Zhu Houzhao went from initially excited to a little uneasy, and finally turned into an inexplicable fear.

Even the ignorant person can see that the situation is wrong. He is surrounded by bandits. The number of bandits is definitely not a few dozen cavalry, but it is likely to be hundreds or even hundreds of cavalry. This is also the reason why they dare to fight with the official army. Such a number of bandits is rare. They are confident that they can not escape the official army.

"Protect the young master!"

Jiang Bin shouted, but at this moment he could only yell slogans in vain, because he couldn't figure out the number of enemies in the dark and what method to attack, so he naturally had no way to talk about how to protect the emperor.

With a group of enemies around, Jiang Bin didn't know whether to fight or break through, or where to escape, the battlefield on the river beach was already in chaos.

"Swish!"

Just as Zhu Houzhao and others were trapped in a heavy siege, the group of people coming from behind suddenly began to shoot arrows.

This time, Zhu Houzhao escaped privately and had never planned to start a war on the way, so he didn't even have a shield under his command, and he was not confident in the face of the Rain of Arrows splashed by water.

He heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air and Jiang Bin quickly judged that this was not an ordinary arrow at all, but a powerful crossbow in the army. Such "firepower" was definitely not something that ordinary bandits could possess. I am afraid that he would explain it here today.

Jiang Bin fully demonstrated his loyalty at this time and directly rode his horse behind Zhu Houzhao, preparing to use his body to block the crossbow arrows that were shooting.

But the scene that Jiang Bin was worried about did not happen!

The crossbow arrows did not shoot at the officers and soldiers, but shot towards the bandits who were raiding in front of them. Then the people rushing from behind took the initiative to disperse into two directions and killed the bandits on both wings respectively.

"Protect the young master!"

Jiang Bin didn't know how to deal with this situation, and there was no other action except chanting slogans.

The shouts of killing were heard across the battlefield. The bandits never expected that the government troops that seemed to be easily eaten were actually reinforcements. These more than ten government troops seemed to be bait and deliberately lured them out. The number of subsequent cavalrymen on the other side was actually hundreds, well-equipped and well-trained, and full of momentum when rushing to kill. The fierce attack momentum of the bandits was obviously suppressed.

"ah"

"kill"

Screams, fights, and horses were filled with noise.

Because the moon was dark and the wind was high, Zhu Houzhao could not see clearly the situation on the battlefield. He only knew that he was guarded tightly by several guards, specifically blocking arrows for him. Fifty to one hundred steps around him were already close. Zhu Houzhao still has not figured out what the situation is.

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself: "No, it's obviously the bandits attacked me, why did the people suddenly come out? Where did this group of people come from? Could it be that the bandits and bandits were unevenly divided into spoils and internal strife?"

Zhu Houzhao never thought that someone would protect him secretly. He felt that the abscond plan he had formulated was perfect. He didn't see a single shadow of the pursuers along the way. Under such arrogance and conceit, the troops that suddenly came out were regarded as "black and black" by Zhu Houzhao.

"Young Master, let's break through. The battlefield is too dangerous." Jiang Bin whispered to Zhu Houzhao.

The sounds on the battlefield were noisy and complicated, and bows and arrows were shot over.

Melee broke out in the darkness, and the random bows and arrows could easily hurt their own people, so after they were entangled, the two sides of the battle basically did not shoot arrows anymore. Only Jiang Bin's subordinates were shooting around regardless of the situation. Anyway, they saw that there were enemies around them.

Zhu Houzhao widened her eyes and shouted: "What are you afraid of? Give up the courage to fight the enemy. With this young master in charge, you will have a great victory!"

Jiang Bin was speechless to the arrogant little emperor in front of him. Before he did not escape, it could be explained that there was no way out, but now it is obvious that the two sides are mixed together, and the encirclement net is full of flaws, so you can escape at will. If the result is even divided, these two enemies will definitely not let go of his team of less than twenty people.

Jiang Bin advised earnestly: "If you don't retreat now, you may not have a chance to escape!"

Zhu Houzhao ignored Jiang Bin's words at all, rode on the horse and watched everywhere, paying attention to the situation of the warring parties.

Because the night was heavy, Zhu Houzhao couldn't see clearly, so he only found that thirty or forty riders across the river seemed to be attacked by a group of riders rushing from further away. He couldn't help but sigh: "This is obviously a mantis stalking the cicada oriole behind, but I don't know where the oriole came from?"

"Young Master!"

