klisemfg Chapter 490 Assassin
Chapter 490 Assassin
It was late at night, and all was quiet. Suddenly, a scream rang out from a certain direction in the camp.
"Fire! Fire! Help!"
"Fire! Help!"
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Immediately afterwards, several more exclamations came from the direction of the camp: "It's flooded here too! Someone come quick!"
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The once quiet and orderly campsite instantly became noisy and chaotic.
At that very moment, several sharp shouts pierced through the chaos and reached every corner of the camp: "Assassins! Assassins! Assassins!"
assassin? !
The two bodyguards who had been calmly watching over Cheng Wan suddenly tensed up.
Their instinct was to go to Prince Jing's side and protect their master, but Prince Jing's previous order to them was to keep a close watch on Cheng Wan.
Without orders from Prince Jing or Shan Qing to leave, they dared not depart on their own.
The two exchanged a quick glance. One of them remained still, while the other strode to the tent entrance, lifted the curtain, and peered outside.
"How is it?" asked the guard standing near Cheng Wan.
"There are several fires, and it's a complete mess outside, but the area where the master's tent is located is relatively safe... This is bad!"
Before his companion could ask, the guard, who was observing the situation outside, glared and said quickly, "Several assassins are taking advantage of the chaos to rush towards Master's tent!"
what? !
The guard standing near Cheng Wan ignored her sleeping state and rushed to the tent entrance, looking outside with his companion.
The guards outside the royal tent were already engaged in combat with the rushing assassins.
"I didn't see the boss."
"Boss" naturally refers to Shan Qing.
"The eldest brother should be with the master. What should we do now? Should we stay here and keep an eye on Marquis Zhaoping?"
The two looked at each other, both with anxiety in their eyes.
If they had encountered this group of assassins shortly after leaving the capital, they probably wouldn't be as anxious and uneasy as they are now.
Prince Jing took a total of twenty secret guards and thirty bodyguards with him when he left the capital this time.
Don't think this quantity is small.
On the surface, Prince Jing can only have a total of one hundred guards.
Of course, as long as it's not too excessive, and no one discovers or reports it, and you can afford to keep them, how many "secret guards" you can secretly keep depends entirely on each master's ability.
Twenty secret guards and thirty bodyguards, these fifty people account for half of Prince Jing's bodyguard quota.
However, Prince Jing later sent twenty-two men to intercept and kill Cheng Wan a second time. Of these twenty-two men, only eight returned, and three of them were seriously injured and unable to get up.
It can be said that the number of people under Prince Jing who can truly protect him has decreased from fifty at the start to thirty-three.
Some of the thirty-three people were still tied up by other assassins in the assassin gang and were unable to come to protect Prince Jing immediately.
These assassins were numerous, each possessing exceptional skills and ruthless tactics.
In short, Prince Jing's current situation is not optimistic.
"Look! The eldest brother is protecting the master as he emerges from the side of the royal tent!"
Just as the two guards were about to relax a little, a sharp-eyed assassin also noticed this scene.
"Prince Jing is trying to escape. Stop him! You must clear the way for your master!"
"Clear the obstacles for your master!"
Another assassin loudly repeated the half-sentence.
Immediately afterwards, the assassins who were heading straight for Prince Jing intensified their attack. Some of them helped their companions block the attacks from the other side, while others took the opportunity to shake off Prince Jing's men and rushed towards Prince Jing with their knives in hand.