The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. Ultai looked at the silent person beside him, hoping that the other person could make a decision quickly and figure everything out.
Jiang Qingyuan's silence wasn't because he was truly thinking about the Xiliang soldiers' words. Besides worrying about the safety of Jiang Yimian and Lu Cijian, he was also considering the current situation within Xiliang City.
If these people from Xiliang really captured Jiang Yimian and Lu Cijian, they could simply bring them to the city wall, which would be more impactful for them.
It's not enough to just offer words of advice here.
And there's one more crucial reason.
The fact that Xiliang is now able to negotiate with them so peacefully means that Yi Mian and Lu Cijian's plan has succeeded.
They really trapped most of the Xiliang people, preventing them from having enough troops to face him for the time being.
That's why, before capturing the two people, they deliberately used verbal threats to buy time so that the trapped people could escape as soon as possible.
Perhaps Yi Mian and Lu Cijian are indeed in some predicament, but it's certainly not as certain as the people on the city wall say, that they've already been captured by Xiliang.
He had to capture Xiliang City as soon as possible, whether it was to live up to the opportunity created by so many people's hard work, or to help Yi Mian and Lu Cijian escape their predicament quickly.
Thinking of all this, he said in a deep voice, "Don't believe their nonsense. Neither the princess nor Lord Lu have been captured by Xiliang yet."
This is just a scam; we mustn't fall for it.
"Come on, attack with all your might, and take the city quickly!"
Upon hearing this, the Jin soldiers roared and immediately raised their bows and arrows to shoot at the city wall.
Ultai breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand forward, and the unique horn sound of Tuyuhun immediately resounded below the city wall.
The Tuyuhun army quickly gripped their broadswords and raised their shields to protect the soldiers climbing the city walls, rushing down towards the city tower.
Seeing this, Ale slammed his fist on the city wall and roared, "Archers!"
Instantly, the archers on the city wall unleashed a dense rain of arrows, but the soldiers below quickly hid behind their shields and continued to approach the city wall unharmed.
As soon as the dark figure approached the city gate, it quickly set up a ladder, intending to climb up the city wall.
Upon seeing this, Ale quickly asked, "How is the situation inside the tunnel? How long will it take for those trapped people to open the exit?"
There are quite a few people trapped in the tunnels now. Those people must have already guessed that they have fallen into a trap, and they should all be in the tunnels under the city gate now.
As soon as the passage is opened, they can quickly climb onto the city wall to fight.
They have to get through this period.
The Xiliang soldier standing to the side was sweating profusely with anxiety. After a while, he stammered, "It will probably take another three-quarters of an hour."
He was really unsure.
Because at this moment, the Xia people in the tunnel seemed fearless, fighting desperately with the Xiliang soldiers.
Their men couldn't even get close to the passage, which was blocked by rubble, let alone know what was inside.
Ale stared intently at the Xiliang soldier, his eyes filled with coldness. "Perhaps?"
The soldier was so frightened that he trembled all over and immediately changed his words, saying, "I, I will send someone to check right away."
Inside the city lord's mansion at this moment.
Jiang Yimian dodged the curved blades that were slashing at her with a quick movement. As she spun the curved dagger in her hand, one person had already fallen to the ground.
When Allit saw this, he just frowned deeply.
When he could faintly hear shouts and bugle calls coming from the city gate, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Xie Yang's expression immediately changed, and he hurriedly said, "Those people have attacked the city."
He had thought that given Jiang Qingyuan's concern and guilt towards his family, he would be able to buy some time, and that the battle would only truly begin once the tunnel exit opened.
But unexpectedly...
Alite was so angry that his face turned pale. Seeing that if he waited any longer, Jiang Yimian might kill all the few remaining Xiliang guards, he immediately gave up the idea of capturing her alive.
Unfortunately, he didn't have any good ideas at the moment.
The massive army outside had already begun its assault on the city. There were a full 150,000 troops. Even though Xiliang City was very fortified, there weren't enough soldiers on the city walls, and the attacking army would soon be able to scale the city gates.
At that time, Xiliang will truly be finished.
He either needs to figure out a way to make the siege less successful, or he needs to open the tunnel exit as soon as possible.
But now, it's difficult to do either one.
Alite's head started to ache more and more as he thought about it, until suddenly something came to mind.
He hurriedly said to the people beside him, "Go, go quickly, you guys quickly dig out the gunpowder from that artificial hill and send it to the city tower. Be careful, everyone."
The Xiliang guard standing nearby widened his eyes in disbelief. "Khan, what gunpowder?"
"The gunpowder in the city lord's mansion was destroyed long ago. Even if there is gunpowder in the tunnels, I... we can't get in now."
Alite was furious. He kicked the other man and pointed at the artificial hill by the pond, saying, "It's inside that artificial hill. Don't waste your time, hurry up and go."
The Xiliang guards then realized what was happening, quickly responded, and led a few people toward the artificial hill by the pond.
Xie Yang was shocked, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his heart. "Why would there be explosives hidden here?"
He lived in the Junzixuan for several months without discovering that something was hidden in the artificial hill.
If Alite wanted to attack him, he only needed to have someone hide behind the artificial hill and light the gunpowder when Alite passed by, and Alite would be blown up instantly.
His men were already very careful, but they still didn't discover that there was gunpowder hidden inside the artificial hill.
Alite had no time to explain to him now, staring at Jiang Yimian who was being besieged, and said coldly, "Now is not the time to talk about this. Capturing her and sending the gunpowder to the city wall is the important thing."
If you don't want to die, quickly think of a way to capture this woman; just keep her alive.
He didn't fully trust Xie Yang to begin with, so keeping a backup plan wasn't a problem. However, after learning about Zhou Wenyi's situation, he put aside the matter of the gunpowder in Junzixuan.
Unexpectedly, it has now saved Xiliang's life.
Although those gunpowders were just commercially available and not as powerful as the ones Zhou Wenyi had, there were still a considerable quantity of them. If used properly, they could severely cripple the army outside the city.
This could buy some time for the Xiliang people trapped inside the tunnel.
Xie Yang only gave Alite a deep look before forcibly suppressing his dissatisfaction. His gaze fell on Jiang Yimian, and for a moment he felt that she was somewhat troublesome.
After hesitating for a while, he glanced at the blood-red jade pendant on his waist, snatched the bow and arrow from the hand of the Xiliang man beside him, drew the bowstring, carefully aimed at Jiang Yimian, and said coldly, "Trap her."
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