Once the banquet ended, Zhang Dingguo rushed home and instructed Li Daniu to bring his other seven bodyguards over.
Fortunately, he had already imparted the Big Dipper Formation to these seven personal guards in the past half a year, and they had practiced it to a certain degree of proficiency.
As third-rate masters, even Zhang Dingguo would have to spend some effort to break the formation when they worked together.
There were two ways to set up the Big Dipper Formation. One was to combine the internal strength of seven people into one person, thereby increasing one person's internal strength by more than ten times. The other method was for the seven of them to stand in a formation and cooperate with each other to trap an enemy with strong martial arts in the formation.
As Zhang Dingguo had yet to impart the simplified version of Xiantian skills to his personal guards, he could not use the former formation for the time being. He had no choice. He had just taken in his personal guards for less than half a year. Before he completely trusted them, it was impossible for him to impart internal strength to them.
The latter formation was what Zhang Dingguo relied on tonight.
Since Zhang Dingguo had already mastered the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation, he could replace any one of his seven bodyguards. Not only would the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation not run into any problems, but it would also run more smoothly.
If the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation formed by the seven personal guards could not trap the sword spirit Hu Jinghui, then if he was the core of the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation, he would at least be able to trap Hu Jinghui and fight for more than a hundred rounds.
As long as he dragged it out until he was discovered by others, then Hu Jinghui would have no meaning to continue fighting.
To be on the safe side, Zhang Dingguo had even prepared a signal flare for Da Niu, instructing him to use it immediately if he encountered any danger while escorting the viscountess. Even though it was just an ordinary firework, anyone would be able to sense that something was wrong if it suddenly appeared in the quiet night sky.
Fortunately, Da Niu was obedient to Zhang Dingguo. He was a little dull and would not think too much about it. Otherwise, if he asked Zhang Dingguo why he was in danger while escorting the viscountess, he would not have told him that he was in danger, right?
After everything was prepared, Zhang Dingguo took the Dragon Spring Sword that Wu Zetian had given him and went to the Thousand Ox Guard Manor to gather troops.
As Zhang Dingguo was responsible for the protection of the marriage alliance, Wu Zetian temporarily deployed 200 Thousand Bull Guards for him to command. However, to be honest, with the identity of Princess Yiyang, she was definitely not worthy of Wu Zetian sending 200 Thousand Ox Guards to protect her. She had obviously sent so many people for Zhang Dingguo's sake. It could also be considered as accumulating some experience in leading troops for Zhang Dingguo.
Although the group would only leave the next morning, the Yiyang Commandery Princess needed to go to the guest house where the fake diplomatic group was staying tonight to meet them so that she could leave with the group the next morning.
As such, Zhang Dingguo, who had just taken over the job of guarding the viscountess, had to send the viscountess over overnight.
After arriving at the Thousand Bull Guard manor, Zhang Dingguo summoned 100 Thousand Bull Guards through an imperial edict and asked them to escort Princess Yiyang with him tonight. After they arrived safely at the Courier Station, they would continue to guard the Courier Station to ensure that nothing would happen to Commandery Princess Yiyang.
As for the other 100 Thousand Bull Guards, they had to gather before the fake diplomatic mission set off tomorrow.
The general on duty at the Thousand Bull Guard raised an objection to Zhang Dingguo gathering so many people. He believed that this was just an escort mission in the city. There was no need to mobilize so many Thousand Ox Guards. Only ten or twenty guards were enough. The rest could rush over the next morning!
In response, Zhang Dingguo used the excuse that this was his first time carrying out the heavy responsibility of the Emperor and he did not dare to slack off. He had to ensure that everything was foolproof.
Furthermore, if it wasn't for the fact that there weren't enough empty rooms in the inn, he would have taken all 200 Thousand Bull Guards with him tonight…
Zhang Dingguo first brought only his personal guards to the Changle Prince's residence to hand over the palace guards who were responsible for the safety of Princess Yi Yang. After the handover, he directly escorted Princess Yi Yang to the posthouse.
Since Zhang Dingguo had asked most of the Thousand Bull Guards to stay at a place far away from the Prince's residence, it was only until they met up that Princess Yiyang found out that there were actually so many Thousand Bull Guards escorting her.
Zhang Dingguo made such arrangements to prevent anyone from leaking information.
Because his bodyguard job was arranged by Wu Zetian at the last minute, Hu Jinghui most likely did not know. And even if they knew, they wouldn't have expected him to be such a cautious person, to actually bring 100 Thousand Bull Guards as guards.
One had to know that the Thousand Bull Guards were all elite soldiers selected from the various guard armies. If they wanted to wipe out this army as soon as possible, even if it was a sneak attack, they would need to invest several times the number of troops. Otherwise, it would be difficult to wipe them out without being noticed by others.
If it was like the original novel, where the sword spirit only led ten to twenty people to take action, then Zhang Dingguo might be able to make them unable to return!
Although he didn't want to change the plot too much, he had no choice. Wu Zetian had already pushed him to the front of the stage. The butterfly effect was unavoidable...
Due to the curfew, there was not a single soul to be seen along the way. Other than the footsteps of the Thousand Bull Guards, the entire street was abnormally quiet.
When they were about halfway through the journey, Zhang Dingguo, who had been listening attentively on his horse, finally heard the sound of someone stepping on the tiles on the houses on both sides of the road.
Zhang Dingguo was not the kind of honest person who would be foolishly ambushed when he heard Princess Yiyang shout that there was a snake.
The moment he heard the commotion, he shouted,"Assassins!"
Then, he soared into the air and flew to the roof beside the road, fighting with the group of assassins who were obviously frightened.
"Assassins are on the rooftops on both sides of the road. Everyone, quickly engage in battle and pay attention to protecting the viscountess!”
Following Zhang Dingguo's shout, the 100 Thousand Bull Guards realized that there were many men in black on the rooftops on both sides of the street. They were clearly not good people. Therefore, they were well-trained and divided into two groups. One group protected the sedan chair of Commandery Princess Yi Yang, while the other group fought with the men in black who were forced to attack.
Li Daniu kept Zhang Dingguo's instructions in mind. He took out a lighter and lit up the fireworks when he saw the black-clothed man.
When Sword Spirit Tiger Jinghui saw that his ambush plan had failed, he had no choice but to show up in advance. He wanted to rely on his high-tier martial arts to kill the hundred or so Thousand Bull Guards, including Zhang Dingguo, to ensure that his plan would proceed smoothly.?
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