Chapter 367 Zhao Duan: Where are the imperial guards in the capital? Shoot!
Chapter 367 Zhao Duan: Where are the imperial guards in the capital? Shoot!
Exchange heads for Chinese Armor!
On the official ship, Zhao Duan said this with a big laugh. The sound of the blessing energy rolled across the river and reached the ears of everyone on the giant warship opposite.
At this moment, everyone on the two ships changed their expressions.
"Zhao Duan!" Xu Jinglong's face suddenly darkened, and he subconsciously exerted force on his hands that were holding the railing, and his veins bulged slightly.
Looks like they could kill.
As the prince of Prince Jing, isn't he respected wherever he goes?
How long has it been since anyone dared to openly provoke like this?
Especially since the other party was the empress's lover, such unscrupulous ridicule had the word "irony" written all over his face.
"what--"
On the second floor, the young men and women who were standing on tiptoe to watch the excitement also exclaimed.
However, many women in the crowd, despite being frightened, had bright eyes, conquered by Zhao Duan's bold words and courage on the obviously "smaller" official ship opposite.
Haitang and the other Jinyi also had strange expressions on their faces. Although she had seen Zhao Duan's domineering attitude before, it had always been in the capital.
I didn't expect that even now, far away from the capital, there are still no taboos in this Huai River area.
Eunuch Hai was not surprised, but found it interesting.
"Zhao Duan! Do you know what you are saying?" Xu Jinglong said in a low voice, "You want to kill me?"
Yes... Zhao Duan thought so in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He stopped smiling and said lightly:
"Your Highness, can't you tell that I'm joking?"
Joke...How can it be a joke?
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, but Zhao Duan would not really give the other party a reason to make trouble, so he said calmly:
"Your Highness, you wouldn't take my jokes seriously, would you? You look very angry. Why are you driving such a big warship here? Are you planning to sink me?"
Xu Jinglong had a blank expression on his face. Even though he knew that the man surnamed Zhao was deliberately provoking him, there was nothing he could do.
Of course, it was impossible for him to openly order an attack on Zhao Duan himself. Finding fault and stirring up trouble was already the limit of what he could do at the moment.
If Duan Shuiliu took action, he could push the issue to Qingshan in the East China Sea to ask for the Six Talisman Armors. The most he could do was to stand by and watch.
But if an order was really given to sink the ship, or if people from Prince Jing's Mansion took action against it, the nature of the matter would be different.
"Zhao Duan, do you think it's fun to show off your talking skills?" Xu Jinglong said disdainfully.
Zhao Duan sighed softly and shook his head regretfully:
"It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not dare to attack my ship. Then please move the boat, make way, and drive this martial artist off the boat so that I can have a talk with him."
"Don't go too far!" Xu Jinglong said coldly.
He put on such a show today, one of the reasons being to show his power.
The real purpose is to use the confrontation to show the people in Huting so as to indirectly influence the outcome of the market opening.
It is naturally impossible to move it away, and it is even more impossible to abandon the broken water flow.
Zhao Duan's expression gradually turned colder. He looked up at the warship, but he was not afraid at all. Instead, he looked down at it:
"It seems that the prince is unwilling to dodge, so don't blame the sword for being blind. Come on!"
He suddenly shouted:
"Where are the imperial guards? What should we do if we encounter an enemy?"
Hou Renmeng laughed fiercely and spoke first:
"We will fight to the death at Lihua Hall!"
In the corner of the deck, the drunken swordsman Lang Shiba and the socially phobic female ghost Ji Yue raised their heads.
Zhao Duan said in a deep voice: "Bend the bow and put the arrow!"
There were no cannons on this official ship, but in order to prevent accidents, the imperial guards on board carried bows and arrows to deal with possible "naval battles".
At this moment, at the command, the well-prepared officials of Lihuatang and a team of imperial guards drawn from various camps in the capital rushed to get bows and arrows and lined up on the deck.
One by one, the boxwood bows were pulled open, the bowstrings were tightened, the arrows flew up, and locked onto the third floor of the warship.
In the blink of an eye, arrows reflecting the sun's light locked onto the warship!
"what--"
At this point, the men and women who were watching the excitement finally panicked. They screamed and dodged, fearing that they would be accidentally injured by the rain of arrows.
