Chapter 554 Night Raid

The guards were relieved when they saw this. "Then Deputy General He, take a good rest. If you have any instructions, call me at any time."

After receiving the reply of "thank you", the guard quietly withdrew.

When they walked into the courtyard, the guard saw He Yanxiu coming towards them and hurriedly bowed, "Master He."

"Are you going to see Lieutenant General He?" He Yanxiu asked.

"That's right." The guard answered truthfully, "General Yue was worried about Lieutenant General He, so I went to take a look and inform General Yue."

"How is Deputy General He's injury now?"

"The doctor is changing the bandages for him. He said that Lieutenant General He is no longer in danger of death. He just needs to treat his injuries and set his bones. However..."

Seeing the guard hesitate, He Yanxiu frowned, "But what?"

"When I mentioned to Vice General He just now that the Duke and General Tao were leading their troops to attack Yuanping County, Vice General He was very worried and his wounds were affected, and even the ribs that had just been healed were dislocated again."

The guard said, "I talked to Deputy General He for a long time, and he finally calmed down a little."

The emotions are very exciting...

He Yanxiu narrowed his eyes. "Deputy General He is the most loyal. He must be very nervous after being ambushed again. It is normal for him to be a little worried."

"However, General Yue is most worried about Lieutenant General He's injury. Lieutenant General He should not tell General Yue too much about the twists and turns in this matter, lest General Yue worry about it and not be able to recover properly."

"Yes, I understand." The guards nodded repeatedly.

In fact, even if He Yanxiu didn't remind him, he still had this plan.

"Go ahead." He Yanxiu raised his hand.

"Yes." The guard bowed and left.

He Yanxiu stayed there for a long time and didn't even notice Qin Peiyou approaching him.

"What are you thinking about?" Qin Peiyou patted his shoulder, "Why are you so absent-minded?"

"Nothing." He Yanxiu came back to his senses and looked at Qin Peiyou, "Weren't you teaching Guan Songwen and watching him practice calligraphy just now? Why are you out again now?"

"It's getting late, and I can't sleep. I told Xiaosong to continue practicing calligraphy, and then I went out for a walk." Qin Peiyou smiled, "I didn't expect to see you standing here when I got to the yard."

"Are you unable to sleep here now?" Qin Peiyou asked jokingly.

"Yeah." He Yanxiu admitted readily.

This battle tonight is crucial.

Moreover, Duke Dingguo was already in his eighties, and he personally led the troops out of the battlefield this time.

It would be a lie to say I'm not worried.

"In that case, I have a pot of Bamboo Leaf Green Tea. How about we drink it together and enjoy the moonlight tonight?" Qin Peiyou suggested.

The so-called not to waste the moonlight is just an excuse to kill time with wine.

He Yanxiu smiled and nodded, "Okay."

After the two of them agreed, they went to Qin Peiyou's room together and asked someone to prepare snacks, cups and plates.

During this extraordinary period, there were no delicious dishes, only fried peanuts, braised pork, stir-fried shredded radish, and hot and sour cabbage.

The two of them sat opposite each other and chatted while drinking four side dishes.

The moon gradually rose higher, and the bright moonlight filled the entire earth.

But after a short while, the breeze brought a huge cloud that covered the moon. The earth, which had originally been as bright as day, became much gloomier and darker.

On the city wall of Zhuchuan County, soldiers from the Western Jinyun Kingdom were shuttling back and forth, patrolling in an orderly manner.

But as the night grew darker, the patrolling soldiers began to yawn one after another. In addition, it was very cold at night, so many soldiers hid in the city gates and corner towers after a brief inspection.

Or drink a bowl of hot tea or a glass of warm wine.

"It's time to go on patrol, don't miss the time." A soldier reminded.

"What are you afraid of? Even if the Qin Kingdom wants to attack, they will go to Yuanping County. Why would they come here?" The people next to him disagreed.

"That is to say, let's not talk about the fact that one of their generals is currently in danger of death, and countless soldiers under him have been killed or injured. Even if this is not the case, we have not received any news at the moment."

"Relax, it's okay."

"Another one!"

“…”

There was a lot of laughter and chatter inside, but the soldiers outside who were originally patrolling sparsely now pouted their lips more and more, feeling quite dissatisfied.

But he was thinking more about having a few drinks after finishing this shift.

Just when everyone was thinking different things, a "bang" sound suddenly came from somewhere.

The sound is not loud, but it is loud enough for people to hear clearly.

"What's that sound!" The patrolling soldier came to his senses, his face full of alertness, and he tightened his spear.

"It seems that the sound came from this side." Someone shouted, "It seems that something hit the city wall."

Someone nearby immediately took a lantern and went to take a look.

The night was dark and the lanterns could only illuminate a limited area. All I could see was the pitch-black city walls and nothing else.

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"Maybe you heard it wrong." someone muttered.

Some birds were startled by the noise, flapped their wings, and then landed on the tree again, chirping.

"What stupid bird has hit the wall? Look at you guys, you are afraid of everything."

"Let's go, let's go..."

The guards continued their patrol and the city walls were restored to normal.

At this moment, the two dark shadows that were clinging to the city wall like spiders breathed a sigh of relief, and after struggling to stretch their heads upwards, when they saw that there were no patrolling guards nearby, they quickly fixed their steel claws on the city wall and then lowered several ropes.

When everything was ready, the two men uttered clear bird calls, and people in the jungle not far away also responded with bird calls.

A moment later, sounds of fighting were heard from the corner tower west of the city gate.

Lu Yuntao led the soldiers to attack the western corner tower continuously with feather arrows and firearms.

"The enemy is invading!" The city wall soon became lively, and many soldiers rushed to the west corner tower to resist the attack of Lu Yuntao and others.

While the attention of Xi Jinyun's soldiers was all on the west corner tower, the soldiers led by Lieutenant General Luo quickly arrived at the foot of the east corner tower and climbed up quickly along the ropes just left behind.

When they reached the city wall, Lieutenant General Luo threw down all the thunder bombs he carried with him.

There was an explosion and smoke rose.

Taking advantage of the chaos, more and more soldiers climbed up the city wall and rushed to the city gate with Lieutenant General Luo.

With the help of the explosion of the thunder bomb and the choking smoke it released, Lieutenant General Luo led his men to cut the ropes that lifted the city gate.

“Boom!”

The city gates were lowered.

"Charge!" Duke Dingguo roared.

The soldiers swarmed forward like a tide.

…

The flames of war that night almost lit up the entire sky of Zhuchuan County.

People who went to inquire about the news came back one after another to report the news.

He Yanxiu and Qin Peiyou also did not sleep a wink the whole night.

At first I was worried, but when the morning light came, I was filled with joy.

At noon, good news came again.

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(End of this chapter)