"Quickly, save them!"

The Northern Rong soldiers immediately surrounded the soldiers whose bodies were engulfed in flames. They wanted to put out the fire, but they had no suitable firefighting tools and no water source nearby. They could only watch helplessly as the soldiers burned to death.

As more and more soldiers caught fire, Jiao Xi finally realized what was happening and shouted at them, "Use soil! Use sand to put out the fire!"

At Jiao Xi's prompting, the soldiers finally realized what was happening and began to scoop up the sand that had just fallen from the Eastern Chu soldiers and throw it at the other soldiers.

The soldiers who were on fire were now spinning and jumping as they fell and rolled onto the sand.

After all this commotion, although the fire on the Northern Rong soldiers was extinguished, many of them were burned to death.

The soldiers who had been insisting on burning down the city gates have now stopped. They dare not set fires anymore, because if they don't manage to burn the gates down but end up burning themselves to death, wouldn't that be a terrible injustice?

The Northern Rong soldiers were silent for a moment. Their morale, which had just been boosted, had fallen silent again.

Jiao Xi looked at the Northern Rong soldiers, who were all like sick chickens, and then looked at the city tower. It seemed that the Eastern Chu soldiers had increased in number. He frowned and advised Tuoba Xiong again: "Chanyu, it seems that they have reinforcements again. We can't attack with fire. Why don't we withdraw today?"

Tuoba Xiong raised his eyes and stared intently at Xuanyuan Zhan on the city wall.

Xuanyuan Zhan seemed to have heard Jiao Xi's words as well, and sneered, "Tuoba Xiong, my previous words still stand. If you Northern Rong retreat now, I can let bygones be bygones and spare your lives!"

"Pah!" Tuoba Xiong spat in Xuan Yuanzhan's direction in anger: "Withdrawal is impossible. Your northern lands will be mine sooner or later!"

As Tuoba Xiong spoke, he snatched a torch from a soldier and threw it into Beifeng City: "Attack! I refuse to believe we can't break through their city gate!"

At Tuoba Xiong's command, the Northern Rong soldiers launched another attack on the city gate and city wall.

Seeing that burning the city walls and gates was not working, Tuoba Xiong ordered the Northern Rong soldiers to make many round wooden balls, dip them in oil, light them, and throw them into the city continuously.

It has to be said that the fighting power of these Northern Rong soldiers is absolutely formidable. They were just hit, but now they are instantly energized and, as if they have been injected with chicken blood, they have started bombarding again, and they are having a great time!

Ye Yun frowned as he looked at the Northern Rong soldiers attacking frantically below. "Your Highness, these people are like stubborn plasters that you can't shake off. They're so annoying. Why don't we open the city gates and have a good fight with them?"

Xuanyuan Zhan sneered dismissively: "What's the rush? Even if we really were to open the city gates, this isn't the time. Isn't now the best opportunity to wear them down?"

Anyway, these people can't break into the city gates anytime soon. If they want to attack, let them attack. They won't lose anything. But the Northern Rong's continuous attacks are causing great losses to their soldiers.

He wanted to see how long they could hold out!

Ling Lang happened to hear this when he went up to the city wall, and while he felt admiration, he also felt a little ashamed.

The prince is truly brave and resourceful. If he had even half the prince's strategic acumen, he wouldn't have needed the prince's help in today's battle!

Ye Yun frowned as he looked at the Northern Rong soldiers who were still desperately attacking the city below. He said, "Judging from their appearance, they will definitely not be able to break through the city gate in a short time. Why don't you go back and rest for a while, Your Highness, and come back when you are rested?"

Upon hearing this, Ling Lang quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, please go and rest at the Zhenbei military camp. Leave this to us; I will certainly not let them breach the city."

Seeing this situation, Xuanyuan Zhan knew that the Northern Rong could not break through for the time being, so he went down the city wall with peace of mind.

Ye Feng and Ye Yun quickly followed.

Xuanyuan Zhan went to the Zhenbei military camp. He couldn't rest there, so he immediately summoned Ye Feng and Ye Yun: "I can't leave the North for the time being. I shouldn't be able to leave the North until the Northern Rong retreat."

This is why he repeatedly persuaded the Northern Rong to withdraw their troops.

Now that the Northern Rong have retreated, he can return to the capital, where a lot of things still await him!

Moreover, Ning'er is about to give birth, so even if he doesn't go back because of Xuan Yuanpeng being poisoned, he still has to go back for Ning'er.

But just then, trouble struck the north. The Northern Rong invaded the northern border, and he couldn't just abandon the people of the north.

This dilemma is tormenting him greatly.

Ye Yun knew exactly what Xuan Yuanzhan was thinking, and frowned, saying, "Is Your Highness worried about the situation in the capital?"

Before Xuan Yuanzhan could answer, Ye Yun reassured her, "The Dowager Consort and the Princess Consort are with Physician Luo and Uncle You by their side, and Master Dao Yi is also guarding them at the Holy King's Mansion. They will definitely be alright."

Although Kyoto is not peaceful, the Dowager Princess is a formidable figure, and the Princess Consort is not someone to be trifled with. Not to mention that they have Physician Luo, Uncle-Master You, and Master Daoyi protecting them at the Holy King's Mansion, even if none of them were there, the Dowager Princess and the Princess Consort could support each other.

With the abilities of the Dowager Consort and the Princess Consort, they should have no problem protecting themselves in the capital!

Xuan Yuanzhan's tightly furrowed brows did not relax despite Ye Yun's words of comfort.

Although the masters and uncles would protect my mother and Ning'er, Xuan Yuan Yu could even harm Xuan Yuan Peng, so who knows what he might do to my mother and Ning'er, especially since he also covets Ning'er.

And then there's this sudden attack by the Northern Rong. The Northern Rong inexplicably invaded the northern border at such a critical juncture. He simply couldn't believe that it had nothing to do with the capital.

He even suspected that Xuanyuan Yu had colluded with the Northern Rong, deliberately letting them invade at this time to delay his return to the capital. After all, with such great military achievements, it was hard to say whether the throne would still fall into his hands.

So Xuanyuan Yu and even Xuanyuan Zhi didn't want him to return to the capital, but who exactly colluded with the Northern Rong?

Xuanyuan Zhan suddenly raised his chin at Ye Yun: "Go and get paper and pen. I need to send an urgent report to the capital and write a letter back to the Holy King's Mansion."

"Yes," Ye Yun replied, and immediately went to get paper and pen.

Xuanyuan Zhan quickly wrote an urgent report and ordered a messenger to send it to the capital immediately.

As for the letter he wrote to his family, Xuan Yuanzhan handed it over to his secret guard, instructing him to personally deliver it back to the Holy King's Mansion.

Even after finishing his letter home, Xuan Yuanzhan remained uneasy.

He stood by the window, fiddled with the Bodhi beads in his hand, and looked at the swaying sycamore trees outside, his mind restless.

In any case, he still had to find a way to drive away the Northern Rong as soon as possible; he didn't want to miss Ning'er's delivery.

Even though Ning'er might not be safe with her master and the others by her side, he still wanted to be there for her during childbirth and watch her give birth safely.