the little palace maid off the deer's back and protected her behind her!
Zhuang Xin said in a deep voice, "We're surrounded!"
A chilling atmosphere formed a protective circle, drawing in from all directions.
Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo looked up and saw that there were people all around them, so many that they couldn't tell how many there were for a moment.
Ye Qingxue felt the little palace maid behind her flinch. She took the maid's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, you are someone we are protecting!"
In other words, the palace maid will not die unless they all die.
Everyone, including Yun Zhuo, gripped their weapons tightly, and Ye Qingxue finally held her whip again.
Yun Zhuo said, "Judging from their aura, there are at least thirty people."
Ye Qingxue looked around, trying to find Shen Jiefeng among the people, but the light was too dim, and she couldn't see so many faces clearly, so she couldn't find out if Shen Jiefeng was among them.
One of the guards spoke up, saying, "Your Highness, we've been looking for you for ages! Surrender now, and we might spare your lives!"
He added, "His Highness the Crown Prince has few capable men. Even if he wanted to perish with us, he couldn't. It would only cause unnecessary harm. The outcome would be the same: death!"
Yun Zhuo pursed his lips, and a fierce aura slowly spread from his eyes.
Zhuang Xin and the others were on high alert, already in a state of war.
Grey Seven and White Seven flanked Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue, one on each side.
The other party spoke again: "It seems that His Highness the Crown Prince really wants to fight us to the death. When your bodies are riddled with holes, don't blame us for being impolite."
As the last syllable faded, a murderous aura permeated the air; the wind blew, and the treetops trembled, as if layers of murderous intent were surging forth.
Yun Zhuo finally spoke: "Then let's see if you turn my people into sieves, or if my people turn you into sieves."
Although he was outnumbered by many, Yun Zhuo was in no way inferior in terms of momentum.
The opponent's aura indeed froze for a moment, fearing a trap. But after thinking it over, they couldn't figure out what kind of trap Yun Zhuo could set under such circumstances. So they led their men and rushed towards Yun Zhuo and his group.
"kill!!"
The shouts were deafening!
"By order of the lord, whoever beheads the deposed crown prince will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"
Thirty guards, armed with swords, surged in from all directions, posing a constant threat to Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo.
Yun Zhuo stood behind Ye Qingxue, back to back, and said, "I'll protect you from behind!"
Ye Qingxue shielded the little palace maid in the middle of the crowd and replied, "Alright, I'll protect you from behind too!"
With a flick of her whip, as if a dragon were swimming, she sent the two guards who rushed towards her the fastest away.
But more guards were still rushing in.
Ye Qingxue brandished her whip and sneered. In the moonlight, her smile carried a chilling killing intent. A guard saw it and felt a sudden chill, then paused for a moment.
Why, at this critical moment of life and death, could the other party still have such a confident and powerful cold laugh? It was as if they, not the ones about to die, were the ones facing death!
Just as the guard was thinking this, he heard a commotion in the forest, followed by a dense sound of footsteps.
Then! They were surrounded by another group of people!
The deposed crown prince has reinforcements!
Standing on the mountain and gazing at this scene, Shen Jiefeng frowned deeply. The deposed crown prince actually had reinforcements! The deposed crown prince had been on the run all this time, and he actually had reinforcements!
It seems that the Bamboo Sea Stream is still too big. He brought a lot of people, but he still failed to discover that Yun Zhuo had reinforcements hiding in the shadows.
Fortunately, he had a backup plan and didn't rush out with the thirty guards, otherwise he would be the one surrounded now.
"Can you tell where these reinforcements came from?" Shen Jiefeng asked his subordinates.
The subordinate replied, "I didn't realize it. It's probably someone who was loyal to the deposed crown prince before, hiding in the shadows, just to save the deposed crown prince from this predicament?"
Shen Jiefeng didn't say much.
The deposed crown prince, like Empress Shen, was a member of the royal family. Their guards were all guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it was indeed difficult to distinguish their origins under the cover of night.
However, Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo knew that these reinforcements were dispatched by Prince Yu. After such a long struggle, Prince Yu finally chose to support them.
Not long after they went up the mountain, the leader of this group found them, but in order to avoid being discovered by Shen Jiefeng, Yun Zhuo told them to retreat far away, wanting to catch Shen Jiefeng off guard.
With the support of Prince Yu and his wife, Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue felt as if a force had been injected into their bodies. Although the road ahead was still difficult, at least they had helpers!
Having more helpers increases our chances of winning!
Ye Qingxue lowered her voice and said, "Your Highness, we won the bet."
Yun Zhuo leaned against her back and turned his head slightly: "Thanks to you."
The scene that followed can be summarized as follows: flashing swords, a bloody battle. Then came life and death on the line, limbs scattered everywhere.
Even so, both sides fought to the death, with corpses constantly falling and the clear stream beside them being stained red with wave after wave of blood.
In the end, Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue won.
The fifty reinforcements sent by the Prince of Yu's mansion dealt with the enemy's thirty guards. More than twenty of the enemy died, leaving only seven or eight who were captured alive.
The troops sent by the Prince of Yu's mansion were all elites.
Of course, among these reinforcements, five or six were killed and seven or eight were wounded.
Zhuang Xin and the others were greatly encouraged by the current grand occasion.
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