Baihu glanced sideways at Zhou Yuji and couldn't help but smile coldly:

"Who are you? How dare you interfere in my affairs? Get out or die..."

"Snapped……"

Before Baihu finished speaking, Zhou Yuji slapped him hard on the face, sending Baihu flying more than two meters away.

Seeing that Zhou Yuji dared to speak out and even slapped hundreds of households away, he was immediately shocked.

Anyone who beats up the Huangling Guards means going against heaven in Fengyang.

No one in Fengyang dared to offend Wu Yuming, the eunuch guarding the imperial mausoleum. Even Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, had to show courtesy.

The soldier commander on the opposite side was also shocked. He hurriedly grabbed Zhou Yuji's arm and said:

"Brother, thank you very much. Let's go quickly. You can't afford to offend these imperial mausoleum guards. They belong to the princes..."

Guarding the eunuchs in the Fengyang Imperial Tomb is a fraud, but Zhou Yuji is not in vain. Now he is Duke Cheng and the commander-in-chief of the Shenwu Army.

Could he be afraid of a eunuch? Of course not.

Not to mention the eunuchs of the Chongzhen Dynasty, even if Emperor Shenwu accompanied the eunuch Hu Bao, Zhou Yuji would not be afraid of him.

He gave the camp commander an encouraging look and asked lightly:

"It doesn't matter, who is your army, and why did you conflict with Huangling Guards?"

The general flag shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"We are the troops under Gao Yigong's command. We just surrendered to the imperial court some time ago and were transferred to Fengyang only a few days ago."

"My name is Li Hu. Today we came to buy fish and found that the Huangling Guards robbed the fishermen's catch. To be fair, a brother was captured by them and even injured the fishermen. How could this be a soldier of the Ming Dynasty? It was simply

They are bandits."

Before the commander finished speaking, the guy who had just been slapped by Zhou Yuji slowly got up from the ground. He waved his hand to the nearly 100 people under his command and shouted:

"Brothers, chop this man to death with a knife:..."

Baihu gave an order, and nearly a hundred imperial mausoleum guards immediately gathered around him, and he himself even slashed at Zhou Yuji with his sword!

"Brother, please leave quickly..."

Li Hu was very loyal and stood in front of Zhou Yuji. He thought that the imperial guards did not dare to kill him and wanted to cover Zhou Yuji's departure.

When Zhou Yuji heard that Li Hu was a surrendered bandit, he finally understood why the imperial guards looked down on these soldiers!

In the eyes of these imperial mausoleum guards, the bandits were so fierce in the past that they even dared to burn the emperor's ancestral tombs.

But things are different now. The rogue bandits have surrendered to the imperial court, and they, the Imperial Guards, are taking care of them.

Zhou Yuji reached out and pulled Li Hu behind him. The sword on his waist was instantly unsheathed, and suddenly a cold light flashed through.

Baihu, who had been arrogant and domineering just now, had his head chopped off by Xin Zhou Yuji's sword.

His head fell to the ground and his mouth opened wide, but he couldn't say a word...

When Li Hu saw that Zhou Yuji dared to kill hundreds of Huanglingwei households, he immediately collapsed on the ground...

He looked at Zhou Yuji as if he were seeing a fool, and after a moment he hurriedly shouted:

"It's over, now it's too serious. These people already look down on us. Why did you just kill hundreds of them without saying a word? You fool, run away..."

If they were regular officers and soldiers, Li Hu would definitely not dare to let Zhou Yuji escape, otherwise they would be the ones who died.

After all, he was a rebel who had just surrendered. When he saw someone helping him kill hundreds of households, Li Hu was frightened and first reminded Zhou Yuji to run away.

Don't say that Zhou Yuji didn't run away, even if he just ran now, he wouldn't be able to escape.

When nearly a hundred Imperial Tomb Guard soldiers saw hundreds of households being killed, they immediately raised their weapons and surrounded Zhou Yuji.

"Brothers, we can't let this person run away, otherwise we will all be punished and kill him together.

"There are still these outsiders, no one can be spared, they will be killed..."

Under the command of Deputy Baihu, the guardsmen pounced viciously on Zhou Yuji and the dozen battalion soldiers behind him.

This group of people were yelling and starting to attack Zhou Yuji and the others with swords and guns in their hands.

Zhou Yuji reached out to grab a spear and swept it across the spear, knocking over several of them on the spot.

Li Hu did not expect Zhou Yuji to be so powerful, and his desire to be a bandit was instantly ignited. He shouted to a dozen of his soldiers:

"Brothers, follow me if you are not afraid of death. We can't let them kill our brothers. The worst we can do is go into the mountains and continue our line of work..."

These people were very brave. They shouted loudly and immediately stood with Zhou Yuji, waving their weapons and engaging in a melee with the Imperial Guards.

Although they were small in number, their combat effectiveness was very strong. There were no casualties in a short period of time, and instead they killed many imperial mausoleum guards.

It was obvious that they were ready to continue their rogue cause, otherwise they would never dare to attack Huang Lingwei.

