I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"Jiang Zuo, pay attention to the right."

Chen Qingyun reminded her that the situation was critical, but she still remained calm.

At this moment, on the right, more than a dozen Mobei cavalrymen rushed out at the same time.

At this time, the enemy attacked from both sides, and Jiangzuo was attacked from both sides. There was absolutely no way to return to Anding County.

Jiang Zuo changed his mind and ran towards Qianshi Mountain on the left.

The Qianshi Mountain area is where their gunpowder factory is located, with various small paths and secret passages. Jiang Zuo is confident that he can shake off this group of Mobei people there.

The enemy was a powerful cavalry, and in the blink of an eye, they were almost approaching Jiangzuo.

These northern barbarian soldiers held a scimitar tightly in their hands.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer, Jiang Zuo immediately sped up, not even daring to look back to distract his attention.

At this time, the soldiers of the Anding Army who were previously stationed at the trading port also came to reinforce Jiangzuo.

But after all, most of the Anding Army were not good at riding.

After several battles, the Northern Barbarian cavalry had the upper hand.

Jiangzuo is getting farther and farther away from Anding Army...

Hundreds of horses were galloping on the grassland, and the sound of fighting continued.

Jiang Zuo was breathing rapidly.

"Give me your weapon."

Chen Qingyun stuck close to Jiang Zuo, then reached out and took Jiang Zuo's gun.

Chen Qingyun didn't know how to use this pistol. He looked at it for a while and then loaded it with ammunition under Jiang Zuo's guidance.

Now Jiang Zuo is only focused on riding and dares not relax at all.

If we let this group of northern barbarians catch up with us, we will surely die.

After chasing for a while, Jiang Zuo's horse finally galloped into the valley.

The sound of horse hooves echoed in the empty valley.

Since there were so many forked roads in Qianshi Mountain, Jiang Zuo and Chen Qingyun quickly shook off the pursuers behind them and entered the forest.

Jiang Zuo headed towards the gunpowder factory. As long as he got there, there would be more than a hundred soldiers of the Anding Army stationed nearby. Even if they were still outnumbered, at least Jiang Zuo and his men still had a glimmer of hope.

But as Jiang Zuo kept circling around, he could still hear the faint sound of horse hooves all around, as if Jiang Zuo and his men were already surrounded.

The horse can no longer be ridden, otherwise the noise would be too loud and would inevitably attract the attention of this group of northern barbarian cavalry.

Jiang Zuo jumped off the horse, and immediately supported Chen Qingyun and walked into the forest together.

"go with!"

Jiang Zuo slapped the horse on its butt.

The horse galloped towards the bottom of the mountain.

"Let's go, this way..."

Jiang Zuo took Chen Qingyun and began to climb the mountain on foot, passing through the dense woods and heading towards the gunpowder factory.

If Jiang Zuo remembered correctly, the gunpowder factory should be very close.

This mountain forest is mostly sloped, and Jiang Zuo stumbled with every step. In addition to his injuries, he was even more tired and weak.

After a while, Jiang Zuo lay down weakly under the tree.

Seeing this, Chen Qingyun hurried forward and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

She noticed Jiang Zuo's expression, which showed a bit more pain, and his wound was bleeding profusely.

Jiang Zuo gritted his teeth and nodded, but the pain in his shoulder made him very weak.

Chen Qingyun did not hesitate. He pulled out the dagger from Jiang Zuo's waist, cut open his skirt, and tore out some cloth.

"I'll help you pull out this arrow. Please bear with it for a moment..."

Chen Qingyun was breathing rapidly and was extremely nervous.

"Ah."

Jiang Zuo slowly closed his eyes and clenched his teeth tightly.

Chen Qingyun took a deep breath, pulled out the arrow from Jiang Zuo's shoulder, and then quickly wrapped the wound with the cloth in his hand.

Jiang Zuo nearly fainted from the pain, and his vision went dark. It took him a long time to finally recover.

At this time, Chen Qingyun's forehead was already covered with sweat.

"It must be here."

Suddenly, someone was heard saying.

Chen Qingyun was suddenly startled and gently pulled Jiang Zuo and hid under a bush.

Then there was no sound outside.

Jiang Zuo and Chen Qingyun didn't dare to move at all, so as not to attract the enemy's attention.

Jiang Zuo closed his eyes and breathed heavily.

"Shh..."

Chen Qingyun heard footsteps coming from not far away.

"Is it here?"

Then a rough voice was heard asking.

It was obvious that it was the group of northern barbarians who came searching.

At this moment, Jiang Zuo's body was trembling slightly.

Chen Qingyun held Jiang Zuo's hand tightly, feeling panic-stricken.

As an empress, she had never fled in such a miserable and miserable way.

The root of all this was because she was too careless and took the risk to go to the front line, which led to such a predicament...

If she hadn't been there, Jiang Zuo might have directly fought with the Mobei people, and he wouldn't have been injured in order to cover her evacuation...

Thinking of this, Chen Qingyun couldn't help but feel self-blame and guilt. Looking at Jiang Zuo's painful expression, for some reason, he felt extremely distressed.

At this time, someone was heard saying.

"Search them carefully. The Khan said that if you kill Jiang Zuo, you will be rewarded with 5,000 taels!"

Their target was obviously Jiang Zuo.

Chen Qingyun and Jiang Zuo both held their breath and dared not make any sound.

Even though the distance between them now is already face to face.

Suddenly, a man from Mobei walked up to them and suddenly stopped.

Jiang Zuo quickly covered his mouth and endured the pain.

Chen Qingyun held the pistol tightly in his other hand, with his index finger firmly on the trigger.

The barbarian outside the bushes stood still.

Suddenly, the sound of swords being drawn was heard.

Chen Qingyun didn't dare to make any sound and stared at the gap.

The northern barbarians outside the bushes slowly approached.

Then, a cold light flashed.

The blade in the northern barbarian's hand chopped directly into the grass.

The grass leaves rustled down.

Fortunately, Chen Qingyun and Jiang Zuo hid behind, otherwise they would have been hit by the scimitar.

A cut was made in the bushes, and Jiang Zuo was looking directly at the northern barbarians.

Their position has been exposed.

"it's here!"

The barbarian shouted loudly, and then swung the long knife in his hand towards Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo was about to raise his sword to block, but the wound on his shoulder made him move slowly.

The next moment, the enemy's blade was about to chop off his head.

Boom!

Just then, deafening gunshots were heard.

Chen Qingyun's eyes were determined, he gripped the pistol tightly, and shot the barbarian in front of him.

But with such a loud noise, the northern barbarians around were quickly attracted by the sound.

"Come on!"

Chen Qingyun didn't think much about it, and quickly pulled Jiang Zuo up and walked down the mountain.

At this moment, around them, there were more than ten northern barbarians.

Their eyes all turned to the location where the sound came from, and soon they found the figures of Jiang Zuo and Chen Qingyun.

"There, chase me!"

The northern barbarian shouted and then rushed towards them.

Chen Qingyun's mind was blank now, and the only thing he could think about was escaping.

Jiang Zuo held his shoulders and followed Chen Qingyun closely.

Seeing the northern barbarians getting closer and closer, Chen Qingyun got anxious and accidentally missed a step, and rolled down the mountain with Jiang Zuo...