Jiang Bin reminded loudly, roughly the point is that the current focus is how to escape, and why do you still have the intention to care about who the enemy is?

Just when Zhu Houzhao had not made a decision, the opportunity was fleeting. The first bandits appeared showed signs of collapse, especially the more than a dozen bandits who crossed the river and attacked them. They were already defeated. A small number of the remaining soldiers turned their horses and drifted across the river. They were shot to death in the river by the last group of people one by one with hard crossbows.

A soldier under Jiang Bin shouted loudly: "It seems to be an official army!"

When Jiang Bin heard this, he breathed a little relieved. He also wondered why there was an internal struggle between the bandits and bandits. If the government army came to suppress the bandits, the problem could be explained. But why is it so coincidental that the bandits appeared at the critical moment of the attack?

Because he could not confirm his identity, Jiang Bin was still hesitant.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and she said loudly: "Since it's an official army, what are you waiting for? Follow it and kill it and make a contribution in one fell swoop! Crash and kill the thief!"

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao pulled out the sabre and raised it high, swung a beautiful sword flower in the air, like a brave and fearless general, but in the eyes of the soldiers around him, this young man who was as weak as an eunuch was a little stupid. Shouldn't he give priority to escaping at this time? The enemy's situation is unknown, and even the one on both sides of the warring side cannot be understood. How could he rashly join forces with one side?

"Wulululu..."

At the top of the hill less than four hundred steps away, someone was shouting something loudly, which was accent that Zhu Houzhao could not understand at all.

Jiang Bin said: "The bandit seems to be retreating! Young Master, this is our last chance to escape."

"What are you afraid of? Go!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about it and urged the horse to step forward.

When he found that the battle in front of him was very fun, impulse defeated reason. Under the influence of heroism, Zhu Houzhao took the lead in rushing out of the crowd and killed him on the other side of the river.

"Sir Jiang, look..."

The soldiers around were stunned. There was still such a little eunuch who was not afraid of death in this world?

Jiang Bin said anxiously: "What are you doing while standing there? It's important to protect the young master! If something happens, you can't even save your head. Each of the injured and injured brothers in this battle will have more than 500 taels of pension. Whoever dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao facing danger alone, Jiang Bin didn't care about anything else, just like when the emperor was attacked by a tiger a few days ago, he rushed up at all costs to protect Zhu Houzhao.

...

...

The bandits finally retreated.

After Zhu Houzhao and Jiang Bin led the army across the river, the bandits fled to the distant mountains and forests, and the men who rushed out to protect the horses had no intention of chasing them. Their mission was not to pursue the poor bandits, but to maintain Zhu Houzhao's safety.

In Jiang Bin's opinion, it may be that the little emperor had never seen such bloody killings. After experiencing life and death, he was confused, but he didn't know that Zhu Houzhao didn't care about the small scene in front of him at all, because when he was a teenager, he personally climbed the city gate tower to fight countless bloody battles with countless Tartars, and did not feel much afraid of the dead.

"Young Master, look at this situation...what should I do?" Jiang Bin asked for instructions.

Zhu Houzhao came back to his senses: "It's necessary to ask me? Hurry up and see if there is any survivor. If it is a thief, kill it. If it is your own person, hurry up and treat it!"

When Jiang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but admire the little emperor a little more and hurriedly followed the instructions. Zhu Houzhao rode back to the other side of the shore, got off the horse, walked quickly to the bonfire that was about to go out, and asked someone to add firewood. When the fire became bigger, he picked up the horse meat and roasted it on the fire for a while, and then he started to eat it in big mouthfuls.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Houzhao was able to keep eating calmly, which made Jiang Bin and his men feel incredible. Even though the Weizhou Guard was located in the frontier, they had not experienced the real test of war. The battle just now made them unable to adapt, especially when facing so many corpses.

"Young Master, count it out. Thirty-six thieves died. Two of our brothers were shot in the air. One of them died on the spot when the battle was killed, and the other was seriously injured. I was afraid that I would not persevere tomorrow."

Jiang Bin looked sad. After all, when he came out, he was always alive and thrilling, talking and laughing, but in the blink of an eye, the yin and yang were separated forever, which made Jiang Bin unacceptable.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "Since I'm on the battlefield, I know what kind of ending will be... But don't worry, I won't treat them badly, and I will be rewarded after I go back."

"Yes, young master."

Jiang Bin bowed excitedly. Although he did not perform very well in this battle, he finally helped the emperor to escape danger. He felt that he should be rewarded after returning. The most important thing was that Zhu Houzhao would further strengthen his trust in him.

