Chapter 884 Things Are Unpredictable

"Protect His Majesty the Emperor!" the military tribune shouted in surprise and anger, urging his horse to rush towards Commodus.

He did not expect that someone would be bold enough to attack His Majesty the Emperor less than ten miles away from the military camp.

Fortunately, this group of assassins disguised as Judaizers is not large in number, with less than twenty people. The Guards have an absolute advantage in numbers, but they are scattered more widely, so they are at a local disadvantage. This group of assassins were also very skilled. They attacked together and quickly eliminated the group of guards at the front of the team, approaching Commodus' carriage.

The Imperial Guards who arrived midway were often killed before they could even form a formation and organize themselves properly.

Sebutur broke out in cold sweat when he saw this. He suddenly realized that his horse seemed to be running a little too fast. Although he, a military tribune, also had some combat experience, his ability to sit in this position mainly depended on his family. With strength, and being a general does not require much personal bravery, Saibutul now regrets that he did not practice his sword properly before.

Fortunately, the Guards soldiers he led this time were well-trained enough, and the two centurions who were his deputies were also very capable. Especially Herto, who was the closest, and led his team to attack immediately. Although they failed to completely block these assassins, they also successfully slowed down the movement of those guys and gave the subsequent teams time to line up. However, it was not the guards who really changed the trend of the entire battle.

Zhang Heng discovered the abnormalities on the Jewish believers earlier than the military tribune, but he did nothing after that. It was not until the group was about to rush in front of Commodus that Zhang Heng jumped off his horse and took out his Two Persian swords.

One of the assassins also noticed the situation here, but he didn't pay much attention to this guy who was obviously not dressed as a guard. He just waved the dagger on his hand casually, trying to kill the troublesome guy in front of him. Get away.

But he didn't expect that this simple action would kill him. Zhang Heng leaned back slightly to avoid the assassin's attack. Then, taking advantage of the moment when the opponent waved his arms and opened his chest, he quickly used the Persian dagger in his hand to Inserted into the assassin's heart.

Kill with one blow!

The assassin who was killed didn't even realize that he had been stabbed through by the sword. Zhang Heng used the body to fall backwards and gently drew out his Persian sword and walked towards the second assassin.

With the lessons learned from his companions, the second assassin was obviously much more cautious. He had already discovered that the person standing in front of him was the gladiator champion of the Flavian Amphitheater. He was thinking about where to launch the attack, but he didn't expect that the opponent was already there. Take the initiative first.

Zhang Heng slashed at the neck of the second assassin with his sword, but the latter reacted quickly. He immediately raised the dagger in his hand and accurately blocked Zhang Heng's sword. The assassin was overjoyed and felt like a gladiatorial champion. It was nothing more than that, but his joy only lasted less than half a second. The next moment, there was a flash of cold light, and Zhang Heng had already cut his throat with another sword.

In just a few breaths, Zhang Heng killed the two assassins who were rushing to the front with almost no effort. When he stopped the third assassin, the two groups of imperial guards behind him also completed the entire team and killed them. Come over.

At this point, Commodus's side had completely gained the upper hand. The remaining assassins were either entangled by Herto, or ran into two praetorian guards who had adjusted their formation, and were stabbed with spears from all directions. sieve.

Just when everyone thought that the overall situation had been decided, and that this team of assassins who had appeared out of nowhere was about to be handed over here, no one thought that the owner of the donkey cart, who had been shivering with his head on one side, suddenly suddenly disappeared from the scene. A bow was taken out from the side of the overturned donkey cart.

When the guards saw this, of course they blocked Commodus with their bodies immediately. However, the arrow from the owner of the donkey cart was aimed at "Otrus" on the other side.

The military tribune secretly screamed that this group of assassins disguised as Jewish believers was actually just a bait to attract their attention. Their real target was Otrus who was following behind.

But by the time he realized this, it was too late. Otrus was hit by the sudden cold arrow. He staggered and fell off the horse. The owner of the donkey cart immediately put down the bow and arrow in his hand. , jumped into the river on the side.

"Get out of my way!" Commodus' angry voice came from the crowd.

After hearing this, the military tribune hurriedly advised, "Your Majesty, we don't know if there are any of their people nearby. You should..."

However, he was interrupted by the young emperor before he finished speaking, "I have to know whether my best advisor is alive or dead."

"... I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I'm afraid that Advisor Otrus is hopeless." The one who spoke was another centurion. He was right next to Otrus, and he was the first to do so after Otrus was hit by an arrow. He stepped forward to check and confirmed that Otrus was hit in the chest by the arrow. Although Otrus was wearing a helmet, he did not have any armor on his body. His heartbeat had stopped before he fell from the horse.

And as soon as his words came out, they also caused an uproar.

Because this was so unexpected. This was originally the day when Otrus emerged from the darkness into the sunshine. His appearance was enough to change the political power structure of the upper echelons of Rome. However, no one expected that only a few days had passed since his appearance. After half a day, he was assassinated immediately.

This change was a bit too unexpected. Even Klind, who had always wished that Ortrus would die early, was stunned and couldn't believe what he saw.

And after such a thing happened, Commodus naturally had no intention of inspecting any military camp anymore. He took the two assassins who were finally captured alive and hurriedly returned to the city of Rome. The young emperor vowed to make the murderer behind the murder of Otrus pay. The price paid. In fact, after returning to the palace, he immediately ordered Clinder and Zhang Heng to interrogate the captured assassins, and they must get the name of the main messenger from the assassins' mouths.

After leaving the palace, Klind looked at the moon above his head and took a deep breath. He could no longer hide the joy in his eyes and said, "Destiny is really an interesting thing, isn't it?"

This was also the first time that Clinder took the initiative to speak to Zhang Heng today. However, Zhang Heng did not reply after hearing this, but Clinder did not take it seriously and continued, "I underestimated you, but you are better than I thought." Mature, I have to admit that you have a very good sense of taking sides and chose a side that is almost impossible to lose. I almost lost, but things are unpredictable, right?"

After finishing speaking, Klind patted Zhang Heng's shoulder again, laughed and said, "Let's go, we are very busy tonight."