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

One old man grabbed Li Yuanchang's wrist and pulled him away, while another old man secretly concealed a knife in his hand and stabbed him.

Almost instantly, the two elderly men, nearing the end of their lives and hunched over in rough clothes, revealed their malevolent faces and launched a deadly attack.

Fast, too fast!

No one on the bustling street noticed this place, not even the nearby guards.

Even Li Yuanchang himself didn't see any problem!

When he saw it, his pupils contracted and the hairs on his body stood on end.

not good!

He stopped in a horse stance, leaning forward, but the dagger was already close enough that he could only grab it with his bare hands.

puff! !

The dagger pierced three inches deep, but not completely, and was caught by Li Yuanchang.

Everything happened almost in an instant. It was only in the second instant that Guo Chao and the others reacted, their faces filled with horror.

"There's an assassin!"

boom! !

Li Yuanchang kicked out, and the old man holding the dagger flew more than ten meters away in an instant.

At the same time, there was a loud bang from the windows on the second floor of the buildings on both sides, and dozens of assassins in black descended from the sky.

"Assassin! There's an assassin!"

"Protect the Emperor!"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The guards drew their swords and quickly surrounded them.

Guo Chao killed an old assassin with a single slash.

Li Yuanchang staggered a few steps before finally stopping, his back slumped heavily against the carriage.

"Your Highness!" Guo Chao's expression changed drastically.

Li Yuanchang looked down and saw that the dagger had pierced his abdomen, and blood had instantly stained a large area of ​​his clothes.

"Damn it, someone actually dared to assassinate me in Chang'an!" he cursed. This was even more serious than an attack on an imperial envoy, with a probability approaching one in a thousand.

At this moment, the fighting and melee had already broken out.

The people screamed and scattered, fleeing in panic.

Twenty-four bodyguards fought fiercely against dozens of assassins in black. The battle was so intense that blood stained the long street, stalls were overturned one after another, and wooden doors were smashed down by the force of the impact.

The once bustling and peaceful street instantly transformed into a chaotic battlefield.

The crazed assassins had only eyes for Li Yuanchang, and they charged at him with reckless abandon, overwhelming the guards.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

boom!

An assassin swung his sword down, but Li Yuanchang dodged it by tilting his head, and the wooden planks of the carriage were slashed open.

Guo Chao reacted quickly, severing the opponent's arm with a single strike.

But there were just too many assassins, and they were all fighting with a death-defying mentality, dozens of them just to kill Li Yuanchang.

Such an assassination attempt would cost dozens of lives in exchange for Li Yuanchang.

"Your Highness, get in the carriage quickly!" a guard shouted.

Li Yuanchang wanted to help, but the wound in his abdomen prevented him from exerting any strength, so he could only grit his teeth and climb onto the carriage.

boom!

The two sides fought fiercely, and the carriage was knocked around.

The guards fought to the death to protect the carriage, buying them time.

"Giddy up!" Guo Chao roared, lashing the horse's rump with his whip.

"hiss!"

The horse neighed in pain and charged forward, the heavy carriage starting up and instantly crushing the assassins blocking its path.

Bang

Crack!

"what!"

Three assassins were caught in the wheels of a car, their bones shattered, and they let out agonizing screams.

Just as the carriage was about to rush off, a black-clad thug, eight feet tall with tattoos on his forehead, wielded a golden mace and threw it from twenty meters away.

The thing slammed into the carriage wheel with a thud, just like a shot put.

Boom!

The carriage shook violently, one of its wheels broke, and then the entire carriage came to a complete stop.

Li Yuanchang was nearly thrown out of the carriage.

Taking advantage of the carriage's breakdown, the assassins swarmed in again, and this time there were no more than fifty or sixty of them; their numbers had increased by half again.

These assassins not only set up an ambush on this street, but also next door. As soon as they spotted someone here, they all came running.

Their reinforcements arrived faster than the Imperial Guards of Chang'an and the guards of the Prince of Han's residence.

This was the most intense hunt Li Yuanchang had ever faced in years.

Guo Chao's expression changed; he realized the absolute crisis.

boom!

A long knife pierced down from the top of the carriage.

Li Yuanchang gritted his teeth, endured the pain, drew his sword, and stabbed upwards.

puff……

The knife pierced the enemy's foot.

"what!"

Screams and the sound of someone falling to the ground rang out at the same time.

Li Yuanchang realized that breaking through was impossible; he even heard someone shouting, "Don't let Li Yuanchang get away!!"

He endured the excruciating pain, and with a ripping sound, pulled out the dagger, splattering blood all over the car.

Then, his veins bulged, his forehead was covered in sweat, and he gritted his teeth, tearing his clothes with one hand to tightly wrap around the wound on his abdomen to stop the bleeding.

Immediately afterwards, he rushed out of the carriage and kicked one of the assassins away.

"Your Highness, go inside quickly!" Guo Chao shouted, already wounded at some point.

"Hold on, the Imperial Guards should be here soon!"

Li Yuanchang did not choose to hide, but instead chose to fight.

The guards were in a very bad situation. There were too many assassins, and all the guards in Chang'an were traveling light, so they couldn't carry crossbows or similar weapons, which made it impossible for them to suppress the enemy.

Instead, wave after wave of assassins surged in, breaking through the defenses.

Even though the guards were veterans of countless battles, they couldn't stop so many people from rushing towards Li Yuanchang.

Just as the carriage was being imprisoned and about to be overrun by zombie-like killers, at the critical moment, suddenly!

Huff... Pfft!

A spear bearing a flag pierced through the air, striking an assassin.

"Protect the Emperor!"

"kill!!"

A loud roar and the thunderous sound of horses' hooves rang out simultaneously; it was the people from the Prince of Han's residence. Although there weren't many of them, they happened to arrive just in time.

Led by Huang Tu, there were a total of twelve people.

Bang bang bang!

Their warhorses crashed into the enemy lines, sending many assassins flying, their breastbones shattered, as they fell to the ground screaming in agony.

Due to inertia, Huang Tu and the others were also thrown off.

"Stop them!"

"Save His Highness!"

The two sides then engaged in close-quarters combat.

Assassins relentlessly blocked Huang Tu and his group, while another group of assassins desperately tried to kill Li Yuanchang, creating extreme chaos at the scene.

Perhaps reinforcements had arrived, which made the assassins even more anxious, and the carriage was completely surrounded.

During the confrontation, Guo Chao and several of his personal guards were tied down, leaving Li Yuanchang isolated and helpless.

boom!

Li Yuanchang brandished his sword, but due to the excruciating pain from his abdominal wound, he was forced to retreat repeatedly.

"die!"

At least seven or eight people raised their knives and attacked.

Li Yuanchang was forced to tumble and rolled under the carriage.

But the next second, a flurry of stabs followed.

Li Yuanchang huddled at the bottom of the carriage, hacking and slashing, but still couldn't completely stop the attack. His arms and thighs were slashed again, and blood stained the central axis of Chang'an.

This is the first time in so many years that he has been so disheveled.

The situation was extremely precarious, but fortunately Guo Chao and others fought desperately to protect Li Yuanchang, breaking through at the last minute and managing to get close enough to relieve the siege.

"Your Highness!" Guo Chao knelt down and stretched out a hand.

Li Yuanchang was caught and dragged away.

But before they could even catch their breath, the assassins swarmed in again.

They fought with a reckless, suicidal style; once they arrived, it seemed they had no intention of leaving, aiming to wear Li Yuanchang down.

At this point, the assassination attempt had only lasted for a little over two minutes.