jdhmnovel Chapter 189 Leading Away
Chapter 189 Leading Away
This time, the zombies are different from the ones we encountered last time. They seem to only recognize blood and not voice.
Pieces of blood-stained flesh were shot into the crowd by slingshots, and the zombies rushed down the hillside following the scent of blood.
Fortunately, the weak point was the head, and Jiang Xinyu used his spiked club to smash many of them to death like playing whack-a-mole.
The Eastern Depot's agents and secret guards were basically killed with a single blow.
Ordinary soldiers don't have that much strength; if a knife gets stuck in a zombie's neck, they might get caught and stabbed.
Just as the zombies were almost defeated, a group of martial arts figures dressed in various styles rushed out.
Jiang Xinyu cursed under her breath and tugged at Chen Jiu, urging him to run away with her.
These martial arts masters were experts who could take on ten opponents at once; ordinary soldiers would be instantly killed in one move.
If they continue fighting like this, in the end only she and Chen Jiu will survive; she won't be able to protect anyone else.
Since these people are after Xiao Yuan, he should take "Xiao Yuan" with him, so that at least Xiao Die, Xiao Douzi, and these soldiers can survive.
Those martial arts figures did not disappoint Jiang Xinyu's expectations. Seeing Xiao Yuan and that extremely powerful woman run away, they quickly chased after them and ignored everyone else.
Xiao Douzi called over a squad leader and told him to rest the troops and continue heading towards Qingyuan County, while Xiao Die and the others, along with the agents from the Eastern Depot, followed after them.
Jiang Xinyu was fast enough, but she hadn't learned any light-body skills, and she was caught up in no time.
She wasn't intimidated at all; her spiked club had an absolute advantage against swords and blades. She quickly killed off any who chased after her and then continued running up the mountain with Chen Jiu.
She didn't forget that the important thing was to buy time, not that she couldn't compete head-on, but that walking the dog was more cost-effective.
If Xiao Yuan returns to the disaster relief team, he will continue to cause trouble, and the disaster victims may also be implicated.
It would be better for her and Chen Jiu to lure all the assassins up the mountain. As long as they are kept occupied, everyone else will be safe.
Jiang Xinyu had no choice but to run back and fight her way out to explain to Xiaodouzi and the others, who didn't understand her intention.
Those martial arts practitioners weren't stupid; they knew they couldn't win a direct confrontation, so they planned to exhaust the opponent's strength and launch a surprise attack.
Jiang Xinyu successfully reunited with Xiaodouzi and the others, telling them to continue with the disaster relief efforts and not to worry about them.
Xiaodie cried and refused to listen to anything, leaving Jiang Xinyu with no choice but to tell the truth.
She can manage to protect one "Xiao Yuan," but she really can't protect so many people.
To put it tactfully, you guys are really a burden.
The secret guards and the agents from the Eastern Depot exchanged helpless glances. Although it was unpleasant to hear, what the lady said was indeed the truth.
Their presence definitely affected the lady's performance.
They were discussing something here while dozens of assassins watched from a distance; the scene was truly bizarre.
But Jiang Xinyu was too fierce, and they didn't want to follow in their predecessors' footsteps.
Even an iron man couldn't withstand a protracted war, but they have a lot of people and can afford to wear it down.
Xiao Die took out the dry rations she had tucked into her bosom and stuffed them into Jiang Xinyu's hand, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Madam, please take good care of yourself. I have put away the antidote pills I gave you. If all else fails, just push the 'Chief Supervisor' out and run away yourself."
Xiao Douzi twitched his lips and advised, "This servant knows that we're just causing trouble if we follow them. Madam wants to lure them away to save our lives."
But don't you think that if anything happened to you, the supervisor wouldn't let us off the hook either?
You must have done the math carefully; we can't do a deal that loses money.
What these two said was so obvious, and Chen Jiu wasn't stupid, so of course he could understand it.
