Chapter 3518 Li Bushang's Transgression

Just as Nan Yan guessed, it has been two hours since the Yue people launched the surprise attack, and the soldiers defending the north of Yongzhou City have reached their limit.

However, below the city wall, a steady stream of Vietnamese soldiers were still pouring up.

The one who led the soldiers to hold the city gates was Lieutenant General Han Liguang. He was wounded by two arrows and only used a sword to cut off the arrow shafts. The arrowheads were still in his body. The bleeding was barely stopped, but he had no time to bandage himself or rest. He still stood on the city wall and led the soldiers to hold the city gates.

Not only him, but most of the other soldiers were also injured, and the remaining ones had spent the whole night and were exhausted.

However, the Yue people under the city wall continued to shoot arrows upwards like heavy rain, and the whistling sound was endless. Even the parapets were hit by the hard arrows, and the stones flew everywhere, making it impossible for the people on the city wall to stand upright.

At the same time, below the city gate, under the heavy blows of the huge battering ram, the iron-wrapped city gate was flying with wood chips. The inside was completely hollow, and only a few iron frames were still barely supporting it. But at this time, the iron frames had been stretched to the limit, and it was afraid that it would not be able to hold on with just one more blow.

Han Liguang was extremely anxious. He grabbed the people around him and shouted, "Where are the reinforcements? Are there any reinforcements coming?!"

The soldier next to him dodged the arrows shot from the tower and said in despair, "Not yet."

"Not even one?"

"Sir, there is not one..."

At this moment, Han Liguang's face was covered in blood and sweat, and he looked embarrassed and tired. He had held on until now because he believed that reinforcements would arrive. In fact, the reinforcements should have arrived long ago, but what he didn't expect was that they held on for much longer than usual, but there was no sign of reinforcements.

Could it be that the emperor doesn't care about them?

No, that's absolutely impossible?

Even if the emperor was not in the city at the moment, the imperial concubine was still there. Moreover, there were still so many civilians in the city. What good would it do for the emperor to abandon Yongzhou City and let the Yue people enter the city to burn, kill and loot?

But why haven’t the reinforcements arrived yet?

Such conflicting thoughts kept piercing his mind. Han Liguang was already exhausted, almost unable to stand while holding onto the wall. The soldiers beside him supported each other and kept asking, "Sir, what should we do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the heavy battering ram below the city wall fired its final blow.

There was a loud "boom" sound.

It was like a thunderbolt that struck everyone's heart. The entire city wall shook. Then, the huge city gate, like a tired old man, finally couldn't bear the weight. After a long wail, it slowly fell to the ground.

Smoke and dust rose up.

As the smoke and dust rose and the shouts of killing kept approaching, the soldiers in the city were already exhausted. At this time, seeing the Yue people waving swords and roaring as they rushed in from behind the smoke and dust, they all fell into despair.

It’s over…

Just then, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded behind them.

Reinforcements?!

At this moment, these two words popped up in everyone's mind, but they were also worried that they would die in an instant. Hallucinations flashed through their minds, so they opened their eyes wide in disbelief and looked behind them.

In the pitch-black night, a group of people suddenly rushed out of the darkness and rushed towards the Yue people who were rushing into the city.

"It's reinforcements, it really is reinforcements!"

Someone in the crowd shouted.

By the dying flames of the tower, they could finally see that it was the Taining Guard, led by Temul, wielding long swords and charging on horseback. The Yue soldiers, charging in from outside the city, had clearly not anticipated such a fresh force awaiting them. They had rushed into the city with such gusto, but before they could even gain a foothold, their powerful horses had already charged in like an arrow, instantly knocking several Yue soldiers stationed at the gates out.

Screams resounded through the sky!

"It's Tainingwei!"

The soldiers on the tower almost jumped for joy when they saw Temuer. Han Liguang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately grabbed his sword. He shouted to the soldiers behind him, "All the generals, listen to my orders! Follow me and drive these Yue thieves back. We absolutely cannot let them harm the people in Yongzhou."

The soldiers had fought all night and were unwilling to accept defeat, but they did not expect the Taining Guards to arrive so timely. They were ecstatic and also gained some strength, so everyone was excited and shouted as they rushed into the battle again.

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At the same time, the tall figure had walked in front of Nan Yan. A gust of wind suddenly blew from somewhere, causing the lanterns in the corridor to sway. The flickering red light shone on the face, and Nan Yan saw the familiar, wolf-like eyes at a glance.

Her throat moved suddenly.

"Li... not hurt?"

Li Bushang had already walked in front of her and bowed, "Your Majesty."

Nan Yan stood up holding the armrest of the chair and looked at Li Bu Shang: "Why are you here?"

As she spoke, she immediately looked up behind him - she knew that Li Bushan, as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, had been following Zhu Feng all day long. He suddenly appeared here, so where was Zhu Feng?

Li Bushang just raised his head and saw Nan Yan's gaze, and his eyes unconsciously darkened.

But he immediately said calmly: "Your Majesty asked me to come back and protect the queen."

Nan Yan frowned: "You?"

Not only her, but even Aunt Tongyun and Ruoshui beside her couldn't help but feel puzzled. Ruoshui was cautious, but also bravely said: "Master Li, are you the only one back?"

No matter how arrogant the emperor was, he would not send only one Jinyiwei commander to protect the imperial concubine in such a dangerous situation.

Li Bushang gave her a cold look.

Those wolf-like eyes usually had a dull look, and since they didn't have much contact on a daily basis, Ruoshui didn't feel anything. But at this moment, the coldness and a hint of inexplicable murderous intent in his eyes made Ruoshui shiver immediately.

She subconsciously took a step back.

Li Bushang had already said, "Your Majesty has conveyed a handwritten order from me, instructing me to mobilize the Taining and Fuyu Guards to the north of the city to provide assistance. Your Majesty, rest assured that nothing serious will happen in the city."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the people squatting and kneeling on the ground at his feet, and then said, "You can all go down now."

When everyone heard what he said to the imperial concubine, they were already relieved. In addition, they almost offended the imperial concubine just now, so they were eager to leave quickly to avoid being held accountable by the imperial concubine. So they immediately stood up and left the yard.

Nan Yan frowned.

Li Bushan's behavior can be considered as an act of usurpation.