Zhu Houzhao ate for a while and suddenly looked at Jiang Bin: "There are so many corpses on the river bank, should we ask the officers and soldiers to clean up?"

Jiang Bin was stunned and asked, "That young master, what should we do?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and sighed: "Let's do this, send someone to Weizhou Guard. It's best to find local patrol personnel to let them solve this problem. Our large army slowly heads to Weizhou Guard. If we encounter trouble on the road, we may need to solve it ourselves... What is the origin of the group of people who just helped me?"

"Young Master, now is not the time to discuss this issue. Your safety is more important. Otherwise... will we return to the imperial ranks now?" Jiang Bin asked for instructions.

Zhu Houzhao cursed: "Pig Brain, you, we have been walking for three or four days. When we go back from here, should we return to Zhangjiakou Fort or Juyongguan? Is the road to return easy to walk?"

Jiang Bin thought for a while and replied: "Young Master, compared to Zhangjiakou Fort and Juyong Pass, the distance from here to Zijing Pass is closer. We can go to Zijing Pass first, and it will be much safer to get there."

"I don't want to go back to the capital so soon. Let's go to Weizhou City first to see if it's your place. If you encounter some trouble, you will retreat. This is not my style... I have killed so many thieves this time, and it seems that you have made great achievements again!" Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Jiang Bin was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had obtained a bargain for nothing.

Although he was favored by Zhu Houzhao, after all, he did not go to the battlefield to make merits, and Zhu Houzhao had no reason to promote him. Therefore, although he had previously said that he had been promoted as a commander, he had never obtained a real position and was still the assistant commander of Weizhou Guard. Now, by "killing bandits", he can be promoted justifiably.

Zhu Houzhao stood up and looked at the sky: "It's not too late, so the thief will probably not come back, but we still have to prevent them from sending people to investigate the situation. By the way, Jiang Bin, have you been paying attention to the female leader who came to rescue before?"

Jiang Bin said: "Which is the young master asking?"

"Who else? The only female leader spoke just now, and it seemed that she was still scolding me... Haha, her heroic spirit and style are pretty good. Are there people guarding the local guards?" Zhu Houzhao asked with a smile.

Jiang Bin shook his head: "Young Master, although this place has entered the Weizhou Wei territory, the villain has never heard of any female leader in this area. Have you heard it wrong?"

Zhu Houzhao felt a little regretful: "Actually, I really want to see it. It would be a great achievement for her to save this young master. Even if she is the leader of a bandit, she can forgive her. After waiting for Weizhou, she would be better off finding this person... Hey, I have never seen such a woman!"

Jiang Bin shivered and suddenly felt that it was terrible to do things in front of the emperor. Not only did he have to protect him, but he also had to do many shameful things for the emperor. He was like walking on thin ice.

This little emperor was so tempting that he seemed to be unable to take care of his care and would lift the tiles. He had only followed Zhu Houzhao for less than ten days, and Zhu Houzhao had faced two life-and-death matters, which made Jiang Bin deeply feel the malice from life.

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...

As Zhu Houzhao expected, the bandits did not come back.

After a full meal and packing the remaining horse meat, Zhu Houzhao and Jiang Bin continued on the road with their men and horses, and they didn't take a break until dawn.

Another hour passed, the team continued to set off. At noon, they finally met the patrol patrols of Weizhou Guards. There were more than 200 patrols on the road, basically all infantry. It was better to say that patrolling was like robbing the house. If they hadn't met Jiang Bin, they would have to continue fighting in the wilderness. These people were officials, but they were like thieves.

Jiang Bin went over to contact these people, and when they found out that the person who came was Jiang Bin, the commander of the Weizhou Guard who was transferred to Xuanfu, was very surprised.

When they meet their bosses when they do bad things, they will not want to kill and silence them. They will only give some benefits to bribe them. Jiang Bin is usually very popular in Weizhou Wei, which is because he is not only good at business, but also good at managing relationships and is willing to make profits to make a difference. Everyone below highly respects Jiang Bin.

"I am going to return to Weizhou Wei Gong. This is Mr. Zhu. I will go back to Weizhou with me, and I will have the emperor's will." Jiang Bin said aloud to several lieutenants who came to contact him.

A captain smiled and complimented: "Mr. Jiang, you are really capable. Can you do things for the emperor so soon?"

"Yes, when will we promote us?" A group of people gathered over and praised Jiang Bin very much.

But indirectly, he was rude to the emperor.
To be continued...