Isn't it just telling the lady that she should abandon him when necessary?
Chen Jiu's life is only worth one life, but Madam's life is worth many lives.
Even if his wife can't do the math, he can. There's no need for these two nonsense talk; he'll naturally know what to do when the time comes.
However, Chen Jiu, who was not good with words, said nothing and followed Jiang Xinyu closely after Xiao Douzi and the guards left.
A young man with slanted eyes watched the situation unfold and whispered to himself about crickets while wearing a mustache.
"Master Fox, are we just going to let those people go like this?"
The man with the mustache sneered, "Don't worry about those small fry. Keep an eye on Xiao Yuan and the woman next to him. Even if we're sleepy today, we'll make sure they're exhausted."
Another tall young man frowned.
"I had heard that Xiao Yuan had a master by his side, but I didn't expect him to be this skilled."
Even if all of us were combined, we probably wouldn't be a match for her.
Should we go and invite Old Wu?
The man with the mustache smiled slyly, "You've already driven the dog into a dead end, are you willing to share the credit?"
Don't worry, even a fierce tiger fears a pack of wolves. No matter how powerful she is, she still needs to eat and sleep.
With so many of us taking turns to rest, we can keep her at a distance and make her restless and unable to eat or sleep.
"Wait until she's exhausted, then swarm her. Once that damned eunuch is dealt with, she'll be no threat."
This was clearly a calculated scheme. Jiang Xinyu and Chen Jiu could see it too, so in order to shake off this group, they headed straight into the deep mountains.
After Xiaodouzi and his friends came down the mountain, they ran into Feng Rang's group. They angrily questioned why they had disobeyed orders, which only made Feng Rang and the others angry.
They saw the corpses all over the ground and knew that the matter of the imperial envoy's disappearance could not be resolved peacefully. In desperation, they decided to kill him to silence him.
Sometimes the human brain is really strange; often, we might make a bigger mistake because of a small thing.
Unfortunately, they miscalculated this time. None of them, whether it was Xiaodouzi, Xiaodie, or the secret guards, were easy to deal with.
Their combined population of less than 20 people surpassed that of a team of dozens.
However, after this commotion, they lost interest in going to Qingyuan County. After killing Feng Rang and the others, they seized horses and headed towards Xuzhou City.
They could handle Feng Rang's few dozen men, but if the officers of the Hexi garrison were to protect them, they would be no match for a thousand troops.
We must now spread the word and contact their people. Even if we can't defeat them, the arrival of a large army will scare away those assassins.
He hoped that Madam and Chen Jiu could hold on until they returned. He couldn't imagine what the Grand Eunuch would do if something happened to Madam.
The Eastern Depot agents who came with him to provide disaster relief were all Xiao Yuan's trusted subordinates, loyal and skilled in martial arts.
Previously, the soldiers were kept in various places in batches to oversee disaster relief efforts.
We can't worry about that now; my wife's life is more important than disaster relief.
Xiaodouzi and the others went back to contact their own people, and there are no problems with Jiang Xinyu's side so far.
But she also knew that even if she could stop cooking and sleep less, she couldn't stop going to the toilet, and having such a large group of people chasing after her was not a good thing.
This group of people is quite interesting; when others run, they run; when others stop, they stop.
Sometimes, Jiang Xinyu would run and suddenly turn back to chase them. After a moment of surprise, she would also take off running, leaving those who didn't know the situation confused about who was chasing whom.
Occasionally, those who were slow to run would be caught by Jiang Xinyu and would suffer a little, and she would actually manage to extract some information from them.
Knowing that the man who looked like a rat and was called Fox Lord was the leader, Jiang Xinyu took note.
Unfortunately, the old man was quite slippery and kept chasing them from a distance, so Jiang Xinyu could only wait it out with them for now.
Meanwhile, on his way back to the capital, Xiao Yuan sped along, unaware that the capital was opening its trap, waiting for him to walk right into it.