Zhou Yuji waved his sword, and the Imperial Guards were beaten, crying for their fathers and mothers. However, relying on their large numbers, they did not retreat, and had no way to retreat.

Hundreds of households were killed, and they couldn't explain anything when they returned. Only by cutting off Zhou Yuji's head could they atone for their sins.

Of course, the imperial guards could not pose any threat to Zhou Yuji, but as time passed, Li Hu's soldiers gradually became unable to withstand the attack and several of them were cut down.

Shen Yunying frowned when she saw that the Imperial Tomb Guards relied on their large numbers to cut down several soldiers who were helping Zhou Yuji. If it was not important to protect the emperor, she would have already rushed forward.

Yue Yang and Hu Bao had the same idea as Shen Yunying. They believed that protecting the emperor was the most important and did not dare to leave Zhu Cihong.

Cao Bianjiao, Yan Yingyuan and others looked at each other, and then looked at Emperor Shenwu. They were going to help Zhou Yuji.

Zhu Cixi nodded:

"Let the escort team go up, repel the Imperial Tomb Guards and leave immediately."

Zhu Cixiang didn't want to expose himself prematurely. He was not worried that he would be outnumbered.

The emperor did not allow them to take action, so Cao Bianjiao and others could only act anxiously and looked at the guards.

Yue Yang is the leader of the guard. Yue Yang doesn't speak, and they don't dare to make decisions privately. After all, their main responsibility is to protect the emperor's safety.

Yue Yang waved to them:

"Go and help Duke Cheng, and try not to shoot."

"Here!"

The royal guards agreed, and the eight people still stood beside Zhu Youjian without moving. They wanted to protect the emperor.

More than 20 other people quickly rushed forward, charging at the Huangling Guardsmen with their bare hands and bare fists.

Although they don't carry weapons, they are all elites selected from a thousand miles away, so there is absolutely no pressure to fight against the Imperial Guards.

Although the Royal Tomb Guards had a numerical advantage, their combat power was very limited. The royal guards easily took away their weapons and beat them violently, quickly knocking down half of the Royal Tomb Guards.

It can be said that as long as they raise their weapons, dozens of people will fall, almost all of them will be killed instantly...

Seeing that the situation was not good, Deputy Baihu hid far away and shouted at the top of his lungs, ordering his subordinates to continue charging up:

"Quickly, rush up to me..."

These guardsmen had no fighting power. Nearly half of them were knocked down by the royal guards in an instant, and they immediately fled in fear.

No matter how much Deputy Baihu shouted, no one paid attention to him. He ran away very fast and soon no one was seen.

Of course Zhou Yuji and others will not chase them, aren't they Huangling Guards? If they run away, the monk will not be able to escape from the temple.

Seeing the speed at which the Imperial Tomb Guards escaped, Zhu Cixiang couldn't help but shake his head. This was all tempered by fighting against bandits. How could he save his life if he couldn't run fast?

The Imperial Tomb Guards should have excellent combat effectiveness, otherwise how would they protect the Imperial Tomb.

But like other guardsmen, their land has been annexed by their superiors and their food is a problem. Who will fight for it?

At that time, the common problem of the Ming army was that they would collapse as soon as they were defeated and flee as soon as they were defeated. Even the generals such as Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing were famous escapee generals, not to mention ordinary soldiers.

Li Hu originally wanted to save Zhou Yuji, but he was saved instead.

Thank you to Zhou Yuji and the others:

"Thank you for your help. They must have gone back to bring reinforcements. You should leave quickly!"

After thanking Zhou Yuji and others, Li Hu hurriedly stepped forward to check the injuries of the injured soldiers. Fortunately, they were all minor injuries.

Li Hu asked his brothers to help up his injured companion and prepared to go back, but found that Zhou Yuji and others were still standing there and had not left.

He thought that Zhou Yuji and the others had nowhere to go, so he wanted to win over Zhou Yuji. He clasped his fists at Zhou Yuji and said:

"Why don't you leave? The guards may retaliate against you at any time. If you have nowhere to go, why not follow us to the military camp? Our general will protect you. What do you think?"

"this……"

Emperor Shenwu was here, how could Zhou Yuji dare to make the decision, so he hurriedly looked at Emperor Shenwu.

Seeing Emperor Shenwu nodding, Zhou Yuji immediately clasped his fists and said with a smile:

"Okay then, we will go with you to the military camp. Thank you, Master, for taking us in."

Zhu Cihong wanted to see how the Imperial Guards would retaliate against Liu Fangliang and Gao Yigong.

Leaving behind the injured soldiers of the Royal Tomb Guards who were wailing in pain, Zhu Youjian and his party accompanied Li Hu to the military camp outside the city.

Zhu Cixiang originally ordered Gao Yigong and others to garrison Fengyang City, but after they arrived, the Imperial Tomb Guard Commander and the guarding eunuch refused them entry into the city, and a fierce conflict almost broke out over this.
To be continued...