The private soldiers of Prince Jing's Mansion on the deck also changed color and looked up at the third floor, waiting for the prince's orders.
"you dare!"
Xu Jinglong finally changed color, "How dare you attack and kill the royal family?" Zhao Duan laughed:
"Don't misunderstand, my lord. We are only going to shoot this scoundrel. Don't stand with him. It will be bad if he is accidentally injured. How will I explain to Prince Jing when I enter the city?"
Xu Jinglong was annoyed. Didn't he understand that they were coming for him?
From beginning to end, Zhao Duan never had any conversation with Duan Shuiliu.
His thoughts flashed, and he was about to speak, but he heard Zhao Duan's lack of martial ethics and decisively shouted:
"Fire arrows!"
A series of continuous bowstring vibration sounds.
Xu Jinglong's pupils narrowed as he clearly saw a dense rain of arrows coming up against the trend and splashing towards him from the official ships below, with an attitude of killing people!
How dare he? How dare he? Didn't he know that this was the Huai River, not the capital?
Where does this guy get the confidence to be so arrogant?
Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but Xu Jinglong did not dodge. His expression remained calm, and he just looked at Duan Shuiliu beside him.
Just before Zhao Duan gave the order to shoot, the short, middle-aged man in a gray robe who had been ignored since he appeared had a gloomy face and anger flashed between his brows.
He took a step forward, a heavy step without any smoke or fire, and stepped towards the deck!
At this moment, a tyrannical and overbearing force, with the posture of "hitting a bull across a mountain", penetrated the three-story deck from top to bottom in an instant, without damaging the deck at all. The tremendous force was like an iron bull entering the sea and crossing the river.
"what!"
Amid exclamations, the huge warship actually began to shake as Duan Shuiliu stepped on it!
With just one step, the ironclad warship almost lost its balance!
How terrifying is this power?
And when that force hit the river, in an instant, a continuous "boom" sound erupted on the surface of the river, like thunder.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the river water between the two boats was suddenly lifted up, and the cold river water condensed into a wall of water, blocking the arrows in the middle of the shooting!
"puff!"
"puff!"
"puff!"
……
Densely packed arrows, powerful enough to pierce leather armor, hit the spectacular wall of water one after another and were all bounced off, turning into black dots and falling into the river like ants burned by flames.
How magnificent!
……
far away.
Further inside the Huting Pier, there are buildings built on the hillside close to the river.
At this moment, on the rooftop of the tallest building.
Princess Xu Junling, who has an oval face, is elegant and generous, and is known as the "most talented woman in Jiangnan". She followed her father and brother to watch the game here.
Xu An, the Prince of Huai'an, who was of plump figure and known as the "foodie prince", held an object similar to a telescope in his hand, with one end against his eye socket, looking at the dispute between the two ships.
This "Thousand-mile Tube" is not a magic weapon, but it was originally produced by the Tianshi Mansion and later became popular in the military.
With the ability of King Huai'an, he can naturally get it to make up for his lack of eyesight.
"Father, how dare Zhao Duan shoot an arrow? What did Xu Jinglong say to lead the situation to this?"
Also holding a telescope, he watched from afar as Xu Qian, the legitimate son of Prince Huaian, took off the metal tube and could not hide his shock.
Xu Junling did not use this thing because the huge wall of water was so large that it could be seen with the naked eye.
She said calmly:
"Xu Jinglong still acts in an orderly manner. Even when he is provocative, he is controlling the situation. But Zhao Duan doesn't do that."
As the elder brother, Xu Qian looked at the sister who was more famous than him in surprise:
"You mean, Zhao Duan took the initiative to shoot arrows in provocation when faced with the suppression of warships and the threat of the water flow being cut off? Does he think this is the capital? Is he really not afraid of dying here?"
Xu Junling glanced at her brother, and looked at the battlefield on the river with a complicated look. She shook her head and said:
"Because you haven't met Zhao Duan. If you had, you would know that Xu Jinglong is nothing but a clown compared to him."
Xu Qian was a little dissatisfied and was about to refute.
Suddenly, I heard my father, Prince Huai'an, who was concentrating on watching the play, say:
"Look!"
(End of this chapter)