When He Qizhou saw the pursuers coming from behind him, he used his superb swordsmanship to force several riders back. He immediately raised his sword and chased Tong Tai, who had fled into the lake. He saw Tong Tai retreating into the crowd and snatched a war horse from his soldiers.
There were more than 20 cavalry in front of him from the army, and hundreds of enemy cavalry behind him quickly followed from the shore.
He Qizhou couldn't help but sigh, it was a pity, it was almost impossible to kill Tong Tai immediately! He would face another difficult life and death battle!
The turning point came unexpectedly at this moment. The rumble of horse hooves came from the south bank. Someone on both sides of the war shouted. Several men in white shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty is here!"
The man in black came closer and screamed: "They are the main force of the false emperor!"
"Quickly retreat to the north shore of the lake!" Tong Tai has no fighting spirit. A large white field is sweeping in from the lake shore. It is less than three miles away, and there are still fifty or sixty riders on the ice who are still resisting tenaciously. Therefore, Tong Tai has nothing to lose.
I chose to retreat without hesitation!
As Tong Tai took the lead in escaping, hundreds of enemy troops circled around both sides of He Qizhou like two black streams, keeping well away from this god of murder.
"Hurry up!" Lian Tianzhong suddenly thought that the direction Tong Tai was escaping from was exactly where the Queen was going to the north. He was frightened and hurriedly took the lead in rushing out. Helian Qingqing even turned his horse's head before Lian Tianzhong gave the order and headed towards
Go north.
Upon seeing this, He Qizhou returned his sword to its sheath, snatched a set of bows and arrows from the fallen enemy soldiers, then climbed on an ownerless war horse, and then took an empty horse, and then he began to chase northward fiercely.
Thousands of white-robed cavalrymen who came from the south bank all stopped at the shore of the lake and began to find cloth to wrap their hooves. Everyone could only see dozens of their own cavalry chasing the enemy's 400 cavalry on the ice.
Running wildly. In the center of the team, a sturdy man in silver armor was looking into the distance with a frown. Behind him was a white flag embroidered with two golden dragons, which was buzzing under the violent north wind.
The imperial flag representing the Helian family! The visitor is none other than the Emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty—Helian Chenwu!
"Don't worry about the formation. Wrap the horseshoes and follow me!" Helian Chenwu's mount is the horse's horse. The four of them wrapped the horseshoes for it at the same time, so Helian Chenwu, as the emperor, was the first to rush out of the military formation.
, and chased towards the north with great speed...
When He Qizhou started, he was half a mile behind the pursuers in front. After running for seven or eight miles, he decisively changed horses. Relying on the power of the second horse, he ran another three or four miles, killing all the soldiers including Lian Tianzhong and Helian Qingqing.
All the pursuers were left behind.
"Save my mother!" This was Helian Qingqing's anxious request when he was overtaken.
"Okay!" He Qizhou nodded and agreed. Half a mile away in front of his eyes, a group of black armored soldiers rushed forward.
Because some people were constantly being overtaken by Lian Tianzhong and others, they had to stop fighting. In addition, Tong Tai fled on his own. Many of Lin Hu's personal guards were unable to keep up with Tong Tai, and could only wander aimlessly in the vast expanse.
He Qizhou ignored this and ran away on the ice. As long as he was not deliberately intercepted, he would just keep running northward.
The group of black armored soldiers was soon in front of him. He Qizhou could already see that the person at the front of the deserters was Tong Tai. About a mile in front of Tong Tai was the queen and others who were trying to escape. Although the female relatives were all proficient in riding, they were still
They couldn't compare with the well-trained elite soldiers, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer. Seeing that they could not escape, more than a dozen Ouchi guards turned around and stopped, preparing to fight to the death to buy time for the queen...
"Follow me to capture the Queen alive!" Tong Tai looked back and saw that there were still more than a hundred people following him, and immediately ordered. Everyone knew that Helian Chenwu cherished the Queen, and catching the Queen was equivalent to taking possession of the Queen.
A talisman!
"Whoosh -" As soon as Tong Tai finished his words, he heard the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air. He hurriedly leaned on his horse to avoid one arrow. When he looked back, he saw the second arrow whizzing towards him.
"Quickly block him!" Tong Tai hurriedly raised his knife to block the flying arrows directed at the horses. He saw clearly that the archer was behind the hundred-man team. He was dressed in white and black armor. He was the fierce god who appeared out of the sky! He ordered behind him urgently.
His men returned to attack.
He Qizhou, who was shooting arrows on the galloping horse, sighed again. If the north wind hadn't been too strong, these two arrows could at least force Tong Tai off his horse. At this time, seeing more than ten people riding back to attack, he fired several arrows in succession, and shot down those who were blocking the way.
The three people directly in front ignored the others and rushed towards them, rushing into the group of 100 people and continuing to chase Tong Tai.
Although those deserters were frightened, they were all elites after all, and people kept approaching and intercepting them. He Qizhou drew his sword from his back and slashed down several people in front of him. With stronger horsepower, he broke out of the encirclement and was finally in the group.
When the deserters ran into more than a dozen Ouchi guards who were blocking the front, they caught up with Tong Tai who was at the front!
The strength of the imperial guards of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was obviously far inferior to those of the Qi State and the Northern Zhou Dynasty. With just one impact, more than half of them were killed or injured. Tong Tai even stabbed two of them with one blow. After killing two guards, he rushed forward with dozens of black-clad armored men.
Concubines and palace maids who are less than a mile away...
