Chapter 432: Rescuing the Danger in Xizhou

Huo Yan and Jiang He have never gotten along.

Jiang He is Huo Zheng's most capable subordinate. He has always felt that his prince is the most outstanding among all the princes in terms of talent and ability, but the emperor is either blind or extremely partial to the son of the imperial concubine.

Previously, Huo Yan was captured by the rebels in Xizhou. After escaping during the chaos, he lived with Rendong in her small, dilapidated house.

On the day Rendong left, Huo Yan waited for her in the house for a very long time.

He didn't wait for the person he was going to meet, but waited for the river.

Jiang He had seen a side of Huo Yan that no one else could know. The precious Ninth Prince was abandoned by a young medical girl.

At that time, Huo Yan was like an unwanted puppy, stubbornly waiting there, but he could never see the person he wanted to see.

After Huo Yan returned to Beijing, he never saw Jiang He again. After all, Jiang He was the head of Huo Zheng's secret guards and would rarely show up in public. Huo Yan also tried his best to forget about him.

Today, at this time...

Huo Yan had already closed his eyes and prepared to face death, but Jiang He came even faster than death.

Jiang He pulled him out from the pile of swords and knives, and carried him on his back to break out through the heavy encirclement of the Beizhou Army. Even though he was so busy, he still didn't forget to make him angry.

Jiang He knew that Huo Yan didn't want to see him, but he still said, "Don't pick on me, Ninth Prince."

Indeed, Huo Yan really has no choice at the moment.

Jiang He was the best at Qinggong in the entire Xizhou City. After the secret guards cooperated with him seamlessly to rescue Huo Yan from the vast army, several secret guards quickly snatched the horses of the Beizhou cavalry and rushed towards Jiang He and Huo Yan.

Jiang He threw Huo Yan onto the horse's back, and then immediately climbed onto the horse. Huo Yan was so injured at this time that he couldn't even sit still on the horse. Jiang He protected Huo Yan with one hand and held the reins with the other hand as they galloped towards the slowly opening city gate under the pursuit of countless Beizhou soldiers.

The blazing wall of fire in front of the city gate was constantly jumping in the wind. The archers on the city wall kept drawing their bows and shooting arrows to cover Jiang He and others in rescuing the Ninth Prince back to the city.

Chunzhi, Rendong and others stood on the city wall, watching the scene nervously, their hearts in their throats.

"We can't let Huo Yan get away!"

Seeing that so many Beizhou soldiers were unable to stop them from rescuing the Ninth Prince, Suo Hongkai's deputy general immediately rode forward to chase them.

At this time, the city gate that had been closed for three days and three nights after the Beizhou army attacked suddenly opened. When the horse rushed to the wall of fire, it was afraid of the burning flames, so it let out a long howl to the sky and stopped moving forward.

They watched as Suo Hongkai's deputy general and the Beizhou army pursued them from behind.

Jiang He had no choice but to try his luck. He took off his outer robe and covered the horse's head with it, urging the blind horse to gallop forward, protecting the Ninth Prince as he rode over the wall of fire and into the city.

Seeing this, several secret guards did as they were told.

Everyone rode their horses over the wall of fire and returned to the city.

Suo Hongkai's deputy general saw this and immediately shouted, "Blindfold the horses! Charge into the city!"

The Northern State cavalry immediately did as they were told, but they were wearing armor, unlike Jiang He and the others who could just take off their clothes and put the armor on their horses' heads, so their movements were obviously not as smooth.

Seeing the city gate about to close, Suo Hongkai's deputy general rushed forward and used his spear to hold the gate closed until only a crack remained, shouting with all his might: "Quick!"

The Beizhou army behind them finally followed suit and rushed through the wall of fire on horseback. They knew that once the city gate was closed again, it would be almost impossible to break it open. Only by taking advantage of this opportunity could they attack Xizhou City and capture Princess Chang'an and the young prince in order to achieve great merit in front of Prince Rui.

Suo Hongkai's deputy general shouted, "Attack Xizhou City! Capture Princess Chang'an and the Prince of Chang'an alive. Our good days of promotion and nobility are just around the corner!"

The Beizhou troops attacked the city gate like crazy.

After Jiang He and others rescued Huo Yan, Rendong rushed down from the city wall. Huo Yan looked at her, smiled weakly, and wanted to say something to her, but fell off the horse.

"Huo Yan!"

Honeysuckle was shocked and immediately reached out to catch him.

But Rendong was just a thin girl and could not bear Huo Yan's weight at all. They both fell to the ground in the snow, and she served as a cushion for the seriously injured Huo Yan.

Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers reached out to help the two men.

"Don't touch him!"

However, Rendong was afraid that the soldiers' rough hands and feet would aggravate Huo Yan's injuries, so she didn't want anyone to help her and struggled to help Huo Yan sit up.

She was crying while treating Huo Yan's injuries.

"I didn't embarrass myself this time, did I?"

Huo Yan's mouth was full of blood foam, and this was the first sentence he said to Rendong.

Honeysuckle's eyes were red, but she didn't dare to stop her hands for a moment. Huo Yan could hardly open his eyes, but he was still waiting for her answer.

She said in a hoarse voice, "It's not shameful, not at all! You're amazing! So brave!"

"That's good."

Huo Yan felt a little relieved when he heard Rendong say this.

Even if he really died on this day.

Honeysuckle had also seen his rather heroic side.

Then when she thinks of him in the future, she will not just think of the Ninth Prince who fell into the hands of the rebels and was imprisoned, but Huo Yan who did his best to protect Xizhou.

He wasn't a hero to begin with.

But in the eyes of Honeysuckle, at least he is not a bear.

The Beizhou Army took advantage of the last gap in the city gate and launched a desperate attack. The guards in the city fought desperately. Just when the city gate was about to be breached, another group of people suddenly appeared outside the city.

In the flying snow, countless white-feathered cavalrymen surged from the north like a tide, like clouds rolling in the sky, and surrounded the Beizhou Army in an instant.

A commotion soon broke out in the Beizhou army, and someone shouted in alarm:

"Beili Wolf Riders!"

"The Beili Wolf Riders are here!"

Chunzhi and others standing on the city wall looked into the distance and recognized that it was the Beili Wolf Riders coming.

Some people on the city wall were happy while others were worried. They were happy because the Beili Wolf Cavalry had arrived and the Beizhou soldiers were immediately thrown into disarray. They were worried because the Beili Wolf Cavalry had suddenly appeared at this time and they didn't know whether they were here to help Xizhou or to take advantage of the situation to rob them.

Everyone was talking at once.

These people's concerns are not entirely unfounded. The Beizhou Army is still composed of people from Daxing. In the face of interests, they still raised their butcher knives to Xizhou.

Prince Rui was a prince who enjoyed the emperor's favor. However, he wanted to become emperor, so he killed the emperor and seized the throne, and slaughtered his brothers and sisters. He had no regard for loyalty, righteousness, filial piety or brotherhood at all.

With this person in front, what does it matter if the Beili people take advantage of the chaos to rob?

Chunzhi watched from afar as the leader led a group of Beili Wolf Riders across the battlefield, slaughtering the Beizhou army and throwing them into disarray. The iron cavalry approached on snow-covered horses. Tuoba Ying saluted Chunzhi from the foot of the city wall and said, "Beili Tuoba Ying, entrusted by Princess Changning, leads the Beili Wolf Riders to relieve the danger of Xizhou!"