Chapter 183: Jingzhou Army's Surprise Attack
Hearing General Jia's words, Li Wan rolled her eyes and fainted.
Seeing that General Jia's words were so vicious, and that he was selling sick armadillos to harm people, Shen Yuexi was not a kind person at all. She was worried that he would really do such a thing, so she said:
"Don't do anything, Xiao Zhuo is my husband."
Ever since Li Wan followed Madam Li to the borderlands, and although she had experienced the fierce battle at Langya Pass, she had never truly faced the enemy. Faced with this situation, Li Wan was definitely not someone she could rely on; she had to step up.
"Haha, this is a blessing from heaven. I didn't expect it to come to my door." General Jia was overjoyed. He looked Shen Yuexi up and down carefully, then stood up and picked up the sword from the table. "Present Shen Yuexi to the general, and the general will definitely give me a promotion."
"Who is your general?" Shen Yuexi asked.
Compared to General Jia's concern for promotion, she is more concerned about the general's true identity.
General Jia chuckled and held the knife in his hand: "Now the two armies are about to fight. It's okay to tell you, our general is Prince Jing's son Xiao Kai."
Shen Yuexi exclaimed in surprise.
I had no idea that Prince Jing had been using such a sinister scheme against Xiliang. They had long been plotting against Xiliang. But what did General Jia mean by "a great war is imminent"? Is war about to break out?
She was about to ask a question when General Jia waved his hand to a man and said, "Prepare the horses. We will set off immediately."
The man guarding Li Wan asked, "General, what should we do with this unconscious person?"
General Jia said impatiently, "Why are you asking me? I'll just kill you."
Shen Yuexi quickly said, "Don't kill her. She is the fiancée of Prince Mei Pu of Xiliang."
"Don't worry about her," General Jia pushed Shen Yuexi's back impatiently, "We will soon wipe out the Xiliang Mei family. By then, there will be no Xiliang King, and there will be no need for this woman to live."
After saying that, General Jia took the lead, opened the door, and walked towards the yard.
"No, you can't hurt her."
Seeing the man in front of Li Wan raise the steel knife, Shen Yuexi suddenly broke free from the man holding her, rushed over and pushed with all her strength, pushing the man away from Li Wan. She squatted down to protect Li Wan and shouted:
"Qianglin!"
Suddenly, her ears rang with the sound of doors being broken open, weapons piercing bodies. Swords clashed, tables and chairs toppled. Screams and angry shouts crisscrossed her eardrums.
Shen Yuexi knelt on the ground, hugged Li Wan's shoulders, and closed her eyes tightly. Until Qiang Lin's voice sounded:
"Master, get up. We have to get out of here now!"
Shen Yuexi opened her eyes to find the room in shambles, the stink of blood pungent. On the floor lay the bodies of five enemies—the same five from earlier, all of whom had been killed by the secret guards led by Qiang Lin. Only General Jia was nowhere to be seen.
"Qiang Lin, where's General Jia!" Shen Yuexi looked up and shouted, "Go after him quickly, we have to catch him."
General Jia is the culprit behind the murder of Meipu. He must be captured and brought back to Meipu.
"I failed to kill him, and he escaped." Qiang Lin held out his scabbard with a guilty look on his face, and asked Shen Yuexi to stand up. "We just checked, and the villagers in this village are all fake, all of them are soldiers of the Jingzhou Army. We must run quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
Are all the villagers in the village Jingzhou Army?
Qiang Lin wasn't Xiao Zhuo after all, so General Jia couldn't escape. He would definitely call for his soldiers to capture them. Hundreds of enemies would arrive, and these dozen or so secret guards wouldn't be able to stop them.
We can’t chase General Jia anymore, escaping is the most important thing.
Knowing the situation was critical, Shen Yuexi quickly reached out to wake Li Wan up. Without bothering to explain, she dragged Li Wan to the yard. As they walked, she said, "We need to leave quickly. This village is the camp of the Jingzhou Army."
Li Wan hadn't fully recovered yet, and said dazedly, "Jingzhou Army... What Jingzhou Army?"
The secret guards in the yard had already prepared horses. When Li Wan saw the horses, she finally understood. She refused to get on the horses and cried to Shen Yuexi, "I... I don't know how to ride a horse."
Shen Yuexi had no choice but to help Li Wan onto the horse first, and then she sat behind Li Wan, and the two of them rode together.
He rode out of the yard. The village was already in chaos. Soldiers armed with weapons poured out from various farmhouses. There were more than a hundred of them, led by General Jia, and rushed towards them.
The soldiers rushed forward and shouted, "Capture Shen Yuexi alive. General Jia ordered that she be captured alive."
