mtlumby2d Chapter 264 Follow up and protect the prince
Chapter 264 Follow up and protect the prince
Some rebels in the city took advantage of the defenders' inattention and fled everywhere.
Chu Xi took a look at the situation outside the city, then without saying a word, he picked up his sword and chased after them.
These rebels are now at the end of their rope. If they were allowed to flee in all directions, it would easily cause riots in the city.
She chased after them and took care of them all in less than an incense stick of time.
There is no need to keep the rebels who are wavering between the two sides.
Moreover, they had too few people, not even enough to defend the city, let alone to guard the rebels.
After Chu Xi dealt with the people, he returned the same way.
She walked on the rooftops all the way, with her excellent lightness skills, like a banished immortal.
As soon as she landed from the roof, she noticed Rong Qingzhu standing at the door under the eaves and looking around.
"Why did you run out?"
Rong Qingzhu moved his mouth, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.
His eyes were clear and pure, and at this moment his gaze was fixed on Chu Xi, filled with only the most sincere worry.
"It's chaotic outside, swords and knives are blind, it's easy to hurt someone by mistake." Chu Xi pushed Rong Qingzhu who wanted to speak, "Hide well."
"Qi Bai, there are no medicinal herbs left in the city. You must protect yourself and don't get hurt!"
Rong Qingzhu warned with sincere eyes.
"Okay, don't worry." Chu Xi didn't have time to ask Rong Qingzhu about the medicinal herbs. He quickly pushed her into the house and closed the door.
As for the two people who attempted to attack from behind, they thought they could avoid being discovered, but in fact, Chu Xi had already noticed them.
He suddenly turned around and thrust the sword in his hand forward, piercing one of them straight and accurately in the chest.
The man was stunned.
The people next to him even forgot to launch a sneak attack and watched their companion die.
He no longer had any intention of assassinating the enemy and turned around to run away.
The defenders who were guarding behind were killed with a single blow of their swords.
Qi Jianshu thought he still had 20,000 troops left, even if he could not successfully enter the north gate.
At least we can break out of this encirclement.
Your Majesty was unwilling to allocate troops to him, and asked him to take the 50,000 rebels in Xianyang and try to capture the two cities of Xi'an and Xianyang.
He had no choice.
If the lord of Xi'an City had been replaced by someone else, he might have taken him down long ago.
It just so happens that it is the Northwestern Han family, which is known for being tough, and a prince from the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion have come to join in the fun.
I'm afraid I can't go into the city this time.
The light in Qi Jianshu's eyes gradually dimmed, and even his sword swinging lacked the previous momentum.
He was a little worried about Qi Jianshu's condition, so he quickly spoke to persuade him.
"Major General, we will never have to worry about a lack of firewood if we keep the green mountains. We were careless this time, but as long as the Major General is okay, we will definitely find another chance to take Xi'an!"
"Young General, don't be discouraged. The Qi family still has hope, and so do you. If you give in so easily, they will definitely laugh at you when you return!"
The last sentence rekindled Qi Jianshu's fighting spirit.
He raised his eyes suddenly and clenched the sword in his hand.
Yes, the Qi family has been forgotten for many years.
During this expedition, many people in the imperial court were laughing at the Qi family and themselves.
If I continue to give in to my fate so easily, wouldn't I be giving those people an advantage in vain?
Qi Jianshu's confidants were killed one by one, and now there are only two people left. They led the personal guards, protecting Qi Jianshu all the way, and killed him to the edge.
"We have no way to save the North Gate, but we can still fight for the other three gates. The court has sent troops across the river and is attacking the South Gate. We can go there."
"...good."
After Qi Jianshu rekindled his fighting spirit, he quickly gathered his troops and found the weakest point where it would be easiest to break through the siege.
Gather everyone's strength and charge in this direction.
Tang Juncheng intended to annihilate 20,000 rebels, but unfortunately, the numbers on both sides were not equal.
No matter how well-trained his five thousand soldiers were, they would not be able to annihilate Qi Jianshu and others under such circumstances.
In the end, they escaped.
Qi Jianshu successfully broke through, leaving less than four thousand people behind.
Out of 50,000 soldiers, less than 4,000 were left. He lost the battle completely and miserably.
I thought this was a battle that would allow the Qi family to make a comeback and return to everyone's attention, but he lost so miserably...
Even when Qi Jianshu was on the run, he still couldn't figure out where he had gone wrong?
Why did he lose to less than 20,000 soldiers when he had 50,000 soldiers?
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With the defeat and escape of Qi Jianshu and others at the North Gate, the attacks that had been going on day and night for the past few days finally stopped and people could finally have some peace.
There is no doubt that Qi Jianshu escaped through another door.
As the rebels at the north gate were defeated, those who escaped fled with Qi Jianshu...
Those who did not escape were surrounded by Tang Juncheng's subordinates.
Han Ziyu was carried away seriously injured and had to face a harsh reality.
Although Chu Xi acted in time and saved Han Ziyu, there was no medicine in the city now, and even if there were military doctors, they could not treat him.
I could only use hot water to clean the blood from his wound temporarily.
And in some places the wounds were so large that they had to be stitched up first.
If it wasn't sewn, Han Ziyu's life would be in even greater danger.
Han Yaojun is only slightly better than Han Ziyu. Both he and Han Ziyu need to rest.
Chu Xi's wound had been treated temporarily. Since Jiang Zhenyao came for her, she rushed to the South Gate as soon as the dilemma at the North Gate was resolved.
Zhou Yichen wanted to follow closely, but he simply couldn't get away.
Han Yaojun kept him to discuss the issues of food and medicinal materials.
These two issues are very important and concern the lives of the entire city's residents.
Han Yaojun was worried about Chu Xi going alone, even though he knew that Chu Xi had enough ability to protect himself, but in his opinion, Qi Bai was also injured now.
"Zheng Hao, follow him and protect the prince."
Zheng Hao was stunned. He wanted to say that his duty was to protect His Highness, but when he looked into His Highness's cold and majestic eyes, he obeyed and chased after him.
"Your Highness, you really are as close to the Crown Prince as a brother." Seeing that Zhou Yichen still cared about Chu Jiang, Han Yaojun couldn't help but smile and joked.
Zhou Yichen heard this and curled his lips slightly, "Of course, Qi Bai is more important than his brothers."
His brothers and sisters only want his life, but Qi Bai will not.
If there is one person in this world he can trust, it must be Qi Bai.
He never doubted this.
Han Yaojun just smiled and didn't say anything more on this topic. Soon the two began to discuss the issue of medicinal materials.
The problem of food has been solved, but as for medicinal materials...he really has no way to do anything about it.
In this regard, he believed that the third prince, His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, must have a better way than him.
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South Gate.
When Chu Xi arrived at the South Gate, the battle situation here was much more brutal than that at the North Gate.
More than 10,000 people are facing 80,000 soldiers from Western Chu.
The commander-in-chief was one of the famous generals of Western Chu, and he had several young generals with good martial arts skills under his command, who came out one by one to challenge the enemy.
Challenging a battle is the most common thing between two armies.
Unfortunately, the soldiers in the city were scattered, and many people left through the four gates.
Nanmen was unable to fight back. Except for Jiang Zhenyao whose martial arts were quite good, the other generals were not even as good as her. Naturally, they could not agree easily and could only be forced to defend.