He Qizhou knew that if he could not subdue Tong Tai, the palace servants and maids would still be killed, so he hit his horse with all his strength and rushed towards Tong Tai, who was more than ten feet in front of him! All the enemy soldiers in front of him were ruthlessly beaten by He Qizhou
Kill with one sword!
"Whoever stands in my way will die!" As He Qizhou shouted, everyone knew that He Qizhou had only one target - Tong Tai!
The rumble of horse hoofs came from the ice again, and without looking back, one knew that Helian Chenwu's army was chasing after him. No one dared to miss the opportunity to escape in pursuit of the queen. Tong Tai gradually became empty behind him, following
His fleeing black-armored knights began to flee to the northwest and northeast. It was not that those people were unfaithful, but that almost all of the most loyal ones died in the battle trying to stop He Qizhou. No one was willing to support his boss who only wanted to escape for his own life. He Qizhou
Finally you can clearly see Tong Tai's back.
Tong Taiming knew that his subordinates were leaving him one after another, and while he was resentful, he also saw hope! The Queen of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was only five feet away from him at most, and the concubines and palace maids surrounding her could be ignored. As long as they caught up to two or three more
husband, he can take the queen as a hostage.
Five feet, four feet, three feet... Probably sensing that the enemy was approaching behind them, the six maids took the initiative to stop, and the six knights lined up in a row, preparing to use their bodies to block Tong Tai who was approaching!
There are only two riders behind Tong Tai, one is He Qizhou who is ten feet away, and the other is Helian Chenwu who is wearing silver armor. The Emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is far ahead of thousands of white-clothed troops, relying on Tianju's
Shen Yong has already caught up to He Qizhou, who is less than fifty feet away, and is still getting closer.
Tong Tai could kill all the six palace maids in front of him with just one knife, but he didn't dare to waste it even if it only took a snap of his fingers to swing the knife, because the people behind him were about to catch up! Tong Tai
Tai calculated the distance, gently stood on the back of the galloping horse, then pushed hard on the saddle with both feet, and his whole body jumped over the heads of the six palace maids like an arrow from the string, and shot towards the slower and slower running maids.
The queen's mount!
"No!" He Qizhou shouted softly. It was obvious that he could not catch up with Tong Tai no matter what. In desperation, he threw the frost-defying sword with all his strength, aiming directly at Tong Tai's back.
"Dang!" After a soft sound, the tiger-headed sword fell on the ice along with He Qizhou's frost-defying sword. Tong Tai, who had been guarding against this move for a long time, did not look back in mid-air, but slashed the sword with his backhand.
Just because He Qizhou's sword was thrown too hard, the broadsword actually flew away from his hand when he was cutting the sword, but Tong Tai didn't care because the left hand he stretched out was only a few feet away from the back of the queen's neck...
He Qizhou galloped his horse and sprinted, only four feet away from Tong Tai. In front of him were the six frightened palace maids. Although he was a step slower, He Qizhou still unwillingly imitated Tong Tai's example, flew out from the saddle, and rushed towards
Tong Tai!
"Whoosh - whoosh - whoosh -" He Qizhou, who was in mid-air, heard the soft sound of arrows coming into the wind from behind. There were three arrows in total, and each arrow was shot close to him. He Qizhou's judgment was extremely accurate.
, the target of the three arrows was not himself, but Tong Tai, who was just a stone's throw away from the queen in front of him! So he let the three arrows fly past him.
After cutting down He Qizhou's flying sword, Tong Tai's body was exhausted. The three arrows came one after another, one arrow shot to the neck and two arrows shot to the back. The precise arrows had taken into account the strong wind speed and the trajectory of the human body flying in the air.
Tong Tai knew in his heart that Helian Chenwu was probably the only one in the entire Eastern Zhou Dynasty who could possess such archery skills!
Tong Tai's judgment was correct. Although he dodged one arrow by turning his head sideways, the two arrows behind his back could not be dodged no matter what. With two "grab, snatch" sounds, the two heavy arrows broke through Tong Tai's armor and infuriating energy.
Defensively, most of the arrow pierced into Tong Tai's back. After being hit by the arrow, Tong Tai was shaken in mid-air. After all, he still failed to catch the imperial matter. When it fell, he just managed to catch the long tail of the queen's mount.
The horse suddenly stood up in pain. The queen screamed and fell from a high place. Her back was pointed at Tong Tai, who was already standing on the ice!
Tong Tai wanted to seize the last chance, endured the huge pain in his back, raised his hand to clasp the back of Huang Shou's neck, but missed by only a few inches, and his whole body slipped forward.
She was frightened and immediately fell. The Queen, who thought she was about to hit the ground on the back of her head, suddenly felt a big hand supporting her waist from behind, and then she placed herself firmly on the ice. When she turned around, it was the taciturn Zhou Qi who saved her!
Looking at Tong Tai again, he slid on the ice for more than ten feet before he stopped motionless. A heavy arrow stuck in his back had already shot out of his chest! It turned out to be He Qizhou who was flying over and slapped him with his palm.
At the tail of the arrow, he penetrated the arrow completely into Tong Tai's body and then knocked it out. Tong Tai was also killed instantly under this palm!
"A Ying, are you okay?" Helian Chenwu, who rushed over, dropped his bow and arrow, flew to the queen's side, and hugged the frightened queen into his arms.
"I'm fine, thanks to Brother Zhou Qi!" The Queen hugged Helian Chenwu like a little girl, then turned to He Qizhou and cast a grateful look.