Shen Yuexi wondered when she would become a fugitive again... If not now, when would she run? She pulled the reins and galloped out of the village. Qiang Lin led the secret guards to follow behind and rushed out of the village.
Stopping the horse on the road, Shen Yuexi said to Qiang Lin who had caught up with her, "Qiang Lin, we're on the wrong road. The carriage is still over there."
In order to escape from the village, they walked further and further away from the carriage.
Qiang Lin said, "Master, we can't return to the carriage now. The Jingzhou army has already set their sights on us. The carriage can't outrun their war horses, and everyone will be captured."
"But my mother is over there," Li Wan said, grabbing Shen Yuexi's arm, "Let's go and save my mother."
Shen Yuexi weighed the options and said to Li Wan, "Miss Li, Qiang Lin is right. A carriage can't outrun a warhorse. We'll all be caught this way."
"What about my mother?" Li Wan cried, "Will they kill her?"
Everyone was hesitating when they heard shouts and neighs of horses from a village in the distance. Hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out of the village and chased after them.
"Master, let's go!" Qiang Lin whipped Shen Yuexi's horse without hesitation. The horse neighed in pain and rushed out.
The crowd galloped along the road, with hundreds of cavalrymen from the Jingzhou Army chasing them from behind.
Shen Yuexi and Li Wan rode the same horse. Shen Yuexi's riding skills were not as proficient as those of the Western Rong secret guards led by Qiang Lin. With Li Wan standing in front of her, she gradually fell behind.
Li Wan looked back at the cavalrymen who were getting closer and closer. She slapped her horse's head and shouted anxiously, "Madam Shen, run! They are catching up!"
If Shen Yuexi hadn't been holding the reins with both hands, she would have blocked Li Wan's mouth.
The more anxious she is, the more trouble she causes.
Seeing that he was about to be caught up by the Jingzhou cavalry, Qiang Lin looked back, reined in his horse, lifted his leg to remove the bow from the side of the saddle, drew an arrow and put it on the string, and shouted to Shen Yuexi who was riding closer, "Master, go ahead. I will hold the enemy for you."
Shen Yuexi didn't dare to stop her horse. Now was not the time for her to show off. She rushed past Qiang Lin and turned around to shout:
"Qiang Lin, you still have to protect me, you must catch up."
Qiang Lin nodded, stopped his horse, and shouted to the Jingzhou cavalry behind him, "Stop chasing me, or I will be rude to you."
The Jingzhou cavalry ignored his threat and continued to advance. Qiang Lin drew his bow and shot an arrow, knocking the leading cavalryman off his horse.
As a captain of a thousand men, Qiang Lin's riding and archery skills far surpassed those of ordinary soldiers.
The rest of the Jingzhou cavalry didn't see the opportunity and continued to chase.
Qiang Lin fired five arrows in quick succession, each one hitting its mark, knocking five men off their horses. This finally intimidated the Jingzhou cavalry, who all stopped their horses. Seeing that they dared not pursue him any further, Qiang Lin turned his horse around and chased after Shen Yuexi.
After catching up with Shen Yuexi, Qiang Lin told her what had happened.
Both Shen Yuexi and Li Wan were very impressed, and Li Wan was even more adoring: "Qiang Lin, you are amazing!"
"Where is this?" Shen Yuexi looked at the barren and steep mountains not far away.
After galloping for so long, they had arrived in a completely deserted wilderness. Everywhere was bare ground, covered in patches of white snow. There was no path for anyone to walk on. Only a single, withered tree trembled in the wind. It seemed as if they had arrived in a completely desolate place.
"Master, it's getting dark," Qiang Lin said, pointing to the mountain peak. "There's nothing on the flat ground to protect us from the wind and snow. We need to find a place to rest in the mountains."
Shen Yuexi agreed, and everyone dismounted and headed up the mountain along a walkable path. Several secret guards walked in front to explore the way.
"Where is this place? Why is there no one here?" Li Wan tightly grasped Shen Yuexi's arm and looked around fearfully as she walked. "Are we going to spend the night in a place like this? There's no blanket, no charcoal fire..."
Shen Yuexi smiled and patted the back of her hand, indicating that everything was fine.
She vaguely saw her own shadow at that time, when she was also holding Xiao Zhuo's arm tightly.
Now she has become someone that others depend on.
"Chief, come and see!" A secret guard hurried down from the top of the mountain and shouted to Qiang Lin.
Shen Yuexi and Qiang Lin both saw the disbelief in the secret guards' eyes and quickly quickened their pace to reach the top of the mountain.
The scene before them stunned everyone.
The army, which stretched as far as the eye could see, was moving slowly like a winding black giant snake, heading towards the mountains.
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