A lowly soldier becomes king, I slaughter my way through the late Tang Dynasty!

Li Rui frowned and nocked the last arrow into the hard bow.

"die!"

After a low shout.

The bandit who secretly fired the arrow was instantly shot through the eye socket by the arrow!

The eyeball burst out!

The bandits let out a piercing scream.

After falling to the ground, instead of receiving help from his companions, he was trampled to death by the chaotic group of refugees!

Li Rui abandoned the hard bow.

Wielding a long sword, he slashed and hacked away at the refugees rushing towards him from all sides.

Even though he already had more than twenty dead souls in his hands, and the surrounding refugees were filled with fear, they dared not approach.

But it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark.

If we stay any longer, there will be even more sneak attacks!

Seeing that Feng Yao was swaying and about to fall after being shot by an arrow, it was clear that he was about to fall.

Li Rui performed a mid-air switch, jumping behind Feng Yao.

He wrapped one arm around Feng Yao's soft waist.

Looking down, I saw that Feng Yao was still breathing faintly.

Li Rui made a quick decision and shouted at Yun Lian.

"Get on my horse and follow closely; I'll take you out of here!"

Yunlian's tears flowed continuously.

The petite girl struggled to climb onto Li Rui's warhorse.

I can ride a horse, but my riding skills aren't that great.

Fortunately, Li Rui was leading the way.

The two horses and three men rushed outwards.

As for the Imperial Guards behind him?

I can't control it!

The reason they were in danger was because the Imperial Guards were so incompetent.

The sentries neither discovered the bandits lying in ambush nor that the refugees were organized.

To end up in this situation is purely self-inflicted suffering!

Moreover.

Li Rui is not a god.

How can we save them if we have no soldiers at our disposal?

There are at least four thousand refugees.

No matter how brave and invincible Li Rui was, he couldn't kill them all.

At most, we can use the old method: capture the king first.

They killed the bandit leader and let the refugees scatter on their own.

But what about Feng Yao?

If you are wounded by an arrow, you will not be able to escape and receive treatment in time.

The Empress of a nation could very well die on the spot!

and so.

Leaving first is the wisest choice.

A dense throng of refugees continued to surge forward, attempting to pull Li Rui off his horse.

But Li Rui had a sword to protect him.

The long sword slashed incessantly, each strike instantly taking a life.

Li Rui didn't have time to count how many people he had killed.

All that could be seen was the edge of the long sword.

The bones, already broken by countless lives, have developed numerous gaps.

Those refugees, who initially charged forward recklessly, now dare not advance any further.

Who dares to stop this killing machine!

As soon as you get close.

That long knife, which cuts people into a serrated shape, will immediately fall on their necks!

They are refugees, not suicide squads!

They kill and rob to fill their stomachs and steal valuables.

Why risk your life to stop Li Rui?

On a small mound of earth.

Watching Li Rui charge forward with unstoppable momentum, as if he were charging through an uninhabited land.

The bandit leader was dumbfounded and kept scratching his head!

"Damn, this guy is a monster!"

"Luckily I didn't rush over there. If I had encountered this person, I probably would have been chopped up in one fell swoop."

"If our Black Wind Stronghold had someone like that, we could probably even take down White Horse City!"

"Dream on! Such a valiant general, wouldn't that dog of an emperor treat him like a father?"

"That's true."

……

As dusk approached.

The clouds have been dull and heavy since early morning.

After a spring breeze, the rain began to fall in a steady drizzle.

Yunlian was soaked to the bone and slumped on the horse, looking disheveled and exhausted.

After being jostled around on horseback for half a day, her petite body was almost shaken to pieces.

Her tears continued to flow as she worried constantly about Feng Yao's injuries.

Her relationship with Feng Yao was more than just that of master and servant.

They spent six years together, day and night, and became as close as sisters.

Feng Yao was seriously injured by the arrow, and Yun Lian felt as if her heart was being torn in two.

