In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

Meanwhile, Li Yuanchang was protected in the middle, constantly dodging and weaving, and using crossbows to strike.

Puff puff……

The pirates screamed in agony and collapsed to the ground.

The coordinated attack of the ten men contrasted sharply with the chaotic offensive of the opposing team. The absolute difference in combat power and equipment made the battle one-sided.

This is like a group of thugs wielding butterfly knives in the 21st century facing off against a special forces unit—the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

The squad successfully fought their way out, stepping over enemy corpses and blood the entire way, with no one falling behind.

However, the crowd was too dense and the gate was blocked, making it impossible to break through.

"Get out of the way!"

With a roar, Huang Tu displayed the bravery of Lu Bu, taking a running start and using his massive body to clear the way, smashing through a row of pirates and even collapsing the wall.

With a loud crash, the stones, bamboo, wood, and mud all cracked open, revealing a passage.

"Your Highness, let's go!!" The guards fought desperately to clear a safe passage for him.

The mountain tribes are all like Lu Bu – that's no joke, they're born humanoid tyrannosaurus rex!

Back then, Xiang Yu, with only a few dozen men, dared to fight against thousands, and Liu Bang even accepted it. Everyone thought it was just one Xiang Yu, but in reality, it was dozens of Xiang Yus.

Warfare in the era of cold weapons was different from that in later times; it was possible for one man to hold off ten thousand.

Li Yuanchang grabbed Ji'an: "Let's go!"

He was the first to jump out, his actions were very decisive.

But there were others outside the wall. A rather burly pirate pounced on him, grabbed him around the waist, and knocked him to the ground.

Li Yuanchang reacted quickly, stabbing the man in the abdomen with a single stroke.

But wave after wave of people rushed forward, and one of them harpoons came straight at Li Yuanchang's head.

He was preparing for the moment of trembling.

Puff puff puff!

The pirate wielding the harpoon was riddled with bullets.

It's Ji'an!

He was trembling and pale as he held the crossbow, as if it had accidentally gone off, or perhaps he was too anxious to save lives.

"Well done!"

boom! !

Li Yuanchang kicked away the corpse that was pressing down on him, then slashed four more people in quick succession. He was unstoppable, and the locals in front of him dared not come forward.

"Walk!"

"Don't linger in the fight!"

He roared, not wanting to get bogged down in an endless war of attrition, and also fearing that the main pirate force would be drawn in.

"yes!"

Only then did the frenzied Huang Tu and his men begin their breakout attempt.

The eleven people fought their way out of the island's communal living area, climbed the hillside, and disappeared into the rainforest.

The pursuers behind them were too scared to stop them, and they had already shaken off the pursuers.

However, the commotion seemed to have attracted the main force of the pirate group deep inside the island. A large number of Japanese samurai rushed over and launched a relentless attack on Li Yuanchang and his men in the rainforest!

Arrows grazed their scalps.

Li Yuanchang kept his head down, dodging and weaving through the rainforest.

"Quick, don't look back!"

In this complex terrain, although the other side were islanders familiar with the terrain, the people of the mountain tribes had been running and hunting barefoot in even harsher environments since childhood, and were by no means inferior to their enemies.

Li Yuanchang was also a veteran of many battles, possessing excellent physical fitness, and was able to outrun his enemies.

Only the Lonely Hermitage.

He was a monk, and while it's not an exaggeration to say he was completely powerless, his stamina simply couldn't keep up. After running for a while, he was already on the verge of collapse, his face pale, and he was even breathing through his mouth.

"Huangtu, carry him on your back!"

"yes!"

The desolate map carries people on its back.

Li Yuanchang stopped providing cover, fired the last burst of arrows from his repeating crossbow, and then threw it away.

"withdraw!!"

The samurai, who had suffered repeated defeats and lost not a single man, were furious and continued to hurl insults in Japanese.

"Baka!"

"Take a shortcut! Take a shortcut!"

"We absolutely cannot let those bastards get away!"

"Catch them and stew them!"

The warriors split into two groups: one group carried bows and arrows and continued the pursuit, while the other group began to change course and intercept.

The chase lasted for two full hours, with the intense rainforest "parkour" pushing everyone's physical limits.

The complex terrain is like a hunting game, extremely primitive.

"Huff, huff, huff!" Li Yuanchang turned around, his head covered in sweat, but the pirate warriors were no longer visible to the naked eye.

He slowed down a bit, but before he could stop, the forest shook and a large number of warriors with bows and arrows appeared, blocking his way.

The eleven people came to an abrupt halt, panting heavily, their eyes fixed intently on the road ahead.

A large group of forty or fifty warriors, all armed with bows and arrows, were already poised and waiting twenty paces away.

At this distance, there is no possibility of leaping to seize the arrow!

The entire scene froze instantly.

"Run, keep running!"

"Trying to run wild on our turf, and you think you can get away?"

"You dozen or so people are enough for all of us brothers to have a good meal!"

"Prepare to scream!" a samurai said with a smug and ruthless laugh.

Li Yuanchang couldn't understand Japanese, but he could sense the atmosphere. He subconsciously wanted to find a shield, but found that there was no shield at all.

"Release the arrows!"

"Get out of the way!!"

Li Yuanchang shouted the same thing to his opponent almost simultaneously, and the eleven men dodged left and right like cheetahs, displaying astonishing explosive power.

Whoosh! !

A piercing whistling sound rang out, followed by muffled thuds—the sound of many people being struck by arrows.

However, the people who were hit by the arrows were not Li Yuanchang and his men, but the group of warriors who were shot at from behind as live targets.

"ah!!"

Screams erupted.

Li Yuanchang, who had already rushed behind the tree, was stunned. Looking back, he saw the group of warriors falling like dumplings being dropped into a pot, completely unprepared, their backs riddled with bullet holes.

The archer formation was shattered.

"Your Highness, it's one of ours!!" someone shouted excitedly, having already spotted the figure.

Li Yuanchang's view was blocked, so he simply walked out and saw a large number of guards from the Imperial Guards' Tent, armed with crossbows, steadily advancing on the other side of the dense forest.

The dense crossbows blotted out the sky, reaping lives.

Most of the forty or fifty warriors were shot dead on the spot. The remaining survivors hid behind trees, trembling, unable to lift their heads due to the pressure. Their bows and arrows were like decorations.

Li Yuanchang was overjoyed!

We made it!

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

"Kill them!"

"yes!!"

Huang Tu and his men shouted and, in coordination with the arriving reinforcements, launched a pincer attack, encircling and annihilating the enemy.

In just a short while, the dozens of well-rested samurai pirates were completely wiped out.

The last head was chopped off by Li Yuanchang with a single stroke.

"Pooh!"

He spat out a mouthful of bitter spittle.

"Your Highness!" Guo Chao rushed over, looking as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, we made it in time. When I saw that you hadn't returned, I brought men to reinforce you. The shelter was left to Cui He."

Li Yuanchang nodded: "Some unexpected things happened along the way. Let's go back and talk about it later. There might be more people coming later."

"yes!"

"..."