"We'll crawl forward. Five of the strongest will launch a surprise attack to escort Princess Liu away. The rest will stay put and hold off the pursuers when they arrive."
"After those five pass you, before the pursuers catch up, you are not to reveal yourselves. Understand?"
"Understood, sir."
Everyone was extremely impressed with their superior's orders.
If their superior operated like this, those pursuers might just be ambushed.
Moreover, only five people would attack at first. The pursuers might not be too tense, and there might not be too many of them.
When the first wave of pursuers caught up, they would suddenly appear, surely surprising them.
In short, this plan was bound to succeed!
At their superior's command, all the strong individuals wearing yellow-green camouflage crawled on the ground, advancing at an imperceptible speed.
When the foremost five were within a hundred zhang of Princess Liu, the highest-ranked expert among them knelt on one knee, his upper body prone.
"We five will advance suddenly. I will rescue Princess Liu, and you will block behind me, following me."
"This way, we will be invincible."
This superior smiled. The four people he chose were of similar strength to him, and they would surely be able to turn the tide in the most dangerous moments.
"Those of you behind, when we pass, remember my instructions. Do not act on your own accord. Understand?"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately agreed. They were all in the zone.
At the hawk-nosed man's command, the four experts beside him followed him forward.
At this moment, the two guards protecting Princess Liu were focused on her and did not notice them.
However, Princess Liu had been hoping for someone to rescue her.
Therefore, she was the first to notice the anomaly and looked ahead with bright eyes.
By the time the two Brocade-clothed Guards noticed their actions, Princess Liu was already less than twenty zhang away from the five.
At this point, the two Brocade-clothed Guards also noticed their movements.
The five stopped pretending and immediately shouted, "Princess Liu, hurry! We'll take you away."
The two Brocade-clothed Guards were startled and quickly signaled the Brocade-clothed Guards ahead to charge towards them.
The Brocade-clothed Guards reacted and immediately charged towards them. However, they were still a greater distance from Princess Liu and the five. Their most important task now was to stop these five and absolutely prevent them from taking Princess Liu away.
"Hurry, everyone! Don't let them take her away!"
In the blink of an eye, Princess Liu had already moved twenty zhang forward, led by these five, or more accurately, by the hawk-nosed man.
The closing Brocade-clothed Guards happened to miss their chance and converged with the two Brocade-clothed Guards.
"Chase them! We can't let them escape."
The two Brocade-clothed Guards immediately led the surrounding people. Everyone was very tense.
"Should we call for more people? If those people over there join in, they can definitely stop them."
"No need. It's just these five. If we can't take them down, then we're just useless."
A team of nearly twenty Brocade-clothed Guards charged towards the six people, who were already more than twenty zhang ahead.
While pursuing, these people were extremely tense, their attention solely focused on the six, never imagining that there were so many people lying on the ground not far ahead.
In an instant, they arrived at the spot where those people were crawling.
Suddenly, these pursuing Brocade-clothed Guards discovered that there were more people on the ground!
They were already in a state of pursuit, their spiritual energy entirely used for their movement techniques.
Let alone defending, they hadn't even prepared much spiritual energy for offense.
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, they were directly injured, three of them. The remaining few, though not injured, were in a very sorry state.
"How did so many people suddenly appear? What are they doing?"
The two Brocade-clothed Guards' eyes widened. What they thought was a sure thing had unexpectedly turned into such a situation.
"Quick, come and support us!"
The two Brocade-clothed Guards waved to the others who were still observing from a distance. Those people immediately rushed over, very quickly.
However, no matter how fast they were, they couldn't reach this point.
By the time those people rushed over, the five, along with Princess Liu, had already gone far away.
The dozens of people who came to snatch her intercepted the Brocade-clothed Guards and engaged them in a stalemate.
Originally, given the combat power of these Brocade-clothed Guards, if they had all arrived, these people would not have been able to stop them.
However, due to the initial oversight of the Brocade-clothed Guards, the first wave of people was insufficient, not enough to break through the obstruction of these dozens of people.
In fact, when the two sides first encountered each other, they had even injured several of them, making the situation more unfavorable.
By the time these Brocade-clothed Guards broke through the siege of these people, the six had already escaped about a hundred zhang, and their speed was increasing.
"Princess Liu, we have prepared swift horses a few li away. Once we arrive, we will immediately leave on horseback."
The hawk-nosed man said respectfully to Li Mengdie.
Li Mengdie, while being carried by the man, sized him up and then looked at the others.
"Who are you? I've never seen you before. How can I trust you?"
The hawk-nosed man smiled and said, "Your Highness, if it weren't for us in this matter, I'm afraid you would have been watched by these people until you died of old age."
"Therefore, no matter who we are, cooperating with us is the best choice for you."
Hearing this, Li Mengdie sneered and said, "Are you threatening me?"
"Your Highness, how dare we threaten you? This is the will of our superiors. We are merely relaying it."
"Superiors? Who are you working for?"
"If you continue like this, I will not go with you."
"Princess Liu, you cannot do this. We are taking you to be in charge. If you don't go, won't our efforts be in vain?"
Upon hearing this, Li Mengdie rejoiced inwardly, but outwardly, she appeared even colder.
"Why should I go with you? You're thinking too much. I am of the royal family of Yunyue Kingdom. Even in distress, I would not associate with people like you."
"If you don't explain yourselves, I would rather die than be in league with you."
Hearing this, the hawk-nosed man became somewhat uneasy.
"Your Highness, I was wrong."