She struggled to sit up, wanting to ask about Feng Yao's injuries.

It was only then that Yunlian realized it.

There was a wound on Li Rui's back, and blood was seeping out with the rain.

Are you injured?

Li Rui remained calm and composed.

"Is it strange? Breaking through an encirclement of thousands of people, injuries are inevitable."

Yunlian hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head and cried.

"Thousands of people... clearly everyone in Bianliang City is saying that our Great Jin is prosperous and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment."

"But we haven't even left Bianzhou yet, only twenty miles from Bianliang. How could there be so many cannibalistic refugees?"

Li Rui paused, pulled on the reins, and seemed about to say something.

But Yunlian was just a palace maid who grew up deep in the palace.

He's only seven or eight out of ten years old, how could he possibly understand so many profound truths?

Li Rui sighed and remained silent.

After a moment, he spoke calmly.

"Don't worry, those refugees who dare to enter Bianzhou territory have already posed a threat to Bianliang."

Once the news reaches Bianliang, someone will naturally lead troops to quell the rebellion and wipe them out completely, posing no major threat.

Yunlian nodded slowly, feeling much more at ease.

Li Rui silently shook his head.

A small group of bandits and refugees posed no real threat.

But what about next year?

When the Khitans arrived, the Later Jin dynasty was destroyed.

At that time, even Empress Feng Yao will become a prisoner of the Khitans and suffer endless humiliation.

Yunlian, a mere palace maid, will only suffer an even more tragic end!

At this time.

Feng Yao trembled slightly in his arms.

Li Rui reached out and touched her forehead, discovering that she already had a fever.

Her soft, delicate body was as soft as cotton.

She slumped softly into Li Rui's arms.

The fragrance from his hair, mixed with the freshness of the spring rain, kept wafting into Li Rui's nose.

"She can't walk anymore; we need to treat her wounds immediately."

Li Rui pointed to an earthen temple in the distance.

"Let's go to the temple to take shelter from the rain."

Yunlian is perfectly acceptable.

This is a dilapidated Buddhist temple, covered in dust and cobwebs, but thankfully the roof is not leaking.

Li Rui dismantled the table where the incense burner was placed and used it as firewood to light it.

After laying Feng Yao down flat, Li Rui finally had time to carefully examine her injuries.

It's okay if you don't look at it.

After reading it, Li Rui's expression turned strange.

Upon seeing this, Yunlian was startled!

"What's wrong? Is something bad? The Empress..."

Li Rui glanced at Yun Lian, then his gaze shifted to her unremarkable figure.

He glanced down again at the arrow embedded in Feng Yao's chest.

Li Rui clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"If that arrow had hit you, you would be dead. Luckily, it hit her."

Yunlian was stunned.

At first, she didn't understand what Li Rui meant.

Only after repeatedly checking the location of the arrow...

Yunlian's pretty face turned bright red, and she clenched her little fists, baring her teeth at Li Rui!

Take advantage of this time.

Li Rui picked up the clay incense burner and poured out the incense ash.

After washing it clean with rainwater, I filled a pot with water and put it on the fire to boil.

"Don't just stand there, cut open Her Majesty's clothes, I'll pull out the arrow."

Upon hearing this, Yunlian's heart skipped a beat.

"Huh? Cut clothes?"

"Nonsense, how can you pull out the arrow if you don't cut it open?"

"But... but wouldn't that be disrespectful to the Empress?"

Li Rui chuckled.

"Disrespectful? The Empress has been bouncing and touching me all the way here; that's already disrespectful."

Yunlian remained silent.

That's true.

Since there's no one else here, treating the injuries is the priority.

A pair of small hands struggled to control the long, blood-stained knife, painstakingly cutting open the clothes little by little.

Just like peeling a rice dumpling.

Peel off the bamboo leaves, and the white glutinous rice is quickly revealed.

As soon as Li Rui turned around, his body instinctively stiffened.

"Cough, very good."