nashuaworldcup Chapter 439: Open the city gates! The prince was assassinated
Chapter 439: Open the city gates! The prince was assassinated
Chapter 439: Open the city gates! The prince was assassinated
Mo Ming looked at the eager look of the person who was speaking and couldn't help but shook his head slightly, with a barely perceptible smile on the corner of his mouth. He said lightly: "The ones my wife knows are all maids in the palace. What? You want to marry a maid? If you want to marry them, you have to wait until they are old enough to leave the palace!"
However, just as they were chatting and joking with each other, immersed in this relaxed atmosphere, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds suddenly came from outside the originally quiet city gate. The sound of horse hoofs was like dense drum beats, hitting everyone's heart heavily.
At the same time, a woman's sharp and urgent cry came from afar: "Open the city gate quickly, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Wang Ling has been assassinated, go to rescue him quickly!" This voice, filled with endless anxiety and fear, instantly broke the relaxed atmosphere on the city wall.
The woman rode a fast horse and rushed to the city gate at lightning speed. She pulled the reins, raised the horse's front hooves high, and neighed. She was dressed in tight clothes, her face was covered with dust and sweat, and her eyes revealed extreme tension and panic.
Before the soldiers could react, she couldn't wait to shout: "I am the personal maid of the Crown Princess, and I have been ordered to guard the royal mausoleum for the Queen Mother with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
The young soldier stood on the city wall, staring at the woman under the city gate. When he finally saw the woman's face clearly, his heart tightened and he shouted anxiously to Captain Mo beside him: "Captain Mo, it looks like my sister-in-law..."
There was a hint of anxiety and uneasiness in his voice, as if he had a premonition of something bad. However, when he turned around to look at Mo Ming, he was surprised to find that there was no one behind him.
It turned out that when Mo Ming heard the woman's first cry from the tower, he recognized that it was his wife's voice. Not only that, he also faintly smelled a trace of blood, which made his heart even heavier.
Without any hesitation, Mo Ming rushed down the city wall like an arrow. He jumped onto his horse nimbly and shouted loudly, "Open the city gate quickly!" His voice echoed on the empty city wall, full of anxiety and urgency.
Following his order, the heavy city gate slowly opened, making a "creaking" sound, as if it was a long-suppressed sigh. Mo Ming was extremely anxious, holding the reins tightly in his hands, constantly urging the horse under him to speed up. His followers followed closely behind, and the sound of horse hooves resounded throughout the city gate.
Mo Ming had only one thought in his mind, which was to rush to his wife as soon as possible and ask her about what she said about the assassination of the Crown Prince and the smell of blood, and whether his wife was injured.
When he rushed to Bayer like a gust of wind, his eyes were attracted by a magnet, staring at Bayer's right shoulder. At that moment, his pupils suddenly contracted, because he saw an arrow deeply inserted into Bayer's right shoulder, like a shocking scar.
His voice was full of worry and concern, and he said anxiously: "Madam, you are hurt!" However, Bayer shook his head without hesitation, as if he was unaware of his injury.
Bayer shook her head with a firm and decisive tone. She quickly said, "I'm not injured. Count the troops quickly and follow me to rescue His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! When I came out, there were no less than 200 Jianghu assassins, and a group of soldiers who looked like they were from the army. Although it's dark and I can't see exactly how many there are, it's estimated to be no less than 500!"
While Bayer was talking, Mo Ming's eyes never left the arrow on her shoulder. He observed carefully and found that the arrow did not pierce very deep and was located on the right shoulder, which made him feel a little relieved. He thought that perhaps his wife was only thinking about calling for help, so she did not realize that she was injured.
After confirming that his wife's injury was not serious, Mo Ming finally felt relieved. He turned around and asked the followers behind him loudly, "How many horses are there at the city gate today?"
The attendant quickly replied respectfully: "Captain Mo, there are fifty horses at the city gate today."
Mo Ming's eyes were sharp and he said in a steady voice: "Okay, count the forty-seven people and follow me to rescue the emperor!" His words were like a military order and could not be questioned.
Then, he decisively assigned tasks: "One person goes to Xijiao Camp to find General An and tells him that the Crown Prince has been assassinated by no less than a thousand assassins! Ask him to quickly send troops to rescue him. Send another person to the horse farm to get 400 horses! Leave 50 people to guard the city gate, and the rest of you all follow me to rescue him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the followers behind him rushed off in three directions like arrows from a bow. One of them immediately returned to the city to mobilize people and went with Captain Mo to rescue the emperor; the other two rushed off in two directions outside the city gate to carry out their respective tasks.
Mo Ming turned his gaze to Bayer, with a hint of concern in his eyes. He said softly, "Madam, let's go first!"
Bayer nodded and turned her horse around without hesitation, ready to set off with Mo Ming. However, at the moment she turned her horse around, Mo Ming took the opportunity to quickly draw his sword, and his movements were as fast as lightning. With a flash of sword light, the arrow on Bayer's shoulder was instantly cut off, leaving only a small section of the arrowhead.
Bayer was so preoccupied with the assassination of the prince that she felt Mo Ming's movements but did not ask any questions. She had only one thought in mind, which was to rush to the royal mausoleum as soon as possible and rescue the prince. So, she waved her whip vigorously without hesitation, driving the horse to gallop towards the royal mausoleum like a gust of wind!
Just a moment later, dozens of lightning-fast horses rushed out of the capital city, the sound of their hooves resounding through the sky, as if they were going to crush the ground. These horses were like arrows shot from a bow, running straight in the direction Bayer and the others had left.
Since the distance between the horse farm and the city gate was very close, it only took a cup of tea for these well-trained fast horses to reach the city gate. Therefore, although Mo Ming only led a few dozen people to go ahead, the gap between them and the defenders of the city gate was only a matter of time.
In comparison, the location of the Xijiao Camp is relatively far away. However, as long as Mo Ming and his few hundred men can hold out for more than half an hour, they will be able to wait for the arrival of the reinforcements led by General An!
However, at this moment, what they were most worried about was the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had too few people around him, less than a hundred at most, and more than a dozen of them had almost no combat effectiveness.
Faced with such a disparity in troop strength, they could hardly imagine how long His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his guards could hold out against a siege of nearly a thousand people!
Back at the palace, Bai Xi couldn't bear to see those dozen people die like this, so he came up with a plan. He quickly ordered those dozen people to hide in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to shoot arrows, and at the same time quickly and cleverly set up some traps. After everything was arranged, Bai Xi stood by the prince like a loyal guard, waiting for the killer to arrive!
Looking at the assassins again, perhaps because they were eager to complete the mission or underestimated the palace's defense, they attacked from all corners of the palace at the same time. However, as the saying goes, "haste makes waste", their dense formation became a fatal weakness.