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This moment is extremely dangerous.

A distance of just a hundred steps is enough for the skilled archers to kill anyone. No matter how tall and strong the "meat shield" is, it cannot protect the person behind it from all angles. As long as they keep shooting arrows, they will definitely be able to kill this person with arrows.

Unfortunately, they could only shoot the second arrow and then had no chance to draw the arrow again.

The "meat shield" charged at an extremely fast speed, arriving in an instant like lightning. Then several men rushed in together, throwing their weapons one after another. Long spears, long knives, sharp swords, and axes all rushed towards Jiang Yi.

For a moment, the soldiers behind Jiang Yi no longer cared about shooting arrows and killing people, and rushed forward to block with shouts.

Zheng Chen reacted quickly and turned to dodge. He was very skilled and lucky, and he narrowly avoided a flying sword without getting hurt.

But at this moment, the shock and anger in his heart was even greater than Jiang Yi's.

After more than two years of careful planning, the sudden palace coup today came about. According to the original plan made by him and Jiang Yi, more than half of the important officials of Daliang were killed in this Zhaohe Hall today, leaving a few soft and easy to control as a pretense. Empress Dowager Zheng, Empress Dowager Li, Concubine Fan Gui, and the princes of the royal family were all on the death list.

Kill all those who should be killed, and when all resistance disappears, he will stab Jiang Yi in the back and kill Jiang Yi himself to "set things right". Finally, he will help the foolish King Ping Jiang Hao ascend the throne. He, Zheng Chen, will become the youngest prime minister of Daliang and the de facto ruler of Daliang.

By that time, the world would belong to the Zheng family, to Zheng Chen.

He had not expected that Jiang Shaohua would arrive a few days earlier than expected. He had not expected that at such a critical moment, Jiang Shaohua would be able to rush into the palace and rush to the Showa Hall.

In a flash, he felt a sense of despair and anger that "the whole thing is over"!
He didn't have any more time to think about it.

A sharp long knife chopped over.

Zheng Chen was awed and dodged quickly. The man holding the knife was about forty years old with a stern face. He was Song Yuan, the leader of Jiang Shaohua's personal guards.

Song Yuan's sword, with unparalleled anger, chopped straight down from top to bottom.

Zheng Chen was unarmed and unable to stop the attack, so he had to retreat. This retreat completely lost the initiative. Song Yuan's blade was like a huge wave, swallowing him up in an instant.

Zheng Chen had no time to think and dodged based on instinct.

He was known as the best young fighter. He rarely met an opponent among his peers. He was proud of this. It was not until this life-or-death moment that he realized that he was not as good as he thought.

A knife came swishing at him, and he retreated in embarrassment. He stepped on something and suddenly let out a sharp cry.

Song Yuan frowned and quickly changed the direction of his knife.

Without thinking, Zheng Chen reached out and picked up the boy next to him, using him as a shield.

Song Yuan was indeed afraid to use his weapon, and his sword was no longer as swift as the wind.

The boy crying in fear in Zheng Chen's hand was none other than King Ping Jiang Hao. In terms of his origin and bloodline, Jiang Hao was the legitimate next emperor of Daliang. If Song Yuan accidentally hurt Jiang Hao, Jiang Shaohua would be implicated. Therefore, Song Yuan was full of concerns.

It's a long story, but it only took a few blinks of an eye. Zheng Chen was sweating profusely, and luckily escaped with his life. He didn't have time to congratulate himself, and quickly looked at Jiang Yi who was not far away...

Jiang Shaohua held a spear in her hand, and on the spear she used a nine-foot-tall strong man as a human shield, and she didn't seem tired at all. She exerted force on her wrist, and the tip of the spear shook, and Gao Shan's body flew high and hit Jiang Yi. The personal soldier beside Jiang Yi shouted angrily and stood in front of his master. The human shield hit the personal soldier heavily, and the personal soldier's face turned pale. He was knocked back two steps and spit out blood.

"Protect the Crown Prince!"

The personal soldiers who were originally threatening the important ministers with knives suddenly changed color, no longer caring about the hostages in their hands, and rushed over with roars.

At this time, Song Yuan was dealing with Zheng Chen, and the rest of his personal soldiers rushed into the Zhaohe Hall one by one, and they had no time to protect their master in the middle. On the other side, the surging ones were all masters who had been trained by the Gaoliang Palace for more than ten years. One by one, they fought for their lives, and life and death were determined in an instant.

The civil servants were all horrified and held their breath. The timid ones, such as Minister Wang, had already closed their eyes and were trembling and praying in their hearts.

May the Buddha bless you and the heaven bless you. Princess Nanyang must hold out until the reinforcements arrive. In such a chaotic situation, death is inevitable. One cut of a head is too scary!

Several generals were much braver, and they all stared at Jiang Shaohua with their eyes wide open.

Jiang Shaohua's figure kept changing like a gust of wind and lightning, and the spear in his hand waved out circles of light and shadow, so fast that it was impossible to catch.

With a thrust of the spear, a rebel flew out screaming. One of the rebels landed right beside General Zuo, dead by the time he hit the ground, his eyes wide open.

General Zuo, whose right arm was cut, spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm with force, feeling extremely relieved.

General Liu stared at Jiang Shaohua's majestic figure killing people in all directions, and murmured: "The princess is mighty."

Civil officials fight for power and profit with words and tricks, but military generals are much more direct and open. They will obey whoever can support the army.

Jiang Shaohua contributed manpower and food to help the border troops win a great victory. How could the generals not be impressed by his broad-mindedness and courage?

In particular, General Zuo, who had been in charge of the border army for more than ten years, knew the details of the border army best and knew in his heart that the border army was no match for the Rouran cavalry. It was considered that General Fan was capable enough to barely hold on to Sizhou. As a result, the border army won several beautiful victories, which directly defeated the morale of the Rouran barbarians and made the Rouran barbarians withdraw their troops on their own initiative.

While everyone was cheering for the rise of the border troops, General Zuo was well aware that Princess Nanyang had made the greatest contribution.

Today, Jiang Shaohua, holding a spear, carried the rebel Gao Shan as a human shield and broke into the Showa Hall. With his divine power and superb spear skills, he stabbed several rebels to death one after another. This fearless bravery, regardless of life and death, deeply moved everyone.

Jiang Yi was defeated step by step, and there were fewer and fewer people who could stand in front of him. His face became paler and paler, and his eyes were filled with tremendous hatred.

"Jiang Yi has already been defeated." General Zuo endured the pain and whispered to General Liu: "Now I'm afraid he will be desperate and drag us down with him."

He was not afraid of death. But dying in the chaos of the palace coup was too easy. Just like the two grandchildren of Li Shangshu, who were killed with a single blow, all his ambitions and aspirations were shattered.

Only as long as you are alive can you have a future.

General Liu was wounded in the left leg, and he was barely able to stand with his right leg. At this moment, he leaned on General Zuo, and said with a sympathetic heart: "We will keep him in useful positions, and serve the princess... and the new emperor in the future."

...(End of chapter)